Re: Seri - a query about its use

2011-11-01 Thread James AUSTIN
Hi Niamh I think you're absolutely right. There are people I know that could benefit from this personally. TC :) James On 1 Nov 2011, at 01:24, Niamh wrote: Hi Chris and others, I am very new to all this but I have had a thought. A very few years ago I had my sight and fear I might have

Re: Seri - a query about its use

2011-11-01 Thread chris hallsworth
Yes I think Siri would be ideal for those who were otherwise put off by the touch screen only concept of the iPhone. While it is truly accessible without siri, the thought of using a touch screen device for some may be daunting enough to put them off trying one out let alone buying one. Not so

Re: bluetooth keybboard commands

2011-11-01 Thread Kliphton A.M-SR
Just a quick note. The command tab to move between applications that we were able to use in IOS4 does not work on IOS5. I don't know if it's a glitch in the IOS, or if thye just chose not to put it there. But i've tried quite a few times with no go. On Oct 31, 2011, at 3:13 PM, Esther wrote:

Re: accessible radio app for the mac?

2011-11-01 Thread Kliphton A.M-SR
There is a app called radio line. 100 percent vo accessible, and worth the 10 bucks. On Nov 1, 2011, at 12:18 AM, Lyn her faithful furry friends wrote: I don't think you can use Itunes in that way, I mean I can't see a search edit field to search for specific stations. Anyway, I would like

Re: Seri - a query about its use

2011-11-01 Thread chris hallsworth
Agreed on that mate. On 01/11/2011 08:34, Ian McNamara wrote: Hi i agree with this it could benafit even sighted people if they drive as they can then just press a button on there blue tooth handset and use siri although i do think they need to make it's fetures avalable in all countries as

Re: Seri - a query about its use

2011-11-01 Thread Ian McNamara
I have to say i may go to the apple store next time i'm near there and play with an iphone four s to test siri out. i'd like to see it in action for my self. Ian McNamara --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net

Re: accessible radio app for the mac?

2011-11-01 Thread Jim Noseworthy
Hi: I am unable to track down this Radio Line anywhere. Any thoughts? - Original Message - From: Kliphton A.M-SR skhleirpehctcoens7...@gmail.com To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 6:33 AM Subject: Re: accessible radio app for

Re: Seri - a query about its use

2011-11-01 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Hmm, UIs for driving are a different ball of wax. You have to take into account the cognitive load placed on the user by driving, and interacting with the device. Unfortunately it's not just a case of press a button and speak to the device, as this type of interaction is very different from

Re: indepth guide on using Pages with VO?

2011-11-01 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Jonathan, As far as I know, there is no relatively comprehensive guide to using Pages with VoiceOver We provide training for Pages via Skype, and we provide support materials. However, it would take quite a lot of work to create a good manual from our existing materials, and time is at a

applications in growl

2011-11-01 Thread michael weaver
i downgraded growl to a less current version but all i can see in the apps under settings is the growl app itself. no other app appears to show up and i can't find a single way of adding apps such as skype. --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your

RE: applications in growl

2011-11-01 Thread g...@tznet.com
Hello Michael: To add Skype, you need to go to system preferences and you should be able to see Growel in there. John Original Message: - From: michael weaver weavermi...@googlemail.com Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:50:55 + To: mac-access@mac-access.net Subject: applications

RE: applications in growl

2011-11-01 Thread michael weaver
i went to the growl button under system preferences, pressed space on it and i see the applications tab etc only when i go to the application tab i only see growl listed, no skype or anything else and the buttons to configure and remove. - Original Message - From: g...@tznet.com

Re: accessible radio app for the mac?

2011-11-01 Thread Lyn her faithful furry friends
me neither, tried to google it and nothing came up. On Nov 1, 2011, at 12:31 PM, Jim Noseworthy wrote: Hi: I am unable to track down this Radio Line anywhere. Any thoughts? - Original Message - From: Kliphton A.M-SR skhleirpehctcoens7...@gmail.com To: Mac OSX iOS

Re: applications in growl

2011-11-01 Thread Lyn her faithful furry friends
Michael, I will try to get you on skype later if you are available and we could go through your skype settings if you like and see what the problem is. We could compare your settings to mine and hopefully this will help. I do not use growl to get spoken feedback on skype, I use skype's built

Re: accessible radio app for the mac?

2011-11-01 Thread Orin
It's probably in the Mac app store. Orin orin8...@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/orinks Skype: orin1112 On Nov 1, 2011, at 10:41 AM, Lyn her faithful furry friends wrote: me neither, tried to google it and nothing came up. On Nov 1, 2011, at 12:31 PM, Jim Noseworthy wrote: Hi:

FrequencyCast Show 69: Siri, the 4S and Printing | FrequencyCast UK Tech Podcast News

2011-11-01 Thread Gordon Keen
Hi Here are the show notes and links ( I hope ) for this amusing but informative tech podcast, they love apple stuff so worth a trawl through the past shows too. http://www.frequencycast.co.uk/blog/2011/11/frequencycast-show-69-siri-the-4s-and-printing.html Regards G From Bridgerule in

Re: applications in growl

2011-11-01 Thread michael weaver
hi! got your message. i am on skype at present but if i don't catch up with you today, maybe i will sometime later. - Original Message - From: Lyn her faithful furry friends helian...@mac-access.net To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Date sent: Tue, 1 Nov 2011

Re: fibo bookmarks tool

2011-11-01 Thread Sarah Alawami
and how do you access those parts of the menu bar if you are using lion? They took that away so for us it is compleatly inaccessibil. The app sounds neat and I might add it to my wishlist but until we can figure out how to access the status bar icons in lion wiht the trackpad we cannot use this

Applications and growl

2011-11-01 Thread Paul Hopewell
Hello Michael, I have growl 1.2.2 installed and my application table lists growl, get iplayer automator, 1 password, and quickeys. Applications have to be launched to connect to growl so you generally have to launch the application once for growl to know about it. Try the growl version

Re: Applications and growl

2011-11-01 Thread Lovette Yewchan
What is this prgram you are talking about and what does it do with applications? THanks Lovette On 2011-11-01, at 9:39 AM, Paul Hopewell wrote: Hello Michael, I have growl 1.2.2 installed and my application table lists growl, get iplayer automator, 1 password, and quickeys. Applications

Re: Instant messaging from Mac to Face Book etc

2011-11-01 Thread Ian McNamara
Hi yep lynn is right adium is probly your best one how ever be aware to set it up on facebook you have to set it up as a jaber account which you will need a facebook user name for you set that up by going on yoru profile or account page on facebook. adium is very accessable. Ian McNamara ---

Garage Band for iPhone

2011-11-01 Thread chris hallsworth
I have just heard on Twitter that Apple has updated their Garage Band app to work with the iPhone and the iPod Touch. I would love to hear your comments on the app. I used to be an amateur musician, and it would be so cool to have fun with music on the iPhone. All comments positive and

Re: Spliting a large MP3 file

2011-11-01 Thread Esther
Hi Paul, This is late reply, but I believe that you have Amadeus Pro, and that sound editing program allows you to set markers and split your audio files on the marker positions. A common use is to set markers where there is a silence interval of some minimal size, and then split at those

follow requests and yorofukuru

2011-11-01 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Folks, Anyone else having problems posting follow requests from the app named in the subject line? All other tweets are going through. Cheers. Dónal Fitzpatrick dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to

Re: accessible radio app for the mac?

2011-11-01 Thread Travis Siegel
Aol Radio is 100 percent accessible, and has never given me any trouble. Admittedly, it's aol, and there's probably loads of stations it doesn't carry, but it's easy enough to browse through the ones they have, and even bookmark the top five you want to have at all times. The button

Re: follow requests and yorofukuru

2011-11-01 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
follow up to this. Seems the follow requests are going through, but the cannot post tweet message also gets displayed. very strange. On 1 Nov 2011, at 18:31, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: Folks, Anyone else having problems posting follow requests from the app named in the subject line? All

Re: accessible radio app for the mac?

2011-11-01 Thread Lyn her faithful furry friends
thanks Travis, will give this one a shot. On Nov 1, 2011, at 7:38 PM, Travis Siegel wrote: Aol Radio is 100 percent accessible, and has never given me any trouble. Admittedly, it's aol, and there's probably loads of stations it doesn't carry, but it's easy enough to browse through the ones

Problem with Audioboo, can anyone duplicate?

2011-11-01 Thread chris hallsworth
Hello all. Please can you try and duplicate the following. 1. Download and install the free Audioboo app on your iPhone. 2. Launch it and double tap record. 3. Double tap start recording. 4. From this point on everything including VoiceOver comes out the earpiece. If you however restart the

iOS facebook app question: how to block an app

2011-11-01 Thread Sarah Alawami
Hello to all. I got some requests I want to block but when I try and block said requests i see 2 unlabeled buttons at the bottom of the screen and am not sure which one is the deny button. These are farmvill requests that people are sending me and I want to put a stop to this as soon as I

Re: follow requests and yorofukuru

2011-11-01 Thread Sarah Alawami
I don't even get that error message when I sen dfollow requests. I wonder if the twitter api is about to break again. On Nov 1, 2011, at 1:26 PM, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: Yep I realised after the original post that they were going through. However, that cannot post tweet error used not to be

Re: accessible radio app for the mac?

2011-11-01 Thread Lyn her faithful furry friends
i am looking for an itunes alternative. I know itunes has lots of stations but some of the ones i listen to do not work on iTunes and I know they stream because i can listen to them on my IOS devices. On Nov 1, 2011, at 10:08 PM, Desi Noller wrote: Hi, Of course I don't know what types of

Re: iOS facebook app question: how to block an app

2011-11-01 Thread Red.Falcon
Hi Sarah! Which facebook are you on? Mobile or the main site? Colin On 1 Nov 2011, at 20:49, Sarah Alawami wrote: Hello to all. I got some requests I want to block but when I try and block said requests i see 2 unlabelled buttons at the bottom of the screen and am not sure which one is the

Re: fibo bookmarks tool

2011-11-01 Thread Sarah Alawami
Actually I need to know this to access my dropbox status but I tried that I thought and heard nothign even with the speak under mouse pointwer dely set to the lowest level lol! I'll try though. On Nov 1, 2011, at 3:25 PM, Paul Hopewell wrote: Hi Sarah, WIth patience you can access the fibo

Re: Applications and growl

2011-11-01 Thread Lovette Yewchan
Oh thanks. Wow to do I have a lot to learn. I hope I've missed nothing important in emails especially for voice over. I just realized today that some subjects are not all there till I expand them. The web is still a mystery for me too as well as how to take files from my xp to mac. Lovette On

The current Take Control Offer

2011-11-01 Thread Gordon Lynne
Hello I thought I'd get this in before anybody approached us. I need you to be aware that the current TC offer on the two TC titles on sale this month by the publishers do not apply to our clients for the simple reason that they already receive an 80% discount which is more than the 50%

Re: iOS facebook app question: how to block an app

2011-11-01 Thread Red.Falcon
Hi Sarah! I'm not sure but the de nigh button might not be visible at all! So if you can log in to the main site and see if you can remove the requests from there! hth Colin On 1 Nov 2011, at 22:34, Sarah Alawami wrote: Neither. I'm on the ios app. I don't use the sight at all. On Nov 1,

Re: iOS facebook app question: how to block an app

2011-11-01 Thread Sarah Alawami
I'm guessing the 2 buttons are allow and deny. I just dunno which ones they are lol1 As for the main sight I avoid that like the plegue on safari as it is so sluggish and vo unfriendly at least for me it is more frustrating then not lol! On Nov 1, 2011, at 4:14 PM, Red.Falcon wrote: Hi

PDF files

2011-11-01 Thread 1smart...@cox.net
Hi Everyone, I've made good progress on using VO with my Macbook Pro but I do have some questions regarding PDF files. Is it easier/more productive to use Preview or Acrobat with PDF files? Any help with navigating PDF files would be helpful. Is it possible to fill out PDF form pages on the

Re: PDF files

2011-11-01 Thread Travis Siegel
For most pdf files, preview is by far better at interacting with vo and the pdf content than adobe's digital edditions, (though I'm positive others have different opinions) on the other hand, as far as I know, you can't fill out pdf files on the mac, though if the pdf file isn't protected,

Re: Latest update to Skype for Mac

2011-11-01 Thread Lyn her faithful furry friends
I have noticed the same thing ever since version 5.3 so personally, I downgraded to 5.2. On Nov 2, 2011, at 2:49 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote: I have a looksee. I'm using the public beta so I have probably noticed this lol! And if i did I hopefully reported it to skype. I don't remember so can't