Thought the below article might be of interest to some on the list.
http://www.macstories.net/stories/an-overview-of-ios-8s-new-accessibility-features/
An Overview of iOS 8's New Accessibility Features
Since this year's WWDC keynote ended, the focus of any analysis on iOS 8 has
been its
Yes but there are conflicts with MBraille and VoiceOver anyway. If you
have iOS 7 you can turn VoiceOver off and MBraille's self voicing mode
will activate.
Christopher Hallsworth
Student at the Hadley School for the Blind
www.hadley.edu
On 27/06/2014 22:23, Jessica D wrote:
You jaw
Try the grave or accent key instead. This key should be to the left of
the number 1 key on the numbers row. Caps lock is hardcoded so it can't
be used by anything other than OS X itself.
Christopher Hallsworth
Student at the Hadley School for the Blind
www.hadley.edu
On 27/06/2014 22:01,
I also just bought one for my mini.
On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 12:27:51 +0100
Sabahattin Gucukoglu listse...@me.com wrote:
I just ordered five of these and will let you know how it goes:
http://www.fit-pc.com/web/products/fit-headless/
They deliver worldwide.
These are devices that connect to
How did you get the solar keyboard to connect?
I have a solar keyboard and it won't connect to the usb connector that
it came with.
Thanks
Chris
On Thu, 26 Jun 2014 21:38:50 -0400
Gerard Doody jerrydood...@gmail.com wrote:
Gerard Doody
jerrydood...@gmail.com
Hi there, I just bought a
Hi Mike,
I was wrong. I checked my own message to see if I said list recorder would
record in mp3. Yes I said that, but it is not true. I'm sorry about that
mistake. All my list recorder files are in mp3 indeed, because I routinely
convert them with amadeus pro. I accidentally mixed those 2
I totally agree with the article. Even little things like the reader mode in
Safari for mac and iOS, make things so simple and lovely. I can't wait to see
what's new in Yosimidy though. On a side note, do they have to make OS names so
hard to spell nowadays? What ever happened to simplicity
Good morning list members, I am going crazy, I think I have done this
previously, but nothing seems to work.
I have a set of 12 music files I downloaded from the Itune store as m4a
format. I am trying to burn them on to a disk for playing on a standard
cd player. I cannot figure out how to make
Hi!
Here is a post from Eric Caron about changing keys to do what you would like!
Colin!
I'm pasting the text below from my old message to the list. I cleaned
it up a little.
This is the information used to change your caps lock key to the VO or Control
and Option keys held down
This is one reason why I think a Fusion Virtual Machine strategy is so
much easier than Boot Camp. Just copy the Virtual Machine file to an
external drive and job done.
For what you want to do I know that some drive backup programs like
Paragon work with boot camp but I am not sure how
Hi!
If you make a play list of those tracks you wish to burn to CD then when in
the playlist after the table of tracks you should find playlist action menu
button and in there is the option to burn to disc!
When selected a window comes up with options about the quality and stuff and
Thank you will try I think I have the play list already set up.
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Sent: June 28, 2014 08:53
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Burning A disk
Hi!
If
iCloud aliases always accept email and messages addressed to them are always
dropped into your mailbox, filtered or forwarded according to your rules.
Mail.app lets you pick the default alias from a list, just like on iOS.
Folders are IMAP, so they're shared across platforms and devices. If
If you just delete tracks from iCloud, they are hidden from iCloud. They
remain in your Purchases list. To get rid even of purchases, use iTunes on the
Mac to go to Purchases and then choose Not on this computer and hide each
item. You hide items by routing the VO cursor to the button in the
Then you tell your screen reader to use the insert key and press the graybacks
and key as though it were the insert key.
Sent from my IPhone
On Jun 28, 2014, at 3:40 AM, Christopher Hallsworth
christopher...@gmail.com wrote:
Try the grave or accent key instead. This key should be to the
Okay, I googled this. And apparently as long as all computers have home
sharing turned on, with the same appleID, its suppose to work. I have found
that it works as long as 1 computer is on at a time. I tried to have my
macmini and MacBook pro on and iTunes running and signed in to the home
Yosemite is no harder than Apple. It could be worse, much worse. And
now we wait out the summer. That for some methinks will be much harder
than learning to spell Y o s e m i t e. ;)
Quote of the nanosecond . . .
I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it.
Robert Annie Yanni
Hi,
Yes, only one computer can be in the library at a time. There is data being
written back and forth within the database while iTunes is running thus, only
one user can have write access at any given time. My best suggestion for
getting around this is with an iTunes Match subscription.
In a recent podcast, the developer stated that he wanted to add turn by turn
directions if it was possible.
Sent from my iPhone
On Jun 27, 2014, at 2:53 PM, Chris G jedik...@mysticaccesspodcast.com wrote:
Hi,
I don't think Blind Square will ever have turn by turn built in.
The way they do
On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 10:57:29 -0500
Jamie Pauls jamiepa...@gmail.com wrote:
In a recent podcast, the developer stated that he wanted to add turn by turn
directions if it was possible.
Sent from my iPhone
On Jun 27, 2014, at 2:53 PM, Chris G jedik...@mysticaccesspodcast.com
wrote:
But the windows restore will not work?
Ramy moustafa saber
Musicc instructor at:
faculty of musical education
music arranger and sound engineer
Sent from my iPhone
On Jun 28, 2014, at 2:35 PM, David Griffith daj.griff...@gmail.com wrote:
This is one reason why I think a Fusion Virtual
I wish you could hide on iOS again. That was removed for no inexplicable
reason long ago perhaps before iOS 7.
Christopher Hallsworth
Student at the Hadley School for the Blind
www.hadley.edu
On 28/06/2014 14:25, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote:
If you just delete tracks from iCloud, they are
Does anyone know of good alternatives to Skype for holding a group call? I am
asking here because many of the alternatives are not very accessible if at all.
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Hi, I recently acquired a MacBook Pro about two months ago. This is my first
time using a Mac, what are the most common Lee used keystrokes? I know there is
a list of them on the Internet, but I would like to know what are your personal
most commonly used keystrokes. If you can list what they
Hi.
Well, I'm sure that everyone will have different responses to your question.
First and foremost, I'd encourage you to use Voiceover's keyboard help
mode, similar to the mode found in Windows Screen readers.
Control-option-K or VO and K turns it on; escape turns it off.
In this mode, you can
ah, thanks for the update as I thought a couple months ago he
posted to the GPsTalk-users list that he didn't want to do turn by turn,
must have changed his mind. (smile)
On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 12:16:08 -0400
Chris G jedik...@mysticaccesspodcast.com wrote:
On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 10:57:29
What's wrong with skype itself?
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On Jun 28, 2014, at 12:26 PM, Brandon A. Olivares
programmer2...@gmail.com wrote:
Does anyone know of good alternatives to Skype for holding a group call? I am
asking here because many of the alternatives are not very accessible if at
Hi!
What i meant was that i am not really familiar with blindsquare yet.
But sure i will be.
/A
27 jun 2014 kl. 18:31 skrev Ilkka Pirttimaa ilkka.pirtti...@gmail.com:
I'm not sure what you mean. BlindSquare is global, it is used in 60 countries
and it has been localised to 23 languages.
I would think that if this happened, the price would rise even more. I do not
want to see this. I would just like to see you turn by turn directions.
Sent from my iPhone
On Jun 28, 2014, at 12:57 PM, Chris G jedik...@mysticaccesspodcast.com
wrote:
ah, thanks for the update as I
This is rather arbitrary. I would just use that list and find your
own preferred keystrokes.
Quote of the nanosecond . . .
We are born naked, wet, hungry, and get slapped on our
ass...then things get worse.
Robert Annie Yanni ke7nwn
E-mail-
gone.to.da...@gmail.com
On 6/28/2014 9:47 AM,
I'd like to use something where people can connect on their own. With Skype, I
have to have all the Skype usernames, then add them all to the call.
On Jun 28, 2014, at 12:59 PM, Jessica D jldai...@gmail.com wrote:
What's wrong with skype itself?
Sent from my iPhone
On Jun 28, 2014, at
Hi!
Yes!
Its worth the price.
/A
27 jun 2014 kl. 20:02 skrev Jessica D jldai...@gmail.com:
I want to know what everyone thinks, is it worth the price?
Thanks,
Jessica
Sent from my iPhone
On Jun 27, 2014, at 1:35 PM, Matt Dierckens matt.dierck...@gmail.com wrote:
If either of you need
well jessica, you have gotten several opinions on how great blind square is.
you continue to complain about the cost. so, just don't buy it then. we can't
force you. lol.
why continue to write negative emails?
good work on BS Ilkka!
Vivianna
On Jun 28, 2014, at 12:04 PM, Anders Holmberg
Hi!
Actually navigon or tomtom i guess is much more expensive.
So yes its really worth the pricing.
/A
27 jun 2014 kl. 20:48 skrev Matt Dierckens matt.dierck...@gmail.com:
It was on sale. It's seriously worth the price.
Matt Dierckens
Macintosh Trainer
Blind Access Training
Hi, I have been using that keyboard help. My intention was to get different
keystrokes from different people. Thanks for the tip regarding quick nap, I
didn't know that.
Regards, Feliciano
Sent from the Super-iPhone
On Jun 28, 2014, at 9:55 AM, 'David Goldfield' via MacVisionaries
Teamtalk which is widely used, has a Mac client, but the Mac client is
unfortunately not all that accessible. The best one of those apps like that,
where people can just connect to a server, has to be Ventrilo. If you want a
server with a lot of slots, darkstarllc, at
Hello!
I'm developer of the app. BlindSquare really doesn't need built-in
turn-by-turn, since it is always better if user can use best-of-best. It
varies by the location, if TomTon, Navigon, Google Maps or Apple Maps is
better than the other, so it is really the best choice to give user freedom
Hi Dan,
Thanks. Is this option convenient? Is it easy for people to install and connect?
On Jun 28, 2014, at 1:09 PM, Dan Eickmeier va3ets2...@me.com wrote:
Teamtalk which is widely used, has a Mac client, but the Mac client is
unfortunately not all that accessible. The best one of those
Absolutely it is. There's even an iOS app called Ventrilode that people can
get if they want to connect on iOS devices. On Jun 28, 2014, at 1:34 PM,
Brandon A. Olivares programmer2...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Dan,
Thanks. Is this option convenient? Is it easy for people to install and
Hi all,
How do you tell mail to move a signature from the all signatures in apple mail
so that I can use it in one of my accounts. I have a signature that I want to
use for my gmail account. Is it possible to tell mail that you want to use it?
When I try to move it to my gmail account I am
Anyone know where we are with regard to Flash on OS X, or is it the same old
game of passing the ball?
Yeah, I know, silly question and I already know the answer, but I'll ask
anyway. :)
The BBC have made the regrettable decision to continue using Flash, even on
Macs, in spite of
The new flash is very accessible. Our use this flash all the time, if I want to
access the BBC programs. You can look on google for the new flash five.
On 28 Jun 2014, at 07:55 pm, Sabahattin Gucukoglu listse...@me.com wrote:
Anyone know where we are with regard to Flash on OS X, or is it
The default sending alias on both Mac and iOS are separate? Meaning
I can set the Mac to one and on the iOS set it to the other alias?
For receiving, both will be fine on the Mac. But I don't want to
receive mail sent to both aliases on the iPhone? I cannot change that?
As to
Yes, you can have different default aliases on Mac and iOS.
You can't change that both addresses deliver to the same mailbox; you'd have to
create a separate iCloud account. Alternatively, filter the mail on your Mac
or in iCloud such that mail for the other aliases goes into a folder.
You
Hi,
I'll ask a silly question as well. What is Flash Five? I've got Flash Player
14 installed which, I've understood to be the newest. Is there something I'm
missing? As of a couple of weeks ago when attending an Adobe Connect meeting,
which uses Flash, it was not accessible. You could
Hi,
I've yet to figure out how to do this using VO. In the sighted user world,
they just drag the signature from one table to the other and life is good. VO
doesn't seem to be able to manage that properly. I've worked around it by
copying the text of the specific signature, going back to
Ok, thanks for that, I will probably change my strategy on the one
alias, perhaps keep one gmail address. That might work better for me
rather than a 2nd iCloud account.
The fokder thing, good too. I can handle that one. :)
Quote of the nanosecond . . .
On the other hand, there are
All I know that there is a new flash an HTMl one and I thought it was Flash 5.
OK I might have got the number wrong, but you can look for flash HTML flash.
Extremely accessible.
Kawal.
On 28 Jun 2014, at 09:59 pm, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote:
Hi,
I'll ask a silly question as
As far as I know, Apple has the position that Flash is limited, so Apple will
not directly support it. One can always download Flash for Safari from Adobe.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
Email: dchitten...@gmail.com
Mobile: +64 21 2288 288
Sent from my iPhone
On 29 Jun 2014, at 6:55, Sabahattin
My dropbox is going to be too big for one of my computers and I want to exclude
some folders. However, when I use menu extras and go to Selective Sync, I am
told only checked folders will be included. But all I see is a browser with my
list of files. I have found no check boxes and no way to
I've tried unsuccessfully to do this on many occasions! However, I have been
able to copy the text from the signature in all signatures, add signature in
the account I wanted the signature in and paste the text. When all done I just
get rid of the duplicates. Not ideal, I realize, but it works.
I use selective sink and I can tell you that you will need sighted assistance.
Even with limited vision and magnification on it is very difficult for a vision
impaired person to find those checkboxes and check them there's no audio
feedback whatsoever. Again, you will definitely need sighted
Brandon A. Olivares programmer2...@gmail.com wrote:
Does anyone know of good alternatives to Skype for holding a group call? I am
asking here because many of the alternatives are not very accessible if at
all.
Any SIP client connected to a FreeSWITCH or Asterisk server. I don't know
which
Well that's just too bad because I do not have sighted assistance that can run
over here and help me whenever I would like to change something on my computer.
But thanks for the information. I will probably just have to unlink that
computer's dropbox.
--
Cheryl
I tried and tried to turn
Brandon A. Olivares programmer2...@gmail.com wrote:
I'd like to use something where people can connect on their own. With Skype,
I have to have all the Skype usernames, then add them all to the call.
If you have access to a SIP server, everyone can call into a teleconference on
that server.
Kawal Gucukoglu kawa...@me.com wrote:
All I know that there is a new flash an HTMl one and I thought it was Flash
5. OK I might have got the number wrong, but you can look for flash HTML
flash. Extremely accessible.
Are you sure it's Flash? Might it be HTML 5 video instead?
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You
You have to do this blind, but then what else is new - grin! First, if you
haven't used selective sync, I think you assume all boxes are checked by
default. First, open dropbox on the computer you want to change - the dropbox
directory, that is. See if all folders are there. Take note of what
Thanks, I decided to go with Ventrilo.
On Jun 28, 2014, at 1:37 PM, Dan Eickmeier va3ets2...@me.com wrote:
Absolutely it is. There's even an iOS app called Ventrilode that people can
get if they want to connect on iOS devices. On Jun 28, 2014, at 1:34 PM,
Brandon A. Olivares
Sabahattin,
I wanted to come back to this and ask you, in what ways you feel
that braille support in OS X (and iOS too?) is substandard. When I begin
to use my Mac full time, I will connect my braille display most of the
time. Therefore I want to be aware of these issues and work around
It's what David says, Flash from Adobe. Don't know what the number is. So put
in Google, Flash from Adobe and it should come up. Sorry about the mix up.
Kawal.
On 29 Jun 2014, at 12:37 am, Jason White ja...@jasonjgw.net wrote:
Kawal Gucukoglu kawa...@me.com wrote:
All I know that there is
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