Thanks Jim,
Helpful as always
TC
James
On 1 Feb 2010, at 01:04, Jim Gatteys wrote:
Hi James!
if you turn on keyboard help with vo-k and then press the keystroke for the
particular script, VoiceOver will read the location of that script.
Jim
On Jan 31, 2010, at 6:01 PM, James Nash
I admit my VO skills are not great, I mostly use Zoom. But two of my friends
who rely on VO and recently got their first Mac have this same question.
We'd like to be able to read down a page, document, or web page line by line
using the arrow keys? Can that be done?
Also to move through all
Hello John,
In situations where the down arrow does not work for reading line by line, try
Quick Nav. To turn Quick Nav on, press the left and right arrows together.
Cheers,
Anne
On Feb 1, 2010, at 12:34 PM, John JD Denning wrote:
I admit my VO skills are not great, I mostly use Zoom. But
First, a question.
How many people like to read books? I know I do. How many people were overjoyed
that entire text books were going to be put online? I was. However, a lot of
EBooks cannot be read by any screen reader we have today. Why? Simply put, the
text of the book is contained within an
Hi Jim, James, and Les,
Just wanted to say thanks for these suggestions. I hadn't used Quickview,
generally I prefer to just open the attachment, and then decide what I want to
do with it. However, in this case, it did let me view the document. And
James, making keyboard shortcuts is very
First, a question.
How many people like to read books? I know I do. How many people were overjoyed
that entire text books were going to be put online? I was. However, a lot of
EBooks cannot be read by any screen reader we have today. Why? Simply put, the
text of the book is contained within an
Jes, this is why I laugh at the laws, which are already on the books. As
amazing as it seems, the laws contain provisions to protect authors and
publishers of content and the laws that provide access to this content for
those with disabilities also contain provisions to protect said
Sounds like your DVD had no encryption or DRM. This is unusual for a
commercial DVD but common for personal home videos and the like.
CB
louie wrote:
Hi all,
When I want to copy a CD or DVD I place the media in the tray. After
the icon for the media shows up on the desktop I select it and go
Hi all,
Can I do this on my Mac? I'm trying to stream a radio station. When I click
Play, a file shows up in my downloads folder, but the station does not begin to
play. Appreciate any help.
TIA,
Donna
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use a scanner if you ***really*** wanna read it.
I use my scanner constantly and hate wasting time on scanning them,
but if you fly rc planes like i do and wanna be good thaht is the way
to go, cause i simply can not get them as ebooks.
sandi
On Feb 1, 2010, at 5:25 AM, Jess wrote:
use a scanner if you ***really*** wanna read it. Nice idea, but more and more
books are being converted to E Text, and with apps like the kindle, you pay the
same price you would pay for a paperback in a physical book store. My point is,
when paperbacks and hardbacks are no more, what will we
Hi All,
Is anybody successfully using Google Reader? If so, I would like to know how
you configured it.
Thanks,
Robert Carter
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What does it matter if you are making an image of the media?
On Feb 1, 2010, at 6:55 AM, Chris Blouch wrote:
Sounds like your DVD had no encryption or DRM. This is unusual for a
commercial DVD but common for personal home videos and the like.
CB
louie wrote:
Hi all,
When I want to copy a
Works on Netflicks.
On Feb 1, 2010, at 8:45 AM, Chris Blouch wrote:
I don't know the details of how the DVD encryption works but the end
result is that your image will lack some key signature which will
prevent it from playing all the content. Otherwise, yes, no special
software would be
You must hit vo and the arrow keys to read line by line.
On Feb 1, 2010, at 6:34 AM, John JD Denning wrote:
I admit my VO skills are not great, I mostly use Zoom. But two of my friends
who rely on VO and recently got their first Mac have this same question.
We'd like to be able to read
Gotta love that It should work, so if it doesn't it must be your
fault, stance. :) What I usually do is open it with Itunes and then
hit command L to go to current song. That lets me edit the info so
I can find that particular little tiny *.pls file later on. Does that
help?
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Hi Mark,
Ok, I clicked on the smooth jazz 256K mp3 stream at sky.fm. It downloaded and
opened i Itunes. I hit command L and vo said go to current song, but I didn't
go anywhere. I was still sitting on the music library in the sources table,
which is where I am when Itunes first opens.I know
Mark, I feel really dense here, but how do you open this file from Itunes? I
tried Command-O, found the file and pressed Enter. I then got the lovely
little ding to tell me it was imported, but still nothing plays.
Thanks,
Donna
On Feb 1, 2010, at 12:20 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote:
Really? What title? I'm going to have to try it again. Maybe the
loophole is back. I don't care so much about burning copies but I would
like to store movies on my computer to watch on trips or whatever.
CB
louie wrote:
Works on Netflicks.
On Feb 1, 2010, at 8:45 AM, Chris Blouch wrote:
I
well, now that you've got a handle on the slippery little bugger, you
can move it to whatever playlist you want it on. :)
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Not sure of title. I don't watch being a total. Do the copy for wife.
When she gets back, I will ask.
On Feb 1, 2010, at 9:46 AM, Chris Blouch wrote:
Really? What title? I'm going to have to try it again. Maybe the
loophole is back. I don't care so much about burning copies but I
would
Thanks to everyone that has responded so far to my post.
For those people who suggest that we just scan our books, call me a breaker of
the old tradition, but scanners are just not practical anymore. More and more
books are going to be on the electronic internet, and I think that a good start
Hello Jess,
Some e-books are accessible for us. Kobo has an accessible reader for the
iPhone and sells current books. If Kobo can do it, so can the others.
From looking on the Kobo website, I get the impression they request permission
from the author before publishing the book in an accessible
Hi Mary, Donna, Mark, and Others,
The other way to locate streams that have been placed in the iTunes
music library (in case you weren't able to use Command-L for the
stream while it was playing) is to use the smart playlist feature and
with a rule like Kind contains stream. From anywhere
Hello Melissa, Dena, and Others,
Please explore the Simplenote iPhone app by Codality as a notetaking
solution. As Brett recently posted, as of about two weeks ago,
Codality made this a free app (it used to be $1.99). This is better
than the default Notes app on the iPhone because it
Hi,
Yes, going to your Recently Added playlist is a great general way of
finding recent content. This tip is not limited to streams, but also
helps you find anything that has just been added to iTunes (within the
last two weeks, and not a podcast), so it's particularly useful to
find
Thanks to both Esther and Ricardo for your helpful messages on this topic. One
of the really good things about this list is the expert knowledge so many of
you have, your willingness to share it with the rest of us and the lack of you
should have known flack.
Mary
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Hello,
This is an old post that started with Shaun's request for an
application to append text to the clipboard. I suggested that he
explore the SimpleNote iPhone application with its Desktop counterpart
of JustNotes, since I knew he had an iPhone. The idea was to use the
JustNotes
actually, knfb reading technologies will be coming out with a reading program
called blio and it will work on a lot of devices and a few publishers have
partnered with them and i hope more will follow.
On Feb 1, 2010, at 10:16 AM, Jess wrote:
use a scanner if you ***really*** wanna read it.
Hi Jess,
This is a serious issue, one that absolutely cannot be managed from a
faction standpoint. Anyone who has issues managing regular print, and
indeed those with learning disabilities use screen reading technology,
will be ousted if the trend continues.
I collect print books, and use my
i've heard that they will make a mac version available will let the list know
when it's out. will come with a lot of free titles.
On Feb 1, 2010, at 5:31 PM, Chantel Cuddemi wrote:
Will this work on the mac platform?
On Feb 1, 2010, at 4:01 PM, Brandon Misch wrote:
actually, knfb reading
the ibook and ibook store are only for the ipad wich isn't out yet. there
may/could be a version for the mac. but i haven't heard anything yet.
On Feb 1, 2010, at 4:39 PM, Cameron wrote:
Hi. On the mac side, keep in mind that we've got I book and the IBook store
as a possible solution for
Thx, this should be cool!!!
On Feb 1, 2010, at 6:19 PM, Brandon Misch wrote:
i've heard that they will make a mac version available will let the list know
when it's out. will come with a lot of free titles.
On Feb 1, 2010, at 5:31 PM, Chantel Cuddemi wrote:
Will this work on the mac
Thanks for that much better explanation--I learned something, too,
now, which is neat. :)
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Hi Ester,
Is this just streams that last 2 weeks in the recently added list? I'm asking
because I've had things on my recently added list for months. I have it set to
show the 150 most recently added items to iTunes.
On Feb 1, 2010, at 3:30 PM, Esther wrote:
Hi,
Yes, going to your
Hi Ricardo,
I believe that the default rules for the Recently Added smart playlist are:
1. Date Added is in the last 2 weeks
2. Media Kind is not Podcast
You can change any of these rules for this smart playlist or create a new
version of the smart playlist with modified rules and a new name to
Hi Esther,
No you were perfectly clear. It has been a long time since I have done a fresh
install of iTunes as well. I change that setting and probably just forgot.
lol.
Thank you for taking the time to respond.
On Feb 1, 2010, at 8:13 PM, Esther wrote:
Hi Ricardo,
I believe that
Hello everyone,
I have just joined your group and am very much encouraged by the
conversations I've already seen on the list. I live in the Atlanta
area, am a total and have been using PC's with JAWS for many years.
This is a real challenge for me but I want it to work.
So, here is my
hello; I don't know about your specific question, but i can tell you
that i often find icon works better than list. and sometimes like
when moving files around, column method works better. You can switch
between the three methods by pressing command and the numbers 1 2 or
3. hope that
Max,
Thanks for the comment, I'll add those key strokes to my notes and give
them a try.
Linda
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Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 9:20 PM
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Hello, Ok I'm definitely showing my newbie status here but...
Is there a simple way to add items to the dock using VO? I've been poking
around and really haven't found any documentation on how to do this although
I'm sure it's somewhere. I also found a send to dock script on the web but it
David,
From one newbie to another, I found this in the Guide but haven't done
it yet.
To add the selection to the Dock from the Finder, press Shift-Command-T.
Let me know if it works,
Linda
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its nothing. just hope i gave them to you correctly and that they
work when you need them to. good luck, max
On Feb 1, 2010, at 8:38 PM, Linda Adams wrote:
Max,
Thanks for the comment, I'll add those key strokes to my notes and
give them a try.
Linda
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Hi Linda, and welcome to the list!
I think you are looking for two different settings here. The setting you refer
to, is to select what folder is automatically opened when you opens a new
Finder window with command-N. You can for example choose to have the Documents
window opened when you
hi David, just tried the command shift t that Linda suggested and it does in
deed work!! thanks Linda! I didn't know that one, I always added things to the
dock through the contextual menu! so glad there's a shortcut! awesome!
On 2010-02-01, at 6:46 PM, David McLean wrote:
Hello, Ok I'm
Yup worked grat. Thanks.
On Feb 1, 2010, at 10:03 PM, Jessi and Goldina wrote:
hi David, just tried the command shift t that Linda suggested and it does in
deed work!! thanks Linda! I didn't know that one, I always added things to
the dock through the contextual menu! so glad there's a
Adobe was worried about people doing that on Windows, so, the only way that
screen reader manufacturers were granted access to Acrobat Reader was through a
special interface that could only be used if the screen reader presented a
special authorization certificate. In order to get the
Hi all
i am a new member to this list and this is my first message.
I am wondering whether any of Mac computers can play Blueray.
Kind regards.
Ahmed.
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