Re: Iphone stuttering, frequency, triggers, recurrence

I have experienced it with the South African English voice. I keep the Australian English voice running all the time which is what I generally use as it can speak fast without sounding completely goofy like Alex does. I do like him though but he just doesn't sound right when I have them speak

Re: KNFB Reader on Iphone

Hi, I'm not sure if it will or not. Sometimes things like that will but if there's any kind of glare or anything it won't. I would suggest if you need to read the computer screen using TapTapSee, Be My Eyes or BeSpecular. I have used TapTapSee and Be My Eyes to read things on the computer that

OT The braille note and the index Everest D v4

Hi all, Please email me off list if you have an answer to the following questions. I have a client who is a braille note apex user and we are trying to get her Everest braille embosser to work with her braille note. Unfortunately it will work some of the time and then start brailling a bunch of

OT The braille note and the index Everest D v4

Hi all, Please email me off list if you have an answer to the following questions. I have a client who is a braille note apex user and we are trying to get her Everest braille embosser to work with her braille note. Unfortunately it will work some of the time and then start brailling a bunch of

Re: Alarm Bug in IOS 10.0.1

I have the same problem. Voiceover is extremely loud but the alarm is pretty soft. Luckily I am an extremely light sleeper so I don't have any problems. Just wish voiceover wasn't so loud. Becky and GDF dog Hazel Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 20, 2016, at 8:19 AM, kary johns

Re: So what do we all think good or bad about the new home button?

At first I didn't like it. The more I use it though the more I'm starting to like it. I am trying to find which setting needs the lightest press. Anyone else have any ideas? It seems like one and three both require you to press harder. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 18, 2016, at 12:51 AM,

Re: iPhone 7 very chatty?

Hi, I don't know if you know this but there is the setting to turn raise to speak off. That might stop the issue if you find it unhelpful. I hope that helps. Becky Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 17, 2016, at 11:08 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Hi Donna, > > Not just the

MS Word and VoiceOver

Hi all, Does MS office 2016 work well with VoiceOver? I have office 2011 at the moment and it doesn't work very well with voiceover. To the point of it's not useful at all. Is there anyway I can make word work better on my Mac? I'm not sure if there are any kind of script or anything I can

Word 2013 for Mac, Accessible or Not?

Hi All, I was just wondering if Word for the Mac is accessible or not. Could somebody please let me know. Thanks I really appreciate it. If it is accessible with voiceover how well does it work? And if it is successful are there any problems that anyone is noticed? How what I've seen of it

Re: Dictation feature of mountain lion

I have used the dictation feature to dictate documents. However it can be kind of frustrating because it tends to make mistakes so you always have to read what you've written. When I was doing my internship for college I was using the dictation feature to dictate my logs. Hope that helps Bec

Re: Accessible word processor

You could use Pages or Bean or if you want something simpler try text edit. Hope that helps Becky and Ceil On Jan 17, 2013, at 4:16 PM, Marc Rocheleau marcrochel...@gmail.com wrote: Hey all, This is pretty simple. I just need a word processor to handle working with .rtf files. I guess the

Re: Bookshare books and Safari redux

Hi, there is a software called read out loud and there is a version for Mac to read bookshare books. This is what I have been using although it is a bit buggy at times. Hope this helps. You can get it from bookshare.org website. Becky and Ceil On Nov 9, 2012, at 9:35 AM, Christine Grassman

Re: Trouble reading new bookshare books in xml format

Hi Greg, I did not really get anything from the list when I asked this question. ALex gave me some suggestions with opening the books in Olearia but they didn't work.So I wrote bookshare support about this. Apparently there is a new program for the computer which is called read out loud and

Re: flat bed scanners

Hi, I have an epson stylus 420 and it is a printer scanner combo that is wireless. I use it with ABBYY fine reader express and it works wirelessly. Not sure if you can scan to email wirelessly or not. I never tried it because I really don't need that specific feature. HTH Becky and Ceil On

Re: Bookshare books and Olearia

PM, Becky Knaub becnc...@embarqmail.com wrote: Hi all, I downloaded Olearia and tried playing both versions of bookshare daisy books but it wouldn't play them. I was wondering if anyone has any ideas. I used to read them when they were in XML format but now even that won't work. If anyone

Bookshare books and Olearia

Hi all, I downloaded Olearia and tried playing both versions of bookshare daisy books but it wouldn't play them. I was wondering if anyone has any ideas. I used to read them when they were in XML format but now even that won't work. If anyone has any ideas I would be very appreciative. Thank

Bookshare books on the Mac

Hi All, I am trying to download a book from Bookshare on my Mac and the xmls format is not working. Does anyone have any ideas or can any body tell me a good way to convert BRFs into actual words that VO can read or if not could anyone recommend a good daisy player that works well with ML?

Re: braille display

Hi, A focus 40 Blue will work with IOS Mac and Windows w/ JAWS. HTH Becky and Ceil On Sep 30, 2012, at 2:42 PM, Marianne Denning maria...@denningweb.com wrote: This is a cross post because I hope for several responses. I am purchasing a braille display for an elementary student. This student

Re: OS 6 and iPhone 4

Same here. Becky and Ceil On Sep 19, 2012, at 8:34 PM, Grant Hyde grant.h...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I'm a little disappointed that Siri and Dictation do not seem to be part of the upgrade to OS6 on my iPhone 4! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: office software

Hi Chris, I use pages, text edit or Bean. I use pages for writing documents that may need more then text edit can give me as far as features and text edit for the simple documents that don't require a lot of features. I use being mostly for reading documents because pages tends to stop each

Re: anyone ever used winonx?

Hi Alex, I have never heard of it or tried it. If you try it will you let us know how it works. I am wondering how well DBT would work with it so that is why I am so curious. Becky and Ceil On Jul 31, 2012, at 10:08 AM, Alex Hall wrote: Hi all, I just found out about an app called winonx,

Re: Blackboard Question

Store? Also, were you able to read the framed text I mentioned? Les On Jul 30, 2012, at 1:41 PM, Becky Knaub becnc...@embarqmail.com wrote: Les, When I used Blackboard with my Mac I used Omniweb since safari would continuously say busy and just gave me a lot of trouble. It worked much

Re: Blackboard Question

Have you tried the vo and F to search for the start of the page such as searching for sort. Sometimes that works. If not what about setting the rotor for static text and using VO and U to see if it would pick it up that way. It'd be a bit of a pain but it might work. Becky On Jul 30, 2012, at

Re: Bookshare update

this is correct. I am attending College to get my masters in Vision rehab therapy and I am almost done. I have had bookshare for free since I started. I had to send in my name, college name, what year I was in although since I am working on my masters I just put that. It worked quite well. You

Re: Bookshare update

Bookshare is $75 for the first year and $50 after that. If you are a student including a college student it is free if you send them the information to verify that you are a student. Becky and Ceil On Jul 30, 2012, at 10:42 AM, Krysti .Power wrote: How much does bookshare cost I'm looking

Re: Blackboard Question

Les, When I used Blackboard with my Mac I used Omniweb since safari would continuously say busy and just gave me a lot of trouble. It worked much better in Omniweb.I would suggest you try that and see if it works better. If you are using ML I am not sure how it'll be but with Lion it worked

Re: what Voiceover bugs people want or are hoping will be fixed or squashed in Mountain Lion?

I wish they would fix the Safari busy issue. and update iWork's especially pages so it would read the whole document without constantly stopping at the end of every pager. It disrupts reading. Other than that I don't really have any issues with Mac or VO. Becky On Jul 2, 2012, at 2:37 PM,

Re: Simple yet powerful to do list saught

Hi, I use todo list because it works well with VO, can set reminders and can run in the background. I have not ever tried to find if it is available for iPhone or not. I don't remember the exact price but it was relatively in expensive. Hope this helps. Becky On May 25, 2012, at 7:58 AM,

Re: VoiceOver constantly keeps saying 'busy'

I don't think it happens as often but it still happens. I update when my Mac tells me an update is available so I am guessing that I am running the latest version. I would say when my VO does that I find turning it off and then on works to stop it. Some sites it does it more than others. Becky

apps that help with putting references in to APA

Hi All, So here is the question. I stink at doing references in APA format and I have to write a 15 page paper with references in APA. Is there an app that you can put the info in and it would format it properly. No worries if not but thought why not ask. Becky -- You received this message

Re: How To Import WebBraille Books Into IBooks

If there is a back translation program for mac I would love to know about it. I miss my bookmarks. Becky and Ceil On Apr 20, 2012, at 2:13 PM, Paul Henrichsen wrote: I'm puzzled. Why not just back translate the brf file? The problem with this method is that you can only read the file in

Numbers, Can it read column and row titles?

Hi all this is pretty urgent. I need to use numbers to do a class assignment. I need to know if VO can read cullumn titles and row titles like JAWS can. Thanks. Becky and Ceil -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this

Olearia

Hi all, What website do you download olearia from. I want to read bookshare books on my mac and be able to book mark my place. Thanks. Becky -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

ABBYY Fine reader

Hi all, I was wondering if Finereader will read PDF documents or is it just a scanning program like kurzweil? Thanks Becky -- 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.

Antivirus software for the mac

Hi All, Thought I sent a message out on this topic a few days ago but never got any response, so figure I will try again. Does anyone know of an anti virus program that is accessible and works well? Thanks. Becky -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Antivirus software for mac

Hi All, what app is the most accessible and protective for the mac. Thanks. Becky and Ceil -- 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. To unsubscribe from this group,

The trick to Preview

Hi Kirsten, The trick to preview for me is interacting with it like a web page. I am running Lion so don't know if that makes a difference or not. I use this as Pages and Text edit will only read one page at a time and then I have to press VO A to get the next page even though that command

Re: Braille displays

hi guys, I didn't ever have the lap top just the old apple 2 e and I just had to cary the perkins from class to class in middle and high school until I went to overbook. Then I had the computer and the braille window, I loved that display even though it was big and the braille lite 40 which I

Re: Learning Spanish

You and Me both. Becky and Ceily On Apr 3, 2012, at 10:19 AM, Jennifer Perdue wrote: Hello, I would love this information also. I tried a free version of Rosetta Stone and it is totally visual. If you have another way to learn spanish that is auditory I would also love to know

Accessible Excel for the mac or something not as hard to use and confusing as Numbers

Hi All, So I am writing because I need to use excel for one of my classes and I just can't seem to get a good grasp on numbers not to mention I can't seem to find the statistical functions I need. So does anyone have any good suggestions for an Excel like program that is not so confusing and

Re: Accessible Excel for the mac or something not as hard to use and confusing as Numbers

Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On 2012-03-29, at 11:10 AM, Becky Knaub wrote: Hi All, So I am writing because I need to use excel for one of my classes and I just can't seem to get a good grasp on numbers not to mention I can't seem

Re: Google eBooks

Are google ebooks free? How do they work? Thanks, Becky On Mar 9, 2012, at 1:43 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: Just be sure that 1. flowed text is available for the book and 2. you you set this option in settings if the book isn't read by VO. Scanned pages are not accessible. Teresa The

Libre and Open office

Hi guys Is it normal that these two programs do not speak what you type and seem to conflict with VO? I thought they were a bit more accessible than pages. Did I misunderstand this? Thanks. Becky -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries

Re: The best Mac alternative to MS Office

Where do you get Open or Libre? I looked on the app store and I can't seem to find them. Becky On Mar 5, 2012, at 12:05 PM, matthew Dyer wrote: Hi, I like both open and libri office both of which are free and should handle ms word files with no problems. The only dall back is that vo

Re: The best Mac alternative to MS Office

On Mar 5, 2012, at 12:11 PM, Becky Knaub wrote: Where do you get Open or Libre? I looked on the app store and I can't seem to find them. Becky On Mar 5, 2012, at 12:05 PM, matthew Dyer wrote: Hi, I like both open and libri office both of which are free and should handle ms word

Re: select all command for the IPhone?

I don't know if this will help but you could set it so after you get mail from your server it deletes the copy it keeps or set ti to keep it for a day or week. HTH. Becky On Mar 5, 2012, at 1:42 PM, Jessica wrote: My e-mail's have still been downloading like mad, as I delete them, even

Re: The best Mac alternative to MS Office

PM, Becky Knaub wrote: Thanks. I appreciate it. I am downloading Open Office now to give it a try. Becky On Mar 5, 2012, at 2:33 PM, matthew Dyer wrote: You can get open office from www.openoffice.org. Libri-office can be found by doing a google search for it as I do not have a site

Re: Siri and voice over coexisting not peacefully all the time

Hi GIGI, what about turning the speech off by using the three fingered double tap and then turning it back on. I don't have a 4s tet because VZ suddenly changed there contracts so now I have to wait til October to get Siri. But I have a friend who has it and she had the same problem. She does

Re: Siri and voice over coexisting not peacefully all the time

Maybe for the next IOS they need to have a bridge since VO and Siri create a feedback loop just like Jaws and Dragon do if you don't have JSAY or the Old versions of Kurzweil and JAWS when you had to shut off the speech or it crashed. I would let apple know this happens often so they can fix

Abbyy Finereader express

Hi All, So I am getting this program as a birthday present, can anyone tell me how it works? Can it do things similar to Kurzweil on the PC? Can it take PDF's from school that are blank as far as VO is concerned into readable images? I wonder if it could work with bookshare books in converting

Re: Braille Touch: please help get Apple onboard

I see what you mean. There is a difference in something being accessible and being easy and quick for people to use in an equal fashion to sighted people. Yes we can type on the keyboard but it is not quick, or that easy. It takes time and can be frustrating. I hope they at least think it over.

Re: Opening Tabs in Safari

I use cmd T to open a new tab and ctrl shift tab to change tabs. HTH Becky On Feb 23, 2012, at 9:04 AM, Steve Holmes wrote: I'm looking for a single hot key to open a link to a new tab instead of replacing the current window. right now, I use Shift-VO-m to open a context menu and then

Re: Office Productivity on the Mac

Hi Anne, The only thing is text edit seems to do what pages does when I try to read. I use pages for college primarily and text edit for everything else like notes. When I read I press VO and A to read all and it will stop at the next page. Also I have to make sure I interact with each page.

Re: Office Productivity on the Mac

to be able to navigate by page, you should set it to Wrap to page. The shortcut is Cmd-Shift-w, so it's easy to switch between the two. Cheers, Anne On 23 Feb 2012, at 16:04, Becky Knaub wrote: Hi Anne, The only thing is text edit seems to do what pages does when I try to read. I

Re: Office Productivity on the Mac

I am using pages and I really don't think much of its accessibility issues. It works for simple things it just sometimes I really have to fiddle with it to get it to read things to me. I think that's the1 of the 2 thing I miss about the PC is Word, for everything else my mac is awesome. Becky

Re: Question about Mountain Lion

The second version should be called Black Lab. Grin. Nope no bias here. LOL On Feb 17, 2012, at 5:35 AM, Scott Howell wrote: I personally have asked that they consider switching to large breed dogs. They are starting to run out of large cats and mountain lions are not exactly large cats. :)

Re: instructions on how to use pages with voice over?

Pages can save and open RTF, Doc and DOcx formats to name a few. Unless you pull down the disclose option I think it is called in save as you will find your documents are saved in pages format. As for open office I am not sure because I have never used it. I wonder if its more accessible. I

Re: text edit find and replace?

try cmd F for the find dialog and see if that works if not try VO keys and F type in search and press enter HTH Becky and C my clever guide On Feb 9, 2012, at 7:33 AM, Paul Erkens wrote: Dear listers, When attempting to find and replace, I'm having a focus problem with voiceover. Does that

Re: Managing Documents and Folders

use cmd opt V to move files. HTH. B C On Feb 9, 2012, at 1:37 PM, Marc wrote: In my documents folder, I would like to create new folders. I figured out how to create and name new folders. Now I would like to move the documents into folders. As far as I can tell, I can copy and paste the

Re: Bugs in Mail

, thunderbird, mail app on both mac and iPod. On 2/6/12, Scott Howell scottn3...@gmail.com wrote: This may not be a bug in Mail, but the imap implementation such as found with Gmail. On Feb 6, 2012, at 11:37 AM, Becky Knaub wrote: Hi Guys, Has anyone noticed that when you delete messages

Bugs in Mail

Hi Guys, Has anyone noticed that when you delete messages they don't leave the mail box unless you close and reopen the app? So if anyone's had this problem besides me after I updated? If so does anyone know how to get rid of it? Thanks Becky and C the cute black lab -- You received this

OCR programs for the scanner and a printer question

Hi all, I just got my wireless printer hooked up and ready to go, It came with my Mac but I needed sighted assistance since its wireless. It is a printer scanner combo. I want to know if there are any affordable apps that do the same or similar to Kurzwiel does. I aslo want to know how to

Re: ToDo by Appigo - anyone tried it?

Hi Garth, todo list is a great app for the Mac. It works very well with VO and is fully accessible. I just downloaded it last week to keep track of the 5 grad level classes I am taking. I found it is very easy to use. If you can see then you can change the background and font. I can't so I

Omniweb

Hi, I was wondering if there is a way to get my bookmarks from Safari into Omniweb rather then having to go to all the sites and bookmark them all over again in Omniweb? Thanks Becky -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post

Re: Blackboard Accessible

Hi Ezzie, Its totally accessible, right? Thanks Becky and C On Jan 13, 2012, at 12:43 AM, ezzie bueno wrote: Hi Becky, I just googled the app. LOL. It's free. HTH, Ezzie - Original Message - From: Becky Knaub becnc...@embarqmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

Re: Blackboard Accessible

with it yet though as I've always found it easiest just to use my iPod before. I just got an iPad for Christmas. I'm loving it so far. Dawn On Jan 11, 2012, at 7:59 AM, Becky Knaub wrote: Hi Shanna, I use black board with VoiceOver, I know it was just updated for my university while we

Re: to do list apps

assignments! Cheers, E On Jan 9, 2012, at 11:58 PM, Becky Knaub wrote: Hi All, I am taking 5 graduate level courses this semester and all of them require a ton of work. SO does anyone have any suggestions for an accessible app that would function like a to do list but for assignments that I could

Blackboard Accessible

Hi Shanna, I use black board with VoiceOver, I know it was just updated for my university while we were on break. I find VO works pretty well with it, I have used it with VO for 2 semesters soon to be three when this semester is over and Jaws fr the other 4, I would say both work alright with

tips on Navigating Chrome with VO

Hi, I just downloaded and installed chrome to give it a try. I tried to use Blackboard on it and it wouldn't work at all, even when I tried interacting with Blackboard. I was hoping it would work because Safari does work but often does the Safari Busy thing which is annoying and time consuming.

Google ChromeVox

Hi, WHat are they talking about when they say the ChromeVOx keys? Thanks Becky -- 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. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

question regarding trackpad

Hi all, so I was wondering why if I do a 3 finger scroll down on the trackpad VO won't start reading there. If you do it on the iPhone it works so I am wondering if I am doing something wrong or missing a step. Thanks again. Becky -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

Re: question regarding trackpad

. Its a 2 finger swipe down on the Mac and the iPhone. hth Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Jan 11, 2012, at 2:06 PM, Becky Knaub wrote: Hi all, so I was wondering why if I do a 3 finger scroll down on the trackpad VO won't

to do list apps

Hi All, I am taking 5 graduate level courses this semester and all of them require a ton of work. SO does anyone have any suggestions for an accessible app that would function like a to do list but for assignments that I could check off after they are done? I guess what I am looking for is kind

Re: Switching to a Mac from PC

Hi, I switched to mac in August. I was greatly surprised when VO read the PDF document I had to download for one of my classes. JAWS never did that or didn't do it without a ton of work on my part.The only thing VO gives me issues with is charts in Pages. Becky and C On Jan 4, 2012, at 7:57

Accidently did something to make the downloads folder disappear

Hi All, I don't know what I did but my downloads folder is not on the dock, how do I access it. I don't think I deleted it but may have and not realized it when I emptied the trash, can someone help me? I need access to it for classes, I have college classes on line that I download documents

Re: Is there really not a Save As option in Text Edit?

There was in Snow kitty but there is not that I know of in Lion for Pages or text edit. On Jan 4, 2012, at 2:37 PM, Goodin, Donna wrote: Hi all, I have a situation wherein I use a certain file in different situations. I would like the option to open the basic file, modify the content,

Re: Accidently did something to make the downloads folder disappear

get the downloads folder back on the dock by pressing command shift H and when on the downloads folder press command shift T. hth Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter Skype: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On Jan 4, 2012, at 2:27 PM, Becky Knaub wrote: Hi All, I don't

Speech recognition on the mac

Hi all, does anyone know if you can use this option to dictate instead of type documents, emails etc.? If so how do you do it and does it work with VO? If it works like this can it work with pages or text edit? Thanks Becky and C -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: Daisy Reader under Lion

Learning Ally's is called the RFBD reader. There is a version that reads all daisy files such as bookshare but it costs more and I think you have to be a member. HTH Becky and C On Dec 15, 2011, at 3:11 AM, Greg Aikens wrote: Learning Ally has a program that reads their books and I think

Re: money talks or i bank?

Hi All, I am curious. What does this program do, I never heard of it. Thanks. Becky and C On Dec 15, 2011, at 3:13 PM, Paul Henrichsen wrote: Thanks, Larry. That would be so great; especially if there could be an iPhone app to sync with it. I'd definitely pay good money for itgrin. On

Coice Over acting Odd

Machine, right? CB On 11/29/11 9:13 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: Voice Over acting Odd Becky Knaub becnc...@embarqmail.com Nov 29 08:44PM -0500 Hi all, VO is acting really odd on my MBP today. It has stopped talking all the sudden three different times. I had to restart

Voice Over acting Odd

Hi all, VO is acting really odd on my MBP today. It has stopped talking all the sudden three different times. I had to restart it and then it was fine. Anyone got any suggestions? Also does anyone know why Safari often keeps saying busy? Becky and C On Nov 29, 2011, at 7:29 PM,

Question about speech recognition on the mac

Hi All, So I know there is speech recognition on the mac, and I have quite a few questions about it. 1. Is it compatible with Voice Over? 2. How does it work with VO? 3. How good is the quality of it, how is it with picking up your words and writing them correctly. Thanks. becky and Onyx --

commands for the mac using the Focus 40 Blue braille display

Hi, Does anyone know where to get a list of the commands for the Mac that can be done when using the focus 40 blue braille display? I got it to connect via blue tooth finally. I thank the update. Because before the update it wouldn't work no matter how hard I tried. I get it to recognize when I

Questions

Hi all, Do Focus 40 Blue braille displays work with the MAC? If they do as I think they do Could anyone tell me how to make My MBP detect the display when its plugged in the USB port? It won't detect the display either way ad I have tried everything I can think of. Since I really need the

Scanning software like Kurzweil for the Mac?

Hi all, I was wandering if there are any scanning programs like Kurzweil for the Mac? If so does anyone know how much they are? Thank you for answering all my other questions Do RFBD books work on the mac? Are there any websites that tell you what apps work for the mac when voice over is on