Keyboard Help

2009-08-10 Thread Les Kriegler
I've been reading through the Voice Over documentation and understand that the Ctrl and Option keys are going to be used frequently. On a laptop keyboard, are there 1 or 2 of these keys, one on each side. I'm also wondering if that's the case with the command keys, 1 or 2? Will I have to reach

Re: Keyboard Help

2009-08-10 Thread Mark Baxter
This is the major drawback to VO for me; on a Macbook, there is only one control key, on the left side. This means that, unless you've got seven fingers or are strangely double-jointed, sometimes you have to cross your hands at the wrists. This doesn't happen very frequently, though,

safari and iphone

2009-08-10 Thread william lomas
hi all I can navigate easily on safari on the iPhone but if I am going through by links how can i read text around a link? Also, if a news story is say at heading level 1, how do I read the actual story once possitioned on the heading? WIll

registration of an i phone

2009-08-10 Thread william lomas
hi if someone has offered you their i phone can one wipe it including the registration and put it under the new users account details? If so, how is this achieved? Will --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the

RE: Keyboard Help

2009-08-10 Thread Les Kriegler
Leopard will have a work-around for this. Mark BurningHawk Baxter Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com My home page: http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ __ NOD32 4321 (20090810) Information __ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http

Re: registration of an i phone

2009-08-10 Thread Charlie Doremus
Connect the phone to your computer. In itunes under the summery tab click restore, that will clear everything. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 9, 2009, at 11:10 PM, william lomas lomaswill...@googlemail.com wrote: hi if someone has offered you their i phone can one wipe it including the

Re: Keyboard Help

2009-08-10 Thread Scott Howell
Funny, my external Mac keyboard has only one control key on the left side. I'm not sure what key sequences would require crossing your wrists, but of course everyone is a little different in their approach or physical abilities to press different key strokes. Of course you can always

recording mike and line in?

2009-08-10 Thread william lomas
hi can one record the mike and line in on the mac at the same time? Thanks will --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: Setting up SMB on the macintosh.

2009-08-10 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
When you click the button labaled Add User a open dialog box will appear I would expect you could pick any directory in there. I don't know enough about SAMBA to answer your other question. I would suggest looking at a take control book, or look at Samba documentation. You should be

Re: read: ? on what I can use for burning cd's on the mac.

2009-08-10 Thread erik burggraaf
Source forge I think, but a quick search on google for simply burns download will do the trick. erik burggraaf A+ sertified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com On 10-Aug-09, at 12:06 AM, hank smith wrote: whee can you get tis from? On

Re: Keyboard Help

2009-08-10 Thread Simon Cavendish
Leopard will have a work- around for this. Mark BurningHawk Baxter Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com My home page: http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ __ NOD32 4321 (20090810) Information __ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system

RE: Keyboard Help

2009-08-10 Thread Donna Goodin
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Re: Keyboard Help

2009-08-10 Thread Scott Howell
Ah, yeah well sure enough as I consumed some additional coffee and checked again, mine does as well. :) I was temporarily confusing my bluetooth keyboard. However, I've still found few cases where it was difficult to execute any VO command where I'd have to cross my hands etc. On Aug

another question re languages

2009-08-10 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, I don't speak Welsh-really wish I did-but I do have questions about working in multiple languages. I do a lot of writing in Spanish, and some in Italian. Is assistiveware the best option for getting speech in those languages? Also, is there some way for the mac to recognize that you

RE: Keyboard Help

2009-08-10 Thread Donna Goodin
I suppose it's not actually crossing your hands, but I dislike the Go to Dock and desktop commands, because they require moving your right hand over to the other side of the keyboard. Donna -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

Re: iPhone - Task Switching?

2009-08-10 Thread william lomas
can you do a podcast on navigon so ican hear it? at present i am a wayfinder user and want to hear how it compares On 10 Aug 2009, at 14:09, Chris Hofstader wrote: Hi, While I have had and enjoyed my iPhone for about a month and a half, I hadn't, before yesterday, needed to switch

Re: another question re languages

2009-08-10 Thread Simon Cavendish
Dear Donna, I don't think that mac recognises when you start writing in another language automatically unless you have an appropriate language installed and you switch to it via voiceover utility. Assistiveware languages seem to be the best. There are some Spanish speakers on the list and

RE: Keyboard Help

2009-08-10 Thread Les Kriegler
, and am hoping that Snow Leopard will have a work- around for this. Mark BurningHawk Baxter Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com My home page: http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ __ NOD32 4321 (20090810) Information __ This message

RE: Keyboard Help

2009-08-10 Thread Donna Goodin
Wow, I'm impressed! I can do the Vo-D with one hand, but only just barely. I can't do the Vo-Shift-D one-handed at all. Donna -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 9:53

Re: Keyboard Help

2009-08-10 Thread Mark Baxter
I just did VO shift D with one hand just to see if I could, but it's ...inelegant. Not symmetric. Can't think of the right word. Mark BurningHawk Baxter Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com My home page: http://MarkBurningHawk.net/

RE: Keyboard Help

2009-08-10 Thread Donna Goodin
MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com My home page: http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ __ NOD32 4321 (20090810) Information __ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG

RE: Keyboard Help

2009-08-10 Thread Donna Goodin
It may be easier for guys. I'm not able to use my little finger, and the reach up to the D is too much for me. Donna -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mark Baxter Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 10:47 AM To:

how do I adjust my scanner's resolution using twain-sane?

2009-08-10 Thread John J Herzog
Hi all, I recently downloaded twain-sane for my mac, and am using it with a fujitsu scanner. Everything works, but it keeps scanning at 600 DPI, which slows down the speed considerably. Whenever I try to use the twain interface in image capture, and adjust the resolution sliders, image capture

Re: iPhone - Task Switching?

2009-08-10 Thread Chris Blouch
I'm not very familiar with Navagon but in general there are no background tasks on the iPhone so when you receive a call whatever you were doing gets put on hold. The has been a complaint when folks use GPSes that show breadcrumb trails or calculate real time routes as they stop working while

Re: another question re languages

2009-08-10 Thread Søren Jensen
Hi Donna. You can easily switch the language on the spell checker by doing the following: 1: Press command shift period to bring up the spell checker 2: Navigate to the languages popup button, press on it and select the language you want. 3: Close the spell checker by pressing command w.

Re: Keyboard Help

2009-08-10 Thread Esther
Hi Les, What may be applicable in Snow Leopard is that they will support gestures on the trackpad in addition to or as an alternative to certain keyboard combinations. For example, there's a zoom magnification sequence that can be set up for low vision users either as a keyboard

Re: another question re languages

2009-08-10 Thread Esther
Thanks, Søren. On the U.S. English keyboard the shortcut is Command- Colon, but I think you can find the menu option in general by going to the Edit menu on the menu bar and finding the submenu for Spelling and Grammar. I was in the middle of composing a reply to Donna about general

Re: Keyboard Help

2009-08-10 Thread Mark Baxter
Hey, I'm a guitarist, so I know about good finger twists. And this ain't that. :) Mark BurningHawk Baxter Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com My home page: http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this

sending attachment from a PC to a Mac

2009-08-10 Thread Donna Goodin
Hello all, this may be more of a Windows question than a Mac question, so my apologies in advance. I am still moving back and forth between my PC and my Mac, and because I have certain tasks that I need to do on my Windows machine, I will probably need to do so for a while. On several

Re: sending attachment from a PC to a Mac

2009-08-10 Thread Chris Blouch
If the two machines are on the same network, why not use file sharing to move your files. There was a thread about turning on SMB (Windows) file sharing on the mac so then you can just mount your mac's drive on your Windows box and save all your files to your mac. CB Donna Goodin wrote:

RE: sending attachment from a PC to a Mac

2009-08-10 Thread Donna Goodin
Um, because I've never set up file sharing before, and haven't a clue about how to do it, even on a Windows machine. :) Donna -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Blouch Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009

Re: sending attachment from a PC to a Mac

2009-08-10 Thread Daniel Crone
Just mayybe, the ideal solution for some would be the use of an external hard drive. I find that method handy. At first I did not want to buy it. But after doing so, I thought, once all this transfering is done, I can use the outside drive with time machine. On Aug 10, 2009, at 11:11 AM,

RE: sending attachment from a PC to a Mac

2009-08-10 Thread Donna Goodin
I do have an external hard drive, but occasionally, for various reasons, it would be heasier to send things via email. Donna -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Daniel Crone Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 12:42

Re: sending attachment from a PC to a Mac

2009-08-10 Thread Esther
Hi Donna, You're using a MicroSoft only configuration for email that is not internet standard. You should be able to go to the tools menu of MS Outlook or Outlook Express and click Option, and then click the Mail Format or Send tab. Under the Send tab is the message format list. You

Re: sending attachment from a PC to a Mac

2009-08-10 Thread Chris Blouch
Well, if you decide you'd like to try this route just say so and more detail can be provided. CB Donna Goodin wrote: Um, because I've never set up file sharing before, and haven't a clue about how to do it, even on a Windows machine. :) Donna -Original Message- From:

Re: sending attachment from a PC to a Mac

2009-08-10 Thread Mark Baxter
I have my PC and Mac talk to each other through a router; I set one drive for sharing and use the other computer to pull from that drive whatever I need and transfer it. Mark BurningHawk Baxter Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com My home page:

Re: sending attachment from a PC to a Mac

2009-08-10 Thread Mark Baxter
Partition the external hard drive with a phat32 partition; both PC and mac can read this. Mark BurningHawk Baxter Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com My home page: http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You

RE: sending attachment from a PC to a Mac

2009-08-10 Thread Donna Goodin
That’s an interesting idea! Thanks, I’ll think about that. It has an advantage over File sharing in that I still have the functionality at times when I’m not on our network. Thanks! Donna From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of May

Re: iPhone - Task Switching?

2009-08-10 Thread Chris Hofstader
EI don't do podcasts. I will write some blog entries on this stuff soon (www.blindconfidential.blogspot.com). Of those available to blinks, Wayfinder is the one I know the least about as I only used it for a month or so about a year ago. Almost all of the players in the AT biz are using

Re: iPhone - Task Switching?

2009-08-10 Thread patrickneazer
Hello there: Strange. I must be the local contrarian (smile). Attempted to duplicate the problem by having someone ... actually a few someones call while performing a route in Navigon. I could not reproduce it. At the end of the call I performed the 2 finger double tap and navigon was

Re: how do I deleete book marks with vo?

2009-08-10 Thread Chris Blouch
Did you go down? The right pane is split into an upper and lower portion with a coverflow display in the top part. You want the bottom part which has the table of bookmarks. CB rayna424 wrote: How did you do that? It didn't work for me...what am I doing wrong? hank smith wrote: thanks

previewing Asistiveware Voices?

2009-08-10 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, Is it possible to preview the voices on the Assistiveware webpage? It looks like you should be able to, but I haven't been able to listen to the voices. I've tried Vo-Space, Command-O Interacting, and Enter, but none seem to work. Thanks, Donna

Re: another question re languages

2009-08-10 Thread Esther
Hi Donna, When you use other languages on the Mac with VoiceOver, there are three components: 1. the voice -- you can get Spanish and Italian voices from AssistiveWare or Cepstral 2. the input language keyboard -- you can switch to a Spanish or Italian keyboard to make it easier to type

Re: previewing Asistiveware Voices?

2009-08-10 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi Donna, I downloaded a package that let me have heather lora and ryan. They sound much nicer on my mobile phone than they do on the mac. The pronounciation is abominable. I didn't find them very stable either, but there is something a miss with this machine and so maybe that accounts

RE: Keyboard Help

2009-08-10 Thread Les Kriegler
is nice. My thinking is that when I'm travelling or working from another location, the laptop keyboard will be fine, but that for my everyday usage, I will use the external keyboared. HTH, Donna __ NOD32 4323 (20090810) Information __ This message was checked by NOD32

ports, firewalls and questions

2009-08-10 Thread Larry Wanger
Hi, Yesterday I sunnenly found myself trying to get a couple of services/applications working on my Mac that require me to allow access to ports and seemingly complex setup options. I first was trying to set up an application called ootunes that enables you to stream your iTunes library from

FW: ports, firewalls and questions

2009-08-10 Thread Larry Wanger
Let me try this again. Hi, Yesterday I found myself trying to get a couple of services/applications working on my Mac that require me to allow access to ports and seemingly complex setup options. I first was trying to set up an application called Ootunes that enables you to stream your iTunes

Re: previewing Asistiveware Voices?

2009-08-10 Thread Esther
Hi Donna, Try out this page of voice samples from Assistiveware: http://www.assistiveware.com/ivoxsamples.php? There are links to all of the voices that you can try, grouped like American English voices, Spanish voices, American Spanish voices, etc. You can also download a 30-day free

Re: previewing Asistiveware Voices?

2009-08-10 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Erik, Yeah, I noticed that Heather and Laura both sounded kind of different when I previewed them on the website. I still need Spanish and Italian voices, though, so I think I'll buy those, which will get me Heather as part of the package, so I'll go ahead and try her out on my Mac.

Re: previewing Asistiveware Voices?

2009-08-10 Thread Simon Cavendish
Hello, you can download them as demo and install them before you buy them. Hope this helps. Best wishes, Simon On 10 Aug 2009, at 21:01, Donna Goodin wrote: Hi all, Is it possible to preview the voices on the Assistiveware webpage? It looks like you should be able to, but I haven't been

Re: FW: ports, firewalls and questions

2009-08-10 Thread ben mustill-rose
This isn't really a mac issue, its got more to do with the things that connect your computers to the internet. To confirm, your setup looks like: modem airport express computers? On 10/08/2009, Larry Wanger lsw...@gmail.com wrote: Let me try this again. Hi, Yesterday I found myself trying

Re: ports, firewalls and questions

2009-08-10 Thread Barry Hadder
Larry, I can't be sure, but it sounds to me like you need to go into the settings of Airport Express and forward a port. You will access it through your browser with an IP address that you will have to read the documentation to find. I can't tell you what it is because I don't use it. I

Re: another question re languages

2009-08-10 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Esther, thank you so much for putting all this together into one email, and for including all these resources. I think it will take me a while to work my way through all this, but it's so nice to have it all in one place. I just got through roaming around the Assistiveware website.

Skype on Iphone

2009-08-10 Thread Christian
Hi all, I have heared that Skype works on the Iphone. Is it possible to use the ear piece for Skype and not the speaker phone like one has to use on WM? Many thanks, Christian --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: sending attachment from a PC to a Mac

2009-08-10 Thread arthur gindin
to go from pc to mac we use a USB flash drive. Amanda Donna Goodin wrote: Hello all, this may be more of a Windows question than a Mac question, so my apologies in advance. I am still moving back and forth between my PC and my Mac, and because I have certain tasks that I need to do

Re: previewing Asistiveware Voices?

2009-08-10 Thread Donna Goodin
Thanks, all. I contacted Assistiveware, and was able to preview the voices. The problem turned out to be that I had gone to the Orin.com website. Once I got over to the Assistiveware site, previewing voices was much easier. Thanks to all who responded. Best, Donna On Aug 10, 2009, at

Re: previewing Asistiveware Voices?

2009-08-10 Thread Yuma Decaux
Hi all, I downloaded the french pack as i need it for my mails, and though at first i liked the pronouciation and welcome correct flow of words as compared to an alex speaking frenglish, i find the voices way too aggressive, especially julie. I'm hoping there might be another developer proposing

Fwd: Response for Support Ticket #102495

2009-08-10 Thread Greg Kearney
I got this back from Fictionwise.com the eReader people. This is the very thing I have worried about with the action of the Author's Guild in the United States. Here we have a company claiming that screen readers are a violation of copyright, which is not the case either in the U.S. or

Re: previewing Asistiveware Voices?

2009-08-10 Thread Yuma Decaux
Hi ester, Thanks for the links :) i'll check that out pretty soon. Maybe i just have a problem with the volume of the french voices when i switch as i check my french mails. go figure best --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are

Re: ports, firewalls and questions

2009-08-10 Thread Dan Eickmeier
A lot of routers are usually accessed via the web browser by going to an ip address, but couldn't Larry access the AE by opening up airport utility rather than going into the browser? I don't think any of the airport routers have a web interface of any kind, like that of a linksys,

Re: ports, firewalls and questions

2009-08-10 Thread Barry Hadder
Yah, it looks like that is true. I've just googled it and it appears that you have to use the Airport Admen util. I find that rather disappointing myself. I think the web interface is a much better way to go. I just assumed that Apples routers worked like every thing else on the planet.

Re: ports, firewalls and questions

2009-08-10 Thread Larry Wanger
Hi, Just tried my ip address in the browser and got something about apache or something. I'm going to the airport utility now. I remember seeing something about port forwarding there but can'tt remember. Its been a while. On Aug 10, 2009, at 6:33 PM, Dan Eickmeier wrote: A lot of

RE: Skype on Iphone

2009-08-10 Thread Chris Gilland
Yeah, I have a wm phone, and let me tell you: Skype is great? but o! Jesus! is the sound quality horrad unless you have a wired headset. You cannot even do it with a bluetooth one. I think Skype developers r'really! kissed the bucket on that one. Chris. -Original Message- From:

creating a teaching podcast

2009-08-10 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi, I want to record a podcast where I demonstrate the use of the iPod Shuffle. Ideally, I would like to be able to record my voice, the iPod, and VoiceOver simultaneously. I have a USB microphone and a Mac Mini. Thanks to the suggestions of Esther and others, I have learned the

Re: creating a teaching podcast

2009-08-10 Thread Chris Blouch
There might be a slick software way to do this but for me I just use an external mixer. I can run all my inputs into there, mix the levels the way I want and then record the final output on the Mac. That also means that I can't go back and fix things easily since its not separate tracks, but

Re: FW: ports, firewalls and questions

2009-08-10 Thread Chris Blouch
Sounds like you need to figure out port forwarding on your router. Normally connections are made to IP addresses and ports. The IP address is like some family's phone number and the port is like asking for Mike, Sam or Pete after they pick up. So port 80 is for http (web browsing) while 21 is

Re: Skype on Iphone

2009-08-10 Thread Brent Harding
I think tapping into the rest of the phone is hard for them as each manufacturer supposedly has a proprietary way of using the earpiece. Those earbuds you have to use suck because they're too big to get in the ear comfortably so you have to sort of jam them in sideways, or I do anyways, and

RE: Skype on Iphone

2009-08-10 Thread Chris Gilland
I have to actually agree. Chris. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Brent Harding Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 1:12 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Skype on Iphone I think tapping into