Re: Is there a quick way to mute VoiceOver speech?

Actually that turns off Voiceover completely. If she's talking about the Mac, turning on trackpad commander by pressing the VO keys and then rotate clockwise, then doing a three finger triple tap should do the trick. If no trackpad, you can set a hotkey using the keyboard commander. I set mine

Re: Is there a quick way to mute VoiceOver speech?

are you talking about the computer or ios? on the computer command-f5 toggles speech on and off. > On Oct 28, 2020, at 10:18 PM, Maurice Mines wrote: > > Hello, I'm trying to figure out how to mute to speech while allowing the > braille display to function normally. The problem is especially

Is there a quick way to mute VoiceOver speech?

Hello, I'm trying to figure out how to mute to speech while allowing the braille display to function normally. The problem is especially important when sitting through a zoom meeting where are you use a.k.a. Reed screen cast which is a substance that of Zoom. The captions up here on a webpage

Re: Transferring custom ringtones from catalina to iPhone using voiceover an absolute nightmare

Has anyone successfully selected multiple tones? I have used the vo command inter method, but it seems not to work. > On Oct 28, 2020, at 4:32 PM, Michael Marshall > wrote: > > hey, > Those instructions worked an absolute treat, thanks so much. > >> On 28 Oct 2020, at 11:49 pm, Brad Snyder

Re: selecting noncontiguous text

Thanks, that's what I normally do, but I was hoping there was a way so I don't have to repeat the process over and over and over and over. ☺️ Christina > On Oct 26, 2020, at 4:54 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > > I don't think there is a way to do this. I would suggest selecting and > copying

Re: I need a laser AirPrint printer.

The problem is I don’t have any sighted people coming round due to Covid and I’d rather have one which is accessible with Voice Over. I don’t need a scanner on it. Thanks for your assistance. Kawal. > On 28 Oct 2020, at 16:04, Brad Snyder wrote: > > I use a Brother MFC-L2700DW

Re: How to remove a bogus e-mail from sender options on Mac running High Siera

Hi, Assuming you are using the Apple Mail app on your Mac, what you need to do, is remove the erroneous email address from your Previous Recipients list. This list can be found within the Mail app, by going to the Menubar > Window, and selecting Previous Recipient from the menu. Once in the

Dictation issue

Hello everyone! I have a MacBook Pro 16, 2019 with the latest updates. I face problems in dictation and it only types ‘yes’ and if I dictate many words, it keeps typing many ‘yeses’. Please note: I have changed volume of the internal mic. Occasionally, it works for only few words. Could you

Re: Transferring custom ringtones from catalina to iPhone using voiceover an absolute nightmare

Good to hear. glad you got it done. - Brad - On Oct 28, 2020, at 16:32, Michael Marshall wrote: hey, Those instructions worked an absolute treat, thanks so much. > On 28 Oct 2020, at 11:49 pm, Brad Snyder > wrote: > > See the following instructions for adding

How to remove a bogus e-mail from sender options on Mac running High Siera

I have a business contact named Darren, with two Rs in his name. Unfortunately, once I sent a note to him with only one R in his name and that mistake still exists if I type in a name with autocomplete in the To field of an e-mail. I’d really like to remove that “memory’ from my autocomplete

Re: Transferring custom ringtones from catalina to iPhone using voiceover an absolute nightmare

hey, Those instructions worked an absolute treat, thanks so much. > On 28 Oct 2020, at 11:49 pm, Brad Snyder wrote: > > See the following instructions for adding ringtones to an iOS device from a > Mac running Catalina. > Please note the following: > 1. You cannot use the command VO +

Timer

Hi, does anyone recommend a timer app for the Mac? A timer plus stopwatch would b great, but not necessary. Thanks, Traci -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you

Re: I need a laser AirPrint printer.

I use a Brother MFC-L2700DW seriesPrinter. I believe you will need sighted assistance to get it set up, but once it's up and running, you should be good to go. I got it from Amazon. I've had it a while, so you may or may not be able to find the exact same model. HTH. - Brad - On Oct 28,

I need a laser AirPrint printer.

Hi. Please could someone recommend a Laser AirPrint printer please? My Samsung SLM2020w monochrome laser printer has become temperamental and it won’t always connect to my wifi these days and Samsung don’t seem update the firmware. I need an accessible printer. I am trying to sell this one

Re: Adding widgets to home screen

Running iOS 14.1, Today View is still there. It is to the left of the Home screen. It is no longer labeled as “Page 1”, and the layout is a little different, but it is still there and accessed by a 3-finger swipe to the right. HTH. - Brad - On Oct 28, 2020, at 09:37, Dave Carlson wrote:

Re: Adding widgets to home screen

Today View is gone, I thinks since iOS 12. YOu can still get to the camera that way, and Notifications. Dave Carlson Woodworker, Oregonian, Pioneer, Musician, Engineer, and Farfar > On Oct 28, 2020, at 6:58 AM, Phil Halton wrote: > > Well that sucks, won’t do that again. On a different note,

Re: Adding widgets to home screen

Well that sucks, won’t do that again. On a different note, what happened to the today view? It seems totally inaccessible. Sliding the finger around on the screen gives no indication of any widgets there anymore. There is a search field, but no widgets at least not that can be accessed. are

Re: Games for the Mac?

Hi Richard, I don’t know enough about developing to offer you much help, but I just wanted to say thank you. Your willingness to make your games accessible is very much appreciated. Cheers, Donna Sent from my iPad > On Oct 28, 2020, at 3:09 AM, Richard Bannister > wrote: > > Hi Brandon,

Re: Transferring custom ringtones from catalina to iPhone using voiceover an absolute nightmare

hey, Thanks for the instructions. Very interesting. It's midnight where I am but as soon as I wake up, I'm going to give this ago. > On 28 Oct 2020, at 11:49 pm, Brad Snyder wrote: > > See the following instructions for adding ringtones to an iOS device from a > Mac running Catalina. > Please

Re: Transferring custom ringtones from catalina to iPhone using voiceover an absolute nightmare

See the following instructions for adding ringtones to an iOS device from a Mac running Catalina. Please note the following: 1. You cannot use the command VO + comma/period to drag and drop. 2. You do not drop the ringtone you want to add in the “General” area. Follow the instructions below

Re: Games for the Mac?

Hi Brandon, I am the developer of a number of games for Mac. As yet I have not done anything to make them accessible, but I’d be happy to do some work in this area if someone can give me some guidance about what is needed. I’m not sure whether all my titles will be suitable, but I imagine

Transferring custom ringtones from catalina to iPhone using voiceover an absolute nightmare

hey all, Having a very frustrating and aggravating problem with my new iPhone 12. I have a couple of custom ringtones that I created and I'm trying to send them to my phone. Of course with the old iTunes, it was a lot easier, you could just put it in the automatically add to iTunes folder and