Hi Anouk, I have noticed this same behavior. Best, Donna On Oct 22, 2009, at 3:03 AM, a radix wrote:
> > Hi Nicolai, > I will try and explain the thum bkey issues I am having. > Thumbkey 1 and 5 should go to the next line to the right (if that > makes > sense) and do this endlessley but at least the 5th one does not, > after a few > lines it just stops and i cant read on and I have to press the right > arrow > on the keyboard once for it to be able to continue. > I think thumbkey 2 and 4 should go one line down (one complete line, > my > braille display is only 40 keys) but I dont think it does this, at > least not > when i read documents in pages. > Btw, where do you broadcast? > Greetings, Anouk, > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nicolai Svendsen" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 11:05 AM > Subject: Re: my 2 months with a mac > > >> >> Hi again folks, >> >> Yes, broadcasts can certainly be done. Nicecast from Rogue Amoeba >> http://rogueamoeba.com >> works extremely well. The only issue seems to be the effects scroll >> area, but I hope they'll be working on that. Otherwise, it works >> ridiculously well, in fact, and I have nothing to complain about. >> >> I'm not exactly sure about your Thumbkey thing. I don't get it. If >> you >> can elaborate? Maybe I'm being dense here. :). >> >> As for VLC, I've never actually tried it out, and I personally love >> using Safari for web browsing. For me, everything is much faster. >> >> Also, which braille display are you using? >> >> Regards, >> Nic >> Skype: Kvalme >> MSN Messenger: [email protected] >> AIM: cincinster >> yahoo Messenger: cin368 >> Facebook Profile >> My Twitter >> >> On Oct 21, 2009, at 10:22 AM, Tony Bernedal wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi again. >>> Wow. Echomac, never heard of it but when I google it I found >>> http://echomac.sourceforge.net/ >>> I'll try it when I'm back home from work. >>> Anouk, I had a fire dtv reciever and used it with dvb viewer on >>> windows and Eye tv have driver for it so I gave it a try but it >>> doesn't work as I want at the moment. >>> I have readiris on the disk and I'm going to try it out and see >>> how it >>> works with swedish language and so on. >>> I have heard of some broadcast tools for mac but at the moment I >>> haven't looked in to it. I don't broadcast at the moment so it >>> doesn't >>> have so high priority. I still have my studio pc sitting under the >>> desk so I can use stationplaylist and all the broadcast stuff if I >>> want to. >>> Regards Tony >>> >>> 2009/10/21, a radix <[email protected]>: >>>> >>>> Hey Tony, Nice to hear from you! (the world is a small place) Funny >>>> we >>>> started our mac journey at the seem time. I am curious, can you >>>> broadcast on >>>> the mac? I guess otsjuke wont work and obiously shoutcast wont >>>> either. I was >>>> thinking of running windows with vmware but now I am just thinking >>>> to ask my >>>> brother to help me install windows 7 via bootcamp instead. Has >>>> anyone got >>>> experience with installing windows via bootcamp as dual boot? Is it >>>> diffucult? I presume the drivers for windows 7 for the macbook pro >>>> will be >>>> available from apple? I still want to try vuescan an dreadiris, in >>>> fact i >>>> have the programs on my computer bu tI want to wait till hp >>>> releases the >>>> drivers for my scanner that are native to sl, also I hope by that >>>> time abbyy >>>> will have released a demo of finereader for the mac that is native >>>> to sl. I >>>> am just concerned that either adf wont work, scanning iwll be very >>>> slow or >>>> dutch character recognition wont be as good as omnipage. >>>> I am surprised that you also have the thumbkey problem, i thought >>>> it was >>>> something stupid on my part, corrupt install whatever. I guess we >>>> will both >>>> have to mail apple accessibility about this. >>>> So, you are using a tv tuner with your mac? This is the next thing >>>> i want to >>>> taccle since now I have an analog tv standing on my desk and it is >>>> taking up >>>> space that I could use otherwise. I did have digital tv in the past >>>> bu tI >>>> had a lot of trouble with it and in the end just went back to >>>> analog. There >>>> are not that many tuners for the mac I think (analog or otherwise) >>>> and I >>>> guess even less that are available in Europe. Which do you use? I >>>> guess as >>>> long as I get one with a remote things will be ok (if it indeed can >>>> find the >>>> channels). >>>> I too LOVE the sleep features of the mac, i never turn mine off, >>>> just close >>>> the lid and thats it. >>>> Greetings, Anouk, >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Tony Bernedal" <[email protected]> >>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 9:16 AM >>>> Subject: Re: my 2 months with a mac >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hi Anouk. >>>>> I have also used my mac for around 3 months now, and like you I >>>>> still >>>>> use windows for a couple of things. I trying to get the scanning >>>>> and >>>>> ocr to work on the mac but for now windows and omnipage have to do >>>>> the >>>>> jobb. I had a license for windows xp lying on the shelf from a no >>>>> longer working laptop and I installed xp with vmware as a virtual >>>>> machine and doing my scanning there and it works good but the >>>>> virtual >>>>> machine is very slow. I also use windows for Echolink, wich is a >>>>> ham-radio software wich don't exist on the mac. Also the >>>>> software to >>>>> setup and program my hamradio stations is only windows programs. >>>>> I'm >>>>> very happy mac user now and after some updates to snow leopard my >>>>> problems with it is gone. >>>>> I hope the issue with the thumbkey on your display can be >>>>> solved. I >>>>> have same issue with alva satelite. >>>>> I also have a battle with EyeTV software wich for some odd reason >>>>> doesn't find my tv channels on the cable network. And it is also >>>>> very >>>>> tricky to use with VO. I use VLC for webradio and movies and it >>>>> works >>>>> great (vlc version 1.x doesn't work under windows and linux at all >>>>> with screenreader, only on mac, great!). >>>>> And I also like the speed, starting my windows pc here at works >>>>> take >>>>> forever and the mac is at the desktop in almost 0 time. And, the >>>>> sleep >>>>> works well too. >>>>> So I'm happy with my mac system. >>>>> Good luck with your mac! >>>>> Regards Tony >>>>> >>>>> 2009/10/21, a radix <[email protected]>: >>>>>> Hello, I have been using my mac for about 2 months now especially >>>>>> at >>>>>> school >>>>>> although at home I still often use my pc and I will explain below >>>>>> why. In >>>>>> general my experiences with the mac have been very positive >>>>>> especially >>>>>> after >>>>>> installing snow leopard. I can use skype and msn just as well as >>>>>> on my >>>>>> pc. >>>>>> And after I dumped itunes and started using vlc instead watching >>>>>> movies >>>>>> and >>>>>> listening to music became a breeze. I recently bought apples >>>>>> office suite >>>>>> because I prefer that over using textedit or the free text >>>>>> editors/office >>>>>> suits that are available. I am also intending to go and use >>>>>> garage band >>>>>> in >>>>>> the future if I can get that working with my yamaha keyboard. I >>>>>> like the >>>>>> built-in speakers and sound quality alhtough listening through >>>>>> its sound >>>>>> output with my own in ear monitors is nothing special. I still >>>>>> find using >>>>>> the internet on the mac a bit mor ework then i did while using my >>>>>> pc and >>>>>> it >>>>>> goes a bit slower also when reading docucments i notice that I >>>>>> cannot >>>>>> endlessly use the right thumb key on my braille display to >>>>>> continue >>>>>> reading, >>>>>> eventually i have to press the right arrow on my normal keyboard >>>>>> if I >>>>>> want >>>>>> to read onm. This does become irritating after a while if you >>>>>> need to >>>>>> read >>>>>> long documents. >>>>>> At home I still mostly use my windows pc although i now have >>>>>> gotten mail >>>>>> working on the mac as well because 1. I use omnipage pro 16 under >>>>>> windows >>>>>> >>>>>> to >>>>>> scan my books for school, while I know that there are some >>>>>> scanning >>>>>> solutions for the mac that i will probbably try once the hp >>>>>> drivers for >>>>>> sl >>>>>> have been released I just dont know if they will be as good and >>>>>> easy as >>>>>> using omnipage pro 16 and am a bit hesistant to try it because of >>>>>> that (I >>>>>> really really hope that a full version of finereader will >>>>>> eventually be >>>>>> released for the mac since I have heard it can rival omnipage >>>>>> pro). >>>>>> Secondly there is filesharing, i will be brief. Ftp does work on >>>>>> the mac >>>>>> with transmit which I rather like although I have not registered >>>>>> it yet, >>>>>> questions i asked its support team went unanswered. Usenet also >>>>>> works but >>>>>> udner windows I preferred to use other programs which are not >>>>>> available >>>>>> on >>>>>> the mac. >>>>>> The third point is playing games which I do a lot on the pec >>>>>> especially >>>>>> interactive fiction and muds. There is an interpreter for >>>>>> interactive >>>>>> fiction called zoom which I tried and although I can open games >>>>>> with it >>>>>> saved games were a problem for me since I could not open a saved >>>>>> game >>>>>> file >>>>>> (made in frotz). >>>>>> For muds the situation on the mac is not so good, I play them all >>>>>> the >>>>>> time >>>>>> on windows but there is only one mudclient that I know of which >>>>>> works >>>>>> under >>>>>> sl and which is still being developed, jamochamud which works >>>>>> under java. >>>>>> >>>>>> It >>>>>> is not too accessible at the moment but the programmer has >>>>>> promised to >>>>>> look >>>>>> at it, still it does not offer all the features even then that I >>>>>> am used >>>>>> to >>>>>> on a windows client. >>>>>> As soon as windows 7 becomes officially available I am planning >>>>>> to >>>>>> install >>>>>> it on my mac (probbably via bootcamp) so that I at least can use >>>>>> my mac >>>>>> all >>>>>> the time even if I need to use windows, hopefully for the >>>>>> scanning and >>>>>> downloading tasks I will in the future be able to use the mac and >>>>>> I have >>>>>> hopes for muds as well but for now at least my mac is mostly used >>>>>> at >>>>>> school >>>>>> and in the library. >>>>>> Greetings, Anouk, >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>>> >> >> >>> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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