Re: Another Update About Infovox Demo Voices
Hi Cheryl, I haven't experienced this myself, but I think I may understand what they mean. Basically, reading any app with Voiceover is fine. The problem must be when other apps try to speak using the system voice. Visiovoice was just their example of the kind of app they were warning against. Some other examples would be the speech output for Growl, or setting up certain apps like adium, Messages/iChat, or Skype to automatically speak events. Another example is apps that are self-voicing such as the RS Games client. Also, If you configure the Mac in system preferences to automatically speak the time or to speak alerts after a delay. Basically, anything else that tries to use the voice on it's own while voiceover is running will apparently cause that problem with the demo. I hope this explanation makes sense. On Nov 7, 2012, at 9:55 PM, Cheryl Homiak cahom...@gmail.com wrote: I got this too and i wrote back and told them that didn't make sense. You can't just use a voice in isolation with voiceover. They wrote back and said they meant an application such as Visiovoice but I emailed back and told them I had not opened visiovoice at all while using the demo. -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Nov 7, 2012, at 11:23 PM, Shawn Krasniuk bigbigshawn@gmail.com wrote: Hi guys. I've received another email about the Infovox voices. It appears that the problem occurs when using the voices with more than 1 app. See below. Dear Shawn, We've traced back the problem with the demo voices. It happens to occur when two different application use the same voice in demo mode. For example Voice Over and another application. We're investigating the problem and will try to come up with a solution. I'm afraid that in the meantime the only solution we can offer is to ask you to test the voices with one voice application only. Please note that the problem should not occur for activated (purchased) voices. Wit kind regards, Martijn Shawn Sent from my white Mac Book -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: trying to update Flash player - problem solved
Hi Donna, Here's a tip for next time you update flash. After pressing tab to get to the correct button, using VO+space doesn't work as expected. You need to simply press only the space bar. It's weird, but for some reason that's how it works in this particular installer. I got to this thread too late to help you this time, but this should explain what the problem was. I found this out by pressing everything I could think of until something worked. Took me a few updates to be sure what the answer was. Justin On Aug 24, 2012, at 9:24 AM, Donna Goodin doniado...@me.com wrote: Well, tried again, and this time it worked. Weird. Cheers, Donna On Aug 24, 2012, at 10:44 AM, Donna Goodin doniado...@me.com wrote: Hi Rodney, That was the first thing I tried, and it didn't work at all. thanks for the suggestion, though. Best, Donna On Aug 24, 2012, at 10:41 AM, Rodney Haynie rodney.hay...@gmail.com wrote: Donna, did you try the Tab button yet. This works for me. HTH. Rodney On Aug 24, 2012, at 11:31 AM, Donna Goodin doniado...@me.com wrote: Hi all, I'm trying to update Adobe flash player, but am having trouble getting the mouse over to the Install button. Does anyone know if there's a way to route the mouse to the item under keyboard focus? Lacking that option, anyone have any other thoughts about how to accomplish this? I've tried moving the mouse with the trackpad, but that hasn't worked well. TIA, Donna -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: stanza for the Mac.
Hi Ricardo, If you just installed Java this week, you might try running software update and then try stanza again. There was a Java update released on Tuesday, and then another one this morning. Java updates are normally quite rare, and so I would guess maybe there was something wrong with the first update. I hope this is helpful. It's sure good to be participating on the list again. Justin On Apr 5, 2012, at 4:45 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Thanks Esther, Now I'm at a complete loss. The app still won't open. The first time I ran the app, it said I needed to download Java run time, so I did. The installation was successful. Then the app wouldn't launch. It doesn't show up in the app switcher. When I press command tab, I hear it say stanza and when I go to force quit, its in the table saying not responding. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Apr 5, 2012, at 5:34 PM, Esther wrote: Hi Ricardo, OK, here's the link to the Stanza.dmg file that I used to install Stanza desktop on a 13 MacBook Air running Lion, OS X 10.7.3: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/460554/Stanza.dmg It shows up under Mission Control right after my Dropbox installation, which I think was done in mid-February. Had to do all these from scratch on a new machine, because my MacBook Pro went in for service, and I thought it would be easier to start fresh instead of using Migration Assistant from a cloned backup. So the download came from the CNet site. I had no trouble opening up the duplicate download that I just tried, following the outlined instructions. (Of course, I didn't try to install the program again.) I haven't yet applied the latest java updates from software update, but that's the only difference I can think of, apart from possible machine architecture. Try this, and let me know what happens. I probably won't keep the link active very long, because I prefer to direct people to the original source for programs that are available. Cheers, Esther On Apr 5, 2012, at 9:53 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hi Esther, Yup. I did. Are you running Stanza on snow leopard or Lion? I'm starting to think their is a compatibility issue with Lion. Thanks for any further assistance you can provide. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Apr 5, 2012, at 3:13 PM, Esther mori...@mac.com wrote: Hi Ricardo, Are you sure that you're using the correct download link on the CNet download page? Try going to: http://download.cnet.com/Stanza/3000-2056_4-198177.html Then make sure you use the link that VoiceOver identifies as Download Now CNET Secure Download to start your download. One of the nuisances about the download.com pages is that there are multiple items labeled as download links on each page, and they point to downloads for other items. I just checked that this works, and that the resulting download does open up correctly. Lexcycle's home pages have been off line since November 2011, slightly after their final update release of Stanza for iOS 5, so you can't go there for the downloads of Stanza Desktop for either the Mac or Windows any more. Sites that point to the source link, such as MacUpdate, won't work. On the Windows side there are more alternate sources, but the softonic pages seem to be a reasonable choice for Stanza desktop: http://stanza-desktop.en.softonic.com/download I was going to put this information into a comment on the AppleVis site, along with some information on how to navigate, but just never had the time to complete my draft. I assume you're going to use this for file format conversions, which is what the app was primarily designed for, as well as an uploader for the Stanza iOS app. You can use it to read ePub, but there are some focus issues. Like, if you if you try to use the bookmarks function to move to a page, you need to move to the first visible item with VO-Command-Home in order to start reading at the first paragraph on that page. Most of the web navigation commands can be used (enabling the 1 letter navigation feature in VoiceOver Utility for QuickNav is useful), and navigation by headers works well. You can navigate by paragraph, line, sentence, word, character, etc. Hope you're not planning on using this as an ePub reader, because while it's doable if you take time to work through the focus quirks, I find the experience annoying, so for straight text reading (not interacting to review text) Adobe Digital Editions Preview 1.8 is better, or even the new paid app, Bookle, in the App Store, which is still somewhat primitive. (You don't have to press an arrow key to read the next page, the way you currently do in Adobe Digital Editions Preview, but it's irritating that, for example, you can't move back from the start of a chapter to the last page
Re: Apple VIS Campaign of the month!
Well, it would certainly be nice to do a large-scale campaign writing to dropbox about accessibility problems with their mac software. However, applevis is a site dealing with iOS apps. Since the DropBox iPhone app is very accessible, they probably wouldn't persue this issue. Good thinking though. Justin On Nov 6, 2011, at 11:20 AM, Red.Falcon wrote: Hi all! Apple VIS have started to campaign each month! This month's is Skype and Apple VIS have made up a short form that you can submit and if you do not like or want to edit the main text field, you can do so! Or just send it as it is! You will have to register with Apple VIS to send this form and you can also submit suggestions for app's for future campaign's! What do people think about doing dropbox! Anyway you all have a great day! Colin Qapla! Chegh chew jaj Vam jaj Kak -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: trying to create a me.com email account
Hi Donna, As far as I can tell, your password for iCloud mail is just the password for your apple ID. I'm just making a semi-educated guess, but I think It's just a part of your iCloud account and probably can't have a different password for technical reasons. If you look in the mail app, you'll probably have a message welcoming you to iCloud mail. This means you are all set. I also had the same problem with sending a test message to my new address. I don't know what is causing it, but when I went to twitter and changed my email address with them, I received the verification message from twitter just fine. I did some investigating and it seems that there is a problem with my current email provider. the undeliverable error message came from them, not from the iCloud server. I'm wondering if the same kind of thing is happening here. Sorry I couldn't be any more help. On Oct 13, 2011, at 9:20 AM, Goodin, Donna wrote: Hi all, Can anyone help with this? I went into ICloud settings on my phone, and entered the address I wanted to create. I was never prompted for a password, and when I sent an email to that address, it came back as undeliverable. Now, when I turn on and off mail in iCloud, I am no longer prompted to create an email address. So how do I set up my me.com address? TIA, Donna -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: click to flash verses click to plug
Hi ray, I prefer ClickToPlugin, since it does everything that ClickToFlash does and more. If it's audible you are concerned about, you will have exactly the same experience with either one, since audible uses flash. The benefit of ClickToPlugin is that it also helps with sites that have embedded silverlight or windows media content. The setup and usage are the same for both, and I think I've previously posted tips for getting the best results. Hope this helps. Justin On Oct 1, 2011, at 7:50 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: Okay. I really want to know this. For those of y'all who have tried both click to flash and click to plug under Lion, which do y'all prefer and why? Very particularly when it comes to Audible.com samles and eas of set up and use. thanks. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Selecting Text Online
Hello Ezzie, I'm going to recommend a technique that should work. It seems like there should be an easier answer that I'm not aware of, but this will do. Instead of interacting with the frame, press VO shift m to bring up a context menu for the frame. Choose one of the options to open the frame in a new tab or new window. Now you can use command a to select it. Hope this helps. Justin Ekis On Sep 24, 2011, at 8:05 PM, ezzie bueno wrote: Helly list, I am trying to select an entire document posted online. This website is broken up into three different frames--the first being the main frame with the main links to connect with classmates, check grades, log out, etc., the second one being a frame with links to the course assignments, and the third being the one in which the text of the document is posted. When I interract with the last frame and try selecting the text with command A, I come up with the links main frame selected. That's not what I want. How can I have the document itself selected? I hope I'm making sense. Ezzie Bueno Sent from my BrailleNote Apex Skype: sillyez Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sillyez Google Talk: sill...@sillyez.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/sillyez -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: vmware fusion allocate 1 or 2 cores?
Hi Anouk, The Fusion documentation states not to allocate all of your cores. It says to only use 2 cores if you have a quad core machine. I know, it sounds odd to me too, but that's what the help recommends. Justin On Sep 22, 2011, at 5:52 AM, Paul Erkens wrote: Hi Anouk, For now, allocate one, and then see if you need more resources. If you think you do, allocating the second core may improve windows performance, so it is worth giving it a try. If you only use 1 core for windows, then the other one is left entirely for Lion. So far, at least with fusion 3, I have not noticed any performance boost by allocating a second core myself. Hth, Paul. On Sep 22, 2011, at 2:48 PM, Anouk Radix wrote: Hello, I am installing win7 within vmware fusion for the first time and going trough its customization settings. Should i allocate 1 processor core or allow fusion to use both? Thanks, Greetings, Anouk, -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: vmware fusion allocate 1 or 2 cores?
Hi bill, The documentation for VMWare fusion is in the help menu. There's also a help button in the settings window which takes you to the documentation for the category of settings you are looking at. The help menu is generally the best place to find documentation for most mac software. Hope this helps. On Sep 22, 2011, at 2:22 PM, Bill Holton wrote: Hi. Where did you find the Fusion documentation? Been looking for it. Thanks. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Justin Ekis Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 5:17 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: vmware fusion allocate 1 or 2 cores? Hi Anouk, The Fusion documentation states not to allocate all of your cores. It says to only use 2 cores if you have a quad core machine. I know, it sounds odd to me too, but that's what the help recommends. Justin On Sep 22, 2011, at 5:52 AM, Paul Erkens wrote: Hi Anouk, For now, allocate one, and then see if you need more resources. If you think you do, allocating the second core may improve windows performance, so it is worth giving it a try. If you only use 1 core for windows, then the other one is left entirely for Lion. So far, at least with fusion 3, I have not noticed any performance boost by allocating a second core myself. Hth, Paul. On Sep 22, 2011, at 2:48 PM, Anouk Radix wrote: Hello, I am installing win7 within vmware fusion for the first time and going trough its customization settings. Should i allocate 1 processor core or allow fusion to use both? Thanks, Greetings, Anouk, -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: parallels?
Hi Mike, I was just wondering about this myself. Have you tried version 7 of Parallels yet? I'm starting with the assumption that it still is not accessible, but I plan to give each new version a fair try. If you've actually taken a look at the new release first hand then I won't bother. Thanks, Justin On Sep 14, 2011, at 5:09 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: Paralels is not accessible and the company seems to have no interest in fixing this. On Sep 14, 2011, at 12:54 PM, Anouk Radix wrote: Hi, All this talk about fusion has me wondering if anyone has tried parallels or if it is even accessible with vo? Not saying its better but its the other major virtualisation tool for the mac so I was wondering why there is no talk about it? Greetings, Anouk, -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Fusion 4, Jaws Video Intercept
Hi Keith, I went through the upgrade process just fine. I didn't have to do anything with the jaws video intercept. I wish I knew what is going wrong for you there, but the problem isn't something I've heard of. The only thing is that for some reason Jaws wants me to reactivate my license. I guess VMWare changed the virtual hardware that they emulate enough that it looks like a different machine to Jaws. I haven't completed this yet, but I'll post if anything goes wrong with the Activation process when I get around to it. I'm experimenting with giving the VM 1 GB of Ram instead of 2. I want to see if I can improve performance of Mac applications without causing the windows performance to degrade. I'm waiting to settle on a hardware configuration before reactivating jaws. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful. Justin On Sep 14, 2011, at 6:30 PM, Keith Watson wrote: Hi all, Has anyone successfully upgraded to Fusion 4, installed the new Vmware tools and updated their video intercept? My VM will not start after going through these hoops. Good thing I have a backup of the VM so that I can at least attempt to try again on the morrow. Just curious. Keith -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Blackboard
Hello, I'm sorry for not replying to this sooner. I didn't have this problem last semester, and only just ran into it tonight. After checking that the college had not upgraded to a new version of blackboard, I figured that this must be something that has changed with safari 5.1. So I tried an alternative web browser called omniweb. Sure enough, I can activate the link to create a thread just fine with that. I'll email apple accessibility about this, as I didn't have this issue before upgrading safari. Anyway, you can download omniweb at the following link. http://www.omnigroup.com/products/omniweb/ I hope this helps. Justin On Aug 20, 2011, at 11:21 AM, ezzie bueno wrote: Hello list, I am taking some courses online that use Blackboard. For these courses, I am required to post answers to the Discussion Board. When I click on the question and try to click the Create Thread link, Voiceover says Menu Bar. I see the Create Thread link via the Web Item Rooter and the Item Chooser menu, but get the menu bar when I point my cursor to it. I've tried interracting with the menu bar, but it appears as text. I cannot click on it. What do you all do in these cases, beside asking for sighted assstiance? Ezzie Bueno Sent from my BrailleNote Apex Skype: sillyez Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sillyez Google Talk: sill...@sillyez.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/sillyez -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Using Course Smart e-books
Hi dawn, I'm going through this process right now. After signing up with the web site, the first thing you want to do is to email accessibil...@coursesmart.com and ask them to enable the accessible reader on your account. Once the accessible reader is enabled, when you access a book, you will be able to see the text. However, there are additional optimizations that can be performed to make it easier to navigate with a screen reader. This includes descriptions of images in the book, as well as better tagging of paragraphs, headings, lists and tables. They say that 80% of CourseSmart titles are already tagged. My book was not. If you read a book and it just seems to be raw, unorganized text, write to the same email address and provide the title and author of the book so that it can be submitted for tagging. Unfortunately, this takes a few weeks, but you can still read the book as it is until they are finished with it. It is definitely usable even in an untagged form, it's just much more pleasant once the work is done. I hope this helps. Justin On Aug 16, 2011, at 1:00 PM, Dawn Benbow wrote: Hi everyone, Does anyone have experience using e-books from Course Smart? I discovered last semester at school that this is the e-book company that my University uses the most for their text books. They say their books are accessible, but I wasn't having much luck last semester with them, so wanted to ask for some help before starting up again next month. I know they were scheduled to give a presentation at one of the conventions this summer, but I wasn't able to go and sit in on it. So I was hoping someone here might be able to help me. Thanks very much. Dawn Benbow email:d-ben...@live.com Messanger: d.ben...@sbcglobal.net Messanger: d-ben...@live.com Twitter: DawnAndBaskin Skype: d.ben...@sbcglobal.net -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Problem with carbon copy cloner resolved
Hi Missy, I've seen this one time before. Here's what I eventually figured out. The cloning process did start the first time I clicked the clone button, but for some reason, VoiceOver didn't notice that the window had changed. The only reason I knew at all is because I touched the external drive and felt the vibrations that told me it was working. Toggling VoiceOver off and back on revealed the window containing the status of the cloning process. Even switching windows and then coming back didn't show the status window, only a reset of VO would do. This is a highly unusual thing for VO to do, and it doesn't happen often. Still, I might write the author of CCC to see if he has any ideas why it happens. Glad you got it working. Hopefully this tip will save you some frustration if this comes up again. Justin On Jul 25, 2011, at 9:03 AM, Missy Hoppe wrote: Hi, all! Please disregard my original message on this subject. Apparently, the tenth time or so is the charm. It seems to be working now. No clue what I did differently, but I'm pretty sure all is well. Barring any unforseen catastrophy, my macbook should be back to normal in about half an hour. I'll keep an external HD with Lion, and will reverse this process once the lion service pack has been released or I hear from others that some of the bugs, most noteably the com.apple.doc.extra thing have been fixed. Until then, especially as a mac newbie, SL meets my needs quite adequately, and for now at least, I'd rather have my mac run cooler and have a longer battery life than to run the latest and greatest OS. Missy From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Missy Hoppe Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 11:29 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Problem with carbon copy cloner Hello, all! I decided for the time being to go back to snow leopard, but I backed up my lion install first onto a separate drive, just so I'd have it available in case of emergency. Anyway, I booted from my SL external drive with no problems, and have formated my macbooks internal hard dribe. Now, I'm trying to clone my SL drive back onto the internal drive, but CCC isn't working. I make all my selections, click the clone button, and then absolutely nothing happens. I get a system/growel notification that the copy is starting, but the window never changes. I've had this trouble before, but usually, after 1 or two attempts, the cloning actually begins. This time, no matter how many times I try, it just won't start. I have the latest version of CCC running; it wanted to update itself right when I was preparing to restore the internal HD. If anyone has any ideas what might be going on and how to fix it, I would really appreciate it. In the mean time, I can either boot from my sl external drive or the lion external drive, but my internal drive is blank as can be. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. This is a really strange and frustrating problem. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Great new features in Lion
Hi David, This seems to be a recent development, and I call it a bug, myself. There is no need to notify me about spelling problems in an email that I am reading. I can't do anything about the spelling anyway. Here's a strange thing. I first saw this after upgrading to Lion, it never happened in snow leopard. . A while after I reverted to my backup of Snow Leopard, I installed the safari 5.1 update. Now I am getting the spelling notifications while reading messages in mail. My first reaction is, what in the world does a Safari update have to do with Mail? I think Mail must use safari's html rendering to display email messages since they can contain links, images, etc. This is the only explanation that makes even a little sense. The change that caused this must be in that part of safari somehow.. On Jul 23, 2011, at 5:38 PM, David Tanner wrote: Ok folks let me perhaps show my ignorance since I have never used Apple email much, but I have never seen what I am seeing now. Everything seems to be working fine for me in email since I sat my preferred options, but I really would prefer not to hear VoiceOver announce misspelled every time it comes across some sort of abbreviation. How do I turn of auto spellchecking in email. I don't admit to being a perfect speller, but to hear about supposed spelling errors when I am just reading mail is just a little too much. Any help here would be greatly appreciated. On Jul 23, 2011, at 6:27 PM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: Hey David. Yeah I'm getting those weird pitch changes too with the Nuance voices. That's why in Mail until they fix this bug I'm using Alex until they fix this because reading messages with Samantha sounding like a chipmunk scares me. Shawn -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Making Mail Easier with Activities
Austin, Thank you a million times. This is wonderful. This set of hotspots aught to come included with Voiceover. I can't believe I didn't think of that. As soon as I return to Lion this will be the first thing I set up. I have restored my system from my backup drive and am now on Snow leopard. I want to install the Safari 5.1 update for Snow Leopard to see if the annoying issues I am having are due to the new version of safari or something else in Lion. I'm probably staying with SL until this gets fixed in some way. The other little quirks I can live with but safari was killing me. Thanks again for the idea, I am saving this message in a folder of Lion tips. Justin On Jul 21, 2011, at 10:57 PM, Austin Seraphin wrote: Activities have some great potential. You can make any VoiceOver settings application specific. For example, I created a new activity called Mail,. I enabled hot spots, and checked Mail in the applications. I then quit the VO utility and went to Mail. This uses the new mail view in Lion, but you can do the same for the old. I went to the mailboxes table but did not interact with it, and hit Vo-shift-1 to set a hot spot there. I then went to the message column and interacted. I went over to the messages table and without interacting, hit Vo-shift-2 to set a second hot spot. I then went over to the message content and did the same with Vo-shift-3. Now I have three hot spots specific to mail that take me to three common areas in the main window accessible with vo-1, vo-2, and vo-3. Nice and simple. It always confused me before that you could only have ten hot spots for the whole system, and I didn't use them much. Now activities allow for much greater fine-tuning of the VoiceOver experience. I have a feeling some shortcuts already exist to do these things, but if nothing else it demonstrates a new and powerful way to use hot spots and activities to make the new mail program a little easier. I wonder if APple will begin making application specific activities of their own in the future which come with VoiceOver. They enrich the experience. - Austin PS: I also made a Terminal activity without quick nav, to allow full use of the arrows. I also set the punctuation level to most, perfect for picking out Unix weirdness. WOnderful! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Making Mail Easier with Activities
That's exactly what it means. This makes hotspots an actually useful feature for a change. 10 hotspots aren't nearly enough system wide, but it's more than enough for one app. This is one of the best improvements in VoiceOver. On Jul 22, 2011, at 1:56 AM, Les Kriegler wrote: Hi, Does this mean that one can have 10 hot spots per application now? Les On Jul 22, 2011, at 2:03 AM, Yuma Decaux wrote: Yep, activities is really good. If you want everything to work by gestures, add them to your hotspots and swipe around to get where you want. However, tabbing and untabbing is faster with mail. I've set up quite a few hotspots with garage band and now its such a pleasure to use it. Done the same with a stock monitoring app, Skype, a standalone drum kit, and numbers. Very useful On 22/07/2011, at 5:57 PM, Austin Seraphin wrote: Activities have some great potential. You can make any VoiceOver settings application specific. For example, I created a new activity called Mail,. I enabled hot spots, and checked Mail in the applications. I then quit the VO utility and went to Mail. This uses the new mail view in Lion, but you can do the same for the old. I went to the mailboxes table but did not interact with it, and hit Vo-shift-1 to set a hot spot there. I then went to the message column and interacted. I went over to the messages table and without interacting, hit Vo-shift-2 to set a second hot spot. I then went over to the message content and did the same with Vo-shift-3. Now I have three hot spots specific to mail that take me to three common areas in the main window accessible with vo-1, vo-2, and vo-3. Nice and simple. It always confused me before that you could only have ten hot spots for the whole system, and I didn't use them much. Now activities allow for much greater fine-tuning of the VoiceOver experience. I have a feeling some shortcuts already exist to do these things, but if nothing else it demonstrates a new and powerful way to use hot spots and activities to make the new mail program a little easier. I wonder if APple will begin making application specific activities of their own in the future which come with VoiceOver. They enrich the experience. - Austin PS: I also made a Terminal activity without quick nav, to allow full use of the arrows. I also set the punctuation level to most, perfect for picking out Unix weirdness. WOnderful! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
command+tab in Lion?
Hi all, While trying Lion, I had a weird problem twice but I Can't reliably reproduce it. Has anyone else been in a situation where command+tab would not switch to other applications? The first time, a reset of voiceover took care of it. The next time, a reboot was required. While I'm writing, A quick word on the safari issues such as links sometimes not showing up, and heading navigation being unpredictable. After reverting to my snow leopard backup, I installed safari 5.1. Everything is fine. It must be related to something else that changed in Lion. Thanks, Justin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: yorufukurou question
Hi richard, I know what you are referring to. Sometimes you find that a reply has been sent to your intended recipient but also to someone else that you weren't expecting. I think I've finally figured out why this happens. The problem is that pressing the right arrow key runs a command to quickly add other usernames to a reply without moving to the edit field. If there is a conversation between many users that you wish to reply to, you can press right arrow on each tweet from someone in the group, then press enter on the last one to start writing your reply. It's very easy to accidentally bump that key while doing other things, so when you do begin to write a reply, it has been addressed to one or two random people already. This doesn't happen to me as often as it used to. I've just learned to read the message once to make sure other usernames aren't in there. I think I'll write to the author and request the ability to modify the shortcuts, since I think mapping this command to the right arrow was a bad idea. Hopefully my explanation makes some sense. I'm working off of less than three hours of sleep this morning. LOL. Have a good one. Justin On Jul 19, 2011, at 3:57 AM, Richard Ring wrote: Thanks for your help! It worked this time. I guess I didn't understand the power of go to user. Now, for a final problem. Whenever I attempt to reply to a tweet by pressing enter while focused on a particular tweet, I end up replying to a completely different user. Why is this happening, and is there a way to fix it? Thanks for any help anyone can give. On Jul 18, 2011, at 12:27 PM, Zachary Kline wrote: Dear Richard, Can you not see any tweets by this user, that is, are they protected? You should be able to go to the table and find a tweet, it doesn't matter which one. After finding one the drawer should show the user's information. From there, following should be easy enough. Best, Zack. On Jul 18, 2011, at 10:18 AM, Richard Ring wrote: Perhaps I should attempt to clarify my question. I want to follow a Twitter user that I am not following, and whose tweets, therefore, I am not seeing. Here's what I did. First, I interacted with the toolbar. I found the drawer button. I pressed that button. I stopped interacting. The item called drawer was then visible on my screen. I interacted with the drawer and a series of statistics about the user whose tweet I had most recently read appeared. I found the user action menu. In this menu is nothing that would me to follow a brand-new user. I could unfollow the user whose tweet I had most recently read, but there was nothing in that menu that would allow me to set up a new follower. I then closed that menu, stopped interacting with the drawer and pressed command u. A dialog box opened. I interacted with it. I pressed VO space and a large list of users appeared. Amazingly enough, I was able to find the user I wanted to follow. I stopped interacting with the combo box, pressed the go to user button. Then, i interacted with the drawer again. This time, all that showed were a lot of blank statastics for yorufukurou, as if that was the user. Ther was, no menu button at all. I am completely at a loss as to how to proceed. On Jul 17, 2011, at 12:07 PM, Buddy Brannan wrote: Hey Rich, Interact with the drawer. If the drawer isn't visible, press the drawer button in the toolbar. One of the options in the drawer will say User action menu, button. Press that, and you'll find a following status option. Right arrow and press carriage return on Follow. If you don't have a tweet from the person you want to follow in your timeline, You should be able to use cmd+u to go to a user and follow from there in the same way. -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY On Jul 17, 2011, at 12:26 PM, Richard Ring wrote: Hello, I have a question about yorufukurou. Does anyone know how to follow and/or unfollow someone? Your help would be greatly appreciated. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to
Re: bible desk top clients?
Hi, Unfortunately, I have not found any bible study software that is very accessible at all. However I have found a solution which is almost as good for me, and some might consider it to be better. Optasia ministries offers a free library of bible study material in alternative formats for blind people.. The library comes on a DVD, and you can copy the files to your hard drive to study whenever you want, or just read from the dvd. This library contains many different bible translations, and more commentaries and other reading material than you'll ever know what to do with. The files are mostly in RTF format that you can read in textedit, or in html format. At their web site, you can read a full list of what is included and find the phone number and email address to request a copy. Here is the link. http://www.optasiaministry.org/ I hope this is helpful. This really is a goldmine of good materials. Justin On Jul 17, 2011, at 5:07 PM, KliphSharrie wrote: So what bible apps are out there that will work with voice over? I have tried elloquent, but no go. Someone gave me some instructions that just didn't work out. I have tried word search on the PC side, but don't feel like buying that for the mac just to see if it will work. All I want to do is to be able to study, read and search the bible, and access commentaries if available. Thanks. And before anyone says it, I've already googled it. Just trying to see if there is anything someone else has tried. Kliphton SR (twitter) http://twitter.com/kliphton72 (Marriage Blog) http://cm-i-t-real-world.blogspot.com Sent from my IMac -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Mac Super Bundle
Hi. I can only comment on parallels desktop 6. It is still not accessible. I've only used dvd remaster for a few minutes but it appears to be very accessible. I can't say much more than that. On Jul 14, 2011, at 1:35 PM, Marc Workman wrote: Hi, I came across another bundle that some might be interested in. I'll list the included apps with brief descriptions along with any info I could find after a quick search of the Mac Visionaries archives. As you will see, there is not much info in the archives on these apps, or rather, I could not find much. I'm hoping if anyone has experience with any of these apps he or she will share it. It includes 10 apps. The unbundled price is $366, and the bundle price is $49. All apps are Lion compatible or will get compatibility updates after Lion comes out. This is of course a limited time offer. You need to pick it up by July 27 if you want it. For more info, visit http://macsuperbundle.com/ 1. Media iPod to Mac Transfers iPod file transfer made easy. No info in archives. 2. Parallels Desktop 6. Run windows on your Mac without rebooting. This is the jewel of the bundle, but the archives suggest it is not accessible with VO. However, most comments refer to version 4, so I wonder if things have improved in version 6. 3. Food Network Recipe Manager. The easy-to-use recipe and meal manager. No info in archives. 4. Money 4. Keep control of your financial life. No info in archives. 5. DVD Remaster. The ultimate DVD re-encoding solution. I believe this one is accessible. As pointed out by someone on this list, it was recently on sale in the Mac appstore for $5 from $50, so I snatched it up but haven't actually played with it much. 6. VirusBarrier X6. Anti-virus protection reinforced. A post on the archives says this one is accessible, but it also listed the price at $9.99 whereas this version is supposed to be $49.95. I don't know if they are different versions, or if there is a significant discount through the Mac Appstore. 7. Washing Machine 2. Protecting you and your Mac. No info in archives. 8.Yummy FTP. The fast, flexible, and reliable FTP client. No info in archives. 9. Inspiration Set. 150 professional templates for Pages. No info in archives. 10. Font Explosion Volume 2. Professional fonts for brochures, logos, presentations and more. No info in archives. Hope someone finds this useful. I'm often tempted by these bundles, but this one is less tempting than usual. If it were VM Fusion instead of Parallels, I would definitely grab it, but I need more info before I get this bundle. Cheers, Marc -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Flash to HTML5; Can it be done?
Hi Doug, ClickToFlash is an extension that handles several other sites besides youtube. I'm not sure if it will play the videos on the site you need, but there's always a chance. ClickToPlugin is by the same author, and includes all of the features from ClickToFlash and adds the ability to convert silverlight and windows media content as well. Here is the web site for the both extensions. http://hoyois.github.com/safariextensions/clicktoplugin/ On Jul 14, 2011, at 3:17 PM, Doug Lawlor wrote: Hello list: I am looking for either a Safari Extension or plugin that will allow me to convert any flash video to HTML5. I've seem extensions that will let me do this with Youtube videos but not videos from other sites. I'm taking a course that has lots of flash videos and am wondering if there is something available that can do this. Thanks in advance, Doug -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Flash to HTML5; Can it be done?
I can't remember if ClickToFlash is set to convert videos to html5 by default or not, so here's how to check. Press option+comma for the ClickToFlash preferences. At first I kept pressing command+comma for safari preferences and wondering where these settings were supposed to be. A frame will show up at the bottom of the page. Interact with the frame and press VO+space on html5 replacements. The categories will not appear as links but doing this still works. Make sure everything is checked. Now go back to the list of categories and press VO+space on media player. Check the box to load the media player automatically. I just thought of another trick to try if ClickToFlash is unable to play your videos. Some sites have an alternative interface for iOS devices, since they do not work with flash content. It is possible to have safari tell the site that you are on iOS. Press command+comma for safari preferences, and then go to the advanced settings. Check the box to show the develop menu in the menu bar, and then close preferences. In the develop menu, go to the user agent sub menu and choose any of the options to identify as an iOS device. The page will refresh, and just maybe present some more accessible form of video. Hope this was more helpful. On Jul 14, 2011, at 7:53 PM, Doug Lawlor wrote: Hi Justin: I've got Click2Flash installed but it just doesn't do it for this site. If I get myself on a video using VO I just hear the keyword Flash which gives me no option to click on it to get any results. The worst thing about these videos is that they do not play when the page for the video is loaded. This is even without Click2Flash installed. Doug On 2011-07-14, at 9:22 PM, Justin Ekis wrote: Hi Doug, ClickToFlash is an extension that handles several other sites besides youtube. I'm not sure if it will play the videos on the site you need, but there's always a chance. ClickToPlugin is by the same author, and includes all of the features from ClickToFlash and adds the ability to convert silverlight and windows media content as well. Here is the web site for the both extensions. http://hoyois.github.com/safariextensions/clicktoplugin/ On Jul 14, 2011, at 3:17 PM, Doug Lawlor wrote: Hello list: I am looking for either a Safari Extension or plugin that will allow me to convert any flash video to HTML5. I've seem extensions that will let me do this with Youtube videos but not videos from other sites. I'm taking a course that has lots of flash videos and am wondering if there is something available that can do this. Thanks in advance, Doug -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Problem ripping audiobooks from CD with iTunes
Hi all, I recently purchased an audiobook on CD, and I'm trying to copy it to my computer for use on the iPod touch. I'm experiencing a small issue while trying to do this with iTunes. The last second or two of each track is getting cut off. I've never seen anything like this when ripping music CDs. As expected, everything sounds fine when I play the CD directly in itunes. I guess I could put up with this if I had to, since I can still understand exactly what should have been said, but I just thought I'd ask here before giving up. Does anyone know how to prevent this behavior? Thanks, Justin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
twitterrific, was Re: Porting qwitter to mac?
Hi Krister, I don't know what twitterrific used to be like since I'm relatively new to the mac, but I recently tried version 4.2, and it is now completely inaccessible. I've notified the developers, and I think they are working on it. However, I'm not sure it's feature set competes with YoruFukurou. I still would have liked to try it though. On Jul 11, 2011, at 8:32 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: Hi, Please correct me if i'm wrong here, but before Syrinx got totally accessible, Twitterific was the client of choise among us. The reason everyone switched clients overnight, as far as i remember, was that it didn't have as many features as Syrinx at that time, but that could very well have changed because it was a couple years ago this. Syrinx that you mentioned is good, but personally i wasn't quite friends with the bookmark idea. If i left the bookmark someplace i didn't want to leave it, i had a huge backload of tweets waiting for me, but this may also have been fixed in some way. /Krister 11 jul 2011 kl. 16.55 skrev Christopher-Mark Gilland: Try Sirynx. I personally like it a teeny bit better. I'll tell you one app no one! yet has mentioned. I know it isn't freeware, but has anyone tried Twitterrific? I kind a remember it being awesome! the little bit I got to play with it. Chris. - Original Message - From: Vaughn Bennison vaughnbenni...@netspace.net.au To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 4:10 AM Subject: Re: Porting qwitter to mac? Whilst I would totally agree with you normally, and hesitate to enter into such a discussion, I think Qwitter is a brilliant application, and I would certainly love to see it, or something like it on the mac. I use Yorufukurou at the moment, and have not yet tried anything else. I find it a bit clunky, and not really intuitive--and I can't consistently reply to tweets! Vaughn. On 11/07/2011, at 10:30 AM, James Malone wrote: While I appreciate the work you are doing there Jonothan, I still don't completely see the need for something that doesn't display tweets as you read them, and focus on the blind comunity. I for one refuse to use blindness apps for the most part, because it sort of makes us look stupid. Its almost like saying, Hey, apparently blind people can't use my twitter app, because there is one little checkbox that isn't where it should be and its not described enough, therefore I need to waste pointless time looking then changing it, just so there can be that perfect kept in a shell zone once more. and I mean really, does anyone really care these days if your tweeting at work? Hey, I know heaps of people that do this, and most people aren't stupid. As long as you get your work done and can have a good tweet, then why not. Hell, apple will probably end up integrating a Twitter client into Mac OS at some stage. Anyway, rant over. On 7/11/11, Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, with boxcar for Mac, you can reply to mentions and DMs from anywhere. All you need to do is assign a keyboard shortcut to bring it up in the boxcar app. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, AIM: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On Jul 10, 2011, at 8:38 AM, Ashley Cox wrote: Yes, agreed. Perhaps, if someone were to create the twitter application I describe below (how about calling it tweeter?), there could be a keystroke that was global, that when pressed would pop up a dialog in which you could compose a tweet. I do find sometimes that the ability to read tweets from anywhere is, while great, distracting Perhaps another keystroke could be added that popped up a dialog with the timeline On 10/07/2011 13:18, Missy Hoppe wrote: Very well said. The only thing I'd like to add is that the thing I like best about qwitter is that it runs in the background; you can just use it where-ever you are on the computer without having to alt-tab to it first. So, if you're writing a document, or playing a game for example, you can just check tweets without losing your place in whatever program you were in. Apart from that particular convenience, Yorufukuru on the mac does meet my needs quite adequately. Anyway, what is described below sounds perfect to me, but if qwitter were to be ported to the mac somehow, I'd only use it over what is already available because of its ability to just run in the background. I hope that makes some kind of sense. Missy -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ashley Cox Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 5:46 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Porting qwitter to mac? I see what you're saying. The only reason I wanted to see a port of qwitter was simply because it provides features that most of the other twitter clients do not, or if they provide those features they are either more hidden away or in
Re: Porting qwitter to mac?
You know, I am a huge fan of qwitter, and it has done a truly amazing thing for windows twitter users. I'm still devoted to it, and still volunteer to maintain the Readme even though I'm almost exclusively a mac person now. Having said that, I'm not sure I see why it is necessary to have a mac port of qwitter. There are several high quality mainstream twitter clients on the mac that work just great with voiceover. YoruFukurou has many of the features that I thought I would have to live without when I switched. One big advantage of qwitter would be much harder to do in OS X, unless lion fixes a particularly annoying issue. You have seen this if you use the speech output of growl, or even adium's built-in speech notifications. Whenever some other program has something it wants to speak, whatever voiceover is saying gets interrupted. On windows, if qwitter wants to announce that a new tweet has come in, it waits for a pause in the existing output, such as a gap between sentences. The current mechanisms for speaking text on OS X do not seem to provide any facilities for doing this. This annoying behavior is why I don't keep adium or skype signed in, because I'd lose my place just to be told that someone came online. This would be a dealbreaker for qwitter. On Jul 9, 2011, at 4:39 PM, Missy Hoppe wrote: I agree. Would love a version of qwitter for the mac. Sadly, I know absolutely nothing about programming, so am unable to help with the project, but if registering an interest helps at all, definitely count me in! Missy -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ashley Cox Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 12:38 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Porting qwitter to mac? Hi all, For those of you who don't know, qwitter is a free twitter client, written in python. It's an accessible twitter client, but is only written for windows. http://www.qwitter-client.net Now to my question. For those of you who are experienced programmers, would anybody be willing to work in porting this twitter client to mac? It's open source, and it would be awesome to see it on the mac platform. I'm not a great programmer myself (i know very little python, as I tend to keep to web-related programming languages such as php). However, if any people are interested in working with me to port qwitter to mac, I'll contribute all I can to the project. I don't know, maybe the qwitter devs are on this list...! If anybody's interested, it would be awesome to work to get this awesome app on to the mac! Ash -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: new Syrinx 2.4.3 and password issues
Hi, It is common for me not to hear a click for each key press in a password field. I don't even listen to the clicks anymore. I just assume it went through and most of the time it does. The faster you type, the more likely you are to see this behavior. It's not specific to any program either. As for syrinx, you can continue to use the old version, the only thing that will not work is your ability to receive direct messages. You need to authorize the new version for that to work. I'm not sure how to unlock twitter, other than to write to them and ask to have it reset. I don't know for certain which email address to use, but maybe try supp...@twitter.com. Hope this was at least a little helpful. Justin On Jul 1, 2011, at 8:39 AM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: Hi folks. Is anyone having issues with Syrinx 2.4.3, the just-released update, in which the password won't go into the field correctly, causing Twitter to issue a CAPTCHA challenge? When I upgraded, it signed onto the web to authorize the new version. When I tried to type my password in the field, the number of key clicks was wrong, as if some keystrokes weren't recognized. Then, after so many attempts, Twitter.com locked me out and issued a CAPTCHA. It had an audio component, but my hearing loss made it impossible for me to get the right words in the box. So I dug the old copy of Syrinx outta the trash and swapped it, and now I'm signed in again, though how long that'll last... Has anyone else encountered a password box in which some keystrokes weren't recognized or didn't produce the click of the secure text input? Should I assume that, even if I don't hear a click, the character is there? how can I get Twitter to unlock me? :) First day of the month, and I have so many questions already. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com • My home page: • http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Questions About VMWARE Fusion
Hi Geoff, I'm confused about these instructions for switching focus between Windows and the mac. It's nowhere near that complicated for me. When I command-tab out of fusion, I'm bak in the rest of my mac programs, just like switching from any other window. When I command-tab back into fusion, most of the time windows has the focus again. On those rare occasions when this isn't seamless, I just press VO-command-f5 to move the mouse to the VO cursor and then VO-shift-space to click the mouse. Is there a problem that I'm not aware of? Sorry for bringing this up again, I just recently rejoined the list. Thanks, Justin On Jul 1, 2011, at 3:04 PM, Geoff Shang wrote: On Thu, 30 Jun 2011, Ezzie Buenito wrote: After viewing many of your discussions, I've decided to try running Windows on my Macbook Pro with Fusion. The questions I have are as follows: 1. When I select VMWARE Fusion on the finder, can I install JAWS at that point? No. You need to configure the VM and install Windows in it before you can install JAWS. VMWare Fusion is not Windows, it is only a program for running other operating systems under your main one. You will need a legitimate Windows installation CD. 2. Which key will be the Windows key? On a mac keyboard, the command key will be the Windows key, and the Option key will be the Alt key. Yes, that means they're backwards in comparison to a Windows keyboard. 3. How do I switch back to the Mac operating system? This is one of the tricky things about using Fusion. Visually, Windows is just another window on your computer. When the mouse is in that window, it's interacting with Windows, and when it's not, it's interacting with Mac OS. Now for us, it's a little more complicated. If you can see the mouse pointer, I believe you can click within or outside of the Windows window in order to change where the keyboard is focused. If you can't, moving to the Fusion window and pressing (I think) command-g is supposed to switch to Windows and control-command to switch it back. However, it's very difficult to make this work reliably. A thread a week or two back on this list discussed a number of ways to try and help make this more reliable, such as running VMWare in full-screen mode. But none of these remedies seemed to work for everyone. 4. When I start up the computer, which operating system will start up by default? Mac OS has to start, as VMWare and Windows will be running as a program on your mac, not as a stand-alone operating system. If you want to run Windows as a stand-alone operating system which you run *instead* of Mac OS, you need to use Boot Camp. Geoff. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Facebook and clients
Well, I haven't used the facebook site much, because I seem to constantly get taken back to the top of the page. I can't remember what it is that I didn't like about the mobile site, so perhaps I should try it again. As for wanting to ignore the photo application, I suppose it depends on the people you know that use it. When I did use Facebook, I liked seeing photo posts because my friends are mostly kind enough to remember to add captions to their photos. Between the captions and the comments, it's easy to know what's going on and to participate in the resulting conversation. I also like seeing when someone adds new friends, because chances are reasonably good that it may be someone I know as well. This has helped me find several old friends who I didn't even think were on Facebook at all. Anyway, I hope to find an efficient way to use this again, because it's the only way I ever hear from some people. Justin On Jun 28, 2011, at 3:52 AM, Ollie wrote: I've been playing with that actually, and it's the remove button, VO space bar it and then you can scroll through the menu with the up and down arrows. The problem with that is you can't ignore the photo application, which is obviously pointless isn't it, and there is no option to block the Who's made friends with who, application. There is a way of setting it only onto status updates. Hit most recent just above nuewsfeed and scroll to Status updates. Unfortunately this doesn't stick and you have to do it again each time. The old mobile facebook was perfect in my humble point of view. It's actually making me use it less because there is so much redundant information in the mobile one and that the full site is rather cumbersome to navigate. Jon Cohn wrote: With the full facebook client just one or two clicks and you can remove Friend and/or application updates. I believe it might be an unlabeled link, but if you click on it then wait a second a list of choices appear asking if you want to ignore the person or the type of message. JOn On Jun 27, 2011, at 3:32 PM, Ollie wrote: Ever since facebook has screwed up my life by taking away links and putting stupid pictures in there place I've been miffed. I was trying to find a better way around it and saw that people were using Facetab. There is an alternative that actually has labeled buttons, social lite and the paid version social pro. On the up side they also include a sream for google and twitter. Pretty neat huh? Does anyone have an email address I can write to facebook regarding the new pages/ I hate it that I can't just stick to status updates on the mobile feed because, to be quite honest I don't care who x has made friends with or that they've checked into y. Also I'd like to be able to comment again and like things ... it's making me bitter ... O -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: EMusic download manager
Hello, I just downloaded the beta version. From an accessibility perspective, this is a total nonstarter. When I first run the downloaded application, I get a setup window, but Voiceover can not read anything. I have tried using standard Voiceover navigation commands, as well as using the tab and arrow keys to move around. The only thing I can read is the text eMusic download manager setup. I've never seen an application show up as being totally blank before. For example, the installer for Adobe flash doesn't read with voiceover navigation, but you can still find the buttons using the tab key. No such luck here. I'll be more than happy to try out further builds. I'm sorry I can't provide any better advice on how to fix this. Justin Ekis On Jun 24, 2011, at 6:41 AM, Bobert wrote: Hello everyone. I'm a product manager at eMusic. We have a beta version of a completely new download manager. I'd like to hear how it works for you. You can download it here: http://labs.emusic.com/2011/05/26/emusic-download-manager-v5-beta/ On Jun 20, 8:08 pm, Ben J Bloomgren ben.j.bloomg...@gmail.com wrote: I'm a subscriber to the EMusic service. Last night I wanted to download an album from there, and I found that they had a .dmg file for the mac. The only problem is that I could not even try to install or configure the program. Everything said dimmed scroll area. The preference area wasn't all that different. I haven't yet looked in all the menus, but it's not that promising. It did download, but it created a folder on my desktop called My EMusic. I'd rather not have that folder there, but if I cannot configure that application, I'll just have to leave it there and periodically exponge it. Has anybody on this list explored EMusic and/or its mac manager? Thanks a ton for any suggestions, Ben -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Looking for feedback regarding accessibility of the apps in today's MacUpdate Promo bundle
Hi, I was about to send a similar message when I noticed that you can download the bundle and try the demos before buying. Tech Tool and Civilization IV don't have demonstration versions though. Here's what I've found, but it's really not much information. This was just a quick examination of the programs, I tried to look at as many screens as I could get to quickly. If anyone else has any more complete information about these programs I'd be interested to hear. I didn't try parallels today, but unless they've update it in the last 4 months, it's inaccessible. 1 password is Very accessible. I've used the demo for a while and was waiting for a deal. DVD remaster and Mac DVD ripper pro seem to be fully accessible. It seems tech tool pro is inaccessible. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. Looks like a great app. I think i'm missing something with hands off, it feels inaccessible but I might just not be understanding the layout. Anyone? I think App Tamer is accessible, once I understand how it works. Same for a better finder rename, looks accessible, but I need to dig into the documentation to understand it better. MacUpdate desktop is almost completely accessible. The table showing the download status does not read for some reason. You get a 6 month membership with the bundle. The first 1 orders also get a license for a program called divvy, but it doesn't seem to be accessible. I decided that even though not all of the applications are accessible, there's enough here to make this bundle worth the price for me. I'm especially glad to have DVD remaster and 1password. App tamer looks like it might be useful. MacUpdate Desktop is a nice bonus. If I'm not mistaken, DVD Remaster pro on it's own costs as much as the entire bundle. I won't even bother with the 1.7 gb extra download of Civilization iv. That's a 3d game and I wouldn't even expect it to be accessible. These are my scattered thoughts after three hours with the bundle. Maybe another list member has something more coherent to contribute. LOL. Justin On Mar 16, 2011, at 7:02 AM, Bryan Jones wrote: All, Today's MacUpdate Promo appears to be a bundle of decent Apps for US $49. I've listed them below and am wondering if anybody here knows about the level of VO accessibility of any of these. I seem to recall Parallels is inaccessible while 1 Password and DVDRemaster are accessible. The macupdate promos can be found at www.mupromo.com Here's a list of the main applications included in the bundle: Parallels Desktop 6 1 Password 3 DVDRemaster 7 Mac DVDRipper Pro 2 Tech Tool Pro 5 Hands Off A Better Finder Rename 8 Thanks, Bryan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: What Twitter client do people use on their Macs these days?
Hello, You've already got a good one there with Nambu, but there is one that I like a little better. It's called YoruFukurou. It has some more features than Nambu and seems to be more actively worked on with new features and improvements. You can find it here. http://sites.google.com/site/yorufukurou/home-en In My opinion, YoruFukurou and Nambu are the top two accessible twitter clients on the mac. Hope that helps. Justin On Mar 13, 2011, at 9:41 PM, Victor Tsaran wrote: Hello all, What accessible Twitter clients do people use these days on their Macs? I am using Nambu but was wondering if there was a client I am missing? Thanks, Vic -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
A question about partitioning an hard drive with existing data on it
Hi all, I was hoping to make a few partitions on the hard drive of my MaCBook Pro. I remember reading somewhere that in order to partition a hard drive that already contains data, it is necessary to format the drive first. I really have trouble believing this, but it came from a source that I generally trust. Of course, this is a real problem, I'd probably need to put the idea on hold until after this semester if this is the case. Does anyone here have experience with this? Can you confirm whether it is necessary to completely format the drive before partitioning? Thanks, Justin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: adobe flash to html
Hi all, All of the articles that I have read about the flash to html converter make it rather clear that this is not for flash videos. Also, This is for web site developers to convert their source files from flash professional into html code. Here's a sample from the coverage at tuaw.com This initial version of Wallaby is meant to convert animated Flash banners to HTML 5-compliant code. This output is optimized for viewing by WebKit-based browsers, including those on the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Since it is designed for banners, the first iteration of Wallaby is limited and will not convert ActionScript, movies or sound. Here's a short link to the article. http://onj.me/bq So, nothing to see here for consumers. Just a way for sites to get their flash banner ads into a format for the iPad. Justin On Mar 9, 2011, at 7:46 AM, chad baker wrote: hi just downloaded the adobe installer for the flash to html and having trouble it installs adobe air all i get is application that what vo says thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: A question about partitioning an hard drive with existing data on it
Hi Yuma, This is very good news. One last question. Should I boot the computer from the Snow Leopard CD to do the partitioning? I assume you wouldn't want to partition the drive while it is in use by the system. On Mar 9, 2011, at 9:34 AM, Yuma Decaux wrote: Hi, if your partition is mac os extended, and provided your disk is not entirely full, you can separate the drive into several partitions, and no you don't have to format the entire drive like on a windows system. Use disk utility which is in applications/utilities choose your hard disk in the list of available volumes Go to the partition tab Press on add partition Now this part is a bit less evident, but vo back to where you will hear the scroll area, interact with it, and between the two unknowns which are the partitions, there is a horizontal scrollbar, interact with it, and either vo down or up, which basically is the blue line often talked about for the sighted in determining the ammount of disk space you want to give to your new partitions. Remember that the first partition will not loose any data, Hope this helps Yuma -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: housekeping: set-up for replying to list
I personally would not like this at all. Most of the time, I want my reply to go to the list. I think that the default for the reply hotkey should be the most commonly preferred action. We would have people sending answers to questions only to the original poster. It would have to be explained to every new member that the reply button does not do what is generally expected on a list of this type. Some people don't even read the welcome message, since it's usually the same instructions. This would complicate more than it would solve. Please do not change how list replies work just to avoid a few one-line replies coming to the list. On Mar 1, 2011, at 11:09 AM, carolyn Haas wrote: Hi Alex: I think that would be a great solution. Let me look into it. Thanks very much for your understanding and your great suggestion.. Carolyn H :) On Mar 1, 2011, at 11:52 AM, Alex Hall wrote: Hello, In response to a recent thread about keeping one-line thank-yous and similar content off the list, I would like to make a suggestion. Currently, replying to the sender or replying to all will send a copy of the message to the list. However, some lists I am on are set up so that replying to the sender will do just that, reply only to the sender of the message. To send a message to the list, one must reply to all. This is a great setup as it allows posters to very easily take a conversation off the list and keep it going privately; to do so, one party needs only to reply to sender, instead of reply to all, and the rest of the list will not see the subsequent messages (unless someone copies the list address on a message for some reason). What do people think of setting up this list that way, if possible? -- Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from GMail website) mehg...@gmail.com; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: blackboard and Safari
Hi Carolyn, I am just now getting used to the newly upgraded version of blackboard at my college. I don't know of any podcasts are tutorials, probably due to the wide variety of versions in use. Each new version of Blackboard has changes to the interface, and therefore the accessibility situation also changes. Some colleges are still using versions of blackboard from a few years ago due to the cost of upgrading or the desire to avoid having people trying to relearn the software. I'm somewhat familiar with blackboard 7.1, and a little less familiar with the new version 9.1. I haven't used all of the features in either one, but if one of these is the one you are concerned with then I can try to answer some of your questions. I've heard that blackboard version 8 might not be very accessible at all, but I have no direct experience. Sorry for the total non-answer, wish I could be more helpful. Justin On Feb 28, 2011, at 7:45 PM, Carolyn Haas wrote: Hi everyone: I have a student who needs to access coursework and videos with blackboard and Safari. He's trying to learn the mac and actually do coursework at the same time, and having a bit of a truffle with this part. I'm simply not familiar, and didn't find anything solid enough in the archives. If anyone knows of either a quick tutorial, or is familiar enough to help a nooby Please email me off list. TIA Carolyn H chaas0...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Jailbreaking and some solutions?
I don't have any experience with jailbreaking myself. If I understand that article though, the base band check only effects people who unlock their iPhone. This is an additional process to enable the phone on other carriers. People who simply jailbreak don't need to be concerned with this. Justin On Jan 31, 2011, at 12:17 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: and now that apple has implomented a ban something or other, I have to dig up the article again, they might know when you jail break as you canot restore to older OS's if you mess up or if you phone explosively breaks. S On Jan 31, 2011, at 11:05 AM, Ben Mustill-Rose wrote: I'm sorry to hear that rose. I thought that the serial number method was pretty safe? I do know that if the 4th and 5 th digits are between 40 and 45 it can be hit and miss, but mine are 21. I guess at the least, it's an experience. I don't like the way that stuff that changes springboard makes the phone unbootable though and whilst I don't know for sure, I'm assuming that things like 5 icon doc will change it. Also, I don't like the idea of safari not working. To be fair, your right though, I don't think my phones ever rebooted randomly or because of a crash, so perhaps I'm just being paranoid. On 31/01/2011, Rose Morales nothingbutl...@gmail.com wrote: I've been using a tethered jailbreak since November. My serial indicated that my 3gS had the old boot rom. In reality, it has the new one. I can't go back to 4.1 because I didn't save my SHSH blobs, thinking I wouldn't need them. So I'm stuck running a tethered 4.2.1. It was a mistake, but I accepted the risks when I upgraded. The dev team recommended that I wait to upgrade, but I wanted to experiment. At any rate, when I want to reboot, all I do is put my phone in DFU mode and launch a file. My phone starts rebooting. I've never had to reboot my phone while out. Since writing the jb guides, I have found out more information on what a tethered jb entails. I've considered making this information part of jb101. At any rate, straight from this post, http://blog.iphone-dev.org/post/1652053923/thanksgiving-with-apple in case there are some who don't feel like reading, here's the important info. Update #2 : The notion of a “tethered” jailbreak is pretty new to many people, so here’s a quick rundown on what to expect: 1 If you’re on an iPhone3G, old-bootrom iPhone3GS, or non-MC ipt2g, life is easy. redsn0w installed an untethered jailbreak and so nothing below applies. 2 “Tethered” does not mean you cannot boot at all without PC/Mac assistance. If you have not installed any tweaks that hook into important programs like SpringBoard or CommCenter, your device will actually boot. However, jailbreak programs like Cydia won’t work (and Cydia may still have a white icon). Also, certain built-in apps that had to be moved by Cydia will fail (Safari being the most noticeable example). 3 If you’ve installed MobileSubstrate tweaks that hook into SpringBoard or other important programs, your boot will actually fail (you’ll get stuck at the Apple logo). You need to use redsn0w to “Just boot tethered right now”. End of excerpt. For those of you who don't know what MobileSubstrate is, it's a dependency of Ultrasn0w, the iPhone dev team's unlocking software for iPhones. This means that you can't install Ultrasn0w without MobileSubstrate. My friend, who has a locked phone, was able to boot up just fine. I myself do not, so I cannot reboot without the assistance of my Mac. Most of you guys won't have that problem. On Jan 31, 2011, at 2:16 AM, James Malone wrote: Thanks! Yeah, I can't say a tethered Jailbreak would exactly be fun. On 1/31/11, Ben Mustill-Rose bmustillr...@gmail.com wrote: Pdanet (The hotspot app) is pretty handy to be fair. I'm lucky that my 3gs is old enough that it can work untethered - I don't really like the idea of my phone rebooting for what ever reason only to find that at best some of the apps won't work or at worst that it won't boot at all. On 30/01/2011, Sarah Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: If att and vz would bundle the hotspot in with out charging then I would nit consider jailbreaking. On 30/01/2011, at 12:57, Scott Granados scott.grana...@gmail.com wrote: That's what I'm reading. Honestly I'm thinking just holding out. Really the only reason I'd jailbreak would be to have a WiFi hotspot. On Jan 30, 2011, at 9:07 AM, Ben Mustill-Rose wrote: Apple didn't make cydia. It was made by someone who goes by the name Saurik who is involved with a group of people that call themselves the iPhone dev team - they have nothing to do with apple. Tethered jailbreaks really aren't worth it imo scott. On 30/01/2011, Scott Granados scott.grana...@gmail.com wrote: Rose, this is fantastic. Thanks for this resource! On Jan 30, 2011, at 12:55 AM, Rose Morales wrote: I have written two extensive articles on jailbreaking. They can be found
Re: Dropbox accessibility
I'm not sure what all this is about myself. I am a very happy user of Dropbox on the mac. When you first install it, there are some controls that VO initially identifies as unknown. However, interacting with them reveals the expected fields for logging in to dropbox. The unknowns appear to be some kind of custom container widget that they use for some reason, but it only slowed me down for a minute. Yes, there is that very annoying issue that VO can't get to the Dropbox menu to change the preferences, but this is not specific to this application and there doesn't seem to be anything Dropbox can do about it. Some people have posted alternative ways of locating the dropbox icon. However, with the 1.0 release, the preferences window is no longer accessible. They have acknowledged this regression and said they will be working on it. In summary, we have a minor inconsistency with the setup screen which is quickly worked around, the issue with the status bar icon which only Apple can fix, and the broken preferences window which Dropbox is working on. Where is the evidence that this company doesn't care about accessibility? Justin On Jan 27, 2011, at 12:01 PM, Scott Howell wrote: I concur and in addition it is recommended you share links to any documentation that may be helpful to the developers. I find this to be one more way to encourage the developers. Scott On Jan 27, 2011, at 2:31 PM, Matthew Campbell wrote: Hello Louie. Don't mean to be rude but with that kind of attitude then there sure isn't anything going to be happening on the Dropbox accessibility front. If enough people want the accessibility supported, then they should let Dropbox know and maybe something could be done. On 2011-01-27, at 2:05 PM, louie wrote: They don't care they don't half to. On Jan 27, 2011, at 11:00 AM, Matthew Campbell wrote: Hello mac users. Copied below is a message I just recently sent to Drop box about the lack of accessibility within they're mac application. If you, like me, feel that the Dropbox app should be made accessible, send them a message by opening your web item rotor and choosing the feedback link from the links area. Thanks. Copied text to Dropbox Hello Dropbox team. I'd like to report a problem that I would class as a bug report my self. This has to do with the lack of accessibility within the Dropbox for mac application. When I launch the Dropbox app, I get no feedback from the built in screen reading software on the mac. VoiceOver is the free screen reading solution built in to every mac and Apple's developer documentation makes reference on how an application can be made to be accessible while using VoiceOver. Thanks for reading. Matthew Campbell. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. louie louiem...@wavecable.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Solona nearly never available lately
Wow. This is very sad indeed. I've never heard anything about this before. I certainly hope he gets well. As hard as he was already working on the captcha solution service, he had expanded into other areas and it seemed like things were doing very well. In fact, just over a week ago I ordered one of his tactile screen protectors for my new iPod touch. This would explain why I never even received any confirmation. I was starting to be frustrated, but if he's ill I'm not even going to worry about that. It's possible that this is beginning to get off topic for the list, but I would like to share one last thought. If this is correct, The community really should make some effort to contact him. This individual is doing tremendous things for the blind community and we should demonstrate that we care about his wellbeing in return. First, where did you hear this news? There's nothing on the blog or twitter account, but I wouldn't really expect anything, given the situation. I'd just like to see the original list post and determine if there's an authoritative source or just rumors floating around the internet. One of the last posts on twitter from late October just says that he's been too busy to use twitter very much. If you have a link for a list archive or can forward the post itself, send it to me off list. je...@fastmail.us Justin On Jan 25, 2011, at 9:52 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: Oh no! Man no wonder I have not seen him post on twitter. I hope he will be ok. I don't think anyone can do what he did. On Jan 25, 2011, at 5:14 PM, Isaac Obie wrote: Hello Ray,,, the reason Solona is almost never available is because the guy who ran it has been very sick. this was established on another list. this guy dedicated himself to helping blind people to the point where it made him sick. HTH Isaac -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: getting very frustrated with skype
Yes, as of right now while this version is still in beta, the normal download link on the skype homepage should give you version 2.8 again. Justin On Jan 15, 2011, at 12:05 AM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: Ok Justin now here's a really dumb question. If I get the beta and want to go back to the last actual release, can I do so by simply redownloading it? I know, I know, but it's the middle of the night and I am on pain meds for a hurt knee so my brain may not be functioning on all levels, :) Marlaina On Jan 14, 2011, at 11:06 PM, Justin Ekis wrote: Hi marlaina, In the current stable version of skype, voiceover can't read the status of your contacts. What I did was to hide all offline contacts completely. Since I have gone on to the beta version, I don't remember how this is done. The new beta reads the status of contacts just fine. It seems to be more accessible overall, but it is an entirely new interface if you are used to the current skype. There are other issues with the beta, such as many of the sound notifications not working, at least for me. It rings when I get a call, so this is only a minor annoyance. If you want to try it out, here is a link to the file. http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-macosx-beta Justin On Jan 14, 2011, at 10:53 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: Hi Blake. I think many of us who have made or are in the midst of making the leap from windows to mac have felt this frustration of windows being more productive than mac. The learning curve is not a curve, it's straight up, smile. While I can't give you a lot of skype assistance, since I too do not see the status of folks in my contact list, I can tell you that it's worth hanging in with your mac. I hope someone on this great list can tell us both why we do not see the online status of our contacts, but in the interim, just take this all one day at a time. I'm getting there and you will, too. Marlaina On Jan 14, 2011, at 9:33 PM, wes smith wrote: Hi, Chats work fine for me. All you have to do is interact with the HTML area. As for telling when someone is online, go to the contacts table and arrow. After their name, it will say their status. ANd if you want to send a message to someone, V+SHFT+M and then arrow down till you hear send IM or something like that. HTH. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 14, 2011, at 10:25 PM, Blake Hardin blakehardin5...@gmail.com wrote: K guys im about to take this mac and throw it out the window. I can't seem to figure skype on the mac out. I can't figure out how to make a call or tell whos online and when someone sends me a chat i can't figure out how to interact with the stupid thing. Yeah i think this is why i have used my mac very little since i have got it. There seeems to be very little documentation on how to do things and in a way windows seems more productive as far as time is concerned. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http
Re: shortcut for accessing the downloads folder?
Something else you can do is to navigate to the downloads folder, press command l on it to make an alias, and copy that alias to your desktop. Then go back to your home folder and remove the original alias. I did this with both the downloads and documents folders. It's very convenient. Justin On Jan 14, 2011, at 1:24 PM, Jürgen Fleger wrote: Hi Donna, and to complete the list of possibilities ;-) you could also use the following Apple-Script and give it a shortcut in the keyboard commander in VoiceOver utilities: tell application Finder open folder Macintosh HD:User:YourUser:Downloads: end tell Just replace YourUser with the user name of your home folder. All the best Jürgen Am 14.01.2011 um 17:56 schrieb Donna Goodin: Thanks, Kim! Donna On Jan 14, 2011, at 11:37 AM, Kimberly thurman wrote: Or, command/shift/H for your home folder and start typing download and you will be right there by the time you get to dow. Then, just hit command O. On Jan 14, 2011, at 9:30 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hi, you can do command shift H to bring up the home folder then arrow down to your downloads folder. hth Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 On Jan 14, 2011, at 9:30 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: Hi all, I really thought there was a shortcut for this, but now I can't figure it out. I know Command-Shift D brings up the desktop, Command-Shift O opens documents, isn't there a similar shortcut for downloads? thanks in advance for any help. Best, Donna -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: xm radio
Hi. I have been trying to use pulsar for a while now, but there is one thing I can not figure out. Is there any way to add a station to my favorites with this program? Out of all those stations there are only a handful that I listen to regularly, and I don't think I'd want to try to scroll through the entire list every time I want to play a different channel. I can access the favorites view, but of course it's currently empty. The documentation describes a way to do this but I don't think it's accessible. Thanks, Justin. On Jan 14, 2011, at 5:54 PM, Robert Carter wrote: Hi, A company called Rogue Amoeba makes an excellent xm radio application called Pulsar. It works well with VoiceOver. Robert Carter On Jan 14, 2011, at 5:54 PM, Chris Snyder wrote: Hi guys, I'm trying to log into XM on my mac, and listen online. There's a captcha image which prevents me from doing it. Is there a way for us to listen? What's weird is that on the PC there is a listen online now link which doesn't appear on the mac version. What is with that I wonder? Friendly, Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: can't send drop box to trash
Hi, To me, A prompt to enter your name and password to allow changes sounds more like a system dialog asking for the password to your account on your mac, rather than your dropbox password. It asks for your system password the first time you run it so that it can intigrate with the finder. After you enter it, this dialog won't come up anymore. As for stopping it from running, I had to do this once in order to install a new version of dropbox. There is a dropbox icon in the status menus that you have to select in order to exit the program. Voiceover can't see status menu icons for third party applications, so I had to have sighted assistance to do this. Someone posted a hint a while back though about how you can find this icon yourself. I seem to have lost my bookmark for the list archives at the moment. I must have deleted the wrong bookmark. Sorry I couldn't be any more help, but getting past this password dialog might be enough to solve your problem. On Jan 14, 2011, at 10:34 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: Hi all. Drop box seems to be precluding me from installing the firmware update for my newly acquired jambox. Each time I boot up, drop box comes up and says to enter my name and password to allow changes. I do this and get a message telling me that I have entered the wrong user name or passwod, yet when I go to dropbox.com and enter that very self same info, I am logged on to my account. So my nedxt step was, I thought, to uninstall dropbox. I went to the apps folder and located drop box and did command delete only to get a message telling me that drop box can't be sent to the trash because it is open. Of course, I don't see it anywhere. I cycled through open apps with command tab and open windows with command accent; drop box does not appear anywhere. How do I close this darned thing so that I can uninstall it temporarily? I also navigated to it in the apps folder and did a vo shift m, and then a vo m as well and still nothing; both these actions brought up the menu bar for finder. If I do a command o on drop box from the apps folder, nothing happens. I am beginning to regret the day I ever installed drop box. I'm not asking for opinions about the app, just asking for help right now to uninstall it. So I guess the question is, how do you uninstall an app you can't see is running? Thanks for the help. Marlaina -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: getting very frustrated with skype
Hi marlaina, In the current stable version of skype, voiceover can't read the status of your contacts. What I did was to hide all offline contacts completely. Since I have gone on to the beta version, I don't remember how this is done. The new beta reads the status of contacts just fine. It seems to be more accessible overall, but it is an entirely new interface if you are used to the current skype. There are other issues with the beta, such as many of the sound notifications not working, at least for me. It rings when I get a call, so this is only a minor annoyance. If you want to try it out, here is a link to the file. http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-macosx-beta Justin On Jan 14, 2011, at 10:53 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: Hi Blake. I think many of us who have made or are in the midst of making the leap from windows to mac have felt this frustration of windows being more productive than mac. The learning curve is not a curve, it's straight up, smile. While I can't give you a lot of skype assistance, since I too do not see the status of folks in my contact list, I can tell you that it's worth hanging in with your mac. I hope someone on this great list can tell us both why we do not see the online status of our contacts, but in the interim, just take this all one day at a time. I'm getting there and you will, too. Marlaina On Jan 14, 2011, at 9:33 PM, wes smith wrote: Hi, Chats work fine for me. All you have to do is interact with the HTML area. As for telling when someone is online, go to the contacts table and arrow. After their name, it will say their status. ANd if you want to send a message to someone, V+SHFT+M and then arrow down till you hear send IM or something like that. HTH. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 14, 2011, at 10:25 PM, Blake Hardin blakehardin5...@gmail.com wrote: K guys im about to take this mac and throw it out the window. I can't seem to figure skype on the mac out. I can't figure out how to make a call or tell whos online and when someone sends me a chat i can't figure out how to interact with the stupid thing. Yeah i think this is why i have used my mac very little since i have got it. There seeems to be very little documentation on how to do things and in a way windows seems more productive as far as time is concerned. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
iPhone and iPOD Touch differences?
Hi all, I'm curious what you all know about the differences between the iPhone4 and the iPod touch, other than the obvious phone capabilities of course. I've had my eye on the iPhone since shortly after getting a mac, and as anyone following me on twitter could tell you I kept a close eye on any rumors about when it would get to Verizon. Strangely, now that Verizon has finally made it official, I'm suddenly not sure. The idea of adding another $30 to my bill for a smartphone data plan is a little hard to swallow. From what I can tell, the iPod touch can run all of the same apps, and I'm satisfied with a phone that places calls and does text messaging. Of course the touch can only use wifi, but if I'm away from a wifi connection, I'm probably quite busy doing something and don't need those distractions anyway. From what I have been able to gather, the phone has a far better camera, which is only compelling if there is a great OCR app available to use it with. More important is that the iPOD doesn't appear to have GPS functionality. One would hope that standard bluetooth GPS receivers would work with the touch and allow the use of apps such as Navigon. If not, it would seem odd if there wasn't a GPS receiver among the hundreds of add-ons designed specifically for the iPOD touch. Does anyone know if this is possible? Other than these, what other differences have you guys noticed? Thanks, Justin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Apple will not allow Verizon to preload software on iPhone
That is very good news. I personally was thinking that verizon would put their custom software all over the phone and I was concerned with whether it would be accessible. Again, Apple gets it right. Every new product that comes out there are accessibility questions, and it always plays out well. On Jan 11, 2011, at 4:34 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: Not surprised here. http://dlvr.it/D7d4m -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Click to flash
I don't know what's going on there for you, but this generally isn't correct. I use click to flash with webkit all the time. Wish I knew how to help you get this working, but I don't have a clue. It should work in either browser. Justin On Dec 29, 2010, at 9:20 AM, Jürgen Fleger wrote: Hi Anne, OK, my fault. ;-) My standard browser is WEBKit and I didn't realise that click to flash only shows up in Safari itselve. I opened the link in Safari and ... ta ta ... there was click to flash in the menue. Thanks for your patients. :-) All the best Jürgen Am 27.12.2010 um 23:57 schrieb Anne Robertson: Hello Jürgen, On 26 Dec 2010, at 11:15, Jürgen Fleger wrote: On that Page is flash but click to flash doesn't apear in the menue. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnKD81Fsh9cund I clicked on the link and Click to Flash showed up in the Safari menu, two below Preferences, and pressing Command-Control-F made the item play. Have you somehow uninstalled Click to Flash? Cheers, Anne -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Click to Flash Now Working with Audible
Hi Teresa, I think I see your problem. You certainly don't want to add audible to the whitelist. The whitelist tells click to flash to allow the site to load it's original flash content instead of converting or blocking it. It kind of feels backwards, but by adding a site to the whitelist you are disabling click to flash and letting the site do it's own thing. Hope this helps. On Dec 29, 2010, at 4:20 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: Yes, please post here. I have load video checked and start buffering, and I've added Audible to my whitelist and updated click2flash. Still no element toolbars appearing on the web page; just the word sample. I'm sure there are loads of Audible readers who could use this info if anyone can post it. Thanks, Teresa On Dec 29, 2010, at 3:46 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: Can you try and post your fix here if you can? I don't use audable but for those who do use it it would be useful. Take care. S On Dec 29, 2010, at 3:29 PM, Robert Carter wrote: Hi, I finally got the Click to Flash Safari extension to work with Audible samples. It is really nice once you get it working. I know that some people were having trouble like I was. If you will email me privately, I will help you get it working. I think it would be easier to explain over skype or phone. Robert Carter -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: very peculiar behavior change with audible.com
Hi ray, I can confirm that I see this new behavior using click to flash, and that temporarily disabling the extension brings things back to the way they used to be. Either a recent click to flash update has added support for converting audible samples to html 5 elements, or the folks at audible have switched to using a different flash player that the extension already knows how to convert. Either way, this is excellent news. Thanks for the tip. On Dec 28, 2010, at 1:28 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: Just now, when I went to Audible.com I experienced something that never before happened. I opened the page, and, suddenly, all the samples on the page started to play at the same time. When they all finally stopped, I took a look at the page and noticed numorous audio element control tool bars all over the page. I mean they were all over the place. These audio element control tool bars are doubtless familiar to you if you've pressed VO+space on an mp3 file from say www.blindcooltech.com to play the file right off the servers. anyhow, I decided to take a closer look, so, I searched for a title I knew was there; I mean on the site. When I found the book I was looking for, I nnavigated to it and, guess what, next to the word sample, there was an audio element control tool bar. At this point, I would have to conclude that the people at audible have heard us and made some major change to their page so that we no longer need to use the mouse method to play samples. As a qualifier, I must hasten to add that I have the anti flash extension, (I forgot the proper name of it for the moment), and, when I looked at the settings I had made for it, I found that it was set to buffer and start playing the video content automatically. With this in mind, I have two questions. 1. For those of you who also have this flash extension, have y'all noticed this difference in audible.com? 2. Now, for those of you without the extension, are you still needing to play samples using the mouse method? Thanks. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now A Very Proud and very happy Mac user!!! Skype Name: barefootedray -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: My Eyepal demo is here.
Hi Erik, I'm not sure where you might have read that you have to pay for the mac software, since it is available for download directly from the abisee support page. Here is the link http://www.abisee.com/support/software.html I'm not sure why it's such a huge download though. It's about a gigabyte. Anyway, I downloaded it when it first came out but haven't had the opportunity to connect my eyepal and try it out yet. Hope this helps. On Dec 11, 2010, at 4:27 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: Well boys and girls... I was all gung hoe to spend the morning with my demo eyepal, testing it on various printed material and working up a podcast on the thing. Unfortunately when I got it out the box I discovered that mac software was not included. Further to my irritation, there's no demo download of the thing. You have to buy it for $150. I dano guys this could be a show stopper for me. I don't really want to give up on the eyepal just yet, but I don't want to get ripped off either. It's just unbelievably irritating to have the thing sit here and not be able to play with it. I might have to rig up a windows solution just to try it out, but that really wasn't the idea at all. Shrugs, Erik Burggraaf User support consultant, Now posting occasionally on twitter at eburggraaf, 1-888-255-5194 http://www.erik-burggraaf.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: google chrome and voiceover
Hi William, I checked this out a few days ago myself. The accessibility of google chrome is still being developed. I recently took a look at the web page on their bug tracker that lists the open accessibility issues. There were at least 5 or 6 bugs that specifically relate to voiceover. The status of each one is listed with varying degrees of progress on the work. I don't remember exactly which issues were on that list, but I'm sure google is probably aware of what you've mentioned. Unfortunately I'm not sure which address you'd want to write to in order to contribute feedback. Hope this helps. On Dec 10, 2010, at 3:55 PM, William Windels wrote: Hi all, There where a few posts on this list about google chrome and, because of that, I have installed it. My first opinion is that it's working. However, it seems not to have the same quality as safari. Some remarks: The webrotor seems to work, a summary of a webpage, count of headings, edit-fields... is not announced. it seems not possible to press some buttons on websites. There are controls that are marked as unknown like comboboxes. I'd like to know about other comments and also is there a possibility to communicate with google about this? Thanx for your answers, William -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: can I make audio cd's of iTunes purchased music
Hi Marlaina, I'm not sure what the situation was like a couple years ago, but I think iTunes always allowed people to burn their music onto a CD, if maybe only a limited number of times. However, as of January 2009, iTunes removed drm protection from all of the music that they sell. You can burn your Music to CD, transfer it to any computer or portable player that you have, or convert it from the original m4a format to mp3. There is no longer any restriction. See this article for more info. http://www.macworld.com/article/137946/2009/01/itunestore.html Hope this helps. Justin On Dec 4, 2010, at 2:14 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: Ok, that might sound like a stupid question, but as I was about to buy Susan Boyle's The Gift, my husband Gary warned me that he did not think I could burn an audio cd to play on a conventional cd player from an iTunes store music purchase. He said he thinks it is protected music. I don't want to buy it if I can't burn it for conventional use. Marlaina -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: abisee eyepal now works with Mac and is on sale today only for $1275
Hi all, I have the eye-pal hardware already, so I'm looking forward to trying this out. As soon as I get back from vacation I'll plug it in and see how it goes. I've already downloaded the mac software and it seems as if it will work exactly as it does on windows. I'll write back next week with my results. On Nov 26, 2010, at 2:14 PM, Mary Otten wrote: For those who are curious and have lots of money, the above subject line says it all. This price represents a very substantial discount off the usual price of this device, which connects via a usb cable to a Mac or a Windows pc and comes with software for either. The demos on the site are rather primitive. For instance, there is no screen reder feedback in the background, so one must take it on faith that the controls are all accessible via the keyboard in some fashion. Of note is the fact that you can scan two pages at once of only what they term small paperbacks, which I take to mean pocket books. there is no support documentation on line that I could find, and thus one has no way of getting an overview of what this will actually do, beyond the basics demonstrated in the short demo tutorials. If they have a decent return policy, and you've got the money, it could be worth investigating. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: abisee eyepal now works with Mac and is on sale today only for $1275
Hi Buddy, Interestingly, I use ProtectMac antivirus, and had to wait while the dmg was scanned after downloading. I could see the file names inside the .app bundle as the scan progressed through the disk image. There was a wine directory with a bunch of dll files in it. It seems to be running the eye-pal software inside a windows emulator. That seems a little odd to me, but it explains why it runs under x11 and separately from voiceover. It will still be totally usable, so there's no problem with this. I just found it surprising and interesting purely from a technical perspective. However they do it, I'm glad that there's something I can run on the mac without firing up a full virtual machine. This is an improvement. On Nov 26, 2010, at 4:26 PM, Buddy Brannan wrote: Well, good news for me. Apparently, all I had to do to use the Zoomex was to download the software and install it. I really got a good deal, someone was selling their barely used Zoomex, about a year or 18 months old, had to move it, so I got a steal. That, plus $200 to get up to the latest version of the software, and I came out way ahead. No upgrade cost for the Mac version is even better. Some preliminary observations, in case anyone's giving the Eyepal or Zoomex some thought: The software is a self-voicing environment. It's written under X-Window, apparently, and runs in that environment. Therefore, it's completely separate from Voiceover, and generally speaking, its controls are inaccessible using Voiceover. Further, it uses the same Nuance Realspeak Solo voices that the PC version does, and also uses the same or similar commands to the Windows version. If you're familiar with the Windows version, it appears that moving straight across to the Mac will be fairly easy and straightforward. One thing that threw me at first and wasn't exceedingly well documented was that you get to the Zoomex (and, presumably, Eyepal) menu with the cmd key, much as you'd use the alt key to pull down the menu in Windows. It looks like their design decision was to make the softwre on the Mac look and act like the software on Windows, so the documentation could be pretty well pulled straight across with little to no alteration; in fact, Zoomex for the Mac even mentions that you won't need JAWS. I haven't tried a scan yet, but I fully expect that it will work just like theWindows version of the software. -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY On Nov 26, 2010, at 3:14 PM, Mary Otten wrote: For those who are curious and have lots of money, the above subject line says it all. This price represents a very substantial discount off the usual price of this device, which connects via a usb cable to a Mac or a Windows pc and comes with software for either. The demos on the site are rather primitive. For instance, there is no screen reder feedback in the background, so one must take it on faith that the controls are all accessible via the keyboard in some fashion. Of note is the fact that you can scan two pages at once of only what they term small paperbacks, which I take to mean pocket books. there is no support documentation on line that I could find, and thus one has no way of getting an overview of what this will actually do, beyond the basics demonstrated in the short demo tutorials. If they have a decent return policy, and you've got the money, it could be worth investigating. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Apple TV and Netflix?
Hi Donna, If I'm understanding the situation correctly, there are two ways to watch movies on the Apple TV. The first involves renting movies or tv shows through Apple. if you do things this way, you don't need a subscription to netflix since you aren't dealing with them at all. The other option is to watch movies through netflix. In this case you have a monthly subscription to the service, but you are not charged separately for each rental. The catalog of content available through iTunes may have some items not available yet on netflix, or the other way around. If I had an apple TV, I'd probably do much of my viewing through netflix for no extra charge, and then check the Apple catalog if I couldn't find something I wanted on netflix. The Apple site makes it seem that you can only connect this thing to an HD Television. I still only have a basic Standard Definition TV, so if this is the case I'll have to say no thanks to this unit. Does anyone know if you can use this with an older Television? Justin On Nov 25, 2010, at 9:29 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: Hi all, My husband and i are sitting here looking at the Apple site, and can't figure this out. Do you have to have a monthly subscription to NetFlix? We don't want to have to pay a monthly fee, and then rental fees on top of that. So, stated another way, can you just rent on an ass-desired basis, or do you also have to carry a monthly subscription? Thans, and happy Thanksgiving to all who are celebrating it. Best, Donna -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Any chance to get plain text with embedded tables announced by Vo correctly?
No, pages doesn't do any better about reading tables with voiceover. This is a constant annoyance and until recently, it caused me to start fusion much more than I anticipated. For several of my classes, the syllabus is provided in a word document. Everything reads fine except for the schedule of assignments. I can open the document in textedit, bean, or pages but voiceover doesn't correctly speak the table with the schedule. So I was booting the virtual machine just to check the schedule twice a week with jaws. Finally I realized a simple solution. I let textedit save the files as web pages. Voiceover reads most of these tables just fine in safari. I still have a couple documents that this didn't help, but I only have to look at those monthly. Still, I join Martin in expressing great interest in a solution to this issue. Justin On Nov 11, 2010, at 9:16 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: Dies pages work wiht this? I would not know as I don't use the suite but maybe others might be able to answer your question. Good luck. On Nov 11, 2010, at 7:04 PM, Martin Kirchner wrote: Hi, tha fact described above realy seems to be an annoying one if you want to create any plain text with embedded tables like spreadsheed documents. Doing all that wiht the MS office crab works pretty good but it doesn't at all with Mac OS based editors like Textedit or Been. Any helpful idea for this? Martin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: An apparently accessible alternative to flash.
Hi David, I'm not sure what you mean about the extension stopping accessible flash from playing. On the mac there is no such thing as accessible flash. But yes, as I explained it stops all flash from loading until you give it permission to load. Just do a vo space on the placeholder, interact with the video element controller toolbar and you have full access to the play button and all of the other controls. On Nov 6, 2010, at 1:16 AM, David Taylor wrote: Hi, hmmm, looks like it stops accessible flash from playing! Cheers Dave On 5 Nov 2010, at 22:49, Justin Ekis wrote: Hi all, I've stumbled across something that might just be very useful indeed. This is a safari extension called click to flash. Apparently it started out as a way to replace any flash content with a placeholder element. All flash would be disabled unless you click on this to enable selected content. Anyway, at some point they developed a feature that replaces flash videos with an html5 alternative whenever possible. For example, this works on pages that contain embedded videos from sites like youtube and vimeo. I've tried this on a few sites, and it is totally accessible. Where the video would be, you instead get an element that Voiceover identifies as clickable. Press VO space, and you get a video toolbar. Interact with it to play, pause, mute etc. It's very nice. Here is the link to the extension. http://hoyois.github.com/safariextensions/clicktoflash/ Hope someone finds this useful. Justin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: [Bulk] Re: accessible flash eextention blocks youtube videos heelp!
Hi Ray, Checking load video player automatically doesn't necessarily defeat the purpose. The next option determines what the video player will do once it has been loaded. You have 3 options, do not buffer, start buffering, or start buffering and begin playback. I chose to start buffering. Now the video is ready to be played should I decide to do so. This removes a step from the process, you don't have to click on the flash placeholder first to load up the player. Hope this helps. On Nov 6, 2010, at 3:42 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: For me, I checked the load video player automatically box. Would that defeat the purpose of the extension? Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now A Very Proud and very happy Mac user!!! Skype Name: barefootedray On Nov 6, 2010, at 5:08 AM, Ruud Bemelmans wrote: Make sure that in the extension options using white list is checked and the type into the corresponding field www.youtube.com. This fixed it for me. -- Ruud -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: accessible click to flash
Hi Allison, By adding youtube.com to the whitelist, you are telling click to flash to enable all flash on the page instead of turning it into accessible html5. You aren't seeing the video element controller because click to flash is ignoring youtube and letting it play the videos in flash. So by adding a site to the whitelist, it is if you don't have the extension installed at all when you visit the page. On Nov 6, 2010, at 11:16 AM, Allison Manzino wrote: Hi Nektarios, I discovered that on Youtube, you have to add youtube.com to the white list of accepted sites within Click to Flash under extensions. I did that, and the videos play, but I can't seem to find the video element controller on that page. I can find it however if I go to my friend's wordpress blog. The videos on his site were previously inaccessible to me, the clickable links were not showing up under VoiceOver. Now they are, and I can just hit VO space and play the videos. When I do it from his site, I can see a little toolbar that says Video element controller. I cannot see this on Youtube. I'm unsure why, but I wanted to answer your post. I hope I have been of some help. Musically, Allison My birds are winged blessings, they help me soar! On Nov 6, 2010, at 1:54 PM, Nektarios Mallas wrote: Hello all. I installed this extension, went to system prefferences and enabled extensions. Now when I go to youtube, I click on a video. The site comes up but the video is not playing. I think that's good. I am not able to find the controls for play stop etc. Is this bar within the html content? I have searched through out the page and can't find it. Please help. Nektarios. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Does anyone have experience with a product called radio shark
Hi ALl, I'm going to break one of my own rules here. I rarely write to a list to ask if something is accessible, I'll just download it and try the demo. On the mac, your chances are quite high that it will work with voiceover. In this case however, the software is included as part of a product, and there's no way to try it out first. Radio Shark is an AM/FM radio receiver that you control with your computer. It can also record the radio for future listening. I'd like to have this since a few local stations do not stream online. Also if they do stream, they shut the stream down during baseball games or other programming where their contract requires this. So I'm wondering if anyone has used this. If so, is the included software accessible? For anyone else that wants to investigate, the web page for this product is at the below link, but you can get it for less at amazon.com. Thanks, Justin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Does anyone have experience with a product called radio shark
And of course I forgot to paste the link, again. http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/radioshark2 On Nov 6, 2010, at 10:04 PM, Justin Ekis wrote: Hi ALl, I'm going to break one of my own rules here. I rarely write to a list to ask if something is accessible, I'll just download it and try the demo. On the mac, your chances are quite high that it will work with voiceover. In this case however, the software is included as part of a product, and there's no way to try it out first. Radio Shark is an AM/FM radio receiver that you control with your computer. It can also record the radio for future listening. I'd like to have this since a few local stations do not stream online. Also if they do stream, they shut the stream down during baseball games or other programming where their contract requires this. So I'm wondering if anyone has used this. If so, is the included software accessible? For anyone else that wants to investigate, the web page for this product is at the below link, but you can get it for less at amazon.com. Thanks, Justin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Does anyone have experience with a product called radio shark
Hi Esther, Thanks for the information. If the software was accessible back then, I wouldn't expect that they changed it much with the newer radio shark2. The new model sounds like it's mostly just hardware improvements. I'll probably get this. Justin On Nov 6, 2010, at 10:22 PM, Esther wrote: Hi Justin, I haven't used this product, but I remember that Cheryl posted about using this on the list a long time ago (in early 2006, to be exact). Here's her post from the old mailing list (before the list moved to Google Groups) at the Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40macvisionaries.com/msg02917.html If you read down the thread, both Cheryl and Scott Howell commented on this. I think there wasn't an accessibility problem but there might have been some issues with reception back then. Haven't heard about this product since then, so any improvements would not have been remarked on. And Cheryl's no longer subscribing to this list, but she's on the viphone list. You'll just have to ask around. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Nov 6, 2010, at 19:06, Justin Ekis wrote: And of course I forgot to paste the link, again. http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/radioshark2 On Nov 6, 2010, at 10:04 PM, Justin Ekis wrote: Hi ALl, I'm going to break one of my own rules here. I rarely write to a list to ask if something is accessible, I'll just download it and try the demo. On the mac, your chances are quite high that it will work with voiceover. In this case however, the software is included as part of a product, and there's no way to try it out first. Radio Shark is an AM/FM radio receiver that you control with your computer. It can also record the radio for future listening. I'd like to have this since a few local stations do not stream online. Also if they do stream, they shut the stream down during baseball games or other programming where their contract requires this. So I'm wondering if anyone has used this. If so, is the included software accessible? For anyone else that wants to investigate, the web page for this product is at the below link, but you can get it for less at amazon.com. Thanks, Justin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
An apparently accessible alternative to flash.
Hi all, I've stumbled across something that might just be very useful indeed. This is a safari extension called click to flash. Apparently it started out as a way to replace any flash content with a placeholder element. All flash would be disabled unless you click on this to enable selected content. Anyway, at some point they developed a feature that replaces flash videos with an html5 alternative whenever possible. For example, this works on pages that contain embedded videos from sites like youtube and vimeo. I've tried this on a few sites, and it is totally accessible. Where the video would be, you instead get an element that Voiceover identifies as clickable. Press VO space, and you get a video toolbar. Interact with it to play, pause, mute etc. It's very nice. Here is the link to the extension. http://hoyois.github.com/safariextensions/clicktoflash/ Hope someone finds this useful. Justin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: An apparently accessible alternative to flash.
What happens when you try to install it? I might be able to help if you describe what goes wrong. On Nov 5, 2010, at 6:53 PM, Justin Thornton wrote: for some odd reason I can not install this extention lol On Nov 5, 2010, at 9:48 PM, Allison Manzino wrote: Hi justin, THank you so much, for the first time im able to play videos on a banjo blog im currently subscribed to. THank you so much .I learned something new today, how to install extensions in Safari. Have a great weekend, and a wonderful evening. Musically, Allison My birds are winged blessings, they help me soar! On Nov 5, 2010, at 6:49 PM, Justin Ekis wrote: Hi all, I've stumbled across something that might just be very useful indeed. This is a safari extension called click to flash. Apparently it started out as a way to replace any flash content with a placeholder element. All flash would be disabled unless you click on this to enable selected content. Anyway, at some point they developed a feature that replaces flash videos with an html5 alternative whenever possible. For example, this works on pages that contain embedded videos from sites like youtube and vimeo. I've tried this on a few sites, and it is totally accessible. Where the video would be, you instead get an element that Voiceover identifies as clickable. Press VO space, and you get a video toolbar. Interact with it to play, pause, mute etc. It's very nice. Here is the link to the extension. http://hoyois.github.com/safariextensions/clicktoflash/ Hope someone finds this useful. Justin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: An apparently accessible alternative to flash.
If you haven't done so already, close all of your safari windows and then start safari again. Here's how to locate the click to flash options after you restart safari. In the extensions section of the preferences window, after the checkbox for enabling extensions, you'll find an extensions list. Interact with it and find click to flash. I've found that sometimes it's enough to hit VO space on the name of the extension, but occasionally I have to press vo shift f5 followed by vo shift space to click on the name. Stop interacting with the list and the settings will be right after the uninstall button. Hope this helps. On Nov 5, 2010, at 8:00 PM, Mary Otten wrote: I just installed the click to flash extension, and the galery website tells me that it is installed. Yet I can't find it anywhere. When I go into the safari preferences and click on the extensions button in the tool bar, I see only one extension showing as installed, and it is not click to flash. This extension is suppose to have things you can adjust, but where can I find it? Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Looking for recommendations of external keyboards
Hi all, I'm starting to wish that the keyboard on this MacBook pro had a numpad. It would be useful to have the numpad commander. I'm thinking about getting an external keyboard that has one included. This may sound strange, but instead of adding another full-size keyboard, does anyone make such a thing as an external numpad? If not, I'd like to hear your recommendations for keyboards. I'd like one that uses the apple layout with the command and option keys. I've heard that using a windows keyboard reverses the locations of those two keys. Is this correct? Thanks, Justin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: using the magic trackpad with vo off
Jeff, that is an Awesome little tip. Now I wish that I could create a hotkey in keyboard manager to quickly toggle that setting. Thanks for the info. On Oct 30, 2010, at 12:06 AM, GEOFF WAALER wrote: Actually if you set mouse cursor to moves vo cursor in the navigation category in the VO utility and turn off trackpad controller most items under your finger are announced. HTH. Geoff On Oct 30, 2010, at 1:59 AM, Justin Ekis wrote: Hi Mary, You don't hear anything automatically with this method. You first lock the VO keys with VO semicolon. As you are moving your finger along the trackpad, occasionally press f5 to have voiceover announce what is under the mouse. Also, if you are trying to use this method to find a particular icon in the status menus, be sure to press ctrl f8 to get to the menu, then press vo shift f5 to take the mouse there. By doing this first you ensure that you are moving the mouse over the icons as you intended. Hope this helps. Justin On Oct 29, 2010, at 10:31 PM, Mary Otten wrote: Hello all, I recently saw a thread talking about a way to access the menus you can't reach with voiceover, such as the drop box menu. The method described talked about using the trackpad with the commander off. I just tried that, turned trackpad commander off and ran my finger around on the pad. I hear nothing. Not anything at all unless I happen to tap on some place and get lucky and an open app gets focus. But running my finger across the top of the pad, as was suggested by the person who said this worked for her to access things in the menu bar, including the otherwise inaccessible icons, gives me no speech at all. Is there something in the track pad preferences that needs to be set in a certain way to enable one to do this? Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: move adict promo
Hi Jeff, The program will run as a demo until you get your code. If I understand correctly, you can only move a single item at a time in demo mode. I don't know if this means that you couldn't copy a folder with multiple files in it. As for the inaccessibility of the preference menu, this is not a showstopper. The developer has created a separate application for Voice Over users to launch the same preferences window. Just copy both applications into the applications folder and you'll be good to go. Hope this helps. Justin On Oct 29, 2010, at 8:33 PM, GEOFF WAALER wrote: Well I googled a download link but it's of marginal utility since the license won't be available for 24 hours. The disk image contains an accessibility folder which ironically points out that the app is inaccessible unless you also copy the prefferences application. I assume this isn't a huge show stopper, but have the impression that it won't be possible to play with it until MacUpdate makes my reg number available. Best regards. Geoff -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: using the magic trackpad with vo off
Hi Mary, You don't hear anything automatically with this method. You first lock the VO keys with VO semicolon. As you are moving your finger along the trackpad, occasionally press f5 to have voiceover announce what is under the mouse. Also, if you are trying to use this method to find a particular icon in the status menus, be sure to press ctrl f8 to get to the menu, then press vo shift f5 to take the mouse there. By doing this first you ensure that you are moving the mouse over the icons as you intended. Hope this helps. Justin On Oct 29, 2010, at 10:31 PM, Mary Otten wrote: Hello all, I recently saw a thread talking about a way to access the menus you can't reach with voiceover, such as the drop box menu. The method described talked about using the trackpad with the commander off. I just tried that, turned trackpad commander off and ran my finger around on the pad. I hear nothing. Not anything at all unless I happen to tap on some place and get lucky and an open app gets focus. But running my finger across the top of the pad, as was suggested by the person who said this worked for her to access things in the menu bar, including the otherwise inaccessible icons, gives me no speech at all. Is there something in the track pad preferences that needs to be set in a certain way to enable one to do this? Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: drop box menu does not appear in short cut menu
Hi Sarah, Using the steps that you described, I can locate the menus for other applications. This is very handy in general, so thank you. However, in my first few attempts, this hasn't worked too well in the case of dropbox. I can find the icon but when I press VO shift space, voiceover announces a menu but I get no further feedback when I attempt to read the menu. I've tried with the arrow keys alone and combined with the VO keys. This works fine with other icons, so this is still a great tip. Any idea what I'm missing here? Thanks, Justin On Oct 25, 2010, at 1:26 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: I can easily with out the use of a script. It works about 95 percent of the time. 1. hit ctrl f8. 2. rout mouse to vo with cmd vo f5. 3. lock vo keys with vo semi colon. 4. run your finger at the top of the mouse pad starting at the right and working your way to the left at the top edge.and press f5 repeatedly. 5. once dropbox is under the mouse then vo shift space on it. Good luck. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: My first mac. Questions.
Hi Ray, Where did you get growl? I recently discovered that the version that adium offers to install is outdated. The newest version from growl.info fixes several annoyances for me. This might help you. Justin On Oct 25, 2010, at 8:23 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: Well, growl don't work for me. Every single time a contact comes online, I just hear the noise and then growl says, has come online but it doesn't ever tell me who comes on or goes offline. Also, aint Growl supposed to tell you when somebody downloads a file from your drop box? Anyhow, the blasted thing don't seem to be doing me any good, so I removed it. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now A Very Proud and very happy Mac user!!! Skype Name: barefootedray -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: battery low message freezing VoiceOver
I have this problem as well, and my spoken alerts are turned off so that is not the issue here. For me,VO reads the message and I am able to close the dialog, but about 30 seconds later I lose all voiceover feedback. I have sited assistance take a look and there are still at least 10 minutes worth of power according to the status menu icon. Yet voiceover won't speak until I plug the computer in. On Oct 17, 2010, at 3:08 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: Hi, You can determine what this message says by turning VO off then back on again. As Anne mentioned, there ends up being a conflict between the Spoken Alerts and VO, and VO loses that battle. Just press VO-f5 to turn VO off then wait a couple of seconds, and VO-f5 to turn it back on and the message will still be there, you may need to do the Window Chooser to bring focus to it though. Sometimes it takes a few extra times of pressing VO-f5 and you won't hear any verbal feedback from VO until it turns back on,but it will eventually work. Simply pressing return in this case will not dismiss the dialog. As well, just FYI, it really says System UI as in System User Interface blah blah blah. Sorry, just thought I'd clear that up too. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2010-10-17, at 1:03 PM, Shen wrote: Hello everyone, Wondering if anyone is having the same problem with VoiceOver using their MacBook. If the battery gets below a certain level, a message will popup. It says, System Wide Server: You are running on reserved power ..., blah blah blah. Everrytime when this message comes up, VoiceOver stops talking. I can't get it to say anything. The only way to get it to work again is to plug in the adapter. But I know that when this message pops up, it's a dialogue box and there is an OK button you can press. But VoiceOver stops working and I can't move to it. Anyone have this problem and how you can navigate when VoiceOver stops working? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Apple's event next wednesday
I have three enhancements that I'd like to see in voiceover with the release of 10.7. I don't expect VO to be covered in that much detail during this particular event, we'll probably read about the VO changes on the web site as the release gets closer. I'd like to see them make it possible to access the status menu icons of other applications. Dropbox is one example of an application that puts an icon in this menu that can't be accessed with voiceover. We can only access the default icons like the clock, battery status, etc. Also, I haven't yet seen a way to navigate tables within word documents or pdf files. If I understand things correctly, wasn't it very difficult to read tables in web pages until the release of 10.6? Maybe this can be done for other documents as well. Finally, I'd really like to see the possibility of setting different preferences for each application. For example, I might want a different level of verbosity in a particular application. On Oct 15, 2010, at 10:43 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: Hi, I would really love to see other voices in other languages and that they ditched those trinoids, good news, bad news, boing and other nonsence voices that belonged in the days when they didn't really know what to do with synthetic speech, because they hadn't a screen reader then. Nowadays, there is Voiceover so then other voices in other languages are more appropriate, especially since the screen reader itself is actually localized into other languages than english. Other than that, i would love to see a better translation to Swedish of Voiceover and the feature that the old Outspoken had, namely theability to know where the cursor was, by hearing a beep when you spell a word, so that if you had the word browser for example and you are in the middle of the word, just between the w and s, you could hear b r o w beep s e r and if you then went one step to the right with the cursor, it'd go b r o w s beep e r and so on. Permanent hot spots savable on a per application basis would also be nice. And i totally agree with more accessibility of the ILife suite would be wonderful. /Krister 15 okt 2010 kl. 19.25 skrev Daniel Rowe: Hi all. As you might be aware, apple are holding a Back To The Mac event next Wednesday at 10 eastern in Cupertino, California. There are rumours of possible upgrades to the MacBook Air and also the unveiling of MAC OS X 10.7. So, what would you like to see included in next version of the OS, either generally or VoiceOver specific? Personally, I'd like to see a female voice that is as good as Alex, and to have voices in other languages even if it meant licensing them from nuance as they have done in iOS. Accessibility improvements to garage band would be welcome, as well as making iWeb accessible. The last major thing I can think of is to finally fix the issue of VO randomly resetting itself. I'm sure they'll come up with a load of things I haven't even thought of. So what do you all think? Dannie -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Viewing pdf files that contain tables?
Hi all, I am trying to read a pdf that I just downloaded. It contains a listing of contact information that appears to be formatted as a table. This is not working well in preview. Voiceover reads the entire first column, and then starts the second column. This is very difficult since there are almost 100 rows in the table. I hear all of the names, then the addresses, then the phone numbers. This site doesn't have any other file format for this information. Is there any way I can get voiceover to read this? The pdf2rtf service renders the data the same way. This is the first time I've encountered anything that I could read on windows but not in OSX. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Justin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: pdf2rtf service
Hi scott, here is the link for the download page where you can find pdf2rtf. There are a lot of downloads on this page, but it's near the end of the list. http://www.devon-technologies.com/download/index.html Justin On Oct 12, 2010, at 2:42 PM, Scott Howell wrote: Hey folks, I was trying to find the information about how one can obtain the pdf2rtf service. I search about on Google, but was not able to find a way to get this service. So, could someone let me know the website that offered this? Seems it was from a website that was promoting an editor of some sort. I'm trying to get this info for someone and your help would be appreciated. Scott -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Pdf2rtf service
Hi Scott, In my original post I mentioned my first experience with this. Yes I have used it and it works very well. You wouldn't even know that there was something going on in the background, it just feels like textedit supports pdf files directly. It's very impressive. The reason the reviews are dated is because the service hasn't been updated since 2007. It's functionality is complete and there is no need to update it, unless a future version of OSX happens to change the API that it uses. On Oct 3, 2010, at 2:35 AM, Scott Howell wrote: I looked at the reviews on the site and they seem dated. SO, have you used this and if so, did you find that the conversion was pretty successful? Thanks, Scott On Oct 2, 2010, at 10:55 PM, Justin Ekis wrote: Hi all, Recently, there was a mention of something called Word Service. I went looking for it and found something even more useful on the same site. It's called pdf2rtf service. This service allows you to open pdf files in textedit. I find preview to be usable, but not always very intuitive. My professor makes notes available for each lecture as powerpoint files. I export them to pdf using Keynote from the iwork suite, then I open the pdf in textedit. Now not only do I have the notes, but I can quickly insert my own notes if I hear something during the lecture that I think could be important. I'm pretty sure you can't do that in preview. Here's the link for the download page. Strangely, instead of just copying the address, if I press vo-shift-m and select copy link, it actually copies the original link from the site. Must have been introduced in a recent nightly. Hopefully it's clickable. Download all our freeware apps and services here Hope someone else finds this discovery useful. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Fixing iTunes
Hi Colin, I just went through this process a few days ago, in fact I had a large number of compilation albums to fix in this way. It is possible to select all of the tracks in an album, bring up the track info dialog and set the part of a compilation checkbox. It will apply to all of the selected tracks. I didn't see it at first, but that was because I almost didn't notice that the setting was on a different tab of the dialog. It was quite easy at that point. Just wanted to let you know that it does work. Justin On Oct 2, 2010, at 9:08 AM, Colin M wrote: Hi Sarai! If I get what you mean I've had the same thing the only suggestion I can make is... If the album has a lot of different artists and has split into different albums with just 1 or 2 artists you'll have to go to info [command+i ] and find the [ part of a compilation ] check box and check it, for each track and then press ok at the end of each info page! When you have done each track it will pull them together under 1 album, under various artists! Also my [ personal choice ] some of my albums have an artist on just one of the tracks who is not the main artist, and also gets put in there own album! What I do there is go to info again and edit the artist field and remove the guest artist then scroll down and press ok then that 1 track ends up back in the main album! The one missing thing is you can do multi info changes but unfortunately selecting part of a compilation is not one of them [ shame ] it would make life easier :-] Unless someone else knows something better! please let me know as well! Colin On 2 Oct 2010, at 15:54, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: Hi guys: On my Windows PC before getting iTunes, I had each artist, and album in their own folders. I imported the music to iTunes, on my Mac,and my albums are all screwed up due to the way iTunes tags music. If I search by albums, 1 album could have 3 songs listed, and the other 7 could be in folders by themselves with different titles, I.E. individual artist, various artists, etc. There is no way to rip the cd's again. Is there any Mac software you can get to fix this tagging issue? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Speaking of Safari and Google
Hi Genny, I don't know what might be different in OSX10.5, but here are some things you can try. This is all totally guesswork though. I haven't seen this on google, but I have experienced other situations where things that should have been clickable were not, and this trick helps sometimes. While focused on the heading, try interacting with it. Since the link element is inside the header element, this older voiceover may need to interact with the heading to see it. If that does not work, you could try running a nightly build of webkit. This will include the newer accessibility fixes that made it into the version of safari that came with OSX 10.6 and then some. Since it's a development version, there's always a chance of instability but the recent builds work fine for me. If it's a safari problem, this will solve it. If it's something wrong with the older voiceover itself then it won't help. The address for the nightly webkit builds is http://nightly.webkit.org Hope you get this working. Justin On Oct 2, 2010, at 5:39 PM, Jenny Wood wrote: Thanks for the response. While I am familiar with how to activate a link, the problem appears to be that Safari simply doesn't seem to recognize the area I need to activate as a link. Therefore, using VO+space does nothing. I don't know, seeing as how not many people are familiar with this particular issue, I am beginning to wonder if it could have anything to do with the version of OS I am running. This machine has OS 10.56, which is certainly not the latest and greatest. Jenny -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Pdf2rtf service
Hi all, Recently, there was a mention of something called Word Service. I went looking for it and found something even more useful on the same site. It's called pdf2rtf service. This service allows you to open pdf files in textedit. I find preview to be usable, but not always very intuitive. My professor makes notes available for each lecture as powerpoint files. I export them to pdf using Keynote from the iwork suite, then I open the pdf in textedit. Now not only do I have the notes, but I can quickly insert my own notes if I hear something during the lecture that I think could be important. I'm pretty sure you can't do that in preview. Here's the link for the download page. Strangely, instead of just copying the address, if I press vo-shift-m and select copy link, it actually copies the original link from the site. Must have been introduced in a recent nightly. Hopefully it's clickable. Download all our freeware apps and services here Hope someone else finds this discovery useful. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Assigning keys in keyboard commander
Hi All, I was attempting to create some more custom key assignments in the keyboard commander, and I believe I may have come across an interesting limitation. At first glance, it appears that you cannot assign commands to special keys, such as the function or arrow keys. If the key does not produce output when typed into an edit field, it can't be used in this way. I attempted to type the characters f12 into the field, hoping that it would understand that I wanted to use the function key. Instead it complained that the input could only be one character. The right option key with the few function keys farthest to the right would have made for some convenient one-handed shortcuts. It's not a big deal though, I can always find other keys to use. I just found it interesting and thought I'd see if anyone has found a way to do this. . Best Regards, Justin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Fonts and line spacing in Text Edit
Hi tim, This is helpful to me as well. I have one question about the VO-t command for hearing the current text attributes. For some reason, this command works fine for me when I open existing documents but all I get is one of the voiceover sounds when I use it in a newly created document. This is the same whether I use textedit, bean, or my trial version of pages. Any ideas what I might be missing On Sep 28, 2010, at 8:08 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: Hi Kimberly, 1. To set the line spacing in TextEdit: • Stop Interacting with the Edit field. • Navigate to the Ruler and Interact With it. • Navigate to the Paragraph and Line Spacing menu and press it with VO-space. • choose your desired line spacing. 2. To choose a font: • Either highlight what you wish in a specific font or this font will begin from where the cursor is. • Press cmd-t to bring up the Font window. • Ignore most of the stuff but navigate to the Family Table. • Interact With it. • Navigate to your desired Font through the alphabetically ordered Table. • Once you have found it, bring the mouse cursor to it using VO-cmd-f5. (Add the fn key if on a laptop) • Press VO-shift-space for the mouse-click as focus doesn't really go there without the mouse-click. • Press cmd-w to close the Font window. • Start typing and your font will be in your desired font. Remember that you can press VO-t to confirm the font and style of your text. Just play around some more, it will come to you. HTH. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2010-09-28, at 8:27 PM, Kimberly thurman wrote: Hello folks: I would really love to use text edit to write essays for school, but most instructors like Times New Roman font and double spacing. I've checked the fonts out in text edit, but it seems very confusing. Does anyone have experience with this? If so, could you give me a pointer or two? I would really appreciate it. I had to drag out the windows machine and really hated every minute of it! :) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Fonts and line spacing in Text Edit
Hi tim, LOL. Nope, I wouldn't try to get the attributes of non-existent text. Don't think you'd get terribly far with that one. Seriously though, I usually write a paragraph or two, then I feel like I need to make sure it's formatted correctly even though I know that I changed the settings. Most of the time I just get that ding sound. Thanks. On Sep 28, 2010, at 9:44 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: Hi Justin, Does your document have any text in it at all? If the document is empty then pressing VO-t will yield a muffled ding noise because there's nothing there for it to take the text attributes of. Simply type one letter and then press the VO-t command and you'll hear the text attributes. If that is not the issue, let me know and I'll dig some more for you. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2010-09-28, at 10:32 PM, Justin Ekis wrote: Hi tim, This is helpful to me as well. I have one question about the VO-t command for hearing the current text attributes. For some reason, this command works fine for me when I open existing documents but all I get is one of the voiceover sounds when I use it in a newly created document. This is the same whether I use textedit, bean, or my trial version of pages. Any ideas what I might be missing On Sep 28, 2010, at 8:08 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: Hi Kimberly, 1. To set the line spacing in TextEdit: • Stop Interacting with the Edit field. • Navigate to the Ruler and Interact With it. • Navigate to the Paragraph and Line Spacing menu and press it with VO-space. • choose your desired line spacing. 2. To choose a font: • Either highlight what you wish in a specific font or this font will begin from where the cursor is. • Press cmd-t to bring up the Font window. • Ignore most of the stuff but navigate to the Family Table. • Interact With it. • Navigate to your desired Font through the alphabetically ordered Table. • Once you have found it, bring the mouse cursor to it using VO-cmd-f5. (Add the fn key if on a laptop) • Press VO-shift-space for the mouse-click as focus doesn't really go there without the mouse-click. • Press cmd-w to close the Font window. • Start typing and your font will be in your desired font. Remember that you can press VO-t to confirm the font and style of your text. Just play around some more, it will come to you. HTH. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2010-09-28, at 8:27 PM, Kimberly thurman wrote: Hello folks: I would really love to use text edit to write essays for school, but most instructors like Times New Roman font and double spacing. I've checked the fonts out in text edit, but it seems very confusing. Does anyone have experience with this? If so, could you give me a pointer or two? I would really appreciate it. I had to drag out the windows machine and really hated every minute of it! :) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Microsoft Office 2011 and VoiceOver
I have found a free word processor that has just enough extra features over textedit to make it sufficient for most of my writing needs in college. The program's name is bean. I don't have a feature list in front of me, but I do remember the address of the site. http://www.bean-osx.com I remember not being particularly impressed by the feature list on the site, but I was curious enough to read the change log for a little more detail. I realized that though it doesn't have all of the power of pages, it has those few little extra things that textedit lacked for my needs. For those interested in iwork, amazon.com is selling it for $49.99 which is about $30 less than retail and you get free shipping. Hope someone finds this information helpful. Justin On Sep 27, 2010, at 5:15 AM, Rose Morales wrote: The problem with something like Notepad is that notepad can only write text files. This is fine if you're just looking to jot down a note or ten. Hence the name notepad, :). MS Word is designed to let you format your text. Now, one could use Wordpad, but that doesn't have a spellchecker. Furthermore, MS Word is able to handle some pretty advanced word processing features: indices, table of contents, table of figures, table of authorities, outlines, bulleted lists, subdocuments, styles, track changes, tables, charts, simple excel calculations and formulas, mail merge, envelope labeling, and probably more I'm not thinking of. WHile your average MS Word user might not even know half of these features exist, there are others who simply cannot live without them. Personally, having taken a course in Office, I can certainly appreciate the idea of MS Word for mac. An awesome word processor on an even more awesome OS? That sounds lovely. Too bad that won't happen for awhile. With that being said, let's look at some of Pages notable features: numerous preloaded templates, the ability to create custom templates, easy insertion of headers and footers, styles, track changes, mail merge, footnotes, endnotes, bookmarks, tables, charts, and formulas. And Pages has the ability to export not only to word documents but epub, rtf, PDF, and html. You can't save as .docx yet, which is a pity, but you can open .docx files just fine. I'm not saying all this to suggest that everyone immediately love Pages. We can all agree it lacks some features which word has. Honestly, my first instinct is to fire up Word when I'm doing some intense document writing and editing. And I'm a hard core Mac girl. For my every day writing, I use Text Edit, and I love it. I call it WOrdpad on steroids because Wordpad doesn't have a spellchecker, the ability to save to PDF, or the ability to implement basic styles. At any rate, what I am suggesting is that we as Mac users (those of us with Pages at least) step back and say, okay, Pages isn't word. But what can it offer me? Is there some word processing I could be doing in Pages which I previously only did in Word? And if we don't know the answer, why not try creating that document in Pages when we're not on a time crunch? We might just surprise ourselves. In an effort to remain objective, I will also take the opportunity to include this link in my post. It is to Pages reviews on macupdate.com. http://www.macupdate.com/reviews.php?id=17494 On Sep 27, 2010, at 5:51 AM, ISAAC OBIE wrote: Hi Kawal, Frankly, I don't like programs like MS Word because it's too big for what I want to do. It's huge, clumsy and plain a pain in the posterior. I love notepad! I think Notepad can do all I want including cleaning up a file. Now when I really get in to the Mac I think Text edit might do the trick. I honestly don't know yet. Maybe Esther's Simplenote might do it. I'll have to explore that at some point. Isaac - Original Message - From: Kawal Gucukoglu kawal_gucuko...@sent.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 4:27 AM Subject: Re: Microsoft Office 2011 and VoiceOver I too will be switching to I works rather than working with Microsoft Products in the future. Kawal Gucukoglu On 27 Sep 2010, at 12:53 AM, gkearney gkear...@gmail.com wrote: It is interesting to note that the ribbons were accessible, much of the user interface is as well. It is the main content areas that are not accessible. Greg On Sep 27, 6:16 am, Dave Taylor davetay...@tafn.org.uk wrote: I bet that if they tried, they would soon realise that the ribbons would be difficult if not impossible to implement with VO anyway. As it is, their insistence on these awful things is one of my key drivers for making the switch, though there are many others too. Mike, the podcast where you install Snow Leopard is as good a demonstration as anything of how far things have come on the Mac side, I'm afraid it is the opposite story, almost the reverse story, on the windows side! Cheers Dave -Original Message- From:
Re: Fusion and stream companion
Does your system have an SD card slot? I know for example that the MacBook does not while the MacBook pro does. If you have an SD slot then there is no reason to connect the stream to the computer. In fact, you will find that transfers go much faster if you just insert the card. There is a button in the fusion window to add the card reader to your virtual machine. If you do not have a SD slot, there are USB card readers that don't cost very much at all. For some reason, even using the card through one of these usb attachments seems to be much faster than connecting the stream. Hope this is helpful. Justin On Sep 25, 2010, at 7:50 AM, Chris Snyder wrote: Hi Sarah, For some reason, I can't get the stream itself to connect to the fusion side. I've tried doing it manually and also with the little fusion wizard that comes up. Neither one works. Since it isn't seen, the companion software can't see it. I'm hoping that I'm not the only one to have encountered this problem. Friendly, Chris On Sep 25, 2010, at 6:30 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote: what do you get when you try and run stream companion and fusion? On Sep 25, 2010, at 1:01 AM, Chris Snyder wrote: Hi guys, I'm having issues with VM fusion yet again. For some reason, I am having trouble connecting my stream to use with the stream companion software which sadly is only available on the PC side. I can use it on the Mac, but it doesn't have the kind of convenient features the stream companion software has. Anyone have any ideas why it won't connect? Thanks. Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: timer app on mac
Hi Kevin, I'm not sure about the original question about a timer or stopwatch, but you also mentioned wanting an alarm clock. I think I recently found a good one. The program is aurora, and the web site is http://www.metakine.com/products/aurora/ There's a 14 day trial, and then the price is $14.95. I'm glad I went to look this up for you, or I would have been very surprised in a couple days when the alarm didn't go off.. I didn't notice that this was shareware. LOL. Anyway, as far as I can tell, this program depends on your iTunes library. It plays music from your library as the alarm. The volume can be set at a particular level, or it can gradually raise it until you get up or until it reaches the maximum. That's a very nice motivator for me when I'd rather not get up. I hope you find this useful. Justin On Sep 25, 2010, at 8:19 PM, li...@kevinreeves.net wrote: Yes. I've been looking for something like this as well as an alarm clock. I found one, but it was one that sat in the menu bar and was not visible by voiceover. Maybe I'm not doing something right, but I couldn't get any app that installs into the menu bar to be visible. Any thoughts on this? Kevin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Getting applications out of the command-tab order?
Hi all, I have done very well in adjusting to the Mac by remembering the advice that I was reading everywhere before I made the switch. Don't assume that anything will work like it does on windows. Now, nearly two months into this, there is only one windows behavior that I really miss. There are some applications that I would like to have running in the background, but don't necessarily want their windows open unless I need them. Let's take adium and skype as one type of example. I want to be available, but unless I have an incoming call or instant message, I want them to stay out of my way. If I am using a few applications, I don't want to have to command+tab past things that are currently irrelevant. I've finally stopped adium and skype from loading on login because they have become a nuisance. I was hoping that you could send applications to the doc, similar to the system tray in windows. I see a hide option in the menu of most applications, but this seems to be more similar to minimizing an application in windows since command-tab brings it right back up again. Am I correct that there is no way to do something like this, or am I just missing it? Thanks, Justin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Webkit Exploding All Over the Place
I started seeing crashes on the ESPN site with yesterday's build, but it seems to be better today. It seems that whatever is wrong is being worked on. I think there's an option to automatically report the crash in the dialog that comes up. That should be all you have to do. On Sep 24, 2010, at 6:04 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: I've just updated to the most recent version of Webkit on 9/24. This is the first I've seen Webkit close without so much as a by-your-leave. I do get a webkit closed unexpectedly. This has only happened when I've opened the NHL main page and the NHL mobile page. I didn't expect it on a page for mobile phones. Anyhow, where do I go from here? Report the bug? I've seen it happen three times in a row and finally gave up on going to that page in any form. Thanks, Teresa, who's listing to baseball, but definitely ready for some hockey :) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Blackboard, anyone?
My college still uses blackboard 7.1 and it doesn't use flash at all anywhere. It's very accessible on the Mac, though as someone pointed out the discussion forums are slightly tricky. If they have started requiring flash in newer versions, that will be very bad news. I absolutely hope that this is incorrect. Where did you hear that blackboard requires flash? - Original Message - From: Chris Blouch cblo...@aol.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 11:30 AM Subject: Re: Blackboard, anyone? Last I heard Flash was still a requirement for Blackboard and Adobe has not enabled accessibility on the Mac platform. So I would assume it will not work very well with voiceover, depending on which parts they use Flash to implement. CB On 9/7/10 5:33 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: I can't say I've used blackboard with safari, but I have definitely used blackboard with both IE and firefox on a windows based platform. And can honestly say that very little of it is not accessible. However blackboard 9, you just reminded me, that I have been asked to check it out for accessibility for work, so Ii'll try it with safari also and see how I go, not that my safari skils are that good currently. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael Busboom Sent: Tuesday, 7 September 2010 3:10 a.m. To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Blackboard, anyone? Hi listers, Blackboard is an e-learning platform that many universities use for online distribution of course material. Recently, the beta version of Blackboard 9.1 was introduced, and I was wondering if anyone has had any experience using it. Actually, I wouldn't mind getting feedback from people who have used earlier versions of this e-learning platform. In particular, I am wondering if anyone can give me tips on how to best use Blackboard with Safari. While it is not difficult to get to the part of the program where you can read your assignments and take tests, it is very difficult to participate in classroom discussions, e.g. following long threads. If anyone could point me to some good tutorial information on how to use Blackboard with Safari and Voice Over, I'd be more than grateful. If anyone would be willing to chat with me via Skype and help me go through the platform, I'd be even more grateful! Kindest regards to all, Mike -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Need Mac User's advice on which Windows screen reader to purchase and learn
While I actually found office 2007 to be just as accessible and usable as anything else on windows, I agree that it is more pleasant to do anything on the Mac. I almost bought IWork, and might still do it, but so far I have found that a free word processer called bean does everything that I need to do when working with documents. You can find it at www.bean-osx.com. - Original Message - From: Dave Taylor davetay...@tafn.org.uk To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 12:15 AM Subject: RE: Need Mac User's advice on which Windows screen reader to purchase and learn They are both very expensive though. I would urge working out which tasks you can do on the Mac side. The more you can do on the Mac side, the cheaper the screen reader you will need. If you can use iWork and built in Mac apps rather than touching Outlook, for instance, you can probably get away with NVDA. Office 2007 is slow and, in my view, doesn't work that well with screen readers. Office 2007 and 2010 use an entirely different interface than anything else out there and I think are slow and hard to learn. This is the main reason I won't be surprised if I make that order in the next couple of weeks and go over to a similar situation where I use Mac for everything I can and only cross back when I have to. Nothing works like VO, and nothing has a voice to match Alex, I think you'll hate everything about the way Windows is going, personally! Cheers Dave -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 5:20 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Need Mac User's advice on which Windows screen reader to purchase and learn Jaws is more or less the standard in terms of you'll run in to that more than others. Window-eyes is another great option. I haven't used it but many many people think very highly of it. What I would do if I were you is take that Mac, set yourself up a virtual machine and try the demo copies of all the options you listed. Read the manual / ask questions and you should be able to bootstrap yourself. You may need help creating the VM for Windows I had a help desk not sure your situation although there is a podcast that details this process. I like Jaws myself but I have heard Window-eyes can be more stable and leaner on resources. Costs differ, JFW is probably the most expensive. Window-eyes comes with an option where you can pay for the software in installments which is a fantastic feature on a budget. Hope that helps. - Original Message - From: Bryan Jones openses...@me.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 8:52 PM Subject: Need Mac User's advice on which Windows screen reader to purchase and learn I realize the question might sound strange and even off-topic, but I really want to hear this advice from fellow Mac and VO Users. When I last used Windows I was able to get by with a screen magnifier and didn't use a screen reader. By the time I needed to start using a screen reader I had already moved to the Mac full time so VO was the natural choice. Now I'm being required to start using Windows again, along with Office 2007 and Internet Explorer 8 and I'm not sure which Windows screen reader I should invest my time and money to learn, or if one of them is more like VO than the others. I will be running either XP or Windows 7 under Fusion. Please send your replies directly to me off-list as this probably isn't a thread that needs to grow here. I would be grateful for your thoughts on the following questions: 1. I've heard of Jaws, Window-Eyes, System Access, and NVDA. Any others I should consider? 2. Is there a Windows screen reader that works like VO? 3. Is there one Windows screen reader that is easier to learn than the others? 4. I was intimately familiar with XP but don't know Windows 7 at all. Are they similar enough that I should get Windows 7, or should I try to get XP so that I don't have to learn a new operating system along with the new screen reader? 5. I will probably only need to use Windows for the next 2 years and most of my work will still be done on the Mac. Given this limited time frame, is one of the Windows screen readers less expensive to own over that time period? TIA for any assistance, Bryan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To
Re: Software for downloading podcasts?
Thanks for the tip. The first things I notice with XCast are two radio buttons and a checkbox with no label or help tag. How do you know what these controls do? Also, the web page says that it is a beta, but there hasn't been an update since 2006. This is strange for a beta. Is it pretty stable, or are there bugs? Thanks. On Aug 22, 2010, at 9:48 AM, Robert Munro wrote: Try Xcast http://xcast.ch/ It's a dedicated podcast subscribing tool and it works with VoiceOver. On Aug 22, 2010, at 1:24 AM, Justin Ekis wrote: Hi all, First I'd like to thank those who answered my previous question by recommending ChronoSync. It's great for keeping the music and podcasts folders on my stream's SD Card synchronized with the computer. It does even better than AllwaySync did on windows. Now I'm looking for some software for downloading podcasts. I suppose I could still use ITunes for this, but I'd like something small and fast that is designed to do one thing well. ITunes is just over-featured and a little slow, the only Mac application I've seen yet that I would call bloated. I loved to use Juice Receiver on windows, it was very accessible and it was easy to tell which files had been newly downloaded. Unlike ITunes, I could tell Juice exactly where to keep the files so that the AllwaySync application could keep it in sync with the card. Unfortunately the OSX version of Juice is far less accessible. Voiceover identifies almost every control as unknown. It isn't being developed any longer so there is nobody I can contact. Thanks in advance for any tips. Justin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email tomacvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Software for downloading podcasts?
Hi all, First I'd like to thank those who answered my previous question by recommending ChronoSync. It's great for keeping the music and podcasts folders on my stream's SD Card synchronized with the computer. It does even better than AllwaySync did on windows. Now I'm looking for some software for downloading podcasts. I suppose I could still use ITunes for this, but I'd like something small and fast that is designed to do one thing well. ITunes is just over-featured and a little slow, the only Mac application I've seen yet that I would call bloated. I loved to use Juice Receiver on windows, it was very accessible and it was easy to tell which files had been newly downloaded. Unlike ITunes, I could tell Juice exactly where to keep the files so that the AllwaySync application could keep it in sync with the card. Unfortunately the OSX version of Juice is far less accessible. Voiceover identifies almost every control as unknown. It isn't being developed any longer so there is nobody I can contact. Thanks in advance for any tips. Justin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: webkit question
Actually, webkit remembers this setting after upgrading. You only have to change that setting once. I install every new build and never have to redo this. Speaking of upgrading every night, The only thing I would say about webkit is that I would like to have an option to see a list of changes between each build. I know that the list would be automatically generated from the log messages that developers write when submitting changes. These would probably be very technical messages, but even if I don't entirely understand what I'm reading I could still guess whether a change might be very experimental in nature. If it's a significant change I might hold off on upgrading for a few days in case there are bugs. Likewise, if I see an accessibility fix mentioned, that's an immediate upgrade in my book. - Original Message - From: Sarah Alawami To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 7:15 PM Subject: Re: webkit question Yep I do every night so I might create a batch script if i can remember how. lol! Sarah Alawami MSN: marri...@gmail.com aim: marri...@gmail.com: website: http://music.marrie.org youtube: http://youtube.com/marrie125 Podcast: http://marrie.podbean.com On Aug 17, 2010, at 7:12 PM, Esther wrote: Hi Caroly, Chad, and Others, Blake Sinnett answered this question last month, but to repeat instructions for how to get back your own home page: 1. Open Terminal (e.g., from Finder, press Command-Shift-U to go to your Utilities folder, press T to select terminal, and press Command-Down Arrow to open the application). 2. Type or paste in the following line in terminal: defaults write org.webkit.nightly.WebKit StartPageDisabled -bool YES and then press return. 3, Relaunch webkit. Your regular home page should appear. You can also quit terminal, since you no longer need it. You only need to go through this once, unless you regularly download new versions of Webkit. On Aug 17, 2010, at 6:34 PM, Carolyn wrote: Chad: I've read the information on the website for disabling their homepage, but it appeared to be in either Greek, or serious geek-speak. Either way, I have the same question. Carolyn - Original Message - From: chad baker To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 6:22 PM Subject: webkit question Hi quick question how do i disable the start page in webkit? I tried the terminal command but no luck. Is it all one string or no? Also my safari troubles are fixed just grabbed webkit. thanks - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Strange behavior from adium
Hi Mike, I did recently install growl, but Adium isn't set to use it for any notifications. The other tip about turning off groups in the view menu solved it perfectly. For some reason, adium installs an old version of growl, but upgrading to the latest version improved the way growl interacts with voiceover. In fact, in the display settings there is an option to speak growl notifications instead of showing them on screen. I have this turned on so that if some future application doesn't have it's own option for speaking events, I can have it use growl if that is an option. While I'm writing, I want to thank you for your incredible series of podcasts. Hearing you demonstrate things helped to clarify stuff that I had read in other places. I had almost decided on a Mac already, but your podcasts settled the issue. These files should be put together in one place, and prominently linked on sites dealing with voiceover. It was a coincidence that I heard about them at all, and then I had to dig way back into the BlindCoolTech archives to get all of them. Thanks, Justin - Original Message - From: Mike Arrigo n0...@charter.net To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 4:32 PM Subject: Re: Strange behavior from adium Do you have growl installed? I think adium offers to install that, and this can cause problems with voice over, if growl is installed, you might try removing it. On Aug 12, 2010, at 12:27 AM, Justin Ekis wrote: Hi all, I'm getting some strange behavior from voiceover when adium is running. Whenever someone signs in or out, voiceover will say row 1 expanded as if I was working with the list of contacts. This happens if I am not even in the adium window. The row number is different each time, probably referring to the row that contains the group that the contact belongs to. I have Adium linked to my Facebook account, so I have a lot of contacts, and they are constantly coming and going. I turned off the audio notifications, but hearing table rows being expanded all of the time will soon drive me to stop using Adium with facebook. Is there a setting somewhere that can be changed to stop this? I'd prefer it to be something I can do in Adium. Changing a voiceover verbosity setting would lose output that may be useful in other situations. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks, Justin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Strange behavior from adium
Hi all, I'm getting some strange behavior from voiceover when adium is running. Whenever someone signs in or out, voiceover will say row 1 expanded as if I was working with the list of contacts. This happens if I am not even in the adium window. The row number is different each time, probably referring to the row that contains the group that the contact belongs to. I have Adium linked to my Facebook account, so I have a lot of contacts, and they are constantly coming and going. I turned off the audio notifications, but hearing table rows being expanded all of the time will soon drive me to stop using Adium with facebook. Is there a setting somewhere that can be changed to stop this? I'd prefer it to be something I can do in Adium. Changing a voiceover verbosity setting would lose output that may be useful in other situations. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks, Justin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Flash
The chance of many web sites switching to html5 is better now than it has been. Since apple took a stand on not allowing flash on the IPhone, many developers will want their sites to work well for people using that platform. I've heard that a lot of sites are switching outright or developing mobile versions of their sites with html5. Sometimes it's possible to access the mobile site from your computer. The way to do so varies by site. Hope this is useful to someone. Justin On Aug 5, 2010, at 2:50 AM, Scott Howell wrote: Not to start a pissing contest over flash, but hopefully a lot of these web site developers will switch to html5. I gather that is a much better alternative for everyone and especially those who use screen reading technology. You might ask the content owners of these sites if they intend to develop a html5 version. On Aug 5, 2010, at 2:46 AM, Lynn Schneider wrote: Andy, this is the reason why I had to buy a Windows netbook. There are some pages, many of which are very important to me, that you just cannot access. I love my Mac very much, but the sad truth is that if you have Flash-intensive pages that you want to access, you will not want to try it with your Mac at this time. On Aug 4, 2010, at 11:29 PM, AndyBaracco wrote: i am seriously considering the purchase of a mac. I have heard that you cannot access web pages that use Adobe flash on the Mac. Is this true, because if it is, it just may be a dealbraker, as I often access many of the sports sites that use flash. Andy -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email tomacvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
VMWare fusion, was Re: Flash
Hi Paul, I'm glad you mentioned this. I am planning to use fusion occasionally and I've got a question. According to the documentation, their migration assistant may not work on an OEM version of Windows that comes with a computer. So even though I have a valid, licensed copy of windows on my old laptop, fusion can't move it into a virtual machine because It's only licensed to that computer. Does anyone know where to find the best deal on a legitimate copy of windows? Anything from XP onward will work. It's too bad that I have to do this in the first place. I'd rather abandon Windows, but my Information Technology degree requires classes on Microsoft office 2007. And now I learn that I have to buy Windows all over again for my new mac because of licensing rules. Another reminder of why I'm switching. Thanks, Justin On Aug 5, 2010, at 5:30 AM, Paul Erkens wrote: Hi Andy Baracco, Rather than buying a windows netbook to visit flash intensive pages, you could also run windows on your mac. It's what I do and windows works like any other task on the mac. You can switch back and forth from and to windows and os 10, and everything inside windows works just fine. Doing this involves getting VmWare fusion which is the program to run windows in. Next a windows installation CD or an iso file for that matter, and a valid windows license key. If you don't want to pay extra for a screen reader, NVDA is a good thing to use. Just an idea, to give you an alternative to buying a physical windows machine. Running windows on the mac gives many advantages for a blind person, in terms of backing up, solving problems and so on. Paul. - Original Message - From: Lynn Schneider To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 8:46 AM Subject: Re: Flash Andy, this is the reason why I had to buy a Windows netbook. There are some pages, many of which are very important to me, that you just cannot access. I love my Mac very much, but the sad truth is that if you have Flash-intensive pages that you want to access, you will not want to try it with your Mac at this time. On Aug 4, 2010, at 11:29 PM, AndyBaracco wrote: i am seriously considering the purchase of a mac. I have heard that you cannot access web pages that use Adobe flash on the Mac. Is this true, because if it is, it just may be a dealbraker, as I often access many of the sports sites that use flash. Andy -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email tomacvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Keeping a folder synchronized with an SD card?
Hi all, I don't use an IPod, so I doubt ITunes will do this. I keep all of my music and podcasts on my Victer reader stream. Does anyone know of any software that can automatically keep a folder on the hard drive synchronized with the SD card from the stream? If I add or remove anything from either location, I'd like that to be automatically reflected on the other side the next time I insert the card. Thanks, Justin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
