Do you know if you can change any speech settings in Fleksy such as typing echo
or something? As it is right now mine only speaks words after having typed them
and then it's too late to change. I made a total mess on Facebook today trying
to type with Fleksy.
/Krister
19 sep 2014 kl. 01:03
The only setting for speech is voice feedback.
On 19 Sep 2014, at 11:55, Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com wrote:
Do you know if you can change any speech settings in Fleksy such as typing
echo or something? As it is right now mine only speaks words after having
typed them and then
I think i saw a tweet somewhere that an update is coming at the end of this
month. Whether it fixes any vo issues though i don't know since we blind are a
minority and therefore the bugs we encounter have less priority. Having said
that though, i'm convinced the bugs we have encountered will be
Hi all,
Forgive the cross-post, but I learned something last night in my adventures
with iBooks that I thought would be of interest to members of both lists.
Once you delete an iBook from your Mac, there is no way to get it back, unless
someone from Apple reposts it for download. Personally I
Hi all,
In follow up to my last message, I happily still have my deleted iBooks in my
trash, so I'd like to try and restore them to iBooks that way. I see the
numbered folders that contain each of the books. To what folder do I need to
copy them in order for them to be restored to iBooks?
Hello,
I did that and the App Store is now working.
Doug
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 18, 2014, at 10:40 PM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote:
Hi,
It appears to be working normally for me. I was able to check for updates
and ensure that they were applied anyway. Maybe you could close
This type of issue, is common when there is a bad Internet connection. The
content above just seems to not load.
Regards, Feliciano
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Hi.
wondering how to totally turn off automatic updates. I have turned it off in
settings, but if I'm plugged in and on wifi My apps will still update
automatically. I am running the latest version of iOS 7. and using a 5s.
regards
Maria and crew from australia
bubbygirl1...@gmail.com
Apparently the app is $100.
CB*
*
*Baltimore, Maryland (September 18, 2014):* The National Federation of
the Blind
http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3838qid=615419,
the nation's leading advocate for access to print by the blind, has
applauded the release of KNFB
I just bought it. I will let you know how it works.
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 19, 2014, at 10:28 AM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
macvisionaries@googlegroups.com wrote:
Apparently the app is $100.
CB
Baltimore, Maryland (September 18, 2014): The National Federation of the
Hello,
All you need do is go into purchased and you can redownload the book. At least,
that's always worked for me. I'll check it a little later when I have my phone.
On Sep 19, 2014, at 4:48 AM, Donna Goodin doniado...@me.com wrote:
Hi all,
Forgive the cross-post, but I learned something
Hi,
Instead of putting them directly back into the folder, either copy and paste
them to the Desktop then use the Add to Library feature under the File menu
within iBooks itself or try a VO-shift-m on the individual book from within the
Trash and see if there is the Put Back option.
Later...
For me, the download button is dimmed.
Donna
On Sep 19, 2014, at 9:34 AM, Joseph ablindvou...@icloud.com wrote:
Hello,
All you need do is go into purchased and you can redownload the book. At
least, that's always worked for me. I'll check it a little later when I have
my phone.
On Sep
Hi that is strange I updated yesterday and have had no problems with I books
but will look to see if there is a update for ibooks
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If you have an update, I'm not sure I would install it if I were you, that's
when my problems started.
Cheers,
Donna
On Sep 19, 2014, at 9:55 AM, wayne17a wayne...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi that is strange I updated yesterday and have had no problems with I books
but will look to see if there is a
Hello,
I'll take a look at it shortly after I have access to my iPhone. I didn't try
redownloading anything after the iOS 8 update.
On Sep 19, 2014, at 7:42 AM, Donna Goodin doniado...@me.com wrote:
For me, the download button is dimmed.
Donna
On Sep 19, 2014, at 9:34 AM, Joseph
Donna,
this process works for me to download deleted purchased iBooks. When in iBooks,
* Under the View menu, make sure the Show Purchases in iCloud item is
checked. This should allow the iBooks app to see iBooks you've purchased but
that don't reside on your Mac.
* If you see the iBook you
Has anyone bought it for the iPadd with retina?
Chris
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Hi Donna and others,
I would like clarification on something. Donna, when you said that you lost
your books and Apple say I have a book on my Mac and the same book on my iPad.
I decide I don't want the book on my Mac, so I take it off the Mac. Does that
mean it goes away from the iPad to? Thank
Hi everyone,
In the past i could expand lists within mail (grouped conversations) with
hitting the right arrow, i could de-expend tham with hitting left. Since today
this does not seem to work anymore. I can expand ALL covnersations but thats a
bit messy.
Is there a special command for doing
It sometimes stops working correctly. Try restarting VO and if that doesn't
work it may take a restart of Mail or the Mac.
On Sep 19, 2014, at 11:19 AM, Anouk Radix radix.an...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi everyone,
In the past i could expand lists within mail (grouped conversations) with
hitting the
Right arrow, as you've been doing. This will sometimes stop working, and here's
what I do:
* find a conversation and hit right arrow, it should make only an error tone.
* Trun VoiceOver off.
* Hit down arrow, then up arrow, to get back to your conversation.
* hit right arrow once or twice. You
Hi, Thanks for that, so there is no different command i can try, i thought
something like vo[ but that does not do it
Greetings, Anouk,
On 19 Sep 2014, at 17:23, gs geoffsli...@gmail.com wrote:
It sometimes stops working correctly. Try restarting VO and if that doesn't
work it may take a
Hi Mary,
I'm still kind of confused about this, but that would seem to be the case. I
just got off the phone with tech support again, and the first thing he had me
do was re-download everything onto my computer. I'll do some further
experimenting, and let you know what I find.
Best,
Donna
On
Hi Alex,
Thanks for that. Now that i think about it i remember people talking about this
before. But I have had mavericks installed for months and months now and use
daily and this was the first time it cropped up.
I restarted the mac and that did the trick.
Thanks again for the quick replies!
Can you go to the iBooks store in your purchase list and simply download them
again?
Pete
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 19, 2014, at 10:37 AM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote:
Hi,
Instead of putting them directly back into the folder, either copy and paste
them to the Desktop then use
Hi Mary and all,
Well, I just deleted a book from my Mac, and that did not remove it from my
phone, so I guess that you can have a book on one and not the other. Now I'm
wondering why the tech support people were so obsessed with re-downloading the
books onto my Mac. Weird.
Donna
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An easier way.
1. Turn Voice OVer off.
2. Press Command+right arrow after about three seconds.
3. Turn on Voice OVer.
Sincerely,
the Constantly Barefooted Ray, Still a very happy Mac and iphone user!
Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind
built-in and
Hi,
No, in theory, it should not. Those purchases you make through iTunes and have
specifically downloaded to your Mac or iPad, will remain on the other device if
you don't specifically remove them.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
On Sep 19, 2014, at 9:14 AM, Mary Otten
Hi all,
Again, excuse cross-post, but want to provide info to both lists in case anyone
needs it.
I called tech support again this morning, and finally got someone who knew what
they were doing. I don't understand why, but I was never able to re-download
books from within the iBooks app, I
Hi Peter,
As I said, only in iTunes. But at least I finally got them back.
Donna
On Sep 19, 2014, at 10:31 AM, peter Apgar pap...@gmavt.net wrote:
Can you go to the iBooks store in your purchase list and simply download them
again?
Pete
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 19, 2014, at 10:37
Weird. I checked in the admin tools and I couldn't find either address.
Want me to add floda...@gmx.com?
CB
On 9/15/14, 5:41 PM, Angus MacKinnon wrote:
Chris
Would you know why the MacVisionaries list is still using thedog...@gmail.com
and not floda...@gmx.com? Everytime I send something to
Hi Tim,
thanks for this. I did not have the Show Purchases in iCloud checked. I've
also never used the Ctrl-Trackpad, I was trying to bring up the Context menu
with VO-Shift M.
Cheers,
Donna
On Sep 19, 2014, at 10:07 AM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote:
Donna,
this process works for
Hello, do you mean, for example, if you are focusing on a mail conversation
with say 6 messages, you want to expand them into a row? I just hit
VO-spacebar. This opens it up for me.
Hope I'm understanding what you want to accomplish. :)
Traci
On Sep 19, 2014, at 8:44 AM, Ray Foret Jr
Ok, I feel like a dork for asking this, but (shrugs) I don't know how to fix it.
I've been listening to iTunes on my Mac lately via bluetooth speaker, and I
notice my playlists never play in the order I think they will, or sometimes
they loop around and play again. Where are settings that I
$100? Ouch.
On 9/19/14, Chris G jedik...@mysticaccesspodcast.com wrote:
Has anyone bought it for the iPadd with retina?
Chris
Mystic Access
Where the magic is in learning.
733 Delaware Rd 341
Buffalo, NY 14223
Phone: (716) 743-8244
web: www.mysticaccess.com
Accessible Gadgets
Yep, I know.
Did you get my emails regarding the Macbook configuration?
Gary
On Sep 19, 2014, at 11:59 AM, Cameron Strife came...@cameronstrife.com wrote:
$100? Ouch.
On 9/19/14, Chris G jedik...@mysticaccesspodcast.com wrote:
Has anyone bought it for the iPadd with retina?
Chris
Hello there
I was wondering can someone describe to me how to get through the initial set
up stages of the Apple TV so that I can get to where I can actually turn on
voice over I'd like to cancel everything and get voiceover on that and then
continue setting up the Apple TV after that thank you
Hi,
When in your Playlist, Interact with the list of songs. Focus on the song you
wish to start from then press return. This will start playing the song that
had focus. Stop Interacting with that list and locate the LCD panel, then
Interact with it. In that panel, there are two buttons you
It just works. I'm glad I bought it.
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 19, 2014, at 1:06 PM, Gary gary.robl...@gmail.com wrote:
Yep, I know.
Did you get my emails regarding the Macbook configuration?
Gary
On Sep 19, 2014, at 11:59 AM, Cameron Strife came...@cameronstrife.com
wrote:
Hi,
It's been a while since I've set one up, so, hopefully I'm not missing anything
here.
If your Apple TV is brand new out of the box, or if it has been reset to
Factory defaults, then plug in your HDMI cable into whatever piece of equipment
you wish it connected through followed by plugging
Kevin, can you say more? I'm kind of on the fence about whether or not to
purchase it, but so far I'm not completely happy with either textGrabber or
Prizmo. I think the place where I'm going wrong with both those apps is the
positioning of the camera. Does KNFB Reader make that easier?
Hi!
Well in what sense is this the best braille display now?
I don't have one so i am willing to know.
/A
18 sep 2014 kl. 17:59 skrev erik burggraaf e...@erik-burggraaf.com:
Hi, If you can, rock the new baum vareo ultra. It's the best full featured
display on the market right now.
Best,
Hi!
There are also the handytech devices.
Note that they have very special designed cells for best reading experiences.
They're concave so it can take a while to learn to use them.
Some including me does like these types of cells and some don't.
Note though that thay have a display basic braille
Hi,
Here is a well done podcast on the KNFB Reader.
http://www.applevis.com/sites/default/files/podcasts/AppleVisPodcast600.mp3
Chris
Mystic Access
Where the magic is in learning.
733 Delaware Rd 341
Buffalo, NY 14223
Phone: (716) 743-8244
web: www.mysticaccess.com
Accessible Gadgets mailing
I've only tried to read a couple of things. I'd let it read a guitar strings
package and it read just about everything on there that I could ever want it
too. I had it read a check and it read the check label, the description of the
pattern based on the fact that it was a check with kiss on it.
Hello, I have a iPad Air, Wi-Fi 64GB for sale. Contact me at
skhleirpehctco...@icloud.com mailto:skhleirpehctco...@icloud.com
Serious inquiries only.
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Actually, it's the rightmost button on the apple Remote thqt you'd triple
press. Also, if your Apple TV is brand-new, and you plug it in. When it turns
on, it should eventually come up with a voice telling you to triple tap that
button.
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 19, 2014, at 12:32 PM, Tim
So Joe
Is this the button that is the play pause button and also is this for the Apple
third-generation TVsdoes this also do it when there are new updates I just
installed the newest update for AppleTV
Scott BerrySent from my iPhone
On Sep 19, 2014, at 13:10, Joe Quinn jdawg1...@gmail.com
Hi,
Here's the Support article with the info you'll need.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4466?viewlocale=en_USlocale=en_US
Later...
Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
On Sep 19, 2014, at 1:13 PM, Scott Berry sb356...@gmail.com wrote:
So Joe
Is this the button that is the play pause button
Hi!
I have this issue allready in ios 7.
SO i am not sure whats going on.
/A
19 sep 2014 kl. 00:31 skrev Donna Goodin doniado...@me.com:
Hi all,
Just wondering if anyone knows anything about bugs with the latest iBooks? I
upgraded to IOS 8 last night, and installed the update to iBooks.
Donna,
I'm not Kevin but bought the app last night. On my first picture, I got 100 per
cent accuracy of an entire credit card statement which obviously has lots of
numbers and weird abbreviations. I spent about a minute lining the document up
and then took one picture and it was perfect! I
Dear List I need to synch some non drm mp3 files to someone else's idevice. I
know I can sign out of itunes and sign in with there apple id, but I don't
want to do this because I don't want to mess up my itunes match and would like
to keep their library separate from mine. Is it possible to
Hi,
I dont know a lot about iTunes, but it may say that the iPhone is
synched with another computer, and all data will be deleted.
I dont think your friend will like that.
You can use the app for the mac called iTools.
It will do just what you need.
I downloaded it from
www.macupdate.com
This
Frankly, I could not agree more!!! My flat bed scanning days are through: or
just about anyhow. I never got such good results with the other OCR apps. Not
even with Abby Fine Reader Text Grabber, which is kinda sorta okay. The KNFB
reader is where it's at if you want it to be both fast and
Yes on all questions
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 19, 2014, at 2:13 PM, Scott Berry sb356...@gmail.com wrote:
So Joe
Is this the button that is the play pause button and also is this for the
Apple third-generation TVsdoes this also do it when there are new updates I
just installed the
The interesting thing about all this is that according to the app itself, it
uses Abbyy Finereaders OCR engine and Textgrabber is actually very fast when it
comes to recognizing the text, but it's much harder to get a good result.
It makes me wonder how the IPhone app compares to the old Nokia
Hello,
Since you brought up the topic of scanning a credit card bill, I have a
question for you and anyone else that has the app. Can the KNFB app read the
back of a credit card where the 3 digit security code is or for that matter
scan the from where the account number and expiration date is?
Mrs tells me the abbyy Finereader app is itself available and free; over
here at least.
Could be a question of accessibility. Will have to go look, but all the
other helpp may well yet be worth the cost.
Rh.
- Original Message -
From: Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com
To:
thanks for sharing this, Chris, it was quite informative. It's definitely
pricy, but a very slick app. I'm thinking I might go ahead an pick it up.
Cheers,
Donna
On Sep 19, 2014, at 1:54 PM, Chris G jedik...@mysticaccesspodcast.com wrote:
Hi,
Here is a well done podcast on the KNFB Reader.
Huh, that's strange. I didn't see it till I upgraded. Check out my message
from this morning, hopefully it will help fix the problem for you.
Best,
Donna
On Sep 19, 2014, at 2:26 PM, Anders Holmberg and...@pipkrokodil.se wrote:
Hi!
I have this issue allready in ios 7.
SO i am not sure whats
Hi Lisette,
Wow, that's impressive. I think the podcast pretty much sold me, but your
report was the last straw. It's great to finally have an app that can give us
reliable OCR wherever we are. thanks for sharing your experience.
Best,
Donna
On Sep 19, 2014, at 2:28 PM, Lisette Wesseling
Hi Rob thanks for the advice, I tried searching for itools on macupdate but
there only results are about apache web servers. I found a program that looks
like the right one at something like ittols.cn, but I am wary of downloading
software from unknown sites. Is this the one?
Kind Regards
That was amazing!!! I just downloaded it, and on the second try, I got a
nearly perfect scan of a page from a novel. Looking forward to trying it on
more complex documents, but right now I'd say it's well worth the money. For
us, especially, it's an incredibly useful thing to be able to
I agree this is by far the most expensive app I have ever purchased for any
of my apple devices. However well worth the price, considering how much I
paid for the original KNFB nosier phone reader and never regretted doing so,
this is amazing. I am certain there are going to be a few areas where I
Hi all,
I set up family sharing last night and my wife and I are both running ios8.
She got invited to the family just fine, but am trying to figure out how to see
her purchases anf for her to see mine.
Maybe I'm missing something somewhere.
Help would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Don
You go to either the iTunes Store on the App Store on your iPhone, More, and
then Purchases. And you will see my purchases, and family purchases.
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 19, 2014, at 4:15 PM, Donald Bishop w6...@donbishop.org wrote:
Hi all,
I set up family sharing last night and my
Hi,
I just purchased it for use on my iPad mini with retna.
From what I have done with it, it works great. However the main screen
seems to be slow at responding when swiping through. Note: not blaming
the KNFB Reader as I know it is an iPhone product running on my iPad
mini with retna.
Note,
I've got it installed on my iPad 2 32G; my iPhone 5 is defunct in the extreme.
I see changes to notification center and app switcher, and can record and send
audio but not video iMessages. What else should I look for, and what VO
improvements if any are there? When I try to upgrade to iCloud
Yosemite isn't out yet, and if you use iCloud storage on your Mac, don't enable
iCloud Drive just yet. As to features and bugs, check out www.applevis.com for
all the details.
On Sep 19, 2014, at 7:26 PM, Mark Baxter markbaxte...@gmail.com wrote:
I've got it installed on my iPad 2 32G; my
Only Bug, I have found so far is that I can't find the record video, button
on iMessages, even though it says there should be one. :) More like a mite
than a bug.
* Mark BurningHawk Baxter
http://MarkBurningHawk.net/
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Double tap and hold on the attach media button. Wait for the alert to appear,
or, some say, you can slide your finger right while holding down to start
recording. I haven't figured it all out fully yet,but that will get you started.
On Sep 19, 2014, at 7:57 PM, Mark Baxter markbaxte...@gmail.com
Thanks, Donna. I am really interested in this, as I have a whole lot of iBooks
on my iPad, and I have heard that it is much better on Yosemite then it is on
Mavericks. So I was looking forward to trying out some books when Yosemite
comes out. However, if it means my iPad is going to get messed
here is my Dropbox link
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7b540o2fexmim9n/iTools.app.zip?dl=0
I have transfered music to and from my iPhone, but have not tried other
features.
On 9/19/2014 3:49 PM, Lee Jones wrote:
Hi Rob thanks for the advice, I tried searching for itools on macupdate but
there
Hi Mary,
I'm not sure what messed up my library. I'm assuming it was the upgrade to IOS
8, but Wayne said he saw these issues in IOS 7. So, long and short, I wouldn't
shy away from Yosemite. What I went through was enormously frustrating, but I
did finally get my books back. Also, as you
Thank you for that information, Donna. I am not going to upgrade to I OS 8
anytime soon, at least not until there is an update that fixes some of the
bugs. But it is good to know that when Yosemite comes, I will be able to try
iBooks on the Mac without adversely affecting other devices.
Mary
Alex and Rachel,
To Alex. You probably have your speech rate set higher than normal
human speech so you might not know when system related events is
announced. I have to slow it down so when I hear the system speech,
sometimes its hard to unbderstand.
So per Rachel's suggestion, I went
Hello:
What are people using for ftp? I know there was some discussion about a
program called transfer but I am unable to find it in the app store.
All help appreciated,
Jean
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Hi Donna,
Have you tried going into the app swicher, closing iBooks with a 3 finger swipe
up, pressing home to get back to the home screen, then opening iBooks again? I
was having similar problems with the app store here and doing the above fixed
the problem.
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