Re: Converting pdf files on the mac.

Hi, Try Robo Braille Converter PDF Image To Text send your attached PDF to conv...@robobraille.org Thanks, Rob > On Apr 24, 2017, at 9:58 AM, Jessica Moss wrote: > > I’ve just received several pdf files via e-mail that I need to convert to txt > files, and

Re: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

Hey Scott, Agreed, this is not a place to discuss about these things. I'll shout you a mail > On 25/04/2017, at 3:47 AM, Scott Granados wrote: > > Well, we’ve probably strayed off topic for the list but I find what you’re > talking about absolutely compelling. I

Re: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

Well, I do, because my husband, who is very definitely sighted, can't stand speech. So if I want speech, I have to have my own stuff. Although he also has a stick, not the Fire TV. Not to mention the fact that none of the speech works through the sound bar in the room where the big TV we have

Re: Excel 2016 for Mac, reading row and column titles

Well, google looked like it might find something, but NO Microsoft still talks a better game then they provide. 1. Background cell information is always spoken and very annoying. Reading the Microsoft make your Excel accessible on the Macintosh pages suggested creating tables and then using

Re: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

Well, as I don’t live in a vacuum of blind only users 4K is important. We also tend to record a lot of 4K content around here so it’s nice to have the playback option. I’ve got a stick as well on the non 4K TV and you’re right it is pretty good. The size especially makes it nice and it’s

Re: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

Hi Scott, I think the cutting edge is in applications that affect the world, not those that affect pure data itself. The normal classifiers as you say are: -sensory (vision, touch, localised temperature, pressure, captured environmentals) -model or data model, where all your data and features

Re: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

Interesting, you had asked me about my sound bar at one point. It’s a Sony ht-ct-260H and it works very well with speech. I think it’s been superseded with a newer model so not sure it’s availability. I’m using the fiber out from the TV in to the fiber in on the sound bar to connect the audio

Re: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

I picked up an LG sound bar over the holidays which works fine. But it's not as good as the klipsch in terms of its actual sound quality. So, I have that sound bar on a small TV with my fire stick and AppleTV for. That way, he doesn't have to be bothered and gets to have his big sound bar which

Re: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

Well, we’ve probably strayed off topic for the list but I find what you’re talking about absolutely compelling. I can see where you might apply your calculations to large complex data analysis like environmental modeling for example or looking for chaotic patterns. The thing that interests me

Tim Cook almost pulled Uber from the app store

In the what were they thinking camp, Uber apparently was using iPhone unique information to fingerprint devices and also track phones even if the app was uninstalled. Uber has been having a whole host of security and privacy issues lately and this is just another, a really big one. Folks

Re: Thanks to those who directed me to Sonos tech support

I agree, Les. Cheers, Donna > On Apr 24, 2017, at 5:04 PM, Les Kriegler wrote: > > Donna, I'm really glad this worked out for you. I think another advantage of > talking with tech-support is it a have an idea now of how voice over works. > And that in itself is a good

Re: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

I set up NetFlix myself. My partner had to go into settings and turn VoiceAssist on for the FireStick. Kind regards, David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +61 488 988 936 Sent from my iPhone > On 24/04/2017, at 21:12, Ryan Mann wrote: > >

RE: Sirius xm app

Ben, I don't have a starero, just a cheep boombox sitting near my counter. Would this work if I had an input jack on it. HTH. Matthew -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ben Constantini Sent: Monday, April

Re: Sirius xm app

It would if your boom box has an input jack . Most of the newer ones do. Ben > On Apr 24, 2017, at 7:13 PM, Matthew Dyer > wrote: > > Ben, I don't have a starero, just a cheep boombox sitting near my counter. > Would this work if I had an input jack on it.

Re: Anyone ever factory reset their Sonos player?

PlayBase is the update to the PlayBar. It is a large flat rectangle. It beams sound around the room, giving a more dynamic listening experience. Kind regards, David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +61 488 988 936 Sent from my iPhone > On 25/04/2017, at 05:55, Terje

RE: Question for Sonos users

Donna, I'm not sure what your really getting at, I take it you pick one speaker up and take it outside but if you have them as individual speakers surely they should just work as I have! I take one from my bedroom and move it to the kitchen and it keeps working,if I want it playing what is

RE: Anyone ever factory reset their Sonos player?

Hi David, I did see advertising for the play base but what is it? I know they recently baught out a white sub but hwat is this play base? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Chittenden Sent: Monday, 24

Re: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

I believe there is an accessibility solution for COdi now. Something that’s come out with in the last few weeks. THere’s been mention of it on the android list although I don’t have specifics at hand. You. Might google for a solution as I think one has recently been released. > On Apr 23,

RE: Anyone ever factory reset their Sonos player?

Hi Donna, Time zone delays and things but yeah a couple of times for all my speakers, Can't say it's been an issue but it worked out some kinks And it only kills the settings on the speaker not the actual content of your sonos library which is app based. -Original Message- From:

Re: Looking for a good SIP client for the iPhone that is accessible

That sounds like the right one but as long as the FQDN resolves to a record it should use V6 no? I’ll look in to that. YOu’re absolutely right as always that V6 is much easier with SIP, none of that damn NAT silliness. Verizon FIOS is still woefully behind the times and not offering

RE: sonos going from bad to worse

HI Donna, Assuming you have checked your wifi and all is working, Uninstall the sonos app and then reinstall it to your phone, Then when you start the app up again it will ask if you wish to setup a new sonos system or connect to an existing one, If both your speakers are plugged in and

RE: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

ThanksDavid, I wondered about that, Like siri when it was first released, great in the USA but crap in the likes of everywhere else. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Chittenden Sent: Monday, 24 April

Thanks to those who directed me to Sonos tech support

Hey all, especially Les and Scott, Thanks for your recommendation of Sonos Tech support. They did not disappoint. By the time I talked to them this morning, I'd deleted the app from all my devices, and rebooted both our speakers several times over, but no joy. They got me up and running,

Re: Anyone ever factory reset their Sonos player?

Play Base is a sound bar. Designe like a board/plank for tv. With both low, mid and high frequencies. Take care > 24. apr. 2017 kl. 11.02 skrev Simon Fogarty : > > Hi David, > > I did see advertising for the play base but what is it? > > I know they recently baught out

Re: Thanks to those who directed me to Sonos tech support

Donna, I'm really glad this worked out for you. I think another advantage of talking with tech-support is it a have an idea now of how voice over works. And that in itself is a good thing. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 24, 2017, at 3:21 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Hey all,

Re: Sirius xm app

Matthew , I can also connect my Sirius receiver to my stereo by running a cable from the antenna jack on the front of the radio to the input jack on the stereo . You can also buy a docking unit from Sirius and hook it up that way . Ben C. > On Apr 24, 2017, at 3:26 PM, Matthew Dyer

Re: iTunes next song AppleScript via UI Scripting.

Hi Jonathan, Sorry for the delay in responding. Thank you for the script. Getting the song information in a dialogue box would be fine, it would even be ok if VO just read out the song title without displaying a dialogue. I have limited scripting knowledge but I will try to run this script

Re: Converting pdf files on the mac.

Ok, I somehow managed to get my script up and running with automator, at least I’m guessing I did, sense I now have the option to save these pdf files as rtf files, however I just discovered I received one of them as an imbedded jpeg file, which is apparently a scanned picture of some text

Re: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

Hi! Actually i will get myself an Iphone Se just as an ipod and daisy book reader. But i think i am not going to use it anymore as a phone and this just because apple doesn’t seem to have any intresting development in regards to Siri. It took them forever to bring siri to Sweden but google seems

Re: Question for Sonos users

Hey Simon, I think the grouping thing isn't working right. I've looked at that, but saw no option for regrouping rooms. Cheers, Donna > On Apr 24, 2017, at 3:47 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Donna, > > I'm not sure what your really getting at, > > I take it you pick one

Re: Connecting to Airport Router Using WPA/WPA2 Personal

I have three Airport devices advertising the same network and I discovered that two of them were set to wpa/wpa2 personal while one of them was set to just wpa2 personal. This seems to have solved my issue for the moment, but we will see if it crops up again. Also, I did a diagnostic and it

Re: Connecting to Airport Router Using WPA/WPA2 Personal

Well you see it may be and I don’t know for sure that Canadian and US WiFi uses slightly different channels. I know that US and Japan are different where Japan has more channels if memory serves. So if there are different spectrum management methods and channels used they will overlap in

Re: Sitrix access

I would think you could enable sharing on the laptop and then mount the shares via the browser possibly. It’s been a long long time but I thought I remembered something along the lines of using the safari browser as the file browser. Let me know if you get stuck I’d take this on as a project

Re: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

Totally blind friendly in terms of accessibility. The app you use to configure and update the device is absolutely 100% accessible on both major platforms, the settings are very simple and clean to set up and the directions you follow on the web for example to configure translate perfectly to

Re: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

Could you set up Netflix yourself or did your partner have to set it up? What about other settings such as the WIFI network? I live alone, so if I was to get a Fire Stick, I would need to be able to set it up. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 24, 2017, at 6:10 AM, Scott Granados

RE: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

Yeah just reading an article on the net about the 3 amazon fire devices There is the TV Stick, the TV Box and the TV Game box, And according to the blog article the TV is about 40% less perforamance than the TV Box, Both come with the remote and alexa but in NZ they don't have the same

Re: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

Whatt are your thoughts on the amazon firephone? I thought about that when I was about to upgrade my phone, but was really uncertain about it at the same time sense I didn’t know anyone who owned one, and also had never used a fire tablet as much as I really lusted after one. > On Apr 24,

Re: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

HI! Hopefully they will give us some features before we are dead. > 23 apr. 2017 kl. 15:29 skrev Krister Ekstrom : > > That was what i was about to write a couple mails ago, many of those digital > assistants have no or limited functionality outside the US. I’m not

Re: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

You would want a Fire TV in my opinion, not a fire stick. The stick is a bit less powered and while a good product the Fire TV is a very very good product. Accessibility has been continuously improved and the access to prime video content is fantastic. The stick has a slower processor, less

Re: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

My opinion is Amazon should stick to artificial intelligence and web services along with retail and leave the phones to the professionals.:) Not a big fan. > On Apr 24, 2017, at 8:46 AM, Jessica Moss wrote: > > Whatt are your thoughts on the amazon firephone? I

Re: Converting pdf files on the mac.

Hi Jessica, Honestly, the quickest way is to do a command A to select all, command C to copy, open up textedit and paste with command V. God bless. Matthew Dierckens Certified Assistive Technology Specialist Macintosh, IOS and Windows Trainer JAWS for windows Certified - 2016 Canadian Phone:

Re: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

Oh cool, how exactly does the firestick differ from the Apple Tv, other than it’s way less moneywise, and is a USB stick? > On Apr 24, 2017, at 12:02 AM, David Chittenden wrote: > > Yes, these devices have parental control settings. > > Kind regards, > > David

Converting pdf files on the mac.

I’ve just received several pdf files via e-mail that I need to convert to txt files, and unfortunately have no idea how to do this. I found a youtube video on how to do this, which seems to be outdated, sense some of the options for using it on my end look a little different, however I thought

Re: Looking for a good SIP client for the iPhone that is accessible

That would be correct, but it's not usually the case with SIP, which is seriously unfortunate because SIP opens so very many ports. It's quite easy to run into NAT issues with SIP, primarily for incoming calls, not so much for outgoing. On my Asterisk server I still listen for IPv4 incoming only

RE: Sirius xm app

Hi, At the moment I have an internet subscribtion, bt have a question regarding a receiver. Are you able to get receivers that could be connected without a stareo? I have a small boombox but I don't think there is a way to connect a receiver to it. I would like to be able too listen without

Re: Looking for a good SIP client for the iPhone that is accessible

Hello, Happy anniversary Neena and Fargo! God bless. Matthew Dierckens Certified Assistive Technology Specialist Macintosh, IOS and Windows Trainer JAWS for windows Certified - 2016 Canadian Phone: 519-962-9140 U.S. phone: 573-401-1018 Personal Email: matt.dierck...@me.com > On Apr 24, 2017, at

Re: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

Hi Scott, I don't see the use case for a blind person with a Fire TV versus the stick. I have a stick, the newer generation. It seems quite responsive. Admittedly, I don't have the Fire TV to compare it with. But I just don't see the point, unless money is no object and you don't mind spending

Re: Converting pdf files on the mac.

Hi, What are you wanting to convert the files to? You can save the file as a word document and then open it on a windows machine. God bless. Matthew Dierckens Certified Assistive Technology Specialist Macintosh, IOS and Windows Trainer JAWS for windows Certified - 2016 Canadian Phone:

Re: Connecting to Airport Router Using WPA/WPA2 Personal

You might want to research the US/Canada differences in WiFi channel allocations, I don't know anything about this, and in general don't understand what types of interference is caused by different sources at different levels. Scott G probably has some sense of this. On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at

Re: Converting pdf files on the mac.

I have several pdf documents Hannah’s teacher was kind enough to send me so I could help her with her homework and in turn I was given permission to print them out on the embosser at work. However, we’re not allowed, of course, to just start downloading stuff, even as simple as acrobat reader

Re: Accessible web conferencing: zoom.us

Hi, Scott: Just FYI ... I'm personally waiting for my server OS, Fedora, to provide rpm packages for Asterisk 14.X, but there's yet nothing in rawhide. However, just recently there is a build in Koji destined, it seems, for Fedora 25 of Asterisk-14.4:

Re: Converting pdf files on the mac.

Ok, that would be great if I could do 2 things, find the option to convert that file using text edit, and/or if we used macs at my job which I wish we did and could use the Braille with those. I pretty much hate Windows with a passion, but love what I do at my job, but wish they’d let me

RE: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

Hi Scott, I don't either live in a vacume of blind users But again 4K is so new here in NZ that most users wouldn't know the difference between 4k out put and the previous screen output of my 32inch Samsung LED tv. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

RE: Tim Cook almost pulled Uber from the app store

Great work, And people get concerned about governments watching / spying on what they do. This I could see becoming a courtcase From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados Sent: Tuesday, 25 April 2017 5:52 AM To: MacVisionaries

RE: Anyone ever factory reset their Sonos player?

Hi, This must be the new play bar, I have the sonos playbar and only got it just before xmas, Bummer if the play base also has more of a sub effect than the bar does. Wonder if I can sell my play bar and get the new play base. -Original Message- From:

RE: Converting pdf files on the mac.

Hi Jessica, Possibly This could be easier for you if you have office 2016 for the mac? Office will now let you open and save to other formats PDF files. Just a thought that you could try this if you have office available to you. As for scanned images in a pdf format you will if like

Re: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

In The US, Amazon FireStick works on par with Apple TV, and is about $100 USD less expensive. It only has 8 GB onboard memory for apps. It has a good talking (you talk to it) interface. The text to speech side is not as robust as Apple. For the money, we find it worth it. We only use the Apple

RE: Anyone ever factory reset their Sonos player?

HI David, Great to hear, Your partner is a good lady, does she have a sister that wants to buy me one? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Chittenden Sent: Tuesday, 25 April 2017 2:41 PM To:

Re: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

Rmann0581 at gmail.com. I spelled At out so it would be harder for spam programs to get my address. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 24, 2017, at 10:51 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Hi Ryan, > Sure whats your address? > > -Original Message- > From:

Re: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

I actually won an Amazon Dot as a door prize from an internet security seminar so I figured I should at least plug the thing in. It's turned out to be quite handy as an always on assistant. Even though Siri can do many of these things, I don't have to fish a phone out of my pocket. Things like

Re: iTunes next song AppleScript via UI Scripting.

If you put the script into script editor and click play you should get a dialog asking you to launch System Preferences. You need to go into the Security and Privacy panel then click on Privacy. In the Privacy tab is a table where one of the items is accessibility. You should see in the

Re: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

OK. So how are you guys using the Fire Stick? I can’t find any information about its accessibility and how one uses it as a totally blind person. If you are doing so, please contact me off list. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email,

Excel 2016 for Mac, reading row and column titles

This sounds like this might be kind of a long shot, but I am desperately hoping that there might be a way, using Voiceover on the Mac along with Excel 2016, to have Voiceover read column titles while navigating across the columns while navigation is down many rows deep into the spreadsheet. I

Re: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

The Fire TV has a better remote, better WiFi interface, faster processor, and a lot more snap to the interface from a user of TTS perspective. I’m also not sure if the stick provides 4K video, the Fire TV does. Both are good products don’t get me wrong I’m just a bigger fan of the Fire TV

RE: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

So if the fire stick needs sighted assistance to enable accessibility then is the fire tv any better for accessibility and which one is better between the fire stick and fire tv? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On

Re: Anyone ever factory reset their Sonos player?

The sound is definitely better from the PlayBase. My partner gave me one for Easter.. Sonos Playbar is popular enough that we were able to sell it for just a hundred less than we paid for it on eBay. Kind regards, David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +61 488 988

RE: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

Hi Ryan, Sure whats your address? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ryan Mann Sent: Tuesday, 25 April 2017 2:46 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: And here's an example of why Apple is losing

Re: Connecting to Airport Router Using WPA/WPA2 Personal

A little googling shows that the frequency ranges in North America are the same. This makes sense, the allocations seem to be regional with the may differences being on the 2.4 GHZ band. The UK for example supports channels 12 13 and 14, Japan supports a different subset with 14 being limited

Re: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

I don't know if the stick has 4K or not. I doubt it. As a blind person, I don't care. As for the snappiness, obviously since I don't have a Fire TV, I cannot compare it with the stick. But I'm pretty satisfied with the snappiness of the stick. Says the TV doesn't give me any more access than

RE: Sitrix access

Scott, Yeah possibly but it will come down to what form of lock down the sys admins have on the notebook, As for safari, not an option on a windows 7 based machine From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados Sent: Monday, 24

RE: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

If you set fire to your tv wouldn't that be a waste of the tv? Is a fire stick otherwise known as a match? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados Sent: Tuesday, 25 April 2017 1:56 AM To:

RE: Question for Sonos users

Hi Donna, Should be there, If you split a grouped room then to re group it's just a case of opening the room settings and selecting all rooms and then grouping them again, I can't see why this wouldn't work for you. Still if you need to give your play1's away, I'll send you my address.

RE: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

SO these fire tv have good accessibility for screen reader users? Why would I want a fire tv over an apple tv if I was making a choice? I didn't find the chrome cast 2 much of a benefit and my apple tv works great for me other than the lack of usefull apps. I'd like sonos available on my

Re: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

Well, I was unaware of how to start VoiceView independently. It is good to know that one can do so without needing to initially set up in settings. Kind regards, David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +61 488 988 936 Sent from my iPhone > On 25/04/2017, at 12:31,

Re: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

Would you contact me off list as well? Thanks. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 24, 2017, at 10:31 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > So if the fire stick needs sighted assistance to enable accessibility then is > the fire tv any better for accessibility and which one is better

RE: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

So David, If you were buying one now which one would you go for concidring what NZ gets in regard to netflicks etc? Note I have an apple tv 4th gen. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Chittenden Sent:

Re: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

There is a built in screen reader in this product. David Tanner >From my iPhone 7 > On Apr 24, 2017, at 9:51 AM, John Panarese wrote: > > OK. So how are you guys using the Fire Stick? I can’t find any information > about its accessibility and how one uses it as a