Re: Pages

2012-01-08 Thread Simon Cavendish
Under Windows, it used to be called track changes. On 8 Jan 2012, at 07:34, Jürgen Fleger wrote: Hi Folkes, in Pages there is an option what allows to show changes in a document by others. For a discription I need the correct term of that option in an english Pages. When I translate

GarageBand

2012-01-08 Thread Walter Harper
Hi, How do you transpose keys in garagevand? Walter -- 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: Pages

2012-01-08 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Jürgen, It's called Track Changes. Unfortunately, I haven't found a way to use it with VoiceOver effectively. I can find what the changes are, but not where they are within a given page. Cheers, Anne On 8 Jan 2012, at 08:34, Jürgen Fleger wrote: Hi Folkes, in Pages there is an

Re: Ripping DVDs for streaming from apple TV.

2012-01-08 Thread Mark Colman
Hi, You might want to hold off on buying DVD Remaster Pro as it will probably tell you that any DVD you try to rip is encrypted... the FAQ helpfully tells you that most commercial DVDs are protected by CSS, that the law probably allows you to make backup copies but it's not clear and therefore

Re: Ripping DVDs for streaming from apple TV.

2012-01-08 Thread Mr. L. Alexander
yes. firstly, are you running 10.6 or 10.7? I have to ask as the piece of software I use will only run in 10.6 at the latest as it's no longer in production. and was compiled for PPC systems hence the need for rosetta. the program is called mactheripper and is free. it's fairly easy to use.

application finder

2012-01-08 Thread Kirsten Edmondson
Hi, I keep hearing my mac say something like with application finder, or application finder on or something. What does this mean? What does this thing do? Do I need it or should/can I turn it off? Thanks. Kirsten. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: Pages

2012-01-08 Thread Kirsten Edmondson
I have created a document in pages and done my editing, but to submit it I need to export it to word. I have a few questions. 1. I split my pages document into sections, but it has added in new pages every time. I didn't notice this til I was loking at it in word, but I can't seem to change

Looking for a couple of programs

2012-01-08 Thread Kirsten Edmondson
Hi all, In my mission to get the Mac running more perfectly and so I have to use the PC a lot less, I am looking for a couple of things, and if anyone can advise me it would be good. Can you use another web client other than Safari? Or can this only be done when Bootcamp or VMFusion is

Mac OS port of IBM Viavoice TTS, otherwise known as ETI Eloquence

2012-01-08 Thread Emrah
Hi listers, I hope this message does not offend anybody allergic to Windows. The version of ETI Eloquence bundled with Jaws on Windows has always been my favorite voice synthesizer. I used to be able to listen (read) thousands and thousands of pages without ever getting tired of it. The

Re: Mac OS port of IBM Viavoice TTS, otherwise known as ETI Eloquence

2012-01-08 Thread Rose Morales
Wouldn't something like that be illegal, given that Via Voice would get no royalties for such a port, whether on Mac or Linux? In which case I don't think said discussion would be appropriate for this list. If someone knows of a legal port. please do tell us, as I'd love to have Eloquence on my

Re: Mac OS port of IBM Viavoice TTS, otherwise known as ETI Eloquence

2012-01-08 Thread Emrah
Hello Rose, Let's not jump to conclusions based on personal assumptions please. I never expressed the intention of creating something illegal here. The link I gave for example points to an absolutely legal port of Viavoice on Linux. In this case, I think we should first determine whether it is

Re: Mac OS port of IBM Viavoice TTS, otherwise known as ETI Eloquence

2012-01-08 Thread Mr. L. Alexander
it would be possible to do this form of work. all it would be a case of is exporting code and implementing a few changes to work with the mac speech engine support infrastructure. it would be legal as well as long as authorisation was granted from the developers. I know IBM are quite a willing

Re: Mac OS port of IBM Viavoice TTS, otherwise known as ETI Eloquence

2012-01-08 Thread Rose Morales
Emrah, I did not jump to conclusions, and I'm sorry if you feel I did. I simply suggested that such talk might not be appropriate. I did not say that it would indeed not be appropriate. I will confess to not having looked at your link, but I am familiar with a Linux port of eloquence which I am

Re: Pages

2012-01-08 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Kirsten, On 8 Jan 2012, at 13:42, Kirsten Edmondson wrote: I have created a document in pages and done my editing, but to submit it I need to export it to word. I have a few questions. 1. I split my pages document into sections, but it has added in new pages every time. I didn't

Re: Pages

2012-01-08 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hello Anne, thanks for your answer. Unfortunately I got the same results: I can read changes and comments but can't figure out where they were made in the document. We should all write to accessibil...@apple.com to report that issue. I'm sure the know about it. But it's really a pitty that VO

Re: Ripping DVDs for streaming from apple TV.

2012-01-08 Thread John Panarese
Fairmount.app is a way around this. I believe it comes with VLC, or, I think, that's where I got it from. You insert the dVD, run Fairmount and then use DVD Remaster. For backups only, of course. Take Care John Panarese jpanar...@gmail.com On Jan 8, 2012, at 6:04 AM, Mark Colman

Starting and stopping reading with Voiceover

2012-01-08 Thread Shannon Curry
This may be another stupid question, but I've been struggling with it for weeks now. I have a word document that i'm trying to read. During the process of reading the document, I need to make notes in a separate document. So I need to figure out a way to have voiceover pick up reading from the

Re: a list of accessible apps?

2012-01-08 Thread Michael Busboom
Hi, Johnny, Although I haven't had a chance to spend too much time with a Bible program that I have on my iPhone 4, I have been told by another blind iPhone user that it is very, very accessible. The Bible program is called Youversion, and I believe that you will find everything you need at

Re: GarageBand

2012-01-08 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, I'm assuming your using your computer keyboard, press the letters Z and X to transpose. hth Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter Skype: rwalker296 www.appletothecore.info On Jan 8, 2012, at 3:46 AM, Walter Harper wrote: Hi, How do you transpose keys in garagevand?

Re: Starting and stopping reading with Voiceover

2012-01-08 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, pressing control starts and stops reading. But, if you interact with the text area, pressing control A will continue reading from where ever your cursor happens to be to the end of the document. hth Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter Skype: rwalker296

Re: Starting and stopping reading with Voiceover

2012-01-08 Thread Gigi
Hi and adding to Ricardo said. You want to use the control accent to go from file to file. That switches windows. I'd be sure you only have two files open in TextEdit or Pages, which ever one you have. I guess it's Pages since you said Word document. The accent key is under the escape key.

Re: Starting and stopping reading with Voiceover

2012-01-08 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, its command accent. hth Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter Skype: rwalker296 www.appletothecore.info On Jan 8, 2012, at 2:41 PM, Gigi wrote: Hi and adding to Ricardo said. You want to use the control accent to go from file to file. That switches windows. I'd be sure

Journaling apprecommendation

2012-01-08 Thread Garth Humphreys
Hi What recommendations do people have for a journalling app. I want to be able to keep track of food and exercise as well as just a diary component. If it was also able to sync with an iPhone version that would be even better. Thanks for any recommendations Garth -- You received this

Re: Starting and stopping reading with Voiceover

2012-01-08 Thread Shannon Curry
Oh, OK. That is very helpful. I guess I still need to get my mind around the fact that interacting with text fixes everything! On Jan 8, 2012, at 1:31 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hi, pressing control starts and stops reading. But, if you interact with the text area, pressing control A

Video editing

2012-01-08 Thread Emrah
Hello all, I have over 50 gigs of Christmas and new year's eve pictures and videos and wanted to assemble a short movie of the best moments. The idea would be to have an opening with a few pictures, followed by short video sequences with smooth transitions and an ending with some more

Exercise iFor Keyboard Commander

2012-01-08 Thread Brian Albriton
I open the commander tabnavigate to the add button and press W, the letter I want to launch the word processor. I navigate to the menu button, activate it, and from that menu activate the custom option. I press vo-space to launch the open application dialog. nAt this point I'm not finding the

Re: Exercise iFor Keyboard Commander

2012-01-08 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
should be able to VO right over to the file browser, and leave the sidebar alone. I have Option T for Text Edit, but I've done this so I know it can be done. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com • My home page: •

Re: Ripping DVDs for streaming from apple TV.

2012-01-08 Thread Emilio
Hey Daniel, I have found that Hand Break is an accessible program with Voiceover. It is free, and it works quite well for ripping DVD protected content to your computer. The ripping process takes roughly about an hour or less (depending on length of DVD). The ripped image is placed on the desktop

RE: Ripping DVDs for streaming from apple TV.

2012-01-08 Thread Daniel Miller
I've heard about that program, but I'm not sure that will bypass copy protection. I always thought you needed another program to do that itself since dvd's are protected from copying? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On

RE: Ripping DVDs for streaming from apple TV.

2012-01-08 Thread Frank Ventura
Is this available in the Mac app store? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Emilio Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 5:32 PM To: MacVisionaries Subject: Re: Ripping DVDs for streaming from apple TV. Hey Daniel, I

Re: Journaling apprecommendation

2012-01-08 Thread Chantelle Griffiths
Hi Garth, The journalling app I personally use is called MacJournal by Mariner Software. The app itself is very VoiceOver accessible and it does have both iPad and iPhone companion apps. As well as writing text entries, you can record audio or video to go with your entries, create multiple

Re: Video editing

2012-01-08 Thread Ray Foret Jr
I too would like to know this. Some have suggested Imovie, but, my experience with Imovie is that one cannot edit video clips easily if at all. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1

Re: GarageBand

2012-01-08 Thread Walter Harper
Hello, Thanks for that information. How would I do this if I have a middi keyboard connected? On Jan 8, 2012, at 2:26 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hi, I'm assuming your using your computer keyboard, press the letters Z and X to transpose. hth Ricardo Walker

Re: a list of accessible apps?

2012-01-08 Thread Johnny Angel!
Hi Mike, Thanks for this! I can't wait to get it on my I-Phone. I'm wondering if anyone would know if this program would also work on the MacBook Pro as well? Johnny On Jan 8, 2012, at 2:14 PM, Michael Busboom wrote: Hi, Johnny, Although I haven't had a chance to spend too much time with

Re: GarageBand

2012-01-08 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, Well, if you have a midi keyboard, I would assume there would be transpose buttons already on it. hth Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Jan 8, 2012, at 6:00 PM, Walter Harper wrote: Hello, Thanks for that information. How

Re: Exercise iFor Keyboard Commander

2012-01-08 Thread Brian Albriton
I'll tell you what. I am not finding what you mention. If you can, tgll me, how do I navigate this dialog. Perhaps that's the wrong question. What features would I find available to me in this dialog? All thebest, Brian On 1/8/12, Mark BurningHawk Baxter markbaxte...@gmail.com wrote: should be

Re: Exercise iFor Keyboard Commander

2012-01-08 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, When the file browser opens, just press command shift A like when you want to go to the applications folder on your finder. Then arrow down or, press the first lett of the app you want to jump to it in the list. BTW, when the file browser opens, it should already be in the app list. all

Re: Ripping DVDs for streaming from apple TV.

2012-01-08 Thread Mr. L. Alexander
handbrake will manage certain formats fairly well. I use mactheripper and it's a nice, lightweight app if you have OS 10.6 or earlier with rosetta support installed. as it's a PPC app. I use it quite a bit and it handles a fair bit of the newer encryptions. there are of course other apps worth

Re: Ripping DVDs for streaming from apple TV.

2012-01-08 Thread Hank Smith
if you use osx lion what would u use? On 1/8/2012 5:30 PM, Mr. L. Alexander wrote: handbrake will manage certain formats fairly well. I use mactheripper and it's a nice, lightweight app if you have OS 10.6 or earlier with rosetta support installed. as it's a PPC app. I use it quite a bit and

Re: Exercise iFor Keyboard Commander

2012-01-08 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
Ummm. What might work better is if you have Skype or some other IM client, I could talk you through it. It's a fairly standard file chooser dialog, and it sounds like you're familiar with that already, so I'm wondering if something else is going on here, or if perhaps this pane has changed in

Re: Exercise iFor Keyboard Commander

2012-01-08 Thread Brian Albriton
Hey, Ricardo. Looking back at my earlier message makes me think it wasn't that clear. I opend voice over utility with vo-f8 and selected comanders. In commanders I selected the keyboard tab. I'm attempting to add a keystroke that would open an application with the right option key plus another

Re: Exercise iFor Keyboard Commander

2012-01-08 Thread Ricardo Walker
Yup. I understood you. You ran into problems after you select the key you wanted to use, and after you chose open application under custom, correct? Then the filebroser to chose the application you want opened appeared. The instructions I gave, was to find the app you want associated the

Copy to a flash drive from terminal

2012-01-08 Thread .dan.
How does one identify the name of an attached flash drive when in terminal? I assume that to copy files to it the usual copy command with the name of the drive as destination will do it. If you could provide an example command using a dummy drive name it would be helpful. Please add

Which of the two Mac Minis is best for media applications?

2012-01-08 Thread Victor Tsaran
Hello listers, Wanted to probe for your opinion regarding the two Mac Mini computers below as far as media applications are concerned. First is the 2.5GHZ dual-core Intel I5 (can be configured to I7). Its built-in SATA drives can also be exchanged for solid-state drives if desired. Second is the

Re: GarageBand

2012-01-08 Thread Walter Harper
Well this middi keyboard that I have doesn't have any transpose buttons on it. I didn't no if there was a way to do this in Garageband. Walter On Jan 8, 2012, at 7:25 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hi, Well, if you have a midi keyboard, I would assume there would be transpose buttons already on

Checking to select something

2012-01-08 Thread Johnny Angel!
Hi all, I have just downloaded a Bible app for the I-phone called YouVersion. It is a requirement to read the terms of service and then to check the terms of service circle to submit your agreement to it. On the I-phone I double tap the screen to select the unchecked circle, but then I hear

Re: Which of the two Mac Minis is best for media applications?

2012-01-08 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, What exactly are you referring to when you say media applications? iTunes for example? Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Jan 8, 2012, at 8:56 PM, Victor Tsaran wrote: Hello listers, Wanted to probe for your opinion regarding

Re: GarageBand

2012-01-08 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, Thats kinda hard to believe. Unless you have an 88 key midi keyboard, I would assume it has transpose buttons. I don't there is a way to do this in Garageband. Well, if so, at least I don't know about it. hth Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore

Re: iphone4 with iclaud and (snow) leopard

2012-01-08 Thread Badger, Nancy
You can use icloud with just the phone and not the computer. Nancy Sent from my iPad On Jan 6, 2012, at 11:22 AM, William Windels william.wind...@gmail.com wrote: ok Daniel, thx. kind regards, William Windels Op 6-jan.-2012, om 16:27 heeft Daniel Miller het volgende geschreven: Hi,

Re: GarageBand

2012-01-08 Thread Walter Harper
Ok Now how would I put 2 sounds together in Garageband? Like if I want to create something like a brass and base? and split my middi keyboard On Jan 8, 2012, at 10:34 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hi, Thats kinda hard to believe. Unless you have an 88 key midi keyboard, I would assume it

just made a strange but interesting request to a dps plugin developer

2012-01-08 Thread Yuma Decaux
I've mailed a request to a Digital processing plugin that works system wide on the mac to make a little feature available. I'm beta testing so not able to divulge anything, but here goes my request: Have you heard Jarvis, the intelligent OS in the Iron man movies? Everyone is going crazy for

Re: Mac OS port of IBM Viavoice TTS, otherwise known as ETI Eloquence

2012-01-08 Thread M. Taylor
I don't know about the legal issues but I can tell you that I would love nothing more than to enjoy Eloquence on my Mac and, for that matter, my iPhone. Mark On Jan 8, 2012, at 6:06 AM, Emrah wrote: Hi listers, I hope this message does not offend anybody allergic to Windows. The version

Re: GarageBand

2012-01-08 Thread Ricardo Walker
I don't believe you can. Remember, Garageband is Apple's consumer music production app. If you want pro like features, one would need Logic. But logic isn't very accessible. Protools is also an option. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info

RE: Mac OS port of IBM Viavoice TTS, otherwise known as ETI Eloquence

2012-01-08 Thread Blake Sinnett
Has anyone written to Apple accessibility about this? I did a long time ago about getting it on the iPhone. Subject: Re: Mac OS port of IBM Viavoice TTS, otherwise known as ETI Eloquence From: mk...@ucla.edu Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 20:33:58 -0800 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com I

Re: GarageBand

2012-01-08 Thread Walter Harper
Ok, Is protools accessible? On Jan 8, 2012, at 11:54 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: I don't believe you can. Remember, Garageband is Apple's consumer music production app. If you want pro like features, one would need Logic. But logic isn't very accessible. Protools is also an option.

Re: Getting files into the cloud

2012-01-08 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Moving the files from your Mac to iCloud is reasonably painless. The complications arise when going from your iDevice back to the Mac. If you are running Lion, and have subscribed to iCloud, then there is a folder in your Home Directory's Library folder named Mobile Documents This

RE: Switching to a Mac from PC

2012-01-08 Thread M. Taylor
Hello, No, I think it's all been covered; however, I will say that, some how, cursor tracking feels smoother or more seamless with Zoomtext. I think the biggest thing I like about using Windows over the Mac in Zoom mode is the ability to truly customize color schemes. I have all but begged

RE: Mac OS port of IBM Viavoice TTS, otherwise known as ETI Eloquence

2012-01-08 Thread M. Taylor
Yes, I requested such a thing many, many moons ago. I don't think it is going to happen. If we, as low-vision Zoom users, cannot convince Apple to allow us to truly customize basic color schemes instead of the one-size-fits-all reverse color technique, I doubt if they are going to implement

RE: Switching to a Mac from PC

2012-01-08 Thread Pete Nalda
Ok. So these are these are areas where you think zt is better. I'll buy that. -- Egun On, Lagunak! (Basque for G'Day, Mates!) Louie P. (Pete) Nalda HTTP://www.MySpace.com/musikonalda/ HTTP://www.Facebook.com/lpnalda/ HTTP://www.linkedin.com/in/lpnalda/ Twitter @lpnalda M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu

RE: Getting files into the cloud

2012-01-08 Thread M. Taylor
This is excellent information, Tim. Thank you. Mark -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tim Kilburn Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 9:15 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Getting files into the

Re: a list of accessible apps?

2012-01-08 Thread Michael Busboom
Johnny, hi. A couple of things that come to mind for the Mac might be www.biblegateway.com or MacSword. Bible Gateway is an online service that works quite well with the Mac and Safari. MacSword can be used without the Internet, and you will find it at www.icanworkthisthing.com. I haven't