RE: Playing Dvds on the mac

2014-01-07 Thread David Griffith
I have had no region issues using VLC. I am not sure if this is because I installed handbrake as well. In any case the warning messages have stopped since I switched to using VLC. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net

Re: crosswords for mac

2014-01-07 Thread Sandratomkins
Hello anne and will, I too am a fan of the Guardian crosswords. I do them most days on my iPhone for running 613. I also have a for S running the latest 7.04 release. However, using the latest release on my for S the access ability of the Guardian crossword has been broken. So, I'm glad that I

Re: Wire Colors

2014-01-07 Thread Sandratomkins
Martin, This is a bit of a tall order! But I can make a suggestion that you could try: The app I would suggest is called camfind. For example, I just took a shot of my coffee mug and the answer was black-and-white striped mug. Which is correct! So, if you use this app and isolate any given

Reading out to mp3 file

2014-01-07 Thread Ian Harrison
Dear listers, I have just discovered the facility to read text out into a mp3 file. Unfortunately the read back speed is set at a really slow rate. Does anyone know how to speed up this rate? Many thanks in advance Ian --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post,

Re: How to increase the the maximum size of a numbers table

2014-01-07 Thread Paul Hopewell
Hello, I think the problem arises because all the rows in my spreadsheet are considered header rows. Not sure how that happened but tinkering with the header submenu of the table menu fixes the problem. Paul Hopewell On 6 Jan 2014, at 21:10, isaac isaac.heb...@gmail.com wrote: What templet

RE: using terminal app

2014-01-07 Thread Haghighi,Amin
Thanks.. I will give it a try. -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Parham Doustdar Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 1:46 AM To: OS X iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: using terminal app Hi Amin, You can use

Re: Wire Colors

2014-01-07 Thread Martin G. McCormick
Thanks for the idea. I will give it a try as the price is right. The availability of high-quality color cameras coupled with powerful computers is a dream that was science fiction only a few years ago. James Bond might have had an iPhone-style camera but you really couldn't have

Instruction: 1PasswordAnywhere, access your data in your web browser without 1Password installed

2014-01-07 Thread Dane Trethowan
Hi! I know there are some users of 1 Password on this list so thought the following may be of use. http://learn.agilebits.com/1Password4/iOS/Tutorials/ios-1pa.html ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589

Re: Reading out to mp3 file

2014-01-07 Thread Sarah k Alawami
sure. at the top of the file put {{rate xxx}} where the 3 x characters are a 3 digit number. I can't remember if it is 1 left brace or 2 but try it out. Tc. On Jan 7, 2014, at 2:55 AM, Ian Harrison harrisonc...@harrisonclan.karoo.co.uk wrote: Dear listers, I have just discovered

Reference Tools In OSX

2014-01-07 Thread Dane Trethowan
Hi! A tip for those who are students and use a Mac for research. I've not seen the Dictionary App which is part of OSX mentioned here on list. The App does what it says enabling the user to look up words and look at the corresponding definitions etc. Actually the App does far more than that,

Re: Reference Tools In OSX

2014-01-07 Thread Chris H
Hi very cool, does this app require an internet connection? Obviously it would for Wikipedia but what about basic usage? Some might not want to go online all the time you see. Regards Chris On 07/01/2014 22:03, Dane Trethowan wrote: Hi! A tip for those who are students and use a Mac for

Re: Reference Tools In OSX

2014-01-07 Thread Dane Trethowan
Can't answer that, the nature of my Network means I'm online all the time unless there's a power blackout in which case I'm offline and can't even try the App offline given that my iMac won't have any power either smile. On 8 Jan 2014, at 9:09 am, Chris H christopher...@gmail.com wrote: Hi

Re: Reference Tools In OSX

2014-01-07 Thread Sarah k Alawami
Yes it does. You don't have all of wikipedia on your mac as far as I can tell. I keep meeting to add this to my mac basics part 2 but forget.. this is a handy dandy little tool I use all the time especially this semester. Take care all. Sarah Alawami MSN and AIM: marri...@gmail.com skype:

Re: Reference Tools In OSX

2014-01-07 Thread Dane Trethowan
Sent from Dane's iPhone +613400494862 On 8 Jan 2014, at 10:17 am, Sarah k Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: Yes it does. You don't have all of wikipedia on your mac as far as I can tell. I keep meeting to add this to my mac basics part 2 but forget.. this is a handy dandy little tool