Re: Siri and Orthography

2012-02-07 Thread Michael Busboom
Hello Esther, Firstly, I would like to thank you for responding, and the same goes for everyone else who has taken the time to assist me. In your response,Esther, you mentioned Talking to Siri: Learning the Language of Apple's Intelligent Assistant by Steve Sande and Erica Sadun. It has been

Re: Using the iPhone 4S without earphones_

2012-02-07 Thread Michael Busboom
Wow, the list owners sure aren't very discriminating in terms of whom they will allow on the list, are they! :) :) Thanks for your thoughts, Terry, and I shall contact you off-list. In terms of technology, we've come a long way since the first Arkenstone Readers, when I had the privilege of

Re: Siri and Orthography

2012-02-07 Thread Zachary Kline
Hi Mike, Apple's iBOoks app will read eBOoks quite handily, including the one Ester mentioned. It's also the way you purchase books via the phone, though you can also do this on a mac or PC with iTunes. The app is quite accessible, and free, so I recommend taking a look at it. The available

Re: Siri and Orthography

2012-02-07 Thread Michael Busboom
Hello Ian, Zack, Geoff and Esther, It works! Per your suggestions, I just announced the punctuation marks as I went, and it worked perfectly. Then, I switched my keyboard to German, spoke German (including punctuation marks) and Siri performed flawlessly. The only downside, when I switched

Re: Siri and Orthography

2012-02-07 Thread Michael Busboom
This is helpful information indeed, Zack. My only concern thus far is that to date, I keep hearing from English-speaking iPhone users here in Austria that only German language titles can be purchased from the Austrian store. I sure hope that I can purchase and enjoy books in English from the

Re: Siri and Orthography

2012-02-07 Thread Ian McNamara
Hi Michael, Ibooks is a good app if it is available in the Ibooks store. --- 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

Re: Siri and Orthography

2012-02-07 Thread Esther
Hi Mike, Zack has already answered your question about using the free iBooks app to both purchase and read ePub books. (There's both a store for purchasing books and a library for holding ePub books or PDF books that you read in this app. Your library can include both books you purchase from

RE: Using the iPhone 4S without earphones_

2012-02-07 Thread Terry Clasper
Hahaha no I was amazed I was allowed on to the list mate! So pleased your problem is resolved! Look forwad to the off list contact! -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Michael Busboom Sent: 07 February 2012

newby questions using adium?

2012-02-07 Thread Maria From Australia
Hi. Just downloaded and installed adium. I managed to set up my accounts and can see the contact list. I've done some googling, but can't seem to find a whole lot of info on how to use this app with voiceover . Are there any audio or text demos out there that explain how to set up adium so

RE: help for my wife

2012-02-07 Thread Catherine G
RefreshaBraille from American Ptingin House. -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Terry Clasper Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 2:02 AM To: 'Mac OSX iOS Accessibility' Subject: help for my wife Hi everyone. I

Re: DropBox for the Mac.

2012-02-07 Thread Sarah Alawami
All you do is copy and past the files in to the folders once you get it installed. I'll let someone else outlind the install prociedure as I need to go grab breakfast though but I do use it all the time on my mac. Take care. On Feb 7, 2012, at 10:22 AM, Jim Noseworthy wrote: Hi Gang: Is

Re: Looking For AppleScript Guide

2012-02-07 Thread James AUSTIN
Hi jane, I'm afraid i don't have the guide, so can't help you on that front. however, there are a plethora of guides and tutorials on the net. You might also want to try O'Reily Media for such a guide. The AppleScript Language Guide on Apple's website is I think as clear as mud on some points

Zip files and a printer query

2012-02-07 Thread Roger Firman
Hello, A couple of things if I may. Could someone remind me about opening .zip folders and files on a Mac i.e. is any special software required. The folder has been sent as an email attachment. The printer query is just trying to establish if the printer has stopped working or not. It has been

Re: Zip files and a printer query

2012-02-07 Thread Thomas McMahan
Shouldn't make a difference on ports, just unplug and re-plug it and see if it sees it. As for .zip files, just v o spacebar on the file or since this is in an e-mail save it over to some place else such as desktop or documents v o spacebar on it and it should unzip. the new file should show