how accessible is tevo period to operate buy a blind guy?
I found a tevo at a good will for 15 bucks
am so tempted to buy it
thing is friggen huge though
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From: "Scott Bresnahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 3:05 PM
Subject: Toast WAS: Re: copying a data CD
Hi,
I can give you a little more info about Toast 8. I'm not sure what's new
in 9. If you run the Toast application, I think it's totally unusable
with VoiceOver. Practically nothing is available in the main window, and
not all commands are available via the menus. So, if you want to build a
dvd or audio CD using Toast, I think you are out of luck. That said, I do
think it is easy to copy a DVD or CD using Toast, or even burning disk
data to a backup. I do all these things via the contextual menu "Toast
It" option, which basically takes any finder object (CD, Volume, folder,
file) and lets you burn it to disk. It still takes you to the main toast
application and main unusable window, but all the data is pre-populated
just the way you need it, and you just hit burn from the menu. So, in
that limited way, I think Toast is nice. But, I have no idea of the slew
of other features I'm missing. But frankly, I use iTunes to burn music
CDs if I even bother anymore, and and I don't really use the other toast
features.
I will say that the Tivo Transfer application is nice and mostly Voice
Over friendly. I use Tivo Transfer to backup stuff on my computer more
often that I burn using Toast.
I know that's not much more info than I gave the first time, but if you
have a specific work flow or task you think you might want to use Toast
for, I'd be happy to comment on that process.
Best,
Scott
Hi Scott,
The only version of Toast that I've used (very limited) was Toast 7, which
was the first version to appear as a universal binary. My impression from
from scattered reports on the list by Gordon Smith and others is that
Toast 8 and 9 have both become less accessible. Is there anybody who
can comment in more detail?
Cheers,
Esther
Hi,
Toast 3 and 4 worked well with voice technology, then Adaptec spun it
off or sold it and they graphicalized the interface. I'm not a power
toast user, I tend to need to either burn copies of cds or dvds or
burn the contents of a folder. For these tasks, Toast's contextual
menu is very easy. Toast it. Wait, hit enter, stick in blank. The
GUI is not very useful. A lot of unknown items. But for me, it's
easier than Disk Utility, and I wanted the Tivo Transfer utility that
Toast provides.
Bottomline, Toast isn't all that friendly to VOiceOver users. I'd say
"poor".
Best,
Scott
Scott.
how well does toast work with voiceover? thanks for the useful info.
Keith
On 28 Mar 2008, at 13:36, Scott Bresnahan wrote:
Hi,
If you want an exact copy of that CD, you should use the utility
application Disk Utility. The procedure goes like this:
1. Insert original CD.
2. Run Disk Utility.
3. Select the CD volume from the outline view.
4. From the File Menu, Select New submenu New Disk Image from
Selected volume.
5. Save the disk image somewhere on your hard disk.
6. Eject the original CD.
7. Select from the Images menu the menu item Burn...
8. From the Dialog, find the image file you just saved and follow
the final instructions.
Although Tim's steps are ok too, the disk utility technique will
preserve the exact file structure and not add any finder store
files or any other hidden files to the copy.
But, if you own Toast, you can just contextually click on the CD
and select "Toast It!"
--Scott
Hi Keith,
You said: maybe i should have said that i wish to copy it to
another CD. sorry.
TK: Not much different. Simply put your blank CD into the drive
on your MacBook, a dialog should appear asking you what you'd like
to do with the blank CD, choose "open the Finder" if it isn't
already chosen. Once in the Finder, an item named "Untitled CD"
will appear on your Desktop, you can rename it if you'd like using
regular renaming conventions. After that, simply follow the
instructions outlined in my previous post below to copy the
selected items from the original CD to the blank one that should
be on your Desktop.
Later...
Previous post:
You asked: can anyone tell me how to copy a data CD using my
Macbook?
TK: You can either select the icon representing the Data CD on
your Desktop, then press cmd-c to copy it to the clipboard, then
navigate to where you wish to put it and press cmd-v to paste it
there, or, open the Data CD, press cmd-a to select all its
items, then cmd-c to copy andthen navigate to the place you wish
to put it and then press cmd-v to paste.
HTH.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
& Carter the Canine
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
Tim Kilburn
& Carter the Canine
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
----Scott
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