Re: Weird announcement

2014-01-30 Thread Bryan Jones
Hello Margaret, Sounds like maybe keyboard commander is turned on and the command to Run Applescript script “Time of Day” is enabled. You can view and change this option by opening the VO Utility, navigating to the “Commanders” category, and selecting the “keyboard commander” tab. HTH, Bryan

Re: Space Bar Issue Solved, But A Puzzle

2014-01-31 Thread Bryan Jones
Hello Gordon, According to the following Apple KB article, "■ By default, the spacebar is used as a switch when Switch Control is enabled.” The article indicates it is possible to modify this key. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6027?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US HTH, Bryan On Jan 31, 2014, at

Re: Amazon Prim app

2014-02-08 Thread Bryan Jones
Hello Glenn, I’m unable to locate a specific Amazon Prime App in the US App store. Would you mind providing a link to this App? With regard to the App closing when you try to watch a video, can you list the troubleshooting steps you’ve tried so far, e.g. closing all running apps, deleting and r

Re: Safari quitting

2014-02-15 Thread Bryan Jones
Hello Juanita, When I encounter similar problems I often try a different web browser such as the nightly build of Webkit available here: http://nightly.webkit.org HTH, Bryan On Feb 14, 2014, at 10:41 PM, Juaanita Marttin wrote: > No, it kept crashing in about the same place. I did a force qu

Re: Little Snitch for Mac

2014-03-02 Thread Bryan Jones
Hello Lynne, In February 2011 I contacted Objective Development, the Developers of Little Snitch, to ask about VO compatibility. I’ve pasted their response below. I have not tried Little Snitch in a couple of years; thus, I cannot say whether these same instructions will work for the current ve

Re: Little Snitch for Mac

2014-03-02 Thread Bryan Jones
The Developer has a legitimate concern. VO is a utility with fingers deep into parts of the MacOS and thus must be considered a potential threat vector. I’ve often wondered if Apple’s conservative approach to the development of VO is due at least in part to security concerns. -Bryan On Mar 2, 2

Re: How to make screenshots ona a Mac as a blind person?

2014-03-02 Thread Bryan Jones
Hello Christian, Another option you might want to explore is the “VO Cursor screenshot.” In OS 10.9 it is possible to create a screenshot of whatever currently resides within the VO Cursor. Here are two ways I know of to achieve this: 1. Press VO+HH to open the VO Commands Help menu, then selec

Re: How to make screenshots ona a Mac as a blind person?

2014-03-02 Thread Bryan Jones
Hello Sarah, While I can’t speak to how well the command works under 10.6, I can say I’ve had some success using it under 10.9. The VO Cursor screenshot is, of course, limited to the various levels of focus available to the VO cursor and thus requires an awareness of the current level of inter

Re: Little Snitch for Mac

2014-03-02 Thread Bryan Jones
Hello Lynne, I agree with your thought about the Developer adding an option to the Installer to enable VO access. I used Little Snitch up until 2008 or 9 when I still had enough vision, and I considered it a fantastic little tool and a helpful layer of security. I wouldn’t mind having it active

Re: OCR Apps

2014-03-11 Thread Bryan Jones
Hello Alberto, I’ve had good success with both the older ABBYY FineReader Express and the recently released ABBYY FineReader Pro (FRP). I find most buttons and other controls to be properly accessible with VO. I also find the workflow to be fairly intuitive. I am running the latest version of F

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 beyon

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 M

Re: Zoom on the Mac verses Zoomtext

2014-03-17 Thread Bryan Jones
Hello Eleanor, Yes, I think this might be a feature request worth posting to the Apple Accessibility Team. They can be reached via email at accessibil...@apple.com HTH, Bryan On Mar 16, 2014, at 4:21 PM, Eleanor Burke wrote: for Zoom. However, one thing I do notice is that as I use reverse c

Re: Zoom on the Mac verses Zoomtext

2014-03-17 Thread Bryan Jones
Yes, there are hotkeys for zoomtext mac. Google is your friend. A quick search for keywords “zoomtext mac hotkeys” returned a long list of results, the first of which is a youtube video with a well done audio track describing zoomtext mac hotkeys. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfGub8jhXmg HTH

Re: Google Chrome on the Mac

2014-03-18 Thread Bryan Jones
I would second Sarah’s suggestion of installing the ChromeVox extension. If you visit www.chromevox.com you will find a link to install the extension, a guide to the chromevox keyboard shortcuts, and a nice interactive tutorial to help you get up and running quickly with ChromeVox. HTH, Bryan

Re: Item Chooser turning VO off

2014-03-18 Thread Bryan Jones
While I don’t think I’ve personally encountered this with the Item Chooser, I have experienced it when using the Web Rotor, particularly when listing Static Text elements. Of course I’m now unable to locate one of those problem pages to post here for possible confirmation. :) Bryan On Mar 17,

Re: Chrome Web Store - ChromeVox

2014-03-18 Thread Bryan Jones
Maybe try the following steps. These assume the current stable build of Chrome running under MacOS 10.9.2. Also, since you will be using VO during the process of initially installing ChromeVox, keep in mind that VO does not always work the same in Chrome as it does in Safari or straight webkit.

Re: Chrome Vox and bookmarks

2014-03-21 Thread Bryan Jones
Hello Juaanita, To the best of my knowledge, ChromeVox is currently designed to read and navigate just the content of web pages. It does not navigate items outside of the window containing the web content. So, for example, It is not currently possible to use ChromeVox to navigate to and/or hear

Re: searching for groups on Facebook, voiceover on the mac

2014-03-30 Thread Bryan Jones
Hello Laurel, I’ll attempt to answer your 2 questions in reverse. Regarding the list archives, there should be a few links at the bottom of each email you receive from the Mac-Access list. Two of those links point to the archives. I’ve pasted the text including those links below my signature in

Re: IOS7.1: convert v. convela

2014-03-30 Thread Bryan Jones
Hello Diane, Thank you for posting this. I’ve noticed it when using the US English HQ voice on my iPhone 5S and iPad Mini since upgrading both to IOS 7.1. I slowed the speech rate down to 5 percent and still hear it pronounced as "conv a lot.” Note that pronunciation of the word seems fine when

Re: IOS7.1: convert v. convela

2014-03-30 Thread Bryan Jones
ter called apple accessibility and the guy could get > the voice to say the word convert correctly. Let me know if I misunderstood > the original post. > On Mar 30, 2014, at 6:55 PM, Bryan Jones wrote: > >> Hello Diane, >> >> Thank you for posting this. I’ve not

Re: ios 7.1: convert vs. convela

2014-03-31 Thread Bryan Jones
Hello Diane - Did you see the list of responses to your original posting of this request? A number of us confirmed your findings when using the HQ US English voice under IOS 7.1. On Mar 31, 2014, at 11:54 AM, Diane Bomar wrote: > I need to know if this is happening to others. > When reading th

Re: name of cannon scanner for maverick

2014-04-18 Thread Bryan Jones
Hello Mark, Not sure if it’s my scanner you’re thinking of, but I am using a Canon PIXMA MX922 MFP. The hardware is not particularly blind-friendly, but the flatbed, ADF & duplex scanner functions have worked very well over WiFi with ABBYY FineReader Pro under Mavericks. HTH, Bryan On Apr 18,

Re: Not able to disable the preview pane on a new iMac

2014-05-04 Thread Bryan Jones
I just wanted to second Anne’s findings with regard to hiding the preview pane under mavericks. I use classic view exclusivley, but sometimes will switch between showing and hiding the preview pane. Whenever I’ve tried using VO commands to interact and drag down the horizontal splitter, it only

Re: Backup and restore I device

2014-05-05 Thread Bryan Jones
Yes, you can. In fact, Jonathan Mosen just posted a blog entry extolling the benefits of maintaining both forms of backup. http://mosen.org/index.php/blog/ HTH, Bryan On May 5, 2014, at 6:26 PM, George Cham wrote: > My question is this, can I also back up the devise to the Mac while retaining

Re: Screen curtain on iPhone

2014-05-10 Thread Bryan Jones
Last I heard, the official word from Apple Accessibility was that the IOS screen curtain has no effect on battery life. BTW, though I’ve done no official testing, my personal experience leads me to believe this also holds true for the MacOS screen curtain on Macbooks. Bryan On May 10, 2014, at

How to activate the MacOS screen curtain {Was: Re: Screen curtain on iPhone}

2014-05-10 Thread Bryan Jones
Press VO+HH to get to the VoiceOver Commands help menu, then type screen curtain to narrow the results. At this point VO should announce the shortcut key VO+Shift+F11 and, if you’d like, you can press Return to toggle the screen curtain or press escape to exit the VO Commands Help menu. HTH, Br

Re: Screen curtain on iPhone

2014-05-10 Thread Bryan Jones
gt; I use the iPhone 5 with the latest update, and apps update automatically, > and my bluetooth and WIFI are always on. > Glenn > - Original Message ----- > From: "Bryan Jones" > To: "OS X & iOS Accessibility" > Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2014 9:27 AM >

Re: How to activate the MacOS screen curtain {Was: Re: Screen curtain oniPhone}

2014-05-10 Thread Bryan Jones
gt; - Original Message - From: "Bryan Jones" > To: "OS X & iOS Accessibility" > Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2014 11:01 AM > Subject: How to activate the MacOS screen curtain {Was: Re: Screen curtain > oniPhone} > > > Press VO+HH to get to the Voic

RE: The QuickBooks program

2014-05-12 Thread Bryan Jones
Hello Laurel, Sorry for the delayed response . This question recently came up on AppleVis, where a person was not able to run QuickBooks 2012 for Mac while VO was running. I tried running the 30 day trial of QuickBooks 2014 on my 2013 Macbook Air running OS 10.9.2, but this latest version of Qu

Re: Firefox on the Mac

2014-06-02 Thread Bryan Jones
Hi Andy — Can you provide a URL and detailed description for the page and/or fields on which you are getting stuck? Using Safari on my Mac I was able to successfully register online with Hadley late last year, but I haven’t enrolled in any additional courses since that time. With regard to Fir

Re: Firefox on the Mac

2014-06-03 Thread Bryan Jones
few > fields required on the first page, but the issue if it shows up for you, will > be on that second page of required information. > > Thanks - > > Andy > On 2 Jun 2014, at 22:49, Bryan Jones wrote: > >> Hi Andy — Can you provide a URL and detailed descrip

Re: Reverse Colours On Mac

2014-06-11 Thread Bryan Jones
Yes, there is a keyboard shorcut available for this function. If I remember correctly, the shorcut key was available by default in versions of OSX through Snow Leopard, but it has been disabled by default since then. Here are the steps to re-enable it. 1. Go to System Preferences > Keyboard > S

Re: tagging somebody on Facebook using Safari on Mac

2014-06-16 Thread Bryan Jones
Hello Laurel & Sarah, On my Macs I’m currently able to tag FB Friends from a popup list using the following steps: 1. This assumes the latest versions of MacOS and Safari are installed, QuickNav is turned off, and that javascript is enabled in Safari (Safari / Preferences / Security / Enable Ja

Re: tagging somebody on Facebook using Safari on Mac

2014-06-18 Thread Bryan Jones
: > I think tagging can be done in m.facebook.com or at least when I went through > it yesterday it could be done. > - Original Message - From: "Bryan Jones" > To: "OS X & iOS Accessibility" > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 3:49 AM > Subject: Re: taggin

Re: iTunes source listing.

2014-06-22 Thread Bryan Jones
Hi Jim & Arthur - I’m running 11.2.2, which I think is the latest version, and have not noticed any issues showing or hiding, interacting with, navigating through and hearing items in the sidebar. Cheers, Bryan On Jun 22, 2014, at 8:51 AM, Arthur Barney wrote: > Yes Jim, they broke it again.

Re: accessing PDF forms on the mac using VO.

2014-06-23 Thread Bryan Jones
Hello Stuart, I would strongly urge you to download and try the latest version of PDFpen from the www.smilesoftware.com website. The trial version has a few limitations but nothing that will prevent testing a PDF file to see if you can access the form fields. I’ve been testing the latest versio

Re: PDf's

2014-06-23 Thread Bryan Jones
Hello Adi, Access to PDF files is an important part of my day-to-day life and I’ve tested a dozen or more PDF reading Mac apps over the past few years but have found no single app that provides anything resembling true access to properly tagged PDF files on the Mac. I assumed all PDF files must

Re: Abby Fine Reader

2014-06-23 Thread Bryan Jones
Hello Ian, I’m not sure what hardware ABBYY recommends, but I've been using a Canon PIXMA MX922 MFP and have had no issues using it in conjunction with ABBYY FineReader Pro. I connect my Mac and other computing devices via Wi-Fi and am able to scan from the flatbed and the ADF. The ADF’s duplex

Re: More On Our Plans

2014-06-24 Thread Bryan Jones
Here’s a link to Lynn’s original message. For future reference, all Mac-Access emails are available from two message archives, both of which can be reached from links provided at the bottom of each Mac-Access List email. http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/2014-June/042492.html HTH,

Re: Step by step or tutorial on Abby Fine Reader

2014-07-01 Thread Bryan Jones
Hello Juaanita, I’m not aware of any specific tutorials, but the “FineReader Help” item in the App’s Help menu gives a pretty good overview of the various options and steps involved in scanning or importing and converting documents. Are there specific steps you are having trouble with? Also, y

Re: Step by step or tutorial on Abby Fine Reader

2014-07-02 Thread Bryan Jones
1, 2014, at 11:37 PM, Bryan Jones wrote: > >> Hello Juaanita, >> >> I’m not aware of any specific tutorials, but the “FineReader Help” item in >> the App’s Help menu gives a pretty good overview of the various options and >> steps involved in scanning or importi

Re: Epson, K3000, and the slot loading door

2014-07-06 Thread Bryan Jones
Juaanita, K3000 will automatically detect compatible scanners whose TWAIN drivers are installed on your Mac. My suggestion would be to quit K3000, unplug the scanner from your Mac, go to Epson’s website, download the latest TWAIN driver for your model of scanner, install the driver, re-attach t

Re: Still can't scan with K3000

2014-07-09 Thread Bryan Jones
Hello Juaanita, As I mentioned in my origianl post, K3000 is not designed for blind Users, but I’ve found that much of the application can be accessed using menu choices and keystrokes to scan and read aloud. It’s certainly nowhere near a perfect solution, but you said you were looking for a sc

Re: Thunder bird

2014-07-20 Thread Bryan Jones
Hello Margaret, I recently gave Thunderbird 24.6.0 a look on my 2013 Macbook Air running OS 10.9.4, but I gave up on it because there seems to be no accessible way to perform the mildly important task of adding or importing email accounts, as noted in items 3, 4 & 5 of my findings below. I didn

Re: Access to the bookmark bar.

2014-07-20 Thread Bryan Jones
Hello Jim, In Safari 7 under Mavericks, the Bookmark Favorites Bar is managed within the Bookmarks editor, which can be opened from within Safari by pressing Command+Option+B. Once you are in the Bookmarks editor, navigate to the item helpfully labeled simply as “Table” and interact with it. I

Re: How do I type letters with accents over them?

2014-07-22 Thread Bryan Jones
Hello Andy, Here’s the method I usually use to enter variants of a character in Mac. I select from the list of alternative characters that pops up automatically when I press and hold a letter key for a few seconds. For example, On my Macbook Air running OS 10.9.4, if I am composing an email and

ABBYY FineReader Pro on sale for US $74.99 until August 3rd.

2014-07-31 Thread Bryan Jones
Greetings everyone, The ABBYY FineReader Pro OCR application is on sale in the US Mac App Store for $74.99 until August 3, 2014. It normally sells for $99.99. Sorry, I don’t know if this sale applies outside of the US. A trial version of FineReader Pro can be downloaded from ABBYY’s website at

Re: ABBYY FineReader Pro on sale for US $74.99 until August 3rd.

2014-08-02 Thread Bryan Jones
Hello Judy, Here’s a link to ABBYY’s listing of some of the differences. http://finereader.abbyy.com/pro_for_mac/compare_vs_express/ HTH, Bryan On Aug 1, 2014, at 10:14 AM, Judy Pryor wrote: > What is the difference between the fine reader pro and express? I have > express and it seems fine.

Re: I think I broke mail

2014-08-16 Thread Bryan Jones
Hello Sarah, Here’s how I am able to rearrange columns in the classic view of Mail in Mavericks 10.9.4. Thanks to John Panarese’ excellent macforthe blind.com website for reminding me how to move focus to the header row. 1. Interact with the messages list in Mail. 2. Press VO+Shift+\ to move fo

Re: Accessible firewall for the mac?

2014-08-16 Thread Bryan Jones
Hello Michael, Little Snitch is a great security utility, and much of it is actually quite VO accessible. Unfortunately, you will need a sighted person to tick one checkbox in order to turn on that accessibility. I’ve included instructions below. (Please don’t flame the messenger about this par

Is Taco still the recommended accessible HTML editor?

2014-08-27 Thread Bryan Jones
Greetings All, Is anyone successfully using VO to access all features of Taco or another HTML Editor under OS 10.9? A quick search of the list archive indicates that Taco has been recommended in the past, but it’s been a couple of years since the topic of HTML editors was discussed seriously.

Re: Facebook apps and refund of app.

2014-09-01 Thread Bryan Jones
Hello Sean — I regularly experience the first 3 issues in your list. Here are a handfull of other FB App issues I experience with some regularity. This is on an iPhone 5S, IOS 7.1.2, FB App version 14. 1. In general, when attempting to open a post by performing a one finger double-tap, or when

Re: Amadeus Pro not working with the latest security update on Mavericks

2014-09-18 Thread Bryan Jones
Can you provide the exact version numbers of the products in question? I am having no problem launching Amadeus Pro version 2.1.6 on a 2013 MBA running the latest build of Mavericks including yesterday’s 10.9.5 release and all current patches as reported in the app store app. Bryan On Sep 18,

Re: Deleting Virtual Machines in VmWare Fusion

2014-09-18 Thread Bryan Jones
Here is a VMWare KB Aricle titled “Deleting a Virtual Machine in Fusion." http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1003420 HTH, Bryan On Sep 18, 2014, at 9:18 AM, Matthew Chao wrote:. I want to keep Question is: is there a way for me to dele

Re: Amadeus Pro not working with the latest security update on Mavericks

2014-09-18 Thread Bryan Jones
/viewtopic.php?p=8102&sid=f3dd52c8f1b3deb5b2e643b81733641a HTH, Bryan On Sep 18, 2014, at 9:19 AM, Bryan Jones wrote: > Can you provide the exact version numbers of the products in question? I am > having no problem launching Amadeus Pro version 2.1.6 on a 2013 MBA running > the la

Re: KNFB Reader Does it work on the iPad?

2014-09-24 Thread Bryan Jones
Hello Martin, Here is a brief summary of my experience attempting to install and use the KNFB Reader app on my iPad. YMMV, and I am by no means recommending that anyone attempt to install and run this app on an unsupported device. Having already purchased, installed & fallen in love with the KN

Re: Abbyy fine reader pro help please

2014-09-26 Thread Bryan Jones
Hello Ian, Here is the workflow I normally follow when using FineReader Pro (FRP) to convert existing PDF image files or other files I want to OCR. This is the quick method and basically involves opening the document in FRP, allowing the automatic recognition process to complete, and then expor

Re: iOS 8.0.2, to Upgrade or Not?

2014-09-27 Thread Bryan Jones
ALthough I generally prefer to live on the bleeding edge when it comes to OS upgrades, I depend on a number of apps for work & school and thus am sometimes willing to wait for clearance from Devs or other trustworthy and level-headed Users of critical apps before upgrading. For example, the Voic

Re: Abbyy fine reader pro help please

2014-09-27 Thread Bryan Jones
Here is the workflow I generally follow when using ABBYY FineReader Pro on my Mac in combination with a WiFi connected scanner to scan, import, OCR and export single- or multipage documents. These instructions were written based on FineReader Pro version 12.0.6, MacOS 10.9.5, a 2013 Macbook Air

Re: mavericks folder attributes

2014-09-28 Thread Bryan Jones
Hello Ian & David, I’m not sure if I’m understanding you correctly, so please excuse if this reply is off target. In OS 10.9.5 I have no problems opening a bunch of Finder windows (COmmand+N) and cycling through them by pressing the standard Command+` key combo. On the US Keyboard layout of m

Re: mavericks folder attributes

2014-09-28 Thread Bryan Jones
Are you running Finder in Full Screen Mode by any chance? I rarely use full screen mode, but did notice behavior similar to what you are describing when I tried it. On Sep 28, 2014, at 1:29 PM, David Griffith wrote: > I have the exact same settings as you but when I open a new window this > al

Re: mavericks folder attributes

2014-09-29 Thread Bryan Jones
Hello David, I think I understand now what you are saying. You are expecting a new Finder window to open when you press one of the “go to folder…” hotkey combos. Is that correct? Is that how it behaved for you prior to Mavericks? If yes, do you recall if there was a toggle in Finder Prefs prior

Re: iPhone camera stand.

2014-10-01 Thread Bryan Jones
Call me frugal or maybe just cheap, but I personally think this is one of those instances where a DIY solution is worth considering. A cardboard box of the right size can easily be cut, folded and customized to make a free and flexible stand. Using KNFB’ Reader’s edge detecti

Re: urgent cannot save attachments in mail

2014-10-09 Thread Bryan Jones
Another thing to try is: 1. Open the message. 2. Interact with the body of the message. 3. Navigate to the attachment. 4. Press VO+Spacebar. If all goes as expected, a context menu will popup providing you with the options to open, save, etc. HTH, Bryan On Oct 9, 2014, at 10:25 AM, Ian Harrison

Re: safari right click problem

2014-10-09 Thread Bryan Jones
This is a known bug. I am sometimes able to work around it by interacting with the bogus link or by bringing the mouse pointer and performing an actual Control+Click. HTH, Bryan On Oct 9, 2014, at 10:31 AM, Ian Harrison wrote: > In safari, using both mountain lion and mavericks I keep coming

ABBYY FineReader Pro is apparently not yet compatible with Yosemite

2014-10-18 Thread Bryan Jones
A word of caution for folks who rely on FineReader Pro: ABBYY posted the following comment on their FB page yesterday: "FineReader Professional for Mac is not compatible with Mac OS Yosemite at this time. However, the retail version update is expected to be available late next week on the AppSt

Re: ABBYY FineReader Pro is apparently not yet compatible with Yosemite

2014-10-18 Thread Bryan Jones
Hey, I don’t know. On Oct 18, 2014, at 12:58 PM, Douglas wrote: > Hey, will this effect fine reader press asweel, or only the professional > version? <--- 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 archi

ABBYY FineReader Pro 12 patch released to fix Yosemite conflict

2014-10-20 Thread Bryan Jones
ABBYY has released version 12.0.7 of FineReader Pro for Mac, which fixes a crash that occured under OS 10.10 Yosemite. If you purchased FineReader Pro outside of the Apple App store, the 600mb download is available now from the link on the following website: http://finereader.abbyy.com/pro_for_m

Re: Accessible HTML Editor on IOS

2014-10-21 Thread Bryan Jones
+1, I’d also be interested in this, especially if it can handle CSS & JS alongside HTML. On Oct 21, 2014, at 5:57 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote: > Twas a long time ago now but I recall someone on this list working with a > developer of a HTML editor for IOS and between them the App was being made >

Re: How to tell if I am on the release level of Yosemite

2014-10-22 Thread Bryan Jones
Hello Paul, On my clean install of the released US version of Yosemite, I go to Apple Menu > About this Mac > System Report > Software, and here I am seeing “System Version OS X 10.10 (14A389). HTH, Bryan On Oct 21, 2014, at 10:03 AM, Paul Hopewell wrote: > So do I now have the official relea

Re: [Mac-access]: adding a yahoo account to apple mail

2014-11-05 Thread Bryan Jones
googling the words "apple.com adding yahoo mail account yosemite: returned the following KB article which explains how to add accounts to mail: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH19132 On Nov 5, 2014, at 8:15 PM, wui chin Leong wrote: > i went to the accounts panel and it only said that my i cloud w

Re: [Mac-access]: fine reader pro

2014-12-03 Thread Bryan Jones
Hello Judy, My first thought would be to make sure your Mac has the latest ICA compliant driver for your scanner model installed. If I remember correctly, FineReader Express used TWAIN scanner drivers while FineReader Pro uses ICA drivers. You can probably get the latest driver by either runnin

Re: [Mac-access]: fine reader pro

2014-12-06 Thread Bryan Jones
such as Preview or Image Capture? On Dec 6, 2014, at 1:47 PM, Judy Pryor wrote: > Hi , I now can get nothing to work with ICA driver there is an empty list now > in HP manager. even if the scanners seems to scan there is nothing there. > Judy > > On 3 Dec 2014, at 08:45, Bry

Re: [Mac-access]: Mail with Yosemite

2014-12-08 Thread Bryan Jones
Clean installs of 10.10.1 on 2 different Macs here have yielded no love with VO+J in either Finder or Mail in Classic view. I wonder what might be different between our systems. Interestingly, it seems to be the sidebar VO+J has an aversion to. If I show the path bar in Finder, VO+J will reliab

Re: [Mac-access]: Question about movies from the itunes store

2014-12-28 Thread Bryan Jones
I can try to answer a few of your questions. My responses are based on results from the US iTunes store accessed through iTunes 12.0.1 running under MacOS 10.9.5. YMMV. If a movie is available both for rent and for purchase, VO will speak the first 2 Form Control items as "price, purchase, titl

[Mac-access]: Seeking suggestions for a more powerful OS X clipboard

2015-01-09 Thread Bryan Jones
Greetings All, I’m interested to hear from anyone who is successfully using any sort of VO-accessible alternative to the standard MacOS Clipboard. In particular, I am interested in one specific feature: the ability to use the “Copy last phrase to clipboard” command (VO+Shift+C) to copy multiple

Re: [Mac-access]: Google Chrome

2015-01-29 Thread Bryan Jones
Is there anything in particular you are wondering about? In my limited testing of the latest version of Chrome under Yosemite 10.10.2, I’ve been able to use the standard VO web navigation commands to move through pages just as I would when navigating in Safari. There are, however, at least two n

Re: [Mac-access]: Google Chrome

2015-01-29 Thread Bryan Jones
Can you provide some more details so we can try to reproduce what you are finding? For example, can you provide links to some websites where you are experiencing these “collapsed things,” and maybe describe the differences between how you used to be able to read the pages more easily and how it

Re: [Mac-access]: Google Chrome

2015-01-31 Thread Bryan Jones
Thank you for providing an example website, David. My testing of the page you linked mirrored what I’ve been seeing on most other websites: The latest versions of both Chrome Stable and Chrome Canary work fine with VoiceOver under Mavericks 10.9.5, but those same versions of CHrome have a number

Re: [Mac-access]: Google Chrome

2015-02-05 Thread Bryan Jones
Regarding the problems using VO+Arrow keys to move through web pages in Chrome under Yosemite, we’ve had some discussion about this on Google’s general accessibility mailing list, and Victor at Google has opened the following ticket: "Issue 455118 - chromium - [A11Y] VoiceOver gets stuck on web

Re: [Mac-access]: IOS: copying text from webpages using voiceover and IOS 8.2

2015-03-26 Thread Bryan Jones
If you own the excellent Voice Dream Reader IOS app (VDR), you might try opening the website in VDR and selecting / copying the text using the alternative method provided in that app. It’s still not a perfect solution, but is better than the default method provided in IOS, IMHO. HTH, Bryan >>>

Re: using google chrome

2013-05-01 Thread Bryan Jones
You do not need to have the Chromevox extension installed in order to use Chrome, but I find it useful as a fallback screen reader when I encounter something that causes VO to choke. Bryan On May 1, 2013, at 6:58 AM, William Lomas wrote: > hi i see google chrome works ok it seems under mountai

Guides to purchasing, downloading and reading with VO in the new Kindle IOS App

2013-05-01 Thread Bryan Jones
Here is a link to the free Kindle book titled "Kindle for IOS Accessibility Gestures: Quick Reference Guide." http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CL5NIGU/ref=cm_cd_asin_lnk Here is a link to Amazon's webpage explaining how to purchase Kindle titles and how to get those titles into your Kindle IO

Re: problem with VO saying bizzy and reddy all the time when using certon programs

2013-05-23 Thread Bryan Jones
Hi Michael, I experience the same issue with ABBYY FineReader Express. I suspect FineReader uses lots of CPU cycles while performing it's OCR processes. In fact, FineReader is one of the few apps guaranteed to exercise the cooling fan on my 2011 Macbook Air, which rarely breaks a sweat under no

Re: VoiceOver problems with Skim was Re: Voice over mentioned in a software update?

2013-06-05 Thread Bryan Jones
Hi James, Can you provide some details of the problems you are having with Skim? I did a quick run through of a couple PDFs using Skim 1.4.3 on my MBA running OS 10.8.4 and didn't encounter any major issues. Cheers, Bryan >> On Jun 5, 2013, at 1:31 AM, JAMES AUSTIN wrote: >>> Since updating

Re: IPhone and GMail

2013-06-12 Thread Bryan Jones
Hi Jim, I recently had the second issue you mentioned, the one where the iPhone would say, "unable to delete message" when I attempted to delete any emails from my gmail account. My other email accounts including iCloud and Exchange did not exhibit this issue. Here's what fixed it for me on my

A question for Apple TV Users: What hardware are you using for audio-out?

2013-06-13 Thread Bryan Jones
Hi Folks -- I've setup a current generation Apple TV and connected it via HDMI to my television. The speakers built into the television are pretty bad, so I've started thinking about using the Apple TV's optical digital audio-out port, AKA toslink or S/PDIF to connect to an external audio system

Re: Help with mouse

2013-06-16 Thread Bryan Jones
Hi Catherine, Using the following steps, I was able to access the Dropbox menu option to "View Previous Versions." This assumes Dropbox is installed and is syncing properly. This was done using a 2011 MacBook Air running OS 10.8.4 and Dropbox 2.0.22. Step 1. Using standard VO commands, navigate

Re: Numbers On IOS Devices

2013-07-03 Thread Bryan Jones
Hi Dane, Last month I took another look at Numbers and Pages on both my iPhone 4S and iPad Mini running the latest IOS and, unfortunately, both apps are still plagued by an issue where the "copy / paste" popup menu is constantly active while I am trying to work in a Numbers spreadsheet or a Pag

Re: VO not speaking when I open the lid

2013-07-24 Thread Bryan Jones
Hi Andy, Does this happen every time you close/open the lid, or is it random? I've experienced this behavior on every mac I've owned but only if I've neglected to fully restart the OS or power off/on the computer once every day or so. It has been my experience that repeatedly sleeping/waking th

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, 201

Re: Setting a Shortcut Key in Mail

2013-08-12 Thread Bryan Jones
Assuming you are running Lion or Mountain Lion, one way to accomplish this is to use Mail's Favorites Bar. Mailbox Aliases that are placed in the Favorites Bar can be directly accessed by pressing Command+ a corresponding number. Here are the steps to follow. 1. Toggle on the Favorites Bar eit

Re: Setting a Shortcut Key in Mail

2013-08-14 Thread Bryan Jones
Hi Sarah, Here's one method I've used in the past. Note that this seems hit-or-miss and there might be a more reliable method I don't know about. The following method works for me under Mountain Lion. The following instructions assume you have Mail.app open in Mountain Lion, your Favorites Bar

Re: more on the favorites bar in apple mail

2013-08-24 Thread Bryan Jones
Hi Sarah, I feel your pain. The process of using VO drag and drop to add a mailbox alias to the Favorites Bar really does seem to be hit-or-miss. Last week I was able to use the old mouse-down / mouse-up method successfully, but this morning that method failed so I tried the VO+comma method and

Re: facebook

2013-08-25 Thread Bryan Jones
The following steps work to log me out of FB on my macbook air running the latest versions of mountain lion and safari. 1. Press VO+I to open the item chooser menu. 2. Type account to narrow your selection and then use the up/down arrows to find the item labeled "Account Settings," then press Re

Re: Making The Most Of Your Accessible Tools; A Passionate Rant [Was "so wish apple had done this"]

2012-09-30 Thread Bryan Jones
I've recently been spending buckets of time learning to use various access tools that are new to me on several platforms, including Windows and Android. This is a requirement for the internship I'm fortunate to have with my University's Disabilities Services office, and while I must confess I am

Re: i books author

2012-10-01 Thread Bryan Jones
I spent a bit of time poking around iBooks Author when it was first released, and I was eventually able to enter some text and even create a table. In fact, the table creation and navigation seems to have all the functionality many of us long to have in Pages and TextEdit. With regard to enteri

Re: Problem with Facebook app and push notifications, please help!

2012-10-02 Thread Bryan Jones
Hi Chris -- I don't have an answer, sorry, but just thought I'd let you know I've been having the same issue for the past several days on my 4S running IOS6, and a quick search of the web this morning turned up several threads dedicated to the same issue that seems to have started for some folks

Re: learning ally troubles again

2012-10-03 Thread Bryan Jones
Hi Sarah, Jeremy and Others, I've been using their IOS App exclusively to download and play my LA books, so haven't given the mac app a look in a while. Last evening I spent some time reinstalling the bookshelf manager and attempting to use it on my MBA running 10.8.2 and can confirm that the wh

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