Re: voice over speed hack for osx

2014-03-12 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Sarah, Excellent presentation and information as always, but I have the impression that getting an altered prefs file to transfer to the desired location on an IOS device would necessitate a JB? Best regards. Geoff - Original Message - From: Sarah k Alawami marri...@gmail.com

Re: looking for a good mp3 tag remover

2014-02-21 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings Deb, After visiting the URL that Esther referenced below, I noticed hyperlinked text: download ID3 editor for Mac or Windows, which presented download links for ID3 on all supported platforms, as well as other PA-Software offerings. I selected the download link for the Windows file

Re: Apple's Xcode tutorial

2014-01-08 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Laurel and others, In my experience, the silence was deafening when posting such questions here. Once I received a private reply suggesting that I join the MV-DEV group. Until recently, that sadly was a dead list, and I assumed that StoryBoards and InterfaceBuilder were pretty much

Re: Apparently Touch ID doesn't like 180-degree unlock attempts - TUAW

2013-11-20 Thread Geoff Waaler
In my experience, touch ID fails more often than it works at any angle. I've gotten it to function at 180 degrees before, hence from my experience, I doubt the orientation has any baring. Its a great concept, but I'm strongly considering disabling it because it gets old entering one's pass

Re: VO Volume problem on the 5S

2013-11-20 Thread Geoff Waaler
I had this problem initially. The volume was loud initially, but once I turned it down below 35% it would not go above that. I reverted to factory settings and among other things, that restored my VO volume. I then removed the volume slider from my rotor and its been fine ever since. I'm

Re: Apparently Touch ID doesn't like 180-degree unlock attempts - TUAW

2013-11-20 Thread Geoff Waaler
and I can use them both first try about 90 percent of the time and just about always get it on the second try if needed. It is very fast for me as well. I hope you get yours squared away. Eric Caron On Nov 20, 2013, at 9:32 PM, Geoff Waaler geoff.waa...@gmail.com wrote: In my experience, touch

Re: Shopping Lists was Using Pages On My iPon

2013-11-06 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings Dane and list, First of all, thanks Phil for the suggestion. I knew that the reminders app was powerful, but I'd never looked at lists. Now from preliminary testing, I have a few suggestions for retrieving the list data. 1. Tell siri something like: show my grocery list. 2. go

Re: Shopping Lists was Using Pages On My iPon

2013-11-06 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings Dane and list, First of all, thanks Phil for the suggestion. I knew that the reminders app was powerful, but I'd never looked at lists. Now from preliminary testing, I have a few suggestions for retrieving the list data. 1. Tell siri something like: show my grocery list. 2. go

loss of focus in the UI-picker view - was was Re: Tickers: Enough to drive, me, intoxicated!

2013-10-16 Thread Geoff Waaler
I can confirm Chris's observation while attempting to peruse Magazines via the BARD mobile app, however believe this is more of a function of how the UIPickerViewController in question was coded. For example, I was trying to bring the international audience into this discussion by locating a

Re: Bluetooth commands in IOS?

2013-10-08 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Chris, Option+control+page-up activates notification center, and option+control+page-down brings up control center regardless of focus. IE, it isn't necessary to first press option+control+m to get to the status bar. Alternatively, one can first move focus to the status bar via

Re: Emergency Leave

2013-10-02 Thread Geoff Waaler
Chris, With all due respect, may I suggest that you read the bottom line of this (or any other) list message. Best regards. Geoff - Original Message - From: Christopher-Mark Gilland ch...@clgproductions.com To: mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 9:59 AM

Re: security pen code on unlock?

2013-09-25 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Andrea, To solve this problem one would select settings - general - passcode lock. From there, either turn off the passcode, or set the require passcode value to a choice other than immediately. I have mine set to every four hours, which, in my environment strikes the right balance

Re: voice dream skipping text or clipping parts of words

2013-09-03 Thread Geoff Waaler
. Thanks, Brenda mailto:meadowlar...@cox.net - Original Message - From: Geoff Waaler geoff.waa...@gmail.com To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Monday, September 02, 2013 7:17 PM Subject: Re: voice dream skipping text or clipping parts of words Hi Brenda

Re: automatically alphabetizing the doc?

2013-09-03 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Sarah, Have you tried bringing up the context menu and looking for and arrange by option? I'm not at a point where I can actually test that here, but recall seeing it. Best regards Geoff Sent from my iPhone On Sep 3, 2013, at 12:37 PM, Sarah Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah liek I

Re: voice dream skipping text or clipping parts of words

2013-09-02 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Brenda, I have not noticed this behavior yet. Are you able to link the problem to any specific item such as: a particular synthesizer, speech rate or text type? Best regards, Geoff. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 2, 2013, at 10:46 AM, meadowlar...@cox.net meadowlar...@cox.net wrote: Hello

Re: E-mail client?

2013-08-25 Thread Geoff Waaler
Chris, have you ever heard of Google? Sent from my iPhone On Aug 25, 2013, at 11:32 AM, Chris Gilland ch...@clgproductions.com wrote: Wonder where it could be obtained? Chris. - Original Message - From: matthew dyer ilovecountrymusic...@gmail.com To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility

Re: can't get Voice Dream to recognize Dropbox

2013-08-22 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Brenda, It sounds like you're describing the visible options after selecting the add button. You're on the right track, however before the dropbox option will appear, you'll need to select the settings button (three buttons to the right of add) and under the accounts heading, select dropbox

Re: can we make folders in Voice Dream?

2013-08-18 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Brenda, In the main Voice Dream window, there is a button in the upper left corner that toggles betweenhome and folders. When folders is selected, you will notice an add button which is located at the top of the window near the center of the screen. That button presents a dialog where

Re: Question about MySXM in the SiriusXM App

2013-08-14 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Orin, I am reposting a couple paragraphs from my previous paragraph. The first confirms your observation (IE that that method only works once), and the second describes the method that will bring up the customization dialog every time. Best regards -- old text follows. As a channel is

Re: SiriusXM app?

2013-08-10 Thread Geoff Waaler
Skype: orin1112 On Aug 10, 2013, at 11:21 AM, Geoff Waaler geoff.waa...@gmail.com wrote: I have no light perception and gave it a five star rating. Buttons are unlabeled, but their functions are easily ascertained, so after taking a few minutes to hunt and peck around and label a few

Re: labelling buttons in the XM App

2013-07-07 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Brenda, Just to confirm, I assume that you are talking about the SiriusXM app by SiriusXM? There is no trial version, though one can obtain a five day trial subscription. Okay, so on the assumption that we're discussing the same app, I was able to ascertain the function of all unlabeled

Re: labelling buttons in the XM App

2013-07-07 Thread Geoff Waaler
going to keep a note of this, so I can fix it. Have you figured out how to add to the favorites list? Take care, Brenda mailto:meadowlar...@cox.net - Original Message - From: Geoff Waaler geoff.waa...@gmail.com To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent

Re: A question for Apple TV Users: What hardware are you using foraudio-out?

2013-06-14 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Brian, For what it's worth, I clipped the following out of my September 2011 Amazon order: *** Begin clip: Delivery estimate: Sept. 21, 2011 1Digital Coax Optical Toslink to Analog Audio Converter $27.14 In Stock Sold by: LowerPriceUSA.com *** end clip The converter came with a power

VoiceOver and IOS7.

2013-06-12 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings, I'm considering registering as a developer so that I can have access to the IOS7 beta. A little cursory Googling suggests that this initial beta is very rough around the edges. Still, I'd like to provide input about IOS7 before it is released. My question (if anyone can respond

Re: VoiceOver and IOS7.

2013-06-12 Thread Geoff Waaler
own, in silence, and ask yourself this question, you will find the answer. I'd be amazed if anyone risked there primary phone with a very early beta version of the oS. On 12/06/2013, Geoff Waaler geoff.waa...@gmail.com wrote: Greetings, I'm considering registering as a developer so that I can

Re: VoiceOver and IOS7.

2013-06-12 Thread Geoff Waaler
, Geoff Waaler geoff.waa...@gmail.com wrote: Greetings, I'm considering registering as a developer so that I can have access to the IOS7 beta. A little cursory Googling suggests that this initial beta is very rough around the edges. Still, I'd like to provide input about IOS7 before

Re: Jambox speaker phone quality - was Siri update prompts users to be brief (now jambox)

2013-05-17 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Brenda, When I attempted to use my JB as a speaker phone in the past, two different people screamed at me. One friend complained about a high pitched hiss in the background. This was before the recent firmware update, which may have made a difference? I just tested it here using my

Sonos app experiences?

2013-04-23 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings, Recently, I noticed an apparent price reduction on the Sonos Play:5. Well, if memory serves, it was over $100 higher on Amazon previously. Anyway, on another list I recall reading rave reviews about the Sonos app, however this Nov 2012 blog entry from Neil Barnfather presents a

Re: Stand Scan

2013-04-02 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Ann, Thanks so much for blazing the trail. I think I understand your description, but hesitate to fold or shape something in a manner that it wasn't intended. So, I have my Standscand pro folded. I'm not sure that its folded exactly as it came out of the box but think so. So we have a

Re: weather ap for the Mac?

2013-01-15 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Cathy, I'm sure there are options in the Mac app store, but the dashboard weather widget is already part of MountainLion and at least a couple earlier releases of MacOSX that I know of (IE SnowLeopard). Anyway, you can open the dashboard either via the icon in the dock, or by pressing

Re: Walgreen's App problem

2012-11-29 Thread Geoff Waaler
, and now the buttons seem to work. I do a scan, but it does not find the Walgreen's barcode, or QR code, nor does the 2x button find anything off the prescription container. Glenn - Original Message - From: Geoff Waaler geoff.waa...@gmail.com To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac

Re: Walgreen's App problem

2012-11-28 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Glenn, Initially it didn't work on my 64GB 4S either -- from a VO perspective, it appeared to hang on a blank screen. After clearing all items from the task switcher, and restarting my phone, I can now use the two features of interest to me which are the weekly add and shopping list.

Re: Walgreen's App problem

2012-11-28 Thread Geoff Waaler
work, as well as the others. Glenn - Original Message - From: Geoff Waaler geoff.waa...@gmail.com To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 11:40 AM Subject: Re: Walgreen's App problem Hi Glenn, Initially it didn't work on my 64GB 4S

Re: In search of a Sirius/XM solution.

2012-10-07 Thread Geoff Waaler
. That might work as well. T.J. On Oct 6, 2012, at 10:08 PM, Geoff Waaler geoff.waa...@gmail.com wrote: Greetings yy'all, Sadly, Pulsar is now a tool of the past. Though this Rogue Amoeba page implies that US accounts are still functioning for the present, I am no longer able to play XM content

In search of a Sirius/XM solution.

2012-10-06 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings yy'all, Sadly, Pulsar is now a tool of the past. Though this Rogue Amoeba page implies that US accounts are still functioning for the present, I am no longer able to play XM content via Pulsar. Musicdoc still works, however, they have not added the sports play-by-play channels. My

Re: ZCaptcha - a new web service for dealing with Captchas andMetakine Mini-Bundle sale reminder

2012-09-16 Thread Geoff Waaler
On an emotional level I totally agree, however, IMHO captchas are a necessary evil in many circumstances. For example, I'm glad that a bot can not easily reset the password of my paypal account. I really can not conceptualize how this could be done differently. Others have suggested random

Re: sending text messages from the mac.

2012-08-31 Thread Geoff Waaler
That's where GoogleVoice comes in handy, though I'm not sure whether they've expanded outside North America. The free account includes unlimited calling to the US and Canada as well as unlimited domestic texting. Best regards. Geoff - Original Message - From: Sarah Alawami To:

Re: money reading app.

2012-08-13 Thread Geoff Waaler
Bare in mind however that it was written by the US government hence will only identify US currency. Since the original poster is in the UK, this app may not be ideal for his situation. Also, its amusing to compare the LookTel product to the government's counterpart head to head for anyone who

Re: copying text on an iPhone

2012-08-09 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Glenn, Perhaps I'm not understanding your question. Assuming that the desired page is open in Safari on your IOS device, the procedure for placing an icon on the home screen is to double tap the utility button which is located on the bottom of the Safari window near the center. From the

Re: copying text on an iPhone

2012-08-09 Thread Geoff Waaler
. Glenn - Original Message - From: Geoff Waaler geoff.waa...@gmail.com To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 11:21 AM Subject: Re: copying text on an iPhone Hi Glenn, Perhaps I'm not understanding your question. Assuming

Re: Burning ML to SD card.

2012-08-04 Thread Geoff Waaler
will then be created. Gordon On 3 Aug 2012, at 17:06, Geoff Waaler geoff.waa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Esther, Gordon and others, I ordered an 8GB SD card for this purpose before reading that most were apparently using a thumb drive, so I don't have an easy way to test USB

Re: Burning ML to SD card.

2012-08-03 Thread Geoff Waaler
? As for that Lion Diskmaker, I think it was just written by somebody who has far too much time on their hands. :) Gordon On 2 Aug 2012, at 22:02, Geoff Waaler geoff.waa...@gmail.com wrote: I copied the to my desktop and inserted an 8GB SD card. Next, I launched disk utility

Re: Track Pad, how to assign a key stroke to a gesture?

2012-08-02 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Eric, I invested the life changing sum of twenty bucks for ML, but alas it's not yet installed on my mid 2010 MBP. This is because like Sarah, I always install a new OS on a clean partition, and have finally gotten around to backing things up, but I digress. So much for disclaimers, but I

Other possible cures for Dónal's muted speaker issue - was My temperamental iPhone!

2012-07-25 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings Dónal, Diane and list, Another solution is to perform actions/gestures that should cause VO to emit speech and press volume up while its presumably happening. EG, pressing the power button normally causes VO to announce the time. Without VO though, I have no way of ascertaining

Re: battery seems improved on iphone 4s

2012-07-25 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi William, I'm with a US carrier and my status shows 4G. I don't know about the power demands of your carrier, but to give you a basis for comparison, my 4S was replaced by Apple in early May, so it may have been reconditioned and I've been pounding on the battery for nearly four months.

Re: battery seems improved on iphone 4s

2012-07-25 Thread Geoff Waaler
on iphone 4s Hi Jeff, I've looked at restrictions and didn't see ping. How did you disable this? Thanks a lot, Dónal On 25 Jul 2012, at 18:18, Geoff Waaler geoff.waa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi William, I'm with a US carrier and my status shows 4G. I don't know about the power

Re: overdrive iOS app

2012-07-20 Thread Geoff Waaler
Accessibility can be a subjective term, but I personally consider it perfectly accessible. I have no overDrive books at the moment, hence have to rely on my recollection that a few buttons in the player could have been given better labels, but as I recall their functions were perfectly

Fahrenheit - was Current Temperature Pushed

2012-07-16 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Karin and others, I'm a sucker for a weather app, so I gave Fahrenheit a whirl. Are you saying that information such as wind speed/direction, humidity, real feel temp, etc are accessible with voiceOver? If not, I would suggest that a claim of completely accessible is misleading, at least

Re: Install Adobe Flash player, how?

2012-07-16 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Eric, I always find it amusing to peruse Adobe's accessibility page and learn about the company's dedication to supporting all customers. Reading further, however one learns that this dedication only extends to the web page. It does not extend so far as the arduous and impossible task of

Re: Apple Keyboard can broken keys be repaired?

2012-07-16 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Eric, I've never taken one of these apart, but once my golden got a little excited and knocked a few keys out of a friend's laptop keyboard. I was surprised to discover that the springs that use to support keys in older keyboards were gone. Instead the keys were held in place and bounce

Re: captcha program for Mac computers?

2012-07-11 Thread Geoff Waaler
be used for capture pages then that would be a real advance. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Geoff Waaler Sent: 10 July 2012 23:00 To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: captcha

Re: Sound Hound

2012-07-10 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings Diane, I too am totally blind, but consider Soundhound to be very voiceover friendly. There are a few unlabeled buttons, which in my experience don't preclude the ability to fully exploit all features of interest to me. I understand your frustration with the developers response

Re: captcha program for mac computers?

2012-07-10 Thread Geoff Waaler
The only game in town is the FireFox nightly build and Webvisum. Best regards. Geoff - Original Message - From: Melissa Tucker To: mac access list iOS Accessibility Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 4:15 PM Subject: captcha program for mac computers? is there an application

Re: Sound Hound

2012-07-10 Thread Geoff Waaler
level, that are just button I would think that asking to have all elements labeled, would result in the developer looking at the code to determine which elements do not have text labels. Thanks, Diane - Original Message - From: Geoff Waaler geoff.waa...@gmail.com

Re: Navigon Offline Navigation App Available for $20 off on iOS, Two Weeks Only [Dealhacker]

2012-07-04 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Jane, The link Sarah provided should answer your question. Short answer is that the maps you receive depend on which version you buy. And to answer Lovette's question, I have no light perception, yet am able to use Navigon. Not sure how accessible the optional in-app items such as pilot

Re: external gps receivers and the i-phone

2012-06-27 Thread Geoff Waaler
It should also be noted that the accuracy of the iPhone 4s's receiver is very good. The best I ever saw was from my iBlue 737 which maxed out at twelve feet. As I recall, my iPhone 3GS sometimes got as low as 32 feet but didn't maintain that for very long. I can't speak for the iPhone 4, but

IOS podcatchers - was Apple's standalone Podcasts app for iOS is out

2012-06-26 Thread Geoff Waaler
IMHO, despite being a paid app, Podcaster is worth Apple's asking price for Podcasts, and not a cent more!! At least in my experience, its a nest of perpetual bugs, that flourish despite several updates. It does seem more usable than Podcasts though. How do others find Downcast? Do the

Re: An Excellent GPS app for iPhone and visually impaired people

2012-06-19 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Lovette, I recall a different product, whose name escapes me at the moment, but this one is an option that would render it possible to use IOS GPS apps on an iPod touch. As I recall, the other item was priced about the same. Best regards. Geoff - Original Message - From:

Re: Pedometer app for iPhone

2012-06-16 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings, The one I'm using is: iTreadmill. It has a calibration feature, though I've found no need to use it. After walking a measured three mile path, iTreadmill is consistently within a tenth of a mile, which seems close enough for my needs. As for accessibility, all items are clearly

Nebulous Notes keyboard macros.

2012-06-03 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings, Thanks to Esther's tip I started playing with NN4DB, and it seems to have great potential. I wonder though if others have discovered a better technique for using the keyboard utility bar? After enabling it and substituting unpronounceable for more meaningful names (i.e. undo,

Re: AirPlay

2012-05-24 Thread Geoff Waaler
It still comes in very handy if, for example you want to broadcast from an IOS5.1 device to multiple AirPlay devices simultaneously. I am very curious about your new toy, but not sure if I'm ready to deal with another list. Perhaps just this once (since the topic came up) you can consider

Re: spell check gone in ios?

2012-05-16 Thread Geoff Waaler
to swipe down to a character and go to edit, then replace. I'm surprised you have to now pinch as I don't want to do that as I have issues with my fingers and hands. On May 15, 2012, at 1:13 PM, Geoff Waaler wrote: Hi Sarah, I just tested the misspelled words: a n m a l and k u n t r y on my

Re: spell check gone in ios?

2012-05-15 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Sarah, I just tested the misspelled words: a n m a l and k u n t r y on my 4S running IOS 5.1.1. After selecting the offending word via the open pinch gesture, I am seeing a replace option when I use the rotor to select edit and flick down. Double tapping results in a list of possible

Re: EU law forces Apple two-year warranty | Macworld

2012-04-11 Thread Geoff Waaler
Amusing that they state: companies should offer a free two-year warranty. Do most Europeans actually believe its free of charge without even a modicum of impact on the pricing of a product? Its incredible that the vary people who applaud this sort of thing whine about the disparity in prices

Re: EU law forces Apple two-year warranty | Macworld

2012-04-11 Thread Geoff Waaler
consumers are going to know. Regards, Nicolai On Apr 11, 2012, at 8:57 PM, Geoff Waaler geoff.waa...@gmail.com wrote: Amusing that they state: companies should offer a free two-year warranty. Do most Europeans actually believe its free of charge without even a modicum of impact on the pricing

Re: exchange and ios mail

2012-03-26 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Sarah, I didn't set up an account just now, but seem to recall that the manual setting does indeed preclude push. I assume you specified m.google.com as your exchange server? Under settings - mail, contacts, calendars - YourAccountName do you see a heading labeled exchange? If so, the

Changing default camera to front-facing?

2012-03-24 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings, Earlier this week I learned two valuable lessons. Specifically, my guide dog needs to practice providing sufficient clearance for drop-offs. Consequently, being submerged in a pool is not conducive to the optimum functionality of an iPhone 4S. Actually, the latter was

Re: Can't pair keyboard to IPhone

2012-03-16 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Shaun, A couple IOS versions ago I experienced a situation where I was unable to pair until I cleared out all items from the task switcher. Since then, when anything FUBARs, my initial step is to clear that puppy. Secondly, I believe the keyboard is only in pairing mode for a few seconds

Re: Abbyy Fine Reader Express and Prizmo

2012-03-15 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Catherine, Sandra Tomkins put a lot of time and effort into documenting her experience using Prizmo on her iPhone4 last year, and Esther did an excellent job on the post below which should help to get you started with Prizmo. Subsequent to the authoring of this post, IOS5 was released

Re: Updating to 5.1

2012-03-09 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Catherine, Assuming you already have IOS5 installed, you can accomplish this on your IOS device by going into settings---general---software update. Others here are reporting trouble with this technique, but it went flawlessly for me on Wednesday and I assume that is the experience for

4G?

2012-03-08 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings y'all, Yesterday I migrated my ATT 4S from 5.01 to 5.1. While walking home this evening, I noticed for the first time that my network connectivity indicated a status of 4G. Not sure whether ATT recently upgraded their towers, or perhaps the current IOS is better able to exploit or

Re: new ipad

2012-03-08 Thread Geoff Waaler
And you honestly consider that to be a reasonable request? I'll go you one better. How about demanding that every sheet of toilet paper be embossed with Braille instructions describing how to locate the area of application? After all, as a blind person I may never be able to locate it

Re: Dictation for the Mac?

2012-02-27 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Kristeen, If you own a 4S, a less expensive alternative you may want to consider is the two dollar IOS app called Dictabulus recently described in David Woodbridge's podcast. Best regards. Geoff - Original Message - From: James AUSTIN james.aus...@mac-access.net To: Mac OSX iOS

Re: I can't save any documents

2012-02-19 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Sarah, I had this issue last Summer and steps such as repairing permissions and clean reinstalls did not fix it. Strangely noone else could reproduce the problem and while preparing my post I can't seem to make it happen, though at some point I'm sure it will when I'm attempting to write

Re: I can't save any documents

2012-02-19 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Sarah, I had this issue last Summer and steps such as repairing permissions and clean reinstalls did not fix it. Strangely noone else could reproduce the problem and while preparing my post I can't seem to make it happen, though at some point I'm sure it will when I'm attempting to write

Re: Safari questions

2012-02-15 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Kristeen, One tool that may help with searching is the item chooser (VO-i). Its functionality seems to have been abated in Lion, but its remains a way to quickly skip to elements on the web and elsewhere. Best regards. Geoff - Original Message - From: Kristeen Hughes To:

Re: Changing my password on IPhone

2012-02-12 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Catherine, Esther and others. Though it can be messy, some times it works out better in the long run. It was out of mom's control last Summer, when her ISP literally went away over night. She ordered her 4S by phone, and the sales rep created a new Apple ID because eMail communication was

Re: remotely locking an iPhone from your mac?

2012-02-09 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Sarah, Assuming that your friend installed IOS5 and enabled find my iphone in settings--iCloud, this is sort of possible by going to the icloud.com site and signing on with an Apple ID and selecting find my iphone. From my testing, this now only appears to be possible using either Google

Re: remotely locking an iPhone from your mac?

2012-02-09 Thread Geoff Waaler
:32 PM Subject: Re: remotely locking an iPhone from your mac? Acutally there was someone totally blind who can do it successfully wiht a mac. I dunno how though. but they can do it every single time. Take care all On Feb 9, 2012, at 12:19 PM, Geoff Waaler wrote: Hi Sarah

Re: DropBox for the Mac.

2012-02-08 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Jim, Run the installation directly from the volume (the .dmg file). For some reason, that method is accessible, where as copying it to the applications folder and running it from there is not. I got that tip on this list from Annie N last summer. Best regards. Geoff - Original

Re: Adjusting VoiceOver speaker volume [was Re: Using the iPhone 4Swithout earphones_]

2012-02-06 Thread Geoff Waaler
You'll find that the volume will randomly drop -- some times the change is probably attributable to an inadvertent holding of the volume down key. Still, I suspect there may be a bug somewhere. For example, when I pull my phone out of a dock, the speaker volume may be all the way down. If

Re: Siri and Orthography

2012-02-06 Thread Geoff Waaler
I'm sure Google will pull up other references, but one good source of Siri punctuation dictation refinements is here. Have fun! Geoff - Original Message - From: Zachary Kline To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 1:14 PM Subject: Re: Siri and

iBooks and punctuation - was Navigating in Preview.

2012-02-04 Thread Geoff Waaler
as I believe I remember several helpful and several humorous posts you have made regarding its use. Best, I still find PDF reading on the Mac and on PC challenging. eric Caron On Feb 3, 2012, at 2:01 PM, Geoff Waaler wrote: Thanks to all who responded. I may

Re: Navigating in Preview.

2012-02-03 Thread Geoff Waaler
Thanks to all who responded. I may buy Skim though its primary function seems to be features I don't care about. Travis stated that its not hard to get where you want to go, and that is a reasonable expectation. After hiding the tool bar it seemed to work better, but now when I quit

Re: VO muting and other IOS5 wierdness - was iphone 4s problem.

2012-02-02 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Ian, I doubt it's relevant, but you'll find the use compact voice option under settings-General-accessibility-voiceover. The compact voice is of lower quality, but the trade-off is that it will place less of a demand on system resources. Absent any kind of specifics in your problem

Re: Call muting issue on 4S [Was: Re: VO muting and other IOS5wierdness - was iphone 4s problem.]

2012-02-02 Thread Geoff Waaler
when the 4 was first released. I've ATT network, latest IOS, standard troubleshooting, etc. Haven't notified Apple yet. Haven't experienced the second issue you listed. Bryan On Feb 2, 2012, at 12:45 PM, Geoff Waaler wrote: what happens is that I answer a call and can hear/speak

Navigating in Preview.

2012-02-02 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings, I'm attempting to read a publication on my MBP running 10.7.3. It comes as either a 20.3 ePub document or a 60.3 MB PDF. When I open the epub, it launches an empty textedit window. I've waited several minutes to allow time for the file to open, but the file always appears to be

Re: Usable mainstream GPS on the iPhone?

2012-01-31 Thread Geoff Waaler
if I start downloading maps onto my phone. I will contact you either by phone or off-list with some more questions. Thanks again, Mike On 30,Jan,2012, Geoff Waaler wrote: Greetings Mike, Motionx GPS Drive uses GoogleMaps, and has a setting where they can be cached on the IOS

Re: Usable mainstream GPS on the iPhone?

2012-01-30 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings Mike, Motionx GPS Drive uses GoogleMaps, and has a setting where they can be cached on the IOS device. This would minimize data usage, and since you can always go to the cloud to retrieve current maps, they should in theory be always more current. IMHO, from a VoiceOver perspective

Re: MagicJack IOS app.

2012-01-27 Thread Geoff Waaler
allow me to use one of these two accounts, or would I have to create yet another account? Thanks and take care, Mike On 26,Jan,2012, at 6:45 AM, Geoff Waaler wrote: Greetings y'all, While fighting the MJ site to ascertain their international rates I discovered

Re: Notifications, how to stop repeated notifications?

2012-01-27 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Eric, You can set apps to behave differently. In settings--notifications double tap and item under the heading: in notification center such as messages. Near the bottom is a button labeled repeat alert. The possible choices range from never to alerts repeat at two minute intervals.

MagicJack IOS app.

2012-01-25 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings y'all, While fighting the MJ site to ascertain their international rates I discovered the existence of a free of charge MagicJack app; it was the first one displayed when searching on the string: magicj in the US app store. Considering the accessibility of their Windows and Mac apps

RE: Can anyone recommend an app for recording on IPhone and IPad.

2012-01-20 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Bubba, or what ever your name is; you've posted to various lists using three different names and some of your past headers suggest that you're employed by the state of Florida, so I'm not quite sure how to address you. Apparently the civil service human resource screening people down there

Re: Phone Amego accessibility?

2012-01-16 Thread Geoff Waaler
Best regards. Geoff - Original Message - From: Geoff Waaler To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 1:31 AM Subject: Phone Amego accessibility? Greetings all, Today, the MacUpdate site is discounting PhoneAmego by 40%. I will list there brief

Re: any good quiz making apps out there?

2012-01-16 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Courtney, The one I've played with is an IOS app called Adaptive Trivia by Suchale which is available at the US store at least. The full version is $0.99, but they have a scaled down version that is free of charge. Its perfectly accessible, though IMHO, voiceOver users need to read and

Phone Amego accessibility?

2012-01-15 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings all, Today, the MacUpdate site is discounting PhoneAmego by 40%. I will list there brief description below. I thought before blowing the fifteen bucks and playing ginny pig I'd ask if anyone here has tried it? Phone Amego (Family Pack) provides Caller ID, click-to-dial, Address

Re: a question about dropbox

2012-01-11 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Amber, Assuming that you already have a dropbox account, download the .dmg file from their site and run the installer from the volume. In my experience, things totally fubared when I attempted to copy it to my applications folder and run from there. Specifically, I did not receive an

XCode and C++, one more try.

2012-01-11 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings, I think there's at least one other lister using xCode. My question this time is how to test prompting for a value, or send command line parameters. For example, if I compile/run the following C++ in terminal, I get the expected result: #include iostream using namespace std; int

Re: Copy and Paste on the iPhone

2012-01-10 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Paul, To extract a phone number, let me set up an example. Lets say I have a text message as follows: For a good time call 867-5309 and ask for Jenny. Perhaps someone can find a better method but there appears to be no way to select the phone number exclusively while viewing a text --

Re: Copy and Paste on the iPhone

2012-01-10 Thread Geoff Waaler
as you open your thumb and finger if you put a little twist as you open them! But keeping them straight will select the items in question! hth Colin On 10 Jan 2012, at 18:08, Geoff Waaler wrote: Hi Paul, To extract a phone number, let me set up an example. Lets say I have

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