Re: Password Field Question.

2009-12-28 Thread Matt Roberts
On Dec 27, 2009, at 11:00 PM, Angel Dockham wrote: I have a friend who is having difficulty with password fields we are trying to get VO to tell us what character he is typing in but instead it says nothing. is there a way to get VO to tell us what character he types in the password field?

Writing an iPHone App

2009-12-28 Thread M. Taylor
Hello, I'm starting to get serious about writing an iPhone app. I would appreciate any off-list communication from anyone who knows how I should begin or who may have any suggestions. Years and years and years ago, I used to program and I fancy that I was rather good at it. So, instead of

Re: Password Field Question.

2009-12-28 Thread william lomas
but we will still hear the keyboard as we find the keys before entering them in password fields? On 28 Dec 2009, at 08:38, Matt Roberts wrote: On Dec 27, 2009, at 11:00 PM, Angel Dockham wrote: I have a friend who is having difficulty with password fields we are trying to get VO to tell

i pod touch

2009-12-28 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi list, Can anyone tell me what the battery life on the new ipod touch, is like please? Is it better than the Iphone or just the same? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

IPOD touch sizes

2009-12-28 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi list, I'm just looking at the ipod touchs and I know the 32 And 64 gig versions are new models with voice over if I'm not mistaken. But I see a listing there on the apple site for an 8gig version as well, Is the 8gig version going to support voice over useage? Or is that using the older

Skype - adding people who call to a conference

2009-12-28 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hey folks. I'm trying to figure out how i do to add a person who calls me to a conference i'm in. On the pc, there's a function called something like answer and join, which answers the incoming call and then joins that call with the conference i'm in. Is there a similar function on the Mac

Re: iTunes and time jump, can it be done?

2009-12-28 Thread peter apgar
Esther your the best, are these apple scripts functional with SL? I would like to thank you for all of your postings they have become a Mac bible for me. Best wishes for the new year and thanks in advance for any upcoming posts. Pete On Dec 27, 2009, at 8:49 PM, Esther wrote:

Re: We better keep this going!

2009-12-28 Thread Chris Hofstader
Thanks CQ. I wish I had the time or the luxury of retirement so as to be available to projects like assembling accessible online resources as well as things available without extra cost on GNU/Linux and Macintosh. A nice mysql database with an adequate search functionality is all that it

Re: IPOD touch sizes

2009-12-28 Thread Matt Roberts
The 8GB model does not have VoiceOver functionality. Matt Roberts Sent from my iPhone using VoiceOver On Dec 28, 2009, at 5:06 AM, Simon Fogarty si...@blinky-net.com wrote: Hi list, I'm just looking at the ipod touchs and I know the 32 And 64 gig versions are new models with voice

Re: pausing on an IPod Touch

2009-12-28 Thread Kaare Dehard
do a two fingered double tap with the machine unlocked and that will pause/play. On 2009-12-27, at 8:15 PM, carlene knight wrote: HI; Is there any quic way to pause an ITouch as I have lost my ear buds already. I have others but they don't have controls on them. My husband says there

Re: Password Field Question.

2009-12-28 Thread Angel Dockham
I don't hear a clicking noise when I am in password fields online the only time it does the clicking noise is in system password firleds for like installing new programs and stuff. Its never done it in online password fields. On Dec 28, 4:58 pm, william lomas lomaswill...@googlemail.com wrote:

Re: slingbox

2009-12-28 Thread Keith Brown
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how do I share my ethernet connection securely?

2009-12-28 Thread John J Herzog
Hi listers, How can I share my mac's ethernet connection to the airport with security enabled? Whenever I go into system preferences and enable internet sharing, it creates a base station with no WEP security. Alternatively, when I try to create a network by going into the airport menu, I can

Re: iTunes and time jump, can it be done?

2009-12-28 Thread Lynn Schneider
Esther, thank you so much for your help with this. I tried this script this morning and it does exactly what I have been wanting for so long. I put on an episode of the Mac Break Weekly podcast last night and fell asleep after about a half hour. This morning, I was able to use the script to

Re: Skype - adding people who call to a conference

2009-12-28 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, As far as I'm aware, this is impossible at the moment. Mac on Skype is currently the 2.8 version, which probably means it's just as functional as the 2.8 version on Windows, although Windows of course has much newer software. Mac also seems to have tremendous issues where conference calls

Re: i pod touch

2009-12-28 Thread Brett Campbell
I don't have details for you, but the battery life on the iPod Touch is much, much better than the iPhone. Brett C. On Dec 28, 2009, at 2:46 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: Hi list, Can anyone tell me what the battery life on the new ipod touch, is like please? Is it better than the Iphone

Re: i pod touch

2009-12-28 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, That's probably because it doesn't have all those services the iPhone does. I'd imagine the battery on the iPhone would be pretty equal to the iTouch if you turned on Airplane Mode. Regards, Nic Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk AIM: cincinster yahoo Messenger: cin368

Re: how do I share my ethernet connection securely?

2009-12-28 Thread Jon Cohn
I believe that the macintosh's firewall is advanced enough to be able to support this ability, but the simplified interface to it provided by System Preferences: is insufficient to do this. Your choices are: 1. Look at a separate piece of hard ware (ie Airport Base Station ) or other

xcode

2009-12-28 Thread John W. Carty
Is anyone out there programming in the xcode environment? How well does vo perform? John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group,

Re: xcode

2009-12-28 Thread Chris Hofstader
VO performs pretty well but you do need to do some poking around with mouse cursor. On Dec 28, 2009, at 2:04 PM, John W. Carty wrote: Is anyone out there programming in the xcode environment? How well does vo perform? John -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: xcode

2009-12-28 Thread louie
I have used xcode as a editor only. It works great. On Dec 28, 2009, at 11:04 AM, John W. Carty wrote: Is anyone out there programming in the xcode environment? How well does vo perform? John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries

test

2009-12-28 Thread Joe Plummer
This is a test. Sign, JP ( Joe Plummer) joeplum...@tds.net -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

Re: pausing on an IPod Touch

2009-12-28 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hello, It has been my experience that the 2 finger double tap only works while in the music app itself. If your in safari or mail for example, it will not work. Do you guys have the same results? On Dec 28, 2009, at 10:06 AM, Kaare Dehard wrote: do a two fingered double tap with the

Re: Password Field Question.

2009-12-28 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hello, that is the case on the iPod touch/iPhone but not on the Mac. On Dec 28, 2009, at 3:58 AM, william lomas wrote: but we will still hear the keyboard as we find the keys before entering them in password fields? On 28 Dec 2009, at 08:38, Matt Roberts wrote: On Dec 27, 2009, at

Re: Password Field Question.

2009-12-28 Thread louie
What I do is open textedit and type my password. Then I copy the password to the paste board. Now when in password edit field press command v to paste in password. On Dec 28, 2009, at 12:52 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hello, that is the case on the iPod touch/iPhone but not on the Mac. On

? about sling box and TV tuner's for the mac.

2009-12-28 Thread Michael Huckabay
Would some one be able to reckimend a TV Tuner and software that is excessible for watching TV on the mac and recording it. When I Mean recording being able to skedule and set up recordings on it. Thanks Mike. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Questions about moving through songs and podcasts in itunes

2009-12-28 Thread Lauren Greer
Hey, I'm a new user as of 3 days ago, and I'm pretty much in love. I don't think the honeymoon phase of this relationship will ever end, in fact. The ability to search archives of this group has helped me immeasurably. I just have a couple questions (for now, heh). Is there a way to

Re: Questions about moving through songs and podcasts in itunes

2009-12-28 Thread Scott Howell
Lauren, You can move ahead by locating the Track Position adjuster and you simply flick up/down to move through the track. There is a button for skipping back 30 seconds as well. In iTunes each podcast can have settings adjusted that determine if the episode is kept or not and this can also be

using Facebook on the Mac?

2009-12-28 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, Anyone had much luck with this? I'm trying it out, and finding it very hard to get around and figure out how to do things. If anyone has tips for using Facebook on the Mac, I'd appreciate any info. TIA, Donna -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: using Facebook on the Mac?

2009-12-28 Thread Chantel Cuddemi
Try using m.facebook.com. It's the mobile version of facebooi. Hth, Chantel. On Dec 28, 2009, at 6:34 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: Hi all, Anyone had much luck with this? I'm trying it out, and finding it very hard to get around and figure out how to do things. If anyone has tips for

Re: Questions about moving through songs and podcasts in itunes

2009-12-28 Thread Lauren
Hey Scott, I'm sorry I wasn't more specific. I'm using a macbook. I can't find any place in the itunes window to skip songs. I'm just in the main window with the songs, sources, etc options. I might need to be interacting with something, I'm not sure. Thanks for replying so quickly! Scott

Re: using Facebook on the Mac?

2009-12-28 Thread Tom McMahan
Disabling Cursor tracking helps in a lot of situations such as comfirming firends and so forth. The game applications though, well, haven't gotten a way to play those since they are flach based. Can do the gift exchanges within the game systems, again (cursor disabled). Of course with

RE: using Facebook on the Mac?

2009-12-28 Thread Joe Plummer
Hi, try this link out it is much better than the Face Book mobile. It is called Face Book lite. See link below. http://lite.facebook.com/ Sign, JP ( Joe Plummer) joeplum...@tds.net -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On

Re: Questions about moving through songs and podcasts in itunes

2009-12-28 Thread Scott Howell
Lauren, Sorry, I can't retrieve your initial message, but I bet I gave you bad info thinking you were referring to an iPod TOuch. :) Okay, well in iTunes you have a few options. If your listening to a track you can simply hit left or right arrow to move backward or forward between tracks. TO

Re: using Facebook on the Mac?

2009-12-28 Thread Israel
Hi Donna, I will say up front, I am not computer savvy at all. I joined Facebook after my friends insisted and have been on since March of this year and after buying an IMac in June, I've found FB to be much more enjoyable and accessible for the most part. My only major problem started in

Appending text to clipboard

2009-12-28 Thread VaShaun Jones
Listers often times I find myself needing to append text to the clipboard and would really benefit from this feature. Does anyone know of a way to do it on the Mac or do you know of a third party who has developed such application? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: using Facebook on the Mac?

2009-12-28 Thread peter apgar
it is far easier from your Iphone. pete On Dec 28, 2009, at 6:34 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: Hi all, Anyone had much luck with this? I'm trying it out, and finding it very hard to get around and figure out how to do things. If anyone has tips for using Facebook on the Mac, I'd appreciate

Re: how do I share my ethernet connection securely?

2009-12-28 Thread John J Herzog
Hi all, Actually, there is a simple and elegant way to share ethernet connections securely. Basically, go into system preferences, and then click on sharing. Next, highlight the service of internet sharing in the table, but do not check the box yet. VO right, and you can choose where your

esc key suddenly stopped working

2009-12-28 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi list, I don't think this is a case of me being a bully on the macbook, but i just noticed that the escape key doesn't work anymore. Most of the keys you press make a boink sound when you're not on an element, but the esc key stays mute. Is this something i might have done wrong, software

PDF files in Preview

2009-12-28 Thread Amber Pearcy
Hello list, So far, I have been extremely happy with the accessibility of PReview to blind Mac users, and the ease with which PDF documents may be read. However, I have noticed recently that more and more of my PDF documents will not read in Preview. I contacted the accessibility department

installing apps that don't have an installer

2009-12-28 Thread Mary Otten
Hi all, I just downloaded the vlc media player. The instructions in the read me file say you are suppose to drag and drop the .app file to the folder where you want to put it. I know there is a drag and drop process for voiceover, and I'd rather not go there just yet, as a rather new Mac user.

keyboard focus when using the web rotor

2009-12-28 Thread Mary Otten
I have noticed that when you browse the web in dom mode using the rotor, say, set to headings, if you then press the tab key to try to get to the first link after the heading where the vo cursor is located, you are instead taken back to the first link at the top of the page. Keyboard focus does

Re: slingbox

2009-12-28 Thread Darcy Burnard
Hi. I would agree with you that the on screen remote does not work with VO. However there are shortcut keys for each button on the remote, so this presents no problems. As for being able to access the program guide, you couldn't do this accessibly if you were sitting in front of your

Re: slingbox

2009-12-28 Thread Darcy Burnard
Hi. I would agree with you that the on screen remote does not work with VO. However there are shortcut keys for each button on the remote, so this presents no problems. As for being able to access the program guide, you couldn't do this accessibly if you were sitting in front of your

Re: pausing on an IPod Touch

2009-12-28 Thread carlene knight
I've gotten real unreliable results using this method. I have even been having Voiceover go off and I can rarely get the music to stop like it's supposed too. I now have a headphone adapter that seems to work better. If I get as mad at this thing as I was this morning too many times, I don't

Re: installing apps that don't have an installer

2009-12-28 Thread Randy Stegall
Yes, you can use command c and command v. I do this all the time when installing apps. Randy On Dec 29, 2009, at 12:35 AM, Mary Otten wrote: Hi all, I just downloaded the vlc media player. The instructions in the read me file say you are suppose to drag and drop the .app file to the folder

Jailbreaking your IPhone?

2009-12-28 Thread Jess
Hi all IPhone users, Have any of you jailbroken your IPhone? If so, did it impact VoiceOver at all? Did it cause your IPhone to become a brick? What are the benefits of Jailbreaking? Jess -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To

Re: Jailbreaking your IPhone?

2009-12-28 Thread Matt Roberts
I have one suggestion about this topic. Don't do it! You will probably void the warranty. Matt Roberts Sent from my iPhone using VoiceOver On Dec 29, 2009, at 2:24 AM, Jess theeternal...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all IPhone users, Have any of you jailbroken your IPhone? If so, did it impact

mophie juice pack air

2009-12-28 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi list, Just adding, with the interest i have in the Ivy skin's smart case battery pack/case for the 3g/3gs Check it out (google it). Problem though is that its out of stock Oh here's a review of it http://www.mobiletor.com/2009/11/05/ivyskin-rolls-out-smartcase-for-iphone-3g-and-3gs/ Yuma

Re: Jailbreaking your IPhone?

2009-12-28 Thread Charlie Doremus
Don't do it! You WILL void the warrenty. Aloha, Charlie On Dec 28, 2009, at 9:34 PM, Matt Roberts n9gmr...@gmail.com wrote: Don't do it! You will probably -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to