Re: any thoughts on Mac OS Sierra?

2016-06-18 Thread Kevin Chao
THe object recognition result in great accessibility labels (photo descriptiosn for VoiceOver) On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 2:57 PM Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: > The features I’ve listed, plus all of the preview features announced by > Apple on their own preview site including the powerful new object

Re: any thoughts on Mac OS Sierra?

2016-06-18 Thread Kevin Chao
+1 to Siri being great when it comes to wolfram alpha, but outside this...It has room for improvement for more AI On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 1:45 PM Scott Granados wrote: > Siri is also great at finding out what aircraft are flying over head, > doing complex math calculations and all sorts of wolfra

Re: any thoughts on Mac OS Sierra?

2016-06-18 Thread Kevin Chao
On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 10:33 AM Ray Foret jr wrote: > Folks, looks like we will be getting Siri when Mac OS Sierra comes out Yes, Siri on Sierra is great. I was surprised to find that "Hey Siri" is not available and that it's required to opt-in to FN+SPACEBAR keyboard shortcut. > this Fall.

Re: Using Aria on the web

2016-05-16 Thread Kevin Chao
These keyboard shortcuts are done in JavaScript and will work without a screen reader too. They work with VoiceOver if quick nav is off. There's a new aria-key attribute in ARIA 1.1 On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 6:39 PM Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: > No, aria is more redefining certain HTML to look like oth

Re: Slack on iOS and Watch OS

2016-05-07 Thread Kevin Chao
on using slap with any environment? > > Best wishes, > > Jonathan > > > > On 5 May 2016, at 20:14, Kevin Chao wrote: > > I've used Slack on Watch and iOS? > Watch is allows reading mentions and messages with VoiceOver > On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 4:48 AM Jenine S

Re: Slack on iOS and Watch OS

2016-05-05 Thread Kevin Chao
I've used Slack on Watch and iOS? Watch is allows reading mentions and messages with VoiceOver On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 4:48 AM Jenine Stanley wrote: > Is anyone successfully using Slack on iOS or Watch OS? I’m particularly > interested in Watch OS as I’ve seen the VO focus issues on iOS. Would lov

Re: setting up a Gmail account with Outlook 2016 for Mac

2016-04-23 Thread Kevin Chao
Curious, whow well does Mac Outlook 2016 work with VoiceOver? Are the critical user journeys all really accessible/usable? On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 4:13 AM Jenine Stanley wrote: > Thanks, got it and all is working fine now. > > Jenine Stanley > dragonwalke...@gmail.com > > > > On Apr 22, 2016, at

Re: Reading Alert Dialogs on the Mac

2016-04-23 Thread Kevin Chao
When an Alert dialog is displayed like this, VO-Shift-DOwn Arrow to interact > VO-Right arrow to traverse the elements > VO-Spacebar to activate button. I made a short-audio demo of deleting a Gmail label: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bwr83d0TyR2fZW1OSURoSTJ5UjQ/view?usp=sharing On Fri, Apr 22

Re: Accessibility in Inbox by Gmail - Inbox by Gmail Help

2016-04-18 Thread Kevin Chao
I made a walkthrough of iOS Inbox by Gmail app with VoiceOver: https://www.dropbox.com/s/vr16vu8ivbg5ho3/Walkthrough%20of%20iOS%20Inbox%20with%20VoiceOver.m4a?dl=0 On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 10:15 AM Kevin Chao wrote: > On the Amtrak item, use period shortcut to move it to Trips bundle. It

Re: Accessibility in Inbox by Gmail - Inbox by Gmail Help

2016-04-17 Thread Kevin Chao
s, though I think we still need to > see a few updates before it will be as efficient as a Native client. > > Has anybody tried the IOS version? > > Best wishes, > > Jonathan Cohn > > > > On 6 Apr 2016, at 21:01, Kevin Chao wrote: > > > https://suppor

10 Super Efficient Ways Inbox by Gmail Saves You Time

2016-04-16 Thread Kevin Chao
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-super-efficient-ways-inbox-gmail-saves-time/ 10 Super Efficient Ways Inbox by Gmail Saves You Time Gmail is good as ever, but could Inbox by Gmail be the better choice for you? Inbox by Gmail is Google’s most recent approach to email organization and management.

Re: Reading PDF image files

2016-04-09 Thread Kevin Chao
gt; > On 09 Apr 2016, at 18:55, Kevin Chao wrote: > > drive.google.com can take an image PDF and OCR it to just about any > format. > > On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 8:58 AM Helga Schreiber < > helga.schreibe...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Roland. This is Helga! How are

Re: Reading PDF image files

2016-04-09 Thread Kevin Chao
drive.google.com can take an image PDF and OCR it to just about any format. On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 8:58 AM Helga Schreiber wrote: > Hi Roland. This is Helga! How are you? YOU said that the app is call PdF > Sandwich? I'm just wondering! If so, how do I use that app in ordr to > convert image fil

Re: Signing into chrome.

2016-04-07 Thread Kevin Chao
, update back to the newest version. I > just did this the other day since I couldn’t figure out the sign in > process either. > I hope this helps, > Jeffrey > > On Apr 7, 2016, at 9:51 AM, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > Good for you then. > I stick with safari m

Re: Request for Tips on Using Screen Sharing

2016-04-07 Thread Kevin Chao
hangouts.google.com has screen sharing and VoiceOVEr is transmitted, which is great for demos. On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 6:41 PM Seyoon Choi wrote: > It’s pretty much doing what FaceTime does when you get on a call on your > mac. It isolates any other audio to optimize audio quality when using > sc

Re: Signing into chrome.

2016-04-06 Thread Kevin Chao
On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 10:19 AM Anders Holmberg wrote: > Hi! > One thing that doesn’t work with voiceover on google chrome is to sign > into chrome. > Chrome Menu > Sign-in Tab to email address > type email/password/2FA code > ENTER > If i open the settings and try to sign in the only thing i ge

Re: Page not working properly in chrome.

2016-04-06 Thread Kevin Chao
On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 2:51 PM Anders Holmberg wrote: > Hi! > Ok, youtube seems to have issues in chrome. > Which Mac OS X and Chrome version?Works for me with OS X 10.9.5 and 10.11.4 with Chrome Stable V49 and Canary V51 > Try the following: > Do a search for something Turned off quick-nav wit

Accessibility in Inbox by Gmail - Inbox by Gmail Help

2016-04-06 Thread Kevin Chao
https://support.google.com/inbox/answer/6083800 Computer accessibility Inbox is compatible with the following screen readers: Operating systemScreen reader Browser Chrome OS ChromeVox Chrome Microsoft Windows NVDAFirefox Mac OS X Yosemite VoiceOver Saf

Re: Safari Annoyance in Latest Build

2016-04-04 Thread Kevin Chao
On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 6:24 PM Michael Marshall wrote: > try navigating to a heading with quicknav in crome, > Which Mac OS X and Chrome version? quick-nav, web rotor, web spots, and heading nav works here for me with Chrome+VoiceOver. > you can't move once you get to it. > the only way you can

Re: Safari Annoyance in Latest Build

2016-04-04 Thread Kevin Chao
On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 9:48 AM Seyoon Choi wrote: > I switch back and forth between Chrome and Safari simply because I need to > use Google Chrome for using any Google apps, drive, docs. These apps seem > to work a lot better on Chrome. But the only thing that Chrome is not > accessible with is w

Re: Safari Annoyance in Latest Build

2016-04-04 Thread Kevin Chao
On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 9:46 AM John Panarese wrote: >I’ve found that VoiceOver functionality in Safari does not work > consistently in Chrome. Sometimes, it works as expected, but other times, > it simply doesn’t. > Do you have specific examples? It'd be great to see if this has been fixed i

Re: Safari Annoyance in Latest Build

2016-04-04 Thread Kevin Chao
On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 8:21 AM Brian Fischler wrote: > Hi Kevin, > > Thanks for your input about chrome. My only hesitation to using chrome is > the site that I go to daily works fantastic with my personal web spots, and > I do not think you can create web spots in chrome. I use auto and persona

Re: Safari Annoyance in Latest Build

2016-04-04 Thread Kevin Chao
On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 6:21 AM Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: > Well, to be fair, ChromeVox would be a better extension if it could > actually announce the chrome in Chrome. It's built using web technology (HTML5/JavaScript) and content scripts are injected to each page, so this was done by design.

Re: Brows mode equivalent for VO

2016-04-03 Thread Kevin Chao
QUick-nav can be toggled by pressing left+right arrow keys together. This will then allow single-letter-nav (e.g. H for heading, b for button, etc.), right/left arrow to go to next/prev element, right+up or down+left to cycle through web rotor, and up/down to move to next/prev item in web rotor, up

Re: Safari Annoyance in Latest Build

2016-04-03 Thread Kevin Chao
gkifjfgnbaaldcehkpajlmbc?hl=en > /A > > On 03 Apr 2016, at 22:16, Kevin Chao wrote: > > > > On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 1:11 PM Anders Holmberg > wrote: > >> Hi! >> Exept from that its stuck after each list view >> > Hmmm...Is there a site or example of w

Re: Safari Annoyance in Latest Build

2016-04-03 Thread Kevin Chao
e version? Hope we could file a bug for this after there is enough info. > /A > > On 02 Apr 2016, at 23:46, Kevin Chao wrote: > > I've been using Chrome and it works great. > > On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 11:19 AM Brian Fischler > wrote: > >> I am still runnin

Re: Safari Annoyance in Latest Build

2016-04-03 Thread Kevin Chao
remove ChromeVox from chrome://extensions? > and yeah, Chrome is unusable. > Many others, including myself use it all of the time, including right now to respond to this message. > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Apr 2, 2016, at 4:46 PM, Kevin Chao wrote: > > I've b

Re: ML & updating Safari?

2016-04-03 Thread Kevin Chao
As another member suggested, Chrome should work. It works really well with VoiceOver! On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 9:53 PM Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: > Or Mavericks. That wasn’t too bad, either, although it was definitely the > early beginnings of the storm. This was the release were iBooks wasn’t

Re: Safari Annoyance in Latest Build

2016-04-02 Thread Kevin Chao
I've been using Chrome and it works great. On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 11:19 AM Brian Fischler wrote: > I am still running Yosemite and running the latest build of safari and > wanted to see if anyone else noticed this. I use a website every day where > I will get a pop up to perform another action.

Re: Refreshing Google Drive

2016-04-02 Thread Kevin Chao
Have you tried freeing-up storage on drive.google.com? On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 3:49 PM Vaughn Brown wrote: > Hello folks, > > I am trying to refresh my Google Drive. It came up with an error message > stating that I am out of storage. Even when I deleted the folders > containing the files, it sti

Re: comparing: Openbook vs K1000

2016-03-30 Thread Kevin Chao
Do either of these run on Mac or iOS? On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 6:33 AM Jessica Moss wrote: > Just out of curiousity, how much is the pearl compared to the zoom Ex? I > have a zoom Ex, and love it, so if you can afford that, or can have DBS > invest in it, that could be an option. > > On Mar 30, 2

Re: Anyone else disappointed with the "big" apple event

2016-03-26 Thread Kevin Chao
With the intro of another iPad Pro and re-intro of 4" iPhone SE. This was in addition to the other hardware SKUs that seem to be added with each hardware intro event. This is almost dé·jà vu of when Pepsi CEO had every pro/consumer hardware SKUs under the planet that utterly confused and overhwelm

Re: Facebook app question

2016-03-26 Thread Kevin Chao
Related thread on eyes-free: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/eyes-free/WUVsursEIOo On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 8:33 PM Mary Otten wrote: > I'm cross posting in case there are people on the Mac list to use iPads > but not iPhone. I often run across items in my Facebook feed which say that > p

Re: Accessibility of iWork for iCloud?

2016-03-26 Thread Kevin Chao
PM Kevin Chao wrote: > Hi, > Has anyone tried iWork for iCloud? If so, are there tips/suggestions on > VoiceOver interacting with KeyNote? > I was trying to review some slides, but only accessible way I found was to > print to PDF then read in Preview...The UI to even accompli

Accessibility of iWork for iCloud?

2016-03-26 Thread Kevin Chao
Hi, Has anyone tried iWork for iCloud? If so, are there tips/suggestions on VoiceOver interacting with KeyNote? I was trying to review some slides, but only accessible way I found was to print to PDF then read in Preview...The UI to even accomplish this was not very intuitive. Hope I am missing so

Re: Anyone install OS X 10.11.4?

2016-03-23 Thread Kevin Chao
comcast.net> > >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > >> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 5:58 AM > >> Subject: Re: Anyone install OS X 10.11.4? > >> They have pushed out a new update to Alex in this version. I am > gues

Re: the 4-finger swipe

2016-03-22 Thread Kevin Chao
4-finger swipe-left or right will go to next/previous app in that direction. On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 9:11 PM Jed Barton wrote: > so do you swipe up or down, left or right? > > On 3/22/2016 3:28 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > > I just tried before finger gesture for the first time when in mail. It > fl

Re: Anyone install OS X 10.11.4?

2016-03-22 Thread Kevin Chao
lind > built-in > > Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray > Still a very happy Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user! > > On Mar 21, 2016, at 10:50 PM, Kevin Chao wrote: > > > http://applevis.com/blog/apple-mac-os-x-news/apple-releases-os-x-el-capitan-1

Anyone install OS X 10.11.4?

2016-03-21 Thread Kevin Chao
http://applevis.com/blog/apple-mac-os-x-news/apple-releases-os-x-el-capitan-10114-bug-fixes-and-enhancements Have others noticed any other VoiceOver improvements? -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about t

Re: iPad settings navigation

2016-03-19 Thread Kevin Chao
AFAIK, focus has never moved from navigation list to content container. As others have suggestd, it's required to navigate by containers. Android N has multi-window support. On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 9:05 AM 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries < macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Well, that's

Re: It's finally here, a comprehensive guide to Pages on the Mac with VoiceOver

2016-02-28 Thread Kevin Chao
Has there been consideration for Numbers and KeyNote sequels? On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 5:03 PM Jonathan Mosen wrote: > Hi everyone, Anne Robertson is one of the most helpful people on this > list, particularly when it comes to using Pages. She clearly knows it > inside-out. > Last year, I contacte

Re: alternative email programs on the mac?

2016-02-28 Thread Kevin Chao
> > > > > On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 12:39 PM -0800, "Kevin Chao" < > kevincha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > ChromeVox Next (cvox2) is under active development. It's available as >> opt-in preview in Developer channel. >> >> On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at

Re: alternative email programs on the mac?

2016-02-28 Thread Kevin Chao
lan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > God! I've not even used Chromevox in ages! Is that bear still being >> developed? >> >> Chris. >> >> >> - Original Message - >> *From:* Kevin Chao >> *To:* macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> *

Re: alternative email programs on the mac?

2016-02-28 Thread Kevin Chao
; developed? > > Chris. > > > ----- Original Message - > *From:* Kevin Chao > *To:* macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > > *Sent:* Sunday, February 28, 2016 2:42 PM > *Subject:* Re: alternative email programs on the mac? > > I also use ChromeVox and would recommend

Re: alternative email programs on the mac?

2016-02-28 Thread Kevin Chao
me is open, so I can't do > anything with it except force quit it. > > Sent from Outlook Mobile <https://aka.ms/qtex0l>. > Devin Prater > d.pra...@me.com > > > > > On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 11:01 AM -0800, "Kevin Chao" < > kevincha...@gmail.com&g

Re: attn Kevin, I believe I've found another chrome accessibility bug.

2016-02-28 Thread Kevin Chao
Mac Chrome Canary can be found: https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/canary.html?platform=mac On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 5:03 PM Kevin Chao wrote: > Thanks Erik! > This has been fixed in the Canary channel of Chrome, so should be > available in Stable Production at some point soonis

Re: alternative email programs on the mac?

2016-02-28 Thread Kevin Chao
Mac Chrome Canary can be found here: https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/canary.html?platform=mac On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 10:55 AM Kevin Chao wrote: > Canary build of Chrome fixed regressions with text fields introduced by El > Capitan. I can't recall last time I've seen Voic

Re: alternative email programs on the mac?

2016-02-28 Thread Kevin Chao
Canary build of Chrome fixed regressions with text fields introduced by El Capitan. I can't recall last time I've seen VoiceOver go busy in Chrome. On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 10:36 AM 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries < macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Anders Holmberg wrote: > > I wonder if

Re: alternative email programs on the mac?

2016-02-28 Thread Kevin Chao
Yes, in Chrome, but all in browser On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 8:40 AM jeff `greene wrote: > Hi Kevin, So you do all your email on safari? Avoiding mac mail all > together? > Jeff > > On 2/28/16, Kevin Chao wrote: > > I use gmail.com and inbox.google.com. The keyboard short

Re: alternative email programs on the mac?

2016-02-28 Thread Kevin Chao
I use gmail.com and inbox.google.com. The keyboard shortcuts make it really efficient and usable. On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 7:41 AM jeff `greene wrote: > Hi, I've asked this question twice from my mac but never got an answer > so I'm not sure if mac mail actually sent the message. Well anyway... >

Re: Accessible Mac Video Editor?

2016-02-21 Thread Kevin Chao
ac, Verizon > Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user! > > On Feb 21, 2016, at 7:53 AM, Phil Halton wrote: > > I use QuickTime to record and trim videos, I then import the file into > Amadeus pro and normalize the audio there. > > Sent from my IPhone > > > On Feb 20, 2

Re: Accessible Mac Video Editor?

2016-02-20 Thread Kevin Chao
asts, videos and lifestyle for blind and visually > impaired > > On Feb 21, 2016, at 12:09 AM, Kevin Chao wrote: > > Hi Seyoon, > Would you please consider creating a podcast of VoiceOver with iMovie > video trimming and audio baoance? > Thanks! > On Sat, Feb 20, 20

Re: Accessible Mac Video Editor?

2016-02-20 Thread Kevin Chao
ftware. > > Seyoon Choi > syc20...@gmail.com > YouTube Video Content Producer > Head of Blindinsider > www.blindinsider.com > Technology news, podcasts, videos and lifestyle for blind and visually > impaired > > On Feb 20, 2016, at 11:13 PM, Kevin Chao wrote: > &g

Re: Accessible Mac Video Editor?

2016-02-20 Thread Kevin Chao
Surprised to not see these 3 (QuickTime, iMovie, and Final Cut Pro) not listed on: http://www.applevis.com/mac-app-directory/video On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 8:58 PM Kevin Chao wrote: > Audio balance = normalizing multiple audio channels. > Are there any podcast for iMovie or Final Cut? &g

Re: Accessible Mac Video Editor?

2016-02-20 Thread Kevin Chao
t-in > > Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray, > > Still a very happy Comcast XFinity Voice Guidance, Mac, Verizon > Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user! > > On Feb 20, 2016, at 9:40 PM, Kevin Chao < > kevincha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Curious what VoiceOver u

Accessible Mac Video Editor?

2016-02-20 Thread Kevin Chao
Curious what VoiceOver users recommend for basic video editing (trimming and audio balance)? Thanks! -- 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

Re: attn Kevin, I believe I've found another chrome accessibility bug.

2016-02-17 Thread Kevin Chao
Thanks Erik! This has been fixed in the Canary channel of Chrome, so should be available in Stable Production at some point soonish. It's possible to have Chrome Canary installed along side stable production channel. On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 11:00 AM erik burggraaf wrote: > Maybe an update fixes

Re: how to explain an app's inaccessibility.

2016-02-16 Thread Kevin Chao
y exact workflow for things > like this. Anyway Kevin, thank you for the kind words. It means a lot. > > Chris. > > > - Original Message - > *From:* Kevin Chao > *To:* macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 16, 2016 10:44 PM > *Subject:*

Re: how to explain an app's inaccessibility.

2016-02-16 Thread Kevin Chao
Thanks Christopher for the well-crafted thoughtful systematic constructive actionable accessibility advocacy strategy... We need more like you! On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 6:59 PM Christopher-Mark Gilland < clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sorry, but, you did ask, did you not? LOL! Smile. No hard fe

Re: ATTN Kevin Chao item chooser was Re: Mac Chrome: Item Chooser and Bookmark Bar

2016-02-16 Thread Kevin Chao
typing in the item chooser will often > produce the same result . If you tell me where to look for such, I will be > happy to send you any event logs or anything that might help address the > probelm. > > Best, > > > Erik Burggraaf > > > On Jan 29, 2016, at 3:22

Re: Web Page Form Fields Constantly Dimmed

2016-02-16 Thread Kevin Chao
How is focus being set on these fields? Tab key or VO navigation? On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 10:47 AM Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Bill, > > Have you tried bringing the mouse (VO-Cmd-F5) to the fields that are > dimmed? Alternatively, try bringing the keyboard focus (VO-Cmd-F4). > > Cheers, > > Ann

Re: Malicious Email how to get around question

2016-02-15 Thread Kevin Chao
Workaround: Use a non-Apple TTS (e.g. Nuamce). Unfortunately, VoiceOver will crash (Alex, Fred, etc.) even if message isn't open, as offending text is in subject and preview. On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 10:17 AM Brian Fischler wrote: > Hey all, > > Was not around for a few days so just started going

Re: Real quick question about Google Crome

2016-02-14 Thread Kevin Chao
Type following into Omnibar: chrome://version/ Or, navigate to Chrome Menu > About. Restarting Chrome will update it. On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 7:48 PM Christopher-Mark Gilland < clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote: > How can I determine if I'm running the most up to date version of Crome on > my mac, and

Re: Unable to access mail via mac

2016-02-10 Thread Kevin Chao
Traci, I also use 2FA and find it accessible via text message. On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 8:03 AM Traci wrote: > OK, thank you both. > > First of all, I went to both Internet system preferences pain, and > accounts pain inside mail. I can't find a spot to enter a new password. > > Secondly, could yo

Re: Mac Chrome with VoiceOver

2016-01-30 Thread Kevin Chao
y machine. > /A > > On 28 Jan 2016, at 02:16, Kevin Chao wrote: > > Hi Anders, > Could you please provide examples of these "problems navigating"? More > details and steps to reproduce, please. > Thanks! > On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 4:14 PM Anders Holmberg > wrot

Re: Chrome box and flash player content

2016-01-29 Thread Kevin Chao
Adobe developed Flash, PDF, etc. that's only accessible with screen reader on Windows. Google developed Chrome OS, Browser, and Vox. On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 5:40 PM Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: > If it’s any consolation at all, sites that don’t work without Flash Player > also don’t work on mobile

Re: Chrome box and flash player content

2016-01-29 Thread Kevin Chao
It's possible to install ChromeVox extension to Chrome and use Alex TTS, which gives same UX as ChromeVox on Chrome OS. On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 7:50 PM Phil Halton wrote: > Is a Chrome box. Enabled chrome book a viable option for accessing flash > player content on websites? I just listen to the

Get Safari Reader on Chrome and Firefox with iReader

2016-01-27 Thread Kevin Chao
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/25098/get-safari-reader-on-chrome-and-firefox-with-ireader/ Works great with Mac Chrome and VoiceOver. Only config I made was enabled hotkey, which defaults to CMD-shift-p -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If y

Re: Mac Chrome with VoiceOver

2016-01-27 Thread Kevin Chao
Apparently, it has some sort of flash capability built-in > so that you don't have to screw with it as you would, say for example, with > Adobe flash on safari. Other than that, I really see no difference. > > Ben > > On Jan 25, 2016, at 22:07, Kevin Chao wrote: > >

Re: Mac Chrome with VoiceOver

2016-01-26 Thread Kevin Chao
ww.typeapp.com/r> > > On Jan 25, 2016, at 11:12 PM, "Ben J. Bloomgren" < > ben.j.bloomg...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Now that Rumola is available for Chrome (I say now because I just found this >> out), Chrome is pretty nice. I don't see much differ

Re: Mac Chrome with VoiceOver

2016-01-25 Thread Kevin Chao
t Rumola is available for Chrome (I say now because I just found > this > out), Chrome is pretty nice. I don't see much difference between it versus > Lightning versus Safari. > > Ben > - Original Message - > From: "Kevin Chao" > To: "macvisionarie

Mac Chrome with VoiceOver

2016-01-25 Thread Kevin Chao
Hi, Anyone using Chrome on Mac with VoiceOver as primary browser, such as myself? Are there accessibility improvements that you feel are needed? Thanks! -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the runnin

Google+ Accessibility You may have noticed that I regularly call out the numb...

2016-01-22 Thread Kevin Chao
https://plus.google.com/+LukeWroblewski/posts/UjoStGYKLxe?iem=4&gpawv=1&hl=en-US Luke Wroblewski Google+ Updates Jan 22, 02:28PM Google+ Accessibility You may have noticed that I regularly call out the number of "accessibility issues addressed" in our releases. Accessibility plays a big role in o

Re: Digest for macvisionaries@googlegroups.com - 25 updates in 10 topics

2016-01-16 Thread Kevin Chao
My understanding is that PDF Pen Pro does allow you to edit PDF files. I don’t know how extensively, but I know of a few folks who have been using it successfully On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 3:36 AM Daniele Corciulo wrote: > Hello every body > > I have a Question. > Is there a Way in Mac os to read

Accessibility UX of Web Google+ | AppleVis

2016-01-12 Thread Kevin Chao
http://www.applevis.com/forum/accessibility-advocacy/accessibility-ux-web-google 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 po

Re: Alternative Browsers for Mac

2016-01-11 Thread Kevin Chao
What's the issue with Chrome? On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 5:19 AM Christopher-Mark Gilland < clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote: > One reason I don't hardly ever use Chrome, admittedly. > > Heck, I won't even use it on my Nexus 6, unless I absolutely absolutely > absolutely have to as a last resort. But, t

Re: Alternative Browsers for Mac

2016-01-10 Thread Kevin Chao
Chrome has great performance, features, accessibility, and extensions On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 12:43 PM Christopher-Mark Gilland < clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote: > What about lightning web browser? It's in the mac app store. I don't > hardly ever use it, but it's there if you wanna try it. > > Chr

Survey - Accessibility Feedback For Google Docs, Sheets, Slides and Drive | Inclusive Android

2016-01-09 Thread Kevin Chao
This is your opportunity to provide feedback and identify issues or problems you are having with the accessibility of Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive. The goal of this quick survey is to identify pain points, feature requests for mobile, ratings on your current experience and a general compariso

Re: Really disgusted with iBooks this evening

2016-01-03 Thread Kevin Chao
Briefing: Accessibility, the Chafee Amendment, and Fair Use http://www.arl.org/focus-areas/copyright-ip/fair-use/code-of-best-practices/2445-briefing-accessibility-the-chafee-amendment-and-fair-use#.Voljmew76nM On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 5:35 AM Christopher-Mark Gilland < clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote:

Re: apple watch weirdness with bluetooth

2015-12-31 Thread Kevin Chao
Are calls heard through these Bluetooth headsets when connected to iPhone, but are not on Watch? On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 6:50 PM Scott Granados wrote: > I just got my pairing done with an Era. I’ll test this and see if I can > replicate. > > > On Dec 31, 2015, at 3:29 PM, Ricardo Walker > wrote

Re: Having voiceover speak selected text in iOS

2015-12-31 Thread Kevin Chao
I enabled speak selected text, but cannot find speak button. I think it may not work with VoiceOver, as in the process of finding speak button, selected text becomes unselected On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 1:15 PM Phil Halton wrote: > Actually, that gesture, the three finger quadruple tap, copies last

Re: messages app not connecting to Facebook anymore.

2015-12-28 Thread Kevin Chao
Most likely FaceBook depricated XMPP support, so they have greater control of Messenger interface, experience, analytics, tracking, and FB can better advertise. I read somewhere that even if you were in the middle of composing a message and erased it, machine learning went into those bits to add to

Re: interesting problem with word counter wigit

2015-12-24 Thread Kevin Chao
y, The Constantly Barefooted Ray, > > Still a very happy Comcast XFinity Voice Guidance, Mac, Verizon > Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user! > > On Dec 24, 2015, at 12:16 AM, Kevin Chao wrote: > > Looks like the character count doesn't include spaces and word count > inc

Re: interesting problem with word counter wigit

2015-12-23 Thread Kevin Chao
y Comcast XFinity Voice Guidance, Mac, Verizon > Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user! > > On Dec 23, 2015, at 9:15 PM, Kevin Chao wrote: > > Is it counting a space character after last word as the seventh word? > On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 6:28 PM Raymond Foret Jr > wrote: > &g

Re: Seeking Referral for PDF

2015-12-23 Thread Kevin Chao
AFAIK, there isn't a VoiceOver accessible way of filling out pdf forms or navigating tagged structured PDFs On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 6:04 PM Bill Gallik wrote: > Thank you Sadam! > > > Bill & Leader Dog Holland > > wfgal...@icloud.com > > > > > -- > The following information is important for

Re: Mac Calendar with Google account

2015-12-23 Thread Kevin Chao
Seems like Mac Calendar isn't linked to Google account and have you tried iOS Google Calendar app. Suspect why Apple calendars are synchronized is due to it using iCloud. On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 12:25 PM Marc wrote: > Wanted to get help with Google calendar > > > > Mac OS X Yosemite > > iPhone IO

Re: Multiple documents open in iOS

2015-12-23 Thread Kevin Chao
Unfortunately, windowing does not exist in mobile apps, so what I have done in cases like this is app switch between Apple Pages, Google Docs, and Microsoft Word. On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 12:32 PM Phil Halton wrote: > Is it possible to have Multiple documents open in either iPhone or iPad. I > wan

Re: google drive mac os10 problems please help.

2015-12-23 Thread Kevin Chao
Drive.google.com is also accessible in Chrome or Safari with ChromeVox or VoiceOver. I use it all of the time On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 10:28 PM Andrew Lamanche wrote: > I have to go to work shortly but I've just opened google drive app on my > mac. It has no windows as such to navigate round, but

Re: interesting problem with word counter wigit

2015-12-23 Thread Kevin Chao
Is it counting a space character after last word as the seventh word? On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 6:28 PM Raymond Foret Jr wrote: > I never saw anything like this before. When I type a phrase in to text > edit, for example, "How many words did I type?", (which is so obviously six > words it ain't ev

Re: upgrade to El Capitan successful

2015-12-23 Thread Kevin Chao
Have you tried contenteditables with VoiceOver? It's badly broken. Some examples are Wordpress textarea, Gmail composite field, and Google Docs contenteditables On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 4:52 PM Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: > I expect you’ll run into the delightful bugs, sooner or later, but yes, >

Re: Web Browsers

2015-12-23 Thread Kevin Chao
Google Chrome is really accessible with VoiceOver and it has option of ChromeVox extension too On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 7:51 PM Keith Hinton wrote: > Hi folks, > I was just curious, but what web browsers on the Mac platform tend to > be the most accessible these days? > I know Safari obviously is,

Re: Safari repeattedly says percentage of web page loaded since last El Capitan upgrade

2015-12-23 Thread Kevin Chao
I prefer having web progress as sound to reduce this kind of verbosity On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 5:57 PM george b wrote: > Hi there why don't you have the email your responding to / replying to in > the message so we know what the heck your replying to, please. > > thanks > > -Original Message

Re: Automatic language switching on the Mac?

2015-12-23 Thread Kevin Chao
This has been requested by many for years on Mac OS X, but has not been prioritized by Apple. When IOS VoiceOver gets it wrong, it's due to web authors having wrong Lang attribute set. For example, Lang="en" for English. On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 6:58 AM Alex Hall wrote: > Yep, accessibil...@apple.

Re: Problem starting VoiceOver

2015-12-23 Thread Kevin Chao
It may be required to add function key to CMD-F5. On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 2:51 PM Christopher-Mark Gilland < clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote: > You can, yeah, but once disabled, how're you gonna re-enable it through > there if you don't have speech to guide you? That would be kind of a > chore. > >

Re: Amazon's website

2015-12-23 Thread Kevin Chao
pp became accessible earlier this year after becoming inaccessible. > Apparently, it was accessible for a little while, then it was broken for > several months and then fixed. > > Mary > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > >> On Dec 23, 2015, at 4:42 PM, Kevin Ch

Re: Amazon's website

2015-12-23 Thread Kevin Chao
ill if they do not hear from people they will not know to make changes. > > Kare > > > > > >> On Thu, 24 Dec 2015, Kevin Chao wrote: > >> > >> Principal Accessibility @Amazon is pkorn@ > >>> On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 2:21 PM Mary Otten wrote: >

Re: Amazon's website

2015-12-23 Thread Kevin Chao
Principal Accessibility @Amazon is pkorn@ On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 2:21 PM Mary Otten wrote: > Both the access site and the mobile site don't show full reviews. If you > want to see a review, you have to click a link. I sort of understand it for > the mobile site, but not for the so-called access

Re: Problem reading tables

2015-12-23 Thread Kevin Chao
Do you have link to example? Thanks! On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 2:23 PM Kristeen Hughes wrote: > Does anyone know what causes voiceover to stop reading information after a > certain number of rows in a table? This table is 45 rows or more and after > row 18, voiceover stops reading the contents of a

Accessibility UX of Web Google+

2015-12-23 Thread Kevin Chao
http://www.applevis.com/forum/accessibility-advocacy/accessibility-ux-web-google It would be great to have discussion with Mac VoiceOver (ANY assistive technology) users who have used accessible redesign of https://plus.google.com/ 1. What is your experience with keyboard shortcut (press question m

iAd Producer a11y framework, best practices, and stamdard

2013-04-05 Thread Kevin Chao
In the last couple of days, I have been working on iAd Producer accessibility API, standards, best practices, and interaction model: * iAd Producer on iMac 27" 2012 * Evaluated Blueprint, lookde at sample code, and different templates to review JS and CSS modules Analyzed Apple Developer Network fo

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