RE: Pondering Pages

2011-12-25 Thread David Griffith
persevered with Pages so somebody else may sell you on the idea. Regards David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Jane Sent: 25 December 2011 14:49 To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Subject: Pondering P

RE: suggestions for a new MacBook

2011-12-28 Thread David Griffith
this though so I cannot swear to it. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Sarah Alawami Sent: 28 December 2011 19:07 To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: suggestions for a new MacBook D

RE: Daisy players for the Mac

2011-12-29 Thread David Griffith
Remembered the spelling - it is called Olearia DAISY book Reader . Put that in Google and it will find it. I think officially it is for leopard or Snow Leopard but I have had no difficulties with Lion. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac

RE: Daisy players for the Mac

2011-12-29 Thread David Griffith
track it down on the list archive if you look up daisy. . David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Nemanja Djurdjevic Sent: 29 December 2011 16:56 To: mac-access@mac-access.net Subject: Daisy players for

RE: IPhone 3gs VO and punctuation

2011-12-30 Thread David Griffith
My Mac is in for repair but from memory it is VO V to turn verbosity on and use the left or right arrow until you get to punctuation and then use up and down arrow to cycle through some most all or none . If you wanted immediate access I guess you could use keyboard commander. David Griffith

RE: Keyboard help

2011-12-30 Thread David Griffith
back to arm, shoulder and wrist mangling keyboards. This is an area that badly needs developing for the Mac. I guess it is a function of the more limited numbers of Mac users and the fact that ergonomic keyboards are a relatively small section of the market anyway. David Griffith -Original

RE: IPhone 3gs VO and punctuation

2011-12-31 Thread David Griffith
Sorry only just seen this question was not about Mac but about iPlhone about which I know nothing. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of David Griffith Sent: 31 December 2011 06:32 To: 'Ma

RE: Drop Box

2012-01-05 Thread David Griffith
I know nothing about dropbox really but just to comment that I personally do not bother with dropbox as the free file server service provided by Mac Access is simple accessible and very straightforward to use. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net

RE: Drag and Drop

2012-01-10 Thread David Griffith
they are visible. Is that is the case, would that help users of voiceover with drag and drop who cannot arrange windows themselves? Or would using command accent or windows chooser stop expose working? Regards David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net

RE: Drag and Drop

2012-01-10 Thread David Griffith
time. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith Sent: 10 January 2012 16:12 To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Drag and Drop Oopse! Forgot to change to my ow

RE: On the Fly

2012-01-12 Thread David Griffith
as I am not a laptop user. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Christo Thiardt Sent: 12 January 2012 16:14 To: 'Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility' Subject: On the Fly Hello Is it po

RE: Switching to a mac

2012-01-14 Thread David Griffith
ahead but I am sure you will enjoy it. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of chris hallsworth Sent: 14 January 2012 17:15 To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Subject: Switching to a mac Hello all.

RE: Switching to a mac

2012-01-15 Thread David Griffith
course if the PDF is graphic based and has no text then VO will struggle. The robobraille file conversion can handle most of these graphics based documents but I tend to duck back into Fusion and Kurzweil for these. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net

RE: Connect to wifi on mac

2012-01-15 Thread David Griffith
pretty much on all platforms. Regards David Griffith. -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of chris hallsworth Sent: 15 January 2012 11:50 To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Subject: Connect to wifi on mac Hello all

Date and time tip

2012-01-18 Thread David Griffith
into into clipboard and the current date and time is then available for pasting into Beam. A limited tip I know but I thought I would offer it anyway. David Griffith d.griff...@btinternet.com <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your m

RE: Reading .rtf files on the Mac

2012-01-22 Thread David Griffith
Beam does fine with rtf also. In fact I think it is the default format. -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of chris hallsworth Sent: 22 January 2012 17:52 To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Reading .r

RE: wish there were a easy way to tag mp3s than in i tunes

2012-01-22 Thread David Griffith
. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Sarah Alawami Sent: 22 January 2012 06:38 To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: wish there were a easy way to tag mp3s than in i tunes Ok having

Re: Mac & the Kindle Store

2012-01-25 Thread David Griffith
this with quick nab turned off but this should not make a difference I think. What exactly is the problem you are experiencing? David Griffith d.griff...@btinternet.com On 25 Jan 2012, at 15:43, Christo Thiardt wrote: > Please, some advice … > How does one inter-act with the combo

RE: Keyboard Shortcuts for Skype on the Mac

2012-02-04 Thread David Griffith
Just curious - what keys do you press to get a control click on VO? -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Sarah Alawami Sent: 04 February 2012 19:12 To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Keyboard Shortcut

Re: Help with fonts and styles on Bean

2012-02-05 Thread David Griffith
ves the font information so it may not had worked. I have never used styles with a word processor so I am afraid somebody else wil have to help you with this. > David Griffith d.griff...@btinternet.com On 5 Feb 2012, at 21:31, Margaret Booth wrote: > I have just downloaded Bean and I ha

Re: Apple Mail Favorites bar question.

2012-02-09 Thread David Griffith
Not very helpful I know but I did achieve this. the tricky thing is dropping it into the place you want. So perhaps persevere with trying unless they have broken it somehow .. David Griffith d.griff...@btinternet.com On 9 Feb 2012, at 17:08, Sarah Alawami wrote: > I read that you have

Re: DAISY for the Mac

2012-02-10 Thread David Griffith
Try Googlin Olearia David Griffith d.griff...@btinternet.com On 10 Feb 2012, at 08:26, Christo Thiardt wrote: > Dear All > > is there a DAISY software program available for the Mac? And if so, where > can I find it? > > Thanks for help > > Christo > <--- Ma

RE: a perplexing iTunes issue

2012-02-10 Thread David Griffith
segments but I am afraid I could not be bothered and went instead to use the free speech utility in fusion under Windows. Regards David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Sarah Alawami Sent: 10

RE: Mac Office 2012

2012-02-12 Thread David Griffith
I am afraid Office is not accessible to Voiceover. -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Tony Orlebar Sent: 12 February 2012 18:37 To: Mac Access Subject: Mac Office 2012 I can not use voice over with Mac Offi

Re: Olearia Daisy Reader

2012-02-13 Thread David Griffith
using numpad commander then I guess VO space should achieve the same results. David Griffith David Griffith d.griff...@btinternet.com On 13 Feb 2012, at 20:40, Christo Thiardt wrote: > Hello > > I have been successful in downloading the above. > > I can skip forward and back

RE: Headers/Footers

2012-03-10 Thread David Griffith
early outperforms it. You could investigate the free Beam program which may have headers and footers - I will have to check. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Christo Thiardt Sent: 10 March 2012 19:

Re: Support Services

2012-03-15 Thread David Griffith
Glad to hear you areback in harness and please do not think at all about any need to compensate. I am sure everyone understand that things must be difficult and I for one do not have a problem with this. I hope that things are under control. David Griffith David Griffith d.griff

Re: Can't pair keyboard to IPhone

2012-03-16 Thread David Griffith
needs to be HID compliant to work with the I Phone. I think the older keyboards are not HID. I forget the acronym but they are something like STC protocol. This works fine on the Mac but not the I Phone. If you have a modern HID keyboard then of course none of this applies. . David Griffith

Re: Creating web bookmarks on the desktop

2013-09-04 Thread David Griffith
and renamed it by removing the www etc. It still works just fine. David Griffith d.griff...@btinternet.com On 4 Sep 2013, at 21:14, Andy Collins wrote: > Hi all - > > I've created a bookmarks folder on my desktop, and have been able to drag and > drop web addresses in to i

~Logging into Sendspace Wizard difficulty resolved.

2013-09-06 Thread David Griffith
with perseverance. . David Griffith d.griff...@btinternet.com <--- 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

RE: how do I do the following in calander in ml

2013-09-09 Thread David Griffith
You could go to Voiceover settings and verbosity and turn hints announcement off to see if that improves matters. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Mark Furness Sent: 09 September 2013 14:41

RE: how do I do the following in calander in ml

2013-09-10 Thread David Griffith
I suggest then that you use the activity feature of Voiceover to make specific settings for Calendar. You will find the option to set up activities again in Voiceover utility. You should be able to specify a verbosity level which is unique to Calendar. David Griffith -Original Message

RE: authentication has no windows

2013-09-11 Thread David Griffith
Or just plug in a mouse and click that David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Cait and Maggie Sent: 11 September 2013 11:52 To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: authentication ha

Re: if i get a Mac, how do we set up VoiceOver

2013-09-12 Thread David Griffith
. David Griffith d.griffith On 12 Sep 2013, at 15:48, wrote: > Hello. if I get a Mac, how do we set up VoiceOver? > > Thanks, > > Brenda > > mailto:meadowlar...@cox.net > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please a

How can you search list Archives?

2013-09-15 Thread David Griffith
sure I used to be able to search archives by keyword. David Griffith <--- 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

Fusion and Audio

2013-09-15 Thread David Griffith
hould be OK I think,. I remember there was a recommendation on list on changing Fusion Audio settings to help resolve this. Could somebody possibly repost the recommended settings as Google has not proved useful on this occasion. David Griffith <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --->

RE: Fusion and Audio

2013-09-15 Thread David Griffith
using it. I use DropBox for interconnectivity between platforms and devices witch works well so the need to have Fusion running in the background should be reduced. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On

RE: What's the accessibility take on iOS7?

2013-10-04 Thread David Griffith
I agree that the usability of Siri has plummeted. It has failed to make 3 calls in the last 10 minutes alone even though it announces that it is calling the number. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On

RE: Adding Items to the Rotor On the Trackpad

2013-10-04 Thread David Griffith
If you have single letter navigation turned on in Quick Nav settings you can jump to the next edit box by simply pressing the letter F for form field. Similarly B for Button, H for header etc. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access

RE: what happens now when I sync or backup my iPhone5 to a computer thatdoes't have my iTunes Library on it

2013-10-05 Thread David Griffith
apple Store though. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of meadowlark77 Sent: 05 October 2013 15:56 To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Subject: what happens now when I sync or backup my iPhone5 to a

RE: dropbox help please

2013-10-11 Thread David Griffith
I never go anywhere near the DropBox app. It is a waste of time. As I say all you need to do is press command shift H and then locate your dropbox folder beneath your downloads folder. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun

RE: dropbox help please

2013-10-12 Thread David Griffith
think this works on the Mac as well. As I say do not bother with the DropBox app itself. If necessary go to www.dropbox.com to do any administration. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Judy

RE: iBooks For OSX?

2013-10-13 Thread David Griffith
Adobe Digital Editions is the short answer I think. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Parham Doustdar Sent: 13 October 2013 08:27 To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Subject: iBooks For OSX?

RE: iBooks For OSX?

2013-10-13 Thread David Griffith
I was not aware that VoiceDream was available for Mac OSX. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of meadowlark77 Sent: 13 October 2013 15:08 To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: iBooks

RE: Question: Downloading Premium Voices

2013-10-19 Thread David Griffith
to interact and uninteract in and out of the table to view the options but if you investigate around there you should be able to find what you need. I think there is a podcast done by Sarah on this list which investigates the process. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access

RE: Question: Reading Webpages

2013-10-19 Thread David Griffith
through the settings. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Parham Doustdar Sent: 19 October 2013 07:49 To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Subject: Question: Reading Webpages Hi, I'm usin

RE: Question: Reading Webpages

2013-10-19 Thread David Griffith
good way of selecting text easily as you simply hold the shift key whilst pressing the down key. Unlike more clunky forms of text selection in Safari you will not be restricted to interactional elements like a paragraph. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac

RE: Question: Reading Webpages

2013-10-20 Thread David Griffith
Jaws do not achieve this level of functionality. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Parham Doustdar Sent: 21 October 2013 07:00 To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Question: Rea

RE: OS X Mavericks, Wait a bit

2013-10-22 Thread David Griffith
As a matter of interest, do you still give this advice given the apparent improvement in the accessibility of the iWorks suite that is emerging tonight? David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of

Mavericks EyePal and X11

2013-10-23 Thread David Griffith
When I upgraded from Lion to Mountain Lion I found a version of X11 which allowed the EyePal scanning application to continue to work, if anything more smoothly than before. Does anybody know anything about X11 support in Mavericks? David Griffith Regards David Griffith <--- Mac Access At

RE: Hiding A Window From Command+Tab

2013-10-25 Thread David Griffith
option does not appear to exist on the \Mac platform. Of course if you want to navigate multiple windows across several open applications you can do this with Application Chooser and sort out the window you need from there under the application heading. David Griffith -Original Message- From

RE: Pages for iOS latest version

2013-10-25 Thread David Griffith
No I don't think Jarte provides this support. You have to make it Word format from Pages. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Christopher-Mark Gilland Sent: 25 October 2013 23:16 To: Ma

Re: Hiding A Window From Command+Tab

2013-10-26 Thread David Griffith
function to alt tab in Windows. , . This is different from Windows but in this case I prefer the Mac way of doing things as Application chooser in the Mac offers far more than the simple Windows alt tab function. David Griffith d.griff...@btinternet.com On 26 Oct 2013, at 07:20, Parham

Re: interval for checking for mail in mavericks

2013-10-26 Thread David Griffith
I believe Automatic may refer to the imap capacity for push notification. In other words your email client will be alerted when a mail arrives on the mail server and simply download it rather than downloading at time intervals. David Griffith. David Griffith d.griff...@btinternet.com On 25

RE: an iMac question

2013-10-27 Thread David Griffith
inevitably my system is more complicated as the number of apps has grown but if anybody has tips to restore the lightning start-up of Vo that I used to enjoy it would be good to hear. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac

RE: Arrowing through the artists table in iTunes issue

2013-10-28 Thread David Griffith
I Don't know if it can be corrected but I have had the exact same issue and for this, amongst other numerous clunky obstacles to ease of use, I have never used iTunes to play my music. I use VLC for both music playing and playlist creation on my iMac. David Griffith -Original Me

RE: Arrowing through the artists table in iTunes issue

2013-10-28 Thread David Griffith
streams fine and is a good video and DVD player with normal intuitive commands that you would expect to work. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Eileens Misrahi Sent: 28 October 2013 18:26 To

RE: Arrowing through the artists table in iTunes issue

2013-10-28 Thread David Griffith
Music and Amazon Cloud Player for getting music on your phone and computers. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Andy Collins Sent: 28 October 2013 19:57 To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Subject

RE: safari

2013-10-31 Thread David Griffith
this example, single in it,, wherever it appears within that element, so it could be at the end of a line which says for example "Its great to be single". David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf

RE: safari

2013-10-31 Thread David Griffith
You cannot use Reader on every page but many news pages will work fine. The BBC news pages all work well with Reader and make reading a very good experience. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of

RE: Retaining formatting from a PDF when the text is pasted into pages

2013-10-31 Thread David Griffith
conversion method. The failsafe is to send it as an attachment to conv...@robobraille.org and get a text version back. Alternatively if you want an ePub book then send the PDF to e...@robobraille.org. The text results can then be edited in TextEdit or Pages but of course you lose formatting. David

RE: safari

2013-10-31 Thread David Griffith
It is useful and remember it works everywhere on the Mac and not just in Safari. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Shannon Reece Sent: 31 October 2013 17:27 To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibi

RE: Starting a degree advice needed

2013-11-01 Thread David Griffith
reasonable adjustment. Unless Blackboard has significantly improved since I used it, it is more hassle than it is worth for a blind student. It is partially accessible but as I say it is best to avoid if you can. Happy to give further advice if needed but this email will probably become too long. David

EyePal and X11

2013-11-03 Thread David Griffith
tainly not recommend that anybody gets a product from abisee again, and possibly Humanware as the follow up driver support is dreadful and the software has gene consistently buggy over several versions. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-a

RE: Jumping to the end of a table/list with Voiceover

2013-11-03 Thread David Griffith
. Something like function shift down arrow I think but I use an extended keyboard on an iMac. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Parham Doustdar Sent: 03 November 2013 18:18 To: Mac OSX &

RE: EyePal and X11

2013-11-03 Thread David Griffith
This is certainly useful and helpful as usual Esther. I guess with the EyePal is that one of us will have to suck it and see and try it out under Mavericks and the new X11. It is a disgrace though that the developers cannot say for sure. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac

RE: Jumping to the end of a table/list with Voiceover

2013-11-04 Thread David Griffith
looking for in context within the item chooser so you can more easily identify where you need to go. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Parham Doustdar Sent: 04 November 2013 05:59 To: OS X &

RE: Customizing reading of punctuation in Voiceover

2013-11-04 Thread David Griffith
VO V for verbosity and vo cursor down until you hear Punctuation level. You can select all, some most or none. I routinely use all for when I am writing and some or none when I am reading. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun

RE: Hand Writing

2013-11-05 Thread David Griffith
. If I am dictating I want as quiet an environment as possible. What Am I missing? David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Josh Gregory Sent: 05 November 2013 14:35 To: OS X & iOS Accessibility Sub

RE: Beyond voice over basics

2013-11-08 Thread David Griffith
good advance so I suspect that Pages under mavericks is now important for a Mac student providing capabilities like mail merge are not required. David Griffith. . -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Ian Harrison

RE: Beyond voice over basics

2013-11-08 Thread David Griffith
No I mean command D for duplicate file. I use this all the time. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Josh Gregory Sent: 08 November 2013 11:23 To: OS X & iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Be

RE: advantage of an iPad over an iPhone?

2013-11-14 Thread David Griffith
the case for a blind user investing in an iPad in addition to a phone seem very tenuous to me. David Griffith David Griffith . -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of meadowlark77 Sent: 14 November 2013 23:40 To

RE: trying to convert pages document to word using mac

2013-11-14 Thread David Griffith
As far as I am aware export should work. As a clunky work around, select all the text and paste it into TextEdit. This can then be saved as an rtf file which can ve opened by your friend in Microsoft Word on his PC. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac

RE: question

2013-11-15 Thread David Griffith
The spotlight files are I think indexes of past searches on the drive for faster retrieval and the Trash files are, I believe like the windows Recycle bin. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of

RE: advantage of an iPad over an iPhone?

2013-11-15 Thread David Griffith
iPad. He maintains he can use it by using straightforward Voiceover commands. I have no direct experience of using it on an iPad however. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Christopher-Mark Gilland

Printing Word Document Correctly.

2013-11-17 Thread David Griffith
Office Document correctly with all features rather than stripping out the advance features?. I am using Mountain Lion. Regards David Griffith <--- 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

RE: Printing Word Document Correctly.

2013-11-17 Thread David Griffith
contents there. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Anne Robertson Sent: 17 November 2013 13:41 To: OS X & iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Printing Word Document Correctly. Hello David, Alth

RE: Printing Word Document Correctly.

2013-11-17 Thread David Griffith
so I need to get that sorted to prevent these kinds of problems in the future. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of JAMES AUSTIN Sent: 17 November 2013 17:39 To: OS X & iOS Accessibility Sub

RE: Printing Word Document Correctly.

2013-11-17 Thread David Griffith
Thanks. This is very useful and helpful. I will take this advice and install office in document reading mode for the next time I have to do this. Theoretically it should solve any printing problems in the future. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net

RE: Is there any other way of turning voice over on apart from command f 5?

2013-11-18 Thread David Griffith
Have you tried Function Command F5? It may be that your ~function keys in recovery are set to hardware. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of trevor Sent: 18 November 2013 09:30 To: mac-access

RE: Is there any other way of turning voice over on apart fromcommand f 5?

2013-11-18 Thread David Griffith
Agree, also make sure that your volume is not turned down on the keyboard. Not sure if this is the same as on the iMac but volume can be controlled and indeed muted from the keyboard. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac

RE: pairing a Bluetooth keyboard

2013-11-18 Thread David Griffith
enter I could not get them in in time. This may or may not be your issue. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Terry Clasper Sent: 18 November 2013 16:06 To: Mac Access Subject: pairing a bluetooth

RE: Short cut key to the Mac store?

2013-11-19 Thread David Griffith
I do not know of a shortcut to the app store. Command shift A will open your applications folder in Finder. VO D for dock and then a for app store plus enter is the quickest way I know of getting there. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac

RE: Renaming a folder on the mac

2013-11-26 Thread David Griffith
Press enter/return on the name. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Andy Collins Sent: 26 November 2013 10:32 To: OS X & iOS Accessibility Subject: Renaming a folder on the mac HI all -

RE: Question: the quickest way to use the NVDA screen reader on my Mac

2013-11-27 Thread David Griffith
VMWare Fusion is therefore your only accessible option as Parallels does not provide accessible support. I actually never use Boot Camp now as Fusion is so much quicker and convenient. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun

RE: Blackboard

2013-11-28 Thread David Griffith
always possible depending upon how the material was posted. In the end I succeeded in getting, as a reasonable adjustment, material posted onto Blackboard to be emailed to me separately as an email attachment. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net

RE: playing songs on ITunes

2013-12-02 Thread David Griffith
Me too. I'm glad that I am not the only person who experiences this. The only way I know to play a different track to the one actually playing is to hit the shift vo M context menu and then select play. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-acces

RE: pages on iPad and printing

2013-12-06 Thread David Griffith
on your Mac. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Linda C. Knight Sent: 06 December 2013 21:13 To: mac-access@mac-access.net Subject: pages on iPad and printing Hi all, I figured I'

RE: unzip utility for the iPhone and iPad

2013-12-08 Thread David Griffith
opbox folder on your Mac or Pc. You can have as many sub folders as you like. 7. If they are Word files they will need to install something like pages to edit them but VoiceDream TTS will read them fine. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access

RE: unzip utility for the iPhone

2013-12-10 Thread David Griffith
Why don't you use a Mac or PC, then it is easy to just copy and paste folders with sub folders. Just use the usual command c and command V options. These folders can then be navigated on the iPhone in the DropBox app in the normal way. David Griffith -Original Message- From

RE: Voiceover going mute

2013-12-15 Thread David Griffith
nts. 1. Sometimes but not always it clears if I receive a call on the phone. 2. So far restarting the phone has reliably cleared the problem but it is a worry during the reboot. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@

Mavericks - Is it now time to upgrade?

2013-12-16 Thread David Griffith
characteristics. I am a fan of column view which seems particularly vulnerable to this. David Griffith Regards David Griffith <--- 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 posted

Mavericks and MBA

2013-12-19 Thread David Griffith
installed but any other suggestions welcome. David Griffith Regards David Griffith <--- 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 eith

RE: Mavericks and MBA

2013-12-19 Thread David Griffith
It is definitely an Air. Specs may well be a problem but he is not very technical and was following Apple support advice. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Christopher gilland Sent: 19 December

RE: Mavericks and MBA

2013-12-19 Thread David Griffith
ould hesitate to write off Mavericks completely. Apple tech support is right in that he needs to upgrade, and these Finder hiccups are temporary and solvable. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 19, 2013, at 2:59 AM, "David Griffith" wrote: > > A friend has rung me after being advi

Grappling with iTunes again.

2013-12-25 Thread David Griffith
needs changing so that my iTunes replicates this behaviour. Regards David Griffith <--- 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

RE: Grappling with iTunes again.

2013-12-25 Thread David Griffith
problem then becomes dragging the console into accord with the other files I select to try and play from the track in the files list. Hitting space now will only play the track I no longer want to listen to and will not play the new track I have selected from the file list. David Griffith -Original

RE: Grappling with iTunes again.

2013-12-25 Thread David Griffith
connection. Anyway pressing enter is clearly supposed to be the answer to the question I was posing, even if it is only working sporadically. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of David Griffith Sent

RE: Grappling with iTunes again.

2013-12-26 Thread David Griffith
to be assured that I am not judging the product unfairly. I remain unimpressed with it so far though. I can make it function but everything seems hard work to achieve what is simpler on other platforms/players. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net

RE: can we get our iPhone5 to read buttons on equipment such as CD-Recorders

2013-12-31 Thread David Griffith
Your best bet may be tap tap see. If you could perhaps have a finger pointing to the button you want identified then a human operator may be able to assist. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of

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