Macintosh features for Deaf-Blind and Universal Access

[MARIA GALEA]

Thank you Andre and Val,
I was asking about the Blind version, because I know someone who is Deaf
and Blind and I think this person would benefit so much if he had access
to SignWriting - maybe a tactile-print-out of SignWriting - Perhaps a
future project someone could work on...

Andre, I have been looking into your Puddle - Dicitonary and Literature -
How many people use these Puddles please - I will be mentioning your work
in my dissertation, so I need to have a number of writers for these
Puddles.

Thank you and hope you resolve the problem with the interface..I'm sorry I
don't know how to help with that.

maria

> Hi Val and everyone,
>
> Yes, I am using Safari.  This afternoon, I tried to download Firefox.
> However, I failed to install it. Tomorrow, I will try again to download
> and
> install it.
>
> Regards,
>
> André
>
> De :  Valerie Sutton <signwriting at MAC.COM>
> Répondre à :  "SignWriting List: Read and Write Sign Languages"
> <SW-L at LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU>
> Date :  Fri, 31 Aug 2012 18:19:38 -0700
> À :  <SW-L at LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU>
> Objet :  Re: Macintosh features for Deaf-Blind and Universal Access
>
> SignWriting List
> August 31, 2012
>
> Hi Andre -
> Are you using Safari? Or Google Chrome? Those two web browsers do NOT work
> on the Mac for SignPuddle…you MUST use Firefox on the Mac - that is the
> only
> one that works for SignPuddle right now…Internet Explorer works on
> Windows,
> but on the Mac it is only Firefox… I just tried it in BOTH Safari and
> Firefox, using the White on Black…and the Safari did not work, but the
> Firefox does…Later Steve will be fixing it so that Safari will work
> someday…but right now you must download and install Firefox:
>
> Download Firefox for the Mac
> http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/
>
> or if you want the French version:
> http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html
>
> Try Firefox - smile -
>
> Val ;-)
>
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> On Aug 31, 2012, at 5:56 PM, André Thibeault wrote:
>
>> Hi Val and everyone,
>>
>> I did follow your instruction below.  It does not work.  If your screen
>> is
>> white on black, did you follow my instruction?  Here are;
>> 1. sighted dictionary (Quebec SignPuddle)
>> 2. Click on Search by Word button.
>> 3. Type papa.
>> 4. Click on Rewrite Sign button.
>> 5. Do you see any symbols for PAPA ?
>> Or
>>
>> 1. Sighted dictionnay (Quebec SignPuddle)
>> 2. Click on SignMaker button.
>> 3. Choose handshape 1 (Index)
>> 4. Paste and drop it in the box.
>> 5. Do you see a symbol for Index? (It dispears).
>> If you follow my instructions above, it works for your Mac computer and
>> I
>> would like to contact you via Skype.  It will be easy to show my screen
>> what
>> you see.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> André
>>
>> De :  Valerie Sutton <signwriting at MAC.COM>
>> Répondre à :  "SignWriting List: Read and Write Sign Languages"
>> <SW-L at LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU>
>> Date :  Fri, 31 Aug 2012 17:02:44 -0700
>> À :  <SW-L at LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU>
>> Objet :  Re: Macintosh features for Deaf-Blind and Universal Access
>>
>> SignWriting List
>> August 31, 2012
>>
>> Andre -
>> I just tried it and it worked for me…
>>
>> I suspect that you need to change your User Interface (UI) from the
>> Blind User
>> Interface to the French User Interface by clicking on the Change UI
>> Language
>> button...
>>
>> Here is how.
>>
>> 1. Open the Sighted Quebec Dictionary.
>> 2. Scroll down. Look to the left at the bottom of icons. Find the
>> "Change UI
>> Language"…
>>
>>
>> 3. Click on "Change UI Language".
>>
>> 4. Click on "French User Interface".
>>
>> It should work then - When you do this you exit from the Blind User
>> Interface…
>>
>> What we should do is take the Blind User Interface away and then there
>> will be
>> no problems ;-)
>>
>> Val ;-)
>>
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>> On Aug 31, 2012, at 4:52 PM, André Thibeault wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Val, Steve and everyone,
>>>
>>>  It does not work.
>>>
>>>  Steve, do you know ASL?  If yes, I would like to contact you via
>>> Skype.
>>> IF not, I will meet with Val or Adam via Skype.  I will show the screen
>>> to
>>> you, her or him.
>>>
>>>  Regards,
>>>
>>>  André
>>>
>>> Le 12-08-31 12:31, « Valerie Sutton » <signwriting at MAC.COM> a écrit :
>>>
>>>> SignWriting List
>>>> August 31, 2012
>>>>
>>>> Thank you, Steve, for helping us. I figured that was the case. Restart
>>>> your computer and then do not access the Blind icon, but always stay
>>>> within the Sighted buttons, so you do not have the screen reversed for
>>>> Windows. Now that you are on a Macintosh, you do not need special
>>>> programming to see the symbols because of the Mac feature of
>>>> auto-reverse
>>>> of everything on the MacŠ
>>>>
>>>> Technically we do not need the Blind buttons any longer, but I could
>>>> keep
>>>> them and make it clear that they are only for Windows, not the Mac...
>>>>
>>>> Thanks Steve!
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Aug 31, 2012, at 9:20 AM, Steve Slevinski wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Andre,
>>>>>
>>>>> Accessing the blind interface sets a value that inverts the symbol
>>>>> colors.  This value is set as long as the session is active.  It
>>>>> should
>>>>> be enough to quit the browser and restart.  If that doesn't work,
>>>>> please
>>>>> reboot the computer.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> -Steve
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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