Re: Kindle app

2012-10-09 Thread David Griffith
Only the PC Kindle Software is accessible and for that you will have to download the version with the accessibility plugin. This works fine in a Fusion Windows virtual machine on the Mac though. On 8 Oct 2012, at 22:05, Jane wrote: Is there a way to register the Kindle app on the Mac

Re: Kindle app

2012-10-09 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi. I got sighted assistance to sign in to the mac version. But correct you can not read your books in the mac version as a blind user. As I understand it, you can not download the accessible version if you are living in europe. I am from Denmark, and I can not download it. Best regards

iTunes questions: custom metadata, and multiple genres?

2012-10-09 Thread Alex Hall
Hi all, I'm now modifying all those songs in my library that are unknown, and I have two questions. 1. Can I add a custom metadata field? In addition to album, artist, and all that, I'd like to add a key field so I can see what key a song is in. 2. Can I assign multiple genres to a track? If so,

Re: iTunes questions: custom metadata, and multiple genres?

2012-10-09 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, I don't believe that there is facility for Custom fields within the tagging mechanism of iTunes. If you wish to put items into multiple Genres, I'd put your secondary Genre into the Grouping field. The combo box for Genre works in two ways, you can choose from the list of Genres provided

Gestures on iMac?

2012-10-09 Thread Marc Rocheleau
Hey all, Excuse the ignorance, but I'm looking to get an iMac in the near future. I was under the impression that the track pad gave you the ability to perform gestures or navigate as if you were using an actual mouse -- not unlike the iPhone, for example. Last month however, I had someone come

Re: Playing Flash Movies

2012-10-09 Thread Mike Arrigo
This is correct, if it starts playing automatically it's fine, but the flash controls and content will not read. Adobe has made it clear they have no interest in fixing this on the mac. One thing you can do in the case of youtube, go to http://youtube.com/html5 Click the option to join the

restoring

2012-10-09 Thread wayne coles
Hello list can somebody please tell me stepby step instructions on how to restore my mbp only i have a problem with my boot camp partition and when i tried to use boot camp assistant it said the partition was lock so i would like to restore back to factory settings but would like to know it is

Re: iTunes questions: custom metadata, and multiple genres?

2012-10-09 Thread Red.Falcon
Hi there! I do not know if this will suit your needs, But you could add [under Command+J ] the field Categories and put into that field what Key that track is in or one of the other fields that you think would work better for field! In that window you can add or get rid of any fields you wish to

Re: Gestures on iMac?

2012-10-09 Thread Alex Hall
Provided you get a Magic Trackpad, you can. For instance, you can rotor, flick, use the two-finger reading gestures, or move around to explore the screen. Not all gestures match up, and screen exploration is based on what vo is interacting with at the time, but my brief exploration of the

Re: Unlabeled Buttons in Newsrack?

2012-10-09 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey, I use Newsrack all the time, not sure what buttons you are referring to where are these unlabled buttons? I assume you are using it on the mac? On Oct 6, 10:12 am, Teresa Cochran vegaspipistre...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, all, There are a number of unlabeled buttons in the Newsrack newsreader.

Re: iTunes questions: custom metadata, and multiple genres?

2012-10-09 Thread Alex Hall
I'll have a look, thanks. On Oct 9, 2012, at 10:42 AM, Red.Falcon velocity.focu...@virginmedia.com wrote: Hi there! I do not know if this will suit your needs, But you could add [under Command+J ] the field Categories and put into that field what Key that track is in or one of the other

Re: iTunes questions: custom metadata, and multiple genres?

2012-10-09 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, the View options are useful for displaying various tags while in different playlists and such but will not allow the addition of custom tags. You use the Get Info option to enter this tag info. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2012-10-09, at 8:42 AM, Red.Falcon

Re: Gestures on iMac?

2012-10-09 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Mark, I would suggest that the demonstrator doesn't know what they are doing, well at least properly. The Magic Track Pad, as Apple refer to it for the iMac… I use this on a day to day bases with my iMac, the commands mirror up to a large extent in line with the iOS commands. You can turn on

Re: Gestures on iMac?

2012-10-09 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, I'm guessing that she was simply not totally familiar with the use of VO and the Mac. As long as the MacBook was released within the last three years or so, then the gestures will work. She may have simply had the Trackpad commander turned off. It is turned on by holding down the VO

sorting tags in iTunes?

2012-10-09 Thread Alex Hall
Hi again all, I looked at the view options and checked a couple sort items. I now have these items in my view, and I can start dragging them with vo-comma. The problem is that, even if I drop one column over, vo says the marked item is no longer in view. How, then, do I sort fields in iTunes

Re: Unlabeled Buttons in Newsrack?

2012-10-09 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, Brian, I'm using it on the Mac. They seem to be scattered throughout the window. If you tab back and forth, you will find them. They don't have help tags, either. Thanks, Teresa On Oct 9, 2012, at 7:49 AM, Brian Fischler blindga...@gmail.com wrote: Hey, I use Newsrack all the time, not

[Maccessibility] iOS App.net Client River Gains VoiceOver Support

2012-10-09 Thread Maccessibility
Title: [Maccessibility] iOS App.net Client River Gains VoiceOver Support Maccessibility has posted a new item, 'iOS App.net Client River Gains VoiceOver Support' The social network App.net is a micro-blogging platform designed as an paid alternative to Twitter. Users can register and use the

Re: Question About Building A Website

2012-10-09 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey guys, I have been trying to find a solution to edit my websites that work with Voiceover. Does anyone know with Rapid Weaver if the icons are accessible as I am not familiar with writing code or html. When I could still see a little I was able to update my sites by editing in a template, but

Re: restoring

2012-10-09 Thread Chris
Hello all when booting up your mac press command-r and hold it for about 30 seconds. This will boot into the recovery partition. Press command-f5 to start VoiceOver and follow the prompts after choosing reinstall Mac OS 10. Christopher Hallsworth On 09/10/2012 15:29, wayne coles wrote:

my CF card reader won't show up on the desktop

2012-10-09 Thread Mark Baxter
I'm trying to use a USB card reader I got at Radio Shack to format/write to a 4G CF card using Mountain Lion. It won't even show up as a drive in Disk Utility, nor on the desktop. Any ideas how to fix this? Thanks. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 •

iTunes questions: custom metadata, and multiple genres?

2012-10-09 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Alex, Perhaps you could put the key of the song in the comments field? Just a thought. This would still allow you to create smart playlists using that info. Nic -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send

upgrading vmware fusion

2012-10-09 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Has somebody gone through the upgrading process for vmware fusion? First it took me forever to realize I had to click on something that says controller.do to see and check my choices for licenses to upgrade. Now I'm stuck trying to checkout and I need to change my phone number and I can select

[Maccessibility] iOS App.net Client Rivr Gains VoiceOver Support

2012-10-09 Thread Maccessibility
Title: [Maccessibility] iOS App.net Client Rivr Gains VoiceOver Support Maccessibility has posted a new item, 'iOS App.net Client Rivr Gains VoiceOver Support' The social network App.net is a micro-blogging platform designed as an paid alternative to Twitter. Users can register and use the

Re: remote disk accessible?

2012-10-09 Thread John Panarese
I've never tried the Windows version. With a Mac, you simply see the CD or DVD in the Remote Disk network folder and can access it there. Can you, at least, see the disk? Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website,

Re: my CF card reader won't show up on the desktop

2012-10-09 Thread Mike Arrigo
Do you have the memory card in the reader? If not, it definitely won't show on the desktop since the finder does not show blank drives, I would think it would still show in disk utility though. Have you tried another port? If that doesn't work you might try another computer. If that doesn't

Re: my CF card reader won't show up on the desktop

2012-10-09 Thread Mark Baxter
Heh. Yes, there's a CF card in the reader, and I've tried all two ports on my MBP, and don't have another computer to test the reader. The card reads fine in my old PacMate, just not when plugged into the reader into a USB port. Oddly, Disk Utility brings up all the DMGs I have on my hard

[Maccessibility] Mozilla Firefox V16.0 Introduces Preliminary VoiceOver Support on OS X

2012-10-09 Thread Maccessibility
Title: [Maccessibility] Mozilla Firefox V16.0 Introduces Preliminary VoiceOver Support on OS X Maccessibility has posted a new item, 'Mozilla Firefox V16.0 Introduces Preliminary VoiceOver Support on OS X' After years of waiting, Mozilla Firefox V16.0 offers preliminary VoiceOver support in its

Re: my CF card reader won't show up on the desktop

2012-10-09 Thread Mike Arrigo
I would be inclined to think this was a bad reader then, the card itself is probably not the issue. Original message: Heh. Yes, there's a CF card in the reader, and I've tried all two ports on my MBP, and don't have another computer to test the reader. The card reads fine in my old PacMate,

Re: upgrading vmware fusion

2012-10-09 Thread Mauricio Almeida
hello, uhm, i honestly don't think you need to do all that. if you e-mail me privately i can give you a phone number or skype and i can go through these with you. there is no general rule for that, but i can definitely help you as we look over the page. On 10/9/12, Cheryl Homiak

Re: my CF card reader won't show up on the desktop

2012-10-09 Thread Mark Baxter
Then I have *TWO* bad card readers, as I've tried that card in both of them. *shrug* stranger things have happened to me. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com • My home page: • http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You

Re: my CF card reader won't show up on the desktop

2012-10-09 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
I know this sounds crazy. Did you enable it to show on the desktop from finder preferences? Thanks. Chris Bruinenberg cbrui...@gmail.com On Oct 9, 2012, at 1:02 PM, Mark Baxter markbaxte...@gmail.com wrote: Then I have *TWO* bad card readers, as I've tried that card in both of them.

Drop Box

2012-10-09 Thread Nicholas
Hi, My name is Nicholas Acosta. I am using dropbox on my Ipad. I have an Ipad 3. I have the dropbox app on my Ipad and My windows laptop but When I put something on my dropbox on my windows laptop, It is not on the Ipad. I need some help because I am going to do a podcast for main Menu and I

Re: my CF card reader won't show up on the desktop

2012-10-09 Thread Mark Baxter
Just to be sure, I just checked, and all the check boxes are checked, … So. Check. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com • My home page: • http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You received this message because you are

Re: remote disk accessible?

2012-10-09 Thread Alex Hall
Yes, I see the computer name inside the remote disk folder, but I can't activate it at all. On Oct 9, 2012, at 1:50 PM, John Panarese jpanar...@gmail.com wrote: I've never tried the Windows version. With a Mac, you simply see the CD or DVD in the Remote Disk network folder and can access

Re: my CF card reader won't show up on the desktop

2012-10-09 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
umm, one other thought. And this is another crazy idea, maybe the card has a lock slot? Some cards are able to lock. Also, maybe it's like an sad, eventually it breaks. THanks. Chris Thanks. Chris Bruinenberg cbrui...@gmail.com On Oct 9, 2012, at 1:43 PM, Mark Baxter markbaxte...@gmail.com

vo saying one message conversation in mail?

2012-10-09 Thread Alex Hall
Hi all, Thanks for the advice on setting up my friend's mail on his new iMac, it all works as expected, except one thing. Some on this list reported an odd issue where vo would put single messages into conversations (or mail would anyway). I never had this problem so did not follow the thread,

Re: remote disk accessible?

2012-10-09 Thread Esther
Hi Alex, I'm pretty sure that you can't use remote disc sharing on a Windows machine if haven't installed additional software to enable this, even if the drive is visible from your Mac. Did you read the Apple Documentation? Here's the link to the knowledge base article: • DVD or CD sharing:

Re: remote disk accessible?

2012-10-09 Thread Alex Hall
I did, and I have installed the utility on the windows machine. Are you saying, though, that I can use a mac as a remote disk with no installation? There's a 2007 mini sitting downstairs I could use if this is the case. On Oct 9, 2012, at 5:16 PM, Esther mori...@mac.com wrote: Hi Alex, I'm

Open with duplicate solution

2012-10-09 Thread Emilio Hernandez
Hello everyone, Several days ago I posted a question that others were also experiencing. This dealt with viewing duplicate application options when interacting with the context menu. After performing a general google search, I found that external drives may be the cause to this problem. After

Re: upgrading vmware fusion

2012-10-09 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Thanks much! But I solved it. I just left the phone number as was and PayPal put it through with no problem. -- 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 9, 2012, at 2:58 PM, Mauricio

Re: my CF card reader won't show up on the desktop

2012-10-09 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hmmm, that does make it more interesting. Here's a thought. Open the system profiler and look at the USB section, does the card reader even show up? Let's see if the mac even knows something is there. Original message: Then I have *TWO* bad card readers, as I've tried that card in both of

Re: my CF card reader won't show up on the desktop

2012-10-09 Thread Mike Arrigo
Even if he didn't, it still should have shown in disk utility I would think. Original message: I know this sounds crazy. Did you enable it to show on the desktop from finder preferences? Thanks. Chris Bruinenberg cbrui...@gmail.com On Oct 9, 2012, at 1:02 PM, Mark Baxter

Re: vo saying one message conversation in mail?

2012-10-09 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, In your Mail Prefs, go under the Viewing pane and uncheck the box about Including Related Messages. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2012-10-09, at 3:16 PM, Alex Hall mehg...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Thanks for the advice on setting up my friend's mail on his new iMac,

Re: my CF card reader won't show up on the desktop

2012-10-09 Thread Mark Baxter
Nope, no write-protect tabs, and as I said it worked fine in another unit, both read and write/delete. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com • My home page: • http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You received this message

RE: restoring

2012-10-09 Thread wayne coles
Hello and thanks for the reply and for some strange reason removing the partition did not work yesterday but today when i tryed it the boot camp removed it ok so all is well again so thanks to all for the good advice -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

Re: remote disk accessible?

2012-10-09 Thread Esther
Hi Alex, You don't need to install additional software if you want to share a CD or DVD drive from another Mac, but you do need to enable the DVD or CD Sharing under System Preferences Sharing from the Service List. Did you read the documentation? It may also depend on what operating system you

Re: [Maccessibility] Mozilla Firefox V16.0 Introduces Preliminary VoiceOver Support on OS X

2012-10-09 Thread matthew Dyer
Hi all, This is intresting. I will have to give it a short and see how it works. I think I have a nightly build of ff, but not sure. Now if they could start work on thunderbird for mac that would be great. matthew Dyer matthew Dyer Sent from my mac mini. e-mail/msn:

USB card reader not showing up anywhere

2012-10-09 Thread Mark Baxter
When I use the system information utility (I don't have a system profiler) This is what I *THINK* is my USB card reader: Mass Storage Device: Product ID: 0x6366 Vendor ID:0x058f (Alcor Micro, Corp.) Version: 1.00 Serial Number:058F63666471 Speed:Up to 480

Re: USB card reader not showing up anywhere

2012-10-09 Thread John Panarese
Ar the cards formatted in Windows, by chance? If so, what format? I ask because I had a similar problems with SD cards and a reader. Once I reformatted the cards, they suddenly showed up. I had to format them in FAT32 in Windows, but they all worked. Take Care John D. Panarese

Re: USB card reader not showing up anywhere

2012-10-09 Thread Mark Baxter
The card, in my PacMate, shows up as having an old version of my Documents, folder, with some stuff deleted, which came from my Mac's HD, and at one point the USB reader did show up on the desktop with the card in. Right now, I can't even reformat the thing, which is all I really want to

Re: USB card reader not showing up anywhere

2012-10-09 Thread Mark Baxter
Oh, so the answer to your question would be that it's Probably a FAT32 format. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com • My home page: • http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

Kindle app

2012-10-09 Thread Adrienne Sinclair Chalmers
Actually it's worse than it just won't work, Voiceover has been deliberately disabled by order of those nice folk at Amazon. Their reason seems to be that Voiceover is free and so sighted people might use it to get their books read out to them. Sounds like a load of spurious drivel to me. I

RE: Kindle app

2012-10-09 Thread Jesus Garcia
As usual leave it to Amazon to do something to screw over the blind consumer. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Adrienne Sinclair Chalmers Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2012 19:40 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

Re: USB card reader not showing up anywhere

2012-10-09 Thread John Panarese
If you can afford to delete the info from the card, I'd try reformatting it anyway just as an experiment with one of the cards. It definitely could be the reader itself, but I would try to make sure it's that before you throw away the bath water with the baby. Take Care John D. Panarese

Re: Drop Box

2012-10-09 Thread Damashe Thomas
You should make sure that the files put in dropbox on the computer have completely uploaded to the server. Depending on the file size, this could take some time. You said you are on windows 7 so checking the system tray area will give you this info. Just locate the dropbox icon and it will say

Re: USB card reader not showing up anywhere

2012-10-09 Thread Mark Baxter
I'd LOVE to reformat it, but I can't control the USB divide! how do I format it when I can't issue commands to the USB reader? • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com • My home page: • http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You

Re: USB card reader not showing up anywhere

2012-10-09 Thread John Panarese
Can you do it in Windows? I had to do my in Windows. I just did it as FAT32 and all of a sudden, the cards could be read fine on the Mac. I'm not suggesting this will definitely be the solution, but it is what I experienced to fix the issue at the time. Take Care John D. Panarese

Re: USB card reader not showing up anywhere

2012-10-09 Thread Mark Baxter
Sorry, no windows here. I have a PacMate which has Pocket PC on it, but it chokes when I give it a 4G CF card, and I can't find a format option anywhere there. No other windows exists. :) • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN:

Re: Drop Box

2012-10-09 Thread Craig J Dunlop
Along the same lines. One time I moved an audio recording from my phone to the drop box folder on my phone I can't remember how to do that. I looked and can't figure out how does anyone know if it can still be done? Using iOS six on a iPhone for S Sent from my iPhone On Oct 9, 2012, at

Re: vo saying one message conversation in mail?

2012-10-09 Thread Alex Hall
Thanks. I love it when something is a simple solution! On Oct 9, 2012, at 5:38 PM, Tim Kilburn kilbur...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, In your Mail Prefs, go under the Viewing pane and uncheck the box about Including Related Messages. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On

Re: remote disk accessible?

2012-10-09 Thread Alex Hall
Yes, I read the documentation, but only for windows. I was stuck because the button the instructions said would appear never showed up. However, using the other mini sounds like a much easier solution. Thanks. On Oct 9, 2012, at 6:17 PM, Esther mori...@mac.com wrote: Hi Alex, You don't need

Re: a program that reads bar codes

2012-10-09 Thread Nancy M
Yes, Digit-Eyes will do this on the new iPad. It won't work on the iPad 2 because it does not have an autofocus camera. N On Wednesday, September 26, 2012 10:14:26 AM UTC-5, Scott Berry wrote: hey does anyone know if there is an app for the Ipad that reads barcodes and gives instructions

Re: Dictation help quick please

2012-10-09 Thread Nancy Wyman
Thanks everyone so much! I found the dictation settings today and changed them. It works really well. Thanks again! Nancy Nancy Badger, Ph.D Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Services UT Chattanooga Sent from my iPhone with dictation software. Please excuse spelling errors. On Oct 8, 2012, at

Read It Later app Accesible

2012-10-09 Thread Emilio Hernandez
Hello everyone, For those who have a subscription to Instapaper, do you know if the Read It Later app for the Mac is compatible with voiceover? I am not able to access this program because it is based on a subscription. Thus, I would appreciate any feedback before subscribing. Thank you all.

Re: USB card reader not showing up anywhere

2012-10-09 Thread Mike Arrigo
Sounds like the mac is at least recognizing it, if that didn't work, nothing else would either. If you go in to disk utility, what disks and drives show up in the table? On Oct 9, 2012, at 5:49 PM, Mark Baxter wrote: When I use the system information utility (I don't have a system profiler)

Re: USB card reader not showing up anywhere

2012-10-09 Thread Mike Arrigo
If it shows up in disk utility, you can probably delete and recreate the partition. On Oct 9, 2012, at 6:02 PM, Mark Baxter wrote: The card, in my PacMate, shows up as having an old version of my Documents, folder, with some stuff deleted, which came from my Mac's HD, and at one point the

Re: USB card reader not showing up anywhere

2012-10-09 Thread Mark Baxter
The card does not show up in Disk Utility at all. only my internal HD and my CDR show up. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com • My home page: • http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You received this message because you are

Re: Kindle app

2012-10-09 Thread Mike Arrigo
That is one of the most ridiculous and insane things I have ever heard. It's bad enough that Amazon does not make this app accessible, but, if they are indeed preventing voiceover users from reading the content, that is disgraceful to put it nicely. On Oct 9, 2012, at 6:39 PM, Adrienne Sinclair

Re: USB card reader not showing up anywhere

2012-10-09 Thread Mike Arrigo
Do you have any kind of firewall or other background utilities running? What about security or antivirus software? On Oct 9, 2012, at 10:05 PM, Mark Baxter wrote: The card does not show up in Disk Utility at all. only my internal HD and my CDR show up. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM,

Re: Kindle app

2012-10-09 Thread Cheree Heppe
Cheree Heppe here: The way to stop the discriminatory behavior is with some old-fashioned letter writing, blogging, senator contacting and maybe, demonstrating. Regards, Cheree Heppe - Original Message - From: Mike Arrigo n0...@charter.net To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent:

Need an accessible html editor ...

2012-10-09 Thread Jessica Carter
Hi Nene, i think Smultron would work for writing text emails. At any rate, it seems like it would. I have not tried this yet, so I cannot give you a definite yes on that one. Just curious, what program are you currently using for email? -- You received this message because you are

Playing Flash Movies [3 Updates]

2012-10-09 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Thanks guys. I went to the HTML5 youtube site and it told me I was already automatically signed up for the HTML5 trial, and only gave me the option to unsubscribe. However, I still can't see any play/pause controls for youtube videos. Does the click-to-plugin alert you when there is flash