Re: Most efficient way to read emails

I have been reading this thread with great interest. I have one tip and two questions. While interacting with the list of messages it is possible to jump to the top and bottom of the table with control, option, function left arrow or right arrow respectively. Jonathan, you wrote, " >

Gesture to end dictation on iPhone?

Hello, I find dictation on the iPhone 5S really useful for text messages, Emails and Calendar. Is there a VoiceOver friendly gesture to end dictation? the guidance on dictation is to tap the done button on the virtual keyboard but dictation seems to turn the VoiceOver volume down so that I

Re: Gesture to end dictation on iPhone?

Hi Paul, when you're finished with your dictation, try a 2-finger double-tap and that should end it, while keeping you in whatever field you were inputting text in. Best, Rachel. On 12/18/2015 4:16 AM, Paul Hopewell wrote: Hello, I find dictation on the iPhone 5S really useful for text

RE: Gesture to end dictation on iPhone?

When the edit field is active so you can type in it do the following 1 2 finger double tap will give you the little tone and then start talking 2 when finished talking 2 finger double tap to get the tone which lets you know you can not talk any more. Then you will hear voice over read what you

Re: Media Server To Replace iTunes?

Hi Jonathan. Thanks for your reply and the link to your great blog post. In fact, I’ve read that already, and have already commented on it. Since then, my custom-built NAS is already providing all the storage I could possibly need going forward (15 TB user-accessible). That is where my

Re: Most efficient way to read emails

Option-up or option-down will also jump to the top or bottom, no interaction required, for those who don't interact. Yes, the preview is available. Hit cmd-comma, select 'viewing' from the toolbar, and find the popup button after the 'show preview' label. Choose the number of lines you want. >

Automatic language switching on the Mac?

Hi. Like several people on the list, I work in more than one language on a daily basis. On my iPhone 6, the language being displayed is automatically detected and spoken by VoiceOver. Is this feature available on the Mac and if so, How can it be turned on? Thanks in advance, Mike -- The

Re: Automatic language switching on the Mac?

Hello Alex, Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. I switch languages all the time, so I am very familiar with the procedure you described. Unfortunately, it takes several seconds on my Mac to switch from one language to the other, although I have AssistiveWare voices installed. Maybe

Re: Automatic language switching on the Mac?

It's not. I ran into this the other day, and wrote an email to Apple about it. They said they would look into it, as they usually say, and suggested that using the rotor is currently the fastest way to switch languages. Just put the voice you need on your Mac, then use vo-cmd-left or right to

Mac cleaner versus clean my Mac

I was just wondering what the opinions of the group was between the follwoing two apps: Clean my Mac verses App Cleaner. Besides the fact that one costs and the other does not, what am I really getting with Clean my Mac that I don't get with App Cleaner? Sent from my Mac, The Only computer

Lag When Switching voices

Hi everyone, I’m learning French, so I have the French voice enabled. However, I noticed it takes several seconds to actually switch the voice. It’s quite annoying when I have to switch back and forth a lot. Would the compact voice help with this? I just didn’t know if there would be

Re: Automatic language switching on the Mac?

You could also create a new activity in VoiceOver with that voice as predefined, and you can easily switch to it with VO+XX. Some people don’t like that the language switches automatically, as some web sites have mistakes in their code and the language is incorrect. If the voice switched

Re: Airplay weirdness with iPhone running iOS 9 .2

Hi! Yes it fix the problem but it shouldn’t be that way? On bluetooth devices it makes the music also change audio destiny. /A > 17 dec. 2015 kl. 11:40 skrev Don Breda : > > I have had this happen. > > Use your roter and you will find audio destination. > > Swipe up or down

RE: Most efficient way to read emails

Hello Mark, Let me add my voice to those who would really appreciate some good guidance and direction, in order to speed up and make more efficient our review and management of email. As someone who gets hundreds of messages each day, I surely would benefit from any effort, be it a podcast, or

Re: Automatic language switching on the Mac?

Hi again! Alex, Yes, I totally agree with you, The possibility of switching languages automatically should be there, or it could even be a setting that could be changed. let’s keep on trying to make them understand that this is a priority, and I think it would not be so difficult to fix. I

Re: Airplay weirdness with iPhone running iOS 9 .2

Hi! I have the same problem as you if it can be of some help. I don’t know why and i gave up the accessibility team since they always say now a days that evry thing is device specific. I am on the public beta so i can use the feedback app which i do. I have told them several times to fix this

Re: Automatic language switching on the Mac?

Yes, a setting would be great. In fact, such a setting should come to iOS as well. The more emails they get about this, the better, particularly as automatic language detection has been part of iOS for years now. > On Dec 18, 2015, at 13:52, Daniela Rubio wrote: > > Hi

Re: Automatic language switching on the Mac?

Mike, do please email Apple. Every time I tell them about the lag in Nuance voices--both when switching and, for a while after switching, while using them--Apple seems unconcerned. Going from the instant response of Alex to any of the Nuance voices is jarring and slow, and I don't understand

Text selection rotor

Can anyone explain how the Text selection rotor item for voice. Over works? Sent from my IPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is

Re: Text selection rotor

Find the beginning of the text you want to select. Use the rotor to navigate to the text selection item and then flick up or down to set the item such as character, word etc. that you want to select by. Flick to the right to select by your chosen word, character etc. until you reach the end of

Re: Most efficient way to read emails

Hi Sandy, once you've interacted with the message table, use VO+Right-arrow. YOu'll then be focussed on the individual columns. If you move to the subject column, you can then down-arrow and hear only the subject. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and

lyft update

Gabe and All: The new update for Lyft arrived on Dec 18. Because it has a new design I am hesitant about updating it. Perhaps if someone has two devices and is a Lyft user they could try it on one of them and let us know if it is still accessible? Jean -- The following information is

Difficulties signing into appstore

Since last upgrade of El Capitan, I'm having difficulties signing into the AppStore. Although I enter correct credentials, the screen hangs there and then I get an error message to the effect that I have entered my password incorrectly too manny times and I need to retrieve it. And yet, I get

Re: Airplay weirdness with iPhone running iOS 9 .2

Hi unders, I would consider that decision very carefully before going to android. Borrow a phone or a tablet and see if you can do there everything that you need to do. My experience with a new android device is that there are serious deficiencies in that system with talkback. Among them are

Re: Lag When Switching voices

how do you change your voice? i am using an italian voice so whenever i change the voice, i'll just press VO command down arrow. > Il giorno 18 dic 2015, alle ore 6:21 PM, Brandon A. Olivares (The Pianist) > ha scritto: > > Hi everyone, > > I’m learning French, so I

Re: lyft update

Hi, One other con that I have seen in the app so far is that I have not found a way to change from left to left express or whatever they call the higher the ride. The only thing I have been able to do it schedule a left ride. Gabe Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 18, 2015, at 1:37 PM, Mika

Re: Lag When Switching voices

That’s what I do, too. But it takes several seconds to switch. -- Anything is possible, Brandon Olivares www.CoCreationCoaching.org Create a life of infinite possibilities! Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/cocreationcoaching

Re: Airplay weirdness with iPhone running iOS 9 .2

Hi! Thanks for that info Mary. I will think of that before i make a dissision. /A > 18 dec. 2015 kl. 22:06 skrev Mary Otten : > > Hi unders, > I would consider that decision very carefully before going to android. Borrow > a phone or a tablet and see if you can do there

Re: lyft update

Hi, I have briefly tested the new app, and while they have introduced some unlabeled buttons, there do not appear to be any showstoppers that would prevent you from using the app as you did before, though they have not addressed key accessibility barriers known for a while. Pros: Once a driver

apple tv4, netflix and audio descriptions

Hi All, I can't find how to enable audio description on my new apple tv 4. Did we loose the capability? Best, Juan Juan Hernandez Email: juanhernande...@gmail.com mobile: (619) 750-9431 twitter: http://www.twitter.com/blindwiz facebook:

Re: apple tv4, netflix and audio descriptions

No. You have to call Netflix and ask them to turn it on for you. Sometimes they know what you want and other times it's a bother to get somebody to understand what you need. That's why I don't consider this an acceptible solution and also why I will NOT touch the fourth gen Apple TV. !

Trouble unlocking my Mac Book Ere with OS 10

Hi, How do you unlock a mac book Ere with OS 10 when you can't get the Apple ID and password through to Apple? I got a sighted friend who finally found out how to do it. I didn't quite understand how, so I'm not sure if it's an accessible method. So is there a good way to go about it?

Re: Most efficient way to read emails

Just one more thing to add. I open the thread of messages and press VO uparrow to stop interacting with the thread once and then shift VO left arrow to the top and VO right once where Voice over reads each message automatically. Even if the thread has been read and a new message comes in

suggestions for securely copying 6tb of files?

Hi, Subject line pretty much says it. I've tried to copy large blocks of files on my mac before and it drops data. Also, because I'd be running through usb and my system is a macbook, there's a chance the cable could get jostled or something and completely abort the copy resulting in a data

RE: Media Server To Replace iTunes?

Hi Jonothan, How has your use of the sinology been to this date? Have they improved at all? Does the setup process still need sighted help like you described in your blog article? Best, Juan Hernandez Email: juanhernande...@gmail.com mobile: (619) 750-9431 twitter:

Re: Most efficient way to read emails

Hello. I have another method of reading mail as I don’t understand how Mark does what he describes as I have read what he says but it doesn’t make sense to me. What I do is press enter on the list of messages, Then Vo left to the first message and Voice Over reads it automatically. I just VO

RE: Difficulties signing into appstore

Hello Andrew, While I am not certain why you cannot login to the app store from your Mac, I can suggest that you confirm your login credentials at the Apple ID manager page. It may be that you need to increase the security level of your password by either making it longer or by adding a