Can anyone recommend any accessible e-mail providers apart from Gmail?
Hi all I know this is a bit of a random question, but I'm looking to set up another e-mail account as well as the Gmail one I already have. So was just wondering if anyone could recommend any other e-mail providers which are as good/accessible as Gmail? I have my Apple training session this afternoon, so any suggestions before then would be much appreciated, then I can get them to help me set it up. My main reason for having one is so I can have a rescue e-mail for my Apple security, though I am also in the process of trying to sort out 2-step verification for that (if that works then as I understand it the e-mail address will become irrelevant). But nevertheless, any ideas on accessible e-mail providers would be much appreciated, as it's always good/useful to know. Thanks. Eleanor Many thanks. Eleanor Sent from my iPad -- 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: Reading PDF files on the mac
be aware, there are 2 kinds of PDF out there: 1. text formatted 2. graphically scanned. the first is generally easy to deal with most times and any methods described here work fairly well. The second type (image scanned) are a lot more problematic. As far as voiceover is concerned, they are blank. the only way to get any useful information out of them is to run them through an OCR program and then try to clean up the results into something semi-coherent. It is unbelievable the number of image scanned documents there are on government sites. the PDF document type has been around almost as long as the Americans with Disabilities at, and yet only 5% of those are even accessible. That, BTW, is only a rough estimate. The problem I see is that most government (and private sector) types don't like to take the slightly harder (but time saving) effort of creating a text version of any documents. they prefer the easy (and often more time wasting buy our standards) of scanning documents as images and simply saving them as a PDF. Most times, these scans are of such poor quality that OCR will often fail (or at the very least produce almost unusable results). The only exception I have seen to this are the major hard disk manufacturers. They use a combination of embedded images and real text (like a magazine or newspaper). There are some other manufacturers that also do this as a matter of course. They have come to realize that some of the people who use their products may be blind and have seen the wisdom of doing things right the first time Now if others would just see this point, life would be infinitely easier for everyone. anyway, enough of my soapbox. -eric On Mar 26, 2015, at 7:05 PM, Phil Halton wrote: another way is to copy all text in the document with command A, then open the preview menu, enter the services submenu and press enter on “new textedit window with selection”. It does exactly what it sounds like. First make sure you’ve interacted with the pdf text area and can read the text with the VO commands just to make sure you’re in the right place and can select all. On Mar 26, 2015, at 8:14 PM, Georgina Joyce g...@gena-j.me.uk wrote: Hello, I don’t know if there’s a better way. But I highlight the text cmd+a then copy cmd+c then open text edit and paste cmd+v into a new document. Not nice but it works for me. Gena On 26 Mar 2015, at 23:37, Lorie McCloud lorice...@gmail.com wrote: I can do it with preview if I interact with the image group. I’d like to know how to save a pdf as text. My Youtube Channel: “www.youtube.com/LorieMcCloud On Mar 26, 2015, at 6:24 PM, Chris Moore chris.w...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, What are some options for reading PDF files on the mac? Chris -- 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: Reading PDF files on the mac
I've not tried this yet, but the Adobe accessibility people were saying on Twitter yesterday that the new Adobe Reader for Mac has VO support. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org On 27/03/2015, at 3:05 pm, Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com wrote: another way is to copy all text in the document with command A, then open the preview menu, enter the services submenu and press enter on “new textedit window with selection”. It does exactly what it sounds like. First make sure you’ve interacted with the pdf text area and can read the text with the VO commands just to make sure you’re in the right place and can select all. On Mar 26, 2015, at 8:14 PM, Georgina Joyce g...@gena-j.me.uk wrote: Hello, I don’t know if there’s a better way. But I highlight the text cmd+a then copy cmd+c then open text edit and paste cmd+v into a new document. Not nice but it works for me. Gena On 26 Mar 2015, at 23:37, Lorie McCloud lorice...@gmail.com wrote: I can do it with preview if I interact with the image group. I’d like to know how to save a pdf as text. My Youtube Channel: “www.youtube.com/LorieMcCloud On Mar 26, 2015, at 6:24 PM, Chris Moore chris.w...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, What are some options for reading PDF files on the mac? Chris -- 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: Reading PDF files on the mac
The KNFB reader also can read them. On Mar 27, 2015, at 5:46 AM, Steve Nutt st...@comproom.co.uk wrote: Hi, You said no screen reader can read them. This is incorrect. Jaws can, with its Convenient OCR function. All the best Steve Sent from Type Mail http://r.typeapp.com/ On 27 Mar 2015, at 08:32, David Chittenden dchitten...@gmail.com mailto:dchitten...@gmail.com wrote: Many PDF documents are scanned images. Scanned images cannot be read by any screen reader as they are actually pictures of the page of text. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com mailto:dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 27 Mar 2015, at 21:24, David Griffith daj.griff...@gmail.com mailto:daj.griff...@gmail.com wrote: Well I have just downloaded and installed version 11.0.10 from Adobe and nothing appears to have changed. None of the text area of the two PDF documents I loaded were available to Voiceover. I went through the Accessibility Setup wizard and specified that I was using a screen reader but this again provided no useful result. The only text area of thethat I was able to interact and read was the filename title of the PDF document. It is possible I have missed something but I went through all the preferences. David Griffith On 27 Mar 2015, at 06:23, Jonathan Mosen jmo...@mosen.org mailto:jmo...@mosen.org wrote: I've not tried this yet, but the Adobe accessibility people were saying on Twitter yesterday that the new Adobe Reader for Mac has VO support. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org http://mosen.org/ On 27/03/2015, at 3:05 pm, Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com mailto:philh...@gmail.com wrote: another way is to copy all text in the document with command A, then open the preview menu, enter the services submenu and press enter on “new textedit window with selection”. It does exactly what it sounds like. First make sure you’ve interacted with the pdf text area and can read the text with the VO commands just to make sure you’re in the right place and can select all. On Mar 26, 2015, at 8:14 PM, Georgina Joyce g...@gena-j.me.uk mailto:g...@gena-j.me.uk wrote: Hello, I don’t know if there’s a better way. But I highlight the text cmd+a then copy cmd+c then open text edit and paste cmd+v into a new document. Not nice but it works for me. Gena On 26 Mar 2015, at 23:37, Lorie McCloud lorice...@gmail.com mailto:lorice...@gmail.com wrote: I can do it with preview if I interact with the image group. I’d like to know how to save a pdf as text. My Youtube Channel: “www.youtube.com/LorieMcCloud http://www.youtube.com/LorieMcCloud On Mar 26, 2015, at 6:24 PM, Chris Moore chris.w...@gmail.com mailto:chris.w...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, What are some options for reading PDF files on the mac? Chris -- 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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout 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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout 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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout 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
Abby Finer Reading. Was: Re: Reading PDF files on the mac
Hi all. I'm considering to buy Abby Fine Reader for Mac. I wonder how much it is accessible and, if it could be useful to solve the issue we have on reading PDF file too. I mean, loading a PDF into it even thought the PDF is already readable and convert it in another format like pages or rtf, or doc. Do you think it could be a good idea? Thanks. Gabriel. -- 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: Help with getmacapps.com.
Hi! Ah, that makes sence. Thanks. /A 25 mar 2015 kl. 21:34 skrev Christopher-Mark Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com: How do you have Voiceover set, if you go to your Voiceover Utility, then under the web category? Are you set on DOM navigation, or group? If on Group, that may be part of your issue, as you'll first have to then interact with the group containing the code, then vo+right arrow over to the text box. Then you should be able to copy it. Also remember that you have to select all with Command+A once in the edit box. Otherwise, you won't be copying the code, and therefore, pasting into Terminal won't work. Chris. --- Check out my web site at: http://www.clgproductions.net - Original Message - From: Anders Holmberg and...@pipkrokodil.se To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 4:56 AM Subject: Help with getmacapps.com. Hi! Ok, so now i have been trying the getmac apps but it does not work properly for me. I have picked apps and clicked install these. Then i copied the code from the textfield but i can not paste it in terminal. Not with shift command c. Not with command c either. Any thoughts? Thanks. /A -- 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: Reading PDF files on the mac
Well I have just downloaded and installed version 11.0.10 from Adobe and nothing appears to have changed. None of the text area of the two PDF documents I loaded were available to Voiceover. I went through the Accessibility Setup wizard and specified that I was using a screen reader but this again provided no useful result. The only text area of thethat I was able to interact and read was the filename title of the PDF document. It is possible I have missed something but I went through all the preferences. David Griffith On 27 Mar 2015, at 06:23, Jonathan Mosen jmo...@mosen.org wrote: I've not tried this yet, but the Adobe accessibility people were saying on Twitter yesterday that the new Adobe Reader for Mac has VO support. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org http://mosen.org/ On 27/03/2015, at 3:05 pm, Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com mailto:philh...@gmail.com wrote: another way is to copy all text in the document with command A, then open the preview menu, enter the services submenu and press enter on “new textedit window with selection”. It does exactly what it sounds like. First make sure you’ve interacted with the pdf text area and can read the text with the VO commands just to make sure you’re in the right place and can select all. On Mar 26, 2015, at 8:14 PM, Georgina Joyce g...@gena-j.me.uk mailto:g...@gena-j.me.uk wrote: Hello, I don’t know if there’s a better way. But I highlight the text cmd+a then copy cmd+c then open text edit and paste cmd+v into a new document. Not nice but it works for me. Gena On 26 Mar 2015, at 23:37, Lorie McCloud lorice...@gmail.com mailto:lorice...@gmail.com wrote: I can do it with preview if I interact with the image group. I’d like to know how to save a pdf as text. My Youtube Channel: “www.youtube.com/LorieMcCloud http://www.youtube.com/LorieMcCloud On Mar 26, 2015, at 6:24 PM, Chris Moore chris.w...@gmail.com mailto:chris.w...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, What are some options for reading PDF files on the mac? Chris -- 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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout 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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout 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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout 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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout 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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Re: Reading PDF files on the mac
Hi, You said no screen reader can read them. This is incorrect. Jaws can, with its Convenient OCR function. All the best Steve Sent from Type Mail On 27 Mar 2015 08:32, at 08:32, David Chittenden dchitten...@gmail.com wrote: Many PDF documents are scanned images. Scanned images cannot be read by any screen reader as they are actually pictures of the page of text. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 27 Mar 2015, at 21:24, David Griffith daj.griff...@gmail.com wrote: Well I have just downloaded and installed version 11.0.10 from Adobe and nothing appears to have changed. None of the text area of the two PDF documents I loaded were available to Voiceover. I went through the Accessibility Setup wizard and specified that I was using a screen reader but this again provided no useful result. The only text area of thethat I was able to interact and read was the filename title of the PDF document. It is possible I have missed something but I went through all the preferences. David Griffith On 27 Mar 2015, at 06:23, Jonathan Mosen jmo...@mosen.org wrote: I've not tried this yet, but the Adobe accessibility people were saying on Twitter yesterday that the new Adobe Reader for Mac has VO support. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org On 27/03/2015, at 3:05 pm, Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com wrote: another way is to copy all text in the document with command A, then open the preview menu, enter the services submenu and press enter on “new textedit window with selection”. It does exactly what it sounds like. First make sure you’ve interacted with the pdf text area and can read the text with the VO commands just to make sure you’re in the right place and can select all. On Mar 26, 2015, at 8:14 PM, Georgina Joyce g...@gena-j.me.uk wrote: Hello, I don’t know if there’s a better way. But I highlight the text cmd+a then copy cmd+c then open text edit and paste cmd+v into a new document. Not nice but it works for me. Gena On 26 Mar 2015, at 23:37, Lorie McCloud lorice...@gmail.com wrote: I can do it with preview if I interact with the image group. I’d like to know how to save a pdf as text. My Youtube Channel: “www.youtube.com/LorieMcCloud On Mar 26, 2015, at 6:24 PM, Chris Moore chris.w...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, What are some options for reading PDF files on the mac? Chris -- 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
Re: Reading PDF files on the mac
Many PDF documents are scanned images. Scanned images cannot be read by any screen reader as they are actually pictures of the page of text. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 27 Mar 2015, at 21:24, David Griffith daj.griff...@gmail.com wrote: Well I have just downloaded and installed version 11.0.10 from Adobe and nothing appears to have changed. None of the text area of the two PDF documents I loaded were available to Voiceover. I went through the Accessibility Setup wizard and specified that I was using a screen reader but this again provided no useful result. The only text area of thethat I was able to interact and read was the filename title of the PDF document. It is possible I have missed something but I went through all the preferences. David Griffith On 27 Mar 2015, at 06:23, Jonathan Mosen jmo...@mosen.org wrote: I've not tried this yet, but the Adobe accessibility people were saying on Twitter yesterday that the new Adobe Reader for Mac has VO support. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org On 27/03/2015, at 3:05 pm, Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com wrote: another way is to copy all text in the document with command A, then open the preview menu, enter the services submenu and press enter on “new textedit window with selection”. It does exactly what it sounds like. First make sure you’ve interacted with the pdf text area and can read the text with the VO commands just to make sure you’re in the right place and can select all. On Mar 26, 2015, at 8:14 PM, Georgina Joyce g...@gena-j.me.uk wrote: Hello, I don’t know if there’s a better way. But I highlight the text cmd+a then copy cmd+c then open text edit and paste cmd+v into a new document. Not nice but it works for me. Gena On 26 Mar 2015, at 23:37, Lorie McCloud lorice...@gmail.com wrote: I can do it with preview if I interact with the image group. I’d like to know how to save a pdf as text. My Youtube Channel: “www.youtube.com/LorieMcCloud On Mar 26, 2015, at 6:24 PM, Chris Moore chris.w...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, What are some options for reading PDF files on the mac? Chris -- 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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the
Re: Can anyone recommend any accessible e-mail providers apart from Gmail?
I have had no complaints about my iCloud account here. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 27, 2015, at 2:31 AM, Eleanor Roberts eleanor.robert...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi all I know this is a bit of a random question, but I'm looking to set up another e-mail account as well as the Gmail one I already have. So was just wondering if anyone could recommend any other e-mail providers which are as good/accessible as Gmail? I have my Apple training session this afternoon, so any suggestions before then would be much appreciated, then I can get them to help me set it up. My main reason for having one is so I can have a rescue e-mail for my Apple security, though I am also in the process of trying to sort out 2-step verification for that (if that works then as I understand it the e-mail address will become irrelevant). But nevertheless, any ideas on accessible e-mail providers would be much appreciated, as it's always good/useful to know. Thanks. Eleanor Many thanks. Eleanor Sent from my iPad -- 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: Busy, Busy, Busy -- It's DrivingMe Nuts
Have you run a permissions repair from Disk Utility? I imagine erasing all your accounts and starting over could help too, but that's an extreme step. I can tell you that it's not the Mail app somehow needing more power; I use a Macbook Air with the low end processor and 4GB ram from 2012, and it runs perfectly. Your Mini has more than enough horsepower, so it has to be a problem with some files. At least, that's all I can think of. On Mar 27, 2015, at 12:18 AM, William Gallik wfgal...@charter.net wrote: I have a 2.6 GHz Mac mini with latest Yosemite installed. I'm having a problem with the Mail application in that it's constantly reporting Busy; this even the only thing I might do is to try to interact with the Messages table. What the H E Double-Hockey-Sticks? - Bill Leader Dog Holland - Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. - US Humorist, Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.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: Can anyone recommend any accessible e-mail providers apart from Gmail?
Do you have a reason for not wanting to just set up a second gmail account? I just set up a second gmail account last night and the audio captcha was the best, clearest I've ever heard. In fact, I was able to type it into the form as it was spoken. All I had to do when it finished speaking was tab to the next field and continue setting up the account. It couldn't have been easier. i all I know this is a bit of a random question, but I'm looking to set up another e-mail account as well as the Gmail one I already have. So was just wondering if anyone could recommend any other e-mail providers which are as good/accessible as Gmail? I have my Apple training session this afternoon, so any suggestions before then would be much appreciated, then I can get them to help me set it up. My main reason for having one is so I can have a rescue e-mail for my Apple security, though I am also in the process of trying to sort out 2-step verification for that (if that works then as I understand it the e-mail address will become irrelevant). But nevertheless, any ideas on accessible e-mail providers would be much appreciated, as it's always good/useful to know. Thanks. Eleanor Many thanks. Eleanor Sent from my iPad -- 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: Busy, Busy, Busy -- It's DrivingMe Nuts
I have had this issue with far too much frequency lately, and only with mail. Permissions repair has helped in the past, but it did not work the past few times. What I was finding was as I tried to read my messages, whenever this problem occurred, I was hearing “900 cells selected” or something like that, when I had selected nothing. The only thing which seems to help me is stopping interaction with messages, going into the mailbox table, deselecting mailboxes, re-selecting my InBox, stopping interaction with the mailbox table and moving to the Messages column. I don’t know why, and sometimes I have to do this two or three times, but eventually it sorts itself out. But it is excruciatingly annoying when it happens, since I cannot figure out what I am doing which causes it to occur in the first place. Good luck. Christine P.s. I am using a MacBook Air with Mavericks. -- 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: Busy, Busy, Busy -- It's DrivingMe Nuts
OK, where is Disk Utility to be found? - Bill Leader Dog Holland - Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. - US Humorist, Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) - Original Message - From: Alex Hall To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 8:55 AM Subject: Re: Busy, Busy, Busy -- It's DrivingMe Nuts Have you run a permissions repair from Disk Utility? I imagine erasing all your accounts and starting over could help too, but that's an extreme step. I can tell you that it's not the Mail app somehow needing more power; I use a Macbook Air with the low end processor and 4GB ram from 2012, and it runs perfectly. Your Mini has more than enough horsepower, so it has to be a problem with some files. At least, that's all I can think of. On Mar 27, 2015, at 12:18 AM, William Gallik wfgal...@charter.net wrote: I have a 2.6 GHz Mac mini with latest Yosemite installed. I'm having a problem with the Mail application in that it's constantly reporting Busy; this even the only thing I might do is to try to interact with the Messages table. What the H E Double-Hockey-Sticks? - Bill Leader Dog Holland - Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. - US Humorist, Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.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. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.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: Terminal command to concatenate all files in a folder
If doing a cat command to get one large rtf file presents problems use the textutil command to first convert all rtf to txt files. Command: textutil -convert txt *.rtf XB -- 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: Reading PDF files on the mac
Okay, you are in the preview app right? and you’ve interacted with the PDF content group and then again with the text area and done a Command -A to select all the text? Then from the menu bar enter the Preview menu and then the services submenu, and you still can’t find the service “new textedit window from selection”? In that case you need to enable the service from the services preferences pane in system preferences. You can get there directly from the entry at the bottom of the services submenu. In services preferences, select the shortcuts tab, then set focus to services in the service categories table. Now jump to the shortcuts table with VO+J and arrow down through the table until you find “new textedit window with Selection” and make sure it is checked. Tip: there’s a huge amount of entries you have to scroll through to get to the textedit entry. An easy way to get there is to collapse each category as you move down through the table. that way you won’t have to scroll through every entry in every category to get to the text category. The one you want is near the bottom of the “text” category. On Mar 27, 2015, at 12:54 AM, Lorie McCloud lorice...@gmail.com wrote: I can’t find new textedit menu with selection in services. it’s mostly about google and maps and looking up in dictionary and things like that. am I in the wrong place? My Youtube Channel: “www.youtube.com/LorieMcCloud On Mar 26, 2015, at 9:05 PM, Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com wrote: another way is to copy all text in the document with command A, then open the preview menu, enter the services submenu and press enter on “new textedit window with selection”. It does exactly what it sounds like. First make sure you’ve interacted with the pdf text area and can read the text with the VO commands just to make sure you’re in the right place and can select all. On Mar 26, 2015, at 8:14 PM, Georgina Joyce g...@gena-j.me.uk wrote: Hello, I don’t know if there’s a better way. But I highlight the text cmd+a then copy cmd+c then open text edit and paste cmd+v into a new document. Not nice but it works for me. Gena On 26 Mar 2015, at 23:37, Lorie McCloud lorice...@gmail.com wrote: I can do it with preview if I interact with the image group. I’d like to know how to save a pdf as text. My Youtube Channel: “www.youtube.com/LorieMcCloud On Mar 26, 2015, at 6:24 PM, Chris Moore chris.w...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, What are some options for reading PDF files on the mac? Chris -- 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
Re: Busy, Busy, Busy -- It's DrivingMe Nuts
Hi, I haven’t heard of many experiencing this, so, I’m guessing that it has something to do with your personal configuration or situation. That machine is plenty powerful enough to handle the job. Some questions to determine what may be causing the issues: 1. What Mail view do you use? Modern or Classic? 2. Do you have multiple Mail accounts? i.e.., gMail, iCloud, local ISP? 3. What protocol do your accounts use? iMap, Pop, Exchange? 4. Is your Preview pane enabled or disabled? 5. Which navigation method do you normally use? That is, navigate to message then VO-j to read it or navigate to the message then hit return to read it? • If you have multiple accounts, try disabling all but one of them. Does the busy tendency go away? If so, turn on other accounts one at a time to try to determine which account may be causing the problem. You disable accounts in Mail Prefs, in the Accounts pane. Select the accounts from the Accounts table, then uncheck the “Enable this Account” checkbox. • If your Preview pane is enabled, try disabling it to see if that makes a difference. HTH. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Mar 27, 2015, at 08:09, Christine Grassman cgrassman1...@gmail.com wrote: I have had this issue with far too much frequency lately, and only with mail. Permissions repair has helped in the past, but it did not work the past few times. What I was finding was as I tried to read my messages, whenever this problem occurred, I was hearing “900 cells selected” or something like that, when I had selected nothing. The only thing which seems to help me is stopping interaction with messages, going into the mailbox table, deselecting mailboxes, re-selecting my InBox, stopping interaction with the mailbox table and moving to the Messages column. I don’t know why, and sometimes I have to do this two or three times, but eventually it sorts itself out. But it is excruciatingly annoying when it happens, since I cannot figure out what I am doing which causes it to occur in the first place. Good luck. Christine P.s. I am using a MacBook Air with Mavericks. -- 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: Reading PDF files on the mac
There’s one more point in favor of KNFB. I just may have to plunk down the $$$. On Mar 27, 2015, at 7:07 AM, Kliph kliphzkor...@icloud.com wrote: The KNFB reader also can read them. On Mar 27, 2015, at 5:46 AM, Steve Nutt st...@comproom.co.uk mailto:st...@comproom.co.uk wrote: Hi, You said no screen reader can read them. This is incorrect. Jaws can, with its Convenient OCR function. All the best Steve Sent from Type Mail http://r.typeapp.com/ On 27 Mar 2015, at 08:32, David Chittenden dchitten...@gmail.com mailto:dchitten...@gmail.com wrote: Many PDF documents are scanned images. Scanned images cannot be read by any screen reader as they are actually pictures of the page of text. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com mailto:dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 27 Mar 2015, at 21:24, David Griffith daj.griff...@gmail.com mailto:daj.griff...@gmail.com wrote: Well I have just downloaded and installed version 11.0.10 from Adobe and nothing appears to have changed. None of the text area of the two PDF documents I loaded were available to Voiceover. I went through the Accessibility Setup wizard and specified that I was using a screen reader but this again provided no useful result. The only text area of thethat I was able to interact and read was the filename title of the PDF document. It is possible I have missed something but I went through all the preferences. David Griffith On 27 Mar 2015, at 06:23, Jonathan Mosen jmo...@mosen.org mailto:jmo...@mosen.org wrote: I've not tried this yet, but the Adobe accessibility people were saying on Twitter yesterday that the new Adobe Reader for Mac has VO support. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org http://mosen.org/ On 27/03/2015, at 3:05 pm, Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com mailto:philh...@gmail.com wrote: another way is to copy all text in the document with command A, then open the preview menu, enter the services submenu and press enter on “new textedit window with selection”. It does exactly what it sounds like. First make sure you’ve interacted with the pdf text area and can read the text with the VO commands just to make sure you’re in the right place and can select all. On Mar 26, 2015, at 8:14 PM, Georgina Joyce g...@gena-j.me.uk mailto:g...@gena-j.me.uk wrote: Hello, I don’t know if there’s a better way. But I highlight the text cmd+a then copy cmd+c then open text edit and paste cmd+v into a new document. Not nice but it works for me. Gena On 26 Mar 2015, at 23:37, Lorie McCloud lorice...@gmail.com mailto:lorice...@gmail.com wrote: I can do it with preview if I interact with the image group. I’d like to know how to save a pdf as text. My Youtube Channel: “www.youtube.com/LorieMcCloud http://www.youtube.com/LorieMcCloud On Mar 26, 2015, at 6:24 PM, Chris Moore chris.w...@gmail.com mailto:chris.w...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, What are some options for reading PDF files on the mac? Chris -- 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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout 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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout 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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You
Re: making folders open in new windows
In Finder, press command-comma to open Preferences. In the General tab, there should be a checkbox about opening new folders in tabs instead of windows. On Mar 27, 2015, at 10:30 AM, Stacey Robinson stacey...@bellsouth.net wrote: Hello all, When I had my Macbook running Lion, each folder would open in a separate window. I would like to do this with my macbook air, but can’t figure out how. When I press command w I end up back on the desktop which isn’t where I want to be. In Lion, you’d just perform this command and be back in the first window. Can someone tell me how to set things so this will be the case again? Thanks very much. Blessings, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net -- 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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout 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: Busy, Busy, Busy -- It's DrivingMe Nuts
In that case I would say it is a security issue with your network and or server at work. Contact your i. t. person and have them look into it for you. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christine Grassman Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 07:30 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Busy, Busy, Busy -- It's DrivingMe Nuts It does only happen at work, not home, so I often wonder if it has something to do with our Ethernet connection or server. I do have both gmail and iCloud; I have Gmail set up to forward to my iCloud account. I use Pop. I will keep these hints in mind for future. Thank you. Christine -- 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: Abby Finer Reading. Was: Re: Reading PDF files on the mac
Yes, ABBYY FineReader Pro is very accessible and will do what you want. Cheers, Anne On 27 Mar 2015, at 12:14, 'Gabriele Battaglia' via MacVisionaries macvisionaries@googlegroups.com wrote: Hi all. I'm considering to buy Abby Fine Reader for Mac. I wonder how much it is accessible and, if it could be useful to solve the issue we have on reading PDF file too. I mean, loading a PDF into it even thought the PDF is already readable and convert it in another format like pages or rtf, or doc. Do you think it could be a good idea? Thanks. Gabriel. -- 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: Busy, Busy, Busy -- It's DrivingMe Nuts
Hi, To access Disk Utility, go to the Finder, press cmd-shift-u then navigate through the Utilities folder to find Disk Utility. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Mar 27, 2015, at 08:18, William Gallik wfgal...@charter.net wrote: OK, where is Disk Utility to be found? - Bill Leader Dog Holland - Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. - US Humorist, Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) - Original Message - From: Alex Hall mailto:mehg...@icloud.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 8:55 AM Subject: Re: Busy, Busy, Busy -- It's DrivingMe Nuts Have you run a permissions repair from Disk Utility? I imagine erasing all your accounts and starting over could help too, but that's an extreme step. I can tell you that it's not the Mail app somehow needing more power; I use a Macbook Air with the low end processor and 4GB ram from 2012, and it runs perfectly. Your Mini has more than enough horsepower, so it has to be a problem with some files. At least, that's all I can think of. On Mar 27, 2015, at 12:18 AM, William Gallik wfgal...@charter.net mailto:wfgal...@charter.net wrote: I have a 2.6 GHz Mac mini with latest Yosemite installed. I'm having a problem with the Mail application in that it's constantly reporting Busy; this even the only thing I might do is to try to interact with the Messages table. What the H E Double-Hockey-Sticks? - Bill Leader Dog Holland - Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. - US Humorist, Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com http://www.avast.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 mailto: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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout https://groups.google.com/d/optout. http://www.avast.com/ This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com http://www.avast.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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout 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: Busy, Busy, Busy -- It's DrivingMe Nuts
It does only happen at work, not home, so I often wonder if it has something to do with our Ethernet connection or server. I do have both gmail and iCloud; I have Gmail set up to forward to my iCloud account. I use Pop. I will keep these hints in mind for future. Thank you. Christine -- 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.
making folders open in new windows
Hello all, When I had my Macbook running Lion, each folder would open in a separate window. I would like to do this with my macbook air, but can’t figure out how. When I press command w I end up back on the desktop which isn’t where I want to be. In Lion, you’d just perform this command and be back in the first window. Can someone tell me how to set things so this will be the case again? Thanks very much. Blessings, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net -- 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: Abby Finer Reading. Was: Re: Reading PDF files on the mac
Anne Robertson, alle 15:20 del 27/03/2015, digitò: Yes, ABBYY FineReader Pro is very accessible and will do what you want. Ciao Anne and thanks for your answer. I own a quite old scanner. How do I know if it is compatible with my Mac and Abbyy Fine Reader? Thanks once again. Sincerely, Gabriel. -- 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: making folders open in new windows
Alex Do I check or uncheck this? Blessings, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net On Mar 27, 2015, at 9:33 AM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: In Finder, press command-comma to open Preferences. In the General tab, there should be a checkbox about opening new folders in tabs instead of windows. On Mar 27, 2015, at 10:30 AM, Stacey Robinson stacey...@bellsouth.net mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net wrote: Hello all, When I had my Macbook running Lion, each folder would open in a separate window. I would like to do this with my macbook air, but can’t figure out how. When I press command w I end up back on the desktop which isn’t where I want to be. In Lion, you’d just perform this command and be back in the first window. Can someone tell me how to set things so this will be the case again? Thanks very much. Blessings, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net -- 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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com mailto: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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout 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: Can anyone recommend any accessible e-mail providers apart from Gmail?
iCloud Mail is the way to go if you have an Apple ID. It's free and storage depends on how much is in your iCloud account. In other words the space is shared between Mail and all other data. The best thing with iCloud Mail is that no user configuration is required if you use the native Mail app on both iOS and OS X. But server settings are easily available from Apple's support pages if you use third party clients. Highly recommended. On 27/03/2015 12:07, Jamie Pauls wrote: I have had no complaints about my iCloud account here. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 27, 2015, at 2:31 AM, Eleanor Roberts eleanor.robert...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi all I know this is a bit of a random question, but I'm looking to set up another e-mail account as well as the Gmail one I already have. So was just wondering if anyone could recommend any other e-mail providers which are as good/accessible as Gmail? I have my Apple training session this afternoon, so any suggestions before then would be much appreciated, then I can get them to help me set it up. My main reason for having one is so I can have a rescue e-mail for my Apple security, though I am also in the process of trying to sort out 2-step verification for that (if that works then as I understand it the e-mail address will become irrelevant). But nevertheless, any ideas on accessible e-mail providers would be much appreciated, as it's always good/useful to know. Thanks. Eleanor Many thanks. Eleanor Sent from my iPad -- 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: Busy, Busy, Busy -- It's DrivingMe Nuts
I had 3 accounts set up, but when this problem initially manifested itself I disabled all but my iCloud.com account. That is set up as an IMAP account. But, both the iPhones I have also access this account; is it possible that may be causing some sort of problem? - Bill Leader Dog Holland - Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. - US Humorist, Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) - Original Message - From: Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 9:26 AM Subject: Re: Busy, Busy, Busy -- It's DrivingMe Nuts Hi, I haven’t heard of many experiencing this, so, I’m guessing that it has something to do with your personal configuration or situation. That machine is plenty powerful enough to handle the job. Some questions to determine what may be causing the issues: 1. What Mail view do you use? Modern or Classic? 2. Do you have multiple Mail accounts? i.e.., gMail, iCloud, local ISP? 3. What protocol do your accounts use? iMap, Pop, Exchange? 4. Is your Preview pane enabled or disabled? 5. Which navigation method do you normally use? That is, navigate to message then VO-j to read it or navigate to the message then hit return to read it? • If you have multiple accounts, try disabling all but one of them. Does the busy tendency go away? If so, turn on other accounts one at a time to try to determine which account may be causing the problem. You disable accounts in Mail Prefs, in the Accounts pane. Select the accounts from the Accounts table, then uncheck the “Enable this Account” checkbox. • If your Preview pane is enabled, try disabling it to see if that makes a difference. HTH. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Mar 27, 2015, at 08:09, Christine Grassman cgrassman1...@gmail.com wrote: I have had this issue with far too much frequency lately, and only with mail. Permissions repair has helped in the past, but it did not work the past few times. What I was finding was as I tried to read my messages, whenever this problem occurred, I was hearing “900 cells selected” or something like that, when I had selected nothing. The only thing which seems to help me is stopping interaction with messages, going into the mailbox table, deselecting mailboxes, re-selecting my InBox, stopping interaction with the mailbox table and moving to the Messages column. I don’t know why, and sometimes I have to do this two or three times, but eventually it sorts itself out. But it is excruciatingly annoying when it happens, since I cannot figure out what I am doing which causes it to occur in the first place. Good luck. Christine P.s. I am using a MacBook Air with Mavericks. -- 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. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.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: Can anyone recommend any accessible e-mail providers apart from Gmail?
At some level it doesn't really matter what email provider you use if you're just going to access them through IMAP/SMTP. The user interface will be the same Apple Mail. You could also check into AOL mail as it's also free and fairly reliable. Full disclosure - I do accessibility work for AOL. CB On 3/27/15 9:54 AM, Todor Fassl wrote: Do you have a reason for not wanting to just set up a second gmail account? I just set up a second gmail account last night and the audio captcha was the best, clearest I've ever heard. In fact, I was able to type it into the form as it was spoken. All I had to do when it finished speaking was tab to the next field and continue setting up the account. It couldn't have been easier. i all I know this is a bit of a random question, but I'm looking to set up another e-mail account as well as the Gmail one I already have. So was just wondering if anyone could recommend any other e-mail providers which are as good/accessible as Gmail? I have my Apple training session this afternoon, so any suggestions before then would be much appreciated, then I can get them to help me set it up. My main reason for having one is so I can have a rescue e-mail for my Apple security, though I am also in the process of trying to sort out 2-step verification for that (if that works then as I understand it the e-mail address will become irrelevant). But nevertheless, any ideas on accessible e-mail providers would be much appreciated, as it's always good/useful to know. Thanks. Eleanor Many thanks. Eleanor Sent from my iPad -- ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -- 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: Abby Finer Reading. Was: Re: Reading PDF files on the mac
Hello Gabriel, On 27 Mar 2015, at 15:25, 'Gabriele Battaglia' via MacVisionaries macvisionaries@googlegroups.com wrote: I own a quite old scanner. How do I know if it is compatible with my Mac and Abbyy Fine Reader? FineReader Pro recognises most scanners that are recognised by the Mac. So connect your scanner to your Mac and see whether Image Capture can see it. If it does, you should be fine with FineReader. 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: Adding contacts to groups?
Hi, You can select the contacts from your All contacts list, or any other list for that matter, copy them with cmd-c then change to the newly created group and paste them in with cmd-v. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Mar 27, 2015, at 11:15, Sarah Amelia Sackville McLauchlan phantom.va...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all! So, (I think) I’ve figured out how to create groups in my contacts on my Macbook pro. But (and I hope this isn’t too duh a question) how do I add people to the groups I’ve created? :-( It doesn’t seem to work like adding songs to a playlist in iTunes. Or, am I just missing something? Anyway, would appreciate help! :-) Thanks. = Sarah Amelia McLauchlan: composer and arranger, blogger, and, most of all, the voice of the Radical Dark Dreamers! http://sarahameliamclauchlan.wordpress.com/ http://sarahameliamclauchlan.wordpress.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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout 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: Reading PDF files on the mac
um…. I didn't say any screen reader, I said specifically voiceover couldn't. BtW, jaws convenient OCR doesn't perform as well as Kurzweil OCR 1000. I should know, I just tried. -eric On Mar 27, 2015, at 2:46 AM, Steve Nutt wrote: Hi, You said no screen reader can read them. This is incorrect. Jaws can, with its Convenient OCR function. All the best Steve Sent from Type Mail On 27 Mar 2015, at 08:32, David Chittenden dchitten...@gmail.com wrote: Many PDF documents are scanned images. Scanned images cannot be read by any screen reader as they are actually pictures of the page of text. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 27 Mar 2015, at 21:24, David Griffith daj.griff...@gmail.com wrote: Well I have just downloaded and installed version 11.0.10 from Adobe and nothing appears to have changed. None of the text area of the two PDF documents I loaded were available to Voiceover. I went through the Accessibility Setup wizard and specified that I was using a screen reader but this again provided no useful result. The only text area of thethat I was able to interact and read was the filename title of the PDF document. It is possible I have missed something but I went through all the preferences. David Griffith On 27 Mar 2015, at 06:23, Jonathan Mosen jmo...@mosen.org wrote: I've not tried this yet, but the Adobe accessibility people were saying on Twitter yesterday that the new Adobe Reader for Mac has VO support. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org On 27/03/2015, at 3:05 pm, Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com wrote: another way is to copy all text in the document with command A, then open the preview menu, enter the services submenu and press enter on “new textedit window with selection”. It does exactly what it sounds like. First make sure you’ve interacted with the pdf text area and can read the text with the VO commands just to make sure you’re in the right place and can select all. On Mar 26, 2015, at 8:14 PM, Georgina Joyce g...@gena-j.me.uk wrote: Hello, I don’t know if there’s a better way. But I highlight the text cmd+a then copy cmd+c then open text edit and paste cmd+v into a new document. Not nice but it works for me. Gena On 26 Mar 2015, at 23:37, Lorie McCloud lorice...@gmail.com wrote: I can do it with preview if I interact with the image group. I’d like to know how to save a pdf as text. My Youtube Channel: “www.youtube.com/LorieMcCloud On Mar 26, 2015, at 6:24 PM, Chris Moore chris.w...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, What are some options for reading PDF files on the mac? Chris -- 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
Re: Reading PDF files on the mac
Hi, A technicality I’m sure, but, the original assertion stands, no screen reader can read the image. If OCR is performed on the image, then any screen reader, be it JAWS, Window Eyes, NVDA VoiceOver or even the old fashioned OUtSpoken for Mac could read it. One person going through the effort of properly posting or creating their pdf makes less work for thousands of users after the fact. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Mar 27, 2015, at 11:45, Eric Oyen eric.o...@gmail.com wrote: um…. I didn't say any screen reader, I said specifically voiceover couldn't. BtW, jaws convenient OCR doesn't perform as well as Kurzweil OCR 1000. I should know, I just tried. -eric On Mar 27, 2015, at 2:46 AM, Steve Nutt wrote: Hi, You said no screen reader can read them. This is incorrect. Jaws can, with its Convenient OCR function. All the best Steve Sent from Type Mail On 27 Mar 2015, at 08:32, David Chittenden dchitten...@gmail.com wrote: Many PDF documents are scanned images. Scanned images cannot be read by any screen reader as they are actually pictures of the page of text. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 27 Mar 2015, at 21:24, David Griffith daj.griff...@gmail.com wrote: Well I have just downloaded and installed version 11.0.10 from Adobe and nothing appears to have changed. None of the text area of the two PDF documents I loaded were available to Voiceover. I went through the Accessibility Setup wizard and specified that I was using a screen reader but this again provided no useful result. The only text area of thethat I was able to interact and read was the filename title of the PDF document. It is possible I have missed something but I went through all the preferences. David Griffith On 27 Mar 2015, at 06:23, Jonathan Mosen jmo...@mosen.org wrote: I've not tried this yet, but the Adobe accessibility people were saying on Twitter yesterday that the new Adobe Reader for Mac has VO support. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org On 27/03/2015, at 3:05 pm, Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com wrote: another way is to copy all text in the document with command A, then open the preview menu, enter the services submenu and press enter on “new textedit window with selection”. It does exactly what it sounds like. First make sure you’ve interacted with the pdf text area and can read the text with the VO commands just to make sure you’re in the right place and can select all. On Mar 26, 2015, at 8:14 PM, Georgina Joyce g...@gena-j.me.uk wrote: Hello, I don’t know if there’s a better way. But I highlight the text cmd+a then copy cmd+c then open text edit and paste cmd+v into a new document. Not nice but it works for me. Gena On 26 Mar 2015, at 23:37, Lorie McCloud lorice...@gmail.com wrote: I can do it with preview if I interact with the image group. I’d like to know how to save a pdf as text. My Youtube Channel: “www.youtube.com/LorieMcCloud On Mar 26, 2015, at 6:24 PM, Chris Moore chris.w...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, What are some options for reading PDF files on the mac? Chris -- 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,
Re: Can anyone recommend any accessible e-mail providers apart from Gmail?
Hi all Thanks so muchh for all the useful information. I checked with my trainer this afternoon and I can't use my Icloud e-mail account as my rescue e-mail address in my Apple security settings. So I've got to set up an e-mail address which isn't Icloud for that purpose (so I can access my rescue e-mails if/when I need them). So I'll definitely be looking at the services you've all mentioned. Many thanks. Eleanor Sent from my iPad On 27 Mar 2015, at 15:32, Barry Hadder bhad...@gmail.com wrote: A really good paid option is Fastmail. www.fastmail.com. It is extremely reliable. It works well with Voiceover if you use the classic interface. The normal one is doable but tricky. On Mar 27, 2015, at 2:31 AM, Eleanor Roberts eleanor.robert...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi all I know this is a bit of a random question, but I'm looking to set up another e-mail account as well as the Gmail one I already have. So was just wondering if anyone could recommend any other e-mail providers which are as good/accessible as Gmail? I have my Apple training session this afternoon, so any suggestions before then would be much appreciated, then I can get them to help me set it up. My main reason for having one is so I can have a rescue e-mail for my Apple security, though I am also in the process of trying to sort out 2-step verification for that (if that works then as I understand it the e-mail address will become irrelevant). But nevertheless, any ideas on accessible e-mail providers would be much appreciated, as it's always good/useful to know. Thanks. Eleanor Many thanks. Eleanor Sent from my iPad -- 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. Barry Hadder bhad...@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.
Re: Busy, Busy, Busy -- It's DrivingMe Nuts
Hi, No, that shouldn’t affect anything. I have multiple devices accessing my iCloud account simultaneously both at home and at work. I also have a gMail account through Google App, a Pop account through my ISP, and two other iMap accounts for other duties all configured through Mail with no busy problems at all. What kind of router are you using? Are you connected via WiFi or ethernet? Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Mar 27, 2015, at 08:58, Bill Gallik wfgal...@charter.net wrote: I had 3 accounts set up, but when this problem initially manifested itself I disabled all but my iCloud.com account. That is set up as an IMAP account. But, both the iPhones I have also access this account; is it possible that may be causing some sort of problem? - Bill Leader Dog Holland - Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. - US Humorist, Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) - Original Message - From: Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 9:26 AM Subject: Re: Busy, Busy, Busy -- It's DrivingMe Nuts Hi, I haven’t heard of many experiencing this, so, I’m guessing that it has something to do with your personal configuration or situation. That machine is plenty powerful enough to handle the job. Some questions to determine what may be causing the issues: 1. What Mail view do you use? Modern or Classic? 2. Do you have multiple Mail accounts? i.e.., gMail, iCloud, local ISP? 3. What protocol do your accounts use? iMap, Pop, Exchange? 4. Is your Preview pane enabled or disabled? 5. Which navigation method do you normally use? That is, navigate to message then VO-j to read it or navigate to the message then hit return to read it? • If you have multiple accounts, try disabling all but one of them. Does the busy tendency go away? If so, turn on other accounts one at a time to try to determine which account may be causing the problem. You disable accounts in Mail Prefs, in the Accounts pane. Select the accounts from the Accounts table, then uncheck the “Enable this Account” checkbox. • If your Preview pane is enabled, try disabling it to see if that makes a difference. HTH. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Mar 27, 2015, at 08:09, Christine Grassman cgrassman1...@gmail.com wrote: I have had this issue with far too much frequency lately, and only with mail. Permissions repair has helped in the past, but it did not work the past few times. What I was finding was as I tried to read my messages, whenever this problem occurred, I was hearing “900 cells selected” or something like that, when I had selected nothing. The only thing which seems to help me is stopping interaction with messages, going into the mailbox table, deselecting mailboxes, re-selecting my InBox, stopping interaction with the mailbox table and moving to the Messages column. I don’t know why, and sometimes I have to do this two or three times, but eventually it sorts itself out. But it is excruciatingly annoying when it happens, since I cannot figure out what I am doing which causes it to occur in the first place. Good luck. Christine P.s. I am using a MacBook Air with Mavericks. -- 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. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.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
RE: making folders open in new windows
You want the check box unchecked it it checked it opens tags From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Hall Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 08:22 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: making folders open in new windows I think you'd want it unchecked. I've never paid much attention to how folders open--I use cmd-n if I need a new window--but it seems like you'd want windows and not tabs. On Mar 27, 2015, at 10:41 AM, Stacey Robinson stacey...@bellsouth.net mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net wrote: Alex Do I check or uncheck this? Blessings, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net On Mar 27, 2015, at 9:33 AM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com mailto:mehg...@icloud.com wrote: In Finder, press command-comma to open Preferences. In the General tab, there should be a checkbox about opening new folders in tabs instead of windows. On Mar 27, 2015, at 10:30 AM, Stacey Robinson stacey...@bellsouth.net mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net wrote: Hello all, When I had my Macbook running Lion, each folder would open in a separate window. I would like to do this with my macbook air, but can’t figure out how. When I press command w I end up back on the desktop which isn’t where I want to be. In Lion, you’d just perform this command and be back in the first window. Can someone tell me how to set things so this will be the case again? Thanks very much. Blessings, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net -- 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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto: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 mailto: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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto: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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto: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 mailto: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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto: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: making folders open in new windows
Note That checkbox only changes the open in new tab menu item to open in new window. It does not cause folders to automatically open in a new window. I believe it is possible to assign a keyboard shortcut to it in system preferences though. In Lion, the box would cause folders to open in new windows, but it works differently in Yosemite. I don’t know what version of OS X started this, but probably the one that introduced tabs. On Mar 27, 2015, at 10:26 AM, george b gbma...@gmail.com wrote: You want the check box unchecked it it checked it opens tags From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Hall Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 08:22 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: making folders open in new windows I think you'd want it unchecked. I've never paid much attention to how folders open--I use cmd-n if I need a new window--but it seems like you'd want windows and not tabs. On Mar 27, 2015, at 10:41 AM, Stacey Robinson stacey...@bellsouth.net mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net wrote: Alex Do I check or uncheck this? Blessings, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net On Mar 27, 2015, at 9:33 AM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com mailto:mehg...@icloud.com wrote: In Finder, press command-comma to open Preferences. In the General tab, there should be a checkbox about opening new folders in tabs instead of windows. On Mar 27, 2015, at 10:30 AM, Stacey Robinson stacey...@bellsouth.net mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net wrote: Hello all, When I had my Macbook running Lion, each folder would open in a separate window. I would like to do this with my macbook air, but can’t figure out how. When I press command w I end up back on the desktop which isn’t where I want to be. In Lion, you’d just perform this command and be back in the first window. Can someone tell me how to set things so this will be the case again? Thanks very much. Blessings, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net -- 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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com mailto: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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout 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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com mailto: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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You
Adding contacts to groups?
Hi all! So, (I think) I’ve figured out how to create groups in my contacts on my Macbook pro. But (and I hope this isn’t too duh a question) how do I add people to the groups I’ve created? :-( It doesn’t seem to work like adding songs to a playlist in iTunes. Or, am I just missing something? Anyway, would appreciate help! :-) Thanks. = Sarah Amelia McLauchlan: composer and arranger, blogger, and, most of all, the voice of the Radical Dark Dreamers! http://sarahameliamclauchlan.wordpress.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: starting to get irritated by IOS 8
I still haven't upgraded to iOs 8 on my iPad 2. I'm still running iOs 7. I found a handwriting recognition app that needs iOs 8 to install. Should I update, or can I expect slower operation? On Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at 3:38:48 PM UTC-4, Yuma Decaux wrote: Hi all, I don’t know about yall, but I have an iphone 6 with IOS 8 and I have to say that the experience is less than stellar. Bugs everywhere, slower than on my iphone 5s, siri cut off midway then voice over not working, hang like slowness when getting out of an app. I have to say that I have started looking for alternatives as I feel like apple is trying to nudge things too much into the “let big brother figure out for you what you should like and do”. Point in case, that U2 debacle. Last weekend I was camping with some mates and I was going through some tracks after lunch, and those damn U2 tracks kept popping up like annoying ads. Really don’t want some band pushing their crap on my life experience when I shelled out 1200 dollars for a phone that is supposed to do things for me. Not the other way around. Sure, U2 has some great songs. But their current 50’s midlife crisis moans aren’t my style, nor inspire me. I can listen to that when I go into an apple store and wait for a genius to tell me my future. Seriously folks, I’m not just going off on a rant, and for those of you who want to reply by being defensive for apple, just remember a few basic things: 1-You are customer. Customer is king, you are not serving apple. Apple makes money off you, take 30 percent of the cut on your music production or app developement with their platform. They serve you. Not the other way around. 2-Apple is not god almighty. Apple has great people that collectively create experiences. At the helm, a few individuals decide on the direction of that experience. Personally, I don’t trust Tim Cook that much in giving us a good experience. That Johnny Ive sounds like a pompous marketing guy with design skills I cannot trust as head of human interface, a software division, coming from someone who used to make toilet seats. The only one or ones I can trust in this are frederici and some of the younger engineers presented at the last apple showcase. but they don’t have enough say yet, so we’re stuck with all that flash graphical transition animation style crap instead of truly clean, efficient and snappy interfaces. 3-There are other choices out there, but I have no idea what. Sometimes I wish I was sighted again so that I can really be part of the process of creating real interfaces for everyone. It’s frustrating to know that most companies follow what is standard and forget that standards are meant to be broken and updated. Not broken at the cost of the buyer, no. If it’s broken, it should be free, such as what google offers. Buying a 3000 dollar piece of hardware to get clunky experiences and moments where you want to throw that damn thing out the window and never touch it again is clearly not what I call good experience on a computer. More and more of my friends, mac users, both sighted and visually impaired, agree with me that apple is starting to rot in terms of presenting it’s image. It’s not an underdog but a huge bulky oil tanker that can now only manuver slowly with a battalion of lawyers behind murmuring at the chief’s ears, the latter being probably more complacent than should be, thus giving us this weird awkward show each year now with a barely straight talking TIm Cook who sounds like he never had a girl friend chill time or something seems amiss in him. Some soul? Something. Whatever the case, I don’t really dig the style apple is portraying. It’s becoming a disney world presentation with hs and aaahs when the tech behind is quite literally lagging. No visionary stuff, when this qualification should by now, from all the sci fi, the research and the graduations of bright people, should lead us much farther in terms of actual interaction with a computer, and let’s not forget screen readers. Anyway, off for my morning coffee. Have a great day yall Yuma Antoine Decaux Light has no value without darkness Mob: +612102277190 Skype: Shainobi1 twitter: http://www.twitter.com/triple7 -- 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: Reading PDF files on the mac
OK I checked for updates and it told me I had the latest version so the accessible VO version is hopefully yet to come. David Griffith On 27/03/2015 15:18, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries wrote: 11.0.10 was released December 2014 so I suspect that is not the fixed version. CB On 3/27/15 4:24 AM, David Griffith wrote: Well I have just downloaded and installed version 11.0.10 from Adobe and nothing appears to have changed. None of the text area of the two PDF documents I loaded were available to Voiceover. I went through the Accessibility Setup wizard and specified that I was using a screen reader but this again provided no useful result. The only text area of thethat I was able to interact and read was the filename title of the PDF document. It is possible I have missed something but I went through all the preferences. David Griffith On 27 Mar 2015, at 06:23, Jonathan Mosen jmo...@mosen.org mailto:jmo...@mosen.org wrote: I've not tried this yet, but the Adobe accessibility people were saying on Twitter yesterday that the new Adobe Reader for Mac has VO support. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org http://mosen.org/ On 27/03/2015, at 3:05 pm, Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com mailto:philh...@gmail.com wrote: another way is to copy all text in the document with command A, then open the preview menu, enter the services submenu and press enter on “new textedit window with selection”. It does exactly what it sounds like. First make sure you’ve interacted with the pdf text area and can read the text with the VO commands just to make sure you’re in the right place and can select all. On Mar 26, 2015, at 8:14 PM, Georgina Joyce g...@gena-j.me.uk mailto:g...@gena-j.me.uk wrote: Hello, I don’t know if there’s a better way. But I highlight the text cmd+a then copy cmd+c then open text edit and paste cmd+v into a new document. Not nice but it works for me. Gena On 26 Mar 2015, at 23:37, Lorie McCloud lorice...@gmail.com mailto:lorice...@gmail.com wrote: I can do it with preview if I interact with the image group. I’d like to know how to save a pdf as text. My Youtube Channel: “www.youtube.com/LorieMcCloud http://www.youtube.com/LorieMcCloud On Mar 26, 2015, at 6:24 PM, Chris Moore chris.w...@gmail.com mailto:chris.w...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, What are some options for reading PDF files on the mac? Chris -- 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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto: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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto: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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto: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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto: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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at
Re: Can anyone recommend any accessible e-mail providers apart from Gmail?
My problem with iCloud Mail is the web interface. I use iCloud Mail because I use Apple devices, and setting up my account is as easy as checking a box. However, making changes for message rules, aliases, and other web-based changes is nearly impossible. Unless the website has gotten way better in the months since I've tried it, you will save yourself a lot of frustration if you just get sighted help for that part of things. On Mar 27, 2015, at 10:46 AM, Christopher Hallsworth challswor...@icloud.com wrote: iCloud Mail is the way to go if you have an Apple ID. It's free and storage depends on how much is in your iCloud account. In other words the space is shared between Mail and all other data. The best thing with iCloud Mail is that no user configuration is required if you use the native Mail app on both iOS and OS X. But server settings are easily available from Apple's support pages if you use third party clients. Highly recommended. On 27/03/2015 12:07, Jamie Pauls wrote: I have had no complaints about my iCloud account here. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 27, 2015, at 2:31 AM, Eleanor Roberts eleanor.robert...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi all I know this is a bit of a random question, but I'm looking to set up another e-mail account as well as the Gmail one I already have. So was just wondering if anyone could recommend any other e-mail providers which are as good/accessible as Gmail? I have my Apple training session this afternoon, so any suggestions before then would be much appreciated, then I can get them to help me set it up. My main reason for having one is so I can have a rescue e-mail for my Apple security, though I am also in the process of trying to sort out 2-step verification for that (if that works then as I understand it the e-mail address will become irrelevant). But nevertheless, any ideas on accessible e-mail providers would be much appreciated, as it's always good/useful to know. Thanks. Eleanor Many thanks. Eleanor Sent from my iPad -- 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.
Re: Can anyone recommend any accessible e-mail providers apart from Gmail?
A really good paid option is Fastmail. www.fastmail.com. It is extremely reliable. It works well with Voiceover if you use the classic interface. The normal one is doable but tricky. On Mar 27, 2015, at 2:31 AM, Eleanor Roberts eleanor.robert...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi all I know this is a bit of a random question, but I'm looking to set up another e-mail account as well as the Gmail one I already have. So was just wondering if anyone could recommend any other e-mail providers which are as good/accessible as Gmail? I have my Apple training session this afternoon, so any suggestions before then would be much appreciated, then I can get them to help me set it up. My main reason for having one is so I can have a rescue e-mail for my Apple security, though I am also in the process of trying to sort out 2-step verification for that (if that works then as I understand it the e-mail address will become irrelevant). But nevertheless, any ideas on accessible e-mail providers would be much appreciated, as it's always good/useful to know. Thanks. Eleanor Many thanks. Eleanor Sent from my iPad -- 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. Barry Hadder bhad...@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: is the thermosmart app accessible?
I haven't tried every feature but the iOS app for the Honeywell thermostats seems somewhat accessible. There are things like the temp up/down buttons for heat and for cooling are read across by row instead of as a group but it can be used. Initial setup needs sighted assistance as there is a number displayed on the thermostat screen that has to be typed into a web page to set the web stuff up but after that you can pretty much ignore the thermostat on the wall. The website is hit or miss. Apparently it does something weird with caching so the page often times doesn't load right. CB On 3/26/15 6:22 PM, William Windels wrote: Hello everyone, Is here someone who has experiences with the thermosmart and the corrresponding application on the iphone? I have used the nest thermostat for some months but I will bring it back since my boiler isn't compatible completely with the nest thermostat or revers. The boiler uses a open protocol to communicate with the thermostat and the nest thermostat is a closed protecol. So, before I should decide to buy the thermosmart thermostat, the thermostart that uses the open protocol, I would like to know if the app is enough accessible with voiceover on the iphone. Any hints are very welcome. Kind regards, William Windels Mvg william Windels Verstuurd vanaf mijn iPhone -- ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -- 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: alva bc640 ot question
you might check with Larry Lewis of flying-blind.com http://flying-blind.com/. He has represented Optelec for many years. He should be able to help you obtain the right power adapter. Stuart On Mar 27, 2015, at 8:32 AM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries macvisionaries@googlegroups.com wrote: According to their specs it's a 5 volt 1.5 Amp power supply. They don't say anything about the shape of the plug and of course say not to use any other power supply. CB On 3/26/15 9:04 PM, Juan Hernandez wrote: Hi All, I have a stupid off topic question. Does anyone have an optelec alva bc640 braille display? I seem to have lost my power adapter, and want to know if anyone on this list has one and could describe it to me? I have a bunch of adapters, but can’t remember which one is it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Best, -- 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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -- 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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout 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: Reading PDF files on the mac
11.0.10 was released December 2014 so I suspect that is not the fixed version. CB On 3/27/15 4:24 AM, David Griffith wrote: Well I have just downloaded and installed version 11.0.10 from Adobe and nothing appears to have changed. None of the text area of the two PDF documents I loaded were available to Voiceover. I went through the Accessibility Setup wizard and specified that I was using a screen reader but this again provided no useful result. The only text area of thethat I was able to interact and read was the filename title of the PDF document. It is possible I have missed something but I went through all the preferences. David Griffith On 27 Mar 2015, at 06:23, Jonathan Mosen jmo...@mosen.org mailto:jmo...@mosen.org wrote: I've not tried this yet, but the Adobe accessibility people were saying on Twitter yesterday that the new Adobe Reader for Mac has VO support. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org http://mosen.org/ On 27/03/2015, at 3:05 pm, Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com mailto:philh...@gmail.com wrote: another way is to copy all text in the document with command A, then open the preview menu, enter the services submenu and press enter on “new textedit window with selection”. It does exactly what it sounds like. First make sure you’ve interacted with the pdf text area and can read the text with the VO commands just to make sure you’re in the right place and can select all. On Mar 26, 2015, at 8:14 PM, Georgina Joyce g...@gena-j.me.uk mailto:g...@gena-j.me.uk wrote: Hello, I don’t know if there’s a better way. But I highlight the text cmd+a then copy cmd+c then open text edit and paste cmd+v into a new document. Not nice but it works for me. Gena On 26 Mar 2015, at 23:37, Lorie McCloud lorice...@gmail.com mailto:lorice...@gmail.com wrote: I can do it with preview if I interact with the image group. I’d like to know how to save a pdf as text. My Youtube Channel: “www.youtube.com/LorieMcCloud http://www.youtube.com/LorieMcCloud On Mar 26, 2015, at 6:24 PM, Chris Moore chris.w...@gmail.com mailto:chris.w...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, What are some options for reading PDF files on the mac? Chris -- 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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto: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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto: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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto: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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto: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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto: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
Re: making folders open in new windows
I think you'd want it unchecked. I've never paid much attention to how folders open--I use cmd-n if I need a new window--but it seems like you'd want windows and not tabs. On Mar 27, 2015, at 10:41 AM, Stacey Robinson stacey...@bellsouth.net wrote: Alex Do I check or uncheck this? Blessings, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net On Mar 27, 2015, at 9:33 AM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com mailto:mehg...@icloud.com wrote: In Finder, press command-comma to open Preferences. In the General tab, there should be a checkbox about opening new folders in tabs instead of windows. On Mar 27, 2015, at 10:30 AM, Stacey Robinson stacey...@bellsouth.net mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net wrote: Hello all, When I had my Macbook running Lion, each folder would open in a separate window. I would like to do this with my macbook air, but can’t figure out how. When I press command w I end up back on the desktop which isn’t where I want to be. In Lion, you’d just perform this command and be back in the first window. Can someone tell me how to set things so this will be the case again? Thanks very much. Blessings, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net -- 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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com mailto: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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout 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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout 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: alva bc640 ot question
According to their specs it's a 5 volt 1.5 Amp power supply. They don't say anything about the shape of the plug and of course say not to use any other power supply. CB On 3/26/15 9:04 PM, Juan Hernandez wrote: Hi All, I have a stupid off topic question. Does anyone have an optelec alva bc640 braille display? I seem to have lost my power adapter, and want to know if anyone on this list has one and could describe it to me? I have a bunch of adapters, but can’t remember which one is it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Best, -- 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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -- 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: Can anyone recommend any accessible e-mail providers apart from Gmail?
Oh yes, you cannot use iCloud Mail as your rescue email nor can you in fact use it as your Apple ID folks. I overlooked this at the time but this reply reminded me of this fact. On 27/03/2015 17:43, Eleanor Roberts wrote: Hi all Thanks so muchh for all the useful information. I checked with my trainer this afternoon and I can't use my Icloud e-mail account as my rescue e-mail address in my Apple security settings. So I've got to set up an e-mail address which isn't Icloud for that purpose (so I can access my rescue e-mails if/when I need them). So I'll definitely be looking at the services you've all mentioned. Many thanks. Eleanor Sent from my iPad On 27 Mar 2015, at 15:32, Barry Hadder bhad...@gmail.com wrote: A really good paid option is Fastmail. www.fastmail.com. It is extremely reliable. It works well with Voiceover if you use the classic interface. The normal one is doable but tricky. On Mar 27, 2015, at 2:31 AM, Eleanor Roberts eleanor.robert...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi all I know this is a bit of a random question, but I'm looking to set up another e-mail account as well as the Gmail one I already have. So was just wondering if anyone could recommend any other e-mail providers which are as good/accessible as Gmail? I have my Apple training session this afternoon, so any suggestions before then would be much appreciated, then I can get them to help me set it up. My main reason for having one is so I can have a rescue e-mail for my Apple security, though I am also in the process of trying to sort out 2-step verification for that (if that works then as I understand it the e-mail address will become irrelevant). But nevertheless, any ideas on accessible e-mail providers would be much appreciated, as it's always good/useful to know. Thanks. Eleanor Many thanks. Eleanor Sent from my iPad -- 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. Barry Hadder bhad...@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.
Re: How do you update Adobi on the Mac using VO?
Hi Tim, I re-downloaded the file just now which had a different file name and got me a lot further with installing flash player. I got as far as agreeing to the license terms. When I press vo space on the I agree check box to check it, I'm thrown out of the installer and back into finder. It's as if I pressed the quit button which I didn't. Do you get this problem, and how do you get around it? Thanks so much. Lisette On 27/03/2015, at 10:12 am, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, That Installer Helper HTML area should not be empty. IF you Interact with it, VO usually can read info about what’s going on. It’s the only area that is usually of any use to you. If there are any apps open like Safari, Chrome, System Preferences etc, that use Flash in some manner, they will need to be quit, otherwise, Flash won’t finish installing. As mentioned, I often get a message about FlashBridge Cross Platform needing to be quit and the only way I’ve found to do that is through the Activity Monitor since it is not really an app. A few questions: • Do you have an item called Flash Player in your System Preferences? • If so, what version does it say you have installed? Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Mar 26, 2015, at 14:40, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Tim and anybody else who can help, I am having immense difficulty installing flash. Is the installer really buggy or something? I'm at the point where I've downloaded the disk image. I open the installer app. I'm warned about this and I continue. I'm asked for my computer username and password which I type in and press enter. I get a window called adobe flash player installer. Next to this is an installer helper html area which is empty. That's all. There's a close button and nothing else, and nothing seems to be installing. I've tried going through system prefs again to re download it. I hit the download link and nothing downloads. Any ideas? Lisette a On 27/03/2015, at 7:33 am, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, There was a discussion about this just a few days ago on this list. A few varied but similar responses. The basic gist, if it’s Flash, • Go to System Preferences. • Press on the Flash button. • Select the Advanced pane. • Interact with the Scroll area. • Navigate to the Check Now button and press it. • If there’s an update available, you will be told in a dialog at this point. Choose Update. This will take you into your browser and directly to the latest Flash installer. I usually just press tab until the Install Now link is read, then I press return. It will then download to your Downloads folder and you can open the .dmg file and run the installer package from there. If Safari or another Flash needing app is running, the installer will pause asking you to quit them all. Sometimes there’s a “Force Close All”, sometimes not. If the “Flash Bridge Cross Platform” service is running, you’ll need to quit that process from the Activity Monitor app which is located in the Utilities folder. Other than that, the only thing you may need to do is use VO-shift-space to activate a button while in the Flash Installer as the regular VO-space doesn’t work for these buttons. HTH. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Mar 26, 2015, at 12:11, Eleanor Roberts eleanor.robert...@googlemail.com wrote: I think it's the Adobi Flash Player, but I'll find out more accurately for you. Sorry I can't be more help yet, but quite frankly I don't really know what he's on about as I don't use it. Eleanor Sent from my iPad On 26 Mar 2015, at 17:00, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, Which Adobe product is he using? Best. Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Mar 26, 2015, at 09:37, Eleanor Roberts eleanor.robert...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi all I'm asking this on behalf of a friend. He has a Mac, and uses Adobi an awful lot to listen to media files (radio etc I believe). Anyway, he wants to update Adobi but doesn't know how to do it on his Mac using VO, as this is the first time he's had to update since getting the computer. So was wondering if someone who does know could send me some instructions whichh I could pass on to him on how to do this? Many thanks. Eleanor Sent from my iPad -- 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
Re: How do you update Adobi on the Mac using VO?
Although I have not had this exact problem generally on Adobe Flash installs I encounter 2 problems. 1. You tend to have to use shift vo space to activate the buttons. so it might be worth doing this as well to see if it prevents you being dumped out of the install app.. 2. The install tends to throw up helper htm windows with messages like close Safari to complete the install and other things. These can remove focus from the install app so you need to use Window Chooser to interact with these windows and respond to them. David Griffith rto On 27/03/2015 19:22, Lisette Wesseling wrote: Hi Tim, I re-downloaded the file just now which had a different file name and got me a lot further with installing flash player. I got as far as agreeing to the license terms. When I press vo space on the I agree check box to check it, I'm thrown out of the installer and back into finder. It's as if I pressed the quit button which I didn't. Do you get this problem, and how do you get around it? Thanks so much. Lisette On 27/03/2015, at 10:12 am, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, That Installer Helper HTML area should not be empty. IF you Interact with it, VO usually can read info about what’s going on. It’s the only area that is usually of any use to you. If there are any apps open like Safari, Chrome, System Preferences etc, that use Flash in some manner, they will need to be quit, otherwise, Flash won’t finish installing. As mentioned, I often get a message about FlashBridge Cross Platform needing to be quit and the only way I’ve found to do that is through the Activity Monitor since it is not really an app. A few questions: • Do you have an item called Flash Player in your System Preferences? • If so, what version does it say you have installed? Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Mar 26, 2015, at 14:40, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Tim and anybody else who can help, I am having immense difficulty installing flash. Is the installer really buggy or something? I'm at the point where I've downloaded the disk image. I open the installer app. I'm warned about this and I continue. I'm asked for my computer username and password which I type in and press enter. I get a window called adobe flash player installer. Next to this is an installer helper html area which is empty. That's all. There's a close button and nothing else, and nothing seems to be installing. I've tried going through system prefs again to re download it. I hit the download link and nothing downloads. Any ideas? Lisette a On 27/03/2015, at 7:33 am, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, There was a discussion about this just a few days ago on this list. A few varied but similar responses. The basic gist, if it’s Flash, • Go to System Preferences. • Press on the Flash button. • Select the Advanced pane. • Interact with the Scroll area. • Navigate to the Check Now button and press it. • If there’s an update available, you will be told in a dialog at this point. Choose Update. This will take you into your browser and directly to the latest Flash installer. I usually just press tab until the Install Now link is read, then I press return. It will then download to your Downloads folder and you can open the .dmg file and run the installer package from there. If Safari or another Flash needing app is running, the installer will pause asking you to quit them all. Sometimes there’s a “Force Close All”, sometimes not. If the “Flash Bridge Cross Platform” service is running, you’ll need to quit that process from the Activity Monitor app which is located in the Utilities folder. Other than that, the only thing you may need to do is use VO-shift-space to activate a button while in the Flash Installer as the regular VO-space doesn’t work for these buttons. HTH. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Mar 26, 2015, at 12:11, Eleanor Roberts eleanor.robert...@googlemail.com wrote: I think it's the Adobi Flash Player, but I'll find out more accurately for you. Sorry I can't be more help yet, but quite frankly I don't really know what he's on about as I don't use it. Eleanor Sent from my iPad On 26 Mar 2015, at 17:00, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, Which Adobe product is he using? Best. Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Mar 26, 2015, at 09:37, Eleanor Roberts eleanor.robert...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi all I'm asking this on behalf of a friend. He has a Mac, and uses Adobi an awful lot to listen to media files (radio etc I believe). Anyway, he wants to update Adobi but doesn't know how to do it on his Mac using VO, as this is the first time he's had to update since getting the computer. So was wondering if someone who does know could send me some instructions whichh I could pass on to him on how to do this? Many thanks. Eleanor Sent from my iPad -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
Re: Busy, Busy, Busy -- It's DrivingMe Nuts
Hello, I did a disk permissions last night took over night! I still get busy now and again with mail but it is now working. On 27 Mar 2015, at 13:55, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: Have you run a permissions repair from Disk Utility? I imagine erasing all your accounts and starting over could help too, but that's an extreme step. I can tell you that it's not the Mail app somehow needing more power; I use a Macbook Air with the low end processor and 4GB ram from 2012, and it runs perfectly. Your Mini has more than enough horsepower, so it has to be a problem with some files. At least, that's all I can think of. On Mar 27, 2015, at 12:18 AM, William Gallik wfgal...@charter.net wrote: I have a 2.6 GHz Mac mini with latest Yosemite installed. I'm having a problem with the Mail application in that it's constantly reporting Busy; this even the only thing I might do is to try to interact with the Messages table. What the H E Double-Hockey-Sticks? - Bill Leader Dog Holland - Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. - US Humorist, Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.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. -- 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.
fantastiCal 2 on the MAC
Hello all, I have heard that there has been a new release of FantastiCal 2 for the MAC. This program is very accessible on the ios devices. Does anyone know how accessible it is with VO? Thanks. -- 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: starting to get irritated by IOS 8
In short, you need to update if you expect to take advantage of app updates. As IOS 8 is more widely used, more and more app developers will stop supporting IOS7. On Mar 27, 2015, at 10:53 AM, Jon Solitro jon.soli...@gmail.com wrote: I still haven't upgraded to iOs 8 on my iPad 2. I'm still running iOs 7. I found a handwriting recognition app that needs iOs 8 to install. Should I update, or can I expect slower operation? On Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at 3:38:48 PM UTC-4, Yuma Decaux wrote: Hi all, I don’t know about yall, but I have an iphone 6 with IOS 8 and I have to say that the experience is less than stellar. Bugs everywhere, slower than on my iphone 5s, siri cut off midway then voice over not working, hang like slowness when getting out of an app. I have to say that I have started looking for alternatives as I feel like apple is trying to nudge things too much into the “let big brother figure out for you what you should like and do”. Point in case, that U2 debacle. Last weekend I was camping with some mates and I was going through some tracks after lunch, and those damn U2 tracks kept popping up like annoying ads. Really don’t want some band pushing their crap on my life experience when I shelled out 1200 dollars for a phone that is supposed to do things for me. Not the other way around. Sure, U2 has some great songs. But their current 50’s midlife crisis moans aren’t my style, nor inspire me. I can listen to that when I go into an apple store and wait for a genius to tell me my future. Seriously folks, I’m not just going off on a rant, and for those of you who want to reply by being defensive for apple, just remember a few basic things: 1-You are customer. Customer is king, you are not serving apple. Apple makes money off you, take 30 percent of the cut on your music production or app developement with their platform. They serve you. Not the other way around. 2-Apple is not god almighty. Apple has great people that collectively create experiences. At the helm, a few individuals decide on the direction of that experience. Personally, I don’t trust Tim Cook that much in giving us a good experience. That Johnny Ive sounds like a pompous marketing guy with design skills I cannot trust as head of human interface, a software division, coming from someone who used to make toilet seats. The only one or ones I can trust in this are frederici and some of the younger engineers presented at the last apple showcase. but they don’t have enough say yet, so we’re stuck with all that flash graphical transition animation style crap instead of truly clean, efficient and snappy interfaces. 3-There are other choices out there, but I have no idea what. Sometimes I wish I was sighted again so that I can really be part of the process of creating real interfaces for everyone. It’s frustrating to know that most companies follow what is standard and forget that standards are meant to be broken and updated. Not broken at the cost of the buyer, no. If it’s broken, it should be free, such as what google offers. Buying a 3000 dollar piece of hardware to get clunky experiences and moments where you want to throw that damn thing out the window and never touch it again is clearly not what I call good experience on a computer. More and more of my friends, mac users, both sighted and visually impaired, agree with me that apple is starting to rot in terms of presenting it’s image. It’s not an underdog but a huge bulky oil tanker that can now only manuver slowly with a battalion of lawyers behind murmuring at the chief’s ears, the latter being probably more complacent than should be, thus giving us this weird awkward show each year now with a barely straight talking TIm Cook who sounds like he never had a girl friend chill time or something seems amiss in him. Some soul? Something. Whatever the case, I don’t really dig the style apple is portraying. It’s becoming a disney world presentation with hs and aaahs when the tech behind is quite literally lagging. No visionary stuff, when this qualification should by now, from all the sci fi, the research and the graduations of bright people, should lead us much farther in terms of actual interaction with a computer, and let’s not forget screen readers. Anyway, off for my morning coffee. Have a great day yall Yuma Antoine Decaux Light has no value without darkness Mob: +612102277190 Skype: Shainobi1 twitter: http://www.twitter.com/triple7 http://www.twitter.com/triple7 -- 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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
RE: starting to get irritated by IOS 8
What is the name of the hand writing reconigation app I am interested in this please. thanks From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jon Solitro Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 10:54 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: starting to get irritated by IOS 8 I still haven't upgraded to iOs 8 on my iPad 2. I'm still running iOs 7. I found a handwriting recognition app that needs iOs 8 to install. Should I update, or can I expect slower operation? On Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at 3:38:48 PM UTC-4, Yuma Decaux wrote: Hi all, I don’t know about yall, but I have an iphone 6 with IOS 8 and I have to say that the experience is less than stellar. Bugs everywhere, slower than on my iphone 5s, siri cut off midway then voice over not working, hang like slowness when getting out of an app. I have to say that I have started looking for alternatives as I feel like apple is trying to nudge things too much into the “let big brother figure out for you what you should like and do”. Point in case, that U2 debacle. Last weekend I was camping with some mates and I was going through some tracks after lunch, and those damn U2 tracks kept popping up like annoying ads. Really don’t want some band pushing their crap on my life experience when I shelled out 1200 dollars for a phone that is supposed to do things for me. Not the other way around. Sure, U2 has some great songs. But their current 50’s midlife crisis moans aren’t my style, nor inspire me. I can listen to that when I go into an apple store and wait for a genius to tell me my future. Seriously folks, I’m not just going off on a rant, and for those of you who want to reply by being defensive for apple, just remember a few basic things: 1-You are customer. Customer is king, you are not serving apple. Apple makes money off you, take 30 percent of the cut on your music production or app developement with their platform. They serve you. Not the other way around. 2-Apple is not god almighty. Apple has great people that collectively create experiences. At the helm, a few individuals decide on the direction of that experience. Personally, I don’t trust Tim Cook that much in giving us a good experience. That Johnny Ive sounds like a pompous marketing guy with design skills I cannot trust as head of human interface, a software division, coming from someone who used to make toilet seats. The only one or ones I can trust in this are frederici and some of the younger engineers presented at the last apple showcase. but they don’t have enough say yet, so we’re stuck with all that flash graphical transition animation style crap instead of truly clean, efficient and snappy interfaces. 3-There are other choices out there, but I have no idea what. Sometimes I wish I was sighted again so that I can really be part of the process of creating real interfaces for everyone. It’s frustrating to know that most companies follow what is standard and forget that standards are meant to be broken and updated. Not broken at the cost of the buyer, no. If it’s broken, it should be free, such as what google offers. Buying a 3000 dollar piece of hardware to get clunky experiences and moments where you want to throw that damn thing out the window and never touch it again is clearly not what I call good experience on a computer. More and more of my friends, mac users, both sighted and visually impaired, agree with me that apple is starting to rot in terms of presenting it’s image. It’s not an underdog but a huge bulky oil tanker that can now only manuver slowly with a battalion of lawyers behind murmuring at the chief’s ears, the latter being probably more complacent than should be, thus giving us this weird awkward show each year now with a barely straight talking TIm Cook who sounds like he never had a girl friend chill time or something seems amiss in him. Some soul? Something. Whatever the case, I don’t really dig the style apple is portraying. It’s becoming a disney world presentation with hs and aaahs when the tech behind is quite literally lagging. No visionary stuff, when this qualification should by now, from all the sci fi, the research and the graduations of bright people, should lead us much farther in terms of actual interaction with a computer, and let’s not forget screen readers. Anyway, off for my morning coffee. Have a great day yall Yuma Antoine Decaux Light has no value without darkness Mob: +612102277190 Skype: Shainobi1 twitter: http://www.twitter.com/triple7 -- 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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Re: Reading PDF files on the mac
Hi, I’m guessing that you were either confused between the iOS version and the Mac version, or someone believes that using Adobe Reader’s “Read Out Loud” feature constitutes being accessible. Supposedly, the iOS version of Adobe Reader has VO support, although I can’t confirm at this point. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Mar 27, 2015, at 09:45, David Griffith daj.griff...@gmail.com wrote: OK I checked for updates and it told me I had the latest version so the accessible VO version is hopefully yet to come. David Griffith On 27/03/2015 15:18, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries wrote: 11.0.10 was released December 2014 so I suspect that is not the fixed version. CB On 3/27/15 4:24 AM, David Griffith wrote: Well I have just downloaded and installed version 11.0.10 from Adobe and nothing appears to have changed. None of the text area of the two PDF documents I loaded were available to Voiceover. I went through the Accessibility Setup wizard and specified that I was using a screen reader but this again provided no useful result. The only text area of thethat I was able to interact and read was the filename title of the PDF document. It is possible I have missed something but I went through all the preferences. David Griffith On 27 Mar 2015, at 06:23, Jonathan Mosen jmo...@mosen.org mailto:jmo...@mosen.org wrote: I've not tried this yet, but the Adobe accessibility people were saying on Twitter yesterday that the new Adobe Reader for Mac has VO support. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org http://mosen.org/ On 27/03/2015, at 3:05 pm, Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com mailto:philh...@gmail.com wrote: another way is to copy all text in the document with command A, then open the preview menu, enter the services submenu and press enter on “new textedit window with selection”. It does exactly what it sounds like. First make sure you’ve interacted with the pdf text area and can read the text with the VO commands just to make sure you’re in the right place and can select all. On Mar 26, 2015, at 8:14 PM, Georgina Joyce g...@gena-j.me.uk mailto:g...@gena-j.me.uk wrote: Hello, I don’t know if there’s a better way. But I highlight the text cmd+a then copy cmd+c then open text edit and paste cmd+v into a new document. Not nice but it works for me. Gena On 26 Mar 2015, at 23:37, Lorie McCloud lorice...@gmail.com mailto:lorice...@gmail.com wrote: I can do it with preview if I interact with the image group. I’d like to know how to save a pdf as text. My Youtube Channel: “www.youtube.com/LorieMcCloud http://www.youtube.com/LorieMcCloud On Mar 26, 2015, at 6:24 PM, Chris Moore chris.w...@gmail.com mailto:chris.w...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, What are some options for reading PDF files on the mac? Chris -- 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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto: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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto: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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto: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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more
Re: Reading PDF files on the mac
Absolutely no confusion on my part. If you check the earlier thread you will see Jonathan said Adobe had announced that they released a VO Accessible version of Adobe Reader for the Mac on Twitter yesterday. David Griffith On 27 Mar 2015, at 18:23, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, I’m guessing that you were either confused between the iOS version and the Mac version, or someone believes that using Adobe Reader’s “Read Out Loud” feature constitutes being accessible. Supposedly, the iOS version of Adobe Reader has VO support, although I can’t confirm at this point. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Mar 27, 2015, at 09:45, David Griffith daj.griff...@gmail.com wrote: OK I checked for updates and it told me I had the latest version so the accessible VO version is hopefully yet to come. David Griffith On 27/03/2015 15:18, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries wrote: 11.0.10 was released December 2014 so I suspect that is not the fixed version. CB On 3/27/15 4:24 AM, David Griffith wrote: Well I have just downloaded and installed version 11.0.10 from Adobe and nothing appears to have changed. None of the text area of the two PDF documents I loaded were available to Voiceover. I went through the Accessibility Setup wizard and specified that I was using a screen reader but this again provided no useful result. The only text area of thethat I was able to interact and read was the filename title of the PDF document. It is possible I have missed something but I went through all the preferences. David Griffith On 27 Mar 2015, at 06:23, Jonathan Mosen jmo...@mosen.org mailto:jmo...@mosen.org wrote: I've not tried this yet, but the Adobe accessibility people were saying on Twitter yesterday that the new Adobe Reader for Mac has VO support. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org http://mosen.org/ On 27/03/2015, at 3:05 pm, Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com mailto:philh...@gmail.com wrote: another way is to copy all text in the document with command A, then open the preview menu, enter the services submenu and press enter on “new textedit window with selection”. It does exactly what it sounds like. First make sure you’ve interacted with the pdf text area and can read the text with the VO commands just to make sure you’re in the right place and can select all. On Mar 26, 2015, at 8:14 PM, Georgina Joyce g...@gena-j.me.uk mailto:g...@gena-j.me.uk wrote: Hello, I don’t know if there’s a better way. But I highlight the text cmd+a then copy cmd+c then open text edit and paste cmd+v into a new document. Not nice but it works for me. Gena On 26 Mar 2015, at 23:37, Lorie McCloud lorice...@gmail.com mailto:lorice...@gmail.com wrote: I can do it with preview if I interact with the image group. I’d like to know how to save a pdf as text. My Youtube Channel: “www.youtube.com/LorieMcCloud http://www.youtube.com/LorieMcCloud On Mar 26, 2015, at 6:24 PM, Chris Moore chris.w...@gmail.com mailto:chris.w...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, What are some options for reading PDF files on the mac? Chris -- 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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto: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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto: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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto: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,
Numbers: link to local files
Hi, is it possible to link in a cell to a document on my hard drive? I found away to link to a web address but not to a local file. I want Numbers to open the linked file in the determined app. I tried File:///Users/MyUser/Example.pdf to use the url service but it didn't work. Thanks and all the best Jürgen -- 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: Can anyone recommend any accessible e-mail providers apart from Gmail?
Nor have I, aside from I get spam like crazy there, and am constantly having to set up filters to block all the crap. Chris. --- Check out my web site at: http://www.clgproductions.net - Original Message - From: Jamie Pauls jamiepa...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 8:07 AM Subject: Re: Can anyone recommend any accessible e-mail providers apart from Gmail? I have had no complaints about my iCloud account here. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 27, 2015, at 2:31 AM, Eleanor Roberts eleanor.robert...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi all I know this is a bit of a random question, but I'm looking to set up another e-mail account as well as the Gmail one I already have. So was just wondering if anyone could recommend any other e-mail providers which are as good/accessible as Gmail? I have my Apple training session this afternoon, so any suggestions before then would be much appreciated, then I can get them to help me set it up. My main reason for having one is so I can have a rescue e-mail for my Apple security, though I am also in the process of trying to sort out 2-step verification for that (if that works then as I understand it the e-mail address will become irrelevant). But nevertheless, any ideas on accessible e-mail providers would be much appreciated, as it's always good/useful to know. Thanks. Eleanor Many thanks. Eleanor Sent from my iPad -- 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: Reading PDF files on the mac
From the Adobe Accessibility blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/accessibility/2015/03/acrobat-dc-accessibility-update.html They say the upcoming release not that it is actually released yet. Also they say this is the release of Adobe Reader DC where DC stands for Document Cloud. No idea what that is but it sounds like something I'll need an account and/or subscription to make use of. Their link to the announcement is broken but I was able to find this: http://blogs.adobe.com/adobereader/2015/03/introducing-adobe-document-cloud.html which eventually has links to http://landing.adobe.com/en/na/products/document-cloud/announce.html which is probably where the first link was supposed to go. At the very end it talks about How to buy Document Cloud and Acrobat DC but it doesn't clarify what might be needed just to use Adobe Reader DC. This press release dated March 17 http://www.adobe.com/news-room/pressreleases/201503/031715AdobeIntroducesDocumentCloud.html says Adobe Document Cloud and Acrobat DC are expected to be available within 30 days so that means mid-April. Subscriptions to DC are $14.99 a month but still nothing about costs to just open a PDF with Adobe Reader DC. CB On 3/27/15 2:35 PM, David Griffith wrote: Absolutely no confusion on my part. If you check the earlier thread you will see Jonathan said Adobe had announced that they released a VO Accessible version of Adobe Reader for the Mac on Twitter yesterday. David Griffith On 27 Mar 2015, at 18:23, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, I’m guessing that you were either confused between the iOS version and the Mac version, or someone believes that using Adobe Reader’s “Read Out Loud” feature constitutes being accessible. Supposedly, the iOS version of Adobe Reader has VO support, although I can’t confirm at this point. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Mar 27, 2015, at 09:45, David Griffith daj.griff...@gmail.com wrote: OK I checked for updates and it told me I had the latest version so the accessible VO version is hopefully yet to come. David Griffith On 27/03/2015 15:18, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries wrote: 11.0.10 was released December 2014 so I suspect that is not the fixed version. CB On 3/27/15 4:24 AM, David Griffith wrote: Well I have just downloaded and installed version 11.0.10 from Adobe and nothing appears to have changed. None of the text area of the two PDF documents I loaded were available to Voiceover. I went through the Accessibility Setup wizard and specified that I was using a screen reader but this again provided no useful result. The only text area of thethat I was able to interact and read was the filename title of the PDF document. It is possible I have missed something but I went through all the preferences. David Griffith On 27 Mar 2015, at 06:23, Jonathan Mosen jmo...@mosen.org mailto:jmo...@mosen.org wrote: I've not tried this yet, but the Adobe accessibility people were saying on Twitter yesterday that the new Adobe Reader for Mac has VO support. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org http://mosen.org/ On 27/03/2015, at 3:05 pm, Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com mailto:philh...@gmail.com wrote: another way is to copy all text in the document with command A, then open the preview menu, enter the services submenu and press enter on “new textedit window with selection”. It does exactly what it sounds like. First make sure you’ve interacted with the pdf text area and can read the text with the VO commands just to make sure you’re in the right place and can select all. On Mar 26, 2015, at 8:14 PM, Georgina Joyce g...@gena-j.me.uk mailto:g...@gena-j.me.uk wrote: Hello, I don’t know if there’s a better way. But I highlight the text cmd+a then copy cmd+c then open text edit and paste cmd+v into a new document. Not nice but it works for me. Gena On 26 Mar 2015, at 23:37, Lorie McCloud lorice...@gmail.com mailto:lorice...@gmail.com wrote: I can do it with preview if I interact with the image group. I’d like to know how to save a pdf as text. My Youtube Channel: “www.youtube.com/LorieMcCloud http://www.youtube.com/LorieMcCloud On Mar 26, 2015, at 6:24 PM, Chris Moore chris.w...@gmail.com mailto:chris.w...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, What are some options for reading PDF files on the mac? Chris -- 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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto: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
Re: making folders open in new windows
My personal solution for this is to do it in two steps: 1. Press CMD + n to open a real new window. 2. press the hotkey for the desired folder like CMD + Shift + o to open documents folder, CMD + Shift + h to open the home folder, and so forth. Now I'm able to switch between these windows by pressing CMD + or close one window after another by pressing CMD + w. Maybe a work around for you as well. All the best Jürgen Am 27.03.2015 um 16:56 schrieb Barry Hadder bhad...@gmail.com: Note That checkbox only changes the open in new tab menu item to open in new window. It does not cause folders to automatically open in a new window. I believe it is possible to assign a keyboard shortcut to it in system preferences though. In Lion, the box would cause folders to open in new windows, but it works differently in Yosemite. I don’t know what version of OS X started this, but probably the one that introduced tabs. On Mar 27, 2015, at 10:26 AM, george b gbma...@gmail.com mailto:gbma...@gmail.com wrote: You want the check box unchecked it it checked it opens tags From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Hall Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 08:22 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: making folders open in new windows I think you'd want it unchecked. I've never paid much attention to how folders open--I use cmd-n if I need a new window--but it seems like you'd want windows and not tabs. On Mar 27, 2015, at 10:41 AM, Stacey Robinson stacey...@bellsouth.net mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net wrote: Alex Do I check or uncheck this? Blessings, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net On Mar 27, 2015, at 9:33 AM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com mailto:mehg...@icloud.com wrote: In Finder, press command-comma to open Preferences. In the General tab, there should be a checkbox about opening new folders in tabs instead of windows. On Mar 27, 2015, at 10:30 AM, Stacey Robinson stacey...@bellsouth.net mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net wrote: Hello all, When I had my Macbook running Lion, each folder would open in a separate window. I would like to do this with my macbook air, but can’t figure out how. When I press command w I end up back on the desktop which isn’t where I want to be. In Lion, you’d just perform this command and be back in the first window. Can someone tell me how to set things so this will be the case again? Thanks very much. Blessings, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net -- 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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com mailto: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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout 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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com mailto:mehg...@icloud.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed
Re: Help with getmacapps.com.
Folks, We had a major issue the other night with our servers, and that is why I didn't get that recording to you all that I promised sooner. Anyway, it's done. If you go to: http://www.clgproductions.net Once here, click on Blog and Podcast. Then, look with heading navigation at the most recent post. If you absolutely cannot locate the link, let me know, but I'd prefer people actually download directly through the web site. Chris. --- Check out my web site at: http://www.clgproductions.net - Original Message - From: Anders Holmberg and...@pipkrokodil.se To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 7:29 AM Subject: Re: Help with getmacapps.com. Hi! Ah, that makes sence. Thanks. /A 25 mar 2015 kl. 21:34 skrev Christopher-Mark Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com: How do you have Voiceover set, if you go to your Voiceover Utility, then under the web category? Are you set on DOM navigation, or group? If on Group, that may be part of your issue, as you'll first have to then interact with the group containing the code, then vo+right arrow over to the text box. Then you should be able to copy it. Also remember that you have to select all with Command+A once in the edit box. Otherwise, you won't be copying the code, and therefore, pasting into Terminal won't work. Chris. --- Check out my web site at: http://www.clgproductions.net - Original Message - From: Anders Holmberg and...@pipkrokodil.se To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 4:56 AM Subject: Help with getmacapps.com. Hi! Ok, so now i have been trying the getmac apps but it does not work properly for me. I have picked apps and clicked install these. Then i copied the code from the textfield but i can not paste it in terminal. Not with shift command c. Not with command c either. Any thoughts? Thanks. /A -- 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: Reading PDF files on the mac
Hi, Adobe is moving lots of productivity towards the cloud based solutions. Creative Cloud allows for a pseudo web-based version of the PhotoShop, Premiere Creative Suite and the Document Cloud is probably part of that same sort of movement. Sorry, was following the whole thread but must have let the initial part of the conversation fly out of my head. Later.. Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Mar 27, 2015, at 12:48, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries macvisionaries@googlegroups.com wrote: From the Adobe Accessibility blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/accessibility/2015/03/acrobat-dc-accessibility-update.html They say the upcoming release not that it is actually released yet. Also they say this is the release of Adobe Reader DC where DC stands for Document Cloud. No idea what that is but it sounds like something I'll need an account and/or subscription to make use of. Their link to the announcement is broken but I was able to find this: http://blogs.adobe.com/adobereader/2015/03/introducing-adobe-document-cloud.html which eventually has links to http://landing.adobe.com/en/na/products/document-cloud/announce.html which is probably where the first link was supposed to go. At the very end it talks about How to buy Document Cloud and Acrobat DC but it doesn't clarify what might be needed just to use Adobe Reader DC. This press release dated March 17 http://www.adobe.com/news-room/pressreleases/201503/031715AdobeIntroducesDocumentCloud.html says Adobe Document Cloud and Acrobat DC are expected to be available within 30 days so that means mid-April. Subscriptions to DC are $14.99 a month but still nothing about costs to just open a PDF with Adobe Reader DC. CB On 3/27/15 2:35 PM, David Griffith wrote: Absolutely no confusion on my part. If you check the earlier thread you will see Jonathan said Adobe had announced that they released a VO Accessible version of Adobe Reader for the Mac on Twitter yesterday. David Griffith On 27 Mar 2015, at 18:23, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, I’m guessing that you were either confused between the iOS version and the Mac version, or someone believes that using Adobe Reader’s “Read Out Loud” feature constitutes being accessible. Supposedly, the iOS version of Adobe Reader has VO support, although I can’t confirm at this point. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Mar 27, 2015, at 09:45, David Griffith daj.griff...@gmail.com wrote: OK I checked for updates and it told me I had the latest version so the accessible VO version is hopefully yet to come. David Griffith On 27/03/2015 15:18, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries wrote: 11.0.10 was released December 2014 so I suspect that is not the fixed version. CB On 3/27/15 4:24 AM, David Griffith wrote: Well I have just downloaded and installed version 11.0.10 from Adobe and nothing appears to have changed. None of the text area of the two PDF documents I loaded were available to Voiceover. I went through the Accessibility Setup wizard and specified that I was using a screen reader but this again provided no useful result. The only text area of thethat I was able to interact and read was the filename title of the PDF document. It is possible I have missed something but I went through all the preferences. David Griffith On 27 Mar 2015, at 06:23, Jonathan Mosen jmo...@mosen.org mailto:jmo...@mosen.org wrote: I've not tried this yet, but the Adobe accessibility people were saying on Twitter yesterday that the new Adobe Reader for Mac has VO support. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org http://mosen.org/ On 27/03/2015, at 3:05 pm, Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com mailto:philh...@gmail.com wrote: another way is to copy all text in the document with command A, then open the preview menu, enter the services submenu and press enter on “new textedit window with selection”. It does exactly what it sounds like. First make sure you’ve interacted with the pdf text area and can read the text with the VO commands just to make sure you’re in the right place and can select all. On Mar 26, 2015, at 8:14 PM, Georgina Joyce g...@gena-j.me.uk mailto:g...@gena-j.me.uk wrote: Hello, I don’t know if there’s a better way. But I highlight the text cmd+a then copy cmd+c then open text edit and paste cmd+v into a new document. Not nice but it works for me. Gena On 26 Mar 2015, at 23:37, Lorie McCloud lorice...@gmail.com mailto:lorice...@gmail.com wrote: I can do it with preview if I interact with the image group. I’d like to know how to save a pdf as text. My Youtube Channel: “www.youtube.com/LorieMcCloud http://www.youtube.com/LorieMcCloud On Mar 26, 2015, at 6:24 PM, Chris Moore chris.w...@gmail.com mailto:chris.w...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, What are some options for reading PDF files on the mac? Chris
Re: How do you update Adobi on the Mac using VO?
Tim and David, Thanks for your suggestions. Pressing space bar on the license check box and then on the install button certainly got me further. I then type in my computer password, press ok, and then the installer just says installer ready and there's a close button and a done image, with no area to interact with so no progress bar to check if it's actually installing. I guess I'll just do without flash as I can't figure out how to use this very odd installer. Thanks for your help though. I do appreciate it. On 28/03/2015, at 9:49 am, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, In addition to David’s comments, in lots of Adobe installers, you can often just use the space to check boxes like that and use your tab to navigate around if VO doesn’t work normally. It’s good to have a toolbox full of options when your normal VO commands don’t seem to result in what you want. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Mar 27, 2015, at 14:23, David Griffith daj.griff...@gmail.com wrote: Although I have not had this exact problem generally on Adobe Flash installs I encounter 2 problems. 1. You tend to have to use shift vo space to activate the buttons. so it might be worth doing this as well to see if it prevents you being dumped out of the install app.. 2. The install tends to throw up helper htm windows with messages like close Safari to complete the install and other things. These can remove focus from the install app so you need to use Window Chooser to interact with these windows and respond to them. David Griffith rto On 27/03/2015 19:22, Lisette Wesseling wrote: Hi Tim, I re-downloaded the file just now which had a different file name and got me a lot further with installing flash player. I got as far as agreeing to the license terms. When I press vo space on the I agree check box to check it, I'm thrown out of the installer and back into finder. It's as if I pressed the quit button which I didn't. Do you get this problem, and how do you get around it? Thanks so much. Lisette On 27/03/2015, at 10:12 am, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, That Installer Helper HTML area should not be empty. IF you Interact with it, VO usually can read info about what’s going on. It’s the only area that is usually of any use to you. If there are any apps open like Safari, Chrome, System Preferences etc, that use Flash in some manner, they will need to be quit, otherwise, Flash won’t finish installing. As mentioned, I often get a message about FlashBridge Cross Platform needing to be quit and the only way I’ve found to do that is through the Activity Monitor since it is not really an app. A few questions: • Do you have an item called Flash Player in your System Preferences? • If so, what version does it say you have installed? Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Mar 26, 2015, at 14:40, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Tim and anybody else who can help, I am having immense difficulty installing flash. Is the installer really buggy or something? I'm at the point where I've downloaded the disk image. I open the installer app. I'm warned about this and I continue. I'm asked for my computer username and password which I type in and press enter. I get a window called adobe flash player installer. Next to this is an installer helper html area which is empty. That's all. There's a close button and nothing else, and nothing seems to be installing. I've tried going through system prefs again to re download it. I hit the download link and nothing downloads. Any ideas? Lisette a On 27/03/2015, at 7:33 am, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, There was a discussion about this just a few days ago on this list. A few varied but similar responses. The basic gist, if it’s Flash, • Go to System Preferences. • Press on the Flash button. • Select the Advanced pane. • Interact with the Scroll area. • Navigate to the Check Now button and press it. • If there’s an update available, you will be told in a dialog at this point. Choose Update. This will take you into your browser and directly to the latest Flash installer. I usually just press tab until the Install Now link is read, then I press return. It will then download to your Downloads folder and you can open the .dmg file and run the installer package from there. If Safari or another Flash needing app is running, the installer will pause asking you to quit them all. Sometimes there’s a “Force Close All”, sometimes not. If the “Flash Bridge Cross Platform” service is running, you’ll need to quit that process from the Activity Monitor app which is located in the Utilities folder. Other than that, the only thing you may need to do is use VO-shift-space to activate a button while in the Flash Installer as the regular VO-space doesn’t work for these buttons. HTH.
Re: How do you update Adobi on the Mac using VO?
Oh looks like it installed after all. I'm now running the latest update according to system prefs. It was not clear anything had actually happened during the installation. Pressing space bar on the buttons certainly helps. And you can't always rely on vo f 5 to tell you the truth either. It said the button in question wasn't under the mouse, but when I pressed space bar on the button it did activate the button I was trying to activate. So something weird is going on there. Thanks for your help guys. I'll know what to do for next time. Cheers Lisette On 28/03/2015, at 9:49 am, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, In addition to David’s comments, in lots of Adobe installers, you can often just use the space to check boxes like that and use your tab to navigate around if VO doesn’t work normally. It’s good to have a toolbox full of options when your normal VO commands don’t seem to result in what you want. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Mar 27, 2015, at 14:23, David Griffith daj.griff...@gmail.com wrote: Although I have not had this exact problem generally on Adobe Flash installs I encounter 2 problems. 1. You tend to have to use shift vo space to activate the buttons. so it might be worth doing this as well to see if it prevents you being dumped out of the install app.. 2. The install tends to throw up helper htm windows with messages like close Safari to complete the install and other things. These can remove focus from the install app so you need to use Window Chooser to interact with these windows and respond to them. David Griffith rto On 27/03/2015 19:22, Lisette Wesseling wrote: Hi Tim, I re-downloaded the file just now which had a different file name and got me a lot further with installing flash player. I got as far as agreeing to the license terms. When I press vo space on the I agree check box to check it, I'm thrown out of the installer and back into finder. It's as if I pressed the quit button which I didn't. Do you get this problem, and how do you get around it? Thanks so much. Lisette On 27/03/2015, at 10:12 am, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, That Installer Helper HTML area should not be empty. IF you Interact with it, VO usually can read info about what’s going on. It’s the only area that is usually of any use to you. If there are any apps open like Safari, Chrome, System Preferences etc, that use Flash in some manner, they will need to be quit, otherwise, Flash won’t finish installing. As mentioned, I often get a message about FlashBridge Cross Platform needing to be quit and the only way I’ve found to do that is through the Activity Monitor since it is not really an app. A few questions: • Do you have an item called Flash Player in your System Preferences? • If so, what version does it say you have installed? Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Mar 26, 2015, at 14:40, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Tim and anybody else who can help, I am having immense difficulty installing flash. Is the installer really buggy or something? I'm at the point where I've downloaded the disk image. I open the installer app. I'm warned about this and I continue. I'm asked for my computer username and password which I type in and press enter. I get a window called adobe flash player installer. Next to this is an installer helper html area which is empty. That's all. There's a close button and nothing else, and nothing seems to be installing. I've tried going through system prefs again to re download it. I hit the download link and nothing downloads. Any ideas? Lisette a On 27/03/2015, at 7:33 am, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, There was a discussion about this just a few days ago on this list. A few varied but similar responses. The basic gist, if it’s Flash, • Go to System Preferences. • Press on the Flash button. • Select the Advanced pane. • Interact with the Scroll area. • Navigate to the Check Now button and press it. • If there’s an update available, you will be told in a dialog at this point. Choose Update. This will take you into your browser and directly to the latest Flash installer. I usually just press tab until the Install Now link is read, then I press return. It will then download to your Downloads folder and you can open the .dmg file and run the installer package from there. If Safari or another Flash needing app is running, the installer will pause asking you to quit them all. Sometimes there’s a “Force Close All”, sometimes not. If the “Flash Bridge Cross Platform” service is running, you’ll need to quit that process from the Activity Monitor app which is located in the Utilities folder. Other than that, the only thing you may need to do is use VO-shift-space to activate a button while in the Flash Installer as the regular VO-space
Re: Can anyone recommend any accessible e-mail providers apart from Gmail?
Hi, Checkwith your ISP and see if they offer a free email account as mine does. Just a thought. Matthew On 03/27/2015 11:24 AM, Alex Hall wrote: My problem with iCloud Mail is the web interface. I use iCloud Mail because I use Apple devices, and setting up my account is as easy as checking a box. However, making changes for message rules, aliases, and other web-based changes is nearly impossible. Unless the website has gotten way better in the months since I've tried it, you will save yourself a lot of frustration if you just get sighted help for that part of things. On Mar 27, 2015, at 10:46 AM, Christopher Hallsworth challswor...@icloud.com mailto:challswor...@icloud.com wrote: iCloud Mail is the way to go if you have an Apple ID. It's free and storage depends on how much is in your iCloud account. In other words the space is shared between Mail and all other data. The best thing with iCloud Mail is that no user configuration is required if you use the native Mail app on both iOS and OS X. But server settings are easily available from Apple's support pages if you use third party clients. Highly recommended. On 27/03/2015 12:07, Jamie Pauls wrote: I have had no complaints about my iCloud account here. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 27, 2015, at 2:31 AM, Eleanor Roberts eleanor.robert...@googlemail.com mailto:eleanor.robert...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi all I know this is a bit of a random question, but I'm looking to set up another e-mail account as well as the Gmail one I already have. So was just wondering if anyone could recommend any other e-mail providers which are as good/accessible as Gmail? I have my Apple training session this afternoon, so any suggestions before then would be much appreciated, then I can get them to help me set it up. My main reason for having one is so I can have a rescue e-mail for my Apple security, though I am also in the process of trying to sort out 2-step verification for that (if that works then as I understand it the e-mail address will become irrelevant). But nevertheless, any ideas on accessible e-mail providers would be much appreciated, as it's always good/useful to know. Thanks. Eleanor Many thanks. Eleanor Sent from my iPad -- 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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto: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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto: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 mailto: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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto: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: How do you update Adobi on the Mac using VO?
Hi, In addition to David’s comments, in lots of Adobe installers, you can often just use the space to check boxes like that and use your tab to navigate around if VO doesn’t work normally. It’s good to have a toolbox full of options when your normal VO commands don’t seem to result in what you want. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Mar 27, 2015, at 14:23, David Griffith daj.griff...@gmail.com wrote: Although I have not had this exact problem generally on Adobe Flash installs I encounter 2 problems. 1. You tend to have to use shift vo space to activate the buttons. so it might be worth doing this as well to see if it prevents you being dumped out of the install app.. 2. The install tends to throw up helper htm windows with messages like close Safari to complete the install and other things. These can remove focus from the install app so you need to use Window Chooser to interact with these windows and respond to them. David Griffith rto On 27/03/2015 19:22, Lisette Wesseling wrote: Hi Tim, I re-downloaded the file just now which had a different file name and got me a lot further with installing flash player. I got as far as agreeing to the license terms. When I press vo space on the I agree check box to check it, I'm thrown out of the installer and back into finder. It's as if I pressed the quit button which I didn't. Do you get this problem, and how do you get around it? Thanks so much. Lisette On 27/03/2015, at 10:12 am, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, That Installer Helper HTML area should not be empty. IF you Interact with it, VO usually can read info about what’s going on. It’s the only area that is usually of any use to you. If there are any apps open like Safari, Chrome, System Preferences etc, that use Flash in some manner, they will need to be quit, otherwise, Flash won’t finish installing. As mentioned, I often get a message about FlashBridge Cross Platform needing to be quit and the only way I’ve found to do that is through the Activity Monitor since it is not really an app. A few questions: • Do you have an item called Flash Player in your System Preferences? • If so, what version does it say you have installed? Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Mar 26, 2015, at 14:40, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Tim and anybody else who can help, I am having immense difficulty installing flash. Is the installer really buggy or something? I'm at the point where I've downloaded the disk image. I open the installer app. I'm warned about this and I continue. I'm asked for my computer username and password which I type in and press enter. I get a window called adobe flash player installer. Next to this is an installer helper html area which is empty. That's all. There's a close button and nothing else, and nothing seems to be installing. I've tried going through system prefs again to re download it. I hit the download link and nothing downloads. Any ideas? Lisette a On 27/03/2015, at 7:33 am, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, There was a discussion about this just a few days ago on this list. A few varied but similar responses. The basic gist, if it’s Flash, • Go to System Preferences. • Press on the Flash button. • Select the Advanced pane. • Interact with the Scroll area. • Navigate to the Check Now button and press it. • If there’s an update available, you will be told in a dialog at this point. Choose Update. This will take you into your browser and directly to the latest Flash installer. I usually just press tab until the Install Now link is read, then I press return. It will then download to your Downloads folder and you can open the .dmg file and run the installer package from there. If Safari or another Flash needing app is running, the installer will pause asking you to quit them all. Sometimes there’s a “Force Close All”, sometimes not. If the “Flash Bridge Cross Platform” service is running, you’ll need to quit that process from the Activity Monitor app which is located in the Utilities folder. Other than that, the only thing you may need to do is use VO-shift-space to activate a button while in the Flash Installer as the regular VO-space doesn’t work for these buttons. HTH. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Mar 26, 2015, at 12:11, Eleanor Roberts eleanor.robert...@googlemail.com wrote: I think it's the Adobi Flash Player, but I'll find out more accurately for you. Sorry I can't be more help yet, but quite frankly I don't really know what he's on about as I don't use it. Eleanor Sent from my iPad On 26 Mar 2015, at 17:00, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, Which Adobe product is he using? Best. Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Mar 26, 2015, at 09:37, Eleanor Roberts eleanor.robert...@googlemail.com wrote:
Re: Reading PDF files on the mac
Only when the quality is good enough. Often, the quality of the scan is not very good. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 27 Mar 2015, at 22:46, Steve Nutt st...@comproom.co.uk wrote: Hi, You said no screen reader can read them. This is incorrect. Jaws can, with its Convenient OCR function. All the best Steve Sent from Type Mail On 27 Mar 2015, at 08:32, David Chittenden dchitten...@gmail.com wrote: Many PDF documents are scanned images. Scanned images cannot be read by any screen reader as they are actually pictures of the page of text. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 27 Mar 2015, at 21:24, David Griffith daj.griff...@gmail.com wrote: Well I have just downloaded and installed version 11.0.10 from Adobe and nothing appears to have changed. None of the text area of the two PDF documents I loaded were available to Voiceover. I went through the Accessibility Setup wizard and specified that I was using a screen reader but this again provided no useful result. The only text area of thethat I was able to interact and read was the filename title of the PDF document. It is possible I have missed something but I went through all the preferences. David Griffith On 27 Mar 2015, at 06:23, Jonathan Mosen jmo...@mosen.org wrote: I've not tried this yet, but the Adobe accessibility people were saying on Twitter yesterday that the new Adobe Reader for Mac has VO support. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org On 27/03/2015, at 3:05 pm, Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com wrote: another way is to copy all text in the document with command A, then open the preview menu, enter the services submenu and press enter on “new textedit window with selection”. It does exactly what it sounds like. First make sure you’ve interacted with the pdf text area and can read the text with the VO commands just to make sure you’re in the right place and can select all. On Mar 26, 2015, at 8:14 PM, Georgina Joyce g...@gena-j.me.uk wrote: Hello, I don’t know if there’s a better way. But I highlight the text cmd+a then copy cmd+c then open text edit and paste cmd+v into a new document. Not nice but it works for me. Gena On 26 Mar 2015, at 23:37, Lorie McCloud lorice...@gmail.com wrote: I can do it with preview if I interact with the image group. I’d like to know how to save a pdf as text. My Youtube Channel: “www.youtube.com/LorieMcCloud On Mar 26, 2015, at 6:24 PM, Chris Moore chris.w...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, What are some options for reading PDF files on the mac? Chris -- 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. --
Looking for a Script to Give a Word Count in TextEdit
Hello, all, I understand that a script exists that will allow one to get a word count for a document using TextEdit. If someone could kindly point me to this script, that would be great. It doesn’t appear to be a part of the Talking Dashboard scripts unless I’mm missing something. Thanks. Take care and have a great day. Jamie Pauls jamiepa...@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: Busy, Busy, Busy -- It's DrivingMe Nuts
Perhaps a clean install will help? And when done you do a backup twice during the reinstallation of software after the osx installed. Then maybe it will work and you have two or more backups to restore from. Many instructions of how to do a clean install in the archive i believe. Take care 27. mars 2015 kl. 21:07 skrev Kevin Cussick the.big.white.sheph...@googlemail.com: Hello, I did a disk permissions last night took over night! I still get busy now and again with mail but it is now working. On 27 Mar 2015, at 13:55, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: Have you run a permissions repair from Disk Utility? I imagine erasing all your accounts and starting over could help too, but that's an extreme step. I can tell you that it's not the Mail app somehow needing more power; I use a Macbook Air with the low end processor and 4GB ram from 2012, and it runs perfectly. Your Mini has more than enough horsepower, so it has to be a problem with some files. At least, that's all I can think of. On Mar 27, 2015, at 12:18 AM, William Gallik wfgal...@charter.net wrote: I have a 2.6 GHz Mac mini with latest Yosemite installed. I'm having a problem with the Mail application in that it's constantly reporting Busy; this even the only thing I might do is to try to interact with the Messages table. What the H E Double-Hockey-Sticks? - Bill Leader Dog Holland - Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. - US Humorist, Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.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. -- 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: How do you update Adobi on the Mac using VO?
Hi, You’re welcome. Normally, if the “Done” button appears, then everything went as it should and the installer completed its task. Glad it all works for you now. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Mar 27, 2015, at 15:42, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com wrote: Oh looks like it installed after all. I'm now running the latest update according to system prefs. It was not clear anything had actually happened during the installation. Pressing space bar on the buttons certainly helps. And you can't always rely on vo f 5 to tell you the truth either. It said the button in question wasn't under the mouse, but when I pressed space bar on the button it did activate the button I was trying to activate. So something weird is going on there. Thanks for your help guys. I'll know what to do for next time. Cheers Lisette On 28/03/2015, at 9:49 am, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, In addition to David’s comments, in lots of Adobe installers, you can often just use the space to check boxes like that and use your tab to navigate around if VO doesn’t work normally. It’s good to have a toolbox full of options when your normal VO commands don’t seem to result in what you want. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Mar 27, 2015, at 14:23, David Griffith daj.griff...@gmail.com wrote: Although I have not had this exact problem generally on Adobe Flash installs I encounter 2 problems. 1. You tend to have to use shift vo space to activate the buttons. so it might be worth doing this as well to see if it prevents you being dumped out of the install app.. 2. The install tends to throw up helper htm windows with messages like close Safari to complete the install and other things. These can remove focus from the install app so you need to use Window Chooser to interact with these windows and respond to them. David Griffith rto On 27/03/2015 19:22, Lisette Wesseling wrote: Hi Tim, I re-downloaded the file just now which had a different file name and got me a lot further with installing flash player. I got as far as agreeing to the license terms. When I press vo space on the I agree check box to check it, I'm thrown out of the installer and back into finder. It's as if I pressed the quit button which I didn't. Do you get this problem, and how do you get around it? Thanks so much. Lisette On 27/03/2015, at 10:12 am, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, That Installer Helper HTML area should not be empty. IF you Interact with it, VO usually can read info about what’s going on. It’s the only area that is usually of any use to you. If there are any apps open like Safari, Chrome, System Preferences etc, that use Flash in some manner, they will need to be quit, otherwise, Flash won’t finish installing. As mentioned, I often get a message about FlashBridge Cross Platform needing to be quit and the only way I’ve found to do that is through the Activity Monitor since it is not really an app. A few questions: • Do you have an item called Flash Player in your System Preferences? • If so, what version does it say you have installed? Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Mar 26, 2015, at 14:40, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Tim and anybody else who can help, I am having immense difficulty installing flash. Is the installer really buggy or something? I'm at the point where I've downloaded the disk image. I open the installer app. I'm warned about this and I continue. I'm asked for my computer username and password which I type in and press enter. I get a window called adobe flash player installer. Next to this is an installer helper html area which is empty. That's all. There's a close button and nothing else, and nothing seems to be installing. I've tried going through system prefs again to re download it. I hit the download link and nothing downloads. Any ideas? Lisette a On 27/03/2015, at 7:33 am, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, There was a discussion about this just a few days ago on this list. A few varied but similar responses. The basic gist, if it’s Flash, • Go to System Preferences. • Press on the Flash button. • Select the Advanced pane. • Interact with the Scroll area. • Navigate to the Check Now button and press it. • If there’s an update available, you will be told in a dialog at this point. Choose Update. This will take you into your browser and directly to the latest Flash installer. I usually just press tab until the Install Now link is read, then I press return. It will then download to your Downloads folder and you can open the .dmg file and run the installer package from there. If Safari or another Flash needing app is running, the installer will pause asking you to quit them all. Sometimes there’s a “Force Close All”, sometimes not. If the “Flash Bridge Cross
Re: making folders open in new windows
Thanks I’ll give that a try. Blessings, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net On Mar 27, 2015, at 1:29 PM, Jürgen Fleger apple-engl...@fleger.net wrote: My personal solution for this is to do it in two steps: 1. Press CMD + n to open a real new window. 2. press the hotkey for the desired folder like CMD + Shift + o to open documents folder, CMD + Shift + h to open the home folder, and so forth. Now I'm able to switch between these windows by pressing CMD + or close one window after another by pressing CMD + w. Maybe a work around for you as well. All the best Jürgen Am 27.03.2015 um 16:56 schrieb Barry Hadder bhad...@gmail.com mailto:bhad...@gmail.com: Note That checkbox only changes the open in new tab menu item to open in new window. It does not cause folders to automatically open in a new window. I believe it is possible to assign a keyboard shortcut to it in system preferences though. In Lion, the box would cause folders to open in new windows, but it works differently in Yosemite. I don’t know what version of OS X started this, but probably the one that introduced tabs. On Mar 27, 2015, at 10:26 AM, george b gbma...@gmail.com mailto:gbma...@gmail.com wrote: You want the check box unchecked it it checked it opens tags From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Hall Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 08:22 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: making folders open in new windows I think you'd want it unchecked. I've never paid much attention to how folders open--I use cmd-n if I need a new window--but it seems like you'd want windows and not tabs. On Mar 27, 2015, at 10:41 AM, Stacey Robinson stacey...@bellsouth.net mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net wrote: Alex Do I check or uncheck this? Blessings, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net On Mar 27, 2015, at 9:33 AM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com mailto:mehg...@icloud.com wrote: In Finder, press command-comma to open Preferences. In the General tab, there should be a checkbox about opening new folders in tabs instead of windows. On Mar 27, 2015, at 10:30 AM, Stacey Robinson stacey...@bellsouth.net mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net wrote: Hello all, When I had my Macbook running Lion, each folder would open in a separate window. I would like to do this with my macbook air, but can’t figure out how. When I press command w I end up back on the desktop which isn’t where I want to be. In Lion, you’d just perform this command and be back in the first window. Can someone tell me how to set things so this will be the case again? Thanks very much. Blessings, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net -- 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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com mailto: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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout 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 mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries
Re: starting to get irritated by IOS 8
All of the nightmarish things that happened with I O S 8 in the beginning have pretty much been fixed. I run I O S 8.2 on all of my devices, including my IPad Air first generation, and all is very very smoothe. I really don't have any issues any longer. OK, in Safari, on huge web pages, sometimes the item chooser will crap the bed, but even that is becoming more and more rare, and the main web site where I see this happen, is a major exception, as that page literally speaking has over 12 thousand links on it. Sorry, I'm not at liberty to go into what this site is, you're just gonna have to trust me with this. Chris. --- Check out my web site at: http://www.clgproductions.net - Original Message - From: Jon Solitro To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 8:38 PM Subject: Re: starting to get irritated by IOS 8 The app is called WritePad. I can't attest to the functionality as I haven't been able to download it yet. I know that many apps need ios 8. I'm justwondering if it is worth it ot upgrade. In the past when I've upgraded, Voice Over tends to run slower. How is it now? Should I upgrade? Sent from my iPad On Mar 27, 2015, at 2:17 PM, george b gbma...@gmail.com wrote: What is the name of the hand writing reconigation app I am interested in this please. thanks From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jon Solitro Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 10:54 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: starting to get irritated by IOS 8 I still haven't upgraded to iOs 8 on my iPad 2. I'm still running iOs 7. I found a handwriting recognition app that needs iOs 8 to install. Should I update, or can I expect slower operation? On Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at 3:38:48 PM UTC-4, Yuma Decaux wrote: Hi all, I don’t know about yall, but I have an iphone 6 with IOS 8 and I have to say that the experience is less than stellar. Bugs everywhere, slower than on my iphone 5s, siri cut off midway then voice over not working, hang like slowness when getting out of an app. I have to say that I have started looking for alternatives as I feel like apple is trying to nudge things too much into the “let big brother figure out for you what you should like and do”. Point in case, that U2 debacle. Last weekend I was camping with some mates and I was going through some tracks after lunch, and those damn U2 tracks kept popping up like annoying ads. Really don’t want some band pushing their crap on my life experience when I shelled out 1200 dollars for a phone that is supposed to do things for me. Not the other way around. Sure, U2 has some great songs. But their current 50’s midlife crisis moans aren’t my style, nor inspire me. I can listen to that when I go into an apple store and wait for a genius to tell me my future. Seriously folks, I’m not just going off on a rant, and for those of you who want to reply by being defensive for apple, just remember a few basic things: 1-You are customer. Customer is king, you are not serving apple. Apple makes money off you, take 30 percent of the cut on your music production or app developement with their platform. They serve you. Not the other way around. 2-Apple is not god almighty. Apple has great people that collectively create experiences. At the helm, a few individuals decide on the direction of that experience. Personally, I don’t trust Tim Cook that much in giving us a good experience. That Johnny Ive sounds like a pompous marketing guy with design skills I cannot trust as head of human interface, a software division, coming from someone who used to make toilet seats. The only one or ones I can trust in this are frederici and some of the younger engineers presented at the last apple showcase. but they don’t have enough say yet, so we’re stuck with all that flash graphical transition animation style crap instead of truly clean, efficient and snappy interfaces. 3-There are other choices out there, but I have no idea what. Sometimes I wish I was sighted again so that I can really be part of the process of creating real interfaces for everyone. It’s frustrating to know that most companies follow what is standard and forget that standards are meant to be broken and updated. Not broken at the cost of the buyer, no. If it’s broken, it should be free, such as what google offers. Buying a 3000 dollar piece of hardware to get clunky experiences and moments where you want to throw that damn thing out the window and never touch it again is clearly not what I call good experience on a computer. More and more of my friends, mac users, both sighted and visually impaired, agree with me that apple is starting to rot in terms of presenting it’s image. It’s not an underdog but a huge bulky oil tanker that can now only manuver slowly with a battalion of
Re: Looking for a Script to Give a Word Count in TextEdit
Hi, Alex,
This script works like a charm. Thanks a million.
Take care and have a great day.
Jamie Pauls
jamiepa...@gmail.com
On Mar 27, 2015, at 7:10 PM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote:
(* Keywords:
$wordCount: the number of words in the currently open document in TextEdit
$characterCount: the number of characters in the currently open TextEdit
document
$name: the name of the currently open document
*)
set template to $wordCount words ($characterCount characters) in $name.
set utilities to import(utilities.scpt)
set {wordCount, characterCount, documentName} to {0, 0, }
tell application TextEdit
set my wordCount to count (words of document 1)
set my characterCount to count (characters of document 1)
set my documentName to name of document 1
end tell
set keywords to {{$wordCount, wordCount}, {$characterCount,
characterCount}, {$name, documentName}}
set template to str_replace(keywords, template) of utilities
tell utilities to speak(template)
on import(filename)
set p to (path to me) as text
set oldDelimiters to text item delimiters of AppleScript
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to :
set scpt to load script file (((text items 1 through ((length of (text
items of p)) - 1) of p) filename) as text)
set text item delimiters of AppleScript to oldDelimiters
return scpt
end import
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Re: starting to get irritated by IOS 8
The app is called WritePad. I can't attest to the functionality as I haven't been able to download it yet. I know that many apps need ios 8. I'm justwondering if it is worth it ot upgrade. In the past when I've upgraded, Voice Over tends to run slower. How is it now? Should I upgrade? Sent from my iPad On Mar 27, 2015, at 2:17 PM, george b gbma...@gmail.com wrote: What is the name of the hand writing reconigation app I am interested in this please. thanks From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jon Solitro Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 10:54 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: starting to get irritated by IOS 8 I still haven't upgraded to iOs 8 on my iPad 2. I'm still running iOs 7. I found a handwriting recognition app that needs iOs 8 to install. Should I update, or can I expect slower operation? On Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at 3:38:48 PM UTC-4, Yuma Decaux wrote: Hi all, I don’t know about yall, but I have an iphone 6 with IOS 8 and I have to say that the experience is less than stellar. Bugs everywhere, slower than on my iphone 5s, siri cut off midway then voice over not working, hang like slowness when getting out of an app. I have to say that I have started looking for alternatives as I feel like apple is trying to nudge things too much into the “let big brother figure out for you what you should like and do”. Point in case, that U2 debacle. Last weekend I was camping with some mates and I was going through some tracks after lunch, and those damn U2 tracks kept popping up like annoying ads. Really don’t want some band pushing their crap on my life experience when I shelled out 1200 dollars for a phone that is supposed to do things for me. Not the other way around. Sure, U2 has some great songs. But their current 50’s midlife crisis moans aren’t my style, nor inspire me. I can listen to that when I go into an apple store and wait for a genius to tell me my future. Seriously folks, I’m not just going off on a rant, and for those of you who want to reply by being defensive for apple, just remember a few basic things: 1-You are customer. Customer is king, you are not serving apple. Apple makes money off you, take 30 percent of the cut on your music production or app developement with their platform. They serve you. Not the other way around. 2-Apple is not god almighty. Apple has great people that collectively create experiences. At the helm, a few individuals decide on the direction of that experience. Personally, I don’t trust Tim Cook that much in giving us a good experience. That Johnny Ive sounds like a pompous marketing guy with design skills I cannot trust as head of human interface, a software division, coming from someone who used to make toilet seats. The only one or ones I can trust in this are frederici and some of the younger engineers presented at the last apple showcase. but they don’t have enough say yet, so we’re stuck with all that flash graphical transition animation style crap instead of truly clean, efficient and snappy interfaces. 3-There are other choices out there, but I have no idea what. Sometimes I wish I was sighted again so that I can really be part of the process of creating real interfaces for everyone. It’s frustrating to know that most companies follow what is standard and forget that standards are meant to be broken and updated. Not broken at the cost of the buyer, no. If it’s broken, it should be free, such as what google offers. Buying a 3000 dollar piece of hardware to get clunky experiences and moments where you want to throw that damn thing out the window and never touch it again is clearly not what I call good experience on a computer. More and more of my friends, mac users, both sighted and visually impaired, agree with me that apple is starting to rot in terms of presenting it’s image. It’s not an underdog but a huge bulky oil tanker that can now only manuver slowly with a battalion of lawyers behind murmuring at the chief’s ears, the latter being probably more complacent than should be, thus giving us this weird awkward show each year now with a barely straight talking TIm Cook who sounds like he never had a girl friend chill time or something seems amiss in him. Some soul? Something. Whatever the case, I don’t really dig the style apple is portraying. It’s becoming a disney world presentation with hs and aaahs when the tech behind is quite literally lagging. No visionary stuff, when this qualification should by now, from all the sci fi, the research and the graduations of bright people, should lead us much farther in terms of actual interaction with a computer, and let’s not forget screen readers. Anyway, off for my morning coffee. Have a great day yall Yuma Antoine Decaux Light has no value without darkness Mob:
Re: Looking for a Script to Give a Word Count in TextEdit
It's not, but you have a great point. I'll add that to the next version.
In the meantime, here's the script. Just copy the below lines, open up Script
Editor, paste, and save the script in the same place as the other Talking
Dashboard ones. It's not tested very much--I wrote it in about fifteen
minutes--but it runs on my machine and doesn't require Yosemite. Be warned
that, if TextEdit is not running when you run this script, the app will launch
itself. Anyway, here is the script:
(* Keywords:
$wordCount: the number of words in the currently open document in TextEdit
$characterCount: the number of characters in the currently open TextEdit
document
$name: the name of the currently open document
*)
set template to $wordCount words ($characterCount characters) in $name.
set utilities to import(utilities.scpt)
set {wordCount, characterCount, documentName} to {0, 0, }
tell application TextEdit
set my wordCount to count (words of document 1)
set my characterCount to count (characters of document 1)
set my documentName to name of document 1
end tell
set keywords to {{$wordCount, wordCount}, {$characterCount,
characterCount}, {$name, documentName}}
set template to str_replace(keywords, template) of utilities
tell utilities to speak(template)
on import(filename)
set p to (path to me) as text
set oldDelimiters to text item delimiters of AppleScript
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to :
set scpt to load script file (((text items 1 through ((length of (text
items of p)) - 1) of p) filename) as text)
set text item delimiters of AppleScript to oldDelimiters
return scpt
end import
On Mar 27, 2015, at 6:37 PM, Jamie Pauls jamiepa...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello, all,
I understand that a script exists that will allow one to get a word count for
a document using TextEdit. If someone could kindly point me to this script,
that would be great. It doesn’t appear to be a part of the Talking Dashboard
scripts unless I’mm missing something.
Thanks.
Take care and have a great day.
Jamie Pauls
jamiepa...@gmail.com mailto:jamiepa...@gmail.com
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Re: About VPN
For me, beeing in Canada, I can access U.S. related services such as US net flicks, ITunes Radio and Pandora. God bless. Matthew Dierckens Certified Assistive Technology Specialist Macintosh, Windows and IOS Trainer U.S. number: 573-401-1018 Personal Email: matt.dierck...@me.com On Mar 27, 2015, at 20:29, The Believer ancient.ali...@icloud.com wrote: What are the benefits of setting up VPN on either a Mac or iPhone? From The Believer. . . By way of the Chariots of the Gods cameth the Aliens who dwelt amongst the humans, and bringeth much knowledge. -- 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: Looking for a Script to Give a Word Count in TextEdit
And what widget is that?
May and LD Luna Moon!
www.canadianlynx.ca
On Mar 27, 2015, at 9:35 PM, Ray Foret Jr rforet7...@comcast.net wrote:
I have a wigit that I can use to give me a word count in Text Edit if I
wanted it to.
Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray
Still a happy Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone 6+ and Apple TV user!
Sent from my Mac,
the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in
On Mar 27, 2015, at 7:10 PM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote:
It's not, but you have a great point. I'll add that to the next version.
In the meantime, here's the script. Just copy the below lines, open up
Script Editor, paste, and save the script in the same place as the other
Talking Dashboard ones. It's not tested very much--I wrote it in about
fifteen minutes--but it runs on my machine and doesn't require Yosemite. Be
warned that, if TextEdit is not running when you run this script, the app
will launch itself. Anyway, here is the script:
(* Keywords:
$wordCount: the number of words in the currently open document in TextEdit
$characterCount: the number of characters in the currently open TextEdit
document
$name: the name of the currently open document
*)
set template to $wordCount words ($characterCount characters) in $name.
set utilities to import(utilities.scpt)
set {wordCount, characterCount, documentName} to {0, 0, }
tell application TextEdit
set my wordCount to count (words of document 1)
set my characterCount to count (characters of document 1)
set my documentName to name of document 1
end tell
set keywords to {{$wordCount, wordCount}, {$characterCount,
characterCount}, {$name, documentName}}
set template to str_replace(keywords, template) of utilities
tell utilities to speak(template)
on import(filename)
set p to (path to me) as text
set oldDelimiters to text item delimiters of AppleScript
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to :
set scpt to load script file (((text items 1 through ((length of (text
items of p)) - 1) of p) filename) as text)
set text item delimiters of AppleScript to oldDelimiters
return scpt
end import
On Mar 27, 2015, at 6:37 PM, Jamie Pauls jamiepa...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello, all,
I understand that a script exists that will allow one to get a word count
for a document using TextEdit. If someone could kindly point me to this
script, that would be great. It doesn’t appear to be a part of the Talking
Dashboard scripts unless I’mm missing something.
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Re: Looking for a Script to Give a Word Count in TextEdit
hi; i know we shouldn't have to do it this way. but here is the website i use
to get a word count. i copy the text from text edit into the enter field and
click go and it gives me the word count right away. hope this helps, max
http://www.javascriptkit.com/script/script2/countwords.shtml
On Mar 27, 2015, at 9:11 PM, May wrote:
And what widget is that?
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On Mar 27, 2015, at 9:35 PM, Ray Foret Jr rforet7...@comcast.net wrote:
I have a wigit that I can use to give me a word count in Text Edit if I
wanted it to.
Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray
Still a happy Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone 6+ and Apple TV user!
Sent from my Mac,
the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in
On Mar 27, 2015, at 7:10 PM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote:
It's not, but you have a great point. I'll add that to the next version.
In the meantime, here's the script. Just copy the below lines, open up
Script Editor, paste, and save the script in the same place as the other
Talking Dashboard ones. It's not tested very much--I wrote it in about
fifteen minutes--but it runs on my machine and doesn't require Yosemite. Be
warned that, if TextEdit is not running when you run this script, the app
will launch itself. Anyway, here is the script:
(* Keywords:
$wordCount: the number of words in the currently open document in TextEdit
$characterCount: the number of characters in the currently open TextEdit
document
$name: the name of the currently open document
*)
set template to $wordCount words ($characterCount characters) in $name.
set utilities to import(utilities.scpt)
set {wordCount, characterCount, documentName} to {0, 0, }
tell application TextEdit
set my wordCount to count (words of document 1)
set my characterCount to count (characters of document 1)
set my documentName to name of document 1
end tell
set keywords to {{$wordCount, wordCount}, {$characterCount,
characterCount}, {$name, documentName}}
set template to str_replace(keywords, template) of utilities
tell utilities to speak(template)
on import(filename)
set p to (path to me) as text
set oldDelimiters to text item delimiters of AppleScript
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to :
set scpt to load script file (((text items 1 through ((length of (text
items of p)) - 1) of p) filename) as text)
set text item delimiters of AppleScript to oldDelimiters
return scpt
end import
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Hello, all,
I understand that a script exists that will allow one to get a word count
for a document using TextEdit. If someone could kindly point me to this
script, that would be great. It doesn’t appear to be a part of the Talking
Dashboard scripts unless I’mm missing something.
Thanks.
Take care and have a great day.
Jamie Pauls
jamiepa...@gmail.com
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Re: starting to get irritated by IOS 8
I too have an Ipad 2. No way would I put IOS 8 on it. I am a firm believer in if it isn't broken don't fix it. Apple broke it. On Mar 27, 2015 12:53 PM, Jon Solitro jon.soli...@gmail.com wrote: I still haven't upgraded to iOs 8 on my iPad 2. I'm still running iOs 7. I found a handwriting recognition app that needs iOs 8 to install. Should I update, or can I expect slower operation? On Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at 3:38:48 PM UTC-4, Yuma Decaux wrote: Hi all, I don’t know about yall, but I have an iphone 6 with IOS 8 and I have to say that the experience is less than stellar. Bugs everywhere, slower than on my iphone 5s, siri cut off midway then voice over not working, hang like slowness when getting out of an app. I have to say that I have started looking for alternatives as I feel like apple is trying to nudge things too much into the “let big brother figure out for you what you should like and do”. Point in case, that U2 debacle. Last weekend I was camping with some mates and I was going through some tracks after lunch, and those damn U2 tracks kept popping up like annoying ads. Really don’t want some band pushing their crap on my life experience when I shelled out 1200 dollars for a phone that is supposed to do things for me. Not the other way around. Sure, U2 has some great songs. But their current 50’s midlife crisis moans aren’t my style, nor inspire me. I can listen to that when I go into an apple store and wait for a genius to tell me my future. Seriously folks, I’m not just going off on a rant, and for those of you who want to reply by being defensive for apple, just remember a few basic things: 1-You are customer. Customer is king, you are not serving apple. Apple makes money off you, take 30 percent of the cut on your music production or app developement with their platform. They serve you. Not the other way around. 2-Apple is not god almighty. Apple has great people that collectively create experiences. At the helm, a few individuals decide on the direction of that experience. Personally, I don’t trust Tim Cook that much in giving us a good experience. That Johnny Ive sounds like a pompous marketing guy with design skills I cannot trust as head of human interface, a software division, coming from someone who used to make toilet seats. The only one or ones I can trust in this are frederici and some of the younger engineers presented at the last apple showcase. but they don’t have enough say yet, so we’re stuck with all that flash graphical transition animation style crap instead of truly clean, efficient and snappy interfaces. 3-There are other choices out there, but I have no idea what. Sometimes I wish I was sighted again so that I can really be part of the process of creating real interfaces for everyone. It’s frustrating to know that most companies follow what is standard and forget that standards are meant to be broken and updated. Not broken at the cost of the buyer, no. If it’s broken, it should be free, such as what google offers. Buying a 3000 dollar piece of hardware to get clunky experiences and moments where you want to throw that damn thing out the window and never touch it again is clearly not what I call good experience on a computer. More and more of my friends, mac users, both sighted and visually impaired, agree with me that apple is starting to rot in terms of presenting it’s image. It’s not an underdog but a huge bulky oil tanker that can now only manuver slowly with a battalion of lawyers behind murmuring at the chief’s ears, the latter being probably more complacent than should be, thus giving us this weird awkward show each year now with a barely straight talking TIm Cook who sounds like he never had a girl friend chill time or something seems amiss in him. Some soul? Something. Whatever the case, I don’t really dig the style apple is portraying. It’s becoming a disney world presentation with hs and aaahs when the tech behind is quite literally lagging. No visionary stuff, when this qualification should by now, from all the sci fi, the research and the graduations of bright people, should lead us much farther in terms of actual interaction with a computer, and let’s not forget screen readers. Anyway, off for my morning coffee. Have a great day yall Yuma Antoine Decaux Light has no value without darkness Mob: +612102277190 Skype: Shainobi1 twitter: http://www.twitter.com/triple7 -- 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
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Re: Looking for a Script to Give a Word Count in TextEdit
I have a wigit that I can use to give me a word count in Text Edit if I wanted
it to.
Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray
Still a happy Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone 6+ and Apple TV user!
Sent from my Mac,
the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in
On Mar 27, 2015, at 7:10 PM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote:
It's not, but you have a great point. I'll add that to the next version.
In the meantime, here's the script. Just copy the below lines, open up Script
Editor, paste, and save the script in the same place as the other Talking
Dashboard ones. It's not tested very much--I wrote it in about fifteen
minutes--but it runs on my machine and doesn't require Yosemite. Be warned
that, if TextEdit is not running when you run this script, the app will
launch itself. Anyway, here is the script:
(* Keywords:
$wordCount: the number of words in the currently open document in TextEdit
$characterCount: the number of characters in the currently open TextEdit
document
$name: the name of the currently open document
*)
set template to $wordCount words ($characterCount characters) in $name.
set utilities to import(utilities.scpt)
set {wordCount, characterCount, documentName} to {0, 0, }
tell application TextEdit
set my wordCount to count (words of document 1)
set my characterCount to count (characters of document 1)
set my documentName to name of document 1
end tell
set keywords to {{$wordCount, wordCount}, {$characterCount,
characterCount}, {$name, documentName}}
set template to str_replace(keywords, template) of utilities
tell utilities to speak(template)
on import(filename)
set p to (path to me) as text
set oldDelimiters to text item delimiters of AppleScript
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to :
set scpt to load script file (((text items 1 through ((length of (text
items of p)) - 1) of p) filename) as text)
set text item delimiters of AppleScript to oldDelimiters
return scpt
end import
On Mar 27, 2015, at 6:37 PM, Jamie Pauls jamiepa...@gmail.com
mailto:jamiepa...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello, all,
I understand that a script exists that will allow one to get a word count
for a document using TextEdit. If someone could kindly point me to this
script, that would be great. It doesn’t appear to be a part of the Talking
Dashboard scripts unless I’mm missing something.
Thanks.
Take care and have a great day.
Jamie Pauls
jamiepa...@gmail.com mailto:jamiepa...@gmail.com
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Re: Looking for a Script to Give a Word Count in TextEdit
I'm glad it works. :) Anyone else can use it too, so long as you have Talking
Dashboard:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17005121/talking%20dashboard.zip
Again, this script will be in the next update to that, but it will work right
now if you paste the code into Script Editor and save the file in the same
folder as the other Talking Dashboard scripts.
On Mar 27, 2015, at 10:55 PM, Jamie Pauls jamiepa...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi, Alex,
This script works like a charm. Thanks a million.
Take care and have a great day.
Jamie Pauls
jamiepa...@gmail.com mailto:jamiepa...@gmail.com
On Mar 27, 2015, at 7:10 PM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com
mailto:mehg...@icloud.com wrote:
(* Keywords:
$wordCount: the number of words in the currently open document in TextEdit
$characterCount: the number of characters in the currently open TextEdit
document
$name: the name of the currently open document
*)
set template to $wordCount words ($characterCount characters) in $name.
set utilities to import(utilities.scpt)
set {wordCount, characterCount, documentName} to {0, 0, }
tell application TextEdit
set my wordCount to count (words of document 1)
set my characterCount to count (characters of document 1)
set my documentName to name of document 1
end tell
set keywords to {{$wordCount, wordCount}, {$characterCount,
characterCount}, {$name, documentName}}
set template to str_replace(keywords, template) of utilities
tell utilities to speak(template)
on import(filename)
set p to (path to me) as text
set oldDelimiters to text item delimiters of AppleScript
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to :
set scpt to load script file (((text items 1 through ((length of (text
items of p)) - 1) of p) filename) as text)
set text item delimiters of AppleScript to oldDelimiters
return scpt
end import
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Re: starting to get irritated by IOS 8
Whatever people. I'm telling you that Apple did break it, yes, but that is the key word... Did! Things work very well now, and if you don't believe me, tell me what you had an issue with, and I'll make an audio demo showing it's been fixed. Maybe then, you'll believe me. Chris. --- Check out my web site at: http://www.clgproductions.net - Original Message - From: Pamela Francis To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 10:48 PM Subject: Re: starting to get irritated by IOS 8 I too have an Ipad 2. No way would I put IOS 8 on it. I am a firm believer in if it isn't broken don't fix it. Apple broke it. On Mar 27, 2015 12:53 PM, Jon Solitro jon.soli...@gmail.com wrote: I still haven't upgraded to iOs 8 on my iPad 2. I'm still running iOs 7. I found a handwriting recognition app that needs iOs 8 to install. Should I update, or can I expect slower operation? On Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at 3:38:48 PM UTC-4, Yuma Decaux wrote: Hi all, I don’t know about yall, but I have an iphone 6 with IOS 8 and I have to say that the experience is less than stellar. Bugs everywhere, slower than on my iphone 5s, siri cut off midway then voice over not working, hang like slowness when getting out of an app. I have to say that I have started looking for alternatives as I feel like apple is trying to nudge things too much into the “let big brother figure out for you what you should like and do”. Point in case, that U2 debacle. Last weekend I was camping with some mates and I was going through some tracks after lunch, and those damn U2 tracks kept popping up like annoying ads. Really don’t want some band pushing their crap on my life experience when I shelled out 1200 dollars for a phone that is supposed to do things for me. Not the other way around. Sure, U2 has some great songs. But their current 50’s midlife crisis moans aren’t my style, nor inspire me. I can listen to that when I go into an apple store and wait for a genius to tell me my future. Seriously folks, I’m not just going off on a rant, and for those of you who want to reply by being defensive for apple, just remember a few basic things: 1-You are customer. Customer is king, you are not serving apple. Apple makes money off you, take 30 percent of the cut on your music production or app developement with their platform. They serve you. Not the other way around. 2-Apple is not god almighty. Apple has great people that collectively create experiences. At the helm, a few individuals decide on the direction of that experience. Personally, I don’t trust Tim Cook that much in giving us a good experience. That Johnny Ive sounds like a pompous marketing guy with design skills I cannot trust as head of human interface, a software division, coming from someone who used to make toilet seats. The only one or ones I can trust in this are frederici and some of the younger engineers presented at the last apple showcase. but they don’t have enough say yet, so we’re stuck with all that flash graphical transition animation style crap instead of truly clean, efficient and snappy interfaces. 3-There are other choices out there, but I have no idea what. Sometimes I wish I was sighted again so that I can really be part of the process of creating real interfaces for everyone. It’s frustrating to know that most companies follow what is standard and forget that standards are meant to be broken and updated. Not broken at the cost of the buyer, no. If it’s broken, it should be free, such as what google offers. Buying a 3000 dollar piece of hardware to get clunky experiences and moments where you want to throw that damn thing out the window and never touch it again is clearly not what I call good experience on a computer. More and more of my friends, mac users, both sighted and visually impaired, agree with me that apple is starting to rot in terms of presenting it’s image. It’s not an underdog but a huge bulky oil tanker that can now only manuver slowly with a battalion of lawyers behind murmuring at the chief’s ears, the latter being probably more complacent than should be, thus giving us this weird awkward show each year now with a barely straight talking TIm Cook who sounds like he never had a girl friend chill time or something seems amiss in him. Some soul? Something. Whatever the case, I don’t really dig the style apple is portraying. It’s becoming a disney world presentation with hs and aaahs when the tech behind is quite literally lagging. No visionary stuff, when this qualification should by now, from all the sci fi, the research and the graduations of bright people, should lead us much farther in terms of actual interaction with a computer, and let’s not forget screen readers. Anyway, off for my morning coffee. Have a great day yall Yuma Antoine Decaux Light has no value without darkness
Re: starting to get irritated by IOS 8
It ain't broke now. iOS 8.2 is on both my iPhone and iPad. From The Believer. . . By way of the Chariots of the Gods cameth the Aliens who dwelt amongst the humans, and bringeth much knowledge. On 3/27/2015 7:48 PM, Pamela Francis wrote: I too have an Ipad 2. No way would I put IOS 8 on it. I am a firm believer in if it isn't broken don't fix it. Apple broke it. On Mar 27, 2015 12:53 PM, Jon Solitro jon.soli...@gmail.com wrote: I still haven't upgraded to iOs 8 on my iPad 2. I'm still running iOs 7. I found a handwriting recognition app that needs iOs 8 to install. Should I update, or can I expect slower operation? On Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at 3:38:48 PM UTC-4, Yuma Decaux wrote: Hi all, I don’t know about yall, but I have an iphone 6 with IOS 8 and I have to say that the experience is less than stellar. Bugs everywhere, slower than on my iphone 5s, siri cut off midway then voice over not working, hang like slowness when getting out of an app. I have to say that I have started looking for alternatives as I feel like apple is trying to nudge things too much into the “let big brother figure out for you what you should like and do”. Point in case, that U2 debacle. Last weekend I was camping with some mates and I was going through some tracks after lunch, and those damn U2 tracks kept popping up like annoying ads. Really don’t want some band pushing their crap on my life experience when I shelled out 1200 dollars for a phone that is supposed to do things for me. Not the other way around. Sure, U2 has some great songs. But their current 50’s midlife crisis moans aren’t my style, nor inspire me. I can listen to that when I go into an apple store and wait for a genius to tell me my future. Seriously folks, I’m not just going off on a rant, and for those of you who want to reply by being defensive for apple, just remember a few basic things: 1-You are customer. Customer is king, you are not serving apple. Apple makes money off you, take 30 percent of the cut on your music production or app developement with their platform. They serve you. Not the other way around. 2-Apple is not god almighty. Apple has great people that collectively create experiences. At the helm, a few individuals decide on the direction of that experience. Personally, I don’t trust Tim Cook that much in giving us a good experience. That Johnny Ive sounds like a pompous marketing guy with design skills I cannot trust as head of human interface, a software division, coming from someone who used to make toilet seats. The only one or ones I can trust in this are frederici and some of the younger engineers presented at the last apple showcase. but they don’t have enough say yet, so we’re stuck with all that flash graphical transition animation style crap instead of truly clean, efficient and snappy interfaces. 3-There are other choices out there, but I have no idea what. Sometimes I wish I was sighted again so that I can really be part of the process of creating real interfaces for everyone. It’s frustrating to know that most companies follow what is standard and forget that standards are meant to be broken and updated. Not broken at the cost of the buyer, no. If it’s broken, it should be free, such as what google offers. Buying a 3000 dollar piece of hardware to get clunky experiences and moments where you want to throw that damn thing out the window and never touch it again is clearly not what I call good experience on a computer. More and more of my friends, mac users, both sighted and visually impaired, agree with me that apple is starting to rot in terms of presenting it’s image. It’s not an underdog but a huge bulky oil tanker that can now only manuver slowly with a battalion of lawyers behind murmuring at the chief’s ears, the latter being probably more complacent than should be, thus giving us this weird awkward show each year now with a barely straight talking TIm Cook who sounds like he never had a girl friend chill time or something seems amiss in him. Some soul? Something. Whatever the case, I don’t really dig the style apple is portraying. It’s becoming a disney world presentation with hs and aaahs when the tech behind is quite literally lagging. No visionary stuff, when this qualification should by now, from all the sci fi, the research and the graduations of bright people, should lead us much farther in terms of actual interaction with a computer, and let’s not forget screen readers. Anyway, off for my morning coffee. Have a great day yall Yuma Antoine Decaux Light has no value without darkness Mob: +612102277190 Skype: Shainobi1 twitter: http://www.twitter.com/triple7 -- 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
