Using Apple TV WithThe Mac Mirror Imaging and Skype

2014-11-19 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello Folks, I know that I can mirror image from the Mac to the Apple TV: Next week I would like to use Skype and put it through the Apple TV: Can this be done? I have never attempted this, so I'll need some step-by-step instructions. One of my family members will be stuck overseas for the

Re: Braille Embosser and Compatible Software

2014-11-19 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hi Tim, Well I think all of us who use Duxbory on the PC side have been patiently waiting for the Mac version, but I think we well be waiting for a long time. This is why I needed to put Windows on my MacBook Air through BootCamp. It worked extremely well until I needed to uninstall the

Re: Braille Embosser and Compatible Software

2014-11-19 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello, I forgot to mention about using a braille display with the Mac. Unless it is just me and inexperience in using my Braille Note with my MacBook Air, I have given up in voiceover. I have had difficulty navigating in TextEdit, and Safari, as well as on the finder. Using the Braille Note

Re: bootcamp question

2014-11-07 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hi, I may be able assist you in my solution regarding the boot order when I was running Windows in bootcamp. You may think about these. 1. You could set the boot default when on the Windows side in system preferences. There is a link called bootCamp and a contextual menu drops down with one

Re: itext crashes on saving under Yosemite

2014-10-26 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hi, This will be one reason not to update so quickly to Yosemite. I use iTexExpress over TextEdit over batting my eyes. Is that the only issue with the app, which is major when doing word processing? This app has many more features and options then TextEdit. I would be curious if you receive

Re: Still can't use mail after upgrade to Yosemity

2014-10-26 Thread Eileen Misrahi
The only thing I can add to Tim's post is to make sure the port settings for imap is set to 993 incoming and 465 for SMPT (outgoing). Like Tim said, the settings should have migrated over with no issues, but it's worth a look at the setings. Eileen Sent from my iPhone On Oct 26, 2014, at

Re: osx 10.10

2014-10-19 Thread Eileen Misrahi
For many years, Apple has been held to a higher standard in accessibility. I posted about a problem that I was having and still having with updating my apps in the app store on my iPhone 4 using iOS 7.0.6. I did white to the accessibility team at Apple, but received an unacceptable response.

Re: Computer will not boot

2014-10-14 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello, I can really feel your frustrations. Fortunately, my MacBook Air was an easy fix at the Apple Store today. One thing I want to add, when booting up into recovery or other dianostic modes on the computer, voiceover can be access with the command-F5. The voice is not Alex, but some other

Re: Computer will not boot

2014-10-14 Thread Eileen Misrahi
, Intonation, Volume and Pitch and the VO-cmd-up/down changes those levels on the fly. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Oct 14, 2014, at 5:48 PM, Eileen Misrahi eileen.misr...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I can really feel your frustrations. Fortunately, my MacBook Air

Re: Deleting a partition with VoiceOver on Maverick using Disk Utility?

2014-10-09 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hi Vic, I just had to remove a partition from disk utility the other day, but my issue became more complicated because 471 MB would not be removed. That's a different story. This is what I did and others can pipe in if I am incorrect. 1. Open Disk Utility. 2. Select your main drive at the

Re: Erasing The BootCamp Disk and Restoring The Macintosh HD To A Single Disk

2014-10-06 Thread Eileen Misrahi
:44 PM, Eileen Misrahi eileen.misr...@gmail.com wrote: Helllo, I have been told that if I erase the bootcamp disk that the memory would go back into the OS start up disk or my Macintosh HD. I have gone into the disk utility and I can select the disk to erase, but when I VO-RIGHT arrow

Erasing The BootCamp Disk and Restoring The Macintosh HD To A Single Disk

2014-10-05 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Helllo, I have been told that if I erase the bootcamp disk that the memory would go back into the OS start up disk or my Macintosh HD. I have gone into the disk utility and I can select the disk to erase, but when I VO-RIGHT arrow or tab to the target edit field it asks for me to drag and drop

Re: New Mac malware discovered; how to check your Mac for ‘iWorm’ malware

2014-10-03 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello, When I first followed the instructions, I didn't see what needed to be copied. I manually inputted the file thread into the edit field. I'm okay too. Best, Eileen Sent from my iPhone On Oct 3, 2014, at 1:12 PM, Andrew Lamanche ioani...@me.com wrote: I've followed your instructions

Reformatting A BootCam Win Partition To A Single OS Journal Drive

2014-09-29 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello List, I have a BootCamp partition with Win 8.1 installed on. For reasons that I don't want to get into here, I need to wipe out. On the Mac side, I have opened up BootCamp assistant, but the third option to install or remove Win 7 or higher is dimmed. When I enter on the continue

Re: VMware or Bootcamp

2014-09-26 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello, I'm running Win 8.1 on bootcamp. I have a MBA 2013 computer. And I'm also using Mountain Lion. I have the Juiliette Pro 6o, with a parallel to USB adaptor. The set up is the same on a PC device using the gerneric text printer to have Duxbury send the translated doc to the embosser. I

KNFB Reader Able To Read Unconventional Materials

2014-09-21 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello, Now that many on this list and other lists have had some time to play with the KNFB Reader app on the phone, I would like to know if it can read clothing labels, print on round cans and bottles. And no responses to an earlier post of mine on digital LCD readouts. Thanks. Eileen --

Re: KNFB Reader Able To Read Unconventional Materials

2014-09-21 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Sep 21, 2014, at 2:32 PM, Eileen Misrahi eileen.misr...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, Now that many on this list and other lists have had some time to play with the KNFB Reader app on the phone, I would like to know if it can read clothing labels

Re: KNFB Reader iPhone App

2014-09-20 Thread Eileen Misrahi
iPhone On 20 Sep 2014, at 08:00, Eileen Misrahi eileen.misr...@gmail.com wrote: 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

RE: KNFB Reader iPhone App

2014-09-19 Thread Eileen Misrahi
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?

Re: voice over not working on i phone, help!

2014-09-16 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello, From time to time, my iPhone 4 loses voiceover. When all things fail, I turn the phone totally off by holding the power/sleep button and then tapping on the power off button. I wait a few seconds and then power back up the phone. This seems to do the trick. HTH. Eileen Sent from my

Re: Bookshare Daisy Reader

2014-09-15 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hi, I could be mistaken, but on the Bookshare.org site, when one is downloading a book, there is an HTML file that one can open that will allow one to read a book through one's browser. I haven't downloaded a book in a month or so, so I would need to go on my PC side and check it out. HTH.

Re: Bookshare Daisy Reader

2014-09-15 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello, The Humanware Companion is not compatible with the Mac OS environment. Using the Bookshare Reader that was just recently suggested would be the best method to read a book. I usually read my books either on my iPhone through Voice Dream reader or on either my Victor Reader Stream NG or

Experience At AT T Preorder of iPhone 6 (in store)

2014-09-13 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello, I thought I would post my experience with AT T's in placing my preorder of my iPhone6 at the store. If one wants to turn in their old phone to have credit towrds the new one, you will need to surrender the phone when placing the order. Hence, that is simply hog-wash, as if one would

RE: antivirus question

2014-09-07 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello, I just wanted to chime in here. I have Eset Nod-32 installed on the Window side that has been installed through Bootcamp. Last Friday I performed a smart scan with it on the windows side, I continuously kept using the say line with JAWS to see what was being scanned. I was surprised

Re: Bootcamp Update and Yosemite Release

2014-09-04 Thread Eileen Misrahi
, but this information is based on extensive reading on the Apple Support website. I'm sure others will chime in if they have different experiences. Grant On Sep 2, 2014, at 1:43 PM, Eileen Misrahi eileen.misr...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I decided to start a new thread, so I don't get OT

RE: A few issues with Boot Camp, and a heads-up for users of JAWS

2014-09-02 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello, I am running a 2013 MBA, with Win 8.1 installed in Bootcamp. The JAWS version is 15 current build. Right now, I am not having any issues with JAWS running in Bootcamp, but it seems that when Bootcamp has an upgrade that's when there may be issues? I have 2 old FS JAWS dongles stashed away

RE: A few issues with Boot Camp, and a heads-up for users of JAWS

2014-09-02 Thread Eileen Misrahi
to a different list, but I did want to bring this JAWS and Boot Camp issue to listers' attention. Cheers, Grant On Sep 2, 2014, at 12:15 PM, Eileen Misrahi eileen.misr...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I am running a 2013 MBA, with Win 8.1 installed in Bootcamp. The JAWS version is 15 current

Bootcamp Update and Yosemite Release

2014-09-02 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello, I decided to start a new thread, so I don't get OT with this. Here's my situation and my concerns that I may need to update the bootcamp drivers in the future. Although I have a 2013 MBA, I purchased it before Mavericks was released. Hence, My OS is ML. I did update and ran the current

Re: Bootcamp Update and Yosemite Release

2014-09-02 Thread Eileen Misrahi
came preinstalled with OS X Mavericks, but this information is based on extensive reading on the Apple Support website. I'm sure others will chime in if they have different experiences. Grant On Sep 2, 2014, at 1:43 PM, Eileen Misrahi eileen.misr...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I

Re: Bootcamp Update and Yosemite Release

2014-09-02 Thread Eileen Misrahi
activation, JAWS will run in 40-minute demo mode. Still, I agree with Alex that having multiple screen readers, for troubleshooting purposes, is best. Grant On Sep 2, 2014, at 3:58 PM, Eileen Misrahi eileen.misr...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, Thanks for the advise. Currently, I only have

Re: Installing windows on my mac using bootcamp

2014-08-19 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello, Here are my solutions to accessing files or folders from one OS to another. Since Dropbox is pretty much full, I installed One Drive in both the Windows bootcamp, the Mac side and on my iOS device. This Way I can have access to my work folders on all platforms. For some reason, it has

VO Announces Authentication After Quitting An App

2014-08-15 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello All, I just noticed this a little while ago and VO never announced Authentication after using command-q. Is there a setting that I turned on by mistake that is causing this to happen? Please advise on where to go to get rid of this ignoring pest. Thanks in advance. Kind regards,

Authentication Still Showing After Quitting Apps

2014-08-15 Thread Eileen Misrahi
This is an update on what I found after quitting a program with command-Q. VO continues to announce Authentication. I tried using VO-F1 twice quickly when this occurs. I get this message, User Authentication is REquired. When I try to interact with it, VO Right arrow or just right arrow to open

RE: three operating system on mac

2014-08-04 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hi, I almost have had my MBA 2013 for 1 year, but needed to install Win 8.1 in Bootcamp because I was running 2 computers at once to have the best of both worlds. My brain couldn't handle all the switching back and forth when both systems were open at once. For my work, I need to use Windows and

Re: windows 8.1 on a mac

2014-08-02 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Congratulations. This is my solution for the keys that I would need to be efficient in using Windows inbootcamp. When I have a heavy amount of word processing and need to use the JAWS keystrokes, I plug in a full USB Microsoft keyboard. If I need something more portable, I'll plug in an USB

RE: test

2014-08-02 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Got it. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of denise avant Sent: Saturday, August 2, 2014 1:48 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: test Hello, this is just test to see if I can reach the group by

Re: Update Urgent help with BootCamp needed

2014-08-01 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hi Diane, The last thread was correct that you need to bring up bootcamp assistant if you want to remove your copy of Windows off your computer or change the partition back to one single one. When I was going through this tedious process myself, I totally wiped my USB flash card clean and

Re: bootcamp help

2014-08-01 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hi Hank, My suggestion to you is to reopen bootcamp assistant and VO-SPACE on the help button. This will give detail instructions on how to install Windows in bootcamp. I read this document a couple of times and printed it out for my husband who is sighted. I did listen to the podcast too, but

RE: bootcamp help

2014-08-01 Thread Eileen Misrahi
installer is being used the talking installer basic or the mega talking installer? Hank On 8/1/2014 1:11 PM, Eileen Misrahi wrote: Hi Hank, My suggestion to you is to reopen bootcamp assistant and VO-SPACE on the help button. This will give detail instructions on how to install Windows in bootcamp

Re: partitioning hard drive on bootcamp

2014-07-30 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hi, I haven't done this in a while, but here goes. When the bootcamp partition dialog box opens, tab or use VO-RIGHT or left arrow keys to navigate back and forth. There will be a verticle splitter, which you will need to interact with using VO-SHIFT-DOWN arrow. This is the triky part that you

Re: partitioning hard drive on bootcamp

2014-07-30 Thread Eileen Misrahi
2014, at 15:22, Eileen Misrahi eileen.misr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I haven't done this in a while, but here goes. When the bootcamp partition dialog box opens, tab or use VO-RIGHT or left arrow keys to navigate back and forth. There will be a verticle splitter, which you will need

Re: Urgent help with BootCamp needed

2014-07-29 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello, I had all sorts of problems when I installed Win 8 in bootcamp. The solution to my situation was to make the iso image and place it on the desktop. In bootcamp, there should be 3 checkboxes. When all was said and done, Win 8 installed from the external DVD drive where the Win 8 disk was

Re: What's the best way to create fillable forms on the Mac?

2014-07-16 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hi Donna, Are you needing to create a form with edit fields, checkboxes, drop down combo boxes? I haven't tried this yet, but if you have office running on the Windows side and saved it as a DOCX file/template, wouldn't it open in TextEdit or in another processing app on the Mac side and have

Re: jumping to items in Doc

2014-07-13 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello, This maybe slightly off the thread, but when I have things in the doc that have similar spellings, I will choose to go to sotlight and access the app from there. That's what I enjoy about the Mac, there are many ways to get where one wants to go. HTH. Eileen Sent from my iPhone On

RE: New to the Mac, where can I find good tutorials?

2014-07-11 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hi, There is a website called fedoraoutlier.com that offers a Mac Master Series. You can enroll month-to-month or pay for a year subscription that includes 2 extra months. I’m not sure what the current price structure is, as I enrolled during the promotion on this. The link to the Mac

SD Card reader for the MBA

2014-07-10 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello Folks, I attempted to connect an old multi-card reader in both the bootcamp Win 8.1 and Mac OS ML. On the bootcamp side, it seems like it wants to connect because I hear the chimes, but no additional drives are listed in windows Explorer. On the Mac side, this card reader is not

RE: Tandom equivalent for the Mac

2014-07-04 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello, I just want to point out that when you connect to a tandum such as in JAWS, one will know who they are connecting with and the trust of the individual who needs to get access to your computer is not going to perform any malicious trojen or malware. The purpose of a tandum session is

Re: question about Mac book Air

2014-07-02 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello, I have a Mac Air 2013, with 8 GB RAM, an Intel 7, and 512 gb drive. I'm running Win 8.1 in bootcamp. When partitioning the hard drive in bootcamp, it ended up with 94 on the Windows side. Here is a list of items installed to give one an idea of the space used. It includes JAWS 15,

RE: Using BrailleNoe With Mac AirQuestions

2014-06-30 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello, I believe I asked a question about panning with my BrailleNote and my Mac Air a while back, but it has led to other things. I have reviewed the voiceover commands for braille, have looked at all the keystrokes for the BrailleNote and voiceover,, but I haven't been able to figure this

Blind Square and Creating Routes

2014-06-29 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello All, Unless Sendero has recently included that in their Seeing Eye app for the iPhone, the only GPS software that has the function to record a route is the stand-a-lone soffware for the BrailleNote and Braille Sense products. When the Sendero app came out for the phone, this was one

Re: Blind Square - help getting started please

2014-06-27 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hi Eleanor, This is the first chance I have had to open the app. I hope you have read the help info that is documented in the app. There are so many settings that you can select to make the experience of using Blind Square to your liking. To answer yourquestion about using Google Maps, this

RE: Blind Square - help getting started please

2014-06-27 Thread Eileen Misrahi
are limited, sign up here http://blindaccesstraining.com/training-courses/ On Jun 27, 2014, at 11:42 AM, Eileen Misrahi eileen.misr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Eleanor, This is the first chance I have had to open the app. I hope you have read the help info that is documented in the app

RE: Blind Square - help getting started please

2014-06-27 Thread Eileen Misrahi
. Was it supposed to say things when you type? Sent from my iPhone On Jun 27, 2014, at 5:21 PM, Eileen Misrahi eileen.misr...@gmail.com wrote: If my memory serves me, Blind Square around Thanksgiving time one year was $6.99.. I didn’t get it at the time, but do have it now. There are just some apps

RE: motionXgps drive.

2014-06-26 Thread Eileen Misrahi
I'm sure we will get different opinions on different GPS apps. I started a long time ago with Navigon and even when I acquired other GPS apps to try, I always went back to Navigon. I still do have Motion GPS X on my iPhone, but it's out dated and I would have to pay for it again to have the voice

RE: TapTapSee for ipad?

2014-06-25 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Have you tried TapTapSee (without the quotes)? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mark Baxter Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 4:06 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: TapTapSee for ipad? When I go to

RE: Using BrailleNoe With Mac AirQuestions

2014-06-24 Thread Eileen Misrahi
- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jason White Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 12:18 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Using BrailleNoe With Mac AirQuestions Eileen Misrahi eileen.misr...@gmail.com wrote: Also, I have

RE: Using BrailleNoe With Mac AirQuestions

2014-06-24 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello, I just responded to Jason's post on this matter. When you suggested to look at the mapping for the Apex in VO, where would I find this? I would assume in VO utility in braille. Is that correct? When I had either a Text Edit or iText Express document opened, the 2 inner keys on the Apex

RE: Using BrailleNoe With Mac AirQuestions

2014-06-24 Thread Eileen Misrahi
a lady, How to think like a man, And how to work like a dog. --Author Unknown Robert Annie Yanni ke7nwn E-mail- gone.to.da...@gmail.com On 6/24/2014 3:08 PM, Eileen Misrahi wrote: Hello, I just responded to Jason's post on this matter. When you suggested to look at the mapping for the Apex

RE: Using BrailleNoe With Mac AirQuestions

2014-06-24 Thread Eileen Misrahi
: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 3:08 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Using BrailleNoe With Mac AirQuestions Have you tried a reset of both devices? Kd that does not help, a clean install of osx may be needed. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 24, 2014, at 6:01 PM, Eileen Misrahi eileen.misr

RE: Using BrailleNoe With Mac AirQuestions

2014-06-24 Thread Eileen Misrahi
, but I might be thinking of iOS. On Jun 24, 2014, at 6:01 PM, Eileen Misrahi eileen.misr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jason, Earlier today, I reviewed the support documents from Humanware for the Apex using it as a braille display with VO, the getting Started With VO document in the Vo help menu

Using BrailleNoe With Mac AirQuestions

2014-06-23 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello Folks, After several discussions about using braille, I decided to pair my BrailleNote Apex with my MacBook Air 2013. Pairing was no problem. I checked my settings in the voiceover utility to make sure that contracted braille was checked. However, when I opened a DOCX file with iText

Problems With Downloding Maps In Navigon

2014-06-20 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello All, I'm about to pull my hair out on downloading the 2013 maps for Navigon. I have just spent more than 1 hour trying select and get the maps into the map list in Navigon. There must be some trick to the trade with this or I am just about to take it off the phone. The maps in the map

RE: Vulnerability of running Windows on a Mac

2014-06-18 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello, I am using Win 8 in bootcamp and treating this portion of my MBA as though I was running a stand-a-lone Windows machine. That said, I have installed Nod-32 antivirus because of the nature of Windows having the potential of catching a virus. I have been there and done that, so I

Re: question about running Windows on a Mac

2014-06-14 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello, I recently installedWin8 on a MBA that has 8 GB of RAM using an Intel 7 processor in bootcamp. I'm running ML and it's definitely the fastest PC I have ever had. I have solved a couple of issues such as sharing files/folders using One Drive or Dropbox and setting up the default startup

Re: Mac Daily News

2014-06-10 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hi Monitors, It would be nice to have some clarification on this matter. The one that now seems to think it's okay to post from MacDailyationews is the one who complained that this type of spam was cluttering the list. I myself will choose which of these topics interest me or which ones I

RE: Special request to all who are beta testing IOS8 especially on the Mac.

2014-06-06 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hi Gigi, I can commensurate with you. When I was in grad school between 2005-2008, I did the same thing. Unfortunately, when I always attempted to recreate what I had deleted, it never came out the way it did the first time. I was using a PC at the time and all of my problems existed because I

Error Message Attempting To Launch Paprika Recipe Manager

2014-06-05 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello Folks, I thought I would venture in using Paprika again, since I have also installed the ap on my phone. I was looking for a particular recipe and I thought it was in MacGourmet, but I guess it never was uploaded. On the Mac side, I am getting an error message that Paprika can't be open

Re: Error Message Attempting To Launch Paprika Recipe Manager

2014-06-05 Thread Eileen Misrahi
the recipe. I'm almost done with the chocolate chip cookies, so I'll have time to get back in the swing of things. Eileen Sent from my iPhone On Jun 5, 2014, at 3:24 PM, Jim Gatteys jgatt...@gmail.com wrote: Did you give up on Mac Gourmet? jg On Jun 5, 2014, at 3:42 PM, Eileen Misrahi

RE: which lap top

2014-06-03 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hi, Just food for thought. Unless one purchases a 17 inch PC laptop, a numpad is not included in the keyboard layout on the PC side either. (Maybe OT). Hence, I have to use a USB external numpad. Because I have Win8 installed in bootcamp, I have plugged in a full USB keyboard, with a numpad.

Re: Audio description app for IOS

2014-05-31 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello All, It was unfortunate that the company that developed MovieReading went belly up. I was fortunate to have seen Fellamena in the movies. It was such a pleasure to have in-depth audio description and not to have rely on my husband to perform that service. He did a great job, but there

Re: Typing program for blind students

2014-05-27 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Thanks Katie for jogging my memory. I got the first part, but not the last. This app was recommended by another AT trainer here in CA. The app is being used throughout lower and higher education. I'm glad to hear that a Mac version will be released soon. The developer previously was employed

Overheating MBA When Running Windows In Bootcamp

2014-05-16 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello All, I would like to know if others have experience their MBA or Macbook Pro getting warm when running Windows 8 in bootcamp. I'm not sure if thisis just normal because of the Windows side using more resources. I have an external drive and the Pearl camera plugged into the 2USB ports.

Re: Overheating MBA When Running Windows In Bootcamp

2014-05-16 Thread Eileen Misrahi
, your hub would just drop back to USB2 and still work. On May 16, 2014, at 5:13 PM, Eileen Misrahi eileen.misr...@gmail.com wrote: Hello All, I would like to know if others have experience their MBA or Macbook Pro getting warm when running Windows 8 in bootcamp. I'm not sure if thisis just

Re: Which Mac?

2014-05-08 Thread Eileen Misrahi
to install windows without sited help using boot camp. I don’t even have a thumb drive to uuse at the moment, but just saying and perhaps it is a little bit off topic. Matthew On May 7, 2014, at 6:19 PM, Eileen Misrahi eileen.misr...@gmail.com wrote: Okay. I wasn't going to pipe

Re: Which Mac?

2014-05-07 Thread Eileen Misrahi
the same price. On 5/4/14, David Taylor e.david.tay...@icloud.com wrote: Many externals just work, even if they don't say they are compattible, and we are needing such drives less and less often now anyway. On 4 May 2014, at 14:31, Eileen Misrahi eileen.misr...@gmail.com wrote: Hello

Re: Which Mac?

2014-05-04 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello, I will ditto what David said. The way I handle a DVD/CD ROM drive is using an external one. There are plenty out there that shouldn't cost more than $20. The one I have is from my PC netbook days that didn't have an internal DVD drive. Just make sure that the drive is compatible for

Re: Best scanners for text scanning

2014-04-30 Thread Eileen Misrahi
HELLO All, I was intrigued with something that Annie said in her post. I have an Opticbook 3600 scanner, which only has an old beta driver offered on their website. Can you expain what vuescan is and where to find it? I would like to know which Opticbook model you are using with the Mac?

Re: Viewing Recognized Text in Fine Reader?

2014-04-17 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello, I have been following this thread out of interest regarding Fine Reader Pro. I have not yet purchased it, but I believe from all of the current posts and other discussions in the past that this app for the Mac is the most friendly user with voiceover. Would like to suggest a solution

Re: scanning within a vm

2014-04-14 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello, If you are talking about the Optic Book 3600, you'll be out of luck. When I first became a proud owner of my Mac Air last August, I attempted to install the drivers for it, but I had no success. I did contact the company because there were some drivers offer on the support web page, but

Moving A text Doc File Into A Folder

2014-04-13 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello Folks, I am hoping that someone can jog my memory on how to accomplish this tast. I create a new doc and save it to my documents folder on my Mac Air. I want to move this file to a subfolder in my docs folder. This is what I do, but I must be missing a step. 1. Go to my docs folder in

Re: Moving A text Doc File Into A Folder

2014-04-13 Thread Eileen Misrahi
command-option-v. You can expand folders in list mode, but this is only best for browsing purposes. HtH, teresa Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.--Groucho Marx On Apr 13, 2014, at 9:05 AM, Eileen Misrahi eileen.misr...@gmail.com

Re: moving windows favorites to the mac

2014-03-26 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hi Don and all, I guess you can teach an old person new tricks. The reason why I will bring up my favorites through the run dialog box is to clean out unwanted or old favorites in the list before migrating them. I then just do a copy and paste into an external drigve of my choice. I rather

Re: moving windows favorites to the mac

2014-03-25 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello, I know this response may be off topic to this list, but I want to give you a possible solution to move your favorites in IE. This is how I have done it in the past: 1. On the PC, open the run dialog box with the Windows key and the letter R. 2. Type favorites in the edit box and press

Re: iBank for the Mac? Is it accessiblebi

2014-03-24 Thread Eileen Misrahi
that they talked about going back to 2010. So I am hoping for a Mac solution here if possible. Thanks. Les - Original Message - From: Eileen Misrahi eileen.misr...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com CC: Date: Friday, March 21, 2014 11:42 pm Subject: Re: iBank

Re: iBank for the Mac? Is it accessible?bi

2014-03-21 Thread Eileen Misrahi
and let you know. The iPhone version is accessible though. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 21, 2014, at 12:15 AM, Eileen Misrahi eileen.misr...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Folks, I found this in the Mac app store and I was wondering if any one on the list is using it and if it is accessible

iBank for the Mac? Is it accessible?bi

2014-03-20 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello Folks, I found this in the Mac app store and I was wondering if any one on the list is using it and if it is accessible with voiceover? Also, if someone is using it, can you print checks with it like in Quicken? Thanks in advance for your input. Best, Eileen -- You received this

RE: Calendar in iOS

2014-03-12 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hi Jessica, When the calendar app is open, you can press CMD-3 and this will change it to month view. When it states March, 2014 you will need to interact with it with the keystrokes VO-Shift-Down Arrow. The other method is to open the menu with VO-M and then the letter V to open the view menu.

Resolved the calendar problems in Mountain Lion

2014-03-11 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello Jim all, I finally figured out what I was doing wrong. I was using VO-spacebar to open up the Event Details, which was not the correct command to use with this item. I needed to interact with it, which resolved my problem of not being able to access the event details area. Although I

Re: Set default view in Finder?

2014-03-11 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hi Alex, When you are in Finder, press CMD-2 to set the view to list or CMD-3 for column view. These are the only 2 I will use. HTH. Cheers, Eileen On Mar 11, 2014, at 11:36 AM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: Hi all, That MBP I was working on is now running fine, at least as fine as

Wire Headset With Mic On Mac Air Or Other Solutions For Dragon?

2014-03-09 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello There, This is a separate thread, but a follow up to the Dragon question vs. the native dictation features on the mac I have a wired headset with a microphone, which was bundled with Dragon Naturally Speaking for my PC. Since the Mac Air has a single headphone jack that is duel in

Calendar Problems Worsen With Latest Security update For Moutain Lion?

2014-03-09 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello Folks, I am not sure if if I need to report this to accessibility at Apple. I use to be able to input my appointments in the native calendar app in Mountain Lion. I am able to select the date and open the inspector to begin the process of adding an appointment. Here is where I begin to

Dragon Dictate VS Mac built-in Dictation and Speech Navigation

2014-03-08 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello All, Dragon is launching a new dictate software for Mac. There is an introductory price of US $99.99. My question for the list is: With the ability dictate and navigate the Mac via speech, what would be the avantages in investing in Dragon? One feature that caught my attention was the

Re: mail columns all messed up now

2014-03-07 Thread Eileen Misrahi
'Hello, I had the same question when I went for a training at Apple a few months ago. They explained it that if a message hasn't been read, it would say image in the status field. This is exactly what I find in the native mail app on my Air. If I arrow down and have the VO cursor read it

RE: Talking goggles

2014-03-03 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello, I just used the app a few minutes ago. For the most part, I will turn on the camera flash in the app located in the upper left corner. The default will say something like this “Flash” I will double-tap it and VO announces “Flash It,” and then I double tap it again to make sure the

Re: taptapsee. For what?

2014-03-02 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello All, I'll start with TapTapSee first. As others have said, one needs to be a good picture taker to use the app well without wasting the picture count. I have used TapTapSee to recognize T-shirts with writing or a motif on it. After it has been recognized, I use the Looktel Recognizer

RE: An explanation of interaction required

2014-02-28 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hi April, I am only 6 months out of having purchased my Mac Air. I am not sure if I made the suggestion to your original thread about the web site called macfortheblind.com. I know you are probably using Mavericks, but the 3 part series on the finder was extremely helpful to me in getting

Re: The age old question of which braille display to get

2014-02-26 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hi Amy, The only other thing I may add is the feel of the braille cells under your fingers. All braille displays have a disstinct feel to them. I have not investted in a dedicated braille display because I have a Braille Note 32, which meets my needs as a braille display. With JAWS 15 (latest

Re: + ATTENTION: Immediately install patch for iPhones, iPads and iPod Touch devices. )

2014-02-24 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hi Jim, I'm affraid yes. I just tested both my Mac Air running ML and it's not infected, but my iPhone is. The phone is running 6.1.2. Right now, I am debating to jailbreak or just do the update to iOS 7 to be secure. HTH. Eileen Sent from my iPhone On Feb 24, 2014, at 3:35 PM, Jim Gatteys

Re: Windows 7 64 bit won't recognize Enabling Phoenix Embosser on my Mac

2014-02-20 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello, I'm in the process of setting up bootcamp with Win 8. I have a Juliette Pro 60, which I needed to use a Serial to USB adaptor on my Dell laptop. I am just wondering if you are using an adaptor to connect the embosser to the Mac. I needed to set up a new printer as gerneric on my PC.

Re: OT: Is anyone having difficulty signing into bookshare?

2014-02-20 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello, I just used Safari and logged into Bookshare with my user email and password. It took 2 attempts, but it did work on the second time. I am using a MBA 2013 edition with the OS of Mountain Lion. I only give you my specs to see if there is a difference in what you are using with your

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