Re: Group The Tech Zone

Awesome. Just joined. Chris. --- Check out my web site at: http://www.clgproductions.net - Original Message - From: "Christopher Hallsworth" To: Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 2:34 AM Subject: Group The Tech Zone Hi all, I will try and stay as on topic as possible, but if you want

Group The Tech Zone

Hi all, I will try and stay as on topic as possible, but if you want to join a friendly group with members across the board, please join my group The Tech Zone. While this is a general technology group, I certainly welcome discussions pertaining to Mac and iOS devices and their operating system

Re: starting to get irritated by IOS 8

Didn't the NFB or ACB kind of force Apple to develop a screen reader in line with the ADA? This may be something I just read and so is pure speculation. On 31/03/2015 00:56, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: I wonder what the catalyst was for Apple’s ultimate choice to develop their screen reader?

Re: yosemite safari question

Thanks Alex, that really helps. Don - Original Message - From: Alex Hall To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date: Monday, March 30, 2015 7:57 pm Subject: Re: yosemite safari question > > > Use either cmd-up (new in Yosemite) or vo-home. On a laptop, that second one > is vo-fn-left.

Re: yosemite safari question

Either ctrl+Home, or if you don't have a physical home key on your keyboard, then it's fn+VO+left arrow. Make sure that you're interacting with the html content first, or it wont' work as expected. Chris. --- Check out my web site at: http://www.clgproductions.net - Original Message -

Re: yosemite safari question

Use either cmd-up (new in Yosemite) or vo-home. On a laptop, that second one is vo-fn-left. You may need to add shift to it, too; shift takes you to the top, no shift takes you to the visible top. I don't normally notice a difference, but if one fails to do what you're after, try the other. All

yosemite safari question

I should know this, but honestly I don't. When in safari and down a page, like the middle for example, how do you quickly jump to the top of the page using vo? thanks, Don -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe fro

Re: are you done? Re: Peel the Apple list.

100% agreed. Chris. --- Check out my web site at: http://www.clgproductions.net - Original Message - From: Yuma Antoine Decaux To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 9:55 PM Subject: are you done? Re: Peel the Apple list. Pardon me for interjectin

are you done? Re: Peel the Apple list.

Pardon me for interjecting but I’m getting a bit tired with these backs and forths of politics and what I thinks about this or that, it’s really putting the number of mails up the roof, getting off topic (read the subject). Have you guys not other things to do? Why don’t you just go on an MIRC c

Re: What is it with Google Groups and VoiceOVer

Hi, Yeah, not sure what’s really going on in this case. I usually move around on many Google pages with the tab key but it even affects that kind of navigation. May have to report this one. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Mar 30, 2015, at 15:53, Brian Fischler wrote: Than

Re: starting to get irritated by IOS 8

I wonder what the catalyst was for Apple’s ultimate choice to develop their screen reader? The education sector? Government? The mythical two blind sons? Certainly the APIs are now available for the development of an AT solution, so it’s entirely possible, technically. But it doesn’t surpri

Re: Logos Bible Software

Um... the last I knew, Bible Gateway would let you cross-reference, as well as all the other things, obviously minus the uploading. Has that changed? Chris. - Original Message - From: "Greg Aikens" To: Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 7:28 PM Subject: Re: Logos Bible Software These bi

Re: Logos Bible Software

These bible sites are great, but Logos gives you the ability to cross reference between the biblical text, texts in the original languages, commentaries, do word studies, etc. It allows you to upload and add to your own reference library. It’s a pretty nice software package. > On Mar 29, 2015,

Help me decide: Ecto vs. Mars Edit

Guys, I must admit that I am fairly familiar with the Mars Edit application, but when it comes to the Wordpress side of things, modifying, editting, and composing content, what really are the main differences between Mars Edit and Ecto, aside the obvious of price? Does one of them gain or lack

Re: Peel the Apple list.

Likewise by far and away! --- Check out my web site at: http://www.clgproductions.net - Original Message - From: "Todor Fassl" To: Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 4:59 PM Subject: Re: Peel the Apple list. I'll pass on joining your clique. If you feel that is unfair, sorry, but that is j

Re: starting to get irritated by IOS 8

You gotta be kidding! regarding Apple and FS. Oh dear god! please tell me you are! LOL! Chris. --- Check out my web site at: http://www.clgproductions.net - Original Message - From: David Chittenden To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 3:53 PM Su

Re: Peel the Apple list.

Well, of course you are free to choose whatever criteria you please, but I can’t imagine why I was among those who were ultimately rejected either. Seems somewhat arbitrary. I don’t mind volunteering my time to help others, because I enjoy it. Never mind, we have this list, and it’s awesome.

Re: What is it with Google Groups and VoiceOVer

You just discovered one of my big reasons for ultimately moving to Yosemite. :) So to answer your question: you can make it less broken by upgrading, yes. Although, honestly, not by much, sadly. I have always managed though somewhat tediously, in common with some web apps. -- You received th

Re: What is it with Google Groups and VoiceOVer

Thanks Tim pretty sure that is what I was doing was using the return key if I recall but in doing so kept getting dings everywhere after activating one of google’s menus and could not move with the arrows or anything else. On Mar 30, 2015, at 5:27 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > Yosemite isn

Re: What is it with Google Groups and VoiceOVer

Hi, Yosemite isn’t playing particularly nice either. Never noticed it since I hadn’t been into my group settings in quite a while. A workaround that I determined was to press return to open the pop-up, then navigate with arrows or VO with arrows then use VO-space to select your choice instead

Re: I Player for the Mac.

So where do you get this from? Kawal. On 30 Mar 2015, at 21:56, David Griffith wrote: I use Get i Player Automaker. with this you download the files and can play them offline. Actually I convert the video files created to mp3. David Griffith play them off line. On 30/03/2015 19:09, Kawal G

Re: Peel the Apple list.

I think you'd need some hard evidence if you were going to accuse anyone of harassing etc. Nothing should be said without hard evidence. One will make themselves unpopular if one claims anyone of harassment without hard evidence to prove the matter, as this is kind of accusing people who have

Re: Peel the Apple list.

I'll pass on joining your clique. If you feel that is unfair, sorry, but that is just my policy. On 03/30/2015 03:27 PM, Kliph wrote: It’s not rumors, it’s fact. The people that were not allowed on that list, i have been on other lists with. And they have bashed, and flamed others. Even em

Re: I Player for the Mac.

I use Get i Player Automaker. with this you download the files and can play them offline. Actually I convert the video files created to mp3. David Griffith play them off line. On 30/03/2015 19:09, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: Has anyone used Iplayer for the Mac? I hope someone can tell me if it

Re: Peel the Apple list.

It’s not rumors, it’s fact. The people that were not allowed on that list, i have been on other lists with. And they have bashed, and flamed others. Even emailed members privately and continued to harass them. So, no they were not bad for rumor, but for fact and evidence of the above reason.

Re: starting to get irritated by IOS 8

Hello, Apple attempted to get Freedom Scientific to create a screen reader for OSX. FS refused, so Apple took development in-house. Berkeley Systems was a small company. I visited their offices once in the mid 90's. I suspect Apple did not wish to use a small group for screen reader developmen

What is it with Google Groups and VoiceOVer

Curious if anyone else has this problem with Google Groups. Three times today when playing around with my Google Group settings in Safari running Mavericks selecting any pop up menu which is interesting enough in Google Groups completely breaks VoiceOVer and the only way to fix it is a restart.

Re: VoiceOver very sluggish when changing languages

Hi Mike, I had this problem in Mavericks as well and actually find it slightly better now in Yosemite. I switch from English to Dutch. I did get a new and faster Mac though so maybe that's why it's better. Lisette > On 31/03/2015, at 1:45 am, Mike Busboom wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > I ha

Re: Connecting iPhone to dropbox

Yep, and I just got it connected. Blessings, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net > On Mar 30, 2015, at 12:51 PM, george b wrote: > > Are you using the same email for both phone log in and mac log in? >

Re: Moderation of the list

Great song BTW. LOL! Chris. --- Check out my web site at: http://www.clgproductions.net - Original Message - From: "Sarai Bucciarelli" To: Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 11:26 AM Subject: Re: Moderation of the list Thank you! Aah.. The sound of silence! On Mar 29, 2015, at 11:20 PM,

Re: Peel the Apple list.

I would not join that list as a matter of principle. I can understand having a strict invitation-only policy. I don't care who you are, if you haven't been invited, you can't join. But I don't like the idea of blackballing someone based on rumors of how they behaved on another list. That smacks

Re: starting to get irritated by IOS 8

Voiceover is the only screen reader for the macf? Awe, come on! don't you wanna use Outspoken? LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL! ROFL! Now I'm! the one being the smart ass. LOL! Chris. --- Check out my web site at: http://www.clgproductions.net - Original Message - From: Krister Ekstrom To:

Re: starting to get irritated by IOS 8

Hello, > On 30 Mar 2015, at 19:26, Todor Fassl wrote: > > Correct me if I'm wrong but the reason Apple developed voiceover in the first > place was that the only company making a screen reader for Mac OS went out > of business. If that company couldn't survive before voiceover, it certainly

I Player for the Mac.

Has anyone used Iplayer for the Mac? I hope someone can tell me if it's accessible as the one for windows was not when I downloaded the I player for downloading things from the BBC. I was at work and so only had my work machine to test it. I will however download the Mac one to see what it's

Re: Peel the Apple list.

Well, I wonder who represents me then, as no one knows me on here so when I asked to join the list, one can't judge anyone unless something truly bad has been said. Just what I think. But now that the mess has been cleared up on this list, I am truly grateful. Kawal. On 30 Mar 2015, at 13:51,

RE: Connecting iPhone to dropbox

Are you using the same email for both phone log in and mac log in? From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Stacey Robinson Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 10:49 To: Macvisionaries Subject: Re: Connecting iPhone to dropbox Yep, I have that an

Re: Connecting iPhone to dropbox

Yep, I have that and logged in. Blessings, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net > On Mar 30, 2015, at 12:41 PM, george b wrote: > > Do you have the Dropbox app on your phone you need to have that app the

RE: Connecting iPhone to dropbox

Do you have the Dropbox app on your phone you need to have that app then log in from that app. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Stacey Robinson Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 10:34 To: Macvisionaries Subject: Re: Connecting iPhone to dr

Re: Connecting iPhone to dropbox

Alex, Dropbox is on my mac. It may not be the latest version. When I open it on my phone and try and connect it tells me to go to a website on the computer. I will see what the latest version of dropbox is and try reinstalling. Blessings, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk.

Re: starting to get irritated by IOS 8

I've heard that point about Apple's responsiveness before. I am a somewhat casual Mac user and I don't have a good way to gauge the value of that point. But I brought it up on another list and got soundly trashed for it. But I don't know enough about voiceovers flaws to defend the point. What

Re: Connecting iPhone to dropbox

How are you doing this? The easiest way is to download the Dropbox app, then log in. Admittedly, I haven't done this for a long time, so the process may have changed. More details on how you are currently trying to do this would be good. Thanks. > On Mar 30, 2015, at 1:07 PM, Stacey Robinson wr

Connecting iPhone to dropbox

Hello, I have tried to connect my iPhone 5S to dropbox and it tells me that I have to go to a certain website and point my phone to an image that I can’t see. I didn’t have this problem when I had my white macbook with Lion. Dropbox is on my mac and phone but I can’t get the two to connect. Thanks

Re: starting to get irritated by IOS 8

I dunno, really. I am fortunate enough to have access to three commercial screen readers for Windows (Window-Eyes, Supernova and JAWS) as well as to NVDA and of course VoiceOver on the Mac, the latter of which just happens to be my primary combination. I’m still not convinced that’s enough. C

Re: Moderation of the list

Ok, I think I have cleaned out all of the sludge so those messages should no longer be in the MacVisionaries mailing list archives. There were numerous discussion messages from others which quoted the deleted messages. Those still exist and you might want to delete them as well if you don't wan

Re: Apple Script: Shut down the Mac

If you can figure out how to get AppleScript to execute shell commands like terminal does you could do afplay /System/Library/Sounds/Frog.aiff to play one of the system sounds, or specify the path to any sound file you want. afplay uses CoreAudio so it should be able to play most common file

Re: Moderation of the list

Thank you! Aah.. The sound of silence! > On Mar 29, 2015, at 11:20 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Wanted to let you all know that the account in question is now blocked from > the list. I should point out a couple things: > > 1. I'm not the moderator, I just help out with r

Re: VoiceOver very sluggish when changing languages

Hi! There is a small sluggishness between swedish and english but not 5 seconds. But talking of voices i really do not stand any of the voices built-in except fred. However he can not speak swedish and thats very sad. /A > 30 mar 2015 kl. 16:28 skrev Krister Ekstrom : > > Hi, > Is this when you’

Re: VoiceOver very sluggish when changing languages

Hi! Certainly yes. I therefor whish that they implemented espeak as an alternative. /A > 30 mar 2015 kl. 14:45 skrev Mike Busboom : > > Hello everyone, > > I have been meaning to bring this up for quite some time, but I keep > forgetting. > > I have been noticing that whenever I switch from on

Re: text edit question

Hi, Two ways that I’m aware of. 1. Go into System Prefs, iCloud, iCloud Drive then press on the Options button and uncheck TextEdit from the table of apps. Since TextEdit doesn’t have an iOS app, this shouldn’t affect anything with saving of documents other than the TextEdit folder being rem

Re: Siri not available

I finally did a phone reset and that cleared up the problem. Not the complete reset where the phone is wiped and needs to be set up again as a new phone, but the reset where no settings or data are removed. > On Mar 30, 2015, at 2:46 PM, Kevin Cussick > wrote: > > Hello, agree with You as I

Re: starting to get irritated by IOS 8

But isn’t Voiceover the best screen reader in the world?:-) Smiles No but seriously, isn’t it because the screen readers we love those that suits our need the best, if you see what i’m trying to say? Every screen reader has its pros and cons but the screen reader that I use, everybody says is the

Re: VoiceOver very sluggish when changing languages

Hi, Is this when you’re switching between Nuance voices? I don’t know what the problem is, maybe i’m very patient but i don’t experience any sluggishness when switching between Swedish Nuance and english Alex /Krister > 30 mar 2015 kl. 16:16 skrev Jürgen Fleger : > > Hi Mike, > > have a look

Re: starting to get irritated by IOS 8

My experience is that few people are willing to discuss screen readers rationally. I find it disturbing that so many people are absolutely certain that their choice of screen reader was the right one and anyone who disagrees is ignorant or stupid. I’ve been contemplating the idea of starting

Re: VoiceOver very sluggish when changing languages

Hi Mike, have a look here www.assistiveware.com The issue doesn’t occur if I switch between Acapela voices. If I switch to a Nuance voice it’s very sluggish as well. So it only makes sence to buy a german and an english Acapela voice. All the best Jürgen > Am

Re: Looking for a Script to Give a Word Count in TextEdit

Here's the link to the zip file: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17005121/talking%20dashboard.zip > On Mar 30, 2015, at 10:03 AM, george b wrote: > > Where do I find the talking dashboard, please > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf

Re: Moderation of the list

I know Cara Quinn was the one who set me up to do the account admin stuff. Whom else besides here I don't know. As far as I know this list is moderated under a 'management by exception' process. Generally all messages sent get immediately distributed to all members. This makes the list very re

Re: VoiceOver very sluggish when changing languages

Thank you very much, Jürgen, for this information. Where can I purchase the Acapela voices? I’d only need the German voices since I am quite satisfied with Alex. Best regards and thanks! Mike > On 30,Mar,2015, at 15:13, Jürgen Fleger > wrote: > > Hi Mike, >

RE: Looking for a Script to Give a Word Count in TextEdit

Where do I find the talking dashboard, please From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Hall Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2015 20:55 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Looking for a Script to Give a Word Count in TextEdit You'

Re: VoiceOver very sluggish when changing languages

Hi Mike, I experience the same issue. In my opinion it started in Mavericks and got worse in Yosemite. Fortunately I normally use Acapela voices and there’s no sluggishness if I change voices. All the best Jürgen > Am 30.03.2015 um 14:45 schrieb Mike Busboom : > > Hello everyone, > > I have

Re: text edit question

Brian, I don't recall where exactly this setting is located, but when you open Text Edit and get that screen, hit escape to get out of it, then hit command+Comma to open the Text Edit preferences. The setting you're looking for is in there. Chris. --- Check out my web site at: http://www.cl

Re: text edit question

I don't think it can be done This change of how TextEdit opens up a document disappeared some years ago. The way I deal with it is to hit command+n to open a new document. I know it's an extra key stroke but that seems to be the only way. Once the new document is opened, I also check that it

text edit question

Hello all, I just went to open up text edit, and when I opened the app, it opened it up to the open file screen. I would like it to come up with the ned document button, like it normally does. How can I fix this? It looks like it is assuming that I want to open up a file or a recently opened

Re: Looking for a Script to Give a Word Count in TextEdit

Be advised that your message appears blank. > On Mar 30, 2015, at 5:42 AM, Charlie Doremus wrote: > > > > Aloha, > Charlie > > > > On Mar 29, 2015, at 1:53 PM, Chris Moore > wrote: > >> Hello, >> How would you run this script from within textEdit? Would you a

Re: Peel the Apple list.

It’s anoterh list that talks and helps with every thing apple. AppleTV, mac, iPad, iPhone, and even has an open discussion on the weekend for other topics like windows, android, and even that other screen reader. As for others whining and complaining about not gaining membership? We aprove me

VoiceOver very sluggish when changing languages

Hello everyone, I have been meaning to bring this up for quite some time, but I keep forgetting. I have been noticing that whenever I switch from one language to another, VoiceOver is very, very slow to load the new language and voice it. When I switch from English to German, for example, I

Re: Siri not available

Hello, agree with You as I had this a few weeks ago as well. interestingly on the I pad it still worked but not the I phone6Pluss. I left it in disgust switched on in the morning and to my delight it all just worked again. On 29/03/2015 14:13, David Griffith wrote: This happened to me a c

Apple Script: Shut down the Mac

Hi, could anyone support me in creating an apple script? It is supposed to shut down the Mac but playing a little sound before. So the stepps could be 1. Play sound x in folder y. 2. Wait as long as it takes to play the sound, maybe 3 seconds. 3. Press CMD + Option + CTRL + Eject. That’s the hotk

Re: Looking for a Script to Give a Word Count in TextEdit

Aloha, Charlie > On Mar 29, 2015, at 1:53 PM, Chris Moore wrote: > > Hello, > How would you run this script from within textEdit? Would you assign it to a > hot key? > Chris >> On Mar 27, 2015, at 8:10 PM, Alex Hall wrote: >> >> It's not, but you have a great point. I'll add that to the

Re: Moderation of the list

Hey Chris, Since I was the one championing the need for a moderated list, first I just want to say thanks for blocking Mario's address. It was very nice of you to take care of that, especially since you're not even the mod. :) And as for timing, no one person can or should be anchored to a li

Re: weather app

Hi, I am not sure if there is aan weather app that i know of. Sincerely, Michelle. Sent from my macbook pro > On Mar 29, 2015, at 4:45 AM, May and LD Luna wrote: > > Hey there. > > Is there an accessible weather app for the mac? > > i use the widget, but I believe an app would be better f

Re: Proposal to create an alternate MacVisionaries list

Hey CJ and Mark, Thanks for your kind words. In terms of his treatment of me, it didn't bother me over much. Honestly, after the first couple of messages, I stopped reading them, so if I was vilely abused after that, I didn't even know it. :) As much as anything, I just wanted all this to sto

Re: Logos Bible Software

Hi! So there are apparently no bible software that is accessible for us with voiceover? If so its very disappointing. /A > 30 mar 2015 kl. 04:52 skrev CJ Daniel : > > Emelio, > > As previously stated, Logos is not accessible. Also, the afore mentioned > Eloquent—the bible software previously k

Re: learning to use numbers

Hi, the best resource I found to learn and deepening my knowledge of Numbers was „Mastering the Mac with VoiceOver“ by Jim Sniffen. It’s free and available in the iBooks Store. All the best Jürgen > Am 30.03.2015 um 04:33 schrieb Phil Halton : > > I’ll take a stab at this. > if you create a

Re: vmware fusion 7 and windows 7 becoming unactive

Hello, Thanks for letting me know this. That make sense if I am importing the bootcamp into a vm disk file. But I am actually accessing the bootcamp partition directly. I will look into making windows 7 recognize the vm environment as the real one. Thanks for the input, I really appreciate