Re: The switch from Microsoft to Apple

2015-01-05 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello, Unless I missed something when I downloaded a trial of Pages, I didn't see any method on how to print an envelope or labels. I am self employed and need to send originals via snail mail. Also, when I prepare training materials, I use various level style headers and I don't think I saw

Re: The switch from Microsoft to Apple

2015-01-05 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi all, I wanted to dive in on this conversation. Since I got the mac back 6 years ago, I have exclusively used voice over. With tries and certain frustrations with android, but the latter device has its own potential. Huge one in fact. Back to the mac. Since the inception of voice over

Re: The switch from Microsoft to Apple

2015-01-05 Thread christopher hallsworth
I workaround the lack of the ability to open folders with a specific app. For sound in this case I use the free VLC Media Player from www.videolan.org http://www.videolan.org/ I then press command-o which is a standard Mac OS X shortcut to open a file or folder of files. I select my sound

Re: The switch from Microsoft to Apple

2015-01-05 Thread christopher hallsworth
I know this will not help, and it may be too late for some, but I read somewhere, probably on this list, that it is hoped that the 2015 version of Microsoft Office released later on in the year will be accessible on this platform. Outlook already is in its 2011 form so Microsoft must be making

Re: Observation with Mail under Yosemite

2015-01-05 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! I have the same problem but i have solved it by turning off quicknav when in the list of mails and then press up arrow and then down arrow like you were scrolling through mails. Then i turn quick nav on again and that seems to work fine for me. /A 4 jan 2015 kl. 22:13 skrev David Griffith

Re: The switch from Microsoft to Apple

2015-01-05 Thread Devin Prater
I doubt I'll ever switch completely. I still have ties to alteraeon and the mush-z sound pack. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 5, 2015, at 1:20 AM, christopher hallsworth challswor...@icloud.com wrote: Hi all, Well I have some excellent news! I did it! I have switched to Mac and iOS

Re: Aspects of VoiceOver not working - Read All, Read down, VOJ and Scroll

2015-01-05 Thread April
Hello. I don't add people to Skype I don't know. It won't help to listen to it, when it isn't making any sounds. I think I'm going to have to do a reformat. Something I had hoped to never do again. Too many odd errors. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: Using an external hard drive on both Mac and Windows

2015-01-05 Thread Bill Gallik
OK, I find myself somewhat confused here; does this mean that if I have an existing external drive that had been created via Windows NTFS format (yes, complete with desired files) that I will not be able to simply hook it up to my (as of yet not purchased) Mac unless I install specialized

Stupid question of the year, how to edit payment info on ICloud from the Mac

2015-01-05 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi, I know i should know this but i can for the life of me not figure out how to edit my payment info for iCloud from my Mac. When i go into the iCloud control panel and choose ”payment info” all i get is the info about my credit card and that it has expired and a ”done” button. Nowhere is a

Apple Script Should Run Only on OS X Yosemite

2015-01-05 Thread Daniel Chavez
Hello list, If this is off-topic, my apologies. I’m writing an apple script, but I only want it to run on Yosemite or better. Right now, my script runs on on everything; from OS X 10.8 to 10.9. But I want to be able to tell the user that my script should only run if they have Yosemite. I tried

Re: RadioLogicDJ Accessibility Question

2015-01-05 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi, Last time i looked at Radiologik a couple months ago there was no way whatsoever to read the music playlists or queues with Voiceover so you never knew what would come up next when you played something. I talked to the developer about that and he said that it would take a whole rewriting of

Re: safari or chromeVox?

2015-01-05 Thread Sean Murphy
Refresh the web page by CMB r. Both browsers have their strength. Chrome cannot activate links from in a table mode from my experience Sean My experience is the part On 4 Jan 2015, at 11:48 pm, Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com wrote: Another thing i’ve noticed with Chromevox at

Re: Using an external hard drive on both Mac and Windows

2015-01-05 Thread Aleeha Dudley
Unfortunately, this is correct. There are free programs you can get to read the drive, but there are also paid programs. On Jan 5, 2015, at 6:15 AM, Bill Gallik wfgal...@charter.net wrote: OK, I find myself somewhat confused here; does this mean that if I have an existing external drive

Re: Using an external hard drive on both Mac and Windows

2015-01-05 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
I thought that NTFS was readable by Max but not writable. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 5, 2015, at 7:37 AM, Aleeha Dudley blindcowgirl1...@gmail.com wrote: Unfortunately, this is correct. There are free programs you can get to read the drive, but there are also paid programs. On Jan 5,

Re: Standard view, any tips?

2015-01-05 Thread Aleeha Dudley
I just got my mac and standard view is all I will use. I don’t even interact with the table. I just arrow around, without the VoiceOver keys, to see the messages. You can right arrow on a thread to open it, and press enter on a message you want to open. VoiceOver will then read the message,

Re: Using an external hard drive on both Mac and Windows

2015-01-05 Thread Matt Dierckens
Hello all, Yes, you are correct. The Mac only will read NTFS drives, it will not write to them. There are both free and paid applications that let you achieve this task, I personally use paragon NTFS, which was $20. You simply plug in the drive, and go. I almost forgot it was on my Mac, until

Re: Aspects of VoiceOver not working - Read All, Read down, VOJ and Scroll

2015-01-05 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Hello Building from areformatted disk will not fix your issue. Has this ever worked for you. If poassible reply directly to jonathan.co...@va.gov as I don't read this list during work. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 5, 2015, at 6:08 AM, April aprilbrownsh...@gmail.com wrote: Hello. I don't

Amadeus Pro keystrokes.

2015-01-05 Thread Gabriele Battaglia
Hi all. Where can I find a complete list of all keystrokes used in Amadeus Pro last release? Thanks and happy new year. Gabriel. -- 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,

Re: VO pronouncing Spanish Accent marks strangely

2015-01-05 Thread Phil Halton
I just checked it again and find that it is only happening when I read the spanish text in the PDF file that it comes in. When I copy the text into a textedit window, the accent marks no longer cause problems. I don’t understand it, but I think my work around will be to simply copy the pdf text

Itunes libraries

2015-01-05 Thread Stacey Robinson
Hi all, I have two iTunes libraries on my mac running lion. How can I combine them so that everything is in one library? Step by step instructions are greatly appreciated. Have a blessed day. Stacey and GEB dog Kirk mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net -- You received this message because you are

Re: VO Space not activating items

2015-01-05 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Do you have specifics on what/when this occurs? Remember that VO-space is defined as “Default Action”, not exactly mouse-click, so it won’t always do what you expect if that is not the default action. There are also consistent situations where the VO-space needs to be replaced with

Re: VO Space not activating items

2015-01-05 Thread Pablo Sandoval
Let me see if I can give an example: Let’s say I want to go in to system preferences, I do VO M that pulls up the Apple menu. I arrow down to system prefs, at this point I hit VO space, nothing happens unless I press return. Once in system preferences, I interact with scroll area, and if I want

Re: reading bookshare xml files

2015-01-05 Thread Mike Busboom
Hi. Normally, I use Voice Dream Reader on my iPhone to read books from Bookshare. However, I have heard that if you read XML renderings of the text, you get important information such as accurate hardcopy page numbers, etc. Since I will soon be using Bookshare content for graduate courses,

Re: some calendar issues on osx 10.10.1 and iOS 8.1.2

2015-01-05 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, After entering the description info for the event, as in, “Meet with Bob at 10:00 am on Friday”, press return. If focus is not already in the proper area, use the Window Chooser VO-f2-f2 and you’ll see the event info. When in the specific event window, you can add all the specifics you

Re: Aspects of VoiceOver not working - Read All, Read down, VOJ and Scroll

2015-01-05 Thread Tim Kilburn
April, As mentioned, a re-format and re-install will likely do nothing to help with these issues. In the case of the VO-a command, which app or apps is this present in? Were you Interacting with the text area when you initiated the VO-a command? In order for the VO-a command to work

Re: reading bookshare xml files

2015-01-05 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I don't know. But you could try changing the end of the file to HTML and looking at it in Safari and seeing if you get more information that way -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my redeemer. (Psalm 19:14, HCSB) On Jan

Re: possible new bug

2015-01-05 Thread Aleeha Dudley
I have a case open with Apple, who has forwarded it to engineering, who is doing a whole lot of nothing currently. Aleeha Dudley and Seeing Eye Dog Dallas Vice President, Ohio Association of Guide Dog Users Vice President, Ohio Association of Blind Students Both proud divisions of the

Re: possible new bug

2015-01-05 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, I expect that the engineers are having problems duplicating your issue and thus your feeling of nothing being done. Just for fun, I attempted to duplicate the issue here on my Late 2011 MacBook Pro and could not do so. Did you attempt to toggle VO off then back on when this happens?

Re: VO Space not activating items

2015-01-05 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, It sounds like either Cursor Tracking is turned off or that your cursors are not following each other. People prefer cursor following in numerous ways and that is probably why these settings are configurable. Consider that, if your keyboard cursor is not following the VO cursor,

projecting media to smart tv

2015-01-05 Thread Krysti .Power
hello everyone my name is Krysti and I was wanting to steam some videos to my smart tv (witch only has Netflix and youtube) I have a MacBook Pro 15 inch early 2011 it doesn't have a HDMI port I called Apple they told me to get a display port to HDMI but I was wondering can i do it without an apple

Re: The switch from Microsoft to Apple

2015-01-05 Thread Phil Halton
I keep Windows 7 alive on my mac through fusion for exactly those reasons, web vysem and the occasional Microsoft Word use. Although, more and more, I'm getting away from word and doing all my work processing and TextEdit followed by some final format work in pages.there's no shame in using

Re: Aspects of VoiceOver not working - Read All, Read down, VOJ and Scroll

2015-01-05 Thread The Believer
April, I am deafblind so I understand your position. What I do not understand tho is why you were not up front about this at the start. Save you a lot of wasted time if you simply state the not so obvious. From The Believer. . . . . . what if it were true? ancient.ali...@icloud.com On

Can older versions of Audio Hijack be found?

2015-01-05 Thread Rob
Dear List, Can older versions of Audio Hijack be found? for example, the version that could record system sounds and the microphone without needing a third party app? and it needs to work on Mavericks. Thanks, -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: The switch from Microsoft to Apple

2015-01-05 Thread Lorie McCloud
good going! I made the switch rather forcefully because my Windows pc was almost dead. I was running xp and would’ve had to get a new pc in order to run windows 7. the only thing agrivating me so far is that I can’t use “open with” for sound folders, only for files. I kind of miss webvisum in

Re: The switch from Microsoft to Apple

2015-01-05 Thread Lorie McCloud
I agree there’s no shame in using windows. I would’ve had to learn a bunch of new stuff any way I went though since I was still running xp. maybe at some point I’ll install the new windows or Vinux on this Mac. On Jan 5, 2015, at 4:47 PM, Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com wrote: I keep Windows

Re: Aspects of VoiceOver not working - Read All, Read down, VOJ and Scroll

2015-01-05 Thread April
That's fine Shawn. When someone who has working ears, as well as eyes, is available to help me, then they can call someone to get get help for it. At this point, I can actually still rely on my pin dot better than my hearing, which really doesn't work at all on phones or other electronic

auto correct

2015-01-05 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: Is there a way to prevent the Mac from auto correcting words? I’m trying to type in Spanish, and my Mac keeps correcting things! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from

Re: Trading up for my MBP

2015-01-05 Thread Justin Mann
How did you get 16 GB, the ram is soldered on to the logic board. On Jan 5, 2015, at 6:39 PM, Jonathan Mosen jmo...@mosen.org wrote: I do all my audio editing on my 11-inch Air. I upgraded it to an I7 and have 16GB of RAM so it's not a stock model, but it's very fast and responsive.

Re: Trading up for my MBP

2015-01-05 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Yes, apologies for the error, still in holiday mode. The Air has 8 GB, but it's still the machine on which I'm doing the editing and it's very responsive. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org On 6/01/2015, at 1:44 pm, Scott

Basic Pages questions.

2015-01-05 Thread ernest mccullough
Hello: I have a few basic pages questions. 1. How do you create headers and footers in pages? How do you assign actions to shortcut keys and how do you access various parts of the toolbar? As I need to create some documents for work? Thanks. -- You received this message because you are

Re: Standard view, any tips?

2015-01-05 Thread Chris Moore
Hi, Instead of hitting enter on the message, try VO + j to jump to the text and VO +j to jump back to the message list. Chris On Jan 5, 2015, at 8:05 AM, Aleeha Dudley blindcowgirl1...@gmail.com wrote: I just got my mac and standard view is all I will use. I don’t even interact with the

Re: Trading up for my MBP

2015-01-05 Thread Jonathan Mosen
I do all my audio editing on my 11-inch Air. I upgraded it to an I7 and have 16GB of RAM so it's not a stock model, but it's very fast and responsive. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org On 28/12/2014, at 12:03 pm, Deb Lewis

Re: Trading up for my MBP

2015-01-05 Thread Faisal ali
I got my late 2013 MBP with 16 gigs of ram. I think I could’ve added up to 32. On Jan 5, 2015, at 4:54 PM, Justin Mann w9...@me.com wrote: How did you get 16 GB, the ram is soldered on to the logic board. On Jan 5, 2015, at 6:39 PM, Jonathan Mosen jmo...@mosen.org mailto:jmo...@mosen.org

Re: Trading up for my MBP

2015-01-05 Thread Justin Mann
You must not have gotten your air from Apple then? On Jan 5, 2015, at 7:04 PM, Faisal ali faisal.a...@icloud.com wrote: I got my late 2013 MBP with 16 gigs of ram. I think I could’ve added up to 32. On Jan 5, 2015, at 4:54 PM, Justin Mann w9...@me.com mailto:w9...@me.com wrote: How did

Re: Audio restoration of old cassettes

2015-01-05 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Hi Mike, Amadeus does a great job of this, and it's one of the things that will be covered in my tutorial I'll be releasing shortly. The trick is to take a sample of the noise you want to reduce so the noise reduction knows what it's dealing with. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness

Re: auto correct

2015-01-05 Thread Alex Hall
Head to System Preferences Keyboard and choose the Text tab. Uncheck correct spelling automatically. If you're still getting this, in each app you notice it, go to the Edit menu Spelling and Gammar, and uncheck any auto-correcting options you don't want. On Jan 5, 2015, at 7:38 PM, Sarai

Re: coaching in terminal

2015-01-05 Thread Cheryl Homiak
You can start with /Users (note the slash in front) but usually when you open terminal you are in your home directory you can just start with the directory. For instance from my home directory: open -a /Applications/VLC.app Music/Classical I made this up but this should give you an example.

RE: Trading up for my MBP

2015-01-05 Thread Scott Erichsen
You had me excited for a minute, I was going to get my air modified! Lol From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan Mosen Sent: Tuesday, 6 January 2015 12:19 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Trading up for my MBP

coaching in terminal

2015-01-05 Thread Lorie McCloud
I’m requesting a lesson in terminal. I followed Cheryl’s instructions about how to open a music folder in vlc. I got the message “file does not exist”. it’s a folder, but besides that I must have done the syntax incorrectly as far as the path goes. do you start from users/ or before that? I

RE: Trading up for my MBP

2015-01-05 Thread Scott Erichsen
16GB ram in a macbook air? I didn’t think that was possible? Maximum I see it goes to is 8gb? From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan Mosen Sent: Tuesday, 6 January 2015 11:40 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re:

Re: Trading up for my MBP

2015-01-05 Thread Faisal ali
Hi, I’m talking about an Mac book pro, not air. Thanks On Jan 5, 2015, at 5:06 PM, Justin Mann w9...@me.com wrote: You must not have gotten your air from Apple then? On Jan 5, 2015, at 7:04 PM, Faisal ali faisal.a...@icloud.com mailto:faisal.a...@icloud.com wrote: I got my late 2013

RE: Trading up for my MBP

2015-01-05 Thread Scott Erichsen
The macbook pro only allows maximum of 16gb. iMac lets you have up to 32gb. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Faisal ali Sent: Tuesday, 6 January 2015 12:13 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Trading up for my MBP

Re: Stupid question of the year, how to edit payment info on ICloud from the Mac

2015-01-05 Thread Ezzie Bueno
I usually edit my payment information when I have purchased items and iTunes realizes that my payments are declining. It usually gives me a payment edit option there. I hope this helps. :-) Sent from my iPhone On Jan 5, 2015, at 12:58 AM, Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com wrote:

I get the stupid award:/

2015-01-05 Thread deedra waters
Over the holidays i lost the emails that were sent reguarding the capslock remapped for linux. I used the applevis article that claims to remap a key to the insert key, but it was meant for a windows vm i think because it didn’t remap my ` to the insert key as it claims to do. Someone who

Voiceover Accessibility of DevonThink 2.8.2

2015-01-05 Thread Emilio Hernandez
Hello everyone, After installing DevonThink 2.8.2, it appears as if this program is somewhat accessible. I have just labeled some unlabeled buttons and made a database. Has anyone installed this program? Moreover, has anyone on this list used it so far? Can anyone share their experiences if

Re: Aspects of VoiceOver not working - Read All, Read down, VOJ and Scroll

2015-01-05 Thread Gary
When you say a list of 4 emails, I’m assuming you are talking about a conversation or thread regarding the same subject. If so, When you’re done reading that message, stop interacting until you hear the senders name, then VO+RIGHT ARROW to get to the next message in the conversation/thread. You

Re: Basic Pages questions.

2015-01-05 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi there Are you doing tables or text? I ask because if you're doing text, you would interact with the section that says headers or footers so that you can type in your headers or footers. If you're doing tables you have to use the right kind of table so that you get headers and footers. Gigi

Re: Stupid question of the year, how to edit payment info on ICloud from the Mac

2015-01-05 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Well… I don’t feel so stupid. It took me 2 weeks to figure out that you just sign in to the iTunes store using your iCloud user name and password, edit the payment info, sign out, and sign back in using your regular iTunes account info. Yes, head slap for me! I am so glad someone else had that

Re: auto correct

2015-01-05 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Thank you! Can I still manually spell check? On Jan 5, 2015, at 7:11 PM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: Head to System Preferences Keyboard and choose the Text tab. Uncheck correct spelling automatically. If you're still getting this, in each app you notice it, go to the Edit menu

Re: The switch from Microsoft to Apple

2015-01-05 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
I’d only open a Windows machine to use Office: however I’m slowly improving with Pages. On Jan 5, 2015, at 3:05 PM, Eileen Misrahi eileen.misr...@gmail.com wrote: I agree with you. The only reason I open the Windows side is for the Office suites. I have tried the iWorks suite for the Mac,

Re: auto correct

2015-01-05 Thread Alex Hall
Definitely. You can still have VoiceOver play a sound for misspelled words, and the usual spellcheck commands (command-semicolon and command-shift-semicolon) will still work. On Jan 5, 2015, at 10:47 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli sarai.bucciare...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you! Can I still manually

Re: The switch from Microsoft to Apple

2015-01-05 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
I’d rather only use the Mac, and not have two computers. I’m trying to learn Pages. It’s slow going. On Jan 5, 2015, at 5:22 PM, Lorie McCloud lorice...@gmail.com wrote: I agree there’s no shame in using windows. I would’ve had to learn a bunch of new stuff any way I went though since I

remapping the capslock for linux

2015-01-05 Thread deedra waters
So i managed to unearth 2 emails which suggests remapping the capslock to an ` key however doing this in vmware still does not pass the capslock to the vm, it says ` when i type `. does anyone have any info on how to do this for linux? All i see on applevis is stuff for windows something

Re: Voiceover Accessibility of DevonThink 2.8.2

2015-01-05 Thread Jonathan C Cohn
I thought it sounded like a great concept 3 years ago, but I never quite figured out the interface. There are a couple of Take Control books on using this application and others like it to reduce your dependence on paper records. At least some versions of the package include Abby Fine Reader to

Re: Audio restoration of old cassettes

2015-01-05 Thread Joe Quinn
Gonna have to get that tutorial. Been wanting to know how to use that program and love how you explain things in such a straightforward manner. Too bad it won't come with a free copy of the program. ;) Sent from my iPhone On Jan 5, 2015, at 7:06 PM, Jonathan Mosen jmo...@mosen.org wrote:

Re: Stupid question of the year, how to edit payment info on ICloud from the Mac

2015-01-05 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: Go to itunes and sign in with your icloud account info, then change the account payment. It took me forever to figure this out. LOL. On Jan 5, 2015, at 2:58 AM, Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com wrote: Hi, I know i should know this but i can for the life of me not figure out how

Re: The switch from Microsoft to Apple

2015-01-05 Thread denise avant
What is needed is an accessible version for MS Word on the Mac. Many of us must use word for work and school, and need to be able to use it on the MAC. I wonder why we can't get Microsoft to commit to giving an accessible version as it has done on the IOs platform? On Jan 5, 2015, at 10:37 PM,

Re: Aspects of VoiceOver not working - Read All, Read down, VOJ and Scroll

2015-01-05 Thread April
Hi Tim, Yes. I have intereacted. All four levels in LibreOfficere, and as far as it will go in other applications. The key combos, the trackpad combos, and nummpad combos do not work in any application, including Mail, Pages, Libre Office, PDF's, or Word for the Mac. For instance in

Re: possible new bug

2015-01-05 Thread Aleeha Dudley
I have. This does not work. In fact, the problem still continues with voiceover off. Aleeha Dudley and seeing eye dog Dallas Vice President, Ohio Association of blind students blindcowgirl1...@gmail.com The wind of Heaven is that which blows between a horse's ears. Arabian proverb Sent from

Re: possible new bug

2015-01-05 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hmmm. Do you have cursors tracking each other? I ask this as I’m trying to determine where focus may be when the double-tap is applied. When I was testing, VO focus was in the text area, thus, when my thumb did a double-tap action, either nothing happened or a Contextual menu appeared, for

Re: possible new bug

2015-01-05 Thread Aleeha Dudley
Yes, my cursors are following one another. The funny thing is, it works as it should in other applications. TextEdit, for example. Aleeha Dudley and seeing eye dog Dallas Vice President, Ohio Association of blind students blindcowgirl1...@gmail.com The wind of Heaven is that which blows between

Re: Aspects of VoiceOver not working - Read All, Read down, VOJ and Scroll

2015-01-05 Thread April
I am sorry. I'd email. However, the email address is truncated. I have never been able to get those commands to work. -- 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

Re: The switch from Microsoft to Apple

2015-01-05 Thread Faisal ali
I will also use both systems as I do a lot of productivity stuff on the windows side. Although this area within OS X is improving, it is still not at the level of office on the PC. On Jan 5, 2015, at 11:39 AM, Shawn Krasniuk bbssh...@icloud.com wrote: Me neither. I still like some voices

Re: Aspects of VoiceOver not working - Read All, Read down, VOJ and Scroll

2015-01-05 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Suit yourself. Although You won't get any help if you won't let us help you one on one. We're just as confused as you are but unless you add us on Skype or at least call us on FaceTime, we're as stuck as you are. Shawn Sent From My White MacBook On Jan 5, 2015, at 5:08 AM, April

Re: possible new bug

2015-01-05 Thread Faisal ali
I as well have faced this issue even with the trackpad turned off. I’m convinced that messages has something to do with it as I have not encountered it again once I have it not load. On Jan 5, 2015, at 7:55 AM, Pablo Sandoval paulsandova...@gmail.com wrote: I’ve had this exact same issue,

Re: The switch from Microsoft to Apple

2015-01-05 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Me neither. I still like some voices that you can't get on the Mac like Ivona and Neospeech, particularly James. Though Ivona keeps promising that they are working on bringing their voices to the Mac, I'll believe it when I see it. I think that all of us who like their voices should keep

Re: possible new bug

2015-01-05 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, In Messages, I was able to duplicate your issue, but not in Mail. It certainly was frustrating how the keyboard seemed to be disabled although VO functions on the keyboard did appear to work normally. Here’s some info and easier workaround for you. • If I was Interacting with the text

Re: possible new bug

2015-01-05 Thread Faisal ali
Thank you tim, this was quite helpful. I’m glad you were able to find a work around as I’ve been trying to figure one out for some time now. On Jan 5, 2015, at 11:40 AM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, In Messages, I was able to duplicate your issue, but not in Mail. It certainly

Re: possible new bug

2015-01-05 Thread David Griffith
I do not usejuse Track Pad Commander as I am exclusively a keyboard VO user but I suggest that you both forward your emails to accessibil...@apple.com I believe that I have seen others report this problem with mail but you may the first to have homed in on the use of the Track Pad commander

Re: possible new bug

2015-01-05 Thread David Griffith
If you also forward your message to accessibil...@apple.com there is a better chance that it will be addressed. As I understand it they priorities bug fixes and concerns based on the volume of people who report issues. David Griffith On 5 Jan 2015, at 15:55, Pablo Sandoval

VO Space not activating items

2015-01-05 Thread Pablo Sandoval
Hi list, As the subject says, I’m having trouble getting VO to activate items with the command VO space. “Space by itself seems to activate items, but this makes me wonder what else is going wrong with these settings. If anyone can shed some light I’d be grateful. It’s a MacBook Air late 2013

Re: possible new bug

2015-01-05 Thread Pablo Sandoval
I’ve had this exact same issue, I’ve kept the track pad off until I need it. That has stopped the bug from bothering me. On Jan 4, 2015, at 7:53 PM, Aleeha Dudley blindcowgirl1...@gmail.com wrote: Good evening all, For the past week, I have been experiencing an interesting bug with my new

Re: Any Way Around The Add Quick Event in the Calendar Application?

2015-01-05 Thread William Windels
Hi, thx for the workaround about the .-symbol in the search field. However idd, this is a workaround. That this feature isn't present you said, seems strange to me. In ios, you can press teh list button in day-view and there you can see all future events, also recurring events are included and

Re: The switch from Microsoft to Apple

2015-01-05 Thread Eileen Misrahi
I agree with you. The only reason I open the Windows side is for the Office suites. I have tried the iWorks suite for the Mac, but it doesn't offer me the vast options in Word to mark up a document. JMO. Eileen Sent from my iPhone On Jan 5, 2015, at 11:55 AM, Faisal ali

Re: VO pronouncing Spanish Accent marks strangely

2015-01-05 Thread Alwine Hardus
Hai, It is because in the pdf file vo places the accent begind the caracter, just if it is another caracter. I had the same problem and the same solution. Alwine Op 5 jan. 2015, om 15:42 heeft Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com het volgende geschreven: I just checked it again and find that it

How to transfer songs from dropbox app on your iPhone to your iTunes?

2015-01-05 Thread Chenelle Hancock
Sent from my iPhone On Jan 5, 2015, at 4:17 PM, hello everyone, Issue now it's been a while since I toasted the question out here. However, I wanted to know how do you transfer songs from your dropbox to your iTunes? Using voice over. Thank you so much and have a great

Re: Standard view, any tips?

2015-01-05 Thread Lorie McCloud
this works the same for me in classic view. On Jan 5, 2015, at 7:05 AM, Aleeha Dudley blindcowgirl1...@gmail.com wrote: I just got my mac and standard view is all I will use. I don’t even interact with the table. I just arrow around, without the VoiceOver keys, to see the messages. You can