braille and capital lettres

2012-06-18 Thread william lomas
hi all can i turn off the capital indicator on a mac when using braille? i don't need it it gets in the way for mea t least when reading articles --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can

uk, and english braille?

2012-06-18 Thread william lomas
hi all, is ee in the voiceover utility i have for a translation table in mac osx english english uk and english unified what is the difference between english uk, and english? i know the UEB system but english UK never uses capitals as far as i was aware so why do they show up

Re: iPad Third Generation

2012-06-18 Thread william lomas
hi lyn it is public knowledge that siri will be on the ipad 3 supposedly in ios six. Also as you pointed out I think for now we in the UK can only use 3g not the 4g system I think it suports both. I know I have never owned an ipad before, but the wifi model suits me fine depends how much of

Re: iPad Third Generation

2012-06-18 Thread Chris G
Hi, I really like the dictation feature on the iPad 3. I don't have that on the iPhone 4 and miss it. On Mon, 18 Jun 2012 12:09:49 +0100 Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith ly...@mac-access.net wrote: Hello everybody Is there anybody on list who previously owned an iPad 1 and has now upgraded

Re: iPad Third Generation

2012-06-18 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello William Thanks for the info. We have the original iPad which is noticeably slower actually than the iPhone 4S doing the same things. So I guess it's time to upgrade. It just irritates me that we'll have an iPad sitting here doing nothing. Lynne On 18 Jun 2012, at 12:16, william lomas

Re: iPad Third Generation

2012-06-18 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Chris That's certainly a compelling reason. I guess we could do that with the iPhone 4S using Siri; but it doesn't work that well with non-US English which really irritates me. Lynne On 18 Jun 2012, at 12:16, Chris G ch...@mysticplace.info wrote: Hi, I really like the dictation feature

Re: iPad Third Generation

2012-06-18 Thread Timothy J. Meloy
I know that the first generation will no longer be supported in IOS 6. That's something to consider. TJ On Jun 18, 2012, at 7:09 AM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith ly...@mac-access.net wrote: Hello everybody Is there anybody on list who previously owned an iPad 1 and has now upgraded to an

Re: iPad Third Generation

2012-06-18 Thread william lomas
dictation works fine for me set it to UK On 18 Jun 2012, at 12:25, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: Hello Chris That's certainly a compelling reason. I guess we could do that with the iPhone 4S using Siri; but it doesn't work that well with non-US English which really irritates me.

Re: iPad Third Generation

2012-06-18 Thread william lomas
ebay the old one someone willt ake it On 18 Jun 2012, at 12:23, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: Hello William Thanks for the info. We have the original iPad which is noticeably slower actually than the iPhone 4S doing the same things. So I guess it's time to upgrade. It just irritates

Re: iPad Third Generation

2012-06-18 Thread chris hallsworth
Hello Lynn I plan to get either an iPad 2 or iPad 3 in the near future preferably the iPad 3. On 18/06/2012 12:09, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: Hello everybody Is there anybody on list who previously owned an iPad 1 and has now upgraded to an iPad 2 or iPad 3? I'm asking because we're

Re: iPad Third Generation

2012-06-18 Thread william lomas
i'd get a 3 chriss really makes more sense On 18 Jun 2012, at 13:12, chris hallsworth wrote: Hello Lynn I plan to get either an iPad 2 or iPad 3 in the near future preferably the iPad 3. On 18/06/2012 12:09, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: Hello everybody Is there anybody on list

Re: iPad Third Generation

2012-06-18 Thread Chris G
Hi, It is my understanding that dictation is a different feature from Siri. On the iPhone 4s and iPad 3 when a keyboard comes up there is a dictation button. When IOS6 comes out the full Siri will be on the iPad 3 as well. On Mon, 18 Jun 2012 12:25:07 +0100 Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith

Re: How do I put rss back where it was before I reinstalled lion

2012-06-18 Thread John Panarese
Did you try the drag and drop. In mailbox view, you can only drag the item up a few places at a time, but it works. Take Care John Panarese jpanar...@mac-access.net On Jun 18, 2012, at 1:34 AM, Sarah Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: Hello to all. How do I move rss from the bottom

Re: iPad Third Generation

2012-06-18 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Tim es, we already have considered that; and Lynne has ordered an upgrade for me this afternoon from the Apple Store. It should be with me on Wednesday. She also ordered one of the new leather Smart Covers, and also an iPad Dock. So, I'm not sure whether we'll be taking the MacBook Pro

Re: iPad Third Generation

2012-06-18 Thread Gordon Smith
Hello William As I recall, it was Lynne who advised you to set your phone or iPad back to UK because of the voices. :) Ours are always set to uK English. Gordon On 18 Jun 2012, at 13:06, william lomas will.d.lo...@gmail.com wrote: dictation works fine for me set it to UK --- Mac Access At

Re: iPad Third Generation

2012-06-18 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi William What language is the below supposed to be? I really encourage people to please take a little more care with their spelling. I know that some people have other problems and we try to allow for that. But sometimes it's difficult to comprehend messages whose content is badly spelled

Re: iPad Third Generation

2012-06-18 Thread william lomas
it said ebay the old one someone will take it, how is that difficult to understand? On 18 Jun 2012, at 15:24, Gordon Smith wrote: Hi William What language is the below supposed to be? I really encourage people to please take a little more care with their spelling. I know that some

Re: iPad Third Generation

2012-06-18 Thread william lomas
that's why i better off getting a braille display as can then type directly in grade 2 braille in to the mac knowing it all be ok and no typos mine at the moment, is not equipped with a keyboard would anyone on list want my braille display to use with the mac? On 18 Jun 2012, at 15:24, Gordon

Little tip regarding the Dock

2012-06-18 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi all Many will probably know this, others may not care. But if you're like me and try to maintain a tidily organised system at all times, you may like to know that it is possible to move items around in the dock using the Option+Left/Right cursor keys. Personally, I keep my Dock organised

Re: iPad Third Generation

2012-06-18 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi William No offence, but your message did not say what you've just re-written. What you said was, and I quote: ebay the old one someone willt ake it Actually all you did was put spaces in the wrong places. But it was still quite difficult to understand because all I was hearing was

vacation if possible?

2012-06-18 Thread william lomas
Hello to all Is it possible before I leave my email for a week as going away, to set the list to vacation so i don't get any huge amount of traffic upon my return? I am going wednesday morning but as I am on quite a number of lists will be flooded as it is when I get back :) regards,

Re: iPad Third Generation

2012-06-18 Thread chris hallsworth
Thought so thanks for suggestion. On 18/06/2012 13:13, william lomas wrote: i'd get a 3 chriss really makes more sense On 18 Jun 2012, at 13:12, chris hallsworth wrote: Hello Lynn I plan to get either an iPad 2 or iPad 3 in the near future preferably the iPad 3. On 18/06/2012 12:09, Mrs.

Re: iPad Third Generation

2012-06-18 Thread william lomas
all that is new really Chris is a slightly faster processor and dictation i think that's it, really so go for it if happy with ipad 2. On 18 Jun 2012, at 16:59, chris hallsworth wrote: Well I don't know what would I benefit from an iPad 2 compared to an iPad 3? On 18/06/2012 15:27, Gordon

Re: iPad Third Generation

2012-06-18 Thread chris hallsworth
Sounds good I like anything fast so thanks once again. On 18/06/2012 17:03, william lomas wrote: all that is new really Chris is a slightly faster processor and dictation i think that's it, really so go for it if happy with ipad 2. On 18 Jun 2012, at 16:59, chris hallsworth wrote: Well I

Re: iPad Third Generation

2012-06-18 Thread Sarah Alawami
On Jun 18, 2012, at 7:59 AM, Gordon Smith wrote: every word. I'm tired so I'll make this short then I'm off to bed. to get rid of the misspelled spelled go in to vo utility and verbosity with cmd 2. then go to text and set spelling to nothing. you will hear how someone then typed a word

Re: Little tip regarding the Dock

2012-06-18 Thread Sarah Alawami
Lol. yeah I keep my doc in ABC order. A lot of people think I'm crazy but there it is. It's a good tip and I use it religiously. Take care all. On Jun 18, 2012, at 7:52 AM, Gordon Smith wrote: Hi all Many will probably know this, others may not care. But if you're like me and try to

Re: How do I put rss back where it was before I reinstalled lion

2012-06-18 Thread Sarah Alawami
Yep no go. I dragged it above the GMail section and it did not move. On Jun 18, 2012, at 6:00 AM, John Panarese wrote: Did you try the drag and drop. In mailbox view, you can only drag the item up a few places at a time, but it works. Take Care John Panarese

Re: Little tip regarding the Dock

2012-06-18 Thread Timothy J. Meloy
How do u see the files and folders side or is just the applications side accessible with VO? Tj On Jun 18, 2012, at 1:14 PM, Sarah Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: Lol. yeah I keep my doc in ABC order. A lot of people think I'm crazy but there it is. It's a good tip and I use it

Re: Little tip regarding the Dock

2012-06-18 Thread John Panarese
First, on the specific folder in the dock, use VO-shift-m to open the context menu. Then, make sure, folder and list are checked in the items shown. Then, you can use VO-space to open the folder and see the items in the folder listed. They will either be in order of date added or by name,

Take Control Bookshelf Temporary Outage

2012-06-18 Thread Gordon, Lynne Tracy
Hello everybody Our second outward-facing server has an issue at the moment, and it's off line for maintenance. Gordon is on it now as I speak, and we'll get it back up asap. No data has been lost. We apologise for any inconvenience. This also includes the Drop Ship facility, and again nothing

How do I set up fb with adium if jabber is gone?

2012-06-18 Thread Sarah Alawami
here is a link to an article on how to set up fb with adium, except the jabber thing is gone from adium when I click on accounts. if anyone can give some advice it would be appreciated. http://www.ehow.com/how_8417558_set-up-facebook-chat-adium.html --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To

Re: Little tip regarding the Dock

2012-06-18 Thread Sarah Alawami
Huh? You can see everything. Just arrow to the separator and then arrow past it. to see folders vo shift m on them and then put them in to list mode through that option. at least I think that's what you are supposed to do. I can't remember as I need to do the same thing. On Jun 18, 2012, at

Re: How do I put rss back where it was before I reinstalled lion

2012-06-18 Thread Sarah Alawami
Ok all. I had to re-add the account so it would appear in the right order, stupid I know but it worked. I couldn't drag the gmail section or the rss section so that's the only thing I thought of to do. Take care all. On Jun 18, 2012, at 10:14 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote: Yep no go. I dragged it

Re: How do I set up fb with adium if jabber is gone?

2012-06-18 Thread Mike Welty
The last I saw and this was like only a few weeks ago, there's a facebook option for accounts right in adium that works perfectly. -- From: Sarah Alawami marri...@gmail.com Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 14:16 To: mac access list iOS Accessibility

Re: How do I set up fb with adium if jabber is gone?

2012-06-18 Thread Sarah Alawami
Oh? Yeah but in a wiki article they changed the thing to jabber in 2011. Did they again change the proticall as I have always used the jabber side of things since last year lol! Take care. On Jun 18, 2012, at 11:38 AM, Mike Welty wrote: The last I saw and this was like only a few weeks ago,

Speed Download 5.3 Utility Software Review | Macworld

2012-06-18 Thread Sarah Alawami
I've heard of this, but I'd wait until it becomes more stable. http://www.macworld.com/article/1167309/speed_download_manages_downloads_and_ftp_to_boost_workflow.html#lsrc.rss_weblogs_macgems --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to

Re: How do I set up fb with adium if jabber is gone?

2012-06-18 Thread Sarah Alawami
lol. yeah I fixed it. I did have a jabber account though but ah well. I could use ichat for that. thanks very much guys. I'll probably make a blog entry regarding this soon. at some point when I'm actually awake. lol! Sarah Alawami: owner and founder of WICS Radio America. Check us out on the