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> On Jun 3, 2014, at 10:21, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Sure:
> http://appleseed.apple.com
>> On Jun 3, 2014, at 11:01 AM, BBS <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Hey Alex. Can you send the link again to sign up for public betas? I 
>> wouldn’t mind playing with OS 10.10. I wonder if we’ll be getting more 
>> voices. I certainly hope that we can use the Siri voices that are on the 
>> iPhone on the Mac. That would be so cool.
>>  
>>  
>> Shawn
>> Sent From My White MacBook
>>  
>> From: [email protected] 
>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alex Hall
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 8:59 AM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: Mac OS 10.10 Yosemite system requirements?
>>  
>> I am, but I am waiting on my code. Apple is emailing all non-developers a 
>> download code they will use to grab Yosemite, and mine has not come yet.
>>  
>> Unfortunately, I don't have two displays to work with, only my poor, 
>> neglected Apex.
>> On Jun 3, 2014, at 9:30 AM, Eugenia Firth <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Hi there
>> It ain't easy! I had to go in for a Genius Bar appointment. Basically, 
>> voiceover is missing telling you some stuff on the screen, plus it doesn't 
>> work every time anyway. When you think you've got the Braille display up on 
>> the screen, tell voiceover to do a search for the word focus. Then you have 
>> to press return when it's time to do the Perry. Like I said, it doesn't work 
>> every time. Just keep at it. 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On Jun 3, 2014, at 8:02 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello Eugenia.
>>  
>> Please tell me how you got your Focus Blue working on the Mac Via Blue Tooth 
>> as I tried it sometime ago and it would not do it and so reported it to the 
>> accessibility team who were investigating it. Not tried it since. I have the 
>> Focus Blue 40 and plan to buy the Focus blue 14 next month to use with my I 
>> phone and sell my Apple Wireless Keyboard as I have two of them.
>>  
>> Kawal.
>> 
>> On 3 Jun 2014, at 01:47 pm,Eugenia Firth <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hi Alex 
>> Are you planning to do that public beta thing? Right now while in this 
>> message I am testing my Braille Edge under Usb because now I have the 
>> situation that my little Focus 14 sort of works in Bluetooth, doesn't work 
>> very well under USB, and now I can't have both my Braille Edge 40 and my 
>> Focus 14 on the Bluetooth list at the same time. What's weird is that is 
>> was, until I took the Braille Edge off, not on the VoiceOver table but on 
>> the System Preferences list. 
>>  
>> Now that I have the Focus 14 working well enough for me to use it under 
>> Bluetooth for what what I got it for, it looks like I am going to have to 
>> use the Braille Edge 40 with USB for a while, whether I want to or not. 
>> Luckily, it is the Braille Edge 40 is working very well writing this message 
>> using Bluetooth. So, if you do the beta thing, could you see if you can put 
>> two Braille displays on the Bluetooth list and be able to switch between 
>> them? If you can't, could somebody please test this? I may decide to do it 
>> myself, but I'blind need to check with Apple first because I still have that 
>> open case on my Focus 14. 
>>  
>> Regards, 
>> Gigi 
>>  
>> On Jun 2, 2014, at 11:08 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> True enough. The thing is, most developers know and will probably still use 
>> Objective-C for quite a while to come. I haven't used the Swift language 
>> yet, but I don't see how it will help avoid accessibility problems. It may 
>> offer slightly faster coding, but that is about it. I'll let you all know if 
>> my opinion changes as I get more into Swift, which won't be until Xcode6 
>> comes out.
>> On Jun 2, 2014, at 11:56 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries 
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> They have a new language which is called Swift. Seems to eliminate a lot of 
>> the cruft required to get ObjectiveC to do what they want and also 
>> eliminates a number of constructs that were authoring errors. So it sounds 
>> like they are trying to set developers up for success more easily which 
>> should be good for everybody.
>> 
>> CB
>> 
>> On 6/2/14, 10:37 PM, Eugenia Firth wrote:
>> Hi guys
>> I just got through listening to the keynote, and I didn't hear anything that 
>> calls me to say, all know jeepers! I think we're going to be okay basically, 
>> but, as always, we will probably have some Accessibility miseries for a 
>> while. If I understand what was said, they wrote a new programming language 
>> which, if I understand what was going on there, they'll be able to figure 
>> out problems easier. Do I get that right?
>> Sincerely,
>> Gigi
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On Jun 2, 2014, at 6:10 PM, Ray Foret Jr <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> In short, I'm okay at least for the next round.  Can you just imagine how 
>> that's going to work out with accessibility?
>>  
>>  
>> Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind 
>> built-in!
>> 
>> Sincerely,
>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user!
>>  
>> On Jun 2, 2014, at 3:57 PM, Jessica D <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> This page I just found use the system requirements for the next Mac update.
>> http://www.businessinsider.com/ios-8-os-x-1010-yosemite-system-requirements-2014-6
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On Jun 2, 2014, at 4:31 PM, Teresa Cochran <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Has anyone found these? I'm wondering if my decrepit 2009 Mac Mini is up to 
>> the task. Actually, it's pretty spry for its age. :) 
>>  
>> Teresa
>> 
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