Help with removing call recorder for face time on Mac

2015-07-17 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi folks, After a 7 day trial of the call Recorder app for Facetime, I've decided not to purchase it because I wouldn't use it enough. It's a great app though. Anyway, whenever I open Facetime on the Mac, or whenever I get a call, the your trial has ended now window pops up. The only options are

Re: Continuity just doesn't work

2015-07-10 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Chris, It has never worked for me either despite trying everything, so I've just given up on it. You're not alone. Apple just works right? haha Not always. I've stopped worrying about it, as life is simply too short. Lisette On 11/07/2015, at 1:26 pm, Christopher-Mark Gilland

Re: textDetective versus knfbReader

2015-07-10 Thread Lisette Wesseling
I had text detective for a few years before KNFB reader became available. I got some useful results with it, but never entire documents such as bank statements. I would get bits of them, but not the whole thing. For me, KNFB Reader is definitely worth the price and eclipses Text Detective

Re: yosemite strangeness

2015-06-07 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Doesn't command option up arrow get you to the top of the messages list? It does for me in standard view. Lisette On 8/06/2015, at 1:56 am, Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com wrote: Now if only option+up-arrow worked for going to the beginning of the messages list—Or rather, the top. On Jun 6,

Re: Files Sometimes Going into Subfolders in Save Dialogs

2015-05-18 Thread Lisette Wesseling
I get this behaviour too, even in column view sometimes. The Mac save dialogs confuse me quite a bit. It always feels a bit hit and miss. There's the pop up button and the side bar, and I never know for sure where things are being saved to. So you're not alone Alex. Sorry I can't help. Lisette

Re: Apple Watch and Maps experience

2015-05-03 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Jenine, What kind of phone are you using? David Woodbridge got his turns on his podcast just before the place to turn. Just wondered about what phone you are using and whether this makes a difference? Pure speculation as I don't have a watch. Lisette On 4/05/2015, at 5:47 am, Jenine Stanley

Re: Recording facetime calls

2015-05-02 Thread Lisette Wesseling
audio. On 7 Apr 2015, at 06:13, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Is there a way to do this? I think audio highjack would be way too much for my needs but I'd like to be able to record facetime calls occasionally if possible. Thanks if anybody knows. Lisette

Re: Well, I did it, Pre-ordered the Apple watch!

2015-04-28 Thread Lisette Wesseling
What happens if you're using neither device? Where do notifications go then? Has anybody tried going for a walk with their watch while leaving the phone at home? Does it sync back up again without intervention? Does it add your steps? Still on the fence but curious. Lisette On 29/04/2015, at

Re: Maybe a stupid question, but does a web site service like this exist?

2015-04-20 Thread Lisette Wesseling
costs? Chris. - Original Message - From: Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 3:34 PM Subject: Re: Maybe a stupid question, but does a web site service like this exist? Chris, I think what you need

Re: Maybe a stupid question, but does a web site service like this exist?

2015-04-19 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Chris, I think what you need is www.l-mail.com You type in your letter, including address, and they print and send it in the country nearest to where the recipient is. I hope this is what you need. Cheers Lisette On 20/04/2015, at 3:39 am, Christopher-Mark Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com

Re: Well, I did it, Pre-ordered the Apple watch!

2015-04-18 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Donna, What size did you get? I don't know what size wrist/hands you have, but what did you think of each of the sizes? I'd love to see one, but no chance of that here in New Zealand for goodness knows how long. We don't have actual Apple stores here so we don't know which Apple re-sellers will

Re: Help please! My MacBook is not turning on

2015-04-16 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Are you sure it's not turning on? Could speech just be muted? Do you hear anything when you command tab around? On 17/04/2015, at 10:50 am, Ezzie Bueno ezziebu...@gmail.com wrote: Hello friends: The subject says it, my MacBook is not turning on, despite the charger being plugged in. The

Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread Lisette Wesseling
- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Lisette Wesseling Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 14:06 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements Hi, If I download MS Word for Mac using my Office 365

Re: Office 16.9 accessbility improvements

2015-04-15 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi, If I download MS Word for Mac using my Office 365, will I get this accessibility everybody is talking about. I'm a bit confused with it being called a preview app. Is installing Word on the mac accessible? Lisette On 16/04/2015, at 7:05 am, Grant Hardy grant.li...@icloud.com wrote: Hi

Re: IoS 8.3, strange behavior

2015-04-11 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Yes I can confirm this with an iPhone 6. I still hear 3 of 5 bars next to it, but the network name is not spoken. Very odd. Lisette On 11/04/2015, at 7:15 pm, Shen goalb...@gmail.com wrote: I updated my iPhone 6 yesterday to iOS 8.3 and immediately noticed something a little strange. It

Re: I'm not disappointed but am looking forward.

2015-04-11 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Eileen, My understanding is that there is no Siri voide, but that voice over will read the Siri text. So you will hear Siri speak in whichever VO voice you have chosen, but not in the usual siri voice. On 12/04/2015, at 8:44 am, Eileen eileen.misr...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I have been

Re: OS X 10.10.3 and Time Machine

2015-04-10 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi, Yes I can confirm this. My time machine backup today took much less time than usual. Lisette On 11/04/2015, at 11:40 am, Agent086b agent0...@internode.on.net wrote: Hi, anybody found Time Machine much faster since installing OS X 10.10.3? I backup to Time Machine about 2 - 3 times

Call Recorder for face time

2015-04-09 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi, To those who use this, after initially configuring it, how can you get back to this screen while running the programme? I'm only on the demo version, so maybe it comes up when you pay for it. Can you record audio only on a video call? Call Recorder for skype puts its settings in the

Re: Recording facetime calls

2015-04-07 Thread Lisette Wesseling
, Verizon Wireless iPhone 6+ and Apple TV user! Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in On Apr 7, 2015, at 12:13 AM, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Is there a way to do this? I think audio highjack would be way too much

Recording facetime calls

2015-04-06 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi Is there a way to do this? I think audio highjack would be way too much for my needs but I'd like to be able to record facetime calls occasionally if possible. Thanks if anybody knows. Lisette -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: VoiceOver very sluggish when changing languages

2015-03-30 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi Mike, I had this problem in Mavericks as well and actually find it slightly better now in Yosemite. I switch from English to Dutch. I did get a new and faster Mac though so maybe that's why it's better. Lisette On 31/03/2015, at 1:45 am, Mike Busboom mbusb...@gmail.com wrote: Hello

Re: How do you update Adobi on the Mac using VO?

2015-03-27 Thread Lisette Wesseling
installed? Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Mar 26, 2015, at 14:40, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Tim and anybody else who can help, I am having immense difficulty installing flash. Is the installer really buggy or something? I'm

Re: How do you update Adobi on the Mac using VO?

2015-03-27 Thread Lisette Wesseling
to use Window Chooser to interact with these windows and respond to them. David Griffith rto On 27/03/2015 19:22, Lisette Wesseling wrote: Hi Tim, I re-downloaded the file just now which had a different file name and got me a lot further with installing flash player. I got as far

Re: How do you update Adobi on the Mac using VO?

2015-03-27 Thread Lisette Wesseling
focus from the install app so you need to use Window Chooser to interact with these windows and respond to them. David Griffith rto On 27/03/2015 19:22, Lisette Wesseling wrote: Hi Tim, I re-downloaded the file just now which had a different file name and got me a lot further

Re: How do you update Adobi on the Mac using VO?

2015-03-26 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi Tim and anybody else who can help, I am having immense difficulty installing flash. Is the installer really buggy or something? I'm at the point where I've downloaded the disk image. I open the installer app. I'm warned about this and I continue. I'm asked for my computer username and

Re: How do you update Adobi on the Mac using VO?

2015-03-26 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Preferences? • If so, what version does it say you have installed? Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Mar 26, 2015, at 14:40, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Tim and anybody else who can help, I am having immense difficulty installing flash

Re: How accessible is Google Hangouts on an iPhone?

2015-03-25 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Is there a hang outs app for the Mac too? I've had some success with using the website directly on the Mac, but wondered if there was an app for it too. thanks. Lisette On 17/03/2015, at 8:37 am, Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com wrote: Its very good, until you write a message that fails to

Re: Hims Braille Edge - braille quality

2015-03-24 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi, I find mine has really solid and good sharp dots, and have had it for 1.5 years. Maybe dot quality varies among devices, but I would recommend it very highly. Lisette ` On 24/03/2015, at 9:19 am, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@me.com wrote: Hi Chris Be sure and get the executive case if you

Re: Upgrade from iPhone 5 to iPhone6?

2015-03-21 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi there, For the person wanting the screen protector with dots for the iPhones, they are made by speeddots.com and are sold by them and lots of other vendors. They have two models: a standard and an advanced. The www.speeddots.com website is the one I've always used, and explains everything

Re: Something that majorly bothers me about Apple

2015-03-20 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Chris, You probably need to calm down a little and, as others have said, go tharough the proper channels and work your way up like the rest of the employees. People who go off on rants may not be considered suitable anyway. Sorry if that seems harsh but that's how I see it. Having knowledge and

Disk permissions repair

2015-03-12 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi folks, I just did a permissions repair and everything said it was repaired except this first row which reads Warning: SUID file “System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAgent” has been modified and will not be repaired. I'm not highly technical so haven't

Re: Apple out and not responding

2015-03-11 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Are others still finding the mac app store is not responding? I get a message saying the service is unavailable. Is there any official word from Apple on this? Lisette On 12/03/2015, at 9:05 am, dionipher Presas Herrera dionip...@gmail.com wrote: i notice that when i upgraded my beta to

Re: Vario Ultra (wasRe: Mario Ultra braille display

2015-03-04 Thread Lisette Wesseling
It's a prototype HIMS braille display which has 14 cells and can apparently connect to six devices at once (1 USB and 5 bluetooth). It's not for sale yet and was shown at ATIA in prototype form only. Blind Bargains did a podcast about it last month, which is the only reason I know anything

Re: Problems with Voice Dream Reader on an iPhone 6

2015-02-18 Thread Lisette Wesseling
How else are developers supposed to let people know about similar products they think people might be interested in. You don't have to read the information. Lisette On 19/02/2015, at 9:38 am, Faisal ali faisal.a...@icloud.com wrote: I did as well, but I’m merely pointing out that there

Re: Problems with Voice Dream Reader on an iPhone 6

2015-02-11 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi Mike, I downloaded James last weekend no problem, so perhaps there is something wrong with the voice dream servers. He took ages to download as usual, but it did work. I am also using an iPhone 6, and was restoring a previous purchase of James. I suspect it's their servers not your phone.

Re: Can't save attachments from emails

2015-02-05 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Alex, I have trouble saving attachment too, but not if I actually open the message. When I hit enter on it, and then save the attachment, it works. When I just use the preview pain they never save. I hope you manage to work it out. Lisette On 6/02/2015, at 9:08 am, Alex Hall

Re: VoiceOver voice hotkeys not working

2015-01-18 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi Phil, It said default voice in Mavericks too, I'm sure it did. If you are not using the default voice settings for your VO then changing the default rate won't change your voice. I use the default voice for everything pretty much so changing the rate does change my overall voice speed. But

Photos which can't be deleted

2015-01-12 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi Folks, I'm wondering whether anybody has ever seen this. On some photos on my friend's iPad, there's no delete button. He wants to delete these photos, but can't because there's no delete button. Even when he selects them, the delete button is dimmed. If they were already deleted, why are

Re: Observation with Mail under Yosemite

2015-01-04 Thread Lisette Wesseling
I agree with David. Sometimes vo j doesn't work, but restarting mail or voice over, or simply trying again, works. Sometimes, you have to wait for two seconds after pressing vo j before attempting to read the message. I wonder if it's some kind of focus issue which sometimes happens. If I'm

Apple script for finding out battery percentage

2015-01-02 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi, Would the person who posted the dashboard scripts for finding out the battery status mind re-sending the link to the zip file? I'd like to try this out and thought I'd saved it somewhere but can't find it now for the life of me. It was the zip file containing the scripts and instructions on

Re: 2 quick questions about IPhones as looking to upgrade

2015-01-02 Thread Lisette Wesseling
issues or an iOS 6 vs. 6 plus decision? Where are the monitors on this? It's very disconcerting to think I'll be reading numerous threads on bootcamp and find that there's a totally different topic being discussed. Eileen Sent from my iPhone On Jan 2, 2015, at 2:53 PM, Lisette

Re: 2 quick questions about IPhones as looking to upgrade

2015-01-02 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi Eleanor, I have the iPhone 6, and it works fantastically. I have no vision, so don't need the bigger screen of the 6 plus. I personally find the 6 plus way too big for me, so the 6 does me nicely. People say the battery life on the 6 plus is significantly better, but that wasn't enough of an

Re: Hand off

2014-12-29 Thread Lisette Wesseling
: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Lisette Wesseling Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2014 10:11 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Hand off Hi folks, Is bluetooth meant to be on for this to work. I have not managed to get hand off

Hand off

2014-12-28 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi folks, Is bluetooth meant to be on for this to work. I have not managed to get hand off or continuity to work between anything. I can get calls on my Mac from my iPhone, but handoff has never worked for me. Everything is signed into the same iCloud account and on the same wifi. It's very

Re: question about notification center

2014-12-20 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Tim, I'm not the original poster, but have tried your suggestion. I've turned on location services now (it was off) but I don't see weather in that table of apps in system prefs. There was one table which just had system services in, and another table headed location services. This has

Re: Sorting Mail

2014-12-16 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Command option up lands me at the top of my mail inbox using standard view. Conversely, command option down arrow lands me at the bottom. I don't know if this works in classic view, but it's worth a try. Cheers Lisette On 17/12/2014, at 1:45 pm, Lorie McCloud lorice...@gmail.com wrote: I

Re: Handoff between MBP and iOS

2014-12-13 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi Jenine, It's not going to be much comfort to you, but I have not got hand off to work on anything yet. I can receive calls phone calls on my mac, I can send text messages from my mac via my phone, but I can't start a message on one device and finish it off on another. Everything is on the

Re: Changing email address

2014-12-13 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi Angus, I think you might need to do the following to fix your problem: 1. From within mail, go to the menu bar with vo m, and choose the window menu. Go down there and choose previous recipients. 2. From there, you will see a table with all the people to whom you have sent emails. Interact

Re: Changing email address

2014-12-13 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi Angus, I haven't a clue. It's like any other table so perhaps you could select all and then do remove. I'm not going to try it on my system as I don't want to delete them all. But play around. What have you got to lose? Lisette On 14/12/2014, at 12:36 pm, Angus MacKinnon floda...@gmx.com

Re: itunes help

2014-12-10 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Have you listened to David Griffith's podcast re iTunes? I'm finding it very helpful as I was confused too. They are on Applevis now but he did send the links a few days ago. Perhaps he can chime in here. Lisette On 11/12/2014, at 7:19 am, deedra waters dee...@the-brannons.com wrote:

Unable to increase volume sometimes under Yosemite

2014-12-10 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi folks, just wondering whether anybody else has trouble increasing the volume on an MBA? Sometimes, and it's just happened again, after opening the lid, I'm unable to increase or decrease the volume using fn plus f11 and 12. Most of the time it works, including hearing the audible volume up

Re: De-authorising a computer from iTunes

2014-12-08 Thread Lisette Wesseling
though you have deauthorised the computer. Go back into the menu and see whether deauthorize has changed to authorize. Andrew On 8 Dec 2014, at 07:27, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, What is the best way to de-authorise a computer from iTunes? When I go

Re: Reader in Safari for Mac

2014-12-08 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Isn't it command shift r. On 9/12/2014, at 2:16 am, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: So I see how to activate the Reader feature in iOS for web sites but how does one do this in Safari on the Mac? I’m probably missing something really obvious here. Thanks. Jenine Stanley

De-authorising a computer from iTunes

2014-12-07 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi, What is the best way to de-authorise a computer from iTunes? When I go to the menu bar within iTunes, choose store, and then de-authorise, I'm asked for apple id and password. When I choose the de-authorise button, I'm put back in my albums view and purchased content still plays. I don't

Re: Deleting photos permanently from photo stream

2014-12-04 Thread Lisette Wesseling
, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I know the rule used to be that if you deleted something from your iPhone camera rol, it was deleted from photo stream, iPhoto and everything. Now that the camera roll opens up iPhoto if you want to view all photos, how do you

Deleting photos permanently from photo stream

2014-12-03 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi all, I know the rule used to be that if you deleted something from your iPhone camera rol, it was deleted from photo stream, iPhoto and everything. Now that the camera roll opens up iPhoto if you want to view all photos, how do you delete a photo permanently? If I delete a photo from my

Migration assistant question

2014-12-01 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi folks, Just wondering which method of copying data from one mac to another is most efficient or most likely to get everything across properly? I have a time machine back up, with everything checked. Is it best to use this time machine back up with migration assistant, or try to do it by

up specking a new MacBook Air

2014-11-28 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi folks, I'm thinking about purchasing the 11 inch MBA. Am I right in thinking that adding more ram will be more beneficial to a blind person than upping the processor from 1.4 to 1.7? Would 8 GB of ram be enough in the 11 inch, 256 Flash drive model? Does the added processor speed really make

Re: Editing track info in iTunes 12

2014-11-20 Thread Lisette Wesseling
in the other tabs within the Get Info window. HTH. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Nov 19, 2014, at 16:55, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi David, Well what a mess they've made of that. Thanks for telling me about tabbing through. It did work

Editing track info in iTunes 12

2014-11-19 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi all, Please can somebody tell me how to edit track info in the new iTunes. I can see the get info option in the contextual menu, but when you go in there everything seems changed i.e. no way to change from summary to info, and no way to edit artist name, track name etc. Thanks if anybody

Re: Editing track info in iTunes 12

2014-11-19 Thread Lisette Wesseling
, will let you edit information. I am not sure why they have done this as it seems unnecessarily complicated but rest assured you can still edit information. David Griffith On 19 Nov 2014, at 21:03, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Please can somebody tell me how

Re: Sending e-mail to multiple recipient

2014-11-07 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi Andrew, I just did this yesterday using comma successfully, Just ignore the auto-correct and type the person's name, then put the comma. If you want to insert another address later, just go back into the edit field and type the new name. I wasn't sure whether I was at the end of the field

Re: Dropbox in Yosemite

2014-11-06 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Andrew On 6 Nov 2014, at 02:06, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Since upgrading to Yosemite, my Dropbox doesn't seem to be sinking with my Mac. I wanted to check whether I was signed in, but can't find it in the extras menu anymore. When I try to open the app, I

Re: Dropbox in Yosemite

2014-11-06 Thread Lisette Wesseling
, can you see dropbox folder there? Best wishes Andrew On 6 Nov 2014, at 02:06, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Since upgrading to Yosemite, my Dropbox doesn't seem to be sinking with my Mac. I wanted to check whether I was signed in, but can't find

Dropbox in Yosemite

2014-11-05 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi all, Since upgrading to Yosemite, my Dropbox doesn't seem to be sinking with my Mac. I wanted to check whether I was signed in, but can't find it in the extras menu anymore. When I try to open the app, I just get busy busy. Where do I go to sign in on my Mac please? Lisette -- You received

Downloads notification question

2014-10-31 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi, I'm not sure quite how to explain this, but here goes. In Mavericks, I had my mac set up to let me know whenever a new file was being added to my downloads folder so I knew a safari download had started and finished. Now, under Yosemite, often the dialog box is there, asking me to press

Re: Yosemity Itunes

2014-10-21 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi, I've just updated to Yosemite and am having a bit of trouble with iTunes. How do you see songs in your playlists? I can select the playlist in the table, but can't find the actual songs. I'm not finding these iTunes changes particularly wonderful, as it's slower to navigate around, but I

iPad orientation question

2014-09-26 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi all, I'm asking this on behalf of my husband who is also a voice over user. His iPad is locked to landscape orientation, but whenever he goes into spotlight the keyboard goes into portrait orientation. Is this a known bug in IOS8? The orientation is definitely locked, and the iPad itself

Re: KNFB Reader iPhone App

2014-09-19 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Donna, I'm not Kevin but bought the app last night. On my first picture, I got 100 per cent accuracy of an entire credit card statement which obviously has lots of numbers and weird abbreviations. I spent about a minute lining the document up and then took one picture and it was perfect! I

Re: Typing mode question

2014-09-18 Thread Lisette Wesseling
I have found the braille to be pretty good on the iPad. I never got MBraille to work form me on the iPad, but the Apple braille lets me actually type in braille on my iPad. I actually find table top mode easier on the iPad, though will probably use away mode on the phone. There are some bugs

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

2014-09-16 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi, To add to what others have said, this happened to me last week also on an iPhone 5. I discovered that voice over was working perfectly well with ear buds in, but not without them. So I took the earbuds in and out a few times quickly, and all was fixed. Hope it's sorted for you. Lisette

Removing an email account

2014-09-02 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi Can I've recently removed an email account I no longer use from the accounts table in preferences. The weird thing is that the option to send from that email account still appears in the from field when I send an email. Is there any way to get rid of this option too? Thanks for any ideas.

Re: recording Skype calls

2014-08-27 Thread Lisette Wesseling
there with whatever settings you want. Doing the mp3 compression twice seems like it's going to give you either a larger file, lower quality or both. CB On 8/24/14, 11:30 PM, Lisette Wesseling wrote: Hi Jenine, I just use the native app which comes on the mac to convert it to mp3. It's in the file menu

Re: recording Skype calls

2014-08-24 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi Jenine , , , I use it all the time. Once set up, it just records the call with no need to do anything i.e. no need to turn it on. It literally just works. It makes a .mov file (even if you choose not to record the video), which is quite a large file. I convert this to mp3 and then compress

Re: recording Skype calls

2014-08-24 Thread Lisette Wesseling
, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jenine , , , I use it all the time. Once set up, it just records the call with no need to do anything i.e. no need to turn it on. It literally just works. It makes a .mov file (even if you choose not to record the video), which is quite

Safari and pop up buttons

2014-08-22 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi folks, I've noticed lately that Safari isn't handling pop up buttons well sometimes. Last night, I couldn't change the currency type on the Paypal site. Can somebody else confirm they're having this issue too on that site? I focus on the currency button pop up button. I press vo-space to try

Skype questions

2014-07-30 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi folks. How do you set up a group skype call on the mac? How do you see groups you have created on other devices? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send

Re: Odd behaviour when starting my mac.

2014-07-23 Thread Lisette Wesseling
I had this happen last week too. I did a complete restart of my Mac (something I don't do often at all), and I was asked for my passwords. I'd be interested in any answers too. Lisette On 20/07/2014, at 5:10 am, Anders Holmberg and...@pipkrokodil.se wrote: Hi! Not often but sometimes i have

Re: Blind Square - help getting started please

2014-06-27 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Jessica,'It's so worth it. It's the only app I use literally every day. The price is very cheap in my opinion. It has got better and better over the years. I paid full price for Blind Square and would do so again as I use it so often. Lisette On 28/06/2014, at 4:00 am, Jessica D

Re: Amadeus Pro file joining question

2014-06-14 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Jenine, I'm no expert on this, but sometimes I've done exactly what you describe, listened back and only heard the one file. When I've saved as .wav and listened in preview, all the files are, in fact, there. It may be something to do with Amadeus Pro only playing a section or the selection.

Re: Skype for Mac

2014-06-06 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi, Further to what Alex has said, you can see your list of contacts by interacting with the table on the left, focusing on contacts, uninteract and move to the right with vo right arrow. Keep doing this until you find your list of contacts. That's how I do it anyway. There's no short cut for

Re: Audio description app for IOS

2014-06-01 Thread Lisette Wesseling
, it was a disappointment. Jamie T Blind Dragon Hobbies One stop shopping for all your gaming needs. http://www.blinddragonhobbies.com/ Twitter: @BDHobbies Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/blinddragonhobbies On May 30, 2014, at 9:35 PM, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com wrote: Yes

Audio description app for IOS

2014-05-30 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi folks, Please can somebody tell me what the app is called for iThingies which has the descriptive tracks for movies which gets triggered by the sound track to speak at the right points in the film. I've looked on Applevis under audio description, and also on Google but can't seem to find it.

Re: Audio description app for IOS

2014-05-30 Thread Lisette Wesseling
from my iPhone On May 30, 2014, at 5:26 PM, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi folks, Please can somebody tell me what the app is called for iThingies which has the descriptive tracks for movies which gets triggered by the sound track to speak at the right points

Re: notification center

2014-05-25 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Jean, I think somebody answered your question about the image reports of no faces earlier. It's in the VO Utility / speech / help tags. By setting it to do nothing, help tags, which is what those image descriptions are, will not be announced. You won't get any other help tags announced

Reminders have gone a bit weird

2014-05-16 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi folks, Has anybody else experienced their reminders being an hour out over the last few days? I have a regular one which is showing correctly to go off at 8 AM, but it actually goes off at 9 AM now. Our clocks haven't changed recently or anything like that. Just curious if anybody else has

Re: how can i transfer all my icloud photos on my mac?

2014-05-14 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi, I've been wondering about this too, so am asking another question. So if my photos are on my Mac in photo stream, do I have to import them into iPhoto in order for them not to be deleted when I delete a photo from my phone's camera roll? I've been copying them to another pictures folder I

Re: how can i transfer all my icloud photos on my mac?

2014-05-14 Thread Lisette Wesseling
, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I've been wondering about this too, so am asking another question. So if my photos are on my Mac in photo stream, do I have to import them into iPhoto in order for them not to be deleted when I delete a photo from my phone's camera

Re: expanding andfolders in list view

2014-05-08 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi Dave, So what's the difference between opening and expanding. I mean, if you open something, why does one need to expand it as well? I find some folders in Finder need expanding, and others don't. Folders deeper in the file structure seem to need expanding, whereas ones closer to the surface

Re: iOS 7.1.1 and some problems

2014-05-07 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi William, Yes I have found the same as you. Sometimes, touching different parts of the screen and trying to find the start date etc manually helps sort things out. But I agree it is a bug and will report it to apple myself. Lisette On 5/05/2014, at 9:50 pm, William Windels

Re: window

2014-04-27 Thread Lisette Wesseling
If your braille display has no keys, you won't be able to do anything but read. You will have to use the Mac keyboard to quit apps. Lisette On 28/04/2014, at 5:54 pm, Dionipher Presas Herrera dionip...@gmail.com wrote: is it normal to have to have the voice over to say safari has no window,

Selecting non-contiguous items

2014-04-18 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi, Can somebody please explain how to do this? I'm not having any luck using vo enter. In finder, in list view, I'm interacting with the table of documents. I press vo enter twice on the first item. I move down to the next item but one (with or without vo keys held down), and press vo enter

Re: Selecting non-contiguous items

2014-04-18 Thread Lisette Wesseling
wrote: do v/o and command and enter. that will work. On Apr 18, 2014, at 8:08 PM, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Can somebody please explain how to do this? I'm not having any luck using vo enter. In finder, in list view, I'm interacting with the table

Re: iSee - eBook on how to use Apple products from a blind perspective

2014-04-10 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi, Coming late to this, but I absolutely agree. It's the worst example of iBook accessibility I've ever seen. Pity, because it's a great book but really very difficult to read with VO. Personally, I would not have released it in this state. Sorry if that sounds blunt, but it's how I feel.

Re: Experience Switching to Mac

2014-04-07 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Another deficit on the Mac is braille translation and music braille translation. I have to continue to use Windows for this. I have also not found a way of importing my old Outlook Express emails into Mac Mail. Supposedly some expensive apps do this, but it's not guaranteed to work so haven't

Re: 30-second Delay Before Voiceover Speaks Time

2014-03-31 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi, I get about a 5 second delay when I invoke the right option t command. This only happens the first time. Then it's under a second. I don't have speakable items on. I'm on a 2011 macbook pro. Lisette s very quick if I stay within the same app. On 31/03/2014, at 5:42 pm, Tim Kilburn

How do you follow someone in Night Owl?

2014-03-29 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Subject line says it all? I can't find a keyboard shortcut to do this. Surely there's a way to follow someone!! Lisette -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an

deleting addresses from autofill in mail

2014-03-24 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi, Hopefully somebody understands what I mean here. How can I delete recently sent-to email addresses from mail? I don' mean in the contacts, but somewhere in mail there's a place you can see a table of all email addresses the Mac knows about and you can delete them. This stops mail auto

Re: deleting addresses from autofill in mail

2014-03-24 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Ah yes, thanks Alex. So easy to forget if you don't use it every day. Cheers Lisette On 25/03/2014, at 4:58 am, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: It's in the Window menu. Go there and choose the Address Panel. On Mar 23, 2014, at 12:35 AM, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com

Re: an annoying little problem

2014-03-19 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi Ray, It does work. I've had somebody on skype listen to me and the Mac through external speaker using the built in mic. By far the easiest way. Hope it works for you. Lisette On 19/03/2014, at 11:25 am, Ray Foret Jr rforet7...@comcast.net wrote: I am very much afraid that approatch just

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