Unzipping a .brf file

For the first time in a long time I am trying to read a braille book on a braille display. I downloaded a book from BARD and my display acts like it is not there. How do I unzip the book on the Mac? I forget.. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries li

Braille Edge with Mac

I am considering purchasing a Braille Edge. Is there anyone on this list using an Edge with a Mac? I want to be able to edit documents for a committee I am on using the two devices together. Any. Help would be appreciated. Sandy Finley Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is impor

Glitche in adding Mailboxes to Favorites Bar

. I have , thanks to the fine article on AppleVis by Alex Hall, successfully added mailboxes to the favorites bar before. In recent days, however, I have had a problem. I decided, in what seemed like a moment of brilliant insight, to reorganize my mailboxes. I proceeded to delete some and, o

Re: Braille screen input

ase note: In both cases, I use fingers and-or thumbs to keep myself > roughly aligned. > > As for calibration, the left side dots should land between 1/4 and 1/2 of a > second after the right fingers. > > David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA > Email: dchitten...@gmail.com > Mobi

Re: Braille screen input

work. Perhaps you are not > performing the dot alignment command with the proper timing between the right > and the left hands. > > > Kind regards, > > David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA > Email: dchitten...@gmail.com > Mobile: +61 488 988 936 > Sent from my iPhone > >&g

Braille screen input

Good morning. Is anyone else having difficulty with braille screen input? The dots are not in the appropriate places, even when I calibrate the screen with my right hand, followed by my left hand. I get dots 1 2 3 4 and 5 but not 6, or 1 2 4 5 6 andd no 4. The mysterious thing is, it has not

Difficulty Accessing Body of Incoming Messages

I have never been able to efficiently read the body of an email message and it is very annoying. The only way I can read the text is to down arrow a couple of times and then swipe down or continue down arrowing. Here is what I have tried: . I open email messages with either enter or comman

Use of "Move To" in Email

I am trying to move a message from one mailbox to another. I can find "Move To" in the menu and have created a keyboard shortcut for it. Once that is found, how do I actually move the message? I guess the better question is how do I get to the desired mailbox and have the message follow me there

Something is Amiss with the side bar

I have apparently messed up some kind of setting. I often go into safari, either by opening the browser myself or via a link in an email, and access an article with the show reader command or swipe down with 2 fingers to read. Now, instead of getting what I want to read, I am getting "tool ba

Re: Selecting an option on the Social Security web site

isn’t too late, but sometimes when I have this issue, I make sure > I’m on the radio button or check box that I need to be on, and turn off > VoiceOver, press a mouse click, turn on VoiceOver and verify that my > selection worked. > Gary > >> On Apr 24, 2016, at 1:56 PM, S

Selecting an option on the Social Security web site

I hate to acknowledge this but I am old enough to be applying for Medicare. On the Social Security site the very first question offers two selections: 1. I am applying for myself and 2 I am helping someone else. I cannot select one. I have tried spacebar, VO spacebar and enter but to no avail.

Reading Alert Dialogs on the Mac

One thing i still struggle with on the Mac is how to read an alert dialog. For instance, I was on the gmail web site and wanted to delete a mailbox label. I clicked on "remove label" and heard, "alert dialog..." I am sure it was a dialog box to confirm yes/no about deleting, but I could not fin

Re: Iphone 6s plus audio problim

No such problem here with my 6S Plus. When I really want an immersion into music I use actual ear phones, not the Apple ear bud, and phone sounds great. > On Mar 26, 2016, at 2:10 PM, jaan ali wrote: > > > Hi friends hope all are good, i bought iphone 6 s plus 3 days a go and found > that the

Re: the 4-finger swipe

r and more reliable so thanks to whoever suggested that. > Jenine Stanley > dragonwalke...@gmail.com > > > >> On Mar 24, 2016, at 8:46 AM, Scott Granados wrote: >> >> This is a good one, and here I was only familiar with the one finger >> solute.;) >

Re: Wide vs. narrow iPhone

George, if you are able too get to an Apple store, go and try them all and see what works for you. I bought a 6S plus because I like the Braille input apps . With the larger phone I feel my hands are in a more natural position to enter Braille. I know this is not what you asked about, but I als

Re: the 4-finger swipe

I like this gesture. It enables you to move from app to app without wearing out your home button. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 23, 2016, at 12:01 PM, Traci Duncan wrote: > > I love this gesture! :) I thought I’d point out, that yes, we swipe left or > right, but your 4 fingers can be verti

Re: List View or column view

∴riis, when you say "position yourself on the flder in which you want the files to appear", do you mean highlight the folder title but do not open it with the rightarrow? In other words, if Iwant to copy a folder iniCloud, I press command shift I. WhenAlex says "ICld Drive," I copy the fi

Re: Keyboard commander question

1-1018 > Personal Email: matt.dierck...@me.com > >> On Mar 8, 2016, at 07:29, Sandra E. Finley wrote: >> >> I am using several Keyboard commander's which I have created. They do not, >> however, work when I am in Safari, even if they are Safari specific. I am &

Keyboard commander question

I am using several Keyboard commander's which I have created. They do not, however, work when I am in Safari, even if they are Safari specific. I am using a MacBook air and the latest version of El Capitan. Does anyone have any idea why these keyboard commanders would not working safari? If not,

Re: beginning of table in mail

Christina, if you are interacting with the table, try VO function left arrow to get to the top, and VO function right arrow to get to the bottom. Sandy > On Mar 1, 2016, at 4:14 PM, Christina C. wrote: > > Hmmm, I can’t get option up or down arrow to do anything. What am I doing > wrong? Quic

smart groups in contacts

I m creating a smart group for a committee I am chairing at church. Some members are appearing in the address list twice. I used command shift N to start the smart group. and filled in the two fields of the dialog box. In smart Group I put the name of the group and in the field Called Conta

Toolbar and emails

The tool bar is suddenly getting in my way when reading emails. There is a change that I am not aware of making. previously, I could click on a link in an email or interact with the text in the email. If I open a message with command o and try to interact with the text I am interacting instea

Re: Adding or Moving Contacts Between Groups in iOS

I used to be able to do this precisely as you describe. Now for some reason, I am having trouble navigating my contacts.I was trying to create a smart group, which I have done before. I am in the group list of All Conttacts. If I press VO right arrow i hear "vertical splitter" and am in the

VoiceOver Turning Off in Inn Box

The problem is simple: when I go into my in box in mail, VO turns off. I am writing this message while in another mailbox. other than my in box and, obviously, VO is working fine. In the past hour i have been in contacts, Numbers and Safari and VO works fine. But when I go into my in box, VO s

Re: Bluetooth keyboards

I have a Logitech760; it is charged by sunlight as well as ambient light. I have never seen it run out of power. I can easily switch from my iPone to my Mac with the touch of a button; can have the Mac plugged into a pair of good sounding speaker and sit across the room and operate the keyboard.