I have one word for that: SWEET!
I wish I had one of those.
-Eric
On Oct 26, 2010, at 10:34 PM, Joshua Loya wrote:
I will outline my strategy in a later email. As far as the particular Mac I
have...
15 MacBook Pro w/ I7 processor and 8 GB RAM and 7200 RPM 500 GB hard drive
Sent
I just wanted to say I think it's wonderful that rehab agencies are finally
getting away from Windows, and are opening up to the Mac. This was needed
for the past three years.
On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 11:39 PM, Eric Oyen eric.o...@gmail.com wrote:
I have one word for that: SWEET!
I wish I
Hello all,
I have seen the function to put files in dropbox offline with the favorites and
it works. However, with this option, it's not possible to put complete
directorys offline.
I have zipped some folders and then I can take it offline as zip and unpack it
in file app pro.
But, when I open
Ok I am still stuck.
I have selected a loop from the loop browser and pasted it to a track. How do
I then select this loop in the time line? It is at the beginning of the track.
And when I do VO+CMD and shift, nothing happens. I would like the ability to
stretch loops, move loops and in
Hi chris not sure but i'm having the same problem.
go to the time line group then it should list the instrument tracks then do vo
command shift tilde it should bring up options.
also i am trying to find the groove match if its accessible to us and the flex
time.
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Ah it was the tilda I was not hitting! Works great now, thanks!
Chris
On 27 Oct 2010, at 09:56, chad baker wrote:
Hi chris not sure but i'm having the same problem.
go to the time line group then it should list the instrument tracks then do
vo command shift tilde it should bring up
Hmm, you're lucky. :)
Donna
On Oct 26, 2010, at 7:53 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
No not yet. I got it to work but maybe my system is behaving itself that day.
lol!
Take care.
On Oct 26, 2010, at 4:31 PM, Donna Goodin wrote:
Hi all,
Just wondering if anyone's tried to use itunes help
Thanks, David. I'll dash off a message to accessibility. Even if everyone
isn't having the problem, it's probably worth letting them know that some are,
(assuming it's a VO issue).
Best,
Donna
On Oct 26, 2010, at 7:41 PM, David Taylor wrote:
Same here. The initial help screen with the
I don't think the question is whether the Mac hardware is capable of
running 64 bit win7, I think I triggered the original concern by
telling her that the win7 os would need to be 64 bit in order to make
use of the full 8 gigs of RAM. Thus the issue is whether she has 64
bit version of Win7
I know. You have to work with the site a little, but the program works well and
the results are
Nektarios.
excellent.
On Oct 27, 2010, at 6:59 AM, Eric Oyen wrote:
nice website, but any attempt to shop there results in an image asking me to
select my region and then I get nothing. I hate it
Hi there!
I managed to get Skype working perfectly.
I did uninstall Skype completely, installed an earlier version, connected to
server, and then updated Skype from there. All was fine.
I also installed growl, and, for the most part, it works ok.
I love my mac.
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Hi guys, just curious what do you think is the best most compatible embosser
to get for a mac user? Index is king here, and there is Ibraille, but my
feeling is that is a week solution. I'd rather teach louis and whatever
current embossers work best.
Appreciate any opinions and experiences
Hi does anyone where i can download the garage band manual cannot find it?
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have you poked around inside the growl configuration frame for Skype? you can
add a growl notification for initial contact (message). then enable it. you'll
find that chats are suddenly readable without you having to screen review them
every time.
btw, if you want to add me, I am known by
Hi ERik,
Why do you think the Index would be a weak solution? I've no plans just yet
to use my VErsabraille duo. It has parallel and I believe serial ports. the
Index would need usb ports to work with the mac. What're you thinking
besides working with Louis?
Isaac
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try this
after you find the menu and press VO shift space and find the preffs options
and press enter or VO space on it
VO might say selecting/deselecting preffs
then use the window chooser when the preffs are selected
this may help
thanks
On Oct 26, 2010, at 8:15 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote:
The few
It is a power house. I am, among other things, a musician. One of the reasons
for the increased hardware specs are so that I can effectively run Pro Tools
once I am up to the task. I imagine I'll have to spring for PT myself, though.
On Oct 26, 2010, at 10:46 PM, Cheree Heppe wrote:
Cheree
hi
I have a versapoint dou embosser
I would love to know how to use this with the mac
it has serial and parallel ports I believe
not sure at all where to go from here I know it works just fine, just need to
knonw what to configure and what software to use with it
thanks for helping can not wait
It wasn't easy. Towards the end of the process, wen I thought everything had
ben settled, my counselor spoke to somebody in the AT industry who told him
that very few blind people use Macs and that they're not particularly
accessible. It took about twenty minutes on the phone to set him
What version of Skype did you install? I have been having trouble with the most
recent version. It is the first version of Skype I have installed on my Mac, as
I haven't had it for very long. I'm wondering if following your example will
yield better results.
-Joshua
On Oct 27, 2010, at 4:17
Hello,
I went to
http://www.apple.com/accessibility
I then clicked on application support, in order to look at the list of VO
compatible applicaitons. As soon as that page loads, VO keeps crashing, and I
have to quit Safari from the dock. Is anyone else having this problem? Any
solutions?
Hi folks,
I just downloaded and installed facetime for mac on my Imac.
If I launch the app, Voice Over announces that there are no windows.
Looking in the menus, a lot of them are dimmed. So can't take a look at the
prefs for example.
From what I have red from other voice over users, it seems
Hi,
Can anyone recommend some good Mac Bible software? I am aware that Mac Sword is
supposed to work fairly well, but I would like to find software that includes
the NIV, and it does not appear that there are any plans for an NIV module to
be developed for Mac Sword. I found some information on
What I did was.
I got the earlier version of Skype for september 2009. You can get that at.
www.mac.oldapps.com
First, Uninstall Skype completely. Move the Skype application to the trash,
delete the Skype folder from your /home/library and the relevant Skype entry
from the prefferences.
Then
Hi Isaac,
I'm particularly thinking of IBraille being a week solution. It hasn't been
touched in years and I hate to ask clients to pour thousands of dollars into it.
I'm not really happy with the index lines, but maybe that is only to do with
all the power supplies I've seen fail and all the
If you are not running snowy you are out of gas. Facetime will not play with
the other cats.
On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 7:23 AM, Peter Durieux pe...@digileuven.be wrote:
Hi folks again,
Just installed facetime on my macbook and it works there.
Strange that it will not on my Imac.
Any
Hi,
It's a brand new Imac 27 inch with sl and all updates installed.
The one different thing between my macbook and Imac what I can think of is that
on my Imac growl isn't installed.
Maybe this is dependencies?
kr
-Peter
Op 27-okt-2010, om 19:56 heeft Charlie Doremus het volgende geschreven:
Well, with the budget cuts and the ressession are there any good well staffed
rehab departments? Even years ago the rehab department in CT was substandard.
They had excelent education services for school children but once you got out
you were in the soup pretty quickly.
On Oct 26, 2010, at
Hi folks,
any idea how I may remove FaceTime Beta from my Mac? It isn't donw if you drag
FaceTime application to trash. Even you're disconnected from FaceTime service
FaceTime assumes it is running, so there's no chance to finally kick it off,
even if it is located on trash. a bit crazy cause
if it's in the dock, try force quitting it. then trash it. I had the same
problem with DropBox; the app wouldn't shut down or trash until I force quit
(quitted?) it.
• Mark BurningHawk Baxter
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•
It's a pretty great setup you have there. I have the same basic setup but on
the 17 inch with the 500GB SSD drive instead of the 7200 RPM traditional.
Being able to run virtual machines like that is the bees knees.
I also find cracking WEP keys is pretty easy.:) Love having that many cores.
Download webkit. The included safari is buggy.
The latest webkit definitely helps improve VO stability on web pages.
On Oct 27, 2010, at 7:35 AM, Joshua Loya wrote:
Hello,
I went to
http://www.apple.com/accessibility
I then clicked on application support, in order to look at the list of
Hi all:
I'm not particularly following many threads on the list at present, but the
issue of skype accessibility seems to have cropped up a bit here and there.
This has me curious. I am, to my knowledge, running the latest version of
skype, and not having any issues with it. What
I'm stumped, should work. Keep in mind facetime is in bata testing so I
suggest calling Apple Care since your machine is new to see what they have
to say.
On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 8:14 AM, Peter Durieux pe...@digileuven.be wrote:
Hi,
It's a brand new Imac 27 inch with sl and all updates
Thanks. That worked smashingly. The link you gave didn't work, but I was able
to find the correct site by googling old Mac aps. I followed your instructions,
and even after the update, Skype is working beautifully. Now, if I can only
figure out how to make a test call...
On Oct 27, 2010, at
No worries. I think I might give Mac Sword a try. Perhaps I can prevail upon
Zondervan to release an NIV module. At least it's available via
www.biblegateway.com and www.blueletterbible.org.
-Joshua
On Oct 27, 2010, at 9:17 AM, Goldfinga Productions wrote:
oh sorry, I see this message now,
Sent from my iPhonehi everyone:
I wanted to know how I would get to my gmail link after getting on the google
home page?.
Chenelle
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It doesn't have anything to do with the new version of iTunes. Make sure that
you have correctly edited the tag information of the files. Sometimes it can be
a bit tedious, but if you're not going to convert the files to .m4b, double
checking the tag information is your best bet.
Hope that
Last time I checked, Mac Sword only has Protestant Canon books, but the web
site mentioned that they are working on adding books from other Canon, such as
those used by Roman Catholics. The web site stated that this shortcoming has
nothing to do with theology. It is more of a programming issue.
I installed Skype, and when I logged in for the first time, I got an image
which VO could not read. When I uninstalled the latest version, and install an
earlier one, I was able to sign in with no difficulty. I then updated the
application from within Skype, and I have had no problems. It
I'll give that a shot. Thanks. Where would I download it?
On Oct 27, 2010, at 12:01 PM, Scott Granados wrote:
Download webkit. The included safari is buggy.
The latest webkit definitely helps improve VO stability on web pages.
On Oct 27, 2010, at 7:35 AM, Joshua Loya wrote:
Hello,
There is a GMail link on the main Google page. Alternatively, you can go to
www.gmail.com
Hope that helps,
Joshua
On Oct 27, 2010, at 12:54 PM, Chenelle Hancock wrote:
Sent from my iPhonehi everyone:
I wanted to know how I would get to my gmail link after getting on the google
home
Hi folks,
I wanted to change the name of a text edit file. I used the save as feature,
entered the new name and that worked fine. I then had two files, the new one
and the old file with the old name which I sent to trash. Is there a way to
simply change the file name without creating a
You can do it in finger; navigate to the file, press enter, then change the
name. Done. :)
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• MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com
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Go to your table of contacts, interact until you find Skype Test call. Stop
interacting, then press shift control M and go down with your arrow and call
should be the first option. Hope that's OK.
Kawal.
On 27 Oct 2010, at 21:03, Joshua Loya wrote:
Thanks. That worked smashingly. The link
Oh, I am sorry about the wrong link. I gave it from memory and apparently it
was not correct.
Glad you found the program though.
Now when you sign in, look for the contacts table with VO and the arrow keys
and interact with it. The test cal account must be there somewhere.
When you find it,
I sent Helen an email. Thanks for the info.
-Joshua
On Oct 27, 2010, at 10:14 AM, Chuck Reichel wrote:
Hi
Its never off topic if it runs on a mac!
Every one that wants to have Accordance work on the Snow Leopard platform
please email Helen A. Brown
OakTree Software, Inc Please..
Thanks for the tip. I'm looking for Bible software which allows me to access
multiple translations and commentaries, so that I can compare what they have to
say on different portions of Scripture. Quickverse is a good example of a
Windows program that does what I want. Glad to know there are
Mark and Joshua,
Thanks. What a simple solution. I had already check the context menu and
there was nothing there.
Linda
On Oct 27, 2010, at 4:56 PM, Joshua Loya wrote:
In the Finder, select the file. THen, press enter on it, and you should be in
an edit box which contains the name of the
I found the contact list table, but only my Address book contacts are present.
I recently started a brand new Skype account; it's been a long time since I
started my first one. Is there something I have to do in order to verify my
account in order to have Skype test call in my list of available
Mark,
On 27.10.2010, at 20:52, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote:
if it's in the dock, try force quitting it. then trash it. I had the same
problem with DropBox; the app wouldn't shut down or trash until I force quit
(quitted?) it.
Thanks for that great advice that had solve the problem.
webkit.org
On Oct 27, 2010, at 1:34 PM, Joshua Loya wrote:
I'll give that a shot. Thanks. Where would I download it?
On Oct 27, 2010, at 12:01 PM, Scott Granados wrote:
Download webkit. The included safari is buggy.
The latest webkit definitely helps improve VO stability on web pages.
Thanks.
-Joshua
On Oct 27, 2010, at 2:29 PM, Scott Granados wrote:
webkit.org
On Oct 27, 2010, at 1:34 PM, Joshua Loya wrote:
I'll give that a shot. Thanks. Where would I download it?
On Oct 27, 2010, at 12:01 PM, Scott Granados wrote:
Download webkit. The included safari is buggy.
Oh man the Apple II line was a great learning tool.
I had the II E and learned a great deal from my experience, not all of which
were legal by any sense of the imagination. (bluebox anyone) I miss the 6502
assembler.:)
On Oct 27, 2010, at 3:49 PM, Eric Oyen wrote:
Rose,
it helps to have
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be careful. some people don't like war drivers. :)
yeah, having a mainframe in your lap is definitely worth the money. I have a
dual core desktop unit here and I really wish I had 6 more cores.
-Eric
On Oct 27, 2010, at 11:54 AM, Scott Granados wrote:
It's a pretty great setup you have
As for importing files in to GB, this is a big YES. Use the file browser. I
haven't tried the marker thing yet though. I am just really getting in to
playing with regions.
GF
On Oct 26, 2010, at 10:19 PM, Kevin Reeves wrote:
Here's a quick question. Is it now possible to edit your tempo
Hi everyone,can anyone tell me how I use vo key strokes to turn speech back
on?. Thank you sincerely, chenelle
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The Commodore VICE 20 was my first computer, closely followed by the Commodore
64 (fantastic sound CHIP, lovely synth sounds) then I was a huge fan of the
Amiga for many years also because of its sound and great games too. And it was
one of the first GUI type computers that actually multi
Hi.
So, was there a screen reader for the ¬commodore or the amiga computers?
I had an Amstrad cpc 6128 myself, and I had to do many tricks to get by.
Nice discussion.
Nektarios.
On Oct 28, 2010, at 2:01 AM, Chris Moore wrote:
The Commodore VICE 20 was my first computer, closely followed by
Here's the response I got from Helen at Accordance
ÎBegin forwarded message:
From: Helen Brown he...@accordancebible.com
Date: October 27, 2010 4:03:03 PM PDT
To: Joshua Loya jloy...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Accordance Bible SOftware+ Accessibility
Joshua:
We are quite familiar with
Hi Chenelle,
do you mean on an iPhone?
If so, it depends on how speech was turned off.
1. If it is just speech, then you can do a three-finger double tap and speech
will come back.
2. If it is that VO is off, you'll need sighted help to go under the Settings,
General then Accessibility
And just how should I edit the tag information? I changed the genre to
audiobook in two different places under get info. Why do the files then end up
out of order even when they are numbered files and the numbers are in the file
names.
On Oct 27, 2010, at 4:12 PM, Joshua Loya wrote:
It
Is ther an easy way to convert the files to M4B, and willl this solve the files
ending up out of order?
On Oct 27, 2010, at 4:12 PM, Joshua Loya wrote:
It doesn't have anything to do with the new version of iTunes. Make sure that
you have correctly edited the tag information of the files.
Hi,
While we're on this topic, can you play audiobooks at double speed on the Ipod
Touch, if so, how?
Courtney
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08:00 UTC on http://www.theglobalvoice.info
On Oct 27, 2010, at 7:33 PM, Kimberly thurman wrote:
And
Will the ipal work wiht the mac? or am I geting it confused with something
else. I've seent eh ipal but not the ipal solo.
Take care.
S
On Oct 27, 2010, at 4:26 PM, Chris Moore wrote:
Well there was built in speech which was quite controllable. For some reason
I think it was called Narrator
If the iPod touch recognizes the file(s) you are playing as an audiobook, then
there is an option to do this. In the now playing screen, there is a button
entitled playback speed. By default, it is set to normal and will inform you
of such. Double-tapping this button will set it to double,
Use the fields in the info tab when you get info on the files. You might have
to do it one at a time.
On Oct 27, 2010, at 4:33 PM, Kimberly thurman wrote:
And just how should I edit the tag information? I changed the genre to
audiobook in two different places under get info. Why do the
Not currently, but apparently it will soon.
On 28 Oct 2010, at 00:44, Sarah Alawami wrote:
Will the ipal work wiht the mac? or am I geting it confused with something
else. I've seent eh ipal but not the ipal solo.
Take care.
S
On Oct 27, 2010, at 4:26 PM, Chris Moore wrote:
Well there
Hi Chenelle!
And on the Mac its just command+f5 to put it on or off!
hth Colin
On 28 Oct 2010, at 00:25, Tim Kilburn wrote:
Hi Chenelle,
do you mean on an iPhone?
If so, it depends on how speech was turned off.
1. If it is just speech, then you can do a three-finger double tap and
The main difference between the way Windows handles files (media files
particularly) and the way Mac OS (and other Apple products) handles files is
metadata. Windows relies largely on their customers with media files to
organize them via a directory structure and to play them or add them to a
Somehow I muted the computer - a Vo key combo Anyone able to help me?
Julie
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let me check real fast. you may need to software update. I'll report findings.
-Eric
On Oct 27, 2010, at 7:35 AM, Joshua Loya wrote:
Hello,
I went to
http://www.apple.com/accessibility
I then clicked on application support, in order to look at the list of VO
compatible applicaitons. As
Hi guys;
I was duplicating my musicfrom my external hard drive onto my iTunes and my
hand against the track pad. Causing vo speech to be muted. So how do i unmate
my speech so i can use vo again?.
Thanks a lot really appreciate it.
Chenelle brushed
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Hi John and Joshua and others!
Part of this was my fault for not giving a better description!
I wrongly presumed that people had already opened the skype image that Joshua
mentioned, so if any one else comes across this skype image on there first
time, please interact with the image
Thanks for checking it out. Glad to know it's not only me.
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 27, 2010, at 5:34 PM, Eric Oyen eric.o...@gmail.com wrote:
ok,
vo keeps resetting on the main page. I cannot navigate or read anything
there. looks like a bug in safari or an issue on the website itself. I
Hi Chenelle,
According to the VO Help, if the Trackpad commander is turned on, you can use
the same gesture as I explained in my previous message for the iPhone. That is,
• Three-finger-double-tap on your Trackpad to toggle speech on and off.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
On
I was thinking today as I was using some of my items for the first time on
the mac, about a question. In windows, it always asks you if you are sure
about doing anything and you have to tell it yes or no. But I find that the
mac does not have a message saying are you sure about anything. For
I'm not familar with a vo mute hotkey but try function plus f10 or hit one of
the volume keys.
Good luck.
On Oct 27, 2010, at 5:28 PM, Julie Russell wrote:
Somehow I muted the computer - a Vo key combo Anyone able to help me?
Julie
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On your trackpad, I think if you double tapp with three fingers on the
trackpad, it should turn it back on. Heather
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Thanks, for that tidbit! Heather
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Yes! It was called 64 Reader. I believe it was developed by Ed Bowman, who
later went on to write a DOS screen reader called Tiny Talk.
Andy
I'm pretty good at drinkin beer.
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The Solo is just what it says, a stand alone reading device.
I'm pretty good at drinkin beer.
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Hey that is cool. I hope it does support the mac so we could have a grater
amount of independents. I don't use an ipal but you never know.
S
On Oct 27, 2010, at 5:12 PM, Chris Moore wrote:
Not currently, but apparently it will soon.
On 28 Oct 2010, at 00:44, Sarah Alawami wrote:
Will the
You reminded me of so many things now, that I am afraid that this discussion
will be off topic if we go on.
I was wondering though, how cool it would be if there is some kind of history
of computer accessibility with text, audio recordings of old speech
synthesizers, program demos etc.
It
You have to turn the trackpad on first though. to do this hold down ctrl and
option and rotate your 2 fingers to the right. then double tap.
Good luck.
On Oct 27, 2010, at 6:18 PM, heather kd5cbl wrote:
On your trackpad, I think if you double tapp with three fingers on the
trackpad, it
If it does not work, here is the steps for unmuting speech with the
keyboard. vo-f8, (or on some it is fn-vo-f8) brings the voice over utility.
Hit s for speech and tab twice to the mute speech and deselect from there.
BY hitting vo with space bar. Heather
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The huge problem with rehab departments is that many of them spend way
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going to Conferences in aweful places like Honolulu Hawaii. Texas as an
example could only provide slates styluses and braille paper for students
Texas, there never in the office always in training and they get four day
work weeks. They spend loads of money on mass mailouts that never arrive on
time, usually after the fact. So I guess they have not heard of this little
thing called, e-mail. I am starting to believe that because, mine
For what it's worth you can pretty much undo every action in fileeditUndo, or
cmd+Z, and deleting something in the finder only moves it to the trash folder.
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Hello list.
I am trying to connect my kanon lide 30 scanner but nothing happens.
Is anybody using this scanner with a mac? Are there any drivers available
somewhere?
Thanks.
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It seems budget is broken into admin, client services, and training. Anyway let
us get back on topic. Thanks to all re: mute. I fixed with it with gestures.
Each on this list has assisted me in learning Vo
Julie
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Hi guys:
I've gotten the drivers for my Cannon scanner. I have image capture
recognizing it. It can make the scanner start, and save to doccuments. But
when I try to open them with Abbyy, they're blank. Any suggestions, other than
a new scanner?:)
TIA and have a great evening.
Carolyn
Hi folks,
does anyone of you got experience with the bible reader iPhone application
developed by Olive Tree Software? Is it accessible to VO? Here in Germany lots
of sighted people likeit, but usually that gives no guaranty for VO's
accessibility features.
Martin
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