Re: English ms office/Dutch spellcheck?

2016-08-29 Thread Jonathan Cohn
;This is a test." to "hell". Have fun and enjoy life! Jonathan Cohn On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 8:02 AM Anouk Radix wrote: > Hi everyone, > I have an English version of microsoft office and thats fine. I would like > however to be able to spellcheck Dutch text that I hav

Re: Moving by page in Text Edit/Pages/etc?

2016-08-30 Thread Jonathan Cohn
inherited from the NeXT systems. I expect that there is a "vi mode still around somewhere and for those of that persuasion wouldn't it be nice to have VI commands in textedit and mail composition? Best Wishes, Jonathan Cohn On 26 August 2016 at 07:01, Alex Hall wrote: > Thanks. I

Re: Mail Signatures in iCloud a perplexing situation and extremely frustrating.

2016-08-30 Thread Jonathan Cohn
This does bring up an interesting issue. It would not be too difficult for Apple to create an alternative method to associate signatures with Accounts. They do this for contacts and mail messages with out needing to do drag and drop. Anybody up for a Perhaps we can set up a petition somewhere of fe

Re: VoiceOver Accessibility Issues for Blind Users in iOS App

2016-08-31 Thread Jonathan Cohn
That sounds like they switched from a standard button to a custom widget. In which case, they need to adjust the Accessible Name. though it probably indicates that they have done additional actions with the widget that would need to be considered, probably with action a lot like the new Nearby Expl

Re: Moving by page in Text Edit/Pages/etc?

2016-09-01 Thread Jonathan Cohn
ocumentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/EventOverview/TextDefaultsBindings/TextDefaultsBindings.html > > <https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/EventOverview/TextDefaultsBindings/TextDefaultsBindings.html> > On Aug 30, 2016, at 10:18, Jonathan Cohn wrote: >

Re: More Questions Concerning Express VPN

2016-09-02 Thread Jonathan Cohn
No, Express VPN and several other services like it are designed to encrypt and lock down all communication so that when you are at a coffee shop or other public wireless hotspot your communications with the network can't be tampered with. If you consider the internet a set of pipes (Scott will

Re: system dialogue that won't go away

2016-09-05 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Stacy, Sorry about the delay in getting back with you. Try accessibil...@dropbox.com and also, to get a screen shot turn on keyboard commanders and use right=control-X which should be associated with mail screen shot. Best wishes, Jonathan > On Sep 1, 2016, at 4:43 PM, Stac

Re: system dialogue that won't go away

2016-09-07 Thread Jonathan Cohn
on the screen shot thing. > Could you explain that again? > Peace, > Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. > > mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net > > > On Sep 5, 2016, at 12:00 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > > > > Stacy, > > > > Sorry about the delay in getting back

Re: My command Key sometimes does not work

2016-09-08 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Do you by any chance use VM Ware? I am noticing that on occasion command-Q andcommand-tab stop responding. I have gotten response back after closing down both Safari and VMWare I still need to get my virtual environment to work a littlebetter. Windows=E brings up a settings panel for the VM a

Re: system dialogue that won't go away

2016-09-08 Thread Jonathan Cohn
nson and GEB dog Kirk. > > mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net <mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net> >> On Sep 7, 2016, at 9:24 AM, Jonathan Cohn > <mailto:jon.c.c...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> Stacy, >> Do you have keyboard commander turned on? If so then j

Re: smart groups in contacts

2016-03-06 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I can think of a couple possibilities but without any details it is hard to know which would be the culprit. 1. Some of your contacts are actually merged contacts where you have contact information from Facebook and your own entry in the same contact card. If this is the case, then perhaps both

Re: Lisp interpreters for OS X that work with VO?

2016-03-06 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I know there are versions of EmacsSpeak that work withApple speech syncs. I downloaded one version but never installed it. If you are fairly good with VI, there is a “vi- mode” in EMAVS that simulates a lot of vi commands. Kyle Jones wrote a great mail reader in EMACS called VM that was quite

Re: File vault in elcapitan refuses to disable.

2016-03-08 Thread Jonathan Cohn
This would be set in the security area of system settings. It is called file vault. On 8 March 2016 at 09:53, Jessica Moss wrote: > Thanx so much, got it up and running, how do I disable it completely so I > don't have to keep doing this? > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Mar 8, 2016, at 9:27 AM, J

Re: A Pages spelling alert issue

2016-03-08 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I wonder if you could delete (or tempororarily move) your com.apple.pages* files in your preference area. ANother thing to attempt would be to create an account to see if a fresh account also does not speak mis-spelled words. Take care, Jonathan On 2 March 2016 at 11:47, Anne Robertson wrote:

Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

2016-03-13 Thread Jonathan Cohn
My memory is that 10.3 had UI Scripting the Macintosh equivalent of Microsoft’s UIA to query applications and provide links for accessibility tools. The next version after that was the one that had VoiceOver, but it did not have nearly as much functionality as our current VoiceOver. Best wis

Re: Entering passwords for 1 password on Mac

2016-03-13 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Generally, I just allow the browser plugin to prompt me to save a password and then have no issues with using the command-\ to have one password regurgitate that password into the password field. Chris has done a good job of creating highly reproducible bug reports with audio recording, perha

Re: preview pain in L Capitan

2016-03-13 Thread Jonathan Cohn
. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Mar 1, 2016, at 21:54, Raymond Foret Jr wrote: > > Okay, > > I am in the middle of a major OS reinstall. I’m at the point now where I”m > needing to turn off the preview pain in L Capitan but cannot tell how. > Anybody out there got the p

Re: creating shortcuts

2016-03-13 Thread Jonathan Cohn
. I don’t know any blind users of the plugin and I am not sure if it is actively developed. Let us know if you want to proceed. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Mar 13, 2016, at 11:46, Jenine Stanley wrote: > > I’m fairly sure you can do this on the Mac but can anyone tell me how? &g

Re: creating shortcuts

2016-03-13 Thread Jonathan Cohn
selectedMessages to the selected messages of message viewer 1 repeat with MailItem in selectedMessages move MailItem to destination end repeat end tell ———-ENdOfAppleScript Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Mar 13, 2016, at 12:45, Jenine Stanley wrote: &g

accessibility API's

2016-03-13 Thread Jonathan Cohn
acVisionaries > wrote: > > Jonathan Cohn wrote: >> My memory is that 10.3 had UI Scripting the Macintosh equivalent of >> Microsoft’s UIA to query applications and provide links for accessibility >> tools. The next version after that was the one that had VoiceOve

Re: iGrill thermometers accessability

2016-03-14 Thread Jonathan Cohn
The AT guys sell the iGrill thermometer so I know it is workable with VoiceOver. JJ also provides excellent support for the things he sells. And if you buy from them you are supporting a blind entrepreneur. > On Mar 13, 2016, at 20:55, Bill Gallik wrote: > > Beyond grilling, I’m curious if an

Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

2016-03-14 Thread Jonathan Cohn
The spoken interface actually dated back to the v7 days. When UUNET got Macintosh computers for the sales staff in 94-95 there was already the ability to give spoken commands and get responses. And in fact if you remember from the Steve Jobs movie even the first Macintosh ad MacSpeech which neve

Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

2016-03-15 Thread Jonathan Cohn
had to catch up when you typed. > I wasn’t sure though, if it came with the mac, or if you had to purchase it > separately. >> On Mar 14, 2016, at 8:41 AM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: >> >> The spoken interface actually dated back to the v7 days. When UUNET got >> Maci

Re: iGrill thermometers accessability

2016-03-18 Thread Jonathan Cohn
ollow Us on Twitter Like Us on Facebook > On Mar 16, 2016, at 03:55, Daniela Rubio wrote: > > Hi all! Which is their website? > Thanks! > >> El 14 mar 2016, a las 13:35, Jonathan Cohn escribió: >> >> The AT guys sell the iGrill thermometer so I know it i

Re: Hotspot number 3

2016-03-18 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Just to be clear shift 3 is # on the US keyboard. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Mar 15, 2016, at 11:09, Anne Robertson wrote: > > Hello Peter, > > I think you’ve just spotted a bug on the British Keyboard. Since I use a > laptop, I normally set hotspots on the righthan

Re: Remote control software for mac and windows?

2016-03-19 Thread Jonathan Cohn
to do this please share with the list! > On Mar 16, 2016, at 09:02, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > > NO, I was thinking of Apple Remote Desktop which is describe pretty well in > this Wikipedia entry: > > > The standard protocol that this currently uses is VNC. VNC has been arou

Re: Remote control software for mac and windows?

2016-03-19 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Both JAWS and Macintosh do use the same basic underlying protocol for remote windows. My brain is forgetting the name right now, but it is an open source package, so I would expect that NVDA would use this to. Now the hard part would be routing the voice over to the remote controlling machine, I

Re: tax blues with mac

2016-03-19 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I have forwarded this thread to Intuit’s Accessibility office. I’ll let you know if I get a reply. Best Wishes, Jonathan -- 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 f

Re: Hotspot number 3

2016-03-19 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Yes, I was able to reproduce on my US Macintosh just now, though it was difficult because first I had to go to input area of the keyboard system settings and add a new layout of british. Also, on that input tab of keyboard settings there is an HTML area that crashed voiceover every time I got fo

Re: Remote control software for mac and windows?

2016-03-19 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Hello, the Wikipedia page on remote protocol implementations lists 72 different commercial and freeware programs to do this. One that looked like it works on Mac and does sound forwarding is call FREERPD . http://www.freerdp.com I was starting to think it might be interesting to look at SAPI

Re: VirtualBox questions

2016-03-19 Thread Jonathan Cohn
native OS X windows that Voice Over would understand. HTH, Jonathan COhn > On Mar 16, 2016, at 11:08, Chris Moore wrote: > > Hello, > I have a few questions before diving into VBox. > 1. Is there a build for el capitan, or do I need to build from sources? > > 2. Is the G

Re: Remote control software for mac and windows?

2016-03-19 Thread Jonathan Cohn
audio of the machine your controlling.. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 16, 2016, at 8:02 AM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: >> >> NO, I was thinking of Apple Remote Desktop which is describe pretty well in >> this Wikipedia entry: >> >> >> The stand

Re: Remote control software for mac and windows?

2016-03-19 Thread Jonathan Cohn
that to VoiceOver also? I suppose we could ask the accessibility desk at Apple if Apple Remote Desktop supports VoiceOVer and if there is any possibility of getting it to work with NVDA remote (after all NVDA remote has to be open source too!) Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn https

Re: Is there any way to figure out the format used in a PDF file in Preview?

2016-03-19 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I could not figure anyway to do this, but I was able to get font information with vo-T in iBooks. Best wishes, Jonathan > On 17 Mar 2016, at 22:51, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Hi all, > > I tried using the inspector, but still can't determine the font of my > document. If anyone knows how t

Re: siri and iphone

2016-03-19 Thread Jonathan Cohn
What I think is amusing: J: Call my Son. Siri: You have two contacts named Sam Cohn neither of which has a phone number. J: Call Sam Cohn Siri: Calling Sam’s mobile number. One time it went further and when I said Call Sam Cohn Siri asked who I wanted to call and listed all three of my children

Re: VoiceOver does not speak images in the UIImagePickerController

2016-03-19 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Hello, pole Apple maintains an accessibility mailing list whereApple employees and developers can discuss such issues. I suggest you look at the archive and perhaps post to that list. Most of the people on this list are VoiceOver users. Messages would be sent to: accessibility-...@lists.apple.

Re: Automating Macintosh book.

2016-03-20 Thread Jonathan Cohn
the way of which tools are VO usable and probably a summary of how much additional work a VO user would need will be provided to the list. Jonathan Cohn jon.c.c...@gmail.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/JCCohn > On 19 Mar 2016, at 10:31, Scott Berry wrote: > > Hi Jonothan, >

Re: List View or column view

2016-03-20 Thread Jonathan Cohn
The title of the window will tell you which folder is active. vo-f2 (or as VO help calls it, Describe Window” > On Mar 16, 2016, at 07:45, Sandy Finley wrote: > > I have been trying both to see which I prefer. I like column view because it > is so easy to hit the right arrow to open a folder.

Re: Screen Brightness default

2016-03-21 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Yes, this was my experience with my 2009 MBP. If the brightness is set to 0 then it gets restored to 100% on reboot or re-login. I usually keep my brightness at 3-6% and rarely find it getting reset except when somebody else uses my system. :-) . Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On 21 Mar 2

Re: Anyone install OS X 10.11.4?

2016-03-23 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Well, if you can actually get to the point where VO says interacting with edit text, then vo-L will work. Tested on the full gmail site, by typing “/line nav” and then doing interact with until I heard interact with text edit. Those funky combo boxes like on the google home page don’t seem to w

Re: One not so busy Macintosh.

2016-03-23 Thread Jonathan Cohn
. Personally I think just cleaning out Saved Application State and logging out and in to iCloud was probably all that was needed. “ Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On 23 Mar 2016, at 17:37, E.T. wrote: > > Was it any one thing or a combination of things? Since I installed El Cap > (was

Re: Hotspot number 3

2016-03-23 Thread Jonathan Cohn
So if shift 2 is not @ how do you create e-mail address? If you type vo-@ will that create a hotspot? Best wishes, Jonathan > On 21 Mar 2016, at 10:11, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > On my mac its hotspot number 2 that does not work. > But if i change to English US it works like a charm.

Re: Changing e-mail from All Messages to most recent 150 in Pop3 Gmail account on iPhone 6 running iOS9.X

2016-03-23 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I believe this is a setting in Google configurations. Are you sure your new phone is still using POP? The IMAP protocol has been in more favour recently since it will keep everything in sync. Perhaps if you delete your gmail account, disable IMAP service from the Gmail settings and then re-add

Re: Automating Macintosh book.

2016-03-23 Thread Jonathan Cohn
2016, at 18:04, - wrote: >> >> Include me on your new list please. >> >> >> On Sun, 20 Mar 2016, Jonathan Cohn wrote: >> >>> Currently only Scott has replied to this message. We have decided to go off >>> list with this discussion.

Re: Changing e-mail from All Messages to most recent 150 in Pop3 Gmail account on iPhone 6 running iOS9.X

2016-03-23 Thread Jonathan Cohn
ed >> wholesale when i connected the iPhone 6 to iTunes upon purchase. So, I have >> no reason to believe that this account wouldn’t remain a POP3. Any guidance >> appreciated. >> Kevin >> >> >> >> >>> On Mar 23, 2016, at 6:10 PM, Jonat

Re: How to add an item to the dock?

2016-03-24 Thread Jonathan Cohn
FWIW, I was able in the latest OS to get the VO drag commands to move something to the dock. 1. Go into system preferences- Dock and uncheck “Automatically hide and show the Dock unchecked checkbox” 2. Don’t use the drag command but instead use the drag after or drag before commands ( vo-Great

Re: pdf and mac question

2016-03-25 Thread Jonathan Cohn
PDF tags, for full understanding by the entire user community of a complex document, you should be using PDF-UA which is an international standard. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On 25 Mar 2016, at 00:11, John Weir wrote: > > because the PC automatically zip it. Ie compresses i

Re: How to add an item to the dock?

2016-03-27 Thread Jonathan Cohn
stick > to using the contextual menu or the keyboard command. > Cheers, > Donna > >> On Mar 24, 2016, at 7:20 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: >> >> FWIW, I was able in the latest OS to get the VO drag commands to move >> something to the dock. >> >> 1. Go

Re: pdf documents

2016-03-27 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Jonathan Metz just started creating a series of Youtube videos on making accessible PDF documents I expect it is mostly for Windows, but I will provide the link. I believe that google docs might also be able to create tagged PDF files. . Best wishes, Jonathan >From WEB AIM mailing list: Hi the

Re: Problem with imap gmail on Mac OS

2016-03-27 Thread Jonathan Cohn
1. Use item chooser and find “google account”. 2. click this or press enter. 3. click tab 4 or 5 times and you will find a logout link. Press Enter. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On 27 Mar 2016, at 11:29, Sarai Bucciarelli > wrote: > > How do you sign out of the web mail?!

Re: pdf documents

2016-03-27 Thread Jonathan Cohn
That is true, though the same PDF might have different sizes if the font collections are compressed or the graphics have reduced sizes. I believe Acrobat Pro has controls to manage this along with the ability to change or modify PDF tags. Best wishes, Jonathan > On 26 Mar 2016, at 12:46,

Re: Hotspot number 3

2016-03-27 Thread Jonathan Cohn
24 Mar 2016, at 00:04, Jonathan Cohn wrote: >> >> So if shift 2 is not @ how do you create e-mail address? If you type vo-@ >> will that create a hotspot? >> >> >> Best wishes, >> >> Jonathan >> >> >> >>> On 21 Mar 2016,

Re: Mail Drop Download

2016-03-27 Thread Jonathan Cohn
capacity. Apple keeps it in iCloud for a few months. I don’t remember if MailDrop counts against your iCloud storage limits. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On 26 Mar 2016, at 05:29, Helga Schreiber wrote: > > Hi all! How are you all? How do I open an attachment from mail drop? I w

Re: Starbucks Order And Pay

2016-03-27 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I fully agree, So please vote on: Vote on this idea ... http://mystarbucksidea.force.com/apex/ideaview?id=0873800PTOaAAO#.VvgPspc2dVA.twitter I saw three types of controls when ordering a drink. 1. A control with adjust add / reduce buttons after the amount. 2. a button which when tapped

Re: Major overhaul of voice dream reader

2016-03-27 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I have been planning on purchasing this, do you think if I wait for the new release there might be a discount? Thanks, Jonathan Cohn > On 27 Mar 2016, at 19:49, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > I will do it. > But do yu know how to contact this guy? > I have some s

Dragging an unprotected iBook

2016-03-28 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I did this, though it was too many keystrokes and I would love to have to automate this a bit. 1. Use vo-~ to bring up the resize move the iBooks window to the top left. 2. Switch to finder use vo ~ to resize to right centre. 3. go back to iBooks and use vo-comma to start a drag operation. 4. s

Re: Ip addresses of devices in a network

2016-04-01 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I used to ping the broadcast address and then run arp -n I believe modern IP stacks are less likely to respond to broadcast pings though. Best wishes, Jonathan > On 30 Mar 2016, at 21:37, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Hi Krister, > > Just a thought and someone may know if this would work or n

Re: Ip addresses of devices in a network

2016-04-01 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Yes, I used to spend 50 hours a week writing and configuring SNMP systems. Most SNMP systems run SNMPv1 which is considered to be a security hole . Though if one runs SNMPv3 it is hard to call it Simple Network Management Protocol anymore. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On 1 Apr 2016,

Re: Pdf reader and editor

2016-04-02 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Hello, I could not find a reference to the MoveMouse application. Could you please provide information either on or off list. Thanks,, Jonathan Cohn > On 2 Apr 2016, at 17:34, Anne Robertson wrote: > > OK. Filling out PDF forms can be done with Skim, but it’s complicated. >

Re: Administrative Issues.

2016-04-02 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Sorry Folks, That message was supposed to go to BlindMacAutomation, I need to listen more carefully when posting. My apologies and of course I did not change anything on MacVisionaries! Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On 2 Apr 2016, at 18:07, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: > > Hello, &

Re: Request for Tips on Using Screen Sharing

2016-04-07 Thread Jonathan Cohn
There are several applications out there for doing this and each has its own features. Generally there are the web conferencing type solutions and the remote log in to my computer solutions. For the Web Conferencing type solutions (I think even skype has a version) you connect together each lo

Re: Request for Tips on Using Screen Sharing

2016-04-07 Thread Jonathan Cohn
o avoid using a third-party solution, if possible. >> >> Unless there is a more native option, as far as I can tell, Back to my Mac >> will probably be my choice, I think (smile). >> >> Mark >> >> -Original Message- >> From: mac

Re: Mail Signatures

2016-04-11 Thread Jonathan Cohn
You actually have to drag the signature or signatures from the right panel into the Email account you want them active on. This is a bit difficult because if you have cursor tracking on, then when you move to the mail account on the left it selects that account and thereby unselecting all the s

Re: El Cap output sound

2016-04-11 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Actually, the System settings are a bit tricky to use with Apple Script even if you are using UI Scripting. I was able today to put together an AppleScript that clicks on the System Sound tab in the Menu Extras area, but it appears there is no way to perform a option click in AppleScript eith

Re: Silencing 'disclosure triangle' (was: Safari Verbosity Driving Me Bonkers Any Help How to get rid of)

2016-04-15 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Mail is quite interesting with this. In the messages view the disclosure triangle will not speak if overall verbosity is set to low, even if disclosure triangle verbosity is set to high. Best wishes, Jonathan > On 15 Apr 2016, at 07:07, Alex Hall wrote: > > Hello, > I just tried this as we

Re: vo+f2 does it work for you

2016-04-15 Thread Jonathan Cohn
This command only lists application and System windows like Please enter your password or command help. So the Mail help window shows up in the finder window list, but none of the mail windows. VO-F1 twice gives you a listing of all applications then a right arrow will list the windows associ

Re: Tray?

2016-04-16 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I understand that VO-Shift-J should do this, but I have not directly experienced this working. Would you be willing to share the site, so that somebody else can look at the exact issue? Best wishes, Jonathan > On 15 Apr 2016, at 17:32, Christina C. wrote: > > I’ve experienced something I h

Re: Problem with Logging On after Update.

2016-04-17 Thread Jonathan Cohn
David, Just to be clear, the only options available are Password, Shutdown, reboot? What does VO-F1 say for this screen. What happens if you type escape. Best wishes, Jonathan > On 17 Apr 2016, at 11:47, David Griffith wrote: > > dthanks - I was not clear enough in my explanation of the

Re: Accessibility in Inbox by Gmail - Inbox by Gmail Help

2016-04-17 Thread Jonathan Cohn
did not seem to recognise the Amtrak ticket associated with the same trip. Thanks for providing information on this, though I think we still need to see a few updates before it will be as efficient as a Native client. Has anybody tried the IOS version? Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On 6

Re: E Mail messages with multi-parts.

2016-04-18 Thread Jonathan Cohn
So If I click on the read in browser link, would I be able to skip to the separators? I don’t remember a keyboard shortcut or roar for that. Best wishes, Jonathan > On 18 Apr 2016, at 09:54, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: > > No, I think you’re out of luck. Even though Mail uses Webkit to re

Re: setting up a Gmail account with Outlook 2016 for Mac

2016-04-20 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Did you look look google help? I believe you need to change. GMail security settings. On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 9:10 AM Jenine Stanley wrote: > I’m having all kinds of difficulty setting up my GMail account in Outlook > 2016. Google has blocked the use of my log-in. > > What do I do here? > Jenine

Re: question on greater and less

2016-04-21 Thread Jonathan Cohn
That is fairly standard on US keyboards. I thought you might be asking a single character that combines those two characters. On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 9:26 PM Sarai Bucciarelli < sarai.bucciare...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi: > How do you write the lessthan sign and greaterthan sign on the Mac? > Sarai

Re: Selecting an option on the Social Security web site

2016-04-24 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Did you enable the accessible mode? When looking at https://secure.ssa.gov/iClaim/Ent001Submit.do There were two sets of radio buttons. If you use the arrow keys and tab keys on the radio buttons then what is spoken is what is selected, and VoiceOver in high verbosity mode did speak selected whe

Re: Automation mailing list.

2016-04-24 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I was attempting to send essentially the same information to two different mailing lists, and when I pasted the draft message into Macvisionaries I did not proof it before sending the message. I think you also requested to join. Any high priority items you are looking at discussing? Also, pleas

Re: Automation mailing list.

2016-04-27 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Did you get your acceptance? If so, please let us know what you are interested in learning. Thanks, Best wishes, Jonathan > On 24 Apr 2016, at 17:45, gs wrote: > > Strangest thing in the world but maybe the reason you haven't gotten many > subscriptions. Whenever I try to copy the email

Re: How do I enable AirDrop on my Mac?

2016-04-28 Thread Jonathan Cohn
conductivity > between Mac and iPhone, because they don't have Bluetooth 4.2. I am not > sure if that's getting in your way. > > > > Best wishes, > > > > Jonathan Cohn > > > >> On Apr 28, 2016, at 4:58 AM, Mike Busboom wrote: > >

Re: VR stream and mac

2016-05-01 Thread Jonathan Cohn
types depending on the capacity and perhaps speed of the drive. It might be that the card itself is not compatible with your card reader. In this case, disk utility would not see the card either. I believe an external card reader would help with this issue. Good Luck, Jonathan Cohn > O

Re: the new Macbook

2016-05-01 Thread Jonathan Cohn
type faster with the new keyboard. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On 30 Apr 2016, at 19:37, John Panarese wrote: > > To each his or her own. However, if one person doesn’t like it, that > doesn’t imply or infer it’s unusable for the blind and that any such claims > sh

Re: I can't really order my mailbox

2016-05-04 Thread Jonathan Cohn
You need to use the drag and drop functionality of VoiceOver. Go to the folder you want to move. Mark it with VO+comma Move to the folder after where you want it to go. Use vo+ less than (vo+shift+comma) This worked fine for me. If you want to actually have the folder placed inside another fold

Re: finder with el capitan

2016-05-04 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I believe the sidebar is not available in all view types. Sorry, I am not being more specific. Best wishes, Jonathan > On 3 May 2016, at 16:25, Nancy Badger wrote: > > Hi everyone, > I finally upgraded my laptop to elcappitan. I am only having one problem so > far. The finder does not appe

Re: I can't really order my mailbox

2016-05-04 Thread Jonathan Cohn
gt; Thanks, > Kevin > > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 4, 2016, at 8:37 AM, Jonathan Cohn <mailto:jon.c.c...@gmail.com>> wrote: > >> You need to use the drag and drop functionality of VoiceOver. Go to the >> folder you want to move. >> Mark it with

Re: I can't really order my mailbox

2016-05-04 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Yes. Best wishes, Jonathan > On 4 May 2016, at 11:38, Kevin Gibbs wrote: > > Are you using El Capitan? > > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 4, 2016, at 9:42 AM, Jonathan Cohn <mailto:jon.c.c...@gmail.com>> wrote: > >> When I tested this before reply

Re: Slack on iOS and Watch OS

2016-05-05 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I head heard it was entirely inaccessible and that the vendor did not have plans to make SLAC usable by the blind. Are there any on-line guides for the blind on using slap with any environment? Best wishes, Jonathan > On 5 May 2016, at 20:14, Kevin Chao wrote: > > I've used Slack on Watch

Re: Focus Bug in El Cap

2016-05-06 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Also what checkboxes are unchecked in the Navigation area of VoiceOver utility? Best wishes, Jonathan > On 27 Apr 2016, at 15:17, Brian Fischler wrote: > > Curious if anyone else has had this happen and if they know the cause or a > fix. I do a VO shift D to go to desktop and command N to o

Re: Applescript Use Voiceover Find

2016-05-11 Thread Jonathan Cohn
elieve it actually clicks the menu (perform action) . Another thing you might look at is the text library. I believe you should be able to do something like: select the first paragraph that contains "#" Were you using the VoiceOver find or the application find? Best wishes, Jonat

UC headphone.

2016-01-28 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Does this mean that my Cisco phone on my desk could support bluetooth or does it also connect to a Plantronics amplifier? Currently I use a Plantronics amp that is designed to connect to both a PC and a computer, though I have never gotten the microphone on the device to work as audio in for a c

Re: How to remove a program from the status menu

2016-01-28 Thread Jonathan Cohn
If it is the Status menu item that is causing the issue, you are supposed to be able to drag these out of the status menu. I am not sure if that stops the program running, or just removes the icon. Are there no instructions online about removing this program? Best wishes, Jonathan > On Jan 28

Re: bookmarks bar was Re: Mac Chrome: Item Chooser and Bookmark Bar

2016-01-30 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I didn’t think this worked in the new MacOS. I thought they changed these keystrokes to activate different tabs. > On Jan 30, 2016, at 14:20, ben J. Bloomgren wrote: > > Ha ha, so that's what that is. I had always wondered. > > Ben > > On Jan 30, 2016, at 08:48, erik burggraaf

Re: bookmarks bar was Re: Mac Chrome: Item Chooser and Bookmark Bar

2016-01-31 Thread Jonathan Cohn
changed it in 10.11 but that > would be super useless. > > Erik Burggraaf > > >> On Jan 30, 2016, at 6:01 PM, Jonathan Cohn > <mailto:jon.c.c...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> I didn’t think this worked in the new MacOS. I thought they changed these >&g

Re: how to make a cell longer in Numbers

2016-01-31 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Wow, it was difficult for me to find the place in the table formatter to adjust column and width size. You can set a hot spot for this while working on adjusting the table. Also the contextual menu does have an option to auto-size based on the current selection, The third option is that Apple

Re: searching for words in documents using iOS?

2016-01-31 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Another possibility is to use the item chooser when you have the document open. triple click with two fingers to bring up the item chooser, and then start typing in the search area. > On Jan 31, 2016, at 08:50, Alan Lemly wrote: > > Adam, > > > The Word app will let you search for words in

Re: Search again command?

2016-01-31 Thread Jonathan Cohn
The G will find next and shift-G finds previous. More specifically, VO+G will find the next VO search, while command-G will find the next regular search item. Hope that was not too confusing, Jonathan Cohn > On Jan 31, 2016, at 14:27, Phil Halton <mailto:philh...@gmail.com>> wrot

Re: Keyboard Commands

2016-01-31 Thread Jonathan Cohn
you to control the scroll bar. Best Wishes, Jonathan Cohn . > On Jan 31, 2016, at 13:46, E.T. wrote: > > Alex, > I hate using the arrow keys like that but I have and when I have done so, > always wondered why there was no way to page up and down. > > Tab works. I was l

Re: Activity Monitor

2016-02-03 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Also, a new feature in Yosemite will quit idle applications and not fully quit recent applications to help save battery life. I believe this feature is called AppNap and you should be able to find out more about it on the web. I remember reading about it in ArzTechnica. Best Wishes, Jonathan

Re: Is Java safe to install in Windows VM's?

2016-02-03 Thread Jonathan Cohn
One interesting fact, is that I recently read that Oracle was going to stop development of the JAVA plugin so the developer of this course is going to need to migrate to JavaScript in the near future. I believe Angular JS is a good tool for this type of application, and I have been trying to fig

Re: Iphone slow on wifi.

2016-02-03 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I read an article recently that the iPhone by default opens two connections one cellular and one WiFi and shares the traffic between them. If your cell service is week in your house this might be the issue. I read about this on tidbits.com in the last three months. Finding the checkbox they dis

Re: iPhoto is open at startup

2016-02-03 Thread Jonathan Cohn
You can also bring up the contextual menu of the app in question on the Dock. Under options there, you can find a startup option. Best Wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Feb 2, 2016, at 09:02, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > I'd start with System Preferenc

Re: Bluetooth keyboards

2016-02-03 Thread Jonathan Cohn
There are several full sized blue tooth keyboards, some that fold. I have heard several good reviews of the Logitech line, though I currently use a Kyrosera folding keyboard with numbed. Note: I probably spelled the company name wrong. Best Wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Feb 1, 2016, at 18:56,

Re: Keyboard shortcuts broken after VMware's remote support

2016-02-06 Thread Jonathan Cohn
The standard of command m for minimize has been used by Apple computers since the days of MacOS 7. It is possible that you remapped this, also the VO+M keystroke brings up menus. > On Jan 30, 2016, at 02:33, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi, Chris: > > My recollection is a b

Re: iPhone not syncing with iTunes

2016-02-07 Thread Jonathan Cohn
would love to hear any solutions / details the group has. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Feb 6, 2016, at 14:55, Gary wrote: > > Anyone having this problem? I deleted a bunch of songs from iTunes and > wanted to update my iPhone. My iPhone says it’s syncing with iTunes, but when &g

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