Re: IPhone accessibility

2010-03-28 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, Why get an iPhone now when a new one will become in out in like 3 months? On Mar 27, 2010, at 7:13 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote: I just ordered an IPhone 3gs and what decided me finally was hearing a podcast about android accessibility on the Blindcooltech feed. The two big advantages the

Re: IPhone accessibility

2010-03-28 Thread James Nash
Hi Ricardo Why get an iPhone now when a new one will become in out in like 3 months? Has the IPhone ben completely overhauled in v. 4.0? I was under the impression that the model was the same, and that it was only the software that is being upgraded. TC James, Lyn, Nash Twinny On 28 Mar

Re: IPhone accessibility

2010-03-28 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, Whoa, I think someone needs to check their timezone and keyboard layouts. *smile* 18 Jul 2009? Unless this is a very, very old thread. Well, I believe Talkback is also Open Source, actually. The learning curve for the iPhone is steep, but I hardly think you can actually give an opinion

Re: IPhone accessibility

2010-03-28 Thread Ricardo Walker
This is my point exactly. Know one knows. lol. I wouldn't be shocked if they did make some changes to the hardware. They usually do. Changes to the hardware. like, Faster processor, more storage memory( which is almost a given), better camera, maybe a flash. We all know what the 3GS is

Re: IPhone accessibility

2010-03-28 Thread Scott Howell
No one can possibly know without having inside information, whether or not APple will have a new version out in the next few months. There is a lot of speculation, but Apple tends to keep things so quiet, that no one knows for sure. On Mar 28, 2010, at 7:50 AM, James Nash wrote: Hi Ricardo

my email problem; continues

2010-03-28 Thread Sarah Alawami
Hey all. My email problem continues wherein some of my messages end up in both drafts and sent at the same time so I send the messages until they don't end up in drafts anymore but people say they get multiple copies of the messages so what's going on that my messages would end up in drafts

backing up a windows phone to a mac

2010-03-28 Thread Sarah Alawami
Hello to all. I have about 97 contacts on my tmobial dash. I want to back them up as I might be switching to the iphone but not sure. if I have to write down all of my 97 or so contacts. any advice would be appreciated on how I can do this or if I can do this. hanks. Sarah Alawami

Re: IPhone accessibility

2010-03-28 Thread Kaare Dehard
simplest of answers, smile cause one may be needed now rather than three months later? On 2010-03-28, at 7:04 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hi, Why get an iPhone now when a new one will become in out in like 3 months? On Mar 27, 2010, at 7:13 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote: I just ordered an IPhone

RE: IPhone accessibility

2010-03-28 Thread Joe Plummer
Yes, this is all just opinions. We have no facts to go on yet. Sign, Joe Plummer ( JP ) joeplum...@tds.net -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 1:34 PM To:

Scripting with VO

2010-03-28 Thread James Nash
Hi list, I am currently listening to the latest Mac Accessibility podcast about scripting, and I am very confused. Well, I may just be stupid, but I'll let you decide after I ask this question... How is scripting VO different from scripting other Screen Readers? I'm asking this because the

reclassifying music in Itunes

2010-03-28 Thread Mary Otten
Hello folks, I am in the process of putting my rather large cd library into Itunes, and I have noticed that occasionally, items are classified as a music genre that I think is incorrect. I'd like to change the genre. Is there a way to do that? Mary -- You received this message because you

Re: IPhone accessibility

2010-03-28 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, I agree. No one really knows but, there has been 3 iPhones and they have all been released around the same time. Apple refreshes there line up of computers around the same time. And finally, Apple releases the next generations of iPods around the same time every year. I hardly think

Re: reclassifying music in Itunes

2010-03-28 Thread Sarah Alawami
What's under th eright click option for that particular track? Take care. On Mar 28, 2010, at 1:38 PM, Mary Otten wrote: Hello folks, I am in the process of putting my rather large cd library into Itunes, and I have noticed that occasionally, items are classified as a music genre that I

Re: reclassifying music in Itunes

2010-03-28 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, Select the song or, songs and press command I to bring up the Get Info dialog. Select the info tab then you can type in a genre or, select one from a pop up button. hth On Mar 28, 2010, at 4:38 PM, Mary Otten wrote: Hello folks, I am in the process of putting my rather large cd

Re: reclassifying music in Itunes

2010-03-28 Thread Sarah Alawami
Oh cool. it's simpler then I was going to make it. cool. thanks. S On Mar 28, 2010, at 1:42 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hi, Select the song or, songs and press command I to bring up the Get Info dialog. Select the info tab then you can type in a genre or, select one from a pop up button.

Re: Scripting with VO

2010-03-28 Thread Scott Howell
I'm not a scripting expert, but honestly, no you do not need it at all. In fact there is only one script I use and that is to get the current time. Sure I can get it easily from the menu, but what the heck, it's there. The scripting abilities are valuable in terms of expanding VO's

Re: Scripting with VO

2010-03-28 Thread Sarah Alawami
I want to learn how to script. I am using a script that is not that accessible with voice over. is there a way I can modify that script to make ti work better? Take care. On Mar 28, 2010, at 2:29 PM, Scott Howell wrote: I'm not a scripting expert, but honestly, no you do not need it at all. In

New Mac user

2010-03-28 Thread Selena Sang
Hi everyone! I'm excited to be a part of this group. I am a new Mac user and I have a ton to learn from all of you. Eventually all of my questions will come out but I will start with my first one here. I am using a Mac Book Pro with Snow Lepard and I wonder if any of you use utorrent. I want to

Re: Scripting with VO

2010-03-28 Thread Jim Gatteys
I've never understood why people don't want scripting. Its like flying on a 4 engine jet and only using one engine. Why not use the capabilities of the computer if they are there. It just makes sense to me. Jim I'm going to listen to the mac podcast now and see what they ahve to say but I'm

Re: my email problem; continues

2010-03-28 Thread Sarah Alawami
I'll see if this works. thanks. it is driving me nuts. Like I said it does not happen all he tiem but it is anoying. Take care. On Mar 28, 2010, at 2:42 PM, mani wrote: Hello Sarah: I had the same problem several weeks ago and I resolved it this way. Under the Mail Preferences, go to the

Re: Scripting with VO

2010-03-28 Thread Scott Howell
Sara, there is info out there on scripting and there is even a book. I do not have anything bookmarked, but someone will have that info for sure. ONce you learn to write scripts, you can pretty much do what you want. On Mar 28, 2010, at 5:34 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: I want to learn how to

Re: reclassifying music in Itunes

2010-03-28 Thread mani
Hello Sarah: You do that by selecting the track or tracks, and getting the submenu and selecting 'Get Info'. In the Info page, if you want to change the Genre, go to the tab and select the right right genre from the Genre popup. If you want to change the 'Media Kind' i.e. Music, Podcast,

RE: IPhone accessibility

2010-03-28 Thread Bryan Smart
Most of the rumor sites are expecting that there will be some physical and tech changes. The form factor is expected to change a little. So far, all of the models have used an almost identical shell. Personally, I'm hoping that Apple takes this opportunity to improve the internal battery. I'm

Re: Scripting with VO

2010-03-28 Thread mani
Hello: Can someone please point me to the podcast? I would love to listen to it too. I wrote a simple Applescript for telling the time and boy, Apple made it look so easy. Sara, you can find the overview of AppleScript here:

RE: Scripting with VO

2010-03-28 Thread Bryan Smart
For the most part, scripts in any screen reader can't help you do anything that you couldn't have accomplished manually. So, in most all cases, scripts aren't necessary. However, some tasks take many steps to complete, and you perform them regularly. In these situations, a script isn't

Re: Scripting with VO

2010-03-28 Thread Sarah Alawami
Thanks. I'll ask the dev if i can try and make his script a bit mor euser friendly for vo and other users. I hope he won't mind if I work on this simple script, or something. and maybe when I get more advanced I might could make a script that runs as a macro to do stuff I do evey single day.

Re: Scripting with VO

2010-03-28 Thread Sarah Alawami
Thanks all for the help and insite. Tc. On Mar 28, 2010, at 4:13 PM, Scott Howell wrote: Sara, there is info out there on scripting and there is even a book. I do not have anything bookmarked, but someone will have that info for sure. ONce you learn to write scripts, you can pretty much do

Reinstalling Snow Leopard

2010-03-28 Thread Debra Turner
Hi. I think as a beginner I have gotten snow leopard's settings out of whack. My track pad gestures do not work well anymore and I am unable to get into the menu to determine the battery level and time. Is there a way to reinstall Snow Leopard without overwriting files such as my Vmware image

Re: Scripting with VO

2010-03-28 Thread Yvonne Thomson
Hi, guys I think my problem with the scripting thing isn't specifically with scripting. It's just that nobody's given me an example where being able to script voiceover itself is useful. I've been doing things like this for more years than I really want to think about. Use applescript or a

Re: Reinstalling Snow Leopard

2010-03-28 Thread Sarah Alawami
I believe when you insert the cd and rapidly tap c you can by choosing the default settings there have it install with out a racing anything. I don't know if this will get you back to the default but someone please correct me if I am totally wrong before she tries this. Thanks. On Mar 28,

RE: IPhone accessibility

2010-03-28 Thread Simon Fogarty
Rumours are that there will be a 64gig version, and the camera will go up to 5 megapicsal as well as multitasking with applications, and agan rumours of faster processor. But these are unconfirmed rumours. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

Re: Reinstalling Snow Leopard

2010-03-28 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hello, Have you tried resetting your voiceover preferences? Maybe this will negate the need for you to reinstall Snow Leopard. On Mar 28, 2010, at 11:05 PM, Debra Turner wrote: Hi. I think as a beginner I have gotten snow leopard's settings out of whack. My track pad gestures do not work