Re: Mac Useless for low vision users?

2009-12-03 Thread Declan
Interesting about the insertion point. I have had an email from Archie Robertson on this subject that wasn't posted to the group. Apparently the problem with tracking the cursor in Pages (iWork 09) and Word is a bug in Snow Leapoard. It is not present in Leapoard (the cursor tracks OK in

Re: Economics and the Mac

2009-12-03 Thread Chris Hofstader
I used the phrase, JAWS misses a lot of stuff that comes with Windows... and did not enumerate them because the list is too long. A lot of stuff means a lot of stuff which, in myy mind is greater than three items. Using the JAWS cursor is an acquired skill that most users are never taught or

Re: Economics and the Mac

2009-12-03 Thread Chris Hofstader
The combination of the spatial information provided by object navigation and that one gets in Trackpad Commander provides the most comprehensive step forward in making an efficient UI since FS put the virtual cursor mode for navigating Internet information back in JAWS 3.31 (1999). With a bit

Re: no mac for blind people in Belgium

2009-12-03 Thread Chris Hofstader
Hell, I just woke my wife up to drive me to a mental health hospital to sign myself in for a few days on your recommendation that I should be committed laugh. The truth is that I'm pretty nuts and I didn't find your incomplete note as anything but amusing banter. cdh On Dec 2, 2009, at 11:23

Re: selection replaced, 0 items selected

2009-12-03 Thread Chris Hofstader
This subject line is driving me nuts as every time I hear it I think it is VO talking and not a subject for an email. On Dec 2, 2009, at 8:09 PM, carlene knight wrote: I must be doing something wrong. What do I type in the folder name? Library/preferences was not found. I feel really

Re: Economics and the Mac

2009-12-03 Thread Buddy Brannan
On some machines, like my spanking new MacBook Pro for instance, F4 (or if you've set up function keys for software, FN+F4) also brings up the dashboard. It's interesting to note that my old macBook has a couple keyboard differences. (This is the 2007, pre-Leopard MacBook, Core2 Duo 2.16 GHz,

Help importing audiobooks into itunes.

2009-12-03 Thread Daniel Rowe
Hi all. I use Audiobook Builder to convert audiobooks to the bookmarkable format. For the most part, it works great. However, if I convert something like a radio play where tracks are seamlessly joined together, it leaves little gaps between them. Has anyone got any other suggestions? I

Re: Economics and the Mac

2009-12-03 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
*whimper* I have *GOT* to get SL. Mark BurningHawk Baxter AIM, 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 MacVisionaries group. To post to this

Re: a simmple audio program

2009-12-03 Thread Maurice Mines
no i don't have this software, I have soundstudo. I am thinking a viset to a applestore over winter brake is in order. On Dec 2, 2009, at 3:32 PM, James Nash wrote: Hi Maurice, You wrote: hi I have a problem with my 13 intch mac book my internal mike is not working what cood be the

audio bookcreatationsoftware for text and pdf files?

2009-12-03 Thread trahern culver
hey all please can some one reccomend some audio book converter that makes audio books from text or pdf files? your help with this would be most welcome!!! kind regards trahern. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this

Message quotes

2009-12-03 Thread Brett Campbell
Hello, In many of the messages I read on this list, there are replies with quotes that start with the originals senders name, followed by the word wrote, followed by a only a selection of the original text, and is often followed by the answer to their question. Are people manually typing the

Re: Help importing audiobooks into itunes.

2009-12-03 Thread Brett Campbell
After selecting your files in Audio Book Builder, have you tried using the join files button? Brett C. On Dec 3, 2009, at 8:16 AM, Daniel Rowe wrote: Hi all. I use Audiobook Builder to convert audiobooks to the bookmarkable format. For the most part, it works great. However, if I

Re: audio bookcreatationsoftware for text and pdf files?

2009-12-03 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Trahern, I use GhostReader from Convenienceware: http://www.convenienceware.com/ghostreader.php You can get the Infovox iVox British voices plus GhostReader for €109, I don't know how much it costs in pounds, but doing it that way, you can use the Infovox iVox voices with VoiceOver as

Re: Message quotes

2009-12-03 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Brett, On Dec 3, 2009, at 6:37 PM, Brett Campbell wrote: In many of the messages I read on this list, there are replies with quotes that start with the originals senders name, followed by the word wrote, followed by a only a selection of the original text, and is often followed by

Re: Message quotes

2009-12-03 Thread Brett Campbell
Thank you Anne. Your instructions are clear and helpful. Brett C. On Dec 3, 2009, at 11:16 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: Hello Brett, On Dec 3, 2009, at 6:37 PM, Brett Campbell wrote: In many of the messages I read on this list, there are replies with quotes that start with the originals

Re: Help importing audiobooks into itunes.

2009-12-03 Thread Daniel Rowe
On 3 Dec 2009, at 18:04, Brett Campbell wrote: After selecting your files in Audio Book Builder, have you tried using the join files button? No, i haven't yet. I'll try that later. Thanks, Dannie -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries

Re: audio bookcreatationsoftware for text and pdf files?

2009-12-03 Thread James Nash
Hi You wrote: please can some one reccomend some audio book converter that makes audio books from text or pdf files? Do you have VisioVoice from Assistiveware? You can make audio files from text and PDF files with this. I think it costs around 150 GBP but this also includes a language pack I

My Mac saying things it shouldn't

2009-12-03 Thread carlene knight
Sorry, I'll change it. That's one of those things I didn't think about until after I had started it. On Dec 3, 2009, at 4:59 AM, Chris Hofstader wrote: This subject line is driving me nuts as every time I hear it I think it is VO talking and not a subject for an email. On Dec 2, 2009, at

My Mac saying things it shouldn't

2009-12-03 Thread carlene knight
We found a Universal VO plist file and deleted it but it didn't do anything to help. If anything the problem is worse and it didn't erase any of my settings. I guess it's just something I'll have to live with, as the name of the file has obviously changed. On Dec 3, 2009, at 4:59 AM, Chris

Re: My Mac saying things it shouldn't

2009-12-03 Thread Chris Hofstader
Years ago, thre was a word that caused Eloquence to crash during a JAWS session. Of course, people reported the bug in emails that contained the word so the whole JAWS mailing list (more than 800 members back then) crashed when they read the note. So, your subject was a bit confusing but it

Re: pdf to html converters?

2009-12-03 Thread Esther
Hi Trahern, I was going to let this pass, because most people who want HTML output want to set formatting and other things that don't easily get handled automatically. On the Mac it's easy to go the other way and get almost anything into PDF format by using the print command (Command-P)

Re: Economics and the Mac

2009-12-03 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Ok, before i say something silly here, let me ask a question, can a user of an old Imac like me in any way use the trackpad commander? There is apparently some kind of app for the iphone, but can that really compare to using a real track pad? There's no separate trackpad as far as i know, or am

Re: Accessing Project Gutenberg

2009-12-03 Thread Esther
Hi James, Chris, Richie, and Others, There's the Bookworm online ePub ebook reading platform that O'Reilly is hosting: http://bookworm.oreilly.com/ I did try this out, and it has a particularly simple interface for requesting and downloading books in ePub format from Project Gutenberg. I

Re: Economics and the Mac

2009-12-03 Thread Chris Hofstader
I asked the same of friends of mine in the Apple accessibility team and they said that there were no trackpads that will work properly with TrackpadCommander that they knew about. Most third party trackpads need drivers that mess up VO. The new Magic Mouse is, in my not at all humble

Importing audiobooks into Itunes continued

2009-12-03 Thread Daniel Rowe
Hi all. I tried using the join function in Audiobook Builder but it still leaves a little gap between each track. Any more ideas on how I could fix this? Thanksin advance, Dannie -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to

Re: Economics and the Mac

2009-12-03 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
I have an MBP15 with the glass track pad, and I was under the impression I could use gestures and the commander with it, but I haven't gotten SL yet, am still using the same old spotted kitty. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group.

Re: Multilingual Braille

2009-12-03 Thread David Hole
Hello. I just wanna thank ye so much for this one, Anne. But a little question here... How old are the norwegian braille table? Is it the one that I got from you earlier this year - wich was the 2004 revision (or what it is called)? If so, I'd hope you'll update to the newest one. If there's

setting up iPhone

2009-12-03 Thread Donal Fitzpatrick
Hi all, So I finally took the plunge and bought the device. However, an interesting chicken and egg situation has emerged. I have a PIN on my sim card. I've inserted the card correctly, and plugged the iPhone into my mac. However, iTunes is saying it can't activate the phone because of

Re: Accessing Project Gutenberg

2009-12-03 Thread James Nash
Thanks Esther, I'll try this out. On 3 Dec 2009, at 19:47, Esther wrote: Hi James, Chris, Richie, and Others, There's the Bookworm online ePub ebook reading platform that O'Reilly is hosting: http://bookworm.oreilly.com/ I did try this out, and it has a particularly simple interface

Re: setting up iPhone

2009-12-03 Thread william lomas
hi why dont you put the card back in your other phone, turn off the pin feature for now and then activate On 3 Dec 2009, at 21:06, Donal Fitzpatrick wrote: Hi all, So I finally took the plunge and bought the device. However, an interesting chicken and egg situation has emerged. I have

Re: setting up iPhone

2009-12-03 Thread Donal Fitzpatrick
Will that's a super idea... Should have thought of it myself. Thanks very much. On 3 Dec 2009, at 21:10, william lomas wrote: hi why dont you put the card back in your other phone, turn off the pin feature for now and then activate On 3 Dec 2009, at 21:06, Donal Fitzpatrick wrote:

Re: Importing audiobooks into Itunes continued

2009-12-03 Thread Brett Campbell
I thought the join files option would do the trick. Another idea that comes to mind is going into iTunes, select your created audio book, use command I to get info, select options and check the box that says Part of a gapless album. . If this doesn't work, I'm wondering if the space between

Re: setting up iPhone

2009-12-03 Thread william lomas
did it work? On 3 Dec 2009, at 21:54, Donal Fitzpatrick wrote: Will that's a super idea... Should have thought of it myself. Thanks very much. On 3 Dec 2009, at 21:10, william lomas wrote: hi why dont you put the card back in your other phone, turn off the pin feature for now and then

Re: setting up iPhone

2009-12-03 Thread Donal Fitzpatrick
Yep perfectly. On 3 Dec 2009, at 22:35, william lomas wrote: did it work? On 3 Dec 2009, at 21:54, Donal Fitzpatrick wrote: Will that's a super idea... Should have thought of it myself. Thanks very much. On 3 Dec 2009, at 21:10, william lomas wrote: hi why dont you put the card

Re: trimming down verbocity but still getting needed info

2009-12-03 Thread Dean Hudson
You should just try using VO-j to navigate/read the text of the message. Pressing return on a message in the inbox will open a new window. THis is why VO is reading info from the new window. VO-j moves the cursor to the content of the message, interacts with the content, and starts reading.