handytech braillestar 40/0 and 10.9

2013-11-13 Thread Peter Durieux
Hi listers, What I have heard of a friend of mine is that he has issues with his Handytech under 10.9. The braille display won't be found, when he boots from the recovery, braille goes well. Anyone else experienced this one? :) (this prevent me from upgrading to 10.9) tia -Peter -- You

Crome and Mac.

2013-11-13 Thread Sean Murphy
Hi all. I have just started to use Crome with CromeVox and Voice-Over working at the same time. The latest version is far more impressive then the previous versions. Anyone else on the list using Crome? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: Focus display and Mavericks

2013-11-13 Thread Sean Murphy
Hi, How do you permit your braille cursor to navigate the app without moving the keyboard or voice-over cursor, or is the voice-over cursor the Brialle cursor? On 13/11/2013, at 4:41 PM, Teresa Cochran vegaspipistre...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Kristeen, This is the sort of thing that I meant

1password

2013-11-13 Thread Paul Erkens
Dear listers, I'm running into some interface issues with the new version of 1password. How can I create a new password in 1password version 4? Here's what I'm trying to do. I open 1password, and just as in version 3, I can go to the sidebar, interact, and find the passwords item there. Once

Re: Focus display and Mavericks

2013-11-13 Thread Ben van Poppel
There’s no real way of moving an independent Braille cursor, saved for the ability to pan the display. The VO cursor expands the word you’re on (not being able to turn this off is a pity), e.g. when you’re panning through a document in TextEdit or such., and gets highlighted in other contexts,

Re: How does one get to menu extra in Maverick?

2013-11-13 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Thank you all who responded to my menu extras access shortcut key wows. It definitely doesn’t work here. I found that I would use it more than the vo shortcut key. and I can no longer move along the menu bar with just s arrow keys, I have to use vo+arrow keys. Best wishes Andrew On 13 Nov

Re: Crome and Mac.

2013-11-13 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi, How can you work with Chromevox and Voiceover on at the same time, or did i misunderstand anything? Don’t voices or commands clash or have they changed commands for Chromevox recently? /Krister 13 nov 2013 kl. 11:49 skrev Sean Murphy mhysnm1...@gmail.com: Hi all. I have just started to

Re: How does one get to menu extra in Maverick?

2013-11-13 Thread Chris H
Andrew I think navigation of the extras menu hasn't changed from Mountain Lion to Maverix. In fact even back in the days of the status menu you still had to use vo arrow keys. E-mail Facebook and iMessage christopher...@gmail.com On 13/11/2013 11:16, Andrew Lamanche wrote: Thank you all who

Re: iBooks internal location on the mac?

2013-11-13 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Look at Tidbits.com this week thereis a article About fixing genres in iBooks that includes the process of moving the book to the desktop. Apparently the library folder that contains books uses random names for the folders so you need to export them from the program directly. Sent from my

Re: VO-J and Mail

2013-11-13 Thread alia robinson
It has been doing it with me since I updated. everytime you get new mail it sends you out to the inbox again, and says ‘one row added’ I *hate* it!!! Alia On Nov 12, 2013, at 11:16 PM, Janet Ingber janet.ing...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Everyone, When I use VO-J to jump from the message list

Re: Infovox purchases gone

2013-11-13 Thread Matt Dierckens
Hi. Maybe uninstall reinstall, and make sure that you're log gin to your account and the voice has been purchased. Matt Dierckens matt.dierck...@gmail.com Assistive Technology Trainer IOS and Macintosh User support Windsor area On 2013-11-12, at 10:12 PM, Antonio M. Guimaraes Jr.

Re: off topic someone from Israel

2013-11-13 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Hello, I would be interested in talking to somebody who writes in Hebrew regularly on a macintosh. My sighted family members are getting very frustrated with word and Hebrew so if you hear anything please let me know. Thanks, Jonathan Sent from my iPhone On Nov 10, 2013, at 10:46 AM,

RE: iBooks internal location on the mac?

2013-11-13 Thread Kliphton -------
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Re: Focus display and Mavericks

2013-11-13 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi there Okay, you want to press the space with the bb sign in order to select the previous roter item. Then you press dots 5-6 to select the next roter item. I am busy making a file of general brill display commands. I think they are in the voice over menu anyway, but I have looked there

Re: Is Winamp accessivle on the mac?

2013-11-13 Thread Chris Blouch
Looks like there hasn't been a new release since September of last year so I wouldn't get my hopes up. CB On 11/12/13 8:33 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: Would not recommend it. Nothing like the windows version. Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in!

Re: Focus display and Mavericks

2013-11-13 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi there again I haven't got on the bus yet, and I was thinking about what I had said last time. I just realized I said wrong. The command I sent to you before was going from different rotor items to and from. Other rotor items. I'm not sure, but I think if you roll that wheel on the focus 40

Re: Is it true in Mavericks that iTunes contact syncing has gone?

2013-11-13 Thread Chris H
No I agree. Syncing to the cloud is the way forward. I reckon one day only a minority will have a personal computer and instead opt for a tablet computer. That seems to be the vision of companies like Apple anyway. E-mail Facebook and iMessage christopher...@gmail.com On 12/11/2013 22:12,

Re: can't activate the see more link on the facebook mobile site and creating signatures in apple mail

2013-11-13 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi Andrew, In facebook, interact with the heading, find the link and activate it. This happens in some pages, but not all. In Mail, press command-comma to go to preferences. find the signatures button and press it. Here you’ll find information about customizing your signature. Make sure you

Re: Track Changes or Text Attributes with Pages

2013-11-13 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Fantastic, that's great news, Anne! Thanks for letting me know… I'm going to have to get around to taking your course one of these days—perhaps once you've had a chance to update the materials in light of the new versions. Cheers, Nic On 13/11/2013, at 9:15 AM, Anne Robertson

Re: Focus display and Mavericks

2013-11-13 Thread Kristeen Hughes
I do, thanks! Kristeen On Nov 13, 2013, at 10:05 AM, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@me.com wrote: Hi there Okay, you want to press the space with the bb sign in order to select the previous roter item. Then you press dots 5-6 to select the next roter item. I am busy making a file of general

Re: 1password

2013-11-13 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Sorry, I can't work this out either. I usually just log into a website and let 1Password Mini save the login item for me. I'm happy making up my own passwords. I can't work out how to get 1Password to generate passwords though in version 4 which is not good seeing as this is one of the main

Re: Focus display and Mavericks

2013-11-13 Thread Kristeen Hughes
I don't know of a wheel on the Focus 40 Blue. Kristeen On Nov 13, 2013, at 10:55 AM, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@me.com wrote: Hi there again I haven't got on the bus yet, and I was thinking about what I had said last time. I just realized I said wrong. The command I sent to you before was

Re: Track Changes or Text Attributes with Pages

2013-11-13 Thread Ibraheem Fakir
Thanks Anne! Wait, you have a course? Is it posted online? Can you link me to it? Peace, Ibraheem On Nov 13, 2013, at 11:47 AM, Nicholas Parsons mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com wrote: Fantastic, that's great news, Anne! Thanks for letting me know… I'm going to have to get around to taking

Re: handytech braillestar 40/0 and 10.9

2013-11-13 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi there That is the subject of my open case with Apple. I just discovered, much to my displeasure, that my braille display will not work with my iPhone at all. So, it's not just the Mac. If your friend is using his computer, see if it will work with the USB cable. Mine does. Regards, Gigi

Re: Track Changes or Text Attributes with Pages

2013-11-13 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Ibraheem, My husband and I teach a Pages course via Skype and teamviewer. We’re currently updating the materials for Mavericks and the new Pages. We charge €25 per unit and there are 5 units. However, not everyone wants all the units. The price is in euros because we live in France and,

Re: Is it true in Mavericks that iTunes contact syncing has gone?

2013-11-13 Thread Daniel Miller
I'm sorry for all the weird words in the message, I was using dictation for that. LOL. But yes, I do agree. I think people should use iCloud to sync their contacts and calendars with their phones. Pretty soon, everything is going to be the way of the cloud anyway, so you might as well get used

Re: Is it true in Mavericks that iTunes contact syncing has gone?

2013-11-13 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Synching to the cloud is the way to go. The cloud has saved my tail at least twice when it comes to contacts, book marks, and license key documents. Drob box does great for storing disk images of apps. Between those two sources, reinstalls, when necessary, are practically no effort at all.

mac minny wireless keyboard again

2013-11-13 Thread Gene Baroni
Thanks to everyone's help with my keyboard problem. I had to do a remote session with Apple to connect it. The rep created an incident report and passed up the chain. He said they would probably fix it in an update. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Driver question

2013-11-13 Thread Tim Emmons
Hi guys, I have a situation and any help would be greatly appreciated. I have a Romeo Pro 50, on a Mac mini running Mountainlion. I am using Louis Braille the free translator, and a usb to serial or parallel not sure which one, I think it's the latter, anyway. I have the printer connected, and

Re: Is it true in Mavericks that iTunes contact syncing has gone?

2013-11-13 Thread Teresa Cochran
Yes, I agree. At this point, there’s one app iTunes won’t sync for me which iCloud will. I do admit that iTunes was faster when putting a whole bunch of apps on my iPod at once, but otherwise, I am using the cloud more and more. Teresa Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply

Two Unrelated Issues: Messages on the Mac not working correctly and how do I get rid of a huge block of reply to recipients in my contacts list

2013-11-13 Thread Christine Grassman
Howdy all. I have a MacBook with Mountain Lion, and I cannot read my messages on it. It tells me, for example, that I have two unread messages, but I can't find them. they are on my iPhone, but I cannot get to them on the Mac. All Messages does on the Mac is put me in a position to compose or

Re: Identify system sound

2013-11-13 Thread Traci Duncan
Hi, The airplane sound was custom, and I’ve figured out it was an error sound. I didn’t realize the last sound I played in preferences was the error sound being selected. :) I must have played the airplane sound last. Thank you, Traci On Nov 12, 2013, at 11:29 AM, Tim Kilburn

Re: Is Winamp accessivle on the mac?

2013-11-13 Thread Matt Dierckens
Does anyone know of an app that will crossfade music? Thanks. Matt Dierckens matt.dierck...@gmail.com Assistive Technology Trainer IOS and Macintosh User support Windsor area On 2013-11-13, at 10:26 AM, Chris Blouch cblo...@aol.com wrote: Looks like there hasn't been a new release since

Re: Focus display and Mavericks

2013-11-13 Thread Jonathan Mosen
The older Focus 40 Blues had whiz wheels, but the slimmer, newer version does not. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org On 14/11/2013, at 5:55 am, Kristeen Hughes khwi...@gmail.com wrote: I don't know of a wheel on the Focus 40

Re: Is Winamp accessivle on the mac?

2013-11-13 Thread Teresa Cochran
I know I saw this in iTunes. I think it’s in preferences, playback. HtH, Teresa Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough.--Richard P. Feynman On Nov 13, 2013, at 11:05 AM, Matt Dierckens matt.dierck...@gmail.com wrote: Does anyone know of an app that will crossfade music?

Re: Is Winamp accessivle on the mac?

2013-11-13 Thread Matt Dierckens
Hi, well when Itried the crossfader, it didn't crossfade. Thanks. Matt Dierckens matt.dierck...@gmail.com Assistive Technology Trainer IOS and Macintosh User support Windsor area On 2013-11-13, at 2:17 PM, Teresa Cochran vegaspipistre...@gmail.com wrote: I know I saw this in iTunes. I think

How do I change system voice?

2013-11-13 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi folks, I’ve looked but can’t find where to change the system voice for the Mac. I had Serena as my system voice before upgrading, but now Alex is back and, sorry, but I am not a big fan of his. I don’t mean voice over, but the system voice which tells you when a reminder notification comes

Re: VO-J and Mail

2013-11-13 Thread Chris Moore
Hello, I have found that the vo + j does not always register. If you hear :interacting with text area”, you will be able to read the message line by line with the up/down arrow keys. I often need to hit vo+j twice before it is recognized. Chris On Nov 13, 2013, at 8:13 AM, alia robinson

Re: How do I change system voice?

2013-11-13 Thread Teresa Cochran
Go into System Preferences, Dictation and speech. HtH, Teresa We're made of star stuff.--Carl Sagan On Nov 13, 2013, at 11:35 AM, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi folks, I’ve looked but can’t find where to change the system voice for the Mac. I had Serena as my

Garage band: volume of software instruments

2013-11-13 Thread Chris Moore
Hello, I hooked up a midi keyboard to GB. I can hear the notes, but the volume is far too low. I think I’m using the built-in grand piano. TIA Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

Re: How do I change system voice?

2013-11-13 Thread Teresa Cochran
Try system preferences, Dictation and sppech. HtH, Teresa On the other hand, there are different fingers. On Nov 13, 2013, at 11:35 AM, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi folks, I’ve looked but can’t find where to change the system voice for the Mac. I had Serena as my

Re: Is it true in Mavericks that iTunes contact syncing has gone?

2013-11-13 Thread Daniel McGee
Ok guys, I accept the cloud for what's it worth. If I want to use it, how can I insure that all my contacts from iPhone to mac get uploaded successfully in order that I can use it? I've got an iCloud account linked to my apple ID. So just awaiting your instructions. Want to do it right if you

Re: How do I change system voice?

2013-11-13 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Oh duh, that’s the one place I didn’t look properly. Thanks very much indeed. On 14/11/2013, at 8:44 am, Teresa Cochran vegaspipistre...@gmail.com wrote: Try system preferences, Dictation and sppech. HtH, Teresa On the other hand, there are different fingers. On Nov 13, 2013, at 11:35

Re: Is Winamp accessivle on the mac?

2013-11-13 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Depends on how you set the slider. Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user! On Nov 13, 2013, at 1:22 PM, Matt Dierckens matt.dierck...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, well

Re: Is it true in Mavericks that iTunes contact syncing has gone?

2013-11-13 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Just make sure that Contacts is on in Settings/iCloud on your iPhone and that Contacts is checked on in the Services Table in the iCloud pane of System Prefs on your Mac. That should do it. After the sync is complete, just navigate over to the Groups Table and select iCloud to see what

Re: Crome and Mac.

2013-11-13 Thread Sean Murphy
Hi, They have changed the commands. Now it is control + command, rather then control + alt which it was previously. Voice-Over works in the menus and address bar. While Vox works in the HTML area. Sean On 13/11/2013, at 11:43 PM, Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com wrote: Hi, How can

Re: Crome and Mac.

2013-11-13 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Does Vox recognize that VO is present? If not you could end up having 2 voices speak the same thing at the same time. If not, i may just try Chrome and vox again. /Krister 13 nov 2013 kl. 21:47 skrev Sean Murphy mhysnm1...@gmail.com: Hi, They have changed the commands. Now it is control +

Re: Crome and Mac.

2013-11-13 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, They work very well together. On occasion, but very seldom, you’ll have them talk over each other. It’s worth a try. Later… Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Nov 13, 2013, at 2:07 PM, Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com wrote: Does Vox recognize that VO is present? If not

How well is terminal working in Mavericks?

2013-11-13 Thread Garry Turkington
Hi, Looking through the list I see several people are using the OS X terminal on a regular basis. Is the terminal accessibility any better in Mavericks than earlier versions? I always found terminal accessibility a bit of a pain on the Mac and I try it again every few versions. Last time

Associating Braille tables with a voice in activities Vloiceover doesn't seem to work

2013-11-13 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Dear Listers, I've just spent an inordinate amount of time trying to set up a new activity in Voiceover utilities that would associate a Braille translation table with a particular voice so that if I should choose it, my Braille tables will have changed automatically. When I saw that such a

Re: How well is terminal working in Mavericks?

2013-11-13 Thread Ben van Poppel
It’s definitely not as good as using Speakup, Emacspeak, DOS screen readers etc. I use it happily enough, but my job doesn’t depend on it. Emacspeak more or less works on the Mac, but you have to like Emacs (which I do though many venerable persons don’t) and it can be time-consuming to tweak

Re: How does one get to menu extra in Maverick?

2013-11-13 Thread Georgina Joyce
Hello Andrew, You are not using a MacBook or wireless keyboard? And switched the function keys to hardware. i.e. Do you need to include the function key to make it work? Just a thought. Gena On 13 Nov 2013, at 11:16, Andrew Lamanche andrew.laman...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you all who

xcode5:resolution to drag and drop

2013-11-13 Thread Littlefield, Tyler
hello: Just a quick update. I played with this stupid drag and drop for a while and finally got it to work. here's the solution. With your nib or storyboard open in one side and the file you want to work with on the other (in assistant editor), interact with the storyboard and find the table

Re: xcode5:resolution to drag and drop

2013-11-13 Thread Barry Hadder
Good job. I guess I just assumed you had those opened side by side and didn’t think to ask. You can just select a control in the table with keyboard focus as normal and you don’t need that step of routing the mouse to the control. You don’t need to turn cursor tracking off for this, but doesn’t

Re: xcode5:resolution to drag and drop

2013-11-13 Thread Littlefield, Tyler
I always did have them open side by side. the bit about clicking the control was the only way I can actually make this work. the method mentioned before doesn't work for me, maybe it's an XCode 5 issue--I'm not really sure. On 11/13/2013 6:24 PM, Barry Hadder wrote: Good job. I guess I just

Re: xcode5:resolution to drag and drop

2013-11-13 Thread Barry Hadder
I’m using XCode 5. On Nov 13, 2013, at 5:28 PM, Littlefield, Tyler ty...@tysdomain.com wrote: I always did have them open side by side. the bit about clicking the control was the only way I can actually make this work. the method mentioned before doesn't work for me, maybe it's an XCode 5

Re: Track Changes or Text Attributes with Pages

2013-11-13 Thread Greg Aikens
Anne, I might be interested in something like this. I have been disappointed in my inability to master Pages on Mac as well as I have MS Word on Windows, but I see you post about many of the things I have found frustrating. Do you have a description anywhere listing what kind of materials are

Re: Garage band: volume of software instruments

2013-11-13 Thread Phil Halton
turn up the track or master volume,, either by command up arrow for the master, or with the volume slider for the track in the track headers section of the arrange layout area. . On Nov 13, 2013, at 2:42 PM, Chris Moore chris.w...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I hooked up a midi keyboard to

Re: Is Winamp accessivle on the mac?

2013-11-13 Thread Chris Blouch
Right. In preferences in iTunesin the toolbar select the Playback button. Stop interacting and the next item should be the Crossfade songs checkbox. With that turned on you can pick the time from 1 to 12 seconds. That said, if the current track has four seconds of silence at the end the

best way to import music into itunes

2013-11-13 Thread don bishop
I have a couple of mp3 tracks on an sd which I’d like to import into my itunes library. Would I use “add to library” and then paste the filenames in or is there a better way. Thanks much, Don -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group.

Re: best way to import music into itunes

2013-11-13 Thread Aser Tolentino
The automatically add to iTunes folder in your iTunes Media directory seems like what you'd want to try. Sent from my iPad On Nov 13, 2013, at 8:39 PM, don bishop w6...@donbishop.org wrote: I have a couple of mp3 tracks on an sd which I’d like to import into my itunes library. Would I

Re: best way to import music into itunes

2013-11-13 Thread Ray Foret Jr
When you add stuff to your ITunes Library, best is to use cmd+o and then use the regular file browser dialog which pops up. You do not just paste names of files in to this but use it to open files like any open file dialog. Make sure, however, that all your meta data tagging is correct as to