Re: EBook reader

2010-05-18 Thread Gary Readfern-Gray
Hi Edward , The books you buy through Itunes are to my knowledge are audio books from audible. They get put in your audio books folder and cannot be read by Alex but are usually broken into chapters. Hth Gary On 5/18/10, Edward personal.edw...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all, I am somewhat

Re: an Imac and voiceover?

2010-05-18 Thread Gary Readfern-Gray
I too bought an IMac recently so that I could get up to speed with Voiceover between now and when PT becomes accessible. But Logic access? is this available now? anyone got a link to point me in that direction? thanks. On 5/18/10, Karen Lewellen klewel...@shellworld.net wrote: lol. now now,

Re: an Imac and voiceover?

2010-05-18 Thread Dan Eickmeier
, I've got an intel iMac which I got in 2007, and it's working just fine. But if your iMac you have is a power PC one, such as a g3, or g4, you're not going to be able to. THe latest OS that you'll be able to, would be Tiger. On May 17, 2010, at 6:33 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: anyone

Re: an Imac and voiceover?

2010-05-18 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
You said: now now, technology is only doorstop material when it no longer serves its function. I agree with this and own several older macs myself. However, people (Not you poticually, just people in general) should be realistic about what there hardware can and can not do. pt has been accessible

Re: an Imac and voiceover?

2010-05-18 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
To the person asking about logic. It's been posted before on the list, but essentially, the link where you can download the scripts is http://www.sendspace.com/file/3wcqpv Hth. On 18/05/2010, Ben Mustill-Rose bmustillr...@gmail.com wrote: You said: now now, technology is only doorstop material

Re: Mail and trash

2010-05-18 Thread M BROWN
I have been experiencing similar problems lately. When I try to delete a message from my inbox and send it to trash, I get a message that the task cannot be performed because the file already exists. I have found that a copy of the message has indeed been sent to the trash, but the message is

Re: Mail and trash

2010-05-18 Thread Carolyn
Hello Martin: Strange behaviors, and I've not heard of command X but I'll sure try it. Thank you. Carolyn - Original Message - From: M BROWN To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 3:58 AM Subject: Re: Mail and trash I have been experiencing similar

Re: an Imac and voiceover?

2010-05-18 Thread Gary Readfern-Gray
New to the list, thanks for the logic link. On 5/18/10, Ben Mustill-Rose bmustillr...@gmail.com wrote: To the person asking about logic. It's been posted before on the list, but essentially, the link where you can download the scripts is http://www.sendspace.com/file/3wcqpv Hth. On

Re: EBook reader

2010-05-18 Thread Olivia Norman
Hi Edward: There are actually two kinds of books out there. One is an audio book, and the other is an eBook you can buy for the iPad from the iTunes iBook store. the iBooks are read using the iPad's voice, and are accessible with VO, while the audio books are actually audio books, read using

Re: an Imac and voiceover?

2010-05-18 Thread Karen Lewellen
this is a fun topic. I invite you to think about computers slightly differently, say like a mode of transportation. There are some who do not feel their needs are met unless they are zipping along on the super highway with the most recent off the showroom floor. There are others, who will pay

Re: an Imac and voiceover?

2010-05-18 Thread Olivia Norman
This is, indeed, a fun topic! I am a complete Apple enthusiast, and I wasn't fully aware of all that the older macs could do until this thread! :) Do you guys remember the old Apple 2E computer? With the floppy disks? I had one of those until middle school, reluctantlyy moved to windows for a

RE: an Imac and voiceover?

2010-05-18 Thread Cameron
Hi. Oh outspoken was a fantastic screen reader. My first computer was a Mac 2SI which was a great little box for my needs at the time. I used that through high school and have fond memories of it. that reminds me. I haven't used claris works since 1999. I wonder what ever happened to that

RE: an Imac and voiceover?

2010-05-18 Thread Cameron
Hi. Okay, perhaps I should clarify my statement. By us, I meant those who need to work with current OS X only DAW platforms, like what you'd find in commercial studios, or, what an academic institution would expect you to use for teaching purposes etc. where the legacy operating system is not

quicken or quick books voiceover accessibility?

2010-05-18 Thread Cameron
Hi all. has anyone tried Quicken essentials 2010, Quicken deluxe, or, quick books with voiceover? If so, what were your findings? I can't seem to find a trial version of Quicken for Mac. I did e mail their customer service department, but, who knows if I'll actually get a response. Thanks,

Re: an Imac and voiceover?

2010-05-18 Thread Scott Howell
If you would like to read up or recall fond memories of the old days, checkout http://www.macfolkloreradio.com. You can also subscribe to a podcast that presents new articles as they become available, but nothing new has been posted in quite a while. A very interesting site that provides a lot

Re: an Imac and voiceover?

2010-05-18 Thread Olivia Norman
Great! Thanks for this site! I would love to do both! Olivia Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower, Steve Jobs On May 18, 2010, at 1:42 PM, Scott Howell wrote: If you would like to read up or recall fond memories of the old days, checkout http://www.macfolkloreradio.com.

multiple copies of a single message, , odd... RE: quicken or quick books voiceover accessibility?

2010-05-18 Thread Cameron
That's odd. For some reason, this message I sent once, showed up 3 times. Not sure why, but apologies all the same. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Cameron Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 1:20 PM To:

Re: itunes and audiobook

2010-05-18 Thread Christina
thank you, thank you very much. I'll give it a try. :) On May 17, 2010, at 10:35 AM, Esther wrote: Hi Christina, You wrote: I cannot get an audio book to show up in my books of my itunes library. I ripped a CD that came with a book and it's an audiobook of the book. itunes

vo on, speech off

2010-05-18 Thread Nancy Badger
I am writing this on behalf of a friend who is blind and uses vo with mac. Something very weird happened to her: She turned on her computer (a laptop) and Vo came up as usual. Then the computer said speech off and would not say anything else. We have tried going to system preferences and

Re: vo on, speech off

2010-05-18 Thread Olivia Norman
Hi, Someone probably accidentally touched the trackpad. To fix this, just tap the trackpad with three fingers. This should get you up and running again! HTH, Olivia Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower, Steve Jobs On May 18, 2010, at 1:58 PM, Nancy Badger wrote: I am

Re: quicken or quick books voiceover accessibility?

2010-05-18 Thread Larry Skutchan
Quicken Essentials works great. I don't think the other two do. They also give you 60 days to get a full refund. On May 18, 2010, at 1:19 PM, Cameron wrote: Hi all. has anyone tried Quicken essentials 2010, Quicken deluxe, or, quick books with voiceover? If so, what were your findings? I

RE: quicken or quick books voiceover accessibility?

2010-05-18 Thread Cameron
Hi. ah, okay, great, thanks! Yeah I saw the sixty day full refund notice on their site but I don't trust those 100 percent. Cameron. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Larry Skutchan Sent: Tuesday, May 18,

Re: itunes and audiobook

2010-05-18 Thread Christina
Thanks that seemed to do the trick. :) I appreciate the time you took to help me. I was not in the options tab but in the info tab and that's why it wasn't working. :) I prefer to keep the tracks for the chapters so at this time I don't plan to join all the tracks into one. I am glad to

Re: quicken or quick books voiceover accessibility?

2010-05-18 Thread Christina
There is also an online version of Quicken. I don't know if it's flash based and therefore not accessible and I do not know if they offer a free trial or at least a refund if you don't like it within a set period of time. So, you could look into that to see if you feel safer trying that. On

RE: quicken or quick books voiceover accessibility?

2010-05-18 Thread Cameron
Hi. yes, thanks. I saw that too. However, I think I'd like to avoid a purely web based solution. Cameron. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christina Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 2:28 PM To:

Re: vo on, speech off

2010-05-18 Thread ben king
Dear Nancy, You are wellcome . Your friend can do a three finger double tap and vo will turn back on. I hope this helps. Blessings, Ben King Sent from my iPod On May 18, 2010, at 10:58 AM, Nancy Badger nancy-bad...@utc.edu wrote: I am writing this on behalf of a friend who is blind and

Re: vo on, speech off

2010-05-18 Thread Pete Nalda
Ok what's happened is that trackpad was on and a 3 finger quadruple tap was done. So do a 3 finger quadruple tap and Speech should become un-muted. On May 18, 2010, at 12:58 PM, Nancy Badger wrote: I am writing this on behalf of a friend who is blind and uses vo with mac. Something very

RE: an Imac and voiceover?

2010-05-18 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi Cameron...I am not picking on you but. You said. Unfortunetly, I had to become a windows convert when I started college but that is another story. Anyways, that old Mac 2SI was more stable than any windows machine I owned that's for sure. Really? someone put a gun to your head and

RE: an Imac and voiceover?

2010-05-18 Thread Karen Lewellen
Again, and I do this not to pick on you, but to I hope encourage you to own your personal choices, without projecting on to anyone else. what you mean I think is that for you personally these things are important. An academic institution wants you to get the job done, and that job is going to

gmail on the web

2010-05-18 Thread Linda Adams
Teresa, Thanks for your research. Linda -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Teresa Cochran Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 9:00 PM To: MacVisionaries Subject: Re: Another great Apple call, + gmail on the web? Well,

Re: vo on, speech off

2010-05-18 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi Nancy, The same thing happened to me. I was on the phone with AppleCare for nearly an hour. Eventually, we had to create another user account. Hmm, now I know how to get the speech on in case that happens. Thank you for the great assistance. Musically, Allison On May 18, 2010, at 2:02

Imported Bookmarks

2010-05-18 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi all, I imported some bookmarks from Firefox in to Safari. I can see them in the bookmarks bar but have no idea how to activate them. How do I do this? Thank you again for the great assistance you have given me thus far. Have a great day. Musically, Allison -- You received this message

Re: an Imac and voiceover?

2010-05-18 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
And exactly how can you be so sure that he didn't have to use software that was only available for windows or that was inaccessible on a mac? Also, I think you need to take note of the fact that whilst door and daw sound completely the same, they mean completely different things. On 18/05/2010,

Re: Imported Bookmarks

2010-05-18 Thread Chris Blouch
While you can navigate to items in the bookmarks bar, assuming you haven't turned it off, the easiest thing is to hit Apple-1 to activate the first bar item or appl-7 to activate the 7th item etc. Really quick to get to commonly used websites. CB Allison Manzino wrote: Hi all, I imported

Re: sharp keys and checking addresses in apple mail when composing.

2010-05-18 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hi Robert. I did use Sharp keys to get an insert and application key in fusion as Jaws needs it as I'm using windows 7 for some window things. I did have help to do it. You need to download the sharp key program, open it, it will not install. You then have two boxes. In the first you pick

Re: an Imac and voiceover?

2010-05-18 Thread Ana G
I just read a blog post on something else, and I noticed that one of the people who commented on the post said she had an iMac with Leopard. She didn't give any other details about her configuration, so I don't know how helpful this is. -- You received this message because you are subscribed

a question about transmit

2010-05-18 Thread Sarah Alawami
Hello to all. How do I export a file of my transfer queue? I can't find a way to do it anywhere and searching help did not help at all. I can't keep navigating to the folders I want transferred every time I restart or what not. Thanks. S -- You received this message because you are

alex

2010-05-18 Thread Edward
Hello all, Can the alex voice be used on the Ipad? I know the Iphone doesn't have the resources to run the alex voice, but maybe the Ipad does. Thanks Edward -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email

macbook pro ordered

2010-05-18 Thread denise avant
Hello all, I've ordered my macbook pro. I'm very excited to get it, though apprehensive at the same time. I went to my apple store and took the one to one training. The guy said I picked things up right away. It's mainly getting use to the vo structure as its unlike jfw or windoweyes. I did

Re: alex

2010-05-18 Thread Charlie Doremus
As far as I know female Sam is the only voice on iPad, but then again maybe someone smarter then I has more information... Sent from the iPad I wish I had On May 18, 2010, at 2:17 PM, Edward personal.edw...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all, Can the alex voice be used on the Ipad? I know the

RE: an Imac and voiceover?

2010-05-18 Thread Cameron
Hi. yes, some studios are using, or have gone back to using, analog tape, which I totally dig, don't get me wrong. However, this is usually reserved for clients who can pony up the cash. (For example, it's standard fare to charge between $150 and $250 per reel.) as far as studios I've

RE: an Imac and voiceover?

2010-05-18 Thread Karen Lewellen
much better! at least you are talking about you personally. If you do not think you are good enough to work in a studio where those sorts of albums are made, such is your choice...at least you realize these were your choices, circumstances, with others experiences varying. I admit I am

Re: google

2010-05-18 Thread Ana G
Thank you so very much! I've missed my Google. Shen writes: I found a duplicate of google.com/ie. Here is the link: http://www.google.com/search?output=ie -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: alex

2010-05-18 Thread Olivia Norman
The iPad and iPhone run the same OS, so the answer is no at this time. Olivia Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower, Steve Jobs On May 18, 2010, at 8:17 PM, Edward wrote: Hello all, Can the alex voice be used on the Ipad? I know the Iphone doesn't have the resources to

Re: an Imac and voiceover?

2010-05-18 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, Yes, that's correct. It depends on what configuration she has, but Leopard can use G4 and G5 867MHZ processors. Regards, Nic Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com GoogleTalk: chojiro1...@gmail.com Facebook Twitter Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk Yahoo! Messenger: cin368 AIM: