Re: syrinx question

Hey Amber, Have you considered using Nambu? Slau On Aug 4, 2010, at 11:04 AM, Amber Pearcy wrote: Good morning everyone, I have recently started to use Syrinx for my Twitter activities on the Mac. I like it overall, but there is one thing that confuses me. After a certain point on my

Re: How do you perform a command click on the multi gesture trackpad?

OH! I see what you mean. I guess you have to press it a long with a modifier like control right? On Aug 4, 2010, at 11:57 PM, Mary Otten wrote: Hi ricardo, If you press on the track pad towards its front edge, where you'd tap if you wanted to go to the doc, it will click. Its got little

Re: Flash

It doesn't work fine if your blind. lol. If the flash media automatically plays your ok. The problem is voiceover can't see the controls. On Aug 5, 2010, at 12:17 AM, Charlie Doremus wrote: Not true Adobe flash works fine on the Mac, you are confusing this issue with iPhone, iPad and iPod

Re: Flash

Andy, this is the reason why I had to buy a Windows netbook. There are some pages, many of which are very important to me, that you just cannot access. I love my Mac very much, but the sad truth is that if you have Flash-intensive pages that you want to access, you will not want to try it

uploading youtube vids outside of youtube

Since quick time's protocols are not up to date yet reflecting the 15 minute protocol on youtube, is there an app that will let me upload to youtube? Mine is freezing when I do the site method. someone please give me a hand here. Take care. -- You received this message because you are

booting from external mac drive!

Hi Listers. I've just setup with the help of a work mate, a mac os10.6 bootable external harddrive using firewire 800 as the connection type. Now however I'm trying to boot from this external os drive, but must be doing it wrong. Can anyone else add information to how I

Re: How do you perform a command click on the multi gesture trackpad?

Hi RIcardo - I'm not sure if this will help with your command-click questions, but to enable the standard secondary click I needed to go into the Trackpad Utility in System Preferences and make a few changes from the default settings. There are a couple of options with regard to the Secondary

magic trackpad in cambodia

Hi list, I just got the thingo today, no problems pairing, the thingo looks and feels great, if you spun it upside down it can perform as a pill holder but anyway: Has anyone been able to make the trackpad function just like on a macbook? In this i mean, how do we turn on the contextual

Re: Flash

Not to start a pissing contest over flash, but hopefully a lot of these web site developers will switch to html5. I gather that is a much better alternative for everyone and especially those who use screen reading technology. You might ask the content owners of these sites if they intend to

Re: booting from external mac drive!

You have two options. Options: 1. You can hold the option key down at boot and switch between the bootable devices with the left/right arrow keys. 2. You can open SYstem Preferences, select the startup disk option, and choose which volume/device to boot from. Option 2 is your best bet . hth,

Re: Flash

You have a great point, my bad. Aloha, Ellie On 04/08/2010, at 8:27 PM, Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com wrote: It doesn't work fine if your blind. lol. If the flash media automatically plays your ok. The problem is voiceover can't see the controls. On Aug 5, 2010, at 12:17 AM,

Re: booting from external mac drive!

Hi Simon, I did the same thing for my project at school. Hold down option as you boot. VO won't speak at the screen where you pick the booting OS. You'll need to arrow to the external drive and hit enter. After that, you'll be presented with your logon screen or be taken right to the

Re: Flash

Yes, html5 would solve the problem. Let's see what the future has for us all. Aloha, Ellie On 04/08/2010, at 11:50 PM, Scott Howell scottn3...@gmail.com wrote: html5 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group,

Re: magic trackpad in cambodia

You have to go into VO utility (VO+F8) go down to commanders, select the trackpad tab, then select enable On 5 Aug 2010, at 10:20, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: Hi list, I just got the thingo today, no problems pairing, the thingo looks and feels great, if you spun it upside down it can

Re: magic trackpad in cambodia

Hi, Trackpad is on -- 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more

skype, iphone 4 and proximity sensor

Hi, I've got a probme with skype calls when i am done. The proximity sensor doesn't switch volume back to speaker and i have to shut the phone down each time. Anyone got this issue? Yuma DX® Light has no value without darkness blog: http://www.theblindsamurai.com twitter:

Re: magic trackpad in cambodia

Hi, What do you mean by contextual navigation? On Aug 5, 2010, at 5:20 AM, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: Hi list, I just got the thingo today, no problems pairing, the thingo looks and feels great, if you spun it upside down it can perform as a pill holder but anyway: Has anyone been able

Re: How do you perform a command click on the multi gesture trackpad?

Thanks to all. I got it figured out now. On Aug 5, 2010, at 5:16 AM, Bryan Jones wrote: Hi RIcardo - I'm not sure if this will help with your command-click questions, but to enable the standard secondary click I needed to go into the Trackpad Utility in System Preferences and make a few

Re: skype, iphone 4 and proximity sensor

I think you might be able to shut down just the skype app by double-clicking the home button, then double tap and hold on one of the apps till it says that you are editing apps. Then find the skype app and double tap to delete it from the app switcher. Hope this helps. Cheers Thuy On

Re: skype, iphone 4 and proximity sensor

Yes I have this issue too and it also happens sometimes after taking the phone out of my Sony dock. Really hope this is fixed soon. On 5 Aug 2010, at 11:41, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: Hi, I've got a probme with skype calls when i am done. The proximity sensor doesn't switch volume back

Re: magic trackpad in cambodia

Hi Meaning GUI navigation. Where windows are physically placed, the trackpad reflects with the same position -- 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: skype, iphone 4 and proximity sensor

Thanks, Ill see if i can emulate it. A complete fix and not a bandage is preferable but will do with for now -- 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: How do you perform a command click on the multi gesture trackpad?

Hi all, I hope I'm not being dense, but what are the secondary click and secondary tap used for, i.e. can somone present a situation when you would use them? TIA, Donna On Aug 5, 2010, at 6:47 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Thanks to all. I got it figured out now. On Aug 5, 2010, at 5:16 AM,

Re: Flash

Hi Andy Baracco, Rather than buying a windows netbook to visit flash intensive pages, you could also run windows on your mac. It's what I do and windows works like any other task on the mac. You can switch back and forth from and to windows and os 10, and everything inside windows works just

Re: no luck with adium still

I have the same issues :) i think growl is somewhat to blame too but I'm sure that it's a problem of getting my head wrapped around it, or the adium is messed up or growl is i suspect y adium beta is the culprit On Aug 4, 2010, at 10:36 AM, Chantel Cuddemi wrote: Chad, if yoo have skype I can

Re: remote access from IPod.

that would be awesome I'd love to be able to control my windows machine with the mac I use a windows machine that does nothingbut run announcements for the radio club and if i cold have complete control i could possibly relocate this box to somewhere away from my house, another ham's place for

Re: Reopen office

hi all, i use pages and bean and find it very good . my problems are the notes on word documents . as i pass with the cursor it does not seem to recognise them . is there something i can do about this ? thank you in advance for your help. rossy Il giorno 05/ago/2010, alle ore 00.23, Sarah

Re: Suggestion for making a great VO feature even better.

this brings an idea to mind. I used to have an atari st that had a very soft click or chirp when keys were pressed I wonder if we could get a very very light click sound that would sound on each keypress. to be useful ti would have to be very quiet, preferably adjustable, or let you select

Re: Tornado warning! (get away from windows)

yes the mac mini requires a monitor to be connected to function properly on the web browser On Aug 1, 2010, at 11:02 PM, Dan Roy wrote: Do you have a mac mini? If so, you will probably need a monitor connected. I am just guessing that could be causing your problems with web sites. On

Re: Suggestion for making a great VO feature even better.

What purpose would this serve? On Aug 5, 2010, at 8:53 AM, Michael Thurman wrote: this brings an idea to mind. I used to have an atari st that had a very soft click or chirp when keys were pressed I wonder if we could get a very very light click sound that would sound on each keypress. to

Re: magic trackpad in cambodia

Ah, In that case I'm not having difficulty with this. The track pad is telling me the items underneath my finger as I move. Did you update the trackpad firmware? On Aug 5, 2010, at 7:09 AM, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: Hi Meaning GUI navigation. Where windows are physically placed, the

openoffice is now a braille translator

Hi Did you guys know that there is a free extension for openoffice that will translate documents into grade2 braille and back? it will also emboss documents in openoffice so far it supports 8 embossers, more coming soon. It also lets you type grade2 braille into openoffice using the sdf jkl

flash

Hi If you want to use flash just install windows xp into vmware fusion and use xp on your mac with NVDA or system access. They work great with flash controls. Josh Kennedy jkenn...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To

Re: openoffice is now a braille translator

Hi Josh. Thank you for the information that sounds interesting. Do you know, if it is possible to add language support for danish braille, or if there is anyone I can contact for further information. Best regards Annie. On Aug 5, 2010, at 3:25 PM, Josh Kennedy wrote: Hi Did you guys know

Keystrokes Wanted

Hello Everybody, I#m not sure if this is the right place to post this request but ... Could one of you developers include in a future version keystrokes for reading current, prior, and next sentence in text documents? And, whilst you're at it, the same for paragraphs? Regards, Ted. -- You

Re: Keystrokes Wanted

All this is currently possible with VoiceOver, see the help menu for details by pressing control-option-H, go to the Commands Help menu and write sentence or paragraph to get the commands. Cheers, John André On 5. aug. 2010, at 15.58, L. T. Reed wrote: Hello Everybody, I#m not sure if

Re: openoffice is now a braille translator

Hi all. I found out a little more, but it is only available for windows. It would be great, if it will come out for the mac. Here is the link: http://odt2braille.sourceforge.net/index.html Maybe it supports danish braille. Best regards Annie. On Aug 5, 2010, at 3:25 PM, Josh Kennedy wrote:

Re: Keystrokes Wanted

Hi LT: Try VO/S. If I remember correctly this is in the vo commands help. If I remember incorrectly, my apologies:) Carolyn - Original Message - From: L. T. Reed To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 7:58 AM Subject: Keystrokes Wanted Hello

Re: openoffice is now a braille translator

Hello, the biggest question that I have? Can a blind person independently used open office and Windows? If it can be used in Windows independently rate wonderful button outstanding stuff for them in terms of accessibility. If it cannot be used in Windows independent way? Then what's the purpose

Re: Suggestion for making a great VO feature even better.

Hello Michael, Although I do not know how this feature would help, who am I to say that it wouldn't. There are a couple of things, however, that one must keep in mind. 1. There is already some feedback from keyboard entry in the form of tones. For example when Caps Lock is activated, you

Re: How do you perform a command click on the multi gesture trackpad?

Thanks, Brian, for that info on the secondary click. It seems there would be conflicts between secondary tap and track pad commander. Same for the two finder single tap. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: Keystrokes Wanted

Ted, for what application? VoiceOver already has this capability, so I have to assume you are referring to something else. On Aug 5, 2010, at 9:58 AM, L. T. Reed wrote: Hello Everybody, I#m not sure if this is the right place to post this request but ... Could one of you developers

Re: Reopen office

Please send your concerns to accessibil...@apple.com. I have done this and the more that do, the more aware of the problem they will be and more likely to step on getting something done. tnx On Aug 5, 2010, at 8:46 AM, rossy koumanova wrote: hi all, i use pages and bean and find it very good

Re: Suggestion for making a great VO feature even better.

I agree. Although the chirp is a good one I too asan end user would feel overwhelmed whenit comes to noises. S On Aug 5, 2010, at 9:07 AM, Michael Busboom wrote: Hello Michael, Although I do not know how this feature would help, who am I to say that it wouldn't. There are a couple of

Re: Flash

The chance of many web sites switching to html5 is better now than it has been. Since apple took a stand on not allowing flash on the IPhone, many developers will want their sites to work well for people using that platform. I've heard that a lot of sites are switching outright or developing

VMWare fusion, was Re: Flash

Hi Paul, I'm glad you mentioned this. I am planning to use fusion occasionally and I've got a question. According to the documentation, their migration assistant may not work on an OEM version of Windows that comes with a computer. So even though I have a valid, licensed copy of windows on my

Re: VMWare fusion, was Re: Flash

Hi Justin, I bought windows myself, after having used illegal copies for years. That license, I am using right now. I'm afraid it is what it is, as you describe it. I have never used the migration assistant, because I didn't need any applications from other machines that I could not simply re

Re: openoffice is now a braille translator

Oh darn! Maube we can contct the devs to ask if they can port it to the mac? Take care. And the pluggin sounds very neat and convenient. S On Aug 5, 2010, at 7:08 AM, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: Hi all. I found out a little more, but it is only available for windows. It would be great, if

Re: openoffice is now a braille translator

To my knowledge it cannot be. That's why I feel we should contact the dev to see he they can also compile a mac version. True not all functions of O.O can be used but this would enhance our independence. S On Aug 5, 2010, at 9:03 AM, Maurice Mines wrote: Hello, the biggest question that I

Re: openoffice is now a braille translator

Hi. It sounds great. I think they have planed to make a version for the mac, but I think, it would be great, if we contacted them to show interest for the project. Best regards Annie. On Aug 5, 2010, at 8:49 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: To my knowledge it cannot be. That's why I feel we should

playlists in itunes

Hi all. I'm trying to organize my itunes library content by playlist. I got some sighted assistance with it. My brother clicked on new playlist and dragged/dropped the particular songs in to that new playlist. Is there anyway that can be done using voice over commands? Also, I'm not sure how to

Re: How do you perform a command click on the multi gesture trackpad?

Hi Mary - I think you may be right. I haven't had a chance to figure out all the options and ins-and-outs of the magic trackpad yet, but I'll post anything interesting if/when I find it. Cheers, Bryan On Aug 5, 2010, at 8:37 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: Hi all, I hope I'm not being dense, but

Re: How do you perform a command click on the multi gesture trackpad?

Sorry - I replied to the wrong email last time. Hi Mary - I think you may be right. I haven't had a chance to figure out all the options and ins-and-outs of the magic trackpad yet, but I'll post anything interesting if/when I find it. Cheers, Bryan On Aug 5, 2010, at 12:42 PM, Mary Otten

Re: How do you perform a command click on the multi gesture trackpad?

Hi Donna - I believe the secondary click and secondary tap are just 2 methods of emulating, on the trackpad, the control-click of a single button mouse or the right-click of a multi button mouse. I'm not sure what all it can be used for, but I know it will open a context menu for an item,

Re: How do you perform a command click on the multi gesture trackpad?

Oh, interesting. thanks. Donna On Aug 5, 2010, at 4:16 PM, Bryan Jones wrote: Hi Donna - I believe the secondary click and secondary tap are just 2 methods of emulating, on the trackpad, the control-click of a single button mouse or the right-click of a multi button mouse. I'm not sure what

Re: Reopen office

hi Scott, ok you confirm that it is not me doing things wrong and i will write to them because it is important in the word processing . thank you for your answer. rossy Il giorno 05/ago/2010, alle ore 18.50, Scott Howell ha scritto: Please send your concerns to accessibil...@apple.com. I have

getting to effecs in Audio rack in amadeus Pro

Anybody know how to gain access to the Audio rack effects in amadeus Pro? I'm talking about the part where once you click on Audio racks in effects, you choose an audio unit and manipulate it. Anybody remember how this is done? I did once get in to an Apple Audio Unit and was able to

Re: How do you perform a command click on the multi gesture trackpad?

HI, I've been messing around and, I don't think enabling those options in system prefs make a difference when trackpad commander is activated. On Aug 5, 2010, at 12:42 PM, Mary Otten wrote: Thanks, Brian, for that info on the secondary click. It seems there would be conflicts between

Re: getting to effecs in Audio rack in amadeus Pro

I'll take a look at it. I did it resently but was tired when mixing. lol! On Aug 5, 2010, at 2:49 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: Anybody know how to gain access to the Audio rack effects in amadeus Pro? I'm talking about the part where once you click on Audio racks in effects, you choose an audio

Re: playlists in itunes

Yes. 1. select the songs you want and invoke the context menu with vo shift m. 2. choose add to and then the play list. good luck. On Aug 5, 2010, at 12:41 PM, Sonnia wrote: Hi all. I'm trying to organize my itunes library content by playlist. I got some sighted assistance with it. My

Re: openoffice is now a braille translator

Is there an email to contact them at? I don't like navagating that site. lol! S On Aug 5, 2010, at 11:58 AM, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: Hi. It sounds great. I think they have planed to make a version for the mac, but I think, it would be great, if we contacted them to show interest for

Re: playlists in itunes

Hi, You sure can and it's very simple. First, create a new playlist with command N. Type the name of the playlist and press return. Now the newly created playlist will be in your sources table in iTunes. In the very top of the sources table is Music. When your on that, VO right arrow to

Re: Keystrokes Wanted

LT, Here are a few more commands for reading text. You can find these and many more in Chapter 4 of the Getting Started Guide which you can access by pressing VO H and arrow down. You can access Commands help the same way. Read a sentence: VO S Move to the next/previous sentence: FN VO

Re: playlists in itunes

Hi Sonia, you certainly can add tracks to playlists, it's just a matter of selecting them, doing a VO-shift-M, and in that contextual menu, there'll be an add to playlist submenu, and in there, you can select the playlist you created, and then hit VO-space on that. As far as deleting tracks

Re: Suggestion for making a great VO feature even better.

well of course you could turn it on or off I'm thinking of a slight click nt abeep or chirp and anyone could turn the sound on or off at will :) On Aug 5, 2010, at 1:39 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: I agree. Although the chirp is a good one I too asan end user would feel overwhelmed whenit comes

A syrinx question

Hi, Is there any way in syrinx that I can filter out or get rid of the direct messages that I send? Courtney Listen to The Wonderful World of Doo-wop with me, Moopie Curran on Fridays at 08:00 UTC on http://www.theglobalvoice.info -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: Suggestion for making a great VO feature even better.

yeah true. Hmm I dunno. Maybe a click not a cherp, like a typing sound maybe? On Aug 5, 2010, at 4:47 PM, Michael Thurman wrote: well of course you could turn it on or off I'm thinking of a slight click nt abeep or chirp and anyone could turn the sound on or off at will :) On Aug 5, 2010, at

Keeping a folder synchronized with an SD card?

Hi all, I don't use an IPod, so I doubt ITunes will do this. I keep all of my music and podcasts on my Victer reader stream. Does anyone know of any software that can automatically keep a folder on the hard drive synchronized with the SD card from the stream? If I add or remove anything from

iPad question

Does it come with a GPS thing? I *may* be getting one soon, and I was just wondering. Also, how about the eWorks suite? Igty's a word processor, Numbers, and Pages? Jane -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this

USB keyboards in windows 7 under fusion... HELP!!!

Hey folks, I am having problems getting USB keyboards recognized in windows 7 under fusion on the Mac. When I go to the settings and USB devices, there is a table that I interact with with check boxes but no keyboard is listed. The keyboard is connected to the Mac and does run the Mac. It is

Re: Keeping a folder synchronized with an SD card?

would RSync work? I dont' use the command line but just wondering. Takje care. S On Aug 5, 2010, at 5:37 PM, Justin Ekis wrote: Hi all, I don't use an IPod, so I doubt ITunes will do this. I keep all of my music and podcasts on my Victer reader stream. Does anyone know of any software

Re: mail question

I usually just select that contents in the body of the email, and hit delete. On Aug 3, 2010, at 10:11 PM, Chantel Cuddemi wrote: Hey, all, When I want to forward something, how do I delete the email address of the sender of the forward from the email? Thx, Chantel. -- You

Re: magic trackpad in cambodia

Hi, Yep i did. For some reason it just works like a charm now. Loving it :) If anyone got some cool tricks with this thingo please share Yuma DX® -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: Home sharing

Hello Julie, I am catching up on email so am sure this question has been completely answered but, just in case it has not, the answer to your question is yes; one can not only play media from one Mac/PC to another using Home Sharing but one can actually import the media to another Mac/PC also.

Re: magic trackpad in cambodia

By the way, I think theres some really nice things that can be done with this trackpad. We've made some stencils for several applications such as DJ whereas we overlay the surface of the trackpad with a thin rubber which defines all the important parts of the interface. In the case of DJ,