I think you can but only manually because iCloud backup is automatic.
Christopher Hallsworth
Student at the Hadley School for the Blind
www.hadley.edu
On 22/06/2014 02:09, Daniel McGee wrote:
Hi all, was wondering is it possible to backup with iTunes as well as iCloud
together?
So that I
Hello Gabriele,
The translating I do is mostly tourist brochures and documents relating to
exhibitions, all coming through an agency, so I haven't been faced with this
problem. Could you send me an example off list so that I can have a look at
what you're talking about?
Cheers,
Anne
On 21
Hello,
In my opinion, you're better off with a hardback up on your computer with
iTunes. However you can back your phone up wirelessly as long as any apps or
music you'vepurchased from iTunes or the App Store has been backed up
to iCloud. Anything purchased through the app store or
Hey Chris. Actually, you can get Nicky and Aaron for the Vocalizer
Expressive driver for NVDA. If you'd like, email me off list and I'll send
you a copy of the Vocalizer Expressive driver plus the Siri voices through
dropbox since I hink you've said that you use NVDA on Windows. Although
really I
Hi Anne, morning and thanks for your replay.
Before having the iPhone, I was used to read books under Windows on my desktop
computer and I felt confortable with Word. When I have to stop reading, from
the Insert menu, I dropped down a bookmark in the text and, the next time I
wish to continue,
Hello everybody
Well my clean install of Os X 10.9 Mavericks is going very well. My
startup time has been dramatically improved thanks to the clean install
from over a minute to about half that time maybe less. It certainly can
help to do a clean install if you have issues like that. And when
Hello everybody
I want to tell you about this seemingly useful feature of iCloud called
Keychain. This allows you to securely upload your confidential data such
as passwords and credit cards to the cloud. For the paranoid let me
assure you that the information presented during setup assures
Hello Gabriele,
I haven't tried this, but it might be worth setting a Hotspot at the point
where you break off.
Cheers,
Anne
On 22 Jun 2014, at 12:10, Gabriele Battaglia gabriele.battag...@gmail.com
wrote:
Hi Anne, morning and thanks for your replay.
Before having the iPhone, I was
Hello all, I have a bit of a problem with vmware and windows. When I try to
connect a thumb drive to my Windows VM, it doesn't connect. Until I go to that
device, and hit connect. Furthermore, I tried changing the USB and Bluetooth
settings, but they don't save correctly. Even when I try
Hello Chris, am glad to hear that by performing a clean install you are
experiencing lots of improvements. Out of interest, before you did the clean
install did you upgrade from any previous version or versions of OSX?
As for myself, for the clean install folks this may sound crazy but I've
Hi!
As someone mentioned braille is not well implemented in Voiceover.
I have tried and tried to mail the accessibility mail adress about this.
I really hope we will get better braille support.
Especially navigating without having the speech hanging around all the time.
I use linux on my pc and
Did you restore all things from a backup after that or did you re installed?
I have a very slow startup on my mac mini so i think i will have to do a clean
install.
/A
22 jun 2014 kl. 12:21 skrev Christopher Hallsworth christopher...@gmail.com:
Hello everybody
Well my clean install of Os X
Keychain is a very very good thing.
I have it setup for my devices here.
Now i can bring my phone and ipad to my parrents and i am automatically logged
in to their wifi.
/A
22 jun 2014 kl. 12:28 skrev Christopher Hallsworth christopher...@gmail.com:
Hello everybody
I want to tell you about
Hi,
If looping audio is not your priority, and you are just looking for a good
recorder for your iphone that lets you organize your recordings into nice
folders, and which is also completely VoiceOver accessible, then you could
take a look at list recorder. I'm using it all day. To rehurse my
Hi Alia,
Braille is slower but more accurate. For example, I had to double check the
spelling of your name just now. Using speech this took far longer finding an
instance of the name then arrowing through the letters. It would have been
instantaneous if I were reading your emails with
I reinstalled. Not bothered about setting my mac the way I want it as
it's less bothersome than it can be on the other platform.
Christopher Hallsworth
Student at the Hadley School for the Blind
www.hadley.edu
On 22/06/2014 15:21, Anders Holmberg wrote:
Did you restore all things from a
Hello Daniel
As for me I did straight updates from Lion which was preinstalled on my
late 2011 MBP to Mavericks and so no wonder rubbish have been
accumulated. Lol! Well I don't know very much about this but the mac
does offer internet recovery which can be invoked with command-option-r
after
Hello,
Another good program that I like using is DropBox.
This program uploads audio files that are recorded to dropbox, and within
the setting area of DropVox, you can direct the files to be uploaded to a
particular folder.
In my case, I have my files automatically upload to a folder
Hi again Chris. Yes, I can see how that would make sense for OSX to
automatically default to the recovery partition once the hard drive has been
wiped. At least, one would hope that this would be its behaviour.
Hey what do you know. I too got my Mac Book pro a late 2011 13 inch model.
Specks:
I'm just wondering, how does this work between Mac and IOS devices alike?
I was thinking about using it but was worried about passwords being for lack of
a better term, discoverable.
Guess I'm the paranoid type. lol
Seriously though, I'd like to give this feature of iCloud the benefit of a
It is important to note, when doing the internet recovery option, your Mac, or
I-mac, will install whatever operating system that came on it. For instance, I
bought my I-mac in late 2012, and it came with Lion. So, when I did install
Mavericks, and had trouble with it, I had to do the internet
Having a drive to install from saves a whole lot of time. It takes awhile
sometimes to download the installer from the Internet.
Teresa
Twinkle, twinkle, little bat
How I wonder what you're at
--Lewis Carroll
On Jun 22, 2014, at 6:32 AM, Daniel McGee danielmcgee...@googlemail.com
wrote:
Thanks Paul, that sounds good. I'll check it out.
Sent from my IPhone
On Jun 22, 2014, at 11:31 AM, Paul Erkens paul.erk...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
If looping audio is not your priority, and you are just looking for a good
recorder for your iphone that lets you organize your recordings
Right now the clean install for the new OS isn't as easy as it was with Chris.
I am running it, and the clean install process was quite methodic to say the
least. I will say no more cause I probably have already broken the DNA
agreement. Even though I am not a dev, and I am running this OS
That is why creating a bootible thumb drive comes in handy. My macmini came
with lion, but because I created a bootible thumb drive, the clean install went
off with out a hitch.
Minister Miller
(Marriage Blog) http://christledmarriage.wordpress.com
http://facebook.com/CCMarriage
I had a thumb Drive already.
Unfortunately, the install, stopped halfway. So there was no choice! Hence
having to do it the long way round. I am using Siri to dictate, so I apologise
if this message is a bit stupid.
On 22 Jun 2014, at 06:47 pm, Kliphton Senior m.kliph...@gmail.com wrote:
I came across this article the other day and thought Apple Fans interested in
such things may enjoy it.
http://m.imore.com/apple-time-capsule-vs-airport-extreme-vs-airport-express-which-should-you-choose?utm_source=dlvr.itutm_medium=twitter
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Hi Alia,
I love my Braille display. I'd say if you are going to use your display to
proofread e-mails, or documents I'd say it's worth it. I have a Braille
display from Handytech and love it. It has replaceable double A batteries. I
use my display everyday to proofread e-mails, I also use
Lol I'm new to it as well so will pass on this for now. You are supposed
to be able to have names and passwords, credit cards and the like
automatically stored on your mac and/or iOS device as well as the cloud.
These are stored in what is called Keychain. When the data is encrypted
it means
Oh how spooky! That's mine as well! Since it is my first mac I didn't
for example max out the memory. Still Mavericks after this clean install
seems to run quite optimally.
Christopher Hallsworth
Student at the Hadley School for the Blind
www.hadley.edu
On 22/06/2014 17:57, Daniel McGee
My mac will autofill addresses as I type. When it does this, it uses addresses
that are not in my contacts, nor are they available through the address pannel
in Apple Mail. They are old addresses, or are subscription addresses, or are no
longer valid for whatever reason. Can someone tell me
Hi!
You can find those in Previous Recipients under the window option!
Either open VO+m or hit control+f2, then type W to go to the window option
arrow down once and then type PR to get to Previous Recipients or just arrow
down to the same heading!
Press return and you should be placed on a
How do I install drivers for a webcam?
Nothing happens when I plug my Logitech c920 into my MBP.
Thanks.
KB
At 03:24 PM 6/22/2014, you wrote:
Oh how spooky! That's mine as well! Since it is my first mac I
didn't for example max out the memory. Still Mavericks after this
clean install seems to
It is so refreshing to find a full-featured app that is fully accessible to
voice over users and Amazing Slow Downer is just that.
ASD is an app that lets you isolate sections of a song and slow it down through
a range of speeds without changing pitch. It also allows for changing pitch by
Can I get a url to hear samples of those? I found a link to another one not
mentioned on this post, which sounded entirely too amazing, and wish those
would become available for the IPhone, but we probably would have to pay an arm
and a leg for them.
I couldn't believe how little android
Hi all, My mac mini, late 2012 model, runs the same thing, and Maverics cleanly
installed, works fine, good as new, just with my iCloud loveliness. Also Chris,
could you email me, off list maybe if its too OT, about the accessibility of
Hadley courses on the mac?
On Jun 22, 2014, at 2:24 PM,
Its getting them from addresses you've communicated with before.
On Jun 22, 2014, at 2:45 PM, Kristeen Hughes khwi...@gmail.com wrote:
My mac will autofill addresses as I type. When it does this, it uses
addresses that are not in my contacts, nor are they available through the
address pannel
Hi,
If one does as you've mentioned and somehow wiped the entire drive including
the Recovery Partition, then you would need to use cmd-shift-r in order to
access the Internet startup and do your install from there. Things to note:
* an entire wipe is more or less impossible unless you are
Well, for me, Peter from Accapella is okay, but gosh his entonation is just
bad, as if he's just trying too hard to be natural. I like Tessa, the South
African voice of iOS. She's quite expressive, unlike Samantha or any other
voice besides the German one, and to some extent the French one. I
Hi,
Note that when installing from the installer on a thumb drive, it often seems
to sit for quite some time around 99.8%. This appears to be normal and is not
indicative of hanging or freezing. Just walk away, grab some of your favourite
refreshment and your machine will restart in due
Hi,
Answers below, in under each of your questions...
Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
On Jun 21, 2014, at 9:16 PM, Maria and Joe Chapman bubbygirl1...@gmail.com
wrote:
HI.
Hi list.
Am writing this message for a friend. I don't know the answers as I have
iTunes and I am using a
Hi,
Not sure if I totally understand. Items purchased through the iTunes Store are
automatically kept in the Cloud as well as on your machine if you choose to
download them. Items that you've imported into iTunes can be backed up using
any method you like including Time Machine, Carbonite or
iOS devices can be backed up to either iTunes or iCloud on a regular basis.
However, if you enable iCloud backup, iTunes backup will not occur
automatically; you have to perform it manually by choosing File, Device, Back
Up from iTunes when the device is selected or, if it's the only one you
I wonder what'll have with that when Neuance goes to Samsung or the highest
bidder?
On Jun 20, 2014, at 21:12, Blake Sinnett frequency...@hotmail.com wrote:
Hello,
The Nuance Vocalizer Expressive voices for Siri are Nicky and Aaron for the
US female and male, respectively. Apple seem to
Hi all. I don't know if I've posted about this or not, but I use braille
displays at school and love it. During the summer though, we don't have the
braille displays. I use it for reading books on BARD, and when I just want some
quietness away from speech. We use refreshabrailles, which from
It all seems to be an in-house implimentation, but uses vocalizer as its base
engine, just with Apple's home-made voices.
On Jun 20, 2014, at 20:35, Jessica Moss junglebookfa...@gmail.com wrote:
There's a british female voice for cerie? When did that come about?
I actually was thinking
Hi,
I believe that it is kind of a Gmail/Archiving/AllMail kind of thing. Gmail
handles things in a special way as part of its pseudo iMap configuration.
Simply deleting the account then re-connecting likely does nothing as the
offending message is stored on Google's servers. The best way
Hi,
For app specific settings, go into VO Utility and choose Activities (cmd-0).
You can set things up differently with quite a bit of specifics there. If you
check the Additional box, you could go into the Pronunciation dictionary and
remove the entries for things like :) and ;). You could
I'm absolutely fine and dandy with Daniel on iOS, having become used to it; I
hate it on OS X. I have no idea why this is, but think it might have something
to do with the speakers; on smaller speakers with less range, the Ss are
clearer to understand, whereas on my desktop speakers they are
Skype on iOS has taken a small hit in accessibility. New incoming messages
aren't automatically announced, which even AIM does, surprisingly. But The UI
changes are very good. There just isn't really a way to know when messages come
in unless you switch away from the app and wait for the
Hi,
Sounds like it may be corrupted although, I'm totally familiar with the
complicated methods that venders use to protect storage. On occasion, I've
been able to get past this sort of thing by doing a double-partition process.
I first partition the media with multiple partitions in the
Hi Jenine
I like the Aftershox headsets, but it depends what you need. They are bone
conduction, so it doesn't cancel out noise, if that's what you need. I like the
Apple ear pieces for music.
Regards,
Gigi
On Jun 20, 2014, at 9:49 AM, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote:
I
Hey all,
I just purchased Launch Bar and the ebook for it and am learning it from the
beginning. One thing which I doubt is covered in the ebook, I have my sound for
my system going through my bluetooth speakers and VoiceOver going through the
system speakers. For some reason when using Launch
I wonder if reading on a display will improve my speed reading braille. I would
think the more I read the better I will get. With paper braille my fingers get
all irritated. I have always had to stop reading for a few days if I read a lot
because my fingers would be painful and red with broken
How to do this on iOS please, it doesn't work like it did nor like on
iPad with thanks.
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Hi, double tap and hold on the conversation, a dialog will come up saying
delete chat, double tap.
HTH
Matt Dierckens
Macintosh Trainer
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Introduction to the Macintosh Operating system and
Thanks a lot, I really appreciate the help. I'll give this a whirl
tomorrow when I'm on the mac.
Thanks again,
On 6/20/2014 5:23 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
Hi,
For app specific settings, go into VO Utility and choose Activities (cmd-0).
You can set things up differently with quite a bit of
Will try it thanks.
Original message:
Hi, double tap and hold on the conversation, a dialog will come up
saying delete chat, double tap.
HTH
Matt Dierckens
Macintosh Trainer
Blind Access Training
www.blindaccesstraining.com http://www.blindaccesstraining.com
1-877-774-7670 ext. 3
Hi, all,
I had the Apple Store put my late 2009 Mac in line for recycling today. It's
logic board was dying.
It'll be a few months before I replace it. Meanwhile, I've bought a cheap
bluetooth keyboard to use with my iPod.
I'm not sure if I'm going to go with another Mac or an iPad. I'm still
I have long had these. They're excellent. The Time Capsule makes sense for
backups, of course, but you can use the disk for other purposes too. And the
AirPort Express is way nicer than messing about with dedicated AirPlay
speakers. Supports MiniSPDIF, for those who know what that is.
I
Hi Jessica. If you have an iPhone 4S or higher, just use Siri. You'll hear
those voices.
Shawn
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Hi Teresa,
Your posts have always been well thought out and much appreciated. Am very
curious; how does the recycling program work? Did they pay you anything for
your Mac given the fact it was being recycled? Personally, I'm going to hang
onto this one as long as I can. The newer ones are not
Hello,
Do you happen to be familiar with the tech doctor podcast? In the latest
addition, Dr. Carter goes through launch bar and talks about the book sold by
take control books.
In the demo, his computer is running a little fast, yet you still make it
something out of it. Within this email, is
Hi, Pam,
Thanks for the kind words. I really have no idea about the recycling program as
such. It's possible they would pay if the computer still worked to some extent.
I wouldn't even wish a fried logic board on my worst enemy. I don't think. LOL
Anyway, I admit I was in a little bit of
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