iTunes FLAC
Hello everybody It would appear, and I discovered this quite by accident, that iTunes can now play .FLAC format tracks directly, without any form of plug-in whatsoever. This, for us at least, is a huge huge break-through, as it’s our format of choice and has been for several years. I’ve just tried playing an uncompressed FLAC track, and it worked perfectly. Oh, Wow! Now we can have our entire album collection in our iTunes library, and do away with the horrible old MP3 and even the M4B versions with the exception of purchases. The next logical thing, therefore, would be for us to join some or one of the growing number of commercial websites now selling music legally in .FLAC format. I need to see whether iTunes can be persuaded to treat a cue sheet as a playlist. But, if it can, that would be even better as it would allow us to use our album files, rather than having everything in individual tracks. I’ll experiment with this and report back. Oh yes, and my apologies to those for whom this information may not be new! Warm regards Lynne --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/
RE: iTunes FLAC
I for one do not know the significance of flac format but glad it is good. What I would like to know is if I can burn to CD albums I purchase in the iTunes store. -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith Sent: 25 May 2014 14:59 To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: iTunes FLAC Hello everybody It would appear, and I discovered this quite by accident, that iTunes can now play .FLAC format tracks directly, without any form of plug-in whatsoever. This, for us at least, is a huge huge break-through, as it's our format of choice and has been for several years. I've just tried playing an uncompressed FLAC track, and it worked perfectly. Oh, Wow! Now we can have our entire album collection in our iTunes library, and do away with the horrible old MP3 and even the M4B versions with the exception of purchases. The next logical thing, therefore, would be for us to join some or one of the growing number of commercial websites now selling music legally in .FLAC format. I need to see whether iTunes can be persuaded to treat a cue sheet as a playlist. But, if it can, that would be even better as it would allow us to use our album files, rather than having everything in individual tracks. I'll experiment with this and report back. Oh yes, and my apologies to those for whom this information may not be new! Warm regards Lynne --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/
Re: iTunes FLAC
Hi Eleanor! Yes you can! Your allowed to make a back up of your purchases I've made AAC versions of mine and store them on a external hard drive! But you can select a album and should be allowed to burn it to disc! If you make the album a playlist or make your own playlist of songs, after the playlists track table you should find a playlist action button select that and one of the options will be burn to disc! HTH Colin Chegh chew jaj Vam jaj Kak On 25 May 2014, at 15:10, Eleanor Martha Burke eleanormarthabu...@gmail.com wrote: I for one do not know the significance of flac format but glad it is good. What I would like to know is if I can burn to CD albums I purchase in the iTunes store. -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith Sent: 25 May 2014 14:59 To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: iTunes FLAC Hello everybody It would appear, and I discovered this quite by accident, that iTunes can now play .FLAC format tracks directly, without any form of plug-in whatsoever. This, for us at least, is a huge huge break-through, as it's our format of choice and has been for several years. I've just tried playing an uncompressed FLAC track, and it worked perfectly. Oh, Wow! Now we can have our entire album collection in our iTunes library, and do away with the horrible old MP3 and even the M4B versions with the exception of purchases. The next logical thing, therefore, would be for us to join some or one of the growing number of commercial websites now selling music legally in .FLAC format. I need to see whether iTunes can be persuaded to treat a cue sheet as a playlist. But, if it can, that would be even better as it would allow us to use our album files, rather than having everything in individual tracks. I'll experiment with this and report back. Oh yes, and my apologies to those for whom this information may not be new! Warm regards Lynne --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at:
Caps Lock Key As A VoiceOver Key; What's The Advantage?
Hi all This really relates to a discussion that started life on our sister group Techno-Chat. But, since it’s OS X specific now, I’m moving it to this group. Anybody using a MacBook or, as in my case, a MacBook Air, do you use the caps lock key as a VoiceOver key and, if so, why? I’m just curious as to why it’s such an advantage. What does it let you do more easily than the default VoicerOver keys would allow? I can certainly see why somebody with dexterity issues would find it a big help. There would only be one key to hold rather than 2, which would help at least one person I know well to use her Mac more efficiently and, thanks to Colin and to the original poster Eric Caron, I shall pass this on to her. But for those with unimpeded dexterity, how does it help? I acknowledge that there are some keystrokes which can be difficult to initiate sometimes on a laptop keyboard. But these, for me at least, seem to be far too few to warrant a change in the default behaviour. Actually I think that on the whole, the VoiceOver key combinations have been very logically thought through. The only real inconsistencies I’ve noticed in this regard seem to be more related to Braille input via a Braille display’s keyboard. I haven’t really gone into that either until today, when I decided to have a shot at typing in grade 2 Braille on my HumanWAre BrailleNote Apex, my Freedom Scientific Focus40-Blue and my Seika Mini Seika display. In these cases, I noted that there didn’t seem to be a way of pressing backspace. Or did I just miss something obvious? Reading using the VoiceOver cursor seems to be a little more fiddly using a display than it does using the regular MacBook keyboard. But again this may simply be due to my inexperience of working this way. It’s something I hope to become more familiar with if it’s doable. Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; Proudly Providing Braille And Alternative Format Transcription Services, Plus I.T Help Support To The Staff And Students Of the Visually Impaired Department at: Sunnyside Academy Manorfarm Way Colby Newham Middlesbrough Cleveland Telephone: United Kingdom: Free Phone: 0800 8620538 United Kingdom Geographic: 01133 280547 Mobile: +44 7907 823971 Europe and other non-specified: +44 1642 688095 United States Of America And Canada: +1 646 9151493 Or: +1 209 436 9443 Australasia: +61 38 8205930 Or: +61 39 0284505 Fax: +44 1642 365123 Follow Us On Twitter: http://twitter.com/maciosaccess Skype: skype:mac-access-dot-net?call -- --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/
Re: Caps Lock Key As A VoiceOver Key; What's The Advantage?
For me at least, recently coming to the Mac after many years of Windows use, the idea that two keys are necessary to control VO seems nonsensical. Therefore, I immediately made the change. It also seems rather intuitive that the caps lock key would be the most logical choice since it allows one to leave the left hand on the home row. I do not have any problem with dexterity. More than a few of the keystrokes required to use VO if one leaves it at the default Control Option setting are needlessly difficult to accomplish. I only use VO on a laptop keyboard. Another reason the Caps Lock key is such a logical choice is that it is commonly used in Windows screen readers as the dedicated key for issuing screen reader commands in a laptop layout. On May 25, 2014, at 1:29 PM, Gordon Smith gor...@mac-access.net wrote: Hi all This really relates to a discussion that started life on our sister group Techno-Chat. But, since it’s OS X specific now, I’m moving it to this group. Anybody using a MacBook or, as in my case, a MacBook Air, do you use the caps lock key as a VoiceOver key and, if so, why? I’m just curious as to why it’s such an advantage. What does it let you do more easily than the default VoicerOver keys would allow? I can certainly see why somebody with dexterity issues would find it a big help. There would only be one key to hold rather than 2, which would help at least one person I know well to use her Mac more efficiently and, thanks to Colin and to the original poster Eric Caron, I shall pass this on to her. But for those with unimpeded dexterity, how does it help? I acknowledge that there are some keystrokes which can be difficult to initiate sometimes on a laptop keyboard. But these, for me at least, seem to be far too few to warrant a change in the default behaviour. Actually I think that on the whole, the VoiceOver key combinations have been very logically thought through. The only real inconsistencies I’ve noticed in this regard seem to be more related to Braille input via a Braille display’s keyboard. I haven’t really gone into that either until today, when I decided to have a shot at typing in grade 2 Braille on my HumanWAre BrailleNote Apex, my Freedom Scientific Focus40-Blue and my Seika Mini Seika display. In these cases, I noted that there didn’t seem to be a way of pressing backspace. Or did I just miss something obvious? Reading using the VoiceOver cursor seems to be a little more fiddly using a display than it does using the regular MacBook keyboard. But again this may simply be due to my inexperience of working this way. It’s something I hope to become more familiar with if it’s doable. Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; Proudly Providing Braille And Alternative Format Transcription Services, Plus I.T Help Support To The Staff And Students Of the Visually Impaired Department at: Sunnyside Academy Manorfarm Way Colby Newham Middlesbrough Cleveland Telephone: United Kingdom: Free Phone: 0800 8620538 United Kingdom Geographic: 01133 280547 Mobile: +44 7907 823971 Europe and other non-specified: +44 1642 688095 United States Of America And Canada: +1 646 9151493 Or: +1 209 436 9443 Australasia: +61 38 8205930 Or: +61 39 0284505 Fax: +44 1642 365123 Follow Us On Twitter: http://twitter.com/maciosaccess Skype: skype:mac-access-dot-net?call -- --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net
Re: NTI Dragon Burn 4.5; [WAs Will Disk Utility restore .IMG Images?]
Use this URL: http://www.nticorp.com/en/us/product/dragon_burn.asp Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; Proudly Providing Braille And Alternative Format Transcription Services, Plus I.T Help Support To The Staff And Students Of the Visually Impaired Department at: Sunnyside Academy Manorfarm Way Colby Newham Middlesbrough Cleveland Telephone: United Kingdom: Free Phone: 0800 8620538 United Kingdom Geographic: 01133 280547 Mobile: +44 7907 823971 Europe and other non-specified: +44 1642 688095 United States Of America And Canada: +1 646 9151493 Or: +1 209 436 9443 Australasia: +61 38 8205930 Or: +61 39 0284505 Fax: +44 1642 365123 Follow Us On Twitter: http://twitter.com/maciosaccess Skype: skype:mac-access-dot-net?call -- On 24 May 2014, at 20:04, Christopher-Mark Gilland cgwaxhawlo...@clgproductions.com wrote: OK, I'll definitely have a look at it. If it's good enough, I may even buy it, if the price is reasonable. Where do I download it from? Chris. - Original Message - From: Gordon Smith gor...@mac-access.net To: OS X iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2014 2:47 PM Subject: Re: NTI Dragon Burn 4.5; [WAs Will Disk Utility restore .IMG Images?] Chris NTI Dragon is 100% accessible. I use it a lot. Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; Proudly Providing Braille And Alternative Format Transcription Services, Plus I.T Help Support To The Staff And Students Of the Visually Impaired Department at: Sunnyside Academy Manorfarm Way Colby Newham Middlesbrough Cleveland Telephone: United Kingdom: Free Phone: 0800 8620538 United Kingdom Geographic: 01133 280547 Mobile: +44 7907 823971 Europe and other non-specified: +44 1642 688095 United States Of America And Canada: +1 646 9151493 Or: +1 209 436 9443 Australasia: +61 38 8205930 Or: +61 39 0284505 Fax: +44 1642 365123 Follow Us On Twitter: http://twitter.com/maciosaccess Skype: skype:mac-access-dot-net?call -- On 24 May 2014, at 19:21, Christopher-Mark Gilland cgwaxhawlo...@clgproductions.com wrote: Would I have to get my mom to help me, or is the app fairly Voiceover friendly? --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list
Re: iTunes FLAC
Hi The simple answer to your question is “Yes”! Put your tracks into a playlist and then using the context menu for the playlist, select “Burn this playlist to disk” and off you go. BTW, I suggest you change the default gap setting between each track to “None”, and don’t be tempted to use the fastest possible burn speed. Audio CD’s require a lot of bandwidth on your data bus, and I have frequently seen failures or errors on CD’s burned at high speeds on any platform. Personally, I wouldn’t go above 8X for burning audio material. Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; Proudly Providing Braille And Alternative Format Transcription Services, Plus I.T Help Support To The Staff And Students Of the Visually Impaired Department at: Sunnyside Academy Manorfarm Way Colby Newham Middlesbrough Cleveland Telephone: United Kingdom: Free Phone: 0800 8620538 United Kingdom Geographic: 01133 280547 Mobile: +44 7907 823971 Europe and other non-specified: +44 1642 688095 United States Of America And Canada: +1 646 9151493 Or: +1 209 436 9443 Australasia: +61 38 8205930 Or: +61 39 0284505 Fax: +44 1642 365123 Follow Us On Twitter: http://twitter.com/maciosaccess skype:mac-access-dot-net?call -- On 25 May 2014, at 15:10, Eleanor Martha Burke eleanormarthabu...@gmail.com wrote: I for one do not know the significance of flac format but glad it is good. What I would like to know is if I can burn to CD albums I purchase in the iTunes store. -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith Sent: 25 May 2014 14:59 To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: iTunes FLAC Hello everybody It would appear, and I discovered this quite by accident, that iTunes can now play .FLAC format tracks directly, without any form of plug-in whatsoever. This, for us at least, is a huge huge break-through, as it's our format of choice and has been for several years. I've just tried playing an uncompressed FLAC track, and it worked perfectly. Oh, Wow! Now we can have our entire album collection in our iTunes library, and do away with the horrible old MP3 and even the M4B versions with the exception of purchases. The next logical thing, therefore, would be for us to join some or one of the growing number of commercial websites now selling music legally in .FLAC format. I need to see whether iTunes can be persuaded to treat a cue sheet as a playlist. But, if it can, that would be even better as it would allow us to use our album files, rather than having everything in individual tracks. I'll experiment with this and report back. Oh yes, and my apologies to those for whom this information may not be new! Warm regards Lynne --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the
My thoughts on OpenOffice for Os X
Hello everybody It seems OpenOffice for Os X is pretty awful. It's unstable. VoiceOver would not let me hear back what I've typed. It could sure do with room for improvement. Finally you cannot press buttons in the normal way; you have to press space once the button is in the VoiceOver cursor. I since quickly uninstalled it by simply moving the app to the Trash and will go back to Pages/Numbers/Keynote as the office suite for the mac. -- Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/
Re: Caps Lock Key As A VoiceOver Key; What's The Advantage?
Hello Regarding your first point, I too came to the Mac after a very long time using Windows. Now, however, I need to use both and, moreover, on the same machine preferably at the same time. I believe that I was the first in the visually impaired community to introduce the concept of VMWAre Fusion, way back in April 2007 whilst beta testing for VMWAre with Fusion 1.0. I produced a demo for ACB Radio main stream, which was well received in many quarters, I’m flattered to say. I worked closely in those days with the VMWAre engineering staff to ensure accessibility. This was because at that time the only other solution was Parallels Desktop 1.0 which was, and remains to this day, totally inaccessible. When I contacted VMWAre in the very early part of 2007, they were extremely receptive to my comment and, as I said, invited me to participate in what was then private beta testing. It went public not too long after my original demo which was compiled with their knowledge and permission. In recent times, however, I haven’t really given much thought to using it since about Fusion 4, which was very different. I find that the host system keeps grabbing control of the keyboard when, for instance, I hit Command+M which should produce the equivalent to Windows+M in the guest. I don’t want to go down the road of configuration of the guest on this forum because it would put me off topic, and my fellow moderator would probably banish me from the list, despite the fact that I own it! ;-) Seriously, however, if there is anybody who wants to take up this discussion and if they are a member of either Techno-Chat, or our sister group, Windows-Access, I’d love to hear from you as to how you avoid the conflicts to which I seem to be prone. For reference once again, I shall post here the links that people may use to join these groups if they wish: Techno-Chat, http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat/ Windows-Accesss, http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/windows-access/ Back to the original topic, what I was going to say was that I believe that it is essential if you want to cut the learning curve down a bit, to throw away what seems sensible on Windows or other platforms, and take VoiceOver for the beast that it is. Learning native functionality before venturing out to changing things seems, to me at least, to be a more preferable way to work. I’ve found when coaching new users that, if I can get the user to totally forget about Jaws, NVDA, Window-Eyes, Access2Go, Window-Bridge or any other such solution, the user seems to learn more quickly. VoiceOver is, as most would agree, a very different concept to the majority or maybe even all of those screen-readers with the possible exception of NVDA whose basic principles are the same. Anyway, I’ll end with another question. If you make this change, and the caps lock key is used as a VoiceOver key, what happens with your other solutions which also require the caps lock key? I too am using a MacBook, a 2012 MacBook Air in my case. OK, so that I can comment from the perspective of one who has at least tried the change, I shall go and make a total system backup, and then I shall make the change; see if I prefer it. If so, I shall then bow to the inevitable. Finally, to be very clear, I don’t want you to think I’m in any way ridiculing, patronising, disputing or in any way trying to be obnoxious. I’m just interested in the concept of why people find these changes advantageous. Perhaps, after trying it, I may come out on totally the other side of the fence. But I shall, rest assured, try it. I wouldn’t like to in any way be presumptuous. Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; Proudly Providing Braille And Alternative Format Transcription Services, Plus I.T Help Support To The Staff And Students Of the Visually Impaired Department at: Sunnyside Academy Manorfarm Way Colby Newham Middlesbrough Cleveland Telephone: United Kingdom: Free Phone: 0800 8620538 United Kingdom Geographic: 01133 280547 Mobile: +44 7907 823971 Europe and other non-specified: +44 1642 688095 United States Of America And Canada: +1 646 9151493 Or: +1 209 436 9443 Australasia: +61 38 8205930 Or: +61 39 0284505 Fax: +44 1642 365123 Follow Us On Twitter: http://twitter.com/maciosaccess Skype: skype:mac-access-dot-net?call -- On 25 May 2014, at 18:50, Geoff Stephens geoffsli...@gmail.com wrote: For me at least, recently coming to the Mac after many years of Windows use, the idea that two keys are necessary to control VO seems nonsensical. Therefore, I immediately made the change. It also seems rather intuitive that the caps lock key would be the most logical choice since it allows one to leave the left hand on the home row. I do not have any problem with dexterity. More than a few of the keystrokes required to
Typing On The iPhone's On-Screen Keyboard
Hi Everyone, I was recently having a discussion with a friend about how to type on the on-screen keyboard of the iPhone. Personally, I don't particularly like to use a special program for this like, for instance, mBraill or Fleksy. I just want to use the regular keyboard. Dictation can be useful, but of course, sometimes, it's just nice to be able to type something relatively privately. I have built up some speed over the past 3 years, but I would like to get faster. I generally hold my phone in my left hand, and use my right index finger to type, anchoring my thumb down where the connector is at the bottom of the phone. I'm interested to know how others who type using the regular on-screen keyboard, enter your text. I do happen to use Touch Typing mode, but I would also be interested in what typing mode you use. And, does anyone else besides me just use the regular on-screen keyboard for their typing needs? Thanks! Desi --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/
Re: My thoughts on OpenOffice for Os X
Iv'e been trying to comunicate this fact since 2005 when I was using it under antoher platform. They said they would not consider accessiblity as it uses java. I got th ecold shoulder when it came to the mac version of open office. I went in to grate detail and yeah no response after 4 years. Sad really, but ah well. Not much we can do if the devs don't give a care. Tc to all. On May 25, 2014, at 11:26 AM, Christopher Hallsworth christopher...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everybody It seems OpenOffice for Os X is pretty awful. It's unstable. VoiceOver would not let me hear back what I've typed. It could sure do with room for improvement. Finally you cannot press buttons in the normal way; you have to press space once the button is in the VoiceOver cursor. I since quickly uninstalled it by simply moving the app to the Trash and will go back to Pages/Numbers/Keynote as the office suite for the mac. -- Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/
Re: My thoughts on OpenOffice for Os X
Yes. Choices are good, but apple have made iwork accessible. On May 25, 2014, at 14:01, Sarah k Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: Iv'e been trying to comunicate this fact since 2005 when I was using it under antoher platform. They said they would not consider accessiblity as it uses java. I got th ecold shoulder when it came to the mac version of open office. I went in to grate detail and yeah no response after 4 years. Sad really, but ah well. Not much we can do if the devs don't give a care. Tc to all. On May 25, 2014, at 11:26 AM, Christopher Hallsworth christopher...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everybody It seems OpenOffice for Os X is pretty awful. It's unstable. VoiceOver would not let me hear back what I've typed. It could sure do with room for improvement. Finally you cannot press buttons in the normal way; you have to press space once the button is in the VoiceOver cursor. I since quickly uninstalled it by simply moving the app to the Trash and will go back to Pages/Numbers/Keynote as the office suite for the mac. -- Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/
Re: Typing On The iPhone's On-Screen Keyboard
Hi Desi, As I'm living in Iran and Fleksy or Mbraille do not support what is known as Pinglish (writing Farsi using English characters) I do have to type using the on-screen keyboard. It does feel like I'm too slow, however, even though I'm very fast when using a normal keyboard and even when using phones with software keyboards. I'm hoping to get to the point of single-tapping the letter I want to type in the touch typing mode. However, I haven't quite gotten there yet, although I practice as much as possible. HTH. On 5/25/2014 11:29 PM, Desi Noller wrote: Hi Everyone, I was recently having a discussion with a friend about how to type on the on-screen keyboard of the iPhone. Personally, I don't particularly like to use a special program for this like, for instance, mBraill or Fleksy. I just want to use the regular keyboard. Dictation can be useful, but of course, sometimes, it's just nice to be able to type something relatively privately. I have built up some speed over the past 3 years, but I would like to get faster. I generally hold my phone in my left hand, and use my right index finger to type, anchoring my thumb down where the connector is at the bottom of the phone. I'm interested to know how others who type using the regular on-screen keyboard, enter your text. I do happen to use Touch Typing mode, but I would also be interested in what typing mode you use. And, does anyone else besides me just use the regular on-screen keyboard for their typing needs? Thanks! Desi --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/
Re: iTunes FLAC
Hello. Can You explain how to play flac files in iTunes? Thank You António Manuel Silva Universidade do Porto - Faculdade de Letras iMessage: ant...@aminharadio.com via device No dia 25/05/2014, às 14:59, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith ly...@mac-access.net escreveu: Hello everybody It would appear, and I discovered this quite by accident, that iTunes can now play .FLAC format tracks directly, without any form of plug-in whatsoever. This, for us at least, is a huge huge break-through, as it’s our format of choice and has been for several years. I’ve just tried playing an uncompressed FLAC track, and it worked perfectly. Oh, Wow! Now we can have our entire album collection in our iTunes library, and do away with the horrible old MP3 and even the M4B versions with the exception of purchases. The next logical thing, therefore, would be for us to join some or one of the growing number of commercial websites now selling music legally in .FLAC format. I need to see whether iTunes can be persuaded to treat a cue sheet as a playlist. But, if it can, that would be even better as it would allow us to use our album files, rather than having everything in individual tracks. I’ll experiment with this and report back. Oh yes, and my apologies to those for whom this information may not be new! Warm regards Lynne --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/
Re: Typing On The iPhone's On-Screen Keyboard
I use a bluetooth keyboard, how ever I type left handed with my bird finger. I can I think do 2 to 3 wpm using touch typing. I'm a bit faser with standard typing but not by much. On May 25, 2014, at 12:23 PM, Parham Doustdar parha...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Desi, As I'm living in Iran and Fleksy or Mbraille do not support what is known as Pinglish (writing Farsi using English characters) I do have to type using the on-screen keyboard. It does feel like I'm too slow, however, even though I'm very fast when using a normal keyboard and even when using phones with software keyboards. I'm hoping to get to the point of single-tapping the letter I want to type in the touch typing mode. However, I haven't quite gotten there yet, although I practice as much as possible. HTH. On 5/25/2014 11:29 PM, Desi Noller wrote: Hi Everyone, I was recently having a discussion with a friend about how to type on the on-screen keyboard of the iPhone. Personally, I don't particularly like to use a special program for this like, for instance, mBraill or Fleksy. I just want to use the regular keyboard. Dictation can be useful, but of course, sometimes, it's just nice to be able to type something relatively privately. I have built up some speed over the past 3 years, but I would like to get faster. I generally hold my phone in my left hand, and use my right index finger to type, anchoring my thumb down where the connector is at the bottom of the phone. I'm interested to know how others who type using the regular on-screen keyboard, enter your text. I do happen to use Touch Typing mode, but I would also be interested in what typing mode you use. And, does anyone else besides me just use the regular on-screen keyboard for their typing needs? Thanks! Desi --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/
Re: Typing On The iPhone's On-Screen Keyboard
Parham, Perhaps the difficulty you are having with touch-typing is that you will have best results if you slide to the character you want, and not touch somewhere. Lifting off will enter the character. HTH. Glenn - Original Message - From: Parham Doustdar parha...@gmail.com To: OS X iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2014 2:23 PM Subject: Re: Typing On The iPhone's On-Screen Keyboard Hi Desi, As I'm living in Iran and Fleksy or Mbraille do not support what is known as Pinglish (writing Farsi using English characters) I do have to type using the on-screen keyboard. It does feel like I'm too slow, however, even though I'm very fast when using a normal keyboard and even when using phones with software keyboards. I'm hoping to get to the point of single-tapping the letter I want to type in the touch typing mode. However, I haven't quite gotten there yet, although I practice as much as possible. HTH. On 5/25/2014 11:29 PM, Desi Noller wrote: Hi Everyone, I was recently having a discussion with a friend about how to type on the on-screen keyboard of the iPhone. Personally, I don't particularly like to use a special program for this like, for instance, mBraill or Fleksy. I just want to use the regular keyboard. Dictation can be useful, but of course, sometimes, it's just nice to be able to type something relatively privately. I have built up some speed over the past 3 years, but I would like to get faster. I generally hold my phone in my left hand, and use my right index finger to type, anchoring my thumb down where the connector is at the bottom of the phone. I'm interested to know how others who type using the regular on-screen keyboard, enter your text. I do happen to use Touch Typing mode, but I would also be interested in what typing mode you use. And, does anyone else besides me just use the regular on-screen keyboard for their typing needs? Thanks! Desi --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/
Re: Typing On The iPhone's On-Screen Keyboard
Here you all go. I show how fast I can type using both methods. it's not fast. My goal in touch typing is 66.5 wpm but that will probably never happen. lol! https://audioboo.fm/boos/2195567-showing-how-fast-i-can-type-using-standard-typing-vs-touch-typing Take care to all and be blessed. On May 25, 2014, at 12:39 PM, Glenn glenner...@cableone.net wrote: Parham, Perhaps the difficulty you are having with touch-typing is that you will have best results if you slide to the character you want, and not touch somewhere. Lifting off will enter the character. HTH. Glenn - Original Message - From: Parham Doustdar parha...@gmail.com To: OS X iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2014 2:23 PM Subject: Re: Typing On The iPhone's On-Screen Keyboard Hi Desi, As I'm living in Iran and Fleksy or Mbraille do not support what is known as Pinglish (writing Farsi using English characters) I do have to type using the on-screen keyboard. It does feel like I'm too slow, however, even though I'm very fast when using a normal keyboard and even when using phones with software keyboards. I'm hoping to get to the point of single-tapping the letter I want to type in the touch typing mode. However, I haven't quite gotten there yet, although I practice as much as possible. HTH. On 5/25/2014 11:29 PM, Desi Noller wrote: Hi Everyone, I was recently having a discussion with a friend about how to type on the on-screen keyboard of the iPhone. Personally, I don't particularly like to use a special program for this like, for instance, mBraill or Fleksy. I just want to use the regular keyboard. Dictation can be useful, but of course, sometimes, it's just nice to be able to type something relatively privately. I have built up some speed over the past 3 years, but I would like to get faster. I generally hold my phone in my left hand, and use my right index finger to type, anchoring my thumb down where the connector is at the bottom of the phone. I'm interested to know how others who type using the regular on-screen keyboard, enter your text. I do happen to use Touch Typing mode, but I would also be interested in what typing mode you use. And, does anyone else besides me just use the regular on-screen keyboard for their typing needs? Thanks! Desi --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list
Re: Typing On The iPhone's On-Screen Keyboard
I do everything exactly as you do, although I don't use touch typing. I personally cannot stand it! It makes me very tense, and after about 2 mintues of typing my hand, and arm both hurt excrutiatingly. I neither use my thumb as an anker, but aside from that, everything you're doing is identical. I two hold the phone with my left hand, and use my right index. Although sometimes, I use my right pinki... LOL! just kidding. Ow! Now that! would be annoying! Chris. - Original Message - From: Desi Noller desi.nol...@gmail.com To: mac-access iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2014 2:59 PM Subject: Typing On The iPhone's On-Screen Keyboard Hi Everyone, I was recently having a discussion with a friend about how to type on the on-screen keyboard of the iPhone. Personally, I don't particularly like to use a special program for this like, for instance, mBraill or Fleksy. I just want to use the regular keyboard. Dictation can be useful, but of course, sometimes, it's just nice to be able to type something relatively privately. I have built up some speed over the past 3 years, but I would like to get faster. I generally hold my phone in my left hand, and use my right index finger to type, anchoring my thumb down where the connector is at the bottom of the phone. I'm interested to know how others who type using the regular on-screen keyboard, enter your text. I do happen to use Touch Typing mode, but I would also be interested in what typing mode you use. And, does anyone else besides me just use the regular on-screen keyboard for their typing needs? Thanks! Desi --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/
Re: Typing On The iPhone's On-Screen Keyboard
I can do somewhere in the neighborhood of about 25WPM, although, for a touch screen, that's halling major major! butt! Chris. - Original Message - From: Sarah k Alawami marri...@gmail.com To: mac access list iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2014 3:58 PM Subject: Re: Typing On The iPhone's On-Screen Keyboard Here you all go. I show how fast I can type using both methods. it's not fast. My goal in touch typing is 66.5 wpm but that will probably never happen. lol! https://audioboo.fm/boos/2195567-showing-how-fast-i-can-type-using-standard-typing-vs-touch-typing Take care to all and be blessed. On May 25, 2014, at 12:39 PM, Glenn glenner...@cableone.net wrote: Parham, Perhaps the difficulty you are having with touch-typing is that you will have best results if you slide to the character you want, and not touch somewhere. Lifting off will enter the character. HTH. Glenn - Original Message - From: Parham Doustdar parha...@gmail.com To: OS X iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2014 2:23 PM Subject: Re: Typing On The iPhone's On-Screen Keyboard Hi Desi, As I'm living in Iran and Fleksy or Mbraille do not support what is known as Pinglish (writing Farsi using English characters) I do have to type using the on-screen keyboard. It does feel like I'm too slow, however, even though I'm very fast when using a normal keyboard and even when using phones with software keyboards. I'm hoping to get to the point of single-tapping the letter I want to type in the touch typing mode. However, I haven't quite gotten there yet, although I practice as much as possible. HTH. On 5/25/2014 11:29 PM, Desi Noller wrote: Hi Everyone, I was recently having a discussion with a friend about how to type on the on-screen keyboard of the iPhone. Personally, I don't particularly like to use a special program for this like, for instance, mBraill or Fleksy. I just want to use the regular keyboard. Dictation can be useful, but of course, sometimes, it's just nice to be able to type something relatively privately. I have built up some speed over the past 3 years, but I would like to get faster. I generally hold my phone in my left hand, and use my right index finger to type, anchoring my thumb down where the connector is at the bottom of the phone. I'm interested to know how others who type using the regular on-screen keyboard, enter your text. I do happen to use Touch Typing mode, but I would also be interested in what typing mode you use. And, does anyone else besides me just use the regular on-screen keyboard for their typing needs? Thanks! Desi --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive:
Re: Typing On The iPhone's On-Screen Keyboard
Mine via a test at a center for the blind. Now it's just an estomation. On May 25, 2014, at 5:49 PM, Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com wrote: How do you all measure the wpm? On May 25, 2014, at 17:23, Christopher-Mark Gilland cgwaxhawlo...@clgproductions.com wrote: I can do somewhere in the neighborhood of about 25WPM, although, for a touch screen, that's halling major major! butt! Chris. - Original Message - From: Sarah k Alawami marri...@gmail.com To: mac access list iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2014 3:58 PM Subject: Re: Typing On The iPhone's On-Screen Keyboard Here you all go. I show how fast I can type using both methods. it's not fast. My goal in touch typing is 66.5 wpm but that will probably never happen. lol! https://audioboo.fm/boos/2195567-showing-how-fast-i-can-type-using-standard-typing-vs-touch-typing Take care to all and be blessed. On May 25, 2014, at 12:39 PM, Glenn glenner...@cableone.net wrote: Parham, Perhaps the difficulty you are having with touch-typing is that you will have best results if you slide to the character you want, and not touch somewhere. Lifting off will enter the character. HTH. Glenn - Original Message - From: Parham Doustdar parha...@gmail.com To: OS X iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2014 2:23 PM Subject: Re: Typing On The iPhone's On-Screen Keyboard Hi Desi, As I'm living in Iran and Fleksy or Mbraille do not support what is known as Pinglish (writing Farsi using English characters) I do have to type using the on-screen keyboard. It does feel like I'm too slow, however, even though I'm very fast when using a normal keyboard and even when using phones with software keyboards. I'm hoping to get to the point of single-tapping the letter I want to type in the touch typing mode. However, I haven't quite gotten there yet, although I practice as much as possible. HTH. On 5/25/2014 11:29 PM, Desi Noller wrote: Hi Everyone, I was recently having a discussion with a friend about how to type on the on-screen keyboard of the iPhone. Personally, I don't particularly like to use a special program for this like, for instance, mBraill or Fleksy. I just want to use the regular keyboard. Dictation can be useful, but of course, sometimes, it's just nice to be able to type something relatively privately. I have built up some speed over the past 3 years, but I would like to get faster. I generally hold my phone in my left hand, and use my right index finger to type, anchoring my thumb down where the connector is at the bottom of the phone. I'm interested to know how others who type using the regular on-screen keyboard, enter your text. I do happen to use Touch Typing mode, but I would also be interested in what typing mode you use. And, does anyone else besides me just use the regular on-screen keyboard for their typing needs? Thanks! Desi --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/
Re: Typing On The iPhone's On-Screen Keyboard
I don't. I'm taking a very wild guess. Chris. - Original Message - From: Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com To: OS X iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2014 8:49 PM Subject: Re: Typing On The iPhone's On-Screen Keyboard How do you all measure the wpm? On May 25, 2014, at 17:23, Christopher-Mark Gilland cgwaxhawlo...@clgproductions.com wrote: I can do somewhere in the neighborhood of about 25WPM, although, for a touch screen, that's halling major major! butt! Chris. - Original Message - From: Sarah k Alawami marri...@gmail.com To: mac access list iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2014 3:58 PM Subject: Re: Typing On The iPhone's On-Screen Keyboard Here you all go. I show how fast I can type using both methods. it's not fast. My goal in touch typing is 66.5 wpm but that will probably never happen. lol! https://audioboo.fm/boos/2195567-showing-how-fast-i-can-type-using-standard-typing-vs-touch-typing Take care to all and be blessed. On May 25, 2014, at 12:39 PM, Glenn glenner...@cableone.net wrote: Parham, Perhaps the difficulty you are having with touch-typing is that you will have best results if you slide to the character you want, and not touch somewhere. Lifting off will enter the character. HTH. Glenn - Original Message - From: Parham Doustdar parha...@gmail.com To: OS X iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2014 2:23 PM Subject: Re: Typing On The iPhone's On-Screen Keyboard Hi Desi, As I'm living in Iran and Fleksy or Mbraille do not support what is known as Pinglish (writing Farsi using English characters) I do have to type using the on-screen keyboard. It does feel like I'm too slow, however, even though I'm very fast when using a normal keyboard and even when using phones with software keyboards. I'm hoping to get to the point of single-tapping the letter I want to type in the touch typing mode. However, I haven't quite gotten there yet, although I practice as much as possible. HTH. On 5/25/2014 11:29 PM, Desi Noller wrote: Hi Everyone, I was recently having a discussion with a friend about how to type on the on-screen keyboard of the iPhone. Personally, I don't particularly like to use a special program for this like, for instance, mBraill or Fleksy. I just want to use the regular keyboard. Dictation can be useful, but of course, sometimes, it's just nice to be able to type something relatively privately. I have built up some speed over the past 3 years, but I would like to get faster. I generally hold my phone in my left hand, and use my right index finger to type, anchoring my thumb down where the connector is at the bottom of the phone. I'm interested to know how others who type using the regular on-screen keyboard, enter your text. I do happen to use Touch Typing mode, but I would also be interested in what typing mode you use. And, does anyone else besides me just use the regular on-screen keyboard for their typing needs? Thanks! Desi --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at:
help with iCloud
Can someone please tell me where I need to go on my Mac book pro to set up iCloud so I can access my documents on my iPhone 5. My iCloud is set up on my phone for document data. I tried to read the help file about iCloud through system preferences, iCloud but I wasn't sure how to set it up on the mac side. Margaret --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/
Re: Caps Lock Key As A VoiceOver Key; What's The Advantage?
Hi gordon and others, Here are some of the reasons I find having the caps lock key act as the VO keys a advantage. I'm a touch typist using the Home row of keys. The caps lock key location lets me use VO and often keep my fingers ready to go on the Home row. Much faster work flow for me. Many commands using VO and letters on the left side of the key board are especially easy to use with the caps lock as VO. example VO A, reading the contents of the voice over curser. I use two fingers on my left hand without leaving the home row. The small finger on caps lock and the ring finger to tap the A key. Without caps lock I must drop my left hand to the VO keys then cross my right hand over to find the A key. Or, I can cross my right hand down and under my left. There is just no easy way to keep typing and press VO A, or VO S, or VO D for that matter. The caps lock key as VO is also a big help to me when I need to do command that has multiple keys. for example VO shift home. with the caps lock as vo I can still essentially keep my left hand on the home row. and pressing caps lock key is easy. pressing VO shift means my left hand is off the Home row and busy using three fingers to hold down the keys. I can give many more examples. One more good one is using the command VO W. this is a very handy command to hear the word you are on, Press it a second time for the spelling, and the third time for the phonetic spelling. With VO as caps lock I hold down the caps lock key with my small finger on my left hand and use my left hand ring finger two then press the W as many times as I need. both hands remain on the home row. Now go ahead and try this with the usual VO keys on the left of the space bar. that simple command VO W is a hand twister for me and a slow down in my work flow. Before using the caps lock as a VO key I modified my laptop keyboard to have a set of VO keys on the right. Now that I have the caps lock key working as VO I returned my other keys back to the default. I don't need the VO keys on the right to work quickly. This modification has nothing to do with my past and current work on the windows side of the world. It is just a much more efficient way of navigating the keyboard on the Mac. I continue to be grateful it is a option thanks to keyremap4macbook. Best. Eric Caron On May 25, 2014, at 2:38 PM, Gordon Smith gor...@mac-access.net wrote: Hello Regarding your first point, I too came to the Mac after a very long time using Windows. Now, however, I need to use both and, moreover, on the same machine preferably at the same time. I believe that I was the first in the visually impaired community to introduce the concept of VMWAre Fusion, way back in April 2007 whilst beta testing for VMWAre with Fusion 1.0. I produced a demo for ACB Radio main stream, which was well received in many quarters, I’m flattered to say. I worked closely in those days with the VMWAre engineering staff to ensure accessibility. This was because at that time the only other solution was Parallels Desktop 1.0 which was, and remains to this day, totally inaccessible. When I contacted VMWAre in the very early part of 2007, they were extremely receptive to my comment and, as I said, invited me to participate in what was then private beta testing. It went public not too long after my original demo which was compiled with their knowledge and permission. In recent times, however, I haven’t really given much thought to using it since about Fusion 4, which was very different. I find that the host system keeps grabbing control of the keyboard when, for instance, I hit Command+M which should produce the equivalent to Windows+M in the guest. I don’t want to go down the road of configuration of the guest on this forum because it would put me off topic, and my fellow moderator would probably banish me from the list, despite the fact that I own it! ;-) Seriously, however, if there is anybody who wants to take up this discussion and if they are a member of either Techno-Chat, or our sister group, Windows-Access, I’d love to hear from you as to how you avoid the conflicts to which I seem to be prone. For reference once again, I shall post here the links that people may use to join these groups if they wish: Techno-Chat, http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat/ Windows-Accesss, http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/windows-access/ Back to the original topic, what I was going to say was that I believe that it is essential if you want to cut the learning curve down a bit, to throw away what seems sensible on Windows or other platforms, and take VoiceOver for the beast that it is. Learning native functionality before venturing out to changing things seems, to me at least, to be a more preferable way to work. I’ve found when coaching new users that, if I can get the user to
Re: Caps Lock Key As A VoiceOver Key; What's The Advantage?
I notice though it does not disable the control and option keys as beeing the vo function. or at least it didn't when I did the little hack thing. Otherwise I would have kept the hack thing up and running. Tc all and be blessed. On May 25, 2014, at 7:31 PM, Eric Caron eric_ca...@mac-access.net wrote: Hi gordon and others, Here are some of the reasons I find having the caps lock key act as the VO keys a advantage. I'm a touch typist using the Home row of keys. The caps lock key location lets me use VO and often keep my fingers ready to go on the Home row. Much faster work flow for me. Many commands using VO and letters on the left side of the key board are especially easy to use with the caps lock as VO. example VO A, reading the contents of the voice over curser. I use two fingers on my left hand without leaving the home row. The small finger on caps lock and the ring finger to tap the A key. Without caps lock I must drop my left hand to the VO keys then cross my right hand over to find the A key. Or, I can cross my right hand down and under my left. There is just no easy way to keep typing and press VO A, or VO S, or VO D for that matter. The caps lock key as VO is also a big help to me when I need to do command that has multiple keys. for example VO shift home. with the caps lock as vo I can still essentially keep my left hand on the home row. and pressing caps lock key is easy. pressing VO shift means my left hand is off the Home row and busy using three fingers to hold down the keys. I can give many more examples. One more good one is using the command VO W. this is a very handy command to hear the word you are on, Press it a second time for the spelling, and the third time for the phonetic spelling. With VO as caps lock I hold down the caps lock key with my small finger on my left hand and use my left hand ring finger two then press the W as many times as I need. both hands remain on the home row. Now go ahead and try this with the usual VO keys on the left of the space bar. that simple command VO W is a hand twister for me and a slow down in my work flow. Before using the caps lock as a VO key I modified my laptop keyboard to have a set of VO keys on the right. Now that I have the caps lock key working as VO I returned my other keys back to the default. I don't need the VO keys on the right to work quickly. This modification has nothing to do with my past and current work on the windows side of the world. It is just a much more efficient way of navigating the keyboard on the Mac. I continue to be grateful it is a option thanks to keyremap4macbook. Best. Eric Caron On May 25, 2014, at 2:38 PM, Gordon Smith gor...@mac-access.net wrote: Hello Regarding your first point, I too came to the Mac after a very long time using Windows. Now, however, I need to use both and, moreover, on the same machine preferably at the same time. I believe that I was the first in the visually impaired community to introduce the concept of VMWAre Fusion, way back in April 2007 whilst beta testing for VMWAre with Fusion 1.0. I produced a demo for ACB Radio main stream, which was well received in many quarters, I’m flattered to say. I worked closely in those days with the VMWAre engineering staff to ensure accessibility. This was because at that time the only other solution was Parallels Desktop 1.0 which was, and remains to this day, totally inaccessible. When I contacted VMWAre in the very early part of 2007, they were extremely receptive to my comment and, as I said, invited me to participate in what was then private beta testing. It went public not too long after my original demo which was compiled with their knowledge and permission. In recent times, however, I haven’t really given much thought to using it since about Fusion 4, which was very different. I find that the host system keeps grabbing control of the keyboard when, for instance, I hit Command+M which should produce the equivalent to Windows+M in the guest. I don’t want to go down the road of configuration of the guest on this forum because it would put me off topic, and my fellow moderator would probably banish me from the list, despite the fact that I own it! ;-) Seriously, however, if there is anybody who wants to take up this discussion and if they are a member of either Techno-Chat, or our sister group, Windows-Access, I’d love to hear from you as to how you avoid the conflicts to which I seem to be prone. For reference once again, I shall post here the links that people may use to join these groups if they wish: Techno-Chat, http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat/ Windows-Accesss, http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/windows-access/ Back to the original topic, what I was going to say was that I believe that it is essential if
Re: help with iCloud
Check documents under system prefs and then icloud to be able to access documents on your ipad, at least I think that;s how it is suposed to work, but Im not sure as I don't quite trust it even though have it on. For example it is suposed to upload media from down cast to icloud. It does, how ever it does not download that media to my downcast folder when I next launch down cast on the computer, or it does not fetch the items I have marked for streaming even though I have such setting turned on on both ends and set to synch via icloud. Take care. On May 25, 2014, at 6:41 PM, Margaret Booth margaretebo...@gmail.com wrote: Can someone please tell me where I need to go on my Mac book pro to set up iCloud so I can access my documents on my iPhone 5. My iCloud is set up on my phone for document data. I tried to read the help file about iCloud through system preferences, iCloud but I wasn't sure how to set it up on the mac side. Margaret --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/
Re: help with iCloud
Margaret, I'd love to help you with this, but there are a couple things you should be aware of first. iCloud only syncs certain data for specific programs. If you don’t use these on both the Mac and iOS you won’t see a lot of benefit to turning on the documents and data feature. In particular, iCloud syncs iWork (Pages, Keynote, Numbers) documents between mac and iOS, but not TextEdit. That being said, to turn this on, go to System Preferences and Internet Accounts. There’s an iCloud account listed there, and you can change what is synced with it by going to the Services group next to the accounts table and checking the items you want. This includes Documents and data. I hope this helps, Zack. On May 25, 2014, at 6:41 PM, Margaret Booth margaretebo...@gmail.com wrote: Can someone please tell me where I need to go on my Mac book pro to set up iCloud so I can access my documents on my iPhone 5. My iCloud is set up on my phone for document data. I tried to read the help file about iCloud through system preferences, iCloud but I wasn't sure how to set it up on the mac side. Margaret --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/
Re: help with iCloud
Actually on my computer it does synch text edit documents, or rather I can open a document from the cloud in textedit. I've done this before. Unles they changed somethign recently. Take care and be blessed. On May 25, 2014, at 7:44 PM, Zachary Kline zkl...@speedpost.net wrote: Margaret, I'd love to help you with this, but there are a couple things you should be aware of first. iCloud only syncs certain data for specific programs. If you don’t use these on both the Mac and iOS you won’t see a lot of benefit to turning on the documents and data feature. In particular, iCloud syncs iWork (Pages, Keynote, Numbers) documents between mac and iOS, but not TextEdit. That being said, to turn this on, go to System Preferences and Internet Accounts. There’s an iCloud account listed there, and you can change what is synced with it by going to the Services group next to the accounts table and checking the items you want. This includes Documents and data. I hope this helps, Zack. On May 25, 2014, at 6:41 PM, Margaret Booth margaretebo...@gmail.com wrote: Can someone please tell me where I need to go on my Mac book pro to set up iCloud so I can access my documents on my iPhone 5. My iCloud is set up on my phone for document data. I tried to read the help file about iCloud through system preferences, iCloud but I wasn't sure how to set it up on the mac side. Margaret --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/
Re: Typing On The iPhone's On-Screen Keyboard
Hi Glenn et al, I meant I'm trying to get to the point where I just tap the letter I want, not that I can currently achieve such a thing. The sighted just use thumbs of their both hands for typing, and I'm trying to get comfortable with that too. The point is that when you're typing with two fingers, your speed, once you get hang of it, is pretty much doubled. I can attest to that since my speed on a normal keyboard far bypasses my colleague programmers since I'm using all of my ten fingers, as opposed to four or six that sighted people usually do. HTH. On 5/26/2014 12:09 AM, Glenn wrote: Parham, Perhaps the difficulty you are having with touch-typing is that you will have best results if you slide to the character you want, and not touch somewhere. Lifting off will enter the character. HTH. Glenn - Original Message - From: Parham Doustdar parha...@gmail.com To: OS X iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2014 2:23 PM Subject: Re: Typing On The iPhone's On-Screen Keyboard Hi Desi, As I'm living in Iran and Fleksy or Mbraille do not support what is known as Pinglish (writing Farsi using English characters) I do have to type using the on-screen keyboard. It does feel like I'm too slow, however, even though I'm very fast when using a normal keyboard and even when using phones with software keyboards. I'm hoping to get to the point of single-tapping the letter I want to type in the touch typing mode. However, I haven't quite gotten there yet, although I practice as much as possible. HTH. On 5/25/2014 11:29 PM, Desi Noller wrote: Hi Everyone, I was recently having a discussion with a friend about how to type on the on-screen keyboard of the iPhone. Personally, I don't particularly like to use a special program for this like, for instance, mBraill or Fleksy. I just want to use the regular keyboard. Dictation can be useful, but of course, sometimes, it's just nice to be able to type something relatively privately. I have built up some speed over the past 3 years, but I would like to get faster. I generally hold my phone in my left hand, and use my right index finger to type, anchoring my thumb down where the connector is at the bottom of the phone. I'm interested to know how others who type using the regular on-screen keyboard, enter your text. I do happen to use Touch Typing mode, but I would also be interested in what typing mode you use. And, does anyone else besides me just use the regular on-screen keyboard for their typing needs? Thanks! Desi --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from:
Re: Typing On The iPhone's On-Screen Keyboard
Interesting. I would do about 10 wpm on a phoen wiht buttons, or i did wiht my old dash. I can do quite fast but i don't yet feel comfortable wiht my thumbs. There is a youtube video of a guy doing about 80 wpm on an iphone's touch screen keyboard. Simply amazing. On May 25, 2014, at 10:10 PM, Parham Doustdar parha...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Glenn et al, I meant I'm trying to get to the point where I just tap the letter I want, not that I can currently achieve such a thing. The sighted just use thumbs of their both hands for typing, and I'm trying to get comfortable with that too. The point is that when you're typing with two fingers, your speed, once you get hang of it, is pretty much doubled. I can attest to that since my speed on a normal keyboard far bypasses my colleague programmers since I'm using all of my ten fingers, as opposed to four or six that sighted people usually do. HTH. On 5/26/2014 12:09 AM, Glenn wrote: Parham, Perhaps the difficulty you are having with touch-typing is that you will have best results if you slide to the character you want, and not touch somewhere. Lifting off will enter the character. HTH. Glenn - Original Message - From: Parham Doustdar parha...@gmail.com To: OS X iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2014 2:23 PM Subject: Re: Typing On The iPhone's On-Screen Keyboard Hi Desi, As I'm living in Iran and Fleksy or Mbraille do not support what is known as Pinglish (writing Farsi using English characters) I do have to type using the on-screen keyboard. It does feel like I'm too slow, however, even though I'm very fast when using a normal keyboard and even when using phones with software keyboards. I'm hoping to get to the point of single-tapping the letter I want to type in the touch typing mode. However, I haven't quite gotten there yet, although I practice as much as possible. HTH. On 5/25/2014 11:29 PM, Desi Noller wrote: Hi Everyone, I was recently having a discussion with a friend about how to type on the on-screen keyboard of the iPhone. Personally, I don't particularly like to use a special program for this like, for instance, mBraill or Fleksy. I just want to use the regular keyboard. Dictation can be useful, but of course, sometimes, it's just nice to be able to type something relatively privately. I have built up some speed over the past 3 years, but I would like to get faster. I generally hold my phone in my left hand, and use my right index finger to type, anchoring my thumb down where the connector is at the bottom of the phone. I'm interested to know how others who type using the regular on-screen keyboard, enter your text. I do happen to use Touch Typing mode, but I would also be interested in what typing mode you use. And, does anyone else besides me just use the regular on-screen keyboard for their typing needs? Thanks! Desi --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---
