Re: Reading A Document in Pages

2014-07-05 Thread Eleanor Martha Burke
again, I must execute the Cmd F command again. Is this correct also? - Original Message - From: Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk To: OS X iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2014 10:34 PM Subject: Re: Reading A Document in Pages Cmd-f works fine

Re: Reading A Document in Pages

2014-07-05 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Eleanor, When I use Cmd-f to find text, I click the Done button and I’m back in the text with the first result of the Find highlighted. To find the next occurrence, I press Cmd-g and the next one is highlighted. As far as I know, all Mac Find commands use the letter ‘g’ to go straight to

Re: Reading A Document in Pages

2014-07-05 Thread Eleanor Martha Burke
Thanks Anne. - Original Message - From: Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk To: OS X iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2014 4:03 PM Subject: Re: Reading A Document in Pages Hello Eleanor, When I use Cmd-f to find text, I click the Done button

RE: Reading A Document in Pages

2014-07-02 Thread David Griffith
In relation to your first question the quick and dirty method of bookmarking I use in all Word Processor programs is to simply type in *** as the bookmark marker. I delete this after use or save it if I want multiple bookmarks. I simply use the find command to locate this string the next time I

Re: Reading A Document in Pages

2014-07-02 Thread Eleanor Martha Burke
...@btinternet.com To: 'OS X iOS Accessibility' mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2014 8:52 PM Subject: RE: Reading A Document in Pages In relation to your first question the quick and dirty method of bookmarking I use in all Word Processor programs is to simply type

Re: Reading A Document in Pages

2014-07-02 Thread Devin Prater
the Find command? Yes then I will alter the verbosity to medium and see how I get on with that. Eleanor - Original Message - From: David Griffith d.griff...@btinternet.com To: 'OS X iOS Accessibility' mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2014 8:52 PM Subject: RE

RE: Reading A Document in Pages

2014-07-02 Thread David Griffith
Subject: Re: Reading A Document in Pages the voiceover+f might work. LOL, substitutions. Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com On Jul 2, 2014, at 3:24 PM, Eleanor Martha Burke eleanormarthabu...@gmail.com wrote: Ah David I am smiling, I never knew someone had the same method of bookmarking as myself

Re: Reading A Document in Pages

2014-07-02 Thread eleanor martha burke
-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Devin Prater Sent: 02 July 2014 21:29 To: OS X iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Reading A Document in Pages the voiceover+f might work. LOL, substitutions. Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com On Jul 2, 2014, at 3:24 PM, Eleanor

Re: Reading A Document in Pages

2014-07-02 Thread Anne Robertson
Cmd-f works fine, too. Also, why not create an activity with low verbosity and other tweaks to keep extra information to a minimum? Cheers, Anne --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of

Re: Reading eBraille Files On A Mac Or IOS Device

2014-03-14 Thread Travis Siegel
I just download the braille file, and use the nfb translator to backtranslate to ascii text. I then load it into text edit, and save as file format of my choice. Sometimes, cleanup is necessary (such as replacing 60 with exclamation point and quote, but generally the errors aren't enough

Re: Reading eBraille Files On A Mac Or IOS Device

2014-03-14 Thread Josh Gregory
Hey wait a minute… Is this NFB thing free? Sent from my iPhone On Mar 14, 2014, at 10:40 PM, Travis Siegel tsie...@softcon.com wrote: I just download the braille file, and use the nfb translator to backtranslate to ascii text. I then load it into text edit, and save as file format of my

Re: Reading eBraille Files On A Mac Or IOS Device

2014-03-14 Thread Travis Siegel
On Mar 14, 2014, at 11:04 PM, Josh Gregory wrote: Hey wait a minute… Is this NFB thing free? Yah, and you can download it from my softcon mac pages at http://www.softcon.com/mac/ hth. --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to

Re: Reading eBraille Files On A Mac Or IOS Device

2014-03-14 Thread Josh Gregory
Thanks much it's greatly appreciated. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 14, 2014, at 11:08 PM, Travis Siegel tsie...@softcon.com wrote: On Mar 14, 2014, at 11:04 PM, Josh Gregory wrote: Hey wait a minute… Is this NFB thing free? Yah, and you can download it from my softcon mac pages at

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: 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: Reading Mail Using the Classic Setting

2014-02-26 Thread Sarah k Alawami
I believe that's some kind of verbosity settings. I just ignore it myself, but go to voice over and verbosity and see what is under the speech and announcements and text tabs respectively. Take care and be blessed. On Feb 26, 2014, at 3:59 PM, Richie Gardenhire richie.gardenh...@gmail.com

Re: reading books on the mac with Ibooks.

2014-02-07 Thread isaac
I am having the same problem. I don’t iBooks is very accessible at this time. On Feb 7, 2014, at 8:20 AM, Stuart Young stuartyo...@samobile.net wrote: Hi all. How would i go about using Ibooks to read books on the mac? i have managed to download a book that i would like to read but i am

Re: reading books on the mac with Ibooks.

2014-02-07 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Stuart, I’m no expert with iBooks, but this is how I make it work for me. When I open iBooks, I’m on Library list where I can interact and select a book. I press Cmd-o and the book opens. This is where it gets complicated. When you first open a book, it will open at the beginning. You

Re: Reading out to mp3 file

2014-01-07 Thread Sarah k Alawami
sure. at the top of the file put {{rate xxx}} where the 3 x characters are a 3 digit number. I can't remember if it is 1 left brace or 2 but try it out. Tc. On Jan 7, 2014, at 2:55 AM, Ian Harrison harrisonc...@harrisonclan.karoo.co.uk wrote: Dear listers, I have just discovered

Re: reading electronics LCD with an iPhone app.

2013-12-23 Thread Sarah k Alawami
I'm not sure if webvisum would hep, but it's worth a try. It's on the ios app store and it's free. Good luck. On Dec 23, 2013, at 12:26 PM, Jim Noseworthy jim.nosewor...@compuconference.com wrote: Hey Folks: Can anyone recommend an app that will help me to read the parameters of my

Re: Reading eBooks on the iPhone [was Re: BookMark the app]

2013-11-30 Thread Glenn
Hi Esther, Yes, it was from your message that prompted me to get that app. I appreciate all the notices for free or discounted apps. Thanks. Glenn - Original Message - From: Esther mori...@mac-access.net To: OS X iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Saturday, November 30,

Re: Reading EBooks

2013-10-13 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Guys, there's a little something you all may be forgetting. BTW, sorry. I changed the subject line to better reflect the topic. Remember that books bought through ITunes for IBooks are protected with some form of DRM, so trying to open them in a standard EPub reader isn't gonna work, to the

Re: Reading tables in Safari

2013-07-31 Thread Sarah k Alawami
True. I love chrome and do use it for those troublesome pages or when I feel like it. lol! Chrome vox also works. There is a list for discussing the use of google chrome and i can give that info publically if one wants. Be blessed all. On Jul 30, 2013, at 6:50 PM, Bryan Jones openses...@me.com

Re: Reading tables in Safari

2013-07-30 Thread Sarah k Alawami
You are actually doing it correctly, but check to see if you are in dom vs group mode. You should be in dom mode to read properly. It might also be the web site coder who messed up as well but those are just my thoughts. Be blessed. On Jul 30, 2013, at 12:35 PM, Andy Collins

Re: Reading tables in Safari

2013-07-30 Thread Andy Collins
What adds to the difficulty in reading these tables, is that VO will say column one, expanded across 5 rows. And then I arrow down, and I hear different co-ordinates spoken, but there doesn't appear to be a pattern to it. I was looking at some savings accounts that had fixed terms for

Re: Reading tables in Safari

2013-07-30 Thread Chris H
Andy, I have the same problem. Any help greatly appreciated. On 30/07/2013 20:35, Andy Collins wrote: Hi all - When I try to do this using VO and the arrow keys, I get lost, things don't read in a way that makes much sense. If I arrow down, VO announces ro 4, and the next down arrow will say

Re: Reading tables in Safari

2013-07-30 Thread Andy Collins
Well Chris - if you're struggling as well, as you are further down the road than me, clearly there is an issue, so let's hope somebody has some tips - Andy On 30 Jul 2013, at 21:36, Chris H christopher...@gmail.com wrote: Andy, I have the same problem. Any help greatly appreciated. On

RE: Reading tables in Safari

2013-07-30 Thread David Griffith
important table information.. -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Chris H Sent: 30 July 2013 21:36 To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Reading tables in Safari Andy, I have the same problem. Any help

Re: Reading tables in Safari

2013-07-30 Thread Sarah k Alawami
To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Reading tables in Safari Andy, I have the same problem. Any help greatly appreciated. On 30/07/2013 20:35, Andy Collins wrote: Hi all - When I try to do this using VO and the arrow keys, I get lost, things don't read in a way that makes much sense

Re: Reading tables in Safari

2013-07-30 Thread Bryan Jones
I've found Chrome with VO handles some tables better than Safari. In addition, if you install the ChromeVox extension and take an hour or two to learn the ChromeVox navigation keys, you will have an additional TTS option when attempting to navigate troublesome tables. HTH, Bryan On Jul 30,

Re: Reading to the end of a document

2013-07-23 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Andy, As long as you're interacting with the text, VO-a will read from where you left off and VO-b will read from the beginning. Cheers, Anne On 23 Jul 2013, at 15:24, Andy Collins a...@recreation.plus.com wrote: Hi all - I know that VO a will read an entire document, but if I'm

Re: Reading to the end of a document

2013-07-23 Thread ANDY COLLINS
one, otherwise why include the task in the table in the first place? - Andy - Original Message - From: Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 2:38 PM Subject: Re: Reading to the end of a document Hello

Re: Reading to the end of a document

2013-07-23 Thread Josh Gregory
one, otherwise why include the task in the table in the first place? - Andy - Original Message - From: Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 2:38 PM Subject: Re: Reading to the end of a document

Re: Reading to the end of a document

2013-07-23 Thread ANDY COLLINS
Subject: Re: Reading to the end of a document Hi Andy, by default, the tasks that don't have key combinations just don't have them, but I think you can create keyboard short cuts in the keyboard commander thing in the VoiceOver utility. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 23, 2013, at 10:12 AM, ANDY

Re: Reading to the end of a document

2013-07-23 Thread Anne Robertson
joshkar...@gmail.com To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 3:21 PM Subject: Re: Reading to the end of a document Hi Andy, by default, the tasks that don't have key combinations just don't have them, but I think you can create keyboard short

Re: Reading to the end of a document

2013-07-23 Thread Andy Collins
Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 3:21 PM Subject: Re: Reading to the end of a document Hi Andy, by default, the tasks that don't have key combinations just don't have them, but I think you can create keyboard short cuts in the keyboard commander thing

RE: Reading to the end of a document

2013-07-23 Thread David Griffith
-access.net] On Behalf Of Andy Collins Sent: 23 July 2013 16:03 To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Reading to the end of a document Well now, to choose dom or groups, is as yet, untrodden terirtory to me. Not sure when I'd choose one over the other, as I don't know what each has to offer

Re: Reading to the end of a document

2013-07-23 Thread ANDY COLLINS
Thanks - I will indeed do that - Andy - Original Message - From: David Griffith d.griff...@btinternet.com To: 'Mac OSX iOS Accessibility' mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 4:18 PM Subject: RE: Reading to the end of a document You could look at the voiceover

Re: reading messages in apple mail

2013-07-23 Thread Georgina Joyce
Hello, Yes at first it does look like OS navigation is heavy keyboard usage. However, you soon learn quicker ways. Like Sarah, I have turned of the preview pane. I also have the preview lines set to 5. Thus I don't need to press enter to open the message. Furthermore, if I don't want that

Re: reading messages in apple mail

2013-07-23 Thread Sarah k Alawami
Actually what i do is just set up server side filters so gmail takes care of moving stuff in to labels/folders then I just ignore the conversations i don't want to read. I do a mass delete at the end of each month to archive everything in to my all mail folder. also some of these messages are

Re: Groups vs DOM mode [was Re: Reading to the end of a document]

2013-07-23 Thread Andy Collins
: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 4:18 PM Subject: RE: Reading to the end of a document You could look at the voiceover manual on browsing the web to see if that helps http://www.apple.com/voiceover/info/guide/_1134.htmlo I have not personally used Group mode but I assume it works by grouping

Re: reading messages in apple mail

2013-07-22 Thread Sarah k Alawami
I disabled the preview pain and just hit enter to read my messages, then led rand right arrow through to read them. I also have headers turn doff in the viewing section of mail prefs. Tc. On Jul 22, 2013, at 1:37 PM, Phil Halton philh...@comcast.net wrote: I'm taking another stab at apple

Re: READING HELP DOCS

2013-07-19 Thread Carol Pearson
Hi Andy, I try not to go back to my windows machine but, like you, when I do, I tend to be pressing function keys all over the place! Yes, it is getting a little better, but I still have way, way to go! It's also far too hot to do much! Thanks for your continued support. Carol P Sent from my

Re: READING HELP DOCS

2013-07-17 Thread Carol Pearson
Oh Andy, Thanks so much for getting back to me. I had used these at the beginning, learned a lot of keystrokes, then forgotten about them and went to the wrong bit of help someware. However, now back on track and beginning to make progress once again! All thanks to you! Carol P Sent from my

Re: READING HELP DOCS

2013-07-16 Thread Andy Collins
Carol - Are you familiar with the use of VO h and VO hh for Voice Over help, and Commander help? - Andy On 16 Jul 2013, at 16:00, Carol carol.pearso...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi all, I realise I really need to get to grips with reading the Help items but, how does one do that when you're

Re: Reading iBooks

2013-07-03 Thread Josh Gregory
In the next version of oS10, you will be able to read them on mac. But for now, you must read them using the iBooks application on iOS. This can be downloaded from the app store. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 3, 2013, at 10:01 PM, Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net wrote: Hi! I haven't

Re: Reading iBooks

2013-07-03 Thread Dane Trethowan
I very much look forward to that. On 04/07/2013, at 12:07 PM, Josh Gregory joshkar...@gmail.com wrote: In the next version of oS10, you will be able to read them on mac. But for now, you must read them using the iBooks application on iOS. This can be downloaded from the app store. Sent

Re: Reading iBooks

2013-07-03 Thread Josh Gregory
I know, as will many of us. It will hopefully bring textbooks to OS X, which for those of us who do not own an iPad could be very beneficial indeed. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 3, 2013, at 11:16 PM, Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net wrote: I very much look forward to that. On

Re: Reading Google Docks

2013-02-26 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
I am preparing an audio demonstration which will be extremely in depth on the use of Chromevox. I, myself personally don't use it as my primary way to browse the web on the mac, but, having said that, I do have it setup and configured, and easily enough can use it when in a pinch. I've not

Re: Reading Google Docks

2013-02-26 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
, February 24, 2013 17:24 Subject: Re: Reading Google Docks Can you zoom in and out by group and line in chrome vox to accomplish this? Since im learning chrome vox I'm not of much gel but figure it's a start. Take care. On Feb 24, 2013, at 1:19 PM, Orin orin8...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Just

Re: Reading Google Docks

2013-02-26 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
- From: Orin orin8...@gmail.com To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 21:27 Subject: Re: Reading Google Docks Not sure, though I'd love to know the answer to that. Orin orin8...@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/orinks Skype: orin1112

RE: Reading Google Docks

2013-02-26 Thread David Griffith
Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Christopher-Mark Gilland Sent: 26 February 2013 08:10 To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Reading Google Docks I am preparing an audio demonstration which will be extremely in depth

Re: Reading Google Docks

2013-02-26 Thread Christopher Gilland
Subject: Re: Reading Google Docks I am preparing an audio demonstration which will be extremely in depth on the use of Chromevox. I, myself personally don't use it as my primary way to browse the web on the mac, but, having said that, I do have it setup and configured, and easily enough can

Re: Reading Google Docks

2013-02-26 Thread Sarah k Alawami
-Mark Gilland Sent: 26 February 2013 08:10 To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Reading Google Docks I am preparing an audio demonstration which will be extremely in depth on the use of Chromevox. I, myself personally don't use it as my primary way to browse the web on the mac

Re: Reading Google Docks

2013-02-24 Thread Sarah k Alawami
Can you zoom in and out by group and line in chrome vox to accomplish this? Since im learning chrome vox I'm not of much gel but figure it's a start. Take care. On Feb 24, 2013, at 1:19 PM, Orin orin8...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Just curious how to read/download Google Docks to read them in

Re: Reading Google Docks

2013-02-24 Thread Orin
Not sure, though I'd love to know the answer to that. Orin orin8...@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/orinks Skype: orin1112 On Feb 24, 2013, at 5:24 PM, Sarah k Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: Can you zoom in and out by group and line in chrome vox to accomplish this? Since im

Re: Reading EBooks on an IPod.

2013-02-16 Thread Devin Prater
Subject: Re: Reading EBooks on an IPod. Hello David, I have tried to find the Voicestream app via the iTunes App store on my iMac so that I can later transfer it to my iPhone 3GS. This is with the UK App store and I cannot find this App. Is it spelt correctly or are you getting is from

RE: Reading EBooks on an IPod.

2013-02-16 Thread David Griffith
-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Devin Prater Sent: 16 February 2013 09:44 To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Reading EBooks on an IPod. Well, I'm not sure what all is available as far as file-type stuff with voiceDreamReader, but I usually

Re: Reading EBooks on an IPod.

2013-02-16 Thread Devin Prater
] On Behalf Of Devin Prater Sent: 16 February 2013 09:44 To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Reading EBooks on an IPod. Well, I'm not sure what all is available as far as file-type stuff with voiceDreamReader, but I usually just use iBooks or read2go, but I might get voiceDreamReader

RE: Reading EBooks on an IPod.

2013-02-16 Thread David Griffith
I think this might depend on format. I did hear chapters announced in a Epub book I was listening to but this may just be reading out the contents of the book. I suspect that even if it can you may have to turn voiceover off to do this. I will have to check. The help files say that they are

Re: Reading EBooks on an IPod.

2013-02-12 Thread Paul Hopewell
Hello David, I have tried to find the Voicestream app via the iTunes App store on my iMac so that I can later transfer it to my iPhone 3GS. This is with the UK App store and I cannot find this App. Is it spelt correctly or are you getting is from a different App store? It looks like a very

RE: Reading EBooks on an IPod.

2013-02-12 Thread David Griffith
Apologies my deafness got the name wrong. It is actually called Voice Dream Reader -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Paul Hopewell Sent: 12 February 2013 17:17 To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: Re

Re: Reading title of window?

2013-01-22 Thread Catherine Turner
Thank you James, yes this helps, and I should remember to look in the VO commands menu next time... Thanks, Catherine On 1/21/13, JAMES AUSTIN james.aus...@mac-access.net wrote: Good morning Catherine, As you navigate with Command+Tab, VoiceOver will tel you which application you are moving

Re: reading

2013-01-22 Thread Jamie Coady
with the macbook how do you read from current place on? i know with windows it is insert down arrow. -Original Message- From: Catherine Turner Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 8:30 AM To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Reading title of window? Thank you James, yes this helps

RE: reading

2013-01-22 Thread David Griffith
Of Jamie Coady Sent: 22 January 2013 09:34 To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: reading with the macbook how do you read from current place on? i know with windows it is insert down arrow. -Original Message- From: Catherine Turner Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 8:30 AM To: Mac OSX

Re: reading

2013-01-22 Thread Jamie Coady
thanks for that. am just starting out on the mac and it is just finding ways to do what i did with windows. is there anyone that knows about mudder? -Original Message- From: David Griffith Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 10:53 AM To: 'Mac OSX iOS Accessibility' Subject: RE: reading

Re: reading

2013-01-22 Thread Sarah k Alawami
iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: reading with the macbook how do you read from current place on? i know with windows it is insert down arrow. -Original Message- From: Catherine Turner Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 8:30 AM To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Reading

Re: Reading title of window?

2013-01-21 Thread JAMES AUSTIN
Good morning Catherine, As you navigate with Command+Tab, VoiceOver will tel you which application you are moving to, as I'm sure you know. To read the title of a window, press VO+F2. Pressing this twice quickly will bring up a list of open windows. To know what the current application is and

Re: Reading PDFs

2012-11-09 Thread Chris
You know what, I never got VoiceOver to work properly in Preview. I open a document and nothing in terms of navigation. Perhaps it's just the way I'm used to things, but any ideas would be very welcome indeed! Christopher Hallsworth On 09/11/2012 07:33, Fred Smith wrote: Does anyone have an

Re: Reading PDFs

2012-11-09 Thread Danny Noonan
It doesn't work well for me either. I invested in pdf to txt from the mac app store and it works quite well enough. It's certainly fast. A few seconds and 14 books were converted well enough to read. Danny: On 09/11/2012, at 7:10 PM, Chris christopher...@gmail.com wrote: You know what, I

Re: Reading PDFs

2012-11-09 Thread Fred Smith
Thanks, Does that (PDF to txt) produce a file that you can interact with and navigate -- reading by line, by sentence etc? Fred On 9/11/2012, at 10:54 PM, Danny Noonan wrote: It doesn't work well for me either. I invested in pdf to txt from the mac app store and it works quite well

Re: Reading PDFs

2012-11-09 Thread Daniela Rubio
Hello: What I do is select all in preview and copy it to the clipboard with copy the last grace to the clipboard. Then I paste it in Textedit and I read it OK. Regards. El 09/11/2012, a las 08:33, Fred Smith snuc...@gmail.com escribió: Does anyone have an answer for the problem I encounter

Re: Reading PDFs

2012-11-09 Thread Danny Noonan
It has with these books. Some stuff, table of contence in columns etc isn't perfect but that's nothing new no matter what we read and what we read it with. g It's just a standard text file now and I can do my search, standard navigation etc. What I can be sure of is that some pdf's will

Re: Reading PDFs

2012-11-09 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
sparingly): 980-272-8570 - Original Message - From: Chris christopher...@gmail.com To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Friday, November 09, 2012 3:10 AM Subject: Re: Reading PDFs You know what, I never got VoiceOver to work properly in Preview. I open a document

Re: Reading PDFs

2012-11-09 Thread Chris
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2012 3:10 AM Subject: Re: Reading PDFs You know what, I never got VoiceOver to work properly in Preview. I open a document and nothing in terms of navigation. Perhaps it's just the way I'm used to things, but any ideas would be very welcome indeed! Christopher

Re: reading Current URL in Safari

2012-09-25 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Phil, Your question sparked my curiosity and here's what I've found. If you turn cursor tracking off, then press Cmd-l, you'll either hear the address spoken or Open location. If you hear the latter, press VO-F4 to hear what has keyboard focus and the address will be read. Obviously,

Re: Reading pdf text books

2012-09-23 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Paula This is a subject which comes up very frequently. In the list archives you would find a lot of questions and answers on this subject. However, let me try to sum up what I believe to be the current situation. On 23 Sep 2012, at 11:24, Paula Hobley paula.hob...@bigpond.com wrote: •

RE: Reading pdf text books

2012-09-23 Thread David Griffith
Remember there is a very powerful copy text tool on the Mac. Basically shift VO C will copy the last phrase spoken by Voiceover into the This is a way of copying text from even DRM protected material and will certainly work for any PDF document. David Griffith -Original Message- From:

Re: Reading pdf text books

2012-09-23 Thread Gordon Smith
Hello David I considered mentioning this; but it would be a little tedious I think, if you need to copy an entire document. Also, this is just a personal view, but I believe that operating system solutions are preferable to VoiceOver specific alternatives. This holds true of keyboard entries

RE: Reading pdf text books

2012-09-23 Thread Paula Hobley
Paula -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith Sent: Sunday, 23 September 2012 10:09 PM To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Reading pdf text books Hello Paula This is a subject which

Re: Reading pdf text books

2012-09-23 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith Sent: Sunday, 23 September 2012 10:09 PM To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Reading pdf text books Hello Paula This is a subject which comes up very frequently. In the list archives you would find a lot

Re: Reading PDF files in ML.

2012-09-01 Thread Gordon Smith
Geoff Skim is a freeware application, so you're unlikely to find it in the App Store. Try a google search and, if you're still not successful, let me know and I'll send you a direct link to our own archive of the application. Gordon On 1 Sep 2012, at 00:29, Geoff Waaler geoff.waa...@gmail.com

Re: Reading PDF files in ML.

2012-08-31 Thread Sarah Alawami
Hmm did my link I gave not work? It did work when I tried it. Take care. As for stanza some of the letters and words come out oddly and they have never fixed it. It might com rout like so This is a test might come out like T his is a t est something to do with ascii characters and stuff but

Re: Reading RSS in Safari

2012-07-19 Thread Sarah Alawami
Yep as I always say there's more then 1 way to skin a cat and get him to like it. Take care and have fun with rss. On Jul 18, 2012, at 8:49 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: And if nvianena can't do it then netnews wire can. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 18, 2012, at 12:40 PM, Sarah Alawami

Re: Reading RSS in Safari

2012-07-18 Thread Sarah Alawami
I don't safari in rss but I do know that it is stored in the rss bookmarks folder. I se a nice little program called Vienna which can be found here. http://www.vienna-rss.org/ Take care. On Jul 18, 2012, at 6:41 AM, Marc Sutton wrote: Hi, I was wondering if anyone could tell me how this

Re: Reading RSS in Safari

2012-07-18 Thread Marc Sutton
Thanks for the recommendation. I would like to have a program that would sync with google reader so i can read feeds on the iphone as well. I was wanting to click on a rss page in safari and have it available in that manner. Marc On Jul 18, 2012, at 8:24 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote: I don't

Re: Reading RSS in Safari

2012-07-18 Thread Sarah Alawami
I believe Vienna will do this. they don't have an iPhone app but on the mac at least according to what I read it will do this. I don't' use google rss things but good luck. On Jul 18, 2012, at 8:54 AM, Marc Sutton wrote: Thanks for the recommendation. I would like to have a program that would

Re: Reading RSS in Safari

2012-07-18 Thread Jonathan Cohn
And if nvianena can't do it then netnews wire can. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 18, 2012, at 12:40 PM, Sarah Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: I believe Vienna will do this. they don't have an iPhone app but on the mac at least according to what I read it will do this. I don't' use google

Re: Reading EPUB books on a Mac.

2012-06-24 Thread Travis Siegel
I just unzip the epub files into their own folder, then load them into safari, and read them that way. Don't think this will work for drm enabled versions, but since I don't have any of those, it's not possible for me to check. Just rename the files (or copy them) to a .zip extension, unzip

Re: Reading EPUB books on a Mac.

2012-06-23 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Jim, If the epub book is DRM-free, you can use Stanza to read it. Otherwise, Adobe Digital Editions Preview will read several types of ebooks. Cheers, Anne On 23 Jun 2012, at 18:27, Jim Noseworthy wrote: Hi Gang: What's the best way to read EPUB books on a Mac? Thanks

Re: Reading EPUB books on a Mac.

2012-06-23 Thread Zachary Kline
There's another ebook reader available from the Mac App Store called Bookol. It will read DRM-free epub a little better than Stanza will in my experience. It takes a bit of getting used to, but is a great program. Yours, Zack. On Jun 23, 2012, at 10:45 AM, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk

Re: Reading EPUB books on a Mac.

2012-06-23 Thread Sarah Alawami
Interesting. I'll have to try this out if I ever read epub books which I hardly if ever do. lol! Take care. On Jun 23, 2012, at 1:03 PM, Zachary Kline wrote: There's another ebook reader available from the Mac App Store called Bookol. It will read DRM-free epub a little better than Stanza

Re: Reading EPUB books on a Mac.

2012-06-23 Thread Zachary Kline
Yeah, I prefer iBooks myself, though Alex on the Mac does make for a better voice than Samantha any day of the week. Yours, Zack. On Jun 23, 2012, at 1:09 PM, Sarah Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: Interesting. I'll have to try this out if I ever read epub books which I hardly if ever do.

Re: reading kindle books on my IPhone

2012-04-04 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Paula, Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but Kindle books are not accessible on the iPhone. Nor are they accessible on the Mac. You need one of the speech-enabled Kindle devices to read them. Because I live in France and the iBooks Store I can use sells very few books in English, I

Re: Reading .rtf files on the Mac

2012-01-23 Thread Caitlyn Furness
I use either text edit or pages. Caitlyn On Jan 22, 2012, at 11:48 AM, Roger Firman wrote: Hello, What do people recommend for reading .rtf files please? Regards, Roger. --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to

Re: Reading .rtf files on the Mac

2012-01-22 Thread Ian McNamara
Hi' text eddit reads them fine. Ian McNamara --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive:

Re: Reading .rtf files on the Mac

2012-01-22 Thread James AUSTIN
Hi Roger, TextEdit, which comes with OS X by default will read RTF. You might also wish to try Pages, or Nisus Writer, although the latter are paid products. HTH TC :) J On 22 Jan 2012, at 16:48, Roger Firman wrote: Hello, What do people recommend for reading .rtf files please? Regards,

Re: Reading .rtf files on the Mac

2012-01-22 Thread Ian McNamara
Hi, thanks for confirming what i thought smiley. Only know that as when i create a document in text eddit that's what it always is. Ian McNamara --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of

Re: Reading .rtf files on the Mac

2012-01-22 Thread James AUSTIN
No problem. FYI, RTF, like PDF, is native to OS X You can contact me in the following ways: E-Mail:james.aus...@mac-access.net MSN: james.londons...@gmail.com Skype: saulky1984 - if you'd like to share details, please let me know who you are when you send a request. Thank you On 22 Jan 2012, at

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