Re: GMail App on iPhone

2024-03-23 Thread Jürgen Fleger
: On 22/3/24 01:42, Jürgen Fleger wrote: I don't like the conversations view in this App on my iPhone. But it seems it doesn't work to disable it in the settings. Whether it is enabled or disabled it always looks the same. Note that you can

GMail App on iPhone

2024-03-21 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi, I don't like the conversations view in this App on my iPhone. But it seems it doesn't work to disable it in the settings. Whether it is enabled or disabled it always looks the same. Is this a known bug in GMail on iPhone? Thanks and all the best Jürgen Von meinem iPhone gesendet --

Re: Any vloggers here?

2024-03-16 Thread Jürgen Fleger
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Re: Any vloggers here?

2024-03-15 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi Donna, Word Press is pretty accessible in my opinion. I use Mars as an app solution on the Mac to upload content. So it's not necessary to work online. But wouldn't it be easier in your case to use a messenger like Whats App and create a family group? Just as an idea. all the best

Re: My review after spending two weeks with the Activator braille display

2024-01-10 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Yes Donna, really a great review. Thanks a lot and all the best Jürgen > Am 05.01.2024 um 07:13 schrieb M. Taylor : > > Hello Donna, > > This is an absolutely fabulous review. > > Thank you ever so much for posting. > > Mark > > -Original Message- > From: 'Donna Goodin' via

Re: Separating system volume and voice volume on Mac

2023-12-17 Thread Jürgen Fleger
> just got a new MacBook Pro. Where do you find out more about these commands > to read about them. is there a voiceover manual that I can access? > Sent from my IPhone > > >> On Dec 16, 2023, at 2:35 PM, Jürgen Fleger wrote: >> >> Press VO + CMD + Shift +

Re: YouTube audio downloading app

2023-12-16 Thread Jürgen Fleger
No, works just on the Mac. Von meinem iPhone gesendet > Am 16.12.2023 um 23:01 schrieb Mohammad Fazil : > > Would the same version Downey work for both, Mac and iPhone? > Thanks! > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On > Behalf

Re: Separating system volume and voice volume on Mac

2023-12-16 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Press VO + CMD + Shift + right or left Arrow until you'll reach Volume. Then press up or down Arrow while you're still holding the keys in your left hand. > Am 16.12.2023 um 17:26 schrieb Phil Halton : > > Is there anyway to differentiate between system media volume and voiceover > volume on

Re: YouTube audio downloading app

2023-12-16 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi, not free but very accessible: Downey 4 on the Mac and Tubecast for iPhone. > Am 16.12.2023 um 19:58 schrieb Phil Halton : > > I’ve got some YouTube videos from an online seminar that I need to grab the > audio from. Haven’t done this in a long time and don’t know what’s out there > for

Re: Accessible robot vacuum cleaners.

2023-11-24 Thread Jürgen Fleger
I use Roborock and it works fine. Of course I’m not able to create a map on my own but I guess that’s pretty normal. All the best Jürgen > Am 24.11.2023 um 18:53 schrieb joseph hudson : > > I second Dave's recommendation. It is very accessible. There is nothing that > you can't do with that

Re: Fantastical

2023-10-13 Thread Jürgen Fleger
calendar, > control+option+space and then choose from the event list. > > Thanks for your email. > > best > Michael - KJ7PAZ > Payown Media, LLC > >> On Oct 11, 2023, at 12:22 AM, Jürgen Fleger wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> is anyone using Fan

Fantastical

2023-10-11 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi, is anyone using Fantastical? I wonder whether it’s possible to open an event from the grid in month view. I’m only able to open an event from the events list in the Sidebar. ;Thanks and all the best Jürgen -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries

Re: Mac OS Sonoma: Calendar View Changed

2023-10-03 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi, this seems to be a new bug introduced in Sonoma. Let’s hope Apple won’t let us wait for a whole aeyr to solve it. I additionally experience VO jumps randomly out of a day with which I was interacted. Has anyone an idea for a good and accessible calendar app to replace the nativ calendar

Re: Concerned about the future Mac accessibility

2023-09-07 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Ihr understand your frustration. Sometimes Ihr experience the same frustration. But all in all I'm quite happy with my Macs. Don't forget you are using aber beta version. I'd rather have seen Apple kept the policy of keeping beta experiences sicret. It often makes people insecure and frustrated. 

Re: My Favorite KINDLE APP FEATURE AND A BOOK RECOMMENDATION

2023-08-14 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi Mark,thanks for the recommendation. I liked Steven King very much but became fad up by his horror stories. I‘ll give this book a try.Could you explain more about live narration? Do you mean whisper sync between the audiobook and the kindle version? Or do you let Alexa read the kindle

Re: Siri dictation on iPhone

2023-06-28 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi, look in Settings General Keyboard. In english it might be called smart punctuation or so. > Am 28.06.2023 um 17:07 schrieb Phil Halton : > > With some recent release, Siri has become, comma happy. When I dictate things > to her, she automatically inserts commas and probably other

Re: Stage Manager in Ventura 13.0.1

2022-11-13 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Actually that was necessary in 13.0 as well. You find this setting in System Settings. Scrol down from where you enable Stage Manager. There you are. All the best Jürgen . Von meinem iPhone gesendet > Am 11.11.2022 um 19:44 schrieb Paul Hopewell : > > Hello, > > After upgrading from 13.0

Stage Manager

2022-10-27 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi, Stage Manager is one of the new features in Ventura. I tried it out but couldn’t figure out if it was useful to VO users. So far I got it activated but not to work. At least not using VO. So, has anyone tried Stage Manager in conjunction with VoiceOver? Is it of any use for us? Thanks

Re: Text Edit on after Mac sleeps

2022-10-14 Thread Jürgen Fleger
I do experience this bug as well. Turning VO on and of often works as CMD Tab does. But it doesn't work always. The last option I foundt is to duplicate the document to be able to navigate in te document. To me this is a very annoying bug because I use Textedit a lot. All the best Jürgen Von

Re: YouTube audio grabber

2022-07-04 Thread Jürgen Fleger
On the Mac I use the paid app Downey. https://software.charliemonroe.net/downie/ > Am 04.07.2022 um 13:18 schrieb Eric Oyen : > > Actually, if you can install wget, you can acquire the video file and then > use ffmpeg on it to break out the audio only. I have done this downloading >

Re: Mac Mail app problem "This mail has no content"" Help please

2022-06-23 Thread Jürgen Fleger
What about forwarding it to your self? Von meinem iPhone gesendet > Am 23.06.2022 um 19:57 schrieb 'Ron S' via MacVisionaries > : > > Hi Tim, no luck with that as they are still not showing any content after > several days of having the Mail app running. Ron. > > >> On 23 Jun 2022, at

Re: Working around MS Word

2022-06-23 Thread Jürgen Fleger
> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT > > > > > > On Jun 22, 2022, at 4:03 PM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi, > > Works fine for me. > > Later... > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jun 22, 2

Re: Working around MS Word

2022-06-22 Thread Jürgen Fleger
ch to >> Windows, though I’m sort of resigned to that fate considering everything I >> know about MS Word for MacOS... >> >> Thanks and high fives all around, >> Andrew >>> On Jun 22, 2022, at 2:17 PM, Jürgen Fleger >> <mailto:mailinglis...@f

Re: word processing beyond MS Word

2022-06-22 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi Andrew, to be honnest: Using Pages and exporting to Word works but I’d never rely on it fully. I’d use Pages and asked a sighted assistant afterwards. You could ask your own assistant or you could use a service like Aira for iPhone to check whether the layout looks well. But all in all

Re: basic finder question

2022-06-22 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi Andrew, I’m sorry to hear you are getting blind. Ask as much as you want here in this list. A lot of great experts share their knowledge. You could also have a look on applevis.com . Very rich. Press CMD + Option + v instead of just CMD + v to move an element in the

Re: Copying and pasting a link from an email message on my iPhone

2022-06-20 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi Donna, have you tried a one finger tripple tap on the link yet? I haven’t recently because I’m sitting on my Mac. But give it a try. All the best Am 20.06.2022 um 17:58 schrieb 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > : > > Hi all, > > I need to copy a link from an email message, and pasted

Re: Macbook Pro 14" 2021

2022-06-09 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi, yes, I've got one. 16 GB of Ram, 2 TB SSD, M1 Pro. And I simply love it. It's the most gorgeous MacBook Ive ever owned. I didn't like my Macbook 13 with Touch Bar and the 16 inch Model like this MacBook 14 inch. It's fast. The Mac Safe is a bit to strong. I Unintentionally pulled it but it

Re: Voice over

2022-05-30 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi Walter, simpley press the side button ones more and VoiceOver will be silent. Or do you mean after unlocking the device and not in the Locscreen? You might have the clock widget in the first position on your Home screen. Just remove this or place the VO focus somewhere else on the screen.

Re: Safari incredibly sluggish

2022-05-27 Thread Jürgen Fleger
esponsive when just navigating. >>> >>> Best wishes, >>> >>> Jonathan Cohn >>> >>> >>> >>>> On May 26, 2022, at 14:20, Jürgen Fleger >>> <mailto:mailinglis...@fleger.net>> wrote: >>&

Re: Safari incredibly sluggish

2022-05-26 Thread Jürgen Fleger
s not as bad like on older Macs. In the mean > time, try Chrome. > >> On May 26, 2022, at 13:20, Jürgen Fleger wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I know this has been a topic for a while: I use Safari on a Mac from 2014. >> Everythings still fine except for Saf

Re: Safari incredibly sluggish

2022-05-26 Thread Jürgen Fleger
oing back to an > earlier osx. mine doesn't say: "busy." it says: "Safari not responding." mail > is behaving the same way. > >> On May 26, 2022, at 1:20 PM, Jürgen Fleger wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I know this has been a topic for a while

Safari incredibly sluggish

2022-05-26 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi, I know this has been a topic for a while: I use Safari on a Mac from 2014. Everythings still fine except for Safari which is constantly busy. It takes Safari ages to calm down and to let me browse the web. A lot of you might share this experience. I wonder which browser might be

Re: I am baffled with the accessibility team.

2022-05-20 Thread Jürgen Fleger
I always send screen videos to the accessibility team and get back kind of personalized very interested e-Mails. But sometimes my guess is it’s a sighted person at the other end without much VoiceOver experiences. But anyway since I send screen videos my bug reports are much more effective than

Re: A zoom annoyance with voiceover

2022-05-19 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi, it depends of which device you are speaking. On a Mac you can disable theese messages in the Zoom settings. On an iPhone you could tap three fingers three times to disable the voice of VoiceOver. I often use Zoom on my Mac. And I need VoiceOver to be switched on to take notes along the

VPN

2022-05-19 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi, VPN by Apple on my iPhone disconnects after pressing the Sidebutton. That seems to be the case because the WiFi connection will be disconnected then as well except for some moments when the iPhone reconnects from time to time to look for new e-Mails or updates or so. VPN doesn’t reconnct

Re: Teams

2022-04-29 Thread Jürgen Fleger
window where the messages were >> displayed, then get back to where I was supposed to be able to respond, I >> couldn’t remember what I’d done, so I gave up on it quickly. >> >>> On Apr 29, 2022, at 9:49 AM, Jürgen Fleger wrote: >>> >>> Hi F

Teams

2022-04-29 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi Folks, would you agree Microsoft Teams is more than terrible to use on a Mac using VoiceOver? Or am I doing something fundamentally wrong? I tried the shortcuts which are possible for the use with VoiceOver but most of them didn’t work reliably. What are your expeeriences regarding Teams

Re: Good VPN option?

2022-04-18 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi, I have no experiences using VPN. But would you recommend to pay for such a service? Is there even free stuff out there? It might be more secure when paying for a service what do you think? All the best Jürgen > Am 18.04.2022 um 16:16 schrieb Lucas Gil Nadolskis : > > Hello > The best one

Re: issue navigating a document in Word on Mac

2022-04-11 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi, very funny. In a german mailinglist we discuss the same issues. I compaired the same Word document in the same Word version. On my Mac no issues regarding navigatibility. On his Mac same issue as here discribed. So far we weren't able to find a solution but just to let you all know this

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

2022-04-04 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi Mark, you could set a sleep timer the native clock app. Set the alarm tone to sleep or what ever it’s called on an english device and you are good to go. Now you are even able to use Siri to set the sleep timer. All the best Jürgen > Am 05.04.2022 um 00:32 schrieb M. Taylor : > > Hello

Re: Starting Screen Recording

2022-03-29 Thread Jürgen Fleger
>> On 29 Mar 2022, at 2:20 am, Jürgen Fleger wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> is there a shortcut to start a screen recording imediately in Mac OS >> Monterey? >> >> I usually use CMD + Shift + 5 to open the window to start it but I need a >> way to

Starting Screen Recording

2022-03-28 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi, is there a shortcut to start a screen recording imediately in Mac OS Monterey? I usually use CMD + Shift + 5 to open the window to start it but I need a way to start it without the support of VO. Thanks and all the best jürgen -- The following information is important for all members of

Re: Using MS Office on the Mac

2022-03-24 Thread Jürgen Fleger
look, as one of my e-mail accounts absolutely requires it. Using Tab and > Shift-Tab for navigation in Outlook often works better than using VoiceOver > commands. > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com on > behalf of Jürgen Fleger > Date: Saturday, 19March, 2022 at 09:11

Using MS Office on the Mac

2022-03-19 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi, are there any manuals or recommendable web sides how to use MS Office on the Mac efficiently with VoiceOver? At the moment I’m simply using the normal VO standard navigation commands like VO + j and VO + Arrow keys in conjunction with interaction into the elements. Seems to be a bit

Re: Dropbox for Mac client, menu accessibility

2022-03-10 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi, I experience the same on my MacBook M1 Pro. I guess it's the new version which eventually is compatible to the M1 chips. Unfortunately it's no longer possible to see the status of up and downloads. To open this menu it's not enough to use VO Space. You need to route the mouse pointer there

Re: Alternativ web browser

2022-02-27 Thread Jürgen Fleger
tional information is populated from the DOM to the AOM to > VoiceOver. You can create a Macintosh activity to temporarily change Mouse > follows behavior, for these sites. > Jonathan > > Best wishes, > > Jonathan Cohn > > > >> On Feb 24, 2022, at 03

Alternativ web browser

2022-02-24 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi, several times people wrote of the annoiing busy-message of Safari. It my opinion it’s getting even worse. So has anyone experiences in using different browsers and whether this solves the issue? Or do all web browsers use the same engine and produce the same delay? Thanks and all the

Sound of iPad Pro 2021

2022-02-12 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi, I got my iPad Pro 12.9 M1 imediately after it came out last year. And I wasn‘t convinced by its sound. It sounds very crisp but nearly no base. My hope was a change after iPad OS 15 came out but no luck. On the internet I found some similar reports but not many. So Can anyone share sound

Re: VO command to make any window expand to its largest size

2022-02-03 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi Tim, very interesting. I always wondered why a VO user could want to move a window. Would you aggree this is only useful if you are partially sighted? Or is there anything I don't understand? Thanks and all the best Jürgen . Von meinem iPhone gesendet > Am 03.02.2022 um 23:14 schrieb

Re: i phone going totally silent after phone calls and headphones are removed

2022-01-06 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi, I experienced this as well but very rarely. Let’s hope Apple will fix it soon. All the best Jürgen > Am 06.01.2022 um 17:41 schrieb Caitlyn Furness : > > that’s just it, I am getting absolutely no audible feedback! I’ve tried > asking siri to turn on vo, have triple clicked the home

Re: Telegram again

2022-01-03 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi, just downloaded and started TweeseCaker. I received a spoken message it wouldn’t be possible to send audio output. Is there anything to do before using the app? Or is it just because it’s a beta version? Any ideas? I’m using an iMac with M1 and Mac OS 12.1. All the best Jürgen > Am

Re: Names of attached files aren't read by voiceover in Monterey

2021-10-31 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi Andrew, exactly the same behavior here in Monterey. All the best Jürgen > Am 31.10.2021 um 11:28 schrieb 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries > : > > Hi, > > I’ve just sent a couple of attachments in an email to a friend. I noticed > that when I have pasted the file into the body of the

Re: iOS 15 Books Navigation Problems

2021-10-19 Thread Jürgen Fleger
What a pitty. One of the biggest issues concerning Apple Products in my opinion is the reliability of accessibility. I really do believe the accessibility team really works hard to keep the OS as accessible as possible for VoiceOver. But it’s like two steps forward and one step back. And that’s

Re: iOS 15 Books Navigation Problems

2021-10-17 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi, it seems to me Apple Books is broken in many ways. Just deleted the app and reinstalled it. Let see if that‘s helpful. The issues I had: • stopped turning pages using VO • stopped randomely reading in middle of a page • the special reader doesn‘t work at all since iOS 15 • using the bar at

Re: Voiceover reading pages in pdf documents twice

2021-09-29 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi Andrew, it depends. If you are talking from Big Sur, yes. There’s an odd behavior. But it should be resolved in Monteray. All the best Jürgen > Am 29.09.2021 um 22:54 schrieb 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries > : > > Hi, > > Has anyone noticed a very odd behaviour of Voiceover when

Re: Safari busy again on big sur 11.6

2021-09-27 Thread Jürgen Fleger
And if you use an M1 Mac try Fire Fox. Not sure whether Fire Fox works on Intell too but it works defnitly on M1 Macs. All the best Jürgen > Am 27.09.2021 um 17:20 schrieb 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > : > > Hi, > > It seems to be an issue with the VoiceOver buffer filling up. The

Re: Safari busy again on big sur 11.6

2021-09-26 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi Andrew, I haven’t updated yet but heard from a number of blind users of this issue. So it seems to be an issue of this update. All the best Jürgen > Am 26.09.2021 um 18:11 schrieb 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries > : > > Hi, > > Since upgrading to the most recent 11.6 on my macbook

Re: What audio editing apps work well on the Mac with Voiceover

2021-08-12 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hello, how interesting. Sound Forge was always my favorit sound editor until Magix stopped its development. Is it really back? Just found a download page from Magix. But I haven’t heard or its come back. Would be great. Do you have experiences using it? All the best Jürgen > Am 11.08.2021

Re: How to call a phone number from a next message?

2021-08-06 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Oh sorry, answered in the wrong thread. But I'm sure you'll get it. Von meinem iPhone gesendet > Am 06.08.2021 um 08:55 schrieb Jürgen Fleger : > > Hi Donna, > just tell Siri to speak louder or quieter. Unfortunately it doesn't stay for > very long but for a short while it w

Re: How to call a phone number from a next message?

2021-08-06 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi Donna, just tell Siri to speak louder or quieter. Unfortunately it doesn't stay for very long but for a short while it works. And in my oppinion the volume is always to high at least in my bedroom at night. All the best Jürgen Von meinem iPhone gesendet > Am 06.08.2021 um 01:36 schrieb

Re: How can I tell which address I forwarded an e-mail to after the fact?

2021-07-19 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi Kevin, choose the sent e-Mail, press CMD + Shift + d, navigate to the to-field, copy this to the clipboard, paste it into a textfield. There you’ll find the address. All the best Jürgen > Am 20.07.2021 um 07:19 schrieb Kevin Gibbs : > > My wife has three different e-mail addresses. Last

Looper App

2021-07-09 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi musician Guys, can anyone recommend an easy to use looper app for iPhone or iPad? Thanks and all the best Jürgen -- 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

Re: How to Best Access PDF Files

2021-07-02 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi, sorry I didn't follow this thread so hopefully I'm not wrong in understanding: Why don't you use CMD a and CMD c to extract text from PDFS? Or do you need an OCR? There was once a software called something PDFIFY for this task. It was free. All the best Jürgen Von meinem iPhone gesendet

Re: Let's talk apple!

2021-05-19 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hey, sounds great. Thanks for the invitation. Unfortunately it’s quite late for europeans. Here in Germany 1 pm eastern would be 10 pm if I found out correctly. So maybe they are able to find a more suitable time for other strong Apple markets as well. But anyway, thanks for this info. All the

Re: Creating shortcuts for websites in Safari?

2021-05-09 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi Donna, you can open your favorites using CMD 1 and so forth. But only if this key combination is disabled for changing Taps. If not it's CMD Option 1 and so forth. All the best Jürgen Von meinem iPhone gesendet > Am 09.05.2021 um 17:11 schrieb 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > : > >

Re: Another free ClipBoard manager

2021-05-03 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi, any ideas whether Copied became more accessible on Macs? The advantage: Copied works great on iOS. And since Universal Clipboard more or less works like a lottery on my devices at least it would be cool to have something similar that works reliably. All the best Jürgen Von meinem iPhone

Re: Amadeus Pro gliche

2021-04-28 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hello Phil, I do as follows: 1. Listen to the point where to start selection and press CMD + y and then m. 2. Listen further to the point where to end selection and press CMD + y. 3. I then press CMD + Arrow left to select to the previous marker. If I then press Space I only hear the selected

Re: Amadeus Pro gliche

2021-04-28 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi Phil, e actually is preview cut not listen to selection. And you are really sure pressing Space? Shift Space plays the selected track and Tab jumps to the start and plays from there. All the best Jürgen > Am 28.04.2021 um 03:14 schrieb Phil Halton : > > Using the latest update, and this

Re: Best OCR & scanner for VoiceOver?

2021-04-27 Thread Jürgen Fleger
It should be. If I remember correctly you can try it out for 2 weeks. All the best Jürgen > Am 27.04.2021 um 15:37 schrieb Anders Holmberg : > > Hej! > Is this exact scan pro able to scan pdfs? > I will check this app out really. > /A > >> 26 apr. 2021 kl

Re: Best OCR & scanner for VoiceOver?

2021-04-26 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hello, yes, Docu Scan Plus ist really the best solution. I like it very much. What‘s also quite good is Exact Scan Pro. I‘m not sure whether you have it in the US but it’s abailable in Germany on their web side. Vuescan is another alternative. But last time I used it it didn‘t support layout

Re: Problem with Siri Schedule Command

2021-04-23 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hey Paul, sounds great. Unfortunately it doesn’t work in german. If I tell Siri new event lunch with Thomas Siri asks back which Thomas in my contacts was meant. Literally she asks if I could tell her which Thomas is meant. If I say no Siri doesn’t create this event at all. There’s no escape

Re: Problem with Siri Schedule Command

2021-04-21 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hello, that's a very annoying feature to me as well. And if I meant non of the Peats in my contacts but a different person I'm not able to create this event at all using Siri. I've heard it should be common in the US to send an invitation to people in a calendar event. In Germany it is not

Re: Is it still possible to call a phone number from messages in IOS 14?

2021-04-15 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hey Donna, is it on your iPhone? Make a double tap on the name or number on top of the thread and choose audio. Just did it and it worked as described. All the best Jürgen Von meinem iPhone gesendet > Am 15.04.2021 um 20:20 schrieb 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > : > > Hi all, > > Is

Re: Audio Hijack for IOS?

2021-04-06 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Helo Paul, have you tried screen recording? Jürgen Von meinem iPhone gesendet > Am 06.04.2021 um 21:41 schrieb Paul Hopewell : > > Hello, > Does anyone know of a VO friendly IOS App which will capture audio played by > Safari, somewhat like Audio Hijack on Mac/OS? > Many thanks for any tips

Re: amadeus pro: fastest method for reading current time

2021-04-03 Thread Jürgen Fleger
You can find the elapsed time in the Toolbar. I tried to set a VoiceOver Hotspot there but Hotspots are not very reliable as you might know. And it seems to be difficult if there are several windows open. VoiceOver confuses them when reading the content of the Hotspot. So CMD + g might be the

Re: In latest Big Sur update, Command-A no longer working in mail

2021-03-19 Thread Jürgen Fleger
OK, Newsletter are always a bit difficult. > Am 19.03.2021 um 18:16 schrieb 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > : > > So I just did a bit of testing. It seems to work with regular email messages. > The message I'm having trouble with is a newsletter, so it contains headings > and images. >

Re: In latest Big Sur update, Command-A no longer working in mail

2021-03-19 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hello Donna, I haven’t updated yet but here are some suggestions: 1. Did you try VO + a? 2. If you open an e-Mail using Enter VO should read its content automatically. All the best Jürgen > Am 19.03.2021 um 16:58 schrieb 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > : > > Hi all, > > Since updating

Re: send feedback to Apple re HomePod

2021-03-15 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi, that sounds very negative to me. Apple proved several times their ability and willingness to react on users feedback. I myself had once a chat with Apple Irland about huge issues in Preview in Mac OS Lion. And what shall I say. They found the issue and solved it in an update 3 months later.

Re: Apple HomePod Discontinued: Apple to Focus on Smaller, HomePod Mini, USA Today

2021-03-15 Thread Jürgen Fleger
ongs? I didn’t > know that was there, and I’d definitely check it. > Cheers, > Donna > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Mar 15, 2021, at 2:37 AM, Jürgen Fleger wrote: >> >> Hi, >> I totally agree with you both. It seems Apple continius a poorer device, >&g

Re: Apple HomePod Discontinued: Apple to Focus on Smaller, HomePod Mini, USA Today

2021-03-15 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi, I totally agree with you both. It seems Apple continius a poorer device, still good but poorer, which suffers from the same Siri issues like its bigger brothers. Sounds worse but has the same issues. And even more of it as I experience my HomePod Mini. Additionally to the issues you

Re: VoiceOver transmitting in zoom meetings

2021-03-04 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Yes, I experience this as well. But only if I use the EarPods. I guess the microfone is too close to the headphone. So try to use another headphone best not a headset but a simple headphone. All the best Jürgen Von meinem iPhone gesendet > Am 04.03.2021 um 22:14 schrieb Chris Moore : > >

Re: Comparing VoiceOver And NVDA

2021-03-02 Thread Jürgen Fleger
I only found one real solution to this issue: Navigate to an element in the Dock. Switch off Trackpad Commander. Route mouse pointer to VO by pressing VO + CMD + F5. Pressing FN additionally probably would be necessary in most cases. Hold down CTRL and press down Trackpad with one finger. Means

iTunes/Music playlist changed unexpectedly

2021-02-20 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi, isn’t that strange? I changed this playlist several weeks ago, added some songs and so on. Today I found it sat back to an older version from several weeks ago. Very annoying. Now I need to remember which songs I’ve added in this particular list. Hopefully there are no changes in all my

Re: Strange new behavior when using Siri to play music from my homepod

2021-01-20 Thread Jürgen Fleger
nathan Cohn > > > >> On Jan 17, 2021, at 13:14, Jürgen Fleger wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> what I don‘t like at all on my HomePod is the following: I ask Siri to play >> an album and it continous to play any other music after the end of that >> al

Re: Strange new behavior when using Siri to play music from my homepod

2021-01-17 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi, what I don‘t like at all on my HomePod is the following: I ask Siri to play an album and it continous to play any other music after the end of that album. Do you experience that as well? All the best Jürgen Von meinem iPad Pro gesendet > Am 17.01.2021 um 18:50 schrieb 'Donna Goodin' via

Re: Clipboard manager for Mac

2021-01-13 Thread Jürgen Fleger
> its own menu. Even if nothing has been saved its own menu items appear. > > On Wed, 13 Jan 2021, Jürgen Fleger wrote: > >> Not really. If I try to open Flycut from the extras menu it???s just an >> empty window. So it seems not to be very user friendly to VoiceOver us

Re: Clipboard manager for Mac

2021-01-13 Thread Jürgen Fleger
a way to clear a single entry without clearing all > entries? > > >> On Jan 12, 2021, at 11:15 AM, Jürgen Fleger wrote: >> >> Hi, >> I had to do the following to get it to work: >> open the Flycut app >> it seems as if nothing happened but in truth a

Re: Clipboard manager for Mac

2021-01-12 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi, I had to do the following to get it to work: open the Flycut app it seems as if nothing happened but in truth an invisible window opened press Enter to confirm and open System Preferences to enable AEServer to make Flycut working After this it appeared in the extras menu. All the best

Re: Clipboard manager for Mac

2021-01-12 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi, same issues here. Could someone explain more how to use this tool? Thanks Jürgen > Am 11.01.2021 um 20:41 schrieb 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries > : > > Hi, > I got this from the App Store. > I tried to open it, but nothing seems to happen. > I can’t delete it because its running, but it

Re: Is mail chimp accessible?

2021-01-04 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi, which provided service do you mean? The app is quite accessible. The Dash Board on their Web Page as well. But I‘m not sure about their interface to create a Newsletter. I prefere to do this in an e-Mail and send it to the specific address. All the best Jürgen Von meinem iPad Pro gesendet

Re: an update on my Big Sur experience

2020-12-23 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Use CTRL + CMD + Shift + t to add elements like programs to the Dock. Open elements from the Dock works like you are used to. > Am 23.12.2020 um 16:21 schrieb Mike Arrigo : > > So, after playing with the new operating system a bit more, I'm going to > stick with it rather than going back to

Re: Dock issue in Big Sur

2020-12-22 Thread Jürgen Fleger
I found this bug in the Dock as well on my MacBook Air with M1 and posted a screen video to Apples Accessibility team. They confirmed it and want to solve it in the future. Jürgen Von meinem iPad Pro gesendet > Am 22.12.2020 um 12:03 schrieb Anders Holmberg : > > Hi! > Tim Killburn who

Re: Big Sur first impressions

2020-12-21 Thread Jürgen Fleger
fix this. > Am 21.12.2020 um 15:19 schrieb Steve Matzura : > > Haven't had the won't-stop-speaking problem, although, M1 notwithstanding, > sometimes it's a bit slow to respond when CTRL is pressed, but I've never had > it fail to shut the thing up. > > > On 12/21/2020 4

Re: Big Sur first impressions

2020-12-21 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Yes, and there are some more issues: Try to add a keyboard shortcut to a menu using Systempreferences > Keyboard >Shortcuts. On my MacBook Air 2020 with M1 chip Mac OS after a while forgets all added shortcuts. CTRL doesn’t work relaiably anymore to stop VO from speaking. At least in all german

monitor sleep mode

2020-12-17 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi, I’m using a new MacBook Air with M1 and Mac OS 11.1. Do you experience the same issue as follows: In System Preferences Battery I can choose how long it should take the monitor to go to sleep mode. Standard time is 2 minutes. I’m able to change this but after leaving the System

Re: Selecting text from a PDF

2020-12-11 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Another way to do this would be to use VO + Shift + c to copy the last spoken phrase to the clipboard. All the best Jürgen > Am 11.12.2020 um 03:10 schrieb Zoe Fiogkos : > > Hi Brad, I will give it a try. I was hoping not to have to take this extra > step but if there is no other way, at

Re: mac OS big sur: continued issue with localised voice taking over every second line

2020-12-10 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi Yuma, I experience similar issues using german voices. VoiceOver switches between voices randomly. But not all the time but sometimes. I’ve been watching the voice section in VoiceOver becomming increasingly buggy from OS to OS. Hopefully Apple will fix this quickly. All the best Jürgen >

Re: Voices on Bigsur

2020-11-29 Thread Jürgen Fleger
. This side of > accessibility has been troubled since Sierra for those of us who use > multilingual support. > > Andrew >> On 29 Nov 2020, at 17:05, Jürgen Fleger wrote: >> >> Hi Paul, >> >> in my experience on a german MacBook Air with an M1 chip,

Re: Voices on Bigsur

2020-11-29 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi Paul, in my experience on a german MacBook Air with an M1 chip, voices section in VoiceOver became pretty buggy. I experienced switching voices in the beginning and I still experience 2 issues: 1. Control doesn’t really stops the voice from speaking. It just stops one block of text but

Re: Warning before migrating to big Sur

2020-11-13 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Yes, use the speech rotor by pressing VO CMD Shift Arrow keys. If you set VO to Voice it should be fairly easy to press the key combination and Arrow down. All the best Jürgen Von meinem iPhone gesendet > Am 13.11.2020 um 18:03 schrieb Hopewell : > > hello, > Before you migrate to big Sur

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