Update issues and a complete install for the I Mac.

2014-07-02 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Well, I thought I'd share this with everyone. Two days ago I installed the latest update for my Mac when I read on this list that one had come out. Well, the next day being yesterday, I went to work thinking that my Mac had updated as it had restarted the night before. When I got back home

Re: An Overview of iOS 8's New Accessibility Features – MacStories

2014-07-02 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Actually i must be the only guy on this list not liking alex at all. For some reason i don't like him. /A 1 jul 2014 kl. 09:31 skrev Sandi Jazmin Kruse sandi1...@gmail.com: gorgeous! so now alex can guide me around when i am out visiting patients ! yeehah!! apple way to go! Will it also

Re: Question about Apple wireless keyboard

2014-07-02 Thread Dionipher Presas Herrera
so how can i do that? can you please guide me.. thanks On 02 Jul 2014, at 12:06 am, Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com wrote: Yes, you might could On 7/1/2014 4:41 PM, isaac wrote: I don't know you can. isaac isaac.heb...@gmail.com Skype gold_wildcat On Jul 1, 2014, at 3:25 PM, Dionipher

Re: Question about Apple wireless keyboard

2014-07-02 Thread Isaac Hebert
I just tryed powering it on and that does not work. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 2, 2014, at 5:01 AM, Dionipher Presas Herrera dionip...@gmail.com wrote: so how can i do that? can you please guide me.. thanks On 02 Jul 2014, at 12:06 am, Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com wrote: Yes, you might

Re: An Overview of iOS 8's New Accessibility Features – MacStories

2014-07-02 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
In what way don't you like him? Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 02/07/2014 10:31, Anders Holmberg wrote: Hi! Actually i must be the only guy on this list not liking alex at all. For some reason i don't like him. /A 1 jul 2014 kl. 09:31 skrev

Re: An Overview of iOS 8's New Accessibility Features – MacStories

2014-07-02 Thread Daniel McGee
Which voice do you use, then if you don’t like Alex. On 2 Jul 2014, at 12:01, Christopher Hallsworth christopher...@gmail.com wrote: In what way don't you like him? Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 02/07/2014 10:31, Anders Holmberg

Re: An Overview of iOS 8's New Accessibility Features – MacStories

2014-07-02 Thread 'David Goldfield' via MacVisionaries
My only complain about Alex on the Mac is that the voice tends to slur a bit when the rate of speech is up to a high value and if the inflection or intonation is past 85%. Other than that, it's a pleasant voice with a realistic breathing algorithm. I notice that it doesn't breathe when you

Re: Update issues and a complete install for the I Mac.

2014-07-02 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi there I have gotten to where when I want to update my computer that I always wait until I have time to babysit my computer. This is so I won't get any surprises the next day like you did. It just so happens that I set my keychain password to be the same thing is my Apple ID so that is what

Re: An Overview of iOS 8's New Accessibility Features – MacStories

2014-07-02 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi. I am not a fan of alex. I use some of the other english voices, mostly heather because I once bought the acapella voices, because they are better for danish. Best regards Annie. Den 02/07/2014 kl. 11.31 skrev Anders Holmberg and...@pipkrokodil.se: Hi! Actually i must be the only guy on

Re: An Overview of iOS 8's New Accessibility Features – MacStories

2014-07-02 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi there I realize that we are doing a lot of speculation here, but does anybody know if we will be able to have a female voice with iOS eight? My sided husband had this reaction when I told him about Alex on iOS eight. He is been using voice over a lot lately to do reading on his iPhone

Re: Update issues and a complete install for the I Mac.

2014-07-02 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Most things were backed up on my thunderbolt SSD drive. My Key chain was my i cloud password but it didn't like it. I forget my Apple ID too often because Apple have complicated matters that they want you to have two passwords and I forget my Apple ID because of this. Kawal. On 2 Jul 2014,

Re: Alex on IOS 8

2014-07-02 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! I use Alva compact for Swedish voice and Moira compact for english. /A 1 jul 2014 kl. 21:46 skrev Daniel McGee danielmcgee...@googlemail.com: I prefer, using compact Daniel. However, I will say that Karen does sound more pleasant to the ear in contrast to Samantha. You mentioned you use

Re: Anyone experiencing no feedback when searching with google for the 1st time with Safari?

2014-07-02 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi. There is a button somewhere on the google search page where you can press if you are a voiceover user and that should solve the problem. Best regards Annie. Den 01/07/2014 kl. 21.31 skrev Daniel McGee danielmcgee...@googlemail.com: All, I am pleased to report, that as of Mavericks 10.9.4

Re: An Overview of iOS 8's New Accessibility Features – MacStories

2014-07-02 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! As someone stated he seems to not be able to talk that good over 80%. I really want to have my speech set to high speed so thats why. /A 2 jul 2014 kl. 13:01 skrev Christopher Hallsworth christopher...@gmail.com: In what way don't you like him? Christopher Hallsworth Student at the

Re: Update issues and a complete install for the I Mac.

2014-07-02 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Just a question for you Kawal. Whats the brand of your ssd thunderbolt drive? I really got intrested. 2 jul 2014 kl. 13:52 skrev Kawal Gucukoglu kawa...@me.com: Most things were backed up on my thunderbolt SSD drive. My Key chain was my i cloud password but it didn't like it. I forget my

Re: Update issues and a complete install for the I Mac.

2014-07-02 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
It's the one which is sold in the Apple store. Lassi Ruggid best to look on the Apple Store but it cost £179 or something like that. Thanks. Kawal. On 2 Jul 2014, at 01:22 pm, Anders Holmberg and...@pipkrokodil.se wrote: Hi! Just a question for you Kawal. Whats the brand of your ssd

Re: Update issues and a complete install for the I Mac.

2014-07-02 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Actually, this problem, in my opinion, make it necessary to do a clean install. Keychain problems can be frustrating, but can usually be worked around either through the Keychain Utility, the Terminal, or logging in as a Guest user and manipulating things from there. One thing to note

Re: Alex on IOS 8

2014-07-02 Thread Jessica Moss
I kind of like her, I think I may try her over Daniel, sense I kind of like his voice, but at the same time, he sounds a little too serious. On Jul 1, 2014, at 3:32 PM, Jessica D jldai...@gmail.com wrote: Do you like Karen? I am using her temporarily. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 1, 2014,

Alex on Mac was Re: An Overview of iOS 8's New Accessibility Features – MacStories

2014-07-02 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
Ar I see. I have him on about 50% speed on my mac and intonation about the same so don't experience these issues. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 02/07/2014 13:19, Anders Holmberg wrote: Hi! As someone stated he seems to not be able to talk

Re: An Overview of iOS 8's New Accessibility Features – MacStories

2014-07-02 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
The voices shouldn't change a whole lot just because it's iOS 8. We just have a new voice or will be and that's that. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 02/07/2014 12:51, Eugenia Firth wrote: Hi there I realize that we are doing a lot of

Re: Alex on IOS 8

2014-07-02 Thread Ray Foret Jr
What, in the name of sanity, has this thread now got to do with Alex? Nothing. Either Alex will be on the iPhone 5 or not. Yet another example of where a thread turns in to something that has questionable place as an e-mail thread. Better for live chat instead. Sincerely, the Constantly

Re: does any one know if whats app is on the i pad minnni? can any one suggust a app that wil allow me to talk to my cousins?that is free and accesssible.I am running ios 702 on a i pad minni first ge

2014-07-02 Thread Dan Rathburn
Hello, You might try the free version of the Magicjack app. It's a bit clunky but I've used it on my iPod Touch successfully on my WIFI at home. It's only works in the U.S. and Canada. HTH, Dan -- From: Joanne Chua shuang.an...@gmail.com

Re: does any one know if whats app is on the i pad minnni? can any one suggust a app that wil allow me to talk to my cousins?that is free and accesssible.I am running ios 702 on a i pad minni first ge

2014-07-02 Thread David Chittenden
Actually, MagicJack works anywhere in the world. That said, it will only call US and Canadian numbers for free. That said, MagicJack is VOIP, not text messaging. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 3 Jul 2014, at 5:21, Dan

Friendly Reminder: This is a Mac list, not iOS

2014-07-02 Thread Kayaker
Hi, Please do not post exclusively iOS related posts on the macvisionaries list. There is a sister list called viphone that is for iOS specific posts. Of course there are issues that deal with Mac and iOS together and those are totally appropriate on this list or even viphone. However, posts

Re: Friendly Reminder: This is a Mac list, not iOS

2014-07-02 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hello. As far as I know, the list moderators have said in the past that we can talk about I phone matters on this list. Please bear in mind, some of us work and can't always be on multiple lists for one specific thing. If the moderators have a problem, please let us know about it. If you

Re: Friendly Reminder: This is a Mac list, not iOS

2014-07-02 Thread Robert C
Why can't we all learn that we cannot make the world spin the way we always want it to? If one's time is limited which makes it difficult to manage email lists, then one must make the choices to leave a list or two, not to make a list work contrary to its stated purpose. Perhaps the

Re: Friendly Reminder: This is a Mac list, not iOS

2014-07-02 Thread Devin Prater
Wait, so what's the difference in the mac visionaries and mac access lists? I'm sorry if I get confused with the two sometimes. Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com On Jul 2, 2014, at 2:59 PM, Robert C gone.to.da...@gmail.com wrote: Why can't we all learn that we cannot make the world spin the way

Re: Friendly Reminder: This is a Mac list, not iOS

2014-07-02 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Well I'm going to stick to my point that I work full time and can't access multiple lists. Since this person is the moderator I have offered to unsubscribe which I don't really want to do as I have been on this list since 2010 and I don't have 24 7 to look on multiple lists. So sorry., On 2

question about Mac book Air

2014-07-02 Thread Juliette
Hi all, I am looking at purchasing a Mac book Air 13-inch model with 256 GB haed drive. I am planning to run windows via VMware fusion. Would it be necessary in this case to do any or all of the following: 1. Upgrade the hard drive to 512 GB? 2. Upgrade the RAM from 4 GB to 8 GB? 3. Upgrade

Re: Friendly Reminder: This is a Mac list, not iOS

2014-07-02 Thread Kevin Mattingly
Its been acceptable on here for a long time and I don't see any reason to get people bent out of shape about it now. KDM On Jul 2, 2014, at 3:51 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu kawa...@me.com wrote: Hello. As far as I know, the list moderators have said in the past that we can talk about I phone

Re: question about Mac book Air

2014-07-02 Thread Phil Halton
I recently bought a MacBook air for just this purpose being able to run Windows infusion. I bought the model 13 inch 250 6K hard drive actually a flash drive, 8 gig ram, and the upgraded I seven processor. This is what was suggested for me. It's a muscle machine and you'll love it. Sent from

Re: Friendly Reminder: This is a Mac list, not iOS

2014-07-02 Thread Kevin Mattingly
I've never seen Cara say anything and she posts about looktel and other software. Let's just move on. KDM On Jul 2, 2014, at 4:39 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu kawa...@me.com wrote: Well I'm going to stick to my point that I work full time and can't access multiple lists. Since this person is the

Re: question about Mac book Air

2014-07-02 Thread David Taylor
Hi, Either the 11 or 13 inch will be perfect for what you need. Really, the only gain from the 13 is some extra batter life and much more weight to carry around, I'd go for the 11 personally, unless the 13 has something you specifically need. It would be very highly advisable to upgrade your

Re: question about Mac book Air

2014-07-02 Thread Mike Arrigo
The three things you mention may help with performance a bit, but are by no means necessary, that should work fine. Original message: Hi all, I am looking at purchasing a Mac book Air 13-inch model with 256 GB haed drive. I am planning to run windows via VMware fusion. Would it be necessary in

Re: question about Mac book Air

2014-07-02 Thread Kayaker
Hi, I agree with David's comments below. I would absolutely upgrade the RAM. The SSD upgrade depends solely on your use case. Can you split both the Mac and PC data in that size? If not, upgrade. I'm not sure what the value added is for the Apple BT keyboard. It's about the same size as

Re: question about Mac book Air

2014-07-02 Thread Alex Hall
I'd definitely go for 8gb of ram if you plan on running Windows a lot, but my 4gb MBA performs well enough; it'd just be nice to have the extra. The processor speed is not as important, in my non-professional opinion, and the storage depends on how much you'll put on the drive. Windows itself

Re: question about Mac book Air

2014-07-02 Thread David Chittenden
In an Apple store two years ago, we measured the Apple Bluetooth keyboard and found it to be the exact same size as the MacBook Air 11 keyboard. We then compared it against the other MacBook computers, and found it is the exact same keyboard, even on the MacBook Pro 17. David Chittenden, MSc,

Re: question about Mac book Air

2014-07-02 Thread Jessica D
I never knew their was a 17 inch MacBook Pro. Sent from my iPad On Jul 2, 2014, at 6:08 PM, David Chittenden dchitten...@gmail.com wrote: In an Apple store two years ago, we measured the Apple Bluetooth keyboard and found it to be the exact same size as the MacBook Air 11 keyboard. We then

Re: question about Mac book Air

2014-07-02 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello, I have a Mac Air 2013, with 8 GB RAM, an Intel 7, and 512 gb drive. I'm running Win 8.1 in bootcamp. When partitioning the hard drive in bootcamp, it ended up with 94 on the Windows side. Here is a list of items installed to give one an idea of the space used. It includes JAWS 15,

Re: question about Mac book Air

2014-07-02 Thread David Chittenden
I may be miss remembering, but I believe the largest one was 17 inches. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 3 Jul 2014, at 10:10, Jessica D jldai...@gmail.com wrote: I never knew their was a 17 inch MacBook Pro. Sent

Re: question about Mac book Air

2014-07-02 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Yes David, I'd say that you're remembering correct. The MacBook Pro 17 was the largest laptop Apple produced and they stopped it a number of years ago. Nice powerful machine but a beast to carry. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jul 2, 2014, at 5:04 PM, David Chittenden

Moderator Note -was- Re: Friendly Reminder: This is a Mac list, not iOS

2014-07-02 Thread Cara Quinn
HI All, thanks to everyone for your thoughtful posts / responses to this thread. Kayaker has been with us for a while now and yes, he is in the process of becoming a list moderator. It is actually down to my being very busy and Google's unpredictable strange behaviors that he is not a list mod

Mod note -was- Re: Friendly Reminder: This is a Mac list, not iOS

2014-07-02 Thread Cara Quinn
HI Kevin, You're right but also remember that LookTel Money Reader also has a Mac equivalent. -But yes, let us definitely move along now and continue our usual excellent quality of discussion here. :) Thanks again to you all for your contributions! You rock! Smiles, Cara :) --- iOS design

question to those, like me, in the developer membership

2014-07-02 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi all, Can anyone who is currently developing for IOS contact me off list? I have a question about x-code 6 beta and swift using playground with voice over. Cheers, Yuma Antoine Decaux Light has no value without darkness Mob: +642102277190 Skype: Shainobi1 twitter:

How To Run Windows Programs On Mac For Free With Wine (OS X Mavericks‎) [2014]

2014-07-02 Thread Rob
Dear List, Have you ever heard of this? if so, is it Voice Over friendly? There is one windows program I would love to run on my Mac, it is Money Talks checkbook. Check out this video on YouTube: How To Run Windows Programs On Mac For Free With Wine (OS X Mavericks‎) [2014]

Re: How To Run Windows Programs On Mac For Free With Wine (OS X Mavericks‎) [2014]

2014-07-02 Thread Ray Foret Jr
So far as I understand it, there is only one way to accessibly run windows programs on a Mac, and that is with VMware fusion. No other way works so far as I know unless you want to do it via Bootcamp. Now, as for setting that up accessibly, I believe that one member of this list did in fact

Re: Moderator Note -was- Re: Friendly Reminder: This is a Mac list, not iOS

2014-07-02 Thread Devin Prater
I'm sorry if this strays a bit, but can someone send me a mail, off list maybe, on how to subscribe to viphone? is it viphone-subscr...@googlegroups.com or something? I'm just giving what I know of lists, but I don't know the domain its hosted at, or even if I'm already subscribed but the list

Re: How To Run Windows Programs On Mac For Free With Wine (OS X Mavericks‎) [2014]

2014-07-02 Thread Devin Prater
Well, in theory, you could use NVDA with wine to access other wine apps, but really I'm not sure if it works. I'd just stick with a VM, there's nothing that bad with it either. Oh and one cool thing is, that it integrates with your open-in menu when you go to open a file in a different app.

Re: does any one know if whats app is on the i pad minnni? can any one suggust a app that wil allow me to talk to my cousins?that is free and accesssible.I am running ios 702 on a i pad minni first ge

2014-07-02 Thread Robert C
Mike. Is this voice or video or can you chat using a braille display? Quote of the nanosecond . . . I have a twin brother; he's identical, but I'm not. Robert Annie Yanni ke7nwn E-mail- gone.to.da...@gmail.com On 7/1/2014 8:36 PM, Mike wrote: If they all have Google accounts you could use

Adding rules for mail.

2014-07-02 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hello. Please can someone tell me how I can add a rule so that I can subscribe to the VIPHONE list and the mail can go to a specific folder as I have never been able to do that successfully. I know I'd have to do it on the web because I have Icloud. Thank you for your help. Kawal. -- You

Re: Adding rules for mail.

2014-07-02 Thread Alex Hall
Once you log into iCloud on the web, hit the mail button. After a few seconds, you'll be somewhere in the Mail frame, possibly one level too deep. Stop interacting until you're at the top level of the frame (easiest to just stop interacting with the frame and then interact with it). Find and

Re: Adding rules for mail.

2014-07-02 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Thanks Alex. I'll get back to you or anyone if I need help. On 3 Jul 2014, at 03:52 am, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: Once you log into iCloud on the web, hit the mail button. After a few seconds, you'll be somewhere in the Mail frame, possibly one level too deep. Stop interacting

Re: question about Mac book Air

2014-07-02 Thread CJ Daniel
Juliet, Always a good idea to buy as much storage processing power as possible. Although, I admit that future development of the cloud may change the need for on-board storage capacity. But, upgraded RAM processors may have an effect on your Mac's ability to keep up with OSX releases down

iCloud and online storage

2014-07-02 Thread Robert C
A message that was just posted prompts this question. It was not quite in line with that post so started a new one. With so much attention to using online storage, such as Dropbox, iCloud and so on, there is no doubt there are advantages to doing this especially if one's offline storage

Anyone got a iPhone 4S or above for sale?

2014-07-02 Thread Kliphton Senior
Hello, if anyone has an iPhone 4s or above for sale, please contact me off list. My info is below, thanks. Kliphton ~iMessage,EmailFaceTime-Audio~ mailto:m.kliph...@gmail.com m.kliph...@gmail.com ~Twitter,Instagram,FourSquareSkype~ kliphton72 ~Text only~ 727-266-5283 Personal blog-read

Re: iCloud and online storage

2014-07-02 Thread Alex Hall
I can't speak for iCloud Drive, as that feature is not out yet. Using Dropbox as an example, though, I think most people see it as a positive. Yes, it stores your data in the cloud. That is not to say that it is only accessible when you are online, though; Dropbox copies everything to your

Re: An Overview of iOS 8's New Accessibility Features – MacStories

2014-07-02 Thread Nicholas Parsons
I would actually prefer to have more bug fixes in iOS 8 rather than new features. If we got no new features but all the iOS 7 bugs were fixed I'd be so happy. The new features sound awesome, but I just hope bug fixes get proper priority. -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: iCloud and online storage

2014-07-02 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Personally, I haven't seen much downside to cloud storage services. As Alex mentioned, some folks worry about snooping by governments and such when you store things in the cloud, but, all the power to them if they want to read my documents, learn about VoiceOver and other accessibility

Re: Adding rules for mail.

2014-07-02 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Performing this on the web is a good idea for sure, but only necessary if you're accessing the messages from multiple devices. Know that if you create a mailbox or folder on your Mac within the iCloud mail account, this mailbox/folder will automatically be accessible from all your other