Re: Finder Busy Finder Busy with Empty USB Drives!

2012-04-13 Thread Esther
Hi Steve, Actually, if you want to disable Spotlight indexing of all externally mounted volumes of any type, you don't need to know the name of your device. Just go to System Preferences Spotlight, select the Privacy tab, then navigate to the Add button and press it with VO-Space. In the

Re: ABBYY Fine reader

2012-04-13 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Becky, ABBYY FineReader is an OCR program so you can use it to open a PDF image and tell it to perform OCR. Just select the PDF file, press VO-Shift-m. Press the down arrow twice and you'll hear Open with, submenu. Go right and press the letter a for ABBYY FineReader then press Return.

Re: ABBYY Fine reader

2012-04-13 Thread Beefcakes
Hi and everybody, I'm wondering if someone could tell me if ABB why why version 9 will work on the MacBook Pro with lion? Thanks so much, John Cakes On Apr 13, 2012, at 4:20 AM, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello Becky, ABBYY FineReader is an OCR program so you can use it to

Re: Mirroring a Folder

2012-04-13 Thread Chris Blouch
I think they just did that to save some typing. The end result is you'll do rsync -rvv and then the path to the two folders. You can abbreviate the folder for your account with a ~ symbol. So the first part would typically be rsync -rvv ~/Music followed by the path to your destination. The

Re: ABBYY Fine reader

2012-04-13 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello, The only version of ABBYY FineReader that works on a Mac is the Express version, but I find it does a good job. Cheers, Anne On 13 Apr 2012, at 15:45, Beefcakes wrote: Hi and everybody, I'm wondering if someone could tell me if ABB why why version 9 will work on the MacBook Pro

Re: 30 great open source apps for the Mac

2012-04-13 Thread CJ Daniel
Hi All, Just a note on one of the 30 listed apps. I downloaded netbeans, an IDE for source code development, it is only partially accessible. Any feedback on the rest of the listed applications would be appreciated. CJ On Apr 12, 2012, at 12:07 PM, Michael Malarsie wrote: This is good

That funky screen

2012-04-13 Thread Jennifer Perdue
Every other time I turn on my Mac mini, I get a screen that looks like it might want my password. I try to enter it but it doesn't no good. I was told how to handle it a long time ago but I've forgotten as my computer was in storage for a while. If I manually turn it off and turn it back on

Re: ABBYY Fine reader

2012-04-13 Thread Jennifer Perdue
How much does that reader cost and can I use any scanner/printer/fax on the Mac. My husband and I have a Brother, and I was wwondering if I actually could use it with my mac as well or if I have to buy a whole other scanner for it. gosh I hope not, I can't afford that. Jenny On Apr 13, 2012,

Re: ABBYY Fine reader

2012-04-13 Thread Lewis Alexander
most scanners from my experience work with this software. I use an epson scanner built into my universal printer and it does a decent job of it. lew On 13 Apr 2012, at 17:14, Jennifer Perdue wrote: How much does that reader cost and can I use any scanner/printer/fax on the Mac. My husband

Re: ABBYY Fine reader

2012-04-13 Thread Jennifer Perdue
So I can try to see if that scanner/printer/fax thing works with my Mac, or should I give up the ghost because it's not a Mac product. Jenny On Apr 13, 2012, at 11:16 AM, Lewis Alexander wrote: most scanners from my experience work with this software. I use an epson scanner built into my

Re: ABBYY Fine reader

2012-04-13 Thread Lewis Alexander
road test it, you should be fine, if not, let me know and we can see about any solutions or workarounds. lew On 13 Apr 2012, at 17:35, Jennifer Perdue wrote: So I can try to see if that scanner/printer/fax thing works with my Mac, or should I give up the ghost because it's not a Mac

RE: Uploading a video on YouTube

2012-04-13 Thread Kimsan
An doing this will record the activity that is on your screen, meaning, if I were to upload a tutorial using this method, they would see me doing something on the screen but not hearing voice over or me right? Thanks for the explination. Kimsan Song kimsans...@aol.com -Original

Searching in iTunes

2012-04-13 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Just figured this out by accident. In Lion using the latest iTunes, when on the Search field, press your Down arrow, and you can specialize your search so that it only searches through Albums, Artists etc. The normal behaviour is for it to search through many of the fields so it returns

speech recognition not working for me with vo on

2012-04-13 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
Hi all, I was giving speech recognition a test drive. I remember it has been discussed on the list. I unfortunately found that it does not work on my mac mini with bose headset when VO is on. Do any of you have this problem? I calibrated it and it works fine with vo turned off. Thanks for

How To Get Web Braille or Braille Formatted Titles Into iBooks

2012-04-13 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Listers: I am cross-posting this to both the v iPhone and Mac Visionaries mailing lists. I just published the following to the Candle Shore BLOG: How To Get Web Braille or Braille Formatted Titles Into iBooks Hello Everyone, The following instructions are for those who, like me, want

Re: Uploading a video on YouTube

2012-04-13 Thread Michael Malarsie
You can check the settings to make sure but it should record everything. I have YouTube tutorials done using thid method and it works well. I have an external mic now that use for better sound quality but you odn't need it at all. Mike Malarsie On Apr 13, 2012, at 11:57 AM, Kimsan

Re: reading brf files on a mac

2012-04-13 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi Chris. I just did a test on TextEdit. If this don't close the window with command W, the place is kept in the file. We have discussed here on this list a few disadvantages of using TextEdit to read brf files. However, it should work on Web Braille files just fine. can just ignore the

a mac mail problem

2012-04-13 Thread Maurice Mines
Hello, I have an interesting Mac mail problem on my MacBook, I cannot seem to get mail to stop running when I'm done using the application? But I find myself having to do any time I want to stop using mail is to force quit the application, is there any way to fix this? I've been considering

Re: How To Get Web Braille or Braille Formatted Titles Into iBooks

2012-04-13 Thread Teresa Cochran
Thank you very much, Mark. it hadn't occurred to me to do this. If I can get this to work, it would solve my bookmarking issues for sure. Teresa The Golden Age of science fiction is twelve.--Pete Graham On Apr 13, 2012, at 1:06 PM, M. Taylor wrote: Hello Listers: I am cross-posting this

Re: Mail Slow while Composing

2012-04-13 Thread Austin Seraphin
I believe we found the problem. I had to call Apple Care and ended up speaking to a senior advisor. It turns out Apple Mail went into a loop with IMAP. It would try to send a message, fail, then try to store that unsent message on the server which it couldn't reach in the first place, fail,

Previous Recipiants Mail Question

2012-04-13 Thread Emilio Hernandez
Hello everyone, In the previous recipients feature within the Window menu in the menubar, is there a way to rename e-mail address so they reflect the name of the sender? Additionally, how can I send a message to multiple users? Finally, how can I create a mail group for future use? Thank you

Re: Searching in iTunes

2012-04-13 Thread Esther
Hi All, Just to follow up on Tim's remark about accessing categories in the iTunes search field, that you can quickly navigate to with the shortcut Command-Option-F: this feature is available for both Snow Leopard and Lion. I think it arrived for VoiceOver users in iTunes 10.5 (which debuted

RE: Uploading a video on YouTube

2012-04-13 Thread Kimsan
May I see a youtube tutorial you have done? Have one on the mac/vo? -- 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: Uploading a video on YouTube

2012-04-13 Thread Michael Malarsie
Absolutely. What topic would you like? You can also search Malarsie and accessibility and Mac and it should bring some up. My series is called How to be Blind and I have about 40 videos posted. The first 15 or so don't have any real editing done but the other ones have a jingle and titles and

Re: How To Get Web Braille or Braille Formatted Titles Into iBooks

2012-04-13 Thread Steve Holmes
Thanks also, Mark. I definitely would like to try this method of reading BRF files now that I bought my new Refreshabraille. In case some of you are like me and never use iTunes to sync my iPod, you could copy the converted file to your dropbox folder and then use the dropbox app on the IOS

Re: Previous Recipiants Mail Question

2012-04-13 Thread Jim Gatteys
Hi Emilio! You can create a group in address book for future mail sending. You can enter multiple addresses in the to, cc and bcc fields to send. I do not know of a way to rename addresses in the previous recipients. I've tried previously with no luck. I've always kind of wondered why that is

Re: speech recognition not working for me with vo on

2012-04-13 Thread Esther
Hi Ioana, When not using headsets, I believe the place where speech recognition is detected is in a different location from where the output speakers are located that speak with VoiceOver. I don't know whether the sound inputs can be separated when you're using headphones. I've not tried

Re: Finder Busy Finder Busy with Empty USB Drives!

2012-04-13 Thread Steve Holmes
That's interesting; I had no idea Spotlight was involved with these issues. Bill, I do indeed use and like column view in the finder but it will be interesting to see if list or icon view yield different results. So far, the problems I encountered have been with my external 2 TB hard drive. At

Re: Tips for reading PDF documents on the Mac

2012-04-13 Thread Steve Holmes
That's a real disappointment that the conversion or rendering of PDFs into Safari doesn't preserve table markup. Frankly, I hate it when screen readers and some of the OCR programs want to linearize a table. Try and imagine parsing a bus schedule or bank statement with say 8 to fifteen columns

Re: speech recognition not working for me with vo on

2012-04-13 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
Hi Esther, Pretty sure I know the answer but I don't suppose that the mini has a built-in microphone? Sad that vo should interfere with speech. If anyone wants to try this out with headphones would be innteresting. How about skype and vo? If one can transmit sound through headset with VO on

Re: Previous Recipiants Mail Question

2012-04-13 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
you can create groups in address book. Go to file and then to new group. You dan select from all contacts the people you want and copy them. then go to the new group and paste them. Please check out my cd on www.ioanagandrabur.com, on iTunes or most online stores. Sent from my phone On Apr

Re: speech recognition not working for me with vo on

2012-04-13 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hey Ioana. If I were you, I wouldn't use the speech recognition. I've found way too many problems with it. On my end, it interfered with my energy saver preferences after it was triggered, meaning my screen wouldn't dim after the specified period of time I had it set at until I restarted, and a

Re: speech recognition not working for me with vo on

2012-04-13 Thread Michael Malarsie
I don't know why it would do that. I have never had any issues at all using the speech recognition. I guiess it's a mini thing. Mike Malarsie On Apr 13, 2012, at 5:40 PM, Ioana Gandrabur wrote: Hi Esther, Pretty sure I know the answer but I don't suppose that the mini has a

Re: Previous Recipiants Mail Question

2012-04-13 Thread Jim Gatteys
You can also create smart groups and put a key word in the notes field or any field in address book. If you are consistent address book will create a smart group. Jim On Apr 13, 2012, at 5:48 PM, Ioana Gandrabur wrote: you can create groups in address book. Go to file and then to new group.

Guitar chords

2012-04-13 Thread Michael Malarsie
Happy Friday the 13th! Does anyone know of a website or app or anything that has guitar chords and or tabs that are accessible? I have been using YouTube to learn a lot of the basic chords and scales but as I advance it seems to get harder and harder to find well described

Re: Guitar chords

2012-04-13 Thread Cameron Strife
Hi. I've tried many of the guitar apps of various kinds and most are not accessible with VO. Youtube can be a great resource, but, usually there isn't enough verbal description of what's being covered which can be quite frustrating... I've been teaching acoustic and electric guitar for over ten

Re: Moderator note - A formal apology

2012-04-13 Thread Tammy Cantrell
Cara, Hello! Would it be possible to change my subscription from t.l.cantr...@comcast.net to ms.sunflowe...@gmail.com I am currently on the Mac list and would like to be back on the viphone list again. Your help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! - Original Message - From: Cara

Re: ABBYY Fine reader

2012-04-13 Thread Jennifer Perdue
How much is the ABBYY reader? Jenny On Apr 13, 2012, at 11:41 AM, Lewis Alexander wrote: road test it, you should be fine, if not, let me know and we can see about any solutions or workarounds. lew On 13 Apr 2012, at 17:35, Jennifer Perdue wrote: So I can try to see if that

a quick tip for you all

2012-04-13 Thread Matthew Campbell
Hi all. I've been doing some messing around in system preferences in the keyboard section and wow have I really sped up keyboard performance. Slide the sliders for both Key repeat and Delay until repeat to 100%. You will see a big improvement in keyboard navigation. I really noticed this on one

Re: Uploading a video on YouTube

2012-04-13 Thread Brent Harding
Now that I think of it, I have my hunting video I want to put up, but never got to it. The guys were nice enough to not encrypt the DVD with CSS when they sent it, and dad thought it might be something to put up. - Original Message - From: Kimsan kimsans...@aol.com To:

Adjusting system and VoiceOver volumes independently in Lion.

2012-04-13 Thread Veronica Elsea
Okay, here was the question I was trying to ask when things really fell apart. This evening I found the David Woodbridge tutorial on adjusting the system volume and VoiceOver volume independently. In his example, he was playing a relax something in the background. When I did it, I was playing

Mail Problems, using Lion.

2012-04-13 Thread Veronica Elsea
Okay, everyone, I'm really trying to like my new little MacBook air. I really am. And every time I get close, it bites! The first thing I tried to do on this machine was to set up my mail. I cussed and fussed at it for about two weeks, including a trip to the genious bar and we couldn't get it

Re: Mail Problems, using Lion.

2012-04-13 Thread Maxwell Ivey
hello; what company are you with? there are some that are a little tricky. for example i have an account with people pc where i have to use smtpauth instead of smtp or it won't work. also, some require authentication be set and some are just as happy with it set to none. and on my yahoo