Re: Readdle brings its best-selling iOS productivity app PDF Expert to the Mac

2015-11-15 Thread Sadam Ahmed
Hi Mary, Have you tested the desktop version of this app in terms of VoiceOver accessibility. Like you I had a look at the iOS app and it didn't work to well. Yours truly, Sadam Ahmed College of business RMIT University On 11/13/2015 10:18 AM, Mary Otten wrote: I have no idea if this

Re: El Capitan - Upgrade or Clean Install

2015-11-15 Thread Bill Gallik
I take no exceptions to your contributions! I thoroughly expect that folks are (thankfully) going to present their perspectives. * * * * * * * * * Bill Gallik wfgal...@icloud.com > On Nov 15, 2015, at 7:14 AM, Mabelin Ramirez > wrote: > > You can contact me off

Re: Brailliant firmware Update and OS X

2015-11-15 Thread Sadam Ahmed
No problems here as well. I've noticed that it keeps the connection much better with my iOS devices though. Yours truly, Sadam Ahmed College of Business RMIT University On 11/13/2015 2:27 AM, Anouk Radix wrote: Hi, I installed it yesterday, 2.1 and it works fine on the mac. Havent tested

Re: Focus issues in Pages

2015-11-15 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Grant, Focus is a real problem with the latest version of Pages. I’ve found that navigating using the VO keys then bringing the keyboard focus by pressing VO-Cmd-F4 works most of the time. Cheers, Anne > On 14 Nov 2015, at 21:03, Grant wrote: > > Hi all, > >

Re: A decision about the Mac

2015-11-15 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
On 14 Nov 2015, at 20:46, Eric Oyen wrote: > I prefer the use of this axiom: It just works…. Until it doesn't. Usually on such temper-inflamed occasions as that, I resort to “It just works, for various infinitesimal values of ‘Just’ and ‘Work’”. :) -- The following

Re: does any one know how i can get my music back on my mac?

2015-11-15 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
If you’re talking about transfers away from an iOS device, then the answer is, “With difficulty”. What exactly are you trying to do? -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or

Re: VMware tweaks

2015-11-15 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
4 GB for Windows and a dual-core configuration should work acceptably well for you. You may also like to install the 32-bit version of Windows for more memory savings. If you can get more RAM in there, you should endeavour to. -- The following information is important for all members of the

Re: El Capitan - Upgrade or Clean Install

2015-11-15 Thread Mabelin Ramirez
You can contact me off list if you wish. My email off list is mabeli...@hotmail.com. My apologies for that. I didn't mean to hijack the thread. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of

Re: Can't synchronize the iCloud NOTES account on my Mac with the NOTES iCloud accounts on my iPhone 6 and iPad Air 2

2015-11-15 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Apparently there is the possibility if you have a gMail account of getting the Gmail based notes that are produced on the Macintosh running Yosemite to be visible to the IOS 9 systems. Look at the internet accounts area and check if there is a Notes area in your Gmail account. If so enabling this

Re: VMware tweaks

2015-11-15 Thread E.T.
Ok I started with 2 and will work my way up and see what works best. Now I need to learn to work with different views and the keyboard as well. Am using the default profile. Can one add profiles or must they be created? Bootcamp was simple but I will get thru this. From E.T.'s

Re: VMware tweaks

2015-11-15 Thread E.T.
I have not made it that far yet, but will be using NVDA. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 11/15/2015 1:52 PM, Phil Halton wrote: I'm curious, what screen reader are you using in windows? Sent

Re: good speakers for iPhone

2015-11-15 Thread Aleeha Dudley
I like the Sound Pods by Blue Tiger. The Bose SoundLink and the Jawbone Jambox are great if you want to pay a little more. > On Nov 15, 2015, at 5:47 PM, Jim Gatteys wrote: > > Hi all! > I wonder if somebody can make a recommendation for good speakers for iPhone. > I need

Re: getting the current time

2015-11-15 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Oh, where to get that script? Thanks in advance. /A > On 14 Nov 2015, at 12:55, Matthew Dierckens wrote: > > If I do a VO M twice, I have to right arrow 9 times to get the time. It’s so > much easier to hit right option T, and thanks to Alex Hall’s script it >

good speakers for iPhone

2015-11-15 Thread Jim Gatteys
Hi all! I wonder if somebody can make a recommendation for good speakers for iPhone. I need some volume and size does not matter. I need them to be powerful enough to play for a pretty good sized room so am not looking for wireless or blue tooth necessarily. I don't even know where to start

Re: Readdle brings its best-selling iOS productivity app PDF Expert to the Mac

2015-11-15 Thread Mary Otten
No, I have not looked at the Mac app. The iOS app doesn't seem to be too good. So I am still using my old Windows machine for PDF reading. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 15, 2015, at 7:00 AM, Sadam Ahmed wrote: > > Hi Mary, > > Have you tested the desktop version

Re: Readdle brings its best-selling iOS productivity app PDF Expert to the Mac

2015-11-15 Thread Sadam Ahmed
Thanks for confirming. I'll stick with PDF Pen Pro. Yours truly, Sadam Ahmed Sent from my iPhone -- > On 16 Nov 2015, at 9:48 AM, Mary Otten wrote: > > No, I have not looked at the Mac app. The iOS app doesn't seem to be too > good. So I am still using my old

Re: Spoken menus on Nano 5th gen

2015-11-15 Thread Esther
Hi Traci, I'm not sure there is a good solution to your issue with Spoken menus on the 5th generation Nano, but here are some things you can try. I suspect the problem lies in the fact that iTunes only generates new, speakable items when it thinks that your iTunes database has updated or

Re: getting the current time

2015-11-15 Thread Sadam Ahmed
Anders, Here's a Dropbox link to the folder containing the scripts: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/kq2oxf9974dbp2p/AABK8U_25Wm6HYxo3mMlhA17a?dl=0. Yours truly, Sadam Ahmed College of Business RMIT University On 11/16/2015 9:35 AM, Anders Holmberg wrote: Hi! Oh, where to get that script?

Re: VMware tweaks

2015-11-15 Thread Phil Halton
I'm curious, what screen reader are you using in windows? Sent from my IPhone > On Nov 15, 2015, at 2:51 PM, E.T. wrote: > > Ok I started with 2 and will work my way up and see what works best. Now I > need to learn to work with different views and the keyboard

Re: A decision about the Mac

2015-11-15 Thread Devin Prater
This is all good for morale, but my problem still stands. I'm taking this sick Mac to the Apple store, maybe the people there have a USB installer media they can pop in. At least then I'll have a computer, and not a slab of metal with lots of ports and an Apple logo on top. At least it'll be a

Re: Acapella TTS voices on Mac OS X

2015-11-15 Thread Vic
Thanks a lot for this advice. Off to try them out. On Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at 4:42:59 PM UTC-8, Vaughn Brown wrote: > > Thank you very much. > Vaughn > > On Nov 10, 2015, at 2:36 PM, Anders Holmberg > wrote: > > Hi! > Press vo plus v and go with the arrow keys

Re: Can't synchronize the iCloud NOTES account on my Mac with the NOTES iCloud accounts on my iPhone 6 and iPad Air 2

2015-11-15 Thread Mabelin Ramirez
If you want to email me off list about this you may do so. My off list email is mabeli...@hotmail.com. I hope I'm not high jacking any thread on this list. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the

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2015-11-15 Thread Jim Gatteys
Just good playback and volume that I can plug my iPhone into. Not really sure. Just looking at options. How have you been BTW? > On Nov 15, 2015, at 6:39 PM, Chris G wrote: > > Do you want Micro SD card or USB playback, or just volume and great sound? > > >

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2015-11-15 Thread Gabe Griffith
Hi, I have a dlink speaker by magic box that works pretty good. It has a micro SD card slot and charges via micro USB. It can connect via audio cable or bluetooth. I got it on amazon for about $30. Gabe On Nov 15, 2015, at 6:13 PM, Jim Gatteys wrote: > Just good

Re: getting the current time

2015-11-15 Thread Mabelin Ramirez
I have a few folders of scripts that can be useful to you. Let me know off list if you need them. My email off list is mabeli...@hotmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this

Re: good speakers for iPhone

2015-11-15 Thread Chris G
Do you want Micro SD card or USB playback, or just volume and great sound? Chris Grabowski Mystic Access Where the magic is in learning. http://www.MysticAccess.com Check out our eclectic and comprehensive assistive technology podcasts at: http://www.MysticAccessPodcast.com Contact: Phone:

Re: contacts are not synching

2015-11-15 Thread Mabelin Ramirez
Message me off list and we'll take a look at this issue. My off list email is mabeli...@hotmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's

Re: contacts are not synching

2015-11-15 Thread Raymond Foret Jr
Why not just help on list so that the help could be more useful for other people? That’s what we commonly do here. In this way, the help we give to others can be seen by everyone. After all, someone else may also need the help but just has not asked for it. ! Sent from my Mac, The Only

Re: contacts are not synching

2015-11-15 Thread Mabelin Ramirez
How can I help you?Can we discuss this via skype? -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or

Re: Audiobook Builder and CheckBook Pro free at the Mac App Store and Splasm's Online Web Store

2015-11-15 Thread Robert Cole
Hi, You can import your MoneyTalks .mtf file into CheckBook Pro. Thanks, Rob Sent from my MacBook > On Nov 14, 2015, at 11:29 AM, Esther wrote: > > Hi All, > > Audiobook Builder, CheckBook, and CheckBook Pro, all of which are highly > accessible pieces of software made by

Good Speakers for iPhone

2015-11-15 Thread Jim Gatteys
Thanks, I'll check it out. Jim > On Nov 15, 2015, at 8:54 PM, Gabe Griffith wrote: > > Hi, > > I have a dlink speaker by magic box that works pretty good. It has a micro SD > card slot and charges via micro USB. It can connect via audio cable or > bluetooth. I got

contacts are not synching

2015-11-15 Thread Raymond Foret Jr
Hi there. ! A most peculiar problem. After restoring my Mac, I find that once I’ve signed in to my iCloud just fine and selected all the services I want, (including safari and contacts), everything seems to be synching except for my contacts. Any idea why? Sent from my Mac, The Only

Re: contacts are not synching

2015-11-15 Thread Mabelin Ramirez
I'd rather be able to help you on an individual basis. I don't want to feel like I'm hijacking threads. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's

Re: contacts are not synching

2015-11-15 Thread joseph hudson
Maybelline, glad to see you here. However, you're not hijacking a thread right now. So provide be helped to enhancer question instead of you know trying to push people often do your private inbox. Maybe if the thread maybe gets too long, it might be good to I have somebody take somebody else

Re: q

2015-11-15 Thread Chris G
Hi Jim, Check out the Sharkk Boombox. The Sharkk has two ks' in its name. Mystic Access also has an audio tutorial on the Sharkk as well as an audio sample on the site. Things are going well over here. Chris Chris Grabowski Mystic Access Where the magic is in learning.