Hello,
Thanks for letting me know this. That make sense if I am importing the
bootcamp into a vm disk file. But I am actually accessing the bootcamp
partition directly. I will look into making windows 7 recognize the vm
environment as the real one. Thanks for the input, I really
Thanks so much Chris for sorting this out rather quickly and also give us some
clarification as to the possibility of hacker on the email address.
This list never fails me when come to anything Mac, and i think, generally, the
listers have a mutural respect to each other and their personal
Many thanks.
Clearly this is an important list with many resourceful people and it
appears that there are some good folk who would be prepared to help out
with moderation if necessary to help maintain it. Is there a point that
they should contact/volunteer?
David Griffith
On 30/03/2015
Know what you mean. I think that's disrespectful. A better solution
would be to provide a questionnaire on why you wish to join. I was told
the exact same thing when I was refused membership. I felt I could do a
lot of help to the community but clearly not.
On 29/03/2015 23:34, Kawal
Hi!
So there are apparently no bible software that is accessible for us with
voiceover?
If so its very disappointing.
/A
30 mar 2015 kl. 04:52 skrev CJ Daniel cj.bear.dan...@gmail.com:
Emelio,
As previously stated, Logos is not accessible. Also, the afore mentioned
Eloquent—the bible
Hey Chris,
Since I was the one championing the need for a moderated list, first I just
want to say thanks for blocking Mario's address. It was very nice of you to
take care of that, especially since you're not even the mod. :) And as for
timing, no one person can or should be anchored to a
Hi,
the best resource I found to learn and deepening my knowledge of Numbers was
„Mastering the Mac with VoiceOver“ by Jim Sniffen. It’s free and available in
the iBooks Store.
All the best
Jürgen
Am 30.03.2015 um 04:33 schrieb Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com:
I’ll take a stab at this.
Aloha,
Charlie
On Mar 29, 2015, at 1:53 PM, Chris Moore chris.w...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello,
How would you run this script from within textEdit? Would you assign it to a
hot key?
Chris
On Mar 27, 2015, at 8:10 PM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote:
It's not, but you have a great
Hi,
could anyone support me in creating an apple script? It is supposed to shut
down the Mac but playing a little sound before. So the stepps could be
1. Play sound x in folder y.
2. Wait as long as it takes to play the sound, maybe 3 seconds.
3. Press CMD + Option + CTRL + Eject. That’s the
Hi,
I am not sure if there is aan weather app that i know of.
Sincerely,
Michelle.
Sent from my macbook pro
On Mar 29, 2015, at 4:45 AM, May and LD Luna m...@canadianlynx.ca wrote:
Hey there.
Is there an accessible weather app for the mac?
i use the widget, but I believe an app
Hey CJ and Mark,
Thanks for your kind words. In terms of his treatment of me, it didn't bother
me over much. Honestly, after the first couple of messages, I stopped reading
them, so if I was vilely abused after that, I didn't even know it. :) As much
as anything, I just wanted all this to
Hello everyone,
I have been meaning to bring this up for quite some time, but I keep
forgetting.
I have been noticing that whenever I switch from one language to another,
VoiceOver is very, very slow to load the new language and voice it. When I
switch from English to German, for example, I
Be advised that your message appears blank.
On Mar 30, 2015, at 5:42 AM, Charlie Doremus giantdolp...@gmail.com wrote:
Aloha,
Charlie
On Mar 29, 2015, at 1:53 PM, Chris Moore chris.w...@gmail.com
mailto:chris.w...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello,
How would you run this script from
Hi Mike,
I experience the same issue. In my opinion it started in Mavericks and got
worse in Yosemite. Fortunately I normally use Acapela voices and there’s no
sluggishness if I change voices.
All the best
Jürgen
Am 30.03.2015 um 14:45 schrieb Mike Busboom mbusb...@gmail.com:
Hello
Brian,
I don't recall where exactly this setting is located, but when you open Text
Edit and get that screen, hit escape to get out of it, then hit
command+Comma to open the Text Edit preferences. The setting you're looking
for is in there.
Chris.
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I don't think it can be done This change of how TextEdit opens up a document
disappeared some years ago. The way I deal with it is to hit command+n to open
a new document. I know it's an extra key stroke but that seems to be the only
way. Once the new document is opened, I also check that it
It’s anoterh list that talks and helps with every thing apple. AppleTV, mac,
iPad, iPhone, and even has an open discussion on the weekend for other topics
like windows, android, and even that other screen reader. As for others
whining and complaining about not gaining membership? We aprove
Hello all,
I just went to open up text edit, and when I opened the app, it opened it up to
the open file screen. I would like it to come up with the ned document button,
like it normally does. How can I fix this? It looks like it is assuming that
I want to open up a file or a recently opened
I know Cara Quinn was the one who set me up to do the account admin
stuff. Whom else besides here I don't know.
As far as I know this list is moderated under a 'management by
exception' process. Generally all messages sent get immediately
distributed to all members. This makes the list very
Here's the link to the zip file:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17005121/talking%20dashboard.zip
On Mar 30, 2015, at 10:03 AM, george b gbma...@gmail.com wrote:
Where do I find the talking dashboard, please
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Hi,
Is this when you’re switching between Nuance voices? I don’t know what the
problem is, maybe i’m very patient but i don’t experience any sluggishness when
switching between Swedish Nuance and english Alex
/Krister
30 mar 2015 kl. 16:16 skrev Jürgen Fleger apple-engl...@fleger.net:
Hi
Hi Mike,
have a look here
www.assistiveware.com http://www.assistiveware.com/
The issue doesn’t occur if I switch between Acapela voices. If I switch to a
Nuance voice it’s very sluggish as well. So it only makes sence to buy a german
and an english Acapela voice.
All the best
Jürgen
Am
But isn’t Voiceover the best screen reader in the world?:-) Smiles
No but seriously, isn’t it because the screen readers we love those that suits
our need the best, if you see what i’m trying to say? Every screen reader has
its pros and cons but the screen reader that I use, everybody says is
Where do I find the talking dashboard, please
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com]
On Behalf Of Alex Hall
Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2015 20:55
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Looking for a Script to Give a Word Count in TextEdit
My experience is that few people are willing to discuss screen readers
rationally.
I find it disturbing that so many people are absolutely certain that their
choice of screen reader was the right one and anyone who disagrees is ignorant
or stupid.
I’ve been contemplating the idea of starting
Thank you very much, Jürgen, for this information. Where can I purchase the
Acapela voices? I’d only need the German voices since I am quite satisfied with
Alex.
Best regards and thanks!
Mike
On 30,Mar,2015, at 15:13, Jürgen Fleger apple-engl...@fleger.net
mailto:apple-engl...@fleger.net
Hello, agree with You as I had this a few weeks ago as well.
interestingly on the I pad it still worked but not the I phone6Pluss. I
left it in disgust switched on in the morning and to my delight it all
just worked again.
On 29/03/2015 14:13, David Griffith wrote:
This happened to me a
Hi!
Certainly yes.
I therefor whish that they implemented espeak as an alternative.
/A
30 mar 2015 kl. 14:45 skrev Mike Busboom mbusb...@gmail.com:
Hello everyone,
I have been meaning to bring this up for quite some time, but I keep
forgetting.
I have been noticing that whenever I
Hi,
Two ways that I’m aware of.
1. Go into System Prefs, iCloud, iCloud Drive then press on the Options button
and uncheck TextEdit from the table of apps. Since TextEdit doesn’t have an
iOS app, this shouldn’t affect anything with saving of documents other than the
TextEdit folder being
Thank you! Aah.. The sound of silence!
On Mar 29, 2015, at 11:20 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
macvisionaries@googlegroups.com wrote:
Wanted to let you all know that the account in question is now blocked from
the list. I should point out a couple things:
1. I'm not the
If you can figure out how to get AppleScript to execute shell commands
like terminal does you could do
afplay /System/Library/Sounds/Frog.aiff
to play one of the system sounds, or specify the path to any sound file
you want. afplay uses CoreAudio so it should be able to play most common
file
I finally did a phone reset and that cleared up the problem. Not the complete
reset where the phone is wiped and needs to be set up again as a new phone, but
the reset where no settings or data are removed.
On Mar 30, 2015, at 2:46 PM, Kevin Cussick
the.big.white.sheph...@googlemail.com
Hi!
There is a small sluggishness between swedish and english but not 5 seconds.
But talking of voices i really do not stand any of the voices built-in except
fred.
However he can not speak swedish and thats very sad.
/A
30 mar 2015 kl. 16:28 skrev Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com:
Ok, I think I have cleaned out all of the sludge so those messages
should no longer be in the MacVisionaries mailing list archives. There
were numerous discussion messages from others which quoted the deleted
messages. Those still exist and you might want to delete them as well if
you don't
I've heard that point about Apple's responsiveness before. I am a
somewhat casual Mac user and I don't have a good way to gauge the value
of that point. But I brought it up on another list and got soundly
trashed for it. But I don't know enough about voiceovers flaws to defend
the point. What
Are you using the same email for both phone log in and mac log in?
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com]
On Behalf Of Stacey Robinson
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 10:49
To: Macvisionaries
Subject: Re: Connecting iPhone to dropbox
Yep, I have that
Hello,
I have tried to connect my iPhone 5S to dropbox and it tells me that I have to
go to a certain website and point my phone to an image that I can’t see.
I didn’t have this problem when I had my white macbook with Lion.
Dropbox is on my mac and phone but I can’t get the two to connect.
Yep, I have that and logged in.
Blessings,
Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk.
mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net
On Mar 30, 2015, at 12:41 PM, george b gbma...@gmail.com wrote:
Do you have the Dropbox app on your phone you need to have
Alex,
Dropbox is on my mac. It may not be the latest version.
When I open it on my phone and try and connect it tells me to go to a website
on the computer.
I will see what the latest version of dropbox is and try reinstalling.
Blessings,
Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk.
Do you have the Dropbox app on your phone you need to have that app then log in
from that app.
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com]
On Behalf Of Stacey Robinson
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 10:34
To: Macvisionaries
Subject: Re: Connecting iPhone to
Well, I wonder who represents me then, as no one knows me on here so when I
asked to join the list, one can't judge anyone unless something truly bad has
been said. Just what I think. But now that the mess has been cleared up on
this list, I am truly grateful.
Kawal.
On 30 Mar 2015, at
How are you doing this? The easiest way is to download the Dropbox app, then
log in. Admittedly, I haven't done this for a long time, so the process may
have changed. More details on how you are currently trying to do this would be
good. Thanks.
On Mar 30, 2015, at 1:07 PM, Stacey Robinson
Has anyone used Iplayer for the Mac? I hope someone can tell me if it's
accessible as the one for windows was not when I downloaded the I player for
downloading things from the BBC. I was at work and so only had my work machine
to test it. I will however download the Mac one to see what it's
It’s not rumors, it’s fact. The people that were not allowed on that list, i
have been on other lists with. And they have bashed, and flamed others. Even
emailed members privately and continued to harass them. So, no they were not
bad for rumor, but for fact and evidence of the above
Hi Mike,
I had this problem in Mavericks as well and actually find it slightly better
now in Yosemite. I switch from English to Dutch. I did get a new and faster Mac
though so maybe that's why it's better.
Lisette
On 31/03/2015, at 1:45 am, Mike Busboom mbusb...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello
Hello,
On 30 Mar 2015, at 19:26, Todor Fassl fassl@gmail.com wrote:
Correct me if I'm wrong but the reason Apple developed voiceover in the first
place was that the only company making a screen reader for Mac OS went out
of business. If that company couldn't survive before voiceover,
I would not join that list as a matter of principle. I can understand
having a strict invitation-only policy. I don't care who you are, if you
haven't been invited, you can't join. But I don't like the idea of
blackballing someone based on rumors of how they behaved on another
list. That
Voiceover is the only screen reader for the macf? Awe, come on! don't you
wanna use Outspoken? LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL! ROFL! Now I'm! the one being the smart
ass. LOL!
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- Original Message -
From: Krister Ekstrom
Yep, and I just got it connected.
Blessings,
Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk.
mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net
On Mar 30, 2015, at 12:51 PM, george b gbma...@gmail.com wrote:
Are you using the same email for both phone log in and
Curious if anyone else has this problem with Google Groups. Three times today
when playing around with my Google Group settings in Safari running Mavericks
selecting any pop up menu which is interesting enough in Google Groups
completely breaks VoiceOVer and the only way to fix it is a restart.
Great song BTW. LOL!
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- Original Message -
From: Sarai Bucciarelli sarai.bucciare...@gmail.com
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 11:26 AM
Subject: Re: Moderation of the list
Thank you!
Hello,
Apple attempted to get Freedom Scientific to create a screen reader for OSX. FS
refused, so Apple took development in-house.
Berkeley Systems was a small company. I visited their offices once in the mid
90's. I suspect Apple did not wish to use a small group for screen reader
Thanks Tim pretty sure that is what I was doing was using the return key if I
recall but in doing so kept getting dings everywhere after activating one of
google’s menus and could not move with the arrows or anything else.
On Mar 30, 2015, at 5:27 PM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote:
Hi,
You gotta be kidding! regarding Apple and FS. Oh dear god! please tell me you
are! LOL!
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- Original Message -
From: David Chittenden
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 3:53 PM
I'll pass on joining your clique. If you feel that is unfair, sorry, but
that is just my policy.
On 03/30/2015 03:27 PM, Kliph wrote:
It’s not rumors, it’s fact. The people that were not allowed on that list, i
have been on other lists with. And they have bashed, and flamed others. Even
I use Get i Player Automaker.
with this you download the files and
can play them offline. Actually I convert the video files created to mp3.
David Griffith play them off line.
On 30/03/2015 19:09, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote:
Has anyone used Iplayer for the Mac? I hope someone can tell me if
These bible sites are great, but Logos gives you the ability to cross reference
between the biblical text, texts in the original languages, commentaries, do
word studies, etc. It allows you to upload and add to your own reference
library. It’s a pretty nice software package.
On Mar 29, 2015,
Guys,
I must admit that I am fairly familiar with the Mars Edit application, but when
it comes to the Wordpress side of things, modifying, editting, and composing
content, what really are the main differences between Mars Edit and Ecto, aside
the obvious of price?
Does one of them gain or
Hi,
Yosemite isn’t playing particularly nice either. Never noticed it since I
hadn’t been into my group settings in quite a while. A workaround that I
determined was to press return to open the pop-up, then navigate with arrows or
VO with arrows then use VO-space to select your choice
You just discovered one of my big reasons for ultimately moving to Yosemite. :)
So to answer your question: you can make it less broken by upgrading, yes.
Although, honestly, not by much, sadly. I have always managed though somewhat
tediously, in common with some web apps.
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- Original Message -
From: Todor Fassl fassl@gmail.com
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 4:59 PM
Subject: Re: Peel the Apple list.
I'll pass on joining your clique.
I think you'd need some hard evidence if you were going to accuse anyone of
harassing etc. Nothing should be said without hard evidence. One will make
themselves unpopular if one claims anyone of harassment without hard evidence
to prove the matter, as this is kind of accusing people who have
Well, of course you are free to choose whatever criteria you please, but I
can’t imagine why I was among those who were ultimately rejected either. Seems
somewhat arbitrary. I don’t mind volunteering my time to help others, because
I enjoy it.
Never mind, we have this list, and it’s awesome.
So where do you get this from?
Kawal.
On 30 Mar 2015, at 21:56, David Griffith daj.griff...@gmail.com wrote:
I use Get i Player Automaker.
with this you download the files and
can play them offline. Actually I convert the video files created to mp3.
David Griffith play them off line.
On
I should know this, but honestly I don't. When in safari and down a page, like
the middle for example, how do you quickly jump to the top of the page using
vo?
thanks,
Don
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I wonder what the catalyst was for Apple’s ultimate choice to develop their
screen reader? The education sector? Government? The mythical two blind
sons? Certainly the APIs are now available for the development of an AT
solution, so it’s entirely possible, technically. But it doesn’t
Hi,
Yeah, not sure what’s really going on in this case. I usually move around on
many Google pages with the tab key but it even affects that kind of navigation.
May have to report this one.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
On Mar 30, 2015, at 15:53, Brian Fischler
100% agreed.
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- Original Message -
From: Yuma Antoine Decaux
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 9:55 PM
Subject: are you done? Re: Peel the Apple list.
Pardon me for
Um... the last I knew, Bible Gateway would let you cross-reference, as well
as all the other things, obviously minus the uploading. Has that changed?
Chris.
- Original Message -
From: Greg Aikens gpaik...@gmail.com
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 7:28
Use either cmd-up (new in Yosemite) or vo-home. On a laptop, that second one is
vo-fn-left. You may need to add shift to it, too; shift takes you to the top,
no shift takes you to the visible top. I don't normally notice a difference,
but if one fails to do what you're after, try the other. All
Pardon me for interjecting but I’m getting a bit tired with these backs and
forths of politics and what I thinks about this or that, it’s really putting
the number of mails up the roof, getting off topic (read the subject). Have you
guys not other things to do? Why don’t you just go on an MIRC
Thanks Alex, that really helps.
Don
- Original Message -
From: Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Date: Monday, March 30, 2015 7:57 pm
Subject: Re: yosemite safari question
Use either cmd-up (new in Yosemite) or vo-home. On a laptop, that second one
Either ctrl+Home, or if you don't have a physical home key on your keyboard,
then it's fn+VO+left arrow. Make sure that you're interacting with the html
content first, or it wont' work as expected.
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- Original Message -
I dunno, really. I am fortunate enough to have access to three commercial
screen readers for Windows (Window-Eyes, Supernova and JAWS) as well as to NVDA
and of course VoiceOver on the Mac, the latter of which just happens to be my
primary combination. I’m still not convinced that’s enough.
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