Re: Shortcuts to terminal applications

2017-11-01 Thread Jonathan Cohn
f you want some help getting everything working. Scripting screen readers is a hobby for me these days, since I no longer professionally write JAWS scripts. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Nov 1, 2017, at 7:52 PM, Ryan Dour <rd...@me.com> wrote: > > You can use Appl

Re: Macbook Air late 2015: anything to note?

2017-11-02 Thread Jonathan Cohn
you go through the entire tutorial. Ask plenty of questions.. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Nov 2, 2017, at 11:58 AM, Devin Prater <d.pra...@me.com> wrote: > > Hi all. Tomorrow, I'll be purchasing a Macbook Air, late 2015 Edition. Should > I kno

Re: Facetime on my 2015 Macbook Pro

2017-12-02 Thread Jonathan Cohn
This sounds about right for video though click video instead of audio. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Dec 2, 2017, at 2:53 PM, andy <meikle.ai...@btinternet.com> wrote: > > Hi Alex and Jonathan. > > Thankyou very much for explaining this to me. &

Re: Focus blue commands?

2017-12-02 Thread Jonathan Cohn
his leaves the sounds on and just mutes the voice. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Dec 2, 2017, at 4:47 PM, Kliphton Miller <kliph...@icloud.com> wrote: > > Is it possible to turn voiceover off while using braille display, or does vo > have to stay on? T

Re: To Me, Braille is Beautiful in iOS 11.x

2017-12-09 Thread Jonathan Cohn
an older iBook. For that matter, could either of the Android based Braille Notetakers support Kindle book reading with Braille? Thinking about providing the most flexible solution. Thanks for any solutions provided. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Dec 9, 2017, at 9:51

Re: Iphone 6 with Ios 11.2 bug

2017-12-10 Thread Jonathan Cohn
to respond. I am debating if I should call accessibility or stop by the local Apple store to see if I can get another 10 months out of my phone. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Dec 10, 2017, at 5:35 AM, Ramy Moustafa <ramy.moustaf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi d

Re: Word 2016 for Mac and DBT

2017-12-12 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Don't know, but there is a new contender out there with Braille Blaster being delivered by APH for free. I expect the Duxbury system costs thousands. Best Wishes, Jonathan On 12 December 2017 at 04:38, E.T. wrote: >Since DBT for Mac is out of beta, I am

Re: Same page links in IOS mail

2017-10-29 Thread Jonathan Cohn
What is really interesting about this is apparently for sighted people it never works with Apple products. I remember reading a tidbits article about a year ago complaining about this. Jonathan Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Oct 29, 2017, at 6:34 AM, Paul Hopewell <

Re: messages ending up in junk folder

2018-05-06 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Open Mail preferences with command-, while in the mail app. At the top of the prefers pane, there is a toolbar and the second item in that toolbar is "Junk". Once this is selected there should be a checkbox immediately after the the toolbar. Best wishes, Jon

Re: One Password

2018-05-07 Thread Jonathan Cohn
WOuldn't it be nice (I can't try right now) if we can set a hot spot or windowspot to the copy password button on the 1 Password page. I suppose to be sure would also need to add one for the table listing the selected item in the 1Password database. Also, has anybody recently had success with the

Re: One Password

2018-05-07 Thread Jonathan Cohn
sited > in the past. What if it were true? > > On 5/7/2018 7:42 AM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: >> WOuldn't it be nice (I can't try right now) if we can set a hot spot or >> windowspot to the copy password button on the 1 Password page. I suppose to >> be sure wou

Re: Saving photos with unique name outside iphone

2018-05-14 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I have rad good things about the google photos app for doing this. I understand that Google will run its routines on the photos and try to automatically determine where they were taken and who is in them. So if you don’t trust Google about privacy I guess this would be a non starter. There

Re: Unzipping a .brf file

2018-05-09 Thread Jonathan Cohn
in the browser you should be able to hit enter to allow you to rename the file. Best Wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On May 9, 2018, at 3:46 PM, Sandra E. Finley <finleykn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > For the first time in a long time I am trying to read a braille book on a > braille dis

Re: Phone recommendations

2018-05-12 Thread Jonathan Cohn
who is upgrading yearly claiming significant praise for the iPhone 8 I am I think I will find a better use for that extra cash. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On May 11, 2018, at 11:12 PM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote: > > Hi Jonathan, &g

Re: adjusting resolution with ABBY fingered for mac

2018-05-12 Thread Jonathan Cohn
is looking at the document. The higher the number the more information is included in the pdf. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On May 12, 2018, at 11:36 AM, aliFaisal <faisal.a...@icloud.com> wrote: > > Hello all, > I have a significantly large textbook that I want t

Re: Verification Schemes

2018-05-12 Thread Jonathan Cohn
if you are not using a screen reader or other accessibility application and you see this logo you might have an application that is a security risk. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On May 11, 2018, at 9:42 PM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: > > I've been pl

Re: OK. Time for some understanding.

2018-05-13 Thread Jonathan Cohn
nderstanding tends to be expressed prior to assumptions. > I have no desire nor inclination to satisfy your interest. > I dare say, since the list is where you started, this note was intended > for > there. I certainly did not express a wish to hear from you privately. > > > >

Re: Verification Schemes

2018-05-13 Thread Jonathan Cohn
. https://www.w3.org/TR/turingtest/ <https://www.w3.org/TR/turingtest/> Jonathan Cohn -- 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 feel that a member'

Personal e-mail addresses

2018-05-13 Thread Jonathan Cohn
reply directly to sender option built in. Furthermore, it is my belief that this list encourages discussions that are of a more personal nature should be taken off list i.e. sent to the persons registered e-mail address. Warmly, Jonathan Cohn -- The following information is important for all m

Re: foot pedal

2018-05-13 Thread Jonathan Cohn
phones have equivalent buttons, so perhaps the pedals use the same protocol as headphones and would b just as plug and play. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On May 13, 2018, at 5:48 PM, jean parker <radiofore...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello All: >

Phone recommendations

2018-05-11 Thread Jonathan Cohn
are sold at cost that I could also go to the Apple Store. Are their leases or iPhone for life programs generally better than the carriers? Certainly with an Apple store just two blocks from my office, it is I know I can get reasonable support there. Thanks in advance for any feedback, Jonathan

Re: TO upgrade, or to change platforms entirelyWWYDWhat would you do?

2018-05-11 Thread Jonathan Cohn
If your only issue is that Time Machine is causing a burp because both it and your music tools are using the same disk I can think of two possibilities to extend the life of your machine. 1. Add an additional hard disk dedicated to TimeMachine. I am not sure what efficiencies there are for USB

Re: messages ending up in junk folder

2018-05-05 Thread Jonathan Cohn
if you are on a Macintosh running newer than El Capitan. Let me know if you need more detailed instructions. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On May 5, 2018, at 7:17 AM, Raymond Foret Jr <rforet7...@comcast.net> wrote: > > All you can do is to mark a message as “Not Ju

Re: Using the slider on the Macbook Air

2018-05-05 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Hard question to answer and sometimes it can be impossible to do. Generally for slider widgets all the functionality of manipulating them is managed by the web page developer in JAVAScript. Are you having issues with a site we can look at? Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn

Re: predictive text in email

2018-05-05 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Interesting. Generally the prediction of email addresses comes from either "Previous Recipients" window in Mail or from your contacts application. I have not experienced this issue. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On May 4, 2018, at 5:23 PM, jean parker <radiof

Advice on hidden files.

2018-05-22 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Hello, The Monday issue of Tidbits.com not only has a good explanation of wrapping your own cloud backup service, but also a hint about quickly revealing hidden files in the finder. The keyboard shortcut command-shift-period will toggle the reveal hidden files option in the finder that I

Re: Shortcut, Save Attachments in Mail

2018-05-22 Thread Jonathan Cohn
. For those interested, one is supposed to be able to use -> for accessing sub-menus in setting up keyboard shortcuts. Later, Jonathan Cohn > On May 22, 2018, at 10:46 AM, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I was able to make it work with a following:

Re: AutoFill Update

2018-05-24 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Hello, In El Capitan VoiceOver kinda sees the menu of fill in results, but only by saying "menu closed". Also, it appears the first auto-fill response is the one most recently used and not the most frequently used. Also remember that in Safari Preferences there is a password tab where you can

Re: Ellipsis sign

2018-05-18 Thread Jonathan Cohn
You might find the following site useful: http://sites.psu.edu/symbolcodes/languages/psu/spanish/ note there are also equivalent sites at PSU for other languages than Spanish. This will tell how to make various Spanish specific

Re: How to Have VoiceOver Report Selected object number in a folder

2018-06-10 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Hello, In high verbosity I found both current count and total count were spoken in column view, when navigating with just the arrow keys. In list view, vo-R twice or vo-shift-T should provide location information. both the vo-r and vo-shift-T commands alternate between two bits of

Re: Exceedingly aggravating Google Chrome Issue

2018-06-10 Thread Jonathan Cohn
. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Jun 9, 2018, at 6:12 PM, Christine Grassman > wrote: > > Hello all: > I have just about had it with SAfari busy, and have noticed I have fewer > issues with Google Chrome. So I changed it to my default browser and > downloaded the newest

Re: Mail: selected message after deleting / moving a message.

2018-06-10 Thread Jonathan Cohn
n the Mac. I'm still running Sierra, though, so cant > comment on the latest version of High Sierra. > Cheers, > Donna >> On Jun 7, 2018, at 9:28 AM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> Yesterday I updated to the latest point release of High Sierra.

Mail: selected message after deleting / moving a message.

2018-06-07 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Hello, Yesterday I updated to the latest point release of High Sierra. It seems to me that unlike with older versions, Mail is not remembering if I am reading or down in the list of messages. I.E. When reading mail on my El Capitan system at work, if I use the arrow up key to read a message

Re: Wi-fi Query

2018-06-07 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Another possibility is that both your router and your ISP are responding to DHCP requests. If you expect your router to be handling DHCP then make sure of the following: 1. Only one device is configured for DHCP on your LAN. 2. That broadcast ethernet packets on your lan do not get sent out

Re: High Sierra and automatic language switching

2018-06-08 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Are you sure you have the greek voice activated? My system which does not have Greek voices reads Greek and Cyrillic letter by letter using the English voice. On Jun 8, 2018, at 1:50 PM, Andrew Lamanche wrote: > > I’m enrolled in OS beta programme, and I’ve been repeatedly reporting the >

Re: Once and for all, is there a darned thing I can do to stop all my web browsers from the "busy" refrain?

2018-06-12 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Are people experiencing this issue running under High Sierra? I can consistently get my El Capitan system to go into busy state from the link list menu, but my HS system generally works except for sites that like to move content around the screen constantly. One other possibility is to bring up

Re: Once and for all, is there a darned thing I can do to stop all my web browsers from the "busy" refrain?

2018-06-12 Thread Jonathan Cohn
AH Chuck, but I believe AVID is not a web browser so that is a different issue. > On Jun 12, 2018, at 10:27 AM, CHUCK REICHEL > wrote: > > Hi Tim, > I and several other Avid Pro Tools beta testers are getting the dreaded > "SWOD" spinning wheel of death "busy" issue. > We've got it down to

Re: Once and for all, is there a darned thing I can do to stop all my web browsers from the "busy" refrain?

2018-06-13 Thread Jonathan Cohn
HEL > <mailto:soundpicturerecord...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> Hi Jonathan, >> >> Its happening in safari also and sometimes the desk top! >> Mac mini 16 gig ram El capitan. >> It just happens more in pro tools though. >> Talk soon >

Re: Is there an easy way to do math on the Mac?

2018-05-28 Thread Jonathan Cohn
> > Sent from my sprint iPhone X!!! > > > >> On May 27, 2018, at 12:26 PM, Jonathan Cohn > wrote: > >> > >> Our office uses a variety of the DESMOS system for helping with Math > accessibility. > >> > >> I have not specifically looked at A

Re: Running Windows 7 on VMware Fusion

2018-05-29 Thread Jonathan Cohn
and change those three finger swipe left/right to four finger swipe left/right I can easily swipe right to go to MacOS and swipe left with four fingers to go to Windows. HTH, Jonathan Cohn > On May 29, 2018, at 1:24 PM, Kliphton Miller wrote: > > Command tab works just fi

Re: Is It Possible to Connect a PC to a Mac via USB

2018-05-30 Thread Jonathan Cohn
be Firewire and putting the Macintosh in “target disk mode”. Best Wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On May 30, 2018, at 1:02 PM, E.T. wrote: > > Limiting your options. Perhaps an Ethernet connection between Mac and PC? > > From E.T.'s Keyboard... > ancient.ali...@icloud.com > Many

Re: Problems with Feedback Assistant in beta programme

2018-05-27 Thread Jonathan Cohn
This is probably a filter issue from your ISP, though it might also be something as esoteric as double NAT. We used to experience this type of issue regular in the early days of the internet when most ISP’s used phone trunk type connections, and could get confused or lose timing if more

Re: Is there an easy way to do math on the Mac?

2018-05-27 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Our office uses a variety of the DESMOS system for helping with Math accessibility. I have not specifically looked at Algebra, but perhaps this page could be of help: https://www.desmos.com/accessibility > On May 27, 2018, at 8:26 AM, Erik Burggraaf wrote: > > Hi, I

Re: file viewing question

2018-07-02 Thread Jonathan Cohn
, and pick various other preferences. Best Wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Jul 2, 2018, at 5:53 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > > Hello, > > You can sort a folder by type easily if you view as list. Interact with the > table, place yourself in the Type column, use the Jump to headers co

Re: How to make gmail messages go away completely

2018-06-26 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Hello, For Gmail on both Mac Mail and IOS mail, the default is usually to “archive” messages when you hit the delete key. There are settings to change this in the mail preferences under the account area. Please provide more specifics about system / version and I am we can perhaps give more

Re: Viewing Word documents with Comments in Pages?

2018-06-20 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Anne, Did you get the VO command wrong? I would expect it would be VO-shift-J goto popup item Though I have to admit I have never found a situation where this command did anything for me. Jonathan > On Jun 20, 2018, at 10:58 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > > Hello Donna, > > It’s working for

Re: two voices

2018-05-01 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I have only encountered something like this when reading mail and then only once in a session. Is this happening consistently or when a specific event occurs? Best Wishes, Jonathan > On May 1, 2018, at 11:42 AM, wayne coles wrote: > > hello i a am having two voices

Re: Does prolong use of the screen curtain have negative effects?

2018-05-02 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Could you possibly have night shift on? This is used to remove blues from the screen to help one sleep better. I believe there is a place to turn it on in the control center for all phones. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On May 2, 2018, at 6:24 AM, Nickus de Vos <

Nummpad commander layouts.

2018-05-02 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Hello, I am considering trying to mimic the NVDA layout of the numbed keys on VoiceOver. I am not sure how var I will get, certainly expect that insert-1 and insert-7 won’t be able to be reproduced, but I know I can do quite a few things. If I played with this, would anybody else be

Re: Braille Displays

2018-04-29 Thread Jonathan Cohn
ET Focus is what Freedom Scientific has called its Braille displays for several years (maybe a decade). Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Apr 29, 2018, at 12:53 PM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: > > Donna, > Who actually develops the Focus lin

Re: Braille Displays

2018-04-29 Thread Jonathan Cohn
with Bristol in its name that is about to create a 40 x 9 refreshable display Anything else that is still actively competing with the Shark company? Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Apr 29, 2018, at 12:27 PM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: > > Donna, >

Re: upgrade to High Sierra successful, but still no joy with the Option key in edit fields

2018-07-03 Thread Jonathan Cohn
reading about the keybindings take a look at: https://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~jrus/site/cocoa-text.html Jonathan Cohn , actually > On Jul 3, 2018, at 4:43 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > OK, now I'm really about done with this MBP. I just realized that I can't >

Re: upgrade to High Sierra successful, but still no joy with the Option key in edit fields

2018-07-03 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Hello Donna, This means that it has something to do with the preferences in your account and not with the computer itself. Does your issue only happen in some applications? If not it is probably something in keyboard preferences. It might be worth seeing if tinker tool or cocktail has any

Re: macmail rules : limitations, help pls

2017-12-30 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Dec 29, 2017, at 4:53 PM, William Windels <william.wind...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hello all, > To clean up my mailbox , I use the macmail rueles in mac os 10.13 high sierra. > > It seems I can’t make conditional rules with and/or ope

Re: voiceover bug with mouse follows voiceover cursor

2017-12-30 Thread Jonathan Cohn
in FaceBook and LinkedIn as it causes articles and other items to be expanded as the VO cursor moves over them changing the Dom and confusing the cursor to get stuck or repeat items that hs already ben read before. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Dec 30, 2017, at 4:22 PM,

Re: To Janina Sajka Soft phones?

2017-12-27 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I sent a few e-mails to the Cisco accessibility desk and just essentially gave up. My Cisco IP phone on my desk has a button that allows me to speak a name and it will dial it. I have memorized the voice mail button and luckily my office did not enable the roaming feature that requires one to

Re: Night hawk wifi / fibre routers,

2017-12-29 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I believe that Scott stated he used the NightHawk routers. It appears he is no longer on this list, but I expect you can find him without too much difficulty if you need technical assist. I did have some private e-mail conversation with him. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn

Re: Connecting usb devices in vmware fusion.

2017-12-29 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I was wondering if perhaps disk drives were only connected to the Mac much like keyboards, but this is not the case. There is a checkbox when choosing where to connect a USB device that says don't ask me again. Did you perchance click this at some point? On 29 December 2017 at 13:17, Anders

sound controls for MacOS

2017-12-31 Thread Jonathan Cohn
" will now be the output"); delay(.75); c.select(); break; } } } //Now somewhat restore System Preferences to former state. if (! preferencesActive ) { app.quit(); } else { preferencesActive.reveal() } —- Best wishes, Jona

Re: voiceover bug with mouse follows voiceover cursor

2017-12-31 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Actually, I just looked at my settings ET what is your mouse settings on VO right now? and mouse was set to ignore VO Cursor… So maybe the options are a bit messed up. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Dec 31, 2017, at 2:42 PM, Mike Arrigo <n0...@charter.net&

Re: How to Change Personal Name As Listed in E-Mail

2018-01-04 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Bill, You showed up as Bill in this thread. I believe however that Mail takes the Full name from contacts application and uses that for what is displayed by default in its mail application. take a look at menu view->Messages->"view all headers and see how that presents your name. " You may also

Re: GPS on iOS

2018-01-05 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I wish somebody had been that positive when I was looking to purchase either Nearby Explorer or BlindSquared. Blind Squared does have some development going on which is good. When I use Blind Square, usually with just Streets and MY Places being announced it will tell me the direction I am

Re: Clipboard

2018-01-05 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Usually when this happens to me it is because I didn't really have something selected, or else keyboard focus was somewhere compeltely different from voiceover focus. If you notice this right away using the command-Z keystroke should restoer you to prior to the paste. I could make a 1 line

Re: Text rangler & Voice Over

2018-01-05 Thread Jonathan Cohn
in wrapping their own accessibility layer. Sorry for the bad news, Jonathan Cohn On 5 January 2018 at 15:07, James AUSTIN <james.londons...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi everyone > > Has anyone had any luck using the main edit window in Text Wrangler > please? I am so far able

Re: Get read of Unwanted update notifications

2017-12-23 Thread Jonathan Cohn
der Virus Scanner for Mac <http://www.bitdefender.com/solutions/virus-scanner-for-mac.html> can catch a number of invasive programs.Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Dec 23, 2017, at 7:12 AM, Ramy Moustafa <ramy.moustaf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Aha will gona try

Tidger -PDF viewing.

2017-12-23 Thread Jonathan Cohn
wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Dec 23, 2017, at 8:20 AM, Stan ZA <amista...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > Surely the consumer should be allowed to make the choice. If the “Update” is > going to subject the “Hardware” too such stress, that can cause damage, > he/she may c

Re: Tidger -PDF viewing.

2017-12-25 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Macintosh. If you open one of the bank statements with that while VoiceOver is running and you get a dialog about the document being untagged, then most likely the bank is not meeting the PDF-UA standard. HTH< Jonathan Cohn > On Dec 25, 2017, at 10:29 AM, dan d. <dandun.

Re: qcast

2018-01-07 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I have never heard of this and Google seemed to bring up several possibilities. Is this the music app for parties? Also, is this an application or a web sit? Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Jan 7, 2018, at 1:22 AM, mattias <mjonsson1...@gmail.com> wrote: > >

Re: Question about installing jaws on my Mac

2018-01-07 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I have hard several times from VFO folks that the difference between Pro and Home is licensing rather than anything technical. I believe you can even get the remote client services for the home version which was not true for v15. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Jan 7, 2

Re: Clipboard

2018-01-06 Thread Jonathan Cohn
ET Got that right. I don't have my original message to see if I mistyped. On 6 January 2018 at 20:57, E.T. wrote: >That would be command z to undo an action. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . > "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, > all

Re: help on a new Mac

2018-01-08 Thread Jonathan Cohn
My suggestion is to get the best 11inch MacBook Air unless 1. you have a little sight and a larger screen might be useful. or 2. You need more Storage space than can be easily provided by the MBA. Best Wishes, Jonathan Cohn On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 4:00 PM regina alvarado <reggie.al

Re: keyboard/trackpad question

2018-01-04 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I am not sure what you are trying to do. Are you just looking for a way to have your wireless components not get lost? Also, there should not be a practical reason to replace a Logitech keyboard with an Apple one unless you prefer the touch of the Apple keyboards. On 4 January 2018 at 10:20,

Re: the clipboard

2018-01-04 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Janet, what you say is right for generic MacOS systems, but there are several add-on clipboard managers that archive most clipboard items. These will not though, for example archive clipboard items added by 1Password because 1Password specifically marks their clipboard as transient and will

XTerm.js will soon have VO support.

2018-01-04 Thread Jonathan Cohn
According to: https://github.com/xtermjs/xterm.js/pull/1182 Version 3 or 3.1 of this code will work with NVDA and VoiceOver. This might bring another alternative for terminal. Note: I have never used this code and don't know the specific use case. Jonathan -- The following information is

Re: bootcamp error messages on latest osx?

2018-01-10 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Crucible.com <http://crucible.com/> is the standard goto to determine wRAM upgrades for Mac computers. I believe they have an application to download that checks your memory and knows what slots are available on what computer. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Ja

Re: Selecting Non-contiguous Items in Mack OS High Sierra

2018-01-10 Thread Jonathan Cohn
command option control return turns on non-contiguous selection mode. And then each additional press on an item in the list causes that item to be toggled. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Jan 10, 2018, at 6:22 AM, Debbie April Yuille > <debbiey1...@optusnet.com.

Re: VMware Fusion 10.1.1 and BootCamp

2018-01-10 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Did you install the bootcamp drivers? I am not sure exactly how do this, but I understand that sound will not work correctly until the bootcamp drivers are installed once the OS has been installed. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Jan 10, 2018, at 5:46 AM, Georgina Joyce

Re: Finding current page url

2018-01-10 Thread Jonathan Cohn
and then move to a different page and try to get to the hotspot. Best Wishes, Jonathan Cohn On 10 January 2018 at 14:38, dan d. <dandun...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > I know when on a link vo+shift+u will read the url of that link. > > When on a page already

Re: alarms with calendar or alternative app?

2018-01-05 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I use calendar in the following way to create items: 1. type command-N to create a new item. 2. This brings up a smart insert fields. 3. Type something like Leave at 5:30pm and then hit enter 4. type command-i and use VoiceOver to review the calendar entry. There is a button to do recurrences

Re: Question about installing jaws on my Mac

2018-01-06 Thread Jonathan Cohn
, Jonathan Cohn > On Jan 6, 2018, at 5:09 AM, Brian Howerton <bshowert...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yes I believe it is. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jan 6, 2018, at 4:56 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote: >> >> Is your jaws version

Re: mac ram question

2018-01-17 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I recommend you work directly with a memory company that has a good reputation. It can be quite difficult to determine that bad memory cards are causing havoc on your computer, and memory is inexpensive enough that hit is worth the warranty provided by better known outfits. Speaking of which I

Re: Selecting text from a web page.

2018-01-17 Thread Jonathan Cohn
There might be one other thing in play here. Some websites grab the arrow keys for their own purposes. This will disable the shift-arrow functionality. You can override this in VoiceOver Utility:Web Check the Always allow keyboard commands to navigate websites This will enable the arrow key

Re: Safari busy busy busy busy is driving me crazy

2018-01-17 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Well, you didn't indicate if you have upgraded to the latest version of the OS. Also, have you looked to see if the problems persist when creating a temporary account or using the "guest" account on the system. This is a good way to see if the slowdowns are a system issue or a configuration issue.

Re: Dictation and accessability

2018-01-14 Thread Jonathan Cohn
a custom open item to dictation and point to the runnable Apple Script. I am not quite sure about step 4 though I have done it in the past. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Jan 14, 2018, at 11:09 AM, Eric Caron <eric.caro...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Donna, &

Re: Restore system preferences?

2018-01-19 Thread Jonathan Cohn
n recovery disk mode and then chose to erase your hard disk. In earlier OS's you had to open the tools menu. I think there is a more obvious way in Sierra and High Sierra. Best Wishes, Jonathan Cohn On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 9:30 AM Harry Bell <ubupanora...@icloud.com> wrote: > In setting u

Re: disabled iPhone X

2018-01-21 Thread Jonathan Cohn
ying. There should always be a way for an authorized user to gain access to a disabled device without having to turn to another device or computer, perhaps by entering your Apple ID credentials. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Jan 20, 2018, at 8:57 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli

Re: Wifi Troubles

2018-01-21 Thread Jonathan Cohn
If you connect your Mac to the wired internet for a little and lit iCloud synchronize things you should be in good shape. iCloud does maintain WiFi passwords. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Jan 21, 2018, at 12:29 AM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: >

Re: Safari busy busy busy busy is driving me crazy

2018-01-17 Thread Jonathan Cohn
ood call on the cursor tracking. I'll look into experimenting > with that as well. > > Emrah > > On Jan 17, 2018, at 5:28 PM, Anouk Radix <radix.an...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am using the newest version of os x and it is fully updated. > > On 17 Jan 2018, at 16:02, Jonat

Fwd: [jawsscripts] Faking the applications key

2018-01-13 Thread Jonathan Cohn
> Interesting question from the JAWS scripting list. > Begin forwarded message: > Subject: [jawsscripts] Faking the applications key > Date: January 12, 2018 at 2:55:54 PM EST > To: > Reply-To: jawsscri...@freelists.org > > Hi, > > > I frequently run Jaws on a

Re: Daisy publishing tools

2018-01-13 Thread Jonathan Cohn
OK, then the iBooks author can create ePub documents. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Jan 13, 2018, at 10:58 AM, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries > <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > Just a few updates ... > > DAISY and

Re: VMware Fusion 10.1.1 and BootCamp

2018-01-13 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Well Virtiual box has a pretty good command line interface. Did you get the number for the Microsoft Accessibility help desk? Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Jan 13, 2018, at 11:09 AM, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries > <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wr

Re: VMware Fusion 10.1.1 and BootCamp

2018-01-14 Thread Jonathan Cohn
5900 >> Web contact form >> <http://support.microsoft.com/gp/contact-microsoft-accessibility> >> Online chat will be supported in the n >> Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Jan 14, 2018, at 7:00 AM, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries > <macvisi

Re: Dictation and accessability

2018-01-14 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Eric, I was speaking of the automator app that has been discussed on this list a little. Automator is a application that allows one to drag a set of fairly standard sequences into an order and have them be performed. It is supposed to be the common man's answer to AppleScript. So you can

Re: Dictation and accessability

2018-01-14 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Jan 14, 2018, at 12:13 PM, Eric Caron <ecar...@comcast.net> wrote: > > Hi donna, > > saying” computer, what time is it.” doesn’t do anything on my computer > and I don’t see that as a command. Did you set that up on

Re: Dictation and accessability

2018-01-14 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Jan 14, 2018, at 12:13 PM, Eric Caron <ecar...@comcast.net> wrote: > > Hi donna, > > saying” computer, what time is it.” doesn’t do anything on my computer > and I don’t see that as a command. Did you set th

Re: moving icons in IOS 11

2018-01-13 Thread Jonathan Cohn
and hold in order to drag the icon. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Jan 13, 2018, at 2:16 PM, Angus MacKinnon <thedog...@gmail.com> wrote: > > My iPhone 5S is running IOS 11.2.2 and like to move an icon. Is the procedure > the same? Double tap the icon to

Re: Dictation and accessability

2018-01-13 Thread Jonathan Cohn
. Jonathan Cohn > On Jan 12, 2018, at 8:53 PM, Eric Caron <ecar...@comcast.net> wrote: > > Hi listers, > > I made some progress with the dictation feature that allows you to say > a word like “computer” and then give commands like open mail, or go to > beginning

Re: Dictation and accessability

2018-01-14 Thread Jonathan Cohn
? Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Jan 13, 2018, at 10:07 PM, Eric Caron <ecar...@comcast.net> wrote: > > OK, > > I got it working again. > > I went to accessibility and dictation. I first went to the commands > table and unchecked and rechecked each

Re: Daisy publishing tools

2018-01-12 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I know there is a Microsoft plugin for word, but I am not aware of much else. I believe that the ePub and Daisy standards are merging but I have not kept up with this as much as I would like. Are you looking to do a text only Daisy or are you planning on a recording? I believe that one of the

Re: test please ignore.

2018-01-30 Thread Jonathan Cohn
list and see what shows up there. BTW if anybody wants to discuss AppleScript or automations of Macintosh things on a quieter list my Blind Automation list is still available. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Jan 30, 2018, at 5:28 PM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com&

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