Skype on the iPad

2011-04-18 Thread Simon Cavendish
Hello All, Is Skype on the iPad accessible? Does anyone on the list use it to chat with friends? If not Skype, is there an alternative that would be accessible for Voiceover users? Thanks a lot. Simon -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: Addictiv games for iPhone...

2011-04-18 Thread Donna Goodin
David, Try Tap the Mole. Donna Donna Goodin, M.A., Ph.D. Academic and Career Coach Email: do...@studentsuccesscoaching.com do...@idealpathcoaching.com Web: httP://www.studentsuccesscoaching.com http://www.idealpathcoaching.com On Apr 18, 2011, at 1:14 AM, David Hole wrote: Hi guys. IMO chess

RE: introduction

2011-04-18 Thread Tony Hernandez
Hey there Ishe. Do I need to pay for the developer ID before I can download the SDK? Thanks a lot for the enthusiastic response. I'm absolutely nuts with anticipation of getting the Mac. I even had a dream about it last night. I just know it's going to be a very pleasant and positive

Re: introduction

2011-04-18 Thread Chinyoka on Macbook
Hi Tony, No you register for free as an Apple developer. The process is quite easy and smooth. However, you have to pay $100 if you want to post an app into the App Store. This virtually means that XCode is free. The only condition for downloading it is that you must be registered as an Apple

phantom Bluetooth response, possibly

2011-04-18 Thread Cheree Heppe
Cheree Heppe here: I have a PK, the Baum-made Braille note taker that HumanWare re-badged and re-softwared. I tried to pair this with my IPhone 4, just for fun, not expecting anything. The PK appeared to pair with the phone, but the phone did not indicate the presence of the PK. Which device

possible phantom Bluetooth pairing

2011-04-18 Thread Cheree Heppe
Cheree Heppe here: I have a PK, the Baum-made Braille note taker that HumanWare re-badged and re-softwared. I tried to pair this with my IPhone 4, just for fun, not expecting anything. The PK appeared to pair with the phone, but the phone did not indicate the presence of the PK. Which device

Objective C was RE: introduction

2011-04-18 Thread Tony Hernandez
Hi. Thanks again. I don't have much money; in fact I think I'm done spending much on anything but food and clothing and shelter after buying the Mac. Is there good documentation on Objective C for someone with some programming experience? I have done a little bit of PERL programming and a very

Re: Objective C was RE: introduction

2011-04-18 Thread Esther
Hi Tony, You mentioned in your Intro post that you have an iPod Touch. Go to the iBooks Store and pick up some of the free Apple Developer Publications. There are 6 of them, with 3 covering iOS specific topics (Human Interface Guide, Application Programming, and Technology Overview), and 3

macscan is it accessible?

2011-04-18 Thread Mary Otten
The macupdate promo for the next several hours is macscan at half off. It is a security suite for the Mac. Has anybody used it and is it accessible with vo? Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: Skype on the iPad

2011-04-18 Thread Kevin Mattingly
It works on the IPhone and I'd think that it would on the IPad too. I'll be getting my IPad 2 in a couple of weeks and I can offer up my analysis then. Kev On Apr 18, 2011, at 2:09 AM, Simon Cavendish wrote: Hello All, Is Skype on the iPad accessible? Does anyone on the list use it to chat

Papasangre, saving the very annoying little girl (level 18)

2011-04-18 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, Does anyone know if you're supposed to be able to save that little girl? If so, what did you do? I can pick her up, but it seems like no matter what I do, when I go out the exit I don't have her anymore. Donna -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: Papasangre, saving the very annoying little girl (level 18)

2011-04-18 Thread Alex Hall
Each time you save someone (the old man, the baby, or the girl) you lose them at the ed of the level. This is what is supposed to happen; the voice of the rescued will cut off as the exit/level change sound happens, then you continue alone. On 4/18/11, Donna Goodin goodi...@msu.edu wrote: Hi

Re: Papasangre, saving the very annoying little girl (level 18)

2011-04-18 Thread Donna Goodin
Right. But when I saved the baby and the old man, papa sangre said I had saved them. this time he said that my charity had melted away, so presumably I did not save her. But I've now played that level several times, and i seem to get that same outcome no matter what. Should I just assume

Re: Objective C was RE: introduction

2011-04-18 Thread Barry Hadder
Hi, There is enough information at developer.apple.com on OS10 and IOS development to keep you busy for the rest of your life. A good way to get started is to read the Cocoa Fundamentals Guide at:

RE: introduction

2011-04-18 Thread Sarah May
Hi Tony, My name is Sarah. Welcome to the list! I am a new Mac user myself. I was given a Macbook Pro for my birthday almost tow months ago. I am signed up for the Mac classes and have attended one so far. I attend my second one this Friday. So far the first Mac class was a bit slow

Reed: Alternitive to dropbox.

2011-04-18 Thread Mike Huckabay
Hy dus ennny one know of a dropbox alternative for file sharing with people that is excessible and can be used on the mac and iPhone? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: Reed: Alternitive to dropbox.

2011-04-18 Thread Colin M
Hi Mike! The Mac access people offer something called drop ship! It has been made with vo users in mind! I do not know if it will do everything you need but it might be useful! I think you can ask them at. Gordon Lynne Smith Email supp...@mac-access.net They will tell you more! Chegh chew jaj Vam

Re: Skype on the iPad

2011-04-18 Thread Simon Cavendish
Thanks for this. I've done some searches on the web, and it would appear that Skype's been improved. I've just downloaded it onto my iPad, and it seems to be working fine. It's very encouraging. I can find my contacts, scroll through them, choose what I want to do with them. The only thing is I

Re: slow speech with sending to itunes as a spoken track

2011-04-18 Thread Esther
Hi Kevin, Kevin Gibbs wrote: What do you mean when you're talking about sending a file to iTunes is a spoken track? Matt's original question was: Hey list. i notice that when I send a file to itunes as a spoken track, the voice is really slow. I went into system prefs and made sure the

Re: Skype on the iPad

2011-04-18 Thread Erik Heil
Sent from my iPad On Apr 18, 2011, at 1:35 PM, Kevin Mattingly kdmattin...@gmail.com wrote: It works on the IPhone and I'd think that it would on the IPad too. I'll be getting my IPad 2 in a couple of weeks and I can offer up my analysis then. Kev On Apr 18, 2011, at 2:09 AM, Simon

Re: introduction

2011-04-18 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hey Tony and others. When I read the part where you said that you had a dream of getting your Mac, it kinda reminded me of the dreams I've been having lately of Lion, the new Mac OS coming this summer. My favorite voice when I used A PC was Samantha and when I heard that she along with other

Re: introduction

2011-04-18 Thread Matt Dierckens
i tried out lion on a school machine, and alex sounds different. We have a legit copy of the beta on a macbook air, and it looks really promising On 2011-04-18, at 8:05 PM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: Hey Tony and others. When I read the part where you said that you had a dream of getting your Mac,

Re: slow speech with sending to itunes as a spoken track

2011-04-18 Thread Matt Dierckens
thank you very much for that. I will check out the other commands that you can use. On 2011-04-18, at 6:05 PM, Esther wrote: Hi Kevin, Kevin Gibbs wrote: What do you mean when you're talking about sending a file to iTunes is a spoken track? Matt's original question was: Hey list. i

Re: docuscan +

2011-04-18 Thread David Tanner
I don't think the Mqac version is released yet. - Original Message - From: Priscilla Garces To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2011 8:08 PM Subject: re: docuscan + Hey all Where do I go about downloading the software for docuscan+ for the mac?

A few questions about disabling sleep mode

2011-04-18 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hey all. I have a couple of questions about disabling sleep mode. First off, if I do disable sleep mode, will it harm my Mac Book? And secondly, How do I disable it? I only want it on when I put the top down but when I leave it and come back to it, it'd be nice if I could just come back to it

Re: Objective C was RE: introduction

2011-04-18 Thread Chinyoka on Macbook
Sure, you can get those books from the iBook Store that Esther indicated. I think they are the first I came across when I wanted to learn Objective C. However, the unfortunate thing is that Voiceover on IOS has no punctuation settings where you can control how much should be spoken, especially

movies into itunes?

2011-04-18 Thread KliphSharrie
From: KliphSharrie [mailto:skhleirpehctcoens7...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 9:24 PM To: 'aiph...@yahoogroups.com' Subject: movies into itunes? Okay, have asked this on other lists and haven't gotten an answer. So I will try here. I have movies that are already on my pc,

Re: Skype on the iPad

2011-04-18 Thread Peggy Fleischer
I use skype on my ipad regularly. I have not had any problems with it other than that you can't tell if a contact is on or off line. You can set it up so that your online contacts are at the top of the list though and that is what I do. Other than that, I can chat, or voice call and it works

Re: introduction

2011-04-18 Thread Chris Snyder
Wow Ray, I remember Bex. I loved the Echo speech synthesizer and the games we could play. Space Invaders, Blackjack and my favorite, the Eamon Adventure series. I think it would be great to make the Eamon games work on the modern Apple computer. Sort of bring them full circle. Maybe even add

Re: Objective C was RE: introduction

2011-04-18 Thread Chris Snyder
I hope this isn't a dumb question, but I don't recall seeing a message on this list about whether or not XCode is accessible for programming to totally blind people. When I was a little kid and had an Apple 2E, I used to program choose your own adventure games for friends in Basic. I have this

Re: Addictiv games for iPhone...

2011-04-18 Thread Holly Anderson
Hi. If you like card games, there's king's corner for $0.99. It's kind of like solitaire, but you play with opponents. You can play with the computer or through game center. there's also a new game out today called stem stumper. It's a puzzle game, the levels are relatively quick. So if

apple mail?

2011-04-18 Thread KliphSharrie
I was trying to check my email on my ipad, how do you switch between the folders and accounts? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group,

Re: introduction

2011-04-18 Thread Oriol Gómez
Actually, they totally killed Alex in lion. I liked how it sounded in snow leopard much, much better. On 4/19/11, Matt Dierckens matt.dierck...@gmail.com wrote: i tried out lion on a school machine, and alex sounds different. We have a legit copy of the beta on a macbook air, and it looks

Re: Skype on the iPad

2011-04-18 Thread brandt
You can actually see the status of a contact, by double tapping then flicking threw the screen that pops up. That's how it is on the iPhone/pod, thus, I assume it should be available on the iPad as well, (of which I really, really, desperatly would love to have one!) Warm regards, Brandt