Re: BlindSquare V3.00 is out.

Hello! Press release: http://blindsquare.com/press/ More info of Indoor system: http://blindsquare.com/indoor/ Best, Ilkka (developer of BlindSquare) On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 12:27 AM, Eugenia Firth wrote: > Hi Sadam. > Do you have the URL that was shown on the update notes in BlindSquare? I >

Re: Major frustrations and a big predicament

Hi, You can assign a shortcut key combination to switch between DOM and group navigation in keyboard commander in VoiceOver utility. > On 10 Jun 2015, at 23:17, Christopher-Mark Gilland > wrote: > > Is there a quick way to do this, or will I have to do it each time back and > forth within the

Messages

While in Messages on the Mac, I noticed one message that I had deleted from the iPhone. I looked in preferences but did not see a setting that would sync this app on both Mac and iPhone. Is there a way to sync the two? Thanks. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many belie

Re: File Source Details Help

Emilio! Do you see the More Info: expanded disclosure triangle? I can expand that in the get info section of the file and the info including where the file is downloaded appears there. It seems to be backward at least on my computer. If it says expanded then it is collapsed and vice versa Jim

Re: File Source Details Help

Look for the “where from:” label in the more info section of the information window and it should be there. After you find the general label, move vo down the column of labels until you find more info. Then expand if necessary. Move vo down until you find where from and move vo right to read

Re: I can't find the download link.

So does that mean if you're not an Apple developer you could still beta test iOS and OS X Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 10, 2015, at 4:35 PM, Jonathan Mosen wrote: > > Yes, things have indeed changed. There is now only one Apple Developer > Program and everyone is enrolled to beta test Watch

More questions about installing windows on my macbook pro

Hi all. I have been reading the various topics having to do with installing windows on a mac and am very nervous about a few things. First of all, I read the article on installing Windows on an external drive and it looks pretty complex to me. The method of installing Windows on the internal

File Source Details Help

Hello everyone, When accessing the “more info” feature of a particular file, I press VO-right arrow and interact with the scroll area. I use this same keystroke feature to move through the details of a file. However, I am not able to view the “source” information about the file in question. I

Re: Turning notifications offf for E-Mail

Hi, Go into Mail Preferences, interact with the Toolbar, VO Space on General, stop interacting, and then, VO right until you get to I think it’s called “New Message Notifications” or something similar. Then, VO space on that Popup Menu and then, you can choose among the different options. Hope t

Re: Turning notifications off for E-Mail

Thank you. I missed some of the checkboxes. Kristeen > On Jun 10, 2015, at 9:07 PM, Marcia Yale wrote: > > You need to go into Notification Centre Preferences, interact with the table > of applications, and uncheck all the boxes regarding Mail. > > -Original Message- > From: macvision

RE: Turning notifications off for E-Mail

You need to go into Notification Centre Preferences, interact with the table of applications, and uncheck all the boxes regarding Mail. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kristeen Hughes Sent: Wednesday, June 10,

Turning notifications offf for E-Mail

I have had to do a reinstall of the OS on my Mac Mini. All is well, but I can’t get notifications to be turned off for E-Mail. This is annoying because any time a new post arrives, notifications has to interrupt whatever I’m doing. I have turned notifications off in system preferences, but it is

Re: Major frustrations and a big predicament

First, find classification, switch to groups, vo-space on classification, then move vo to the list of clasifications. interact with the list and vo-space on the clasification item that you want. Hope that helps. On Jun 10, 2015, at 6:24 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: OK, so after I clicke

Re: Major frustrations and a big predicament

Who cares about NDA? Apple won't sue you or cry over somebody leaking details about a beta. Jesus. On 6/11/2015 12:24 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: OK, so after I clicked the new button, I switched to group mode instead of dom. I can't find however where to interact to choose the classi

Re: organizer suggestions?

I can get a copy from somewhere and test it out for accessibility? On 6/10/2015 11:33 PM, Caitlyn Furness wrote: I’m asking because I am hoping people here will have suggestions which are both accessible *and* less expensive!! I gave the name of the app so people could go read about what it d

Re: Major frustrations and a big predicament

OK, so after I clicked the new button, I switched to group mode instead of dom. I can't find however where to interact to choose the classification after I click on accessibility. Group mode makes things so cluttered, can you give me some steps as to what on the page to look for, and when at w

Re: Major frustrations and a big predicament

Frankly, right now, I'm so damn angry at the way Apple developer support is treating me, I'm going to paste below word for word what the developer web site says about this, not being able to downgrade. I'm not supposed to do this, but frankly at this point, I'm gonna make lots of enemies probab

Re: claarification wanted with respect to using Messages for Facebook

Ah, thanks. 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 > On Jun 10, 2015, at 5:31 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > > Hi, > > Not necessarily. Your FaceB

Re: Major frustrations and a big predicament

You can set a key to toggle between them in keyboard commander. I use right option-g. On Jun 10, 2015, at 5:17 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: Is there a quick way to do this, or will I have to do it each time back and forth within the Voiceover Utility. Chris. > - Original Messa

Re: organizer suggestions?

I’m asking because I am hoping people here will have suggestions which are both accessible *and* less expensive!! I gave the name of the app so people could go read about what it does and then hopefully make intelligent suggestions! Sheesh-you guys amaze me at times!! thanks for any help, etc..

Re: Major frustrations and a big predicament

One wonders why they would make it so you can’t DFU your device back to the last nonbeta release of iOS. I was going to renew my developer membership and test 9, but if I can’t downgrade to a stable release for my day to day use, and jsut beta when I have time for that task specifically, I don’

Re: organizer suggestions?

Hi, I have no idea, and for sixty bucks, am not keen to try it and find it’s not!! Cait > On Jun 10, 2015, at 11:03 AM, Shaf wrote: > > How accessible is it, do you know? > > On 6/10/2015 3:55 PM, Caitlyn Furness wrote: >> Hi, >> I was recently pointed toward an app called things. It’s for th

Re: claarification wanted with respect to using Messages for Facebook

Hi, Not necessarily. Your FaceBook username is usually different than your eMail address that you may use to log into FaceBook. It often is some version of your name and usually, but not always, has a number attached to it. So, for example: • Login to FaceBook with eMail joe.b...@gmail.com <

Re: BlindSquare V3.00 is out.

Hi Sadam. Do you have the URL that was shown on the update notes in BlindSquare? I was going to go and look at it, but I lost the screen on my iPhone and I can’t figure out how to get it back so I check out iBeacons, or whatever it is called. I wanted to see what places are on it. Gigi for o

Re: Major frustrations and a big predicament

Is there a quick way to do this, or will I have to do it each time back and forth within the Voiceover Utility. Chris. - Original Message - From: Barry Hadder To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 6:09 PM Subject: Re: Major frustrations and a big

Re: Major frustrations and a big predicament

Hi Chris, Just switch to groups mode and it will work with voiceover. The rest of the form works fine with dom navigation. On Jun 10, 2015, at 5:01 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: So, guys, I never like writing e-mails like this, and I know some of you are going to write me and scream a

Major frustrations and a big predicament

So, guys, I never like writing e-mails like this, and I know some of you are going to write me and scream at me for being over dramatic, or for waisting your time etc. Most of you on this list who're civil have seen the patterns, therefore I don't think it's either necessary nor appropriate for

Re: claarification wanted with respect to using Messages for Facebook

Ah, so, when I put in my user name, I leave out the @comcast.net part? 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 > On Jun 10, 2015, at 3:51 PM, chr

Re: I can't find the download link.

Yes, things have indeed changed. There is now only one Apple Developer Program and everyone is enrolled to beta test Watch OS, iOS and OS X. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org > On 11/06/2015, at 7:50 am, christopher hallsworth >

Re: I can't find the download link.

Chris, That isn't the case. I called Apple developer support, and they helped me out. They've merged it into one program now, so the one 99 dollar payment covers you for all 3, Safari, I O S, and OSX. I really think however that Apple is making things way more confusing with how they have

Re: is the mac book aso have siri?

If you are referring to the option in Mavrics that allowed you to speak to your mac with custom commands, you can do that through enhanced dictation. God bless. Matthew Dierckens Certified Assistive Technology Specialist Macintosh, Windows and IOS Trainer U.S. number: 573-401-1018 Personal Email

Re: synchronise files/folders privately

So if your iphone/ipad is synched/backed up to your Mac via iTunes then all the files are local on the Mac, not in icloud. If you could set iTunes to store these backups in a network drive from your NAS, would that not get you where you want to be? CB On 6/10/15 4:43 PM, William Windels wrote

Re: time for Apple to get a new default voice

Hello All, I agree with you Jonathan. An official copy of Eloquence would be just fine with me. I tried Ava and the responsiveness was sluggish in comparison to Alex. Eventually, I needed to switch back to Alex. Best, Eileen Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 10, 2015, at 12:16 PM, Jonathan Mosen

Re: claarification wanted with respect to using Messages for Facebook

Hi Ray Nowhere near *smile*. It's your username at chat dot facebook dot com. > On 10 Jun 2015, at 21:49, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > > Okay, > > I've got the steps down for adding my Facebook account to Messages except for > one thing. When I enter the user name part, do they want just > rforet

claarification wanted with respect to using Messages for Facebook

Okay, I've got the steps down for adding my Facebook account to Messages except for one thing. When I enter the user name part, do they want just rforet7706 and not the e-mail server part? In other words, should it look like this: rforet7...@facebook.chat.com or should it look like this: rfor

synchronise files/folders privately

Hello all, I would like to sync files/folders with different devices: iphone/ipad and also mac computers. There are many cloud-services that can handle this but I would like to store it privately. For this, and other tasks, I have a nas device from qnap. It would be so nice If I can put files/fol

Re: is the mac book aso have siri?

on mavericks it have the tell my mac to have joke on me but now on the accessibility is no longer there. > On 10 Jun 2015, at 9:54 pm, Aleeha Dudley wrote: > > No, it does not have Siri. It has enhanced dictation, which allows you to > open apps, select things, etc, but siri is not there. > A

Re: is the mac book aso have siri?

No, it does not have Siri. It has enhanced dictation, which allows you to open apps, select things, etc, but siri is not there. 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

is the mac book aso have siri?

is siri also available on mac? since i don't have iphone i would like to to my siri too on my mac sometimes since i don't have someone to talk to :) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop recei

Re: I can't find the download link.

I think we can all help with this since nothing specific has been disclosed. Unfortunately you will have to renew or subscribe to the Mac Developer Program as well. This is still a separate payment. This is going by when I renewed my membership the morning of Friday 1 May. Things may have change

Re: time for Apple to get a new default voice

Hi Christopher. I think it depends on the hearing loss. I've worked with people for example with a hearing loss who find Alex unintelligible once you go a little above the default rate, but who can have compact Daniel cranked up remarkably fast. Personally I'd be delighted to have Eloquence on m

Re: time for Apple to get a new default voice

If anyone has doubts that Alex will be kept on, then sending Apple some feedback would be the ticket because Apple cannot read minds. Alex is great for a male voice. Samantha is the best for a female voice...almost. She eats some words so adding Siri would be a definite plus. From E.T.'

Re: time for Apple to get a new default voice

I hope Alex stics around for a while. Historically it did for software voices what dec-talk did in the 80s for hardware synths. However times were different and Alex has always been more responsive than I ever remember dec being:). > On Jun 10, 2015, at 2:28 PM, christopher hallsworth > wrote:

Re: time for Apple to get a new default voice

i prefer alex. daniel gives me a headache if i listen to him too long. > On 10 Jun 2015, at 19:28, christopher hallsworth > wrote: > > Might be coming next year . Seriously though, I don't ever want Apple > to remove Alex. He's fantastic for someone with moderately severe to profound > hearin

Re: Braille translating tables wish for VoiceOver

Are there any indications that either or both HIMS and Apple plan to remove the older braille tables at some point? I have not started learning UEB but am prepared to do so soon. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if

Re: Braille translating tables wish for VoiceOver

Actually, I think the current Grade 2 table could handle italics because you start it (unless we are talking about UEB), two italics dots 46 to start and then just dots 46 to end. Doesn’t sound too hard to do. Right now if type dots 46 VoiceOver says underline. Underlining could be done too in t

Re: time for Apple to get a new default voice

Might be coming next year . Seriously though, I don't ever want Apple to remove Alex. He's fantastic for someone with moderately severe to profound hearing loss which I have. The other voices included are fine, but doesn't cut it like Alex. > On 10 Jun 2015, at 18:46, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: > >

Re: IOS 9 siri voices now available

I trust 9to5mac as it seems a lot of Mac Daily News come from that source. > On 10 Jun 2015, at 18:57, Dionipher Presas Herrera > wrote: > > did somebody of you reading some good leaks on www.9to5mac.com they have the > developer preview too but they are not afraid to publish everything :) >> O

Re: Braille translating tables wish for VoiceOver

I agree. I'd love to have italicized text show up formatted as such, and not merely put in its own element. Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 10, 2015, at 12:44 PM, Eugenia Firth wrote: > > Hi guys > As a proofreader who has been forced to study UEB lately, I would first like > to say that UEB is

Re: time for Apple to get a new default voice

Why not just keep updating Alex? Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 10, 2015, at 12:07 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > > Subject line pretty much says it all. Nothing against Alex mind you: but, > frankly, I reckon it's high time Apple adopted a new and much more updated > default voice. The new Siri

Re: Messages

Yes, that happened here too. However, what I do is I use Notification Centre. This speaks messages when they come in, and my other trick is that when I interact with my conversation table, I hear the message I want to reply to and just type. I find that it leaves me in the table and new messages

Re: IOS 9 siri voices now available

did somebody of you reading some good leaks on www.9to5mac.com they have the developer preview too but they are not afraid to publish everything :) > On 10 Jun 2015, at 3:19 pm, Jessica Moss wrote: > > Ok was starting to wonder about that, considering that 9.0 isn't ou

Re: time for Apple to get a new default voice

Hi Ray. I don't really want Apple to get rid of Alex. I lve the fact that he takes breaths and everything. I am with you on one thing though, I hope Apple considers making the Siri voices available in El Capitan. After all, you can get them for NVDA in Windows so why can't it be done on the Mac?

Braille translating tables wish for VoiceOver

Hi guys As a proofreader who has been forced to study UEB lately, I would first like to say that UEB is easier to read than to write; in fact, in my no-so-humble opinion, it’s a real pain to write for those of us who have been using braille since the earth was young. I suggested this to HIMS an

Re: Using the messages app

This can be a mystery. I've found two options that help, but no guarantee. The first is the o'l sign in and out of Messages on all devices, maybe even restart . The second is to have each device sending with the same caller ID. I've found that if one device is sending with my phone number, and a

Re: Interesting messenger related issues

Hi to Tim and all. To sumerize, did the data check on messages, all was well it was a bad contact card that got me. -- 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 emai

time for Apple to get a new default voice

Subject line pretty much says it all. Nothing against Alex mind you: but, frankly, I reckon it's high time Apple adopted a new and much more updated default voice. The new Siri male US English voice might perhaps be a good choice. Here's hoping we see this one in Elcapitan. Sincerely, The

Re: Messages

Hi, when I go and set the apple script to speak events, it says “apple script has been running for more than 10 seconds” and the options are wait and disable. I clicked wait, but the dialogs just kept popping up until I clicked the disable button. > On Jun 10, 2015, at 11:58 AM, Tim Kilburn wro

Re: Interesting messenger related issues

Hi, In my opinion, the Messages app is the best one for use in Yosemite. Try going into your Messages Preferences, under the Accounts tab and confirm that all your settings and credentials are inputted properly. You could even remove them then re-add ensuring that you input your correct info

Re: Using the messages app

That was a great tip. Thanks. Now,can you tell me why the Messages app sometimes just decides not to synchronize messages with my iPhone? Or, more importantly, how can I easily get things sorted out again? Take care and have a great day. Jamie Pauls jamiepa...@gmail.com > On Jun 10, 2015, at

Interesting messenger related issues

Hi folks, having an issue with finding a messenger that works correctly with OS X 10. latest. After mavericks it got tricky. I have tried messages, but for some reason my online contacts as well as my display name are not working. It shows a display name for another and removed user. Adium seem

Re: organizer suggestions?

Hi, The Mac version has major accessibility problems. The iPhone version seems to work OK and is accessible. Marshall > On Jun 10, 2015, at 8:55 AM, Caitlyn Furness > wrote: > > Hi, > I was recently pointed toward an app called things. It’s for the mac, and > they have an i phone version.

Re: Using the messages app

Open your messages application and open the preferences with a command comma. Select the general tab in the toolbar. Near the end of the selections you'll find AppleScript handler: popup button, select Speak Events.applescript. This should provide what you're looking for. You may not hear "buddy

Re: Google groups.

Hi, You could link your Bell south address to the existing gMail account, then it's a reasonably simple process of telling the MacVisionaries Group settings to send mail to the Bell South address instead. When multiple eMails are linked to the same gMail account, this process becomes relativel

Re: voice over and icons?

Hi, It sounds like whoever coded the app for managing the storage device used custom elements without any accessibility API considerations. I've encountered this before and the only way I've been able to deal with it is to turn on mouse-keys and count the horizontal and vertical places I need

Re: organizer suggestions?

Why would she be asking about it if she didn't have a clue on the accessibility of the app? On 6/10/2015 4:09 PM, george b wrote: Well if she said it was to expensive why do you think she has it to answer your question??? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mail

RE: organizer suggestions?

Well if she said it was to expensive why do you think she has it to answer your question??? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Shaf Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 08:03 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject

Re: organizer suggestions?

How accessible is it, do you know? On 6/10/2015 3:55 PM, Caitlyn Furness wrote: Hi, I was recently pointed toward an app called things. It’s for the mac, and they have an i phone version. It’s a to do list and scheduler on steroids!! I would love to get it, but the price is very steep-about

organizer suggestions?

Hi, I was recently pointed toward an app called things. It’s for the mac, and they have an i phone version. It’s a to do list and scheduler on steroids!! I would love to get it, but the price is very steep-about $60. does anybody have suggestions for a good app like this which doesn’t cost an

Re: Malware

As a followup on this, my parents came for a visit this past weekend so I had them do the adawaremedic thing and it cleaned up a bunch of goo. My Dad said his machine is now running much faster and Safari doesn't redirect to weird random adware sites anymore. CB On 5/16/15 11:41 AM, Caitlyn F

Re: Google groups.

I didn't see a reply to this and I've never actually changed my email address so I don't know if there is a way. With your login being tied to your email address it seems like it would be difficult to just change your address. I know a number of folks have subscribed with their new address and

A fun little Apple Watch discovery

Hi all, So yesterday I was dictating an email on my phone in Spanish. I had there fore switched the keyboard from English to Spanish, and I accidentally forgot to switch it back to English when I was done. this morning my husband sent me a text, and when I went to reply from my watch, lo and

People you Know on facebook

Hi all! When I am looking at my facebook stuff on my iPhone there is a block of text that says "people you may know" and I cannot seem to get it to activate. Anybody had any experience? I tried double tapping it, and two finger double tapping and no results. Is it just text that we can't use

Re: IOS 9 siri voices now available

Ok was starting to wonder about that, considering that 9.0 isn't out yet. Can't wait to see if that is in fact, true though. On Jun 9, 2015, at 1:42 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: > I agree. No freaking kidding! > > Chris. > > - Original Message - From: "Devin Prater" > To: >

Using the messages app

Hi all. Does anyone know how I can get Messages for mac to speak incoming messages and typing notifications like what happens in iOS? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails fro

I can't find the download link.

Guys, I don't intend to breech NDA here, but I do need some help. I can't seem to find the download link to OSX Capitan. Yes, I have paied the $99 this morning to renew my developer account which I initially created last year. Here's what I'm doing so far. Hopefully you all can tell me what I

Re: IOS 9 siri voices now available

I can't wait for that! Now, you give me Facetime on Android, we'll talk! Yeah, I know, I know, you're dreaming! Chris! Chris. - Original Message - From: "christopher hallsworth" To: "macvisionaries" Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 3:10 AM Subject: Re: IOS 9 siri voices now available

Re: IOS 9 siri voices now available

Just because they don't react to it doesn't mean that they don't care. Do you really think out of all the millions of Apple Customers, they can realistically bust every single person who violates NDA? No. They can't, but just cause they can't, nor don't doesn't mean they don't care. Chris.

Re: el capitan

Hmm, can I run it on my IBook? LOL! Just kidding! Chris. - Original Message - From: "Chris" To: Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 2:54 PM Subject: Re: el capitan Apple said you can even run El Capitan on a 2007 MBP now you are talking old! Lol! On 09/06/2015 15:14, Ricardo Walker wro

Re: IOS 9 siri voices now available

Brian, I guess I can tell you that yes, they are available. The only reason though I'm saying this is because the initial poster broke NDA by announcing this, so at this point, we can't take back what they already leaked. Going forward though, unfortunately, I can't really say more than that

Re: IOS 9 siri voices now available

Ah, Android. Let’s not forget that Apple are now offering a migration tool that helps you move from Android to iOS, in the form of an app on both platforms, all the while offering Apple Music for Android. Seems like a fairly complete transition with all the important data, including text messa

Re: Resizing a partition in mac os 10.10

go to the disk utility > partition, then select the partition you want to delete Z> delete partition. > On 10 Jun 2015, at 8:44 am, christopher hallsworth > wrote: > > Hi all > > I have done it through trial and error, but how in vein does one easily > remove partitions? Thanks! > > >> On 1

Re: voice over and icons?

Yes, it appears that option is selected, but voiceover still doesn’t read it to me, or let me know that it is there. > On Jun 10, 2015, at 2:50 AM, christopher hallsworth > wrote: > > Is navigate images set to always in Settings > General > Accessibility > > VoiceOver? >> On 10 Jun 2015, at 04

Re: voice over and icons?

could you navigate by images and have somebody help you to label them with vo? Caitlyn > On Jun 9, 2015, at 11:48 PM, Kliph wrote: > > Is there anyway to get voiceover to read icons on a web page? I manage my > NAS from the web, and there are options that are only icons, so I need to > know

Re: el capitan

Yeah it is a little bugger *smile*. Never seen this late 2011 MBP fly. I'm not seeing a Windows computer running this fast any time soon. > On 10 Jun 2015, at 01:00, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: > > Snow Leopard lives! > > Or at least I hope so. You might think it, based on the feature list of

Re: IOS 9 siri voices now available

No wonder the Apple Music app is coming to Android then *smile*. Sorry could not resist. I should imagine the app will be written with the open sourced Swift 2.0. > On 10 Jun 2015, at 01:44, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > > In that spirit, I would like to remind you, if by chance you have forgotten > o