Re: Big Sur 11.1 vs Catalina 10.15.7?

2021-01-03 Thread Chris Westbrook
I am still having trouble with say all vo+a in vixler not stopping when the control key is pressed. Apple accessibility confirmed it on my machine and is going to look into it. On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 6:21 PM Brad Snyder wrote: > Adding items to the Dock is not a problem using CTRL + CMD + Shift

Re: say all in google chrome and other apps

2020-12-31 Thread Chris Westbrook
Well in case anyone cares, I called apple accessibility today and they were just as perplexed as I was. Toggling track pad commander off and on again seemed to have fixed it. Not sure why, but it is behaving now. On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 7:13 AM Chris Westbrook wrote: > I was wondering if any

Re: confused with pages

2020-12-31 Thread Chris Westbrook
rtson had published a tutorial on Pages. I > can’t remember where you could buy it from but maybe googling might help? > It was a very good tutorial and it should still be relevant. > > > On 30 Dec 2020, at 20:19, Chris Westbrook wrote: > > I am confused when I try to open a docs

say all in google chrome and other apps

2020-12-31 Thread Chris Westbrook
I was wondering if anyone has noticed that it is really hard to stop voiceover during a say all vo+a? I tried hitting control, but it just keeps on going. I've tried doing a two finger single tap on the trackpad with the same results. It seems like I have to do something like going to a new tab or

confused with pages

2020-12-30 Thread Chris Westbrook
I am confused when I try to open a docs file in pages. I seem to have a document layout area that shows all of the pages, but I can't seem to edit text in that. I opened the document in text edit and it read fine as expected. Is there a good tutorial on pages or is there something I'm missing?

Re: additional voices?

2020-12-29 Thread Chris Westbrook
one of the alex faults but perfectly intelligible and > does not draw attention to itself; like most of the other voices. > > On Mon, 28 Dec 2020, Chris Westbrook wrote: > > > I like Alex, and sort of like Daniel sometimes, but are there additional > > voices for purchase or fr

Re: I'm reading very long documents on my Mac?

2020-12-28 Thread Chris Westbrook
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.

Re: additional voices?

2020-12-28 Thread Chris Westbrook
nd requests System Utility to download the new voices > the next time it checks for updates. > > > > Best wishes, > > > > Jonathan Cohn > > > > > > > >> On Dec 28, 2020, at 09:53, Chris Westbrook > wrote: > >> > >> I l

Re: additional voices?

2020-12-28 Thread Chris Westbrook
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

Re: additional voices?

2020-12-28 Thread Chris Westbrook
cepts any changes and requests System Utility to download the new voices > the next time it checks for updates. > > Best wishes, > > Jonathan Cohn > > > > On Dec 28, 2020, at 09:53, Chris Westbrook wrote: > > I like Alex, and sort of like Daniel sometimes, but are

additional voices?

2020-12-28 Thread Chris Westbrook
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. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or

reading brf files on a mac

2012-04-12 Thread Chris Westbrook
I am going to be getting a braille display and would like to read web braille stuff on my mac. Is there a program that will save my place? I thought I remembered reading about one but I can't remember all the details. Looking forward to having a display. -- You received this message

Re: Bugs in Mail

2012-02-06 Thread Chris Westbrook
That's weird, I'm using imap with gmail and when I delete a message thread, not sure where it goes lol but it is gone from my mailbox at least. On Feb 6, 2012, at 12:13 PM, Steve Holmes wrote: I find with gmail and IMAP, the best way to Delete messages for good is to Move them to Trash while

Re: 10.7.3 is out!

2012-02-02 Thread Chris Westbrook
Control tab now works in mail to switch from the message list to the content of the message/thread. On Feb 2, 2012, at 12:25 AM, Emrah wrote: The Nuance voices still go squeaky when you expect it the least. -- Emrah “In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are

slowing down a track in itunes

2011-11-25 Thread Chris Westbrook
I have a track that I have burned into my iTunes library, and I want to slow it down sometimes so I can learn it. I see there are options out there, but are any of them accessible? Thanks for any help. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: looking for an accessible sound measurement app for iphone

2011-11-23 Thread Chris Westbrook
Unfortunately I have tried a lot of them and couldn't find any that worked, most of them just give you a graph of the sound or something vo can't read and even the ones you would think vo would work with it doesn't. Oh well :( On Nov 21, 2011, at 1:38 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: I am parsing the

Re: frustrating issue with papa john's mobile site

2011-11-20 Thread Chris Westbrook
I suspect what is going on is the site has been programmed to auto tab to the next field when the current field is filled. Some sites, for example, will break the credit card number field up into four different fields, probably because it looks prettier or something, and then will auto tab

Re: Facebook

2011-11-16 Thread Chris Westbrook
I think it might just be that there is a specific version of the mobile site for safari, but not sure. On Nov 16, 2011, at 10:33 AM, Chad King wrote: Hi. I wonder if some of the problem could be with the DNS you're on. I doubt it, but i guess that could be. I'm on google DNS the address is

VOICE RECOGNITION WITH VOICEOVER?

2011-11-13 Thread Chris Westbrook
JUST WONDERING IF ANYONE HAS TRIED DRAGON WITH VOICEOVER? I THINK LION HAS SPEECH RECOGNITION BUILT IN, BUT I DON'T THINK YOU CAN SPEAK INTO TEXT FIELDS. THANKS FOR ANY ANSWERS. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to

Re: Money Reader info

2011-11-02 Thread Chris Westbrook
The device you're running it on makes a ton of difference. I had a 3gs and couldn't use it unless I was outside, and the 4s seems to work pretty much anywhere. On Nov 2, 2011, at 6:57 AM, joseph wrote: hi, i think it is a very good app especially on the iPhone 4s. i tested it last night in

Re: A Quick Tip for Those Now Using Control-Tab in Lion Mail 7.2

2011-10-22 Thread Chris Westbrook
Wow that is a cool fix, I didn't even know that was a valid shortcut key. Wish apple were more forthcoming with this kind of stuff. On Oct 22, 2011, at 4:24 AM, M. Taylor wrote: Hello Everyone, As has been noted in previous messages, it is now necessary to add the [Control] key to the

Re: anyone else having trouble viewing spotlight search results lately?

2011-10-21 Thread Chris Westbrook
No problems here. Just hit command space, put in a search, and then hit down arrow. What happens when you do that? On Oct 21, 2011, at 7:48 AM, Goodin, Donna wrote: Hi all, Since the latest system upgrade, I no longer seem to be able to view my Spotlight search results. Has anyone else

Re: Issue about iOS5 at iPhone4

2011-10-20 Thread Chris Westbrook
You could also get a bluetooth keyboard or practice on the regular keyboard, you can get pretty fast once you get used to it. On Oct 19, 2011, at 6:59 PM, João de Sousa e Silva wrote: It is done. Hope they will care about. Em 19-10-2011 21:32, Alex Hall escreveu: Please email

Re: Safari and Lion Help

2011-10-18 Thread Chris Westbrook
That is weird. Have you tried rebooting your mac? What happens when you hit command q or command w, nothing? On Oct 17, 2011, at 9:17 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: Hi guys: I updated to Lion. I cannot figure out how to quit Safari! I have to press option command escape. I can no longer quit

Re: icloud and itunes

2011-10-16 Thread Chris Westbrook
the cloud. In the meantime, this is great because you don't have to be tied to the computer. Synch will occur when you attach IPhones to ac power. I hope this helps. On Oct 15, 2011, at 5:40 PM, Chris Westbrook wrote: I believe that only works for calendars, contacts, and things purchased

Re: Navigation in Mail Change with Lion 10.7.2

2011-10-15 Thread Chris Westbrook
: Hi all, I had the tab problem and found a solution before reading this thread. Try pressing tab twice. The second one is a charm. Shift tab once brings you back just like before. Tom Frank vermont...@gmail.com On Oct 14, 2011, at 9:04 AM, Chris Westbrook wrote: I just noticed

escape not leaving menu bar in 10.7.2

2011-10-15 Thread Chris Westbrook
Is anyone else noticing that escape will no longer leave the menu bar in 10.7.2? Strange, I hope I'm not losing my mind :) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com.

Re: escape not leaving menu bar in 10.7.2

2011-10-15 Thread Chris Westbrook
: Funny, just did it for me. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On Oct 15, 2011, at 6:53 AM, Chris Westbrook wrote: Is anyone else noticing that escape

Re: escape not leaving menu bar in 10.7.2

2011-10-15 Thread Chris Westbrook
Thank you so much, have no clue how that got turned on. I didn't even know the mac had speech recognition lol. This list is awesome. On Oct 15, 2011, at 12:30 PM, James Scholes wrote: Do you have speech recognition enabled? If so, either turn it off or change the command key in System

Re: Copying text in Safari

2011-10-15 Thread Chris Westbrook
Holding down shift and arrowing around worked for me, though I had to restart voiceover for some reason. Try that and see if it helps. I am using webkit though. On Oct 15, 2011, at 2:27 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: You could try going to the text area of the Pages document and interacting,

Re: icloud and itunes

2011-10-15 Thread Chris Westbrook
I believe that only works for calendars, contacts, and things purchased from the apple store. I don't think that works in general. On Oct 15, 2011, at 6:29 PM, Paul Erkens wrote: Hi listers, I added some content to my itunes library on the mac, and I was hoping it would show up on the

iCloud contact on iPhone not showing up on mac

2011-10-14 Thread Chris Westbrook
I am starting to use iCloud and it looks really cool. I just have one question. I have set up both my mac and iPhone to use iCloud. I just looked for a contact that I put on my phone and it wasn't in my address book on my mac. When I looked on iCloud.com it was there. Am I missing

Re: Navigation in Mail Change with Lion 10.7.2

2011-10-14 Thread Chris Westbrook
I just noticed that in classic layout the tab key works just as it did in 10.7.1. Interesting. I wrote accessibility about this and will be interested to hear their reply. I think I'll use classic layout for now. On Oct 13, 2011, at 9:26 PM, M. Taylor wrote: The problem with using the VO+J

Re: iCloud contact on iPhone not showing up on mac

2011-10-14 Thread Chris Westbrook
quitting and restarting addressbook after about a minute. That should fix the issue. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Westbrook Sent: Friday, October 14, 2011 7:30 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

Re: Navigation in Mail Change with Lion 10.7.2

2011-10-14 Thread Chris Westbrook
problem and found a solution before reading this thread. Try pressing tab twice. The second one is a charm. Shift tab once brings you back just like before. Tom Frank vermont...@gmail.com On Oct 14, 2011, at 9:04 AM, Chris Westbrook wrote: I just noticed that in classic layout

Re: Navigation in Mail Change with Lion 10.7.2

2011-10-13 Thread Chris Westbrook
Did Apple acknowledge the bug and/or give a reason for the change? Control tab isn't listed under the keyboard shortcuts and really doesn't make any sense in my opinion. Weird. On Oct 13, 2011, at 9:19 PM, M. Taylor wrote: You are absolutely correct, Theresa; and what a disappointing failure

Re: sure wish they'd fix the focus issues with Voice Over and Safari

2011-08-10 Thread Chris Westbrook
When I've had this happen occasionally, closing and reopening the browser usually helps, but I'm using webkit not safari. Also, I hope you mean vo+command+j cause vo+j won't take you to form controls ever lol. Just making sure... On Aug 10, 2011, at 2:23 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: boy oh boy,

Re: very weird and inconsistant behavior with conversations

2011-08-03 Thread Chris Westbrook
What does the menu say? I can't reproduce any of these issues. VEry weird. Try rebooting if you haven't done so. On Aug 3, 2011, at 12:17 AM, carlene knight wrote: I have a menu that keeps popping up when I try to expand the conversation and that wasn't happening earlier. I think that

Re: sending private reply; is it still posible

2011-08-03 Thread Chris Westbrook
Make sure you have the header information set to default in the viewing tab of preferences and not none lol. On Aug 3, 2011, at 12:12 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hi, Yes. It. Does. lol. I just tried it on Lion. And it works just fine. You might have to interact with the header then press

Re: sending private reply; is it still posible

2011-08-03 Thread Chris Westbrook
I think after you interact with the header group you must interact again, or at least I have to. Then you can vo+right or left arrow between the different header fields, or just use the arrow keys if quick nab is on. On Aug 3, 2011, at 12:18 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: I did exactly that. While

Re: Extremely frustrating problem on Web site

2011-07-30 Thread Chris Westbrook
I can confirm this. Later today I'm going to look at the page more, I suspect they are using something other than a link or button to make that clickable, I suspect this is a website issue rather than a safari/webkit/lion issue. I'm going to try it on windows and see how those screen readers

Re: a most paculiar Safari behavior

2011-07-29 Thread Chris Westbrook
I've noticed this, but only intermittently and not that often so didn't think of it. I'm using webkit though so perhaps they've made progress toward fixing it there. On Jul 29, 2011, at 4:13 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: Okay. Here's the thing I'm finding. Sometimes, when I open Safari, the VO

Re: yet another VO feature broken?

2011-07-26 Thread Chris Westbrook
Yes, VO definitely says how many mail messages there are in a conversation under the new layout, but it never said that for me in snow leopard. Also, about ending up in hte message content window, I usually arrow up and down a conversation, then read all the messages, and then shift tab back to

Re: Resolved, I Think, Was Re: How To Read Mail Message Headers?

2011-07-26 Thread Chris Westbrook
like that as I can quickly know who a message is from when I'm reading it. IF it gets annoying I can set it back to none. On Jul 26, 2011, at 9:42 AM, Teresa Cochran wrote: It works with long headers but not on the other header setting. Teresa On Jul 25, 2011, at 12:32 PM, Chris Westbrook

Re: Is this really Apple software???

2011-07-26 Thread Chris Westbrook
While it seems unlikely, I suppose it is possible spotlight is still indexing your files if you don't leave your mac turned on. If you do a command space and then vo+down arrow does it say anything about spotlight helping to find files and that not all results may be include? If so, leave

Re: IMPORTANT: To MacBook Pro Lion Users

2011-07-25 Thread Chris Westbrook
Have you looked in activity monitor to see if any processes are using a lot of cpu? On Jul 24, 2011, at 11:36 PM, Shen wrote: Unfortunately, I know this is not the issue. It would make things easier. I know this because up until a couple of weeks ago, I didn't know that my keyboard

Re: How To Read Mail Message Headers?

2011-07-25 Thread Chris Westbrook
Odd, I'm getting the same thing whether in full screen mode or not, classic layout or regular layout. On Jul 25, 2011, at 11:56 AM, Teresa Cochran wrote: It's not working for me. It just says space, new line and a VO-a doesn't yield any more results. I have it in full-screen mode, too. I

Re: loving Lion so far; but need a reminder or two

2011-07-25 Thread Chris Westbrook
I just interacted with the splitter between the messages and preview pane and then did a vo+left arrow a million times I think until I think it said zero. As far as conversations go, I usually just arrow to the one I want and then hit tab and it starts reading the last unread message or

Re: conversations in new mail

2011-07-23 Thread Chris Westbrook
- Original Message - From: Chris Westbrook westbch...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 8:46 PM Subject: Re: conversations in new mail No, I just tried it, it works in the regular view, with the caveat that you must use vo+up and down arrow to move

Re: Disappearing apps?

2011-07-23 Thread Chris Westbrook
That is really odd. I would call apple and see if they have any suggestions. after you reboot your machine at first and maybe repair disk permissions although I'm not sure how that would have anything to do with it. Let us know what happens. On Jul 23, 2011, at 10:26 AM, Naama Shang wrote:

Re: best way to handle mail in the new layout?

2011-07-23 Thread Chris Westbrook
I do it a little differently now and I think easier. First of all, I have created hotspots for the mailboxes table and messages table, that makes it easier to find them. Secondly, when you are on a conversation, simply hit tab. This will bring you into a content area and you can use vo+up

Re: [Bulk] Re: best way to handle mail in the new layout?

2011-07-23 Thread Chris Westbrook
used to using to do that doesn't work anymore. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On Jul 23, 2011, at 11:14 AM, Chris Westbrook wrote: I do it a little differently

Re: all these issues

2011-07-23 Thread Chris Westbrook
I wouldn't call mail nightmarish at all. It took some time getting used to but now it is quite manageable. But there is no harm in waiting either. On Jul 23, 2011, at 2:12 PM, Caitlyn Furness wrote: I'm waiting, too. For now, at least. My husband downloaded Lion yesterday. It looks

Re: assistance moving mailboxes to the favourites bar

2011-07-23 Thread Chris Westbrook
I was able to do this. I had to interact with the mailbox list and then highlight the mailbox. Then it said the mailbox was selected for dragging when I hit vo+,. Hope this helps somehow. On Jul 23, 2011, at 4:37 PM, Marc Workman wrote: Hi all, I'm trying to use drag and drop to move

Re: Activity Examples?

2011-07-23 Thread Chris Westbrook
Sounds like you're doing everything right. When I created my activity, I didn't interact with the mailbox list or the message list before I created the hot spot. Perhaps that is the problem? Try recreating them. On Jul 23, 2011, at 5:16 PM, Brett C. wrote: I must be doing something wrong

Re: battery life under lion

2011-07-22 Thread Chris Westbrook
I haven't used it that much off of ac, so can't say too much, but I don't think I noticed anything out of the ordinary. Is spotlight still indexing your files perhaps? This would probably cause major battery drain. Do a command spacebar and then vo down arrow to see if it says anything about not

Re: searching in Safari on Lion

2011-07-22 Thread Chris Westbrook
No, control option f still works. On Jul 22, 2011, at 7:37 PM, Mary Otten wrote: One of the Vision Australia files that Ron posted talked about a new way of searching in Safari. I wonder if this means the way I've been using involving control option f, typing the search term and then

Re: Totally bizarre finding with Safari 5.1 in Lion

2011-07-22 Thread Chris Westbrook
. As far as apple not caring, just because they don't talk to us doesn't mean they don't care. They don't talk to anyone, it's as simple as that. Missy, I really hope you get your power situation straightened out, but I don't think that is a lion issue either. Calm down everyone. :) Chris

conversations in new mail

2011-07-22 Thread Chris Westbrook
I just wanted to say I'm getting used to the new conversation view in mail. The way i do it now is to expand a conversation I'm interested in and then down arrow to the first message. Then I do a vo+j to go to the preview pane and then read the message, then I either delete it or do a vo+j

Re: Voice over lag and other lion issues

2011-07-22 Thread Chris Westbrook
I can't help but think that some of these problems are system specific. I haven't had any busy messages with webkit, ever since spotlight got done indexing my files my mac has ran as normal. Have you tried repairing permissions? That seems to have helped for me too. There was a message

Re: conversations in new mail

2011-07-22 Thread Chris Westbrook
don't expand a conversation, but instead stop interacting and move right. I'm not sure what goes on visually in conversation view, but it occurs to me you might not need to expand them all that often actually. Experimentation is in order. Best, Zack. On Jul 22, 2011, at 7:24 PM, Chris

Re: conversations in new mail

2011-07-22 Thread Chris Westbrook
, it will permit you to navigate the threads list either with up/down arrows, or left/right. On Jul 22, 2011, at 10:46 PM, Chris Westbrook wrote: No, I just tried it, it works in the regular view, with the caveat that you must use vo+up and down arrow to move through the messages when

Re: updates for Itunes and Iwork

2011-07-22 Thread Chris Westbrook
The iTunes upgrade is a separate upgrade from the lion upgrade. On Jul 22, 2011, at 11:01 PM, Mary Otten wrote: Will ITunes 10.3 work with Lion? Or does Lion come with 10.4? I'm thinking about upgrading, but I'm not willing to lose my ITunes while Apple sorts the bugs in 10.4 with VO. So if

Re: conversations in mail

2011-07-21 Thread Chris Westbrook
. Chris. - Original Message - From: Chris Westbrook westbch...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 5:42 PM Subject: conversations in mail This whole conversation business in mail doesn't seem to make sense anymore. It used to be that when

any way to get voiceover to stop saying link all the time now?

2011-07-21 Thread Chris Westbrook
In safari and webkit, even when doing a say all, voiceover now feels the need to say link after everything that is a link. I can't seem to turn this off in verbosity settings. Has anyone else fixed this at all or is this something I'll have to live with? -- You received this message because

Re: any way to get voiceover to stop saying link all the time now?

2011-07-21 Thread Chris Westbrook
but it did for you. Maybe my macbook is possessed? lol. Chris Westbrook On Jul 21, 2011, at 12:16 PM, Zachary Kline wrote: Hi Chris, Am I missing something? I would always rather have VoiceOver tell me where a link is rather than not. It always did with SL, and I've found the same

Re: any way to get voiceover to stop saying link all the time now?

2011-07-21 Thread Chris Westbrook
Thank you so much. :)That was it. Dunno how that setting got changed, you would think that would be in the web tab. Oh well. Chris Westbrook On Jul 21, 2011, at 12:23 PM, Zachary Kline wrote: Hi Chris, I believe you might have set the option in the text tab of Verbosity settings

Re: Wow, what's up with Lion!

2011-07-21 Thread Chris Westbrook
I have read online that the general slowness has to do with spotlight indexing your files. IF you do a command space and then down arrow it will tell you how much time is left to index your files. I'm just gonna leave my macbook running until all the indexing is complete. Hopefully that will

conversations in mail

2011-07-20 Thread Chris Westbrook
This whole conversation business in mail doesn't seem to make sense anymore. It used to be that when I hit enter on a conversation all the messages would open up and I could just delete them one by one and here the next message. Now when I hit enter it just seems to read the last one. I know

Re: conversations in mail

2011-07-20 Thread Chris Westbrook
are sorted in reverse chronological order, newest message first. You can change this in the View menu I believe. I use left and right arrow to open and close conversations. Hope this helps, Zack. On Jul 20, 2011, at 2:42 PM, Chris Westbrook wrote: This whole conversation business in mail

Re: Help with Safari locking up constantly please

2011-04-30 Thread Chris Westbrook
I use the regular facebook all the time with webkit and do not experience this issue. Perhaps webkit works better? On Apr 30, 2011, at 2:30 PM, Maxwell Ivey Jr. wrote: Hello; the only thing I've been able to do is to use the control-option-command f5 to make sure the cursor is on the

running system access to go oon fusion

2010-12-17 Thread Chris Westbrook
When I try to run system access to go on my virtual machine running windows seven under vm fusion, it just sits there after the login and doesn't do anything. It keeps making the chirping sound but doesn't come on. Do I need to increase the ram or have others seen this problem? Jaws works

vm fusion or bootcamp

2010-12-10 Thread Chris Westbrook
I'm thinking I am going to put windows on my mac. IS vm fusion better than bootcamp? Do I have to buy another copy of windows if I don't have a windows install disk anywhere? Can I still get xp cheaper if I do? There was some mention of audio problems with vm fusion. Is the audio now

safari not always alerting when page is loaded

2010-11-28 Thread Chris Westbrook
Has anyone else noticed that Safari doesn't always give the little bleep sound when a page is loaded? any clue why this is? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com.

Re: Altered VoiceOver Behavior in the New Safari

2010-11-20 Thread Chris Westbrook
Have you tried rebooting? I haven't had these issues. Sounds like your vo keys aren't getting registered for some reason. On Nov 20, 2010, at 7:20 AM, Les Kriegler wrote: Since installing the new version of Safari, some of the keystrokes used to navigate the web no longer work. Command-VO

accessibility of wordpress.com with voiceover to make my own blog

2010-11-15 Thread Chris Westbrook
I was just wondering if any of you have had luck with wordpress.com to create blog posts? The write a post page seems pretty hard to figure out and I didn't know if there was an alternate version somewhere. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

YoruFukurou question

2010-11-05 Thread Chris Westbrook
I started using this twitter client just for something different, and I think I like it not least because it seems to be actively developed unlike syrinx, but I'm noticing that if I hit l to open the link in the tweet it is sometimes opening a link in another tweet almost like another tweet is

Re: YoruFukurou question

2010-11-05 Thread Chris Westbrook
GoogleTalk: chojiro1...@gmail.com Facebook Twitter Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk Yahoo! Messenger: cin368 AIM: cincinster On Nov 5, 2010, at 11:50 PM, Chris Westbrook wrote: I started using this twitter client just for something different, and I think I like

what is garage band?

2010-10-30 Thread Chris Westbrook
I have been watching the threads with interest and am debating whether to get garage band 11. I am a musician but not a professional one. I see all these different instruments, and I am thinking it would be cool to make tracks that I could improvise with on the flute like my little keyboard

Re: VO crashing in iChat message area

2010-09-25 Thread Chris Westbrook
This is one of the reasons I switched to adium, no crashes like that with adium. On Sep 24, 2010, at 11:20 PM, Nik Petersson wrote: Begin forwarded message: From: Niklas Petersson nikpeters...@me.com Date: September 24, 2010 8:19:09 PM PDT To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject:

connecting to a windows machine via remote desktop

2010-09-03 Thread Chris Westbrook
I suspect the answer is no, but can you connect to a windows machine with remote desktop on a mac and have speech on the mac through voice over or jaws on the windows side without having to install windows on the mac? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

getting status of skype contacts

2010-08-06 Thread Chris Westbrook
Is there a way to see the status of a contact like away, available, etc. in skype? also how do you change your mood text in skype for the mac? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: Iphone text message field question

2010-08-04 Thread Chris Westbrook
YOu can also double tap and hold until you here a series of tones. That will bring up the keyboard. On Aug 4, 2010, at 6:52 AM, Allison Manzino wrote: Hi Gena, I don't know how most people do this but I always have to press the messages back button and then double-tap the message you

finding next occurance of search text?

2010-07-17 Thread Chris Westbrook
It seems like this should be such an automatic feature of screen readers, but I can't find the equivalent in jaws of hitting f3 to find the next occurrence of text that you had searched for with control option f. I thought it said controloption enter does that, but when I do this nothing

syrinx question

2010-07-05 Thread Chris Westbrook
I just downloaded syrinx for reading tweets, and I like it a lot, but I'm curious how to get to the top of the tweets table to see the newest tweets? I tried home, I think, and vo command home, but that doesn't seem to work. Using a macbook pro. Thanks. -- You received this message because

Re: Apple and audible

2010-06-29 Thread Chris Westbrook
If you can, tell the people at the store to install the latest nightly build version of webkit. This fixes the audible.com issue. On Jun 29, 2010, at 5:09 PM, Carolyn wrote: Hi everyone: Just wanted to share that I had a meeting with two VO trainers today. Actually, truth to tell, we're

Re: Frequent crashes of VoiceOver since the release of Mac OS X 10.6.4

2010-06-28 Thread Chris Westbrook
I find this weird, cause I have experienced hardly any crashes using mail or adium. I had some with safari but since I updated webkit everything is cool. On Jun 28, 2010, at 10:37 AM, Courtney Currant wrote: Hi, Mine won't come up either, and I have to restart. It's really annoying. Courtney

Re: Frequent crashes of VoiceOver since the release of Mac OS X 10.6.4

2010-06-28 Thread Chris Westbrook
griffin wrote: mine will freeze up when there is an alert. I then have to kill VO then bring it up again. Its kind of slow doing that, but it does come back, then I can read the alert. GF On Jun 28, 2010, at 12:22 PM, Chris Westbrook wrote: I find this weird, cause I have experienced

Re: Ichat and voice over

2010-06-27 Thread Chris Westbrook
I think it has something to do with safari five. I wrote apple accessibility and they said they are aware of it but didn't say anything more than that.… On Jun 27, 2010, at 3:46 AM, Nik Petersson wrote: Hey, not sure when this happened, but ICHat used to read very well with VO. You just had

Re: Safari Update

2010-06-23 Thread Chris Westbrook
I can confirm the blogger problem of not being able to edit line by line. weird. On Jun 23, 2010, at 5:09 PM, rayna424 wrote: Looks like I'm the only one having problems in text edit fields. Hmmm. I don't use audible and I don't use the full FB just the mobile one. It's great; doesn't have

Re: VoiceOver and Apple Script

2010-06-22 Thread Chris Westbrook
Is there a script for the macbook pro that will read battery status like the time script? Wonder if one could be created? On Jun 22, 2010, at 10:27 PM, Carolyn wrote: Yes: to time being spoken with option-T. He needs to go to VO utilities, find averbosity, commanders, and activate keyboard

Re: accessworld article reading weird?

2010-06-20 Thread Chris Westbrook
for Keyboard Help, then pressing the key combination in question, and VO will tell you what it does. Escape will get you out of this mode. Cheers, Anne On Jun 20, 2010, at 12:54 AM, Chris Westbrook wrote: I was trying to read the following article, and when I would do a vo shift

Re: accessworld article reading weird?

2010-06-20 Thread Chris Westbrook
Thanks Mary, at least I know I'm not insane. It must be a safari five issue. That's the only page I've noticed this on .. That Safari reader is pretty cool. On Jun 20, 2010, at 1:08 PM, Mary Otten wrote: Hi Anne, Interestingly, with web navigation in dom mode I also focused on the heading

Re: accessworld article reading weird?

2010-06-20 Thread Chris Westbrook
It looks like it it set ti ignore the cursor. When I set it to group mode, it just reads the current element and then stops rather than skipping everything. On Jun 20, 2010, at 1:46 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: Just had a thought. Is your mouse tethered to your other cursors? I have mine set to

accessworld article reading weird?

2010-06-19 Thread Chris Westbrook
I was trying to read the following article, and when I would do a vo shift a to read the whole thing after focusing on a heading, it would read the first paragraph and then start reading row one column one with like navigation links. What's up with that? Is this a bug or expected behavior? I

Re: automatically having incoming messages read i nIChat

2010-06-17 Thread Chris Westbrook
adium doesn't seem to have the problem of crashing vo when interacting with chat areas. It also doesn't separate accounts into multiple windows like ichat does. You can also get messagesread allowed in adium too. Might want to try it out. On 6/17/10, Chris Moore moor...@blueyonder.co.uk wrote:

Re: automatically having incoming messages read i nIChat

2010-06-17 Thread Chris Westbrook
the incomming chats automatically I must have missed that On Jun 17, 2010, at 12:04 PM, Chris Westbrook wrote: adium doesn't seem to have the problem of crashing vo when interacting with chat areas. It also doesn't separate accounts into multiple windows like ichat does. You can also get

Re: can't order my iPhone because of VO bug

2010-06-16 Thread Chris Westbrook
It's supposedly another html rendering engine for safari. I already tried downloading it and it didn't fix my safari issue with audible or the ichat bug. How many of you are going to email accessibility every day until these are resolved? I'm dconsidering doing that. I wonder if I put in my

Re: How To Get VoiceOver To Read Mail Messages Automatically

2010-06-16 Thread Chris Westbrook
Is there another way to send in a bug report other than writing to accessibility? On 6/16/10, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Thank you for confirming this, Kevin. I was beginning to think it had all been in my imagination. I hardly think of this as a new feature, however; more like an

called support

2010-06-16 Thread Chris Westbrook
I called support today about the safari issue. I figured he probably couldn't help me, but I figured it was worth a try anyway. He ran through some troubleshooting steps, and then he agreed it was a problem. He had me send my profile to apple, and he was going to send it to engineering. He

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