Re: voice over speed hack for osx

2014-03-13 Thread Sarah k Alawami
Yes it would, and you have to edit files. I am not jail broken so can't help in any way shape or form there. Sorry. I don't have a presentation and apple vis took the one someone had written down as nuance found out about this and said they will not endorse such activities. Take care. On Mar

Bluetooth keyboard setup

2014-03-13 Thread Ian Harrison
Dear listers, I don't think I have my keyboard set up correctly or at least not the right way for navigating text or selecting items in finder. I have tried to follow two tips from this group without success. The selecting of non contiguous items and the tip for moving to the end of a

Re: Terminal programs with voice-over

2014-03-13 Thread Cisco Employee
Hi, I was seeking for a terminal program that works with serial ports via USB. I have resolved the issue by using screen. Screen /dev/tty.usbserial You have to use the -O to get a better result. One thing that is very annoying is that if you press enter, screen dings at you. Sometimes the

Re: Terminal programs with voice-over

2014-03-13 Thread Christian Schoepplein
Hi Travis, On Do, Mär 13, 2014 at 12:11:17 -0400, Travis Siegel wrote: There's a post I made to the list a couple years ago with configurations that made vo work better for most terminal apps. I'm sure if you search the archives, you can find it easy enough. Esther has reposted it before when

Reading eBraille Files On A Mac Or IOS Device

2014-03-13 Thread Dane Trethowan
Hi! What Apps will do this? I ordered Jonathan Mosen's book Tweeting Blind in hard Braille but am thinking of ordering the book in the eBraille format. Sent from Dane's iPhone +613400494862 --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to

Re: Recording on Mac

2014-03-13 Thread richie Gardenhire
Have you tried Audacity for the Mac? It is free and a very good, sound editor. Richie Gardenhire, Anchorage, Alaska. On Mar 12, 2014, at 7:55 AM, Eleanor Burke wrote: I am looking for an app which will allow me to record a radio programme going out in real time. On my Windows machine I

Re: Reading eBraille Files On A Mac Or IOS Device

2014-03-13 Thread Zachary Kline
Dane, The problem with these files generally is that they aren’t intended to be read by most programs. It’s much easier to read them on a Braille notetaker or Braille display with some file storage abilities, like the Braille Edge from Hims. That being said, the Bard Mobile app is able to

Re: Reading eBraille Files On A Mac Or IOS Device

2014-03-13 Thread Dane Trethowan
Thanks for your reply, as it happens I generally use my Voice Sense notetaker with my IOS device or Macbook Pro because of the Braille keyboard I can use as an input device for either Macbook or iPhone so its only a hop, skip and a jump to read eBraille files if an App is n't available though

Re: Magnification with Mac

2014-03-13 Thread richie Gardenhire
Hi Eleanor, Zoomtext is a Windows-based screenreader. There is, however, a magnification feature in Voiceover that has a range of magnification every bit as wide as Zoomtext. Richie Gardenhire, Anchorage, Alaska. On Mar 12, 2014, at 3:43 PM, Eleanor Burke wrote: Anyone on this list using

Re: Magnification with Mac

2014-03-13 Thread Bryan Jones
Hello Eleanor and Richie, Eleanor — I worked with a low-vision student who tried Zoomtext for Mac. The student did say they liked Zoomtext’s larger mouse pointer options and that Zoomtext did a better job of keeping the cursor in focus, but this student decided the extra features provided

Re: Magnification with Mac

2014-03-13 Thread Eleanor Burke
Why then is Zoomtext an option if not better? - Original Message - From: richie Gardenhire richie.gardenh...@gmail.com To: OS X iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 11:14 AM Subject: Re: Magnification with Mac Hi Eleanor, Zoomtext is a

Re: Magnification with Mac

2014-03-13 Thread Eleanor Burke
Hi Brian, I wish to try both forms of magnification but I have asked on a few lists about a hot key to put on magnification but nobody has responded. I am fairly sure that a key combination on the fly using one of the function keys brings it up and increases it, once I try this out I will then

Re: Magnification with Mac

2014-03-13 Thread Haghighi,Amin
I use zoom text on MAC. I don’t like the one comes with mac. If I where you I would buy it. The zoom text on mac the magnification is more clea then the one comes with mac. On Mar 13, 2014, at 9:11 AM, Eleanor Burke eleanorbu...@btinternet.com wrote: Why then is Zoomtext an option if not

Re: Magnification with Mac

2014-03-13 Thread Eleanor Burke
OK thanks for that but can you tell me how to bring up the magnification on Mac, how to increase and decrease it. Thanks. - Original Message - From: Haghighi,Amin haghi...@oclc.org To: OS X iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 1:18 PM Subject: Re:

Re: Magnification with Mac

2014-03-13 Thread Bryan Jones
Hello Eleanor, On my Mac running OS 10.9.2 I am able to activate the Zoom hotkeys by going to System Preferences / Accessibility / Zoom. That same preference pane lists the available hotkeys for toggling Zoom and for zooming in and out. Are these hotkeys not working on your system? Bryan On

Re: Magnification with Mac

2014-03-13 Thread Eleanor Burke
I guess they are Brian, though I have the Mac about 4 weeks I am unable to devote much time at present to it because of study so just do a little now and again. I will look that up however. Eleanor - Original Message - From: Bryan Jones openses...@me.com To: OS X iOS Accessibility

Re: Magnification with Mac

2014-03-13 Thread isaac
Before you can use the keyboard shortcuts with zoom you need to check the box in accessibility in system preferences use keyboard shortcuts to zoom. On Mar 13, 2014, at 8:37 AM, Bryan Jones openses...@me.com wrote: Hello Eleanor, On my Mac running OS 10.9.2 I am able to activate the

Re: voice over speed hack for osx

2014-03-13 Thread JAKE JOEHL
I listened to your presentation too yesterday and you did a nice job. But still being the newbie to the Mac that I am, I think I’ll wait awhile before I do something like this if I even do it at all. I just don’t know that much programming in general on anything but DOS, and the last thing I’d

Re: still having problems turning on speech on the mac

2014-03-13 Thread melissa tucker
I got someone to help me get speech back on. now, I want to go into utility manager for the keyboard functions you were telling me about so I can set a command up to turn speech on and off so I won't have this problem again. How do I get to utilities and the keyboard to do this? thanks. On

Giraffe Reader

2014-03-13 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello everyone, My Giraffe Reader arrived today. It’s amazingly light and small, and is easy to erect and fold away again. Below my signature is a paper I scanned using TextGrabber with flash on. The paper is an English exam for French nursing students. Cheers, Anne 2008, GP figures show.

Re: voice over speed hack for osx

2014-03-13 Thread Sarah k Alawami
I'd also advice you wait. lol! I did not feel comfortable doing this hack when I did it last year, and I've now been using the mac for 4 years now and am loving every bit of it. Take care to all and be blessed. On Mar 13, 2014, at 7:00 AM, JAKE JOEHL jajo...@att.net wrote: I listened to

Re: New Voice Synthsiser For OSX

2014-03-13 Thread Gordon Lynne
We have been advised that the URL below leads to what I will call an unfriendly website. I would remind the group that we take no responsibility for any malicious activity on the part of other developers or providers. I would, however, like to point out that Eloquance is still a licensed

Uploading with Youtube?

2014-03-13 Thread Jim Portillo
Hi there, Are there any Youtube users who use it with their iPhones? If so, here's a question. I'm trying to manage a new channel and need to upload videos. Some are in DropBox. Is there a way of doing this via the iPhone? I've been exploring the Youtube app like crazy and can't find a

Re: Uploading with Youtube?

2014-03-13 Thread Sarah k Alawami
I don't think there is. you might have to do it via the computer which is fairly easy. 1. go to http://www.youtube.com 2. sign in if not signed in already 3. click upload 4 hit enter on brows file 5 choose file 6 hit enter 7 wait for the file name to appear and change it if necessary 8 fill in

Re: Giraffe Reader

2014-03-13 Thread Sarah k Alawami
I'm a bit behind the times here. What is this product of which you speak? I'm curious. Take care and have a lovely thursday. On Mar 13, 2014, at 9:34 AM, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello everyone, My Giraffe Reader arrived today. It’s amazingly light and small, and is easy

Re: Magnification with Mac

2014-03-13 Thread Phil Halton
Turn on magnification with Command+option+8. Once mag is on, Increase and decrease magnification with command+option+ equals sign (=), and minus sign (-) respectively. First, make sure magnification (zoom) is enabled in accessibility options in system preferences. There are setting there for

Re: Giraffe Reader

2014-03-13 Thread Esther
Hi Sarah, Last week Eleanor posted: If you are looking for an OCR solution at a reasonable price, Sam Jewell has designed a stand to get exact distance from camera to the print page. Have a look at Sam's video here. I put his contact detais below the link for anyone interested.

Re: Giraffe Reader

2014-03-13 Thread Eleanor Burke
I am not Anne but I know the designer of the product. It is a stand which provides accurate distance from the iPhone to an A4 page to scan using OCR. I had posted a link of Sam giving a demonstration of the stand about a week ago on this list. - Original Message - From: Sarah k

Re: Reading eBraille Files On A Mac Or IOS Device

2014-03-13 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi Dane. I have had some luck with reading braille in nisus writer pro. It depends a little on the formating, and if it is 6 or 8 dots braille. Best regards Annie. Den 13/03/2014 kl. 11.49 skrev Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net: Thanks for your reply, as it happens I generally use my

Re: Giraffe Reader

2014-03-13 Thread Eleanor Burke
Thank you for this Esther. - Original Message - From: Esther mori...@mac-access.net To: OS X iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 6:45 PM Subject: Re: Giraffe Reader Hi Sarah, Last week Eleanor posted: If you are looking for an OCR solution at

Re: Giraffe Reader

2014-03-13 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Sarah, Esther has described the Giraffe Reader very well. It is extremely light and measures 26 cm by 21 cm or about 10.5 in by 8.5 in. It isn’t as stable as the StandScan Pro but is even more portable. I can see myself using it in restaurants to read the menu, which would be rather

Re: Giraffe Reader

2014-03-13 Thread Sarah k Alawami
Interesting. eah. I live in the US. lol! so for me shipping won't take that long. thanks for the explanation. i've just behind the times thats all lol! Take care and be blessed. On Mar 13, 2014, at 12:05 PM, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello Sarah, Esther has described the

Re: Uploading with Youtube?

2014-03-13 Thread alberto
Hi, as far as I know if you want to upload on the iPhone the video needs to be on the iPhone itself not on externals. Hth On Mar 13, 2014, at 11:58 AM, Jim Portillo portillo@gmail.com wrote: Hi there, Are there any Youtube users who use it with their iPhones? If so, here's a

Re: Giraffe Reader

2014-03-13 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Sarah, I think that shipping will take longer to the US as it will be coming from England. France, where I live, is just a short hop across the English Channel. Cheers, Anne On 13 Mar 2014, at 20:07, Sarah k Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: Interesting. eah. I live in the US. lol!

RE: Uploading with Youtube?

2014-03-13 Thread Jim Portillo
OK. Cool. But, where or how do you upload said videos? -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of alberto Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 12:19 PM To: OS X iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Uploading with Youtube?

Re: Uploading with Youtube?

2014-03-13 Thread Sarah k Alawami
See my instructions I sent on in a prior post on this thread, basically you import them to your mac using image capture which can be found in your apps folder and go from there. On Mar 13, 2014, at 1:08 PM, Jim Portillo portillo@gmail.com wrote: OK. Cool. But, where or how do you

trying to sybnc with my iPhone on my new iPad Mini

2014-03-13 Thread meadowlark77
Hello all, Just got an iPad Mini today. I'm trying to sync with the iPhone5. For some reason, iTunes doesn't seem to be doing it. I told iTunes to trust this comptuer and it does't seem to be doing it.I'll have to know what I need to check and uncheck to get these to sync. Thanks, Brenda

RE: trying to sync with my iPhone on my new iPad Mini

2014-03-13 Thread David Griffith
I don't think iDevices synch with each other, at least I have never heard of this. They synch with iTunes. You have to normally set up synch preferences for each device under iTunes. You can of course make the preferences identical. David Griffith -Original Message- From:

RE: still having problems turning on speech on the mac

2014-03-13 Thread David Griffith
VO F8 for Voiceover Utility Navigate to the Utility Table. Interact Cursor down to commanders. Un-interact. Vo Cursor across to keyboard commander tab and press Vo space to select it. Now you can find a table to define shortcut keys for voiceover functions . David Griffith -Original

Re: Magnification with Mac

2014-03-13 Thread Eleanor Burke
I went to system preferences and zoom but there was nothing for me to change. It just said image zoom. Do I have to go in to the mouse settings to put zoom on? - Original Message - From: Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com To: Mac Access iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent:

Re: Giraffe Reader

2014-03-13 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi Anne. Are you using an IPhone 5 or a 5s. I am afraid that these two models needs different distances. I do not know if I am right or wrong. I am sure we need to think about light conditions. I think I will order one of these giraffe readers. I am doing a lot of experiments taking the

TextDetective iPhone OCR app is currently free (13 March 2014)

2014-03-13 Thread Esther
Hello All, TextDetective, the iPhone OCR app, is currently free. It usually lists for $8.99. A quick description of how this differs from apps like TextGrabber and Prizmo is that it works for English only, and you have to hold the iPhone in landscape mode, so you don't usually get an entire

RE: TextDetective iPhone OCR app is currently free (13 March 2014)

2014-03-13 Thread Marybeth Metzger
Does this software work only with iPhones, or can it also be used on an iPod Touch? Mary Beth -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Esther Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 1:47 AM To: Mac OS X iOS Accessibility