Re: crosswords for mac

2014-01-14 Thread Caitlyn and Maggie
thanks for this link again, Ann! I had it bookmarked on my mac when I was running snow leopard, but lost it and then couldn’t remember which paper it came from! did you notice that they have a “blind/ps” version, at least of the quick crossword? Caitlyn On Jan 6, 2014, at 9:13 AM, William

Re: crosswords for mac

2014-01-14 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Caitlyn, Yes, there’s the blind/PS version, but I think it just gives you the information to set up the crossword on a crossword board, which is the way I used to do them until the standard version became accessible. I like the fact that I can check that I’ve got the right answer, and

Re: crosswords for mac

2014-01-07 Thread Sandratomkins
Hello anne and will, I too am a fan of the Guardian crosswords. I do them most days on my iPhone for running 613. I also have a for S running the latest 7.04 release. However, using the latest release on my for S the access ability of the Guardian crossword has been broken. So, I'm glad that I

Re: crosswords for mac

2014-01-06 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Will, The Guardian crosswords online are completely accessible. I do the cryptic crossword most days on my Mac. You just need to set a Hotspot on the current clue, press VO-Space to jump to the grid where you can check to see whether you have any letters for the solution, and then jump

Re: crosswords for mac

2014-01-06 Thread William Lomas
can i do easy crosswords to get me started, in the same way? any equivalents from the newspapers do you know anne, for IOS? i know we have 4 down etc. but they are not taken from local media but rather, from the developers own creative thinking On 6 Jan 2014, at 13:56, Anne Robertson

Re: crosswords for mac

2014-01-06 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Will, The quick crossword is also accessible in the same way. Choose the standard version and it should work just fine. I haven’t tried these crosswords on my iPhone for ages. They used to be rather tricky to do, but that was a couple of IOS versions back. I haven’t looked for any other

Re: crosswords for mac

2014-01-06 Thread William Lomas
anne at first i thought i had to set a web spot then re-read it and set a hot spot is this right? when i find a clue though that i know i can solve now, not necessarily the top clue VO space just reads clues out in a huge string of text. i know i can work it out just baffled but want to get

Re: crosswords for mac

2014-01-06 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Will, Try interacting with the clue to read the text more slowly. You set a Hotspot before doing VO-Space to jump to the grid where you just start typing the solution. You then jump back to the Hotspot to go to the next clue. I reuse the same Hotspot all the way through. Cheers, Anne

Re: crosswords for mac

2014-01-06 Thread William Lomas
ok anne no grid is present Vo just says pressed whn i VO space, so going to tackle it again tomorrow confused otnight On 6 Jan 2014, at 13:56, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello Will, The Guardian crosswords online are completely accessible. I do the cryptic crossword most

Re: crosswords for mac

2014-01-06 Thread Dane Trethowan
Hi! I'm late in on this discussion and I know nothing whatever about crosswords so not sure whether this information would be of help or practical. I used to use a piece of software called Marsedit to edit my Blog back in the days when I maintained one. The same developers of Marsedit had a

Re: crosswords for mac

2014-01-06 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Will, From the page I linked to, select the crossword you want and click on the Standard version. A new page will open. Here, use the Web rotor to find the first level 4 heading, the Accross clues. Without interacting with the clue, press VO-Space to jump to the grid where you’ll be on

Re: crosswords for mac

2014-01-06 Thread William Lomas
Okay, so I do not select the blind or partially sighted mode? Many thanks, Sent from my iPhone On 6 Jan 2014, at 19:36, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello Will, From the page I linked to, select the crossword you want and click on the Standard version. A new page will

Re: crosswords?

2013-04-09 Thread Travis Siegel
The first time you click on the colored balls (just a vo-space does the trick) it will show as selected. Click again if you want them to drop out. That should do the trick. On Apr 8, 2013, at 2:30 AM, Daniela Rubio wrote: Hello: I find this a nice game, but I can't click on the balls. I

Re: crosswords?

2013-04-08 Thread Daniela Rubio
Hello: I find this a nice game, but I can't click on the balls. I find out which of them have adjacent balls or the same coulor, but when I click any of them, nothing happens. How do you click? I tried using Vo+space bar, clicking on the trackpad and vo+shift+space bar. Any suggestions or what

Re: crosswords?

2013-04-07 Thread Harmony Neil
I haven't heard of any, but it doesn't mean they don't. I haven't really looked to be honest, but there aren't all that many accessible games/puzzles etc for the mac out there which is annoying. On 7 Apr 2013, at 12:53, William Lomas will.d.lo...@gmail.com wrote: hello to all do accessible

Re: crosswords?

2013-04-07 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Will, The Guardian crosswords are completely accessible. Go to the Guardian's crossword page and select either quick or cryptic, then choose the Standard version. On the crossword page, the clues are lists under level 4 headings. Use Hotspots to mark your place in the list of clues,

Re: crosswords?

2013-04-07 Thread Will
Anne so if we have been given lettres for clues they are given to us for easy completion? On 7 Apr 2013, at 14:35, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello Will, The Guardian crosswords are completely accessible. Go to the Guardian's crossword page and select either quick or

Re: crosswords?

2013-04-07 Thread Will
these sound great will take a look On 7 Apr 2013, at 14:35, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello Will, The Guardian crosswords are completely accessible. Go to the Guardian's crossword page and select either quick or cryptic, then choose the Standard version. On the

Re: crosswords?

2013-04-07 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Will, The letters I'm talking about are the ones you've put in yourself earlier when doing, say, the across clues. I go through the cryptic crossword as quickly as possible putting in the answers I can get easily, then I go through it again seeing what letters I already have for the

Re: crosswords?

2013-04-07 Thread Travis Siegel
On Apr 7, 2013, at 8:58 AM, Harmony Neil wrote: there aren't all that many accessible games/puzzles etc for the mac out there which is annoying. As I keep pointing out, and as folks keep ignoring. I have games on my mac pages, located at http://www.softcon.com/mac/ You'll find a yahtzee