Re: Flatbed Scanner and OCR Program Recommendations

have a study where reading huge books is a must for me , and the best > I have found so far is a book scanner, and windows running in a vm on > the mac. > It all depends on what you need it for of course , scanning a few > pages, or a few hundred? > > > > > On 7/1/

Flatbed Scanner and OCR Program Recommendations

Hi, I'm phasing out my Windows 7 OCR program and the associated flatbed scanner. What are people using on the Mac to replace these items? Thanks, Marshall -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the

Re: Photos App And VoiceOver

Hi, the easiest method is to use iCloud Photo Sharing. When using iCloud Photo Sharing, your photos are shared between the iPhone, the Mac and iCloud with one library. So, creating albums on one, creates the album on all locations. It is a very slick operation. The main concern though

Mojavi & EPub books

Hi, Has anyone had any problems reading EPub books in Mojavi? Thanks Marshall -- 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 feel that a member's post is inappropriate,

Re: Absolutely at my wit's end with web browser busy nonsense

ng around the problem area”? >> Everything freezes, and I have to wait for a few seconds up to a couple of >> minutes before I hear a click and “VoiceOver on,” . . . and then if I >> attempt again the task I was attempting, again, and again, and again, ad >> nauseam. >

Re: Absolutely at my wit's end with web browser busy nonsense

The only thing I can suggest is to try to navigate around the problem area. I realize this isn't of much help. The only other thing I can think of is for everyone who has this issue to call Apple Accessibility every time it happens. Unfortunately, this might have undesirable consequences in

SHIPT Grocery delivery

Hi, Has anyone tried SHIPT grocery delivery service? If so,, what do you think? Thanks, Marshall -- 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 feel that a member's post is

Re: Safari busy busy busy busy is driving me crazy

> Marshall > Hi, Folks, I hope you are reporting this issue to Apple Accessibility. I had a similar problem a couple of weeks ago and after spending some time on the phone with them, the Apple person was able to reproduce the problem. Something in the website (Audible) was using up 100

Re: mac partition questiohn

> On 1/13/2018 11:01 AM, Marshall Scott wrote: >> Have you taken the recovery partition into account? >> Marshall >> On Jan 12, 2018, at 10:13 PM, The wolf <hank.smith...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hello yes I am using High Sierra >>> >>> >>> &

Re: mac partition questiohn

Have you taken the recovery partition into account? Marshall On Jan 12, 2018, at 10:13 PM, The wolf wrote: > > Hello yes I am using High Sierra > > > > On 1/12/2018 10:01 PM, E.T. wrote: >>You are running High Sierra? If the drive is not an SSD then you are >>

Your Messages

Hi Mark, I don't know why but a number of your messages are being marked as junk messages on my MacBook Aire running High Sierra. They are then being moved to my Junk folder. This isn't happening to other messages. Any idea why this is happening to you and how to stop it? Thanks, Marshall --

Re: Disk Warrior

; wrote: > Hi! > From what i remember it should work but it was a bit complicated. > I really don’t remember what it could do but i remember trying it out. > /A > > 28 juni 2017 kl. 17:42 skrev Marshall Scott <mfsc...@mac.com > > <mailto:mfsc...@mac.com>>:

Disk Warrior

Hi Folks, First of all, forgive me if this message is duplicated. I had a little trouble with my network this morning. My question is: Does Disk Warrior work with Voiceover? I tried calling Alsoft and couldn't get any reliable information. Thanks, Marshall -- The following information is

iBooks on El Capitan

Hi, I'm trying to use iBooks to read a book under El Capitan. I can't seem to access the menu bar. Is this a bug or am I doing something stupid. Does iBooks work better using Sierra? And please don't tell me to use my iPhone! Thanks, Marshall -- The following information is important for

Re: Accessible smart TV

Hi, The model is the Samsung UN32J550AFXZA. It is a 32 inch model. I purchased two of them to get rid of my CRT TVs. For convenience, I had a sighted friend set them up but according to the ham who put me onto these items, this isn't necessary. Here is a link to a podcast describing the

Re: Some interesting rumours regarding 3.5 mm jack issue on the iPhone seven

I'd like to know what is gained by using the Lightening port for audio input/output. If it is improved audio quality; I'm not sure it is worth it. If it is just to make the iPhone thinner, I think it is too thin already. I also don't want to use an adapter because it is yet another thing to

Re: Mac book recommendation please

Hi, Andy, If you want to have a true portable computer, the Mac Mini is not for you. It is basically designed to be used with a separate monitor and keyboard. The Mac Book Aire is lightweight and is very portable but I don't know how well you would like the keyboard. It also requires a dongle

Re: Voiceover Crashing My Mac

Hi, It sounds like you have found a string that crashes Voiceover. Try using another voice to see if this solves the problem. If the crashing stops, go back to Alex and advance through the strings one at a time until you reach the problem string and then change the string to something else

Re: More Micro SD Card Problems

I haven't been following this thread too closely but is there a write protect switch on the micro sd to sd adapter? HTH Marshall > On Jun 5, 2016, at 3:44 PM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: > > You could do worse than to try and manually unmount the disk (without > ejecting it)

Re: Connecting external mic

Hi, I'm not exactly sure of the details but the 3.5 audio jack on Mac computers is different from other types of headsets. I think it may have to do with the audio controls on the Apple headsets. Marshall > On Jan 24, 2016, at 2:36 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Strange. I

Re: Using a 2nd Gen Victor Reader Stream with a Mac?

Hi Sharon, There are external card readers that connect via USB. I think they would work with a Mac. I routinely use the card slot on my Mac to load books from Audible, Bard and Bookshare. I think you could also download podcast to the Victor Reader Stream if you wanted to do so. HTH

Podcast order in iTunes

Hi Folks, Is it possible to change the order of Podcasts in iTunes in Yosemite? I'd like to move the Recent Updates item from the top of the list of podcasts to the bottom of the list. I tried using Drag and Drop with Voiceover but it didn't work. Thanks, Marshall -- You received this

Re: VMWare Fusion

e b <gbma...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Do you have windows installed on your v m machine? > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Marshall Scott > Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2015

VMWare Fusion

Hi, I'm trying to get VMWare Fusion 7 up and running under Yosemite. I can't seem to get into the Windows 7 window. I googled and found an article on AppleVis but it isn't helpful. Any suggestions? Thanks, Marshall -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: MBP Password update, Voice Over Updating IOS?

Hi, Ilene, When you are doing an installation, Try pressing the Function+Control+F5. The OS X installer doesn't have the ability to switch the function keys from the default. Hope this makes sense. Marshall On Aug 16, 2015, at 1:47 PM, Eileen Scrivani etscriv...@verizon.net wrote: Hi, I

Re: File Vault Encryption ICloud Disk Locking?

Hi again Ilene, I'd recommend that you don't use these features until you are more familiar with OS X. They would only confuse you and in the case of Filevault, could cause you to lose data. Marshall On Aug 16, 2015, at 5:26 PM, Eileen Scrivani etscriv...@verizon.net wrote: In the set-up

Re: Burning a cd with the mac.

Hi, I've never had any problems using the Superdrive on my Mac Book Pro. When I insert a disk into the drive the drive grabs the disk and sucks it into the drive. When the disk finishs burning the drive spits it out. If I'm just reading a disk I press the eject button. Marshall On Aug 14,

Re: Can anyone tell me how to restore/reset Safari on a Mac, as the toolbar seems to have completely disappeared?

Is there any possibility the user has put the browser in full page mode? Marshall On Aug 4, 2015, at 8:34 AM, george b gbma...@gmail.com wrote: I have noticed if you left arrow up the page it skips past the tool bar and gos to the 3 colored buttons for close mim. And then when you are on

Re: My right Command key does not work

As a last resort,have you tried resetting the PRAM or the SMC? See http://www.macworld.com/article/2881177/how-to-reset-your-macs-nvram-pram-and-smc.html Note: When I clicked the above link, there were a couple of videos that played. The actual information is on the web page. Marshall On

Re: vpn

Hi, Christie, I use the Connect to Server item in the Go menu after I make a VPN connection. Then the volume on the remote network is used like a regular volume on your Mac. You'll need to have a user account that gives you access to the appropriate area on the remote machine. HTH Marshall

Re: Wiping A Mac Clean and Starting Over

Is there any possibility that the Mac hard drive was encrypted? Marshall On Jun 28, 2015, at 3:50 PM, Mauricio Molina mauriciohmol...@gmail.com wrote: At this point, and I do not have sighted assistance at this time, I will say that I have continued to try using the command+R suggestion

Re: Building a website, what's the best way?

Hi Nancy, CAVI teaches a course on building a web site. The cost is $150. Their web site is http://http://wiki.cucat.org. HTH Marshall On Jun 22, 2015, at 4:29 PM, Nancy Badger nancybad...@icloud.com wrote: Hi, I am thinking of building a very simple website. I have never done this

Fusion and Windows 8.1

Hi Folks, I'm about to take the plunge and install Windows 8.1 into a virtual machine. Since I've never done a Windows 8.1 install before I have three questions. 1. Can this installation be done without sighted help? 2. Are there any gotchas in the installation process? 3. How do I turn on

Re: organizer suggestions?

Hi, I guess you missed my post. The Mac version of Things (possibly misspelled) is notaccessible. There are items marked as unknown in the windows. HTH Marshall On Jun 12, 2015, at 6:50 AM, Shaf shafpa...@gmail.com wrote: I'm going to download a Mac copy from somewhere and see if it's

Re: organizer suggestions?

Hi, The Mac version has major accessibility problems. The iPhone version seems to work OK and is accessible. Marshall On Jun 10, 2015, at 8:55 AM, Caitlyn Furness caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I was recently pointed toward an app called things. It’s for the mac, and they have

Re: Secure USB Drive

...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you for this. Do you know if you can use the Kingston secure drives on public or computers of friends? I wouldn’t have admin rights. Thanks, Traci On May 19, 2015, at 2:19 AM, Marshall Scott mfsc...@mac.com wrote: Hi, Tracy, if you really want security

Re: Secure USB Drive

Hi, Tracy, if you really want security on a USB drive, you should check out the hardware encrypted USB drives. I use Kingston drives and they are accessible on OS X and Windows 7. The advantage is that these drives require a password to mount the drives. The disadvantage is that if you

App Store Preferences WasRe: Wow! Now how cool is that! of a discovery!

I don't see any preferences for the App Store. Am I stupid or what? Thanks, Marshall On Apr 14, 2015, at 12:26 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com wrote: Oh -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe

Re: App Store Preferences WasRe: Wow! Now how cool is that! of a discovery!

. Sorry about that. Chris. - Original Message - From: Marshall Scott mailto:mfsc...@mac.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 9:36 AM Subject: App Store Preferences WasRe: Wow! Now how cool

Re: Keys sticking

Hi, Deb I would recommend taking it to the Apple Store. I spilled Coke into my MBP and our tech guru disassembled it to clean the resultant mess. He said there were 240 itty btty screws that had to be removed to perform the procedure which toke him a full day to complete. Your case doesn't

Re: Bypass Trash

Hi, I believe you can set up the Empty Trash function to perform a secure erase where the deleted data is overwritten. You pay a time penalty to do this but it will be more secure. Marshall On Jan 26, 2015, at 11:27 PM, The Believer ancient.ali...@icloud.com wrote: Unlike Windows, there

Re: Parallels

Hi, I checked this earlier this year and the problem wasn’t with running JAWS within Parallels. The problem was with The Mac interface to Parallels. The Menu bar wasn’t accessible with Voiceover. I didn’t test any further. Marshall On Nov 13, 2014, at 6:36 PM, Faisal ali

Select ContiguousItems

Hi, I feel really stupid but I can't figure out how to select contiguous items in the finder. There used to be a procedure where one selected the first item, moved to a second item and everything in between would be selected by pressing the appropriate keys. I can't seem to find the new

Adding File/Folder to Dock

Hi Folks, How does one add a file/folder to the Dock in Lion? Thanks, Marshall -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

Re: Keyboard issues with fusion, suggestions?

Hi, Here are my Sharpkes mappings Grave to Special Caps Lock Left Alt to Left Windows Left Windows to Left Alt Right Windows to Applications After I get these keys remapped I switch to the Laptop layout in JAWS. This seems to solve the JAWS/Insert Key problem. It also fixes the

Re: Windows on the mac question

Hi, I' used SharpKeys to remap the tilde key to the Insert key as well as reassigning a few other keys. This works fine and is much easier than changing the keymapping. Marshall On Jun 27, 2010, at 5:32 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: Thanks Kevin. Keep me posted and may be write off list so

Re: mail refuses to show me some of my messages and shows an empty table instead?

HI, I've also seen this problem. I assumed that it was just a latency problem between the client and the server. Marshall On Jun 15, 2010, at 7:33 AM, Scott Howell wrote: I understand and I have not seen it happen to often, but when it does, it makes one nuts. I have not seen this much

Re: Strange behavior in menus on Macbook Pro

Hi, I had a similar problem when I had the mouse cursor tracking set to follow the Voiceover cursor. You should try setting your mouse cursor to ignore Voiceover cursor by doing the following: 1. Press F8 to bring up the Voiceover utility. 2 Press Shift VO downarrow to interact with the Utility

Re: Turning off the Trackpad

Hi Anna, The simplest way to disable the trackpad is to plug in a USB mouse and then go to the Universal Access pane in System Preferences, click on the Mouse Trackpad tab and then check the Ignore Trackpad when Mouse is present checkbox. HTH Marshall On Jun 12, 2010, at 3:25 PM, Ana G wrote:

Re: VO crashing when I launch keynote!

Hi Olivia, Have you tried clearing the cache and reseting Safari in the Safari menu? How about turning off the pop-up blocker? Marshall resetti On Jun 8, 2010, at 8:02 AM, Olivia Norman wrote: Here's one of the links I've experienced the issue where VO constantly crashes and instead of

Oracle Voiceover

Hi FOlks, I need to redesign a server based multiuser relational database I designed for my work. Does anyone have any experience with Oracle under Voiceover? Any other suggestions? Thanks, Marshall -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries

Re: Oracle Voiceover

to glue the web stuff to the database and MySQL (or Oracle) for the database all hosted on Linux (or Mac OSX). The UI should just be a web browser, unless this is some old-school thing with a proprietary front end. CB Marshall Scott wrote: Hi FOlks, I need to redesign a server based

Re: IPhone 4, and IAds

Hi Jes, Earlier this week, I expressed the same concerns. Since then, I've read enough to convince me that iAd won't interfere with apps running on the iPhone. I'm still concerned about security. I'm also concerned about the cost (to me) of these ads. I've expressed my concerns to

Re: Solution for (some) iTunes problems?

Hi Folks, I don't if this will help or not but there was an article that suggested that upgrading Flip4Mac helped with some iTunes 9.1 problems. Marshall On Apr 1, 2010, at 5:40 AM, Howard Dupuis wrote: Hello all. I may have found the reason why iTunes was crashing, for me at least. Perhaps

Re: disclosure?

Hi Donna, Checking this box expands the dialog to include things like the choice of view in the table and some other navigation aids. Try clicking it. You won't hurt anything. Marsh On Nov 19, 2009, at 7:09 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: Hi all, In the Save as Dialog in Text Edit, there is a

Re: speech muting

Hi, I found out the hard way that a certain multi finger tap will mute speech. I think it was a 3 finger double tap. Anyway, I think it's similar to the turn screen curtain on/off command. HTH Marsh On Nov 3, 2009, at 10:56 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: Hello Erik, The speech muting

VMWare Fusion 3 released

Folks, VMWare has released Fusion 3. It's main claim to fame is Snow Leopard compatibility. The upgrade cost is 39.95 and the URL is: http://www.vmware.com/go/buyfusion Marshall --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to

iPod Touch Was: Oppose. Should have introduced myself

Hi Kevin, I just purchased an iPod Touch last week and have been playing with it off and on since last Friday. I'm not having much trouble doing basic navigation but I'm still having trouble typing text into the iPod. I'm slowly getting better at it. I think there was a thread on this

Re: How can I turn that frustrating trackpad of.

Annie, Try plugging in a mouse and then check Disable Trackpad if Mouse is present in the Universal Access system preference. HtH Marshall On Sep 14, 2009, at 5:09 PM, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: Hi. The trackpad is frustrating me, suddenly it starts up in text edit or in nisus writer. I

Re: A Question About Snow Leopard Folders

Mark, A spring loaded folder will open if you hover the mouse over the folder for a period of time. I don't use them so I can't tell you anything else. Marshall On Sep 8, 2009, at 12:52 AM, M. Taylor wrote: Hello Everyone, What are Spring Loaded Folders? Thank you, Mark

Re: I'm not so impressed with s l.

Hi James, In Voiceover Utility, go to Navigation. There is a pop-up menu for Mouse Tracking. I've set mine to Ignore. HTH Marshall On Sep 4, 2009, at 7:07 AM, James Nash wrote: Do you know which options to change to fix the issue please? - Original Message - From: Jonathan C.

Open Office security vulnerabilities

Folks, Forgive the cross-posting, but I know some of you use Open Office. I noticed a message on a security list I'm on that stated that there are two high level security vulnerabilities in Open Office. The affected version is Open Office 3.1 and there patches available from

Re: welcome dialog

Also, I think pressing v will stop this feature Marshall On Aug 31, 2009, at 3:00 AM, william lomas wrote: Hi for the person who did not want to be told to learn voiceover, at startup each time, turn it off in the general utilities settings of voice over

Re: [Mac-cessibility News] Review - Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard With VoiceOver

Hi Josh et. al. I agree on both counts. Marshall On Aug 28, 2009, at 8:48 AM, Scott Chesworth wrote: Cheers Josh, really well written review, seems to be pretty thorough. I must, must, must make it to an Apple store today. This is the excuse I've needed to buy a book on Apple Script and

Re: Has anyone ever booted from tdm?

Ben, I'm not sure if this will work or not but here goes: 1. On the iMac, go to System Preferences and click on the Startup Disk button. 2. Press the Boot in Target mode button. 3. The machine should restart. 4. Connect the iBook and iMac with a Firewire cable. 5 Boot the iBook. HTMS

Re: Finder warning dialogs not speaking

Anna,There are a couple of things you can check: 1. In Voiceover Utility, go to the Verbosity item and click on the Announcements tab. Make sure the Automatically speak text in dialog boxes checkbox is checked. 2. In System Preferences, go to the Speech pane and select Text to Speech.

Re: 15 inch vs 17inch

The one difference I know of is that the new 17 inch still has an Express slot. Marsh On Jul 25, 2009, at 4:41 AM, Scott Howell wrote: To the best of my knowledge yes, you can get pretty much the same stuff on the 15-inch as the 17-inch. Of course check either on the site or call Apple's

Re: MacBook Pro Speakers

Hi Keith, I own the new 13 inch MBP and I cannot tell any differench MBP and an older 15 inch MBP. I cannot tell any difference between the volume levels of the two machines. Your second question about quality of the sound is too subjective for me to give you an answer. If you are

I thought this may come in handy was Fwd: Canadian Government Asking Public about Copyright

tHi, Lists: Because of all the copyright things that have been discussed on list recently, Ithought some Canadians may be interested to hear the news and have a say in Canadian Copyright. Regards, Alex, Begin forwarded message: From: Bill bi...@uniserve.com Date: July 22, 2009 2:13:23

Oops WasRe: I thought this may come in handy was Fwd: Canadian Government Asking Public about Copyright

Folks, I didn't mean to send this message. I guess I need to have my morning coffee IV. Marsh --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: shutting down virtual Windows without speech

Hi Anna, If you are running Fusion, go to the Virtual Machines menu and select the Power Off item. QAn are you sure type dialog should appear and the virtual machine should shut down. Marsh On Jul 23, 2009, at 10:11 AM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: Hi Robert, I tried that, but nothing

Re: mac more sensative to lightning?

Hi, How do you know it was lightening? What was the other problem you were working on? Maybe the Mac was in the process of dying and the lightening had nothing to do with the Mac dying. Marsh On Jul 9, 2009, at 10:02 PM, Mike Reiser wrote: Nothing else that was in the serge protector

Re: MacBook Pro

Hi James, I would definitely recommend the MBP. We are using 5 of them at work and have had no problems as far as the OS X side of tthings. On the Windows side of things, the only problem is that the keys don't map quite right for JAWS. There are workarounds for this problem. Marsh On

Re: MacBook Pro

travel much and therefore don't need battery power very often. Marsh On Jul 5, 2009, at 8:46 AM, James Nash wrote: Thanks Marshall - Original Message - From: Marshall Scott To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 3:43 PM Subject: Re: MacBook Pro Hi James

Re: ITV player

, but digital gives trouble. If you're like me and have a box, you'd need an infrared blaster. I don't think I could get the Macbook pointed at it just right from the couch though. - Original Message - From: Marshall Scott sc...@cvrti.utah.edu To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday

Re: ITV player

I'm interested in this as well. Plese post to the list Marsh On Jun 19, 2009, at 2:16 PM, Wendy Mitchell wrote: Hi, I wonder if the person who sorted out the itv player can let ne know how to get it on my mac. might be worth contacting me off list so as not to cause clutter on

Re: ITV player

-Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Marshall Scott Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 4:24 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: ITV player I'm interested in this as well. Plese post to the list Marsh On Jun

I'm a bad boy

Hi FOlks, Well, I couldn't stand it anymore. I broke down and ordered one of the new 13 inch Mac Book Pro's. I'm looking forward to trying out the trackpad gestures. Also, I needed a bigger hard drive as well. Ah, heck, who am I kidding. I just wanted a new toy! Marsh

Re: Just waht is off topic here

Hi Folks, Make it 4 votes. I really don't want another list. I fear that people will have something that just has to be cross posted to every list even vaguely related to a topic. I can use the delete key quite effectively if the subject is not of interest. Marsh On Mar 24, 2009, at