Re: Help copying and pasteing files?

2018-11-14 Thread James AUSTIN
Hi Matt I think the reason that you are having trouble with copying to your external HD is that the drive is formatted in HTFS. This is a Microsoft format that Mac can read but cannot write to. As for your second issue with icon view there is a simple way to solve this. When you have your

Re: PDF files with annotations & Voiceover

2018-08-30 Thread James AUSTIN
Hi Andrew Do you have a copy of Fine Reader Pro or something similar? If not do you have a copy of PDFScan Plus. It is an iOS app developed by Smile, the makers of Text Expander and PDFPen. PDFScan+ should do what you want but you might not necessarily know to which sections of your easy the

Resizing screenshots

2018-05-01 Thread James AUSTIN
Hi folks I have taken some screenshots for a guide i am putting together. Does anyone know how to ensure my screenshots are the appropriate size for the HTML page please? is it possible to resize images without being able to see? Thanks Best James -- The following information is important

Re: alias

2018-04-29 Thread James AUSTIN
Hi Wayne You can press Command + L on the item for which you want to create an alias. You will then need to copy that item to the desktop if that is where you want your aliases to appear. However, regarding your HD, you can have it appear on your Desktop by selecting 'Hard Disks' which

Voice Over announcing incorrect position of CSS elements

2018-03-06 Thread James AUSTIN
Hi folks I am in the middle of building a small static website and have run up against a little problem with Voice Over and the screen-reader-text CSS class. The screen-reader-text class allows authors to hide information useful to Screen Reader users from those who do not need it. On

Re: Are people successfully using VIM with VO or TDSR?

2018-02-22 Thread James AUSTIN
uestion? Also, where > are you running into difficulties? > > > Thanks, > Jonathan > >> On Feb 21, 2018, at 7:44 AM, James AUSTIN <james.londons...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi folks, >> >> Is anyone successfully using VIM with either VO or TDSR pl

Re: Are people successfully using VIM with VO or TDSR?

2018-02-22 Thread James AUSTIN
nd screen reader you mention in your question? Also, where > are you running into difficulties? > > > Thanks, > Jonathan > >> On Feb 21, 2018, at 7:44 AM, James AUSTIN <james.londons...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi folks, >> >> Is anyone suc

Are people successfully using VIM with VO or TDSR?

2018-02-21 Thread James AUSTIN
Hi folks, Is anyone successfully using VIM with either VO or TDSR please? If so, could they please provide some instructions as my setup is failing miserably. Thanks My best wishes James -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any

OCR on Mac

2018-01-30 Thread James AUSTIN
Hello everyone Many years ago I purchased ABBEYFineReader Pro. What with one thing and another, I am now looking for a different OCR app. Can anyone recommend anything please? All I need to do is to be able to OCR PDFs to create accessible versions under MS Word. Any advice would be greatly

Re: Text rangler & Voice Over

2018-01-05 Thread James AUSTIN
> Jonathan Cohn > > > On 5 January 2018 at 15:07, James AUSTIN <james.londons...@gmail.com > <mailto:james.londons...@gmail.com>> wrote: > Hi everyone > > Has anyone had any luck using the main edit window in Text Wrangler please? I > am so far abl

Text rangler & Voice Over

2018-01-05 Thread James AUSTIN
Hi everyone Has anyone had any luck using the main edit window in Text Wrangler please? I am so far able to navigate every aspect of the app, except for this one crucial window. Thank you Take care James -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries

GPS on iOS

2018-01-05 Thread James Austin
Hi folks, Can anyone recommend any GPS apps please? I am particularly looking for something that allows me to roam freely, tells me when I am approaching an intersection/street, and if possible, the shape of the road. Thank you Take care James -- The following information is important for

Re: Voice Over and ligatures

2017-11-13 Thread James AUSTIN
an do something with VoiceOver pronunciation in > the VoiceOver Utility. I mean, to copy the character for double-f and tell > VoiceOver to read it as two Fs. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > >> On 12 Nov 2017, at 13:48, James AUSTIN <james.londons...@gmail.com&g

Voice Over and ligatures

2017-11-12 Thread James AUSTIN
Hi folks Is there a way of forcing Voice over to ignore the ligatures present in serif fonts like Times please? For those who may not know, ligatures are stylised letter combinations such as the 'double f' found in words like 'effort'. They are often italicised and joined together.