i need a new battery now?

2013-03-23 Thread William Lomas
hello to all in my system information under power for battery on this macbook air it says Full Charge Capacity (mAh): 4408 Charge Remaining (mAh): 152 is this normal please? cycle count sixty --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your

The procedure required, and most powerful software

2013-03-23 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi all OK, for another project I need to be able to mix two or more files together. This is a radio project so the jingle bed needs to be dynamic in terms of volume. Could somebody plead outline the best way of accomplishing this task using OS X audio editing software and mixing software?

Re: This really is going to hurt a lot of blind people I think, read it!

2013-03-23 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Phil if you are able to create an image like this yourself, what would be the point? You'd be able to create all of the images required. --- Gordon Smith --- E-Mail: gor...@mac-access.net Telephone: United Kingdom: Free Phone: 0800 8620538 Europe and other non-specified: +44 1642

Re: This really is going to hurt a lot of blind people I think, read it!

2013-03-23 Thread Gordon Smith
Firstly, what on earth was the point in a single-word response? I think Chris has a fair point here. In fact, I can see it both ways. Chris is obviously quite an advanced user although I don't know what his Mac experience level is. All the same, I tad to agree with the other Chris, Chris

Re: This really is going to hurt a lot of blind people I think, read it!

2013-03-23 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Sean I think Lynne is referring to the way the server handles PHP scripting. This is actually an area where there should be the least problems I would think. PHP5 which is bundled with OS X 10.8 and 10.7 should work fine. --- Gordon Smith --- E-Mail: gor...@mac-access.net Telephone:

Re: Evaluating Assistant List Controllers

2013-03-23 Thread Gordon Smith
Unfortunately we cannot discuss the issue of list controller candidates on list. It would be unfair on those interested parties who have contacted us privately. Suffice it to say that we have received a great response and hope to have the issue resolved within the next 24/48 hours. ---

Re: The procedure required, and most powerful software

2013-03-23 Thread Chris Gilland
I still stand by saying if you're looking for quote: the most powerful software, unquote, you really! need to look at getting ProTools. I know it's a bit pricy... ok, it's extremely! ;pricy, but believe me, you won't regret. It will let you do everything! and then some, that you're trying to

Re: Evaluating Assistant List Controllers

2013-03-23 Thread Chris Gilland
Gordon, If either Josh or myself implied we were wishing this to be discussed on list, that was definitely not my intention. I was simply stating that I'd love to talk to you and others on Skype. I'm off to get you added to my Skype contacts now. Yesterday was a bit hectic, and so never

Stand Scan

2013-03-23 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Hi all, Just had a conversation on twitter about a device called Stand Scan. I provide a link below. Has anyone used this? I'd be interested in an opinion because it looks very good. http://standscan.com/StandScan/ Cheers, Dónal Dr. Dónal Fitzpatrick, School of Computing, Dublin

RE: Stand Scan

2013-03-23 Thread David Griffith
I have. I will comment further later but to be honest on first impression I am disappointed. Basically a cardboard folder which is constructed into a box. Quite flimsy and probably not suitable for any robust long term use. I need to experiment further to see what the scanning results are like.

Re: Stand Scan

2013-03-23 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Ah I see. Wasn't aware it was constructed so flimsily. As always David thanks for the prompt response. Dónal On 23 Mar 2013, at 20:36, David Griffith d.griff...@btinternet.com wrote: I have. I will comment further later but to be honest on first impression I am disappointed. Basically a

Re: Stand Scan

2013-03-23 Thread Glenn
I'm wondering if a phone holder for the car would work better. Glenn - Original Message - From: David Griffith d.griff...@btinternet.com To: 'Mac OSX iOS Accessibility' mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2013 3:36 PM Subject: RE: Stand Scan I have. I will comment

Re: Stand Scan

2013-03-23 Thread Esther
Hello Dónal and David, You might want to wait for Ann Robertson's comments on sample results from the StandScan Pro. The StandScan basic model doesn't have sufficient light power for good results from general scanning. It's designed for inexpensive portable use with the iPhone (which is why

Re: Stand Scan

2013-03-23 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello dónal, I have the StandScan Pro which has 15 Leds to provide good lighting. Yes, it's flimsy, but it folds flat, weighs next to nothing, and works great with my iPhone 5. I've tested the StandScan Pro with a double-page from a pretty complexe book using Prizmo in English with brilliant

Help with web navigation please

2013-03-23 Thread Catherine Turner
Hi all, Still getting to grips with my Macbook pro and wonder if anyone could help with a couple of issues I have with navigating web pages. I think I've confused myself with the several ways of accomplishing the same task. So can anyone suggest a way I can do these two things? I do have quick

Re: Help with web navigation please

2013-03-23 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Catherine, If you're navigating the Web in DOM mode, then with Quick Nav on, just the right arrow will take you to the next element which probably corresponds to a line or a sentence. Without Quick Nav, this would be VO-Right Arrow. In Groups mode, you'd have to interact with the group,

Re: Help with web navigation please

2013-03-23 Thread Catherine Turner
Thanks Anne. I managed to get around the table by interacting with it. I'm finding it a bit confusing at the moment though because sometimes I press right arrow and I get the sound which indicates there's something wrong or there's nowhere to move to, and then I find I need to stop interacting

Problem changing VO voice

2013-03-23 Thread Catherine Turner
Hi, I wanted to look at different options for the VO voice and changed it from being Alex to Daniel Compact. But now I'd like to change it back again and don't seem to have the option. When I get to the voice setting it says Daniel Compact locked. At some point I was messing around/looking

opening .m4B via dropbox on the iPhone.

2013-03-23 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Hi all, I have a .m4b in my dropbox folder which is showing up perfectly on the iPhone. However I don't seem to be able to (shall I say: export? open? it) with anything on the device. I assumed that it would just open in the Music app but seemingly not. Has anyone found this to be the case

Re: This really is going to hurt a lot of blind people I think, read it!

2013-03-23 Thread Phil Halton
My point was simply create an image once and be done with it. Most get sighted help for the task. - Original Message - From: Gordon Smith gor...@mac-access.net To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2013 8:51 AM Subject: Re: This really is

adding spoken tracks to iTunes

2013-03-23 Thread Phil Halton
is it the case that you can have a text document read by VoiceOver and added as a audio file to iTunes? How exactly is that accomplished? --- 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

Re: Help with web navigation please

2013-03-23 Thread Red.Falcon
Hi there! I do not use it but under quick nav you can now do single letter nav [like b for button] you have to set up this under commanders in VO utility! And I am going to stay on a table for a while I lock VO and then I can just arrow up/down/left or right within that table! Oh just in case VO

Re: adding spoken tracks to iTunes

2013-03-23 Thread Red.Falcon
Hi I was just looking through some commands! And there is VO+shift+Z to add last phrase to desktop as a audio track! I suppose when its on your desktop you should be able to do something of your choice! Depending of the options allowed! hth Colin On 24 Mar 2013, at 00:30, Phil Halton

Re: Problem changing VO voice

2013-03-23 Thread barbara jones
Catherine voice over utility (VO F8) under speech choose voices tab and you will find them there. Barbara On Mar 23, 2013, at 8:01 PM, Catherine Turner catherineturner2...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi, I wanted to look at different options for the VO voice and changed it from being Alex to

Re: adding spoken tracks to iTunes

2013-03-23 Thread Esther
Hi Phil, One of the useful Services menu options is Add to iTunes as Spoken Track. It allows you to highlight a text file selection then have that file turned into an audio file that gets added to iTunes. If you want to control the speaking rate, though, you'll need to have a string at the