Re: ColorVisor version 2.0 now available

2012-10-25 Thread Jan Blüher, visorApps
Hallo Christopher, the ColorVisor costs 4.99$US in the US store and something equivalent in all the other regions it is available. Greetings Jan --- ColorVisor - The app to identify colors. Available on the App Store: http://itunes.com/app/ColorVisor --- Dr. Jan Blüher visorApps - Accessible

Re: getting started with pages

2012-10-25 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Chris, I'm not a student, but I work as a freelance translator and most of the documents I work with are MS Word format. I use Pages and export to Word and the only formatting problem I have is with text boxes which do not stay in the correct position between the two formats. Styles and

Re: ColorVisor version 2.0 now available

2012-10-25 Thread Jan Blüher, visorApps
Hallo Alex, I think there are two ways to achieve a calibration. First is a calibrated sensor connected via Bluetooth. The second is a samll scanning box in front of the camera where you include some known colors next to the scanning object. The camera measures both, the known colors and the

Re: Best GPS for me?

2012-10-25 Thread Les Kriegler
Okay, thanks for this. Does it matter the distance to the place one wishes to track. In other words, I know places are identified by default at 490 feet. Let's say I wish to go to the bus stop that is around 4 or 5 miles away from my home. Can I set that as a favorite place to track? That

Re: ColorVisor version 2.0 now available

2012-10-25 Thread Les Kriegler
I purchased your app last evening. I went looking for a help file in order to get started using this app, but didn't locate one. Is there help for this app? If not, any pointers for getting started with this app will be appreciated. This is the first color identifier I've used, hence the

Re: MacMini

2012-10-25 Thread Joanne Chua
Hi All Thanks very much for the input. I'll definitely bring this discussion with my friend. I guess she's thinking to save couple of hundrets and also space by having a MacMini rather than a IMac. I was able to test out a MacMini 2010 server version from a friend's business. its workable, but

Re: ColorVisor version 2.0 now available

2012-10-25 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Les, If you run your finger up the right-hand side of the screen, you'll find the Settings button. Just to the left of this is the Info button which will take you to a screen that has a link to the User Manual. Cheers, Anne On 25 Oct 2012, at 11:50, Les Kriegler kriegle...@gmail.com

Re: Best GPS for me?

2012-10-25 Thread Ilkka Pirttimaa
When you add your wifes workplace to My Places following happens: 1) When you get within selected radius, place is mentioned automatically when you get close (so, in a bus you get warning) 2) When you are within selected radius, selecting My Places category lists this place and you can start

Re: ColorVisor version 2.0 now available

2012-10-25 Thread Jan Blüher, visorApps
Hallo Les, thanks for buying the ColorVisor. Additionally to what Anne said, here is the direct Link to the english user manual on the ColorVisor support page: http://visorApps.com/en/ColorVisor/handbuch01_en.htm It is equal to the one inside the app. If you have further questions, please feel

accessible ftp backup clients

2012-10-25 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi all, I want to backup my website and started to look for accessible ftp clients that will make a backup of my site. Is this even possible? I currently have Transmit just newly updated and I just downloaded some of my Wordpress folders to my Macbook. My webhost has a backup service, but I

Recording From Tapes

2012-10-25 Thread tealgreen83
Hello List, I'm wondering if anyone can help me. I am attempting to record from tapes using Audacity. When I plug tape player up to Mac, I can hear contents of tape going into the computer, but contents from tape are not getting recorded. Rather, my voice and movements are getting recorded. I

question for my fellow fusion users

2012-10-25 Thread Kliphton
Has anyone ever ran fusion or pulled there VM from a NAS drive or USB drive? If so, how was the performance? -- 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

Re: Best GPS for me?

2012-10-25 Thread Mary Scott
I want to download this app. It will save me a lot of frustration, if you could give me the link. I am ready to take my new guide dog and go out on the town. Mel On Oct 24, 2012, at 9:56 PM, Les Kriegler kriegle...@gmail.com wrote: I just purchased this app and highly recommend it. I

Re: question for my fellow fusion users

2012-10-25 Thread Hai Nguyen Ly
Good morning Kliphton: I've not gotten a chance to run Fusion from a NAS drive, however I have used a Windows 7 VM running on an SSD as well as an HDD with a a USB enclosure. The takeaway is: the performance is going to vary depending on your system as well as the drive. Spinning drives are

Re: Best GPS for me?

2012-10-25 Thread Les Kriegler
Hi Mary, Why not download it using the App Store on your I Device? I will be taking it on a walk in the next day or so, I'm expecting really good results. Les On Oct 25, 2012, at 8:44 AM, Mary Scott bluespru...@comcast.net wrote: I want to download this app. It will save me a lot of

Re: Setting up mac mini?

2012-10-25 Thread Alex Hall
Well, if mice and trackpads work with no setup, that explains it. You just click away until you are told to enter the password on the keyboard, and then all is well. Of course, this does no good at all for blind users as there is no mouse or trackpad command to launch vo, but it explains why

Re: Automator, launch application

2012-10-25 Thread Alex Hall
In the keyboard commander window, there is a popup menu to select which option key to use (left, right, or both). Select both and there you go. You get the usual warning that the option key will not work normally after doing this, but it works fine provided the keystroke you want involves one

Re: VoiceOver and YOutube

2012-10-25 Thread Alex Hall
Yes, I find that sometimes as well. Normally I use MacTubes to watch videos, but if I get a youtube link I can't do that. I have set up a keyboard commander command to mute speech and sounds, so i can just hit that if I find the problem starting. On Oct 25, 2012, at 7:36 AM, Allison Manzino

Re: Best GPS for me?

2012-10-25 Thread Ilkka Pirttimaa
Yes, just open App Store on your iPhone and search blindsquare. Here is link too: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/blindsquare/id500557255?mt=8 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: Automator, launch application

2012-10-25 Thread Red.Falcon
Hi there! That must have been added in Mountain Lion under Snowy Kitty you could only pick one or the other! Nice little addition Colin I'm far too bad for Heaven! The Devil is afraid I'll take his place! On 25 Oct 2012, at 15:01, Alex Hall mehg...@gmail.com wrote: In the keyboard commander

Re: IOS6 and iPhone4?

2012-10-25 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hi Kliphton. Oh, in that case, if your friend doesn't use Voiceover, then they shouldn't experience any performance issues at all. Shawn Sent from my white Mac Book -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send

Re: Mac Mini from 2007 - How can I use it?

2012-10-25 Thread matthew Dyer
Hi all, Just a thought, but does anyone know if apple is still pushing out security updates for sl? I have not hurd anything abourt them not doing so. I did receive a security update a few weeks ago, but just wondering as I do not have the ram to run lion on this mac mini 2009. Matthew On

Re: Recording from tapes

2012-10-25 Thread Allison Manzino
Hello, I think you might need something called the Imike available from amazon.com for $24. . It's the only way I can record from tapes. It has both an audio in and out jack. You can plug a patch cord from your tape deck to the mac, and then connect a pair of headphones. If you change the

Re: Best GPS for me?

2012-10-25 Thread Mary Scott
I did it and it seems good. Mel On Oct 25, 2012, at 9:26 AM, Les Kriegler kriegle...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Mary, Why not download it using the App Store on your I Device? I will be taking it on a walk in the next day or so, I'm expecting really good results. Les On Oct 25, 2012, at

Re: Automator, launch application

2012-10-25 Thread Traci
Sure, I could do this under VO Commanders, but I enjoyed the challenge and learning something new about my Mac. I also thought, the service shortcuts would work when VO is off. I like to know the native Mac shortcuts as much as possible, in case there is a problem with VO. Extending the

Re: Best GPS for me?

2012-10-25 Thread Ilkka Pirttimaa
For your knowledge, version 1.20 is sent to Apple for review. It will have following changes: NEW FEATURE: Works on background. You can disable this from settings. NEW FEATURE: FourSquare leaderboard announcements NEW FEATURE: Volume can be changed NEW FEATURE: Web page of the venue can be opened

Re: Mac Mini from 2007 - How can I use it?

2012-10-25 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I think I read that SL security updates are not being done any more, but I'll try to check my information. -- 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 25, 2012, at 10:09 AM, matthew Dyer

Re: Recording from tapes

2012-10-25 Thread Timothy Clark Music
another way to do this is to get an olympus if you have any of the olympus mottels laying around you can plug a linen plug into it and the other end into the player and recording can be done directly into the olympus then dropped on to your computer. web site

Re: Best GPS for me?

2012-10-25 Thread Tammy
Hi, Can you check in there on foursquare as well and have it show up publicly as home or whatever you've called it? Tammy -Original Message- From: Ilkka Pirttimaa Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 12:29 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Best GPS for me? I'm glad

Re: IOS6 and iPhone4?

2012-10-25 Thread Chris
Chris, Apple do a lightning to dock adaptor for a reasonable fee. Christopher Hallsworth On 25/10/2012 02:43, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: Chris sighs... You know, Cliff, I've actually heard mixed stories about this. I've heard of a friend who had a 4, not even a 4S, which I assume! is

Re: Live stream ofApple Event

2012-10-25 Thread Teresa Cochran
The Apple Keynotes are available as podcasts, so you will be able to catch it again soon. Teresa On Oct 23, 2012, at 11:25 AM, Cameron Strife came...@cameronstrife.com wrote: Hi. The iPad fourth gen, iPad mini and the new iMacs were the best things in the presentation in my opinion. The

Re: MacMini

2012-10-25 Thread Donovan Osborn
That's very true, I bought the iMac primarily for the monitor. Just in case I got stuck. I don't have a monitor on my Windows computer and there has been many times when something went wrong with the sound and then I had to have my brother in law come over with a monitor. Having a screen just

Re: Best GPS for me?

2012-10-25 Thread Ilkka Pirttimaa
You can check-in to Home too, so you will get points :-) FourSquare will not publish location of your home outside of your friends. I just checked that when I'm not logged in, 4sq give overall map of the area with text Since this is a home, the exact location is not shared here. This map is of

reading e-mail

2012-10-25 Thread Estelita
Hello, when reading e-mail, is there keys combination to read by word, or by sentence? Thank you, your assistance is very much appreciated. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: reading e-mail

2012-10-25 Thread Alex Hall
Yes, just like in a document, writing an email, entering text online, or anywhere in OSX you are writing or reviewing text in an edit area. Left/right: move by character Option left/right: move by word Cmd-left/right: jump to start or end of line up/down: move by line option-up/down: move by

Re: VoiceOver and YOutube

2012-10-25 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Same thing happens to me too. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray On Oct 25, 2012, at 9:11 AM, Alex Hall mehg...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, I find that sometimes as well. Normally I use MacTubes to watch videos, but if I

Re: getting started with pages

2012-10-25 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
Hi. That would be great. The thing i have trouble with is, let's say turning text to the appropriate style. font 12 point times new roman and double space. Thanks for any assistance. On Oct 25, 2012, at 1:04 AM, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello Chris, I'm not a student, but

Re: VoiceOver and YOutube

2012-10-25 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hi Alison and Alex. I also experience this, and I thought it was just me that is getting these progress indicator messages but thank god that it's not just me. I was thinking of downloading Mactubes but I heard there were some unlabelled buttons. I've never labelled buttons before so what are

Re: VoiceOver and YOutube

2012-10-25 Thread Alex Hall
That's easy, especially in Mactubes. I sy that because the buttons don't have labels, but they do have help tags, so you need only move to one and wait for the help tag (or press vo-shift-h) to know what it is for. Press vo-slash to bring up the label element dialog and type in the name (I uset

Re: getting started with pages

2012-10-25 Thread Mauricio Almeida
hi ann, could you please send me those templates as well? It would greatly help me out. thank you, Mauricio On 10/25/12, Chris Bruinenberg cbrui...@gmail.com wrote: Hi. That would be great. The thing i have trouble with is, let's say turning text to the appropriate style. font 12 point

nidus writer

2012-10-25 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
Hi all. So i'm on a mission to find my favorite word processor for use in school. I'm currently trying nidus writer pro, or express. One question i have is, how can you stop voiceover from bouncing around in the document? I have interacted with the document, a 50 page or so chapter for school,

Re: Best GPS for me?

2012-10-25 Thread Tammy
Hi, Okay so I have home set and a couple other places in blind square, but how do I get them imported in to foursquare so I can check in to them? Tammy -Original Message- From: Ilkka Pirttimaa Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 1:29 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re:

Blindsquare (was Best GPS for me?)

2012-10-25 Thread Alex Hall
Can this app be used without Foursquare entirely? It sounds useful when I am able to get an iPhone, but I don't use Foursquare and find those checkin tweets very annoying from others. Besides, I don't like the idea of my every move being broadcast to the world. Still, the app's ability to speak

Re: Blindsquare (was Best GPS for me?)

2012-10-25 Thread Ilkka Pirttimaa
It works totally without FourSquare. My initial idea was to make an app that you can use without any knowledge of smartphones. You don't even need to have FourSquare account. It can still access foursquare database and it get's information about other users check-in counts. That way it knows what

Re: Best GPS for me?

2012-10-25 Thread Ilkka Pirttimaa
Tammy, currently there is no way to use BlindSquare to add place to FourSquare. It's planned feature but now you have to do that with FourSquare client. BlindSquare will then show it in category Shared Places (I think it describes it better than Private, since it's shared among your 4sq frends).

Re: Blindsquare (was Best GPS for me?)

2012-10-25 Thread Alex Hall
That is a cool idea, though my town is so small that I doubt I would get accurate readings. Still, if it could just tell me my street, the intersection I am approaching, and nearby POIs, that's good enough for me when walking around. Now I just need the iPhone... On Oct 25, 2012, at 5:26 PM,

Labelling buttons for Shawn

2012-10-25 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi Shawn and all, I have heard of Mactubes but never tried it. In response to your question, Shawn about labelling buttons, VoiceOver has a keystroke for that. To label a button just press VO with the slash key and you will be able to enter a description for that button. I love this feature,

Setting up iTunes

2012-10-25 Thread Agent086b
Hello, I have only used iTunes for sinking my iPhone, downloading playing podcasts. I now wish to store my CDs on my Mac. What settings in iTunes are best to set up? Thanks for any advice. Max. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group.

Rading messages and notifications with Skype on the Mac.

2012-10-25 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hi. I find when i have notifications and new messages in Skype using it on the Mac, I can't find the messages or notifications. I have had a look in all the menus etc. In the end I have to read everything using Skype on my I phone. Can anyone tell me how to read new messages and

Re: Blindsquare (was Best GPS for me?)

2012-10-25 Thread Tammy
Hi, I used it without 4square, but found I liked the checkins, and the game aspect of 4square. You don't have to broadcast at all unless you want to. Blindsquare is totally a stand alone app if you want it to be, and works really well on the bus or when you're walking to tell you street

Re: Best GPS for me?

2012-10-25 Thread Tammy
Hhi, thanks for the information. Now all I have to do is figure out how to add personal places in foursquare and I'll be set! Tammy -Original Message- From: Ilkka Pirttimaa Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 5:32 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Best GPS for me?

Re: VoiceOver and YOutube

2012-10-25 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hi Alex. I was able to download Mactubes. Is there a way that I could convert files to not just MP4 but to MP3 as well? I'd like to listen to videos on Itunes. Shawn Sent from my white Mac Book -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group.

reading iBooks on the Mac?

2012-10-25 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, Anyone know if there's a way to do this? TIA, Donna -- 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: getting started with pages

2012-10-25 Thread Scott Berry
yeah Chris I have the same problem too. On 10/25/2012 12:31 PM, Chris Bruinenberg wrote: Hi. That would be great. The thing i have trouble with is, let's say turning text to the appropriate style. font 12 point times new roman and double space. Thanks for any assistance. On Oct 25, 2012, at

Re: VoiceOver and YOutube

2012-10-25 Thread Alex Hall
Not directly, but google around and I'm sure you can find a converter for that kind of thing. Handbrake might even do it, but I'm not sure. On Oct 25, 2012, at 7:49 PM, Shawn Krasniuk bigbigshawn@gmail.com wrote: Hi Alex. I was able to download Mactubes. Is there a way that I could convert

Re: reading e-mail

2012-10-25 Thread Estelita
How can I activate the edit area please? Thank you. - Original Message - From: Alex Hall To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 7:01 PM Subject: Re: reading e-mail Yes, just like in a document, writing an email, entering text online, or

Re: reading e-mail

2012-10-25 Thread Alex Hall
When you open a message, you are focused on the content adn can use the commands I sent earlier to move around. I was just saying that those commands are the same for reading an email as they are for writing pretty much anything on the mac. On Oct 25, 2012, at 8:35 PM, Estelita est...@sky.com

Re: Setting up mac mini?

2012-10-25 Thread Steve Holmes
Yeah, I had this very experience last year when I bought my Mini. I started out with a bluetooth keyboard and then I ran into the chicken or egg question. How do you pair the keyboard without speech and how do you start VO without a paired keyboard? So I went back to the Apple store the next

Re: MacMini

2012-10-25 Thread Steve Holmes
I also had numerous issues with not having a monitor connected to my Mac mini. Got a lot of Finder Busy messages whenever I accessed Dropbox and I had some other wierd situations that simply went away when I hooked one up. Your friend could buy the cheapest monitor possible and these issues

Re: reading e-mail

2012-10-25 Thread Steve Holmes
For best results, interact with the message; so after you open it, press Shift-VO-Downarrow and then you can use the various VO commands just given in this thread. On Oct 25, 2012, at 5:37 PM, Alex Hall mehg...@gmail.com wrote: When you open a message, you are focused on the content adn can

Re: MacMini

2012-10-25 Thread Alex Hall
I suspect the problems are software, not hardware, so I don't think a hardware refresh will change anything. I could be wrong, though, and some people have said on this list that they had no trouble even with older Minis. I guess try it with no monitor and see if you end up needing one. On Oct

Re: reading e-mail

2012-10-25 Thread Alex Hall
Yes, that works best for reading, but I'm able to navigate and even highlight just fine. The only problem I've ever come across is that, if I move around with the commands and then decide to read from where I am with vo-a, vo reads from the top of the message instead of where my cursor is.

Re: Rading messages and notifications with Skype on the Mac.

2012-10-25 Thread Rachel Feinberg
Hi Kawal, All new chat messages and other things will come to you in the side bar of Skype. You know to interact with this table, choose the person you want, or stop at the contacts category. You can stop interacting, and vo+right arrow to the table to choose a contact. But if the person you

Re: reading iBooks on the Mac?

2012-10-25 Thread Mary Otten
No, there is no way to read ibooks on the Mac so far as I am aware. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- 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

Re: reading iBooks on the Mac?

2012-10-25 Thread Donna Goodin
Ah, too bad. Thanks, Mary. Donna On Oct 25, 2012, at 10:29 PM, Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com wrote: No, there is no way to read ibooks on the Mac so far as I am aware. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups