Re: Fusion 4.1

Hello Geoff Isn't it the other way around? I thought the downloadable version was cheaper. I only asked out of curiosity; please don't anybody think I'm criticising or anything like that. Lynne On 26 Nov 2011, at 20:21, Geoff Waaler wrote: Maybe because it was almost 50% cheaper? <--- Mac Ac

Re: Network scanners

Hello Dane OK, could you write to me privately about that please? Since it isn't an Apple product it'd be off topic and that's my fault. But I am afraid I wasn't able to take much notice of your last messages on our sister group about this. So I have probably some questions. So would you mind w

Re: Network scanners

Hello Dane I know you talked about that on Techno-Chat not long ago. I'll have to go and look in our archives. But ideally I just want a Mac compatible network scanner. Lynne On 26 Nov 2011, at 18:45, Dane Trethowan wrote: I like my HP 8500A+ if that's any help. <--- Mac Access At Mac Access

Network scanners

Hello everybody Can anybody re commend a good quality network scanner or even PFC? The scanner is the most important bit. Thanks Lynne <--- 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 mes

Re: Fusion 4.1

gt; Appreciate the offer however I lost my login info. smile. > > John > > > On Nov 25, 2011, at 10:23 AM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > >> Hello Jonn >> >> If you like you can get it from us. It's on our software site. >> >> I am abou

Re: Fusion 4.1

der. Lynne John On Nov 25, 2011, at 10:23 AM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > Hello Jonn > > If you like you can get it from us. It's on our software site. > > I am about to put the 4.1.1 update there if you han on about half an hour. > > I'll give you a dire

VMWare Fusion, anybody want help with download?

Hello OK, here is a place where you can find the VMWare Fusion installers. If you'd rather a direct web link, please let me know and I'll gladly make those for you. The actual VMWare site won't allow direct download links because you have to log in first. But the VMWAre Fusion 4.1.1 installers

Re: Fusion 4.1

Hello Jonn If you like you can get it from us. It's on our software site. I am about to put the 4.1.1 update there if you han on about half an hour. I'll give you a direct URL if it would help you. Lynne On 25 Nov 2011, at 16:13, John Gunn wrote: Hello All: Can someone provide me the direct

Re: Sound devices; Lynne has no more to add. :)

Hello Dane I'm not disputing that the iMic is a dinosaur@ Nor am I disputing that there are better devices out there and I have to say that I can't discuss regarding accurate pricing because I just don't know. I know Logitech do a number of USB sound devices and I am told there are also a coup

Re: [For Steph]; Nisus Writer Pro 2.02

hello Steph No, I don't think it's available for iOS devices. You can download the Mac version from here: Lynne On 24 Nov 2011, at 05:15, Stephanie Mitchell wrote: Where can I download it. Also, can I get this for my ipad too? Steph <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot N

Re: Reaper, Mixers, Line-ins and stuff

Hello Dane I answered these points already. :) I know it isn't a professional card; but my point was that you were talking about basic line recording. I'm not disputing the assertion that it's not the best piece of hardware in the world. I was just making the comment that most people would be

Re: Creating a Pen Drive restore image

nd worked great. If you go to blindcooltech.com and look for Mac Demo14 the steps are near the end. John On Nov 23, 2011, at 12:29 PM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > Hello Lew > > OK, now you see what I meant when I mentioned working from the visual aspect. > It just does

Apple Mail; IMAP

Hello Paul, Travis, Zack and others OK, it seems that Apple has indeed fixed this problem. I made sure that the "Store trash messages on server" check box is checked. Then I deleted the contents of my trash box. Then I quit mail. Then I logged into the mailbox on my server in the Terminal usin

Re: imap mail protocol

Hello Zack You're absolutely right; I'm not disputing that for a second. And yes, most users very probably don't bother to configure their applications to optimal. We always change those options in our accounts, always have. But there is still this problem which Travis described. It's quite ann

Re: PDF Versus Doc

Hello Steph Yes; ut works fine under Lion. As for comparing with Pages, you can't really because they're different types of interfaces. But the Office document handling in Nisus is much better than Pages. It's very accessible for the very very most part, and it's lightning fast. Lynne On 24 N

Re: imap mail protocol

ether deleted mail is deleted from the server. By default the Trash folder you see is a local one, I believe, not stored on the server at all. I'd look into the Account settings in Mail preferences. Best, Zack. On Nov 23, 2011, at 5:07 PM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > Hello Paul >

Re: Reaper Audio Production Software, My Progress Thus Far

Hello Dane On 24 Nov 2011, at 00:59, Dane Trethowan wrote: • Ah by the way, Reaper will love your midi keyboard so play, dance and sing away and I'll go turn my hearing aids off! . Actually although I'm not about to flaunt it, my singing voice isn't too bad. But that's only what I'm told; and

Re: Reaper Audio Production Software, My Progress Thus Far

Hello Dane Yes; but you mentioned line recording, not MIDI. So this is moving the goalposts just a bit, don't you reckon? :) Yes; of course, if you want MIDI then the iMic is not a lot of use. But again you were talking about line recordings only and for that purpose the iMic is fine I would s

Re: imap mail protocol

Hello Paul Many clients, including Apple Mail, do not properly delete mail from the server at all times. That's probably why you're getting this issue. Lynne On 23 Nov 2011, at 19:59, Paul Hopewell wrote: Hello, I use the imap protocol for my Apple mail. If I empty the trash folder in Apple

Re: Creating a Pen Drive restore image

Hello Lew OK, now you see what I meant when I mentioned working from the visual aspect. It just doesn't seem to be possible and actually, even without VoiceOver now that I come to try it it would appear that this is problematic. So yes, it looks like the pen drive option is out, for now. Lynne

Re: distribution list

Hello Lovette Can you clarify what you mean by "Distribution List"? Lynne On 23 Nov 2011, at 17:58, Lovette Yewchan wrote: HI there. Can someone tell me how to make a distribution list in mail on the mac? <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your me

Re: Lion in the App Store

Hello Lew OK, I'll try and dig that message out again and have another look. Lynne On 23 Nov 2011, at 17:39, Mr. L. Alexander wrote: as I say, I wrote the article from my perspective as a blind user but also for sighted or visually impaired users who still use a mouse. <--- Mac Access At Mac

Re: Lion in the App Store

Hello Lew On 23 Nov 2011, at 17:37, Mr. L. Alexander wrote: Lynne, please note, I did in fact indicate voiceover users instructions in that article. OK, I must have missed that bit. My apologies. also from the top of my head without referring toa specific directory name, shared was what came

Re: Reaper Audio Production Software, My Progress Thus Far

Hello Lew To be honest I don't think it's reasonable to expect somebody on a low budget to splash out on an external sound card of professional quality. Besides which, you only have the option of USB devices with the Mac unless you're using a Mac Pro, of course. If you are going to go for an e

Re: Reaper Audio Production Software, My Progress Thus Far

Hello Dane & all I've played with this a little bit and I have to agree with Dane; I'm very impressed. In fact, I think it's the best recorder/editor I've yet seen for Mac OS X. I haven't yet tried it with VoiceOver, so it will be interesting to see how it moves your audio cursor when you're co

Creating a Pen Drive restore image

Hello everybody OK, I can do this without VoiceOver but I'm curious; how do you get a formatted pen drive into your destination using disk utility and VoiceOver? The source is easy as its there by default once you have it mounted and selected in Disk Utility. But if I open the browse button and

Re: Lion in the App Store

Hello Lew & Sarah Firstly, I need to point out an error in Lew's info. The folder is actually called "SharedSupport", not "Shared". Until now, I haven't had the chance or the time to try this; but I am now doing so. I'll let you know how we get on. Lew's info is very much based on the Apple art

Re: A question about this Drop Box programme

hello Sarah I think Tracy's concern is that absolutely everything is replicated so, for instance, if we have a folder on our hard drive that we share on Drop Box, we have it twice on each machine. Your point about unsharing folders is a very valid one; and I think we're going to have to find a

Re: PDF Versus Doc

Hello Lew I totally understand why the visually impaired user would get frustrated with PDF documents. I am not sure that Office .doc files is the way to go though. After all, Apple is quite rightly not using Microsoft's formats as it default template. But as for Pages being slow, I don't find

Canon Scanners & Lion

Hello everybody Has anybody managed to get a Canon lIDE scanner to work with Lion? We have a lIDE700F CanoScan and, although I can sort of get it to work, as in the OS recognises the scanner and tries to use it, it simply won't work properly no matter which software application I try. I've trie

Re: PDF Versus Doc

but it has some flaws with voiceover but I can grab certain things fairly easily. I just wish instead of PDF, we could just have doc files as packages. easier that way. lol lew On 22 Nov 2011, at 14:26, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > Hello Lew > > I'll send you the file p

Re: A question about this Drop Box programme

Hello Lew I'll take this up with Tracy and I'll write you privately shortly. Lynne On 22 Nov 2011, at 09:03, Mr. L. Alexander wrote: Hi tracy. the folder located on any machine labeled dropbox is like having a shared folder. having this folder on each machine allows you to store that data in

Re: Multilingual PDF Documents

elp you out. I've time to kill. having a very bad day here so need something to do. lew On 22 Nov 2011, at 13:32, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > Hello everybody > > Can anybody suggest a method of extracting only the English column out of a > PDF document whose contents ar

Re: VMWare Fusion 4.1 now allows virtualizing Leopard and SL clients

Hello Lewis Actually I gather this has been tested by quite a few people. We will be added to that list shortly. As for our system, no problem. We have 8GB of RAM and about 50GB of free HD on the start disk but in fact, the VM doesn't use a physical partition, it uses virtual drives. So actuall

Re: VMWare Fusion 4.1 now allows virtualizing Leopard and SL clients

Hello Bryan We're actually going to try this out, it will be interesting to see what happens with VoiceOver. We're going to have to turn it of in th host OS. Lynne On 19 Nov 2011, at 21:02, Bryan Jones wrote: I think there are still a few folks here who are holding out on Lion due to Rosett

Re: Lion in the App Store

Lion DVD using the DVD >> image contained within the Install Lion's package contents and although the >> disk burned right, the MacBook won't boot off it, it just throws the disk >> out. But the MacBook Pro works fine. >> >> Go figure. >> >> Ly

Re: VMWare Fusion 4.1

Hello Annie I'm sorry; I am way way behind on email, just catching up. I've not been able to duplicate Mikes issue. It works perfectly well here, with and without VoiceOver resident. Lynne On 19 Nov 2011, at 11:43, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: • The new vmware works great for me. I reinstalled t

Re: Lion in the App Store

Hello James I'm sorry; I'm way behind on email. The first point, Lion clone? I don't understand what you mean by that. As to your second point, no; the machine does meet the requirements of Lion. It has 4GB of RAM and an Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHZ. So I'm confused. We have it installed now but

Multilingual PDF Documents

Hello everybody Can anybody suggest a method of extracting only the English column out of a PDF document whose contents are multilingual? When I flagged the file to download I did so using only the English URL. But for some reason it's given me multilingual anyway. What I did was to highlight t

Lion in the App Store

Hello everybody Does anybody know which version of Lion is downloadable from the App Store by any chance? Is it version 10.7.2 or is it still the original 10.7,0 version which we all downloaded some time ago? I ask because I want to create a DVD of Lion to test out a theory; to see whether in

Re: VMWare Fusion 4.1

Hello Mike On 19 Nov 2011, at 03:47, michael maslo wrote: • I downloaded it and I am not impressed with it. I'm sorry to hear that. • WHen you launch it I sometimes get lost in the tool bar without a way of getting out of it. I've never seen that; but have you tried pressing Command+Shift+L, t

VMWare Fusion 4.1

Hello everybody Just to let you know, in case you're interested and haven't yet discovered it, VMWare Fusion 4.1 is now available. We are in the process of adding it to our software collection; just in case it makes things easier for anybody

JawBone JamBox Updater; I have it working with VO!

Hello all OK, I've discovered how this works now. What you do is install it and forget it until something comes along that's updated. Once that happens, you get an alert, and your JamBox, (even when turned off) makes a squeaky noise to alert you. When that happens, (although VoiceOver won't obv

Re: OS9 Messages not lost!

Hello Sarah What do you mean get "bounced to the list"? That phrase, in terms of email is very strange to me because "bouncing" email has a very different meaning. Lynne On 18 Nov 2011, at 22:03, Sarah Alawami wrote: Actually wha tI do is have a filter set by gmail so any of my messages also g

Re: GMail not showing messages from Mac-Access when sent by the recipient Themselves

Hello Esther Regarding the archive, yes; we're aware that there are some deficiencies in the way MailMan handles its archive indexing. That was the primary reason why Gordon and I took the decision in the first instance to add an archive for the list on the Google archive system as well as our

Re: email

Hello Colin On 18 Nov 2011, at 20:24, Red.Falcon wrote: • Do not use CC because it will be rejected! That's one way, but it's very very messy. Why not just use another outgoing server and have done with it? Or better still, ditch Gmail altogether and use the account that either your provider g

Re: Apple Hardware

Hello Lew That's how we do it now with our SL servers. We have 6 Mac Minis clustered that way. If and when we can get Lion Server to behave itself we've got plans to do even more. We currently use 3 Internet trunks, but I'll tell you about that off list if you like as it goes off topic. Lynne

Re: Apple Hardware

Hello Donal Based on what I've seen in the last half hour, looking at various places and various models, I've gone off the idea of SSD for the moment; just too expensive. So now I'm going to investigate the concept of a larger drive; as we keep somehow managing to fill this 160GB drive with, w

Re: Apple Hardware

Hello Lew I wouldn't want to remove the DVD drive from our MBP as it's something we use quite a lot and I don't want to mess around with external drives. But based on experience, and on the fact that we're constantly having to rely on external media anyway, I'm coming around to the conclusion t

Re: Apple Hardware

Hello Donal Ah, I understand now. Most interesting. I might just go for a 750GB or even 500 if SSD is going to be as expensive as I've just seen on the Crucial website. I almost fell off my chair! On 18 Nov 2011, at 19:50, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: • It's one drive enclosure. However, it has b

Re: GMail not showing messages from Mac-Access when sent by the recipient Themselves

Oopse, forgot to switch accounts; sorry. Lynne On 18 Nov 2011, at 19:53, Gordon Smith wrote: He's welcome to an account here if he wants one. As are any other members whether currently using gmail or not. We offer them for free, and they are totally secure. Lynne On 18 Nov 2011, at 19:43, An

Re: Apple Hardware

speed advantages and easier performance boosting. only problem I have with the SSD cards is they cannot handle RAID. oh well. lol lew On 18 Nov 2011, at 18:29, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > Hello Lew > > On 18 Nov 2011, at 18:16, Mr. L. Alexander wrote: > > • I'd

Re: Apple Hardware

Hello Donal Did you really mean 4GB? How could you put 2 drives into a MacBook Pro? Lynne On 18 Nov 2011, at 18:21, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: I put a Seegate hybrid drive in mine and I'm delighted with it. 4Gb ssd and 500 HDD. <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post,

Re: Apple Hardware

Hello Donal We have the complete set of what we call "Philips" screw drivers. Those are what you mean I'm sure. Gordon has a set of about 40 of them, bought as a set. They start from one about as thick as a human hair, maybe just slightly thicker. But they go up in very small increments until

Re: Apple Hardware

Hello Lew On 18 Nov 2011, at 18:17, Mr. L. Alexander wrote: • you could always go the whole hog and go mac pro as a server and 7200rpm sas drives. That is in our plans for early next year. • my personal favourite is the former X serve Until recently we had 3 of those machines here. But they d

Re: Apple Hardware

Hello Lew On 18 Nov 2011, at 18:16, Mr. L. Alexander wrote: • I'd advise that only a certified mac engineer do this work. it's a complex task to remove all casing screws, then get to the hdd. not like windows machines where access doors are under the machine. It can however be done but if your

Re: Apple Hardware

Hello Lew Please don't think I'm against the MacBook Air. Not at all, it's a very nice little machine. And yes, if you could boot from a thumb drive that would be a huge huge plus as you could have multiple drives with different configurations. I've often wondered actually whether we could do t

Re: For Karen; VoiceOver & Its Use On iOS

Hello Karen Well; you and I are in opposite circumstance; I'd really love to correspond with you off list about this type of thing because it interests me greatly. My husband is blind and I have full vision. I won't go into it all now, but it is usually I who make the stuff-ups and Gordon who

Re: VO access to Math symbols functions, fractions, etc?

Bryan Try pressing keys with the option key pressed. Lynne On 18 Nov 2011, at 17:40, Bryan Jones wrote: Hello All, The last time I took a math class was in 1989 when I was sighted. Sometime in the next 18 months it seems I will be required to take a course called "College Algebra and Trigono

Re: App Switcher on iOS5 with iPad/iPhone 3GS/iPod Touch 3G

Hello Lew Since you're in the UK, if there is anything that we heer at Mac Access Dot Net can do to aid your project, please do let us know off list. We are a non-profit organisation dedicated to the aid of Mac and iOS users everywhere and we'd be more than happy to lend a hand. Lynne On 18 N

Re: App Switcher on iOS5 with iPad/iPhone 3GS/iPod Touch 3G

Hello Lew Just personal opinion; but in your situation, if it were me, I'd go for the iPad because you can already do most of what you could do with the Air on your MBP, so you'd be maximising your investment in my humble opinion. The iPad is an incredible device. We have one of the original on

Re: App Switcher on iOS5 with iPad/iPhone 3GS/iPod Touch 3G

Hello Lew I know you didn't realise I was talking to somebody dlese; but it wasn't him I called dumb, it was myself! Lynne On 18 Nov 2011, at 17:14, Mr. L. Alexander wrote: Sorry? I didn't state a comment on this so please don't make that sort of comment to me. <--- Mac Access At Mac Access

Re: OS9 Messages not lost!

Hello Lew No need for sorry. If you weren't seeing them, you can't know. If, however, you're in doubt as to any aspect of your list configuration, please don't hesitate to contact us and we will check into it for you. Which ever support person you get, (Tracy, Gordon or myself), I think it's sa

Re: App Switcher on iOS5 with iPad/iPhone 3GS/iPod Touch 3G

Hello Bubba A very good point. Thank you. Lots of people are replying to this thread; forgive me if I don't respond to your specific message. I just don't want to keep responding with a "thank You' to each post. But that doesn't mean they aren't appreciated. Lynne On 18 Nov 2011, at 17:01, Bu

Re: OS9 Messages not lost!

These messages have arrived 3 times since last night. So yes, they are hitting the list. On 18 Nov 2011, at 16:52, Bubba wrote: I got both of them myself just did not respond as I could not help him! <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message

Re: App Switcher on iOS5 with iPad/iPhone 3GS/iPod Touch 3G

Hello Lewis That's a very extensive answer to a dumb question from somebody who should know better. Thank you. I've used that before, I simply forgot. Visually you can just tap an app, of course, which is what I do most of the time. The gestures that VO uses are quite different from the visual

Re: App Switcher on iOS5 with iPad/iPhone 3GS/iPod Touch 3G

Hello Karen On 18 Nov 2011, at 16:46, 1smart...@cox.net wrote: • Double click the home button. You know; I'm kicking myself as this is so darn obvious! Thank you for the heads-up,. Talk about asking dumb questions! I've been using iOS extensively so how I forgot that I will never understand.

App Switcher on iOS5 with iPad/iPhone 3GS/iPod Touch 3G

Hello everybody What's the best method, with or without a Bluetooth keyboard, to access the App Switcher using VoiceOver? That's something I've been wondering for a while. Lynne <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-acc

Re: Right clicking an item to bring up a context menu with a Trackpad

Hello Zack Oopse! You're quite right. I always get those muddled up. :) Lynne On 18 Nov 2011, at 03:50, Zachary Kline wrote: • YOu can use ctrl-click to do this. <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can

Re: Right clicking an item to bring up a context menu with a Trackpad

I think Option+Click is how you'd do it. Lynne On 18 Nov 2011, at 03:36, Dane Trethowan wrote: Hi! Can someone remind me how this is done or if indeed it can be done? <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net Yo

JawBone Updater for Mac

Hello everybody OK, I've had a few enquiries regarding the Jawbone Mac updater. The first thing I would say is that I'm not sure it is accessible; I at least can't get it to do anything with VoiceOver. But then again, I am probably doing something wrong; it's usually the case with me these days

Re: Readhere

Hello Christine yes, it's expensive. The only other one I know of is Olearia which is free but less features. For instance it doesn't have the library functions and I am not sure if you can even bookmark your places. So I guess it's just a matter of user choice. We bought ReadHear and do not r

Re: iPhone 4S; is it really worthwhile?

e, as Siri is practically dependent. I also know that to some people who have the services readily available, this isn't going to be a huge deal for obvious reasons. Regards, Nicolai On Nov 17, 2011, at 10:25 AM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > Hello Donal > > As always

Jawbone JamBox Updater for Mac

Hello If anybody needs the JawBone JamBox updater for Mac, I will make it available from our site as the website is very awkward for blind people. If you are interested please contact me off list at . Lynne <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your

iPhone 4S not going to happen

Hello everybody After some discussion we have decided not to go the 4S route just at the moment. Gordon says he's perfectly happy with the 3GS as it does what he wants. Maybe after the new year we might make the move; but for now we'v e decided on something else for Gordon's Christmas present.

Re: Reaper and Accessibility

Hello Dane I wondered about that actually; it looks as though the license covers both platforms and both 32 and 64-bit. So I'll try both platforms in 64-bit mode and see how it goes. Lynne On 17 Nov 2011, at 12:01, Dane Trethowan wrote: I bought a licence quite some time ago, at the time one

Re: iPhone 4S; is it really worthwhile?

Helo Maria I know this is probably going to sound stupid; but eBay frightens me. I've heard so many horror stories about it where people have been the victims of fraudulent activities when buying goods on eBay and it kind of scared me off. I'll have a look, because I think it's the same thing a

Re: Reaper and Accessibility

Hello Dane & everybody I'm actually quite glad you mentioned this because our license has been sitting there for ages and we haven't installed it on the Mac. Steve bought it for us earlier this year because as I said he and his daughter Michelle us a musician. Steve also uses Garageband now and

Re: iPhone 4S; is it really worthwhile?

Hello Chris Thank you ever so. This is precisely what I needed. Tracy will be thrilled. Lynne On 17 Nov 2011, at 09:32, Chris G wrote: Check out this demonstration of Siri. You are correct, it does not run on anything other then the 4S. http://audioboo.fm/boos/544034-a-comprehensive-audio-dem

Re: iPhone 4S; is it really worthwhile?

Hello Donal I totally understand that, given the state of the Euro economy. Europe is only just starting to feel the pinch and it will get worse before it gets better for all of us even though the UK is outside of the Euro zone. Anyway, let's get back to the iPhone. We will have to decide soon

Re: iPhone 4S; is it really worthwhile?

, at 07:56, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > Hello Bubba; Lynne here this time as Tracy has gone to work. :) > > I'm now looking into this for her. We discussed it last night and we've > decided to have a serious look to see what we and, particularly, Gordon who > require

Re: Anyone played with Reaper?

We've had a license for this for quite some time. My brother Steve uses it all the time; his daughter is a musician and they work together on the production of her material. Lynne On 17 Nov 2011, at 06:53, Dane Trethowan wrote: Ah no, far more advanced than Amadeus Pro though it can perform al

Re: Iphone 3GS sold

It's possible we could have one for sale. I'm not usually a wheeler-dealer; but this machine is in perfect condition, not a mark on it. It has a black leather case and all the original packaging. One careful owner and up-to-date iOS firmware and software. Not using this group to advertise which

Re: iPhone 4S; is it really worthwhile?

Hello Bubba; Lynne here this time as Tracy has gone to work. :) I'm now looking into this for her. We discussed it last night and we've decided to have a serious look to see what we and, particularly, Gordon who requires VoiceOver and accessibility would gain from the iPhone 4S upgrade. What ke

Re: Jawbone® JamBox

There is a talking dialler application built-in to the JamBox although I've never tried it. My understanding was always that the iPhone handled the contacts side of it once you gave the name. Lynne On 15 Nov 2011, at 05:30, Dane Trethowan wrote: I've used the Jambox in cars hence my comments o

Re: Jawbone® JamBox & Apple Hardware

Hello Esther Gordon and I use the JamBox every day, without exception, as both an audio listening device and also a speaker phone with our Apple hardware. It works fine. I do not believe, and I hope nobody else does either, that I mislead anybody in my review. I honestly have and do use the thi

Re: JamBox Discussion Re-Located

Hello everybody I have moved the Jambox discussion to our sister list. If it would be helpful to sufficient people I will investigate the possibility of making the apps accessible but only if it justifies my time. If you're interested, contact me off list, or via Techno-Chat. Lynne <--- Mac A

Re: remote another mac

Hello Annie The only way I know would be to screen-share with iChat or, although I think it's less effective, Skype. I'm not sure whether that would give you full remote control; but Apple Remote Desktop is not accessible so don't spend your money on that unless you have sufficient vision to us

Re: Jawbone® JamBox

Hello Esther & Dane Esther; yes, on reflection I think you're right on that one, I didn't read that message in the right context. So I retract what I said regarding Dane's post being off topic. Actually though, transferring contacts isn't possible as far as I know at least not without an add-o

Re: Jawbone® JamBox

I refer specifically to the below quoted text as the rest of this was way off topic. :) You clearly haven't investigated this very thoroughly. You're entitled to your opinions, of course. On 14 Nov 2011, at 22:12, Dane Trethowan wrote: Unfortunately it would appear that this "speakerphone" sys

Re: VoiceOver and visual appearance

Chris No, it does not change the visual attributes of what you see on screen. It isn't like Windows; where you get a vertical sheet which totally misrepresents a website. Lynne On 14 Nov 2011, at 19:39, chris hallsworth wrote: Does VoiceOver change anything visual on the screen? A support wor

Re: jambox and web site?

Hello Joe I never said the review was in the archive. Where did you get that from? I said that there was a discussion of the Jambox in there in relation to Mac OS. Lynne On 13 Nov 2011, at 20:20, joe quinn wrote: despite Lynn's saying so, her review of the jambox, isn't in the archives, either

Re: Another New iOS User

ods but did not see a contact email for you all so do you have one just in case? Hope I never need it but just in case! Bubba bubbatheg...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Mrs. Lynnette Annabel

Re: Another New iOS User

Hello Bubba from Lynne and Gordon, the list owners. I'm sure you'll enjoy the group; there are a lot of informed people here from all around the glob. Australasia, Europe and North America being the predominant regions; but not the only ones. We run this list using everything Apple, and our cli

Re: Apple support for Daisy books?

Hello Niamh Wh Which devices are you referring too? yes, in the case of iOS and yes in the case of the Mac; but the answers are different. We play DAISY content on the Mac very often; but we are having a little trouble with the iOS software "CaisyWorm" The 2 ways of playing this content on the

Re: back up

Hello James OK, I maybe took your meaning the wrong way. When you said that I guess I took that a bit too literally. So thanks for the clarification. Lynne On 8 Nov 2011, at 22:06, James AUSTIN wrote: Hello Lynne, On 8 Nov 2011, at 21:13, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > As I underst

Re: Subscribing to iCloud; Yes, it really is called iCloud

Hello Colin Oopse! :) Oh well; nothing like being different from the crowd, I guess. :) Lynne On 8 Nov 2011, at 21:52, Red.Falcon wrote: Hay is K cloud better than I cloud hahahahahaha :] Couldn't resist! <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your mes

Re: Observation with Calendar and Reminder

Hello Chris It sounds as though you have subscribed to kCloud. Lynne On 8 Nov 2011, at 12:14, chris hallsworth wrote: Hello all. Can I make an observation here with the iPod Touch and iPhone 4. 1. I set a reminder using the Reminders app on my iPhone, and the reminder went off on both the iPho

Re: Rapid Weaver Web design software

Helo Travis My understanding was that the author of the original post was looking for something more interactive, as in RapidWeaver, iWeb or even the inaccessible DreamWeaver CS5.5 Taco is indeed a useful tool; but it isn't particularly great when it comes to things like tables. It seems to in

Re: back up

Hello James On 6 Nov 2011, at 01:34, James AUSTIN wrote: Your external HD is formatted as MS-Dos FAT 32, which means that it will be bootable on both a Windows and a Mac. As I understand it, That is not the case. You cannot boot an Intel based Mac from a FAT32 volume. Feel free to correct me i

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