RE: Here is the Text of the User Manual for the Nearby Explorer, for iOS, GPS Navigation App

2016-08-20 Thread Simon Fogarty
Thanks for this, It will be worthwhile having a look at it, we can't go wrong having another accessible gps system available to us. It will also be interesting to see if it's usable within the down under. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

Re: Trouble Logging into my Gmail Internet Account on Mac Air Keyboard

2016-08-20 Thread Kevin Chao
On Gmail.com, select sign-in, type username, select next, and type password. On Sat, Aug 13, 2016 at 9:54 AM Jonathan Cohn wrote: > I believe you put your email address on the only, and then a second page > appears with a password prompt. A few sites are doing this these

Re: Java Applications Accessibility Issue

2016-08-20 Thread Kevin Chao
Yes, we reported both of these issues to Oracle last year, but no resolution yet... On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 3:18 PM Chris Meredith wrote: > Hey all. > > Not sure if anyone can confirm this, but I seem to be hitting an issue > with Java applications that use either the tree

RE: how to type network path on macOS

2016-08-20 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Alex, You know? It’s funny, dealing with network drives has always been my least favorite thing to do in Mac OS. Perhaps, like you, I came from a Windows world where it certainly appears to be a much simpler task when it comes to path description. Be that as it May, Ryan is right

Re: how to type network path on macOS

2016-08-20 Thread Ryan Mann
Hit Command K. Then type //network path. For example if your drive was on 192.168.1.94 and you want to access a folder called mp3 you would type //192.168.1.94/mp3. Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 20, 2016, at 5:45 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > > Hi all, > I just got my hard

Java Applications Accessibility Issue

2016-08-20 Thread Chris Meredith
Hey all. Not sure if anyone can confirm this, but I seem to be hitting an issue with Java applications that use either the tree view (browser) or table controls. Since my company is standardizing on JMeter, which uses a browser control to display test plans and a table to show test results,

Re: System dialogues, how do I get rid of them.

2016-08-20 Thread CHUCK REICHEL
Hi Stacey, Thats always a good practice to do. Like I said before turn off and on again, VO and tab through the open aps and hit return on the drop box dialogue thats telling you about the new additions to your drop box. HTH Chuck On Aug 20, 2016, at 4:17 PM, Stacey Robinson wrote: > Chuck, >

Re: To Karen, Happy Birthday!

2016-08-20 Thread Karen Lewellen
Good even mark, others. You are most kind. Thanks for the wishes. Cheers, Kare On Fri, 19 Aug 2016, M. Taylor wrote: While this is certainly not a normal list post, given all of the recent threads: Karen, on behalf of everyone in this community, Happy Birthday! May this year bring all that

Re: Accessibility and the Amazon site

2016-08-20 Thread Karen Lewellen
For those who desire this door, have you tried. m.amazon.com or its equal in the UK? No promises, just sharing. Kare On Sat, 20 Aug 2016, christopher hallsworth wrote: Not if you use www.amazon.com/mobile or www.amazon.co.uk/mobile On 19 Aug 2016, at 21:26, Kawal Gucukoglu

how to type network path on macOS

2016-08-20 Thread Alex Hall
Hi all, I just got my hard drive connecte to my router, and yes, the drive is formatted to work with Macs. I can see the drive contents, but to do that, I have to open the network item in Finder, then the router, then the drive. If I wan to type the path to some folder on this drive, how would

Re: System dialogues, how do I get rid of them.

2016-08-20 Thread Stacey Robinson
I don’t know, what’s the easiest way to get to settings? Peace, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net > On Aug 20, 2016, at 3:56 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > > Well, > > Dropbox does have settings in the

Re: Here is the Text of the User Manual for the Nearby Explorer, for iOS, GPS Navigation App

2016-08-20 Thread Vaughn Brown
Hi Mike and everyone else, Thank you for sharing this! I am duely impressed! Once I have the money I will purchase it. I'll put in a request for my city to be listed, too for the transcent. Again, I am thrilled and Mike, your Podcast was very nicely detailed. Kindly, Vaughn On 8/20/16, Kawal

Re: System dialogues, how do I get rid of them.

2016-08-20 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Well, Dropbox does have settings in the pop-up menu button under the menu extras. Do you have import photos or screenshots enabled by any chance? Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Aug 20, 2016, at 4:19 PM, Stacey Robinson wrote: > > John I’ve tried that one

Re: Here is the Text of the User Manual for the Nearby Explorer, for iOS, GPS Navigation App

2016-08-20 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Hi, I just wanted to say that I've been using the nearby Explorer app for Android for a couple of years now. what it does for my confidence I can hardly describe. as I travel in a lot of unfamiliar areas, I need this app and had depended on mobile Geo for a long time before I was unable to use

Re: System dialogues, how do I get rid of them.

2016-08-20 Thread Stacey Robinson
John I’ve tried that one with no success. Peace, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net > On Aug 20, 2016, at 11:50 AM, John Panarese wrote: > > I’m not sure if anyone has mentioned this, but you can

Re: System dialogues, how do I get rid of them.

2016-08-20 Thread Stacey Robinson
Chuck, I tried this and they seem to still be there. Do I need to restart my computer? Peace, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net > On Aug 20, 2016, at 12:33 PM, CHUCK REICHEL > wrote: > >

Re: Accessibility and the Amazon site

2016-08-20 Thread David Griffith
The last time I tried the mobile version of the Amazon site I could not download any mp3 music - only available from the full site, has this changed? David Griffith On 20/08/2016 07:40, christopher hallsworth wrote: Not if you use www.amazon.com/mobile or www.amazon.co.uk/mobile On 19 Aug

Re: Here is the Text of the User Manual for the Nearby Explorer, for iOS, GPS Navigation App

2016-08-20 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Great job Mike. I wish I could have this app as it does remind me of GEO and I would feel very confident with this app. Please could you write to APH and ask if they could release the app internationally as it would be simple, they could get the maps for other countries and then we could have

A11y of HomeKit Accessories | AppleVis

2016-08-20 Thread Kevin Chao
http://www.applevis.com/forum/hardware-accessories/a11y-homekit-accessories GIven in i/watch/tvOS 10, we no longer have to be concerned with third-party HomeKit apps with varying-level of VoiceoVer accessibility. I was wondering if there has been consideration for a repro/dir, where we can

Re: System dialogues, how do I get rid of them.

2016-08-20 Thread CHUCK REICHEL
Hi Stacey, In el capitan go to system preferences and the "notifications" section then find the table with all your apps. find drop box in the table and stop interacting with the apps table. Now find the appropriate check boxes in each of the 3 "tabs" and turn off what you don't want to bother

Re: Here is the Text of the User Manual for the Nearby Explorer, for iOS, GPS Navigation App

2016-08-20 Thread Mike Arrigo
Ok, here is the pod cast. http://media.blubrry.com/blindgeekzone/p/www.blind-geek-zone.net/wp-content/uploads/gravity_forms/3-98839556b66feeea5fbbaaad6c392a4c/2016/08/nearby-explorer-IOS.mp3 > On Aug 20, 2016, at 11:46 AM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > > I think the information it

Re: System dialogues, how do I get rid of them.

2016-08-20 Thread John Panarese
I’m not sure if anyone has mentioned this, but you can use the Application Chooser menu with VO-F1 twice and you will find a menu for System Dialogs there. You can open them and simply VO-space on the Close button. Sometimes, depending on the nature of the dialog, the Window Chooser, VO-F2

Re: System dialogues, how do I get rid of them.

2016-08-20 Thread E.T.
Maybe I am not seeing this because I interact with the Dropbox folder in Finder. The only time I need touch the app in menu extras is if I need to close down the app. I have seen dialogues that appear not to be workable and if I cannot get rid it, a restart does it. From E.T.'s Keyboard...

Re: Here is the Text of the User Manual for the Nearby Explorer, for iOS, GPS Navigation App

2016-08-20 Thread Mike Arrigo
I think the information it provides is worth it, I have uploaded a pod cast to the blind geek zone web site, just waiting for it to be posted. > On Aug 20, 2016, at 10:16 AM, Brian Moore wrote: > > Well, for $109.99 in the Canadian app store, I think I will wait for

Re: System dialogues, how do I get rid of them.

2016-08-20 Thread Stacey Robinson
How do I turn on Do not disturb? Peace, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net > On Aug 20, 2016, at 9:41 AM, CHUCK REICHEL > wrote: > > Hi Jonathan & Stacey, > This drop box thing has been

Re: Here is the Text of the User Manual for the Nearby Explorer, for iOS, GPS Navigation App

2016-08-20 Thread Blee Blat
I'm not seeing anything here that BlindSquare isn't doing except that they get map data from a different database. So I guess we'd have to get a demo to see why this is or is not worth the price. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you

Re: Here is the Text of the User Manual for the Nearby Explorer, for iOS, GPS Navigation App

2016-08-20 Thread Brian Moore
Well, for $109.99 in the Canadian app store, I think I will wait for someone to do a podcast demo or something. I get pretty good results with blind square, google maps etc so spending another hundred and 10 bucks might be worth it if the info is really good but sort of want to hear what it

Re: Here is the Text of the User Manual for the Nearby Explorer, for iOS, GPS Navigation App

2016-08-20 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hello Mark. Just in case, you sent to the Macvisionary list. Did you mean to do that or did you mean to send it to the GPS list? I knew you’d get it and I’m really glad you did as I was going to ask you to do that. Kawal. > On 20 Aug 2016, at 15:38, M. Taylor wrote: > >

Re: System dialogues, how do I get rid of them.

2016-08-20 Thread CHUCK REICHEL
Hi Jonathan & Stacey, This drop box thing has been happening here also. It seems when someone puts a new file in your drop box a alert comes letting you know its in your drop box. Mine comes up with the file name that has been put into a shared folder and to the left is an unlabeled button that

Here is the Text of the User Manual for the Nearby Explorer, for iOS, GPS Navigation App

2016-08-20 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, I must say that I am extremely impressed with the Nearby Explorer, for iOS, GPS navigation app, developed by the American Printing House for the Blind. So, for your convenience, in either enjoying the app or determining whether or not to purchase it, I am pasting in the

Re: System dialogues, how do I get rid of them.

2016-08-20 Thread Bill Gallik
What Stacy is ask you about is the problem I am likewise having, when I bring up the dropbox app I get a screen that is nothing but a series of unlabeled buttons. I do believe Stacy – as I – M asking, "what in the world do you do with this?" - Sent from Bill's iPhone 6 (iOS

Re: System dialogues, how do I get rid of them.

2016-08-20 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I have one of these on one of my computers and it a. Will not go away. b. Only shows as a small box when a sighted person looks at it. c. Does not appear to use any significant resources. d. Voice Over just says "image" when focused on the window. The only thing I can suggest is to see if there

Re: System dialogues, how do I get rid of them.

2016-08-20 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! You can arrow up and down through the opened windows and when you are at the window you want to go to press enter. I don’t know what system dialogs you have but often the dialogs themselves will instruct you. /A > On 20 Aug 2016, at 14:52, Stacey Robinson wrote: >

Re: System dialogues, how do I get rid of them.

2016-08-20 Thread Stacey Robinson
After I do this what do I do? Peace, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net > On Aug 20, 2016, at 1:24 AM, christopher hallsworth > wrote: > > Press vo-f1-f1 to bring up the application chooser menu.

Re: Accessibility and the Amazon site

2016-08-20 Thread christopher hallsworth
Not if you use www.amazon.com/mobile or www.amazon.co.uk/mobile > On 19 Aug 2016, at 21:26, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > > I don’t particularly like using Amazon on Windows or Safari and prefer using > Amazon via the Mobile App. It’s OK in windows and Safari but I don’t like

Re: System dialogues, how do I get rid of them.

2016-08-20 Thread christopher hallsworth
Press vo-f1-f1 to bring up the application chooser menu. The system dialogues should be in there. > On 20 Aug 2016, at 02:21, Stacey Robinson wrote: > > Hi I have two system dialogues from dropboxx and vo won’t read them. > It just shows buttons in them. > How do I make