Re: Google Chrome on Mac

2020-03-20 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Hi Desmond. I love chrome. I used it across Mac, windows and android where it served extraordinarily well, synchronized my bookmarks and other amenities, and was decent for at least the basics of web development. Around November, chrome updated itself automatically on my Mac and accessibilit

Re: google chrome on Mac OS?

2020-01-16 Thread Erik Burggraaf
I was very happy with chrome for years, but had to uninstall it from my mac a couple of months ago. It was taking an extravigantly long time to load webpages. It stopped setting focus to the html content and bogged down almost but not quite completely when I tried to navigate there. It was p

Re: iClever bluetooth keyboard

2020-01-05 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Oit definitely connects to one or more devices and allows you to switch back and forth between them. You would have to consult the manual though to find out about the device connectivity. I am pretty sure it will only connect to one device of a type at any given time. For example, if you have a

Re: Coming Back to Android

2019-11-06 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Greetings, On November 5, 2019 10:03:41 p.m. Holly wrote: 1. What do you do productivity wise with your Android device? I used my moto G phone in place of a computer for nearly a year. Obviously I did email, some high leverage web browsing such as filing my taxes online and filling out job

RE: Apple's Destructive MacOS Catalina Update Betrays Trust In Your Broken MacBook Pro

2019-10-17 Thread Erik Burggraaf
64-bit computing is literally older than the iPhone. Apple gave developer is a year-and-a-half notice letting them know that 32-bit support would be dropped. it's sad that a lot of people decided to the cost-benefit ratio wasn't worth it, and I understand how frustrated people who are using app

Re: Iphones with home buttons?

2019-10-11 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Thanks for that. Best, Erik On October 11, 2019 12:20:34 p.m. Jeff Berwick wrote: Hi there, I have the iPhone 8 and it has a physical home button. Jeff On Oct 11, 2019, at 12:18 PM, Erik Burggraaf wrote: Hi all, could some one please refresh my memory on which IPhones have the

Iphones with home buttons?

2019-10-11 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Hi all, could some one please refresh my memory on which IPhones have the physical home button? In particular, I can't rremember whether the IPhone 8 does or not. Thanks, Erik -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions

Re: Email doubts

2019-09-16 Thread Erik Burggraaf
to attach a file, copy it in your finder, and paste it into the body of your email. This is the same procedure you would use if you were using Microsoft Outlook on Windows. Best, Erik On September 15, 2019 10:38:47 AM hemachandran karah wrote: Dear all, I hope this message is coming acros

Musicbox was Re: Tag Editor for Batch Editing Music Files

2019-09-05 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Here, have a look at this program called music box. https://www.dropbox.com/s/bmqxc4irbsedn40/musicbox.zip?dl=0 unfortunately, it's discontinued now. I think he wanted too much for it when it was under development. I came along and found it just as it was going out, and he gave me a key file.

Re: Tag Editor for Batch Editing Music Files

2019-09-04 Thread Erik Burggraaf
I disagree with your definition of efficiency, but oh well. ITunes commandeers the files by broot force and then creates a 20 step process for accomplishing anything with them. Then heaven help you if you hit the wrong button, generating thousands of duplicates, corrupting your massive librar

Re: The Dot Braille Smart Watch.

2019-08-28 Thread Erik Burggraaf
ou want to know the time or read a message. All the best Jürgen Am 28.08.2019 um 16:33 schrieb Erik Burggraaf : Hi, I tested this product last year when I worked for an access technology company. At that time the quality was not what I expected in a $500 product, but was steadily improving.

Re: Fwd: The Dot Braille Smart Watch.

2019-08-28 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Hi, I tested this product last year when I worked for an access technology company. At that time the quality was not what I expected in a $500 product, but was steadily improving. Pros: comfortable, convenient, easy to use, cross platform compatible. The dot watch is really an outstanding id

Re: Brailleblaster was Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

2019-07-25 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Hi, Liblouis is an open source, cross-platform braille translation API. It is the guts of brltty I believe, and it was the basis for louis braille translater forr mac. I believe brailleblaster had implemented liblouis as well. I mean, why re-invent the wheel, right? Hope this helps, Erik

Brailleblaster was Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

2019-07-24 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Hi Donna,Have you experimented with APH brailleblaster? It served me well on windows in the days when it was developed by abilitysoft, but I had a hard time with it on mac. Since APH took over development I haven't had embossers to experiment with and have always been curious to whether they

Re: In the market for a new laptop, your advice?

2019-07-23 Thread Erik Burggraaf
I think any modern apple device will be fine if you want bootcamp windows, but I would still recommend a pro model with solid state and upgraded ram for virtualization. Fusion really seems to kick the crap out of baseline models in my experience. Best, Erik On July 22, 2019 10:33:15 PM Ibr

Re: Games that can be played with sited Children?

2019-04-07 Thread Erik Burggraaf
My bad entirely! :-D You can see where my heart lies at the moment. I love my phone and all it can do, but I'm looking for ways to put the phone down at this point. On April 7, 2019 11:21:08 AM Ramy Moustafa wrote: Ha ha great, but what about using iPhone? Do you think that we can find

Re: Games that can be played with sited Children?

2019-04-07 Thread Erik Burggraaf
It depends on age. If we're talking about a toddler, blocks are good. Mega blocks, blocks with raised letters and numbers, Stacking items. puzzle boards, shapes and colours though you might have to put some braille stickers or textured identifiers on the coloured items. As you get older, i

Re: Odd issue trying to read menu on web site

2018-11-21 Thread Erik Burggraaf
well, to begin with, the actual menu on the site is two pictures embedded in the homepage. We are not going to get very far with that. As a backup, there is a menu provided by a delivery company. Unfortunately, I have not been able to get the links two sections of the menu to work here on my p

Accessible DVD authoring?

2018-11-04 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Hi, does anybody have a solution for accessible DVD authoring on the Mac? I don't want to do reencoding or adjusting frames or anything like that. I mainly want to add or remove chapters and titles, or take something off of the beginning or end of a video. there used to be idvd, but it did n

Re: Digital Voice Recorders and OS X 14.

2018-11-03 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Hi Dan, if you don't get an answer to your questions, please email me off list at e...@erik-burggraaf.com. in that case, I will see if I can get the demo unit from Special Needs computers and find out for sure one way or the other. I don't see why it wouldn't work, but without trying it I wou

Re: No way to import daisybooks into easyReader.

2018-10-11 Thread Erik Burggraaf
That would be me. Have you found any way to get books into the IOS version? ...Anything at all? I don't see it. So for example, if I sign in to cela library, I could presumably download books straight to the app. However, NNELS is not yet supported. So if I download a daisy book from NNEL

Question about dolphin easy reader

2018-10-09 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Hi, can anybody tell me if the dolphin easy reader app for iOS allows you to import a daisy book from Dropbox?I just accomplished this no problem here on my Android phone, but this may be a whole different beast on iOS. Thanks for any information you can provide, as I don't have an iOS device t

Re: question about transmission bittorrent client

2018-10-09 Thread Erik Burggraaf
torrents? you are a pirate pro dude! xd On 10/8/18, Erik Burggraaf wrote: That's terrible! I can have upwards of 200 torrents to manage at a time. I need an easy way to track the active ones, start and stop specific ones, and find out ratios and other stats. Can we find a developer and get this

Re: creating a website link on the dock?

2018-10-08 Thread Erik Burggraaf
this can be added to the dock, never tried it. I know you can save folders there. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 10/8/2018 10:24 AM, Erik Burggraaf wrote: Hi, does any one know a keyboard

Re: question about transmission bittorrent client

2018-10-08 Thread Erik Burggraaf
the right thing when it comes to getting my transfers through. Best, Erik On October 8, 2018 2:38:26 PM Oriol Gómez wrote: hi very true, however you can hit command+i to bring up the inspector and figure out the torrent name and its activity. hope this helps. On 10/8/18, Erik Burggraaf

question about transmission bittorrent client

2018-10-08 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Hi any transmition users. I was able to get this installed and working. However, in the transfers list, voiceover only reports graphic graphic graphic. I can see globals showing that stuff is moving, and I get a ding when it finishes a download, but each entry in the list seems to be represe

creating a website link on the dock?

2018-10-08 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Hi, does any one know a keyboard friendly way to add a web shortcut to the dock? A quick google search shows drag and drop only and while this is theoretically possible, I'd rather not. Thanks, Erik -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If

Re: torrenting

2018-10-08 Thread Erik Burggraaf
I can't actually get uTorrent to install here. Even at that, the installer is so crammed with bloatware that I'm reluctant to even try. I have been using folcs, but in terms of features it is very bare-bones, and it has recently started acting up. I will probably spend some of my day off seeing

Re: Good BitTorrent client for Mac?

2018-07-12 Thread Erik Burggraaf
quot; wrote: Hi Eric, I like Folx for mac but its not free. I believe its like $29.95. It works great, never crashes, and you can search for and download torrents from within the app. HTH Jeff On 7/11/18, Erik Burggraaf wrote: Hi all, I have a couple of Mac minis to set up, and I'm wonderi

Good BitTorrent client for Mac?

2018-07-11 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Hi all, I have a couple of Mac minis to set up, and I'm wondering about BitTorrent client for Mac. It's been at least 3 or 4 years since I looked into this. uTorrent was headed downhill when last I used it, and I've been using the windows client which is left an extraordinary bad taste in my m

Re: Fwd: HIMS Introduces the All-New QBraille XL

2018-07-06 Thread Erik Burggraaf
This looks fantastic! I wonder what their trade-in offer will be for a braille Edge. Best, Erik On July 5, 2018 5:28:07 PM "'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries" wrote: Hi all, I just received this from HIMS. I don't know anything beyond what is contained in this message, but thought I wo

Re: NAS from Synologie or WD MyCloud

2018-06-20 Thread Erik Burggraaf
wrote: Hi! Any unix based similar sollutions out there? I may install Debian to use on a raspberry pi and connect to a big hard drive. I have also thought of preparing my 2011 mac mini to act as a file server of some kind. /A 20 juni 2018 kl. 14:17 skrev Erik Burggraaf : For myself, I have a v

Re: NAS from Synologie or WD MyCloud

2018-06-20 Thread Erik Burggraaf
w it's set up, I really enjoy it. Best, Erik On June 20, 2018 12:43:34 AM Jürgen Fleger wrote: Thanks Eric. Do you still use an NAS? Or what you rather use a cloud service like Dropbox or iCloud? Von meinem iPhone gesendet Am 19.06.2018 um 19:03 schrieb Erik Burggraaf : My x bou

Re: NAS from Synologie or WD MyCloud

2018-06-19 Thread Erik Burggraaf
My x bought wd mycloud and it worked really well. The browser interface was fully accessible. It connected to mac and windows desktops seemlessly across the network and it had fully accessible though not 100% cosey ios and android apps. All in all, a great effort as of three years ago. Hope

Re: 13 apps for your iPhone that are better than the ones Apple made, Business Insider

2018-06-19 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Hum, Not being super in love with the iphone, I kind'a sympathize here, but it sounds like what this person really wants is a nexus or a lumia. I get it. Apple doesn't play ball with other devices and microsoft and android do. That's one reason why I'm an android guy, but we're basically sa

Re: Laptops: When did things change?

2018-06-15 Thread Erik Burggraaf
June 15, 2018 12:04:51 PM Tim Kilburn wrote: Hi, Yeah, it already is a little frustrating at times. So far, the Seeing AI app has been my friend. Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jun 15, 2018, at 09:38, Erik Burggraaf wrote

Re: Laptops: When did things change?

2018-06-15 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Hum, that's probably not great for us, especially as computers run cooler and are built more solid state. We will have to do some clever manouvers at times just to figure out whether the thing is powered off, or whether it's on and not making sound for some reason. On June 15, 2018 11:12:2

Re: keystroke for jumping to the top of a list in mail

2018-05-31 Thread Erik Burggraaf
in in my experience, option up or option down arrows worked up to about snow leopard, and then it changed to something more obscure. I think either command option up and down, or ccommand option shift up and down. Up of course goes to top, and down to the bottom. If this doesn't help, let me

Re: Is It Possible to Connect a PC to a Mac via USB

2018-05-30 Thread Erik Burggraaf
coffin." - US Editor and Satirist, H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956) On May 30, 2018, at 12:13 PM, Erik Burggraaf wrote: I don't understand such aversion, but the simplest solution would be to plug in a printer via usb to the mini. That's your most secure and streamlined process con

Re: Is It Possible to Connect a PC to a Mac via USB

2018-05-30 Thread Erik Burggraaf
d with Insomnia, now I’m just so tired of it.” - Contributor Unknown On May 30, 2018, at 11:29 AM, Erik Burggraaf wrote: Why not just print from your mini and ipad? Best, Erik On May 30, 2018 12:19:55 PM Bill Gallik wrote: A bit of background here; I have an old PC (Vista) I use for sca

Re: Is It Possible to Connect a PC to a Mac via USB

2018-05-30 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Why not just print from your mini and ipad? Best, Erik On May 30, 2018 12:19:55 PM Bill Gallik wrote: A bit of background here; I have an old PC (Vista) I use for scanning documents and printing out whatever. This PC is not connected into the network router I’m using with my Mini Mac, iPh

Re: Is there an easy way to do math on the Mac?

2018-05-29 Thread Erik Burggraaf
om/accessibility On May 27, 2018, at 8:26 AM, Erik Burggraaf wrote: Hi, I have an advanced algebra class coming up in September. I bought chatty Infinity for Windows, because that's what the college wants me to have. Now I'm finding that the number of steps and programs I will have

Is there an easy way to do math on the Mac?

2018-05-27 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Hi, I have an advanced algebra class coming up in September. I bought chatty Infinity for Windows, because that's what the college wants me to have. Now I'm finding that the number of steps and programs I will have to use in order to make that sit up work is so convoluted, it might be easier t

Re: Braille Displays

2018-04-28 Thread Erik Burggraaf
It's really painful for me to put this out there, but if you're looking for something vario ultra like without getting embroiled in their financial situation, how about the focus 40 fifth generation? I haven't seen one yet and so this is not an endorsement. Also I don't enjoy the politics of v

Re: Paragon NTFS versus Tuxara or any cheep alternative?

2018-03-20 Thread Erik Burggraaf
ative cheaper than this? On Mar 19, 2018, at 8:13 PM, Erik Burggraaf wrote: It should be. I haven't owned a computer for years until last month, and it's still in the box because I haven't had time or inclination to set it up. It was very reliable as long as I used it.

Re: Paragon NTFS versus Tuxara or any cheep alternative?

2018-03-19 Thread Erik Burggraaf
On Mar 19, 2018, at 5:32 PM, Erik Burggraaf wrote: I have been very happy with tuexera, although I'm not super pleased with the administration that runs that product. After purchase, I had so much trouble getting my license issued, I was forced to go find a pirated version. On March 19, 2

Re: Paragon NTFS versus Tuxara or any cheep alternative?

2018-03-19 Thread Erik Burggraaf
I have been very happy with tuexera, although I'm not super pleased with the administration that runs that product. After purchase, I had so much trouble getting my license issued, I was forced to go find a pirated version. On March 19, 2018 11:14:48 AM Ramy Moustafa wrote: Hi all: I need

Re: A Treat for Burger Lovers, Everywhere

2018-03-12 Thread Erik Burggraaf
There is a Carl's Junior app. I tried it a couple of years ago when I was living in the state's part time. It was pretty terrible. Best, Erik On March 12, 2018 8:27:21 AM Michael Busboom wrote: If I still lived in the States, I’d lobby hard for an In’nOut app! I’d also look for a Carl’s Juni

Re: Standing on the crossroad.

2018-02-28 Thread Erik Burggraaf
I feel very lucky. When the technology upheaval took place, windows and Symbian were on the way out, iPhone and Android were on the way in, I was running a technology training company, and I got to try and use both. I was able to justify purchasing both when they were new, and I've been able to

Re: What you need to know about unlocked phones vs. locked phones - CNET

2018-02-17 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Locking phones is an antitrust practice, and should be illegal. In December, Canada made it illegal to sell locked phones on a carrier. This is a giant step forward for Wireless in Canada, and I love it! Third-party providers sell unlock codes for 5 or $10 a piece, and so, locking a phone is n

Re: Mail clients other than apple

2018-01-27 Thread Erik Burggraaf
How about Microsoft Outlook? It's apparently very usable on iOS, maybe it's getting just as good for Mac. I don't have any way to test it out myself yet, but that's the only other potentially viable alternative I can think of. Best, Erik On January 26, 2018 5:55:11 PM Daniel McGee wrote:

RE: Contact data for Microsoft's dedicated accessibility help desk

2018-01-16 Thread Erik Burggraaf
I on the other hand, had a rancid experience with this department. They refused to help me with office because I was using a mobile version. Still, nothing ventured, nothing gained, right? Best, Erik On January 15, 2018 3:34:20 PM "M. Taylor" wrote: Hello Janina, Thank you for posting t

Re: A few questions about using braille displays to browse the web

2017-12-05 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Hi, You can use the cursor routing keys on most displays to perform the default action for any object associated with that cell. So, if you have three dock icons or a row of three or four links, press one of the cursor routing keys associated with the link or icon you want and it should activ

Re: Fully Accessible Torrent Client (details inside)

2017-11-15 Thread Erik Burggraaf
This used to be accessible via the control click menu in the files tab. Are you saying they removed the option? That would be very annoying. It's been over a year since I used it, so maybe things have changed. Best, Erik On November 14, 2017 11:43:10 PM Des Delgadillo wrote: Hi all,

RE: Recommendation for a Bluetooth keyboard to pair with my iPhone

2017-11-10 Thread Erik Burggraaf
heers, From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Erik Burggraaf Sent: Saturday, 11 November 2017 12:27 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Recommendation for a Bluetooth keyboard to pair with my iPhone Hi Simon, I think the ic

RE: Recommendation for a Bluetooth keyboard to pair with my iPhone

2017-11-10 Thread Erik Burggraaf
f Donna Goodin Sent: Saturday, 11 November 2017 12:42 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Recommendation for a Bluetooth keyboard to pair with my iPhone Well, I'm getting it for my birthday. I'll let everyone know what I think. Cheers, donna On Nov 9, 2017, at 7:49 AM, Er

Re: Recommendation for a Bluetooth keyboard to pair with my iPhone

2017-11-09 Thread Erik Burggraaf
s rather than windows android and ios at one time. But it reads well in the reviews Sent from my iPad On 8/11/2017, at 8:30 AM, Erik Burggraaf mailto:e...@erik-burggraaf.com>> wrote: Hi Donna, This icleverr one is very popular if you have access to amazon.com<http://amazon.co

Re: Recommendation for a Bluetooth keyboard to pair with my iPhone

2017-11-07 Thread Erik Burggraaf
h has the F and J marked and is made of metal (none of those cheap plastic ones thanks) I might be interested! Thank you and please of course. Kawal. On 7 Nov 2017, at 19:30, Erik Burggraaf wrote: Hi Donna, This icleverr one is very popular if you have access to amazon.com. http://amzn.to/2t

Re: Recommendation for a Bluetooth keyboard to pair with my iPhone

2017-11-07 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Hi Donna, This icleverr one is very popular if you have access to amazon.com. http://amzn.to/2tcMzn8 It folds to a size just a little bigger than a passport, unfolds to a full sized keyboard, comes with a cary case, and pairs to one ios, one android, and one windows device all at once, allowin

Re: Counting my Money

2017-11-07 Thread Erik Burggraaf
I would if I could. Unfortunately, I've never used them myself, and don't have enough experience to make a good recommendation. Sorry I couldn't be more help, Eric On November 6, 2017 5:04:23 PM Ramy Moustafa wrote: can not u Recommend one? On 11/6/17, Erik Burggraaf wr

Re: Counting my Money

2017-11-06 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Check the app store for budgeting or budget apps. The app would allow you to enter your incomes, add your bank accounts, track receipts and calculate your spending. It would also show you where you can save money, what your total regular monthly bills are, and lots of other information about you

Re: Attention, anyone using Text editor for programming code

2017-10-05 Thread Erik Burggraaf
You press control option shift M (vo shift M) on the file in finder. Choose open with. Choose text edit. While editing, keep both text edit and safari open. If text edit doesn't appear where I said it would, do the following. Press control option shift M (vo shift M) on the file in finder.

Re: Sharing a folder between my windows 7 and my mac

2017-10-05 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Your Mac requires that the windows account you are signing in to have a proper username and password. You cannot use guest. You will need to make sure you have a password setup on your Windows 7 user account, and that your Windows 7 user account has full permission to access that shared Drive.

RE: O/T RE: NFB, Uber App and a Guide Dog

2017-09-28 Thread Erik Burggraaf
as other agencies will use a velvet glove. If they can be in the lime light, they could care less about blind people. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Erik Burggraaf Sent: September 28, 2017 7:07 AM To: macvisi

Re: Problems with installation

2017-09-28 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Solution one: press the mouse or trackpad button once. I used to run into this during instalations and fix it this way. Solution two:: hold down control option. Add fn if needed. Press f1 twice quickly. Choose the window. You may have to go into system dialogs to find it. Hope this hel

O/T RE: NFB, Uber App and a Guide Dog

2017-09-28 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Hello all, I was an NFB member for three years, and I am currently a CFB member. The organizations do a lot of things, most of which I personally approve, a few of which I don't. In my limitted experience, the NFB and CFB are both 100% supportive of guidedogs. The NFB has a guide dog divisi

Re: amazon was `Re: vpn services

2017-08-29 Thread Erik Burggraaf
al as they make it out to be. Best, Erik On August 29, 2017 8:18:17 AM Jeff Berwick wrote: No, I haven’t—didn’t know they had such a beast. There should be no need for such a site these days. Jeff On Aug 29, 2017, at 8:15 AM, Erik Burggraaf wrote: Have you tried the so called screen read

Re: amazon was `Re: vpn services

2017-08-29 Thread Erik Burggraaf
:01:59 AM Jeff Berwick wrote: I have clicked that “Close” button several times, but it always comes back. For now, my work around is to not use Amazon. ;) Jeff On Aug 29, 2017, at 8:00 AM, Erik Burggraaf wrote: `Hi` Jeff, Have you tried using vo command j for form controls or getting form

amazon was `Re: vpn services

2017-08-29 Thread Erik Burggraaf
`Hi` Jeff, Have you tried using vo command j for form controls or getting form controls out of the router and looking for a close button on that dialog? I have not seen that popup about review calculations in a long time and I'm not sure exactly how I got rid of it. I still get the one promot

Re: Zendesk accessibility with Voiceover

2017-08-25 Thread Erik Burggraaf
this company for over a year and not complained yet. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn On Aug 23, 2017, at 10:25 AM, Erik Burggraaf wrote: Hi, I've neverr had an issue managing zendesk tickets as an end user. Sorry to hear it causes issues on the back end for blind tech su

Re: Zendesk accessibility with Voiceover

2017-08-23 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Hi, I've neverr had an issue managing zendesk tickets as an end user. Sorry to hear it causes issues on the back end for blind tech support employees. I think the best way to handle this is to have the employer write a letter. The letter should come from the company's legal department and in

Re: Option up arrow command to get to top of list has stopped working

2017-08-14 Thread Erik Burggraaf
drew On 14 Aug 2017, at 15:21, Erik Burggraaf wrote: Hi, This command was deprecated long ago. I think the new one is command option up or command option down arrow. If that doesn't work, let me know and I will as k one of my former students. I solved this thing for him but I don'

Re: Option up arrow command to get to top of list has stopped working

2017-08-14 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Hi, This command was deprecated long ago. I think the new one is command option up or command option down arrow. If that doesn't work, let me know and I will as k one of my former students. I solved this thing for him but I don't remember what the solution is if it is not the command option

Re: Bluetooth Keyboards

2017-08-07 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Hi Anders and all, Inclusive android has lots of accessible keyboard reviews. Heere is the latest IClever: https://www.inclusiveandroid.com/content/iclever-bluetooth-keyboard Here is another folding full sized keyboard with less features: https://www.inclusiveandroid.com/content/esynic-trifold-

Re: Seeking tips on how to place the mac with a braille display.

2017-08-05 Thread Erik Burggraaf
and height to do what you need. On August 5, 2017 9:36:33 AM Anders Holmberg wrote: Hi! Thanks for that tip too. One thing i wonder is if there’s any kind of stand for the mac so it will come up a bit higher. /A 4 aug. 2017 kl. 15:59 skrev Erik Burggraaf : Well, as donna mentioned, there

Re: Seeking tips on how to place the mac with a braille display.

2017-08-04 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Well, as donna mentioned, there is lap mode which is great because you almost always have a lap and it's usually at just the right hight. There is always the method of repurposing the sliding keyboard tray from your computer desk which also works pretty well. My friend brian likes his placed

Re: help with formula in Numbers

2017-07-30 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Based on what you wrote here, you have forgotten to put the equal sign at the beginning of some. On July 30, 2017 7:26:21 PM Robert Cole wrote: Dear List, This is about to drive me crazy. Whats wrong with this formula? SUM(C2:C15) Its giving me a blank cell. and sometimes VoiceOver will not s

Re: bluetooth keyboard for iPhone

2017-07-30 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Hi, here are accessibility reviews for two popular keyboards. https://www.inclusiveandroid.com/content/esynic-trifold-aluminum-bluetooth-keyboard https://www.inclusiveandroid.com/content/iclever-bluetooth-keyboard Enjoy, Erik On July 30, 2017 1:48:54 PM Gabe Griffith wrote: Hi all, I think

Re: A free NTFS solution on mac and Clean my mac?

2017-07-30 Thread Erik Burggraaf
I used tuexera NTFS. I think I paid about $40 for it, but I installed it on several of my Max. The only free solution would be if you have an old computer that you can set up as a file server and U Samba to connect to your NTFS drives from your max. On July 30, 2017 10:54:19 AM Ramy Moustafa

Re: Refreshable Braille devices?

2017-07-26 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Thanks for this! What a post. I've seen promos for orbit and the new aph graphics tool. I think I'll take one of the graphic tablets and one of the multi line book reading displays thanks. Sign me up. :-D Best, Erik On July 25, 2017 11:16:23 PM David Chittenden wrote: Ok, there are cur

Re: mac HTML editor suggestion?

2017-07-23 Thread Erik Burggraaf
st of my knowledge text editing is not the goal here. None of the page coding will be changed, just my off ice address / number on the contacts page. Kare On Sun, 23 Jul 2017, Erik Burggraaf wrote: Set text edit to use plain text instead of RTF. Then turn off all of the special symbols, an

Re: mac HTML editor suggestion?

2017-07-23 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Set text edit to use plain text instead of RTF. Then turn off all of the special symbols, and you have a text editor for editing HTML. This is how I did most of my code when I had a Mac. On July 22, 2017 9:16:34 PM Karen Lewellen wrote: Hi folks, I have a friend who is a former apple staffer

Re: : Looking for visually impaired iPhone users to help with C I B C usability testing (fwd)

2017-07-20 Thread Erik Burggraaf
It's prettyy clllear yuhae tooo gggo there. Whether the compensation is worth the travel cost I guess would be up to you. Best, Erik On July 20, 2017 12:33:29 PM Matthew Dierckens wrote: Hi, Do you have to live in Toronto to participate? God bless. Matthew Diercken

Re: help please OT

2017-07-10 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Hello, there is also the website inclusive Android: Http://www.inclusiveandroid.com Inclusive Android has a forum where you can ask accessibility related questions. There are also a lot of good written and audio tutorials to help you make use of your Android device. Users are encouraged to con

Re: Accessible web conferencing: zoom.us

2017-04-21 Thread Erik Burggraaf
I have no particular objection to your language here. I'd like to point out though that people are trying to prevent your misunderstanding from potentially causing you loss or dammage. There is no call to be mean. Best, Erik Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.com On April

Re: Accessible web conferencing: zoom.us

2017-04-21 Thread Erik Burggraaf
ring my thoughts it is my propperty. my writing. no one has the right to forward that. in your view someone could write something on a list. I could snag it and rpost it and say it’s mine, since in your words it becomes “my propperty’ that is frankly ridiculous! On Apr 21, 2017, at 8:14 AM, Eri

Re: Accessible web conferencing: zoom.us

2017-04-21 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Once you send a message, it becomes the public domain and the property of the person who received it. All of the messages for this list are publicly archived for anyone to read with a search engine. Anyone can forward anything that they think is valuable to someone they think might be able to u

RE: File transfer for mac and Voiceover.

2017-04-18 Thread Erik Burggraaf
I don't know about this on the iPhone, but since we're talking about an Android, yes, you can do VPN on a Droid. I think total Commander has an extension for that and ES File Explorer might have one as well. Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.com On April 17, 2017 7:42:27 PM

Re: File transfer for mac and Voiceover.

2017-04-14 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Hi Anders, The android file transfer for mac is deficient as you saw. I also tried an android app called droidnas. This is a very cool idea. You can get it from the play store. I didn't get it to work but could be they have improved it or something about your devices will click. Sharing

Re: printer with voiceover

2017-03-23 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Hi, I liked my samsung. It was a minimalist as far as the onboard controls were conserned. There was an apple configuration utility that was more or less accessible and there was a web interface for things like checking the ink level. It programmed via usb, then connected to the wireless ne

Re: teamTalk and PTT key

2017-03-13 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Hello, the control key can be assigned when voiceover is turned on. I did this for Ventrilo a long time ago and it worked just fine. Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.com On March 12, 2017 7:35:27 PM Chris Moore wrote: Hello, TeamTalk 5 is a chat client/server program. Al

Re: ot: seeking Brian Moor.

2017-02-28 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Brian's phone number is 416-489-6690. Follow the prompts to find out what his extension is. Hope this helps, Erik Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.com On February 28, 2017 1:07:39 PM Karen Lewellen wrote: Hi folks, I realize this is unique, but someone here may know so

Re: A Good Comparison Between Microsoft on windows with jaws and Pages on mac With VOice over

2017-02-24 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Ultimately this is up to you, though you will have a bit of a learning curve regardless since you are considering a move to office 2016. Pages gives you a similar range of short cut keys to office. Both allow you to track changes, spell check inline, and read format attributes. Both provide

Re: contacting app developers

2017-02-21 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Hi, The regular channel is an app detales page where generally you will find an email address useful for contacting an app developer directly. Unfortunately, my experience with microsoft is that you will get an autoresponder alerting you that the email address on the store is not monitored.

Re: raspberry pie projects?

2017-02-17 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Hi Scott, I'm not command line savvy, but I'm a fair ggood researcher and I can follow directions. So, I have raspbian on my pi and I ssh in. Recently the pi foundation prevented ssh server from starting with raspbian for security reasons, but I think the raspberryvi users either found a way

Re: Cross Posting Ubuntu info

2017-02-13 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Hi, I would expect to find speak up and brltty both in the command line interface. Best, Erik Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.com On February 13, 2017 3:08:34 AM Simon Fogarty wrote: Hi Listers, Sorry about the cross posting But I thought there might be people on both

Re: TP-Link routers

2017-01-12 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Hi, My parents have this archer C2. https://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=as_li_qf_sp_sr_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=inclusivean03-20&keywords=Tp link archer c2&index=aps&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=ur2&linkId=4c14ec45f6601082ee5ffa5a6bd6a41b The interface of this was fully accessible on safari on my

Re: Play a folder in VLC on Mac, is this possible?

2017-01-08 Thread Erik Burggraaf
or me, strange. On Jan 8, 2017, at 7:49 AM, Erik Burggraaf wrote: Actually, It's even easier than that. Within VLC, press command O for open. Browse to the folder you want to play and press enter on it. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list

Re: Play a folder in VLC on Mac, is this possible?

2017-01-08 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Actually, It's even easier than that. Within VLC, press command O for open. Browse to the folder you want to play and press enter on it. Best, Erik Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.com On January 8, 2017 7:43:37 AM alia robinson wrote: Yep, mouse down on the folder yo

Re: Gesture in zoom?

2017-01-03 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Hello Harry, I don't own a mac anso, my information is suspect, but here goes. The pointer moves normally, regardless of the power of magnification. Simply move your finger around the touchpad, or move the mouse normally. Once you have that going for you, you then need to adjust your cursor

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