Re: Rare Apple Synth

2009-06-08 Thread patrickneazer
Hello Krister and all: A slightly bigger, less attractive, and possibly louder braille printer is (was) the Emboss 1. It was a vertical load and print machine. The thing came with a silencer cabinet (smile). Dragging the cabinet back and forth to school was a story in itself. The Apple II E

Tabular content and Voiceover

2009-06-08 Thread E.J. Zufelt
Good morning, Is there currently a web browser or word processor in which tabular data can be accessed efficiently with voiceover? That is, in which any type of table navigation (by cell, by row, by column, can be performed. Thanks in advance, Everett Follow me on Twitter

RE: soundflower audio highjack pro issue resolved

2009-06-08 Thread Michael Busboom
Hi. Glad your problem is solved, but I have a question or two: I recently purchased Audio Hijack Pro and want to begin recording certain Skype conversations. I use my Mac's internal Microphone and normally, but not always, I use earphones for listening privately, both to VO and Skype. Is it

Apple Mail and IMAP

2009-06-08 Thread Michael Busboom
Hi. Can somebody tell me if it is possible to use IMAP with the mail program that comes with the Mac Book? I have reviewed the options for each of my accounts and can't find where to switch between POP3 and IMAP. Thanks in advance, Mike

Re: openoffice unresponsive with vo on mac mini

2009-06-08 Thread Michael Reiser
Ok where do I need to go on the apple site to find this? Or would it be easier just to call them? Thanks, Mike On Jun 7, 2009, at 7:43 PM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: HI, It is from Apple. you do indeed need something else. It cost about $30 Canadian for this adapter. Regards, Alex,

Re: ITunes 8.2.0 problem.

2009-06-08 Thread matthew dyer
If you have a problem you could write to accessibil...@apple.com. HTH. Matthew On 6/6/09, Alex Jurgensen asquare...@gmail.com wrote: HI, My bad. It is the Mac version. It seems to have resolved itself or at least is a bug that is hard to reproduce. Regards, Alex, On 6-Jun-09, at

Re: Apple Mail and IMAP

2009-06-08 Thread Sean Tikkun
When you go to preferences and are in the accounts tab, pressing the new account button will bring up a window with a series of options and information. The second page's first option is set to POP3. It is at the top and the cursor jumps to the second item as the default . You need to

Re: Tabular content and Voiceover

2009-06-08 Thread Søren Jensen
Hi. Table navigation works fine with Safari if you switch to group mode. Voiceover doesn't say row 1, row 2 etc, but you can go up, down, left and right like in all other tables. Best regards Søren Jensen Mail MSN: s...@coolfortheblind.dk Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ On

Re: Pages and VoiceOver

2009-06-08 Thread Barry Hadder
Scott, I don't know what you mean as to what is accessible to one might not be to another. It either works or it doesn't. If your are suggesting that accessibility is determined on someone's opinion, I have to disagree. If a screen can be read and manipulated with voice over, than it is

Re: openoffice unresponsive with vo on mac mini

2009-06-08 Thread James Dietz
you can do a search for a thread I started entitled slow mac mini. Someone gave the catalog number and everything there. I'm too crewl to do it for you. On 6/8/09, Alex Jurgensen asquare...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I got mine at Best Buy. Regards, Alex, On 8-Jun-09, at 5:45 AM, Michael

voice over comes to the I phone

2009-06-08 Thread ben mustill-rose
Read. http://www.apple.com/accessibility/iphone/vision.html --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe

iWorks, TextEdit, Access and the Mouse

2009-06-08 Thread Gary W. Kelly
Hi, I did have a correspondence in regard to using the template chooser for Pages with accessibil...@apple.com. From what they write, I get the idea that they are not happy that one has to use a physical mouse to access the template. This is indication enough that no, using a physical mouse

Safari 4 crashes when going to the apple store

2009-06-08 Thread Michael Reiser
Hello all, Just installed the latest safari 4 from software update, updating from the beta. I did the restart and all that. Everything works well, except that when going to apple.com and selecting the store link, safari crashes and comes up with the Safari has closed unexpectedly

Re: Safari 4 crashes when going to the apple store

2009-06-08 Thread Michael Reiser
Thanks for verifying this. Wasn't sure whether to report this to apple accessibility or what, sent the error report. Mike On Jun 8, 2009, at 4:15 PM, Scott Rutkowski wrote: Hi man. I have managed to reproduce this also. Very very strange indeed. I wonder if apple will fix this? I

Re: iWorks, TextEdit, Access and the Mouse

2009-06-08 Thread Barry Hadder
You can do vo-space to click the mouse. You don't have to use the actual pointing device to click. I think your problems would fall under Voiceover skills. And just for the record, I've hit enter on specific templates and that has worked many times although, not always. I would classify

Re: Safari 4 crashes when going to the apple store

2009-06-08 Thread Scott Rutkowski
Hi man. I have managed to reproduce this also. Very very strange indeed. I wonder if apple will fix this? I sent the error report to them so we'll see. If anyone finds a fix please let us know. On 09/06/2009, at 7:11 AM, Michael Reiser wrote: Hello all, Just installed the latest

Re: iWorks, TextEdit, Access and the Mouse

2009-06-08 Thread Barry Hadder
I need to make a slight correction to my last post. Mouse click is vo-shift-space. - Original Message - From: Gary W. Kelly g...@blindwisdom.org To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 3:57 PM Subject: iWorks, TextEdit, Access and the Mouse Hi, I did have

Re: Pages and VoiceOver

2009-06-08 Thread Scott Howell
Perhaps that is the point I did n't make clear. There are some aspects that some may find difficult to navigate, but I myself may not. So, perhaps that is more my point than whether it is accessible or not. I understand what your saying, but I also submit that some find the navigation

Re: Safari 4 crashes when going to the apple store

2009-06-08 Thread Scott Howell
Oh no, this is a problem and it will be fixed. On Jun 8, 2009, at 5:11 PM, Michael Reiser wrote: Hello all, Just installed the latest safari 4 from software update, updating from the beta. I did the restart and all that. Everything works well, except that when going to apple.com and

Re: Safari 4 crashes when going to the apple store

2009-06-08 Thread Scott Howell
If you turn VO off and press enter, and finally reload VO, it works fine. On Jun 8, 2009, at 5:34 PM, Michael Reiser wrote: Thanks for verifying this. Wasn't sure whether to report this to apple accessibility or what, sent the error report. Mike On Jun 8, 2009, at 4:15 PM, Scott

Re: Pages and VoiceOver

2009-06-08 Thread Barry Hadder
Hay Scott, I think we both made our points. my main reason for continuing it was to try to make a point that on some very basic level there needs to be a consensus as to what is accessible. I think Apple is doing allot of very cool things right now but I still seem to be aware of a

Mplayer

2009-06-08 Thread Scott Howell
Folks, if anyone has used MPlayer from the Terminal, I could use a little help. I was trying to slow an audio file down and I for the life of me can't remember the darned commend line. Here is what I tried. mplayer -af scale-tempo -speed=0.60 filename I tried a few different versions with

Re: voice over comes to the I phone

2009-06-08 Thread Josh de Lioncourt
I'm still kind of in shock. This is beyond fantastic news. I'll have to get me an iPhone as soon as I possibly can. This is just tremendous. The description of how it works sounds very inuitive. I absoltuely cannot wait. Josh de Lioncourt …my other mail provider is an owl…

OT: Re: Xcode

2009-06-08 Thread Ignasi Cambra
I have been using it for the last two days and it is indeed really accessible. How should I build the interface with code? I was expecting to be able to use that interface builder thing and yes, I discovered it doesn't work. I'm starting to learn about Cocoa with this, and I'm a little

Re: Got a new mac mini but have some questions.

2009-06-08 Thread Charlie Doremus
Correct, power button located in top-right corner on mini just above the power cord connection. Good luck and welcome to the world of apple. Aloha, Charlie On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Michael Reiser blindgu...@gmail.com wrote: The power button is on the top right hand corner. It's a

Re: voice over comes to the I phone

2009-06-08 Thread glenn
Hello Does anyone know of any demonstration videos showing the addition of Voiceover? Any word whether Voiceover will be available for the ipod touch? Glenn - Original Message - From: Josh de Lioncourt To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 6:54

Re: mail question

2009-06-08 Thread Ignasi Cambra
Once you get to that window, you need to select the server you want to edit on the servers table. Then go to the advanced tab, and you will find authentication options in there. There is a popup button which you can use to select the type of authentication you need, or no authentication at

Re: Rare Apple Synth

2009-06-08 Thread Ignasi Cambra
All this stories are so fascinating...! Many of these computers you guys are talking about are way older than me anyway... I started using DOS with a spanish screen reader called Habla. Well I think it was developed in Spain, but I don't know if anyone else ever tried it. It was kind of

Re: Skype Contacts

2009-06-08 Thread chantel cuddemi
Well, you need to set up your events by going to preferences. You need to interact with the toolbar, and find the notifications button. From there, you will see a popup button with all the events. Vo to the right, and you will se a check box that sayd speak text. Vo space to check that

RE: openoffice unresponsive with vo on mac mini

2009-06-08 Thread Blake Sinnett
If your mini is a 2009 model, the usual Mini-DVI to Video adapter won't work. They've removed all analog video support from this port. I'm still investigating a mini DisplayPort to VGA to composite option. From: blindgu...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re:

RE: Skype Contacts

2009-06-08 Thread Blake Sinnett
I set up some keyboard shortcuts for certain actions in Skype. It takes a little while to figure out exactly how the menu commands are spelled, but it's worth it. You have to be in a Skype window to use them though. Really speeds things up. From: markbaxte...@gmail.com To:

Re: voice over comes to the I phone

2009-06-08 Thread ben mustill-rose
I can't diside if I should get one or not. The idea of knowing where abouts things are on the screen is a good one - i've missed being able to know that since i've lost my site. However, I really don't see the advantage of a iphone over my e71. On 09/06/2009, glenn loudgui...@optonline.net

Re: recording sound off the net?

2009-06-08 Thread Ignasi Cambra
Use Audio Hijack pro. It will record sound coming from any program on your computer. Ignasi On Jun 7, 2009, at 11:35 PM, Maurice Mines wrote: hi I have a somwhat intresting problem with recording internet streems, I have sound stedo 357 how can I record ainternet streem setch as

Re: Apple Mail and IMAP

2009-06-08 Thread Ignasi Cambra
To set up an Imap account, just go to the file menu and select add account or something like that. In one of the screens you will be given the option of selecting the incoming mail server type, and you can select imap. Ignasi On Jun 8, 2009, at 11:48 AM, Sean Tikkun wrote: When you go to

Re: Safari 4 crashes when going to the apple store

2009-06-08 Thread Dan
Hello, I also used the reporter. I wonder if it's related to the activity on the apple store's page. I heard on CNN that the store wasgoing down, today because of the unusually high traffic. On Jun 8, 2009, at 2:15 PM, Scott Rutkowski wrote: Hi man. I have managed to reproduce this

Re: voice over comes to the I phone

2009-06-08 Thread Ignasi Cambra
It is just great. I'm wordless... I'll try to get an iPhone as soon as I can too. Did you guys read the long article about Snow Leopard accessibility? Web browsing seems to have been enhanced a lot. On Jun 8, 2009, at 6:54 PM, Josh de Lioncourt wrote: I'm still kind of in shock. This is

Re: Tabular content and Voiceover

2009-06-08 Thread Ignasi Cambra
Hi, I think tables are somehow accessible with Pages 09, but I'm not sure. In any case I have found tables in Ms Word documents to be reasonably understandable in Textedit. The thing is that you need to know that you are in a table, but once you know it, it's doable. What happens is that

Re: Apple Mail and IMAP

2009-06-08 Thread Maxwell Ivey Jr.
Hello; Which account are you trying to set this up for? I only ask because now aol has a pop3 alternative to imap. And maybe the company you are dealing with does too. Hope that helps, Max On Jun 8, 2009, at 12:40 PM, Ignasi Cambra wrote: To set up an Imap account, just go to the file

Re: Rare Apple Synth

2009-06-08 Thread Scott Howell
Well hey I got my first Apple experience in high school on an APple II E. Unfortunately there was no time to muck about with it and then I was on to dos using a Toshiba T-1000 laptop. I went through the process of using windows and switched over to Linux completely in 1999 and finally the

Re: Rare Apple Synth

2009-06-08 Thread Tiffany D
Definitely not boring. I didn't know that there were separate screenreaders for multiple languages back then. The only synth I'd ever heard that could handle those was the Apollo. Sothis is interesting to me at least. On 07/06/2009, Ignasi Cambra ignasicam...@gmail.com wrote: All this

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2009-06-08 Thread gene
Hi, I am trying to send a message with my ibook I think I got my problem resolved, guess we'll see! Gene --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: voice over comes to the I phone

2009-06-08 Thread Ignasi Cambra
Oh, and now that I think about it, does anyone know if existing iPod touch or iPhones can be upgraded to the new system? They all have the necessary touch screen, so hypothetically VO should be able to work on them, unless Apple added a lot of processing power and memory to the new

Re: very nice experience at University Village Apple Store in Seattle Washington

2009-06-08 Thread Mitchell Smith
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Re: voice over comes to the I phone

2009-06-08 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, I think it will be. They will be upgradable for $10 for all the firmware. Unfortunately they did add CPU power, ... So who knows about VO running on the older phones. Regards, Alex, On 8-Jun-09, at 8:07 PM, Ignasi Cambra wrote: Well, I'm guessing it will be...I mean wouldn't it be

InTouch

2009-06-08 Thread Tiffany D
This is very interesting. From http://www2.edc.org/ncip/LIBRARY/vi/combo.htm inTOUCH (TeleSensory, Inc.) For Macintosh. A software that works with the Optacon II to provide tactile access and large print access to the Macintosh computer. As the mouse is moved, inTOUCH shows the area of the screen

Re: voice over comes to the I phone

2009-06-08 Thread Ignasi Cambra
I'll try it on an iPod touch as soon as it's released and let you guys know if VO works. I don't know, it just seems too ideal that I can install and update through iTunes and that thing with a touch screen will become accessible... Let's see.. On Jun 8, 2009, at 11:26 PM, Alex Jurgensen

safari 4 issue

2009-06-08 Thread Brandon Misch
Hey all. i'm having a safari 4 issue. when i try to go back with command left arrow, it doesn't go back like it did in version 3. is there a fix for this? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: InTouch

2009-06-08 Thread Alex Jurgensen
HI, I am onboard. My organization developes such products. Regards, Alex, On 8-Jun-09, at 8:29 PM, Tiffany D wrote: This is very interesting. From http://www2.edc.org/ncip/LIBRARY/vi/combo.htm inTOUCH (TeleSensory, Inc.) For Macintosh. A software that works with the Optacon II to

Re: safari 4 issue

2009-06-08 Thread Michael Babcock
use command [. thanks On Jun 8, 2009, at 8:14 PM, Brandon Misch wrote: Hey all. i'm having a safari 4 issue. when i try to go back with command left arrow, it doesn't go back like it did in version 3. is there a fix for this? Michael Babcock GW Hosting, Your Dedicated Home On The Web