Re: Is the reminders app on IOS inaccessible

2013-05-31 Thread Danny Noonan
Strange. I don't have it on my 4s. I have a show lists button instead. Danny. Sent from my iPhone On 31/05/2013, at 1:44 PM, Chris Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com wrote: No, I don't have any reminders at all set up. I did however figure out, I think, what it is. It looks like that moves

Adding footnotes

2013-05-31 Thread Rahul Bajaj
Hi all, I have to submit a couple of legal essays in the next few days. It is essential for me to be able to add footnotes to those essays. I also need to add a footer to state the page number. However, I believe you can't add footnotes and footers in textedit. So, can anyone recommend an

Re: mac client for the Playroom?

2013-05-31 Thread BBS
Hi guys. I don't think I got the first part of this thread, but I can tell you why there is no Mac Version of the Playroom and in all likelihood, there will never be a Mac version. The developer known as Aminiel doesn't have a Mac and won't buy one because of two reasons. 1, the expensive price

Re: Problem hanging up my iPhone

2013-05-31 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Thanks to David Woodbridge's podcasts, I've always known about the two finger double tap to answer and end calls. However, I've been having difficulty lately with this. I do a two finger double tap but the call doesn't hang up. I often have to repeat it two or three times before it works.

Re: Adding footnotes

2013-05-31 Thread Nicholas Parsons
HI Rahul, Nisus offer a free 15 day demo of Nisus Writer Pro from their website. It's pretty easy to insert footnotes, but finding them again can be a little tricky. It seems much easier to use than Pages to me. Best, Nic On 31/05/2013, at 7:35 PM, Rahul Bajaj rahul.bajaj1...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: Is the reminders app on IOS inaccessible

2013-05-31 Thread David Eagle
Tbilliant, thanks, that works great. I think the reason I was confused was because I was trying to do it with a bluetooth keyboard. A bit frustrating that you have to find the picker, but once you know it's simple to do. Thanks everyone. By teh way, what is speed dots? I'll have to look it up. On

Re: Is the reminders app on IOS inaccessible

2013-05-31 Thread Paul Hunt
Hello. The current version of the reminders app doesn't have a picker or a multipage layout just a show lists button. Please check your IOS version from the settings general about. Your version should be 6.1.3. On May 31, 2013, at 6:45 AM, David Eagle onlineea...@googlemail.com wrote:

Re: Is the reminders app on IOS inaccessible

2013-05-31 Thread Danny Noonan
Www.speeddots.com Their tactile screen protectors which have dots on specific places such as 5 on the phone keypad, home keys portrait keyboard, back, edid, SMS send button etc. they don't effect touch screen response, sighties can still see the screen and they make navigation much faster in my

Question about application for iPhone

2013-05-31 Thread Eugenia Firth
I can't find the answer to this, but a while back I remember that somebody talked about a program for the Mac that will turn it into a keyboard for your iPhone. What is the name of that program? I have a blind friend who needs to know Because she is getting an iPhone 5 on Monday. Since she is

Re: Question about application for iPhone

2013-05-31 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Type 2 phone. You can get it from the App Store. I've never used it but have read bits and pieces on this list. It acts as a keyboard or something when using your Mac but can't quite remember the exact thing. Kawal. On 31 May 2013, at 01:40 PM, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@me.com wrote: I can't

accessible dictionaries for mac wasRe: accessible dictionries for mac or ios?

2013-05-31 Thread Anouk Radix
Hi Esther, thanks as always for your extremely helpful reply. I have thought about it and to begin with i would like an app that just works on the mac (and possibly has ios alternatives) so i am diffenitely going to look into your first suggestion! Are there any other translation/dictionary

Re: Question about application for iPhone

2013-05-31 Thread Eugenia Firth
Thanks. I got it to work. It doesn't work like the keyboard does, but I think it will help her. Regards, Gigi On May 31, 2013, at 7:42 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu kawa...@me.com wrote: Type 2 phone. You can get it from the App Store. I've never used it but have read bits and pieces on this list. It

Re: Problem hanging up my iPhone

2013-05-31 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hello, are you suing headphones or a bluetooth headset by any chance? Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On May 31, 2013, at 6:23 AM, Nicholas Parsons mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks to David Woodbridge's podcasts, I've

Re: Problem hanging up my iPhone

2013-05-31 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi Nick, To stop the occasional announcement of time and such in the middle of calls, I've started simply turning VO speech off with a three finger double-tap. I can still use the VO gestures then and use the two finger double-tap to hang up the call and use the three finger double-tap to

iOS VoiceOver Manual - Where did it go?

2013-05-31 Thread Mike Busboom
This is sort of embarrassing, especially since I have been an iPhone user for over a year. I wanted to look something up in the VoiceOVER manual, but when I launched Safari and tried to find the link, it was no longer there. I have no conscious recollection of erasing the manual or, should I

Just can't remember

2013-05-31 Thread Richard Ring
I would like to unhide file extensions. I cannot remember how to do this. Any help will be greatly appreciated! Rich ringrichring@gmail.comSent from my old and true blue White Macbook. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To

Re: Just can't remember

2013-05-31 Thread Matt Dierckens
Hi Rich. Go to finder, preferences and advanced. I believe its the first checkbox. On 2013-05-31, at 11:23 AM, Richard Ring richr...@gmail.com wrote: I would like to unhide file extensions. I cannot remember how to do this. Any help will be greatly appreciated! Rich

Re: Just can't remember

2013-05-31 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, in the finder, press command comma and in advanced you should find what your looking for. hth Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On May 31, 2013, at 11:23 AM, Richard Ring richr...@gmail.com wrote: I would like to unhide file

Re: iOS VoiceOver Manual - Where did it go?

2013-05-31 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Do a search on iphone users guide. It will be there as the first item in your results. You can download that pdf to your Mac and more easily access what you need. Easily download it by just pressing Option-return on the link after Interacting with that first search result. The

Re: Dragging and Dropping a mailbox to Favorites

2013-05-31 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi Brian, I was playing a little again last night and noted the following which may help you. 1. With Mail open, I went to the Finder with cmd-tab. navigated to a folder, pressed VO-cmd-f5 to make sure the mouse pointer was with VO, and was surprised to notice that: • pressing VO-f3 told me

Beginner audio tutorials for Mac

2013-05-31 Thread Donna Goodin
Good morning all, On behalf of a student I am looking for beginner audio tutorials for the Mac. I know they're out there, but I can't remember where they are. If anyone could point me to some of these, I would be greatly appreciative. Best, Donna Sent from my iPhone -- You received this

Re: Beginner audio tutorials for Mac

2013-05-31 Thread Alex Hall
Search for David Woodbridge's podcasts on www.applevis.com. You may want to google them as well, as I'm not sure they are all on that website. He is on Twitter (@DWoodbridge I believe) if you want to contact him. On May 31, 2013, at 12:16 PM, Donna Goodin doniado...@me.com wrote: Good morning

Re: Does anyone know if the keyboard voice can be changed on Voiceover?

2013-05-31 Thread Traci
This is the reason I don't use Alex as my main voice, the keyboard lag drove me crazy. It is a tiny feature of my old window-eyes that I miss. You could change the speed for typing, mouse, screen, etc. My only suggestions are, switch to Samantha compact, or change the keyboard echo. Maybe

help with calendar on mac

2013-05-31 Thread Anouk Radix
Hi everyone, I have some nice calendar apps on ios which i want to use to read my appointments with and they work well. I would like to enter the appointments on the mac however. I thought to use the standard calendar app and i see that you can make an event with command n write the details in

the Calculator app?

2013-05-31 Thread Alex Hall
Hi all, The Calculator app on OSX seems... odd. I can't read back what I've typed, I'm not told anything when I hit escape to clear the display, there are no shortcuts for any buttons, you can't erase one character if you make a mistake... Are there tricks to this app? What am I missing?

Re: Beginner audio tutorials for Mac

2013-05-31 Thread Donna Goodin
Alex, that was brilliant. Thanks for the suggestion, it was exactly what I needed. Best, Donna Sent from my iPhone On May 31, 2013, at 11:18 AM, Alex Hall mehg...@gmail.com wrote: Search for David Woodbridge's podcasts on www.applevis.com. You may want to google them as well, as I'm not

Re: help with calendar on mac

2013-05-31 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, It will just save the event automatically when you close the Info window for that event. Press cmd-w to close it. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2013-05-31, at 10:35 AM, Anouk Radix radix.an...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone, I have some nice calendar apps on ios which

Re: the Calculator app?

2013-05-31 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi there Have you set voice over two speak characters? When I call up the app, it goes into the place for typing in what you want. So for example, if I type in 2+4, I type in the number two, the plus symbol, and then the four. Then press the enter key. Voiceover should say the answer. Then

Re: Dragging and Dropping a mailbox to Favorites

2013-05-31 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey Tim, No I don't use a braille display, can't read it.In visuals, the VO tab is selected. Show VO cursor is checked, Magnification of VO is set to 1 So it looks like everything is set correctly, might be just one of those VO quirks I have going. So strange that I was able to remove the

Re: Just can't remember

2013-05-31 Thread Mike Arrigo
In finder, press command comma for preferences. Interact with the tool bar and click advanced. The option should be available in this screen. For the life of me, I will never understand why windows and the mac default to not showing these. Without showing the extensions, it can be impossible

Re: Dragging and Dropping a mailbox to Favorites

2013-05-31 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey Tim, Just tried hiding everything, and unfortunately got the same problem. When running through F3, 4, and 5 it told me the drafts mailbox was in focus, but when I tried using the keyboard and trackpad both to move the folder, got the same problem the mouse one jumped into the messages

Re: Just can't remember

2013-05-31 Thread Richard Ring
Thanks Mike! I simply forgot that trick! I'm gonna go do it now! Rich ringrichring@gmail.comSent from my old and true blue White Macbook. On May 31, 2013, at 12:20 PM, Mike Arrigo n0...@charter.net wrote: In finder, press command comma for preferences. Interact with the tool bar and click

Re: the Calculator app?

2013-05-31 Thread Traci
Also, while in calculator, hit go-m to bring up the menu, arrow over until you get to the speech menu. Check the 2 options there to have characters result spoken. HTH, Traci On May 31, 2013, at 9:56 AM, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@me.com wrote: Hi there Have you set voice over two speak

RE: Beginner audio tutorials for Mac

2013-05-31 Thread Myrna Votta
I think that some of the best podcasts that will help beginners learn to use the Mac, are those that were done by Mike Arrigo. You will need to search through the BlindCoolTech archives to find them. http://www.blindcooltech.com Although the first podcasts were done while Leopard was the

Re: Is the reminders app on IOS inaccessible

2013-05-31 Thread Chris Gilland
ok, I can't say anything more than I have 6.1.4. I'm a dev, but I'm on N D A, so I can't say anything past what I already have. Chris. - Original Message - From: Paul Hunt prhu...@att.net To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 7:57 AM Subject: Re: Is the

Re: Is the reminders app on IOS inaccessible

2013-05-31 Thread Danny Noonan
What is the point of an NDA when you openly discuss features and then compound things by mentioning the fact your under an NDA their by making obvious that you broke it in the first place. Danny. Sent from my iPhone On 01/06/2013, at 6:14 AM, Chris Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: Is the reminders app on IOS inaccessible

2013-05-31 Thread Michael Babcock, Marketing and Sales Manager, Commtech LLC
And it's little things such as the aforementioned that make me advise anyone who is receiving assistance from other individuals on list, to take what you received with a grain of salt, and do a little bit of your own research! Found set article, that I referenced in my previous message, with a

Re: iOS VoiceOver Manual - Where did it go?

2013-05-31 Thread Esther
Hi Mike, The following link, accessed only from your iPhone or iPod Touch, will take you to the most current version of the iPhone User Guide: http://help.apple.com/iPhone This is the regular link to the iPhone User Guide that appears under your Safari Bookmarks when you get a new iPhone. When

Re: iOS VoiceOver Manual - Where did it go?

2013-05-31 Thread Karen Lewellen
Esther, Am I correct in understanding that the next to the last link can give you the guides outside of the phone itself? Would be helpful to read them on another device while working with the phone itself if that makes sense. Thanks, Karen On Fri, 31 May 2013, Esther wrote: Hi Mike, The

RE: Beginner audio tutorials for Mac

2013-05-31 Thread Jamie Pauls
Unfortunately, BlindCoolTech no longer exists. The Web site is still around but all the links give errors. Many of Mike's podcasts are on the System Access Mobile Network. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Myrna

Re: Beginner audio tutorials for Mac

2013-05-31 Thread Mike
My website How to be Blind has Mac tutorials for beginners. You can visit the website at www.htb2.com. There is a link labeled tutorials that will take you right to them. Let me know if you have any question. Mike On May 31, 2013, at 4:34 PM, Jamie Pauls jamiepa...@gmail.com wrote:

using Airdrop to transfer files?

2013-05-31 Thread Alex Hall
Hi all, So, Airdrop is working between my Mini and business Air. However, I can't seem to copy a bunch of files to the Air from the Mini, and I don't know why. Here's what I am trying: 1. Open Airdrop on both computers and make sure both appear on the other one (they see each other). 2. On the

Re: the Calculator app?

2013-05-31 Thread Alex Hall
Thanks to both of you for the suggestions. No, vo is not set to read characters, but so long as I stay focused on the area where the calculation is entered, things seem to read okay. The answer also reads out, again only while I am on that calculation area (which was my problem before - I was

Re: Beginner audio tutorials for Mac

2013-05-31 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Mike, thanks for this info. Just did a quick listen to part of the first tutorial, and it sounds like you did a great job! I've forwarded the link to the page on to my student. Best, Donna On May 31, 2013, at 4:48 PM, Mike blinkin4...@gmail.com wrote: My website How to be Blind has Mac

Re: Beginner audio tutorials for Mac

2013-05-31 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Myrna and Jamie, thanks to you both. I remember Mike's podcasts, I used them myself when I was first starting out. I think between David's stuff, and the How2beblind site, she'll have enough to keep her busy for a while, but I definitely appreciate the suggestion. Cheers Donna On May 31,

Re: iOS VoiceOver Manual - Where did it go?

2013-05-31 Thread Esther
Hi Karen, I would just use the link to the accessible HTML version of the iPhone User Guide instead of getting the ePub version from iBooks, which is the link that I think you are referencing. Actually, I notice that there is an iPhone User Guide for iOS 6.1 in iBooks now:

Re: Yurufukurou and Lists

2013-05-31 Thread Jonathan Mosen
You can also get to the same place by pressing command+P from the main window. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org On 31/05/2013, at 10:36 AM, Brian Fischler blindga...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Rebecca Are you talking about viewing

Re: the Calculator app?

2013-05-31 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi there what happened when you press the delete key. I can't remember for sure, but I believe it works fine when I pressed the delete key to take out one character. Gigi Sent from my iPhone On May 31, 2013, at 4:58 PM, Alex Hall mehg...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks to both of you for the

Re: the Calculator app?

2013-05-31 Thread Alex Hall
I just did a bit more testing. I can, in fact, erase number. The problem is symbols: if I type in plus, then realize I made a mistake a few characters back (before the plus), I can't edit that number. Also, there seems to be no way of reviewing a calculation before executing it, or of seeing

the Calculator app?

2013-05-31 Thread Adrienne Sinclair Chalmers
Hi Also you can do command space to bring up spotlight and type your sum in there, if it's not too complicated. Cheers Adrienne -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from

Re: Is the reminders app on IOS inaccessible

2013-05-31 Thread Chris Gilland
I can say I'm on an n D A, and what version I'm on, but I can't disclose any specific information regarding the actual software itself. On that note, I'm not responding to this thread any longer. I'll feed the trolls what they don't want! as someone from the late 60's says: Silence is

Re: the Calculator app?

2013-05-31 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hiya all First, the problem that I have had with using spotlight for typing Gensones is that if you pause for very long at all, it starts telling the answer before you got it all typed in. This is just the way the program is. As for reading the answer in calculator, I was able to get it to work.

Re: accessible regular epxression app for the mac?

2013-05-31 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Thanks for the suggestion. I was using grep to practice on files in the command line, but didn't think CAT had it. Will be trying this out Cheers Light has no value without darkness Mob: +61 (0)410732547 Skype: Shainobi1 twitter: http://www.twitter.com/triple7 This message is