Re: Caps Lock to VO, KeyRemap4Macbook update

2012-09-10 Thread Eric Caron
Hi Bart and Rodney, You folks are moving way ahead of me! I'm loving the keyboard changes but I'm still learning as I go. The Mac side is rock solid but the VM side though working great has additional complications. Bart can you explain what setting it was you changed in JAWS in the

Re: Accessible Widgets

2012-09-10 Thread Ricardo Walker
Yeah. but if you have mountain lion, there is a tweet widget natively found in the notification center. hth Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Sep 9, 2012, at 9:23 PM, Timothy Clark Music timothyclarkmu...@me.com wrote: twijit is

Re: Sink iPhone to Mac

2012-09-10 Thread Paul Erkens
Hi Max, First, after connecting your phone to the mac, make sure itunes is open. If it did not come up when you connected your phone, then there's a setting inside itunes that you can always switch to on, so that itunes automatically starts when you hook up your iphone. Once itunes is open,

iTunes Question

2012-09-10 Thread Gavin Grundlingh
Hi all, Is there a way to sync an iPhone with an iTunes library without erasing its contents? I have a friend's iPHone that's still running iOS 4.0, and I want to update it to the latest version of iOS, but iTunes tells me that, because I haven't yet use this iPhone with my computer, it's

Photos and iPhoto on iPhone

2012-09-10 Thread David Hole
Hi folks. Are anyone here using iPhoto on iPhone/iPad? If so, if I delete a photo in iPhoto, will it then be deleted from the whole library, or do I have to delete it in the photo app too? Hope someone here knows. Thanks in advance. -David -- You received this message because you are

RE: Caps Lock to VO, KeyRemap4Macbook update

2012-09-10 Thread wayne coles
Hello thank you for a quick and does the shift key become the caps lock automaticly thanks response -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Eric Caron Sent: 10 September 2012 02:27 To:

Re: XFinity apps.

2012-09-10 Thread Chris Blouch
With the (US) passage of the CVAA, XFinity and services like it should see much improvement in accessibility in the near future. I believe companies that have products which fall under the CVAA were to be required to track accessibility issues and have a plan to rectify them by October of this

Re: powerpoints

2012-09-10 Thread Kimberly thurman
Just FYI, in the interest of truthful disclosure, Power Point is accessible with windows screenreaders. *smile* On Sep 10, 2012, at 11:36 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: Keynote is the Apple iWorks answer to Microsoft Office PowerPoint. With Powerpoint being totally inaccessible, Keynote is 100%

Re: Remote Logon

2012-09-10 Thread Chris Blouch
Some other forums said that the Pro version of LogMeIn will let you hear audio from the remote computer. How accessible it is I have no idea, but there is a free trial. https://secure.logmein.com/products/pro/ CB On 9/8/12 9:35 PM, wayne coles wrote: Hi what about team viewer i have

Re: powerpoints

2012-09-10 Thread Chris Blouch
Right, but this person was asking about using voiceover. Until a few years ago Microsoft uses the MSAA API and I'm assuming they are now on the Microsoft UI Automation. I guess Microsoft didn't want to be bothered porting their accessibility work to talk to the Apple accessibility APIs, so no

Re: powerpoints

2012-09-10 Thread May and Noah
Great, but I don't use windows, *smiles* May and Prince Noah Personal Playground www.canadianlynx.ca m...@canadianlynx.ca On 2012-09-10, at 12:00 PM, Kimberly thurman kkthur...@hotmail.com wrote: Just FYI, in the interest of truthful disclosure, Power Point is accessible with windows

Re: [Maccessibility] The Humanware Communicator for iOS

2012-09-10 Thread Chris Blouch
Never having used the app I can't speak to its special qualities that would make it more useful that just the standards notes app. What I can speak to is the cost of iOS development. It's a hot platform so finding developers is expensive due to supply and demand. Many charge $100/hour or more

Re: [Maccessibility] The Humanware Communicator for iOS

2012-09-10 Thread Cheree Heppe
Cheree Heppe here: Good name for them -- Big Nerd! Regards, ChereeHeppe Sent from my IPhone 4S On 10/09/2012, at 9:45, Chris Blouch cblo...@aol.com wrote: Never having used the app I can't speak to its special qualities that would make it more useful that just the standards notes app. What

My New Blog Post

2012-09-10 Thread Scott Rumery
Hello, I have posted a new article to our website and I thought some of you might like to take a look at it. If you do read it, would you be so kind as to leave me a comment so that I can get an idea of who is reading my blog posts, also if you haven't yet liked our Facebook page, or followed

Re: XFinity apps.

2012-09-10 Thread Cameron Strife
Hi. Well that's a bit of good news then. comcast has no idea about accessibility. I've talked to them more than once regarding issues on their web site and they tried to explain to me that it's my screen reader, not their site when I pointed out exactly why certain things were not accessible on

RE: Dumb VO question

2012-09-10 Thread Bill Holton
Thanks. I did have quick nav on. I also discovered that even though it clicks when you back over a word with option left arrow, you have to then option right arrow back over for the suggestions to appear. Any idea of what you can do immediately when a word is corrected and replaced and you know

Re: [Maccessibility] The Humanware Communicator for iOS

2012-09-10 Thread Alex Hall
You make a good point regarding contract costs; I had not considered that. Still, the price seems unreasonably high, when you consider plenty of people teach themselves to develop for iOS, plunk down $100 per year, and sell their apps for a couple bucks, even accessibility-related apps like

Re: powerpoints

2012-09-10 Thread Alex Hall
You'll want to watch formatting carefully, though. My sister once made a keynote presentation on her iPad that looked perfect. She opened it on a windows machine and the title, while in the right place, was upsidedown. On 9/10/12, May and Noah mcdonald@gmail.com wrote: Great, but I don't use

Pressing Command-f5 Five Times: What Does This Do, and Is It Documented Anywhere?

2012-09-10 Thread Teresa Cochran
I remember someone mentioning this before. I'm wondering what it actually does, and whether there's documentation on it. I was having a problem with vO going silent periodically in Safari, and this seems to have fixed it. Thanks, Teresa -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: Pressing Command-f5 Five Times: What Does This Do, and Is It Documented Anywhere?

2012-09-10 Thread Timothy Clark Music
i think it's a basic reset. Timothy Your Friend in the music industry http://www.timothyclarkmusic.tumblr.com On Sep 10, 2012, at 4:27 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: I remember someone mentioning this before. I'm wondering what it actually does, and whether there's documentation on it. I was

Re: Dumb VO question

2012-09-10 Thread Timothy Clark Music
yeah just hit enter and it will correct it. ron paul 2012 Timothy Your Friend in the music industry http://www.timothyclarkmusic.tumblr.com On Sep 10, 2012, at 2:49 PM, Bill Holton wrote: Thanks. I did have quick nav on. I also discovered that even though it clicks when you back over

Re: [Maccessibility] The Humanware Communicator for iOS

2012-09-10 Thread Chris Blouch
Not saying it wouldn't be possible for some non-profit org or person to do it cheaper or free, but if you're a company that wants to break even (or better) on costs the numbers just don't work well. So for blind-specific apps, with a population roughly 30x larger you could sell an app for

Re: Problem panning through email text with Brailliant 40 anyone else?

2012-09-10 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Dear Ioana, I've only noticed it in Mail. Best wishes Andrew On 9 Sep 2012, at 22:20, Ioana Gandrabur igandra...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Nice to know in a way that it is not an isolated behavior. So I will report this and not hold my breath. Does this happen in all text areas or just mail?

Apple TV and Voiceover and how does it work?

2012-09-10 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Dear Listers, I'm trying to learn as much as possible about Apple TV. Has anyone got any experience of it on the list, especially anyone who's got no sight at all? How does it work? I have a number of films/tv programmes which `i'd like to watch/listen to with sighted friends on an ordinary TV

I Can Only Force Quit Mail!

2012-09-10 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, all, The subject pretty much sums it up. If I use command-q, I get Mail with no windows. I have to use force quit almost all the time now. I'm using Mountain Lion. Thanks, Teresa -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post

RE: Dumb VO question

2012-09-10 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. Not quite what I meant. Wwhen I type a word and text edit auto corrects it to a new word when I hit spacebar. But the word I typed was the word I wanted. How do I go back and change it back via the revert command with a VO or hot key command? BILL HOLTON Email:

Re: I Can Only Force Quit Mail!

2012-09-10 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Sometimes you have to wait a minute or so. This used to only happen to me in Lion, and has never yet happened in ML. Just give it a minute to close itself down and see what happens. Lisette On 11/09/2012, at 9:21 AM, Teresa Cochran vegaspipistre...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, all, The subject

Re: I Can Only Force Quit Mail!

2012-09-10 Thread Teresa Cochran
Thanks, Lisette. I will try this suggestion and be a bit more patient. :) Teresa On Sep 10, 2012, at 2:30 PM, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com wrote: Sometimes you have to wait a minute or so. This used to only happen to me in Lion, and has never yet happened in ML. Just give it

Re: Apple TV and Voiceover and how does it work?

2012-09-10 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi there I have no site, and I have a AppleTV. I guess you could say sort of, that it's like iTunes for your TV. You can get Netflix, movies, watch YouTube, and I can't remember what else. It's got the same voice like the iPhone. It has a little remote. There's not many controls, and it can

Is the old Google Groups finally Gone

2012-09-10 Thread Brian Fischler
Is the old Google Groups finally gone? The only way I had to navigate this forum was in the old google groups. I got logged out of Google which is almost impossible to do, and when I logged back in I was automatically taken to the new google groups, and I can't find anyway to set this group

Re: Apple TV and Voiceover and how does it work?

2012-09-10 Thread Stacey Robinson
I have a question. Can you use an apple tv without a regular tv. On Sep 10, 2012, at 5:25 PM, Eugenia Firth wrote: Hi there I have no site, and I have a AppleTV. I guess you could say sort of, that it's like iTunes for your TV. You can get Netflix, movies, watch YouTube, and I can't

Re: Caps Lock to VO, KeyRemap4Macbook update

2012-09-10 Thread Bart Bunting
Eric, In the jaws settings manager check the setting: keyboard - Jaws key for laptop layout Set this to insert was capslock for me previously. Once that was done everything worked as expected. Kind regards Bart Eric Caron ecar...@comcast.net writes: Hi Bart and Rodney, You folks

activating bookmarks

2012-09-10 Thread agent086b
Hi all, now for my next problem. When i migrated some settings from the PC some of my bookmarks went to the bookmarks bar and some went in to a bookmarks list. I can get the bookmarks bar to connect me with the sites there but I can not get the bookmarks list to let me go to a site. I can see

DJ software anyone?

2012-09-10 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Hi, Would anybody on here using the DJ software for the Mac fill me in a little on where to get and how to use it? Is it dependant on the ITunes Library, or can it be used otherwise? Thanks. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name:

Re: Dumb VO question

2012-09-10 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
Hi, Backspace at the end of wrongly auto-corrected word and you will hear revert correction then you arrow down (no quicknav ) and hit enter and it reverts. hth Ioana Please check out my cd on www.ioanagandrabur.com on iTunes and most online stores. On Sep 10, 2012, at 5:25 PM, Bill Holton

Re: just learned something; making •points on the mac

2012-09-10 Thread Mary Scott
This is so cool. Thank you. I have wondered about these. Mel On Sep 9, 2012, at 5:24 PM, Tim Kilburn kilbur...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, The Option key is actually really useful, there are all kinds of characters you can type all with the addition of the Option key. Some examples are

Re: My New Blog Post

2012-09-10 Thread Mary Scott
Hi Scott, I tried pressing VO space on toggle reader in the tool bar. It said dimmed and I could not get it to do anything. I also tried command shift r and that did not work either. What might be wrong? I tried it on your website. Mel On Sep 10, 2012, at 1:35 PM, Scott Rumery

switching languages on iPhone

2012-09-10 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: How do you switch from English to Spanish voice on the iPhone? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

Re: switching languages on iPhone

2012-09-10 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
you have to add the voice into your router. Go to settings general accessibility and voiceover. Then go to language router. add the spanish voice and you will see it in your language section of the router. Sent from my Macbook Pro. Chris Bruinenberg cbrui...@gmail.com On Sep 10, 2012, at 5:28

Re: I Can Only Force Quit Mail!

2012-09-10 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, If you use the iMap protocol, you may also wish to wait about 10 to 20 seconds after deleting messages before quitting the Mail app. I've noticed that Mail will sometimes hang as iMap is trying to place the deleted or moved messages in their new locations and if you Quit too soon, it gets

Re: My New Blog Post

2012-09-10 Thread Alex Hall
The problem is likely Mountain Lion itself, or more specifically, Safari. It is up to Safari to decide what content would be included in a reader article; if it cannot find any, it will not let you activate reader. I was on windows when I read that post, but I had quite a hard time finding the

ZCaptcha Released

2012-09-10 Thread Brandon Olivares
Hello, As promised a few days ago, ZCaptcha has been released today. It is only in beta, so please be patient with any errors, and please also report them to me if you find any. I'll be adding more in the coming days, including the ability to email your screenshot, but for now it is working

Re: sending an email to multiple people?

2012-09-10 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey all, Another mail question, what about using your contacts to send a bulk email? I have never figured out how to do this using mammal. Is there a way to pull up your contact address book in mail and select multiple contacts to mail, or to do this in the contacts app? I have played around with

External Speakers for the iMac?

2012-09-10 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey all, I would like to get some external speakers for the Imac as I listen to movies with descriptive video through the web. The only other option I would like is to have the option to hook my Iphone up to the speakers as well. I probably don't care if they are bluetooth or wired as long as

Re: sending an email to multiple people?

2012-09-10 Thread Tim Kilburn
Brian, To accomplish what you're asking, do the following: • Open Mail • Select the Mailbox that you wish to send from. • Press cmd-option-a to bring up the Address Panel. • Navigate to the People Table and Interact with it. • Locate the first individual you'd like to send to. • Press

Re: sending an email to multiple people?

2012-09-10 Thread Alex Hall
I haven't tried this, but should you not turn off cursor tracking when in the table? Normally when selecting, I think you have to have tracking off or things don't work. Just something to keep in mind. On Sep 10, 2012, at 11:49 PM, Tim Kilburn kilbur...@gmail.com wrote: Brian, To accomplish

follow-up to disappearing contacts

2012-09-10 Thread Alex Hall
Hi all, A few days ago I found that my contacts were seemingly all gone - no search would bring any of them up. Well, I figured it out: I had selected another group somehow. Apparently, tabbing around contacts skips over the groups table which is just before the search box, so I kept missing

Re: sending an email to multiple people?

2012-09-10 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, In Mountain Lion and Lion, there is no need to turn cursor tracking off, VO figures out on its own that you wish non-contiguous selections. In earlier versions of the MacOS, it was necessary to do so. A reminder, though, if you get lost and can't remember which items are selected, press

how to create groups in Mountain Lion's contacts app

2012-09-10 Thread Alex Hall
Hi all, It worked! I was able to create a group and add people to it, and now I need only type the group name when sending an email and everyone in the group is added to the field into which I am typing. Here's how: 1. Open the contacts app, then hit cmd-shift-n for new group (or find it in the

Re: I Can Only Force Quit Mail!

2012-09-10 Thread Les Kriegler
Hi Tim, I've waited longer than that, and sometimes messages just are not deleted. At night, when traffic is lower, I'm talking well after nidnight, it seems to work better, but during the day, it's often a problem to have mail deleted. Les On Sep 10, 2012, at 8:43 PM, Tim Kilburn

Updates to Mail Conversations, I.E. 1 message Conversation

2012-09-10 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi all, I've noticed that in Mountain Lion, even if you delete the previous messages in a conversation, they will show up again when more messages are posted to it? VO then reads 1 message conversation but there may be seven messages that have already been read and deleted. I'm wondering if