RE: 2019 is the year tech couldn't stop screwing up, cNET

2019-11-28 Thread Simon A Fogarty
and facebook don't do much with regard to rremoving posted terrorist videos and related documentation after 51 people shot in gunman attack in Christchurch new Zealand in march 2019, even when requested by countries leader. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On

2019 is the year tech couldn't stop screwing up, cNET

2019-11-28 Thread M. Taylor
2019 is the year tech couldn't stop screwing up As we close out the decade, we've been forced to give up our dream of a tech paradise. November 24, 2019 5:00 AM PST The tech industry was riding high a decade ago: Facebook and Twitter were becoming vital tools for pro-democracy protesters around

Re: audio description

2019-11-28 Thread Lorie McCloud
Ray told me. you go to system prefs and find it in the accessibility table. in IOS it's in accessibility but not in voiceover. I had to go down past there into "hearing" to find it. > On Nov 28, 2019, at 3:09 PM, Petrus Tuerlings wrote: > > I’m guessing you mean a setting to get Audio

Re: Siri in the HomePod

2019-11-28 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Simon, Well my Siri is working for dictation and all that’s for a good thing. Just my HomePod has taken a serious vacation. Ironically, I can ask my Amazon devices to play stuff on Apple Music and it works fine. They just don’t sound as good as the HomePods. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov

RE: Siri in the HomePod

2019-11-28 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Hi Mary, Not with the home pod as we don't have them in NZ but my apple watch s4 has been doing the same thing to me over the passed couple of weeks, Including not taking dictated messages or actioning requests for things even such as start a workout. Odd I think -Original Message-

Siri in the HomePod

2019-11-28 Thread Mary Otten
I have an absolutely no luck today getting Siri to play anything on my HomePods. I can hand off from my phone, but if I ask her directly on the HomePod to play some album or other that I know is in Apple Music or in my iTunes library, she has said she can’t find it every single time. Seems to

RE: audio description

2019-11-28 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Accessibility / voiceover AD if I remember correctly, Yeah I found it when not looking for it but it makes a difference. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Petrus Tuerlings Sent: Friday, 29 November 2019 10:10 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: audio

Re: audio description

2019-11-28 Thread Petrus Tuerlings
I’m guessing you mean a setting to get Audio description automatically if it is available on a movie? The answer is yes but I ju st can’t remember where to go to turn it on at this point. > On 28/11/2019, at 21:05, Lorie McCloud wrote: > > I was communicating with somebody who uses an iPhone

RE: Moving away from direct TV! Whats the best alternative thats VoiceOver friendly? Apple TV?

2019-11-28 Thread Simon A Fogarty
I only have prime as I got a free 12 month account when I signed up to my current ISP. I do find some troubles with it in some ways but I can't say it's not accessible -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Thursday, 28 November 2019

Re: audio description

2019-11-28 Thread Raymond Foret Jr
Yes. IF you go in to the accessibility pannel off system prefs, you will notice a table. Choose the “description” option from this table and make sure it’s checked. HTH. Sent from the first computer with built-in screen reader access for the blind: Sincerely, The constantly barefooted Ray

audio description

2019-11-28 Thread Lorie McCloud
I was communicating with somebody who uses an iPhone about there being an audio description setting in accessibility in IOS. is there anything like that anywhere on a Mac? maybe in the vo utility? thanks. Lorie -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries