I am interested in getting a mac sometime in the future...but i've
never touched a mac before. I've never seen one, and never messsed
with vo! So, are there tutorials/podcasts or anything for the newbie?
Is vo extremely different from jaws? Is the mac's operating system
strikingly different than
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On 02/01/2013, at 21:48, William Windels william.wind...@gmail.com
The answer is yes to all three of your questions.
There are several podcasts on the mac and Voice-Over on www.blindcooltech.com
which demonstrate how to use the mac. Also, you can find podcasts from other
websites.
Though VO and the mac are different, they are readily useable. I switched to
Just like with computers, the OS and apps are now being written for the faster
processor and higher ram in the newer iOS devices. Remember, the 3GS technology
is 3 and a half years old. IOS v6 has many more features and the 3GS barely
works with it. I am pretty sure this is the last upgrade for
Denise,
I have 5 iOS devices all syncing via WiFi to the same machine, so all I can say
is that it works.
Sometimes, and for no reason or ryhmn, a device keeps saying looking for
machine etc. but, after a bit it works.
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Does anyone know how to play this game? I downloaded it, but don't have a
clue as to how it works.
Thank you so much!
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More fundamentally, are you on the free iCloud plan, as that only comes with I
believe around 5Gb of iCloud storage.
Noting that this is for everything you use for iCloud, contacts, e-mail etc, it
could be that your iPhone backup is larger than the space available, and as
such, there is
Also, I recommend you subscribe to the Mac Visionaries email list,
which one of the moderators, Kara Quin, also runs. I myself am on that
list and I along with a lot of Mac users would be delighted to help you.
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Well, first go to the settings and turn voiceover to enable. Then there are
text boxes with either an association or clue. Double tap to enter what you
feel the word is that relates to that association or clue.
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Also, I recommend you subscribe to the Mac Visionaries email list, which one
of the moderators, Kara Quin, also runs. I myself am on that list and I along
Neil, how do I check this?
It says 5 gigs of storage as I knew and expected since it is the free plan and
it says 4.9 available.
It’ll get to 6% on the manual backup and then say it cannot be completed.
Paul
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Went into settings, can turn off backup which I did and turned it back on; do
you mean that or something else?
That did not help unfortunately. I asked it to manually back up and it got to
6% and stopped working.
This is a 3GS and I’m not sure it even can hold 5 gigs of stuff.
Paul
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I need to cancel a subscription through iTunes to slacker radio. I went to
iTunes then to accounts but can't find subscriptions. How do I modify or
cancel subscriptions to slacker through iTunes?
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Paul,
go into, settings, general, about.
in here you can add up the things that are likely to be included, photos as
well as app data is include… but, not the apps themselves.
I doubt your backup is large enough to be near that, but it can be.
My iPad backup is 4.2Gb and my iPHone fluctuates
Where are the settings? I couldn't find anything.
Jenn
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Well, first go to the settings
Thanks, i can do that. I would realy like to see this feature implemented.
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On Jan 1, 2013, at 5:18 PM, Traci our4p...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi, I asked Freedom Scientific the same thing. The response I received was
to email my suggestions to:
Hi,
If it's practical, I would suggest going to a store run by your phone carrier
and asking them to help you set up voicemail. It's a little tricky for a brand
new iPhone user, and it's something that you only have to do once. If that's
not possible, you could ask a sighted friend for help.
Hi Julie,
Yes, it will.
Best,
Anna
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Thank you Anna. Will the supplement describe how to navigate in the App Store
And the Itunes app (since their layout is different now)?
Julie
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Neil, it’s nowhere near too big; I have called Apple. We deleted the account
and reset it on the phone and nothing so I’ve been transferred to a senior
advisor.
Paul
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Is it possible to port a number over to Google Voice?
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When you sign up with
Hi,
But checking a song doesn't select it. All songs are checked by default. If you
uncheck them, they are skipped in playlists and not burned to CD if you burn
the playlist to CD. YOu should be able to select a track by arrowing to it.
Best,
Anna
On Jan 1, 2013, at 7:23 PM, Julie Adkins
The iphone has a native Camera app. I installed 1 Touch Camera. An app that
takes pictures the moment you launch it.
To my surprise the app is also labelled Camera. When I change its name to
1Touch Camera, then both apps are renamed! When I change the name of one app
the other is automatically
Yes, it is. It will work only in the US and only US numbers can be ported.
The process is pretty simple if I recall correctly.
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good luck!
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Denice,
List Recorder is a wonderful app but I would never use it as a straight
reminders app. One big reason at least for me is that Siri works great
with reminders so I can simply invoke Siri and say remind me to call
the doctor tomorrow at 9am.
Siri sets the reminder for you and you get
There used to be a button for accessing a screen where one could, but now i
cannot see how to initiate a status post.
Any help appreciated.
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If you purchased your JamBox from amazon and it specifically said either
sold by amazon or fulfilled by amazon, you can easily return it. amazon
has the betst return policy in the business. In most cases, they even
pay for the sipping back to them. Don't get stuck with something
Neil. we have discovered my upload speed is dreadfully slow so it is probably
causing a timeout during backup.
I need to find out if my wife’s phone is backing up when she gets home later.
I’m backing up 35.3 megs and it’s saying it takes an hour. I don’t think
dial-up was that slow.
Paul
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Yes, Arnold. You do need to download the Jambox Updater software. It isn't
real accessible unless they updated the program in the last three months or
so. Some of the features like changing sound schemes you can't really do,
but you can if you are a fluent screen-reader user, be able to
Sure is.
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yes, that likely would cause a time out.
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Welcome to a bug that came in with iOS 6.
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I have three dictionary apps all called dictionary, but visually they are
different. This is clearly a VoiceOver bug.
The more people that point it out may increase the likelihood of a fix
coming in a future
I've used a demo unit for a while and it will get rather warm. It stops
getting warm once it is fully charged.
I would not leave it plugged in over night in case it actually is getting
too warm and perhaps over heat to a dangerous level.
It should only take about 2 to 4 hours to fully charge I
Except for the question of how to access a particular word in the text using
VoiceOver. Or at least, I have not found a way to do that.
Richard
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Look in the settings inside the app, I think they are in the More tab
on the bottom right of the app screen. You will find more settings
here than you will in the settings for your I-device. The game is very
fun and addicting, though you may need to have Google handy to get
some help with the
I also used a demo unit at one point to check it out. I think it took
about 3 hours as Richard said to charge. I did leave it overnight at
one time to charge, and it was fine. However, I wouldn't recommend
doing that on a regular basis for the reason you mentioned in your
original message. For the
Hello,
I have a Braille Pen 12 and it does not get warm when I charge
it.
I would talk to the company and see what they say about that.
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Brent,
I use the Xm Premier package. It is a bit over $3 per month added on to my
original subscription cost.
You can navigate the channels using the iPhone. If you need pointers for
doing this, let me know.
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Thanks to all. Did not understand about the streaming so the question about
memory. No Apple TV. Just looking for alternative to cable. Mostly listen to
msnbc, CNN, and discovery channels as fit/health and investigation and history.
Suggestions welcome for iPhone or computer. Thanks
Hi Larry,
Not sure if this is different in iTunes 10, but in iTunes 11 you go to the
iTunes Store in your side bar, then use F6 to jump into the store area which
is a webpage. Here go to Account. This page starts with your name, billing
address, it shows any balance you may have if you redeemed a
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Hi ?Richard,
That is not a new bug, I had the exact same problem with the Camera and One
Touch Camera app in iOS 5. The funny thing was that I at some point deleted
the One Touch Camera app and relabeled the stock Camera app againto say
Camera and after I installed iOS 6 it went back to saying
Isee More Levels, but there's nothing in there about VoiceOver. I can't find
anything in regards to settings.
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Look in the settings inside the app, I
I have looked under every single tab in this app and I can't find settings
anywhere.
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Well, first go to the settings and turn voiceover to enable. Then
Hello All.
Excuse the cross posting but I wanted to let every one know just in dcase they
did not realise that now you can sign with your messenger ID into Skype so that
all your contacts show up for both as you can link both accounts together if
you indeed use Skype. This can be done via the
Oh this is much better! I didn't mind the initial offering, but I
thought it was a strange tactic as most apps allow you to upgrade to the
full version once, and all features are unlocked. Take a look at Fleksy
for example.
Christopher Hallsworth
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Dear all.
I wasn't paying attention if this topic has been covered already. Is there some
app that reads mobi format files on iPhone. At the risk of going off list, is
there some way to read them on Windows?
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While in an edit field, use you're roter until you hear something like
typing mode and then flick up or down between standard and touch typing.
On 02/01/13 14:57, Alex Stone wrote:
Can someone please remind me how I change the typing mode to touch
typing? I’ve had an Iphone for over eighteen
It is in the levels tab. You will find it at the top of the screen.
Jenn
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I have looked under every single tab in this app and I can't find settings
anywhere.
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Hi,
No, unfortunately you can't do that, as voice over doesn't see any text in a
text box. I have written to the author with suggestions on how to make this
text Boxmore accessible, so we'll see what happens. I still think for pleasure
reading this is an awesome app.
Sent from Brett's iPhone
Thanks, it was the being in an edit field I'd forgotten.
Cheers
Alex
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Concerning the question from Mr./Ms. Harding:
Yes, you can get the NFL and NASCAr with the siriusxm online subscription.
David Gross
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or an a4 page would help.
I live quite a way from an Apple store so can't easily go and handle things
physically as I'd like to.
Thanks for taking the time to help.
All the best,
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I live quite a way from an Apple store so can't easily go and handle things
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On my 3rdGenTouch, all you had to do was choose the percentage/in my case, at
least 75%,
and that rate would be consistant in all text reading applications. But Now,
in my fourth gen touch with latest software, you can choose 75% and it speaks
that number and percentage at the faster rate, but
Hi there. That's odd, I can't reproduce this on my ITouch. Have you turned away
from the speech rate with the roter?
Hopefully someone else can assist you with this issue.
Hope
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I downloaded this app and I'm having trouble signing in. I do my ID and
password and it tells me that game center is not available. At the bottom it
is telling me to create a new password which I don't want to do. Is anyone
else having this problem? Any help would be appreciated.
Kathy and
Oh, thought they had some kind of restriction where you had to have a
receiver active to receive those online. The reason I would cancel the
receiver and go with online only is that those are about the only things I
really want it for, and I don't want to pay the $15 reactivation fees to
keep
Has anyone tried the pro version of sleepmaker and is it accessible? I've
downloaded waves, storms and rain but tried the sleepmaker all free download
and it's completely inaccessible, keeps asking me if I want to get the pro
but I don't if it's no better than the all in one version.
Thanks.
I'm having difficulty setting the sound levels on my IPad Mini, in the
Talking Tuner app. I got the Tuning Sound Threshold, but can't figure out
where to change theCurrent sound level, which is at 1.7.
Any help is much appreciated.
Karen P
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Thank you, I found it, it is the third tab over from the left.
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It is in the levels tab. You will find it at the top of the screen.
Jenn
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Hi all,
How do you add the radio station you're listening to to your
favorites on the Sirius XM app?
Thank you,
Ezzie Bueno
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to get to the settings go to the levels tab which is the second tab from the
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isn't however clear at the top it is a little ways down.
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When listening to the stream in question tap the actions button and swipe to
the left and you should see an add to favorite option.
I hope this helps.
Robin
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Hi all,
Hi Marie,
The iPad Mini and iPod Touch Fifth Generation have the same A5 processor and
the same cameras (1.2 MP front and 5 MP back).
The also have the same WiFi and Bluetooth radios, of course you can get a
cellular version of the iPad Mini which supports LTE whereas the iPod Touch
comes in
Hi All,
I am selling my First Generation iPad, 16 GB, Wi Fi only.
It is in very good condition, almost like newm with the exception of a
small dent on the upper left top, which I have no idea how it got
there.
Included is a leather case slash stand, which is worn, but still
useable.
There is a
Hi,
In the current Facebook App, if I amtouching the most recent item in my
feed,Iflick left three times to get to Status. The first brings me to
Checkin, the second to Photo, and the third to Status. HTH
-Len
On 1/2/2013 8:11 AM, Kimberly wrote:
There used to be a button for accessing a
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