Re: net gear routers

2015-03-25 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hi, If you get the R7000 or R8000, you can slap DD-WRT on it. VoiceOver works quite well with that. Thanks, Blake -- From: Mike Arrigo n0...@charter.net Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 1:52 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: net

Re: spotify

2015-03-23 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hi, Actually, there's another Spotify client called Blindspot. http://blindspot.codeplex.com Thanks, Blake -- From: Tim Emmons temmo...@gmail.com Sent: Monday, March 23, 2015 10:20 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: spotify

Re: spotify

2015-03-23 Thread Blake Sinnett
, Blake Sinnett frequency...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi, Actually, there's another Spotify client called Blindspot. http://blindspot.codeplex.com Thanks, Blake -- From: Tim Emmons temmo...@gmail.com Sent: Monday, March 23, 2015 10:20 AM

Re: Mail Apps

2014-07-11 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hi, You might find this crazy, but switch to Microsoft's email at outlook.com. It's what I use, and I really like it a lot. It supports Exchange ActiveSync, which is the absolute best protocol to support, IMO. It also supports IMAP and I think POP3, but don't quote me on that. I would never

Re: new version of Skype

2014-06-20 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hi, I have also used the new Skype version quite a bit. What exactly is broken? I've been able to do everything in the new client that I was able to do with the prior version. Thanks, Blake From: Erik Heil Sent: Friday, June 20, 2014 10:55 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject:

Re: Alex on IOS 8

2014-06-20 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hello, The Nuance Vocalizer Expressive voices for Siri are Nicky and Aaron for the US female and male, respectively. Apple seem to have exclusive use of these for now. I expect this is an advantage of their partnership. Thanks, Blake -- From:

Re: Teamtalk was Re: Good Prospects for Accessibility in Office for Mac

2014-04-17 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hi, This is fantastic! Will it include the video functionality? There's also an Android client, but it's very alpha right now. I'm hoping for all mobile platforms to be supported at some point. Blake -- From: Piotr Machacz piterm...@gmail.com

Re: Dish Network App?

2013-12-27 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hello, The Dish app is pretty accessible. However you won't be able to watch things on your DVR once you get it programmed. It appears you can only watch from the phone. Blake From: Jim Portillo Sent: Friday, December 27, 2013 1:40 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Dish

Re: Installing Windows 7 on an MBA using the DVD drive from a Macbook Pro

2013-12-04 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hello, I think I remember hearing you could do this too, but the process of setting it up wasn't possible without eye balls so I didn't investigate it much more. There is also a way to install from a USB flash drive on newer Macs. I know that an USB DVD drive works, as I have to use this

Re: Newest Skype with OS X Mavericks

2013-10-29 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hello, They've fixed stuff on iOS, Android and Windows, so I'm sure Mac will get an update soon. I'm guessing Skype 7 in December which will hopefully include Opus. Blake From: Daniel Miller Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 6:15 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Newest

Re: Can't Make a OSX 10.9 Bootdisk

2013-10-23 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hi, Try this thing. Thanks, Blake -- From: Daniel C topdog2...@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 3:05 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Can't Make a OSX 10.9 Bootdisk Hi, The new Mavricks OS, I can't seem to make a boot

Re: features I wish Apple would have included

2013-06-11 Thread Blake Sinnett
Ahh. Gotta love it. Someone offers an opinion mentioning the dredded A word and people start hatin'. LOL Blake -- From: Dave dave...@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 4:18 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: features I wish

Re: Beta testers needed for accessible Mud Client

2013-06-03 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hello, While I don't MUD and don't wish to become a tester, I just wanted to say that it's awesome to see a developer putting forth some effort to insure accessibility. We need to see more of this kind of stuff. Thanks a lot for doing that. Blake

Re: airdrop, accessible or not?

2013-03-30 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hi, It does use wifi, but in a peer to peer mode. No network is needed. Thanks, Blake -- From: Donna Goodin doniado...@me.com Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2013 8:55 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: airdrop, accessible or not? Hi

Re: TrackPad.

2013-03-28 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hello, Hold down control and option, and do a two finger clockwise turn on the track pad. This will turn on the track pad commander. You can now use your track pad like the iPhone. When you want to turn it off, do the same thing, but use a counter clockwise gesture. As many others have said,

Re: Drive Question.

2013-03-24 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hi, I bought a Samsung DVD±RW drive that I like a lot for around $32. http://amzn.com/B009QBIZ60 Thanks, Blake From: Tim Kilburn Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2013 2:21 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Drive Question. Hi, Apple sells something called a USB Super Drive that

Re: Navigating through long message threads in WhatsApp

2013-02-19 Thread Blake Sinnett
in landscape mode. Thanks again, Mike On 18,Feb,2013, at 6:25 PM, Blake Sinnett frequency...@hotmail.com wrote: Hello, You could try doing a 4-fingered tap near the bottom of the screen, Then flick left to go from the bottom up. Blake -- From

Re: Navigating through long message threads in WhatsApp

2013-02-18 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hello, You could try doing a 4-fingered tap near the bottom of the screen, Then flick left to go from the bottom up. Blake -- From: Mike Busboom mbusb...@gmail.com Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 11:21 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

Re: OT: iOS 6 Disappointment!

2013-02-15 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hello, I would have to agree. Apple has lost some of their magic ever since the middle of last year. Things just seem to be breaking a little too often. iCloud, bugs in iOS 6, the maps fiasco... Who knows what'll happen next. Of course Tim's just taken over, so maybe after a while things'll

Re: Uncut demonstration of jailbreak iOS six using voice over

2013-02-04 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hello, Well, you get a bunch of stuff. For example, the ability to have buttons do nonstandard things like launch apps, put apps on your device that Apple doesn't want you to have and modify the files in the file system very easily. So you can change the sounds for VoiceOver to something

Re: Converting youtube videos to MP3?

2013-01-21 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hello, I know of a site that should work. http://www.listentoyoutube.com HTH, Blake -- From: Daniel Miller miller...@gmail.com Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 1:10 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Converting youtube videos to MP3?

Re: Strange problem with Do Not Disturb.

2013-01-07 Thread Blake Sinnett
I would recommend following tech news. At least look at AppleInsider. This bug is well publicised all over the net. In case you are wondering what this thing is about, it's not totally Apple's fault. It's actually a problem with the ISO date. See here:

Jorno (was Re: Pairing of Amazon Basics keyboard.)

2013-01-02 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hi all, I've preordered Jorno. This keyboard is near full size, but it folds up small enough to slip in a pocket. I'll let everyone know how I like it once it arives some time in April. Thanks, Blake From: Chris Blouch Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 3:24 PM To:

Re: Jorno (was Re: Pairing of Amazon Basics keyboard.)

2013-01-02 Thread Blake Sinnett
tis keyboard come from? Kawal. On 2 Jan 2013, at 10:14 PM, Blake Sinnett frequency...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi all, I've preordered Jorno. This keyboard is near full size, but it folds up small enough to slip in a pocket. I'll let everyone know how I like it once it arives some time

Re: Wireless mini Bluetooth keyboard with a difference.

2012-12-18 Thread Blake Sinnett
Why would it clutter mailboxes? Others might want to know this also. I believe you're in the UK. No luck on finding what you want on Amazon, but there's a keyboard that should work sold on comproom.co.uk. I'm in the US and use this same model. It has arrows, control and alt or option keys and

Re: Wireless mini Bluetooth keyboard with a difference.

2012-12-18 Thread Blake Sinnett
: Wireless mini Bluetooth keyboard with a difference. What about the amazon basic Bluetooth keyboard? Sent from my iPhone On Dec 18, 2012, at 2:16 PM, Blake Sinnett frequency...@hotmail.com wrote: Why would it clutter mailboxes? Others might want to know this also. I believe you're in the UK

Re: Wireless mini Bluetooth keyboard with a difference.

2012-12-18 Thread Blake Sinnett
keyboard with a difference. Do the Command and option keys work like the Apple keyboard? Kawal. On 18 Dec 2012, at 10:19 PM, Chris Bruinenberg cbrui...@gmail.com wrote: What about the amazon basic Bluetooth keyboard? Sent from my iPhone On Dec 18, 2012, at 2:16 PM, Blake Sinnett frequency

Re: Wireless mini Bluetooth keyboard with a difference.

2012-12-18 Thread Blake Sinnett
dots sells? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Blake Sinnett Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 4:16 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Wireless mini Bluetooth keyboard with a difference. Why would

Re: Roku XS or AppleTV

2012-12-16 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hmm. We are on an Apple list, so which one do you think will be recommended? :) Seriously, Apple TV is better. It's actually accessible out of the box, where Roku is not. Also, I hear Roku got rid of the YouTube channel. Thanks, Blake -- From:

Re: Google problems again

2012-11-26 Thread Blake Sinnett
Actually, the blame should be placed on Apple for not supporting all of the HTML elements correctly in VoiceOver. FYI, the search tools link is not far above the results heading. That brings up several options, one of them being the time option you're looking for. You then need to find the text

Re: A stance against inaccessibility...

2012-11-12 Thread Blake Sinnett
Yeah. Besides, SqueezeBox has been discontinued anyways. http://www.geekintheforest.com/long-live-squeezebox/ Blake From: Neil Barnfather - TalkNav Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 8:20 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: A stance against inaccessibility... Emrah, Thank

Re: O/T Where is Web Visum?

2012-06-21 Thread Blake Sinnett
I was thinking if I knew the IP for WebVisum, I could modify the hosts file to fix the domain issues. Too bad I don't know it. -- From: Hank Smith hanksm...@hanksmith.net Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 3:53 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

Sip Phone for Mac (was RE: Skype on the Mac made accessible?)

2012-04-30 Thread Blake Sinnett
Yep. It's simply called Telephone. Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:03:15 -0700 Subject: Re: Skype on the Mac made accessible? From: steve.holme...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com In addition to Skype, are there any good SIP phone clients for the Mac which are accessible? I've

OS X 10.7.3: Possible fix for those with problems

2012-02-02 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hi all, I came across this article which tells how to fix the weird issues some might be having with the new Lion update. In short, download the combo update and install it over the current installation.

RE: Mac OS port of IBM Viavoice TTS, otherwise known as ETI Eloquence

2012-01-08 Thread Blake Sinnett
Has anyone written to Apple accessibility about this? I did a long time ago about getting it on the iPhone. Subject: Re: Mac OS port of IBM Viavoice TTS, otherwise known as ETI Eloquence From: mk...@ucla.edu Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 20:33:58 -0800 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com I

RE: Gmail Contacts

2011-07-12 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hi, It works great. I use Google Voice, but the way you set it up on the iOS device is the same. When you add an account, choose Microsoft Exchange. Enter your email, username and password. Click next and let it verify, then enter the server m.google.com in the server field and hit next.

RE: Bootcamp vs Fusion

2011-06-28 Thread Blake Sinnett
I would use Boot camp. You get to use all resources for Windows. Also, you can install Windows onto a Boot Camp partition without sighted assistance. If you have the space, you can install both Boot Camp and Fusion. Once Boot Camp is installed, you can let Fusion use the Boot Camp partition.

RE: Other media players than iTunes.

2011-05-13 Thread Blake Sinnett
I use Cog for audio and VLC for video. Of course one of my favorite features of Cog is the FLAC playback capabilities. I believe VLC supports flac as well. Subject: Re: Other media players than iTunes. From: r...@chicksdigmacs.net Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 18:37:14 -0400 To:

RE: XCode4, Interface Builder and accessibility

2011-03-11 Thread Blake Sinnett
I'm not too sure if this would work with the new version, but you might look at RenaissanceX. http://blog.bryansmart.com/2010/10/25/renaissancex-2010-02-28/ HTH, Blake Subject: XCode4, Interface Builder and accessibility From: vtsa...@gmail.com Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:54:46 -0800 To:

RE: cd drives going out of style:

2010-11-15 Thread Blake Sinnett
I prefer FLAC. But as you know, we have to fool around to get it to work on the mac for now. But of course, I doubt Apple will officially support it since they have their own Apple lossless format. Subject: Re: cd drives going out of style: From: scott.grana...@gmail.com Date: Mon, 15 Nov

RE: Selecting the location of iphone firmware when restoring

2010-10-26 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hi, First, turn on the shortcut for mouse keys. This way, you'll be able to turn mouse keys on and off by pressing option 5 times. Now, go into iTunes and route the mouse to the VO cursor. Turn the mouse keys on, hold option and press numpad 5 to click. That worked for me. From:

iOS 4.2

2010-09-02 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hi folks, I'm just wondering what you all think of the following from the iOS 4.2 update page. http://www.apple.com/ipad/software-update/ Control VoiceOver using a wireless keyboard. Output in braille to over 30 supported wireless Bluetooth refreshable braille displays in more than 25

RE: a change in how to play Audible.com samples

2010-08-18 Thread Blake Sinnett
Good lord. I wish Audible would just put a sample link to the MP3. It's exposed if you view the source of the page, so why not just have a link? If you don't feel like messing with the mouse in any way, you can get the mp3 link from the source of the page. HTH, Blake From:

Magic Trackpad

2010-07-27 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hi folks, Just wondered if anyone plans to try the Magic Trackpad and see if it works with VoiceOver? I'd love to have one if it works. There's a software update for the Magic Trackpad, and you must be running 10.6.4. Thanks, Blake -- You received

RE: webkit question

2010-07-19 Thread Blake Sinnett
Actually, the hackery is quite simple. Type the following in terminal: defaults write org.webkit.nightly.WebKit StartPageDisabled -bool YES press return, and you're all done HTH, Blake. Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:36:32 -0400 From: cblo...@aol.com To:

RE: shortcut key for opening documents folder

2010-07-14 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hi Heather, You can do this from finder by pressing CMD-Shift-G for go to. Then just type the path to your folder. Also take note that Macs use the forward slash instead of backslash. Hth, Blake From: kd5...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: shortcut key

RE: convert text to mp3

2010-07-08 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hi, Google is your friend. For example, here's a link to a search for text to mp3 mac. http://www.google.com/search?hl=ensource=hpq=%22text+to+mp3%22+%22mac%22 HTH, Blake From: jkenn...@gmail.com Subject: convert text to mp3 Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2010 18:28:08 -0400 To:

iBooks issue on iPod touch and possibly iPhone

2010-06-21 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hi folks, I've noticed an undesirable happening with iBooks on my touch. Upon double tapping the button to buy a book, it doesn't seem to work and that button disappears. When I tap and hold until the pass-through noise is heard, I can get it to go past the book info screen. So far,

RE: iBooks issue on iPod touch and possibly iPhone

2010-06-21 Thread Blake Sinnett
On Jun 21, 2010, at 6:50 PM, Blake Sinnett wrote: Hi folks, I've noticed an undesirable happening with iBooks on my touch. Upon double tapping the button to buy a book, it doesn't seem to work and that button disappears. When I tap and hold until the pass-through noise is heard, I can get it to go

RE: MobileMe redesigned website

2010-06-18 Thread Blake Sinnett
MobileMe is a waste of money in my opinion. I sync my Gmail and contacts with Google Sync. This way I keep my contacts up to date no matter what device I'm using, whether it be running Windows, Mac, iOS or Windows Mobile. Subject: Re: MobileMe redesigned website From:

RE: OT--End of Freedom?

2010-06-06 Thread Blake Sinnett
You don't need to keep activating. If it's anything like JAWS, You'll just need to back up a couple of files. But that's not a topic for this list. From: bhard...@doorpi.net To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: OT--End of Freedom? Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 16:14:22 -0500 I heard

RE: Klango for mac?

2010-06-02 Thread Blake Sinnett
According to Klango forums, there's been success with getting it running on Linux with Wine. Perhaps it's possible to get Wine installed via MacPorts and have a go at it. From: goldfin...@gmail.com Subject: Klango for mac? Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 15:02:23 -0400 To:

RE: torrenting on the mac?

2010-05-10 Thread Blake Sinnett
Yep. There's µtorrent for the Mac. Just go to utorrent.com. It's nice and tiny, like the Windows version. From: goldfin...@gmail.com Subject: torrenting on the mac? Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 18:48:57 -0400 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com As the subject says... what do people use to

RE: Fusion/boot camp thread

2010-05-06 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hello, You do not necessarily need sighted assistance when installing Windows on Boot Camp, and you definitely don't need it when booting to Windows. HTH, Blake From: mbrown...@btinternet.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Fusion/boot camp thread Date: Thu, 6 May 2010

RE: Fusion/boot camp thread

2010-05-06 Thread Blake Sinnett
It involves using Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK) to generate an XML file with the answers that are needed for propper setup of Windows Vista and 7. You can choose the correct partition, create user accounts and much more. XP is not quite as simple. . Subject: Re: Fusion/boot camp

RE: Fusion/boot camp thread

2010-05-06 Thread Blake Sinnett
of errors. IF they happen, you'll never know. Regards, Nic Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk AIM: cincinster yahoo Messenger: cin368 Facebook Profile My Twitter On May 6, 2010, at 2:57 PM, Blake Sinnett wrote: It involves using Windows Automated

RE: Apple to go with AMD next?

2010-04-18 Thread Blake Sinnett
They aren't going to put AMD processors in any of their laptops. They've already got the best tuned graphics performance with NVIDIA combined with best energy efficiency with Intel. AMD's upcoming processor might go in the iMac if anywhere. Even then they probably won't eliminate Intel from

RE: Used an iPad today

2010-04-07 Thread Blake Sinnett
Seems like the smart people are making universal apps. This is what everyone should do. From: bryansm...@bryansmart.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 14:47:00 -0400 Subject: RE: Used an iPad today Yep, and your iPhone will have a much smaller screen, and

RE: Interesting article on iPad

2010-04-03 Thread Blake Sinnett
I can't wait for some audio from the iPad's voiceover is put up. How does the speaker sound? Who's daring enough to upload a quick mp3? From: olivianor...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Interesting article on iPad Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2010 12:58:57 -0400 Very

RE: volume differences between windows and mac when using bootcamp

2010-03-21 Thread Blake Sinnett
Are these drivers for the Macbook? I have other drivers here that I gave to someone else with a Macbook and that seemed to sort the problem out. Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:52:15 -0700 Subject: volume differences between windows and mac when using bootcamp From: liamkembleyo...@googlemail.com

RE: nls book readers

2010-03-15 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hi, As far as the Mac is concerned, there are none that I know of right now. HTH, Blake From: maxwelli...@aol.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: nls book readers Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:46:14 -0500 Hello list; After reading the posts on here about nls players, it

RE: 64-bit kernel

2010-03-05 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hi, What Mac do you have? Certain Macs won't do it. Thanks, Blake From: chojiro1...@gmail.com Subject: 64-bit kernel Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 15:28:43 +0100 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Hi guys, So I figured there had to be a way to boot into the 64-bit kernel, as System

RE: Open Firmware

2010-03-05 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hi, Do you use an older Mac? OpenFirmware is used on computers with Power PC processors, while Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) is used in the Intel-based Macs. So if you use an Intel-based Mac, this won't work. HTH, Blake From: chojiro1...@gmail.com Subject: Open Firmware Date:

RE: Fix for Sound Related Slowness on MBP

2010-02-12 Thread Blake Sinnett
They seem to only mention the Mac Pro. From: c...@hofstader.com Subject: Fix for Sound Related Slowness on MBP Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:11:43 -0500 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com; macvoiceo...@freelists.org Hi, A number of us have been complaining about various slowness

RE: apple tablet

2010-01-21 Thread Blake Sinnett
I'm afraid I have to disaggree. I'm fairly sure that it won't be a touch macbook. Apple will probably invent something totally different and define a new and different product. If it is just a touch Macbook, it'll leave a whole lot of peple disappointed. Guess we'll just have to wait and see.

Boot Camp 3.1 released, adds Windows 7 support

2010-01-19 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hi all, I just thought I'd let everyone know that Boot Camp 3.1 has just been released. The release notes say Windows 7 home premium, professional and ultimate is supported. Here are links to the 32 and 64-bit updates respectively. Note that you'll need to apply these updates within a

RE: team talk on mac os10.6

2009-12-25 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hi, There isn't yet, but the developer is planning one. It may be several months before we see anything on the Mac. Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:40:56 -0800 Subject: team talk on mac os10.6 From: tecks-...@hotmail.co.uk To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com hey all is there a verssion of

RE: Mac mini's

2009-12-16 Thread Blake Sinnett
this action? Sign, JP ( Joe Plummer) joeplum...@tds.net -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Blake Sinnett Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 7:58 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Mac

RE: Skctl, the Skype Controller, first public release

2009-12-13 Thread Blake Sinnett
Wow. Now this is very interesting. I'll be playing with this for sure. Could this be scripted on Windows via a batch script or on Mac via an Apple script? Thanks, Blake Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:56:36 -0500 From: d...@dlee.org To: skypeengl...@emissives.com;

RE: Text-to-Speech Support on Kindle coming for Vision Impaired users

2009-12-08 Thread Blake Sinnett
Furthermore, this isn't really Mac related, so I wasn't sure about posting anything about it. From: mk...@ucla.edu To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Text-to-Speech Support on Kindle coming for Vision Impaired users Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 16:58:43 -0800 Hello Esther,

RE: problem with changing system language

2009-11-29 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hi, This page might help you a bit. http://homepage.mac.com/thgewecke/mlingos9.html From: anou...@home.nl Subject: problem with changing system language Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:59:34 +0100 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Hello, I am trying to change my system language from

RE: ripping cds to lossless in sl?

2009-11-14 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hi, Try Max from http://sbooth.org/Max/ HTH, Blake From: anou...@home.nl Subject: ripping cds to lossless in sl? Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:57:59 +0100 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Hello, I just bought some old fashioned cds and I would like to rip them to lossless

RE: Booting to Vista from an external USB drive in Leopard/Boot Camp?

2009-11-08 Thread Blake Sinnett
Windows hates booting from USB. Microsoft really doesn't want that much portability for their OS that could be ran on any modern PC. Maybe if it were an E-SATA drive it would work, but I haven't tested that. From: markbaxte...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Booting

RE: installing SL server on a macbook

2009-11-02 Thread Blake Sinnett
Actually, the Intel Macs use EFI (Extensible firmware interface.) The following is from Wikipedia: In January 2006, Apple Inc. shipped its first Intel-based Macintosh computers. These systems use EFI and the Framework instead of Open Firmware, which had been used on its previous

RE: my 2 months with a mac

2009-10-21 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hi, I switched to the Mac in June. It's been an enjoyable experience. However, I still use Windows with Boot Camp for scanning and a few other things. The web browsing is fantastic on the Mac. I make heavy use of the QuickNav feature. Now I just need to get rid of this Dell and get a

Magic Mouse

2009-10-20 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hi all, I've been looking at the new Magic Mouse. It seems like this can't be used with VO. Unless it's a hybrid of a trackpad and a mouse? Any thoughts on this would be appreciated. Thanks, Blake

RE: Does the Ipod touch 3g 8 gb talk?

2009-10-19 Thread Blake Sinnett
The FM radio is rumored to be coming. I've noticed that pressing and holding power and pressing the home key on my iPod touch produces a camera noise. I'm not sure if images are taken or what. But if someone could check this out, that'd be great. From: mori...@mac.com To:

RE: TV Tuner Devices for the Mac

2009-10-15 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hi Jim, There is a TV tuner for the Mac. It's from Pinnacle. The product is called the Pinnacle TV for mac. It's a USB stick that you plug into one of the Mac's USB ports. Here's a Newegg link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815116040 From:

RE: skype on the itouch

2009-10-11 Thread Blake Sinnett
I'm able to type in the edit box and call people that way, but that's the only way I know of using it. From: jdawg1...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: skype on the itouch Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:58:32 -0500 this may've been covered before, so excuse my

RE: skype on the itouch

2009-10-11 Thread Blake Sinnett
from the app store. Subject: Re: skype on the itouch From: simon.cavend...@googlemail.com Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:30:58 +0100 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Where do you get Nimbuz from? On 12 Oct 2009, at 03:13, John J Herzog wrote: Hi Use nimbuzz instead. Nimbuzz can

RE: Listening to Audible dot com samples

2009-10-07 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hmm. I used to have to view source and look for the path to the mp3. This was on Windows. I haven't used Autible in a while, so I'm not sure if they went flash based or not. From: r-car...@suddenlink.net To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Listening to Audible dot com samples

RE: daisy

2009-10-06 Thread Blake Sinnett
http://www.cucat.org/projects/olearia/ From: mcdonald@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: daisy Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:02:35 -0700 CC: macvoiceo...@freelists.org Hi, is there daisy software for the mac? I have a text book that's on daisy format and need a

Is a multi-touch trackpad on its way?

2009-10-03 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hi folks, There's been some buz in the news lately about an upcoming refresh of Apple's mice. A few stories suggest we'll be getting some type of aluminum cased multi-touch devices. Here are a few links.

RE: Setting up a mac, so that the setup assistant will come up for somebody else that's getting it?

2009-09-28 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hi, The easiest way to do this is to shut the computer down when you hear the mac startup sound after setup reboots for the last time. Otherwise the setup assistant won't play the VoiceOver help message. If this doesn't matter, just quit the setup assistant when it comes up. HTH,

Another Text-to-speech product

2009-09-28 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hi all, Just wanted to tell you all about another text-to-speech company I just found out about. They're called CereProc. They have a few decent voices for Mac and Windows. The languages they have are Scottish, Black Country, southern British, Catalan, Spanish and Japanese. They even make

RE: Another Text-to-speech product

2009-09-28 Thread Blake Sinnett
2009 16:50:11 -0700 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com haha nice!! where can you download them? how much are they? On 2009-09-28, at 4:41 PM, Blake Sinnett wrote: Hi all, Just wanted to tell you all about another text-to-speech company I just found out about. They're called CereProc. They have

RE: Need a Version of Adium that I Can Tolerate

2009-09-24 Thread Blake Sinnett
Anyone tried the 1.4B9 version that can be downloaded from adiumx.com/beta? Subject: Re: Need a Version of Adium that I Can Tolerate From: blindst...@gmail.com Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:21:27 -0700 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com So the latest version is 1.3.6. I just google

Growl speech

2009-09-14 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hi folks, I use Growl with several applications. Is there a way to speed the speech up? It drives me nuts how slow it is. I can change the voice, but no voice attributes. Hopefully I'm just missing something. I'd even be opened to editing a file with a command to change the rate.

RE: VLC does not work on Snow Leopard at the moment

2009-09-12 Thread Blake Sinnett
Yeah. Works quite well in fact. I've been streaming Family Guy over my network. No problems yet. Subject: Re: VLC does not work on Snow Leopard at the moment From: a...@anarchie.org.uk Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:42:45 +0200 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Hello James, This blog

RE: Question on Using the Digital Coax Output with the Mac Mini

2009-09-12 Thread Blake Sinnett
Actually, the connection is a bit odd. They use a Mini Tosslink optical plug. I've used this to transfer to my PCM-D50 digital recorder with success. From: david.mcl...@cox.net To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Question on Using the Digital Coax Output with the Mac Mini Date: Sat,

FTP Server was RE: ftpclients on the mac?

2009-09-09 Thread Blake Sinnett
If they'd make their server available on the Mac, I'd be very happy. Anyone know of a good FTP server with a comparable feature set of FileZilla Server? I'd prefer it to be free, but if it's cheap that's fine too. Thanks, Blake Subject: Re: ftpclients on the mac? From:

RE: VoiceOver on the Nano: TTS or not?

2009-09-09 Thread Blake Sinnett
Sounds like it works in the same way as the Shuffle. Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:01:02 +0100 Subject: VoiceOver on the Nano: TTS or not? From: scottcheswo...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Hi all, Just went to take a peak at the new iPod line on the UK Apple site, and

RE: media event

2009-09-07 Thread Blake Sinnett
You might try live.twit.tv around the time of the event. From: lomaswill...@googlemail.com Subject: media event Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 16:53:37 +0100 To: disc...@macvisionaries.com hi will the ipod event on wednesday be streamed anywhere? Will

RE: Voiceover and the spell checker

2009-09-03 Thread Blake Sinnett
Confirmed. From: s...@coolfortheblind.dk Subject: Voiceover and the spell checker Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 17:19:50 +0200 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Hi. When Voiceover reads a misspelled word, it makes a small break before it continue the reading. It also does that when I

RE: Another List? was: Re: apple script and vo

2009-09-02 Thread Blake Sinnett
Sounds like a good idea to me. Blake Subject: Another List? was: Re: apple script and vo From: c...@hofstader.com Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 07:26:12 -0400 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Hi, Since SL hit the streets on Friday there has been a bit of chatter on this and other

RE: opening items in the dock

2009-09-02 Thread Blake Sinnett
get dinged at. What is supposed to be happening? Thanks, Donna On Sep 1, 2009, at 11:52 PM, Blake Sinnett wrote: Try selecting documents in the dock, VO-shift m and up arrow and select list. That worked for me. From: peggyfleisc...@bellsouth.net Subject: Re: opening items in the dock Date

RE: eBay to sell skype to private investors

2009-09-01 Thread Blake Sinnett
Going SIP would be great for them. From: grtd...@internode.on.net To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: eBay to sell skype to private investors Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 12:52:51 +1000 If that's correct then that will be nice, the big problem with skype at the moment is that

RE: possible voice over issue

2009-09-01 Thread Blake Sinnett
I have this problem as well. Usually, VO-down arrowing away and back to the item fixes that. Still, that shouldn't happen. Subject: possible voice over issue From: n0...@charter.net Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 17:50:57 -0500 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Hi everyone. Wondering if

RE: opening items in the dock

2009-09-01 Thread Blake Sinnett
Try selecting documents in the dock, VO-shift m and up arrow and select list. That worked for me. From: peggyfleisc...@bellsouth.net Subject: Re: opening items in the dock Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 23:34:31 -0400 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com I am having the same problem. I can press

Re: A nice keystroke that we have now to add folders do the doc

2009-08-31 Thread Blake Sinnett
Freakin' sweet! Here I was about to see if I'd have to install that program with accompanying workflow. Glad that's no longer needed. Dan Eickmeier wrote: Hi all, found this in the VO getting started manual for Snow Leopard, which you can request from Apple accessibility, that we can now add

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