iphone email list

2010-01-20 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi mac listers, Could someone please give me the details to subscribe to the Iphone email list? Thanks if anyone can help. Cheers Simon -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: Battery extra menu and Voice Over

2010-01-20 Thread James Nash
Cool thanks Jim. TC James On 18 Jan 2010, at 23:34, Jim Gatteys wrote: Hey James! that info is under the system profiler. You can get there by going to the apple menu. When you get to about this mac, if you hold down the option key the menu turns into system profiler. The battery life

Re: Battery extra menu and Voice Over

2010-01-20 Thread James Nash
Hi Esther, Thank you for the link. Your knowledge and meticulous research are invaluable as always. TC James On 18 Jan 2010, at 23:59, Esther wrote: Hi James, I also wondered whether you were thinking about the Coconut battery application, which can tell you additional information

Re: Programming

2010-01-20 Thread James Nash
Hi Yuma, I would be very grateful for any links and other materials you can provide please. Thank you TC James On 19 Jan 2010, at 01:44, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: Hi James, I used to be sighted, and a 3D graphist. I know manage a 3D team, i know its odd, but this is my day in day out

Re: Slowing...

2010-01-20 Thread James Nash
Hi Christina, On 19 Jan 2010, at 19:27, Christina wrote: What is repairing permissions? Is this a safe thing to do and where do I do this? Mac OS X is built upon UNIX, which uses Permissions to define a user's rights to access on the operating system. Permissions give users the ability to

Re: Right clicking for synonyms

2010-01-20 Thread Chris Hofstader
Use the thesaurus service. On Jan 20, 2010, at 12:53 AM, VaShaun Jones wrote: Listers in Windows I can right click on a word in say Outlook or a text editor and get synonyms for words. Does anyone know how to duplicate this feature on the Mac?-- You received this message because you are

auto reading email

2010-01-20 Thread Greg Kearney
HAs anyone found a method of getting Mail to auto read messages in Snow Leopard when a message is opened. Greg Kearney-- 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

Re: auto reading email

2010-01-20 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, Just don't touch the keyboard after hitting enter. Yes, you'll hear a scroll area. Though, VO-W if not interacting with that area works as well. But the first method would be an auto-read. Personally, I'm glad if there isn't one. I'll just use these methods. Regards, Nic Skype: Kvalme

apple tablet

2010-01-20 Thread william lomas
hi all I heard apple are going to release an apple tablet. what is the point of this? one can buy an ipod touch and or iphone and use safari, email, have an ipod, play games, have business applications etc, so is there really a need for a tablet device? Would be interested

Re: apple tablet

2010-01-20 Thread Charlie Doremus
As usual, someone has shot the horse and it ain't even out of the barn yet. If you believe every rumour you hear the world would be populated by Apple geniuses. On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 8:28 AM, william lomas lomaswill...@googlemail.comwrote: hi all I heard apple are going to

Re: dvi to video adapter?

2010-01-20 Thread Matt Roberts
The short answer is no. Why would you not want a monitor connected? You never know, you might need sighted help. Matt Roberts Sent from my iPhone using VoiceOver On Jan 19, 2010, at 4:27 PM, Josh jkenn...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Does anyone know if you can trick the new mac minis into thinking

RE: dvi to video adapter?

2010-01-20 Thread Joe Plummer
The answer is yes. Not no. Most people who buy the Mac mini buys the display adapter. This makes the Mac mini think the display is hooked to it. Then acting normal. I don't know why but it is just this way. Just ask anyone who has a Mac Mini and they will say you don't have to have a display

RE: apple tablet

2010-01-20 Thread Joe Plummer
Yes, because the iPhone does not have a external keyboard. It also does not support brail displays and it keeps going on. I have the iPhone but it is not really a good completely functional note taker. It could be if Apple wanted it to be. But I don't think this is going to happen, especially

Re: auto reading email

2010-01-20 Thread Ryan Mann
When you're on the message list, why not just hit control+option+j whenever you want to read a message? That jumps you to the text for the selected message and VoiceOver starts reading it. I don't remember how I found out about that command, but I've been reading messages this way for a

Re: apple tablet

2010-01-20 Thread Ryan Mann
Maybe the tablet will be more like Apple's version of a netbook. Yes, you can do a lot on an Iphone, but I believe it has some limitations such as only being able to run one program at a time. That's OK for a phone, but maybe not for a netbook type device. On Jan 20, 2010, at 1:28 PM,

Re: radio shift help

2010-01-20 Thread Michael Kuhlmann
Hi Mary, I think it's nevertheless a great app. But there's some homework for the company left to do concerning accessibility. Now to your problem: Interact with the table. Then navigate to the first column with the unlabeled button. Finally do a single mouse click by pressing

Re: Right clicking for synonyms

2010-01-20 Thread VaShaun Jones
Where is this found? Under Mail/services there is no thesaurus service. On Jan 20, 2010, at 7:26 AM, Chris Hofstader wrote: Use the thesaurus service. On Jan 20, 2010, at 12:53 AM, VaShaun Jones wrote: Listers in Windows I can right click on a word in say Outlook or a text editor and get

Re: apple tablet

2010-01-20 Thread bmustillrose
The thing is, apple aren't exactly known for there cheap prices, so its not going to be in the netbook market. Having a 10 screen makes it to big for a phone imo - you wouldn't really want to hold one up two your ear would you, plus only 1 of the moddels has 3g, so its not going to be a phone. If

Re: radio shift help

2010-01-20 Thread Mary Otten
MaryThanks, Michael. I think the vo shft space was the one method I didn't try. Enter space and up plus down arrows in quick nav didn't do it. If this works, I will buy the app and hope the other buttons get fixed or somebody with sighted help or who figures out the unlabeled stuff will

Re: dvi to video adapter?

2010-01-20 Thread Matt Roberts
That used to be the case, but not anymore. Matt Roberts Sent from my iPhone using VoiceOver On Jan 20, 2010, at 2:27 PM, Joe Plummer joeplum...@tds.net wrote: The answer is yes. Not no. Most people who buy the Mac mini buys the display adapter. This makes the Mac mini think the display is

Re: dvi to video adapter?

2010-01-20 Thread Rick Harmon
This is no longer true on the latest mac miniis. the analog lines on the mini dvi port have been removed. Rick - Original Message - From: Joe Plummer joeplum...@tds.net To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 2:27 PM Subject: RE: dvi to video adapter?

Re: radio shift help

2010-01-20 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Michael, vo plus shift plus space puts me in the apple menu. Vo plus space says button pressed but no audio results. I've tried 3 stations and no go. Mary-- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: dvi to video adapter?

2010-01-20 Thread Rick Harmon
Thanks for the confirmation of that. Rick - Original Message - From: Matt Roberts n9gmr...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 4:43 PM Subject: Re: dvi to video adapter? That used to be the case, but not anymore. Matt Roberts Sent from my

Re: radio shift help

2010-01-20 Thread Mary Otten
I'm guessing there must be something basically wrong here, because I've tried this on several stations in radio shift. I always get vo saying button pressed, but never get any audio. I started out trying Russian stations but then changed to some U.S. ones I know are on the air now. So for

-- RE: dvi to video adapter?

2010-01-20 Thread David McLean
Not true!!! Please folks stop propagating this myth. You most definitely need a monitor if you have a mini made after last March. On Jan 20, 2010, at 2:27 PM, Joe Plummer wrote: The answer is yes. Not no. Most people who buy the Mac mini buys the display adapter. This makes the Mac mini think

RE: apple tablet

2010-01-20 Thread Bryan Smart
Well, William, sighted people like larger screens. A tablet can include a larger battery, faster processor, and more storage. A big touch screen makes apps possible that don't work well on small screens, such as apps that let you draw with your finger, highlight passages in books with your

Accessible DVR software?

2010-01-20 Thread Bryan Smart
Is there anything that I can use with VoiceOver that will allow me to accomplish some of the similar things that are possible with Windows Media Center, mainly watching and recording live TV, complete with an accessible program guide? Media Center in Windows 7 does a fair job of this with most

Re: Accessible DVR software?

2010-01-20 Thread Christopher Gilland
Hmm, I wasn't aware that Macs even have TV tuners in them. Chris. - Original Message - From: Bryan Smart bryansm...@bryansmart.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 5:21 PM Subject: Accessible DVR software? Is there anything that I can use with

Re: apple tablet

2010-01-20 Thread Daniel Rowe
Well said, Bryan Dannie \ On 20 Jan 2010, at 22:16, Bryan Smart wrote: Well, William, sighted people like larger screens. A tablet can include a larger battery, faster processor, and more storage. A big touch screen makes apps possible that don't work well on small screens, such as apps

Re: auto reading email

2010-01-20 Thread Les Kriegler
Hi Greg, If I press the enter key on a mail message, it reads automaticaqlly. Les -- 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

Re: auto reading email

2010-01-20 Thread Thierry Renoux
For me, pressing enter will read sometimes automatically but most of the times I have to press vo a. The VO j only says interact with text but nothing else. I don't know what to do. Any help would be appreciated, Thierry On Jan 20, 2010, at 2:56 PM, Les Kriegler wrote: Hi Greg, If I press

Re: -- RE: dvi to video adapter?

2010-01-20 Thread Rich Ring
Thanks David. People simply have to stop telling people this. - Original Message - From: David McLean david.mcl...@cox.net To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 4:11 PM Subject: -- RE: dvi to video adapter? Not true!!! Please folks stop propagating this

Re: apple tablet

2010-01-20 Thread Brent Harding
We don't even know if that's what they're doing as all of this is just a rumor except for the date of the event. Maybe they will revamp the Ipod Touch to add the camera, GPS, and Bluetooth, but our guesses of what they will announce are as good as any of them out there. - Original Message

Re: iTunes as a spoken track: how to increase the speech rate?

2010-01-20 Thread Yvonne Thomson
Hi. The basic problem is that, for whatever reason, this action doesn't use the system voice, and therefore it uses the default speed, which is awful. The solution *I* came up with was to write my own service, and use the terminal say command to create the track. But then, as I've often said

RE: -- RE: dvi to video adapter?

2010-01-20 Thread Joe Plummer
Ok, did not know they changed it. I know this use to not be true. Oh well you just have to get a old one. Or hook it to your HD LDC TV. Sign, JP ( Joe Plummer) joeplum...@tds.net -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On

spotify alternative

2010-01-20 Thread Daniel Rowe
Hi all. For those of us in the UK at least, there is a free alternative to spotify called WE7. Like Spotify, it is a free legal way to stream music over the interweb. However, it is browser based, resulting in better accessibility. It's not perfect though. When you've found what you want to

Magic jack with mac and vo

2010-01-20 Thread .dan.
I'm considering getting a magic jack voit device to make callls over the net. Have any mac and/or vo users had experience and what advice? Does the software for the mac work with vo? Any compatibility problems with a mac, an imac with intel cpu. Thanks, Dan

Re: apple tablet

2010-01-20 Thread bmustillrose
The invite said come see our latist creation, surely its got to be more than a revamped touch?! On 21/01/2010, Brent Harding bhard...@doorpi.net wrote: We don't even know if that's what they're doing as all of this is just a rumor except for the date of the event. Maybe they will revamp the

Re: apple tablet

2010-01-20 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Knowing that their event card graphics represent colorful splotches, that they haven't released OS updates for the iphone, and that the tablet seems like a hybrid between osx and iphone os, i think we're pretty much slated for the tablet. Either on the another thing moment so typical of Steve

Re: Programming

2010-01-20 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi James, I think its better for you to contact me off list so that i can giv you some good links and books on programming. Regards Yuma-- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: apple tablet

2010-01-20 Thread bmustillrose
Lol. Slated. I see what you did there. On 21/01/2010, Yuma Antoine Decaux jamy...@gmail.com wrote: Knowing that their event card graphics represent colorful splotches, that they haven't released OS updates for the iphone, and that the tablet seems like a hybrid between osx and iphone os, i

another radio shift question

2010-01-20 Thread Mary Otten
I figured out the idiot operator error that was preventing the mouse click from dong what it should with the radio shift stations table. I do have another question. Is it possible to adjust the radio shift volume in any other way than raising or lowering the speaker volume? Its often louder

Re: Magic jack with mac and vo

2010-01-20 Thread Brent Harding
The last time I tried it, it was just about useless. I thought, what can I use besides Skype on there as well, not going to be MJ though. - Original Message - From: .dan. ddun...@city-net.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com; macvoiceo...@freelists.org Sent: Wednesday, January 20,

Re: [macvoiceover] iTunes as a spoken track: how to increase the speech rate?

2010-01-20 Thread Gary
Hi Buddy, I remembered that Darcy Bernard had talked about this issue in one of the screenless switchers podcasts. This is what he suggested and it worked for me when I tried it in Leopard, but I haven't tried it with Snow Leopard. I assume it will work. Add the following text at the top of

Re: apple tablet

2010-01-20 Thread Søren Jensen
If apple are going to release a tablet, I'm sure it's a Mac book Pro Touch. We have Iphones and Ipod touches which is pdas, and the only thing we need is a Macbook Pro with a touch screen. Best regards Søren Jensen Mail MSN: s...@coolfortheblind.dk Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ Den