Re: copying text on an iPhone

2023-04-05 Thread doug . lawlor
To add to this, if you select characters, words, or lines as options, you have to then swipe right and you'll hear the text as it's being selected. You can then roter to the "Edit" option and select "Copy" to copy it to the clipboard then navigate to another app ,and paste it their. Here is part

Re: copying text on an iPhone

2023-04-05 Thread doug . lawlor
Hi Lorie, Yes you can do this. 1. Use the iOS roter and navigate to "Text Selection" 2. Swipe down and you will hear a number of options related to selecting text. I just chose Select all and the text of the email minus the signature was selected. 3. Now roter to "Edit" and choose "Copy".

Re: My files don’t show up in the iOS files app on iCloud

2023-03-08 Thread doug . lawlor
I can never get iCloud to work from the Windows side. I eventually gave up on it from a Windows perspective. I'm not sure why you can't see your files especially since you are uploading them from a mac. Could your data still be syncing by any chance? How much data did you upload? Best, Doug

Re: How much ram and storage should i get?

2023-02-06 Thread doug . lawlor
Thanks all. That's what I was sort of figuring. Get as much ram and storage as you can afford. Makes sense too. Best, Doug. Douglas Lawlor Email: doug.law...@gmail.comOn Feb 6, 2023, at 11:32 PM, Dave Carlson wrote:No matter what you think, and no matter what others think, you will always want mo

How much ram and storage should i get?

2023-02-06 Thread doug . lawlor
Hello all, It's been a long time since I posted here. I'm in the process of purchasing a new Mac and was wondering how much ram and storage people are going with these days? I mainly want a machine for web and app testing, some word processing / text editing, and some single track audio record

Re: When It Comes to iPhone, Are You All Thumbs?

2023-01-22 Thread doug . lawlor
I use mainly Braille Screen Input for typing. Although it takes getting used to at first, It is the best method for me. I started learning bsi after FlickType went away. best, Doug Douglas Lawlor Email: doug.law...@gmail.comOn Jan 19, 2023, at 6:30 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote:Well, perhaps because I

Re: Documentation for VoiceOver on the iPhone?

2022-03-24 Thread doug . lawlor
Hi Mike, I just did a quick web search and found the following page which I believe is a part of the iPhone user guide. Take a look at the following: https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/iphone/iphfa3d32c50/ios Douglas Lawlor Email: doug.law...@gmail.com > On Mar 24, 2022, at 8:56 AM, Herb

Re: In latest WatchOs, how do I turn off. sleep mode when I wake up early?

2021-11-07 Thread doug . lawlor
I'm interested in knowing the same thing. It seems if I do it on the phone after a certain time it will let me turn off Sleep mode. If I do it before this time just the focus mode gets disabled. Best, Doug This message has been sent from a mobile device. Email: doug.law...@gmail.com > On

Re: Amazon app on the I phone using voice over.

2021-10-19 Thread doug . lawlor
What is happening here is when you select a product Voiceover can't see any of the product description: Very strange! Doug Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 19, 2021, at 2:10 PM, Katey Jackson wrote: > > It’s broken with voiceover on the iPhone as well as without voiceover. Very > strange. >

Re: Turning voiceover on and off quickly

2021-10-19 Thread doug . lawlor
You can fix this by going to Settings, Accessibility, Accessibility Shortcut, and making sure this is set to VoiceOver. Best, Doug Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 19, 2021, at 6:29 AM, 'Andy Logue' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > >  > Hi all. > > I used to press the home button, on my iphon

Re: New watch hand gestures

2021-10-11 Thread doug . lawlor
I don't see anything regarding hand gestures here, but I have the SE. I've rooked in the watch app and don't see them: Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 11, 2021, at 6:35 AM, Ian Harrison wrote: > > Hi all, > I’ve enabled this on my watch series 6 in IOS 15 but the watch is not > reacting. I’ve

Re: Recent Siri Changes Remove Call, Email, and Voicemail Features Used by Low Vision and Blind Users

2021-09-30 Thread doug . lawlor
All of these assistants will always have to go to the cloud to get something. The main problem I see is that some of the older demographic, who prefer a device that has buttons for doing things, have a great deal of trouble adjusting to a touch screen environment. These people would be satisfied

Re: Recent Siri Changes Remove Call, Email, and Voicemail Features Used by Low Vision and Blind Users

2021-09-30 Thread doug . lawlor
I also prefer to use a keyboard as well. I only use Siri for the most simple of tasks such as a fast way to open an application or using it on the Apple watch to get my location if I realized I passed a street I was supposed to cross. So I'm not a Siri expert by any stretch of the imagination.

Re: Recent Siri Changes Remove Call, Email, and Voicemail Features Used by Low Vision and Blind Users

2021-09-30 Thread doug . lawlor
As the president of the CFB, I see a lot of older people who use these features. I understand that we should all do our best to learn the iOs interface but we also have to understand that a lot of older people just want to get the basics done. Even accomlishing the basics on these devices c

Re: Problem with Watch OS 8.0

2021-09-23 Thread doug . lawlor
Hi Paul, I can use the workout app here just fine. I can have music playing if I choose too, but music comes threw my phone by default. When music starts playing, does it play threw the watch or the phone? If music is playing threw the phone you should bee able to just double tap the phone scre

Re: Selecting Messages in iOS Mail

2021-09-23 Thread doug . lawlor
>From what I'm seeing here it isn't. Its looking like the filtering is only for >display perposes only. I hope i'm wrong about that. Doug Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 23, 2021, at 10:10 AM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: > > That does not sound good. What if you want to delete all messages with

Re: Selecting Messages in iOS Mail

2021-09-23 Thread doug . lawlor
Thanks Jonathan, My problem was I had Filtering toggled on which makes the Select all button disapear. Turning off Filtering solves this problem. Best, Doug Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 23, 2021, at 6:55 AM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: > > In IOS 15 it is two swipes to the left after pressi

Re: Selecting Messages in iOS Mail

2021-09-23 Thread doug . lawlor
Hi Joseph, I'm running 15 here and don't see a Select all option when the edit mode is enabled. I've never done this before on iOs 14 so am not sure what to expect here. I may give Apple a call regarding this later today. This is interesting to say the least. Best, Doug Sent from my iPhon

Selecting Messages in iOS Mail

2021-09-22 Thread doug . lawlor
Hello all, Is there an easy way to select a bunch of messages in iOS Mail on the iPhone to perform actions such as mark read, Move, Delete, etc? I see an Edit option, but when I clic'k this I am able to select one message at a time. I can't figure out a way to select multiple messages. Does an

Re: IPhone SE 2020 (2nd generation)

2021-09-20 Thread doug . lawlor
I havent used the wallet yet but the app switcher seems to be working fine here. Best, Doug Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 20, 2021, at 7:30 PM, 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > >  > I just upgraded my iPhone XS. I read the list of bug reports on applevis.com, > and there was

iPhone 5 screen will not lock

2016-01-16 Thread Doug Lawlor
Hi all, I have an iPhone 5 and the screen will not lock. Pressing the lock button will take a screen shot. It almost seems like the home button is getting activated some how. Restoring the phone from a backup will fix it for about half a day and then the whole thing starts again. Has anyone se

Re: Questions about programs

2015-07-18 Thread Doug Lawlor
Hi Rena, Notes is the app used for taking quick notes. These notes can then be synced across your Macs and any IOS device you have. Maps will display apple Maps on your mac. Keynote is a presentation program something like Microsoft PowerPoint. Doug -- You received this message because you

Re: another mail client?

2015-07-14 Thread Doug Lawlor
I remember using mutt back in the early 2000s under linux and loved it. I could zip through tuns of mail by just using key commands and the action would just happen. I can’t find anything today that can match mutt and the speakup console screen reader for mail processing. Doug -- You receive

Re: KNFB Reader iPhone App

2014-09-21 Thread Doug Lawlor
Hello everyone, I'm just wondering if anyone has tried using the KNFB reader with a battery something like the mophy juice pack attached? Is there a difference in using it? Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 21, 2014, at 8:55 PM, Kevin Mattingly wrote: > > In 1990 Vocational Rehab and an associat

Re: anyone know about problems with iBooks in IOS 8?

2014-09-19 Thread Doug Lawlor
Hi Donna, Have you tried going into the app swicher, closing iBooks with a 3 finger swipe up, pressing home to get back to the home screen, then opening iBooks again? I was having similar problems with the app store here and doing the above fixed the problem. DougSent from my iPhone > On S

Re: App store in iOs 8?

2014-09-19 Thread Doug Lawlor
could close it in the > App Chooser then re-open it to see if that makes any difference. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > >> On Sep 18, 2014, at 5:39 PM, Doug Lawlor wrote: >> >> Anybody else having problems using the app store in i

App store in iOs 8?

2014-09-18 Thread Doug Lawlor
Anybody else having problems using the app store in iOs 8? When I bring it up the only thing I see are the tabs on the bottom of the screen and nothing else. Doug Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsu

Re: Accessible website for booking flights

2014-09-14 Thread Doug Lawlor
I've always used my travel agent. I've always found that using a travel agent is the best when you want to make sure that assistance is requested properly. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 14, 2014, at 8:17 PM, Jamie Tachiyama wrote: > > I use Orbitz. > > > Jamie T > Blind Dragon Hobbies > One

Re: Anybody know how to turn off the sound's in voice over in iOS?

2014-08-13 Thread Doug Lawlor
That turns off speech but not the sounds. Doug Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 13, 2014, at 8:59 PM, The Believer wrote: > > Space 1-3-4 > > From The Believer. . . > What if it were true? > ancient.ali...@icloud.com > >> On 8/13/2014 5:44 PM, Doug Lawlo

Re: Anybody know how to turn off the sound's in voice over in iOS?

2014-08-13 Thread Doug Lawlor
iPhone > On Aug 13, 2014, at 8:44 PM, Doug Lawlor wrote: > > Hello list, > The subject says it all. I am using a braille display and I would like the > phone to be completely silent when using the braille display. How do I go > about turning off the sounds that seem to eman

Anybody know how to turn off the sound's in voice over in iOS?

2014-08-13 Thread Doug Lawlor
Hello list, The subject says it all. I am using a braille display and I would like the phone to be completely silent when using the braille display. How do I go about turning off the sounds that seem to emanate from the phone while using the braille display? Sent from my iPhone -- You receive

Re: Express VPN -

2014-08-09 Thread Doug Lawlor
I am using it on the iPhone now. The only thing I am seeing is that open vpn is not supported. I contacted them through there live chat and asked them if I could use open vpn connect. They told me that this is not compatible with there setup. Doug Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 8, 2014, at 6:

Re: using voiceover in terminal?

2014-07-20 Thread Doug Lawlor
ected. Doug On Jul 20, 2014, at 4:09 PM, Anders Holmberg wrote: > Hi! > Yes. > I certainly did. > /A > 20 jul 2014 kl. 00:25 skrev Doug Lawlor : > >> Did you try a sudo make instead of just make? >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jul 19,

Re: using voiceover in terminal?

2014-07-19 Thread Doug Lawlor
input area. Then, use vo-up and >>>>> vo-down to review output, and regular up and down to navigate commands. >>>>> It isn't perfect, but interacting makes it a lot better. >>>>>> On Jul 17, 2014, at 10:22 AM, Doug Lawlor wrote: >>>&

Re: using voiceover in terminal?

2014-07-17 Thread Doug Lawlor
I would like to know the the same thing as well. I find when you are using the terminal output from commands sometimes does not get spoken. Doug Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 17, 2014, at 10:04 AM, Justin Mann wrote: > > HI all, > > Are there any particular settings that you should use with

Re: Square payment system

2014-06-21 Thread Doug Lawlor
! > Trydar / Twitter: @valleyswordwork > Weplyfr / Facebook: www.facebook.com/vww.tvg > Registered Offices / Swyddfeydd Cofrestredig: > 39 Cardiff Road / Heol Caerdydd > Llandaff, CF5 2DP > >> On 19/06/2014 2:39 PM, Doug Lawlor wrote: >> Hello everybody: >> I&#x

Square payment system

2014-06-19 Thread Doug Lawlor
Hello everybody: I'm just wondering if anybody has used the square payment system? As I understand it the credit card reader plugs into the headphone jack of the device. How can one access what's going on on the screen then? Thanks, DougSent from my iPhone -- You received this message because

Can anyone tell me why I can't access a URL on this page?

2014-06-05 Thread Doug Lawlor
Hello list: I am trying to figure out why I can't access a URL contained in the text "View full job posting" on the following page. When I am using VoiceOver I get the text some like: "View full job posting dimmed" When I do a Vo+space on this text I get an indication that I'm in a group. When I

Re: good o c r for mac

2014-05-07 Thread Doug Lawlor
ote: > > Hello Doug, > > Here is the list of formats for FineReader Pro. > > PDF, ePub, Word, FB2, Excel, Image, PowerPoint Presentation, HTML, ODT, CSV, > TXT, and RTF. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > >> On 7 May 2014, at 01:16, Doug Lawlor wrote: >

Re: keyboard question

2014-05-06 Thread Doug Lawlor
fy to type on.. But it's not > worth the hassle unless I can figure out something relatively soon.. > Thanks for any help! > Cait > >> On May 3, 2014, at 3:52 PM, Doug Lawlor wrote: >> >> What version of Mac OS are you running? How old is your iMac? >

Re: good o c r for mac

2014-05-06 Thread Doug Lawlor
D what formats does fine reader scanned into? Thanks, Doug Sent from my iPhone > On May 4, 2014, at 12:49 PM, Scott Berry wrote: > > I suggest Abby Fine Reader. If your a student you can get aa discount too. > It normally costs $99.95 but if you get the 30% discount you get it for > $65.95.

Re: UEB on the I phone.

2014-05-06 Thread Doug Lawlor
Speaking of you EB, does anybody know where I can find a description of all of the UEB character set? Thanks in advance, Doug Sent from my iPhone > On May 6, 2014, at 11:27 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > > UEB is the default table as I set it up myself when I connected my Focus 40 > Blue. > >>

Re: keyboard question

2014-05-03 Thread Doug Lawlor
What version of Mac OS are you running? How old is your iMac? Doug Sent from my iPhone > On May 2, 2014, at 2:48 PM, Caitlyn and Maggie > wrote: > > At an office supply store near me. It's called Beatty's Basics. > Any ideas as to my question? > Cait > >> On May 2, 2014, at 2:14 PM, Isaac

Re: Scanners revisited

2014-04-28 Thread Doug Lawlor
Hello everyone, What I don't like about Docuscan plus is that it requires the image to be sent to Serotek's servers for processing. If scans could be processed locally this would be a good solution. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 28, 2014, at 1:11 PM, erik burggraaf wrote: > > It's not that bad

Re: Accessible Packet Sniffers?

2014-04-10 Thread Doug Lawlor
Hi Alex, I don't know of a Mac specific utility, but I used to use a console utility called "mmap" quite a few years ago when I was doing a lot of experimenting with Linux. I don't have the links handy but do a search for a package called home-brew. It is a packaging system for Mac OS that will

Re: statusbar in 10.9.2 mavericks

2014-04-10 Thread Doug Lawlor
If I issue the following commands this is what happens. Press Vo+m+m to focus on the status menu. Vo+arrow to the DropBox icon. Press Vo+Command+f5 to move the mouse pointer to the VoiceOver cursor. Double tap the track pad. VoiceOver gives me the following message: "Dropbox 2.4.11 Up to date

Re: statusbar in 10.9.2 mavericks

2014-04-10 Thread Doug Lawlor
Hello all: I'm getting the same problem here as well. I've got two third party items in my status bar. The first is the dropbox icon and the second is the icon for 1Password Mini. If I Vo+Space on Dropbox I get the window opening sound and hear the word "app" which is then cut off. The window c

Stopping Mail from speaking subject and preview window of every message being download

2014-02-11 Thread Doug Lawlor
Hello List, This is really driving me nuts! I need to stop mail speaking every message being downloaded. Can this be done? I took a look through the view menu but can't find anything that would be related to this. Would something have to be changed in the notifications window? Thanks, Doug

Re: problems type2phone on mavericks with iphone 4 with ios7

2013-11-15 Thread Doug Lawlor
Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 14, 2013, at 10:41 PM, Helena Fehr I can > get type to phone working but I can't get control keys to pass to the phony > for some reason. Running 10.9 and latest type to phone. > > Dougwrote: > > Wow! You too? The thing is I can't even get my Type2phone thing t

Re: viewing full message details?

2013-10-15 Thread Doug Lawlor
I wish there was a way of doing Thisb in iOS as well but I can't find a way of doing this. Anybody know if this is possible in iOS? Doug Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 14, 2013, at 1:29 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > > That works, thanks. I also re-discovered cmd-shift-h, which shows full > informati

Re: itunes radio and skipping songs

2013-09-19 Thread Doug Lawlor
Does itunes radio only work in certain countries? I'm in Ghana, have installed ios 7 on my iPhone, but still don't see the radio tab in the music app. Doug Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 19, 2013, at 11:54 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > > I have not upgraded to ios 7, but I did get the new iTunes on m

Re: Installing mountain lion

2012-07-25 Thread Doug Lawlor
When your system reboots for the first time you can turn on VoiceOver at this point to get your percentage of your install progress and the approximate time left. When my system rebooted for the second time VoiceOver came up speaking. Doug On 2012-07-25, at 2:53 PM, Eugenia Firth wrote: > O

Re: upgrading to mountain lion was Loving Mountain Lion

2012-07-25 Thread Doug Lawlor
Hi Christine, Yu should be able to upgrade your macbook just fine. Mine is just the white macbook from February, 2010 with 4 GB ram and I upgraded it fine today. Doug On 2012-07-25, at 3:31 PM, Christine Grassman wrote: > I'm having trouble determining if I can upgrade my MacBook. On the tec

Re: Getting live regions on a web page to automatically speak?

2012-05-08 Thread Doug Lawlor
g a hotspot and monitoring it? > > SALUDOS, DANIELA R.T. > MACNETICOS, APPLE Y ACCESIBILIDAD A TU ALCANCE. > EN TWITTER: @macneticos > NUESTRO BLOG EN: > www.macneticus.blogspot.com > Y EL PODCAST EN:` > http://macneticos.libsyn.com > > > > El 07/05/

Getting live regions on a web page to automatically speak?

2012-05-07 Thread Doug Lawlor
Hello list: I am working with a binary options broker who has live regions on their web site that update with pricing information. I can find the region and get it to speak by arrowing over it using quickNav. I'm sure VO/left and right arrows will do the same thing. The problem I am having is wh

Re: RosettaStone Software: has anyone tried this?

2012-04-11 Thread Doug Lawlor
he expense of the supplier. > > sorry to break this to you but that's what it's going to be. > > lew > > On 11 Apr 2012, at 12:30, Doug Lawlor wrote: > >> Hello list: >> I'm just wondering if anyone has tried the RosettaStone language learning &g

RosettaStone Software: has anyone tried this?

2012-04-11 Thread Doug Lawlor
Hello list: I'm just wondering if anyone has tried the RosettaStone language learning software. Looking at there FAQ pages I see that it can work on the Mac. I'm not sure about accessibility however. I suspect they use a cross platform development solution which is always not the most accessible

Re: Drobo dashboard, is it accessible?

2012-03-22 Thread Doug Lawlor
demand and the potential market for these products. > > On Mar 20, 2012, at 9:28 PM, Doug Lawlor wrote: > >> Hi Skott, >> As of this writing Drobo Dashboard is not accessible. When you launch the >> program VoiceOver does not see the program's controls. It would be ni

Re: Drobo dashboard, is it accessible?

2012-03-20 Thread Doug Lawlor
Hi Skott, As of this writing Drobo Dashboard is not accessible. When you launch the program VoiceOver does not see the program's controls. It would be nice if we could get in contact with the developer and get them to do something about this problem. I havent been able to update a Drobo FS in mo

Question about Radium

2012-02-21 Thread Doug Lawlor
Hello list: I just recently purchased Radium from the mac app store. This is an app that has access to a number of radio stations and gives you full keyboard control over the app from any other application. I really like this app accept for one thing. I can't see a full list of my favourite sta

Printing an invoice from the Apple store?

2012-02-12 Thread Doug Lawlor
Hello List: How do I go about printing an invoice from the Apple store? I log into my account and successfully see my orders. I click on the Print Invoice link for an order but nothing happens. I get no dialogs or anything. Actually what I want to do is to generate a PDF of the invoice from the

Re: sim card on iphone 3gs?

2012-02-08 Thread Doug Lawlor
The sim card hole is next to the head phone jack a push pin will work if you get it positioned just right. Sent from my iPhone On 2012-02-09, at 2:04 AM, Hank Smith wrote: > Hello where exactly is the hole to put a paper clip, to get the sim tray to > pop out on the 3gs? > is it buy the pow

Re: Right clicking links on a web page?

2012-01-29 Thread Doug Lawlor
the link. But if you do want the context menu anyway, press VO shift > M. > > hth > > Ricardo Walker > rica...@appletothecore.info > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > On Jan 28, 2012, at 7:14 PM, Doug Lawlor wrote: > >> Hello list: &

Right clicking links on a web page?

2012-01-28 Thread Doug Lawlor
Hello list: I am trying to do the equivalent of right clicking the mouse on a link so I can save the pdf files that these links point to. My problem is I can't seem to get the menu with the save as option in it. I get a menu for the current page I am viewing. How does one save a file from a web

Re: OCR on the mac

2012-01-28 Thread Doug Lawlor
I would love to see a version of Kursweil 1000 for the Mac. I have a lot of stuff in Kursweil format that I'd like to access. Doug Sent from my iPhone On 2012-01-28, at 6:18 AM, "Lisa Salinger" wrote: > Hello, > For what it's worth, you do have the option to save your scans to Serotek's > s

Can't remove bluetooth devices

2012-01-02 Thread Doug Lawlor
Hello list: I can't seem to remove a bluetooth device. The process sounds simple enough. Open bluetooth preferences, select the device you want to remove from the device table, navigate to the remove device button and press it. My problem is that this button is dimmed. I've also tried routing th

Re: How to share an Internet connection on the mac?

2011-12-11 Thread Doug Lawlor
be able to now check the checkbox in the > On column. It will then prompt you with the usual "are you sure..." dialog. > > CB > > On 12/9/11 5:37 AM, Doug Lawlor wrote: >> Hello list: >> I've never had to use this since I got my mac. In fact, I've

How to share an Internet connection on the mac?

2011-12-09 Thread Doug Lawlor
Hello list: I've never had to use this since I got my mac. In fact, I've never had to share an Internet connection in the past 10 years or so from a computer. I know this should be quite simple. I go into Preferences, select sharing, and navigate through the table of sharing items until I see I

Using Dragon Express with VoiceOver?

2011-11-17 Thread Doug Lawlor
Hello list: I just purchased Dragon Express for the introductory price of $49.99 and can't figure out how to go about accessing the program. There is supposed to be an icon in the menu bar but it is the usual problem where VoiceOver can't access it. Any other way to access this program? I'm very

Re: itunes sort by artist

2011-11-02 Thread Doug Lawlor
I seem to remember a plugin for doing this some ware but can't remember where I saw it. I would love to know if this is still possible. Doug Sent from my iPhone On 2011-11-02, at 1:04 PM, Paul Erkens wrote: > Hi all, > > On an iphone, you can sort the itunes library by artist. On my mac,

Re: IOS: accessible VO cloent

2011-10-24 Thread Doug Lawlor
Check out Focus for Facebook in the app store. Doug Sent from my iPhone On 2011-10-24, at 6:11 AM, Massimo Vettoretti wrote: > Hello guys. > > I am looking for an accessible Facebook client under IOS5. I Tried the > official FB App and Facely HD too, but it was a very frustrating experien

Re: Help with my iPhone for?

2011-10-10 Thread Doug Lawlor
Ok, if I understand correctly, you launch the iPod app, find a song you want to play, but the whole song doesn't play. Instead, a piece of the song you select plays then switches to another song that a piece of only gets played? I can't seem to replicate this here at the moment. Doug Sent fr

Re: iPAD As iPhone?

2011-10-10 Thread Doug Lawlor
You will need a SIP client and an account with a VoIP provider to get this functionality. A good client ihave been looking at is Counterpath's Bria client which looks very accessible. A VoIP provider is used to route your calls over the 3G data network. When you are connected to a wifi network y

Re: iPhone 4s and Siri

2011-10-05 Thread Doug Lawlor
>From what I understand Siri is doing all processing on the phone, hense the >reason for only running on the 4s only. It needs the A5 processor. Doug Sent from my iPhone On 2011-10-05, at 6:01 PM, "Maxwell Ivey Jr." wrote: > main reason why i'm not already signed up to buy one too much tha

Re: Skype and other voip services on i-devices

2011-10-01 Thread Doug Lawlor
Hi William, I think what is happening is that Skype and other VOIP programs are speaking through the ear piece instead of the iPhone's speaker. Try this: 1. Hold down on the home button until the phone vibrates. 2. After the phone vibrates click the home button once. That may restore speech thro

Re: Google Chrome, ChromeVox, and Apps

2011-09-29 Thread Doug Lawlor
I can't get the chromevox extension installed here at all. I get a message saying that the package is unreadable. Has anyone else seen this? Doug Sent from my iPhone On 2011-09-29, at 7:23 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > Hi all, > I managed to get my chromevox installed and i tested it, and a

Re: skype?

2011-09-24 Thread Doug Lawlor
True enough. I've always used the context menu approach. Doug Sent from my iPhone On 2011-09-24, at 6:57 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: > VO Shift M will bring up a context menu, but VO M to the menu bar will also > accomplish this eventually, if you arrow over to contacts and down to

Re: skype?

2011-09-24 Thread Doug Lawlor
You can also interact with what ever contact table, choose a contact, press VO+m to bring up the context menu and choose "Call" from their Sent from my iPhone On 2011-09-24, at 2:42 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: > select the contact by interacting with whichever table (contact monitor,

Re: Nervous syncing my iPad

2011-09-18 Thread Doug Lawlor
You should have no problem syncing the iPad. Voices will not change because the iPad uses the actual VoiceOver screenreader, not recorded voice prompts like the previous generation of the iPod Nano. Doug Sent from my iPhone On 2011-09-18, at 4:21 PM, "Traci" wrote: > Hi all, > > Ok, I

Re: Is there a manual eject button anywhere on the MBP?

2011-09-16 Thread Doug Lawlor
Hi Donna, Try the following: 1. make sure the machine is powered off. 2. Hold down the eject button, that is the key to the right of the F12 key and press the power button while keeping the eject button held down. You should hear the cd start to spin and then the mac chime. After the chime the cd

Re: Getting to the top or bottom of a list

2011-08-03 Thread Doug Lawlor
Hi Paul, You must interact with the messages column then interact with the messages table. When you interact with the messages column you see two items, Sort by date and messages. Just interact with the messages table then vo+shift+home will take you to the top and vo+shift+end will take you to

Re: blogging app?

2011-07-31 Thread Doug Lawlor
Have a look at an app called Marsedit which you can find at http://www.marsedit.com. In my opinion it is the best software of it's kind. I've posted a keyboard reference to my blog at http://www.douglawlor.com/marsedit-keyboard-reference. Doug On 2011-07-31, at 1:34 PM, Kliph&Sharrie wrote: >

Re: Looking for an accessible DVD ripper

2011-07-29 Thread Doug Lawlor
Hi Paul, Check out dvd remaster. This program should do what you want and is very accessible. I'm not sure how much it is because when I bought the program it was on sale for 90% off the list price. Doug On 2011-07-29, at 1:42 PM, Paul Henrichsen wrote: > Hi, guys. I am looking for an accessib

Re: Booting from the Lion Partition

2011-07-29 Thread Doug Lawlor
oug, just curious, is this command-R key new or has it been > around with SL? > In other words would you use the same command-R to boot off a SL dvd > on a mac that did not have Lion? > Best, > Mikab > > On 7/27/11, Doug Lawlor wrote: >> Just hold down command-r whil

Re: Booting from the Lion Partition

2011-07-27 Thread Doug Lawlor
Just hold down command-r while powering on and the recovery partition will come up. Doug On 2011-07-27, at 11:24 AM, Mika Pyyhkala wrote: > Can anyone also please post the key sequence to boot up the machine > and bring up the Lion partition? > > Thanks, > Mika > > On 7/27/11, Dan Roy wrote:

Getting an app out of full screen mode in Lion?

2011-07-23 Thread Doug Lawlor
Hello list: Has anyone found a way to get an app out of full screen mode? I was taking a look at Mail and pressed the button to make the app full screen. I just don't know how to get it out of this mode again. Thanks, Doug -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: OS X Lion and VoiceOver issues

2011-07-22 Thread Doug Lawlor
I've tried to do three things here to perform a drag and drop in Launchpad. 1. Do what you do in IOS which is to hold a finger on an icon until the moving sound is heard then start dragging the app to the new location. This does not work. No moving sound is heard when you try the IOS method. 2. U

Re: Anyone know how to deal with the popups that come up in edit boxes in Lion?

2011-07-21 Thread Doug Lawlor
gt; to that popup menu. You can then use VO left and right to navigate through > the choices and press the Return key when you've found your desired choice. > > HTH, > Bryan > > On Jul 21, 2011, at 4:02 PM, Doug Lawlor wrote: >> I'm just wondering how do we go ab

Anyone know how to deal with the popups that come up in edit boxes in Lion?

2011-07-21 Thread Doug Lawlor
Hello list: I'm just wondering how do we go about working with the autocorrection features in Lion. I'm talking about the autocorrection sound like you hear on the iPhone but they've now ported this to the Mac. The difference is that when you get the autocorrection sound on the Mac you get how m

Re: lion is now on the app store

2011-07-20 Thread Doug Lawlor
to being done. > Yours, > Zack. > On Jul 20, 2011, at 9:12 AM, Doug Lawlor wrote: > >> Hi Zack, >> I have downloaded the installer and it ran automatically after the download >> finished. The problem is I'm not sure where the installer downloaded to >>

Re: lion is now on the app store

2011-07-20 Thread Doug Lawlor
I've got it up and running here as well. I like the fact that when interacting with a message table in Mail you get much more information when up and down arrowing. Doug On 2011-07-20, at 1:37 PM, David Taylor wrote: > Replying from Lion. All is well so far. > > Cheers > Dave > > On 20 Jul

Re: lion is now on the app store

2011-07-20 Thread Doug Lawlor
Hi Zack, I have downloaded the installer and it ran automatically after the download finished. The problem is I'm not sure where the installer downloaded to either. I looked in the Applications folder but found nothing that would look like the Mac OS10 installer. I wanted to burn a DVD but looks

Re: Flash to HTML5; Can it be done?

2011-07-14 Thread Doug Lawlor
github.com/safariextensions/clicktoplugin/ > > On Jul 14, 2011, at 3:17 PM, Doug Lawlor wrote: > > Hello list: > I am looking for either a Safari Extension or plugin that will allow me to > convert any flash video to HTML5. I've seem extensions that will let me do > t

Flash to HTML5; Can it be done?

2011-07-14 Thread Doug Lawlor
Hello list: I am looking for either a Safari Extension or plugin that will allow me to convert any flash video to HTML5. I've seem extensions that will let me do this with Youtube videos but not videos from other sites. I'm taking a course that has lots of flash videos and am wondering if there

Re: Is this calendar app accessible?

2011-07-13 Thread Doug Lawlor
Hi Christina, You can download a demo of this app at http://flexibits.com/fantastical. Doug On 2011-07-13, at 7:03 PM, Christina wrote: > Hi, I just have not been able to grasp iCal and therefore, I do not use a > calendar app but I need to. Well, this mac app is very appealing to me > becau

Re: Safari Keyboard Reference Posted

2011-07-13 Thread Doug Lawlor
s, so you only have to press > "return" after pressing "option" to complete the action. You'll find this is > true for the other shortcuts that specify clicking on the link, too, so > "Command-return" on a link will open the link in a new window or tab. >

Re: Safari Keyboard Reference Posted

2011-07-12 Thread Doug Lawlor
I'll try to get a Mail reference posted tomorrow. Doug Sent from my iPhone On 2011-07-12, at 2:00 PM, "Missy Hoppe" wrote: > Thanks for posting this. I'm sure it will come in handy! > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@goo

Safari Keyboard Reference Posted

2011-07-12 Thread Doug Lawlor
hello all: I just wanted to let you all know that I have posted a Safari Keyboard reference to http://www.douglawlor.com/safari-keyboard-reference. Any comments on these references would be well appreciated, Doug -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "M

Re: MarsEdit Keyboard Reference Posted

2011-07-11 Thread Doug Lawlor
osting and using blogs. I > would appreciate keyboard reference guides for other applications. For > example, text editior, e-mail program, Safari, and etc. > > Thanks, > > Sarah > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvi

Re: office applications

2011-07-11 Thread Doug Lawlor
Hi James, I am not the biggest user of office applications of any kind. However, People say that Pages is quite accessible. I'm quite sure that someone on this list has done a podcast using the Numbers spreadsheet app. I honestly down't know about the rest of the apps in the iWork sweet because

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