Re: Re[2]: don't like the voice on the i phone

2009-07-31 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Christian, The Regional Format section changes the way Date and Time are shown, but only changes the voice within the language the phone is set to. To change to Swedish, you have to go to Language instead, and there you can set any of the languages available on the phone. Cheers,

Re: the advent of audio/tactile games for the VIPs

2009-07-31 Thread Yuma Decaux
http://www.creativeapplications.net/iphone/face-it-iphone/ Here's the answer to your question about 3d audio. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email

Re: Format Utility

2009-07-31 Thread Scott Chesworth
Keith asked for Mac OS X format though, which I'm guessing means HFS, which as far as I know format.com can't do. Fat32 would probably be the best bet though if you need both OS's to be able to have read/write access from any mac. On 7/31/09, Simon Fogarty si...@blinky-net.com wrote: Yeah

Re: the advent of audio/tactile games for the VIPs

2009-07-31 Thread Chris Hofstader
The most accurate spatial audio information uses a technique called Head Relative Transform Functions (HRTF) which simulates relatively precise tonal qualities of sounds that one perceives from a specific direction. Some of the research into what became these functions had humans sitting

Re: the advent of audio/tactile games for the VIPs

2009-07-31 Thread Chris Hofstader
Hi, Would it be useful if I started a 3dau...@lists.hofstader.com? I think we have a few people interested and private communication will cause some ideas to slip through , leaving some of the gang with a different set of notions than others which can cause real confusion as

Re: something is a miss here.

2009-07-31 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
I had to run Disk Warrior once on my childrens's e-mac computer. The disk had enough errors that it took 3-4 days to recover data. There were 100's of files (mostly system files) that it could not recover, but I was able to reteive most of their documents. I then did a full format and

Re: the advent of audio/tactile games for the VIPs

2009-07-31 Thread Chris Blouch
Apple's audio APIs do support HRTF on OSX: http://developer.apple.com/audio/overview.html but apparently HRTF has not made it to the iPhone: http://www.steamboatmountaindesigns.com/blog/2009/02/openal-for-iphone-does-not-support-hrtf.html Would be nice if these guys ported the Mac fmod sound

Re: the advent of audio/tactile games for the VIPs

2009-07-31 Thread Chris Hofstader
Hi, I'm not sure that an orientation application would need HrtF as buildings and such are big enough to not require pinpoint accuracy. Also, typical mobile computing ear buds are probably not accurate enough (unless you go for something like those from Shure at about $250) to deliver

My trip to see an iPhone with no success

2009-07-31 Thread Christian
Hi all! OK, so today it was time for me to see and try the new iPhone. I don't usually like these bigger stores due to their often lack of service I have experienced so I usually prefer some smaller stores where I have some contacts. Anyway, I went to the big shopping center here. When I

Re: My trip to see an iPhone with no success

2009-07-31 Thread Mickey Quenzer
Hi: That unfortunatly seems to be the standard response when people want to really try out a piece of equipment. Sorry you had such trouble! *** MQ *** -- Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere.

eBay may have to shut down Skype

2009-07-31 Thread Chris Blouch
://www.theage.com.au/technology/biz-tech/shock-threat-to-shut-skype-20090731-e3qe.html CB --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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

Re: eBay may have to shut down Skype

2009-07-31 Thread David Hole
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Re: the advent of audio/tactile games for the VIPs

2009-07-31 Thread Mark Baxter
I get an internal server error, with that site. Mark BurningHawk Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com My home page: http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: braille tables

2009-07-31 Thread william lomas
further tables have to be created. In the braille settings you can uncheck the box that says use contracted braile On 31 Jul 2009, at 16:41, Tony Bernedal wrote: Hi all. Does anyone here know if there is a swedish braille table available somewhere? And can I disable contracted braille

Re: the advent of audio/tactile games for the VIPs

2009-07-31 Thread Mark Baxter
Why would you want to disable VO? Mark BurningHawk Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com My home page: http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: braille tables

2009-07-31 Thread Tony Bernedal
Hi Anne. The only table I have by hand right now is the one thats in jaws for windows. Can you use that one or do you need something else. All the best Tony 2009/7/31, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk: Hello Tony, Unfortunately, there is a bug in Leopard that prevents uncontracted

Re: the advent of audio/tactile games for the VIPs

2009-07-31 Thread Chris Hofstader
Which site? On Jul 31, 2009, at 11:48 AM, Mark Baxter wrote: I get an internal server error, with that site. Mark BurningHawk Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com My home page: http://MarkBurningHawk.net/

Re: something is a miss here.

2009-07-31 Thread Scott Howell
Jon that may be true, but a few things to keep in mind. First it may not even be an Apple drive, it could be your external drive or even a Time Capsule drive. Additionally the utility can keep a file system in good order, so it does more than just recover the data and truthfully I try

Re: My trip to see an iPhone with no success

2009-07-31 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Christian, I'm so sorry! this happened to me the first couple of times I tried to see an Iphone, too. I remember how disappointed I was. I hope you get to see one soon. Best, Donna On Jul 31, 2009, at 10:40 AM, Christian wrote: Hi all! OK, so today it was time for me to see and

Fwd: Steve Ballmer calls Apple's Mac growth a rounding error

2009-07-31 Thread John Panarese
My apologies for the cross posting and somewhat off topic nature of the post. However, I think this article really speaks volumes as to why Apple and Microsoft are going in opposite directions. The perspective of Ballmer has been MS's biggest problem for years now, and this speech

Re: the advent of audio/tactile games for the VIPs

2009-07-31 Thread Chris Hofstader
Hi, There is most certainly a UNIX like driver for the touch screen operations. If you really feel like getting silicon under your fingernails, you can probably hack that part of the system to do what you want. This action, however, is way outside of Apple coding guidelines and may

Re[2]: My trip to see an iPhone with no success

2009-07-31 Thread Christian
Hi Donna and all, Yes, it's very frustrating especially when one of the stores told me that they will have a demo unit available a few days ago. But anyway, i at least heared the swedish voice and it sounded good. for about five seconds. Best regards, Christian On 2009-07-30 at 14:20 Donna

Another question about iphone

2009-07-31 Thread Christian
Hi, the maps application that is on the phone, is that accessible with VoiceOver? I suppose it is. many thanks, Christian --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group,

Re: Another question about iphone

2009-07-31 Thread Marie Howarth
yes Christian, it is. :) On Jul 31, 2009, at 10:30 PM, Christian wrote: Hi, the maps application that is on the phone, is that accessible with VoiceOver? I suppose it is. many thanks, Christian --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message

Re[2]: Another question about iphone

2009-07-31 Thread Christian
Hi, OK, that's great. How much information can you get from it? Is it possible to tell where you are? On 2009-07-31 at 22:36 Marie Howarth wrote: yes Christian, it is. :) On Jul 31, 2009, at 10:30 PM, Christian wrote: Hi, the maps application that is on the phone, is that accessible with

Re: Steve Ballmer calls Apple's Mac growth a rounding error

2009-07-31 Thread John Panarese
That is, of course, a matter of personal opinion. You get what you pay for, as my dad often says. Buy junk, get junk. And, of course, pricy as it might be, it does not change the fact that people are buying it at a rate that should actually alarm Microsoft share holders. Numbers

Re: My trip to see an iPhone with no success

2009-07-31 Thread Vicki Manley
Hi there, Sound very fussy people and not that up on disabilities especially those with a visual impairment. I hope it wasn't all O2 stores!! Best wishes, Vicki.On 31 Jul 2009, at 15:40, Christian wrote: Hi all! OK, so today it was time for me to see and try the new iPhone. I don't usually

Re: Steve Ballmer calls Apple's Mac growth a rounding error

2009-07-31 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi Ben, You wrote: To be honest, I agree with some of the points in this artical, Apples hardware is rediculessly pricey. The only time that I have supported apple in a hardware fassion is buying an ipod but I can't say that I ever intend to purchase one of there computers from them - all

Re: A question about iPhone

2009-07-31 Thread Cara Quinn
Just a super quickie correction here; in that one can actually have wifi on while the IPhone is in Airplane mode. In settings wifi is located right after airplane mode, so it's easy to turn one off while enabling the other… HTH and have a terrific day / weekend!… Smiles, CQ :) ---

Re: Copying from an email

2009-07-31 Thread Marie Howarth
you need to use vo--enter to use select mode. find the information you need to copy and then hit vo--enter and move the vo curser with vo-- right/left arrow until you've selected the information you need and then hit vo--enter again which will take you from select mode and hit command--c

Re: the advent of audio/tactile games for the VIPs

2009-07-31 Thread Cara Quinn
Hi Chris and all; the API used on both the Mac and IPhone is OpenAL, which is (as you may know) an open-source cross-platform 3D audio API. It's actually only one of the ApIs built in to Leopard by default. The IPHone however, relies on OpenAL exclusively for it's 3D audio. HTH and

Re: Steve Ballmer calls Apple's Mac growth a rounding error

2009-07-31 Thread John Panarese
In addition to this, I believe that I also read somewhere that if you actually compared Apple and PC higher end systems, such as Dells, the Mac Pro is actually more affordable. If I can dredge up the article, I'll post the link, but the author did this with three different Dell and

Re: Steve Ballmer calls Apple's Mac growth a rounding error

2009-07-31 Thread Chris Polk
lol, true my mbp 2.5 core 2 with 4 gb of ram. dell wants $2100 for the same specs in a xpsm1330 then a screen reader on top of that would be another 8 to 1000, around 3 grand. 1399 for a mbp, its got me everytime On Jul 31, 2009, at 4:05 PM, John Panarese wrote: In addition to this, I

Re: Steve Ballmer calls Apple's Mac growth a rounding error

2009-07-31 Thread John Panarese
Oh, yes, another myth. The laptop hunters ads are so full of mule muffins. Compare hardware and software, again. Yeah, you can buy a $500 Windows laptop, but you can buy a pair of clippers instead of a weed whacker too. Take Care John D. Panarese Managing Director Technologies for

Re: Steve Ballmer calls Apple's Mac growth a rounding error

2009-07-31 Thread Mark Baxter
I defy anyone to purchase a comparable computer *WITH* screen-reader, to this MacBook Pro15 with 4G of RAM and a 2.4G processor. This thing is faster than *ANY* MS_based laptop I've ever seen for half again the price, and that's *WITHOUT* the screen-reader, which costs another computer's

Re: Steve Ballmer calls Apple's Mac growth a rounding error

2009-07-31 Thread Robert Carter
Hi, I don't usually reply just to say that I agree. In this case, however, I think what was stated in this message is absolutely true. Robert Carter On Jul 31, 2009, at 6:55 PM, Mark Baxter wrote: I defy anyone to purchase a comparable computer *WITH* screen-reader, to this MacBook Pro15

A question for you iphone users who also use windows mobile

2009-07-31 Thread Christian
Hi all, I am currently using Windows Mobile with MSP and was just wondering how you Windows Mobile users find the iphone with VoiceOver? Have you allmost replaced your old Windows mobile phone with this one? From what I have read I think I would have done it myself, but since I have not been

Re: A question for you iphone users who also use windows mobile

2009-07-31 Thread patrickneazer
Hello Christian and all: I am sitting next to a symbian 60 phone which functions plenty enough like a windows mobile phone. On the other side of me is an iphone. I only use the sym 60 phone when it rings ... LOL. Other than that the iphone pretty much has replaced it. On Jul 31, 2009, at

RE: A question for you iphone users who also use windows mobile

2009-07-31 Thread Simon Fogarty
I'm slower with my IPhone than with my synbian s60 device N82). But I'm getting quicker the more I do with it. The best thing I find with the I phone is email from work, it's a lot more readable than from the s60 / mail for exchange From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

nano headphones

2009-07-31 Thread william lomas
hi does anyone know what the model and make are, of the headphones that ship ith the nano are? the 4g nano i mean? i ant replacements like the ones that came with the nano itself when I bought it last year. Regards WIll --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~