Re: Screen Curtain

2012-03-25 Thread Jürgen Fleger
You are right. And unfortunately F/N + F1 doesn't work at all on an iMac since 10.7.3. For me that's absolutely annoying because I'm light sensitive but can't do anything with the screen. Right now - and please don't laugh - I put a T-Shirt over the screen of my iMac. . All the best Jürgen Am

Re: Help with navigon

2012-03-25 Thread James Mannion
It sounds like maybe you don't have it set for voice guidance? I don't know. I haven't really used it since the version 2 mess. I hear it is mostly back and a respectable solution again. I downloaded the most recent update, but haven't used it. On 3/24/12, Jenny Keller jlperd...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: Screen Curtain

2012-03-25 Thread Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis
On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 8:17 AM, Jürgen Fleger apple-engl...@fleger.net wrote: You are right. And unfortunately F/N + F1 doesn't work at all on an iMac since 10.7.3. On a Macbook Pro with 10.7.3 here. Macs can be configured to activate those functions without or without fn being depressed at

Re: Screen Curtain

2012-03-25 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Thanks for your message. But the issue is the iMac not the function keys in this case. All the best Jürgenn Von meinem iPad gesendet Am 25.03.2012 um 10:39 schrieb Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis bhawkesle...@googlemail.com: On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 8:17 AM, Jürgen Fleger apple-engl...@fleger.net

Re: Screen Curtain

2012-03-25 Thread Lewis Alexander
the other fix for this is to go through the assigned shortcuts in keyboard prefs and you should gain access to the various enabled and disabled functions for different operations. lew On 25 Mar 2012, at 09:39, Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis wrote: On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 8:17 AM, Jürgen Fleger

DAISY Player for the Mac/iPhone

2012-03-25 Thread Jeff Berwick
Any recommendations for a good DAISY player for the Mac and/or the iPhone? Thx, Jeff -- 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

Bookshare?

2012-03-25 Thread Alex Hall
Hi all, What do people use to read Bookshare books on the mac? It should work well with both vo and zoom, and have the ability to let Alex do the talking (no third-party speech, or at least make that speech optional). Thanks. -- Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from GMail website)

Re: Scrween dims during reading

2012-03-25 Thread Gigi
Are hello guys I am on my screen on my iPhone set to never lock. I'd rather control it myself. That way I don't have to note worry about which way it is. Regards Gigi Sent from my iPhone On Mar 25, 2012, at 7:39 AM, Garth Humphreys ghu...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jenny I am not sure what you

Re: Kindle App on iPhone

2012-03-25 Thread Gigi
Hi guys Karen, doesn't sound like we're talking about what you care. It sounds like we're talking about emotions. That's a very difficult thing to come back. I have you decided decided if I wanted to weigh in on this topic, but I would like to say that there's no way I would give people

Off topic from VO, but hoping someone knows

2012-03-25 Thread John Panarese
This doesn't relate to VoiceOver, so my apologies to the list. However, I am baffled and am hoping there is someone who knows the answer. Since the 10.7.3 update, on my Mac Book Pro, my kernel file, mach_kernel, is now visible in my root directory. This is, obviously, supposed to be a

Desktop and Screensaver Preferences busy?

2012-03-25 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, all, Every time I try to adjust the screensaver preferences in System Preferences, VO just says busy and I can't access this pane at all. Does anyone else experience this issue? Teresa -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To

Re: Help with navigon

2012-03-25 Thread Jenny Perdue Keller
How do I set it for voice guidence and how do I update to the latest version? Jenny and my goofy guide Brooks On Mar 25, 2012, at 3:01 AM, James Mannion mannion...@gmail.com wrote: It sounds like maybe you don't have it set for voice guidance? I don't know. I haven't really used it since

Re: Desktop and Screensaver Preferences busy?

2012-03-25 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Nope. Works fine for me. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On Mar 25, 2012, at 12:45 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: Hi, all, Every time I try to adjust the screensaver

Re: Off topic from VO, but hoping someone knows

2012-03-25 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi John, Try this in Terminal, the stuff in brackets is just for your info, it doesn't need typed: cd / (should put you to the root level) ls (Will list your files at that level. Just to ensure ther isn't a double of the offending file) chflags hidden /filename (where filename is the exact

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2012-03-25 Thread Graham Roby
Hi, Since I updated to Itunes 10.6 on my MBP pro running Snow Leopard 10,6.8, I've had problems getting my three Idevices to sync with the Macbook Pro via wifi. Has anyone else experienced this issue and if so did you find a solution? Thanks in adviance for any help received. Kind regards

Re: Scrween dims during reading

2012-03-25 Thread Jenny Perdue Keller
Thanks Jenny and my goofy guide Brooks On Mar 25, 2012, at 7:39 AM, Garth Humphreys ghu...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jenny I am not sure what you were told before, all I can suggest is to go into settings and extend the time that it takes for the screen to lock. You can find this setting

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2012-03-25 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hi. I'm running Lion the latest version and I always have problems syncing my I Phone using Wifi. Kawal. On 25 Mar 2012, at 08:28 PM, Graham Roby g.r...@virginmedia.com wrote: Hi, Since I updated to Itunes 10.6 on my MBP pro running Snow Leopard 10,6.8, I've had problems getting my

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2012-03-25 Thread Lewis Alexander
Hi. I've come across this with a few clients and yes there is a bug that needs addressing. the only way to do a full sync is to do this by cable. it's the most reliable method possible. I never wireless sync. I use the dock and cable. lew On 25 Mar 2012, at 20:28, Graham Roby wrote: Hi,

Re: Off topic from VO, but hoping someone knows

2012-03-25 Thread John Panarese
Hi Tim, That did the trick. I knew there was a way in terminal to do this, but I was having a serious senior day. Thanks for the info. Take Care John Panarese jpanar...@gmail.com On Mar 25, 2012, at 3:20 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: Hi John, Try this in Terminal, the stuff in brackets

Re: Desktop and Screensaver Preferences busy?

2012-03-25 Thread Teresa Cochran
Thanks, Ray. I figured it out, sort of. I had to use the mouse keys to go into the actual preference pane. I'm playing around with mouse and VO cursors now to see which way I prefer to navigate. Thanks, Teresa Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough.--Richard P. Feynman On

Re: Desktop and Screensaver Preferences busy?

2012-03-25 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Now that is odd; since I find I do not have to do this. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On Mar 25, 2012, at 3:21 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: Thanks, Ray. I figured it out, sort

changing play order in iTunes playlist

2012-03-25 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
Hello everyone, I have tried looking for resources on thee macvisionaries list about how to change playing order of tracks in a playlist manually but could not find anything specific. I do not want to do sort by number or alphabetic just manually move up or down a certain song in the playlist.

Re: Bookshare?

2012-03-25 Thread Greg Aikens
I use Safari. After unzipping the book, open the .xml file and read away. -Greg On Mar 25, 2012, at 7:22 AM, Alex Hall wrote: Hi all, What do people use to read Bookshare books on the mac? It should work well with both vo and zoom, and have the ability to let Alex do the talking (no

Help me verify a bug and maybe report to apple

2012-03-25 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
Hi I am trying to create an email from address book. In help I understood that I have to click on the email header of the email in the card view and select send message from pop-up menu.However I cannot click with vo space on that header. I could only make it work by routing mouse to vo

Error with displaying Romanian Braille characters verifiable?

2012-03-25 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
HI all, I have already reported this to apple but am curious if you have found similar things in other languages or on different braille displays. Here is my problem: I select romanian braille table and input character ț and ș. I have 6dot mode on. THe characters appear correctly but followed

Pausing a YouTube video

2012-03-25 Thread Rahul Bajaj
Hi all, Is there any way of pausing a YouTube video? The video takes a long time to load and there are many interruptions, so I thought that it would be a better option to pause it until it gets fully loaded. So, do help me with this if you can. Cheers, Rahul -- You received this message

Pausing a YouTube video

2012-03-25 Thread Rahul Bajaj
Hi all, Is there any way of pausing a YouTube video? The video takes a long time to get loaded and there are many interruptions, so I thought that it would be a good option to pause the video until it gets fully loaded. So, please help me if you can. Cheers, Rahul -- You received this

Re: Pausing a YouTube video

2012-03-25 Thread Jasonlefevers.massage
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Re: Pausing a YouTube video

2012-03-25 Thread Rahul Bajaj
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Re: Bookshare?

2012-03-25 Thread Alex Hall
Interesting idea. Do you get heading navigation for all marked sections using this method? Is there a program that will let you keep your place? I'll have to look into this for myself. I am asking on behalf of someone who is not very used to vo, so hotspots, finding xml files, and so on might be

Re: Bookshare?

2012-03-25 Thread Greg Aikens
If the headings are marked in the file, then yes. If not, I set web spots where I stop reading. Sometimes these are saved across VO sessions and sometimes they aren't. The find feature also works well if you remember the name of the chapter you stopped reading, and some books have a table of

Re: Kindle App on iPhone

2012-03-25 Thread Adie
Hi all Well I am not in the US either and I can tell you that the BBC has featured a piece on the American Authors' Guild and their dog in the manger attitude to this. Some authors have been mentioned in the course of this discussion. Can any of them be persuaded to speak out against this

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2012-03-25 Thread Ricardo Walker
I wonder what cause this bug. I use wireless syncing reliably. I've been doing so since IOS 5.0, with few instances of trouble. Usually, just closing iTunes and launcing it, along with a restart of my 4S fixes the issue. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore

Re: Help me verify a bug and maybe report to apple

2012-03-25 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, This indeed sounds like a bug but, would it not be easier to actually initiate the new e-mail from the Mail app? Open Mail, press command N for a new message, in the to field, type the first few letter of the contacts name, or, e-mail address and the field will populate with the

Re: copying a wedding dvd

2012-03-25 Thread Michael Huckabay
e-male me off list at mikehucka...@me.com and I'll see if I can give you some help with your dvd problems. On 2012-03-24, at 6:30 AM, wayne coles wayne...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all because this is my first time at trying this can somebody please give me step by step instructions on how to