Re: magnification on the mac

2014-02-05 Thread April Brown
Is there? Where? I haven't been able to find them. One on One training person told me the only option was to decrease the resolution. That was a month ago. I think menus are still stuck in 5 point font. Dock isn't bad though. April Brown Writing dramatic adventure novels uncovering

Re: magnification on the mac

2014-02-05 Thread April Brown
The zoom in the system preferences is basically a magnifying glass that you move around the screen. The motion can cause dizziness. If you mean a non included program, I don't know. I haven't bought any programs. April Brown Writing dramatic adventure novels uncovering the myths we hide

Re: Mac Minis needing monitors: another thing to add to the pile

2014-01-27 Thread April Brown
I've actually tuned my tv monitor off and just used the computer. On Sunday, January 26, 2014 9:40:55 PM UTC-5, Alex wrote: Hi all, I just wanted to add one more thing to the debate about Mac Minis needing monitors. Mine, a mid-2011, still does. That is even after a complete wipe and

Re: got my New Macbook Pro yesterday

2014-01-25 Thread April Brown
Good. Have fun! On Saturday, January 25, 2014 7:24:31 AM UTC-5, Scott Berry wrote: Hey everyone, Just got my Macbook Pro yesterday. I really like it a lot. Thanks to everyone who gave me advice it’s actually coming very fast for me. Again thanks a bunch. Scott Berry

Some VoiceOver Success

2014-01-25 Thread April Brown
I got stuck in Pages and couldn't figure out how to get to where I wanted. I eventually got there. Next tried Email, and was able to read a couple right quick. Didn't try to save any. That's for another day. Opened Calendar. Was able to have it read what I had already inputted for today.

Re: Questions regarding Twitter

2014-01-25 Thread April Brown
Hello. Yes, you can have Twitter lists. I had the maximum, amount of lists until I became to blind to keep up. Now, I have bookmarks, agents, science, and so on. No to the next part. When you post, it goes to everyone who follows you. As far as I know, Google Plus is the only social

Re: saving files in different formats and also how to move them from one location to another under mavericks

2014-01-23 Thread April Brown
It doesn't work here. It claims to be a potential security issue. I have screenshots saved. No idea how to add a screen shot to a message on the message board. Of course, I've not even had my computer for a month yet, so I may have a different version of Pages. And when I try to open a

Re: saving files in different formats and also how to move them from one location to another under mavericks

2014-01-23 Thread April Brown
64-bit On Jan 23, 2014, at 6:34 AM, April Brown aprilbr...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: It doesn't work here. It claims to be a potential security issue. I have screenshots saved. No idea how to add a screen shot to a message on the message board. Of course, I've not even had my

Re: saving files in different formats and also how to move them from one location to another under mavericks

2014-01-23 Thread April Brown
Word on their machine, they should be good to go. HTH. Later… Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jan 23, 2014, at 5:34 AM, April Brown aprilbr...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: It doesn't work here. It claims to be a potential security issue. I have screenshots saved. No idea

Re: saving files in different formats and also how to move them from one location to another under mavericks

2014-01-22 Thread April Brown
I have no idea why. They are even zipping 56 kb files. And I can't email anything out from Pages or Numbers without exporting to another format first. And like so many other things, Apple Support blames the email, not the Apple files. On Wednesday, January 22, 2014 6:35:52 AM UTC-5, Jessica

Re: Keyboard commands in Mavericks

2014-01-22 Thread April Brown
I have links to several lists. Can't figure out where to use what commands though. http://www.applevis.com/guides/accessories/getting-started-your-mac-using-voiceover http://www.applevis.com/guides/voiceover-keyboard-shortcuts-mac-os-x

Re: Keyboard commands in Mavericks

2014-01-22 Thread April Brown
Okay. The one I have is from W3schools, and has both Windows and Mac. I don't have a link though, just a printed copy. On Wednesday, January 22, 2014 2:02:44 PM UTC-5, Rich wrote: That is exactly right! I know how to find VoiceOver commands, I want a list of Mavericks keyboard commands.

Re: saving files in different formats and also how to move them from one location to another under mavericks

2014-01-22 Thread April Brown
Kilburn wrote: Hi, Usually Mail only zips things when you attempt to send a folder of items instead of the individual items. Later… Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jan 22, 2014, at 4:56 AM, April Brown aprilbr...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: I have no idea why

Re: saving files in different formats and also how to move them from one location to another under mavericks

2014-01-22 Thread April Brown
this is occurring for you. Later… I’ve not experience the issue you’re Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jan 22, 2014, at 1:03 PM, April Brown aprilbr...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: Perhaps. However, it did it on a single 56 kb Pages document as well. Also, if you save Pages

Re: Today's 30 minutes with VoiceOver

2014-01-13 Thread April Brown
start at the beginning. Also, take a deep breathe and keep things simple - it's not so hard if people like me and others here can master it, then so can you. On Jan 12, 2014, at 3:58 PM, April Brown aprilbr...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: Hi Regina, I thought about just trying

Re: Today's 30 minutes with VoiceOver

2014-01-13 Thread April Brown
Hi Shawn, Thanks. I do have Skype. I am going to try a couple of different things over this week, and thankfully a few people have offered to help. If this doesn't work, maybe I need the program checked. On Sunday, January 12, 2014 9:46:44 PM UTC-5, Shawn AKA BBS wrote: Hi April. I

Today's Plan

2014-01-13 Thread April Brown
I get to spend the afternoon doing one of my favorite things (and yes, this is honest, not sarcastic): Re-formatting a computer for one of hubby's co-workers. While in that room - Hubby and I will try the VoiceOver trainer on his Mac, and see if he has any luck figuring it out. Most people

Re: Today's Plan

2014-01-13 Thread April Brown
On Jan 13, 2014, at 6:47 AM, April Brown aprilbr...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: I get to spend the afternoon doing one of my favorite things (and yes, this is honest, not sarcastic): Re-formatting a computer for one of hubby's co-workers. While in that room - Hubby and I will try the VoiceOver

Today's 30 minutes with VoiceOver

2014-01-12 Thread April Brown
I opened Safari. I turned VoiceOver on. After a dozen tries, I managed to get it onto the Bookmarks. Somehow, as I was transferring my notes to a Pages document, it crashed, and a low, low, grumbling male voice started speaking. I turned off VoiceOver, closed Safari, and tried again. Another

Re: Today's 30 minutes with VoiceOver

2014-01-12 Thread April Brown
! On Jan 12, 2014, at 1:21 PM, April Brown aprilbr...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: I opened Safari. I turned VoiceOver on. After a dozen tries, I managed to get it onto the Bookmarks. Somehow, as I was transferring my notes to a Pages document, it crashed, and a low, low, grumbling male voice

Re: Today's 30 minutes with VoiceOver

2014-01-12 Thread April Brown
trying to take here, or why you're taking it. In the nearly four years I've been using a Mac, I don't think I've *ever turned Voiceover off. You don't need to clear anything. Best, Donna On Jan 12, 2014, at 1:34 PM, April Brown aprilbr...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: The reason

Re: Today's 30 minutes with VoiceOver

2014-01-12 Thread April Brown
for using the Mac. this is just a suggestion. HtH, Teresa Slow down; you'll get there faster. On Jan 12, 2014, at 11:34 AM, April Brown aprilbr...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: The reason for turning VoiceOver off is to clear it, so when I open it back up, it will be back

Re: Today's 30 minutes with VoiceOver

2014-01-12 Thread April Brown
subjective thing, and if you like Windows better, I can't imagine any reason in the world why you would have to switch to a Mac. Best, Donna On Jan 12, 2014, at 1:57 PM, April Brown aprilbr...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: Hi Donna, I am trying to learn VoiceOver. Not successfully. I

Re: Today's 30 minutes with VoiceOver

2014-01-12 Thread April Brown
that. Don’t try to learn everything at once because it ain’t gonna happen. Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user! On Jan 12, 2014, at 1:34 PM, April Brown

Re: Today's 30 minutes with VoiceOver

2014-01-12 Thread April Brown
, at 2:22 PM, April Brown aprilbr...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: By turning it off, and then re-opening everything, I restart at the beginning, instead of stuck in a toolbar that I don't how to get out of. I have to know where it will start each time, so I can make notes, and be able

Re: Today's 30 minutes with VoiceOver

2014-01-12 Thread April Brown
this! reggie and Allegra On Jan 12, 2014, at 2:57 PM, April Brown aprilbr...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: Hi Donna, I am trying to learn VoiceOver. Not successfully. I still have some vision, some days. I now have a headache. Thanks to Ray Foret, I can now open a web page, I just still can't

Re: Today's 30 minutes with VoiceOver

2014-01-12 Thread April Brown
On Jan 12, 2014, at 1:34 PM, April Brown aprilbr...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: The reason for turning VoiceOver off is to clear it, so when I open it back up, it will be back at the beginning, and maybe I can manage to figure out the steps to opening a web page from the bookmarks. I know

Re: Today's 30 minutes with VoiceOver

2014-01-12 Thread April Brown
No more than I am, I'm sure. When something gets stuck on a computer, the common knowledge is to shut it down, and restart. Exactly what I was trying to do, every time VoiceOver would get stuck and every command I tried would just make it beep and do nothing. On Sunday, January 12, 2014

Re: Accessing The Voiceover Quick Staart tutorial

2014-01-11 Thread April Brown
Hi Eileen, Thanks. I had run the tutorial three times. And nowhere did it mention that I had to use a specific browser. It's also not very intuitive. I'm going to create my own step-by-step manual, Because there's no way I will remember any of those key combinations. I simply don't have the

Re: Step by Step Guide

2014-01-11 Thread April Brown
to uninteract with things, find the HTML area, interact with it, etc. This is changed in the Navigation section of the VO utility. Hope this helps. Cheers Dave On 10 Jan 2014, at 07:43 pm, April Brown aprilbr...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: Please help me. I can design a website with HTML

Re: contacts on iCloud.

2014-01-11 Thread April Brown
Hi Jonathan, I have no idea how to work with Icloud settings. I'd like to better be able to organize my contacts. Why did the emails show up in my phone book part of my phone? I only want phone numbers in there. Good luck! On Saturday, January 11, 2014 2:01:38 PM UTC-5, Jonathan

Re: Accessing The Voiceover Quick Staart tutorial

2014-01-11 Thread April Brown
, at 11:34 am, April Brown aprilbr...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: Hi Eileen, Thanks. I had run the tutorial three times. And nowhere did it mention that I had to use a specific browser. It's also not very intuitive. I'm going to create my own step-by-step manual, Because there's no way I

Re: Accessing The Voiceover Quick Staart tutorial

2014-01-11 Thread April Brown
much without getting any external apps and Apple ones often work best for most things for most people. Hope this helps. Cheers Dave On 11 Jan 2014, at 11:34 am, April Brown aprilbr...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: Hi Eileen, Thanks. I had run the tutorial three times. And nowhere did

Step by Step Guide

2014-01-10 Thread April Brown
figure out how to get it to leap from the menu bar to the web page. Than k you, April Brown -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries

Re: Step by Step Guide

2014-01-10 Thread April Brown
it on Twitter, I can figure the rest out. If I can just figure out how to get it to leap from the menu bar to the web page. Than k you, April Brown -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group

Re: Step by Step Guide

2014-01-10 Thread April Brown
, April Brown aprilbr...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: Hello Ray Foret, All the directions say VO + left or right should work. However, it only beeps if you do that. And I don't know why. Even the up and down arrow cause it to beep. Actually, this is my first Mac, and I had to re

Re: Step by Step Guide

2014-01-10 Thread April Brown
. Then you should be able to use VO+left and right arrows to move through the page. Interacting is confusing at first but not bad once you get used to it. If you need a more in depth explanation of interacting, let us know. Thanks, Greg On Jan 10, 2014, at 2:57 PM, April Brown aprilbr

Re: Step by Step Guide

2014-01-10 Thread April Brown
Good news: We figured out the problem: I was using Firefox, not Safari. It works in Safari, and not Firefox. Now, to learn the nuances. Not tonight. I knew it had to be something simple. I hadn't used Safari in years, because I couldn't see anything on it. -- You received this

No VoiceOver or dictation for now.

2014-01-09 Thread April Brown
Thanks for your help! Since dictation won't do what I need it to do in Pages, I'll try to find something that will. Just not right now. I've still got to many little odd things I don't know how to do on my new computer, and it exhausts me trying to figure them out. As for VoiceOver, I tried

Re: No VoiceOver or dictation for now.

2014-01-09 Thread April Brown
, it will be worth it. Daniel Hawkins - Posted from my Macbook Pro 2012 15in. Macbook Pro 2.3 Quad-core i7 4GB DDR3 500GB HDD Dual Boot: Windows 7 Ultimate Edition 64-bit On Jan 9, 2014, at 7:00 AM, April Brown aprilbr...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for your help! Since dictation won't do what

Re: No VoiceOver or dictation for now.

2014-01-09 Thread April Brown
for it but to keep trying! reggie and Allegra On Jan 9, 2014, at 8:00 AM, April Brown aprilbr...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: Thanks for your help! Since dictation won't do what I need it to do in Pages, I'll try to find something that will. Just not right now. I've still got to many little odd

Re: No VoiceOver or dictation for now.

2014-01-09 Thread April Brown
15in. Macbook Pro 2.3 Quad-core i7 4GB DDR3 500GB HDD Dual Boot: Windows 7 Ultimate Edition 64-bit On Jan 9, 2014, at 11:10 AM, April Brown aprilbr...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: Hi Daniel, I haven't been enrolled in that program yet, unless it is part of the state program

Re: New to the the Mac, and the dictation program.

2014-01-08 Thread April Brown
On Jan 7, 2014, at 12:30 PM, April Brown aprilbr...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: Hi Alex, Thanks for letting me know. I thought dictation was supposed to be for full dictation, instead it's a helper program which is okay. I've looked at the Applevis site some. I haven't done

Re: Using Dragon Experience On The PC Side

2014-01-08 Thread April Brown
Hi Eileen, I had version 11 when it first came out. The last try - we took the computer back to the store and had them install it. (Now remember, I've reformatted hard drives, and set up many a computer). After training it the recommended nine hours. It worked about an hour. Several

Does Dictation have a page limit in Pages for working?

2014-01-08 Thread April Brown
Although I my have to limit my use of Dictation to non-novels, I still need to know if Dictation has a page limit. It works well in social media, email, and Page documents under 5 pages. If the Pages document is more than twenty pages long, I only get the color wheel, and it crashes and won't

Re: Does Dictation have a page limit in Pages for working?

2014-01-08 Thread April Brown
dictation? If not, i recommend it or you can only dictate 30 seconds at one time. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 8, 2014, at 8:07 AM, April Brown aprilbr...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: Although I my have to limit my use of Dictation to non-novels, I still need to know if Dictation has a page

New to the the Mac, and the dictation program.

2014-01-07 Thread April Brown
I am legally blind, and wear a hearing aid, among other health problems. In this cold my fingers are not able to use the keyboard at all. I am trying to learn the dictation program and having difficultly. I bought my new Mac mini about three weeks ago. In general, dictation works well in

Re: New to the the Mac, and the dictation program.

2014-01-07 Thread April Brown
this to be an indispensable resource. On Jan 7, 2014, at 11:05 AM, April Brown aprilbr...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: I am legally blind, and wear a hearing aid, among other health problems. In this cold my fingers are not able to use the keyboard at all. I am trying to learn the dictation