Howdy partner, and welcome to the Silver Dollar Saloon!
Draconis Entertainment revisits the popular saloon of the old west featured in
many of its audio games for the blind and visually impaired with a new mini
title for Mac OS X! (Coming later to Windows PC's.)
Primarily intended for the
Last week, Stacey reported a problem running ChangeReaction 2.0.2 on her Snow
Leopard machine. With her help, and the help of one of our beta testers, we
managed to track down the problem, and an update which address this problem and
another is now available in the Mac App Store.
/2012 23:53, Josh de Lioncourt wrote:
Hi all,
We have an update pending review for ChangeReaction, so as soon as Apple
approves it, it will be available.
With Stacey's help, as well as the help of one of our beta testers, we were
able to find the problem that occurs on some older Macs
Hi all,
We have an update pending review for ChangeReaction, so as soon as Apple
approves it, it will be available.
With Stacey's help, as well as the help of one of our beta testers, we were
able to find the problem that occurs on some older Macs running Snow Leopard,
and it is fixed now,
The alert letting you know that this is an audio game, etc, only appears the
first time you launch the game.
it is possible that VoiceOver did not correctly put focus on the initial dialog
box. If this is the case, one of the following may fix the problem for you:
• Command-tab into the
Stacey,
If you continue to have problems, you may wish to delete the app and
re-download it from the App Store. Perhaps your download was corrupted.
Before doing that, however, we do recommend trying the solutions outlined in my
previous email.
The game does not download any extra
-contained in a 5MB
download. The audio must be incredibly, incredibly horrible if that's the
case.
Just my 2 cents.
-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Josh de Lioncourt
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 11:47
...@bellsouth.net wrote:
Josh,
I've tried redownloading the game and it still won't open.
Will it run on SnowLeopard?
On Dec 12, 2012, at 12:01 PM, Josh de Lioncourt wrote:
The audio is at least on par with all of our old games. Technology has come
a long way int he last ten years
, contact me off list and we will work with you to
find the problem.
On Dec 12, 2012, at 1:36 PM, Stacey Robinson stacey...@bellsouth.net wrote:
Josh,
I don't know if my machine is 64 bit. How do I find out?
On Dec 12, 2012, at 12:31 PM, Josh de Lioncourt wrote:
Hi Stacey,
The game should
.
If you do have a 64 bit Mac, contact me off list and we will work with you
to find the problem.
On Dec 12, 2012, at 1:36 PM, Stacey Robinson stacey...@bellsouth.net wrote:
Josh,
I don't know if my machine is 64 bit. How do I find out?
On Dec 12, 2012, at 12:31 PM, Josh de Lioncourt wrote:
Hi
older Macs running Snow Leopard, and are
in the process of preparing an update to submit to Apple.
On Dec 12, 2012, at 3:06 PM, Les Kriegler kriegle...@gmail.com wrote:
Okay, I have a 2.8 GHZ Intel Core i7 processor. Is that 64 Bit? Thanks.
Les
On Dec 12, 2012, at 2:01 PM, Josh de Lioncourt
Draconess intertainment for
blind in the Mac app store
Okay, I have a 2.8 GHZ Intel Core i7 processor. Is that 64 Bit? Thanks.
Les
On Dec 12, 2012, at 2:01 PM, Josh de Lioncourt overl...@lioncourt.com
wrote:
To check if your Mac is 64 bit:
Go to Apple menu-About this Mac
Hi Sarah,
We reported on this on Maccessibility a couple of weeks ago. There no longer
appears to be any way of setting up DropBox on the Mac, as they've made the
application entirely inaccessible.
I'm still trying to find a way to get back into my DropBox via the Mac.
On Feb 21, 2011, at
I agree with Dane. I recently started using Abby FineReader, and have found it
to be an excellent solution on the Mac. It's not tailored to the visually
impaired specifically, but it does work quite well. The US retail price of Abby
FineReader is $99, and there is a trial available from their
On Feb 16, 2011, at 11:52 AM, Michael Thurman wrote:
just post t he text if you want to post stuff here these stes are
rediculous anywayif you can't copy and paste the text into the E mail why
bother these sites take forever and are almost universally porly written
1. These messages
Answers inline.
On Feb 13, 2011, at 7:52 PM, Alex Hall wrote:
1. What is with this interact command, or whatever it is called?
What is it and when is it used?
Interacting allows you to manipulate a particular control, without being forced
to view all of its content at once. For instance,
The iPad is actually much more than either of those concepts.
It's a productivity tool, a media consumption device, and several other things.
Really, the beauty of the iPad is that it is whatever you, personally, need it
to be. Several reviewers are calling it a blank slate, and that's very
I've updated iTunes here and am not experiencing this whatsoever, so I do not
believe this is an access issue specifically, or at least not solely an access
issue. iTunes is running very well for me at this point. Here are a few things
to try:
1. Cycle VOiceOver off then on again.
2. Try
Hi Scott and all,
I updated iTunes today with absolutely no problems whatsoever. Everything is
working perfectly.
I'm very perplexed what could be causing these problems for some users.
In the past, repair permissions has usually fixed iTunes oddities with
VoiceOver.
I wonder if there's a
Hank,
There is no demo of MacSpeech Dictate. It's an unfortunate decision by the
company. You're stuck buying it sight unseen, so to speak.
On Nov 5, 2009, at 2:07 PM, hank smith wrote:
can I get a copy of it or a url to get it?
--~--~-~--~~~---~--~~
You
Hi all,
Thank you all for the kind words and support.
To answer Chris, yes, there is a donation link on the site. It's only been used
twice in all the 2 plus years I've been running the site though.
We'll continue to offer the best resource we possibly can. Thanks to all who
have contributed
I'm sorry you feel that way. I would appreciate it if you would not
mis-represent what we're doing.
If you had actually read previous messages, we were mainly discussing the
problem that some folks, in some parts of the world, or with some wireless
carriers in the US and elsewhere, have to
iPhone discussion has always been welcome here. :) The other list is
more strictly focused on the iPhone, but we would have to also ban
iPod, Airport Express/Extreme, and all sorts of other things from this
list if we banned iPhone discussion. After all, the iPhone is used in
conjunction
Will,
QuickNav is one of my favorite features of Snow Leopard. I discuss
this in my review on Lioncourt.com, but essentially, Left/Right arrows
toggle QuickNav on and off. Down-Right interacts. Down-Left stops
interacting. Up-Down clicks an item, same as VO-Space.
HTH.
On Aug 28, 2009,
you
can't go to the doc with this feature etc etc? so you would still need
to use the VO keys to accomplish tasks like links lists, etc
On 28 Aug 2009, at 16:27, Josh de Lioncourt wrote:
Will,
QuickNav is one of my favorite features of Snow Leopard. I discuss
this in my review
Outside of Alex and Vickie, all the other voices take up so little
space that it is negligible.
If you're looking to save a significant amount of space, I recommend
eliminating some of the localizations that you won't be using. For
example, if you don't speak Japanese, don't install the
Hi Ana,
I use WordPress on most of my sites and have never run into this
issue. Can you provide a link to your site, or send it to me off list,
and I'll look at the page and see if I can figure out what the problem
is? :)
On Aug 25, 2009, at 10:09 AM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote:
Hi,
I
:04 PM, Josh de Lioncourt wrote:
Hi Ana,
I use WordPress on most of my sites and have never run into this
issue. Can you provide a link to your site, or send it to me off
list,
and I'll look at the page and see if I can figure out what the
problem
is? :)
On Aug 25, 2009, at 10:09 AM
My guess, based on the Leopard install, is that regardless, you should
be able to have a fresh install if you choose. It'll just archive your
old Leopard installation and let you start fresh. You can then delete
the archived OS if you wish. I do not know this for certain, it is
only a
This would definitely be a bad idea.
Personally, I have never, and would never, put Braille labels on CD's/
DVD's. I didn't realize anyone did this. There is so much potential
for problems by doing this that it seems too risky to me. :)
I either put labels on the cases that the discs are
We’ve just added a new entry to our collection of guides for blind and
visually impaired Mac users. In TheInsertion Point and VoiceOver, we
provide an explanation and example for new VoiceOver users coming from
Windows on the difference between the way in which Windows screen
readers and
I can't check this at the moment, but virtually every application puts
a back button in the upper left corner of the screen, usually labeled
with the name of the previous screen. If I am remembering correctly,
the YouTube app should do this as well.
HTH.
On Aug 18, 2009, at 3:44 AM,
. If you find the Mac-
cessibility Network a valuable resource, please consider making a
contribution.
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, and compatibility releases like 10.5.8.
Apple still releases security patches for Tiger from time to time,
including one today.
Josh de Lioncourt
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Mac-cessibility: http://www.Lioncourt.com
using any other phone that way. :)
Josh de Lioncourt
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On Jul
to. That being said, there are some concepts in Amadeus
that I like better, and also some from Sound Forge that I miss. My
opinion may change as I become more familiar with Amadeus, however.
Josh de Lioncourt
…my other mail provider is an owl…
Twitter: http://twitter.com/Lioncourt
Yes, Amadeus Pro is a multi-track editor. :) As I said, I'm still
learning how to use it.
Josh de Lioncourt
…my other mail provider is an owl…
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Music: http://stage19music.com
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In episode #4 of the Mac-cessibility Round Table Podcast, knights
Darcy Burnard, Holly Anderson, Cara Quinn, and Josh de Lioncourt
discuss our impressions of the iPhone 3GS after a few weeks, how
VoiceOver for the iPhone has been accepted by the visually impaired
community, third-party
Actually, I recommend the UNarchiver. It is listed on BookShare's site
in the Tools section, but here's the direct link:
http://wakaba.c3.cx/s/apps/unarchiver.html
Josh de Lioncourt
…my other mail provider is an owl…
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they are
talking about before making blanket statements. The NFB/AFB, and
others, have been perpetuating false info about the Mac platform, and
I'd hate to see the Mac community start doing it about the iPhone or
anything else. :)
Josh de Lioncourt
…my other mail provider is an owl…
Twitter
to be easier.
As you become comfortable with the touch screen, you'll find that the
additional size actually slows you down, as you have more realestate
to cover to get from key to key. The smaller portrait keyboard is what
I've managed to become very proficient on, ultimately.
Josh de
In the Settings app on the iPhone, choose General, Accessibility, and
you can turn off the speaking of auto text. I've done this, as you can
review the choices for auto texts without having them spoken
automatically, which become tedious after a while.
Josh de Lioncourt
…my other
. There are a lot of us using it.
Josh de Lioncourt
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GoodReads: http://goodreads.com/Lioncourt
On Jul 18
Contacts
Phone
Safari
AppStore
Clock
Of course, I'm using dozens that don't come with the phone, which I
obtained from the AppStore. :)
Josh de Lioncourt
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of how anyone feels about other
aspects, the decision is an understandable and logical one. I do
understand the arguments against it as well, but the picture is not as
black as Palm wants to portray it.
Josh de Lioncourt
…my other mail provider is an owl…
Twitter: http://twitter.com
VoiceOver supports assigning Braille display keys to Voiceover
commands. Also, you do not need to hands to necessarily perform
VoiceOver functions, as there is a Control-Option lock which causes
the system to interpret all commands as if they are VO ones.
HTH.
Josh de Lioncourt
typed. It is actually much nicer than a traditional find
command, as you are describing, and a whole lot more powerful. :)
HTH.
Josh de Lioncourt
…my other mail provider is an owl…
Twitter: http://twitter.com/Lioncourt
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To make this more clear…
Item Chooser only searches the viewable area outside of Safari. It
works with the entire web page contents within Safari. That's the
difference. :)
Josh de Lioncourt
…my other mail provider is an owl…
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has some limitations.
If you do not know what these words mean, or have no use for these
services, it will not impact you, and you can assume that you will be
able to multi-task just fine. :)
Josh de Lioncourt
…my other mail provider is an owl…
Twitter: http://twitter.com/Lioncourt
Simon,
VoiceOver on the iPhone gives full access to the device. In fact, it
gives far more access than any third-party mobile screen reader I've
ever used. What give syou the impression that it does not?
Josh de Lioncourt
…my other mail provider is an owl…
Twitter: http
Hi Scott,
See my comments inline. :)
On Jul 14, 2009, at 11:38 AM, Scott Bresnahan wrote:
I love the iPhone, but I have to disagree. I
think both points have some merit. The iPhone is
not for everyone..
Nor will you ever hear me sayt that any one device is for everyone. :)
1.
, for a huge numbe rof users, and that
by arguing things like this multi-tasking situation, you're confusing
folks like Will Lomas who would be just fine with an iPhone, but think
they won't because of complaints about SSH and IRC.
Hope that makes more sense. :)
Josh de Lioncourt
…my
, and difficult to navigate is just silly. :) The ever
growing number of VI iPhone users will tell you the same. Sure, it
takes time to be comfortable. Once you are, it's fantastic. :)
Josh de Lioncourt
…my other mail provider is an owl…
Twitter: http://twitter.com/Lioncourt
Music: http
Beneath the iTunes Store HTML area, you will find the Songs table. You
can select the song you want to buy by interacting with the songs
table and navigating to it. Then do VO-Shift-M and select the buy
option. :)
HTH.
On Jul 12, 2009, at 9:13 AM, Kamal Haffar wrote:
Hi all:
I
I've never felt a desire to seek out alternatives, as Apple Mail does
everything I need it to. What features are you findingt hat you need
that Mail does not provide? :)
Josh de Lioncourt
…my other mail provider is an owl…
Twitter: http://twitter.com/Lioncourt
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together on the page.
A paragraph, complete with all its inline links, for instance, would
be a single group.
Josh de Lioncourt
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in their Mac products than in their Windows one. It's
quite ridiculous.
Josh de Lioncourt
…my other mail provider is an owl…
Twitter: http://twitter.com/Lioncourt
Music: http://stage19music.com
Mac-cessibility: http://www.Lioncourt.com
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work reasonably well. As I stated
previously, there are lots of options depending on what you need and
your personal taste.
Josh de Lioncourt
…my other mail provider is an owl…
Twitter: http://twitter.com/Lioncourt
Music: http://stage19music.com
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There are apps for these and more listed at the below link. I
personally recommend Fring, Tweetaro, and FaceBook for instant
messaging, Twitter, and FAceBook respectively.
http://www.lioncourt.com/voiceover-compatible-iphone-applications/
On Jul 10, 2009, at 11:22 AM, Jed Barton wrote:
The VoiceOver volume is separate from the phone's volume. It can be
turned up very loud, but there is a trick to it. You need to turn up
the volume while VO is speaking.
Unless you are calling a lot of numbers that are not in your contacts,
I've found that I rarely use the keypad, but
No one has the right to break the law. We will all know what to
expect in Snow Leopard when all the information is made public. Being
blind is also not an excuse for breaking the law. This is just a
matter of breaking NDA contracts because of a few people's impatience.
No one is making
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On 3-Jul-09, at 8:19 PM, Josh de Lioncourt wrote:
Back translating is really the best way to go. I mean, if you're
reading with a braille display, TextEdit or any other text editing
program
that copyright stuff so I guess you deal with things as they are.
: smile :
Am I kind of right? Or have I missed the mark altogether?
Best regards
Jenny
On 7/4/09, Josh de Lioncourt overl...@lioncourt.com wrote:
With the advent of grade 2 translation in screen readers for English
I really don't recommend using the FTP terminal app unless you have
experience working with command line apps. If you don't, it is likely
to be a confusing and difficult process.
Transmit from Panic.com is my FTP client of choice. It is not free,
however. :)
On Jul 4, 2009, at 11:46 AM,
Transmit is not free. That is it's only real drawback. The FTP command
line option in Terminal is included as part of the system, but will
doubtless prove difficult for less advanced users. While I could use
the FTP option in Terminal, I find it too clunky for m y own personal
taste, so
Yes, the gestures all work as described. It's a fantastic device. I
recommend checking out the VIPhone list at the below URL for
discussion on the iPhone by VoieOver users.
http://googlegroups.com/group/viphone
On Jul 4, 2009, at 8:45 PM, Bill Sprenger wrote:
Eliza, Bill here. Sometime
Back translating is really the best way to go. I mean, if you're
reading with a braille display, TextEdit or any other text editing
program should do the trick for you. If you want the TTS to read it,
then what you're looking for is an app to do back translation on the
fly. Either way,
Cara Quinn is also the moderator for VI Phone. She is traveling this
week with limited Internet access. Hang in there and I'm sure she will
approve you all as soon as she has access to do so. :)
On Jul 2, 2009, at 7:29 AM, John Denning wrote:
I used the ggroup site to request being added
Snow Leopard isn't out yet, so they aren't offering support for it at
this time. There is no way they will not provide support for the final
release of SL, I'm sure. No need for panic, or even mild anxiety. :)
On Jul 1, 2009, at 3:09 PM, Simon Cavendish wrote:
Hello Listers,
I have
I believe that you just need to wait for the moderator to aprove you
request now. You can shoot her off an email to caraqu...@caraquinn.com
She had to put the list into moderation, as a spam bot started posting
to it, and as she's gone for a few days, it may take some time to
aprove your
You can subscribe via this link to the GoogleGroups group:
http://googlegroups.com/group/viphone
HTH
On Jun 28, 2009, at 6:14 AM, Robert Carter wrote:
Hi,
I just got back from Europe and missed the information on
subscribing to the new iPhone and Voice Over email list. Could
The Mac-cessibility Round Table Podcast brings you a discussion of the
new iPhone 3GS and Voiceover. We had hoped to get this episode out
sooner, but due to a large number of technical issues, it was delayed.
HOwever, it is here now. Enjoy!
Special Edition Episode #2 -- More Than Meets the
Ah yes, you're talking DOS 3.3, but by the mid '80's the Apple 2's had
ProDOS, which was lightyears better, and included directories, copy
commands, and more. Excellent times.
I still have my Apple iiGS, and it still works pretty well.
On Jun 18, 2009, at 12:34 PM, Chris Blouch wrote:
The
One thing to keep in mind, though, is that most people only need or
want a couple of those devices to carry around with them. I think the
iPhone will definitely serve as a replacement for many devices for a
large number of users. Like anything else, it will depend on the needs
of the
it is updated.
Josh de Lioncourt
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clients we can use until it gets updated? Is twitterific
pretty intuitive like syrinx? Thanks,
Mike
On Jun 13, 2009, at 9:23 AM, Josh de Lioncourt wrote:
On Jun 13, 2009, at 7:18 AM, Mike Reiser wrote:
I've used syrinx just fine here, using 2.1 or whatever the version
is.
Mike
is
accessible with VoiceOver. Other applications from third-party
developers is unknown at this time.
Just wanted to clarify.
Josh de Lioncourt
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through the summer of 2011. No one knows with absolute
certainty.
Josh de Lioncourt
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GoodReads
and such anytime soon. Hope it works
well in the real world.
I would bet cold hard cash that a similarly equiped iPod Touch with
VoiceOver will be available in September, when Apple traditionally
refreshes the iPod line, including the Touch.
Josh de Lioncourt
…my other mail provider is an owl
. The voice is similar to Victoria, though I'm not sure
it is quite the same. It appears to be the same voice used for English
on the iPod Shuffle 3G for Windows and Tiger systems.
Josh de Lioncourt
…my other mail provider is an owl…
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, if not nearly exactly the
same, level of access on the iPhone as we see on the Mac, and I expect
that to come much more quickly on the iPhone.
Josh de Lioncourt
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I'm still kind of in shock. This is beyond fantastic news. I'll have
to get me an iPhone as soon as I possibly can. This is just tremendous.
The description of how it works sounds very inuitive. I absoltuely
cannot wait.
Josh de Lioncourt
…my other mail provider is an owl
Justin,
I even mention outSpoken in my message you are replying too, so I have
no clue what you're getting at. :) *Most* are coming from Windows,
because for 5 years or so, there was no screen reader for OS X. I
think that's a very fair statement. :)
Josh de Lioncourt
…my other
and on
always fixes that.
Josh de Lioncourt
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On Jun 6, 2009, at 11
I'd be happy to reminisce about the old Apple 2 and early outSpoken
days. :) My II GS is in storage, so can't do any demos for a few
months, but would be happy to talk about it. I loved those machines. I
used the Apple 2E, 2C, 2C+, and 2GS.
Josh de Lioncourt
…my other mail provider
news sites. I see not a one.
Josh de Lioncourt
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On May 24
subscriptions. Simply bring up
the context menu on Podcasts in the Sources table and export them,
then you can load them back in on any computer.
Besides, disabling your iTunes Store account will not disable iTune
itself. Your podcasts are fine...or would have been. :)
Josh de Lioncourt
…my
that I've
ever encountered. This is, if memory serves, in the Settings-Writing
section of the WordPress admin area, but don't take that as
necessarily gospel. :)
HTH.
Josh de Lioncourt
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off for someone looking to design and manage their own site.
Josh de Lioncourt
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This week, we have a newcomer to the show. Eric Troup joins Holly
Anderson, Darcy Burnard, Cara Quinn, and Josh de Lioncourt to discuss
accessibility of third-party Mac products, Front Row, iTunes, hardware
and software recommendations, and much more. Subscribe via iTunes or
visit
http
The Mac-cessibility Podcast has been reborn as a round table-style
discussion show covering all things Apple accessibility. This month
our panelists are Holly Anderson, Darcy Bernard, Josh de lioncourt,
Cara Quinn, and Steve Sawczyn, and covers a wide variety of recent Mac-
cessibility
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