Hey, thanks, Guys! Will try your site, David, when I have some time. Busy all day today and tomorrow and every third Wednesday with an MCLE [Mandatory Legal Education Education] seminar. Other than that, I am chief cook and bottle washer here, as handyman, 'farm worker' <smile> tending to me critters and 1 acre of land.
Thanks, ever so, everyone! JG > On Dec 8, 2008, at 07:39, David Poehlman wrote: > > Hi, >> >> I don't remember much about tiger. In fact, I am surprised tiger even >> supports safari 3.2.1. I did not have safari crash much in tiger though. >> I >> used safari with web pages just fine though. There never has been a real >> fascility to read pages automatically and for me that is not a big deal >> because I can read articles automatically in several ways. >> >> You can find a lot of good help in: >> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >> >> It does take some time to get to know the mac os and vo. It has been >> reported that snow lepoard will be released before May so perhaps it will >> make things easier still. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Joan Alice Maria Gibson, Esquire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by >> theblind" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 7:27 PM >> Subject: Re: Introduction John Bannick >> >> >> What I mean is that I cannot have VO to read to me the content of web >> pages >> via Safari 3.2.1. Used to use FireFox but it would not read outloud the >> web >> pages; and, since FF was an HD hog as well as a RAM hog and I only have >> about 20 gigabytes left on my iMac G4s HD, I went back to Safari after it >> was upgraded to the point of no longer crashing. My iMac G4 is a Power PC >> Computer running Tiger. Now also have a MacBook Pro running Leopard but am >> just beginning to learn the ins and outs of Leopard; mostly, through Apple >> - >> Leopard Guided Tour video. My MacBook Pro is Intel Core 2 Duo with 160 >> gigabyte HD and the only thing I've done to it is to install Adobe >> Photoshop >> Elements 6 and my Epson Scanner and Epson Printer software. Have too much >> else to do to be able to spend as much time as I would like on the 2 Macs. >> >> Hope this helps explain things. When I have time, will check Apple's site >> at >> Support/VO accessibility with web pages. Help files on my Macs don't seem >> to >> help. Also, have not yet figured out how to use VO with iTunes although >> with >> the latest updates was informed that it was possible. >> >> Thanks for asking and for helping. >> >> JG >> >> On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 3:34 PM, David Poehlman < >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> What do you mean when you say you cannot access web pages? >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Joan Alice Maria Gibson, Esquire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by >>> theblind" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 3:38 PM >>> Subject: Re: Introduction John Bannick >>> >>> >>> Hey, welcome, John! Pleased to have you aboard. >>> Would love to be able to access web pages with VoiceOver. At moment >>> haven't >>> figured out how. I understand from a PC user friend that his JAWS for >>> Windows also cannot access his web pages. Perhaps, there is something I >>> don't know about how to access web pages via Voiceover? >>> >>> about 10 years ago I tried to get a Kurzweil Reading Machine but in no >>> way >>> could I afford one. >>> >>> Keep up the good work. >>> >>> JG >>> >>> On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 1:01 PM, John Bannick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>>> >>>> My name is John Bannick. >>>> >>>> Your group was recommended by Tom Ward, who moderates the Audyssey >>>> group. >>>> >>>> I build accessible computer games. Most recently, I just ported our >>>> >>> (7-128 >>> >>>> Software) entire inventory, including 18 blind accessible games, to the >>>> Mac. >>>> >>>> So that's why I'm here. To ask you what you want in the way of >>>> >>> audio-based >>> >>>> computer games, whether entertainment or educational, to ask technical >>>> >>> Mac >>> >>>> questions that are of more general applicability than appropriate for >>>> >>> your >>> >>>> Developers forum, and to meet interesting Mac people. >>>> >>>> BTW. Did you know that the Kurzweil Reading Machine for the Blind >>>> >>> included >>> >>>> a copy of the text-based game, Zork? I was told that Stevie Wonder >>>> called >>>> us when he accidentally triggered it while reading a book. >>>> >>>> John Bannick >>>> Chief Technology Officer >>>> 7-128 Software >>>> www.7128.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that > cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong > goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair. > --Douglas Adams > > >
