Re: getting ring tones into my library, was hhow to separate your audio books and your music using vo within itunes?

2010-12-06 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi Jim, Why would the 99 cents for a ringtone go to voiceover? Wouldn't that more than likely come from sales of IOS products? I know it makes no difference either way. I'm just thinking out loud. lol Thanks. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 Google

Re: getting ring tones into my library, was hhow to separate your audio books and your music using vo within itunes?

2010-12-06 Thread Scott Howell
Ricardo, I guess you could make the argument that any revenue Apple makes goes to support of developing VoiceOver. ALthough your thinking out loud does bring up an interesting point. Would the revenue generated from iTunes sales go to support Apple's store efforts where software and hardware

Re: getting ring tones into my library, was hhow to separate your audio books and your music using vo within itunes?

2010-12-06 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi Scott, Yup, I agree with you. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 On Dec 6, 2010, at 5:26 AM, Scott Howell wrote: Ricardo, I guess you could make the argument that any revenue Apple makes goes to support of developing

Re: changed iTunes server but purchases don't go there

2010-12-06 Thread Colin M
Hi Marlaina! Another thing for you to check! In Itunes prefs [ command+coma] interact with the tool bar and select the advanced button!Stop interacting and scroll passed the location and there are 2 check boxes one keeps your library tidy and the other keeps all music in the same place! If

Re: broadcasting on the mac?

2010-12-06 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi there, I'd also be interested in a broadcasting solution for the Mac that is like Station Playlist. Don't think there is such a beasty yet though which is too bad, since the little i've seen of Station playlist is really awesome. /Krister 5 dec 2010 kl. 23.29 skrev joe quinn: question for

Re: safari alternatives? was, Re: mac vs jfw

2010-12-06 Thread Scott Howell
Hi Darcy, Well I could not resist trying Chrome out. First thing folks will want to know is by default it wants to become your default browser, so uncheck this in options and in the basic section. WHen you first launch Chrome there are several buttons that are unlabeled that allow you to

Question about Apple airport express

2010-12-06 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hello list, I was wondering if it was possible to connect an external hard drive to the Airport express via USB? I would like to be able to do this and brows and edit the contents of the drive on my wireless network. TIA Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296

Re: Question about Apple airport express

2010-12-06 Thread Scott Howell
Ricardo, No. I did some quick research to see if anything was out there that might make it possible and I have not found anything. I have an Express and the USB port is only for a printer. Sure would be nice. Scott On Dec 6, 2010, at 6:58 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hello list, I was

Re: CD burning with ITunes verses Simply Burns

2010-12-06 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi Ray, I use simply burns for two reasons. First and foremost, simply burns does for both data and audio, and has features I want, such as disc at once, gapless output, buffer underrun protection, data verification, volume labelling, and on and on. As long as you know where your files reside

Re: apple tv and the remote app

2010-12-06 Thread Kevin Mattingly
I haven't used the remote app yet but the remote that comes with the TV is really easy to use. You can search rather easy with it once you get used to the keyboard layout. good luck and enjoy the TV, Kev On Dec 5, 2010, at 9:49 PM, Mary Otten wrote: Hello to all you apple tv users. I have

Mounting ISO's, CUE/BIN's on the Mac...

2010-12-06 Thread David Hole
Hi folks. Does anyone here know a easy way to mount ISO's and CUE/BIN's on the Mac? Here I have to simulate a drive too. If you know a great way to mount CUE/FLAC, I also would be happy to hear about that. On Windows one can use Daemon-tools, but I don't know any good alternatives on the Mac :(

Re: Question about Apple airport express

2010-12-06 Thread Ricardo Walker
Ah, Thanks scott. Thats what I was afraid of. But I guess it makes sense. If it did have the feature I wanted then, far less people would bother with the airport extreme Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 On Dec 6, 2010,

Re: getting ring tones into my library, was hhow to separate your audio books and your music using vo within itunes?

2010-12-06 Thread Jim Barbour
Hey Scott and Recardo, This is my thinking as well. Further, accessibility is clearly not a revenue generating project, but rather something that is good for Apple as a whole. Therefore, there's probably not a specific type of funding that supports accessibility. Therefore, any money apple

Re: Navigation in Preview

2010-12-06 Thread Frank Carmickle
Hello Does anyone know if there have been any improvements. This problem is killing me. I have a 1200 page document that I need to read and this keeps being a huge pain. I will certainly be logging out and turning VO on and off. Also remembering to turn off cursor tracking will certainly

What Iphone App is the Remote for Apple TV

2010-12-06 Thread Kevin Mattingly
I found an app called rowmote and rowmote pro. What app are you guys using to use for the apple tv remote? Kev -- 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: changed iTunes server but purchases don't go there

2010-12-06 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
Ok, With a fresh ear on the subject after a good night's sleep, I followed Colin's suggestion and while all the checkboxes were checked, I had not made the change I thought I had; now my library is in volumes/media/music. I'll go buy a Christmas album in a bit and see what happens. I love a

Re: Question about Apple airport express

2010-12-06 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
What is the Airport Express and what is the Airport Extreme? On Dec 6, 2010, at 6:44 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Ah, Thanks scott. Thats what I was afraid of. But I guess it makes sense. If it did have the feature I wanted then, far less people would bother with the airport extreme Ricardo

Re: getting ring tones into my library, was hhow to separate your audio books and your music using vo within itunes?

2010-12-06 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
Not that I want to perpetuate a discussion regarding whether or not accessibility is revenue generating, but I do want to share that increasingly, I am meeting people of my generation (I am 61 years old) who have switched to the Mac because they either have RP and their vision is fading, or

Re: Navigation in Preview

2010-12-06 Thread Carolyn Haas
Frank: Can you put it into pages? Carolyn On Dec 6, 2010, at 8:54 AM, Frank Carmickle wrote: Hello Does anyone know if there have been any improvements. This problem is killing me. I have a 1200 page document that I need to read and this keeps being a huge pain. I will certainly be

Re: safari alternatives? was, Re: mac vs jfw

2010-12-06 Thread Caitlyn and Nicky
Ok, thanks. Cait On 05/12/2010 6:40 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: Not really. Firefox is not accessible as of yet nor are most of the other browsers. You could give Opera a try but it has limitations in its accessibility as well. Later... On 2010-12-05, at 4:24 PM, Caitlyn and Nicky wrote:

Re: safari alternatives? was, Re: mac vs jfw

2010-12-06 Thread Caitlyn and Nicky
Thanks, have to check this out. I'm still on a windows machine mostly, but we've got a mac book laptop running leopard that we use. When we get our next desk tops, we're both seriously considering macs all the way. Cait On 05/12/2010 7:56 PM, Darcy Burnard wrote: Google has started to

Re: What Iphone App is the Remote for Apple TV

2010-12-06 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
We use an app called remote; Gary got it from the app store after reading about it on the apple site. It's free and totally accessible. Marlaina On Dec 6, 2010, at 8:04 AM, Kevin Mattingly wrote: I found an app called rowmote and rowmote pro. What app are you guys using to use for the apple

Re: Navigation in Preview

2010-12-06 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
I'm glad you asked this question; though I haven't had a lot of trouble, I don't understand much about how preview works. I make it work more by plundering around, rather than smarts. Marlainareally On Dec 6, 2010, at 7:54 AM, Frank Carmickle wrote: Hello Does anyone know if there have been

Re: Question about Apple airport express

2010-12-06 Thread Scott Howell
Marlaina, These are two routers that Apple offers. In fact there are really three. THe AirPort Express is very small, the size of the power brick for the MacBooks. It is a fairly feature rich router and includes features such as USB port for printing, an Ethernet port, and of course wireless

Re: Navigation in Preview

2010-12-06 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Frank, If you don't need to see how words are spelt or anything like that, I would recommend GhostReader from ConvenienceWare. Using this application is like listening to a tape recording but with a bit more control. It has the standard Play, Pause, Resume, Rewind and Fast forward

re: how to separate audio books from your itunes library:

2010-12-06 Thread Chenelle Hancock
hi everyone, i wanted to thank everyone for their help i greatly appreciate it. however, eric how do i go about getting the uk editions in audio of the harry potter books? what website would i go to to gather that kind of information etc. chenelle Sent from my iPhone -- You received this

Re: What Iphone App is the Remote for Apple TV

2010-12-06 Thread Andy Lane
The remote app is made by apple and has recently received a massive update, It makes it possible to access multiple libraries through home sharing, has a specific iPad version which is just fantastic and also controls the apple TV however mine always freezes when I use it with apple TV. its one

Re: Navigation in Preview

2010-12-06 Thread Frank Carmickle
Hi On Dec 6, 2010, at 11:21 AM, Carolyn Haas wrote: Frank: Can you put it into pages? Sure. Actually I had put it in to text edit and similar troubles were found when switching away and back again. I'll try pages. Thanks --FC Carolyn On Dec 6, 2010, at 8:54 AM, Frank Carmickle

Re: broadcasting on the mac?

2010-12-06 Thread Sarah Alawami
There is and I was looking at it. I'll have to go in to my favorites as they are working on making the app accessible. It is I'm told way better then spl studio. Will keep you posted. Take care. On Dec 6, 2010, at 2:57 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: Hi there, I'd also be interested in a

Vuescan

2010-12-06 Thread Carolyn Haas
Hi everyone: Just a note about the Vuescan app. The latest update (9 and later) are having issues with voiceover. I have contacted the developer, who is aware of the problem and will work on a fix. The 8.66 version worked before, and I'm just reloading that version. I'll update this info as

Daisy player on the Mac?

2010-12-06 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hi. Can anyone tell me if there is a Daisy player for the Mac? I wish to be able to stream books online which RNIB do (one of the largest charities in the UK). I hope the Daisy player can stream any Daisy book either from CD or online if there is such a Daisy player for the Mac. Regards,

Re: Vuescan

2010-12-06 Thread Matthew Campbell
Hi. Does anyone know if this app does auto page orientation yet? On 2010-12-06, at 2:40 PM, Carolyn Haas wrote: Hi everyone: Just a note about the Vuescan app. The latest update (9 and later) are having issues with voiceover. I have contacted the developer, who is aware of the problem

Re: Vuescan

2010-12-06 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi Carolyn, had the same issues. I think it's good to write to the developer, the mor the better. I wrote him 2 days ago and he didn't seem to know anything of issues with VO. Hopefully he can fix it soon. Best wishes Jürgen Am 06.12.2010 um 20:40 schrieb Carolyn Haas: Hi everyone: Just a

Re: Vuescan

2010-12-06 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi Matthew, that's what I also wanted to know. But VueScan 9 doesn't work with VoiceOver. Let see what an update brings. Regards Jürgen Am 06.12.2010 um 21:37 schrieb Matthew Campbell: Hi. Does anyone know if this app does auto page orientation yet? On 2010-12-06, at 2:40 PM, Carolyn

Curious Google Chrome Issue

2010-12-06 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi all, Chrome is informing me in its preferences that certain features have been disabled by the system administrator. As far as i m aware, I have administrative privileges on my machine. I set it up, after all. Is there some permissions setting I need to adjust? Thanks, Teresa -- You

Re: Vuescan

2010-12-06 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello, VueScan does not correct the orientation but it does very good scans. That's why I use it in conjunction with ABBYY Finereader which does correct orientation. Cheers, Anne -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to

Re: Vuescan

2010-12-06 Thread Matthew Campbell
Sounds like a lot of work to do it that way. Is there anyway to automate it so that the scans go from vuescan to abbyy finereader? On 2010-12-06, at 4:35 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: Hello, VueScan does not correct the orientation but it does very good scans. That's why I use it in

Re: Vuescan

2010-12-06 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Matthew, On 6 Dec 2010, at 22:44, Matthew Campbell wrote: Is there anyway to automate it so that the scans go from vuescan to abbyy finereader? Yes. Set VueScan to create TIFF files (or some other format that you wouldn't use for anything else), and have those files always open with

Re: Curious Google Chrome Issue

2010-12-06 Thread Scott Howell
Teresa, I noticed this as well, but figured it did not apply. I wonder if it was stuck in there as a gee some features may have been disabled by the sysadmin. Scott On Dec 6, 2010, at 4:12 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: Hi all, Chrome is informing me in its preferences that certain features

Re: Curious Google Chrome Issue

2010-12-06 Thread Teresa Cochran
It would be ok, but the features I get access to are extremely limited. Besides, I don't remember disabling anything, :) Teresa On Dec 6, 2010, at 2:47 PM, Scott Howell wrote: Teresa, I noticed this as well, but figured it did not apply. I wonder if it was stuck in there as a gee some

Re: Curious Google Chrome Issue

2010-12-06 Thread Yuma Decaux
Hi, Just wondering. Is chrome now accessible or something? -- 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

Re: Curious Google Chrome Issue

2010-12-06 Thread Teresa Cochran
Sort of. Enough to play with it and report issues. The big drawback is that it doesn't read anything in tables right now. Teresa On Dec 6, 2010, at 3:24 PM, Yuma Decaux wrote: Hi, Just wondering. Is chrome now accessible or something? -- You received this message because you are

Re: Vuescan

2010-12-06 Thread Carolyn Haas
Hi Matthew: Ok, Vuescan is officially ot working for me at all. Anyone a tad familiar with this app who might help please write off list. It's now calling everything a jpg file, soafter finally getting my serial and customer number entered, (no small feat), I can get it to scan. The results

Re: Daisy player on the Mac?

2010-12-06 Thread Carolyn Haas
Hi Kawal: I heard from him, and he wrote back that he was able to reproduce the VO problem. I also CC'ed Apple accessibility. Now, having gone back to 8.66 version, it's slightly better, buyt still not quite cooperating. At least now he's got two of us bugging (or trying to debug) him.:)

Re: Vuescan

2010-12-06 Thread Carolyn Haas
Hi Jürgen I goofed. Meant to write in reply to your post. Accidentally directed at Kawal. Please excuse me. CarolynOn Dec 6, 2010, at 1:58 PM, Jürgen Fleger wrote: Hi Carolyn, had the same issues. I think it's good to write to the developer, the mor the better. I wrote him 2 days ago

Re: Curious Google Chrome Issue

2010-12-06 Thread Scott Howell
I did report the table issue, so feel free to add your thoughts as well. This is another alternative and it is nice to see Google making some effort here in making Chrome accessible. Scott On Dec 6, 2010, at 6:31 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: Sort of. Enough to play with it and report issues.

Re: Vuescan

2010-12-06 Thread Carolyn Haas
Hi Matthew: Ann sent me a set-up to do just that. I will forward it off list. Carolyn On Dec 6, 2010, at 2:44 PM, Matthew Campbell wrote: Sounds like a lot of work to do it that way. Is there anyway to automate it so that the scans go from vuescan to abbyy finereader? On 2010-12-06, at 4:35

Re: Unzipping Files and Skype Recorder

2010-12-06 Thread Ezzy Bueno
Hi Júrgen Thanks for your help! For some reason, it's unable to archive the folder. Why could this be? Ezzy - Original Message - From: Jürgen Fleger apple-engl...@fleger.net To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date sent: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 07:43:43 +0100 Subject: Re: Unzipping Files

Re: Question about Apple airport express

2010-12-06 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi Marlaina, The airport Express and Airport Extreme are both wireless router solutions. The Extreme has one WAN port and three LAN ports all 10/100/1000 connectivity with wireless N, N/A and B/G compatible modes for all your devices. It also has dual broadcast mode so you can have both

Re: changed iTunes server but purchases don't go there

2010-12-06 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi Marlaina, Any luck with purchasing albums. One issue you may run into when more than one user is accessing the same iTunes Library is when you or he add music or media. iTunes creates a database when managing your Library so if you add music, it will appear in your Library but not in his

Re: changed iTunes server but purchases don't go there

2010-12-06 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
Hi Tim. We do both have Macs and we also have PC's but are using our Macs for iTunes. I didn't get a new album yet; been out all day Christmas shopping and have 3 conference calls this evening, :) But I will do so later this evening and respond. You are great to offer to help, and as much as

hot key for time

2010-12-06 Thread peter apgar
Good evening all, i seam to have forgotten the hot key for checking the time. Thanks in advance, Pete -- 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

Re: hot key for time

2010-12-06 Thread Rafaela Freundt
Hi, you have to have the keyboard commander activated with vo shift k. then, you have to set a key to use this commands, the default is one of the option keys. I have my right option key that I don't use as much, but you can set any other modifier key if you want. The time command is that

Re: Navigation in Preview

2010-12-06 Thread Slau
Hi Frank, I didn't see this thread earlier but I thought I'd respond. Yeah, it's maddening how VoiceOver keeps reading from the top. One method that will work for setting a placeholder is to use a hot spot. If, for example, you Command-Tab over to Pro Tools or something, pressing the VO-hot

Re: hot key for time

2010-12-06 Thread peter apgar
thank you Sir. On Dec 6, 2010, at 10:05 PM, Rafaela Freundt wrote: Hi, you have to have the keyboard commander activated with vo shift k. then, you have to set a key to use this commands, the default is one of the option keys. I have my right option key that I don't use as much, but you

facebook chat and adium

2010-12-06 Thread May McDonald
Sorry I was in the process of moving and missed this whole thread I believe. I thought I saved a message about it anyway so I could refer to it later, but I guess not. Can someone please tell me how I go about getting facebook chat to work again with Adium? Thanks. -- You received this

Undownloaded Podcasts

2010-12-06 Thread Israel
Greeting Mac Visionaries Family, A while back, I subscribed to the Maccessibility podcast. At the time, I was not too confident with my way around my new Mac so I had sighted assistance. More recently, I've been playing around with subscribing to different podcasts through iTunes. On Monday

Facebook question?

2010-12-06 Thread Blake Hardin
Hi all, ok this really isn't a mac question but has anyone noticed lately that when you go to either the facebook main sight or moble sight that allot of links arent announced anymore? Like when i look at them all window eyes says is ? So idk whats going on? Did they change something? --

Re: Undownloaded Podcasts

2010-12-06 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Isra, To download an undownloaded podcast, go to the episode and use the contextual menu (VO-Shift-M) to find the item Download Podcast Episode. Cheers, Anne -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send

Re: Undownloaded Podcasts

2010-12-06 Thread Jude DaShiell
select each track and hit control-option-shift-m on it to bring up the context menu. Then down arrow into the context menu, I think download track will be one of the choices you're offered. Hit enter on that choice and another track will appear on your disk if enough room is present to store