Oh thanks for the awesome info. :) One more question. Does the meal planning sync at all with apple Calendar? It would be handy to have that all show up on my iPhone or mac calendar. :)
Have a super day, Christina On Jan 30, 2013, at 2:48 PM, Esther wrote: > Hi Christina, > > Yes, the Mac version of Paprika is accessible. In fact there's a > review of Paprika on the Mac at the AppleVis site, and no review of > the iOS app there, even though the accessibility updates for the > versions for iPhone and iPad (there are separate apps for each), were > completed before they finished updating the Mac app. And the comment > in that review about wanting to set the app into text only mode > because you can't use VO to select recipes in the photo and text view > mode hasn't been true for several months. > > Yes, you can check off items in the grocery list as you use it. You > can check or uncheck any of the ingredients in a recipe when you > create your grocery list, and you can also add other items. Your > grocery list is viewable in three tabs: "al"l, "bought", and "to buy". > As you check off items, the lists in the different tabs gets updated. > You can email the list, but I don't think there's any standard export > format for your grocery list. > > I think the strongest point of Paprika is really the cloud syncing > with iOS devices. So it's perfectly possible to just get the iOS apps, > load any recipes you want on your iPhone, and use it to browse recipe > sties for new recipes you want to add, or input your own, without > getting the Mac version, as a number of iPhone users who use Windows > do. If other family members have the app, you can sync your meal > planning, groceries, etc. through the cloud account that comes with > the app. What's nice about the Mac app, is that the cloud syncing > between the Mac version of Paprika and the iOS versions works. There > are other good, mature, recipe apps for the Mac, such as MacGourmet, > and MacGournet even has an iOS app. But what I read in the reviews is > that many MacGourmet users complained that cloud syncing with their > iPhones didn't work, and so they moved to Paprika, which can import > recipe formats from other apps. > > The main reason I got the Mac version of Paprika, apart from the fact > that it was discounted to half price for "Black Friday" weekend, was > that I didn't want to add recipes that were already on my computer by > having to connect my iPhone and use iTunes sync. > > You might want to read through the user guides at the Paprika support > site if you have questions. Here's the link to the guide for the > iPhone: > http://www.paprikaapp.com/help/iphone/ > And here's the URL for the Paprika User Guide for the Mac: > http://www.paprikaapp.com/help/mac/ > > You can review the link for "groceries" on those pages if you want to > learn more about creating and using grocery lists. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > On Jan 30, 8:36 am, Christina <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I am referring to the recipe manager app, Paprika, for iPhone, iPad, and >> Mac. I understand that the iOS apps are accessible with VO. Is the mac >> version of Paprika VO accessible? >> >> My other question is about the grocery list feature of this app. Can the >> grocery list be checked off as you use it? Can the grocery list be exported. >> Currently my family uses Grocery IQ for grocery lists because it sync's >> across our devices and any changes any of us make updates everyone's list. >> >> Thanks so much, >> Christina > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
