Re: Iphone 3GS sold

2011-11-17 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
It's possible we could have one for sale. I'm not usually a wheeler-dealer; but this machine is in perfect condition, not a mark on it. It has a black leather case and all the original packaging. One careful owner and up-to-date iOS firmware and software. Not using this group to advertise

Re: Anyone played with Reaper?

2011-11-17 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
We've had a license for this for quite some time. My brother Steve uses it all the time; his daughter is a musician and they work together on the production of her material. Lynne On 17 Nov 2011, at 06:53, Dane Trethowan wrote: Ah no, far more advanced than Amadeus Pro though it can perform

Apples schedule for regionalising Seri?

2011-11-17 Thread Adrian Beech
G'day all, Well I've bitten that 4s bullet and got one of the new wee beasties. One thing I'd have to say is that I like what Seri can do at this point in time and I'm looking forward to seeing how Apple evolves this technology. I'm wondering though has Apple released a schedule which

Re: iPhone 4S; is it really worthwhile?

2011-11-17 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
I must confess Lynne I'm having similar dilemmas. however I'm in the fortunate position that we have a few hundred spare euro in a research acount, and a student wants to do a final-year project using the 4S so I'll get to play with one before purchasing. Will report back, though it could be

Re: iPhone 4S; is it really worthwhile?

2011-11-17 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Donal As always I, and I am sure the group as a whole, will be most interested in your findings. Any chance of a few of those spare Euros? ;-) Lynne On 17 Nov 2011, at 09:09, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: I must confess Lynne I'm having similar dilemmas. however I'm in the fortunate

Re: iPhone 4S; is it really worthwhile?

2011-11-17 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
lynne, We're spending them while we can, as the Euro will be worthless in a while anyway! Dónal On 17 Nov 2011, at 09:25, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: Hello Donal As always I, and I am sure the group as a whole, will be most interested in your findings. Any chance of a few of

Re: iPhone 4S; is it really worthwhile?

2011-11-17 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Oops, sorry last message should have gone to Lynne privately. On 17 Nov 2011, at 09:25, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: Hello Donal As always I, and I am sure the group as a whole, will be most interested in your findings. Any chance of a few of those spare Euros? ;-) Lynne On

Re: iPhone 4S; is it really worthwhile?

2011-11-17 Thread Chris G
Hi, Check out this demonstration of Siri. You are correct, it does not run on anything other then the 4S. http://audioboo.fm/boos/544034-a-comprehensive-audio-demonstration-of-siri.mp3 On Thu, 17 Nov 2011 07:56:36 + Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith ly...@mac-access.net wrote: Hello Bubba;

Re: new mac store requirements

2011-11-17 Thread Chris G
You will be able to use them, you just won't be able to get them from the app store. On Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:16:14 +1100 krystal watson krystalwat...@bluebottle.com wrote: that is not fair we payed all the money for these apps like transmit and audio hijack pro and now we will not be able to

Re: iPhone 4S; is it really worthwhile?

2011-11-17 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
I prefer this demo of Siri, more realistic for those of us who don't necessarily speak Her majesty's english: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My40XgYEvLM Warning: May contain language some could consider offensive, I simply can't remember. On 17 Nov 2011, at 09:32, Chris G wrote: Hi,

Re: Anyone played with Reaper?

2011-11-17 Thread Dane Trethowan
It would also appear that some people with no vision are using this too! I remember looking at it in January this year I think it was, back then I have to admit the software looked as though it may be accessible but now? Well far more buttons and toolbards, check-boxes and pop-up menu items,

Re: iPhone 4S; is it really worthwhile?

2011-11-17 Thread Maria, Joe and Karly
HI. if u have ebay have a look for iphone cases. Igot a heap of them in a bundle thing and they weren't that expensive. hth. Maria, JoeKarly from Australia God created the sun just to say good morning to you. The moon just to say good night. And the cross to say I love you twitter

Re: iPhone 4S; is it really worthwhile?

2011-11-17 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Donal I totally understand that, given the state of the Euro economy. Europe is only just starting to feel the pinch and it will get worse before it gets better for all of us even though the UK is outside of the Euro zone. Anyway, let's get back to the iPhone. We will have to decide soon

Re: iPhone 4S; is it really worthwhile?

2011-11-17 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Chris Thank you ever so. This is precisely what I needed. Tracy will be thrilled. Lynne On 17 Nov 2011, at 09:32, Chris G wrote: Check out this demonstration of Siri. You are correct, it does not run on anything other then the 4S.

Re: Reaper and Accessibility

2011-11-17 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Dane everybody I'm actually quite glad you mentioned this because our license has been sitting there for ages and we haven't installed it on the Mac. Steve bought it for us earlier this year because as I said he and his daughter Michelle us a musician. Steve also uses Garageband now and

Re: iPhone 4S; is it really worthwhile?

2011-11-17 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Helo Maria I know this is probably going to sound stupid; but eBay frightens me. I've heard so many horror stories about it where people have been the victims of fraudulent activities when buying goods on eBay and it kind of scared me off. I'll have a look, because I think it's the same thing

Re: Reaper and Accessibility

2011-11-17 Thread Dane Trethowan
I bought a licence quite some time ago, at the time one could buy both a Mac and Windows licence for $80.00, Reaper is one of those packages that seems to be accessible across platforms. On 17/11/2011 10:53 PM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: Hello Dane everybody I'm actually quite

Re: Reaper and Accessibility

2011-11-17 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Dane I wondered about that actually; it looks as though the license covers both platforms and both 32 and 64-bit. So I'll try both platforms in 64-bit mode and see how it goes. Lynne On 17 Nov 2011, at 12:01, Dane Trethowan wrote: I bought a licence quite some time ago, at the time

iPhone 4S not going to happen

2011-11-17 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello everybody After some discussion we have decided not to go the 4S route just at the moment. Gordon says he's perfectly happy with the 3GS as it does what he wants. Maybe after the new year we might make the move; but for now we'v e decided on something else for Gordon's Christmas present.

Jawbone JamBox Updater for Mac

2011-11-17 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello If anybody needs the JawBone JamBox updater for Mac, I will make it available from our site as the website is very awkward for blind people. If you are interested please contact me off list at ly...@mac-access.net. Lynne --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post,

RE: IPhone 3GS sold

2011-11-17 Thread Bubba
Hi, if upgrading they will buy your iPhone from you depending on where you get your upgrade. I think apple does it Verizon stores and Verizon do it and best buy and Wal-Mart. I know my Verizon store or dealer should I say said when I get ready for my upgrade he would give me 120 bucks on my old

RE: Apples schedule for regionalising Seri?

2011-11-17 Thread Bubba
If you only had it for a few months you might qualify for a early upgrade so this might be worth checking into. JST Sign, Bubba bubbatheg...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of krystal watson

Re: Apples schedule for regionalising Seri?

2011-11-17 Thread Thejazzden
keeping this on topic :) it is supposed to be this month for the Uk business directory but who knows? Dennis Freedman The best aromatherapy in the UK - www.e-nat.co.uk Sent from my iPhone On 17 Nov 2011, at 13:33, Bubba bubbatheg...@gmail.com wrote: If you only had it for a few months you

Re: iPhone 4S; is it really worthwhile?

2011-11-17 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Nic This is most enlightening, thank you. I will keep it in mind when we upgrade in the new year. Lynne On 17 Nov 2011, at 13:37, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: Hi! I've already purchased the 4S, but it's taking forever to get here because Apple's shipment schedules are far from up-to-date,

Data entry on the iPhone 4 with OS5

2011-11-17 Thread Michael Busboom
Hello everyone, I am having some difficulties entering data into my iPhone 4 under OS5. Although I was able to glean a little information from the Vision Australia podcast on Read2go, I am still struggling. Here are my questions: 1. How can a document that is currently being written checked

Re: iPhone 4S; is it really worthwhile?

2011-11-17 Thread Dane Trethowan
There's a very informative review on the iPhone 4S at http://www.techguide.com.au which goes through some very important reasons as to why someone with an iPhone 3GS or 4 may wish to upgrade to an iPhone, the main one being speed. Excellent examples are also given of the Siri voice assistive

Installing .tar file on mac book

2011-11-17 Thread Roger Woolgrove
Hi all, I have a mac installer I've downloaded and seem unable to do anything with it. VO space creates a bunch of other installer.tar files numbered 1 through 8. VO space on these in turn seems to do nothing. Opening the doc reveals installer 2 through 8 so selecting them in turn offers me

Re: Data entry on the iPhone 4 with OS5

2011-11-17 Thread Sarah Alawami
To answer your delete question you need to imagine the mac curser. You hear the letter when you flick down after you switch to chars via the router. Now you hear the letter you want to get rid of and you can swipe back up to the letter as it will repeat. Now you know you are on the

New Assistant List Controller Appointed

2011-11-17 Thread Gordon, Lynne Tracy
Hello everybody As you may be aware, James Austin resigned his post as an assistant list controller for Mac Access Dot Net earlier this week. Subsequently, I have spoken with a number of people who were kind enough to offer their services; and I would like to publicly thank them all. I won't

Re: Readhere Pro

2011-11-17 Thread Kristeen Hughes
Does anyone else think this is incredibly expensive? I am wondering if there is a cheaper or free option? Thanks. On Nov 8, 2011, at 4:05 PM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: Hello Kristine We are way out of date on email but just in case you haven't got it yet:

Re: Readhere Pro

2011-11-17 Thread Sarah Alawami
I wish there were a cheaper option but I don't think there is. If so can someone let me now. is this the book share app btw for ios or am I thinkign of another app lol! On Nov 17, 2011, at 10:24 AM, Kristeen Hughes wrote: Does anyone else think this is incredibly expensive? I am wondering if

Outspoken 9.2 help please

2011-11-17 Thread Mr. L. Alexander
Hi all. I hope someone here on this list might be able to help. I'm a mac technician with a background in older macs as well as current systems and undertake repairs on machines as well as mac recycling. I use voiceover all the time for the machines which support OS X 10.4 and above but there

Re: Readhere

2011-11-17 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Christine yes, it's expensive. The only other one I know of is Olearia which is free but less features. For instance it doesn't have the library functions and I am not sure if you can even bookmark your places. So I guess it's just a matter of user choice. We bought ReadHear and do not

outspoken 9.2 help request.

2011-11-17 Thread Mr. L. Alexander
Hi all. I hope someone here on this list might be able to help. I'm a mac technician with a background in older macs as well as current systems and undertake repairs on machines as well as mac recycling. I use voiceover all the time for the machines which support OS X 10.4 and above but there

Re: Readhere

2011-11-17 Thread Sarah Alawami
Oh that answers my question. I think I'll try the other app you mentioned as I don't realy need to bookmark my place that often. lol! Take care. On Nov 17, 2011, at 11:29 AM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: Hello Christine yes, it's expensive. The only other one I know of is Olearia

Re: Data entry on the iPhone 4 with OS5

2011-11-17 Thread Esther
Hi Mike, Sarah's explanation of the behavior of the insertion point position describes how to tell where you are positioned in a text entry, and also which characters will be removed when you press the delete key, but I'll try to answer your specific questions by interleaving replies. You

Re: iPhone 4S; is it really worthwhile?

2011-11-17 Thread Esther
Hello Dónal, There are a few additional features of the iPhone 4S that might make it more worthwhile for you, though these reasons are not as applicable for Lynne and Gordon. The iPhone 4S supports device mirroring through the dock connector outputs to either VGA or HDMI output. This means

Re: iPhone 4S; is it really worthwhile?

2011-11-17 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Well now Esther, I'll have to play with, I mean investigate that feature in a systematic and thorough manner which, of course, would necessitate me taking the device home from work for a while… Thanks very much. On 17 Nov 2011, at 20:12, Esther wrote: Hello Dónal, There are a few

Re: Data entry on the iPhone 4 with OS5

2011-11-17 Thread Sarah Alawami
Actually kevin's method no longer works. They removed the ability some time back. if you are to double tap and hold on a line of text or what not in a email there is no edit option. Not as far as I can tell, Also they removed the spell check feature even though in the keyboard option it

Re: Apples schedule for regionalising Seri?

2011-11-17 Thread krystal watson
hi there i already asked and i don't at least they won't let me any how but life goes on On 18/11/2011, at 12:33 AM, Bubba wrote: If you only had it for a few months you might qualify for a early upgrade so this might be worth checking into. JST Sign, Bubba bubbatheg...@gmail.com

Re: New Assistant List Controller Appointed

2011-11-17 Thread krystal watson
hi congratulations donald i know you will do a fantastic job at helping us all smiley face and welcome to the support team that helps us all when needed take care talk soon On 18/11/2011, at 5:23 AM, Gordon, Lynne Tracy wrote: Hello everybody As you may be aware, James Austin resigned his

Re: Data entry on the iPhone 4 with OS5

2011-11-17 Thread Esther
Hi Sarah, Thanks for the heads up. I was cutting and pasting from old answer posts in hopes of getting some coverage of how the insertion point material works for Mike. What I remembered is that Kevin explained the way that the insertion point and rotor works in the second part of the

Re: Data entry on the iPhone 4 with OS5

2011-11-17 Thread Sarah Alawami
OH no worries. I'm actually surprised it does not work on a bt keyboard as well. I cannot take a excerpt from a web page or blog and just paste it in to an email let's say. I dunno why apple took it out, if indeed they did. The reason I say that is this. I dunno if it is out for good or if it

unlocking iPhone 4

2011-11-17 Thread Koji Matsuda (Verizon)
hey guys, I bought the iPhone 4S, and I was going to sell my iPhone 4, but I ended up not doing so. I figured I will find it a home some day. In the mean time though, has anyone here successfully unlock the iPhone 4 without sighted help? I was listening to someone doing it on Youtube, but

Right clicking an item to bring up a context menu with a Trackpad

2011-11-17 Thread Dane Trethowan
Hi! Can someone remind me how this is done or if indeed it can be done? Thanks --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the

Re: Right clicking an item to bring up a context menu with a Trackpad

2011-11-17 Thread Zachary Kline
Hi Dane, YOu can use ctrl-click to do this. Best, Zack. On Nov 17, 2011, at 7:36 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: Hi! Can someone remind me how this is done or if indeed it can be done? Thanks --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to

Re: Right clicking an item to bring up a context menu with a Trackpad

2011-11-17 Thread Dane Trethowan
Thanks a bundle. On 18/11/2011, at 2:50 PM, Zachary Kline wrote: Hi Dane, YOu can use ctrl-click to do this. Best, Zack. On Nov 17, 2011, at 7:36 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: Hi! Can someone remind me how this is done or if indeed it can be done? Thanks --- Mac Access At Mac

Moving things to desktop

2011-11-17 Thread Catherine Golding
I am wondering how I move thiongs to the desktop such as Pages. Second, how do I hide things on the dock without losing them entirely? Catherine Golding Olympia, Washington --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to

Re: Moving things to desktop

2011-11-17 Thread Sarah Alawami
to move something to the desktop do a cmd c but for apps leave them in the app folder. it is more organized that way.. On Nov 17, 2011, at 8:20 PM, Catherine Golding wrote: I am wondering how I move things to the desktop such as Pages. Second, how do I hide things on the dock without losing