some mail question from n00b who wants to be prolific

2009-08-11 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi everyone, I've still been having my mac for only a month. yes, the switch is most welcome and agreeable to my needs. And i have a question about the mail app which has been probably answered a thousand times but since the googlegroups mails aren't retroactive (oh my, how it would proba

Re: connecting victor Stream to a Mac

2009-08-11 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi Jon, I just tried it. I have no trouble connecting the Stream on the Mac side, but when I connect it focused on Windows (running via Fusion) I hear, "Welcome to Victor Reader" and nothing else, and get a message about an unrecognized USB device. Most annoying since you have to use the

Re: connecting victor Stream to a Mac

2009-08-11 Thread cspolk
i haven't heard anything from them except we don't support mac and fusion.lol go figure. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@

Re: connecting victor Stream to a Mac

2009-08-11 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Anna, Have you tried with the new OSx upgrade? There were some fixes for this type of issue supplied with it. On Aug 11, 2009, at 6:03 PM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: > > Hi Chris, > > Were you able to find out anything from your Humanware connection > about why the Stream has trouble connecting

Re: connecting victor Stream to a Mac

2009-08-11 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi Chris, Were you able to find out anything from your Humanware connection about why the Stream has trouble connecting to Windows on a Mac running Fusion? Thanks a lot, Anna On Jul 29, 2009, at 10:54 PM, Chris Polk wrote: > > so let me ask you this: > when you connect the stream, do you

OT - IMPORTANT - Concerning Solona Captcha Service

2009-08-11 Thread Cara Quinn
Hello All, here is one of the rare occasions when I feel it is absolutely a necessity to post an off-topic note to these lists, as I believe this is truly of the utmost import to the blind / VI community. the below article / plea is by Bernard Maldonado, of The Solona Captcha Service. ht

Re: mac veils

2009-08-11 Thread Cara Quinn
Actually the same doesn't apply on the IPHone; on the IPHone, the screen curtain apparently does diminish the screen brightness to 0, whereas on the MacBooks / MacBook Pros, it does not… -Just a quickie FYI… Have a terrific day / evening!… Smiles, CQ :) --- View my Online Portfoli

Accessible Facebook Games...

2009-08-11 Thread David Hole
Hello folks.! I just wonder if anyone of you have tested and played some of the games on Facebook on the Mac. If so, it would be interesting to hear what are accessible, great and fun games. I can begin with Mob Wars. It's an accessible one. The bad thing with MW is that it gets kind of boring a

RE: FW: ports, firewalls and questions

2009-08-11 Thread Larry Wanger
Right, that's the set up. Sorry if its not quite list appropriate. I'm not sure what I need to do to make this all work on my Mac thus the post to this list. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of ben mustill-rose S

Re: To those who use Group Mode please

2009-08-11 Thread Chris Blouch
Sometimes I find tables easier to navigate in Group mode. Depending on how they are constructed, in DOM mode I can only VO left and right through the rows but in Group mode I can go up and down the columns. Especially nice for something like a weather forecast where each column is a day with di

Re: mac veils

2009-08-11 Thread Dan
Hello, VoiceOver has always included the nifty feature known as Screen Curtain. Both in Tiger and Leopard. I see no reason for it to go away in Snow Leopard. Dan On Aug 11, 2009, at 4:04 AM, Yuma Decaux wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I wanted to know if the macbook laptops have a veil like the i

Re: Using iSync

2009-08-11 Thread Robert Carter
Hi John, Thanks a lot for that tip. I hope it is the alert that is causing my problem. I was not aware of that one. Robert Carter - Original Message - From: John_Andrthx^^;"; _Netland To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date: Tuesday, Aug 11, 2009 6:40:53 Subject: Re: Using iSync > >

Re: iPhone - Task Switching?

2009-08-11 Thread Chris Hofstader
Yes, go to www.seretalk.com and select #20 which contains a Navigon discussion. One of the other podcasts from them contains some prelinimary talk about it but it is pretty superficial. cdh On Aug 11, 2009, at 8:35 AM, william lomas wrote: > > is there a serotalk podcast talking about the p

Re: iPhone - Task Switching?

2009-08-11 Thread Chris Hofstader
Doesn't Humanware have some new thing that does use Sendero? Also, I think their GPS solution for the BrailleNote family is Sendero based. I didn't know off hand what Trecker used as I find it to be a fairly peculiar hybrid solution that I could never quite understand. If, however, HW h

Re: Skype on Iphone

2009-08-11 Thread Chris Hofstader
Thanks for that. Does anyone know if the Skype contacts can be accessed using VO on the phone? Does Fring use the same set of contacts and the Skype API? cdh On Aug 11, 2009, at 8:24 AM, Marie Howarth wrote: > > it's called fring. the call quality is not great but if you really > need to u

Re: Using iSync

2009-08-11 Thread John André Netland
Hi Robert, Try opening the Window Chooser Menu (VO-F2 twice) and look for an alert waiting for your accept. It may appear if you change more than 5 % of the content on any device. If you find it there, and accept, everything should complete just fine. HOpe this helps! Take care, John André

Re: iPhone - Task Switching?

2009-08-11 Thread william lomas
is there a serotalk podcast talking about the program that i can listen to? On 11 Aug 2009, at 13:13, Chris Hofstader wrote: > > there has been no official announcement of what the December update of > Navigon will contain. I know of a few people in close contact with > the guys who make Navi

Re: mac veils

2009-08-11 Thread Yuma Decaux
Hi scott, That;s good to know. So it means the same applies for the iphone. Now i can test the difference between the two states on a full charge :) best --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionar

Re: Skype on Iphone

2009-08-11 Thread Marie Howarth
it's called fring. the call quality is not great but if you really need to use it and for short periods, i'm sure it'd work just fine. On Aug 11, 2009, at 1:18 PM, Chris Hofstader wrote: > > I tried Skype on the iPhone and found that I could not get into the > list of contacts in order to make

Re: Skype on Iphone

2009-08-11 Thread Chris Hofstader
I tried Skype on the iPhone and found that I could not get into the list of contacts in order to make a call. My sighted wife looked at the screen and, with VO running, she couldn't figure out how to pick a contact either. I think someone on the other VO list suggested a program that rep

Re[2]: Waiting for my Iphone

2009-08-11 Thread Christian
Hello and hej Krister, Yes, I have also tested th Iphone twice and I have also read the manual so hopefully I will manage it. But it looks real promising! Best regards, Christian On 2009-08-11 at 11:06 Krister Ekstrom wrote: >I too have taken the plunge and pre-ordered an Iphone. Unfortunately

Re: iPhone - Task Switching?

2009-08-11 Thread Chris Hofstader
there has been no official announcement of what the December update of Navigon will contain. I know of a few people in close contact with the guys who make Navigon and have heard some rumours and "insider" information but I cannot comment publicly as, like all software development cycles,

Re: iPhone - Task Switching?

2009-08-11 Thread Chris G
Hi, FYI Humanware Trekker is not using the Sendero SDK. Chris On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:01:26 +0100 william lomas wrote: > > what will the update in december contain for navigon? > > On 10 Aug 2009, at 18:50, Chris Hofstader wrote: > > > > > EI don't do podcasts. I will write some blog entr

Re: iPhone - Task Switching?

2009-08-11 Thread Chris Hofstader
Hi, Once again, it was my own fault as I did another completely boneheaded thing. The iPhone documentation says that the Home key, "shuts down the running application and returns to the Home screen." After hanging up from my call (two finger double tap), I hit the Home key so I could qu

Using iSync

2009-08-11 Thread Robert Carter
Hi All, I wanted to sync my contacts from my Nokia N82 phone to my mac addressbook. I downloaded and installed the required iSync plugg-in for the N82 from the Nokia website. I paired the phone and Mac and all seemed well with the Bluetooth connection. I was able to transfer files with no

Re: mac veils

2009-08-11 Thread Scott Chesworth
Hi, They do indeed. Apple call it a screen curtain. To enable it, hit VO-Shift-F11, and the same keystroke will disable it whenever you need too. It's worth knowing that the screen curtain doesn't as far as I know save battery life. For that you'd need to use FN-F1 to dim the brightness to 0%

mac veils

2009-08-11 Thread Yuma Decaux
Hi everyone, I wanted to know if the macbook laptops have a veil like the iphones do. Is it inherent to the leopard os? if not so, does anyone know if it will be integrated into snow leopard? It would be great if i can just work on my stuff without someone leaning on my back like a creep to see

Re: Skype on Iphone

2009-08-11 Thread hank smith
mine fall out all the time drives me friggen crazy On Aug 10, 2009, at 10:11 PM, Brent Harding wrote: > > 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 the

Re: Waiting for my Iphone

2009-08-11 Thread Krister Ekstrom
I too have taken the plunge and pre-ordered an Iphone. Unfortunately, they seem to be out of stock in all of Sweden so now the long wait begins, . I am at least starting to get the hang of things on the Iphone after a second test. /Krister 11 aug 2009 kl. 02.18 skrev Christian: > > Hi all

Re: iPhone - Task Switching?

2009-08-11 Thread william lomas
what will the update in december contain for navigon? On 10 Aug 2009, at 18:50, Chris Hofstader wrote: > > 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 > ab