Re: Facebook is getting on my nerves.
Even Menutab isn't ideal with the way they are changing the site. FB has become more and more difficult to use, and the way they re-arranged the newsfeed made it all 10 times worse. I'm getting to the point where I might consider one of the specialist Windows clients in my VM. An app would be great, I agree. Cheers Dave On 17 Apr 2014, at 03:12, Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com wrote: You could try MenuTab, but basically, it just displays either the mobile site or the desktop site as they are. It's a little faster to get started, i.e. you don't have to open Safari, but this is the only real advantage I notice. Teresa Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough.--Richard P. Feynman On Apr 16, 2014, at 5:57 PM, Nektarios Mallas nmal...@gmail.com wrote: Hello. Thanks for the help. I will give it a try. I wish there was an accessible standalone Facebook client to solve all those problems. Regards. Nektarios. On Apr 17, 2014, at 3:53 AM, Christine Grassman cgrassman1...@gmail.com wrote: I've often run into this problem as well. Sometimes, if you click more options then move to the bottom of the page, the share button is there for the post for which you clicked more options. But sometimes it isn't. Good luck. If you have an iPhone, the Facebook app is generally a better bet for most things. On Apr 16, 2014, at 8:47 PM, Nektarios Mallas nmal...@gmail.com wrote: Hi guys. I know this topic comes up often, but I am so frustrated that I can't help it but post here. The regular Facebook site looses focus all the time and sends my browser to random places such as the beginning of the Facebook page or other unrelated post. So, I would like to use the mobile site. Despite the fact that the headings are not correctly set there, I have a more serious problem. The share button does not appear on many posts on my feed. I know that the function for the specific posts is available on the regular site. Any help or other tips is very much appreciated. Nektarios. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Teamtalk was Re: Good Prospects for Accessibility in Office for Mac
TeamTalk for Mac is mainly usable, but hardly accessible. You really have to know what you are doing, but most things can be done. Many of these things are extremely fiddly and slow to do due to the lack of accessibility, but if you know your way round a server, a lot can be done. If you are an admin, or can't be bothered with a lot of fiddling, then you need the Windows TeamTalk to be honest. I've had many hours of fun with the Mac one though. On 17 Apr 2014, at 07:20, Chris Apple boy christopher...@gmail.com wrote: There is a Teamtalk for Mac Os X but have no idea of its accessibility. Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! On 16/04/2014 22:30, Kerri wrote: You still might if you want certain games and team talk not to mention human ware companion for running older victor reader streams. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Teamtalk was Re: Good Prospects for Accessibility in Office for Mac
It's clunky, and got slightly worse with the 4.6 update which breaks keyboard tracking. But the good news is that soon there will be a completely new client, called TeamTalk VI that a friend of mine is working on. We got permission from the developer to write it and it will be using his SDK license and will be available on the official bear ware site. Apart from the interface using native controls, it will have more speech events, a few more chat commands to EG. switch audio devices, and it might even be scriptable so you will be able to write lua scripts that you can run. It will come out on Windows as well. Work is progressing nicely, for now the basic interface is done and the SDK has been completely wrapped, so work on the actual program is starting. You can view the source here: https://github.com/Flameborn/TeamTalkVI On 17 Apr 2014, at 09:49 am, David Taylor e.david.tay...@icloud.com wrote: TeamTalk for Mac is mainly usable, but hardly accessible. You really have to know what you are doing, but most things can be done. Many of these things are extremely fiddly and slow to do due to the lack of accessibility, but if you know your way round a server, a lot can be done. If you are an admin, or can't be bothered with a lot of fiddling, then you need the Windows TeamTalk to be honest. I've had many hours of fun with the Mac one though. On 17 Apr 2014, at 07:20, Chris Apple boy christopher...@gmail.com wrote: There is a Teamtalk for Mac Os X but have no idea of its accessibility. Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! On 16/04/2014 22:30, Kerri wrote: You still might if you want certain games and team talk not to mention human ware companion for running older victor reader streams. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Teamtalk was Re: Good Prospects for Accessibility in Office for Mac
Hi, This is fantastic! Will it include the video functionality? There's also an Android client, but it's very alpha right now. I'm hoping for all mobile platforms to be supported at some point. Blake -- From: Piotr Machacz piterm...@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2014 4:05 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Teamtalk was Re: Good Prospects for Accessibility in Office for Mac It's clunky, and got slightly worse with the 4.6 update which breaks keyboard tracking. But the good news is that soon there will be a completely new client, called TeamTalk VI that a friend of mine is working on. We got permission from the developer to write it and it will be using his SDK license and will be available on the official bear ware site. Apart from the interface using native controls, it will have more speech events, a few more chat commands to EG. switch audio devices, and it might even be scriptable so you will be able to write lua scripts that you can run. It will come out on Windows as well. Work is progressing nicely, for now the basic interface is done and the SDK has been completely wrapped, so work on the actual program is starting. You can view the source here: https://github.com/Flameborn/TeamTalkVI On 17 Apr 2014, at 09:49 am, David Taylor e.david.tay...@icloud.com wrote: TeamTalk for Mac is mainly usable, but hardly accessible. You really have to know what you are doing, but most things can be done. Many of these things are extremely fiddly and slow to do due to the lack of accessibility, but if you know your way round a server, a lot can be done. If you are an admin, or can't be bothered with a lot of fiddling, then you need the Windows TeamTalk to be honest. I've had many hours of fun with the Mac one though. On 17 Apr 2014, at 07:20, Chris Apple boy christopher...@gmail.com wrote: There is a Teamtalk for Mac Os X but have no idea of its accessibility. Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! On 16/04/2014 22:30, Kerri wrote: You still might if you want certain games and team talk not to mention human ware companion for running older victor reader streams. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Teamtalk was Re: Good Prospects for Accessibility in Office for Mac
Not at first, voice will be a bit bigger priority, but it's not out of the question. Once the most important things work, we can see about video. On 17 Apr 2014, at 12:06 pm, Blake Sinnett frequency...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi, This is fantastic! Will it include the video functionality? There's also an Android client, but it's very alpha right now. I'm hoping for all mobile platforms to be supported at some point. Blake -- From: Piotr Machacz piterm...@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2014 4:05 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Teamtalk was Re: Good Prospects for Accessibility in Office for Mac It's clunky, and got slightly worse with the 4.6 update which breaks keyboard tracking. But the good news is that soon there will be a completely new client, called TeamTalk VI that a friend of mine is working on. We got permission from the developer to write it and it will be using his SDK license and will be available on the official bear ware site. Apart from the interface using native controls, it will have more speech events, a few more chat commands to EG. switch audio devices, and it might even be scriptable so you will be able to write lua scripts that you can run. It will come out on Windows as well. Work is progressing nicely, for now the basic interface is done and the SDK has been completely wrapped, so work on the actual program is starting. You can view the source here: https://github.com/Flameborn/TeamTalkVI On 17 Apr 2014, at 09:49 am, David Taylor e.david.tay...@icloud.com wrote: TeamTalk for Mac is mainly usable, but hardly accessible. You really have to know what you are doing, but most things can be done. Many of these things are extremely fiddly and slow to do due to the lack of accessibility, but if you know your way round a server, a lot can be done. If you are an admin, or can't be bothered with a lot of fiddling, then you need the Windows TeamTalk to be honest. I've had many hours of fun with the Mac one though. On 17 Apr 2014, at 07:20, Chris Apple boy christopher...@gmail.com wrote: There is a Teamtalk for Mac Os X but have no idea of its accessibility. Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! On 16/04/2014 22:30, Kerri wrote: You still might if you want certain games and team talk not to mention human ware companion for running older victor reader streams. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Tips on Abbyy Fine Reader?
Html is good for receipts for example. You need to go to finder and find the receipt you saved and open the html receipt from finder. Then you can usally move like in a table up-down and left-right. This is through for most receipts, but not all. Something with the paper and print maybe. Take care 16. apr. 2014 kl. 17:53 skrev Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com: Thanks. I wondered about this the first couple times I did it and you described it very well here. Another question: has anyone used the html option for a quick look at something? If so, how did that go? I'm all for testing it. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Apr 16, 2014, at 10:05 AM, Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com wrote: The only oddity I have noticed using FR Pro is that, when I press the button to scan to whatever document format I choose, and the scanning dialog appears, my scanner (epson perfection V33) does a once-over of the document. That is, it immediately scans over the page and then stops. I then have to press the scan button, do my scanning either one or multi-page, and then press the finish button. At first I got a little confused by the initial once-over scan, thinking it was the scan, but in fact, its just an initial pass that sets up the scan I think. This is getting to be a ramble, but the point is, the first pass of the scanner doesn't actually scan, you have to then press the scan button to start the scan process. The two scan passes are different in their speed and sound as well, the once-over is fast, and the actual scan passes are a bit slower. Hope that didn't muddy the waters too much. FR Pro works great and this is just an oddity I noticed when I first used it. On Apr 15, 2014, at 11:19 PM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: Hi all, I downloaded a 30-day trial of Fine Reader after the recent comments, and because Prizmo is simply not very efficient. They do a good job, and the app is half the price of Abbyy, but their iOS app is much smoother. So, before I activate this trial, are there tips I should know? I'd rather not spend time figuring things out and fighting with the program, when I will have a limited time to see how I like it. Thanks. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Topic: reading brf files on the mac
In my experience, it can't work well with italics or any other kind of formatting. It only works with plain text files. Devin Prater Sent from my iPod 5. iMessage, facebook, and face-time: devinpra...@live.com email: d.pra...@me.com Google Talk/keychat: r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com On Apr 16, 2014, at 18:49, Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com wrote: https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/28601/louis Teresa On the other hand, there are different fingers. On Apr 16, 2014, at 4:37 PM, Jim Gatteys jgatt...@gmail.com wrote: Where do you get Louis? jg On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:22 PM, Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com wrote: Yes, it can. Louis can also be used to do this. NFBTrans is a command-line application. This build has to be compiled and installed, and I still have to learn to do this. There are instructions in the readMe file, but they assume some knowledge of command-line. So as for my own situation, I'll probably stick with Louis, as this build of NFBTrans has DOS and unix files all mixed together and needs more tweaking than I know how to do. Teresa We're made of star stuff.--Carl Sagan On Apr 16, 2014, at 10:48 AM, Eric Oyen eric.o...@gmail.com wrote: can that translator work the other way? I would like to take plain text or text PDF files and convert them for reading on my Braille Sense U2. I know that the U2 can read text files directly, but it would be helpful for other things (including helping the NLS get more braille books). -eric On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:17 AM, macvisionaries@googlegroups.com wrote: Date: Apr 15 06:40PM -0400 Url: http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries/msg/520b3a19132af757 Hi. You may want to look at http://www.softcon.com/mac/unix/Index.html It has a copy of NFBTrans seemingly compiled for OSX. NFBTrans is a braille translator, allowing BRF files to be translated into text. I do use this program, but not on the Mac, so am unsure of the ability or quality of the program on the platform. Aman -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Topic: reading brf files on the mac
If you convert a file to html, louis will convert it to brf. That makes sense, since the markup is text as well. Going the other way is a little more problematic. Half the time Louis interprets braille italics as dots 4-6 in computer braille, putting a period before each word instead. Personally, even with programs such as Kurzweil, I always found back translation to be less than desirable. There are too many variables, and sometimes there are strange results with it. Saying this as primarily a braille reader, there are very many more books available in audio and other formats than in Braille. In my personal experience, I've started keeping brf files in their format and using a Braille display to type in them, rather than back-translating. Of course, I have the luxury of having a braille display. Teresa Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com Facebook On Apr 17, 2014, at 5:42 AM, Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com wrote: In my experience, it can't work well with italics or any other kind of formatting. It only works with plain text files. Devin Prater Sent from my iPod 5. iMessage, facebook, and face-time: devinpra...@live.com email: d.pra...@me.com Google Talk/keychat: r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com On Apr 16, 2014, at 18:49, Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com wrote: https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/28601/louis Teresa On the other hand, there are different fingers. On Apr 16, 2014, at 4:37 PM, Jim Gatteys jgatt...@gmail.com wrote: Where do you get Louis? jg On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:22 PM, Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com wrote: Yes, it can. Louis can also be used to do this. NFBTrans is a command-line application. This build has to be compiled and installed, and I still have to learn to do this. There are instructions in the readMe file, but they assume some knowledge of command-line. So as for my own situation, I'll probably stick with Louis, as this build of NFBTrans has DOS and unix files all mixed together and needs more tweaking than I know how to do. Teresa We're made of star stuff.--Carl Sagan On Apr 16, 2014, at 10:48 AM, Eric Oyen eric.o...@gmail.com wrote: can that translator work the other way? I would like to take plain text or text PDF files and convert them for reading on my Braille Sense U2. I know that the U2 can read text files directly, but it would be helpful for other things (including helping the NLS get more braille books). -eric On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:17 AM, macvisionaries@googlegroups.com wrote: Date: Apr 15 06:40PM -0400 Url: http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries/msg/520b3a19132af757 Hi. You may want to look at http://www.softcon.com/mac/unix/Index.html It has a copy of NFBTrans seemingly compiled for OSX. NFBTrans is a braille translator, allowing BRF files to be translated into text. I do use this program, but not on the Mac, so am unsure of the ability or quality of the program on the platform. Aman -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to
Re: Topic: reading brf files on the mac
Ah, thanks. So how would I convert a pages file to HTML? I didn't think Pages could export to HTML. Devin Prater Sent from my iPod 5. iMessage, facebook, and face-time: devinpra...@live.com email: d.pra...@me.com Google Talk/keychat: r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com On Apr 17, 2014, at 8:12, Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com wrote: If you convert a file to html, louis will convert it to brf. That makes sense, since the markup is text as well. Going the other way is a little more problematic. Half the time Louis interprets braille italics as dots 4-6 in computer braille, putting a period before each word instead. Personally, even with programs such as Kurzweil, I always found back translation to be less than desirable. There are too many variables, and sometimes there are strange results with it. Saying this as primarily a braille reader, there are very many more books available in audio and other formats than in Braille. In my personal experience, I've started keeping brf files in their format and using a Braille display to type in them, rather than back-translating. Of course, I have the luxury of having a braille display. Teresa Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com Facebook On Apr 17, 2014, at 5:42 AM, Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com wrote: In my experience, it can't work well with italics or any other kind of formatting. It only works with plain text files. Devin Prater Sent from my iPod 5. iMessage, facebook, and face-time: devinpra...@live.com email: d.pra...@me.com Google Talk/keychat: r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com On Apr 16, 2014, at 18:49, Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com wrote: https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/28601/louis Teresa On the other hand, there are different fingers. On Apr 16, 2014, at 4:37 PM, Jim Gatteys jgatt...@gmail.com wrote: Where do you get Louis? jg On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:22 PM, Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com wrote: Yes, it can. Louis can also be used to do this. NFBTrans is a command-line application. This build has to be compiled and installed, and I still have to learn to do this. There are instructions in the readMe file, but they assume some knowledge of command-line. So as for my own situation, I'll probably stick with Louis, as this build of NFBTrans has DOS and unix files all mixed together and needs more tweaking than I know how to do. Teresa We're made of star stuff.--Carl Sagan On Apr 16, 2014, at 10:48 AM, Eric Oyen eric.o...@gmail.com wrote: can that translator work the other way? I would like to take plain text or text PDF files and convert them for reading on my Braille Sense U2. I know that the U2 can read text files directly, but it would be helpful for other things (including helping the NLS get more braille books). -eric On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:17 AM, macvisionaries@googlegroups.com wrote: Date: Apr 15 06:40PM -0400 Url: http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries/msg/520b3a19132af757 Hi. You may want to look at http://www.softcon.com/mac/unix/Index.html It has a copy of NFBTrans seemingly compiled for OSX. NFBTrans is a braille translator, allowing BRF files to be translated into text. I do use this program, but not on the Mac, so am unsure of the ability or quality of the program on the platform. Aman -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at
Re: Viewing Recognized Text in Fine Reader?
I use a compatible scanner, there are lots of them, and after scanning, FR Pro recognizes the scanned pages and then opens a save dialog. I save the pages using the default file name untitled, and then the document opens in textedit where I can read the doc. I have the format set to RTF and that triggers Textedit as the default app. I suppose if i set the format to .docx, it would open in pages. There is no viewing facility in FR Pro, but quickly saving it in a throw-away file will open it in an app were you can view/edit the file. On Apr 16, 2014, at 1:12 PM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: Thanks. I was really hoping that I could just look at the text, not save it. As I said, I usually don't need to keep a copy, I just want to see what it says. On Apr 16, 2014, at 1:02 PM, Andrew Lamanche ioani...@me.com wrote: Hi Alex, I'm not sure you can view text of a document you have just scanned in FineReader. The way I use this app is as follows: I either add new pages via the add new pages dialogue - there's a button there, or better still, I vo+shift+m on the name of the scanned file and choose open with FineReader. I guess I do this because I use Vuescan to scan my documents first and use FineReader for recognition only as my scanner is not compatible with FineReader. 2. After FineReader has recognised the document, in the toolbar I find the button export all pages. A dialogue appears which gives me a choice of the various file extensions I can choose from. Remember that the last extension used will already be highlighted. 3. If I want .rtf, for example, I vo + arrow keys to it, and then route my mouse cursor to vo and perform a click with vo+shift+spacebar to choose the extension. 4. I jump to the very right of the screen where you will find next button. This will now actually create a file for you which you will be able to read. Press this button 5. A dialogue will open up with untitled file and extension. Call it what you wish, and save it where you want. 6. After you press the save button, the file will open in the appropriate application for the file extension you have chosen. I don't know of any other way of reading what you have scanned, not in FineReader itself. Caution: if you want to scan another document without simply appending it to the one you've previously scanned, you need to choose a new task by pressing new task button in the toolbar - I think there's a shortcut key under file' menu. Otherwise, your new scan will be attached to the end of the previous one. I've learnt by mistakes about this. I'm sure there's much more about FineReader that others know more about Hope somebody will comment if I'm wrong in what I've said. Best wishes Andrew . On 16 Apr 2014, at 15:44, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: Hi all, I just scanned an envelope. Unsure how to simply view a window with text in it, I selected the Word file option. I'm now in a window with a bunch of formatting options, two empty scroll areas, and no recognized text anywhere. How do I simply see what is on the envelope I scanned? I don't usually need to save text, just scan it to see what it is. Is there a way to basically OCR a scan and view the results? Thanks. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group,
Re: slightly ot: icloud based audio discription indiegogo project.
thanks! I hope this gets off the ground! I'd shell out for it myself. Cait On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:37 PM, Karen Lewellen klewel...@shellworld.net wrote: Sharing in case this has not been posted here. What I love about this company besides the strong effort making the platform work is their ethical commitment. Unlike the no one cares about blind people so we will steal content, approach. This is a real company who is providing a variety of the many many describes titles, and doing it on a global platform. If you cannot contribute to the Indiegogo campaign, I hope you will share this far and wide. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/zagga-entertainment-ltd/x/6442652#home Thanks, Kare -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
looking for accessible trivia and word games for mac
Hi, I am interested in and looking for accessible word and trivia games for mac. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. I prefer that they be free. Jessica jldai...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Pages improvement
Hello everyone, The latest update to Pages brought a big improvement. There is no longer any need to interact with the Paragraph styles button to hear the name of the style. This means that we can now set a hotspot on that button and consult it from within the document. Also, we can find the short cut for a given style by interacting with the styles table and the short cut is shown beside the name. Cheers, Anne -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Topic: reading brf files on the mac
I haven't actually done that conversion before. Sometimes I convert documents by simply pasting text in, but then you lose all your formatting. With things like epub or mobi, Calibre command-line can be used. Teresa The golden age of science fiction is twelve.--Pete graham On Apr 17, 2014, at 6:52 AM, Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com wrote: Ah, thanks. So how would I convert a pages file to HTML? I didn't think Pages could export to HTML. Devin Prater Sent from my iPod 5. iMessage, facebook, and face-time: devinpra...@live.com email: d.pra...@me.com Google Talk/keychat: r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com On Apr 17, 2014, at 8:12, Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com wrote: If you convert a file to html, louis will convert it to brf. That makes sense, since the markup is text as well. Going the other way is a little more problematic. Half the time Louis interprets braille italics as dots 4-6 in computer braille, putting a period before each word instead. Personally, even with programs such as Kurzweil, I always found back translation to be less than desirable. There are too many variables, and sometimes there are strange results with it. Saying this as primarily a braille reader, there are very many more books available in audio and other formats than in Braille. In my personal experience, I've started keeping brf files in their format and using a Braille display to type in them, rather than back-translating. Of course, I have the luxury of having a braille display. Teresa Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com Facebook On Apr 17, 2014, at 5:42 AM, Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com wrote: In my experience, it can't work well with italics or any other kind of formatting. It only works with plain text files. Devin Prater Sent from my iPod 5. iMessage, facebook, and face-time: devinpra...@live.com email: d.pra...@me.com Google Talk/keychat: r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com On Apr 16, 2014, at 18:49, Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com wrote: https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/28601/louis Teresa On the other hand, there are different fingers. On Apr 16, 2014, at 4:37 PM, Jim Gatteys jgatt...@gmail.com wrote: Where do you get Louis? jg On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:22 PM, Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com wrote: Yes, it can. Louis can also be used to do this. NFBTrans is a command-line application. This build has to be compiled and installed, and I still have to learn to do this. There are instructions in the readMe file, but they assume some knowledge of command-line. So as for my own situation, I'll probably stick with Louis, as this build of NFBTrans has DOS and unix files all mixed together and needs more tweaking than I know how to do. Teresa We're made of star stuff.--Carl Sagan On Apr 16, 2014, at 10:48 AM, Eric Oyen eric.o...@gmail.com wrote: can that translator work the other way? I would like to take plain text or text PDF files and convert them for reading on my Braille Sense U2. I know that the U2 can read text files directly, but it would be helpful for other things (including helping the NLS get more braille books). -eric On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:17 AM, macvisionaries@googlegroups.com wrote: Date: Apr 15 06:40PM -0400 Url: http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries/msg/520b3a19132af757 Hi. You may want to look at http://www.softcon.com/mac/unix/Index.html It has a copy of NFBTrans seemingly compiled for OSX. NFBTrans is a braille translator, allowing BRF files to be translated into text. I do use this program, but not on the Mac, so am unsure of the ability or quality of the program on the platform. Aman -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You
Re: Pages improvement
How do you set up hotspots? On Apr 17, 2014, at 9:27 AM, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello everyone, The latest update to Pages brought a big improvement. There is no longer any need to interact with the Paragraph styles button to hear the name of the style. This means that we can now set a hotspot on that button and consult it from within the document. Also, we can find the short cut for a given style by interacting with the styles table and the short cut is shown beside the name. Cheers, Anne -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Viewing Recognized Text in Fine Reader?
Hello, I have been following this thread out of interest regarding Fine Reader Pro. I have not yet purchased it, but I believe from all of the current posts and other discussions in the past that this app for the Mac is the most friendly user with voiceover. Would like to suggest a solution for wanting to quickly scan an envelope, which I do and then use another scan and read on the PC side to OCR an item that needs more attention. I use my iPhone and Text Detector app to sort my mail. The other app on the iPhone would be Prizmo that doesn't save the image if you rescan immediately. If the mail needs more attention, I use the scan and read OCR on my PC, but you could interchange it by using your scanner and Fine Reader Pro on the Mac side. JMO and an alternative. HTH. Cheers, Eileen Sent from my iPhone On Apr 17, 2014, at 7:01 AM, Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com wrote: I use a compatible scanner, there are lots of them, and after scanning, FR Pro recognizes the scanned pages and then opens a save dialog. I save the pages using the default file name “untitled”, and then the document opens in textedit where I can read the doc. I have the format set to RTF and that triggers Textedit as the default app. I suppose if i set the format to .docx, it would open in pages. There is no viewing facility in FR Pro, but quickly saving it in a throw-away file will open it in an app were you can view/edit the file. On Apr 16, 2014, at 1:12 PM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: Thanks. I was really hoping that I could just look at the text, not save it. As I said, I usually don't need to keep a copy, I just want to see what it says. On Apr 16, 2014, at 1:02 PM, Andrew Lamanche ioani...@me.com wrote: Hi Alex, I’m not sure you can view text of a document you have just scanned in FineReader. The way I use this app is as follows: I either add new pages via the add new pages dialogue - there’s a button there, or better still, I vo+shift+m on the name of the scanned file and choose open with FineReader. I guess I do this because I use Vuescan to scan my documents first and use FineReader for recognition only as my scanner is not compatible with FineReader. 2. After FineReader has recognised the document, in the toolbar I find the button export all pages. A dialogue appears which gives me a choice of the various file extensions I can choose from. Remember that the last extension used will already be highlighted. 3. If I want .rtf, for example, I vo + arrow keys to it, and then route my mouse cursor to vo and perform a click with vo+shift+spacebar to choose the extension. 4. I jump to the very right of the screen where you will find “next” button. This will now actually create a file for you which you will be able to read. Press this button 5. A dialogue will open up with untitled file and extension. Call it what you wish, and save it where you want. 6. After you press the save button, the file will open in the appropriate application for the file extension you have chosen. I don’t know of any other way of reading what you have scanned, not in FineReader itself. Caution: if you want to scan another document without simply appending it to the one you’ve previously scanned, you need to choose a new task by pressing new task button in the toolbar - I think there’s a shortcut key under “file’ menu. Otherwise, your new scan will be attached to the end of the previous one. I’ve learnt by mistakes about this. I’m sure there’s much more about FineReader that others know more about Hope somebody will comment if I’m wrong in what I’ve said. Best wishes Andrew . On 16 Apr 2014, at 15:44, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: Hi all, I just scanned an envelope. Unsure how to simply view a window with text in it, I selected the Word file option. I'm now in a window with a bunch of formatting options, two empty scroll areas, and no recognized text anywhere. How do I simply see what is on the envelope I scanned? I don't usually need to save text, just scan it to see what it is. Is there a way to basically OCR a scan and view the results? Thanks. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to
Re: Pages improvement
Hello Isaac, To set a hotspot, go to the place you want to put the hotspot and press VO-Shift-plus a number from 0 to 9. To jump to the hotspot, press VO-number. To consult the hotspot, press VO-Cmd-number. So, in Pages, if you set a hotspot with the number 1, you can press VO-Cmd-1 anywhere within your text and hear the name of the paragraph style currently active. You can also jump straight to the Paragraph styles button by pressing VO-1 in this case. Cheers, Anne On 17 Apr 2014, at 16:37, isaac isaac.heb...@gmail.com wrote: How do you set up hotspots? On Apr 17, 2014, at 9:27 AM, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello everyone, The latest update to Pages brought a big improvement. There is no longer any need to interact with the Paragraph styles button to hear the name of the style. This means that we can now set a hotspot on that button and consult it from within the document. Also, we can find the short cut for a given style by interacting with the styles table and the short cut is shown beside the name. Cheers, Anne -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Calendar in Mavericks-creating an event that will recur once a month?
I too have the same question. I tried setting to the second saturday every month. It ended up on doing the same date number, not the second Saturday. Also, on the Mac how do you delete dates? cmd delete did nothing and I can't find anything under the menubar. Thanks! Daniel Hawkins - Posted from my Macbook Pro On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:16 PM, Jessica jldai...@gmail.com wrote: How would I indicate that I want the event on the first Tuesday of every month? Sent from my iPhone On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:07 PM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, When in Calendar, press cmd-n to create the new event. Enter your event criteria like Pay Water Bill on May 2, then press return. Navigate right past the scroll area then press VO-space on the date/time link. This will open a more detailed area which includes a pop-up menu for the repeat frequency. You can Stop Interacting with this area to manipulate the rest of the event. HTH. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 16, 2014, at 9:26 AM, Jessica jldai...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, How do I create an event that will occur once a month on a given date? Also, How do I move an event to another day? Thanks, Jessica jldai...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Status Menus Are Gone
Hi, Don't rush to the reformat, that is a drastic and usually unnecessary task. Try to do a repair permissions first. To do so... * Go to the Finder. * Press cmd-shift-u to open the Utilities folder. * Navigate to the Disk Utility app and open it. * From the table of disks, select your Macintosh HD. * Stop Interacting with the table and select the First Aid tab. * Navigate to the Repair Disk Permissions button and press it with VO-space. * Wait patiently as it does its task. Sometimes this needs performed more than once to fix most permission errors. In some cases, you'll need to perform this from the Recovery Partition, but I'll wait to see if this does the job first. By the way, what exactly happens when you press the VO-m-m command? Is there an alert sound or simply takes you somewhere but no Menu Extras are available. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 16, 2014, at 4:16 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: Yep, I have tried with both. It doesn't work I bet I am going to have to reformat and re-install once I have stuff backed up, *sigh* Jane On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:13 PM, John Panarese jpanar...@gmail.com wrote: Are you using VO-m twice or control-F8 to get to the status menus? This is not typical behavior. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX 10.7 LION and 10.8 Mountain Lion AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:11 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: Hi there. I tried both cycling VO off and on and a re-start of this computer. It didn't make a difference. Any other thoughts? Jane On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:00 PM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, I would just suggest either cycling VO off then on or restarting your Mac. This is not normal behaviour so, something has become confused. The cycling off/on of VO may do the trick but the restart is best and if that doesn't fix it, then post again. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 16, 2014, at 3:19 PM, Robert C gone.to.da...@gmail.com wrote: Funny this comes up today for I just ran into the same issue except I could not bring up the menu bar and control f3 did not work. Had to restart the Mac. Quote of the nanosecond . . . Be lions roaring through the forests of knowledge. --Bahá'í Scriptures Robert Annie Yanni ke7nwn E-mail- gone.to.da...@gmail.com On 4/16/2014 11:18 AM, Jane wrote: I can't seem to get to my Status menu things at all. VO-m twice doesn't work. None of the trackpad commands seem to work. I guess it is there, somewhere, but I can't access it. Do any of you have ideas? Jane -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at
Keynote Aglore!
Hello everyone! Ok, I have been trying to learn how to make my own keynote slides. So far I am getting the hang of it somewhat. But one of the biggest problem my friends told me that the Body area is very very small print. I know how to make larger print by cmd+, but they explained to me the square where the print is in is very small. What I want to do is have a title and in the middle of the slide to have some lists. I was wondering how do you make it bigger? Thanks! Daniel Hawkins - Posted from my Macbook Pro -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Status Menus Are Gone
It just says Apple menu and then puts me back wherever I was before. I always try from the desktop. Jane On Apr 17, 2014, at 11:07 AM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, Don't rush to the reformat, that is a drastic and usually unnecessary task. Try to do a repair permissions first. To do so... * Go to the Finder. * Press cmd-shift-u to open the Utilities folder. * Navigate to the Disk Utility app and open it. * From the table of disks, select your Macintosh HD. * Stop Interacting with the table and select the First Aid tab. * Navigate to the Repair Disk Permissions button and press it with VO-space. * Wait patiently as it does its task. Sometimes this needs performed more than once to fix most permission errors. In some cases, you'll need to perform this from the Recovery Partition, but I'll wait to see if this does the job first. By the way, what exactly happens when you press the VO-m-m command? Is there an alert sound or simply takes you somewhere but no Menu Extras are available. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 16, 2014, at 4:16 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: Yep, I have tried with both. It doesn't work I bet I am going to have to reformat and re-install once I have stuff backed up, *sigh* Jane On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:13 PM, John Panarese jpanar...@gmail.com wrote: Are you using VO-m twice or control-F8 to get to the status menus? This is not typical behavior. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX 10.7 LION and 10.8 Mountain Lion AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:11 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: Hi there. I tried both cycling VO off and on and a re-start of this computer. It didn't make a difference. Any other thoughts? Jane On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:00 PM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, I would just suggest either cycling VO off then on or restarting your Mac. This is not normal behaviour so, something has become confused. The cycling off/on of VO may do the trick but the restart is best and if that doesn't fix it, then post again. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 16, 2014, at 3:19 PM, Robert C gone.to.da...@gmail.com wrote: Funny this comes up today for I just ran into the same issue except I could not bring up the menu bar and control f3 did not work. Had to restart the Mac. Quote of the nanosecond . . . Be lions roaring through the forests of knowledge. --Bahá'í Scriptures Robert Annie Yanni ke7nwn E-mail- gone.to.da...@gmail.com On 4/16/2014 11:18 AM, Jane wrote: I can't seem to get to my Status menu things at all. VO-m twice doesn't work. None of the trackpad commands seem to work. I guess it is there, somewhere, but I can't access it. Do any of you have ideas? Jane -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop
Re: Viewing Recognized Text in Fine Reader?
I have those iOS apps, but they are rather finicky and slow when all I want to know is what an envelope or sheet of paper says. I suppose a scanning stand would help, but if I already have a scanner and Mac, it seems an unnecessary expense. Having the file open automatically is helpful. Plus, so long as you name the file the same thing each time, I guess it will keep overwriting the last one so you don't end up with hundreds of files with random text in them. How do you set this to RTF though? Or is it right in the Save dialog if you choose to export to Word? On Apr 17, 2014, at 10:01 AM, Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com wrote: I use a compatible scanner, there are lots of them, and after scanning, FR Pro recognizes the scanned pages and then opens a save dialog. I save the pages using the default file name untitled, and then the document opens in textedit where I can read the doc. I have the format set to RTF and that triggers Textedit as the default app. I suppose if i set the format to .docx, it would open in pages. There is no viewing facility in FR Pro, but quickly saving it in a throw-away file will open it in an app were you can view/edit the file. On Apr 16, 2014, at 1:12 PM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: Thanks. I was really hoping that I could just look at the text, not save it. As I said, I usually don't need to keep a copy, I just want to see what it says. On Apr 16, 2014, at 1:02 PM, Andrew Lamanche ioani...@me.com wrote: Hi Alex, I'm not sure you can view text of a document you have just scanned in FineReader. The way I use this app is as follows: I either add new pages via the add new pages dialogue - there's a button there, or better still, I vo+shift+m on the name of the scanned file and choose open with FineReader. I guess I do this because I use Vuescan to scan my documents first and use FineReader for recognition only as my scanner is not compatible with FineReader. 2. After FineReader has recognised the document, in the toolbar I find the button export all pages. A dialogue appears which gives me a choice of the various file extensions I can choose from. Remember that the last extension used will already be highlighted. 3. If I want .rtf, for example, I vo + arrow keys to it, and then route my mouse cursor to vo and perform a click with vo+shift+spacebar to choose the extension. 4. I jump to the very right of the screen where you will find next button. This will now actually create a file for you which you will be able to read. Press this button 5. A dialogue will open up with untitled file and extension. Call it what you wish, and save it where you want. 6. After you press the save button, the file will open in the appropriate application for the file extension you have chosen. I don't know of any other way of reading what you have scanned, not in FineReader itself. Caution: if you want to scan another document without simply appending it to the one you've previously scanned, you need to choose a new task by pressing new task button in the toolbar - I think there's a shortcut key under file' menu. Otherwise, your new scan will be attached to the end of the previous one. I've learnt by mistakes about this. I'm sure there's much more about FineReader that others know more about Hope somebody will comment if I'm wrong in what I've said. Best wishes Andrew . On 16 Apr 2014, at 15:44, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: Hi all, I just scanned an envelope. Unsure how to simply view a window with text in it, I selected the Word file option. I'm now in a window with a bunch of formatting options, two empty scroll areas, and no recognized text anywhere. How do I simply see what is on the envelope I scanned? I don't usually need to save text, just scan it to see what it is. Is there a way to basically OCR a scan and view the results? Thanks. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com -- You received this message
Re: Pages improvement
When did pages get an update? Sent from my iPhone On Apr 17, 2014, at 10:50 AM, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello Isaac, To set a hotspot, go to the place you want to put the hotspot and press VO-Shift-plus a number from 0 to 9. To jump to the hotspot, press VO-number. To consult the hotspot, press VO-Cmd-number. So, in Pages, if you set a hotspot with the number 1, you can press VO-Cmd-1 anywhere within your text and hear the name of the paragraph style currently active. You can also jump straight to the Paragraph styles button by pressing VO-1 in this case. Cheers, Anne On 17 Apr 2014, at 16:37, isaac isaac.heb...@gmail.com wrote: How do you set up hotspots? On Apr 17, 2014, at 9:27 AM, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello everyone, The latest update to Pages brought a big improvement. There is no longer any need to interact with the Paragraph styles button to hear the name of the style. This means that we can now set a hotspot on that button and consult it from within the document. Also, we can find the short cut for a given style by interacting with the styles table and the short cut is shown beside the name. Cheers, Anne -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Calendar in Mavericks-creating an event that will recur once a month?
hi, You should be able to set events like that in within the Custom area of the Repeat options. So, after activating the date/time link, * choose Custom from the Repeat Every pop-up. * Select Monthly. * Select the On The radio button. * Select the proper day, eg. Third and Tuesday. * close the window. Not sure why it wasn't working that way for Daniel. Regarding the deleting of an event, when in Month view, you can navigate to the event then go up to the Edit menu and choose Delete. I believe that in some other views, you are able to use the Delete key and/or some other commands. Later... * Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 17, 2014, at 9:07 AM, Daniel Hawkins computersassocia...@gmail.com wrote: I too have the same question. I tried setting to the second saturday every month. It ended up on doing the same date number, not the second Saturday. Also, on the Mac how do you delete dates? cmd delete did nothing and I can't find anything under the menubar. Thanks! Daniel Hawkins - Posted from my Macbook Pro On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:16 PM, Jessica jldai...@gmail.com wrote: How would I indicate that I want the event on the first Tuesday of every month? Sent from my iPhone On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:07 PM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, When in Calendar, press cmd-n to create the new event. Enter your event criteria like Pay Water Bill on May 2, then press return. Navigate right past the scroll area then press VO-space on the date/time link. This will open a more detailed area which includes a pop-up menu for the repeat frequency. You can Stop Interacting with this area to manipulate the rest of the event. HTH. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 16, 2014, at 9:26 AM, Jessica jldai...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, How do I create an event that will occur once a month on a given date? Also, How do I move an event to another day? Thanks, Jessica jldai...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: slightly ot: icloud based audio discription indiegogo project.
Definitely. Sign me up. On Apr 17, 2014, at 10:05 AM, Caitlyn and Maggie caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com wrote: thanks! I hope this gets off the ground! I'd shell out for it myself. Cait On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:37 PM, Karen Lewellen klewel...@shellworld.net wrote: Sharing in case this has not been posted here. What I love about this company besides the strong effort making the platform work is their ethical commitment. Unlike the no one cares about blind people so we will steal content, approach. This is a real company who is providing a variety of the many many describes titles, and doing it on a global platform. If you cannot contribute to the Indiegogo campaign, I hope you will share this far and wide. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/zagga-entertainment-ltd/x/6442652#home Thanks, Kare -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Viewing Recognized Text in Fine Reader?
Hi Alex. The windows version of finereader has an option to view the text in word, internet explorer, notepad or simply sent to clipboard., I would recommend abbyy to implement this function in the mac version. How to write to abbyy is the question. They are making good products, but their costumerservice is in my opinion not the best, but maybe someone on the list has a better experience. Best regards Annie. Den 17/04/2014 kl. 18.09 skrev Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com: I have those iOS apps, but they are rather finicky and slow when all I want to know is what an envelope or sheet of paper says. I suppose a scanning stand would help, but if I already have a scanner and Mac, it seems an unnecessary expense. Having the file open automatically is helpful. Plus, so long as you name the file the same thing each time, I guess it will keep overwriting the last one so you don't end up with hundreds of files with random text in them. How do you set this to RTF though? Or is it right in the Save dialog if you choose to export to Word? On Apr 17, 2014, at 10:01 AM, Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com wrote: I use a compatible scanner, there are lots of them, and after scanning, FR Pro recognizes the scanned pages and then opens a save dialog. I save the pages using the default file name untitled, and then the document opens in textedit where I can read the doc. I have the format set to RTF and that triggers Textedit as the default app. I suppose if i set the format to .docx, it would open in pages. There is no viewing facility in FR Pro, but quickly saving it in a throw-away file will open it in an app were you can view/edit the file. On Apr 16, 2014, at 1:12 PM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: Thanks. I was really hoping that I could just look at the text, not save it. As I said, I usually don't need to keep a copy, I just want to see what it says. On Apr 16, 2014, at 1:02 PM, Andrew Lamanche ioani...@me.com wrote: Hi Alex, I'm not sure you can view text of a document you have just scanned in FineReader. The way I use this app is as follows: I either add new pages via the add new pages dialogue - there's a button there, or better still, I vo+shift+m on the name of the scanned file and choose open with FineReader. I guess I do this because I use Vuescan to scan my documents first and use FineReader for recognition only as my scanner is not compatible with FineReader. 2. After FineReader has recognised the document, in the toolbar I find the button export all pages. A dialogue appears which gives me a choice of the various file extensions I can choose from. Remember that the last extension used will already be highlighted. 3. If I want .rtf, for example, I vo + arrow keys to it, and then route my mouse cursor to vo and perform a click with vo+shift+spacebar to choose the extension. 4. I jump to the very right of the screen where you will find next button. This will now actually create a file for you which you will be able to read. Press this button 5. A dialogue will open up with untitled file and extension. Call it what you wish, and save it where you want. 6. After you press the save button, the file will open in the appropriate application for the file extension you have chosen. I don't know of any other way of reading what you have scanned, not in FineReader itself. Caution: if you want to scan another document without simply appending it to the one you've previously scanned, you need to choose a new task by pressing new task button in the toolbar - I think there's a shortcut key under file' menu. Otherwise, your new scan will be attached to the end of the previous one. I've learnt by mistakes about this. I'm sure there's much more about FineReader that others know more about Hope somebody will comment if I'm wrong in what I've said. Best wishes Andrew . On 16 Apr 2014, at 15:44, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: Hi all, I just scanned an envelope. Unsure how to simply view a window with text in it, I selected the Word file option. I'm now in a window with a bunch of formatting options, two empty scroll areas, and no recognized text anywhere. How do I simply see what is on the envelope I scanned? I don't usually need to save text, just scan it to see what it is. Is there a way to basically OCR a scan and view the results? Thanks. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you
Re: Viewing Recognized Text in Fine Reader?
just to add whts the difference between abby fine reader and the fine reader pro? On 17 Apr 2014, at 04:43 pm, Eileen Misrahi eileen.misr...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I have been following this thread out of interest regarding Fine Reader Pro. I have not yet purchased it, but I believe from all of the current posts and other discussions in the past that this app for the Mac is the most friendly user with voiceover. Would like to suggest a solution for wanting to quickly scan an envelope, which I do and then use another scan and read on the PC side to OCR an item that needs more attention. I use my iPhone and Text Detector app to sort my mail. The other app on the iPhone would be Prizmo that doesn't save the image if you rescan immediately. If the mail needs more attention, I use the scan and read OCR on my PC, but you could interchange it by using your scanner and Fine Reader Pro on the Mac side. JMO and an alternative. HTH. Cheers, Eileen Sent from my iPhone On Apr 17, 2014, at 7:01 AM, Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com wrote: I use a compatible scanner, there are lots of them, and after scanning, FR Pro recognizes the scanned pages and then opens a save dialog. I save the pages using the default file name untitled, and then the document opens in textedit where I can read the doc. I have the format set to RTF and that triggers Textedit as the default app. I suppose if i set the format to .docx, it would open in pages. There is no viewing facility in FR Pro, but quickly saving it in a throw-away file will open it in an app were you can view/edit the file. On Apr 16, 2014, at 1:12 PM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: Thanks. I was really hoping that I could just look at the text, not save it. As I said, I usually don't need to keep a copy, I just want to see what it says. On Apr 16, 2014, at 1:02 PM, Andrew Lamanche ioani...@me.com wrote: Hi Alex, I'm not sure you can view text of a document you have just scanned in FineReader. The way I use this app is as follows: I either add new pages via the add new pages dialogue - there's a button there, or better still, I vo+shift+m on the name of the scanned file and choose open with FineReader. I guess I do this because I use Vuescan to scan my documents first and use FineReader for recognition only as my scanner is not compatible with FineReader. 2. After FineReader has recognised the document, in the toolbar I find the button export all pages. A dialogue appears which gives me a choice of the various file extensions I can choose from. Remember that the last extension used will already be highlighted. 3. If I want .rtf, for example, I vo + arrow keys to it, and then route my mouse cursor to vo and perform a click with vo+shift+spacebar to choose the extension. 4. I jump to the very right of the screen where you will find next button. This will now actually create a file for you which you will be able to read. Press this button 5. A dialogue will open up with untitled file and extension. Call it what you wish, and save it where you want. 6. After you press the save button, the file will open in the appropriate application for the file extension you have chosen. I don't know of any other way of reading what you have scanned, not in FineReader itself. Caution: if you want to scan another document without simply appending it to the one you've previously scanned, you need to choose a new task by pressing new task button in the toolbar - I think there's a shortcut key under file' menu. Otherwise, your new scan will be attached to the end of the previous one. I've learnt by mistakes about this. I'm sure there's much more about FineReader that others know more about Hope somebody will comment if I'm wrong in what I've said. Best wishes Andrew . On 16 Apr 2014, at 15:44, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: Hi all, I just scanned an envelope. Unsure how to simply view a window with text in it, I selected the Word file option. I'm now in a window with a bunch of formatting options, two empty scroll areas, and no recognized text anywhere. How do I simply see what is on the envelope I scanned? I don't usually need to save text, just scan it to see what it is. Is there a way to basically OCR a scan and view the results? Thanks. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries
Setting up Messages
In OS X ML, I want to set up Messages. It wants an email address and password. Is this an existing password or am I creating a new account here? I already entered my Apple ID and the email address I entered is tied to the Apple ID. Quote of the nanosecond . . . Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo. --H. G. Wells (1866-1946) Robert Annie Yanni ke7nwn E-mail- gone.to.da...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Setting up Messages
It wants your Apple ID email and password. I thought it would grab them automatically, but if it didn't enter them and it should work. On Apr 17, 2014, at 1:18 PM, Robert C gone.to.da...@gmail.com wrote: In OS X ML, I want to set up Messages. It wants an email address and password. Is this an existing password or am I creating a new account here? I already entered my Apple ID and the email address I entered is tied to the Apple ID. Quote of the nanosecond . . . Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo. --H. G. Wells (1866-1946) Robert Annie Yanni ke7nwn E-mail- gone.to.da...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Putting messages into folders
Hi all. I wanted to start putting all my mail messages into folders. So lets say I have a mac folder, and a business folder, how could I go about making folders and then telling mail to put the messages there automatically? Thanks. Matt Dierckens Macintosh Trainer Blind Access Training www.blindaccesstraining.com 1-877-774-7670 ext. 4 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Pages improvement
Pages in my Applications folder is dated April 6. Cheers, Anne On 17 Apr 2014, at 18:19, Jessica jldai...@gmail.com wrote: When did pages get an update? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Setting up Messages
I thought it wanted new information but its happy now and I have Messages set up. Probably entered the password wrong and did not know it. My to do list is getting shorter! :) Quote of the nanosecond . . . I was in the grocery store. I saw a sign that said pet supplies. So I did. Then I went outside and saw a sign that said compact cars. Robert Annie Yanni ke7nwn E-mail- gone.to.da...@gmail.com On 4/17/2014 10:20 AM, Alex Hall wrote: It wants your Apple ID email and password. I thought it would grab them automatically, but if it didn't enter them and it should work. On Apr 17, 2014, at 1:18 PM, Robert C gone.to.da...@gmail.com wrote: In OS X ML, I want to set up Messages. It wants an email address and password. Is this an existing password or am I creating a new account here? I already entered my Apple ID and the email address I entered is tied to the Apple ID. Quote of the nanosecond . . . Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo. --H. G. Wells (1866-1946) Robert Annie Yanni ke7nwn E-mail- gone.to.da...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Putting messages into folders
Make a new folder by going to the Mailbox menu, then New Folder. Place messages there by optionally selecting them (or do it one at a time), right clicking with vo-shift-m, then choose to move to or copy to and select the folder from the submenu. Copy and paste may work, I don't know. To sort automatically, either make a new smart mailbox and configure its rules, or use your server. Gmail, iCloud, and other providers let you choose rules from your account settings, so that all your devices have messages sorted the same. The disadvantage to using local rules on your mac is that other computers, web interfaces, and mobile devices will not necessarily reflect the changes, so that messages neatly sorted on your Mac will all appear in your inbox on your iPhone, for instance. On Apr 17, 2014, at 1:21 PM, Matt Dierckens matt.dierck...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all. I wanted to start putting all my mail messages into folders. So lets say I have a mac folder, and a business folder, how could I go about making folders and then telling mail to put the messages there automatically? Thanks. Matt Dierckens Macintosh Trainer Blind Access Training www.blindaccesstraining.com 1-877-774-7670 ext. 4 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
re:Topic: Topic: reading brf files on the mac
perhaps its time that those of us with braille note taker devices start volunteering some time to getting new braille books submitted to the NLS. the only really bad hitch I see with this is the copyright laws here in the US. If that doesn't turn out to be an issue, then we can all participate in expanding the current library of braille materials from its very low percentage to something far better. My one reason for us doing this is: we need braille literacy and there just isn't enough available materials to go around. The last braille loaner I tried to get from the local talking book library was on backorder for several months. This, among other reasons, is why we need to expand the electronic library versions. Having those files available will mean that one can simply get them printed through a local branch. anyway, it would be nice to be able to read braille from any document around. -eric -- 2 of 5 -- From: Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com Date: Apr 17 06:12AM -0700 Url: http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries/msg/1ce6a32a759c493b If you convert a file to html, louis will convert it to brf. That makes sense, since the markup is text as well. Going the other way is a little more problematic. Half the time Louis interprets braille italics as dots 4-6 in computer braille, putting a period before each word instead. Personally, even with programs such as Kurzweil, I always found back translation to be less than desirable. There are too many variables, and sometimes there are strange results with it. Saying this as primarily a braille reader, there are very many more books available in audio and other formats than in Braille. In my personal experience, I've started keeping brf files in their format and using a Braille display to type in them, rather than back-translating. Of course, I have the luxury of having a braille display. Teresa Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com Facebook -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Support for instant messaging in Messages
I see that this is availble to use thru Messages. I do not use this kind of service much but wish to connect to a Google Tak chat friend. Is it accessible? If not, there is Adium which I have not set up yet. Quote of the nanosecond . . . Why are there 5 syllables in the word monosyllabic? Robert Annie Yanni ke7nwn E-mail- gone.to.da...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Calendar in Mavericks-creating an event that will recur once a month?
Ok cool thanks for letting me know. I was just getting annoied how long it takes to put a date down. And I still can't find a list of appointments only on my IOS devices lol. Thanks! Daniel Hawkins - Posted from my Macbook Pro On Apr 17, 2014, at 11:24 AM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: hi, You should be able to set events like that in within the Custom area of the Repeat options. So, after activating the date/time link, * choose Custom from the Repeat Every pop-up. * Select Monthly. * Select the On The radio button. * Select the proper day, eg. Third and Tuesday. * close the window. Not sure why it wasn't working that way for Daniel. Regarding the deleting of an event, when in Month view, you can navigate to the event then go up to the Edit menu and choose Delete. I believe that in some other views, you are able to use the Delete key and/or some other commands. Later... * Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 17, 2014, at 9:07 AM, Daniel Hawkins computersassocia...@gmail.com wrote: I too have the same question. I tried setting to the second saturday every month. It ended up on doing the same date number, not the second Saturday. Also, on the Mac how do you delete dates? cmd delete did nothing and I can't find anything under the menubar. Thanks! Daniel Hawkins - Posted from my Macbook Pro On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:16 PM, Jessica jldai...@gmail.com wrote: How would I indicate that I want the event on the first Tuesday of every month? Sent from my iPhone On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:07 PM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, When in Calendar, press cmd-n to create the new event. Enter your event criteria like Pay Water Bill on May 2, then press return. Navigate right past the scroll area then press VO-space on the date/time link. This will open a more detailed area which includes a pop-up menu for the repeat frequency. You can Stop Interacting with this area to manipulate the rest of the event. HTH. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 16, 2014, at 9:26 AM, Jessica jldai...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, How do I create an event that will occur once a month on a given date? Also, How do I move an event to another day? Thanks, Jessica jldai...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
two applications upgraded
why does eveytime i open up my computer i hear this voice. actualy i do have imovie update and xcode update, but i dont want to hear it everytime i open my mac -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
VO-J
Is there, or is there a way to create a trackpad gesture for VO-J? A little side note, I wish VO-shift-J would jump VoiceOver backwards. Thanks, Traci -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Support for instant messaging in Messages
I believe so. Open Preferences in Messages, go to the Accounts tab, and add an account. VO-left to the popup button and choose the server type, then fill in the rest of the information. On Apr 17, 2014, at 1:57 PM, Robert C gone.to.da...@gmail.com wrote: I see that this is availble to use thru Messages. I do not use this kind of service much but wish to connect to a Google Tak chat friend. Is it accessible? If not, there is Adium which I have not set up yet. Quote of the nanosecond . . . Why are there 5 syllables in the word monosyllabic? Robert Annie Yanni ke7nwn E-mail- gone.to.da...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: VO-J
When you assign your command, choose move to linked item from the navigation menu. On Apr 17, 2014, at 2:04 PM, Traci Duncan our4p...@gmail.com wrote: Is there, or is there a way to create a trackpad gesture for VO-J? A little side note, I wish VO-shift-J would jump VoiceOver backwards. Thanks, Traci -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Facebook is getting on my nerves.
One thousand and one reasons to delete your Facebook account. :) OK, here is what I used to do. I have deleted my faceBook account. So, this is mostly off of memory but it's the only way I could tolerate basic use of faceBook on my iMac. Go into Safari preferences. Go to the Advanced tab. Check the check box towards the bottom that says something like show Develop menu in menu bar. I can't recall the exact words. :) Then close preferences. Go to the mobile site for your Facebook account. Then go up to the safari menu via the VO plus M command and VO over to the develop menu. Activate this develop menu and go down to the User agent option. A sub menu will open. Go down to the fire fox windows and select this. Make sure it's firefox windows and not Mac. The mobile Facebook site will reload. You should be able to get around fairly easily. I will warn you that you will often hear lots of gibberish but it is very easy to use faceBook this way. You will not be able to do any advanced settings through the mobile faceBook site but you will be able to read posts and make comments. It's not a perfect solution but it was the only way I found bearable. :) To quickly get to a particular spot I would hit my tab key as this would quickly put me in the edit box for typing a Facebook update. Then I wouldVO down the page past my notifications to read friends status updates. I also had set up a web hot spot (can't remember the proper name) so that when my page loaded the VO cursor was in the status update text box. This would not always hold though for minor changes to the page. :) As a side note, I just want to say that I use this develop menu often. If I come across a website that seems really cluttered, I will try this develop menu and instead of choosing the fire Fox windows option I use the Safari iOS iPhone choice. This tricks the website into thinking you on an iPhone and will sometimes display their mobile version. It doesn't always do the trick but sometimes it's just the thing I need for easier navigation. Feel free to ask me questions as I am not very good at explaining directions. :) Best of luck and happy faceBooking, Christina -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Keyboard Focus / Voice Over Cursor / Mouse Pointer
Anne, This is an old message but of interest. Specifically, the cursor tracking when in a chat environment. If tracking is off, keyboard fozus is on the edit field, and VO is on the text the other person types, do you hear both spoken or do you need to use commands? This is new to me and I wish to try a chat soon with a friend. Quote of the nanosecond . . . Politicians and diapers have one thing in common. They should both be changed regularly and for the same reason. Robert Annie Yanni ke7nwn E-mail- gone.to.da...@gmail.com On 1/24/2014 11:32 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: Hello Lee, The keyboard focus is the position of the insertion point, which is shown on the screen as a tiny line between two characters. This is where your text will start if you begin typing. The VoiceOver cursor is shown as a box around an area on the screen and you can change its size in the VoiceOver utility. Normally the keyboard focus and the VoiceOver cursor are tied together so that VoiceOver tells you where you can enter information, but in a chat, you want to be able to read what the other person has written without moving the insertion point from the field where you type your reply, so you turn cursor tracking off. In general, we don't need to worry about the mouse cursor, but some operations require the mouse to be on a specific element, in which case, you can bring the mouse cursor to the VO cursor with VO-Cmd-F5 if you don't have the mouse cursor tied to the other cursors already. I prefer not to have my mouse cursor tied to the other cursors as I find it can cause some irritating jumping around. Mouse keys allows you to pilot the mouse using either the numpad or the letter keys on the righthand side of the keyboard. In VoiceOver utility, you can tell VO to speak the text under the mouse with no delay so that you can hear where your mouse pointer is. Moving the mouse pointer in this way can make some elements accessible which the VoiceOver cursor can't reach. Cheers, Anne On 25 Jan 2014, at 02:40, Lee Jones leejones...@sky.com wrote: Dear List I don't understand the difference between keyboard focus and voice over cursor. What can you do with one that you can't do withthe the other? Do people find mouse keys useful? There are shortcuts for mouse up mouse down, double click etc but I am not sure what they would be used for. In setttings is it best to have keyboard focus vo cursor and mouse pointer following each other or moving separately? I am running mavericks. Many Thanks, Lee -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Support for instant messaging in Messages
Alex, Thanks. I will set it up and try it very soon. If I dont need another app to do what the native apps already on the Mac can do, the better. Quote of the nanosecond . . . 2 rules to success in life. 1. Don't tell people everything you know. Robert Annie Yanni ke7nwn E-mail- gone.to.da...@gmail.com On 4/17/2014 11:04 AM, Alex Hall wrote: I believe so. Open Preferences in Messages, go to the Accounts tab, and add an account. VO-left to the popup button and choose the server type, then fill in the rest of the information. On Apr 17, 2014, at 1:57 PM, Robert C gone.to.da...@gmail.com wrote: I see that this is availble to use thru Messages. I do not use this kind of service much but wish to connect to a Google Tak chat friend. Is it accessible? If not, there is Adium which I have not set up yet. Quote of the nanosecond . . . Why are there 5 syllables in the word monosyllabic? Robert Annie Yanni ke7nwn E-mail- gone.to.da...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Status Menus Are Gone
I am repairing permissions for the third tie now and I am down to one permission that needs to be repaired. Interestingly, it has nothing to do with Status menus. It has to do with Safari. I still can't access the extra menus, though. Jane On Apr 17, 2014, at 11:07 AM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, Don't rush to the reformat, that is a drastic and usually unnecessary task. Try to do a repair permissions first. To do so... * Go to the Finder. * Press cmd-shift-u to open the Utilities folder. * Navigate to the Disk Utility app and open it. * From the table of disks, select your Macintosh HD. * Stop Interacting with the table and select the First Aid tab. * Navigate to the Repair Disk Permissions button and press it with VO-space. * Wait patiently as it does its task. Sometimes this needs performed more than once to fix most permission errors. In some cases, you'll need to perform this from the Recovery Partition, but I'll wait to see if this does the job first. By the way, what exactly happens when you press the VO-m-m command? Is there an alert sound or simply takes you somewhere but no Menu Extras are available. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 16, 2014, at 4:16 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: Yep, I have tried with both. It doesn't work I bet I am going to have to reformat and re-install once I have stuff backed up, *sigh* Jane On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:13 PM, John Panarese jpanar...@gmail.com wrote: Are you using VO-m twice or control-F8 to get to the status menus? This is not typical behavior. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX 10.7 LION and 10.8 Mountain Lion AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:11 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: Hi there. I tried both cycling VO off and on and a re-start of this computer. It didn't make a difference. Any other thoughts? Jane On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:00 PM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, I would just suggest either cycling VO off then on or restarting your Mac. This is not normal behaviour so, something has become confused. The cycling off/on of VO may do the trick but the restart is best and if that doesn't fix it, then post again. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 16, 2014, at 3:19 PM, Robert C gone.to.da...@gmail.com wrote: Funny this comes up today for I just ran into the same issue except I could not bring up the menu bar and control f3 did not work. Had to restart the Mac. Quote of the nanosecond . . . Be lions roaring through the forests of knowledge. --Bahá'í Scriptures Robert Annie Yanni ke7nwn E-mail- gone.to.da...@gmail.com On 4/16/2014 11:18 AM, Jane wrote: I can't seem to get to my Status menu things at all. VO-m twice doesn't work. None of the trackpad commands seem to work. I guess it is there, somewhere, but I can't access it. Do any of you have ideas? Jane -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You
Re: slightly ot: icloud based audio discription indiegogo project.
as would I, sign me up too. The only issue is true Canadian dollar is lower than the American so it would invariably cost us more. On Apr 17, 2014, at 9:29 AM, Christine Grassman cgrassman1...@gmail.com wrote: Definitely. Sign me up. On Apr 17, 2014, at 10:05 AM, Caitlyn and Maggie caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com wrote: thanks! I hope this gets off the ground! I'd shell out for it myself. Cait On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:37 PM, Karen Lewellen klewel...@shellworld.net wrote: Sharing in case this has not been posted here. What I love about this company besides the strong effort making the platform work is their ethical commitment. Unlike the no one cares about blind people so we will steal content, approach. This is a real company who is providing a variety of the many many describes titles, and doing it on a global platform. If you cannot contribute to the Indiegogo campaign, I hope you will share this far and wide. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/zagga-entertainment-ltd/x/6442652#home Thanks, Kare -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: slightly ot: icloud based audio discription indiegogo project.
Indiegogo is priced in Canadian dollars, but the service will be priced in the local currency when it launches. Hope this clears things up. :) Stay tuned, and thanks Karen for posting this. I've been talking to Cara about doing this with a Macvisionaries endorsement and she's a fan. Cheers, Kevin. Yes, that Kevin. On 2014-04-17, at 2:48 PM, Kerri shalo...@shaw.ca wrote: as would I, sign me up too. The only issue is true Canadian dollar is lower than the American so it would invariably cost us more. On Apr 17, 2014, at 9:29 AM, Christine Grassman cgrassman1...@gmail.com wrote: Definitely. Sign me up. On Apr 17, 2014, at 10:05 AM, Caitlyn and Maggie caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com wrote: thanks! I hope this gets off the ground! I'd shell out for it myself. Cait On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:37 PM, Karen Lewellen klewel...@shellworld.net wrote: Sharing in case this has not been posted here. What I love about this company besides the strong effort making the platform work is their ethical commitment. Unlike the no one cares about blind people so we will steal content, approach. This is a real company who is providing a variety of the many many describes titles, and doing it on a global platform. If you cannot contribute to the Indiegogo campaign, I hope you will share this far and wide. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/zagga-entertainment-ltd/x/6442652#home Thanks, Kare -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: slightly ot: icloud based audio discription indiegogo project.
thanks, this does clear it u, I'm in. On Apr 17, 2014, at 11:58 AM, Kevin Shaw tvsound...@gmail.com wrote: Indiegogo is priced in Canadian dollars, but the service will be priced in the local currency when it launches. Hope this clears things up. :) Stay tuned, and thanks Karen for posting this. I've been talking to Cara about doing this with a Macvisionaries endorsement and she's a fan. Cheers, Kevin. Yes, that Kevin. On 2014-04-17, at 2:48 PM, Kerri shalo...@shaw.ca wrote: as would I, sign me up too. The only issue is true Canadian dollar is lower than the American so it would invariably cost us more. On Apr 17, 2014, at 9:29 AM, Christine Grassman cgrassman1...@gmail.com wrote: Definitely. Sign me up. On Apr 17, 2014, at 10:05 AM, Caitlyn and Maggie caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com wrote: thanks! I hope this gets off the ground! I'd shell out for it myself. Cait On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:37 PM, Karen Lewellen klewel...@shellworld.net wrote: Sharing in case this has not been posted here. What I love about this company besides the strong effort making the platform work is their ethical commitment. Unlike the no one cares about blind people so we will steal content, approach. This is a real company who is providing a variety of the many many describes titles, and doing it on a global platform. If you cannot contribute to the Indiegogo campaign, I hope you will share this far and wide. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/zagga-entertainment-ltd/x/6442652#home Thanks, Kare -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Changing languages on iPad
Hello everyone, this is Chenelle! I changed the language settings to ration I am my iPad mini last week because I was learning Russian and now I want to revert back to English? What should I do in order to change it back to English again clash thank you so much have a great day Sent from my iPhone On 17 Apr 2014, at 12:33 pm, macvisionaries@googlegroups.com wrote: Today's topic summary Group: http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries/topics slightly ot: icloud based audio discription indiegogo project. [2 Updates] Calendar in Mavericks-creating an event that will recur once a month? [2 Updates] Pages improvement [4 Updates] Viewing Recognized Text in Fine Reader? [3 Updates] Status Menus Are Gone [2 Updates] Keynote Aglore! [1 Update] Topic: reading brf files on the mac [5 Updates] looking for accessible trivia and word games for mac [1 Update] Tips on Abbyy Fine Reader? [1 Update] Teamtalk was Re: Good Prospects for Accessibility in Office for Mac [4 Updates] slightly ot: icloud based audio discription indiegogo project. Caitlyn and Maggie caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com Apr 17 10:05AM -0400 thanks! I hope this gets off the ground! I’d shell out for it myself. Cait Christine Grassman cgrassman1...@gmail.com Apr 17 12:29PM -0400 Definitely. Sign me up. Calendar in Mavericks-creating an event that will recur once a month? Daniel Hawkins computersassocia...@gmail.com Apr 17 10:07AM -0500 I too have the same question. I tried setting to the second saturday every month. It ended up on doing the same date number, not the second Saturday. Also, on the Mac how do you delete dates? cmd delete did nothing and I can’t find anything under the menubar. Thanks! Daniel Hawkins - Posted from my Macbook Pro Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com Apr 17 10:24AM -0600 hi, You should be able to set events like that in within the Custom area of the Repeat options. So, after activating the date/time link, • choose Custom from the Repeat Every pop-up. • Select Monthly. • Select the “On The” radio button. • Select the proper day, eg. Third and Tuesday. • close the window. Not sure why it wasn’t working that way for Daniel. Regarding the deleting of an event, when in Month view, you can navigate to the event then go up to the Edit menu and choose Delete. I believe that in some other views, you are able to use the Delete key and/or some other commands. Later… • Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada Pages improvement Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk Apr 17 04:27PM +0200 Hello everyone, The latest update to Pages brought a big improvement. There is no longer any need to interact with the Paragraph styles button to hear the name of the style. This means that we can now set a hotspot on that button and consult it from within the document. Also, we can find the short cut for a given style by interacting with the styles table and the short cut is shown beside the name. Cheers, Anne isaac isaac.heb...@gmail.com Apr 17 09:37AM -0500 How do you set up hotspots? Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk Apr 17 04:50PM +0200 Hello Isaac, To set a hotspot, go to the place you want to put the hotspot and press VO-Shift-plus a number from 0 to 9. To jump to the hotspot, press VO-number. To consult the hotspot, press VO-Cmd-number. So, in Pages, if you set a hotspot with the number 1, you can press VO-Cmd-1 anywhere within your text and hear the name of the paragraph style currently active. You can also jump straight to the Paragraph styles button by pressing VO-1 in this case. Cheers, Anne Jessica jldai...@gmail.com Apr 17 12:19PM -0400 When did pages get an update? Sent from my iPhone Viewing Recognized Text in Fine Reader? Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com Apr 17 10:01AM -0400 I use a compatible scanner, there are lots of them, and after scanning, FR Pro recognizes the scanned pages and then opens a save dialog. I save the pages using the default file name “untitled”, and then the document opens in textedit where I can read the doc. I have the format set to RTF and that triggers Textedit as the default app. I suppose if i set the format to .docx, it would open in pages. There is no viewing facility in FR Pro, but quickly saving it in a throw-away file will open it in an app were you can view/edit the file. Eileen Misrahi eileen.misr...@gmail.com Apr 17 07:43AM -0700 Hello, I have been following this thread out of interest regarding Fine Reader Pro. I have not yet purchased it, but I believe from all of the current posts and other discussions in the past that this app for the Mac is the most friendly user with voiceover. Would like to suggest a solution for wanting to quickly scan an envelope, which I do and then use another scan and read on the PC side to OCR an
Re: Calendar in Mavericks-creating an event that will recur once a month?
Hi, When you say that you were getting annoyed at how long it takes to get a date down, what exactly did you mean. You can have the Calendar app automatically place events on the proper date by pressing cmd-n to create the new event then putting the date within that field. For example, Meeting with my Boss at 3:00 pm on Apr 30 will place that event exactly where you need it. The more detailed info if it's recurring and such does seem to need manipulation though. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 17, 2014, at 11:57 AM, Daniel Hawkins computersassocia...@gmail.com wrote: Ok cool thanks for letting me know. I was just getting annoied how long it takes to put a date down. And I still can't find a list of appointments only on my IOS devices lol. Thanks! Daniel Hawkins - Posted from my Macbook Pro On Apr 17, 2014, at 11:24 AM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: hi, You should be able to set events like that in within the Custom area of the Repeat options. So, after activating the date/time link, * choose Custom from the Repeat Every pop-up. * Select Monthly. * Select the On The radio button. * Select the proper day, eg. Third and Tuesday. * close the window. Not sure why it wasn't working that way for Daniel. Regarding the deleting of an event, when in Month view, you can navigate to the event then go up to the Edit menu and choose Delete. I believe that in some other views, you are able to use the Delete key and/or some other commands. Later... * Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 17, 2014, at 9:07 AM, Daniel Hawkins computersassocia...@gmail.com wrote: I too have the same question. I tried setting to the second saturday every month. It ended up on doing the same date number, not the second Saturday. Also, on the Mac how do you delete dates? cmd delete did nothing and I can't find anything under the menubar. Thanks! Daniel Hawkins - Posted from my Macbook Pro On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:16 PM, Jessica jldai...@gmail.com wrote: How would I indicate that I want the event on the first Tuesday of every month? Sent from my iPhone On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:07 PM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, When in Calendar, press cmd-n to create the new event. Enter your event criteria like Pay Water Bill on May 2, then press return. Navigate right past the scroll area then press VO-space on the date/time link. This will open a more detailed area which includes a pop-up menu for the repeat frequency. You can Stop Interacting with this area to manipulate the rest of the event. HTH. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 16, 2014, at 9:26 AM, Jessica jldai...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, How do I create an event that will occur once a month on a given date? Also, How do I move an event to another day? Thanks, Jessica jldai...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com.
Re: two applications upgraded
Hi, It appears to be an automatic thing when you have the Download in the Background checkbox checked in the AppStore pane of System Preferences. I believe that if you uncheck this box, those messages won't always come up. Other than that, you could turn on Do Not Disturb in the Notification Centre and those alerts wouldn't happen. Then again, no alerts would which maybe is what you are hoping for. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 17, 2014, at 11:52 AM, Dionipher Presas Herrera dionip...@gmail.com wrote: why does eveytime i open up my computer i hear this voice. actualy i do have imovie update and xcode update, but i dont want to hear it everytime i open my mac -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Status Menus Are Gone
Hmmm. I wouldn't bother doing another repair after this, as some items just don't seem to repair themselves. How about you try the following: * Go to your Finder. * Open your Macintosh HD * Open the System folder. * Open the Library folder * Open the Core Services folder. * Open the Battery item. Now try accessing your Menu Extras again with VO-m-m and see if the Battery Status menu is available. If it is, then do the same process to get some of the other extras back onto the Status Menus. If that doesn't do it, let me know. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 17, 2014, at 12:38 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: I am repairing permissions for the third tie now and I am down to one permission that needs to be repaired. Interestingly, it has nothing to do with Status menus. It has to do with Safari. I still can't access the extra menus, though. Jane On Apr 17, 2014, at 11:07 AM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, Don't rush to the reformat, that is a drastic and usually unnecessary task. Try to do a repair permissions first. To do so... * Go to the Finder. * Press cmd-shift-u to open the Utilities folder. * Navigate to the Disk Utility app and open it. * From the table of disks, select your Macintosh HD. * Stop Interacting with the table and select the First Aid tab. * Navigate to the Repair Disk Permissions button and press it with VO-space. * Wait patiently as it does its task. Sometimes this needs performed more than once to fix most permission errors. In some cases, you'll need to perform this from the Recovery Partition, but I'll wait to see if this does the job first. By the way, what exactly happens when you press the VO-m-m command? Is there an alert sound or simply takes you somewhere but no Menu Extras are available. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 16, 2014, at 4:16 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: Yep, I have tried with both. It doesn't work I bet I am going to have to reformat and re-install once I have stuff backed up, *sigh* Jane On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:13 PM, John Panarese jpanar...@gmail.com wrote: Are you using VO-m twice or control-F8 to get to the status menus? This is not typical behavior. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX 10.7 LION and 10.8 Mountain Lion AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:11 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: Hi there. I tried both cycling VO off and on and a re-start of this computer. It didn't make a difference. Any other thoughts? Jane On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:00 PM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, I would just suggest either cycling VO off then on or restarting your Mac. This is not normal behaviour so, something has become confused. The cycling off/on of VO may do the trick but the restart is best and if that doesn't fix it, then post again. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 16, 2014, at 3:19 PM, Robert C gone.to.da...@gmail.com wrote: Funny this comes up today for I just ran into the same issue except I could not bring up the menu bar and control f3 did not work. Had to restart the Mac. Quote of the nanosecond . . . Be lions roaring through the forests of knowledge. --Bahá'í Scriptures Robert Annie Yanni ke7nwn E-mail- gone.to.da...@gmail.com On 4/16/2014 11:18 AM, Jane wrote: I can't seem to get to my Status menu things at all. VO-m twice doesn't work. None of the trackpad commands seem to work. I guess it is there, somewhere, but I can't access it. Do any of you have ideas? Jane -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to
Re: Changing languages on iPad
Hi Chenelle. If you have languages in your roter, simply rotate two fingers clockwise or counter clockwise until you hear Voiceover say language. Then flick with one finger up or down until you hear your English voice. HTH. Shawn Sent From My White MacBook On Apr 17, 2014, at 2:06 PM, Chenelle Hancock filmchenelle1...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everyone, this is Chenelle! I changed the language settings to ration I am my iPad mini last week because I was learning Russian and now I want to revert back to English? What should I do in order to change it back to English again clash thank you so much have a great day Sent from my iPhone On 17 Apr 2014, at 12:33 pm, macvisionaries@googlegroups.com wrote: Today's topic summary Group: http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries/topics slightly ot: icloud based audio discription indiegogo project. [2 Updates] Calendar in Mavericks-creating an event that will recur once a month? [2 Updates] Pages improvement [4 Updates] Viewing Recognized Text in Fine Reader? [3 Updates] Status Menus Are Gone [2 Updates] Keynote Aglore! [1 Update] Topic: reading brf files on the mac [5 Updates] looking for accessible trivia and word games for mac [1 Update] Tips on Abbyy Fine Reader? [1 Update] Teamtalk was Re: Good Prospects for Accessibility in Office for Mac [4 Updates] slightly ot: icloud based audio discription indiegogo project. Caitlyn and Maggie caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com Apr 17 10:05AM -0400 thanks! I hope this gets off the ground! I'd shell out for it myself. Cait Christine Grassman cgrassman1...@gmail.com Apr 17 12:29PM -0400 Definitely. Sign me up. Calendar in Mavericks-creating an event that will recur once a month? Daniel Hawkins computersassocia...@gmail.com Apr 17 10:07AM -0500 I too have the same question. I tried setting to the second saturday every month. It ended up on doing the same date number, not the second Saturday. Also, on the Mac how do you delete dates? cmd delete did nothing and I can't find anything under the menubar. Thanks! Daniel Hawkins - Posted from my Macbook Pro Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com Apr 17 10:24AM -0600 hi, You should be able to set events like that in within the Custom area of the Repeat options. So, after activating the date/time link, * choose Custom from the Repeat Every pop-up. * Select Monthly. * Select the On The radio button. * Select the proper day, eg. Third and Tuesday. * close the window. Not sure why it wasn't working that way for Daniel. Regarding the deleting of an event, when in Month view, you can navigate to the event then go up to the Edit menu and choose Delete. I believe that in some other views, you are able to use the Delete key and/or some other commands. Later... * Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada Pages improvement Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk Apr 17 04:27PM +0200 Hello everyone, The latest update to Pages brought a big improvement. There is no longer any need to interact with the Paragraph styles button to hear the name of the style. This means that we can now set a hotspot on that button and consult it from within the document. Also, we can find the short cut for a given style by interacting with the styles table and the short cut is shown beside the name. Cheers, Anne isaac isaac.heb...@gmail.com Apr 17 09:37AM -0500 How do you set up hotspots? Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk Apr 17 04:50PM +0200 Hello Isaac, To set a hotspot, go to the place you want to put the hotspot and press VO-Shift-plus a number from 0 to 9. To jump to the hotspot, press VO-number. To consult the hotspot, press VO-Cmd-number. So, in Pages, if you set a hotspot with the number 1, you can press VO-Cmd-1 anywhere within your text and hear the name of the paragraph style currently active. You can also jump straight to the Paragraph styles button by pressing VO-1 in this case. Cheers, Anne Jessica jldai...@gmail.com Apr 17 12:19PM -0400 When did pages get an update? Sent from my iPhone Viewing Recognized Text in Fine Reader? Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com Apr 17 10:01AM -0400 I use a compatible scanner, there are lots of them, and after scanning, FR Pro recognizes the scanned pages and then opens a save dialog. I save the pages using the default file name untitled, and then the document opens in textedit where I can read the doc. I have the format set to RTF and that triggers Textedit as the default app. I suppose if i set the format to .docx, it would open in pages. There is no viewing facility in FR Pro, but quickly saving it in a throw-away file will open it in an app were you can view/edit the file. Eileen Misrahi eileen.misr...@gmail.com Apr 17 07:43AM -0700 Hello, I have been following this thread out of interest regarding Fine Reader Pro.
Removing drm protection from Adobe Digital Edition pdf files purchased legally
Hi Listers, I need to remove drm protection from an adobe digital pdf book which I have purchased. This is obviously for my own use. Is there a Voiceover friendly program that would do it? Thanks for any tips. Andrew -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Facebook is getting on my nerves.
Wow; this is the best bunch of suggestions I've seen for dealing with Facebook and difficult sites. Terrific. Christine On Apr 17, 2014, at 2:15 PM, Christina C. blindmaclo...@gmail.com wrote: One thousand and one reasons to delete your Facebook account. :) OK, here is what I used to do. I have deleted my faceBook account. So, this is mostly off of memory but it's the only way I could tolerate basic use of faceBook on my iMac. Go into Safari preferences. Go to the Advanced tab. Check the check box towards the bottom that says something like show Develop menu in menu bar. I can't recall the exact words. :) Then close preferences. Go to the mobile site for your Facebook account. Then go up to the safari menu via the VO plus M command and VO over to the develop menu. Activate this develop menu and go down to the User agent option. A sub menu will open. Go down to the fire fox windows and select this. Make sure it's firefox windows and not Mac. The mobile Facebook site will reload. You should be able to get around fairly easily. I will warn you that you will often hear lots of gibberish but it is very easy to use faceBook this way. You will not be able to do any advanced settings through the mobile faceBook site but you will be able to read posts and make comments. It's not a perfect solution but it was the only way I found bearable. :) To quickly get to a particular spot I would hit my tab key as this would quickly put me in the edit box for typing a Facebook update. Then I wouldVO down the page past my notifications to read friends status updates. I also had set up a web hot spot (can't remember the proper name) so that when my page loaded the VO cursor was in the status update text box. This would not always hold though for minor changes to the page. :) As a side note, I just want to say that I use this develop menu often. If I come across a website that seems really cluttered, I will try this develop menu and instead of choosing the fire Fox windows option I use the Safari iOS iPhone choice. This tricks the website into thinking you on an iPhone and will sometimes display their mobile version. It doesn't always do the trick but sometimes it's just the thing I need for easier navigation. Feel free to ask me questions as I am not very good at explaining directions. :) Best of luck and happy faceBooking, Christina -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: slightly ot: icloud based audio discription indiegogo project.
actually, that works in reverse, at the moment the Canadian dollar is less valuable then the American one. so it cost less to pay in Canadian using American currency. One of my saving graces truth be told. say I spend $20 in a Canadian store just now, but if I use my American visa card that becomes $12 or $15. Do not let that keep you from contributing at indiegogo. gosh even $5 makes a difference. I have no idea what the subscription rates will be once launched. it is a when, not an if. Still circulating it broadly has value as well. Kare On Thu, 17 Apr 2014, Kerri wrote: as would I, sign me up too. The only issue is true Canadian dollar is lower than the American so it would invariably cost us more. On Apr 17, 2014, at 9:29 AM, Christine Grassman cgrassman1...@gmail.com wrote: Definitely. Sign me up. On Apr 17, 2014, at 10:05 AM, Caitlyn and Maggie caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com wrote: thanks! I hope this gets off the ground! I'd shell out for it myself. Cait On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:37 PM, Karen Lewellen klewel...@shellworld.net wrote: Sharing in case this has not been posted here. What I love about this company besides the strong effort making the platform work is their ethical commitment. Unlike the no one cares about blind people so we will steal content, approach. This is a real company who is providing a variety of the many many describes titles, and doing it on a global platform. If you cannot contribute to the Indiegogo campaign, I hope you will share this far and wide. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/zagga-entertainment-ltd/x/6442652#home Thanks, Kare -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Status Menus Are Gone
Are you talking about the BAttery plugin under Menu Extras? It won't let me open that. Or do I need to look elsewhere in the Core SErvices folder? Jane On Apr 17, 2014, at 3:32 PM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hmmm. I wouldn't bother doing another repair after this, as some items just don't seem to repair themselves. How about you try the following: * Go to your Finder. * Open your Macintosh HD * Open the System folder. * Open the Library folder * Open the Core Services folder. * Open the Battery item. Now try accessing your Menu Extras again with VO-m-m and see if the Battery Status menu is available. If it is, then do the same process to get some of the other extras back onto the Status Menus. If that doesn't do it, let me know. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 17, 2014, at 12:38 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: I am repairing permissions for the third tie now and I am down to one permission that needs to be repaired. Interestingly, it has nothing to do with Status menus. It has to do with Safari. I still can't access the extra menus, though. Jane On Apr 17, 2014, at 11:07 AM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, Don't rush to the reformat, that is a drastic and usually unnecessary task. Try to do a repair permissions first. To do so... * Go to the Finder. * Press cmd-shift-u to open the Utilities folder. * Navigate to the Disk Utility app and open it. * From the table of disks, select your Macintosh HD. * Stop Interacting with the table and select the First Aid tab. * Navigate to the Repair Disk Permissions button and press it with VO-space. * Wait patiently as it does its task. Sometimes this needs performed more than once to fix most permission errors. In some cases, you'll need to perform this from the Recovery Partition, but I'll wait to see if this does the job first. By the way, what exactly happens when you press the VO-m-m command? Is there an alert sound or simply takes you somewhere but no Menu Extras are available. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 16, 2014, at 4:16 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: Yep, I have tried with both. It doesn't work I bet I am going to have to reformat and re-install once I have stuff backed up, *sigh* Jane On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:13 PM, John Panarese jpanar...@gmail.com wrote: Are you using VO-m twice or control-F8 to get to the status menus? This is not typical behavior. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX 10.7 LION and 10.8 Mountain Lion AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:11 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: Hi there. I tried both cycling VO off and on and a re-start of this computer. It didn't make a difference. Any other thoughts? Jane On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:00 PM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, I would just suggest either cycling VO off then on or restarting your Mac. This is not normal behaviour so, something has become confused. The cycling off/on of VO may do the trick but the restart is best and if that doesn't fix it, then post again. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 16, 2014, at 3:19 PM, Robert C gone.to.da...@gmail.com wrote: Funny this comes up today for I just ran into the same issue except I could not bring up the menu bar and control f3 did not work. Had to restart the Mac. Quote of the nanosecond . . . Be lions roaring through the forests of knowledge. --Bahá'í Scriptures Robert Annie Yanni ke7nwn E-mail- gone.to.da...@gmail.com On 4/16/2014 11:18 AM, Jane wrote: I can't seem to get to my Status menu things at all. VO-m twice doesn't work. None of the trackpad commands seem to work. I guess it is there, somewhere, but I can't access it. Do any of you have ideas? Jane -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit
Re: Keynote Aglore!
If you bring the lists or the body content from other apps, the print side will be small, because you are taking the formatting of that original document to keynote. to about this, you need to copy the text, and when in Keynote, paste it with the same stile using the combination Option+CMD+Shift+v. Hope it helps! Best Daniela Rubio T iPhone: +34662328507 El 17/04/2014, a las 17:39, Daniel Hawkins computersassocia...@gmail.com escribió: Hello everyone! Ok, I have been trying to learn how to make my own keynote slides. So far I am getting the hang of it somewhat. But one of the biggest problem my friends told me that the Body area is very very small print. I know how to make larger print by cmd+, but they explained to me the square where the print is in is very small. What I want to do is have a title and in the middle of the slide to have some lists. I was wondering how do you make it bigger? Thanks! Daniel Hawkins - Posted from my Macbook Pro -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
words still being corrected
Hi all, I turned off auto correct ages ago, but at times, when I type in pages or the messages apps, I find my words are still being corrected or suggestions being offered. If someone can help me out that would be great, I don't want any automatic corrections as I spell check my documents myself and writing a novel that has strange place and character names and I dislike it when the computer tries to correct things. this doesn't happen all the time, but for some reason it's still happening even though auto correct is turned off. kind regards andrew -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Removing drm protection from Adobe Digital Edition pdf files purchased legally
Hi Andrew. As I remember you are a macuser. There are some good tools for things like that on this site: www.epubsoft.com Best regards Annie. Den 17/04/2014 kl. 22.12 skrev Andrew Lamanche ioani...@me.com: Hi Listers, I need to remove drm protection from an adobe digital pdf book which I have purchased. This is obviously for my own use. Is there a Voiceover friendly program that would do it? Thanks for any tips. Andrew -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: words still being corrected
Some apps have auto-correct settings in their own preferences, independent of the system-wide setting. Check for that in the apps you find this happens. Also remember that spellcheck and auto-correct are two different items in most cases. On Apr 17, 2014, at 5:57 PM, Andrew Head ath...@bigpond.net.au wrote: Hi all, I turned off auto correct ages ago, but at times, when I type in pages or the messages apps, I find my words are still being corrected or suggestions being offered. If someone can help me out that would be great, I don't want any automatic corrections as I spell check my documents myself and writing a novel that has strange place and character names and I dislike it when the computer tries to correct things. this doesn't happen all the time, but for some reason it's still happening even though auto correct is turned off. kind regards andrew -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Topic: Topic: reading brf files on the mac
Better to help bookshare out, I think. Their library is already much bigger then the nLS one. I also belive that NLS has it's own way of increasing it's library, and volunteers submitting material isn't included in it. I could be badly mistaken, though! Cait On Apr 17, 2014, at 1:55 PM, Eric Oyen eric.o...@gmail.com wrote: perhaps its time that those of us with braille note taker devices start volunteering some time to getting new braille books submitted to the NLS. the only really bad hitch I see with this is the copyright laws here in the US. If that doesn't turn out to be an issue, then we can all participate in expanding the current library of braille materials from its very low percentage to something far better. My one reason for us doing this is: we need braille literacy and there just isn't enough available materials to go around. The last braille loaner I tried to get from the local talking book library was on backorder for several months. This, among other reasons, is why we need to expand the electronic library versions. Having those files available will mean that one can simply get them printed through a local branch. anyway, it would be nice to be able to read braille from any document around. -eric -- 2 of 5 -- From: Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com Date: Apr 17 06:12AM -0700 Url: http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries/msg/1ce6a32a759c493b If you convert a file to html, louis will convert it to brf. That makes sense, since the markup is text as well. Going the other way is a little more problematic. Half the time Louis interprets braille italics as dots 4-6 in computer braille, putting a period before each word instead. Personally, even with programs such as Kurzweil, I always found back translation to be less than desirable. There are too many variables, and sometimes there are strange results with it. Saying this as primarily a braille reader, there are very many more books available in audio and other formats than in Braille. In my personal experience, I've started keeping brf files in their format and using a Braille display to type in them, rather than back-translating. Of course, I have the luxury of having a braille display. Teresa Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com Facebook -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Viewing Recognized Text in Fine Reader?
Hi Alex, Once you press command-s (the shortcut to export) you are presented with a choice of file types in a dialog. DOCS is one of these, as is RTF and many more. Once you VO-space on your desired format, just press return to go to the save dialog. As someone said previously, the default format selection is whatever you last used. Best, Nic -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Topic: Topic: reading brf files on the mac
Yes, but Bookshare's iOS sucks compared to the BARD app. And who wants to add BRF files from email or dropbox to bard all the time? I'd rather have more NLS books. Devin Prater Sent from my iPod 5. iMessage, facebook, and face-time: devinpra...@live.com email: d.pra...@me.com Google Talk/keychat: r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com On Apr 17, 2014, at 17:52, Caitlyn and Maggie caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com wrote: Better to help bookshare out, I think. Their library is already much bigger then the nLS one. I also belive that NLS has it's own way of increasing it's library, and volunteers submitting material isn't included in it. I could be badly mistaken, though! Cait On Apr 17, 2014, at 1:55 PM, Eric Oyen eric.o...@gmail.com wrote: perhaps its time that those of us with braille note taker devices start volunteering some time to getting new braille books submitted to the NLS. the only really bad hitch I see with this is the copyright laws here in the US. If that doesn't turn out to be an issue, then we can all participate in expanding the current library of braille materials from its very low percentage to something far better. My one reason for us doing this is: we need braille literacy and there just isn't enough available materials to go around. The last braille loaner I tried to get from the local talking book library was on backorder for several months. This, among other reasons, is why we need to expand the electronic library versions. Having those files available will mean that one can simply get them printed through a local branch. anyway, it would be nice to be able to read braille from any document around. -eric -- 2 of 5 -- From: Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com Date: Apr 17 06:12AM -0700 Url: http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries/msg/1ce6a32a759c493b If you convert a file to html, louis will convert it to brf. That makes sense, since the markup is text as well. Going the other way is a little more problematic. Half the time Louis interprets braille italics as dots 4-6 in computer braille, putting a period before each word instead. Personally, even with programs such as Kurzweil, I always found back translation to be less than desirable. There are too many variables, and sometimes there are strange results with it. Saying this as primarily a braille reader, there are very many more books available in audio and other formats than in Braille. In my personal experience, I've started keeping brf files in their format and using a Braille display to type in them, rather than back-translating. Of course, I have the luxury of having a braille display. Teresa Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com Facebook -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Renaming and some other questions
don't know sir alex how can I thank you. your explanation is excellent. thanks so much. is there a way to know the time while working in pro tools? On 4/17/14, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: It depends on the view you are using. I recommend you read my Finder guide, which explains all about selecting multiple items: http://www.applevis.com/guides/mac-os-x/getting-started-os-x-finder On Apr 16, 2014, at 8:54 PM, Ramy Moustafa moshtaqlealga...@gmail.com wrote: sir alex: thanks for your response. concerning windows, I was using 2 windows in finder, I didn't try to use command n, I will try that. concerning the escape key, in all menues, even the vo+m to go to the apple menu, escape can not close the window. what do you mean by interacting with my list of files? I hit cmd}\}2 and after I go to any folder, I find the table, I interact with it, is it what you mean? On 4/16/14, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, In addition to Alex's responses: 3. If these windows are in different applications, then cmd-` will not work. The cmd-` only works within windows of the same application. You can use cmd-tab to cycle between applications. 4. I've never seen this either. What kind of menu were you in? Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 16, 2014, at 11:48 AM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: To rename, press enter. To select, interact with your list of files and press vo-cmd-enter on each one to select it (note that you must press this twice on the first item you select). If you are not using Mavericks or above, use vo-cmd-space instead of vo-cmd-enter. Escape closes menus, and I've never heard of it not doing so. Are you possibly not focused where you think you are? As to windows, are you sure you opened multiple windows? you may have Finder set to not open folders in new windows, or you did not use cmd-n when you opened your second folder. On Apr 16, 2014, at 1:26 PM, ramy moustafa moshtaqlealga...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all: With more and more using of my mac, I can discover somethings very interesting for me. But I got some questions if I can ask: 1-I need to rename a folder, I hit the vo+sheft +m but can not find the rename. 2-If I have a folder with many songs, I need to select only some songs, how can I select some? I tried sheft space, ctl sheft space, but no luck. 3-I know that command accent can cycle between open windoiws, I have 2 open windows that I need to copy and past files from and to. Using command accent do nothing. Why? 4-When I'm in a menu, using the scape key didn't close this menu. I must hit option scape, and I discovered this by chance. So what is the right issue. Thanks so much for your help Ramy moustafa saber Musicc instructor at: faculty of musical education music arranger and sound engineer Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this
Re: Pages improvement
Hi Ann, That's great news about the hotspots and I have been getting a lot of use out of the latest Pages. Setting shortcuts for paragraph styles is so much easier now too. However, the update to the paragraph styles button is a bit of a double edged sword. It seems to always display the same paragraph style even when you change it. As I import many documents from Word, these usually start off saying, Normal. But even when I change the paragraph style to something like Body or Heading the paragraph styles button continues to say Normal. It is not until I interact with the paragraph styles button that VoiceOver will read the correct paragraph style name. This leaves the misreported keyboard cursor point and the problem with selecting text which wraps a page as the main bugs outstanding. Then if they could bring back merged fields we'd be laughing. Is there much else I'm forgetting? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Calendar in Mavericks-creating an event that will recur once a month?
Re deleting events in month view, I've found that VoiceOver has some problems with focus. Keyboard focus and VoiceOver focus seem to get separated, and this results in either not being able to delete an event or deleting the wrong one. I've been able to eventually fix this by using just the arrow keys to navigate around, rather than the VoiceOver keys. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Status Menus Are Gone
Hi, That should be the one. It's starting to look like you may need to do a re-install. I wouldn't go the total clean install route yet. You could try the Re-install option in the Recovery partition. This would install the newest MacOS onto your system, hopefully fixing any issues that exist. A good backup is preferred prior to attempting this but it is quicker and less problematic than a clean install. I think it's worth a try for you. Let me know if you need assistance getting started with this if you choose to go this way. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 17, 2014, at 2:46 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: Are you talking about the BAttery plugin under Menu Extras? It won't let me open that. Or do I need to look elsewhere in the Core SErvices folder? Jane On Apr 17, 2014, at 3:32 PM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hmmm. I wouldn't bother doing another repair after this, as some items just don't seem to repair themselves. How about you try the following: * Go to your Finder. * Open your Macintosh HD * Open the System folder. * Open the Library folder * Open the Core Services folder. * Open the Battery item. Now try accessing your Menu Extras again with VO-m-m and see if the Battery Status menu is available. If it is, then do the same process to get some of the other extras back onto the Status Menus. If that doesn't do it, let me know. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 17, 2014, at 12:38 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: I am repairing permissions for the third tie now and I am down to one permission that needs to be repaired. Interestingly, it has nothing to do with Status menus. It has to do with Safari. I still can't access the extra menus, though. Jane On Apr 17, 2014, at 11:07 AM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, Don't rush to the reformat, that is a drastic and usually unnecessary task. Try to do a repair permissions first. To do so... * Go to the Finder. * Press cmd-shift-u to open the Utilities folder. * Navigate to the Disk Utility app and open it. * From the table of disks, select your Macintosh HD. * Stop Interacting with the table and select the First Aid tab. * Navigate to the Repair Disk Permissions button and press it with VO-space. * Wait patiently as it does its task. Sometimes this needs performed more than once to fix most permission errors. In some cases, you'll need to perform this from the Recovery Partition, but I'll wait to see if this does the job first. By the way, what exactly happens when you press the VO-m-m command? Is there an alert sound or simply takes you somewhere but no Menu Extras are available. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 16, 2014, at 4:16 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: Yep, I have tried with both. It doesn't work I bet I am going to have to reformat and re-install once I have stuff backed up, *sigh* Jane On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:13 PM, John Panarese jpanar...@gmail.com wrote: Are you using VO-m twice or control-F8 to get to the status menus? This is not typical behavior. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX 10.7 LION and 10.8 Mountain Lion AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:11 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: Hi there. I tried both cycling VO off and on and a re-start of this computer. It didn't make a difference. Any other thoughts? Jane On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:00 PM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, I would just suggest either cycling VO off then on or restarting your Mac. This is not normal behaviour so, something has become confused. The cycling off/on of VO may do the trick but the restart is best and if that doesn't fix it, then post again. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 16, 2014, at 3:19 PM, Robert C gone.to.da...@gmail.com wrote: Funny this comes up today for I just ran into the same issue except I could not bring up the menu bar and control f3 did not work. Had to restart the Mac. Quote of the nanosecond . . . Be lions roaring through the forests of knowledge. --Bahá'í Scriptures Robert Annie Yanni ke7nwn E-mail- gone.to.da...@gmail.com On 4/16/2014 11:18 AM, Jane wrote: I can't seem to get to my Status menu things at all. VO-m twice doesn't work. None of the trackpad commands seem to work. I guess it is there, somewhere, but I can't access it. Do any of you have ideas? Jane -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an
Re: slightly ot: icloud based audio discription indiegogo project.
No offense, but I've seen companies like this, and they usually fall. Countless companies that claimed to make inexpensive braille displays and such, that simple didn't show any progress. Talkingflicks has done the same. So I have little hope for those upstart company, no matter how much lip service they give us. Devin Prater Sent from my iPod 5. iMessage, facebook, and face-time: devinpra...@live.com email: d.pra...@me.com Google Talk/keychat: r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com On Apr 17, 2014, at 9:05, Caitlyn and Maggie caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com wrote: thanks! I hope this gets off the ground! I'd shell out for it myself. Cait On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:37 PM, Karen Lewellen klewel...@shellworld.net wrote: Sharing in case this has not been posted here. What I love about this company besides the strong effort making the platform work is their ethical commitment. Unlike the no one cares about blind people so we will steal content, approach. This is a real company who is providing a variety of the many many describes titles, and doing it on a global platform. If you cannot contribute to the Indiegogo campaign, I hope you will share this far and wide. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/zagga-entertainment-ltd/x/6442652#home Thanks, Kare -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Status Menus Are Gone
If I do this, am I going to have to somehow re-authorize thiwcomputer? I think I have maybe one authorization left. Jane On Apr 17, 2014, at 7:26 PM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, That should be the one. It's starting to look like you may need to do a re-install. I wouldn't go the total clean install route yet. You could try the Re-install option in the Recovery partition. This would install the newest MacOS onto your system, hopefully fixing any issues that exist. A good backup is preferred prior to attempting this but it is quicker and less problematic than a clean install. I think it's worth a try for you. Let me know if you need assistance getting started with this if you choose to go this way. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 17, 2014, at 2:46 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: Are you talking about the BAttery plugin under Menu Extras? It won't let me open that. Or do I need to look elsewhere in the Core SErvices folder? Jane On Apr 17, 2014, at 3:32 PM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hmmm. I wouldn't bother doing another repair after this, as some items just don't seem to repair themselves. How about you try the following: * Go to your Finder. * Open your Macintosh HD * Open the System folder. * Open the Library folder * Open the Core Services folder. * Open the Battery item. Now try accessing your Menu Extras again with VO-m-m and see if the Battery Status menu is available. If it is, then do the same process to get some of the other extras back onto the Status Menus. If that doesn't do it, let me know. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 17, 2014, at 12:38 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: I am repairing permissions for the third tie now and I am down to one permission that needs to be repaired. Interestingly, it has nothing to do with Status menus. It has to do with Safari. I still can't access the extra menus, though. Jane On Apr 17, 2014, at 11:07 AM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, Don't rush to the reformat, that is a drastic and usually unnecessary task. Try to do a repair permissions first. To do so... * Go to the Finder. * Press cmd-shift-u to open the Utilities folder. * Navigate to the Disk Utility app and open it. * From the table of disks, select your Macintosh HD. * Stop Interacting with the table and select the First Aid tab. * Navigate to the Repair Disk Permissions button and press it with VO-space. * Wait patiently as it does its task. Sometimes this needs performed more than once to fix most permission errors. In some cases, you'll need to perform this from the Recovery Partition, but I'll wait to see if this does the job first. By the way, what exactly happens when you press the VO-m-m command? Is there an alert sound or simply takes you somewhere but no Menu Extras are available. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 16, 2014, at 4:16 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: Yep, I have tried with both. It doesn't work I bet I am going to have to reformat and re-install once I have stuff backed up, *sigh* Jane On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:13 PM, John Panarese jpanar...@gmail.com wrote: Are you using VO-m twice or control-F8 to get to the status menus? This is not typical behavior. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX 10.7 LION and 10.8 Mountain Lion AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:11 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: Hi there. I tried both cycling VO off and on and a re-start of this computer. It didn't make a difference. Any other thoughts? Jane On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:00 PM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, I would just suggest either cycling VO off then on or restarting your Mac. This is not normal behaviour so, something has become confused. The cycling off/on of VO may do the trick but the restart is best and if that doesn't fix it, then post again. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 16, 2014, at 3:19 PM, Robert C gone.to.da...@gmail.com wrote: Funny this comes up today for I just ran into the same issue except I could not bring up the menu bar and control f3 did not work. Had to restart the Mac. Quote of the nanosecond . . . Be lions roaring through the forests of knowledge. --Bahá'í Scriptures Robert Annie Yanni ke7nwn E-mail- gone.to.da...@gmail.com On 4/16/2014 11:18 AM, Jane wrote: I can't seem to get to my Status menu things at all. VO-m twice doesn't work. None of the trackpad commands seem to work. I guess it is there, somewhere, but I can't access it. Do any
Re: Status Menus Are Gone
No, it shouldn't affect anything like that. The registration is already attached to your machine so it will not be lost. If these other machines are no longer yours, or no longer functioning, let me know and I'll help you reauthorize them so you have more available authorizations. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 17, 2014, at 5:44 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: If I do this, am I going to have to somehow re-authorize thiwcomputer? I think I have maybe one authorization left. Jane On Apr 17, 2014, at 7:26 PM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, That should be the one. It's starting to look like you may need to do a re-install. I wouldn't go the total clean install route yet. You could try the Re-install option in the Recovery partition. This would install the newest MacOS onto your system, hopefully fixing any issues that exist. A good backup is preferred prior to attempting this but it is quicker and less problematic than a clean install. I think it's worth a try for you. Let me know if you need assistance getting started with this if you choose to go this way. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 17, 2014, at 2:46 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: Are you talking about the BAttery plugin under Menu Extras? It won't let me open that. Or do I need to look elsewhere in the Core SErvices folder? Jane On Apr 17, 2014, at 3:32 PM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hmmm. I wouldn't bother doing another repair after this, as some items just don't seem to repair themselves. How about you try the following: * Go to your Finder. * Open your Macintosh HD * Open the System folder. * Open the Library folder * Open the Core Services folder. * Open the Battery item. Now try accessing your Menu Extras again with VO-m-m and see if the Battery Status menu is available. If it is, then do the same process to get some of the other extras back onto the Status Menus. If that doesn't do it, let me know. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 17, 2014, at 12:38 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: I am repairing permissions for the third tie now and I am down to one permission that needs to be repaired. Interestingly, it has nothing to do with Status menus. It has to do with Safari. I still can't access the extra menus, though. Jane On Apr 17, 2014, at 11:07 AM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, Don't rush to the reformat, that is a drastic and usually unnecessary task. Try to do a repair permissions first. To do so... * Go to the Finder. * Press cmd-shift-u to open the Utilities folder. * Navigate to the Disk Utility app and open it. * From the table of disks, select your Macintosh HD. * Stop Interacting with the table and select the First Aid tab. * Navigate to the Repair Disk Permissions button and press it with VO-space. * Wait patiently as it does its task. Sometimes this needs performed more than once to fix most permission errors. In some cases, you'll need to perform this from the Recovery Partition, but I'll wait to see if this does the job first. By the way, what exactly happens when you press the VO-m-m command? Is there an alert sound or simply takes you somewhere but no Menu Extras are available. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 16, 2014, at 4:16 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: Yep, I have tried with both. It doesn't work I bet I am going to have to reformat and re-install once I have stuff backed up, *sigh* Jane On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:13 PM, John Panarese jpanar...@gmail.com wrote: Are you using VO-m twice or control-F8 to get to the status menus? This is not typical behavior. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX 10.7 LION and 10.8 Mountain Lion AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:11 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: Hi there. I tried both cycling VO off and on and a re-start of this computer. It didn't make a difference. Any other thoughts? Jane On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:00 PM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, I would just suggest either cycling VO off then on or restarting your Mac. This is not normal behaviour so, something has become confused. The cycling off/on of VO may do the trick but the restart is best and if that doesn't fix it, then post again. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 16, 2014, at 3:19 PM, Robert C gone.to.da...@gmail.com wrote: Funny this comes up today for I just ran into the same issue except I could not bring up the menu bar and control f3 did not work. Had
Re: Pages improvement
Will my vo spots will be saved on i cloud or what? Ramy moustafa saber Musicc instructor at: faculty of musical education music arranger and sound engineer Sent from my iPhone On Apr 17, 2014, at 6:19 PM, Jessica jldai...@gmail.com wrote: When did pages get an update? Sent from my iPhone On Apr 17, 2014, at 10:50 AM, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello Isaac, To set a hotspot, go to the place you want to put the hotspot and press VO-Shift-plus a number from 0 to 9. To jump to the hotspot, press VO-number. To consult the hotspot, press VO-Cmd-number. So, in Pages, if you set a hotspot with the number 1, you can press VO-Cmd-1 anywhere within your text and hear the name of the paragraph style currently active. You can also jump straight to the Paragraph styles button by pressing VO-1 in this case. Cheers, Anne On 17 Apr 2014, at 16:37, isaac isaac.heb...@gmail.com wrote: How do you set up hotspots? On Apr 17, 2014, at 9:27 AM, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello everyone, The latest update to Pages brought a big improvement. There is no longer any need to interact with the Paragraph styles button to hear the name of the style. This means that we can now set a hotspot on that button and consult it from within the document. Also, we can find the short cut for a given style by interacting with the styles table and the short cut is shown beside the name. Cheers, Anne -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Hotspots and Web Spots in Safari
Hi all, I am working on a Safari article for new Mac users, and I thought I'd cover hotspots and web spots. Now, though, I don't know if I should. Here's what i did to try out hotspots: 1. I went to an open page in Safari, navigated to a heading partway down it, and pressed vo-shift-1. 2. I hit vo-left a few times, then vo-1, and was taken to my spot. Great. 3. I moved to the top of the page, tabbed a couple times, and hit vo-1. Nothing at all happened. 4. I pressed vo-1 again, chose my spot from the Hotspots menu, and nothing happened. 5. I hit vo-cmd-1, and was told the hotspot no longer exists. Did I do it wrong? I try hotspots every so often, and each time I remember why I never use them... I'd love to know I'm wrong and that they work great, but they seem like a broken and neglected feature to me. Thanks for any input. I did try Web Spots, and they didn't break immediately. However, I really like that hotspots are associated with numbers; web spots require you to move through a list sequentially, right? Are there major problems with web spots as well, or do they work reliably? -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Status Menus Are Gone
Hi Jane, Out of curiosity, have you checked your cursor tracking settings? It sounds like your VO cursor might be routed to your mouse pointer. This is just a guess but it might be worth a look before you go the route of a reinstall. HTH Cara :) --- iOS design and development - LookTel.com --- View my Online Portfolio at: http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn Follow me on Twitter! https://twitter.com/ModelCara On Apr 17, 2014, at 4:44 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: If I do this, am I going to have to somehow re-authorize thiwcomputer? I think I have maybe one authorization left. Jane On Apr 17, 2014, at 7:26 PM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, That should be the one. It's starting to look like you may need to do a re-install. I wouldn't go the total clean install route yet. You could try the Re-install option in the Recovery partition. This would install the newest MacOS onto your system, hopefully fixing any issues that exist. A good backup is preferred prior to attempting this but it is quicker and less problematic than a clean install. I think it's worth a try for you. Let me know if you need assistance getting started with this if you choose to go this way. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 17, 2014, at 2:46 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: Are you talking about the BAttery plugin under Menu Extras? It won't let me open that. Or do I need to look elsewhere in the Core SErvices folder? Jane On Apr 17, 2014, at 3:32 PM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hmmm. I wouldn't bother doing another repair after this, as some items just don't seem to repair themselves. How about you try the following: * Go to your Finder. * Open your Macintosh HD * Open the System folder. * Open the Library folder * Open the Core Services folder. * Open the Battery item. Now try accessing your Menu Extras again with VO-m-m and see if the Battery Status menu is available. If it is, then do the same process to get some of the other extras back onto the Status Menus. If that doesn't do it, let me know. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 17, 2014, at 12:38 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: I am repairing permissions for the third tie now and I am down to one permission that needs to be repaired. Interestingly, it has nothing to do with Status menus. It has to do with Safari. I still can't access the extra menus, though. Jane On Apr 17, 2014, at 11:07 AM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, Don't rush to the reformat, that is a drastic and usually unnecessary task. Try to do a repair permissions first. To do so... * Go to the Finder. * Press cmd-shift-u to open the Utilities folder. * Navigate to the Disk Utility app and open it. * From the table of disks, select your Macintosh HD. * Stop Interacting with the table and select the First Aid tab. * Navigate to the Repair Disk Permissions button and press it with VO-space. * Wait patiently as it does its task. Sometimes this needs performed more than once to fix most permission errors. In some cases, you'll need to perform this from the Recovery Partition, but I'll wait to see if this does the job first. By the way, what exactly happens when you press the VO-m-m command? Is there an alert sound or simply takes you somewhere but no Menu Extras are available. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 16, 2014, at 4:16 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: Yep, I have tried with both. It doesn't work I bet I am going to have to reformat and re-install once I have stuff backed up, *sigh* Jane On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:13 PM, John Panarese jpanar...@gmail.com wrote: Are you using VO-m twice or control-F8 to get to the status menus? This is not typical behavior. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX 10.7 LION and 10.8 Mountain Lion AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:11 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: Hi there. I tried both cycling VO off and on and a re-start of this computer. It didn't make a difference. Any other thoughts? Jane On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:00 PM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, I would just suggest either cycling VO off then on or restarting your Mac. This is not normal behaviour so, something has become confused. The cycling off/on of VO may do the trick but the restart is best and if that doesn't fix it, then post again. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 16, 2014, at 3:19 PM, Robert C gone.to.da...@gmail.com wrote: Funny this comes up today for I just ran into the same issue
Moderator Note -was- Re: slightly ot: icloud based audio discription indiegogo project.
Hi All, While Kevin is correct in saying that I do support what he / Zagga is doing, please let me remind you all that this conversation is now straying way too far off topic for this list. I was personally hoping to post about Zagga myself since they have specific plans to actively support Mac and iOS customers, looks like y'all beat me to it. :) Please though, let's keep this discussion to Mac and iOS. If we can do that then discussing Zagga here is just fine. If we cannot, then we will need to move on. I would encourage all those who are interested in this service to check out their campaign. Thanks All and have a wonderful evening!... Smiles, Cara :) --- iOS design and development - LookTel.com --- View my Online Portfolio at: http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn Follow me on Twitter! https://twitter.com/ModelCara On Apr 17, 2014, at 4:44 PM, Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com wrote: No offense, but I've seen companies like this, and they usually fall. Countless companies that claimed to make inexpensive braille displays and such, that simple didn't show any progress. Talkingflicks has done the same. So I have little hope for those upstart company, no matter how much lip service they give us. Devin Prater Sent from my iPod 5. iMessage, facebook, and face-time: devinpra...@live.com email: d.pra...@me.com Google Talk/keychat: r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com On Apr 17, 2014, at 9:05, Caitlyn and Maggie caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com wrote: thanks! I hope this gets off the ground! I'd shell out for it myself. Cait On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:37 PM, Karen Lewellen klewel...@shellworld.net wrote: Sharing in case this has not been posted here. What I love about this company besides the strong effort making the platform work is their ethical commitment. Unlike the no one cares about blind people so we will steal content, approach. This is a real company who is providing a variety of the many many describes titles, and doing it on a global platform. If you cannot contribute to the Indiegogo campaign, I hope you will share this far and wide. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/zagga-entertainment-ltd/x/6442652#home Thanks, Kare -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Hotspots and Web Spots in Safari
Hi Alex, I believe you may be seeing an issue where the heading you marked is no longer visible. When a hotspot moves out of the visible screen area or somehow becomes invisible, VoiceOver can no longer move to it. So no, hotspots are not broken. One just needs to understand that these are based on visual screen layout. Arguably this may not be the best or easiest approach for the average blind / visually impaired user, but this is what we have for the moment. Perhaps a spoken message letting the user know that the particular hotspot has moved out of visual range may be in order. Hope this helps and have a great night! Smiles, Cara :) --- iOS design and development - LookTel.com --- View my Online Portfolio at: http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn Follow me on Twitter! https://twitter.com/ModelCara On Apr 17, 2014, at 5:37 PM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: Hi all, I am working on a Safari article for new Mac users, and I thought I'd cover hotspots and web spots. Now, though, I don't know if I should. Here's what i did to try out hotspots: 1. I went to an open page in Safari, navigated to a heading partway down it, and pressed vo-shift-1. 2. I hit vo-left a few times, then vo-1, and was taken to my spot. Great. 3. I moved to the top of the page, tabbed a couple times, and hit vo-1. Nothing at all happened. 4. I pressed vo-1 again, chose my spot from the Hotspots menu, and nothing happened. 5. I hit vo-cmd-1, and was told the hotspot no longer exists. Did I do it wrong? I try hotspots every so often, and each time I remember why I never use them... I'd love to know I'm wrong and that they work great, but they seem like a broken and neglected feature to me. Thanks for any input. I did try Web Spots, and they didn't break immediately. However, I really like that hotspots are associated with numbers; web spots require you to move through a list sequentially, right? Are there major problems with web spots as well, or do they work reliably? -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Pages improvement
Hello Nic, Once you're in your document, does consulting the hotspot on the paragraph styles button give you correct information? For me it does. However, there are many fields that don't display a change until you've moved away from them, and the paragraph styles button seems to be one of them. Another good thing is that the hotspots remain associated with the particular document. I reopened a document I was playing with last night, and when I consulted the hotspot on the paragraph styles button, it reported everything correctly and I didn't have to reset the hotspot. Apart from merge fields, the other big improvement or correction I'm also waiting for, is correct reporting of the position of the insertion point. I'm glad to say that more and more people are getting annoyed about this and reporting back to Apple. Another outstanding bug is the messy way we have to set tab stops. Cheers, Anne On 18 Apr 2014, at 01:21, Nicholas Parsons mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Ann, That's great news about the hotspots and I have been getting a lot of use out of the latest Pages. Setting shortcuts for paragraph styles is so much easier now too. However, the update to the paragraph styles button is a bit of a double edged sword. It seems to always display the same paragraph style even when you change it. As I import many documents from Word, these usually start off saying, Normal. But even when I change the paragraph style to something like Body or Heading the paragraph styles button continues to say Normal. It is not until I interact with the paragraph styles button that VoiceOver will read the correct paragraph style name. This leaves the misreported keyboard cursor point and the problem with selecting text which wraps a page as the main bugs outstanding. Then if they could bring back merged fields we'd be laughing. Is there much else I'm forgetting? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Keyboard Focus / Voice Over Cursor / Mouse Pointer
Hello Robert, What you hear when typing depends on how you have your keyboard echo set. What your correspondent has written can be read automatically in Skype if you have Growl installed, otherwise you need to navigate to it. Cheers, Anne On 17 Apr 2014, at 20:23, Robert C gone.to.da...@gmail.com wrote: Anne, This is an old message but of interest. Specifically, the cursor tracking when in a chat environment. If tracking is off, keyboard fozus is on the edit field, and VO is on the text the other person types, do you hear both spoken or do you need to use commands? This is new to me and I wish to try a chat soon with a friend. Quote of the nanosecond . . . Politicians and diapers have one thing in common. They should both be changed regularly and for the same reason. Robert Annie Yanni ke7nwn E-mail- gone.to.da...@gmail.com On 1/24/2014 11:32 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: Hello Lee, The keyboard focus is the position of the insertion point, which is shown on the screen as a tiny line between two characters. This is where your text will start if you begin typing. The VoiceOver cursor is shown as a box around an area on the screen and you can change its size in the VoiceOver utility. Normally the keyboard focus and the VoiceOver cursor are tied together so that VoiceOver tells you where you can enter information, but in a chat, you want to be able to read what the other person has written without moving the insertion point from the field where you type your reply, so you turn cursor tracking off. In general, we don't need to worry about the mouse cursor, but some operations require the mouse to be on a specific element, in which case, you can bring the mouse cursor to the VO cursor with VO-Cmd-F5 if you don't have the mouse cursor tied to the other cursors already. I prefer not to have my mouse cursor tied to the other cursors as I find it can cause some irritating jumping around. Mouse keys allows you to pilot the mouse using either the numpad or the letter keys on the righthand side of the keyboard. In VoiceOver utility, you can tell VO to speak the text under the mouse with no delay so that you can hear where your mouse pointer is. Moving the mouse pointer in this way can make some elements accessible which the VoiceOver cursor can't reach. Cheers, Anne On 25 Jan 2014, at 02:40, Lee Jones leejones...@sky.com wrote: Dear List I don't understand the difference between keyboard focus and voice over cursor. What can you do with one that you can't do withthe the other? Do people find mouse keys useful? There are shortcuts for mouse up mouse down, double click etc but I am not sure what they would be used for. In setttings is it best to have keyboard focus vo cursor and mouse pointer following each other or moving separately? I am running mavericks. Many Thanks, Lee -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Status Menus Are Gone
Hi, That's a good idea Cara. I've seen that happen in the past when I've forgot to turn cursor tracking back on with VO-shift-f3 after doing whatever. It did cause these sorts of frustrations that didn't seem logical. Certainly worth a try. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 17, 2014, at 9:38 PM, Cara Quinn caraqu...@caraquinn.com wrote: Hi Jane, Out of curiosity, have you checked your cursor tracking settings? It sounds like your VO cursor might be routed to your mouse pointer. This is just a guess but it might be worth a look before you go the route of a reinstall. HTH Cara :) --- iOS design and development - LookTel.com --- View my Online Portfolio at: http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn Follow me on Twitter! https://twitter.com/ModelCara On Apr 17, 2014, at 4:44 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: If I do this, am I going to have to somehow re-authorize thiwcomputer? I think I have maybe one authorization left. Jane On Apr 17, 2014, at 7:26 PM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, That should be the one. It's starting to look like you may need to do a re-install. I wouldn't go the total clean install route yet. You could try the Re-install option in the Recovery partition. This would install the newest MacOS onto your system, hopefully fixing any issues that exist. A good backup is preferred prior to attempting this but it is quicker and less problematic than a clean install. I think it's worth a try for you. Let me know if you need assistance getting started with this if you choose to go this way. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 17, 2014, at 2:46 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: Are you talking about the BAttery plugin under Menu Extras? It won't let me open that. Or do I need to look elsewhere in the Core SErvices folder? Jane On Apr 17, 2014, at 3:32 PM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hmmm. I wouldn't bother doing another repair after this, as some items just don't seem to repair themselves. How about you try the following: * Go to your Finder. * Open your Macintosh HD * Open the System folder. * Open the Library folder * Open the Core Services folder. * Open the Battery item. Now try accessing your Menu Extras again with VO-m-m and see if the Battery Status menu is available. If it is, then do the same process to get some of the other extras back onto the Status Menus. If that doesn't do it, let me know. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 17, 2014, at 12:38 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: I am repairing permissions for the third tie now and I am down to one permission that needs to be repaired. Interestingly, it has nothing to do with Status menus. It has to do with Safari. I still can't access the extra menus, though. Jane On Apr 17, 2014, at 11:07 AM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, Don't rush to the reformat, that is a drastic and usually unnecessary task. Try to do a repair permissions first. To do so... * Go to the Finder. * Press cmd-shift-u to open the Utilities folder. * Navigate to the Disk Utility app and open it. * From the table of disks, select your Macintosh HD. * Stop Interacting with the table and select the First Aid tab. * Navigate to the Repair Disk Permissions button and press it with VO-space. * Wait patiently as it does its task. Sometimes this needs performed more than once to fix most permission errors. In some cases, you'll need to perform this from the Recovery Partition, but I'll wait to see if this does the job first. By the way, what exactly happens when you press the VO-m-m command? Is there an alert sound or simply takes you somewhere but no Menu Extras are available. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 16, 2014, at 4:16 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: Yep, I have tried with both. It doesn't work I bet I am going to have to reformat and re-install once I have stuff backed up, *sigh* Jane On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:13 PM, John Panarese jpanar...@gmail.com wrote: Are you using VO-m twice or control-F8 to get to the status menus? This is not typical behavior. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX 10.7 LION and 10.8 Mountain Lion AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:11 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: Hi there. I tried both cycling VO off and on and a re-start of this computer. It didn't make a difference. Any other thoughts? Jane On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:00 PM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, I would just suggest either cycling VO off
