Re: MBA Help

2013-12-05 Thread Chris H
Have you tried checking the box to use f1 f2 etc in system preferences under keyboard? On 05/12/2013 04:20, AZ wrote: Hi. I got my macbook air today. I hav found it a very tough learning curve. I can't get control option f8 to bring up the voice over utility no matter how many times I try,,

Re: Help From The Community

2013-12-05 Thread Maria and Joe Chapman
as stated earlier if the programme works well I probably would purchase it. Blessings! maria and Joe chapman Email, iMessage fb: bubbygirl1...@gmail.com twitter: bubbygirl On 5 Dec 2013, at 2:57 pm, Scott Rumery blindfait...@gmail.com wrote: Lets remember that just because you can’t justify

Hi and to any Mac users who sing!

2013-12-05 Thread Red.Falcon
Hi! OK I'm hoping that someone out there who might take do some singing could tell me if there is a VO friendly App for the Mac that helps you with getting the Key that your voice is and help with changing key? TIA Colin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: Hi and to any Mac users who sing!

2013-12-05 Thread Jessica D
I do, but have not found a program. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 5, 2013, at 9:25 AM, Red.Falcon velocity.focu...@virginmedia.com wrote: Hi! OK I'm hoping that someone out there who might take do some singing could tell me if there is a VO friendly App for the Mac that helps you with

Re: Installing Windows 7 on an MBA using the DVD drive from a Macbook Pro

2013-12-05 Thread Alex Hall
That's complicated… Why not just use Remote Disk? Enable the feature under Sharing in your System Preferences. Put the disk into the drive, give it a minute, and then find remote disk on the sidebar of your MBA's Finder. Both machines need to be on the same wifi network, but it should work. I

Re: Virtual Machine/ Bootcamp advice

2013-12-05 Thread Alex Hall
I'm on Windows 7, but it will run anything so long as you have the installation. Yes, you can set up Fusion independently, but the Windows setup will still not talk so you will need help with that part of things. On Dec 4, 2013, at 7:34 PM, Pete Nalda lpna...@gmail.com wrote: What version of

RE: MBA Help

2013-12-05 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List, thanks for the helpI have made some slight progress. setting my function keys to software control,and setting the tab key to all controls, although I haven't seen as much benefit as I thought I would from the latter. My main problem now is I can't install an enhanced voice. When I

prismo 2

2013-12-05 Thread Caitlyn and Maggie
has anybody tried Prismo 2 for mac yet? I was doodling around in the mac app store and saw it and read about it and it sounds really good. it’s only $49.99 now.. But that’s still a bit much for me to just spend it to find out it’s not useable.. thanks, Cait -- You received this message

RE: VMWare questions

2013-12-05 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. If you check the box to ignore Mac commands, how do you then leave VM and return to Mac OS? Thanks. Bill -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Caitlyn furness Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2013 2:44 PM To:

Re: VMWare questions

2013-12-05 Thread Caitlyn and Maggie
Well, that’s the kicker.. Sometimes I can command tab back into mavericks and sometimes it doesn’t work. I’m having a devil of a time with my vmware right now.. nothing is working since I had to redo things. neither my xp machine nor my win 7 one are functional for any real use yet,

Re: Installing Windows 7 on an MBA using the DVD drive from a Macbook Pro

2013-12-05 Thread Chris H
This sounds awesome! So what can I do with Remote Disc? I only have one Mac a Macbook Pro but I do have a Pc here. Any ideas greatly appreciated. Thanks! On 05/12/2013 15:11, Alex Hall wrote: That's complicated… Why not just use Remote Disk? Enable the feature under Sharing in your System

reading braille files

2013-12-05 Thread Chris Moore
Hello list, Is there a way to read braille files other than textedit? I’m always leery about making inadvertent changes to a file. Another issue with reading braille files is having dots 7 and 8 raised on every cell. As a workaround, I turned off “use dots 7 and 8 for cursor”. I actually

Getting Started with True Crypt

2013-12-05 Thread Traci Duncan
Hi all, I’m a newbie to True Crypt and I have a couple Mac questions with it. 1. In the security set up, where I move the mouse around for greater security, how do I accomplish this on the Mac w/VoiceOver? 2. Can I mount my volume when True Crypt isn’t running? Say for example my volume was

Re: VMWare questions

2013-12-05 Thread Phil Halton
wow! I'm never upgrading to mavericks! On Dec 5, 2013, at 11:00 AM, Caitlyn and Maggie caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com wrote: Well, that’s the kicker.. Sometimes I can command tab back into mavericks and sometimes it doesn’t work. I’m having a devil of a time with my vmware right now.. nothing

Re: prismo 2

2013-12-05 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi. I have tried prizmo 2, in fact I bought it rather cheap, so I have a copy and I am keeping an eye on it. We have not reached the point where it is the best OCR choise. I will send a mail more about OCR today, because finereader has released a pro version for mac. Best regards Annie. Den

which premium english voices do you recommend is the best for hearing in pared users?

2013-12-05 Thread Daniel McGee
Hi all, 1st off, I relies that this is going to be a subjective question but am looking for opinions/recommendations on which you think is the best english premium voices in Mavericks and ios7 for hearing in pared users. Currently, I am trying out the voices that one gets with the iOS devices

mail is broken

2013-12-05 Thread Antonio M. Guimaraes Jr.
Hello, I upgraded to Mavericks, and I ran the mail upgrade that fixed some known issues with Google. I cannot rely on mail for my baby use if it continues to behave the way it is. I am not getting messages to download properly. Before, they were downloading up to September 5, 2012. Then I

Re: mail is broken

2013-12-05 Thread Antonio Guimaraes
Hello! I am happy to report, just about 20 minutes after my original message, that I have resolved my issue. Of course, this was after hours of wondering what was wrong, but everything is fine after I removed and added back the offending Google account. Thanks, Antonio On Dec 5, 2013, at

Re: Help From The Community

2013-12-05 Thread Joanne Chua
no, by all means i'm not representing the blind community or anyone. and, from all of my message, i recall i use i on the message, not we. So, is my personal point of view, to pay for what i think is worth the money. I'm not one that install hundrets of programs available just because they are

Re: which premium english voices do you recommend is the best for hearing in pared users?

2013-12-05 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Have you considered the Acapela voices? I suspect you will find them to your liking, as I do. Just now, though, I’m using Alex and that one suits me fine. Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a

OF topic, direct download dropbox link

2013-12-05 Thread Daniela Rubio
Hello all: First, sorry for the of topic, but I urgently need a way to make a direct download link for a dropbox file. Just to click and start downloading. I have a student who needs it because he is struggling with Safari yet. Can anybody give me an example on how to create it? Thanks! Best

Re: Installing Windows 7 on an MBA using the DVD drive from a Macbook Pro

2013-12-05 Thread Alex Hall
You can use it like a local disk drive for everything except music or, possibly, DVDs with movies on them. For some reason, Apple disallows using remote Disk to play, transfer, or otherwise manage music on CDs. I don't know for sure, but they may apply the same limitations to movies as well.

Re: reading braille files

2013-12-05 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi there This doesn't solve the problem about making inadvertent changes, but believe it or not, you can actually put a braille file in numbers. This has a great effect which I like. It takes out the carriage returns at the Inn of the lines. It puts little dots for spaces in the places. Like

Re: reading braille files

2013-12-05 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi again I think I missed said. I said you could make a BRF file readable in numbers I think, I meant to say notes. It works great and notes. Regards, GG Sent from my iPhone On Dec 5, 2013, at 12:53 PM, Chris Moore chris.w...@gmail.com wrote: Hello list, Is there a way to read braille

Re: MBA Help

2013-12-05 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi Lee, It appears that Software Update no longer pops up when downloading voices. If you press VO-space (VO means ctrl-optio) on the Default Voice pop-up then arrow down through the list, after Customize, VO will read more voices and will say “So and so Downloading” if a voice is being

Re: VMWare questions

2013-12-05 Thread Caitlyn and Maggie
No, you don’t understand! things were working fine for me under mavericks with fusion for a little while. After a while, though, it seemed like I had to reinstall the OS because I was having problems, but I didn’t do a clean install the first time because the apple person I talked to while back

Re: which premium english voices do you recommend is the best for hearing in pared users?

2013-12-05 Thread Teresa Cochran
I like Daniel and Tessa as well. I have some high-frequency hearing loss, and Karen is pleasant, but too soft for me to hear accurately what she says. I’d really prefer more baritone voices, or even a voice similar to siri’s male one. Having said that, I do mostly use Samantha on IOS and Alex

Re: OF topic, direct download dropbox link

2013-12-05 Thread Teresa Cochran
Put the file in your dropbox/public folder. Go to it and find the file. Once you interact with it, go into the contextual menu and find the option that says “copy public link”. You can then paste this link from your clipboard anywhere you want. htH, teresa Outside of a dog, a book is a man's

Re: reading braille files

2013-12-05 Thread Teresa Cochran
If you choose to use text-edit, you can use the “prevent editing” option in the format menu. HtH, teresa On the other hand, there are different fingers. On Dec 5, 2013, at 10:53 AM, Chris Moore chris.w...@gmail.com wrote: Hello list, Is there a way to read braille files other than textedit?

adjusting text attributes

2013-12-05 Thread Rhonda Hornbacher
Hi Mac Friends, I accidentily messed up some kind of setting. Voice Over now tells me what color and size text is in E-mails and other text attributes. Please tell me how I may adjust this. Thank you so very much, Rhonda -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: adjusting text attributes

2013-12-05 Thread Richard Ring
Press VO V and then v o right arrow once. Then v o up arrow until you hear “do nothing”. You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com On Dec 5, 2013, at 5:52 PM, Rhonda Hornbacher rhondahornbac...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: finereader pro for mac.

2013-12-05 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi again. Ok I took the chance and bought the new finereader for mac. In my opinion it is an amazing peace of software. Best regards Annie. Den 05 Dec 2013 kl. 20:46 skrev Annie Skov Nielsen annieskovniel...@gmail.com: Hi. Today abbyy has released a pro version of finereader for mac. You

RE: MBA Help

2013-12-05 Thread Lee Jones
Dear Tim thanks for the info. I activated the OK default button for Karen and when software update didn’t come upI went back to the voice list. Abovecompact Daniel was downloading Karen dimmed,I waited for a while but in the end the downloading Karen option disappeared all together. When you

Re: adjusting text attributes

2013-12-05 Thread Red.Falcon
Hi! You can also just hit VO+T to toggle them on and off! Colin On 5 Dec 2013, at 23:57, Richard Ring richr...@gmail.com wrote: Press VO V and then v o right arrow once. Then v o up arrow until you hear “do nothing”. You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of

Re: finereader pro for mac.

2013-12-05 Thread Mary Otten
This is very exciting about fine reader your Pro. The Windows version has always have excellent reviews. How is it with voiceover? Is there somewhere a list of directly supported scanners? Mary Sent from my iPhone On Dec 5, 2013, at 4:18 PM, Annie Skov Nielsen annieskovniel...@gmail.com

Brailliant BI 40 For Sale

2013-12-05 Thread Desi Noller
Hi Everyone, I am selling my Brailliant BI 40. I’m asking $2,000 for it. It is in excellent condition! It comes with a leather case from Executive Products, and a USB cable. It is under warranty until July. It can connect by either Bluetooth or via USB. Battery life is up to 20 hours

Re: finereader pro for mac.

2013-12-05 Thread Phil Halton
I have the express for mac version and it is section 508 compliant, as is the pro version (according the the website). If the pro version is as accessible as the express version then I assume it is probably highly accessible. Also, there is a $20 discount for upgrading from the express version,

Renaming a table in the new Numbers using Mavericks

2013-12-05 Thread Greg Aikens
Hi all, I used to use the Inspector to change the names of tables in Numbers but am no longer able to do so with Mavericks and the new version of Numbers. I see many of the old features from the inspector in the format area, including a checkbox that is called “Table Name,” but don’t see any

Re: MBA Help

2013-12-05 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Oops, sorry, maybe I said things in a confusing manner. 1. In the Speech pane of VO Utility, in the Voices tab, activate the Default Voice pop-up. 2. Choose the Customize option. 3. Interact (VO-shift-down arrow) with the table of voices. 4. Navigate through the list pressing VO-space

Re: Renaming a table in the new Numbers using Mavericks

2013-12-05 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, To change the name of the Sheet, interact with the Sheet Navigator then press VO-shift-m on the current sheet title. Choose Rename from the Contextual menu. With respect to the Inspector, as you’ve determined, it is primarily within the Formatter area. The Inspector is somewhat

Re: finereader pro for mac.

2013-12-05 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Thanks, Annie, this is very useful information. I will get it too. Andrew -- 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 email to

Re: Renaming a table in the new Numbers using Mavericks

2013-12-05 Thread Nicholas Parsons
That's a useful tip about renaming sheets. Thanks! How Does one rename different tables within the same sheet? Cheers, Nic -- 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

Popup Menus in Numbers

2013-12-05 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Hi, I'm using the new Numbers on Mavericks. I've formatted some cells as popup menus. These work beautifully as popup menus on my iPad. However, I can't get the popup menus to work on my Mac. On the Mac, I can only edit the cells much like ordinary text cells. Does anyone know how to make the