Re: question about power point

2015-04-14 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
What are you opening it with? MS Office, last I checked, was not accessible but you should be able to read it with Keynote. CB On 4/14/15 7:56 AM, Rebecca A Sabo wrote: Hi all, I am trying to read a power point on my mack using voice over . It just reads the slide and the number but no text

Re: Um... OK, why is my mac running so slow all of a sudden?

2015-04-14 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
the same major release… or… am I wrong? I’d be very interested in hearing if any of yall have seen a slow decrease even ever so slightly in performance. Again, it’s not much. It’s fairly suttle, but it’s definitely noticeable. Chris. -- ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -- You received this message because you

Re: something to push adobe to make their applications accessible

2015-04-14 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Hmm, usually the web lawsuits I've read revolve around lack of access to a particular service or product and not around a particular technology. So if the Target or United Airlines web site was inaccessible because of using Flash, that would put those companies on the hook for choosing their

Re: Thinking of buying Pages

2015-04-14 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
I thought Pages was now free if you're on OSX 10.10. I actually paid for my copy so I can't be 100% sure. Check the Mac app store and make sure you can't just download them. CB On 4/14/15 11:54 PM, Agent086b wrote: Hello all, I have been using Textedit since I got my Mac. I have a document

Re: something to push adobe to make their applications accessible

2015-04-14 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
reader user, you can’t access the updater through it’s application? On 15/04/2015, at 1:41 pm, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries macvisionaries@googlegroups.com wrote: Hmm, usually the web lawsuits I've read revolve around lack of access to a particular service or product and not around

iOS 8.3 Accessibility bugfix list

2015-04-14 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
In case you haven't taken the plunge yet, here is what Apple says is fixed for accessibility in the iOS 8.3 update: •Fixes an issue where using the back button in Safari causes VoiceOver gestures to not respond •Fixes an issue where VoiceOver focus becomes unreliable in draft

Re: IoS 8.3, strange behavior

2015-04-11 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
In case you're not familiar with some of this philosophy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_is_the_enemy_of_good Watson-Watt, who developed early warning radar in Britain to counter the rapid growth of the Luftwaffe, propounded a cult of the imperfect, which he stated as Give them the

Re: Editting conf files, driving me ***ing crazy!

2015-04-09 Thread Chris Moore
Here’s a thought. Try changing your terminal type to vt100. The setting is under preferences/advanced. No guarantees but certainly worth a try. Chris On Apr 9, 2015, at 7:43 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com wrote: Guys, I've got a Linux server which I need

Re: Need app to shrink DVD's

2015-04-08 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Do you already have the video files off the DVD onto your computer? If so it seems like the free handbrake video encoder should be able to do what you want. Tricky part will be deciding what you want thrown away. If you're going to burn it to another DVD you'll have to keep the frame rate and

Re: Bying a new mac.

2015-04-07 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Voiceover from lagging to a kur splat crawl? I heard if you don't have a display connected, this will definitely happen. Are you just plugging a dummy cable to the display port to trick it? I hear you can do that, but I've never actually tried. Chris. - Original Message - From: Kawal

Re: chargers?

2015-04-05 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Generally all Apple's chargers are will take pretty much any voltage or frequency you'll find in the developed world. The main thing you'll need is an adapter to get the plugs to physically connect. Spain is on the 230v 50hz standard. So if you have one of those adapters you should be all set.

Re: Bying a new mac.

2015-04-04 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
adapter. CB On 4/4/15 7:28 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: Hmm. Interesting. I wonder what on earth would make it vary from machine to machine, or do you mean more not so much that, as much as more model to model. Chris. - Original Message - *From:* Alex Hall mailto:mehg

Re: weather aps for the mac?

2015-04-04 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
the dashboard. but I get all the widgets and then the calculator seems to take over. How do I get to the weather if I use F12? On Apr 4, 2015, at 11:29 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com wrote: It's important to make mention of something here that chris failed to explain

Re: how to message someone offsets here not by asking his/her email address here?

2015-04-04 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
I think they meant they were trying to recall the actual keys from memory and didn't check them. Gena was close but the key combo is actually command option U to Show Page Source which is also available under the Develop menu in Safari. If you don't have the Develop menu I'm not sure if the

Re: weather aps for the mac?

2015-04-03 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Are you talking about the weather widget when you hit F12? If so, mine gives a 6-day forecast in a group. When I interact with that I can step though each of the days to get the basic high/low partly cloudy type stuff. CB On 4/3/15 11:21 AM, ted phillips wrote: Hi all. I am wondering if

Re: weather aps for the mac?

2015-04-03 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
and how to set it up so I can read it. Thanks On Apr 3, 2015, at 11:55 AM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries macvisionaries@googlegroups.com wrote: Are you talking about the weather widget when you hit F12? If so, mine gives a 6-day forecast in a group. When I interact with that I can step

Re: Filling out forms with PDf Pen Pro

2015-04-03 Thread Chris Moore
of is to convert the pdf file to html which would hopefully preserve the tables and links. Safari should be able to handle such an html rendering. Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

Re: NAS questions

2015-04-03 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
I don't know about the NAS part but weird noises isn't always a for sure indicator. My old Mac tower has three hard drives in it and they have made all kinds of weird noises but they keep on going. Depending on your enclosure, it could just be the fan. For internal drives you can check the

Re: Sharing videos, making them smaller

2015-04-01 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Handbrake is free and can be downloaded from here: https://handbrake.fr That said, video is just very large. A typical DVD has around 4-9GB of video data, and that's compressed from the source. Even if you compress a video really hard it's probably not going to get below the 10MB cap most

Re: Dlink Modem router

2015-04-01 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Not sure what the cost difference is but the DLink DIR-628 I had was nothing but trouble. Couldn't get my devices to stay connected. I finally spent a lot more and got an Apple Airport and all the problems went away. It just works. If it were me I would get a simple DSL to Ethernet router and

Re: Dlink Modem router

2015-04-01 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
of there range I think. Was the web interface accessible at that time? Yours was about the time when Dlink had a bad name here. Thanks again. Max On 2 Apr 2015, at 2:31 pm, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries macvisionaries@googlegroups.com wrote: Wow, had to dig a bit to figure that out and I

Re: Dlink Modem router

2015-04-01 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
modem here. Could you tell me how long ago you had your Dlink? Max On 2 Apr 2015, at 2:01 pm, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries macvisionaries@googlegroups.com wrote: Not sure what the cost difference is but the DLink DIR-628 I had was nothing but trouble. Couldn't get my devices to stay

Re: Copying the contents of a pdf file into textedit

2015-04-01 Thread Chris Moore
to bare with me. Chris On Mar 31, 2015, at 10:38 PM, Barry Hadder bhad...@gmail.com wrote: I would like to suggest a much simpler variation on my initial suggestion. In the workflow, Git rid of the applescript and get finder item actions, change the input of the service to pdf file

Re: Apple Script: Shut down the Mac

2015-04-01 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
So, what kind of file are you trying to play? CB On 3/31/15 4:54 PM, Chris Moore wrote: Yes, it works on mp3 files. Chris On Mar 31, 2015, at 11:56 AM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries macvisionaries@googlegroups.com wrote: Weird. It works on my MacBook. I did afplay ~/Desktop/Peace.mp3

Re: Copying the contents of a pdf file into textedit

2015-04-01 Thread Chris Moore
Hi, You were correct! Once I hit enter on the action I was able to interact with it and set the output options. This is far easier than performing a similar action with Adobe Acrobat Reader in Windows. Chris On Apr 1, 2015, at 2:30 PM, Barry Hadder bhad...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Sounds

Re: Apple Script: Shut down the Mac

2015-03-31 Thread Chris Moore
Chris, afplay doesn’t produce any sound on my mac min running yosemite. Too bad because is seems like a handy utility. Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from

Re: starting to get irritated by IOS 8

2015-03-31 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
According to wikipedia Berkeley systems was bought out by Sierra Online in 1997 for $13.8M. Sierra was bought by Vivendi and apparently was then folded into iwin.com. I've met Peter Korn who was one of the primary Windows developers of outspoken. A very smart and gentle person. CB On 3/31/15

Re: Moderation of the list

2015-03-31 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
I haven't heard from her since last June but that isn't to say she isn't still lurking. I can't really recall the last time we had had an issue like this so we want to be sure we're not changing something that works based on an exception. CB On 3/31/15 7:44 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: Hi Chris

Re: Apple Script: Shut down the Mac

2015-03-31 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
output and the audio just starts playing as soon as you hit enter. CB On 3/31/15 11:37 AM, Chris Moore wrote: Chris, afplay doesn’t produce any sound on my mac min running yosemite. Too bad because is seems like a handy utility. Chris -- ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -- You received this message because you

Re: Apple Script: Shut down the Mac

2015-03-31 Thread Chris Moore
Yes, it works on mp3 files. Chris On Mar 31, 2015, at 11:56 AM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries macvisionaries@googlegroups.com wrote: Weird. It works on my MacBook. I did afplay ~/Desktop/Peace.mp3 and it started playing. Tried the same thing on my ancient MacPro desktop

Copying the contents of a pdf file into textedit

2015-03-31 Thread Chris Moore
The subject says it all. When in the pdf viewer, how do I select text? I tried cmd+a which didn’t do anything. The next question is how to add textedit to the services menu in pdf viewer? TIA Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: putting the bottom back on a Mac Mini

2015-03-31 Thread Chris Moore
Hi Kristeen, I did a memory upgrade on my mini in 2013. The back goes on but requires a fair amount of force to lock it in position. I probably used to hands and placed my thumbs in the two holes on the back cover. HTH Chris On Mar 31, 2015, at 4:25 PM, KristeenHughes khwi...@gmail.com

Re: Moderation of the list

2015-03-30 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
responsive 24x7 as nobody has to wait for a moderator to get around to approving their posts. This also means a bad actor can temporarily post junk, but overall it's worked well for years. CB On 3/30/15 1:49 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: Chris, Thank you! I was 100% confident that you

Re: Apple Script: Shut down the Mac

2015-03-30 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
If you can figure out how to get AppleScript to execute shell commands like terminal does you could do afplay /System/Library/Sounds/Frog.aiff to play one of the system sounds, or specify the path to any sound file you want. afplay uses CoreAudio so it should be able to play most common file

Re: Moderation of the list

2015-03-30 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
and I'm sure that will continue unabated. CB On 3/30/15 11:26 AM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: Thank you! Aah.. The sound of silence! On Mar 29, 2015, at 11:20 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries macvisionaries@googlegroups.com wrote: Wanted to let you all know that the account in question

Moderation of the list

2015-03-29 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Wanted to let you all know that the account in question is now blocked from the list. I should point out a couple things: 1. I'm not the moderator, I just help out with registering new users, as many of you already know. By nature of that role I can also help folks out by fiddling with their

Re: Looking for a Script to Give a Word Count in TextEdit

2015-03-29 Thread Chris Moore
Hello, How would you run this script from within textEdit? Would you assign it to a hot key? Chris On Mar 27, 2015, at 8:10 PM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: It's not, but you have a great point. I'll add that to the next version. In the meantime, here's the script. Just copy

Re: is the thermosmart app accessible?

2015-03-28 Thread Chris Moore
I’ll second CB’s comments. We have three thermostats, and adjusting the temps and schedules is a breeze. We can’t read the weather report which shows on the screen, but I can live with that. Chris On Mar 27, 2015, at 11:15 AM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries macvisionaries

Re: Can anyone recommend any accessible e-mail providers apart from Gmail?

2015-03-27 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
At some level it doesn't really matter what email provider you use if you're just going to access them through IMAP/SMTP. The user interface will be the same Apple Mail. You could also check into AOL mail as it's also free and fairly reliable. Full disclosure - I do accessibility work for AOL.

Re: is the thermosmart app accessible?

2015-03-27 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
I haven't tried every feature but the iOS app for the Honeywell thermostats seems somewhat accessible. There are things like the temp up/down buttons for heat and for cooling are read across by row instead of as a group but it can be used. Initial setup needs sighted assistance as there is a

Re: Reading PDF files on the mac

2015-03-27 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
, 2015, at 6:24 PM, Chris Moore chris.w...@gmail.com mailto:chris.w...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, What are some options for reading PDF files on the mac? Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

Re: alva bc640 ot question

2015-03-27 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
According to their specs it's a 5 volt 1.5 Amp power supply. They don't say anything about the shape of the plug and of course say not to use any other power supply. CB On 3/26/15 9:04 PM, Juan Hernandez wrote: Hi All, I have a stupid off topic question. Does anyone have an optelec alva

Re: Reading PDF files on the mac

2015-03-27 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
On 27/03/2015 15:18, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries wrote: 11.0.10 was released December 2014 so I suspect that is not the fixed version. CB On 3/27/15 4:24 AM, David Griffith wrote: Well I have just downloaded and installed version 11.0.10 from Adobe and nothing appears to have changed

Re: best compression utility for the mac

2015-03-26 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
that neither will do much with a folder full of mp3 files though. On 03/26/2015 11:04 AM, Joe Quinn wrote: Rats cause what I wanna compress is MP3 and off/XLS files in the same folder Sent from my iPhone On Mar 26, 2015, at 10:26 AM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries macvisionaries

Reading PDF files on the mac

2015-03-26 Thread Chris Moore
Hello, What are some options for reading PDF files on the mac? Chris -- 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com

Re: best compression utility for the mac

2015-03-26 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
I compressed my copy of Keynote, which is really made up of thousands of files under the hood totaling 611,951,069 bytes (692.5 MB). To test unix compress I did tar -zcvf test.gz /Applications/Keynote.app/ which generated a compressed file of 428,440,218 bytes (428.4MB) or about 61.9% of the

Re: Sharing Web Page from iPhone

2015-03-25 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Will a screenshot work? If you simultaneously hold down the power and home button you should hear a noise like the film advance of an SLR camera. That screenshot will show up in your photos library and you can then do what you want with it such as sync it via iCloud and email it to someone

Re: mp3 re-encoder

2015-03-23 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Depends on the settings. The audio quality will definetly be worse but for spoken material it may be acceptable. On MP3s there is sample rate and bit depth. Bit depth changes how much dynamic range or the range of loudness that can be recorded. CDs are 16-bit but you could drop an mp3 to

Hims Braille Edge - braille quality

2015-03-23 Thread Chris Moore
Hello, I’m looking for some feedback on the Braille Edge. How is the quality or feel of the Braille dots? How durable is the unit, is it well constructed? Any comments are welcome either to the list or to my email address. Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: Incredibly important question about application accessibility

2015-03-23 Thread Chris Moore
Hey Chris, Dpes PG music have a tech support area? You could probably get your answers over the phone. Suppose they bring up the product on a mac, turn VO on and navigate around to see whether anything is labeled. You could tell them what tasks you wanted to perform and you could determine

Re: Bring back the old Garage Band

2015-03-21 Thread Chris Moore
Chris I just installed the pianoteq 5 demo on my mac. This ranks far above Truepianos. The sound is fairly realistic and approaches that of an acoustic piano. I’m considering buying it depending on the cost and the potential hastle of getting it installed and configured. True pianos sounds

Re: Mp3 files and looping.

2015-03-20 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
wasn’t sure what he meant by qt player. Blessings, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net On Mar 20, 2015, at 7:57 AM, Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com mailto:philh...@gmail.com wrote: Stacy, didn’t you ask if you could do this in QuickTime Player? Chris answered your

Re: Mp3 files and looping.

2015-03-20 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
/mattingalls/Soundflower/releases CB On 3/20/15 3:48 PM, 'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisionaries wrote: solid answer; so is sound flower accessible or more so than audacity? what does it cost if you know? thanks, max On Mar 20, 2015, at 1:27 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries wrote: QT can only

Re: Mp3 files and looping.

2015-03-20 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
own voice over another audio track? if that is even possible with q t. i've heard i will have to use something more robust like audacity garage band or gold wave. thanks, max On Mar 20, 2015, at 10:34 AM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries wrote: Sorry, QT player is the QuickTime player which

Bring back the old Garage Band

2015-03-19 Thread Chris Moore
discovered by accident that an audio unit had been installed along with the stand alone version. So, for those interested in playing your keyboard on the Mac, it is certainly doable. In my case the key was to use a more accessible version of garage band. HTH Chris -- You received this message

Re: major league baseball games on the mac

2015-03-19 Thread Chris Moore
You can, of course, airplay the audio from the At Bat app. Chris On Mar 19, 2015, at 6:09 PM, george b gbma...@gmail.com wrote: No, but if you look up the stations home and away for the team you want to listen to you might. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

Re: Mp3 files and looping.

2015-03-19 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Yes. Load up the mp3 in QT player and choose Loop from the View menu or command+Option+L. CB On 3/18/15 7:02 PM, Stacey Robinson wrote: Hi all, I have an mp3 file that I would like to put in a folder where it will play several times without stopping. Can I do this with Quicktime? Is there

Re: Newbie Calendar question

2015-03-16 Thread Chris Meredith
want, hit enter once more. On Mar 15, 2015, at 4:01 PM, Chris Meredith talli...@gmail.com wrote: Greetings. Clearly I am likely doing something wrong here—but, when trying to create a calendar event, the calendar seems to … fail to create a calendar event. Pressing Command+N brings up

Newbie Calendar question

2015-03-15 Thread Chris Meredith
I totally stuffing up the process? Thanks, Chris -- 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post

Re: Apple out and not responding

2015-03-11 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Here's an article about the outage: http://www.macworld.com/article/2895397/outages-plague-app-store-itunes-and-other-apple-services.html CB On 3/11/15 4:38 PM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: So does this mean that we won't get the public beta for iOS today? Shawn Sent From My White MacBook On Mar

Voiceover not speaking

2015-03-11 Thread Chris G
Hi, I have an ipad where I can toggle on voiceover using siri, but VoiceOver doesn't speak. I think the volume is down on the machine. Besides the buttons is there a way to turn up VoiceOver speech? Thanks, Chris -- Mystic Access Where the magic is in learning. 733 Delaware Rd 341

Re: Voiceover not speaking

2015-03-11 Thread Chris G
Hi, This is true, but VoiceOver was never launched on this iPad to my knowledge. I wasn't physically at the location to try the 3 finger jester, will be there on Saturday. We used Siri to toggle VoiceOver. Thanks, Chris Mystic Access Where the magic is in learning. 733 Delaware Rd 341

Re: Apple's keynote yesterday

2015-03-10 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Interesting that their demos using Siri had no speech. Maybe this is something they haven't worked out yet. All other demos of Siri that I recall always had her speaking back. Of course their tagline was glances so you glance at the watch face to read something quickly. Having Siri babble on

Re: Getting my own messages on lists

2015-03-10 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
I think this is the nature of mailing lists. Every message you send to the list gets re-sent to every member. So that means, as a member, you also get a copy back. CB On 3/10/15 9:14 AM, Matthew Dierckens wrote: Hello everyone: I'm not sure why this happens, but no matter what list I am

iOS 8. 2update change list

2015-03-10 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Here is the list of changes. Buried in there is one line that says improves voiceover reliability. Not sure exactly what that is but it sounds positive. CB iOS 8.2 This release introduces support for Apple Watch, and also includes improvements to the Health app, increased stability and bug

Re: To Doug, and others interested in the Vario Ultra

2015-03-10 Thread Chris Moore
Hello Donna, Did they mention anything about production delays? I’ve been on a waiting list for over six months. My patience may run out before long. Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group

Re: VM 7 Microsoft Question

2015-03-05 Thread Chris Moore
things to check depending on how you have configured fusion. Chris On Mar 5, 2015, at 8:58 AM, Emilio Hernandez emilio.s.hernan...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everyone, I am running Windows 7 with the latest version of Fusion. I was trying to insert comments into a MS Word file yesterday

Re: mac mini 2012 model hard drive?

2015-03-03 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
I didn't notice a reply to this one. Most Mac Mini machines use a 2.5 SATA hard drive so you should be able to easily find a case, if you haven't already done so by now. CB On 1/15/15 2:52 PM, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona wrote: Hello a power surge took out my mac mini the hard drive

Re: emacs twittering mode

2015-02-28 Thread Chris Moore
I’ve use it with voice over. VO follows the cursor as you read the buffer with the arrow keys. I’ve heard that you can install emacspeak, but I haven’t done it. Chris On Feb 28, 2015, at 6:06 AM, Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com wrote: And you use this with voiceover? Or have you gotta

Re: A few questions.

2015-02-27 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
you don’t want that discussed here. I know how to use google or start page or whatever. (smile) My Youtube Channel: “www.youtube.com/LorieMcCloud On Feb 26, 2015, at 9:34 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries macvisionaries@googlegroups.com wrote: While I'm not sure about

Re: emacs twittering mode

2015-02-27 Thread Chris Moore
emacs comes preloaded on the mac. You can run it within terminal. Emacs comes with version 22, but you can update it to version 24 with macports. Chris On Feb 25, 2015, at 9:00 PM, Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com wrote: How do you use emacs on the mac? Sent from my iPhone On Feb 25

Re: A few questions.

2015-02-26 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
While I'm not sure about the legal ramifications of breaking DRM, I wouldn't call running the Amazon Kindle app on the Mac using VMWare or Bootcamp as being 'available' on the Mac. Sort of like saying an automobile can be driven just fine on a railroad track by loading and towing it on a

Re: Using Numbers for Simple Multiplication

2015-02-26 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
So if you know the two cells you want multiplied you should just be able to type in the formula. One tricky bit is if you type anything starting with a letter it assumes you are entering text, not a label. So if the two numbers are in cells A1 and A2 you can type the formula =A1*A2 using an

Re: i photo i tunes question

2015-02-25 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
For iPhoto it's in Preferences General Connecting Camera Opens where you can choose what it should launch, including No Application. For iTunes you need to connect your phone then wait for iTunes to launch. Once you're there you need to pull up the summary for your device. At the bottom is

Re: Some External Hard Drive Questions

2015-02-25 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
My understanding was that a time machine drive is just an ordinary Mac formatted disk. The main issue is that TimeMachine keeps making incremental backups until the entire volume is filled. So if you copy those movies to the disk first you should be ok but later if you delete one TM might suck

Re: How to see what loads at startup

2015-02-25 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
There are piles of things that load at startup. Are you trying to find out about auto-launched apps? That would be in System Preferences Users and Groups under the Login Items tab for each account on the machine. Of course if you have add-ons such as menu bar widgets and such those won't

Re: Notification center on mac.

2015-02-25 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
From what I've read there isn't a shortcut in Yosemite but you can make one in System Preferences Keyboard Shortcuts and assign something to Show Notification Center. I assigned command-option-shift-M as that seemed as good a combo as any. CB On 2/25/15 4:54 PM, Alex Hall wrote: Me

Re: .ogg to mp3 or aac audio conversion?

2015-02-25 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
If you don't mind fiddling around in the terminal, the Sox package will do it. Once installed you would just type sox something.ogg something.mp3 CB On 1/20/15 3:53 PM, CHUCK REICHEL wrote: Hi list, I have some .ogg files that someone sent me for song production ideas. Needless to say My mac

Re: 'Phorm' Case Adds Morphing Tactile Keyboard to iPad Mini - Mac Rumors

2015-02-25 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
From the comments it seems that it just creates raised bumps over the keys, not any arbitrary bump pattern. So it won't work in landscape typing or for adding tactile feedback to any other UI elements. CB On 2/12/15 4:07 PM, Barry Hadder wrote: I thought that some on the list might find the

Re: Some External Hard Drive Questions

2015-02-25 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
clear. CB On 2/25/15 6:08 PM, BBS wrote: Hi Chris and others. Actually, someone from the Peel The Apple list called me on Facetime. He showed me how to partition the hard drive so that my time machine backup and Youtube videos from my PS3 could both fit on there without any problems. He didn't

emacs twittering mode

2015-02-25 Thread Chris Moore
Hello, Has anyone looked at running twittering-mode under emacs? It looks promising if I can figure out what pieces i need to install. Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving

Re: KNFB Reader

2015-02-24 Thread Chris G
I did something similar with a Windows phone. I needed to move through a text character by character. I couldn't do it, so I grabbed the iPhone using KNFB Reader and took a picture of the Windows phone screen and was able to get the text and read it character by character. Chris Mystic

Re: Audio described movies

2015-02-24 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
nothing related to dvs movies in the app store, which I found interesting, considering the fact that people have told me there was supposed to be stuff there. On Feb 23, 2015, at 10:15 AM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

Re: Scraping an Entire Website

2015-02-24 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
I have macports set up on my machine https://www.macports.org so that makes it easy to add additional packages. With that I just do sudo port install wget enter my computer's password and it installs wget. Once you have wget you can crawl/archive an entire site with this command: wget

Re: Audio described movies

2015-02-23 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
I think Apple calls it Descriptive Video Service or DVS. If you search for DVS in iTunes you'll find there are only five video titles, all from Pixar, which carry this. I've never tried it out but the title of one of them is: Finding Nemo (For blind viewers, audio description, DVS®)

Re: Starting night owl for the first time

2015-02-17 Thread Chris Moore
Ok, I tried it again and it worked. Chris On Feb 17, 2015, at 7:24 PM, Chris Moore chris.w...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I have a twitter account but need help starting nightowl for the first time. The program needs to authenticate with twitter, but voiceOver wasn’t giving me good feedback

Starting night owl for the first time

2015-02-17 Thread Chris Moore
Hello, I have a twitter account but need help starting nightowl for the first time. The program needs to authenticate with twitter, but voiceOver wasn’t giving me good feedback on what to do. Will I need sighted assistance? Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: Apple Script to mount networked drive

2015-02-16 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
SMB stands for Server Message Block and is the network protocol Windows uses to share drives over the network and talk to printers. You could do something similar with afp:// which is the Apple Filing Protocol which is how Macs share network drives. OSX can talk to both kinds but you have to

Re: Some External Hard Drive Questions

2015-02-13 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
If you don't mind a little terminal hacking and your TM volume can be 500GB or less then this article talks about how to create a sparsebundle disk image on an exFAT formatted drive. exFAT means you can read the drive on Mac or Windows and the sparsebundle hack means time machine can mount its

Removing samples from Kindle app

2015-02-11 Thread Chris G
Hi, Using the latest Kindle app and ios 8.1 how do you remove the samples from the app? Thanks, Chris -- Mystic Access Where the magic is in learning. 733 Delaware Rd 341 Buffalo, NY 14223 Phone: (716) 803-8528 web: www.mysticaccess.com Accessible Gadgets mailing list: http

Re: seeking Suggestions for recording sound from TV to my iMac

2015-02-10 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
on the recording would be all distorted if I turned the CD player up or would be very noisy if I had the CD player nearly zero. CB On 2/9/15 6:03 PM, Michael Marshall wrote: do you think line-in would be the best option for mac recording? thanks Michael On 10 Feb 2015, at 9:01 am, 'Chris

Re: seeking Suggestions for recording sound from TV to my iMac

2015-02-09 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Related to this, there are four audio electrical levels. Mic levels are tiny signals that come out of a mic and usually need to go through a pre-amp before they can become usable 'line level' signals. Line level is typically for signal routing such as patching the audio output from a DVD

Re: seeking Suggestions for recording sound from TV to my iMac

2015-02-09 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
, at 8:10 am, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries macvisionaries@googlegroups.com wrote: Related to this, there are four audio electrical levels. Mic levels are tiny signals that come out of a mic and usually need to go through a pre-amp before they can become usable 'line level' signals. Line level

Re: OT can I use the ipod touch in landscape?

2015-02-09 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1291668/Give%20Back%20Event%20Flyer%28201512922433987%29.pdf On Feb 8, 2015, at 7:09 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com wrote: An iPod touch should operate just like an iPhone without the phone

Re: OT can I use the ipod touch in landscape?

2015-02-08 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
An iPod touch should operate just like an iPhone without the phone features. What app are you using at the time? The app launcher doesn't change orientation but many apps do such as Safari. CB On 2/8/15 9:21 PM, erik burggraaf wrote: Hi all, I am just trying to switch an ipod touch fifth

Re: Sending Emails Delayed Since Adding More Mail Accounts

2015-02-07 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
For some reason three of your messages were held in dry dock because Google thought they were spam. I have no idea why as there was nothing spammy about them. So the delay was the time between when it flagged them and when I happened to check in and mark them all as good. Hopefully whatever

LibreOffice 4.4.0

2015-02-03 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Downloaded and installed this new version. While I could type text into a document there were lots of things that caused voiceover to crash and restart repeatedly. For example, navigating the toolbar seemed to throw VO over a cliff. I also tried to insert a table (command-F12) which pops a

Re: LibreOffice 4.4.0

2015-02-03 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
I forgot to mention that I was trying this on the latest osx 10.10.2 so maybe it behaves better on other versions. CB On 2/3/15 10:37 AM, Anders Holmberg wrote: Hi! Thanks for that info. Guess i will continue with the version i have then. /A 3 feb 2015 kl. 16:33 skrev 'Chris Blouch' via

Re: Some more Questions

2015-01-28 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
While I haven't installed Linux under VMWare, I would think that would be easier than doing it via bootcamp. A lot of the setup for linux seems to revolve around partitioning and bootup setup, usually assuming that Linux is the only thing running on the box. While it's possible to set things

Re: question

2015-01-26 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Might be useful to say what version of Pages you are on, what you specifically wanted to do, what you tried and what happened. CB On 1/26/15 11:44 AM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: I’m debating getting a Windows PC just to use Word processing. I’m having issues with formatting for visual stuff

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