Re: just got my mac today

2009-04-08 Thread Peggy Fleischer
Yes and I think I need some of that about now lol! Actually, I feel good about my progress so far. My mail is working and I can browse the web successfully. I also got Skype working yesterday. I did bump in to a wall in my house yesterday because I forgot which end of the house I

Re: just got my mac today

2009-04-08 Thread william lomas
your files will stay on the ipod and it will use whichever voice you set in the speech control panel under system preferences Will On 8 Apr 2009, at 12:36, Peggy Fleischer wrote: Yes and I think I need some of that about now lol! Actually, I feel good about my progress so far. My

Re: just got my mac today

2009-04-08 Thread Peggy Fleischer
Thanks, My first challenge of today is going to be my Ipod and I am hoping it goes as smoothly as everything else has gone. I am a bit nervous because I had it set up for windows and don't want to scramble it's little brain by changing computers. I also want to get a messenger client

Re: just got my mac today

2009-04-08 Thread kaare dehard
My recommendation is adium from http://www.adiumx.com This is a multi-purpose client which really does a good job for msn yahoo and various other chat clients. On 8-Apr-09, at 8:03 AM, Peggy Fleischer wrote: Thanks, My first challenge of today is going to be my Ipod and I am hoping it

Fixed it... LOL

2009-04-08 Thread Mike
Hi all: Fixed the iTunes issue. Simply down graded to 8.0. LOL Not sure if 8.1.1 is any better, nervous to try. Mike --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group,

Re: Vlc and eye tv question once again.

2009-04-08 Thread Brandon Misch
either that or something but the issue was fixed earlier this morning. On Apr 8, 2009, at 1:27 AM, Mark Baxter wrote: Hide the genius bar? Mark BurningHawk Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com My home page: http://MarkBurningHawk.net/

Re: just got my mac today

2009-04-08 Thread chantel cuddemi
Adium works with msn messenger. The latest version of adium is 1.3.3 If you go http://www.adiumx.com, you cna find the download for adium. Hth, Chante. On Apr 8, 2009, at 8:03 AM, Peggy Fleischer wrote: Thanks, My first challenge of today is going to be my Ipod and I am hoping it goes as

Re: just got my mac today

2009-04-08 Thread Peggy Fleischer
Okay, now I have a question about Adium, When typing a message to someone how do you cause the message to send? On Apr 8, 2009, at 8:30 AM, kaare dehard wrote: My recommendation is adium from http://www.adiumx.com This is a multi-purpose client which really does a good job for msn yahoo

Re: just got my mac today

2009-04-08 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi, just hit return, and it'll send. On Apr 8, 2009, at 10:57 AM, Peggy Fleischer wrote: Okay, now I have a question about Adium, When typing a message to someone how do you cause the message to send? On Apr 8, 2009, at 8:30 AM, kaare dehard wrote: My recommendation is adium from

need ocr for epson vx30/300 scanner

2009-04-08 Thread christos hux
Hi to the list. I just purchased a Epson flatbed scanner model vx30 because of its low cost compared to other scanners. I wanted one that was affordable to scan my mail. The only kind of ocr software that came with it is the Abby Fine Reader version 5. It is not very useable in my view and

Re: just got my mac today

2009-04-08 Thread Peggy Fleischer
Ahh! I was trying to be to complicated about it! Thanks, I was looking all over the help for shortcut keys and couldn't find any. See how paranoid us recovering windows users can be?! lol! În Apr 8, 2009, at 11:42 AM, Dan Ewkmeier wrote: Hi, just hit return, and it'll send. On Apr

SKYPE QUESTION

2009-04-08 Thread Peggy Fleischer
Hi: I have a question about skype. Is there a list of keyboard commands for Skype? I can't figure out ow to answer a call. I can navigate fine and I can make a call and hang up but can't find a command for answering an incoming call. Thanks

Re: SKYPE QUESTION

2009-04-08 Thread Eliza Cooper
Hi there, I don't know about a list of keyboard commands (I'd be curious about that too), but I do know that when a call comes in it's in a different window that you need to navigate to. Go to the window chooser menu with VO + F2 (hold down control and option and hit F2 twice

Re: just got my mac today

2009-04-08 Thread Brandon Misch
just hit enter. the message will send. On Apr 8, 2009, at 10:57 AM, Peggy Fleischer wrote: Okay, now I have a question about Adium, When typing a message to someone how do you cause the message to send? On Apr 8, 2009, at 8:30 AM, kaare dehard wrote: My recommendation is adium from

Re: SKYPE QUESTION

2009-04-08 Thread chantel cuddemi
If you click on the answer button, it will answer the call . When an incoming call comes, you will see three buttons, the first being the answer button, and the others the decine button and the chat button. Click on the answer button to answer the call, and if you want to reject the call,

Re: SKYPE QUESTION

2009-04-08 Thread chantel cuddemi
Eliza, the term is quick answer. That's the title found in the window chooser menu. On Apr 8, 2009, at 12:06 PM, Eliza Cooper wrote: Hi there, I don't know about a list of keyboard commands (I'd be curious about that too), but I do know that when a call comes in it's in a different

Re: need ocr for epson vx30/300 scanner

2009-04-08 Thread Mark Baxter
Hi. I got a lot of help with this myself, so will pass some of it forward. The program usually used for scanning and/or OCR on the Mac seems to be Vuescan. You'll need drivers for the Mac for your scanner, if you don't already have them installed. Download and install Vuescan, and

Re: SKYPE QUESTION

2009-04-08 Thread Mark Baxter
Peggy: If you use VO right arrow to navigate through the Skype window, often you will come to the answer button, and decline button. VO space bar, a click, in other words, on this button will press them. If you don't find that while navigating in Skype, press command grave accent to go

Re: Installing Leopard on a Netbook

2009-04-08 Thread Jane Lee
Alex - The netbooks right now are pretty much priced the same for similar specifications. If you're buying now, then all you'd need to do is find a netbook on sale on a site like woot.com or coupons or similar to save money. On the other hand, I know Intel just started shipping their new Atoms,

Re: SKYPE QUESTION

2009-04-08 Thread Mark Baxter
That's precisely what I did with my 20 + gig music collection; transferred it via my WIFI network from my windows to my Mac, then worked with Itunes to massage it into some sort of order. When I first started, I was afraid of Itunes, but now I like it quite much, especially after the

Re: SKYPE QUESTION

2009-04-08 Thread Dan Eickmeier
That's my experience as well with the mac version of Skype. On Apr 8, 2009, at 3:01 PM, Doug Lee wrote: In my experience, an incoming call pops up a window, so all I have to do is find the Answer button. I don't have to find the window. If I'm not in Skype at the time the call comes in, I do

Re: Installing Leopard on a Netbook

2009-04-08 Thread ben mustill-rose
Its worth noting now that the atoms are the slower cpu's for netbooks; indications are that via's cpu is better unless your watching video. Having said this, I wouldn't swap my nc10 with its atom for anything atm. On 08/04/2009, Jane Lee applegodd...@gmail.com wrote: Alex - The netbooks right

Re: just got my mac today

2009-04-08 Thread Peggy Fleischer
I got that working successsfully but now I find that I can't hear the message when someone types back to me. Is there a command for that or a setting I need to change? Thanks Guys. r On Apr 8, 2009, at 6:30 PM, kaare dehard wrote: just press the return key after typeing the message.

Re: just got my mac today

2009-04-08 Thread chantel cuddemi
There is. You just need to add each event ater you are finished interacting with the events table. It's a bit comple, but it is manageable. Hth, Chantel. On Apr 8, 2009, at 7:23 PM, Mark Baxter wrote: To read messages you receive, you have to navigate to the HTML content, and interact

I have an Itunes question

2009-04-08 Thread Peggy Fleischer
Hi Again, I've run in to a bit of a problem with Itunes. I need to know how to hear the message that tells you if your sync is complete. I had no problem with this in windows but can't find where it is on my Mac. I'm a nervous reck now because about ten minutes ago I crashed my Ipod. It

Re: just got my mac today

2009-04-08 Thread Peggy Fleischer
I am able to do it that way but it sure is cumbersome. On Apr 8, 2009, at 7:23 PM, Mark Baxter wrote: To read messages you receive, you have to navigate to the HTML content, and interact with it, then use VO navigation (VO right arrow) to navigate through the chat history. In Ichat, there

Re: just got my mac today

2009-04-08 Thread Mark Baxter
I think I see where you mean, but I can't make it make sense to me at the moment. :( Mark BurningHawk Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com My home page: http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this

Re: just got my mac today

2009-04-08 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Yep, that's whatyou have to do. On Apr 8, 2009, at 8:21 PM, Brent Harding wrote: It's under the preferences under events. I think you have to interact with the table to choose an event and hit add to add the speech to it. - Original Message - From: Mark Baxter markbaxte...@gmail.com

Re: just got my mac today

2009-04-08 Thread Mark Baxter
I figured it out; please disregard my previous brain death. Mark BurningHawk Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com My home page: http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are

Re: favirites

2009-04-08 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, Yes. Thanks, Alex, On 8-Apr-09, at 6:01 AM, Wendy Mitchell wrote: Hi, Can i transfer my favorites from my windows computer to my mac so that i don't have to type them all in manually? From Wendy. Member of www.tafn.org.uk

making bookshare books into audio/Daisy books?

2009-04-08 Thread Brent Harding
Hi there. I'm kind of a new user and just got a Macbook off Ebay a few weeks ago. I tried to install DTBMaker to try and convert some Bookshare books into audio with the Alex voice to eventually put on my Victor Stream. I don't care for the voices built into the stream for long-term reading

Re: making bookshare books into audio/Daisy books?

2009-04-08 Thread Greg Kearney
As the author of DTBmaker I would suggest moving over to DAISY Pipeline which is a much more complete solution for doing this. Greg Kearney 535 S. Jackson St. Casper, Wyoming 82601 307-224-4022 gkear...@gmail.com On Apr 8, 2009, at 6:53 PM, Brent Harding wrote: Hi there. I'm kind of a

Re: making bookshare books into audio/Daisy books?

2009-04-08 Thread Brent Harding
Ah, do I still have to get darwin ports and Lame and all that installed, or will it use the encoders already there? I remember when I tried it on Windows that Bookshare books wouldn't validate, but maybe that perl script will fix that up. - Original Message - From: Greg Kearney

Re: making bookshare books into audio/Daisy books?

2009-04-08 Thread Greg Kearney
Daisy Pipeline has all the installers you will need. Greg Kearney 535 S. Jackson St. Casper, Wyoming 82601 307-224-4022 gkear...@gmail.com On Apr 8, 2009, at 7:07 PM, Brent Harding wrote: Ah, do I still have to get darwin ports and Lame and all that installed, or will it use the

Re: just got my mac today

2009-04-08 Thread Peggy Fleischer
Thanks I'll try that. I understand the concept and it sounds like it should be a bit faster. I appreciate the suggestion.On Apr 8, 2009, at 8:16 PM, Mark Baxter wrote: I agree that this is a bit lugubrious. One thing you can do, especially if you're going to stay in that chat window for

Re: making bookshare books into audio/Daisy books?

2009-04-08 Thread Brent Harding
Cool! I'll have to try this. Otherwise, I was thinking of getting the BRF, using Louis to make text and then automater to make audio. Between that Perl script and the pipeline, now things should work better than when I last explored this before on Windows. I'm glad I just dived straight in as

Re: making bookshare books into audio/Daisy books?

2009-04-08 Thread Brent Harding
I'm sure we'll continue to get new improvements too. They did pretty good. - Original Message - From: kaare dehard kaare.deh...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 8:33 PM Subject: Re: making bookshare books into audio/Daisy books? there are

Creating Stacks with VO...

2009-04-08 Thread Mike
Hi all: Is there a way to create what Apple refers to Stacks, I think which are folders, on the doc, using VO? For the sighted side, all I think you do is move the mouse over the folder and hold down the mouse until a menu appears. Don't know if you do something similar using VO. TNX: Mike P

Re: I have an Itunes question

2009-04-08 Thread Darcy Burnard
Hi Peggy. The ipod sync is complete message is near the top of the window. If you go to the top of the window, and move past the previous, play and next buttons, you should find it. You may see it on its own, or you might see it inside the LCD area. If you interact with this area,