Re: Zoom text for Mac

2013-02-09 Thread Pam Francis
Hi I hope my comments werenot construed as being ungrateful. I am primarily a voiceover user, though do have the vision to use screen magnification to find elements on the screen voiceover doesn't seem to want to read. I have found Apple's own screen magnification to work quite nicely. I did l

Re: Zoom text for Mac

2013-02-08 Thread Karen Lewellen
Considering that Apple continues to score record breaking profits with its product line, cost cutting is not likely a major issue just now. still have people broached the screen maganification factor with apple accessibility directly? I honestly figured that it already existed in some form. Tho

Re: Zoom text for Mac

2013-02-08 Thread ppowells09
Hello, Thanks for your kind response. I understand Zim text is not a screen reader per se. I use a combination of speech and screen magnification. My concern is with the idea that Apple would allow someone else into their API therefore allowing a third-party vendor to take over their accessibili

Re: Zoom text for Mac

2013-02-08 Thread Tom Frank
ZoomText is not a screen reader, and as there questions and answers state, they have no interest in making a screen reader for the Mac. AI squared only makes products for low vision users. Their Windows products include some text to speech features, but, no matter what, you need some vision to

Re: Zoom text for Mac

2013-02-08 Thread Pam Francis
Hi folks, I also downloaded the file. It seems to work, yet needsa little work with reference to its layout. Not sure how I feel about 3rd party developers getting in to the mac OS with referenced to Apple seems to do an admirable job thus far. I am afraid if 3rd party developers are allowed in

Re: Zoom text for Mac

2013-02-07 Thread Tom Frank
I downloaded Zoomtext successfully last night and took it for a short spin. It seems to work quite well. I went to the products link on the AI Squared website and found the Mac download link there. I had to enter my name, email and a few other details and it then downloaded the file to my downl

Re: Zoom text for Mac

2013-02-07 Thread Rodney Haynie
>From what I see you will need to give a bit of information on yourself before the trial download is allowed. Here is the link. http://aisquared.com/zoomtextmac/more/download_zoomtextmac_trial/ Take care. -Rodney On 2/7/13, Emilio S. Hernandez wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I have recently tried t

Re: Zoom

2012-08-25 Thread Garth Humphreys
Hi Chris. I have used it a bit gut I am not that impressed with it. I need. Fairly high magnification for it to be useful for me and the cursor tracking doesn't work well for me when zoomed right in. If your friend only uses moderate zoom then it might work ok for her. Sent from my iPhone On

Re: Zoom on the Mac, was: Switching to a Mac from PC

2012-01-09 Thread M. Taylor
Thank you ever so much, Ann. This sounds marvelous; I will definitely check it out. Most Sincerely, Mark On Jan 9, 2012, at 12:32 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Mark, > > This is not first hand experience as I'm totally blind, but my husband > teaches low-vision people to use the Mac, and

RE: Zoom on the Mac, was: Switching to a Mac from PC

2012-01-09 Thread Frank Ventura
Thanks, I will shoot them an email. Appreciate that. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Anne Robertson Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 7:07 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Zoom on the Mac, was

Re: Zoom on the Mac, was: Switching to a Mac from PC

2012-01-09 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Frank, On 9 Jan 2012, at 12:41, Frank Ventura wrote: > does that company have any US dealers and/or a US support network? > I believe so. However, I haven't got the information. Try contacting them through the website, they're very helpful. Cheers, Anne > -Original Message- > F

RE: Zoom on the Mac, was: Switching to a Mac from PC

2012-01-09 Thread Frank Ventura
Ann, does that company have any US dealers and/or a US support network? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Anne Robertson Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 3:32 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Zoom on

Re: zoom on the IPhone Camera

2010-07-14 Thread Chris Moore
Well why re-invent the wheel when its already perfect and like Steve Jobs said in an interview once "a good artist copies, but a better artist steals" lol For other great Mac and iPhone tips visit www.lioncourt.com Chris On 14 Jul 2010, at 23:05, Cara Quinn wrote: > Wow chris! > > that's

Re: zoom on the IPhone Camera

2010-07-14 Thread Cara Quinn
Wow chris! that's my iPhone Quick Tip verbatim! lol! -thought I recognized it!… Thanks very much for answering this on-list and forwarding the tip along for everyone! I sure do appreciate it!… Have a terrific day!… Smiles, Cara :) --- View my Online Portfolio at: http://www.onemodelplace.c

Re: zoom on the IPhone Camera

2010-07-13 Thread Chris Moore
Kev, Simply bring up the camera; double tap on the viewfinder and then flick to the right, three times. YOu’ll now see the zoom control. Flicking up or down on this control with a single finger will increment or decrement the value by ten percent respectively. the highest value is 100 and the l

Re: zoom

2009-07-28 Thread louie
context of the Mac. > > Robert Carter > > - Original Message - > From: Chris Blouch > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Date: Tuesday, Jul 28, 2009 12:25:08 > Subject: Re: zoom > >> >> >> >> A single command option minus will zoom all the

Re: zoom

2009-07-28 Thread Chris Blouch
> like it in Windows? I am just not sure what it means in the context of the > Mac. > > Robert Carter > > - Original Message - > From: Chris Blouch > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Date: Tuesday, Jul 28, 2009 12:25:08 > Subject: Re: zoom > >

Re: zoom

2009-07-28 Thread Robert Carter
:08 Subject: Re: zoom > > > > A single command option minus will zoom all the way out, even after > multiple zoom ins. > > CB > > louie wrote: > > Hi all, > > Is there a way to tell when a window is fully zoomed out? &g

Re: zoom

2009-07-28 Thread Chris Blouch
A single command option minus will zoom all the way out, even after multiple zoom ins. CB louie wrote: > Hi all, > Is there a way to tell when a window is fully zoomed out? > > louie > louiem...@wavecable.com > > > > > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received t

Re: zoom feature

2009-03-24 Thread Esther
Hi Matthew, You can activate the zoom feature with Command-Option-8 or from the Universal Access menu under System Preferences under the "Seeing" tab. If you use the Universal Preferences menu, you can also set options, such as the default zoom magnification range, if you press (VO-Space

Re: zoom feature

2009-03-24 Thread Chris Blouch
You can find all the zoom stuff in the Universal Access control panel in System Preferences. In general you use command+option+8 to turn the ability to zoom on and off and then use command option equals to zoom in and command option minus to zoom out. There are some options, one of which is to

Re: Zoom Text on Mac Question [was Re: iTunes/iPod Shuffle Problem]

2009-03-23 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, I just use Zoom with Voiceover. Voiceover is so similar in the way it works to the way the sighted use the computer I now use mainly Voiceover. Thanks, Alex, On 17-Mar-09, at 3:22 PM, Dan Eickmeier wrote: > > I'm not a low vision mac user, but would anybody that is, for Linzy's > bene

Re: Zoom Text on Mac Question [was Re: iTunes/iPod Shuffle Problem]

2009-03-18 Thread Esther
dual needs. I can only provide > my experience and some of the quantitative and qualitative > differences between ZoomText and the accessibility features of the > Mac. Hopefully this is helpful to you, Linzy, and anyone else > considering their options. I'll be happy to answer any

RE: Zoom Text on Mac Question [was Re: iTunes/iPod Shuffle Problem]

2009-03-17 Thread Mueller, Matt
acvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Dan [key...@comcast.net] Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 5:34 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Zoom Text on Mac Question [was Re: iTunes/iPod Shuffle Problem] Hello, How about the options under Universal access. The mac has accessibility

Re: Zoom Text on Mac Question [was Re: iTunes/iPod Shuffle Problem]

2009-03-17 Thread Dan
Hello, How about the options under Universal access. The mac has accessibility aides for blind, visually empaired and deaf persons. Dan key...@comcast.net On Mar 17, 2009, at 3:22 PM, Dan Eickmeier wrote: > > I'm not a low vision mac user, but would anybody that is, for Linzy's > benefit

Re: Zoom Text on Mac Question [was Re: iTunes/iPod Shuffle Problem]

2009-03-17 Thread Dan Eickmeier
I'm not a low vision mac user, but would anybody that is, for Linzy's benefit, say that the magnification offered just in Voiceover alone, would be enough for low vision users in general? assuming that she wants to avoid putting Windows on her mac when she does get one? Or do a lot of l

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