Re: A Sleeping Conundrum when using VoiceOver to Read Books in the Kindle App

Hi Mark, you could set a sleep timer the native clock app. Set the alarm tone to sleep or what ever it’s called on an english device and you are good to go. Now you are even able to use Siri to set the sleep timer. All the best Jürgen > Am 05.04.2022 um 00:32 schrieb M. Taylor : > > Hello

RE: A bit of personal news

Hi Donna, I certainly wish you the best of luck with your upcoming surgery. Hope it isn’t too painful during the recovery. I’d be interested in how this works out and how you are doing. kriegle...@gmail.com . Best, Les From: 'Donna Goodin' via

Re: Something very interesting I just learned about menus and VoiceOver

Hi, However, it is sometimes helpful to know what the visual symbols or cues are so that if a sighted person you know asks for help you can translate things into that which they would interact with and understand. I find knowing such helpful and intriguing in that context. Take good care.

Re: Something very interesting I just learned about menus and VoiceOver

This is why I am a believer in teaching VO separat from visuals. This way, you learn how VO interprets things and you don’t have to worry about differences. > On Apr 4, 2022, at 14:45, Steve Matzura wrote: > > My wife, who uses a Mac without VoiceOver because she can, pointed out > something

Re: OT: A bit of personal news

That is so awesome! Best of luck to you and a fantastic outcome! On 4/4/22, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: > Hi all, > > Warning, this is a little long. I’ve debated whether or not to share this > with the list, but I’ve known many of you in this community for a long time > now, so I

Re: OT: A bit of personal news

Wow Donna. That’s really great news! That’s very cool you ended up being a match and are going to participate in the study in Portland for Libirs. Best of luck with that and I hope it goes well for you! :-) Katie Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 4, 2022, at 2:55 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: > >

A Sleeping Conundrum when using VoiceOver to Read Books in the Kindle App

Hello All, So, one aspect of enjoying audiobooks is the ability to set a sleep timer in order to have audio playback stop after a specific number of minutes have passed. Recently I am reading more and more titles via the Kindle app using the VoiceOver TTS. The problem? When I start VoiceOver

RE: A bit of personal news

That’s awesome. I’d love to hear how it goes. Goood luck. From: 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries Sent: Monday, April 4, 2022 4:42 PM To: 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries Subject: OT: A bit of personal news Hi all, Warning, this is a little long. I’ve debated whether or not to

Re: OT: A bit of personal news

Donna! I am ssososososo happy for you. What a fine experience, science alone. would you mind sending me updates privately? klewel...@shellworld.net Karen On Mon, 4 Apr 2022, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: Hi all, Warning, this is a little long. I???ve debated whether or not to

OT: A bit of personal news

Hi all, Warning, this is a little long. I’ve debated whether or not to share this with the list, but I’ve known many of you in this community for a long time now, so I thought I would, since it could potentially be of interest to others here who have my same visual condition. If you don’t

Re: Something very interesting I just learned about menus and VoiceOver

When programming, coders usually have access to the accessible text for the menu items. At least, when I programmed in DotNet for Windows they did. I expect it is the same or similar on Mac. So, you would put in the text that you wish to show, select the different key combinations for any

Re: Something very interesting I just learned about menus and VoiceOver

Thanks. Maybe that's what my wife meant by a wavy line. But wait! That's not the caret shape. On 4/4/2022 5:03 PM, Yolanda Thompson wrote: Control is like a caret On 4/4/22, Steve Matzura wrote: My wife, who uses a Mac without VoiceOver because she can, pointed out something interesting

Re: Something very interesting I just learned about menus and VoiceOver

Control is like a caret On 4/4/22, Steve Matzura wrote: > My wife, who uses a Mac without VoiceOver because she can, pointed out > something interesting today. Apparently, VO announces menu access > shortcuts in a different order than the symbols are presented on the > screen. For instance, in

Something very interesting I just learned about menus and VoiceOver

My wife, who uses a Mac without VoiceOver because she can, pointed out something interesting today. Apparently, VO announces menu access shortcuts in a different order than the symbols are presented on the screen. For instance, in Mail, for Forward (on the Message menu) VO says