I have tried Syrinx for OS X and found it wanting. it speaks the updates, but I
can't seem to interact with the individual tweets to get links, etc.
are there any other accessible twitter clients that allow me to do more?
-Eric
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Hi All,
I've recently become interested in Coco and Objective C, which among other
things means that a
lot of tutorials recommend the use of Interface Builder. I've done some
experimenting, and can't
seem to do very much with it.
So I thought I'd ask here, is it useable for us? I don't
Hello everyone,
A very kind person on this list helped me create a macro that automatically
starts Audio Hijack and selects Skype to hijack. Though the macro still works
perfectly, and I use it almost every day, two things have started to occur that
I don't understand.
1. In the component
hey all i used tagalicious to tag a 33 track album yestoday and now 12
songs have vanished what's the problem? have they bean compleated
deleted? please help me
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Interface builder has many accessibility problems.
Here you can read an article about how to design a hello world using Interface
builder and VoiceOver. It is in my old blog:
http://programaraciegas.weblog.discapnet.es/articulo.aspx?idA=1599
it is a unproductive solution. I preffer
Hello Denise,
Below I've pasted two recent posts regarding Overdrive: My brief post gives
some information about the Overdrive iphone App and a more detailed post from
Esther gives additional Overdrive info and links to past notes..
HTH,
Bryan
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Sara,
The reason your Mac slows down has nothing to do with the amount of ram that
you have in your system. It's the bottleneck in the IO system. You want to
increase your productivity, buy a SSD instead. This will increase your
throughput and make the same system appear to now scream.
Just
Go to www.bryansmart.com and search through his blogs. There is a project
he hosts related to Rennasance which will help design Uis for Apple apps.
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all documentation is in official Apple developer site http://developer.apple.com
you have to read about view control model and more
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e-Mail:
Hello Michael!
1. I don't know. I haven't seen this before, sorry!
2. You can get around this if you look in the menus there you'll find hotkeys
for almost everything you need. I used to use the toolbar until I found the
hotkeys, but that, however, is a personal preference. So sorry, but it
Also, there was an article in the last two weeks on tidbits.com about an
alternative to OverDrive app for iPhone that is supposed to be more convenient
I suggest you read the article and possibly post in the comments or e-mail the
author directly if there are no discussions about VoiceOver
Quick question:
Is there a way of quickly jumping to the top of the timeline in Nambu?
Sometimes, the VO focus will move down 100 tweets and I'll have to up arrow to
get back to the top of the list. VO-Shift-J doesn't seem to work, and neither
does my page up or page down keys.
Thanks in
hi,
did anyone here ever find out about the adobe id. i did not know such an id
existed for the free adobe reader.
On Feb 27, 2011, at 5:58 AM, Bryan Jones wrote:
Hello Denise,
Below I've pasted two recent posts regarding Overdrive: My brief post gives
some information about the Overdrive
Hi Denise,
On Feb 27, 2011 Denise Avant wrote:
my library has books through overdrive. i know these books are in protected WMA
format and adobe. but i think some may be unprotected. is it possible to
download these books to my mac in itunes and even transfer them to my iphone?
is there an
Hi Jonathan and Denise,
I think you're speaking about the Bluefire reader app. I tried this out, and
as far as I can tell, the contents are not accessible. It's like the case with
the Kindle app -- you can view the items in the catalog, but when you open the
actual books, you won't be able
Hi Denise
On Feb 27, 2011, at 04:43, Denise Avant wrote:
hi,
did anyone here ever find out about the adobe id. i did not know such an id
existed for the free adobe reader.
This ID is something that gets used with Adobe Digital Editions. It's meant
for you to create a unique identifier that
I want to install some stuff on a CD onto my Windows computer which doesn't
have a CD drive. How can I do this using my Mac Mini's CD/DVD drive?
Jane
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I've had the joy of getting two files sent to me with WMP extensions. Is there
a way to access these without going back to that wmp computer of mine?
TIA for any suggestions.
Enjoy the weekend.
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I'm guessing another window is blocking it. I've seen that happen before.
1. Try closing windows one at time. When only one window shows up, try your
command tab. Then, if that doesn't seem to show it, try rebooting.
Carolyn H
On Feb 26, 2011, at 6:50 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
Hello all,
I can get to my messages in the app but I do not know how to reply to a
message. I'm brand new to facebook. I signed up on Friday. I did find
replying to messages on the mobile version of facebook on my mac somewhat
cumbersome but I would really like to do this via the FacelyHD
Hello all,
I have a CD in my itunes library that is a compilation of songs from different
artist. I'd like to remove it. Does anyone know if there's some way to just
remove the whole album, rather than hunting out each of the different artist
and deleting individual tracks? As always, any
Hello Listers.
I'm wondering if anyone has found an accessible utility to remove unused
preference files from one's library?
I looked to see if onyx could do this but it doesn't look like it can.
Thanks for any help.
Matthew Campbell
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Hi,
1. Go to Music in your Sources List.
2. Interact With the Music Table.
3. Navigate to the Album column.
4. Press VO-shift-back slash to sort by Album.
5. Navigate to the first item in that album.
6. Hold down your sift key as you arrow through the rest of the album.
7. Press the Delete
Hi Eric,
Try YoruFukurou. It's feature set is the most advanced that you'll find among
the accessible Mac clients. I'm not feeling too well, so forgive me for not
thoroughly covering what it can do. But I had to at least refer you to the
client.
Hth,
Rose
On Feb 27, 2011, at 4:07 AM, Eric Oyen
I feel so stupid but I thought after I followed the link to try facebook mobile
that it would take me to the mobile version. I was having trouble getting
around and I think I was not actually on the mobile version and I cannot figure
out how to get to the mobile version. Can someone please
Christina,
the correct address is:
m.facebook.com
On Feb 27, 2011, at 1:44 PM, Christina wrote:
I feel so stupid but I thought after I followed the link to try facebook
mobile that it would take me to the mobile version. I was having trouble
getting around and I think I was not actually on
Thanks so much. That's so much easier than the alternative.
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hello; m.facebook.com
On Feb 27, 2011, at 12:44 PM, Christina wrote:
I feel so stupid but I thought after I followed the link to try
facebook mobile that it would take me to the mobile version. I was
having trouble getting around and I think I was not actually on the
mobile version and I
Hi Tim,.
Thanks so much for this. The VO-Shift-Backslash is a command I hadn't seen
before.
Best,
Donna
On Feb 27, 2011, at 1:22 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
Hi,
1. Go to Music in your Sources List.
2. Interact With the Music Table.
3. Navigate to the Album column.
4. Press
Hi Donna,
In addition to Tim's very complete answer, you can also use your (column)
browser to locate compilations. In the View menu on the iTunes menu bar, the
Column Browser sub-menu lets you check categories to view (e.g. Artists,
Albums, Composers, etc.), position (On top or On left), and
Hi Donna,
What Tim said works fine but, I think their is an easier way. Just go to music
in the sources list and then press command option F to take you to the search
field. Now type in the name of the album. All you have to do now is navigate
to the songs table, press command a to select
Wow, Esther, as always you are a wealth of information! thanks for your very
detailed post, sounds like I need to spend more time getting familiar with the
column browser, - I admit I haven't played around with it much. It sounds
though like it offers many interesting options.
Best,
Donna
On
Hey Ricardo,
thanks! I share your aversion for interacting with things, so I'll definitely
play around with this. It hadn't dawned on me to use the search function.
It's amazing how many different ways there are to accomplish things on the Mac,
and how, even after using a Mac for a year and
Hello google an app called trashme. This is an app I use when removing apps. I
set it up so every time you remove an app to the trash it detects that and
removes all unused pref files for that app.
Sarah Alawami
If you need an edit done on a small project go to
http://music.marrie.org/master
Yeah the reboot worked. I've never ever seen this before. I've seen the
opposite wherein the mac gets stuck at the finder but not this. lol!
Sarah Alawami
If you need an edit done on a small project go to
http://music.marrie.org/master for more info. If you need to contact me my info
is
I believe the del session is cmd del. I don't use ahj right now since they
broke it and i don't have a copy of the older app. oops? thanks to me
accidentally clearing my time machine drive. Oh well
Take care
Sarah Alawami
If you need an edit done on a small project go to
Hi Donna,
I'll comment on Ricardo's suggestion to use the Search field, which you can get
to with Command-Option-F (or Control-Option-F in Windows). It's a good one,
provided you know that the search doesn't pull in items from other fields. The
thing to realize about the Search text field is
Ok for those that want the older version go here. you will still need your
license though and if it is too old contact them for help lol.
http://www.rogueamoeba.com/legacy/ I got the older 2.9.2 version I think it was
and I can now hijack my system via sound flower. Yee! I hope they fix the
Hello,
I was wondering if there is a way to convert pdf-files to txt/rtf from the
command line?
With textutils, I can convert doc(x),rtf(d),txt,html, odt to one of this
formats.
Pdf seems not possible...
Is there a option to e.g print a pdf to a file from the terminal or another
commandline
Hey i know how to add people to a conversation but not to a call is there a way
to do that? thanks. am talking about this on the mac.
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Hi William,
Try the pdftotext Shell tool found at:
http://www.bluem.net/en/mac/others/
I've had success with this tool. It will place a text version of your pdf into
the same location as the original pdf document. It will not translate
protected PDFs.
HTH.
Later...
On 2011-02-27, at 6:29
Hello all,
I use Ical for all my events/appointments and this works, not perfect but
enough for me.
One of the problems I have is that , I think only past events, are poping up on
my screen also if I am in another program then Ical.
If someone recognizes this situation, it would be very nice
Hi Mike. That script will hijack the first item in your sessions list that
includes the name skype. So as long as you have one session called skype, it
will work. As for VO not interacting with the toolbar, that's a puzzle. What
happens when you try to interact with it?
Darcy
On
I highly doubt it. I would really like to actually see all 4 gb of ram with sl
being used. I've tried and the most I can get it up to is 2 point something.
Fusion, I can see if you had a virtual machine, but even then 2 for each gets
me by just fine.
Yet again, the price of the ssd was
At least your sstill highjacks audio...lol. Mine refuses to do that, now.
sigh..
On 2011-02-27, at 3:51 AM, Michael Busboom wrote:
Hello everyone,
A very kind person on this list helped me create a macro that automatically
starts Audio Hijack and selects Skype to hijack. Though the
Hi,
A program called app zapper. Will cost a bit, but the first fie zapps are
free...plus the sound effects are brilliant.
On 2011-02-27, at 12:01 PM, Matthew Campbell wrote:
Hello Listers.
I'm wondering if anyone has found an accessible utility to remove unused
preference files from
Ah, have never heard of that, will go look for it now. thanks.
On 2011-02-27, at 2:25 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
Hello google an app called trashme. This is an app I use when removing apps.
I set it up so every time you remove an app to the trash it detects that and
removes all unused pref
Hmm, how exactly did you downgrade? As ever since I have, when I highjack, I
lose all sound - could I have muted soundflowers output?
thankk
On 2011-02-27, at 2:46 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
Ok for those that want the older version go here. you will still need your
license though and if it is
I jsut coppied the older app and said replace and it did it. I have not tested
all of it but I did not need to reenter my key or redoo my sessions but th
eextras galary is back. Yee!
Sarah Alawami
If you need an edit done on a small project go to
http://music.marrie.org/master for more
Hi,
does someone know if there's an accessible jabber client which would let do a
service discovery? That's because I'm trying to link my jabber account to my
msn one, so I'll be able to use it with iChat instead of Adium.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
Html-man
msn: html-...@libero.it
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On Feb 26, 2011, at 7:48 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
No I deactivated spaces. i have not tried rebooting yet. I was n the middle
of taking notes but basically my finder disappeared from the cmd tab order so
I can see mail
Not 100% sure as you are using a mac but when wanting to install a program
on say a netbook which do not have a drive I copy the contents of the cd
onto a usb drive and then plug it in to the netbook and find the setup or
install file and install from there.
Larry Elliot GD (Guide Dog)
London,
Thanks again, Esther. You've given me a lot to think about and explore. It's
kind of funny how quickly we get used to our way of doing things, whether or
not it's actually the most efficient way. I'm going to spend some time
exploring all this and sorting it out.
I know that I and others
Can you inble the sharing of oru cd drive from the mac book wiht a cd drive and
have it access from there?? I don't know how that works but good luck.
Sarah Alawami
If you need an edit done on a small project go to
http://music.marrie.org/master for more info. If you need to contact me my
I 2nd that. I followed the lead of some others, and made an esther folder.
Ricardo Walker
rwalker...@gmail.com
Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296
On Feb 27, 2011, at 7:33 PM, Donna Goodin wrote:
Thanks again, Esther. You've given me a lot to think about and explore.
It's kind of funny
I haven't figured out how to get Ap Zapper to work...I always figured it wasn't
accessible. Can you provide any steps/information?
Thx,
Jeff
On 2011-02-27, at 5:27 PM, T wood wrote:
Hi,
A program called app zapper. Will cost a bit, but the first fie zapps are
free...plus the sound
Hai, folks. After consulting with Apple, several veteran Mac users, both
sighted and blind, (none of whom use Word on the Mac), and attempting futilely
to figure is out for myself, I am here to grovel for assistance. When I open a
document (those imported from my PC, and those I have downloaded
Hi Christine,
I'm afraid Word for Mac, along with the other Office programs for Mac, are not
accessible with VoiceOver last I heard. Now, I've not tried them myself, so
someone who knows differently feel free to correct me. Is there something
specific in Word you need to do? TextEdit is good
As already mentioned, Text Edit is good for getting text in, working with it,
and limited formatting. Pages is accessible to a degree, but will get job done
when working with Word files.
I've worked in Pages quite extensively and will be able to help.
Microsoft Office isn't accessible on Mac.
Hi Christine:
You in theory should be able to edit word documents with pages without a hitch.
But, let me try to help, albeit clumsily.:)
Pages will often put you in a header or footer, or outside the document
somewhere. Try approaching the document by selecting it, and then going to
menu,
Hi guys:
Ok, I checked this in archives, and it seems like there's not a simple way to
rip a multi cd book using just itunes. What I tried to do was to import the
CD's and then change their track names and sorting. But, no luck there. If
anyone can suggest the simplest and most foolproof way
I like max for this. Either use max to integrate with your ITunes library, or
use it to rip the audio book cd's to one file per and then use audiobook
builder to get them into your library. Then there is my solution which is to
bypass ITunes altogether and have full control over my files, but
NMP3 Ripper v0.7.0
author: Stuart Belden
email: stus...@stumod.com
website: http://www.stumod.com/code.html
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Interesting. Is there any reason you like this one better than max?
Best,
Erik Burggraaf
User support consultant,
Now posting occasionally on twitter at eburggraaf,
1-888-255-5194
http://www.erik-burggraaf.com
On 2011-02-27, at 9:32 PM, louie wrote:
NMP3 Ripper v0.7.0
author: Stuart
1. Are you sure that the timezone is set for your location?
2. You could change the time in advance that you want to be notified.
3. You could (though I don't particularily recommend it) set up a notification
that calls an APpleScript. That Apple Script could minumize all windows or use
the say
Thanks so much for your prompt replies. Here's the thing: The computers at work
are ancient PC's which still use Word 97. I need to be able to read documents
sent to me, which will likely not be an issue with text edit seemingly working
so well. However, I need to be able to write lesson
You can save in word 97 in text edit. just go down to save as then choose word
97, *.doc.
Take care
Sarah Alawami
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http://music.marrie.org/master for more info. If you need to contact me my info
is below.
MSN and AIM: marri...@gmail.com
There is a script that will then merge the audio files at least the ones you
select and convert them to m4a. you can then use another script to make them
book markable and it will reimport them in to the audio books playlist. I
found both scripts on the net.
Take care.
Sarah Alawami
If you
the reasonI know it can as that's how I turned in my essays to the prof and
read them too. lol!
Try it out on a small thing first to see if it works before you really do your
work on it.
Good luck
Sarah Alawami
If you need an edit done on a small project go to
Hi Christine,
The fact that Microsoft Office for Mac isn't accessible with Voiceover is
mainly in Microsoft's court, where they decided to not use Mac OS X development
tools and use non-standard controls, which don't work well with VoiceOver. I do
hope that you are able to get a refund for a
Hi, there's an app on the app store called audiobook builder, and it can import
multi cd books, and then combine them into a bookmarkable file. I got it, and
have liked it quite a bit so far.
On Feb 27, 2011, at 7:41 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
There is a script that will then merge the audio
Another great facebook / instant messaging app for the Mac is Adium.
On Feb 25, 2011, at 9:48 PM, trahern culver wrote:
hey all can any one one recomend facebook apps/cliants for mac os10?
your help with this question would be most welcom!!
kind regards trahern.
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