RE: questions about NVDA

2009-12-12 Thread Simon Fogarty
Yeh It's the mbp 2.53 ghz processor model, I'm pgetting it with 4gb ram, as 8gb would have cost another 1200 dollars from apple out of the factory. So I'll just wait a couple of months and get 8 gig in 2 4 gig sticks that should take care of any memory issues with bootcamp or vm fusion if I

RE: questions about NVDA

2009-12-12 Thread Joe Plummer
Hi, 4 gb will do just fine with running Windows in boot camp or the other ways. I wouldn't spend the money on the ram, unless you are going to do high end gaming or high end video or audio editing. I would spend the money on something better. Just my thoughts. Sign, JP ( Joe Plummer)

RE: best keyboard model and mouse combo for macminny

2009-12-12 Thread Joe Plummer
No but will give you the link to it on apple page. See link below. Might have to copy and paste in address bar. http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB110LL/A?fnode=MTY1NDA1Mgmco=MTA4Mzc4ODA Sign, JP ( Joe Plummer) joeplum...@tds.net -Original Message- From:

Loss of Speech

2009-12-12 Thread Les Kriegler
I don't think my previous messages got through, so I'm trying again. When my battery has reached reserve battery status, I hear the message and then I lose speech. This is a recent event, within the past week. I have about 15% of battery life remaining, and I can restart and I get the same

Re: Loss of Speech

2009-12-12 Thread Joan Alice Maria Gibson, Esquire
Same thing happened to me last night. Thought had my power supply plugged into my MacBook Pro but discovered it was not plugged into power. Used the computer from 0700 to 1900 hours, got alert about reserve power, and Mac went out. Got it back, speech was gone and went out again. Plugged in power

Re: ? on studio mixers and Midda controlers/ keybords.

2009-12-12 Thread trahern culver
the m audio oxyejen 8v2 and korg usb micro control should do the trick on the usb midi controler side of things as for mixwers ive digital usb mixwers an't very good for blind people ide an anolog one if i was you what program are you using? logic or garrage band? -- You received this message

ichat and google talk problem!!!

2009-12-12 Thread trahern culver
hey all i have enterd the google talk server settings in to ichat correctly along with my user name and pass word they were also correct but when i try to log in to goole talk i get a message saying my log in details are in correct does any one know how to solv this problem? your help would be

Re: It's pointless!

2009-12-12 Thread Pete Nalda
When I discuss which computer to buy to someone, I always point out the good (and bad) in each. I've had lots of people here at the guide dog school inquire about the Mac and how I liked it. I'd then explain what I liked, then would explain that there are good sides to windows machines as

Re: ? on studio mixers and Midda controlers/ keybords.

2009-12-12 Thread Cody Hurst
I currently hav an MAudio midi to usb controller which I suspect swhould work, but I have yet to find an accessible program to record midi and edit midi on the mac and how to apply soundfonts.. If anyone has any suggestions please let me know Cody On 12/12/09, trahern culver

question about external hard drive permissions

2009-12-12 Thread John J Herzog
Hi listers, I have a question about external hard drives and permissions. As a backup, I would normally copy the folders from my user on the mac, i.e. documents, videos, etc. to the external hard drive. When attempting to transfer my files to another computer, I was told I did not have the

Re: question about external hard drive permissions

2009-12-12 Thread Esther
Hi John, You don't mention what type of hard drive format you're using for the external drive or the the operating systems of the other computers you are using. However, I'll give you what I believe is a piece of the answer, and someone who has more hard drives and computers than I do

answering calls quickly in skype

2009-12-12 Thread anouk radix
Hello list, Is it possible to difine a hotkey somewher that will allow me to answer incoming caals within skype quickly? I cant find it in the skype settings. Thanks in advance for the information, Greetings, Anouk, -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

RE: best keyboard model and mouse combo for macminny

2009-12-12 Thread Corey Knapp
thanks so much. on Saturday 12/12/2009 06:38 AM, Joe Plummer said: No but will give you the link to it on apple page. See link below. Might have to copy and paste in address bar. http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB110LL/A?fnode=MTY1NDA1Mgmco=MTA4Mzc4ODA Sign, JP ( Joe Plummer)

Re: questions about NVDA

2009-12-12 Thread James Mannion
And I, as I am completely sure are others, getting absolutely sick and tired of FS wasting ours and government dollars with a product that is overpriced so they can engage in such dishonest behavior, buying up patents on every stupid characteristic so they can plant them as land mines and then

Re: answering calls quickly in skype

2009-12-12 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Anouk, Since the Answer button does not have an equivalent menu command, you can't set a hot key to answer calls in Skype. The way I do it is to go to the last visible item (VO-End), (VO-FN-Right Arrow on a laptop), then navigate left to the Answer button. Cheers, Anne On Dec 12,

Re: ? on studio mixers and Midda controlers/ keybords.

2009-12-12 Thread Michael Huckabay
I probley would be using gb for doing such stuff. Thanks. On 2009-12-12, at 11:46 AM, Cody Hurst wrote: I currently hav an MAudio midi to usb controller which I suspect swhould work, but I have yet to find an accessible program to record midi and edit midi on the mac and how to apply

Downloaded Zip Files

2009-12-12 Thread Kimberly thurman
Good evening everyone: I have a question. What do I do with a zip file I download which contains MP3 files I would like to transfer via the card reader to my SD card and then play in my Victor Stream. I am very familiar with this process using windows, so if anyone could compare the

Re: answering calls quickly in skype

2009-12-12 Thread Bill Sprenger
Hi all, Bill here. Just out of curiosity, what could be the problem with simply opening skype preferences, going to the calls button and checking autoanswer? Just expearmented with it, conclusion, works fine here. Take care all. Regards: Bill On Dec 12, 2009, at 2:28 PM, Anne Robertson

RE: questions about NVDA

2009-12-12 Thread Joe Plummer
Hi, I think this is bashing a blindness product and personally don't think we should be bashing blindness products of any kind especially on a list for blind users of a product for the blind. I think the Mods should step in and stop this. Just my thoughts. Sign, JP ( Joe Plummer)

Re: question about external hard drive permissions

2009-12-12 Thread John J Herzog
Hi Esther, I am writing to give you more details. The drive I am using is in Mac OS extended journaled format. The two computers in question are my macbook, and an older desktop running the latest Ubuntu release. I know windows cannot read this type of drive at all, but Ubuntu can read it

Re: questions about NVDA

2009-12-12 Thread Buddy Brannan
Just out of curiosity, but what exempts blindness products, or for that matter, AT companies, from bashing, or at least honest criticism, which would not be relevant to the bashing or, at least, honest criticism, of non-AT products? Or, put in simpler terms, what makes blindness-related