Re: open office?

2012-08-20 Thread Sean Murphy
Why cannot the Voice-Over work with the Java libraries? since this is the model for Java from my understanding to include accessibility. Even if it does break applications forcing developers to drop it altogether. Sean On 20/08/2012, at 1:23 AM, Travis Siegel wrote: On Aug 6, 2012, at

Copying MP3 files

2012-08-20 Thread Christo Thiardt
Dear All how do I successfully copy music files from a bought audio cd on to my Milestone MP3 player? All help gratefully received! --- 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

RE: Copying MP3 files

2012-08-20 Thread David Griffith
1Open I Tunes . . Go to I tunes Preferences and select Mp3 as the import format rather than mp4 or other options. 2. Allow I Tunes to import the CD when you put it in the drive. It will add the album and track names for you. 3. Go to your Home folder command shift H and then find Music and then

Update on mac

2012-08-20 Thread Chris
Good morning all. Just a quick note to say I have just received my Macbook Pro 13 inch. Going to set it up from this afternoon. Look out for an e-mail from it ok. Chris. --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net

Transmit FTP problem.

2012-08-20 Thread Jim Noseworthy
Hi Folks: I have a client who is unable to access the Download button while in a file options menu. Any ideas? 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 posted

deleting a hotkey from YoruFukurou

2012-08-20 Thread Shaun Oliver
Hi all, I've got a problem. I need to remove a global hotkey I inadvertently setup in YoruFukurou. does anyone know how I can do this? I've tried deleting the ap and all the prefs and caches for it that I could find, but no dice. any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Shaun --- Mac

Re: Introduction and a couple of questions.

2012-08-20 Thread christopher hallsworth
Welcome to this list! Hope somebody can help you out on any or all of these. On 20 Aug 2012, at 17:22, Gary Price wrote: Hello everyone on this list. My name is Gary Price. I live in Bolton in Lancashire, in the United Kingdom. I am totally blind, have been since birth. I did have light

Re: Transmit FTP problem.

2012-08-20 Thread Sarah Alawami
does cmd shift r work in the ftp side of things to download what ever it is? if not it might be an ftp thing as yu can set it up to where only uploads are excepted. On Aug 20, 2012, at 9:18 AM, Jim Noseworthy jim.nosewor...@compuconference.com wrote: Hi Folks: I have a client who is unable

Re: deleting a hotkey from YoruFukurou

2012-08-20 Thread Esther
Hi Shaun, • You wrote: I've got a problem. I need to remove a global hotkey I inadvertently setup in YoruFukurou. does anyone know how I can do this? I've tried deleting the ap and all the prefs and caches for it that I could find, but no dice. any help would be greatly appreciated. If you

Re: Apple iOS sample programs sites

2012-08-20 Thread Travis Siegel
ichat comes with your mac, and you can use it for chatting just fine. also, there's address book, which also comes with your mac, and both programs are voiceover compatible. --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to

Re: Considering Mac, questions about Voiceover/access

2012-08-20 Thread Travis Siegel
For your web browsing, have you tried groups mode? It tries to group like items on pages into a single group, which makes things easier sometimes. If the whole paragraph is in a single group, you simply move the vo cursor onto the group, and it reads the whole paragraph without having to

Playing Youtube.

2012-08-20 Thread Ian McNamara
Hi all been trying to play Youtube videos on my mac. I use to be able to do it fine but now it won't let me stream over the internet on things like youtube. I know it is not the ruter settings as my dads windows laptop can play youtube videos fine. Could there be a setting in safari that I need

Re: Fleksy

2012-08-20 Thread Travis Siegel
Ahh, Donald, an excellent summary of the app, and exactly what I needed. I couldn't figure out from previous emails what the point was, so thanks for that. It does sound like it could be a useful app. However, for now, I'll stick with apple's method, I like it, and it works for me, and I'm

Re: Playing Youtube.

2012-08-20 Thread Marc Sutton
Hi, I had this problem which seemed to crop up when I upgraded to Mountain Lion. I fixed it by installing the latest edition of Flash. Could be other problems or solutions, but that is what worked for me. Marc On Aug 20, 2012, at 2:00 PM, Ian McNamara ianandri...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi all

Re: open office?

2012-08-20 Thread Travis Siegel
On Aug 20, 2012, at 5:18 AM, Sean Murphy wrote: Why cannot the Voice-Over work with the Java libraries? since this is the model for Java from my understanding to include accessibility. Even if it does break applications forcing developers to drop it altogether. I'm not sure what you're

Carbon Copy Cloner blues.

2012-08-20 Thread Jim Noseworthy
Hi Folks: Apparently, CCC has jumped from no dollars to $40 (Canadian). I know that programmers nead to be payed but that's a little steep. Anyone know of a Voiceover friendly disk cloning app for the mac that won't break the bank? Thanks. --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To

(what Fleksy means for us) was Re: Fleksy

2012-08-20 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Travis, I've played with the free app and personally have no intention of paying the blind tax that seems to be on these apps. However I'll also add that I've begun to chat with the developers (*smile* as a result of a mildly offensive and rather negative tweet about the app) and they are

Re: Playing Youtube.

2012-08-20 Thread Lewis Crack
Hi Ian, Have you told your dad to check that the router is set to 300MBPS. I can't find any settings that need to be changed in Safari. Unfortunately can't help you too much with this one. Cheers. Lew. On 20 Aug 2012, at 22:00, Ian McNamara ianandri...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi all been trying

Re: (what Fleksy means for us) was Re: Fleksy

2012-08-20 Thread josh gregory
Ok I get what you're saying, but, it's better than Windows where you have to use Narrator to get a screen reader from the Internet. Now i'm not bashing windows, it's still good for what Vo can't do. But I just think vo is more universally accessible. On 8/20/12, Dónal Fitzpatrick

Re: (what Fleksy means for us) was Re: Fleksy

2012-08-20 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
no question Josh. But my fear is that Apple thinks it has done all it needs to for those of us who are blind and need to access these devices. They have responded to the need to provide accessibility by developing voiceover. Yep it's free, generally usable and ticks oh I'd say, 85% of the

Re: Carbon Copy Cloner blues.

2012-08-20 Thread Esther
Hi Jim, I think you can still run the trial of SuperDuper! for free to clone a drive -- you just can't use the other functions without upgrading to the full, paid version. Here's the URL for Shirt Pocket software: http://www.shirt-pocket.com/ CCC still works as a 30-day free trial. If you

Re: Carbon Copy Cloner blues.

2012-08-20 Thread Jim Noseworthy
Hey Esther: Thanks all over the place. On Aug 20, 2012, at 8:50 PM, Esther mori...@mac-access.net wrote: Hi Jim, I think you can still run the trial of SuperDuper! for free to clone a drive -- you just can't use the other functions without upgrading to the full, paid version. Here's the

NumPad on laptop Macs and KeyRemap4Macbook

2012-08-20 Thread Esther
Hi All, Gordon asked me to draft up a version of my post on KeyRemap4Macbook, so I'm posting a first draft. Basically, this is keyboard remapping software that automatically lets you use an embedded numeric keypad on the right side of the keyboard by adding a press of the Fn key. This also,

Re: Carbon Copy Cloner blues.

2012-08-20 Thread Travis Siegel
And, if you search the archives, you'll find a post from me explaining how to use the terminal and the tar command to perform a clone of an existing drive as well. It's not as nice and clean as super duper or carbon copy cloner, but it works in a pinch, and I have firsthand experience

Re: (what Fleksy means for us) was Re: Fleksy

2012-08-20 Thread Esther
Interesting that there's now a TUAW (The Unofficial Apple Weblog) article today about Fleksy: http://www.tuaw.com/2012/08/20/fleksy-is-an-alternate-text-input-tool-for-the-visually-impaired/ Not a lot of details, but it does show there's broader interest in this kind of app. Cheers, Esther

Re: Trash folder stats

2012-08-20 Thread Sarah Alawami
Interesting. I have never needed to know that but I too am curious. Anyone have the answer to this? Tc and be blessed. On Aug 20, 2012, at 9:00 PM, Phil Halton philh...@comcast.net wrote: Coming from the windows world, I'm accustomed to being able to see just how much dis space is occupied