Flowplayer Accessibility and Flash on the Web?

2011-10-23 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, all, I've come across this embedded player for streaming flash content on various sites, most notably www.concertwindow.com . I've gone to the Flowplayer developer site and the documentation says it implements keyboard shortcuts. I've been trying to use it in conjunction with the

heading navigation in safari

2011-10-23 Thread Denise Avant
Hello all, I have the latest version of safari and lion. when i go into safari, i turn on quick nav and try to move by heading or links by pressing h or l. but nothing happens. Is there another setting i am suppose to turn on. i have also tried this on the iphone 4s and same result. thanks. --

humorous story about the iPhone

2011-10-23 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi Guys. I could not resist telling you guys this story told to me by a blind friend of mine. He was laughing so much about this, that he just had to call me up and tell me all about it. This will just go to show you just how much we have come forward with accessibility, thanks to Steve and all

Re: downloading from the BARD site

2011-10-23 Thread Paul Hunt
Jenny just open the file with command o and the folder will unzip in your downloads folder. I suggest that you move your book to another folder before unzipping it to keep your download folder clean. Let us know if you need help with this. On Oct 22, 2011, at 4:27 PM, Jennifer Perdue

Re: humorous story about the iPhone

2011-10-23 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hello Gigi. I'm dictating this using Siri. It's great we can do so much more with our iPhones. Thank you for the story. Have a great day thank you. Kawal. Sent from my iPhone On 23 Oct 2011, at 12:10 PM, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Hi Guys. I could not resist telling you guys

Re: bootable dvd with lion?

2011-10-23 Thread Simon Cavendish
Gerry, I've only done a bootable usb drive. I'm posting below some notes on creating a bootable DVD which I had found on the internet when I considering doing it myself a few months ago. HOpe this will help. See the text below my signature. Simon === tuaw.com How to burn a Lion boot disc by

Question about exporting contacts from address to inport to another device such as a voices. I want to export as a csv file. Any ideas.

2011-10-23 Thread matthew Dyer
Hi all, Is it possible to export addresses as csv files in address book to be used in another device. If so how is this done. Matthew matthew Dyer ilovecountrymusic...@gmail.com matthew Dyer e-mail/msn: ilovecountrymusic...@gmail.com AIM: mattdy1 Yahoo: md1616 twitter: mdyer1. Facebook:

Re: humorous story about the iPhone

2011-10-23 Thread Maxwell Ivey Jr.
my family has been with sprint for over a decade now, and to me the shock would have been if he did know what he was talking about. great story. lol that was my one real question how would seri and voiceover get along. now that I've heard this, i won't fight it if one of my family wants

Re: Question about Safari and Snow Leopard

2011-10-23 Thread Shannon Dyer
Good morning. I have no idea what the difference between dom and group mode is. However, changing it did the trick. Item chooser, web router, and other navigation features work like they're supposed to. Yay for this. Shannon Are you a fan of women's music? If so, join me each Thursday from

Re: humorous story about the iPhone

2011-10-23 Thread Peggy Fleischer
I bet the look on that salesman's face was priceless. Really great story. Thanks for sharing. On Oct 23, 2011, at 7:10 AM, Eugenia Firth wrote: Hi Guys. I could not resist telling you guys this story told to me by a blind friend of mine. He was laughing so much about this, that he just had

Re: humorous story about the iPhone

2011-10-23 Thread Ray Foret Jr
I'd love to have the audio of that actually happening. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On Oct 23, 2011, at 10:41 AM, Peggy Fleischer wrote: I bet the look on that salesman's

Re: heading navigation in safari

2011-10-23 Thread Scott Howell
You bet there sure is and I'm going to tell you exactly how to turn it on. So, you open the VO utility, select Commanders, select Quick Nav, and check the box that says Enable single-key webpage navigation when using Quick Nav. Once you check this option you will have what your looking for. Now

Re: humorous story about the iPhone

2011-10-23 Thread Teresa Cochran
Oh, ouch. This is one thing that is refreshing about an Apple store: those folks know about Voiceover. I was in one cell-phone provider store once, and when I asked for speech, the salesman showed me a feature for sending voice-texts. Sad. That is a great story. Teresa Slow down; you'll get

A few verbosity withh Mail questions

2011-10-23 Thread Bill Holton
Hi.When I have my emails grouped by conversation how come I get several One message in conversation notifications whereas other single messages do not have this? Also, is there any way I can cut back on some of the excess verbiage when I get some thing like Four message conversation? Would rather

Re: downloading from the BARD site

2011-10-23 Thread Jennifer Perdue
thank you so much. Have a great day. Jenny and my goofy guide Brooks On Oct 23, 2011, at 6:57 AM, Paul Hunt wrote: Jenny just open the file with command o and the folder will unzip in your downloads folder. I suggest that you move your book to another folder before unzipping it to keep

Re: downloading from the BARD site

2011-10-23 Thread Jennifer Perdue
thanks so very much. Jenny and my goofy guide Brooks On Oct 22, 2011, at 9:45 PM, Tom Frank wrote: Hi there, I learned by my mistakes. Just be patient. For a large book, it might take a few minutes to expand, but, it will be done automatically. You will first notice your book in the

Keeping Audio Hijack from Moving Through Playlist While Recording?

2011-10-23 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, folk, A strange thing happened to me today. I woke up and found Audio Hijack recording things, as I'd expected. I noticed that the DJ seemed to be playing a lot of the same artist. It was then I discovered that my entire playlist of 4000 songs was merrily recording itself. I've encountered

accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-23 Thread Angie Giltinan
Good morning all, As a fairly new Mac user, I'm very interested in obtaining new apps, to expand the possibilities of my Mac, also, I'm an iOs app junky, so I'd like to cary that obsession over to the mac. All that said, I'm leary of plunging right in without a resource of apps that

iCal Bug in Lion?

2011-10-23 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi guys: I might have found an issue with iCal and Lion. I didn't have this issue with SN. When you go create a new calendar, and you choose where you want the calendar to be created, I.E. iCloud. VO says untitled. You cannot edit, or type in a calendar name. Can anyone duplicate? -- You

Re: iCal Bug in Lion?

2011-10-23 Thread Red.Falcon
Hi Sarai! I do not know if this will work! But in address book when naming a new group you have to turn vo off then type the name you wish! So try command+f5 and see if that helps! I cannot try it because I'm still on snowy kitty! hth Colin On 23 Oct 2011, at 21:37, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: Hi

Using the favorites bar in Lion

2011-10-23 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: I cannot find the mailbox I dragged to the favorites bar. I interact with the favorites bar, VO says 5 items, but all I can se are checkboxes for inbox, drafts, sent, and the flagged checkbox is dimmed. I cannot find my favorites mail box that I just moved. Here is what I did. 1. Maxamize

accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-23 Thread Angie Giltinan
Good morning all, As a fairly new Mac user, I'm very interested in obtaining new apps, to expand the possibilities of my Mac, also, I'm an iOs app junky, so I'd like to cary that obsession over to the mac. All that said, I'm leary of plunging right in without a resource of apps that

Pages for the Mac.

2011-10-23 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hi All. I bought Pages for the Mac although I did buy Pages for the I phone. My question is, if I import all my word documents into pages, is there are a way to save them in I cloud? Any help will be appreciated. Kawal. ___ Kawal Gucukoglu (E-mail/MSN): kawa...@me.com (Skype ID):

Re: Pages for the Mac.

2011-10-23 Thread Scott Howell
DOn't quote me on this, but I think the kluge workaround is to use the iWorks beta site, which can be accessed through the apps in the iWorks suite such as Pages. I know APple is working on a new version of the iWorks package and I would anticipate full iCloud integration. So for now you may

Re: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-23 Thread Scott Howell
Well News Rack is pretty accessible for RSS, but don't like it for the iOS platform. Itunes is more than sufficient for podcasts, but since I use Downcast on the iOS platform, I don't need anything for the Mac and actually would not want to listen to podcasts on my Mac. Pages, Keynote, and

Re: iCal Bug in Lion?

2011-10-23 Thread Scott Howell
Turning VoiceOver off is not necessary for any functions in the Address Book nor iCal. I have successfully created calendars and I also posted steps a few days ago if memory serves; however, I will post below for your reference. 1. Go to the File menu in iCal and locate the New Calendar

Re: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-23 Thread Cheree Heppe
Cheree Heppe here: Because I have purchased useable products from Wallgreen's, I downloaded their free app. I found it in the Lifestyles section of the app store. It seems very accessible. I also have successfully used the Amazon mobile app. I have others, and at first, because of my

Re: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-23 Thread Shannon Dyer
There are text adventure games for the Mac? I did not know this. Can you tell me where you found them? I'm huge into those games. Shannon Are you a fan of women's music? If so, join me each Thursday from noon until three for the Eclectic Collection: a Celebration of Women In Music. Point your

Re: iCal Bug in Lion?

2011-10-23 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: It does not work. As soon as you choose where you want the calendar saved, it immediately creates it and calls it Untitled. You cannot edit the name, just delete the entire calendar. On Oct 23, 2011, at 4:23 PM, Red.Falcon wrote: Hi Sarai! I do not know if this will work! But in address

Re: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-23 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: I use iMail's RSS reader. I did download Checkbook Pro and Evernote. I love both apps. On Oct 23, 2011, at 4:33 PM, Angie Giltinan wrote: Good morning all, As a fairly new Mac user, I'm very interested in obtaining new apps, to expand the possibilities of my Mac, also, I'm an iOs

Re: Pages for the Mac.

2011-10-23 Thread Matthew Campbell
Hi. It seems that most of us including my self are having some issues accessing the iCloud web applications. However, there may still be a work around that I don't know about. I'm hoping there is. Sorry for the somewhat bad news. On 2011-10-23, at 5:53 PM, Scott Howell wrote: DOn't quote me

re: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-23 Thread ezzie bueno
Hello Angie, My favorite app for using Twitter is YoruFukurou. It is excellent and readily accessible. I bought the World Capital Quiz in the Mac App Store. At first, it was comfusing to figure out and quickly answer the questions. But it's awesome. I also have the 2011 Multimedia

iCal and iCloud not playing nice - any suggestions?

2011-10-23 Thread Matthew Campbell
Hello List. Well I've got calendar syncing working fine on my iPad and iPhone but not working on my Mac using iCal. Am I missing a step here? I've got iCloud fully set up on my Mac, I've tried using Apple's rather useless troubleshooting articles, and I checked iCal's help and my preferences.

Re: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-23 Thread Joanne Chua
Hi, This is a question someone asked me, and now i ask the group on behalf of my friend, who pretty much a protential Mac and IPad user. I absolute love my IBooks, and more so today, when i woke up, and the first thing i realize that i got an email from ITune knowtifying me my pre-order of Steve

Re: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-23 Thread Scott Howell
Hi Ezzie, Did you find anything in the 2011 Multimedia Encyclopedia that was not accessible? What do you like in particular about this app? Thanks, Scott On Oct 23, 2011, at 7:00 PM, ezzie bueno wrote: Hello Angie, My favorite app for using Twitter is YoruFukurou. It is excellent and

Re: iCal Bug in Lion?

2011-10-23 Thread Scott Howell
Sarai, I tested each step as I wrote them, so they do in fact work. EIther you are having another issue or you are missing a step. Are you sure you can enter the table where the calendar is? You also can go to the calendar in the table and do a VO-shift-m, choose info, and rename the calendar

Re: iCal and iCloud not playing nice - any suggestions?

2011-10-23 Thread Scott Howell
I have it working. Not sure if it matters, but I have ben syncing for quite a while using MObileMe and all worked once i migrated to iCloud. Did you check your account settings in the iCal settings. I'll assume you toggled the calendar from System Preferences in the Mail/contacs/etc.? On Oct

Re: iCal and iCloud not playing nice - any suggestions?

2011-10-23 Thread Matthew Campbell
Hi. I have tried all of that. I was a mobile me member too and upgraded to iCloud. I could never get mobile me's calendars to sync either. A call to Apple may be warranted. On 2011-10-23, at 8:27 PM, Scott Howell wrote: I have it working. Not sure if it matters, but I have ben syncing for

Re: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-23 Thread Mary Otten
Sorry, but no IBooks on the Mac. I would love it if that would change, but thus far, no go. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: Steve Jobs Biography Reveals He Told Obama, 'You're Headed For A One-Term Presidency'

2011-10-23 Thread Dan Roy
Yes, I want this book in audio, but, all I see on amazon is an abridged book, I will never buy and abridged book ever! I might have to just get the ibook version of it for now. On Oct 21, 2011, at 8:39 AM, Hai Nguyen Ly wrote: A glimpse in to the life of a man who changed the life of so

Re: Using the favorites bar in Lion

2011-10-23 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, I've normally used the SL method for Drag and Drop to perform this task. I'm not sure if the new Drag and Drop in Lion works for this process. Later... On 2011-10-23, at 3:28 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: Hi: I cannot find the mailbox I dragged to the favorites bar. I interact with the

Re: A few verbosity withh Mail questions

2011-10-23 Thread Candie Stiles
Both of your questions are excellent. If someone has the answers to these I would love to know as well. Especially the question about getting rid of all the exess chatter voice over reads when there is more than one message in a conversation. Candie On Oct 23, 2011, at 11:17 AM, Bill Holton

Re: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-23 Thread ezzie bueno
Hi Scott, The thing I find unaccessible is the maps, which we can't see anyway. I particularly like that I can search for anything I'd like, as well as just randomly listening to the various music samples. The Multimedia Encyclopedia also comes with a dictionary. Ezzie - Original

steve Jobs in 1994.

2011-10-23 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi All, I promised to share this, and I am sorry it took longer than planned. I must admit that since my dad's recent passing, I can have a hard time getting things done. Anyway, it totally amazing, the article, not just because of what it reveals about Jobs, but about how he was thinking

Re: iCal Bug in Lion?

2011-10-23 Thread Red.Falcon
Hi Scott! Sarai was probily saying that my suggestion did not work! Not yours! :) Colin Sent from my iPhone On 24 Oct 2011, at 01:23, Scott Howell scottn3...@gmail.com wrote: Sarai, I tested each step as I wrote them, so they do in fact work. EIther you are having another issue or you are

Re: iCal Bug in Lion?

2011-10-23 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: Step 4 does not work for me. I am not aloud to type anything in column 2. I've even tried erasing untitled,using the left mouse click, etc. NO luck. On Oct 23, 2011, at 5:06 PM, Scott Howell wrote: Turning VoiceOver off is not necessary for any functions in the Address Book nor iCal. I

Re: iCal Bug in Lion?

2011-10-23 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Oh, yeah, I'm positive I'm not missing a step. This worked fine in Snow Leopard. I even tried vo shift m and info to edit the calendar. It will not let me type in a name. I've also made sure the app is maximized. This is driving me crazy! On Oct 23, 2011, at 7:23 PM, Scott Howell wrote:

Re: Using the favorites bar in Lion

2011-10-23 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Ugg, I've never had luck with SL drag and drop. On Oct 23, 2011, at 8:59 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: Hi, I've normally used the SL method for Drag and Drop to perform this task. I'm not sure if the new Drag and Drop in Lion works for this process. Later... On 2011-10-23, at 3:28 PM, Sarai

Re: iCal Bug in Lion?

2011-10-23 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Actually, neither of your suggestions worked. LOL. Any more ideas? I know for a fact it works in Snow Leopard. On Oct 23, 2011, at 9:40 PM, Red.Falcon wrote: Hi Scott! Sarai was probily saying that my suggestion did not work! Not yours! :) Colin Sent from my iPhone On 24 Oct 2011, at

Re: steve Jobs in 1994.

2011-10-23 Thread Teresa Cochran
My condolences to you, Carolyn. And thanks for the article; it was very interesting. I like what Jobs said about having faith in people to use the right tools. Teresa On the other hand, there are different fingers. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: Using the favorites bar in Lion

2011-10-23 Thread Tim Kilburn
Works every time for me. Just use VO-cmd-shift-space for mouse down and then the same key combination for mouse up in the Favourites bar. The MailBox will drop after the item you are focused on when you drop it. Later... On 2011-10-23, at 9:15 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: Ugg, I've never

can't figure out iCloud on Mac

2011-10-23 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi guys. I thought I could figure this out, but no go. I set up iCloud on my iPhone, and I know it works because I can see when it was last updated. However, do I need to do anything more with the Mac? I say this because my husband went onto his Windows computer onto iTunes, and it asked if he

Re: can't figure out iCloud on Mac

2011-10-23 Thread Mary Otten
Are you running Lion on your Mac? You can't do ICloud on SL. Lion only on the Mac. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- 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

Re: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-23 Thread Cheree Heppe
Cheree Heppe here: Which app exactly is this encyclopedia and is it running on a Mac or an IOS device? The Peterson's Field Guide to Birds, at least their free version, is barely accessible and in my opinion, not worth bothering to download. Regards, Cheree Heppe Sent from my iPhone On

Re: can't figure out iCloud on Mac

2011-10-23 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, Gigi, ICloud works in Lion. Go into System Preferences from the Apple menu. There is a button labeled ICloud. You can set it up here. HTH, Teresa I'm a pantheist; I worship Pan. On Oct 23, 2011, at 8:39 PM, Eugenia Firth wrote: Hi guys. I thought I could figure this out, but no go. I

Re: Steve Jobs Biography Reveals He Told Obama, 'You're Headed For A One-Term Presidency'

2011-10-23 Thread Slau
Chuck, Please keep your religion and politics off the list for goodness' sake. You should know better than that. -- 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

Re: Steve Jobs Biography Reveals He Told Obama, 'You're Headed For A One-Term Presidency'

2011-10-23 Thread Karen Lewellen
Did others catch the 60 minutes program tonight? Besides the story on Jobs himself, there was a second one. Individuals who have the form of autism that prevents them from speaking are using voiceover in their ipods to communicate for the first time. honestly that made me cry. Parents and

Re: steve Jobs in 1994.

2011-10-23 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi Teresa, I liked that as well a tool is only as strong or as weak as the human using it. Thanks on the condolences, a time to remember where my power lies to be sure. lastly... On the other hand there are different fingers. lol! too funny, especially just put at the end like that with no

Twitter App On IOS5.

2011-10-23 Thread Georges Zaynoun
Hello! How to follow and stop following a certain person using this app on ipad2? In short can somebody give some instructions how to use this app? Many thanks. -- Georges Zeinoun Timmerv. 6A, SE54163 SKÖVDE Tel: +46500201623, +46500482929 Mobile: +46707567315 E-mail:

Re: steve Jobs in 1994.

2011-10-23 Thread Teresa Cochran
Also, Karen, sorry I got your name wrong, too. :) My brain wasn't functioning as well as it could have. Teresa Man is matter's ability to contemplate itself.--Albert Einstein On Oct 23, 2011, at 9:41 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: Hi Teresa, I liked that as well a tool is only as strong or as

Re: Steve Jobs Biography Reveals He Told Obama, 'You're Headed For A One-Term Presidency'

2011-10-23 Thread Teresa Cochran
That's just mind-blowing. Wow. Thanks for posting that, Karen. Teresa Slow down; you'll get there faster. On Oct 23, 2011, at 9:28 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: Did others catch the 60 minutes program tonight? Besides the story on Jobs himself, there was a second one. Individuals who have the

Re: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-23 Thread ezzie bueno
Hello Cheree, The 2011 Multimedia Encyclopedia runs on a Macbook and is found in the app store. In that app, you can read articles found in the Worldbook Encyclopedia. It is a neat app. Ezzie - Original Message - From: Cheree Heppe che...@dogsc4me.com To: