Hi all,
I've come across a webpage which has raised an interesting issue for me. Is
there a way to use multi-select list boxes using VO and Safari?
For those who haven't come across these, they are a form of UI element in which
the user can select either a contiguous group of elements or
Hi all,
Has anyone used Keynote recently? Just wondering what it is like in terms of
accessibility. The only version I can get my hands on is about 3 years old and
not surprisingly it doesn't work well.
Cheers
Donal--
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Thank you Yuma I appreciate you taking the time to look into it for me. I
should say that I don't do anything fancy in my presentations mainly text and a
few graphics.
Cheers
Donal
On 15 Jan 2010, at 13:30, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote:
Hi,
Keynote is the only app in my iwork suite which i
LaTeX, have you tried the Beamer
class? I have not really used it myself, but it is a class designed
specifically for creating presentations.
TC
James
On 15 Jan 2010, at 12:46, Donal Fitzpatrick wrote:
Hi all,
Has anyone used Keynote recently? Just wondering what it is like in terms
at all.
U will need to upgrade to Iwork 09 It Costs $79 US I think and it costs $99
Canadian for sure.
All of the programs in Iwork 09 have reasonably good accessibility as far as
I can telt.
HTH
Matthew Campbell.
On 2010-01-15, at 8:38 AM, Donal Fitzpatrick wrote:
Thank you Yuma I
Thanks Anne,. I can quite happily live with buggy. It resembles my own
efforts at software development so I won't complain... smile
On 15 Jan 2010, at 14:12, Anne Robertson wrote:
Hello Dónal,
I've managed to translate slides using Keynote. This was a presentation
imported from
I'm reluctant to call this a bug, but my mail client isn't behaving as I'd
expect.
A colleague has just send me an HTML attachment. It has been received
perfectly. However, rather than displaying the file as an attachment, Mail has
decided to interpret it, and add it to the end of my
an attachment.
Cheers,
Anne
On Jan 15, 2010, at 7:04 PM, Donal Fitzpatrick wrote:
I'm reluctant to call this a bug, but my mail client isn't behaving as I'd
expect.
A colleague has just send me an HTML attachment. It has been received
perfectly. However, rather than displaying
keys to advance slides).
Cheers,
Esther
Donal Fitzpatrick wrote:
Thanks Anne,. I can quite happily live with buggy. It resembles my own
efforts at software development so I won't complain... smile
Anne Robertson wrote:
Hello Dónal,
I've managed to translate slides using Keynote
the notes features I'll dig up my old off-list
correspondence. There are several types of notes, but I use the one
generated with Command-Option-N for most of my work.
Cheers,
Esther
Donal Fitzpatrick wrote:
Interesting Esther I had not heard of the Skim app before. Looks rather
nice
,
It works ok, but you can't read the content with the vo cursor. You can,
however read it by pressing vo-f4.
On Jan 13, 2010, at 5:27 PM, Donal Fitzpatrick wrote:
Hi there,
Well the subject says it all really. I have lots of PDF based
presentations, all prepared using LaTeX. I'm thinking
Hi there,
Well the subject says it all really. I have lots of PDF based
presentations, all prepared using LaTeX. I'm thinking of buying a new
MacBook Pro, but the clincher will be if I can show these presentations in
full-screen. Has anyone tried this? If it's not possible, then I guess
I'll
HI Simon,
No I'm also getting those attachments. I fired off a mail to the list
owner, via the group interface on googlegroups yesterday to alert them it
was happening.
Cheers
Dónal
-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
[mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On
Hi Jorgen,
Can you be more specific about the problems you're having? I rip at 320 all
the time and have experienced no problems at all.
Cheers
Dónal
-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
[mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jørgen Skov Nielsen
Evening folks,
I'm noticing some odd behaviour on the iPhone. I am simply using the
default US English synthesiser - that is the one which was on the device
when I got it. However, when I switch into the appstore, I notice that it's
changing to a UK voice. Interestingly, I don't see this
me to guess, you reside in Canada? If so, this is a known
mystery bug to Apple. In the beginning, the voice switched to Spanish.
Brett C.
On Dec 7, 2009, at 3:50 PM, Donal Fitzpatrick wrote:
Evening folks,
I'm noticing some odd behaviour on the iPhone. I am simply using the
default US
find some
really interesting stuff here. Now I'm curious if the App store figures you
aren't in the U.S. and switches to the region where your located?
Hmmm, very interesting indeed.
On Dec 7, 2009, at 5:50 PM, Donal Fitzpatrick wrote:
Evening folks,
I'm noticing some odd behaviour
with Spanish intonations.)
Posts to the VIPhone list that included replies from other individuals
switched to UK English voices and German voices depending on some of the
mail header codes -- even when the text was written out in English. All
quite interesting.
Best,
Esther
Donal Fitzpatrick wrote
. Or in
bibliography mode, whether the entries are listed in the order they are
cited or alphabetically, and with which citation style.)
HTH. Dónal or Nicolai might want to add comments.
Cheers,
Esther
On Dec 4, 2009, at 7:31 AM, Donal Fitzpatrick wrote:
No bother Nick. Have to say that I
Hi,
I'm also using this plug-in. However, one thing anyone who wishes to try it
should note is that ogg files are not bookmarkable. this means that once
you stop the audio, a record of the position in the file is not maintained
causing audio playback to resume from the start. This could, of
Hi,
I am trying to use the iPhone to gain access to one of those automated
telephone systems. I'm sure you all know the sort of thing press one to go
insane, press 2 to have more automated options, press * to hear these
options again.
However, after dialling the initial number, I can't seem
Hi Nick,
I use TeXShop. By the way, know what you mean about the dangers of googling
this... To improve your hits, spell it L Aa T e X (that is, the L, T and X
capitalised).
Cheers,
Donal
On 4 Dec 2009, at 11:54, Nicolai Svendsen wrote:
Hi guys,
I'm currently learning LaTEX, and I've
, then.
Regards,
Nic
Skype: Kvalme
MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk
AIM: cincinster
yahoo Messenger: cin368
Facebook Profile
My Twitter
On Dec 4, 2009, at 12:58 PM, Donal Fitzpatrick wrote:
Hi Nick,
I use TeXShop. By the way, know what you mean about the dangers of googling
PM, Donal Fitzpatrick wrote:
Hi Nick,
I use TeXShop. By the way, know what you mean about the dangers of
googling this... To improve your hits, spell it L Aa T e X (that is,
the L, T and X capitalised).
Cheers,
Donal
On 4 Dec 2009, at 11:54, Nicolai Svendsen wrote:
Hi guys
Hi all,
So I finally took the plunge and bought the device. However, an interesting
chicken and egg situation has emerged.
I have a PIN on my sim card. I've inserted the card correctly, and plugged the
iPhone into my mac. However, iTunes is saying it can't activate the phone
because of
Will that's a super idea... Should have thought of it myself.
Thanks very much.
On 3 Dec 2009, at 21:10, william lomas wrote:
hi why dont you put the card back in your other phone, turn off the
pin feature for now and then activate
On 3 Dec 2009, at 21:06, Donal Fitzpatrick wrote
Yep perfectly.
On 3 Dec 2009, at 22:35, william lomas wrote:
did it work?
On 3 Dec 2009, at 21:54, Donal Fitzpatrick wrote:
Will that's a super idea... Should have thought of it myself.
Thanks very much.
On 3 Dec 2009, at 21:10, william lomas wrote:
hi why dont you put the card
HI there,
Just wondering if anyone has come across a Mac equivalent for the excellent
windows utility SoundTaxi. for those not familiar with it, this utility
strips DRM from lots of different types of files. However, it only does so
for content you have legally purchased, and to which you hold
with a few differences do to the fact one is the iPhone and one is the iPod
Touch, but the experience is the same.
On Nov 25, 2009, at 6:17 PM, Donal Fitzpatrick wrote:
I am faced with something of a dilemma. It's a nice one, but a dilemma
none the less.
The phone carrier (O2) in Ireland who
with Snow Leopard. I haven't been able to get it working yet,
but this is the application you need. Try this link:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/flip4macwindowsmediacomponentsfo
rquicktime.html
On Nov 25, 2009, at 7:39 PM, Donal Fitzpatrick wrote:
Thanks David I wasn't aware
Hi all,
Has anyone managed to install the Windows Media for Mac application?
Unfortunately the Manchester United online service only broadcasts in this
format so I need to install this player. However, the installer application
seems to be reporting no windows.
Would be grateful for any
I am faced with something of a dilemma. It's a nice one, but a dilemma none
the less.
The phone carrier (O2) in Ireland who offers the iPhone is offering me a very
good upgrade price. So my dilemma is whether to buy the iPhone now, or wait
till the States to get the touch. I presume the
don't think it works with anything after about 10.3 and Microsoft hasn't
maintained it for years.
This according to what I read on the net.
You might want to search for an alternative.
On Nov 25, 2009, at 6:11 PM, Donal Fitzpatrick wrote:
Hi all,
Has anyone managed to install the Windows
is the same with
a few differences do to the fact one is the iPhone and one is the iPod Touch,
but the experience is the same.
On Nov 25, 2009, at 6:17 PM, Donal Fitzpatrick wrote:
I am faced with something of a dilemma. It's a nice one, but a dilemma none
the less.
The phone carrier (O2
Hi,
I'm certain a lot of people will be familiar with this, but just in case anyone
hasn't come across them, the publisher APress have some very nice e-books
relating to software development on lots of platforms and using many different
kinds of technologies.
I had a look a few minutes ago,
Hi Donna,
Aha so the thorny issue of Skype and VO raises its head again. I have to
admit I don't personally like the usability of skype with VO. Note here I'm
distinguishing between accessibility and usability. The latest version of
skype on the Mac has provided more accessibility (in that
about it. :).
Regards,
Nic
Skype: Kvalme
MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk
AIM: cincinster
yahoo Messenger: cin368
Facebook Profile
My Twitter
On Nov 15, 2009, at 9:01 PM, Donal Fitzpatrick wrote:
Hi Donna,
Aha so the thorny issue of Skype and VO raises its head again. I have
to admit
on Linux.
Thanks again
TC
James
- Original Message -
From: Donal Fitzpatrick dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:27 PM
Subject: Re: Safari 4.0.4 update released???
Hi James,
OK I'm not sure how much you know
Hi James,
OK I'm not sure how much you know of internet markup, so forgive me if I'm
being too simplistic.
Way back in about 1995 what we know of as the internet was still pretty much in
its infancy. At that stage, documents were rudimentary and the things that
could be displayed on the web
.
Nice thing is the presentation ends up being much smaller and runs
in any browser.
CB
Ben King wrote:
Dear Donal,
You can use Voiceover to make a presentation and get the rest of the
class interactively involved. I hope this helps.
Blessings,
Ben
On Oct 7, 2009, at 1:53 PM, Donal
Hi all,
I just came across something and I'm wondering if anyone else has
noticed this. I tried to import an audio CD into ITUnes. However it
found several possible matches when the Gracenote search was performed.
The thing is that the screen element containing the list of possible
Hi all,
Just wondering if anyone has used any presentation software on the Mac? At
the minute I'm using LaTeX to generate PDF versions of the slides, however
Preview isn't great for displaying on a projector. Any thoughts are
welcome.
Cheers,
Dónal
in OpenOffice also may work but I haven't tried it
either.
cdh
On Oct 7, 2009, at 4:53 PM, Donal Fitzpatrick wrote:
Hi all,
Just wondering if anyone has used any presentation software on the
Mac? At the minute I'm using LaTeX to generate PDF versions of the
slides, however Preview isn't
Hi there,
I'm noticing some odd behaviour with ITunes 9. When trying to import
a CD, I am asked whether I wish to do so or not. This is fine, as I
have set ITunes to always ask whether I wish to import the CD or not.
However, once I click the button indicating that I wish to proceed, I
Hi all,
Ok I've been playing around with two VPN clients since I raised this
topic about a month ago. The two clients I've looked at are
Tunnelblick and Viscosity. In case anyone needs to use a VPN, my
thoughts on both are given below.
1. Viscosity. I chose this one first because, as
wrote:
This may sound dumb but for my information, could you please let me
know what a VPN is.
Thanks,
Christina
On Sep 29, 2009, at 2:34 PM, Donal Fitzpatrick wrote:
Hi all,
Ok I've been playing around with two VPN clients since I raised this
topic about a month ago. The two clients I've
Hi there,
Ok I have two disks one of about 450 gig, the other 50. I want to:
1. remove the partition containing 50 gig
2. add this space to the larger disk.
Can someone advise as to the best way to do this?
Cheers
Donal
--~--~-~--~~~---~--~~
You received
Hi there,
Just wondering if there is an easier way to type accented characters
than the method I'm presently using. Let's assume I want to insert
the letter o acute into a document. The way I'm presently doing
this is to press option-e followed by o. Is there a way to do
this in one
this is at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/msg09249.html
(Accessible Status Menu Bar Icons and VoiceOver)
in case you want to read more about this.
Cheers,
Esther
Donal Fitzpatrick wrote:
Hi there,
Just wondering if there is an easier way to type
Hi all,
Sorry if this has been asked before, but does anyone know the location
of the various scripts assigned by default to the keyboard commander?
I'm referring to things like the Unread Mail count, and the time of
day etc.
Thanks,
Donal
, Donal Fitzpatrick wrote:
Hi all,
Sorry if this has been asked before, but does anyone know the
location
of the various scripts assigned by default to the keyboard commander?
I'm referring to things like the Unread Mail count, and the time of
day etc.
Thanks,
Donal
Hi Esther,
Actually the Tunnelblick application is the one recommended by our sys
admins. It doesn't seem to be accessible with vo, however that could
be down to my profound ignorance rather than anything else.
When launched, the application seems to put an icon into the status
menu near
Hi there,
at the risk of taking this off topic (and I'm not sure I'm doing so) is the
GWJava stuff open-source? It would be very interesting indeed to see how
they're doing the communication with the virtual machine. I'm just thinking
that it might make a nice final year undergraduate project
accessible and neoofficeenot
I'm pretty sure the source code for the GW Java stuff is available for
download either at their scripts central page or somewhere nearby.
On Aug 28, 2009, at 7:21 AM, Donal Fitzpatrick wrote:
Hi there,
at the risk of taking this off topic (and I'm not sure I'm doing
Hi all,
I have a lot of files I want to add to an ITunes library. Purely for
experimental purposes, I tried to use drag-and-drop with VO to do this.
However the files don't seem to be coming across.
Could anyone think of any reasons why this should be the case? For example,
if someone could
15:31
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: VO, drag and drop with ITunes.
How do you drag and drop period?
Thanks,
Terrence
Twitter: AngusMacLaren
Kingdoms Live Code: bgc5a6
On 26/08/2009, at 5:30 AM, Donal Fitzpatrick dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie
wrote:
Hi all,
I have a lot
place it in just the write place when
dropping and the drop doesn't occur. I usually can turn mouse keys on by
pressing the option five times and moving the mouse a few positions.
On Aug 26, 2009, at 8:30 AM, Donal Fitzpatrick wrote:
Hi all,
I have a lot of files I want to add to an ITunes
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