Re: Apple App Store Refunds for inaccessible Apps

2013-09-13 Thread Nicholas Parsons
If it's mandatory for some apps to be accessible, but not others, who will determine which are to be accessible and which not? And if you talk about feasibility, doesn't that start to become a little like inaccessible apps don't need to be accessible, but accessible apps must be accessible? Who

Spaces in OS X

2013-09-13 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Hi, Has anyone had any luck with using spaces, I think through Mission Control, with OS X? This sounds like a cool feature to me but I don't know how to use it. Cheers, Nic -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from

Re: Any dashboard fans?

2013-09-13 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, I guess my ease of use is because of the way I have Voiceover/my Mac set up. Just pressing F12 opens dashboard so, no need to go to the dock or applications folder. I also already have a keyboard commander shortcut to bring up the application chooser so, no need to press VO F2 twice to

Reactor for OS X/Sirius XM

2013-09-13 Thread Krysti
Has anyone used this is it worth getting a license also does anyone know if Sirius is worth subscribing and can you subscribe Internet only Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group

Re: OS10.8.5 is out

2013-09-13 Thread Krysti
I haven't installed it didn't know there was an update ill do it when I get home and let you know Sent from my iPhone On 2013-09-12, at 9:09 PM, Alex Hall mehg...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Apple released OS10.8.5 today. I have not yet installed it, but if anyone has (or when you do), I'm

Super duper

2013-09-13 Thread Jesus Garcia
Morning folks I need to know if someone can point me to a podcast or two regarding super duper. I purchased the program and thus, far love it, but I know I am missing much the program can do. I remember Mike Arigo did one or two podcasts on super duper, and I thought I saved them, but cannot

Re: Apple App Store Refunds for inaccessible Apps

2013-09-13 Thread Ray Foret jr
Why not have Apple hire an accessibility team which would consist of all the disabilities. This team would bear the responsibiility of determining accessibility: thus, no ambiguity. After all, who knows better than we how to test such things? Sent from my mac, the only computer with full

Re: Any dashboard fans?

2013-09-13 Thread Chris Moore
Ricardo, What dashboard widgets are you using for weather and sports? You've rekindled my interest in dashboard. Chris On Sep 13, 2013, at 4:23 AM, Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I guess my ease of use is because of the way I have Voiceover/my Mac set up. Just pressing

Howto access the back button in safari

2013-09-13 Thread Chris Moore
Hello, I was listening to the garage band tutorials. My question is once I am finished listening to a segment how do I return to safari from the player? There is a back button in the toolbar, but accessing it takes many VO keystrokes. Any shortcuts? Chris -- You received this message

Re: Any dashboard fans?

2013-09-13 Thread Donna Goodin
I'm with Ricardo, I love the dashboard. Use it to check weather every morning. I just use the widget that comes installed on the widgets bar. Cheers, Donna On Sep 13, 2013, at 7:05 AM, Chris Moore chris.w...@gmail.com wrote: Ricardo, What dashboard widgets are you using for weather and

Re: Howto access the back button in safari

2013-09-13 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, command left bracket, command left arrow, or the delete key should all do this depending on configuration. I believe command left bracket is the default though. hth Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Sep 13, 2013, at 8:10 AM,

Re: Any dashboard fans?

2013-09-13 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, Like Donna, I’m just using the weather and ESPN sports widget provided by default. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Sep 13, 2013, at 8:05 AM, Chris Moore chris.w...@gmail.com wrote: Ricardo, What dashboard widgets are you using

An interesting technology!

2013-09-13 Thread Venkatesh Potluri
Hi listers. I came across an interesting technology and I am excited to share the information here. Please follow the link and put forth your views. I would be happy to hear from early adapters( if any ). link: http://www.orcam.com the video posted on the website explains the technology. Thank

Re: Any dashboard fans?

2013-09-13 Thread Brian Fischler
Has anyone figured out how to remove a widget from the Dashboard? I started playing around with Dashboard awhile back but when there seemed like no way for a voiceover user to remove a widget they no longer wanted that was in their Dashboard I gave up on Dashboard. Would love to hear if anyone

Re: Any dashboard fans?

2013-09-13 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, if you want to close a widget, press VO command escape. If you want to delete a widget from your Mac all together, go to Mac HD/library/widgets. hth Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Sep 13, 2013, at 9:21 AM, Brian Fischler

Re: An interesting technology!

2013-09-13 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, I think your cause would be better served if you talked about the technology a little bit in the post. Many people make a habit of not clicking on links in e-mails from people who just say this is an interesting technology. hth Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info

Re: An interesting technology!

2013-09-13 Thread Jamie Tachiyama
I did click on the link, and it definitely looks interesting. I would like to be able to test it's accuracy and responsiveness before I spent that kind of money. It is not easy to plunk down 2,500 on a device. The site doesn't give specs on the device itself. At least mot on the main page.

Re: An interesting technology!

2013-09-13 Thread Eugenia Firth
Yeah, no kidding. The other thing is, I am always skeptical when I hear claims that sound too good to be true. There's got to be a limit somewhere. Now I know I am one of these people that tend to be skeptical at first. I mean, it took me a while to get on board with the iPhone. But I have

.avi jfiles to itunes format?

2013-09-13 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I have a number of .avi files I would like to add to my iTunes library./ What is the best way to convert them to an iTunes compatible format? Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

Re: .avi jfiles to itunes format?

2013-09-13 Thread Chris Blouch
AVI is a container like quicktime. Do you know what format the stuff inside is? CB On 9/13/13 10:07 AM, Bill Holton wrote: Hi. I have a number of .avi files I would like to add to my iTunes library./ What is the best way to convert them to an iTunes compatible format? Thanks. --

RE: .avi jfiles to itunes format?

2013-09-13 Thread Bill Holton
Not sure. How would I figure that out? Thanks. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Blouch Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 10:27 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: .avi jfiles to itunes

Re: .avi jfiles to itunes format?

2013-09-13 Thread Chris Blouch
I was able to check one using QuicktimePlayer 7. I opened the file and then did command-I which brings up the movie inspector. The third line down was Format and the file I was playing with said 'IV41', 256 × 240, Millions. All that said, I ended up just running the file through the default

RE: Any dashboard fans?

2013-09-13 Thread wayne17a
Hello is there any podcast about dashboard and how to use it thanks -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 8:17 PM To: Macvisionaries Subject: Re: Any

Re: Any dashboard fans?

2013-09-13 Thread Traci Duncan
Lol, I'm getting the feeling that many VoiceOver users aren't using Dashboard. I heard a podcast once from David Woodbridge, good podcast, but it didn't draw me to Dashboard. I do like the weather conversion widgets though Ricardo, I went to the library/widgets but I only saw 1 widget there.

RE: .avi jfiles to itunes format?

2013-09-13 Thread Bill Holton
Thanks. I will give handbrake a try. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Blouch Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 11:25 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: .avi jfiles to itunes format? I

Re: An interesting technology!

2013-09-13 Thread Jamie Tachiyama
Yeah, I like the theory. I would just want to have more technical information, and to be able to try it out myself before buying. I can think of some good uses for it. In no way would I expect it to replace my orientation and adaptability skills. On 9/13/13, Chris Blouch cblo...@aol.com wrote:

Re: An interesting technology!

2013-09-13 Thread Chris Blouch
So I took a poke through the web site and what it seems to be is a little camera you clip onto the side of a pair of glasses which also has a bone-conduction audio thingy that goes against your cheek. It then is tethered to a small box which has a computer in it. What it claims to do is

Re: Howto access the back button in safari

2013-09-13 Thread Kirsten hill
Sent from my iPhone On 2013-09-13, at 9:02 AM, Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, command left bracket, command left arrow, or the delete key should all do this depending on configuration. I believe command left bracket is the default though. hth Ricardo Walker

Re: Apple App Store Refunds for inaccessible Apps

2013-09-13 Thread Chris Blouch
The usual problem with accessibility seem to fall in two buckets. First is the developer uses standard controls which are accessible but forget to label a button or leave out other tidbits of state/value information which would make the control usable. The second bucket is that they made

Re: Mac Mini without a screen

2013-09-13 Thread Paul Erkens
Hi Richard, No I've got a slightly older one. Paul. On Sep 11, 2013, at 10:17 AM, Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Are you using the 2012 Mac mini? I ask because I’ve seen some others report that they don’t have this issue with the newest Mac mini’s from 2012. Ricardo

Re: Mac Mini without a screen

2013-09-13 Thread Aman Singer
Hi, Paul, Ricardo, and all. This is exactly the information I'm after: what does the Mac Mini, latest edition, do when there is no monitor at all? Thanks. Aman On 9/13/13, Paul Erkens paul.erk...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Richard, No I've got a slightly older one. Paul. On Sep 11, 2013, at 10:17

Re: .avi jfiles to itunes format?

2013-09-13 Thread Jessica Moss
Good luck getting an avi file to play whatsoever, unless unless you have a 3rd-party app like vlc, unless someone knows something I don't. I ended up having to get it when I downloaded a boatload of files that I found out were in avi format, and quicktime wouldn't play them, then did a google

Re: Apple App Store Refunds for inaccessible Apps

2013-09-13 Thread Jessica Moss
Also, if you really want an app that lists all the accessible apps, or at least most of them, a friend recommended the via, app that Braille institute created, which I personally love, and use on a pretty regular basis, so that should at least be some help to those who don't already know about

Learning ally VoiceOver-MAC

2013-09-13 Thread Robin
Is there a way to download your Learning Ally TextBooks on a MACBook PRO, and efficiently navigate it using only VoiceOver? I seem to recall that somewhere on Learning Ally's WebSite, which implied that it is indeed possible. Has anyone on this list done so? If so, I will greatly appreciate

Re: Learning ally VoiceOver-MAC

2013-09-13 Thread Greg Aikens
Yes, you need to download the Learning Ally Audio book manager to do this. When you run it, it syncs with the LA website and your bookshelf and gives you the option of downloading anything on your bookshelf. You will also need the Learning Ally read here app to play the books on your mac.

Re: Sharing VO Speech over a Skype or VOIP Call

2013-09-13 Thread Steve Holmes
Yeah, I might go that route too. I figured that method would work easily. Just have to spend some more money this next week I guess smile. Humm, maybe the local Guitar Center will be getting some of my money before this is done. On Sep 12, 2013, at 8:58 AM, Chris Blouch cblo...@aol.com wrote:

Nick Please get in touch

2013-09-13 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hello. Please could Nick Parsons get in touch with me off list. I am unable to remember your e-mail. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to