Anyone here use farrago for the mac? I have it pretty much figured out, but
have a few questions. If anyone does, email me at
sturi...@icloud.com
Thanks
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Don’t know if this makes a difference, but using Big Sur on a Mac Mini with M1,
when I get a call, I just command tab to the FaceTime window, and right arrow
to the except button. Works every time
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> On Dec 28, 2020, at 6:47 PM, Herbie Allen wrote:
>
> Messages is
What defines a voice as useless?
I suppose a voice named bells, is just a ringer not a talker?
Are the voices say for English first in the order, or must one go down
the list finding non-English speaking voices mixed into the options?
Clarity is an absolute requirement, and I mean strictly
Sorry to hear you are having trouble opening the shortcut menu for Dock items
using a braille display. I am able to open the shortcut menu using a keyboard,
and the VO + Shift + M command, but I am kicked back to the desktop when I
attempt to select an item from the shortcut menu.
One
well I’m having the same problem and an apple adviser believed that their iMac
worked properly and i set up a test account and still the same result, do you
get the message dock helper has no windows!! the same as i did? hope that sort
of helps!!
> On 29 Dec 2020, at 1:27 pm, Jason Judy
Greetings everybody,
A braille user here, I'm having trouble opening the contextual menu on the dock
on my 2015 Macbook Pro.
Basically, when I press VO + shift key + m key, it doesn't open the contextual
menu on the dock. The focus would simply jump to the desktop, leaving the dock,
after
Also swipe down with two fingers on the trackpad. That’s how I generally do it.
“Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven” – Satan, from Milton’s Paradise
Lost
> On Dec 28, 2020, at 9:12 PM, Chris Westbrook wrote:
>
> I think you are looking for vo+a for read all. This should read from
I think you are looking for vo+a for read all. This should read from the
cursor to the end of the document. Hope this helps.
On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 8:43 PM Maurice Mines wrote:
> I DES you are simply this, how do I read it in a document from beginning
> to end. In this case it is a magazine.
Well, I believe they’re only 40 English voice says, and of those at least 10 or
totally useless. Generally they’re marked them as different genders and
sometimes is a compact and a non-compact version. One example of a totally
useless one, is the bells voice that was around since macOS eight or
I DES you are simply this, how do I read it in a document from beginning to
end. In this case it is a magazine. So it is definitely longform reading and
what I'm looking for is the exact voiceover keystroke that will allow me to do
this? I'm happy to know you use textedit if it were to use it.
It would help if you provided more information on what kind/format document you
are trying to read.
- Brad -
On Dec 28, 2020, at 18:36, maurice Mines wrote:
Hello, I find myself having to read a very lengthy document on my Mac, I've
heard of several potential ways of doing this but none of
I don’t understand the issue? I generally just use TextEdit, and haven’t
encountered any issues with it.
“Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven” – Satan, from Milton’s Paradise
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> On Dec 28, 2020, at 7:36 PM, maurice Mines wrote:
>
> Hello, I find myself having to read a very
Messages is pretty easy, Select the conversation you want to delete and do VO
Shift M for the context menu. You will then see the delete option. As for
notifications, do VO O for the notification and widgets. Interact with
notifications and VO right to the one you want, do VO shift space and
Hello, I find myself having to read a very lengthy document on my Mac, I've
heard of several potential ways of doing this but none of them are working. So
I'm looking for suggestions? I am using a 2020 MacBook Pro running Big Sur
11.1. Add anyone found anything to be affective? My
Try the following:
1. With VO focus on a notification, press VO + CMD + Spacebar, to access the
Notification Action Menu.
2. Arrow up/down to the desired action, and press Enter.
HTH.
- Brad -
On Dec 28, 2020, at 17:02, 'Kawal Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries
wrote:
I have a similar
I have a similar questions for notifications on the Mac.
How do you get rid of notifications once you have them? If I put my cursor on
any, I get a bleep. I get lots of bleeps when something isn’t working with Big
Sur.
I hate messages on the Mac now as it’s not easy to delete the messages
Thank you. Page bookmarked.
On 12/28/2020 5:33 PM, 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries wrote:
Ctrl-Sift-Command-T (with the VO cursor on the item to be added to the
dock).
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201236
On 12/28/20, 17:17, "macvisionaries@googlegroups.com"
wrote:
This was
You can easily add items to the Dock “accessibly", by selecting the item you
would like to add to the Dock, and then use the keyboard command CTRL + CMD +
Shift + T.
Once you have added an item to the Dock, you can rearrange Dock items using CMD
+ Option + Left/Right arrow.
HTH.
- Brad -
On
Thanks Jonathan. I found them, I was just not vo-right arrowing over to the
voices when I interacted with the table. Oops. Lesson learned.
On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 5:03 PM Karen Lewellen
wrote:
> Jonathan,
> Do you know if any details about each voice is provided..anywhere?
> Its
Ctrl-Sift-Command-T (with the VO cursor on the item to be added to the dock).https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201236 On 12/28/20, 17:17, "macvisionaries@googlegroups.com" wrote:This was discussed here, and I thought I saved the message, but since I can't find it, it appears I really didn't save
This was discussed here, and I thought I saved the message, but since I
can't find it, it appears I really didn't save anything. So, since
Shift+VO+M doesn't work, what does?
TIA
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Do you know if any details about each voice is provided..anywhere?
Its characteristics, frequency ranges, etc.?
Surely there must be some reason that makes each voice distinctive from
each other besides the name.
That such a number exists is honestly astonishing.
Karen
On Mon,
No, this setting has nothing to do with Safari or any browser.
It is a VoiceOver setting that affects VO navigation globally, in all
applications
- Brad -
On Dec 28, 2020, at 15:12, Lorie McCloud wrote:
is there a way to put only certain websites in there so that Safari doesn't
always
I think what we did before was to create an activity and it seemed to work
fine. the toggle command might work better though because it could be used on
any website I happened to encounter that behaved like that.
> On Dec 28, 2020, at 3:25 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote:
>
> You can create a
Hi Herbie,
As John describes in that message below, prior to the Big Sur update that is
exactly how it worked for me – just and easy swipe or VO-left/right and press
the accept button. Now, with the update to Big Sur there is no simple way to
just navigate to the accept button when the call
You can create a VoiceOver activity and specify a web address. I don't have
confirmation that this works. You can also create a commander that does "Toggle
VoiceOver Cursor Follows Mouse On or Off".
Best wishes,
Jonathan Cohn
> On Dec 28, 2020, at 16:12, Lorie McCloud
Okay, I won’t be using it until after the New year so will try it all out then.
Thanks again.
Eileen
From: John Panarese
Sent: Monday, December 28, 2020 1:14 PM
To: 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries
Subject: Re: A Problem Answering Incoming Face Time Calls?
It’s hit or miss. I’m not
is there a way to put only certain websites in there so that Safari doesn't
always behave that way?
> On Dec 28, 2020, at 2:50 PM, Brad Snyder wrote:
>
> See if this will help:
>
> 1. Open the VoiceOver Utility, using VO + F8.
> 2. From the Utility Categories table, select Navigation, or
Thanks, but I use Face Time for a weekly music lesson that now has to be done
virtually so I can’t use headphones. I will keep this in mind as a possibility
once I dig up a pair of headphones that have such a buttone on them for other
calls.
Eileen
From: Anders Holmberg
Sent: Monday,
See if this will help:
1. Open the VoiceOver Utility, using VO + F8.
2. From the Utility Categories table, select Navigation, or press CMD + 4.
3. Navigate to Mouse Pointer, and select “Ignores VO Cursor from the combo box.
HTH.
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On Dec 28, 2020, at 14:33, Lorie McCloud wrote:
a
Hi!
If you have headphones connected to your Mac you can just press the answer
button on your headphones.
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> 28 dec. 2020 kl. 19:14 skrev John Panarese :
>
>It’s hit or miss. I’m not sure if it’s based on what you are doing at the
> moment, but sometimes, the focus is in the window for
Hi!
I hope they will work with the canon canoscan lide 400.
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> 28 dec. 2020 kl. 19:03 skrev John Panarese :
>
>DocuScan is more of a blind friendly interface, but both work like
> OpenBook or K1000 in Windows.
>
>
> Take Care
>
> John D. Panarese
> Director
> Mac for the Blind
> Tel,
a couple months ago we had a discussion on here about sites like Amazon that
have ratings or advertizements that you can close but as soon as you do, the
open again because the virtual mouse is hovering over them. this is in Safari
on a Mac. somebody outlined instructions about how to change
I doubt it though I guess it is possible that the M1 chip Macs don't have all
the Voices.
When you are in the voices area did you find:
Customized language list table No selection.
if you did then you need to interact with this table and then follow my
instructions.
Best
Hello,
I believe you can find an all junk folder if you click the edit button at the
beginning of the list of folders.
It will show up in your list if VoiceOver says selected when you swipe to it.
Best wishes,
Jonathan Cohn
> On Dec 27, 2020, at 12:50, Paul Hopewell wrote:
>
I don’t know when it was last updated, but it works with Big Sur and was
updated to do so. I don’t know how the software compares to other ones with OCR
accuracy, but it’s always gotten the job done for me. I do prefer DocuScan Plus
for most taks, though.
Take Care
John D. Panarese
When last I looked, FineReader for Mac hadn't been updated for a long
time. This naturally prompts the question of whether they're still
developing it. I had contemplated making a purchase, but decided not to
for that reason.
On 12/28/20 10:04 AM, John Panarese wrote:
I thought FineReader
They're available on iOS, so one would expect them to be available on M1
Mac systems too. I am yet to make the hardware upgrade to the new
platform, so I can't check.
On 12/28/20 1:20 PM, Chris Westbrook wrote:
I meant to say is this something to do with the macbook air and the m1
chip?
I meant to say is this something to do with the macbook air and the m1
chip? Probably so.
On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 1:16 PM Chris Westbrook
wrote:
> I am really confused, because the help system says the same thing, but in
> voiceover utility all I ihave is language and mute speech. No voice
>
I am really confused, because the help system says the same thing, but in
voiceover utility all I ihave is language and mute speech. No voice
selector and no customize. Not sure where I am going wrong. Is this
something to do with the new macbook air and the m
On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 11:39 AM
It’s hit or miss. I’m not sure if it’s based on what you are doing at the
moment, but sometimes, the focus is in the window for me, sometimes it’s not. I
haven’t paid enough attention yet to figure out that mystery yet.
Take Care
John D. Panarese
Director
Mac for the Blind
Tel, (631)
Ever since updating to Big Sur, my VO focus has never been in focus for
FaceTime calls.
> On Dec 28, 2020, at 12:01, John Panarese wrote:
>
> If the focus is on the window, you should be able to VO-arrow to the,
> accept, button and then VO-space. If you have to use the notification
DocuScan is more of a blind friendly interface, but both work like OpenBook
or K1000 in Windows.
Take Care
John D. Panarese
Director
Mac for the Blind
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Email, j...@macfortheblind.com
Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com
APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL and Trainer
If the focus is on the window, you should be able to VO-arrow to the, accept,
button and then VO-space. If you have to use the notification center to answer,
then use the approach I mentioned before. Usually, for me, the VoiceOver focus
is right in the FaceTime call window and I just have to
Hi All:
This is a note of thanks to the several folks who offered suggestions
for resolving my frustration with Apple Mail. I'm not sure who's
suggestion did the magic, but the issue is now seemingly well resolved.
Sending and recieving mail is working as expected.
As I say, I'm not sure what
Do either of these applications work like OpenBook on a Windows machine?
Mike Dailey
905 Live Oak St.
Beaufort, NC 28516-1722
720-341-6427
mpd...@gmail.com
> On Dec 28, 2020, at 10:04 AM, John Panarese wrote:
>
> I thought FineReader Pro was $99 and DocuScan Plus was $299? Did that
>
Well, the command "killall" is a shell script that essentially does a ps and
pipes the results through a few other commands. There is a reasonable chance
though that Launchd would then restart it.
The launchctl command can be used to discover and start stop and disable
Launch daemons.
To
John,
Thanks, but just to make sure I understand, should I do these steps after doing
a VO+O to get into the notification area, or as soon as the call comes through
do it right where the VO focus is at?
Eileen
From: John Panarese
Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2020 8:07 PM
To: 'Andrew Lamanche'
There are approximately, 285 voices that are available as downloads from Apple.
If you pick the name of the Voice in the Speech category of VoiceOver utility,
and go to the last item in the pop-up list this will be "customize".
Pressing this brings up a dialog with a table of voices. Each voice
I thought FineReader Pro was $99 and DocuScan Plus was $299? Did that change?
Here is the simple comparison. FineReader Pro is fantastic and does a great
job. DocuScan Plus is also a great OCR app and is specifically developed for
blind users. You can’t go wrong with either, but DocuScan’s
Hi,
I am also looking fora scanner app for my mac. Did you ever get a response to
your question? I never saw anythig.
Mike Dailey
mpd...@gmail.com
> On Dec 17, 2020, at 1:56 PM, Anders Holmberg wrote:
>
> Hi!
> I am thinking of buying a Christmas present to myself.
> I would like to
I like Alex, and sort of like Daniel sometimes, but are there additional
voices for purchase or free? Just wondering. I like Fred's voice, but he
doesn't speak clearly. haha.
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