Hi guys,
I just wan't to apologise for not replying or thanking the people who
have answered my questions in the last couple of months,
Some health issues that have come out of no ware have really thrown me
for a loop.
I've been checking my gmail account very rarely , and it's only a very
quick
No, it seems to read past it. For example, if you are replying to an email and
you just want to read up to the point where your cursor is, you can read line
by line or paragraph, or hit VO a or B, but it does not stop at the cursor, it
continues reading past it and starts reading the previous
Hi all.
Is there any accessible software for creating ibooks. I know that I can convert
books with stanza. I often scan books myself, and when I will read them on my
IPod with braille, I need to use ibooks, because of a problem with large
paragraphs and braille.
Ibooks is also a great format
Mike,
Virtual box is not totally un useable.
I use it daily and I have very few problems with it.
Infact the only trouble I do have is the setting up of it's resources for
any vm that I set up.
But your righ tin that VM fusion is the better of the two products. I use
that also and find it
Sarah, your inability to connect to the mail server on port 21 does not mean
there is a problem with the server. Google I am sure blocks connections from
Telnet.
On Aug 9, 2010, at 10:00 PM, sarah alawami wrote:
Ok. I found the issue on a google help forum but beeing unable to
reply due to
Yes there is one on blind cool tech.
- Original Message -
From: louie louiem...@wavecable.com
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 12:28 AM
Subject: Amadeus Pro
Hi all,
Is there a podcast on how to use Amadeus Pro?
Thank you for any help.
louie
hello,
I develop a Finder service using Calibre libraries to convert RTF, txt and HTML
files to ePub.
I'l post it in my blog tomorrow because I'm testing it now
El 10/08/2010, a las 10:35, Annie Skov Nielsen escribió:
Hi all.
Is there any accessible software for creating ibooks. I know
Can someone tell me hat Niki plus is? I have a tread mill but it's all digital
with a few buttons. Also there are menus so can't know how many miles I'm
doing. Normally, I put some chordless headphones on as I can listen to stuff
on my Mac or hook up my I phone to some speakers where the
I have also experienced this occasionally, and I agree, Ricardo. It seems to
happen when I'm trying to navigate very quickly.
Cheers,
Donna
On Aug 9, 2010, at 11:39 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
Hi Mark,
I have experienced this from time to time as well. I'm not sure but, I think
it happens
Hi all,
I haven't followed this thread too closely, so first, my apologies if I'm
bringing up something that has already been covered. But I have this same
problem trying to read to the bottom of text. For example, when reading a long
email, if I press VO-A, it will read the whole message,
Yep, one of my clients had it too.
Maybe we just have some really really super-sensative arrow key action going on.
Best,
Erik Burggraaf
Check out my first ever podcast tutorial, Learn braille using the braille box.
Visit http://www.erik-burggraaf.com and click podcasts to read more and
hi
could you please provide instructions on how to use virtual box after you get
the os set up
please thanks
On Aug 10, 2010, at 4:42 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote:
Mike,
Virtual box is not totally un useable.
I use it daily and I have very few problems with it.
Infact the only trouble I do
Hi.
That sounds great, if it is easy to use. I hope you will send a link to your
block.
Best regards Annie.On Aug 10, 2010, at 11:44 AM, Jonathan Chacón Barbero wrote:
hello,
I develop a Finder service using Calibre libraries to convert RTF, txt and
HTML files to ePub.
I'l post it in my
Hello Donna,
VO-a will read from current position to end in whatever kind of document or
application as long as you are interacting with the document. You can make VO
read from beginning to current position by highlighting from current position
to beginning then pressing VO-F6 to read selected
Hi donna,
It does read from the point of the cursor. You just need to interact again.
hth
On Aug 10, 2010, at 7:35 AM, Donna Goodin wrote:
Hi all,
I haven't followed this thread too closely, so first, my apologies if I'm
bringing up something that has already been covered. But I have
Oh, so that's the problem. Arg. You know, if the Apple genie would grant me
just one wish, it would be that this whole interacting concept would just
disappear. It just isn't natural! *grin*
Donna
On Aug 10, 2010, at 9:12 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
Hi donna,
It does read from the point of
Thank you, Anne, I wasn't aware of the VO-F6 command. Sounds like I'd better
take another look at the text commands.
Cheers,
Donna
On Aug 10, 2010, at 8:41 AM, Anne Robertson wrote:
Hello Donna,
VO-a will read from current position to end in whatever kind of document or
application as
You know, for as much as I love the trackpad commander, it forces you to
interact more than when using the keyboard. But when I first got my Mac, I
think that might have been the hardest thing for me to learn. When it is
necessary to interact and when not.
On Aug 10, 2010, at 9:35 AM, Donna
Hi:
I use iTreadmill. It is accessible.
On Aug 10, 2010, at 5:56 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote:
Can someone tell me hat Niki plus is? I have a tread mill but it's all
digital with a few buttons. Also there are menus so can't know how many
miles I'm doing. Normally, I put some chordless
Hi all on this subject!
I don't have a track pad, I have a blue tooth aluminium keyboard and I have had
the same problem!
Only a couple of time's though!
Does anybody think this is a bug in the vo system?
Focus
Skype focus_66
On 10 Aug 2010, at 12:22, erik burggraaf wrote:
Yep, one of my
I found that if, after pressing return on a message, I interact twice with the
message content, it will do exactly what you want to; read from the point of
the curser down.
Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!
A Very Proud and Happy Mac User!!!
E-Mail:
rforetjr at comcast dot net
Hi,
Thanks for everyone's responses. Several folks had asked me to provide an
example of a onMouseover or roll over event. See
http://www.freedomscientific.com/training/Surfs-Up/MouseOver.htm On the left
side of the page are images of JAWS, Magic and OpenBook. If the user rolls the
mouse over
With respect, I cannot agree. My lovely constantly barefooted Fiance thought
the same thing at first; but then, she had a go with my Mac while she was down
here visiting me; and, now, she really has taken to it. Now, she's not to the
point of switching herself, but, she has now got the
Hi all!
I'm in the UK and like A.D. on the telly!
I hope you get more content on yours!
although some of the program choice's are a waist of the audio description!
The money could be better spent!
Also I do not know if this will help but all the films that I know of are AD
not DVS!
I do not know
Greetings y'all,
I just received shipment notification for my 13 inch 2.4GHZ MacBookPro. BTW,
thanks Brian for suggesting the refurbished store -- the model and warrantee
were identical.
I've been poking around Apple's site, and among other things found the
voiceOver getting started
Hi Ray,
I didn't say I don't like the Mac, quite the contrary. I just think that
having to interact is annoying, and serves no real purpose.
Cheers,
Donna
On Aug 10, 2010, at 10:10 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote:
With respect, I cannot agree. My lovely constantly barefooted Fiance thought
the same
Hi Geoff!
I do not know if anybody else will beat me to this!
Or give you a better answer!
But when I got my Imac all I had to do was plug it in and wait a little while
and voice over started by itself!
and took me through what I could do!
hth
focus
Skype focus_66
On 10 Aug 2010, at 15:26, Geoff
Donna, you read much too much in to what I said. I did not imply that you
don't like the Mac, rather, I was addressing the concept of interaction. At
first, it seemed foreign to Sarah, but, after she got in to my Mac, she saw the
logic of it. Personally, I like the concept of interaction;
Hi Geoff,
Getting your first Mac is very exciting. I remember wanting to know all I could
about what to do when my macbook arrived. It's true, voiceover may start
automatically but if it doesn't, you will probably have to press the fn key
along with command f5. The fn is the bottom left
Yup,
You won't have to do anything special. In the unusual case your mac doesn't
start talking when you turn it on, the command keys are directly to the left
and right of the spacebar. The same place you would find the alt key on a PC
keyboard. The prompts should help you set up everything
Hi Ray,
Fair points. But, if I'm, say, reading an email message, then clearly I've
decided to interact with it, otherwise I would have just deleted the message.
So, to then have to take the additional step of interacting, seems redundant,
at least to me.
Cheers,
Donna
On Aug 10, 2010, at
Yeah,
in mail the concept seems a bit redundant. Never thought about it till you
said it. I like the interacting in other apps though. Like iTunes and
Garageband.
On Aug 10, 2010, at 11:23 AM, Donna Goodin wrote:
Hi Ray,
Fair points. But, if I'm, say, reading an email message, then
Hi Geoff,
The keyboard on the MacBook Pro has exactly the same layout as your
Apple Wireless Keyboard, and should feel pretty much the same (except
for its laying flatter on the MacBook Pro surface). The Command
key(s) are next to the space bar. If you want to check this on your
Interacting is the most difficult concept I have tried to convey to friends who
have decided to get Macs. Some of them still don't get it.
On Aug 10, 2010, at 9:28 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
You know, for as much as I love the trackpad commander, it forces you to
interact more than when
Hi Kevin!
I do not use this software but it sounds like it's got what you want!
dj3
I do not know how vo friendly it is but you can download a 15 day free trial
from [ sorry I do not know how to put in links yet! ]
all lower case... djay-software.com
So why not take a look, it might give you what
Greetings,
So as not to appear overly illiterate, I always run emails through a spell
checker. I did not purchase Office, but noticed that SnowLeopard includes a
dictionary. My question is whether the native MacOS supports spell checking?
If not are there any recommendations for a product
Hi. Spellchecking is built into the Mac Os. Press VO M, VO right arrow over
to edit, VO down arrow until you come to spelling and crammer, press enter and
you will be presented with a menu of options such as to check while composing,
check before sending, etc. hth
On Aug 10, 2010, at 12:59
Hi Geoff,
Spell check on the Mac is built in to the operating system. You press command
shift semicolen.
On Aug 10, 2010, at 12:59 PM, Geoff Waaler wrote:
Greetings,
So as not to appear overly illiterate, I always run emails through a spell
checker. I did not purchase Office, but
Hi Geoff!
I use the spellchecker all the time!
Mine is set to check after I go to send the Email!
So I type the message press send, command shift d, then the spellchecker kicks
in, do my corrections then it sends it!
just what is going to happen when i finish typing this!!
:-]
Focus
Skype
OK. But what does this program do to help you get an accessible treadmill?
On 10 Aug 2010, at 14:49, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote:
Hi:
I use iTreadmill. It is accessible.
On Aug 10, 2010, at 5:56 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote:
Can someone tell me hat Niki plus is? I have a tread mill but it's all
for the answer to your question, yes, you can spell check using the Mac. To
hear how to do this, and many other things, may I suggest:
www.blindcooltech.com
Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!
A Very Proud and Happy Mac User!!!
E-Mail:
rforetjr at comcast dot net
Skype Name:
Of course, you can always set interaction to start semi-automagically when you
press the tab key. That's in the VO utility under the navigation tab..
Teresa
On Aug 10, 2010, at 8:23 AM, Donna Goodin wrote:
Hi Ray,
Fair points. But, if I'm, say, reading an email message, then clearly I've
Yep, agreed there totally. That's what interaction was designed for.
Orin
orin8...@gmail.com
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/orinks
Skype: orin1112
On Aug 10, 2010, at 10:49 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote:
Donna, you read much too much in to what I said. I did not imply that you
don't like the
I like being able to interact as you can skip around the screen quicker and
only interact with the bits that are of interest to you.
On 10 Aug 2010, at 17:31, Kimberly thurman wrote:
Interacting is the most difficult concept I have tried to convey to friends
who have decided to get Macs.
Hi Geoff: I'm excited for you getting your Mac. I'll try to answer some of
these.
I thought I'd ask here for suggestions on what to do after I take it out of
the box and plug it in.
Ok, remove all packing materials first.grin
The on button is top right. You'll get a musical
Hi:
I borrowed a Mac before switching, and it took me about two days of just using
it before I decided I could switch. You just have to keep an open mind, read
the VO documentation, and just jump in.
Sarai Bucciarelli
Personal Come join me on www.swagbucks.com/refer/sdbuccia
On Aug 10, 2010, at
Hi:
Go to www.blindcooltech.com. Download all podcasts by Mike Arrigo.
Go to www.myfirstmac.com and read the what to do when receiving my Mac articles.
On Aug 10, 2010, at 9:26 AM, Geoff Waaler wrote:
Greetings y'all,
I just received shipment notification for my 13 inch 2.4GHZ MacBookPro.
Hi:
The program allows you to track millage, calories, time, etc. You have to have
an accessible TM. BTW, I have the Nordicktrack A 2105 and it is accessible.
On Aug 10, 2010, at 12:31 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote:
OK. But what does this program do to help you get an accessible treadmill?
On 10
The application can connect to a sensor that you place in your sneakers, the
sensor sends information back to your iPhone or iPod Touch/Nano, the
information that is sent back is speed, distance, time, calories burnt etc, and
you can either use the built in speech of the app or Voiceover, you
Actually all of us and there were many on the help forum had this issue. At
first the gmail smtp and imap servers were down meaning telnet could not find
them.. I have the rss thread someware. lol!
Take care.
S
On Aug 10, 2010, at 1:56 AM, Scott Howell wrote:
Sarah, your inability to
OK, thanks.
On 10 Aug 2010, at 20:50, Chris Moore wrote:
The application can connect to a sensor that you place in your sneakers, the
sensor sends information back to your iPhone or iPod Touch/Nano, the
information that is sent back is speed, distance, time, calories burnt etc,
and you can
Today I went to the brand-new Apple Store in our city just to play with
the iPad. I expect to bwe getting one in a couple of days, and of course
I am s excited!
I had some troubles, though. Once VoliceOver was turned on, it wasn't
as easy as all that to do the double-taps for some reason
Hi,
I've been intending to set the spellcheck in Mail and figured I'd go ahead and
do it when I read this thread. When I went into the sub-menu the check before
sending was dimmed. I expected a check-box that would be permanent.While
this message was open, I went back to the same
exactly. I use dmine the next day for class notes even though I didn't know how
to use vo that well. Worked like a charm. Sure I still get myself in to snags
but we all will.
good luck.
S
On Aug 10, 2010, at 12:21 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote:
Hi:
I borrowed a Mac before switching, and it
Hello friends. As some of you know I've been having problems pairing
my bn apex with my iphone 4. A tech support representative from
Humanware informed me that the pairing currently works with the apex
32 cell notetaker. Compatibility with the apex 18 will come soon
either in an update from
You could just type command+M. If you want to do it with VoiceOver, then VO+M
then arrow over until you get to the Window menu, then arrow down once, and
that puts you on maximize.
On Aug 10, 2010, at 3:30 PM, Al Puzzuoli wrote:
Hi all,
Just wondering whether anyone can offer tips on how to
Command-m is minimize. There are various commands for zooming a window. Go to
the Window menu and find the command there. In some cases, you can press
command-option-z, but not all. The zoom option doesn't work quite the same as
maximizing in Windows OS. It takes up more of the screen, but you
Actually when I did it the only thing that was there was minimize even after
pressing cmd plus m. Hmm odd?
Take care.
S
On Aug 10, 2010, at 2:59 PM, Pete Nalda wrote:
You could just type command+M. If you want to do it with VoiceOver, then
VO+M then arrow over until you get to the Window
You need to look for the zoom option, badly worded I know,
On 10 Aug 2010, at 23:21, Al Puzzuoli wrote:
Thanks for the reply. What's interesting though is I never see a maximize
option in the Window menu.
Even after I minimize a window and then command tab back to it, I can't seem
to find
Hello to all. I think this is a downloading issue but I'm getting text scroll
area image and no text for a while when trying to read some messages in mail. I
run gmail off of a imap setting. I notice it is only with google groups'
messages and Im on I think 3 or 4 of those groups. Can someone
Oh, crud! I'm so sorry, I miss read the menu! That's the problem when using
magnification instead of speech. You are correct that Zoom is also in the
window menu, under minimze.
On Aug 10, 2010, at 5:39 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote:
Command-m is minimize. There are various commands for
Hi Teresa,
Thanks for this. So now, the trick will be to get my head around the way the
zoom function works. Is a window just either zoomed or not zoomed? In other
words, can zoom be clicked more than once to obtain different levels? Also,
there is apparently a plus button in the upper left of
I actually don't use fine reader express either, so I'm also basing things on
what I have been told, oh yes, for scanning books, kurzweil 1000 works well,
that's one of the very few things I still use windows for. I wish they would
develop a mac version, but even if they did, I wonder if the
For virtualization, vmware fusion is the best way to go, since virtual box and
parallels are inaccessible, I've heard you can get a virtual machine going with
parallels and launch it without sighted help, but if I can't do things like
change settings, think I'll pass.
On Aug 9, 2010, at 7:16
Well, after checking the box and sending my former message, I sent myself a
message with mis-spellings and it worked like a charm. I just needed more
faith before bothering you guys.
Linda
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I've never had this happen, either using track pad commander on my macbook, or
the num pad commander on my mac minis, interesting.
On Aug 9, 2010, at 8:53 PM, Pete Nalda wrote:
This happens to me also and I'm beginning to think there's some gesture on
the trackpad doing it, as I use trackpad
I'm trying to get some information out of a *.exe window self-
extracting archive file. Its author told me to download 7zs.zip for
OS10, which I did; however, I can't seem to figure out how to unzip
this file. What am I doing wrong here?
Thanks.
• Mark BurningHawk Baxter
• AIM, Skype
How did you get past the initial screens? When I opened virtual box, I could
not read anything.
On Aug 10, 2010, at 3:42 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote:
Mike,
Virtual box is not totally un useable.
I use it daily and I have very few problems with it.
Infact the only trouble I do have is the
Hi:
Now this is a switch. LOL. I've learned Windows from sighted people, so have
been able to adapt from their POV; however I'm learning the Mac from a
blindness perspective. I'm trying to show a sighted person my Mac, and since I
don't really know what the screen looks like, we're having
You can get in to snags no matter what OS you are using. I wanted to borrow one
because I wasn't comfortable dropping that kind of money on something that I
wasn't sure would meet my needs.
I've been a Mac user for almost 4 months, and am very happy.Sarai Bucciarelli
Personal Come join me on
Ok, I can get this to work, but voice over does not tell you that the item is a
mouse over, actually I think using this is an example of bad web design, even
if voice over did announce it, because you have to actually move the mouse
itself to the link, putting the system focus on it is not
If you use a command line then it is fully accessibil but I'm not the one who
is an expert on that. lol. I'm sure someone on this list can help you wiht that.
S
On Aug 10, 2010, at 5:19 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote:
How did you get past the initial screens? When I opened virtual box, I could
not
I think sarchiver will do it but not sure. I think with 7z you need to drag the
file to be extracted.
Good luck.
S
On Aug 10, 2010, at 5:17 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote:
I'm trying to get some information out of a *.exe window self-extracting
archive file. Its author told me to
Snow Leopard, The Missing Manual from OReilly publishers is an extremely good
book. It describes in detail what the window controls look like and any
keystrokes, if applicable, etc. I highly recommend it.
Teresa
On Aug 10, 2010, at 5:27 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote:
Hi:
Now this is a switch.
I can highlight the file and choose Oebn with, and then 7z as the
application, but I think 7z is trying to zip it up, not extract it;
not sure how to tell it to unarchive this silly file...
• Mark BurningHawk Baxter
• AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969
• MSN:
This is a concept lots of people have a problem with, bt it's really not
difficult, and you don't have to interact with everything. All it is really is
focusing in on a particular item to examine it more closely. For example, if
you come accross a tool bar, and you're interested in it, you can
You dn't have to interact with an email message to read it. Just move your
voice over cursor to the text area, if you want to read it line by line, use
the regular arrow keys.
On Aug 10, 2010, at 10:23 AM, Donna Goodin wrote:
Hi Ray,
Fair points. But, if I'm, say, reading an email message,
Al - There is a freeware utility named rightzoom that will change the behavior
of the OSX zoom button/function to make it more closely mimic the Microsoft
Windows maximize button/function. I use rightzoom because I personally prefer
to have my current application window fill the screen
Hi Jeff, you bet. Actually, the mac supports spell checking in any text area,
even on web sites, it's system wide. In most applications, you can set whether
spelling is checked as you type, personally I don't use this, but it's there if
you want it.
On Aug 10, 2010, at 11:59 AM, Geoff Waaler
This is probably one of the primary differences between voice over and the
windows screen readers. Voice over does not assume you want certain things
spoken. Does this mean you do a bit more navigation on the mac than you do in
Windows? Perhaps, but it leaves decisions up to the user which is
Hi, to do this, press VO tilda, that's the accent key shifted. Voice over will
say window resize menu, and you will have 2 options, horizontal or vertical.
Select each one, and press the right arrow or dwn arrow key as appropriate for
a few seconds, this will maximize the window in both
Actually, command m minimized a window, there is an option in the window menu
that seems to do this though, it's called zoom.
On Aug 10, 2010, at 4:59 PM, Pete Nalda wrote:
You could just type command+M. If you want to do it with VoiceOver, then
VO+M then arrow over until you get to the
Hi:
I love to be able to spellcheck in any edit field system wide. I can't spell
worth a flip. LOL
Sarai Bucciarelli
Personal Come join me on www.swagbucks.com/refer/sdbuccia
On Aug 10, 2010, at 7:48 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote:
Hi Jeff, you bet. Actually, the mac supports spell checking in any text
Thanks!!
Sarai Bucciarelli
Personal Come join me on www.swagbucks.com/refer/sdbuccia
On Aug 10, 2010, at 7:37 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote:
Snow Leopard, The Missing Manual from OReilly publishers is an extremely good
book. It describes in detail what the window controls look like and any
Mike,
I don't have a problem with it, I just don't agree with it.
Cheers,
Donna
On Aug 10, 2010, at 8:40 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote:
This is a concept lots of people have a problem with, bt it's really not
difficult, and you don't have to interact with everything. All it is really
is focusing in
Hi Mike,
I realize this. But, if you want to activate a link or have the cursor read to
end of message, you do have to interact with it, twice, no less. All I'm
saying is that this is redundant.
Best,
Donna
On Aug 10, 2010, at 8:44 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote:
You dn't have to interact with an
Well, the same thing can be accomplished when not interacting with the table,
simply by arrowing down once you've heard the info you wanted.
Best,
Donna
On Aug 10, 2010, at 8:46 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote:
I like the interacting in mail, because it prevents me from having to listen
to all of the
Hi:
Actually, you don't. Do what Mike said, once you see an email you want to read,
press vo j and you'll be in the message area. Press vo a and you can read the
entire message, or use your arrows to read line by line. Once you are done,
press vo j to jump back to the message list.
HTH,
Sarai,
Which software do you use on the mac for word processing?
Andy
- Original Message -
From: Sarai Bucciarelli bucc7...@bellsouth.net
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 5:31 PM
Subject: Re: interaction and getting one's teeth in to the Mac
You can
I explain this on my youtube vid actually at http://marrie125. think of like a
box. To find out what is in it open or interact with it. If you have no
interest in the christmas gift or box skip it.
S
On Aug 10, 2010, at 5:40 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote:
This is a concept lots of people have a
This is not true,.
You can not activate a link without interacting twice with the message, as well
as continue reading from the position of the cursor.
On Aug 11, 2010, at 12:43 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
No you don't. Just focus on it and hit vo space. That's it.
S
On Aug 10, 2010, at
Hi,
If you have a magic trackpad or a macbook, you can use trackpad commander to
know where things are on the screen. You can also have the voiceover cursor
highlighted so sighted people can see where you are on the screen
On Aug 10, 2010, at 8:27 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote:
Hi:
Now this
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