Re: VoiceOver and Word processors

2015-04-09 Thread Dionipher Presas Herrera
did you try text edit? On 09 Apr 2015, at 2:23 pm, sadam Ahmed sadamahmed1...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I’m a fairly new member to the group so apologies if this question has already been answered. I routinely need to compose somewhat complex documents and was looking for a word

Re: Are there no alternate iOS browsers?

2015-04-09 Thread David Griffith
There are good reviews of the Atomic Web Browser on Apple Vis which has manymore features than Safari including a download manager. I have installed the app but have not investigated it yet. David Griffith atomic On 9 Apr 2015, at 21:13, Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com wrote: I am still

Re: os 10.10.3

2015-04-09 Thread The Believer
Since this was released yesterday, everyone piled onto the Apple servers at once. This is why waiting a day or three works better. From The Believer. . . By way of the Chariots of the Gods cameth the Aliens who dwelt amongst the humans, and bringeth much knowledge. On 4/9/2015 11:33 AM,

Re: My mac won't say the letter T.

2015-04-09 Thread Vivianna
thanks. this worked. yea!. are you also having lag with the letters being spoken while typing? my computer does not seem to be able to keep up with my typing. Thanks. Vivianna On Apr 9, 2015, at 8:55 AM, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Try switching to a different voice,

Re: My mac won't say the letter T.

2015-04-09 Thread Anne Robertson
Try switching to a different voice, then switching back again. This has worked for some people. The problem is horribly common, I’m afraid. Cheers, Anne On 9 Apr 2015, at 14:26, Vivianna irish...@gmail.com wrote: Hi. yesterday i updated to the latest yosemite and, now my computer won’t

Re: My mac won't say the letter T.

2015-04-09 Thread Joseph
Hello, Thanks Ann for answering that. I was busy doing something else. I am now running OS X 10.10.3 and I’m not having any problems with letters cutting out at all. In fact, it’s been just shortly after I updated to 10.10 that I had the problem. So, right now, I’m quite happy with the state of

Re: os 10.10.3

2015-04-09 Thread christopher hallsworth
OS X 10.10.3 is over 2 GB indeed, even for us who ran the beta. On 9 Apr 2015, at 19:33, Faisal ali faisal.a...@icloud.com wrote: Hi everyone, Yesterday I attempted to download and install os 10.10,3. However, the download was extremely slow and the actual download itself was over 2 gigs.

Re: How do I check a ballit box in pages?

2015-04-09 Thread erik
Its a word file. I can fill in the editable portions of the document, but I can't check the ballot boxes. Best, Erik Sent from my android device. -Original Message- From: Eugenia Firth gigifi...@me.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thu, 09 Apr 2015 10:47 AM Subject: Re:

Re: os 10.10.3

2015-04-09 Thread Ray Foret Jr
I agree with this. However, as for me, had no issues with either update to my Mac, iPhone or Apple TV. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a happy Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone 6+ and Apple TV user! Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in

Re: how to convert a .avi file to an mp3 on the Mac

2015-04-09 Thread Matthew Dierckens
Hello Scott, I use either Macs, or adapter. They're both really good programs, and are free. Matt Dierckens Assistive technology specialist Macintosh trainer Sent from my iPhone On Apr 9, 2015, at 14:04, Scott Berry sb356...@gmail.com wrote: Hello there, I have an .avi file I’d rather

Re: My mac won't say the letter T.

2015-04-09 Thread Anne Robertson
They’re in your Library folder. In the Finder, go to the Go menu and use the VO keys when navigating down. Without the Option key, you won’t find the Library folder. Cheers, Anne On 9 Apr 2015, at 18:13, Vivianna irish...@gmail.com wrote: yes, yes, yes! i did this too. where can i find

Editting conf files, driving me ***ing crazy!

2015-04-09 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Guys, I've got a Linux server which I need to be able to edit a few configuration files on via SSH. Yeah, I probably could try to look up a way to download the files to my mac locally, open them in Text Edit, edit them, then reupload them to the server as the modified versions, but then you

Re: os 10.10.3

2015-04-09 Thread David Griffith
I had the opposite experienced. I had to try 4 times to download and install iO/s 8.3 on my iPad whilst the Mac update has downloaded and installed fine. I guess it is the luck of the draw as to when you contact the Apple server and how busy it is. On 9 Apr 2015, at 19:33, Faisal ali

Re: Editting conf files, driving me ***ing crazy!

2015-04-09 Thread Chris Moore
Here’s a thought. Try changing your terminal type to vt100. The setting is under preferences/advanced. No guarantees but certainly worth a try. Chris On Apr 9, 2015, at 7:43 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com wrote: Guys, I've got a Linux server which I need to be

Re: My mac won't say the letter T.

2015-04-09 Thread Vivianna
oh noo! it won’t say the letter T again. blah, had to switch to daniel and then back to samantha again. hmhmhm. a few months ago someone posted a way to get rid of all of the voiceover settings and then go and reconfigure things. that did work permanently. if anybody knows how to do that,

Re: How do I check a ballit box in pages?

2015-04-09 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi there. Interacting is done control option shift down arrow. However, what type of file is this that you are talking about? Was it a Word file that went to Pages or is it a pdf file? Gigi On Apr 9, 2015, at 11:33 AM, erik burggraaf e...@erik-burggraaf.com wrote: Hi all, Is there any

Call Recorder for face time

2015-04-09 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi, To those who use this, after initially configuring it, how can you get back to this screen while running the programme? I'm only on the demo version, so maybe it comes up when you pay for it. Can you record audio only on a video call? Call Recorder for skype puts its settings in the

Re: How do I check a ballit box in pages?

2015-04-09 Thread Eugenia Firth
I had an experience recently where it didn’t work for a Word file to open in Pages with VoiceOver, but when I told my computer to open the file with TextEdit, it worked fine. Did you try this? Gigi On Apr 9, 2015, at 1:00 PM, e...@erik-burggraaf.com wrote: Its a word file. I can fill in

Re: Are there no alternate iOS browsers?

2015-04-09 Thread christopher hallsworth
There is yes, but they all use Safari as a backdoor because Apple does not allow third party browsers to use their own engine. For example, Chrome uses Webkit which Safari also uses. Same is true for Instabrowser. On 9 Apr 2015, at 21:13, Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com wrote: I am still

Re: My mac won't say the letter T.

2015-04-09 Thread Anne Robertson
I have my keyboard echo set to words and that works fine. I can’t stand to hear every character spoken. Cheers, Anne On 9 Apr 2015, at 16:16, Vivianna irish...@gmail.com wrote: thanks. this worked. yea!. are you also having lag with the letters being spoken while typing? my computer

Re: My mac won't say the letter T.

2015-04-09 Thread Dionipher Presas Herrera
by reseting voice over preferences, go to the voice over utility then go to file you can see the reset. On 09 Apr 2015, at 7:15 pm, Joseph ablindvou...@icloud.com wrote: Hello, Thanks Ann for answering that. I was busy doing something else. I am now running OS X 10.10.3 and I’m not having

Re: Are there no alternate iOS browsers?

2015-04-09 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Try google chrome but i don't think it would help you much. But you can always try. /A 9 apr 2015 kl. 22:13 skrev Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com: I am still wondering if there is another iOS browser that I can use other than Safari. Are there really no alternatives to Safari on iOS?

Re: My mac won't say the letter T.

2015-04-09 Thread Joseph
Hello, That’s true. However, when I had this problem, the reset button didn’t fix the problem. That’s why I deleted the prefs and redid things from scratch. On Apr 9, 2015, at 12:43 PM, Dionipher Presas Herrera dionip...@gmail.com wrote: by reseting voice over preferences, go to the voice

A Question About Sound Flower

2015-04-09 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, Does anyone know how to uninstall or disable Sound Flower from OSX? From time-to-time, my system preferences default to it and it is becoming quite annoying. As I never use it, I would like to remove it from my system. Thank you, Mark -- You received this message because

clean my mac update

2015-04-09 Thread Faisal ali
Hi, saw that clean my mac came out with a new update. I’m a little bit annoyed that they don’t offer updates free of charge to pre-existing users but alas. I’m wondering if anyone has purchased it and if its worth getting? Naturally the description sounds great and all, but I’m primarily

Re: My mac won't say the letter T.

2015-04-09 Thread Joseph
Hello, Quite a while back, I had this problem. I removed all VO prefs and rebooted the machine. Then I reset my VO settings back to what I wanted. That, for me, corrected the problem. Please be careful if you decide to do this and make sure you are certain about what prefs you are removing.

Are there no alternate iOS browsers?

2015-04-09 Thread Phil Halton
I am still wondering if there is another iOS browser that I can use other than Safari. Are there really no alternatives to Safari on iOS? Thanks for any help. Sent from my IPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe

Re: Muted sounds

2015-04-09 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! I have had a similar issue. But for me all sounds just died. It happend last sunday but with some help i was able to fix it. It also happend yesterday and i fixed it buy using headphones. /A 7 apr 2015 kl. 17:29 skrev Angus MacKinnon floda...@gmx.com: Anyone no why, when I hold down the

My mac won't say the letter T.

2015-04-09 Thread Vivianna
Hi. yesterday i updated to the latest yosemite and, now my computer won’t say the letter t. i had this same thing with different letters before but, alas, i forgot how i fixed it. i recall that i had to delete all of the voiceover settings and then go back into voiceover utility and reset all

RE: how to convert a .avi file to an mp3 on the Mac

2015-04-09 Thread george b
If it is in your iTunes find the file, right click on it and arrow down to change to mp3 and hit enter and follow the prompt -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Berry Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2015 11:04

VoiceOver and Word processors

2015-04-09 Thread sadam Ahmed
Hi all, I’m a fairly new member to the group so apologies if this question has already been answered. I routinely need to compose somewhat complex documents and was looking for a word processor that will allow me to insert headings and other foot notes. I’ve played around with the current

Re: clean my mac update

2015-04-09 Thread The Believer
What is the cost to upgrade this app? Some developers put a lot of work in their apps/software, and while many offer free upgrades, some do not. Its fair. From The Believer. . . By way of the Chariots of the Gods cameth the Aliens who dwelt amongst the humans, and bringeth much

Re: how to convert a .avi file to an mp3 on the Mac

2015-04-09 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! I guess you can do that with vlc too. I have not tested that yet but soonsoon. /A 9 apr 2015 kl. 20:16 skrev Matthew Dierckens matt.dierck...@me.com: Hello Scott, I use either Macs, or adapter. They're both really good programs, and are free. Matt Dierckens Assistive technology

how to convert a .avi file to an mp3 on the Mac

2015-04-09 Thread Scott Berry
Hello there, I have an .avi file I’d rather convert to an mp3 because it would save size. How do I do this? -- 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: clean my mac update

2015-04-09 Thread christopher hallsworth
Same here. I'm therefore looking for alternatives. I can't keep up with paying for upgrades all the time. On 9 Apr 2015, at 18:14, Faisal ali faisal.a...@icloud.com wrote: Hi, saw that clean my mac came out with a new update. I’m a little bit annoyed that they don’t offer updates free of

os 10.10.3

2015-04-09 Thread Faisal ali
Hi everyone, Yesterday I attempted to download and install os 10.10,3. However, the download was extremely slow and the actual download itself was over 2 gigs. Has anyone else noticed this? I had to interrupt it as I needed to get to sleep as I had work in the morning and will try it again when

Re: A Question About Sound Flower

2015-04-09 Thread KJSC radio
In the sound flower package that you have downloaded, there is an uninstall script that is needed to uninstall sound flower. Hit that, enter in your password, and the un installer should ask you to reboot your system. Once that’s done, sound flower should be uninstalled and you will no longer

How do I check a ballit box in pages?

2015-04-09 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi all, Is there any way to check ballit boxes in pages with voiceover? I tried interacting and vo space, plus routing the mouse and clicking the trackpad. I'm a version out of date so I'll upgrade now and see how things go, but would appreciate hearing your experiences with this. Thanks,

Re: My mac won't say the letter T.

2015-04-09 Thread Vivianna
yes, yes, yes! i did this too. where can i find the voiceover prefs again? i have been looking around, and, can’t find them. also, did you update yet? and, if you did, did your computer go back like mine did? thanks much; Vivianna On Apr 9, 2015, at 11:07 AM, Joseph ablindvou...@icloud.com

Re: VoiceOver and Word processors

2015-04-09 Thread Phil Halton
There is a very good accessible document drafting app called scrivener. I don't know where to get it but I'm sure you can Google scrivener and find it somewhere. It is a paid app, but there is a free trial and a very good tutorial That comes with it I don't do a lot of drafting, because the