Re: voices in lion.

2012-06-19 Thread william lomas
go in to the voiceover utility, to the voices table and click on the popup menu, custom then you see a table with checkboxes for the voices under each language in the table. check the ones you want and hit download On 19 Jun 2012, at 06:05, Ian McNamara wrote: Hi all, the upgrade to lion

Re: Male in lion.

2012-06-19 Thread william lomas
think the classic view is in the view menu somewhere the preview pane is a separate issue. i hear though the classic view is cumbersome compared to the new view On 19 Jun 2012, at 06:05, Thomas McMahan wrote: Just to the right of the messages table is a horizontal splitter, just need to get

Re: Male in lion.

2012-06-19 Thread william lomas
how does the new view work though is is more efficient? On 19 Jun 2012, at 03:28, Mike Welty wrote: in the preferences of mail on the view tab I believe it is there's a checkbox to set mail to classic view. that's all I've had to do. --

Re: voices in lion.

2012-06-19 Thread Ian McNamara
HI, done it now thanks. Ian McNamara --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive:

wifi sync and itunes

2012-06-19 Thread william lomas
hi all still having issues with wifi sync and itunes. the ipad is not showing up it thought i would sync even if just on wifi, does it have to be plugged in to the wall? i have done this and wifi sync still saying it will do it would hen i am plugged in it is a bit strange

dropbox opening when connect ipad

2012-06-19 Thread william lomas
hi has anyone else noted dropbox keeps opening when we connect products to the mac in lion? --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the

RE: ITunes

2012-06-19 Thread Catherine G
Yes, please do. Contact off list. -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Sarah Alawami Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2012 9:31 AM To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: ITunes Techniqually this is a mac list so I

Re: voices in lion.

2012-06-19 Thread Timothy J. Meloy
Yes. There is a podcast on the vision Aulstraila web site. HTH TJ On Jun 19, 2012, at 2:24 AM, David Griffith d.griff...@btinternet.com wrote: It is a little tricky. You go to Voiceover Utility. . Then Utility Categories Table. move down to Speech. Tab Across to voices. Press the Popup

RE: Help with creating documents and using the internet with Voiceover

2012-06-19 Thread David Griffith
The bad news is that Office on the Mac is not accessible to Voiceover. You can read and edit Word documents using the inbuilt text Edit. Beam is also a good free word processor. Open Office is also inaccessible under Lion but can apparently be used in Snow Leopard. Re the internet and assuming you

Re: Help with creating documents and using the internet with VoiceOver

2012-06-19 Thread Ian McNamara
Hello Mairead, office is not accessible with voice over. a quick way of getting to the doc is vo keys which are your control and option keys held down and then press d. That will get you to the doc quicker. safari the internet browser should be on your doc. Ian McNamara --- Mac Access At Mac

Re: dropbox opening when connect ipad

2012-06-19 Thread Thomas McMahan
Yes because it wants you to upload photos, but there is a checkbox to tell it not to dialog anymore if I remember right. On Jun 19, 2012, at 5:43 AM, william lomas wrote: hi has anyone else noted dropbox keeps opening when we connect products to the mac in lion? --- Mac

Re: An Excellent GPS app for iPhone and visually impaired people

2012-06-19 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Lynne, I've been using Ariadne GPS for quite some time now and it really is excellent. I recommend to my students that they use it along with Navigon since you can't plan routes with Ariadne. With Navigon running in the background, you get the turn-by-turn instructions from Navigon and

Re: An Excellent GPS app for iPhone and visually impaired people

2012-06-19 Thread Daniela Rubio
I use Ariadne some months ago and it is great. Good advice! This is the app shown in the WWDC video. Cheers! SALUDOS, DANIELA R.T. MACNETICOS, APPLE Y ACCESIBILIDAD A TU ALCANCE. EN TWITTER: @macneticos NUESTRO BLOG EN: www.macneticus.blogspot.com Y EL PODCAST EN:` http://macneticos.libsyn.com

Re: An Excellent GPS app for iPhone and visually impaired people

2012-06-19 Thread Matthew
Hi, If you are talking about Arradny gps it is a great app and use it all the time. It caust 5 dallars and it even annances addresses and streets as you pass them. I do how ever wish it would annance the names of businesses as well. Just my thoughts. Matthew - Original Message

Re: An Excellent GPS app for iPhone and visually impaired people

2012-06-19 Thread Ian McNamara
Me and a friend looked at this app and we did not like it very much. I have a trekker breeze which I find a good gps app, not found one I like for the iPhone yet. Ian McNamara --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to

Re: An Excellent GPS app for iPhone and visually impaired people

2012-06-19 Thread william lomas
th trekker breeze is *not* an app, careful how phrase that smile, remember it a physical device. Haven't tried ariadnie yet On 19 Jun 2012, at 15:13, Ian McNamara wrote: Me and a friend looked at this app and we did not like it very much. I have a trekker breeze which I find a good gps

Re: iPad Third Generation

2012-06-19 Thread Gordon Smith
I personally don't like the concept of typing using a Braille style keyboard, to be honest. Actually I've never tried the keyboard on the Connect40, as I only use it as a Display, not a Perkins. :) But it's horses for courses, each to their own. As long as it results in messages etc. which

Re: vacation if possible?

2012-06-19 Thread Gordon Smith
William You need to know your password for this. But yes, you can do it. If you need more information please write to the support address and Lynne will assist you. Gordon On 18 Jun 2012, at 16:47, william lomas will.d.lo...@gmail.com wrote: Hello to all Is it possible before I

Re: iPad Third Generation

2012-06-19 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Chris To be honest, I don't know. But what I can tell you is that the iPad 3 uses the new dual core A5 processor, rather than the A4 processor. I have just received my new iPad 3 so I'll tell you how it compares with the original iPad shortly. Gordon On 18 Jun 2012, at 16:59, chris

Re: iPad Third Generation

2012-06-19 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi First, a comment To William. Your name in your E-Mail account is all in small letters, i.e., no capital W and no capital L. Just thought you might like to know. As for the suggestion regarding iPad, William says It makes more sense. Could you qualify that statement? Gordon On 18 Jun

Re: iPad Third Generation

2012-06-19 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Chris William It's my understanding that Dictation is actually part of the OS, not hardware specific between iPad 2 and 3. I'm not utterly sure about that, but that's how I understand it. As for the processor, whether you'd really notice much difference depends upon just one factor in my

Re: iPad Third Generation

2012-06-19 Thread william lomas
i think it's only on the he 3 gordon the dictation as my stepdad has the ipad 2 and it is not on his ipad On 19 Jun 2012, at 17:53, Gordon Smith wrote: Hi Chris William It's my understanding that Dictation is actually part of the OS, not hardware specific between iPad 2 and 3. I'm not

Re: dropbox opening when connect ipad

2012-06-19 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, I have the same exact issue whether I insert my ipod, ipad, or Iphone. What I'd like to know is how to stop dropbox from popping up when I insert these devices? It's driving me up a tree. :) Courtney On Jun 19, 2012, at 6:43 AM, william lomas wrote: hi has anyone else noted

Re: Little tip regarding the Dock

2012-06-19 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Sarah On 18 Jun 2012, at 18:14, 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 religiously. Gordon and I find that if you maintain organisation throughout the system, it makes

Re: What's Accessible

2012-06-19 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Tim Everything is accessible using VoiceOver. One can see files and folders easily. Lynne On 18 Jun 2012, at 18:28, Timothy J. Meloy tme...@fuse.net wrote: 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

Re: dropbox opening when connect ipad

2012-06-19 Thread Sarah Alawami
I just hit vo space and it goes away and never comes back up. It imports my photos and my not so good videos I take and brings them up in to camera uploads. Take care. On Jun 19, 2012, at 10:04 AM, Courtney Curran wrote: Hi, I have the same exact issue whether I insert my ipod, ipad, or

Re: wifi sync and itunes

2012-06-19 Thread Sarah Alawami
It's best if it is plugged in to the wall as depending on o your network speed transferring a few gigs of books can take a while. lol! On Jun 19, 2012, at 3:28 AM, william lomas wrote: hi all still having issues with wifi sync and itunes. the ipad is not showing up it

Re: Male in lion.

2012-06-19 Thread Sarah Alawami
I use the classic view. btw it's located in the prefs, then in viewing. It's easier to handle wit the preview pain off. I can then left and right arrow through messages with 1 hand should I choose to. I also have all herders turned off so I only hear the number of the message. Good luck. On

Re: Male in lion.

2012-06-19 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Ian First, you gave me a laugh here. Mail, in this context anyway, is spelled M, A, I, L. My mind went into overdrive when I saw this message. :) To sort of answer your question, you need to turn off the Preview Pane. From memory, you need to put your cursor on to the horizontal splitter

update on rss issue

2012-06-19 Thread Sarah Alawami
Well I thought I had it fixed but alas I don't. I had to trash my com.apple.mail.plist file and when I reopened mail the rss thing was located at the bottom of the list of folders in the table not at the top. section where it usually is. dragging and dropping both the old and the new way does

Re: Male in lion.

2012-06-19 Thread william lomas
it should be in the mailboxes table, the trash mailbox On 19 Jun 2012, at 18:37, Carolyn Wagner wrote: Can I add to this question? Is there a way to access the trash folder the way it used to work in snow leopard? I can't find my trash folder! you can set the mail to classic view in the

Re: iPad Third Generation

2012-06-19 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi William (with a capital W) ;-) I won't dispute what you say because I never had the opportunity of using the iPad II. However, I do know that it is future-proofed for quite a while and I believe that even if it doesn't at present, it will now include the Dictation if you update it to iOS5.1

Re: iPad Third Generation

2012-06-19 Thread william lomas
Time will tell I am sure Looking forward to getting a focus display to use with it now We shall see how IOS 6 works out for us all in the very near future. Good luck if you get an Ipad 2 On 19 Jun 2012, at 18:43, Gordon Smith wrote: Hi William (with a capital W) ;-) I won't dispute what you

accuracy of dictation

2012-06-19 Thread william lomas
hi all how do people find dictation and therefore siri as an add-on, to be in terms of accuracy? for me i find dictation not very good considering we are meant to be in the 21st century. I don't expect 100 percent accuracy but dubious as to how useful siri (when available for

Re: Regarding the End of life of the original iPad [Was: Re: iPad Third Generation]

2012-06-19 Thread Gordon Smith
Hello ryan I actually agree with your comments here. As somebody who, until this week, had no plans to upgrade their iPad, I was a little disgusted when I first learned of the fact that iOS6 won't run on the original iPad. It's hardly fair, that being the case, to expect people to pay for an

Re: accuracy of dictation

2012-06-19 Thread Sarah Alawami
Try setting the language in international. I dunno if that will work but it's worth a try. I don't have a 4s yet but good luck. A friend of mine with a spanish accent managed to dictate very well and it came out flawlessly. and his was set to us english. On Jun 19, 2012, at 11:11 AM, william

Re: An Excellent GPS app for iPhone and visually impaired people

2012-06-19 Thread Lovette Yewchan
this may be a very dumb question but can you use a gps with a IPod? If so how do you set it up? I did try sendero but it was not very successful. Lovette On 2012-06-19, at 7:07 AM, Matthew wrote: Hi, If you are talking about Arradny gps it is a great app and use it all the time. It caust

Re: An Excellent GPS app for iPhone and visually impaired people

2012-06-19 Thread Sarah Alawami
I don't think there is a gps receiver in the iPod. someone correct me if I'm wrong though as I don't own one. On Jun 19, 2012, at 3:56 PM, Lovette Yewchan wrote: this may be a very dumb question but can you use a gps with a IPod? If so how do you set it up? I did try sendero but it was not

Re: An Excellent GPS app for iPhone and visually impaired people

2012-06-19 Thread Zachary Kline
There is no built-in GPS receiver on the iPod. There is a way to use some models of Bluetooth receiver, however, i've heard about the Badelf on this and other lists. I don't have an iPod anymore though, just an iPhone,which obviously has a receiver built in. :) Yours, Zack. On Jun 19, 2012, at

Re: An Excellent GPS app for iPhone and visually impaired people

2012-06-19 Thread Glenn
Yes, there are at least a few bluetooth GPS receivers that work with an iPod, and then you can do the GPS apps. Glenn - Original Message - From: Lovette Yewchan lyewc...@telus.net To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 5:56 PM Subject: Re:

Re: An Excellent GPS app for iPhone and visually impaired people

2012-06-19 Thread Lovette Yewchan
sorry but what is a blue tooth receiver and how do I know if it would work and with what? What price range would this be in? THanks. On 2012-06-19, at 6:00 PM, Glenn wrote: Yes, there are at least a few bluetooth GPS receivers that work with an iPod, and then you can do the GPS apps. Glenn

Re: An Excellent GPS app for iPhone and visually impaired people

2012-06-19 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Lovette, I recall a different product, whose name escapes me at the moment, but this one is an option that would render it possible to use IOS GPS apps on an iPod touch. As I recall, the other item was priced about the same. Best regards. Geoff - Original Message - From: