moving on from the quick start

2013-08-01 Thread peter greco
I've just purchased a Macbook Pro. I have only used braille notetakers in the past. I'm wanting to move on from the quick start, however, if I hit escape, nothing seems to happen, and if I hit escape a second time I'm taken back to the quick start. Any help please would be fabulous! I'm

Re: FaceBook

2013-08-01 Thread Michael Marshall
hey, thanks for that. IE 9 is a good one as well. Michael On 01/08/2013, at 12:04 PM, Sarah k Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: Not that Im aware of. That would be nice though. I just hit vo m, d, u, right arrow, f, down arrow once, enter. If you are comfortable with doing that you can

quick upload

2013-08-01 Thread trevor
Sometimes when I click on things, I get a message saying that quick upload has not been configured. What is this and how do I configure it please? Thank you, Trevor --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can

mp3 splitting on the mac?

2013-08-01 Thread Michael Marshall
hey listers, i was wondering if anyone knows of a good program to split mp3 files? EG i have an audio book that goes for 8 hours i want to split the file in to 80 minute parts. i don't want the program to cut the files in the middle of words. i found a program today but it didn't do a grate job.

Dvd ripping programs

2013-08-01 Thread George Cham
Hi list, Anyone know of a good dvd ripping program for the Mac? typed with Fleksy reply://george.c...@outlook.com George, Sent from my iPad --- 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

Re: itunes sorting shortcuts

2013-08-01 Thread Ian Harrison
Hi, thanks, but it doesn't seem to be working for me. I have an apple bluetooth keyboard and the only backslash key I have is with the question mark key. I interacted with the table of music and pressed the keys I think you mean. It brings up online help. What do I interact with first and am I

A mail rule question,

2013-08-01 Thread Linda C. Knight
Hi all, I have learned to create mail rules. After choosing all the actions and descriptions in the rule and pressing ok button, a dialog comes up with 2 choices do you want to apply the rules or something like this, then its apply (default) and don't apply. I chose apply, but

Re: A mail rule question,

2013-08-01 Thread Isaac Hebert
Yes it is the only way for the rule to be applied is to hit the apply button. On 8/1/13, Linda C. Knight l...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: Hi all, I have learned to create mail rules. After choosing all the actions and descriptions in the rule and pressing ok button, a dialog comes up

thank youRe: A mail rule question,

2013-08-01 Thread Linda C Knight
Hi, Thank you so much. I thought this was right-just wanted to have it verified. smile. I've learned so much and I am sure there definitely more to learn. Hugs and 73 Linda C. Knight and Shirley CallSign: KK4HRG Please Note Email: l...@tampabay.rr.com On Aug 1, 2013, at 9:42 AM, Isaac Hebert

Croppping prior header and trimming previous message when replying.

2013-08-01 Thread Artie!
What is the formula to crop prior header and trim previous message when Replying to an email? In Preferences we do not find do not include previous mesage when replying. I'm an addict for cropping prior header and trimming previous mesage -- and keeping only the part to which I am

Re: Croppping prior header and trimming previous message when replying.

2013-08-01 Thread Sarah k Alawami
I just select what I'm going to reply to and then hit reply and that's it. Is that what you are asking? TC. On Aug 1, 2013, at 8:30 AM, Artie! anol...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: What is the formula to crop prior header and trim previous message when Replying to an email? In Preferences we

Re: quick upload

2013-08-01 Thread Sarah k Alawami
Can you give us an example/ I've never heard of quick upload. Maybe voice over is saying something else, but that's jut a guess. On Aug 1, 2013, at 12:04 AM, trevor trevor.sco...@btopenworld.com wrote: Sometimes when I click on things, I get a message saying that quick upload has not been

down cast for mac

2013-08-01 Thread Sarah k Alawami
I was browsing my twitter time line and I found out that down cast is now available for mac. yeah! I'm so excited. Here is a link. I have not gotten a chance to try it but it will if it is not free be a worth while purchase if it is as good at the ios app.

Re: Croppping prior header and trimming previous message when replying.

2013-08-01 Thread Esther
Hello Artie, If you don't want to include the previous message in your reply, the mail preference setting for this option is found under Composing. Command-comma to bring up the preferences window, Control-F5 to move to the toolbar, navigate to Composing and select it, then navigate in the

Downcast for Mac positive impressions

2013-08-01 Thread Zachary Kline
Hi All, I just wanted to write briefly to say that I’ve bought Downcast for Mac, which was recently released, and am very impressed with its VoiceOver accessibility. There are a few areas I feel it could stand improvement, but these are minor quibbles about the UI and don’t detract from the

Downcast and Prizmo for iOS are also on sale [was Re: down cast for mac]

2013-08-01 Thread Esther
Hi All, Since Sarah mentioned that the Downcast podcasting app for Mac is now available, and on sale from the Mac App store, I thought I would give the links for Downcast for iOS (on sale for $0.99, in celebration of the release of the Mac version), and also for Prizmo 2, which is also on sale

Re: mp3 splitting on the mac?

2013-08-01 Thread Esther
Hi Michael, If this is an Audible audiobook file with DRM purchased either from Audible or from the iTunes Store that you want to write out to audio CD, then you won't be able to use third party programs to split the file. Otherwise, I would recommend using Amadeus Pro, if you have it, since

Re: moving on from the quick start

2013-08-01 Thread Esther
Hello Peter, I'm not really sure why you can't get out of the VoiceOver Quick Start by pressing the escape key. What happens if you press Control+Option+H, where the Control and Option keys are the second and third keys from the left in the bottom row of keys on your Macbook Pro keyboard? Do

Re: Downcast and Prizmo for iOS are also on sale [was Re: down cast for mac]

2013-08-01 Thread Christian Schoepplein
Hi Ester and all, Am 01.08.2013 um 19:26 schrieb Esther mori...@mac-access.net: Since Sarah mentioned that the Downcast podcasting app for Mac is now available, and on sale from the Mac App store, I thought I would give the links for Downcast for iOS (on sale for $0.99, in celebration of the

Re: FaceBook

2013-08-01 Thread Gordon Smith
Interesting work-around. I'll give that a go. Kind regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Telephone: United Kingdom: Free Phone: 0800 8620538 Mobile: +44 7907 823971 Europe and other non-specified: +44 1642 688095 United States Of America And Canada: +1 646 9151493 Or: +1 209

Re: FaceBook

2013-08-01 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Zack Thanks, I will check into this. Kind regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Telephone: United Kingdom: Free Phone: 0800 8620538 Mobile: +44 7907 823971 Europe and other non-specified: +44 1642 688095 United States Of America And Canada: +1 646 9151493 Or: +1 209 436

Re: Downcast and Prizmo for iOS are also on sale [was Re: down cast for mac]

2013-08-01 Thread Esther
Hello Christian, I have not actually been using Prizmo 2, although I have a license for this as part of a MacUpdate bundle purchase. One unique feature of Prizmo 2 is that you're able to use your iPhone to acquire the images for OCR in place of your scanner, but for blind users that probably

Re: Downcast and Prizmo for iOS are also on sale [was Re: down cast for mac]

2013-08-01 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello all, While Prizmo for IOS is brilliant, I've had horrible results from Prizmo for the Mac. I tried scanning a double page of a book with both Prizmo and ABBYY FineReader and Prizmo produced gibberish while FineReader did a very good job. Prizmo may be OK for single pages, but that's no

Tabbing and automatically interacting in iTunes and other apps [was Re: itunes sorting shortcuts]

2013-08-01 Thread Esther
Hi Ian and Others, Ian asked about sorting by columns in iTunes, and I thought I'd expand on my answer that mentioned that in order to use the VoiceOver shortcut of VO-Shift-backslash (on an English language input keyboard) to sort on any column in a table, whether it is in iTunes or in some

Re: mp3 splitting on the mac?

2013-08-01 Thread Michael Marshall
hey, thanks for getting back to me with this great info. these are non DRM files i'm playing with. i was looking for a program such as the windows program audio book cutter pro witch sadly doesn't have a mac version. thanks Michael On 02/08/2013, at 4:11 AM, Esther mori...@mac-access.net wrote:

Re: mp3 splitting on the mac?

2013-08-01 Thread Michael Marshall
hey again, i'm going to have a look at the program Fission because i like the sound of it. thanks again for all your help MichaelOn 02/08/2013, at 4:11 AM, Esther mori...@mac-access.net wrote: Hi Michael, If this is an Audible audiobook file with DRM purchased either from Audible or from

Re: Croppping prior header and trimming previous message when replying.

2013-08-01 Thread Linda C Knight
Hi Ester and all, Thank you for this tip on the cropping the original message. I have been trying to figure this out for days. LOL! I am glad Artie asked this question. I went to preferences and unchecked the text of the original box. I never liked leaving the original message. However, I

Re: itunes sorting shortcuts

2013-08-01 Thread Glenn
The key with the question mark is a slash, not a back-slash. Glenn - Original Message - From: Ian Harrison harrisonc...@harrisonclan.karoo.co.uk To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2013 6:45 AM Subject: Re: itunes sorting shortcuts Hi,

Re: Downcast for Mac positive impressions

2013-08-01 Thread Glenn
One problem I have noticed with a particular podcast, and I doubt it is the podcast, but down cast. I can't say it is downcast for sure because I only have one podcast on down cast. What happens, in the 4 episode podcast is that it will skip a podcast and I have to manually go back and play

Re: Downcast for Mac positive impressions

2013-08-01 Thread Zachary Kline
Hi GLen, I would be inclined to suspect the podcast, rather than the app, or perhaps some oddity of your settings. An arbitrary skip seems strange to me. Of course, I don’t know for sure, and haven’t checked this particular podcast to make a diagnosis. Yours, Zack. On Aug 1, 2013, at 7:24 PM,