Re: Does VoiceOver work with Dragon Dictate or MacSpeech on a Mac (not the iPad)?

2011-08-10 Thread Maurice Mines
hello, yes Dragon Dictate does work on an actual Mac computer, this is evidenced by the fact that I'm writing this e-mail completely with Dragon Dictate, the thing that you must be aware of is that as you dictate, is probably an extremely good idea to turn voiceover off. You can certainly use

Re: Resolution to iTunes lag in Lion.

2011-08-10 Thread Ricardo Walker
Really? I didn't do anything for me but, lag wasn't really my issue. Its keyboard focus, and voiceover busying me to death when I try to do anything with the music table. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter Skype: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org -- You received this message because

Re: More Dashboard questions

2011-08-10 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, I'm not sure if your aware but, battery status can be found in the bluetooth menu in the status bar. Its in the sub menu of the BT device. hth Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter Skype: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

Re: Copying files frone one drive to another.

2011-08-10 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, but doesn't command V work? after all, isn't your goal to transfer the files to the thumb drive so removing them from the original location at the same time would just be a bonus? Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter Skype: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org -- You received this

sure wish they'd fix the focus issues with Voice Over and Safari

2011-08-10 Thread Ray Foret Jr
boy oh boy, This is about to drive me just plain nuts!!! A lot of times, when I launch Safari, I don't get the sound telling me that a web page is loaded and I hear Voice Over saying Search edit box has keyboard focus. When I go to any page after that, I always need to interact with the

Re: More Dashboard questions

2011-08-10 Thread joseph
hi Ricardo in sl, i used to obtain this info probably by system pref/mouse or keyboard. this info is no longer available in lion, or, as far as i know. best joseph On 10 Aug 2011, at 07:11, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hi, I'm not sure if your aware but, battery status can be found in the

excel spreadsheets in Numbers

2011-08-10 Thread Cam
Hi Can anyone tell me how I can edit the contents of a cell in Numbers? I have loaded in an excel spreadsheet, and can read its content, but I can't add anything else into the sheet and I can't edit the content in a cell. If anyone can help it would be much appreciated. Also how do I move from

Re: More Dashboard questions

2011-08-10 Thread Ricardo Walker
Sure it is. When I go to keyboard in system prefs, regardless of the tab I'm in, It shows the battery status of my BT keyboard. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter Skype: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Sound Studio 4

2011-08-10 Thread Cam
HI all, I posted to the list a couple of days ago but I didn't receive any responses, so I thought I'd try again and see if someone could assist me with Sound Studio 4. I can set up a new window, and start and stop recording. What I can't do is delete portions of a recorded track, or insert new

info for list members - a program that converts video and audio formats

2011-08-10 Thread Cam
Hi all, Just thought I'd let you know of a program called Adapter. It's a free program and it lets you convert almost any audio or video file into different formats. For instance, I am producing podcasts for my students using Sound Studio and recording in .wav format. I then use Adapter to

Re: info for list members - a program that converts video and audio formats

2011-08-10 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi Cam. Where do I find the program. Best regards Annie. On 10/08/2011, at 12.15, Cam wrote: Hi all, Just thought I'd let you know of a program called Adapter. It's a free program and it lets you convert almost any audio or video file into different formats. For instance, I am producing

new member test message

2011-08-10 Thread Manohar Singaram
This is a test message. thank you Mano -- 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, send email to

Re: question about Scan Soft voices

2011-08-10 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hi. To find out if a voice is checked, look for an automatic download image beside the voice. HTH. Shawn -- 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

Re: Misspelled Announcements

2011-08-10 Thread Dan Roy
Ok, when I read on the web, I don't notice this behavior, however, it could be that the things I am reading don't have any misspelled words in them. So far, it's mostly mail that has this problem. I am not ruling out the fact that it could be Safari, it just seems confusing that the problem

Re: excel spreadsheets in Numbers

2011-08-10 Thread Greg Aikens
To edit a cell, press option+enter on the cell. On Aug 10, 2011, at 6:09 AM, Cam wrote: Hi Can anyone tell me how I can edit the contents of a cell in Numbers? I have loaded in an excel spreadsheet, and can read its content, but I can't add anything else into the sheet and I can't edit

can't escape out of menus

2011-08-10 Thread chad baker
hi i'm having trouble escaping out of any menu when i hit escape its been working fine i never had this issue before i'm stuck thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: info for list members - a program that converts video and audio formats

2011-08-10 Thread Teresa Cochran
http://www.macroplant.com/release/AdapterMac-1000b.zip Teresa On Aug 10, 2011, at 4:04 AM, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: Hi Cam. Where do I find the program. Best regards Annie. On 10/08/2011, at 12.15, Cam wrote: Hi all, Just thought I'd let you know of a program called Adapter. It's

Re: More Dashboard questions

2011-08-10 Thread joseph
just went to system prefs keyboard and mouse, but no i am not getting the info, is there any adjustment i need to make? best joseph On 10 Aug 2011, at 11:09, Ricardo Walker wrote: Sure it is. When I go to keyboard in system prefs, regardless of the tab I'm in, It shows the battery status

Re: More Dashboard questions

2011-08-10 Thread Ricardo Walker
This might sound like a silly question but, do you have bluetooth turned on and the devices connected? Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter Skype: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post

Re: can't escape out of menus

2011-08-10 Thread Ricardo Walker
What have you tried to fix the problem so far. So this way people won't suggest things you have tried already. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter Skype: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries

Re: can't escape out of menus

2011-08-10 Thread chad baker
hi ricardo i tried running disk permissions and reset vo preferences thanks On Aug 10, 2011, at 9:41 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: What have you tried to fix the problem so far. So this way people won't suggest things you have tried already. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter

Re: sure wish they'd fix the focus issues with Voice Over and Safari

2011-08-10 Thread Chris Westbrook
When I've had this happen occasionally, closing and reopening the browser usually helps, but I'm using webkit not safari. Also, I hope you mean vo+command+j cause vo+j won't take you to form controls ever lol. Just making sure... On Aug 10, 2011, at 2:23 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: boy oh boy,

escaping out of menus fixed

2011-08-10 Thread chad baker
hi guys i fixed my issue of not being able to escape out of menus i restarted the first time no luck but when shutting it down for a couple minutes i turned it back on and all is good strange -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To

Re: Resolution to iTunes lag in Lion.

2011-08-10 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, When I switched to fullscreen, voiceover didn't busy me to death anymore, :) Courtney Sent from my iPod On Aug 10, 2011, at 2:09 AM, Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com wrote: Really? I didn't do anything for me but, lag wasn't really my issue. Its keyboard focus, and voiceover

Adapter for Mac: Where to put files for conversion

2011-08-10 Thread Brianna Snyder
Hi, I downloaded the Adapter program for file conversion. It seems accessible enough, but I can't figure out where to either paste the file I want converted, or where to put a path or URL to a file. All I see is an empty table, where I think I'm supposed to be putting these things. Any help

Re: can't play audio captias

2011-08-10 Thread Chris Blouch
Different sites implement captcha (audio and otherwise) in many different ways. What site's captcha was giving you trouble? CB On 8/10/11 1:55 AM, chad baker wrote: hi i can't play audio captchas in safari java is installed i go to the link saying listen to the numbers i did the command and

Re: excel spreadsheets in Numbers

2011-08-10 Thread Kristyn Leigh
You have to interact with the table which is your spreadsheet after you interact with the layout area. I think there is a table which shows the worksheets in your workbook. Using the item chooser and typing sheet is the easiest way to get there. Kristyn On Aug 10, 2011, at 6:09 AM, Cam

Re: Safari and Lion

2011-08-10 Thread Chris Blouch
These are ARIA (accessible rich internet application) roles which provide more semantic meaning to what a particular spot on the page really is. You can read more about the available roles in the W3C's ARAI specification here: http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/roles#landmark_roles The spec for

Re: Sound Studio 4

2011-08-10 Thread Darcy Burnard
Hi Cam. The most important thing about Sound Studio is to make sure you've got VO cursor tracking off. You need to make sure you've done this before working in a sound studio window. If you're running Lion, you might consider setting up an activity for sound studio that does this. Darcy On

Re: [Bulk] Re: sure wish they'd fix the focus issues with Voice Over and Safari

2011-08-10 Thread Ray Foret Jr
OF course I meant command+VO+j. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On Aug 10, 2011, at 9:15 AM, Chris Westbrook wrote: When I've had this happen occasionally, closing and

Re: more dashboard questions

2011-08-10 Thread Donna Goodin
Lol. Thanks, Mark. If you ever figure out the name of the word count widget, let me know, I'd love to download it. Cheers, Donna On Aug 9, 2011, at 11:03 AM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: YAY! I love it when people agree with me! *bounce* There are loads of widgets out there--one I like

Re: more dashboard questions

2011-08-10 Thread Paul Erkens
Hi Donna and others, Could it be the following that you are looking for? I found a widget but I haven't checked it out myself yet. I will soon though. Download 132K On Aug 10, 2011, at 8:07 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: Lol. Thanks, Mark. If you ever figure out the name of the word count widget,

Re: another change in Lion

2011-08-10 Thread Paul Erkens
Another way to quickly check your downloads folder from within safari is to use these 2 hotkeys in succession: 1. Press command h to hide safari. You can simply tab back into it later. 2. From the finder that you land in, use the finder key combination command option l. If you look in the finder

Re: another change in Lion

2011-08-10 Thread Kristyn Leigh
I just discovered that handy shortcut in the go menu a few days ago. I don't know if it is new or I just finally found it, but in the iTunes file menu there is an option to show in a finder window (command + shift + R). It was much easier than the old way I used to find iTunes music files to

Re: More Dashboard questions

2011-08-10 Thread joseph
yes i do. best On 10 Aug 2011, at 14:41, Ricardo Walker wrote: This might sound like a silly question but, do you have bluetooth turned on and the devices connected? Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter Skype: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org -- You received this message

Re: more dashboard questions

2011-08-10 Thread Donna Goodin
Thanks, Mark. this will be handy. Cheers, Donna On Aug 10, 2011, at 2:54 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: Word counter is attached. Just put it in your /library/widgets folder (note there is no tilde (~) in that path because, remember, this all takes place at the level toward root above

replying directly to sender, is it still possible in Lion?

2011-08-10 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, I was just trying to reply directly to Mark's message, and I couldn't find a way to reply to sender. I interacted with the message headers, but VO doesn't seem to focus on the from field. I couldn't highlight Mark's address, and there was no way to bring up a context menu so that I

Re: Mail Impressions in Lion

2011-08-10 Thread Paul Erkens
Ricardo, That was very very useful. Dragging an item off the favorites bar in Lion mail has been a mystery, but no more. Thanks a lot. On Jul 24, 2011, at 10:10 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hi, I just want to say, thanks to the person who mentioned using the favorites bar. Its freaking

Strange problem filling out a survey

2011-08-10 Thread Christine Grassman
Hello, all. I am filling out a survey on-line, and the first part went smoothly. However, although edit boxes are accepting my answers, when I need to check radio buttons, even though it says selected, when I choose the choice I want, when I move on to read, let alone choose the answer for

Word counter not showing up, was more dashboard questions

2011-08-10 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Mark, I've copied Word counter into the directory, but it's still not showing up in the widgets menu. I'm sure I'm in the right directory, because I see the other widgets there. Any idea what might be up? Thanks, Donna On Aug 10, 2011, at 2:54 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: Word

Re: Word counter not showing up, was more dashboard questions

2011-08-10 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
You might have to go into the widget bar submenu to find it. Once you open it, though, it should go into your more recent list of dashboard widgets. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com • My home page: •

Re: Word counter not showing up, was more dashboard questions

2011-08-10 Thread Donna Goodin
I did that, but couldn't find it there. Thanks, Donna On Aug 10, 2011, at 5:26 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: You might have to go into the widget bar submenu to find it. Once you open it, though, it should go into your more recent list of dashboard widgets. • Mark BurningHawk

Re: replying directly to sender, is it still possible in Lion?

2011-08-10 Thread André Nuno Soares
Hello Donna, Assuming that you're already navigating through the different headers with VO + arrow keys, do this: VO right arrow until VO reads the address you want (typically it spells it character by character). Then VO left arrow once. Now the context menu should show properly. It seems

Re: Word counter not showing up, was more dashboard questions

2011-08-10 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
Hmmm. I do not know why, since that's how I put widgets there. Try opening it manually the first time from the Finder? • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com • My home page: • http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You received

Re: Safari and Lion

2011-08-10 Thread Jessica and Goldina
ah, thanks! I figured it was something to do with Aria. still not exactly sure what the terms mean but I'll check out that site. I'm curious and interested! and yay, I fixed my safarii issue!! and it was something really simple! as it usually is! the name checkbox wasn't checked under voiceover

Re: Word counter not showing up, was more dashboard questions

2011-08-10 Thread Chuck Reichel
Hi Mark, I had to restart my box for it to work, When Dashboard is running,look for Widgets in window chooser and remember to . Also change the display order to Sort by Date and make sure the Widgets that you want to work are not Uncheck but checked.., it did come up ready to go

flash work arounds in safari 5.1?

2011-08-10 Thread trahern culver
hey all i've read on there web sight that click to flash does not work in safari 5.1 so what flash work arounds are there? kind regards trahern. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: question about Scan Soft voices

2011-08-10 Thread Mike Arrigo
Yes, first, interact with the voices table, then arow down to read each voice's name. If you interact with the voice name, you can look at the separate columns, including whether it's checked or not. On Aug 9, 2011, at 10:32 PM, Cody wrote: speaking of whch, while in the list of voices, you

Re: sure wish they'd fix the focus issues with Voice Over and Safari

2011-08-10 Thread Mike Arrigo
Do you have the tool bar enabled? If so, I would disable it. The less you have on the screen to keep the focus of the main content, the better, I would get rid of the tool bar, book marks bar, all of that extra stuff. I haven't had the issues you mention. On Aug 10, 2011, at 1:23 AM, Ray Foret

thoughts on the newest Skype?

2011-08-10 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Hi, anybody got any thoughts on the newest Skype? It's so weird. You now have the option of checking contacts as favorites or none favorites. The only way you can search for contacts via first letter navigation now is if you check the second of the two radio buttons just to the left of the

Re: thoughts on the newest Skype?

2011-08-10 Thread Denise Barajas
I honestly just hit for the context menu after interracting with the contact and just found the call button and hit enter. to me, tha'trs a bit easier. On Aug 10, 2011, at 4:28 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: Hi, anybody got any thoughts on the newest Skype? It's so weird. You now have the

Re: thoughts on the newest Skype?

2011-08-10 Thread Ray Foret Jr
What version of Skype are you running? Context menu don't come up for me nohow. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On Aug 10, 2011, at 6:41 PM, Denise Barajas wrote: I honestly

Re: thoughts on the newest Skype?

2011-08-10 Thread Brandon Misch
one thing i hate about the new version is your contacts aren't sorted into grops like offline/online but alphabetically regardless of status. hope there is a way to change this. On Aug 10, 2011, at 7:44 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: What version of Skype are you running? Context menu don't come

Re: replying directly to sender, is it still possible in Lion?

2011-08-10 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Andre, Thanks, this helped me figure it out. It seems that I need to interact twice, once to interact with headers, and then again, to interact with the text. Then the little dance that you described works. God, the new mail is a pita! Cheers, Donna On Aug 10, 2011, at 5:41 PM, André

Re: Word counter not showing up, was more dashboard questions

2011-08-10 Thread Donna Goodin
Thanks Mark. Running it manually worked. Cheers, Donna On Aug 10, 2011, at 5:58 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: Hmmm. I do not know why, since that's how I put widgets there. Try opening it manually the first time from the Finder? • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter:

Re: thoughts on the newest Skype?

2011-08-10 Thread Patrick Neazer
Hello Brandon and all: Have you tried using command 3? That will provide you with a list of your online contacts. I am using skype version 5.3. Hopefully that proves of use to you. Please let us know. Take good care and I wish you enough. On Aug 10, 2011, at 8:05 PM, Brandon Misch

Re: thoughts on the newest Skype?

2011-08-10 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Ah, yep. Command+3 will give you a list of all your Skype contacts who are online; but, calling them directly from that point is impossible. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1

Re: Safari and Lion

2011-08-10 Thread KliphSharrie
is there a way to disable these descriptions? Kliphton SR (twitterSkype) kliphton72 (Marriage Blog) http://cm-i-t-real-world.blogspot.com (Marriage group) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/committed-married-christians On Aug 10, 2011, at 9:58 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: These are ARIA (accessible

Re: sure wish they'd fix the focus issues with Voice Over and Safari

2011-08-10 Thread KliphSharrie
How do you disable the tool bar, and if it's disabled, how would you access it if necessary? Kliphton SR (twitterSkype) kliphton72 (Marriage Blog) http://cm-i-t-real-world.blogspot.com (Marriage group) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/committed-married-christians On Aug 10, 2011, at 6:13 PM, Mike

Re: Strange problem filling out a survey

2011-08-10 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, You might want to use trackpad commander to navigate through the survey. I had a similar issue on a credit card sight just today. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter Skype: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On Aug 10, 2011, at 4:44 PM, Christine Grassman wrote: Hello, all. I am

Re: thoughts on the newest Skype?

2011-08-10 Thread Darcy Burnard
If you've selected the second radio button, which gives you your contacts in list view, then you can do VO shift backslash on the status column to sort your contacts by status. Then your online contacts should be at the top. Darcy On 2011-08-10, at 9:05 PM, Brandon Misch wrote: one thing i

Re: question about Scan Soft voices

2011-08-10 Thread Georges Zaynoun
Where are these voices saved? Do we have to redownload them again each time we make a fresch install of lion? Can one integrate them directly with the lion install? Talking about integrating can one make a install dvd or flash drive that includes any fixes directly with the lion install?

Re: thoughts on the newest Skype?

2011-08-10 Thread Brandon Misch
hey thanks. would be nice if it was like how it was in Skype 5.2 and earlier in the 5x versions. On Aug 10, 2011, at 11:52 PM, Darcy Burnard wrote: If you've selected the second radio button, which gives you your contacts in list view, then you can do VO shift backslash on the status column

Re: flash work arounds in safari 5.1?

2011-08-10 Thread Chris Blouch
On the click to flash they recommend using the CLicktoPlugin which allows ClicktoFlash to work. There is a pre-built ClickToFlash 2.3.3 download link here: http://hoyois.github.com/safariextensions/clicktoplugin/ which seems to be working in Safari 5.1 for me. It downloads a plugin file

Re: Copying files frone one drive to another.

2011-08-10 Thread Kevin Gibbs
The goal is to move, not just copy the files. cMDV does paste the file. But I'm trying to move, not just copy. -- 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

issue sorting out Skype contacts

2011-08-10 Thread Ray Foret Jr
to the person who suggested using VO+shift+backslash to sort columns in the Skype window, it don't work for me. I have selected the second of the two radio buttons, and, I'm focused on a particular contact. Is there something else I need to do? Every time I try to press shift+VO+backslash,

Re: [M-A] Apple Releases Utility to create USB Key

2011-08-10 Thread Georges Zaynoun
Is this recovery partition equivalent to creating a bootable lion flash drive in disk utility or ccc or the like using the installesd.dmg? If not where is the difference? Thanks a lot. Original message: Thought you all might find this important. Kawal. Sent from my iPhone Begin

playing Audible Samples now absolutely impossible

2011-08-10 Thread Ray Foret Jr
As I reckon y'all are all aware, playing audible samples is now or seems to be completely and totally impossible. Got any ideas how to solve this? Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook:

Copying files frone one drive to another

2011-08-10 Thread james Walton
hi! what you want to do is simple! do: command option v that will move the files thanks -- 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, send