Re: Installing applications

2013-03-28 Thread George Cham
Hi James and list , I know this topic was discussed , last month , Ive just read your message about installing applications . I followed your instructions , when i open the dmg file in downloads with command o, i see the application file , plus the shortcut to applications folder. I copy the

Mail problems

2013-03-28 Thread fred smith
Using Mail on my MacBook Air, I'm suddenly encountering two problems: 1) I can no longer jump use the Tab key to jump between the mailboxes and the messages table. Now, Tab just does nothing. There is a workaround, using VO-J, but Tab is more convenient. I've checked all the setting I can find

Re: Mail problems

2013-03-28 Thread Josh Gregory
Out of curiosity, does the tab key work in other applications? Sent from my iPhone On Mar 28, 2013, at 5:29 AM, fred smith snuc...@gmail.com wrote: Using Mail on my MacBook Air, I'm suddenly encountering two problems: 1) I can no longer jump use the Tab key to jump between the mailboxes and

RE: Installing applications

2013-03-28 Thread David Griffith
What app are you installing? Is it compatible with Mountain Lion? Some older apps are not. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of George Cham Sent: 28 March 2013 08:55 To: mac-access@mac-access.net

Re: Installing applications

2013-03-28 Thread Sarah Alawami
Also, if it is a PKG extension, you cannot copy the app to the apps folder. You must open the file and let it do it's thing. This only happens about two or 3% of the time though. On Mar 28, 2013, at 5:05, David Griffith d.griff...@btinternet.com wrote: What app are you installing? Is it

Text to Speech parameters

2013-03-28 Thread Phil Halton
are there any other parameters that can control the speaking voice when adding text as a spoken track to iTunes? I know about the [[rate nnn]] parameter. I'm thinking specifically of the pitch and intonation parameters. I suppose I should take my own oft spoken advice and do a little

Re: Text to Speech parameters

2013-03-28 Thread Sarah k Alawami
Actually I don't use that any more. I use the say command as it's a lot more flexible so do this. 1. Create a file using a text editor and save it on your desk top as a txt file. 2. open up a terminal prompt. 3. type say followed by -f tenth path to the file. it helps if you can copy and

Re: Text to Speech parameters

2013-03-28 Thread Travis Siegel
The document that Esther pointed to in a previous message in this thread from apple that describes the speech generation process, contains the whole list of codes you can use during your speech generation process. Feel free to take a look at that document, and if you still have questions,

Re: iTunes errors

2013-03-28 Thread Isaac Hebert
Did you try backing up you're music? On 3/27/13, Rudolph, Douglas douglas.rudo...@usask.ca wrote: okay, this is problem very simple but here we go.i have downloaded some music offline, and want to import to iTunes. this is normally very simple, but it seems there are songs in iTunes that

Re: problems syncing an iPad.

2013-03-28 Thread Isaac Hebert
yes that should do it. On 3/27/13, Dónal Fitzpatrick dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie wrote: Evening all, well I decided to finally sync an iPad I've not used in months. I went through everything (books, apps, music etc) and ticked the ones I want and removed those I didn't. All sounds rather

Re: Text to Speech parameters

2013-03-28 Thread Phil Halton
That's very interesting Sarah. What about the parameters though, like intonation and pitch. does this use the current pitch, and intonation settings? - Original Message - From: Sarah k Alawami marri...@gmail.com To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Thursday,

Re: Text to Speech parameters

2013-03-28 Thread Sarah k Alawami
You can change those but I use a different voice then what's on my computer. and it sounds pretty good. You can use the man command to bring up a manual of everything the say command can do. Good luck. On Mar 28, 2013, at 1:03 PM, Phil Halton philh...@comcast.net wrote: That's very

Tabbing to navigate in apps [was Re: Mail problems]

2013-03-28 Thread Esther
Hello Fred, If your Tab key action has changed, you may have pressed Control-F7. This switches your Tab key action between moving keyboard focus between Text boxes and lists only and All controls. Check whether pressing Control-F7 restores your Tab key to the focus behavior that you expect.

Re: Text to Speech parameters

2013-03-28 Thread Sarah k Alawami
and I think it's limited. You cannot for example do a 40 page txt file spoken to iTunes. lol! with the say command it does not even bad an eye. It might take a hwioe to voice the file but it works for what i need it to do. Take care. On Mar 28, 2013, at 1:04 PM, Phil Halton

Re: Text to Speech parameters

2013-03-28 Thread Esther
Hi Phil, Well you can find the original post by using the mail archive search and typing in: from:Esther add spoken track But I'll paste in the information again from my reply to your question about adding spoken tracks to iTunes, starting from the developer documentation link, and giving an

Re: Text to Speech parameters

2013-03-28 Thread Phil Halton
I am completely incapable of understanding all this stuff. Can someone simply tell me if there is a pitch or an intonation parameter similar to the rate parameter? - Original Message - From: Esther mori...@mac-access.net To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent:

Re: Mail problems

2013-03-28 Thread fred smith
The exact details depend on the application, but Tab can be very handy. For example, it can step you through a dialogue, such as the save dialogue when working in Pages. On a web page, it will take you through the various form controls. And -- until now -- in Mail it will jump between the

Re: Mail problems

2013-03-28 Thread Josh Gregory
Well thanks, :-) I was just asking in reference to your machine. But it's okay, :-) I guess my question wasn't exactly phrased clearly. If you have all the Mail backed up, why not rebuild the database to see if it works? Sent from my iPhone On Mar 28, 2013, at 8:11 PM, fred smith

Re: Mail problems

2013-03-28 Thread fred smith
Thanks -- I'll try that later and let you know how it tuns out. On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Josh Gregory joshkar...@gmail.com wrote: Well thanks, :-) I was just asking in reference to your machine. But it's okay, :-) I guess my question wasn't exactly phrased clearly. If you have all

Re: Mail problems

2013-03-28 Thread Josh Gregory
Very good let me know, I Would be interested to know how it comes out Sent from my iPhone On Mar 28, 2013, at 9:58 PM, fred smith snuc...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks -- I'll try that later and let you know how it tuns out. On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Josh Gregory joshkar...@gmail.com

Re: Text to Speech parameters

2013-03-28 Thread Esther
Hi Phil, Yes, there is a 4-letter embedded speech command for setting baseline pitch, pbas, and there is 4-letter embedded speech command for modulating pitch, pmod. You'll have to read through the guide for details of how each command works, and to get an overview of the basic principles of

Re: Text to Speech parameters

2013-03-28 Thread Sarah k Alawami
wo! is all that in the say command? If so I missed it and will have to go back as I convert all of my stuff via the say command and text files. Take care. On Mar 28, 2013, at 8:04 PM, Esther mori...@mac-access.net wrote: Hi Phil, Yes, there is a 4-letter embedded speech command for

Re: Text to Speech parameters

2013-03-28 Thread Josh Gregory
With all respect, wouldn't it just be easier to convert it in iTunes? I don't think the common user, myself included, is going to go through all the steps when it can just be converted in iTunes. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 29, 2013, at 12:05 AM, Sarah k Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: wo!

Re: Text to Speech parameters

2013-03-28 Thread Esther
Hi Sarah, Josh, and Others, The say command used in Terminal has switches for options like rate that can get applied to the file or string as a whole, and also has a switch that lets you select a voice for the argument to the say command as a whole. Embedded speech commands are meant to let