Re: Accessing attachments in Mail on the Mac

2017-08-22 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Yes, you are correct. Later... Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 22, 2017, at 5:16 PM, Nancy Badger wrote: > > Tim, > Are you saying you don't have to interact with it anymore? You just hit Vo > Space? > > Nancy Badger, Ph.D > Executive Director of Counseling >

Sling TV and Cord Cutting Options

2017-08-22 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi guys: I see where Sling can now be watched on Chrome, and has a DVR cloud based option. Is the app and DVR accessible? What about Hulu live tv? I'm thinking about cord cutting. Sarai D Bucciarelli www.linkedin.com/in/SaraiDBucciarelli -- The following information is important for all

Re: Sling TV and Cord Cutting Options

2017-08-22 Thread Scott Granados
I think it depends what platform you’re using. My Samsung TV supports Netflix and Hulu among others very nicely with accessibility features. Apple TV is another good option that can be hit or miss but the apps you mention I think specifically are accessible. Amazon Fire TV they tend to work

Re: Issue with Apple Mail saving drafts on my Gmail.

2017-08-22 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, This would not be a VoiceOver issue. It likely has something to do with your settings within the Mail Preferences whereby it's keeping a copy of the draft both on the local machine and on the gMail servers. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Aug 21, 2017, at 04:21, Nickus

Sierra Contacts

2017-08-22 Thread E.T.
Something I have wanted to ask about and always forget to. When in Contacts, when I press the VO keys, I hear "the selected card is in...". Is there either a way to turn this off or commands that do not use the VO keys? From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away

RE: Sling TV and Cord Cutting Options

2017-08-22 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: I have my Windows PC, My Mac, my iphone. For TV, I have an Apple 4th gen TV. I was thinking about getting a second Apple TV, or another device for my second TV in the living room. On that TV in the living room, since it is near a Window, I'd get an OTA antenna to catch my local channels.

RE: Sling TV and Cord Cutting Options

2017-08-22 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Which Samsung TV do you have? Sarai D Bucciarelli www.linkedin.com/in/SaraiDBucciarelli -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2017 9:11 AM To:

RE: Sling TV and Cord Cutting Options

2017-08-22 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Awesome! If I ever need a new TV, will have to check them out. I love the sound on the Vizio but there isn't any accessible menus. I also cannot reach the ports in the back. Mine only has 1 hdmi port. I want more on my next tv since everything plugs in to HDMI. Just trying to decide about

RE: Sling TV and Cord Cutting Options

2017-08-22 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Good to know about the accessibility. How is the sound? Their TVS use to sound horrible. Sarai D Bucciarelli www.linkedin.com/in/SaraiDBucciarelli -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados Sent:

Re: Accessing attachments in Mail on the Mac

2017-08-22 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, I've not had problems with this. Normally, like Nancy, I navigate to the bottom of the message to find the attachment. From there, I just VO-space on the text of the attachment and the menu comes up whereby I could open, save etc. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Aug

Re: Sling TV and Cord Cutting Options

2017-08-22 Thread Scott Granados
I have a 75 inch curved display with QLED quantum dots. I believe it’s called a 9500 UHD series. Supports HDR and 4K. Great TV but expensive. I bought 2 of them for a little more than ten thousand. Samsung has good accessibility across the product line though you don’t have to buy so high

Re: Sling TV and Cord Cutting Options

2017-08-22 Thread Scott Granados
The built in sound isn’t bad now, I know what you mean it’s definitely improved from the initial slim frame days. The curved TV sounds good with a decent sound field in front. You have 3 preprogrammed sound modes including standard which is basically everything 0ed out, optimized which is

Re: factory reset a mac book pro

2017-08-22 Thread masood bamyani
After erasing this and reset it the system doesn't talk at all Md > On Aug 22, 2017, at 12:51 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > > Generally, it is very difficult to mess up a complete system usually it is > just a specific user that gets cranky. I always have two logins on my

Re: Issue with Apple Mail saving drafts on my Gmail.

2017-08-22 Thread Jonathan Cohn
This is a Google issue. There is an option in Apple Mail to compose drafts in a local folder. This will help solve this issue, but even when I compose a message using gmail's web interface I get lots of drafts. On 22 August 2017 at 13:39, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > This

Re: factory reset a mac book pro

2017-08-22 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Generally, it is very difficult to mess up a complete system usually it is just a specific user that gets cranky. I always have two logins on my Macintosh, and for all standard tasks I use an account with no special privileges. When doing developer or testing I will often create a separate account

Verizon permanently throttling video on all unlimited plans, as low as 480p on iPhones

2017-08-22 Thread M. Taylor
9to5Mac - Tuesday, August 22, 2017 at 4:29 AM Verizon permanently throttling video on all unlimited plans, as low as 480p on iPhones We noted last month that Verizon was throttling Netflix and YouTube usage for 'unlimited' plan users even before they hit the 22GB level at which the company says

AccuWeather sends user location data to monetization firm despite iOS privacy settings

2017-08-22 Thread M. Taylor
AppleInsider - Frontpage News - Tuesday, August 22, 2017 at 4:39 PM AccuWeather sends user location data to monetization firm despite iOS privacy settings Popular iOS weather app AccuWeather, often listed as a top-ten app in the Weather section of the iOS App Store, has been collecting and

RE: Accessibility of Overdrive on iOS apps?

2017-08-22 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Mike, Your question is difficult to answer because OverDrive for iOS, while VoiceOver accessible, is not the most intuitive of iOS apps to use. Having said this, I use OverDrive for iOS every single day and I love it. Keep in mind, however, that I do have some vision and that I have

Re: factory reset a mac book pro

2017-08-22 Thread masood bamyani
I mean prised cmd sheft and e but I couldn't reinstall the system again. when I turn on my mac a page with question mark shows up and voice over doesn't work too. On 8/22/17, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > A few questions to get a better understanding of what actions you >

Re: Verizon permanently throttling video on all unlimited plans, as low as 480p on iPhones

2017-08-22 Thread lenron brown
VZW what a rip off! On 8/23/17, M. Taylor wrote: > 9to5Mac - Tuesday, August 22, 2017 at 4:29 AM > Verizon permanently throttling video on all unlimited plans, as low as 480p > on iPhones > > We noted last month that Verizon was throttling Netflix and YouTube usage > for

RE: Sling TV and Cord Cutting Options

2017-08-22 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Thanks! I'll look in to it. Sarai D Bucciarelli www.linkedin.com/in/SaraiDBucciarelli -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2017 3:37 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

Re: Sling TV and Cord Cutting Options

2017-08-22 Thread Scott Granados
You know, you might just want to call your carrier and tell them you’re going to cut the cord they might drop your price drastically like Verizon did for me. I have FIOS and at the time had the ultimate package, all the pay channels, 500 megabits up and down internet and the quantum DVR

Re: factory reset a mac book pro

2017-08-22 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, A few questions to get a better understanding of what actions you performed. 1. When you say "Reset", what exactly do you mean? 2. You said that you wiped the drive, did you reinstall the MacOS? 3. Have you tried starting up from the Recovery Partition? That is, turning on your Mac and

Re: Accessing attachments in Mail on the Mac

2017-08-22 Thread Nancy Badger
Tim, Are you saying you don't have to interact with it anymore? You just hit Vo Space? Nancy Badger, Ph.D Executive Director of Counseling Old Dominion University Sent from my iPhone with dictation software. Please excuse spelling errors. > On Aug 22, 2017, at 12:51 PM, Tim Kilburn

RE: factory reset a mac book pro

2017-08-22 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi In what way did you mess things up? Can you advise of what is currently happening on the machine? Do you get any voiceover accessibility from the system at all? Le tme know and we'll work it out -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

Accessibility of Overdrive on iOS apps?

2017-08-22 Thread Michael Busboom
Hello everyone, Sometime ago, I learned that, although I live in Europe, I can have membership at the library where I have lived in the States. Since I would like to start checking out books from there, and they use a platform called Overdrive, I am wondering about its accessibility and

Re: factory reset a mac book pro

2017-08-22 Thread masood bamyani
I totally missed up my mac by resetting On 7/7/17, Simon Fogarty wrote: > HI Yes a total reset back to factory dfaults is very possible even with no > sight. > > I’m totally blind also and have done this many many times now. > > Two ways you can do this but I’ll give you the