Found how to fix the Spotlightbar

2012-10-01 Thread Agent086b
Hi all, I solved the Spotlight bar problem. All I needed was to turn off Captions in VO. Now the Spotlight bar is gone until I want it. Thanks again for the help. Max. Thanks again. Max. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post

Re: formatting Text in Pages

2012-10-01 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Chris, In Pages, leaving the text area using VO removes the selection so you can't apply a style. You have to set a hotkey for the style you want and just press it in the paragraph to which it should apply. You can check on what style is in operation by setting a hotspot on the Styles

Re: formatting Text in Pages

2012-10-01 Thread Maria Chapman
Hi. not sure i quite understand these instructions. I haven't done much with hot Can someone explain to me how to go pick a style and then set a hot key so it can be applied to text in pages? thanks God Bless! Maria from australia Newbie mac user. bubbygirl1...@gmail.com will get you fb as

Re: Improving Calibre Accessibility on the Mac

2012-10-01 Thread Teresa Cochran
Thanks, Esther. I'll give that a shot. I'm wondering now if there is a way to get the various plugins for Calibre through the command-line. The GUI interface doesn't allow VO to read the advanced preferences. Thanks, Teresa On Sep 30, 2012, at 9:24 PM, Esther mori...@mac.com wrote: Hi

Re: Reading Epub Books on the Mac

2012-10-01 Thread David Csercsics
Epub is just a fancy name for a zip file with the HTML book and some other files specific to ebook readers. Why not just change the file extension to .zip extract the archive and load index.html in your favourite browser. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: Improving Calibre Accessibility on the Mac

2012-10-01 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi. Thank you for sharing this information. Esther. I have tried hard to find information on how to do a script for converting from mobi and HTMLZ to epub. Can anybody give me any details for how to make such a script. Teresa it is great that you will try to contact calibre. I tried a couple

Re: Reading Epub Books on the Mac

2012-10-01 Thread Steve Holmes
That's an interesting background; I thought there was more to it than that. Problem with using a browser is you can't do the kind of things that you can do in iBooks like precise bookmarking, annotation, and browsers don't keep their place like iBooks would do either. I'm just surprised there

Re: help with nicecast

2012-10-01 Thread Chris
Ok, might check it out anyway and try one of the online services you suggested. Cheers! On 01/10/2012 03:20, Hank Smith wrote: if u are running the server locally then most likely u will have to forward ports its usually ports 8000 and 8001 On 9/30/2012 2:39 PM, Chris wrote: Ok so if I use

Re: formatting Text in Pages

2012-10-01 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Maria, First of all, don't confuse hotspots with hotkeys. Hotspots are a VO feature that allows you to mark items and return to them or monitor them from elsewhere in the same aplication. Hotkeys are a feature of Pages and are set in the Styles tables. They use the keys F1 through F8 and

Re: Reading Epub Books on the Mac

2012-10-01 Thread Teresa Cochran
There is (or was) Stanza, but it won't open drm-protected books, such as Ibooks titles. It's very hard to get Stanza now, as all the links I've found for it are either broken or hijacked. Teresa On Oct 1, 2012, at 3:50 AM, Steve Holmes steve.holme...@gmail.com wrote: That's an interesting

Re: formatting Text in Pages

2012-10-01 Thread Maria Chapman
hi. thanks i think i understand now might go and have a play. are their any tutorials out there on vo and pages that cover this stuff? thanks regards Maria and crew from australia email: bubbygirl1...@gmail.com check out www.powerradio104.us where we play lots of great music On

Re: Reading Epub Books on the Mac

2012-10-01 Thread Steve Holmes
Does anyone know if iBooks Author can read epub books? On Oct 1, 2012, at 5:27 AM, Teresa Cochran vegaspipistre...@gmail.com wrote: There is (or was) Stanza, but it won't open drm-protected books, such as Ibooks titles. It's very hard to get Stanza now, as all the links I've found for it

Re: Problems with Airserver

2012-10-01 Thread Al Puzzuoli
Hi Patricia, yes. Very similar issues here. I have no idea what to think. the version that works best for me is about a year old now. I wonder if there are any alternatives to Airserver on the Mac side? It's disappointing because I have my iMac connected to my entertainment center where my

Re: Problems with Airserver

2012-10-01 Thread patricia solis
Hi Al, Yes, I can't seem to find the problem either. Even after messing with Air Server's preferences. i have heard of Air Foil for the mac but its only audio. For me is very disappointing paying for something that is both audio and video and not to work now. On Oct 1, 2012, at

Yahoogroups

2012-10-01 Thread Chris
Hello all. Just to report some good news that Yahoogroups works extremely well on the mac using Safari and Mountain Lion. I was able to do what I needed to do without difficulty and there was no sluggishness either. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: Reading Epub Books on the Mac

2012-10-01 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi. You can use adobe preview accessible version. I bought a while ago a program called bookle. It should be accessible with VoiceOver, but there seems to be something to it, that I have missed. I have some navigation problems. Best regards Annie. Den Oct 1, 2012 kl. 2:46 PM skrev Steve

OT iTunes Gift Card Giveaway

2012-10-01 Thread Scott Rumery
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Re: Yahoogroups

2012-10-01 Thread Krysti .Power
Thanks for the info nice to know some things are now becomming accessiable On 2012-10-01 12:02 PM, Chris christopher...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all. Just to report some good news that Yahoogroups works extremely well on the mac using Safari and Mountain Lion. I was able to do what I needed to

Adobe Digital Editions Version

2012-10-01 Thread Cheryl Homiak
You don't need adobe preview. adobe 2.0 is accessible. -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Oct 1, 2012, at 10:08 AM, Annie Skov Nielsen annieskovniel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi. You

Re: Reading Epub Books on the Mac

2012-10-01 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, No it can't. hth Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Oct 1, 2012, at 8:46 AM, Steve Holmes steve.holme...@gmail.com wrote: Does anyone know if iBooks Author can read epub books? On Oct 1, 2012, at 5:27 AM, Teresa Cochran

Re: braille display

2012-10-01 Thread Scott Berry
Do you have any braille displays in mind? Humanware has some. So does Freedom Scientific. Scott On 9/30/2012 12:42 PM, Marianne Denning wrote: This is a cross post because I hope for several responses. I am purchasing a braille display for an elementary student. This student has excellent

Re: iPad

2012-10-01 Thread Scott Berry
Actually once I set VO via Itunes I had control of the triple click home. On 9/30/2012 10:04 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: Hi, As far as I know, you must first set up the Triple-click Home to Toggle VoiceOver before that functionality will work. Pressing that out of the box will not turn on VO

Re: braille display

2012-10-01 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hello out there. I just bought a new braille display, and so far I like it. It is new to the Mac and IOS devices. I got the Braille Edge 40 this past weekend. The inputs are actually doing better than I was having with my Focus 40. I didn't have ghluetooth before, and I do not now. This

Re: Finally!: An Audio Action/Adventure Game on the Mac!; BlindSide

2012-10-01 Thread John Panarese
Are you sure this is still available. I went to the link and there is no dmg file to be found. Of course, user error could be afoot, but I can only find info that says the game is not yet avilable for the Mac. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479

Re: braille display

2012-10-01 Thread Marianne Denning
Scott, I think I have narrowed it down to either the Brailliant 40 or Focus 40. Since he uses JAWS the Focus 40 may be the better choice. That is what I am hoping to learn. On 10/1/12, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@me.com wrote: Hello out there. I just bought a new braille display, and so far I like

RE: braille display

2012-10-01 Thread M. Taylor
Marianne, I strongly recommend the Focus since your student is a Jaws user. There are definite user advantages to using the Focus with Jaws such as being able to set the level of Braille firmness. This is one of my favorite features. I also like the ability to reverse the Braille panning

Re: Finally!: An Audio Action/Adventure Game on the Mac!; BlindSide

2012-10-01 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Indeed, I also found no DMG file. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray On Oct 1, 2012, at 5:02 PM, John Panarese jpanar...@gmail.com wrote: Are you sure this is still available. I went to the link and there is no

Re: Finally!: An Audio Action/Adventure Game on the Mac!; BlindSide

2012-10-01 Thread Maria Chapman
does that mean the game is coming though? that would be pretty cool. God Bless! Maria from australia Newbie mac user. bubbygirl1...@gmail.com will get you fb as well as email iMessage. skype same as email,without the gmail part. twitter bubbygirl On 02/10/2012, at 8:02 AM, John

Re: formatting Text in Pages

2012-10-01 Thread Christopher Edwards
Hello Anne, Thank you for all this information. I think I need to spend a lot of time with Pages and get much more experienced with VO. That is probably going to be a bit of a problem given what is going on here at the moment. Anyway, I will see what I can do. Many thanks, Chris One

Re: iPad

2012-10-01 Thread Pam Francis
Hi folks, I got my iphone 4s on Friday. I hit tripple click home right out of the box. It worked. It also worked with my ipad II purchase last summer. The previous poster must have a 1st gen ipad. Pam Francis On Oct 1, 2012, at 3:56 PM, Scott Berry sb356...@gmail.com wrote: Actually once I

downloading actual youtube videos?

2012-10-01 Thread Maria Chapman
Hi. I have youtube to mp3 converter, which works well. I'm working on a presentation i have to do though, and was hoping to include some clips in the presentation. Because I'm presenting to sighted people I'd like to know if it's possible to download the whole video somehow with the mac.

Re: protected pdf

2012-10-01 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I just bought a protected pdf from Kobo. I can't access it yet because the website says it has had trouble contacting the retailer but I've already got my receipts fromKobo and Paypal so it's just a matter of time. This is a book I want to read and I will be using my Mac so I will report back.

Re: braille display

2012-10-01 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi. The brailliant display has in my opinion much better braille cells. The brailliant has a much better carrying case, it can not fall out, the focus can fall out of the bag. You can have the brailliant display sitting on your knees, that can be a little insecure with the focus. There are some

Re: braille display

2012-10-01 Thread Kaare Dehard
The Brailliant is pretty good, I like the braille. This is however the first display I've owned myself and had access to for more than a half hour or so. Moving from speech to braille has been a bit of a shift and I'll begin another thread, but all in all a good experience. On 2012-10-01, at

Hiding Tabs in Safari

2012-10-01 Thread Emilio Hernandez
Hello everyone, When I assign certain web sites to the bookmarks bar, so when pressing command-1,2, or 3, ETC to launch, these sites appear as tabs on my screen. How can I remove the viewing of these tabs? I don't want them to appear because I already know where they are assigned to. I never

Brailliant bi 40 and opening a links list

2012-10-01 Thread Kaare Dehard
Hi folks, any users of the above display or similar know how to get a links list through the braille keyboard? I can't seem to get that navigation down. Is it part of the stock list of commands, or is it one that requires customization? -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Reading Epub Books on the Mac

2012-10-01 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Bookle is an accessible app for reading DRM free ePub books on the Mac. It can be found in the Mac app store. I agree there should be a Mac app for reading DRM protected books on the Mac. It's strange Apple hasn't brought out iBooks for the Mac. It's a shame too, as I quite like iBooks. --

Re: braille display

2012-10-01 Thread Scott Berry
Exactly what do you need to know. Also please keep me in the loop as to what happens when this student gets the display and how it works. I am trying to start a store in Montana for the blind and low vision. Trying to sell items for low vision and the blind since there is nothing here for

Re: braille display

2012-10-01 Thread Scott Berry
I certainly agree with your statement. On 10/1/2012 07:00 PM, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: Hi. The brailliant display has in my opinion much better braille cells. The brailliant has a much better carrying case, it can not fall out, the focus can fall out of the bag. You can have the brailliant

Take Control eBooks' September Sale

2012-10-01 Thread Nicholas Parsons
The sale has been extended to Wednesday 3 October. Also, and more importantly, Take Control have an accessible version of their catalog. It can be found here: http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/catalog-accessible This is just a complete list of all their books in an accessible table. It is much

Basic Cocoa Programming

2012-10-01 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Thanks CJ and Steve! I'll check these out. I have an international Bookshare membership and I believe I've seen those O'Reily books before in some search results, so hopefully I can get them. Thanks for the great suggestions! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Trouble Interacting with the HTML Area in Messages

2012-10-01 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Thanks, Gavin! That method seems to be working now, although it's probably too early to know for sure. Great work around. Thanks, Nic -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Sharing Reminder Lists in Mountain Lion 10.8.2.

2012-10-01 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Thanks, Ioana! That worked perfectly just as you said. And for the record, it's just a VO Space that is required on that unlabelled button. I guess the button is the broadcast button that Apple speaks of in it's instructions. This is such a cool new feature. Thanks again! Nic -- You

moving and renaming?

2012-10-01 Thread Kliphton
Could someone remind me how to move and rename a file on the mac? Kliphton SR. KS Vending (Office/Fax) 218-451-9881 (TXT) 218-332-7542 k.and.s.vend...@gmail.com http://twitter.com/KSVending http://facebook.com/k.and.s.vending -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: iPad

2012-10-01 Thread Beefcakes
Hi all, I'm the guy who wrote about a friends iPad. Actually she does have a first generation iPad. So she's trying to learn how she can access it, if it has vo on itif etcetera. Anyway thanks for all the help everybody, you guys are great! John Cakes On Oct 1, 2012, at 4:56 PM, Scott Berry

Re: OT iTunes Gift Card Giveaway

2012-10-01 Thread Timothy Clark Music
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How to start with Numbers?

2012-10-01 Thread Agent086b
Hello, I have just downloaded Numbers. I need to access and make changes to existing Excel documents. I can load the documents ok. How do I get in to the columns and rows in the spreadsheet? I have tried to interact with the document all with no luck. Thanks again as always for any help Max.