Printing envelopes from the Address Book [was Re: Using Drag and Drop in VoiceOver]

2010-10-02 Thread Esther
Hi Paul and Sarah, Is there any reason why you don't want to just use the print dialog from Address Book to print envelopes? Unless you need to match a specific format template for Pages, I would just select an entry from my address book (or, if you want to print multiple envelopes, either

Re: some general question

2010-10-02 Thread Paul Erkens
Hi Robert, Yup that does it. Thanks. - Original Message - From: Robert Hooper hooper...@buckeyemail.osu.edu To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 4:14 PM Subject: Re: some general question I have to route the mouse cursor to the VoicOver cursor by pressing

Re: some general question

2010-10-02 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi, You wrote: 2. How do I get Voiceover to read the entire row of a table without first navigating to it and pressing VO+r? The reason for this is I would like all Mail message information spoken rather than just the date or subject line; and I would like it to do so without excessive

Safari frusterations!

2010-10-02 Thread Scott Ford
Hello everyone, I am working on a Mac book pro in win 7. Unfortunately I keep finding myself having to do this. Part is my inability to completely grasp voice over in a really efficient way. However I feel to a larger part I cannot get the functionality that I find necearry to complete

Pages accessibility

2010-10-02 Thread Paul Hunt
Hello. I am learning to use Pages. So far, I have found two accessibility issues. First, when I use tiered numbering in a document, Voice Over doesn't read the paragraph numbering. In order for me to see them I have to export the document to Microsoft Word. My goal is to use Pages instead of

Re: Using Drag and Drop in VoiceOver Every body email Accessibility about Drag drop being broken in Snow Leopard!!

2010-10-02 Thread Chuck Reichel
Hi Sarah, So far here is what I have received from apple about drag droping. It works in Leopard I know this because I use it every day on my G5. On my Mac Pro running Snow Leopard 10.6.4 It is currently broken. But I have heard of some people on the list using it in various applications.

Re: Printing envelopes from the Address Book [was Re: Using Drag and Drop in VoiceOver]

2010-10-02 Thread Sarah Alawami
I actually use the mini envelopes, the ones you can buy in bulk at office max. Not sure if a printer will take those especially mine because of the flap. I don't print many envelopes though so I might be wrong saying my printer will only take the 8 by 11 envelopes. S On Oct 2, 2010, at 3:40

Fixing iTunes

2010-10-02 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi guys: On my Windows PC before getting iTunes, I had each artist, and album in their own folders. I imported the music to iTunes, on my Mac,and my albums are all screwed up due to the way iTunes tags music. If I search by albums, 1 album could have 3 songs listed, and the other 7 could be in

switching from bootcamp to fusion

2010-10-02 Thread Chad Rohr
Hello, When I first got my mac I installed bootcamp on it. I partitioned 32 Gigs for it. I am now trying to switch to fusion and it is importing all of the 32 gigs from the bootcamp partition even though I have used only 13 gigs. Is there a way to change this and only import the gigs that I

Re: Pages accessibility

2010-10-02 Thread Colin M
Hi Paul! Sorry mate I think you need to send this to Apple! Unless someone on this can guide you on how to fix your problem, you need to make Apple aware of it! This is not an Apple site! just a group of fellow Mac and Iphone I pad Etc. users who pass helpful info to each other from fairly new

Re: switching from bootcamp to fusion

2010-10-02 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi, It has to be all or nothing. This is because using bootcamp you have actually physically partitioned the disk with those space allocations. Regular virtual machines are just a file on your mac OS partition that shrinks or expands, but mostly expands, based on the needs of your guest

splitting a file containing a full cd?

2010-10-02 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hello there. I have a .flac file that i want to convert from flac to .mp3, that can easily be done on the mac, but the file contains a full cd, and there's a cue sheet with the file, so that you can make cds from the file, but i want each track on the cd in a separate .mp3 file. Is there a tool

Re: Fixing iTunes

2010-10-02 Thread Colin M
Hi Sarai! If I get what you mean I've had the same thing the only suggestion I can make is... If the album has a lot of different artists and has split into different albums with just 1 or 2 artists you'll have to go to info [command+i ] and find the [ part of a compilation ] check box and

Re: Fixing iTunes

2010-10-02 Thread Sarah Alawami
Of you can select all the tracks which are wrong and edit all info at once, I think? Take care. On Oct 2, 2010, at 9:08 AM, Colin M wrote: Hi Sarai! If I get what you mean I've had the same thing the only suggestion I can make is... If the album has a lot of different artists and has

Re: splitting a file containing a full cd?

2010-10-02 Thread Sarah Alawami
I have not tried this but will amadeus do it? I don't have anything to test it on. Take care. On Oct 2, 2010, at 8:45 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: Hello there. I have a .flac file that i want to convert from flac to .mp3, that can easily be done on the mac, but the file contains a full cd,

Re: Fixing iTunes

2010-10-02 Thread Colin M
Hi Sarah! Yes your right, but at the end of my message I said that [ part of a comp ] was not there [ shame ] oh well :-[ Take care your self:-] On 2 Oct 2010, at 17:18, Sarah Alawami wrote: Of you can select all the tracks which are wrong and edit all info at once, I think? Take care.

clcking Mouse

2010-10-02 Thread patricia solis
Hi, What are the short key commands to clicking the mouse with the keyboard? Thanks in advance Patricia! -- 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

Re: clcking Mouse

2010-10-02 Thread Colin M
Hi there! to click mouse use vo+shift+space bar On 2 Oct 2010, at 17:38, patricia solis wrote: Hi, What are the short key commands to clicking the mouse with the keyboard? Thanks in advance Patricia! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: Fixing iTunes

2010-10-02 Thread Sarah Alawami
Oops my bad. Hmm might be something to suggest int he feedback forum. makes sense. eh? On Oct 2, 2010, at 9:25 AM, Colin M wrote: Hi Sarah! Yes your right, but at the end of my message I said that [ part of a comp ] was not there [ shame ] oh well :-[ Take care your self:-] On 2 Oct 2010,

Re: Fixing iTunes

2010-10-02 Thread Justin Ekis
Hi Colin, I just went through this process a few days ago, in fact I had a large number of compilation albums to fix in this way. It is possible to select all of the tracks in an album, bring up the track info dialog and set the part of a compilation checkbox. It will apply to all of the

Re: Fixing iTunes

2010-10-02 Thread Colin M
Hi all! Firstly sorry Sarah! It looks like you were right after all! hahahahahaha secondly Justin your a star I wished I'd brought this up earlier my self!! A lot less unchecking\checking boxes :-] and finally but not least. Sarai if you are going to go through this the multi select [part of comp

followup to the question about splitting a file containing a cd.

2010-10-02 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi. I tried amadeus, as someone here suggested to split the flac file containing a full cd into smaller files containing one file per track, but to no avail. the accompanying cue sheet file could be seen but not opened and the music file dident contain any markers. any other suggestions?

Re: Safari frusterations!

2010-10-02 Thread Eric Oyen
reality check cashed. I have had a few limitation problems with voiceover (especially as far as live chat sessions are concerned). part of the problem with some websites is that they force a reload every few seconds and that trips up voiceover (I have encountered this already). Another problem

Re: Safari frusterations!

2010-10-02 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi! I think you're getting a bit confused here. :) VoiceOver isn't supposed to update itself. It actually works really well with dynamic HTML areas, even live chats. You have to go to the last item yourself because that is because you're expected to interact just as much as a sighted user

Re: Safari frusterations!

2010-10-02 Thread Sarah Alawami
I think what he is saying there is that sometimes vo interupts itself and you cannot get back to what you were reading as it will scrol and turning off curser tracking will prevent this. S On Oct 2, 2010, at 1:52 PM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: Hi! I think you're getting a bit confused here.

Re: Safari frusterations!

2010-10-02 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi! Perhaps, though Skype doesn't scroll. The only things that will do this are webpages that automatically update, though that only happens in certain elements and not in all places. I'm not sure if Cursor tracking would fix this, as you have to keep in mind that VoiceOVer is the one updating

Re: Safari frusterations!

2010-10-02 Thread Eric Oyen
hadn't considered growl for skype. as for a live chat html page, I used to be able to use them when my eyes were working (even minimally as they were) without a great deal of interaction (just typing and reading). I find I can't function that way given voiceover's limitations. take a look at

Re: Safari frusterations!

2010-10-02 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hello! I have a KoL account, and I play frequently. Or I try, anyway. I'll try it again and let you know, since it's a little while since I did play it a lot as an example. Regards, Nic Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com GoogleTalk: chojiro1...@gmail.com Facebook Twitter Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger:

Re: Safari frusterations!

2010-10-02 Thread Eric Oyen
ok, the right most pane (chat pane) is what seems to give me the most frustration. if I have questions, I can't ask for help in there as I can't adequately read any of the responses. -Eric On Oct 2, 2010, at 2:20 PM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: Hello! I have a KoL account, and I play

Speaking of Safari and Google

2010-10-02 Thread Jenny Wood
Good day all. So I have a question concerning accessing google through Safari, but thought it might stray a little off topic from the thread currently running. Now I am a newbie to the mac world, so this may be sheer ignorance on my part, but might anyone have some idea as to why I

Re: Speaking of Safari and Google

2010-10-02 Thread Sarah Alawami
Just hit vo space on the link. they are links just like in othe rscreen reading software. s On Oct 2, 2010, at 3:00 PM, Jenny Wood wrote: Good day all. So I have a question concerning accessing google through Safari, but thought it might stray a little off topic from the thread currently

Re: Speaking of Safari and Google

2010-10-02 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi Jenny! Try hitting VO-Space on the heading. The link should be contained within the heading. My VoiceOVer announces Heading Level 2 Link. At least, that's how Google usually should work. That way, you vcan jump from result to result by heading with VO-COmmand-H. Regards, Nic Mobile Me:

Re: Speaking of Safari and Google

2010-10-02 Thread Sarah Alawami
or if you have it set to tone, you will hear heading level 2, boys to men, tone for example. On Oct 2, 2010, at 3:03 PM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: Hi Jenny! Try hitting VO-Space on the heading. The link should be contained within the heading. My VoiceOVer announces Heading Level 2 Link.

Re: Speaking of Safari and Google

2010-10-02 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi Jenny and all, I had this same problem till I used the web roder. i just hit VO and U and it displays the links. Then you can just VO space as was previously mentioned to access the links. I hope that helps. Musically, Allison My birds are winged blessings, they help me soar! On Oct 2,

Re: Speaking of Safari and Google

2010-10-02 Thread Sarah Alawami
You can do the same with headings as well. but what ever works. Take care. Sarah Alawami MSN: marri...@gmail.com aim: marri...@gmail.com: website: http://music.marrie.org face book: facebook.com/marrie youtube: http://youtube.com/marrie125 Podcast: http://marrie.podbean.com Mobile site for

Use of external keypad, particularly with Fusion?

2010-10-02 Thread Garry Turkington
Hi, I've been working on getting both Linux and Windows 7 VMs working as I want within Fusion. I've of course hit the frustrations of keyboard mappings due to the lack of a numeric keypad on the Macbook. Though the work-arounds are probably going to be functional I can see me getting frustrated

jawbone icon site for updating firmware weird bhaviour

2010-10-02 Thread Yuma Decaux
Hi list, I am trying to update my jawbone icon's firmware and i get weird behaviour from the jawbone site, when i try clicking on the details for installation and other functions. Also, i don't know how to pair the jawbone to my mac as the pairing process requires something i am not aware of,

Re: Speaking of Safari and Google

2010-10-02 Thread Jenny Wood
Thanks for the response. While I am familiar with how to activate a link, the problem appears to be that Safari simply doesn't seem to recognize the area I need to activate as a link. Therefore, using VO +space does nothing. I don't know, seeing as how not many people are familiar with

facebook chat

2010-10-02 Thread Laura Bratton
Hi All, Is Facebook chat accessible? if so how do you use it? Thanks, Laura -- 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

password protecting documents

2010-10-02 Thread Laura Bratton
Hi All, Is it possible to password protect documents? In MS word I could set documents so that you have to have a password to open the document. IS this possible with the Mac? Thanks, Laura -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To

Re: Speaking of Safari and Google

2010-10-02 Thread Jenny Wood
Hi Nic, Well, the odd thing is, the headers never say link. They do announce themselves as headings, but nothing more. That is to say, it will say heading level 3, followed by the name of the heading, but it's not clickible at all. Jenny -- You received this message because you are

jumping to next line of text with voiceover?

2010-10-02 Thread Blake Hardin
Hi all, when on the web is there a way you can jump to the next line of text with a key like you can with jaws and windows? This would be very handy. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: facebook chat

2010-10-02 Thread Eric Oyen
I have been unable to use chat directly, but I use al alternative client called adium (http://www.adium.im/) it works with yahoo chat, icq, facebook, google chat and others. it is also easy to setup and will even setup growl along with the client. This client is also bonjour compatible. believe

Re: Safari frusterations!

2010-10-02 Thread Mike Arrigo
Google works fine here, that site that ses the mouse over stuff is doable, but you have to root the mouse to the element, then read with the VO keys to see whathas changed, the best solution here is to email the web master and ask them to use something more accessible, using mouse over events

Re: pairing a braillenote with the mac?

2010-10-02 Thread Carolyn Haas
Hi Allison: Whzt ix z brzillino? I'm thinking of getting an iPad, and just a braille display, rather than thenexpensive braille apex, which voc rehab is stalling on anyway. I'm interested in finding a simple braille display, rather than spending the money for the pda I wouldn't necessarily

Re: Speaking of Safari and Google

2010-10-02 Thread Eric Oyen
that's weird. mine does the same thing, but all are clickable. of course, I am using SL 10.6.4. -Eric On Oct 2, 2010, at 5:53 PM, Jenny Wood wrote: Hi Nic, Well, the odd thing is, the headers never say link. They do announce themselves as headings, but nothing more. That is to say, it

Re: pairing a braillenote with the mac?

2010-10-02 Thread Carolyn Haas
sac: Could you please write off list to me about your experience with the dbc? I am at chaas0...@gmail.com. Thank you. Carolyn On Sep 26, 2010, at 5:38 PM, Isaac Obie wrote: Hi allison, I was wondering if because my braillenote is part of the dbc(deaf-blind communicator) had anything to

Re: Speaking of Safari and Google

2010-10-02 Thread Justin Ekis
Hi Genny, I don't know what might be different in OSX10.5, but here are some things you can try. This is all totally guesswork though. I haven't seen this on google, but I have experienced other situations where things that should have been clickable were not, and this trick helps sometimes.

Re: pairing a braillenote with the mac?

2010-10-02 Thread Eric Oyen
you have the same problem with voc rehab that I do. only they are stalling my entire case (including braille instruction). I run a mac here am I am currently looking for any technology I can afford that will allow me greater accessibility (such as an iPad or other similar PDA like device and

Re: pairing a braillenote with the mac?

2010-10-02 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi Carolyn, I hope Voc Rehab comes through for you. THey will get you the Ipad or just the BrailleNote Apex? THe Braillino is a notetaker and Braille display combined in to one. Kind of like the Apex, but with less cells. It's a 20-cell, and doesn't have speech. It can be paired with the Mac,

Re: Speaking of Safari and Google

2010-10-02 Thread Jenny Wood
Hi Allison. Thanks for the suggestion. Actually, I had tried VO+U, and for some reason, it still would not allow me to select the heading or link I desired. Very strange animal, this mac. grin But I am enjoying it so far for the most part. Jenny -- You received this message because

Re: Speaking of Safari and Google

2010-10-02 Thread Mike Arrigo
Are you using dom or group mode? This could make a difference. On Oct 2, 2010, at 7:53 PM, Jenny Wood wrote: Hi Nic, Well, the odd thing is, the headers never say link. They do announce themselves as headings, but nothing more. That is to say, it will say heading level 3, followed by

Re: facebook chat

2010-10-02 Thread James Malone
Hi. I myself find facebook chat to be very accessible. Just go to your facebook page, and then click on the link that says that (There will probably be a number after the word chat) Then just keep scrolling down, and you should find a list of your friends who are online. Sometimes they will

Re: Speaking of Safari and Google

2010-10-02 Thread Jenny Wood
Justin, Thanks for taking the time to respond. Thankfully, it looks like interacting with the heading does the trick. I will need to play with it a bit more, but hopefully this will have taken care of the problem. Thank you! Jenny -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: jumping to next line of text with voiceover?

2010-10-02 Thread Mary Otten
If you are talking about the ability to move down to the next line while reading continuously, then the answer is no, you can't do that with Voice Over so far as I am aware. It would be a nice thing to be able to do. Makes skimming articles sort of possible. Mary Mary Otten

Re: Speaking of Safari and Google

2010-10-02 Thread Jenny Wood
I am using DOM. Thanks! Jenny -- 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.

Pdf2rtf service

2010-10-02 Thread Justin Ekis
Hi all, Recently, there was a mention of something called Word Service. I went looking for it and found something even more useful on the same site. It's called pdf2rtf service. This service allows you to open pdf files in textedit. I find preview to be usable, but not always very intuitive.

Recommendations for FTP blient for the mac?

2010-10-02 Thread Jenny Wood
Greetings again! So basically, I am wondering what recommendations, if any, might be out there for FTP clients for the mac, and accessible with voiceover of course. Thank you! Jenny Wood kc5...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

growl

2010-10-02 Thread Rafaela Freundt
Hi all, Recently in some discutions on this list I have herd a mention of growl, I do have it installed on my mac but it interferes with skype when a new message appears, a growl dialog will pop up and won't let me read for some seconds. I would like to know what exactly is growl for, and if

Re: Recommendations for FTP blient for the mac?

2010-10-02 Thread Buddy Brannan
Transmit ftp. Not free, but fairly accessible. Also, cyberduck, which is free and also reasonably accessible. -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY On Oct 2, 2010, at 11:31 PM, Jenny Wood wrote: Greetings again! So basically, I am wondering what

Re: Speaking of Safari and Google

2010-10-02 Thread Ricardo Walker
Yes, You need to interact with the headers in order to activate the links in your google search. I really recommend upgrading to Snow Leopard 10.6. Your really missing out on a lot of functionality in terms of getting around the web. It would be $30 well spent in my opinion. hth On Oct 2,

Re: jumping to next line of text with voiceover?

2010-10-02 Thread Blake Hardin
So you cant jump to the next line of text at all? On 10/2/10, Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com wrote: If you are talking about the ability to move down to the next line while reading continuously, then the answer is no, you can't do that with Voice Over so far as I am aware. It would be a nice

Re: jumping to next line of text with voiceover?

2010-10-02 Thread Mary Otten
You can move from line to line of text, up and down a page as in a word processor with the arrow keys. But you can't, as far as I am aware, start continuous reading with vo plus a and then press a key to quit reading the line you are on and move to the next line and have continuous reading

USB Hub

2010-10-02 Thread Chris Snyder
Hi Guys, I have a brand new Rocket Fish USB Hub, and I'm trying to use it with my mac book. For some reason, it won't be recognized. I hooked it up to my old PC, and it worked fine. The manual says it should work with the mac, but it just won't do it. Any ideas? Friendly, Chris -- You

RE: USB Hub

2010-10-02 Thread Andy Baracco
Did it come with a CD? Perhaps drivers need to be installed. Andy I'm pretty good at drinkin beer. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Snyder Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2010 10:05 PM To:

Re: password protecting documents

2010-10-02 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Laura, what you could do, if you wanted to password protect a document, or a set of documents, is use disk utility to created an incripted .dmg file. Disk utility is foun under /applications/utilities. Open it, and you'll find options under a new submenu uner hte file menu for createing