Re: alex skipping, and ready boost

2014-04-04 Thread Michael Reiser
I’ve noticed that Allex does breakup sometimes, but thought it was my machine. I have a macbook pro 2009 with mavorics. Mike On Apr 4, 2014, at 12:08 PM, Chris Blouch cblo...@aol.com wrote: From what I've read ReadyBoost used a USB thumb drive or the like for virtual memory swap. This

Re: voice over comes to the I phone

2009-06-09 Thread Michael Reiser
The new iphone will be supported on varizon, which is cdma. Will be interesting to see if other companies are supported. I've read that the iphone does have a builtin gps app and since they say that the built in apps are accessible, the gps might be. I'm sure braille can be supported

Re: voice over comes to the I phone

2009-06-09 Thread Michael Reiser
It's going to take early adopters to make it better, so I guess we should thank those that rush out and get one smiles. Mike On Jun 9, 2009, at 8:00 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: Hi Larry, I don't think any of it is impossible. I'd be really surprized if it wasn't in the works somewhere

Vo doesn't read text under some radio buttons

2009-06-09 Thread Michael Reiser
Hello all, Just wanted to report that vo doesn't seem to read text under some radio buttons. An example of this is my school. They use a thing called desire to learn. I just went to go take a quiz for class, but all vo says for the choices is 1 radio button, 2 radio button, 3 radio

Re: voice over comes to the I phone

2009-06-09 Thread Michael Reiser
They probably won't say anything right now but good sources from there have said they would carry it. We'll just have to see what happens. Mike On Jun 9, 2009, at 8:44 PM, peter Apgar wrote: Sorry all to be the barer of bad news, I just hung up with VZ sales. Per my discussion VZ

Re: mac voiceover in braille monitor

2009-06-09 Thread Michael Reiser
the mac to elements in windows such as the finder to explorer, and the doc to the windows task bar and quick launch, they did this review with way too much expectation for voice over and the mac to behave like windows. - Original Message - From: Michael Reiser

Re: mac voiceover in braille monitor

2009-06-09 Thread Michael Reiser
want what would be best for the blind user, and I don't see how anyone could argue with mainstream screenreading action. If it's not a quality product or hasn't matured much (like Microsoft's narrator) then a complaint is justified. On 6/9/09, Michael Reiser blindgu...@gmail.com wrote

Re: openoffice unresponsive with vo on mac mini

2009-06-08 Thread Michael Reiser
, On 7-Jun-09, at 4:33 PM, Michael Reiser wrote: Is the adaptor that comes with the computer this kind of adaptor or do I need something else? I have the adaptor plugged in right now. Mike On Jun 7, 2009, at 12:14 PM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: Hi, If you don't have a tru monitor plugged

Safari 4 crashes when going to the apple store

2009-06-08 Thread Michael Reiser
Hello all, Just installed the latest safari 4 from software update, updating from the beta. I did the restart and all that. Everything works well, except that when going to apple.com and selecting the store link, safari crashes and comes up with the Safari has closed unexpectedly

Re: Safari 4 crashes when going to the apple store

2009-06-08 Thread Michael Reiser
sent the error report to them so we'll see. If anyone finds a fix please let us know. On 09/06/2009, at 7:11 AM, Michael Reiser wrote: Hello all, Just installed the latest safari 4 from software update, updating from the beta. I did the restart and all that. Everything works well

Re: openoffice unresponsive with vo on mac mini

2009-06-07 Thread Michael Reiser
adapter. Regarads, Alex, On 6-Jun-09, at 8:59 PM, Michael Reiser wrote: Hello all, I just got my mac mini hooked up yesterday. The connector on my monitor will not fit the mini dvi port on the computer. Also, it will not fit the adaptor that came with the computer. When I launch

Re: Got a new mac mini but have some questions.

2009-06-06 Thread Michael Reiser
Hi, You will not need sighted help for configuring the keyboard. Just press enter when you start it up and when you hear the intro start vo. It will tell you what keys to push. Mike On Jun 4, 2009, at 8:38 AM, matthew dyer wrote: Mike, Thanks for the keyboard answer. will I need

Re: Got a new mac mini but have some questions.

2009-06-06 Thread Michael Reiser
The power button is on the top right hand corner. It's a little small so it'll take a minute to feel it but once you feel it it's easy to spot. Mike On Jun 5, 2009, at 8:57 AM, matthew dyer wrote: Hey thamks now I just need to figure out how to power it up. On 6/4/09, chantel cuddemi

openoffice unresponsive with vo on mac mini

2009-06-06 Thread Michael Reiser
Hello all, I just got my mac mini hooked up yesterday. The connector on my monitor will not fit the mini dvi port on the computer. Also, it will not fit the adaptor that came with the computer. When I launch open office, vo becomes sluggish and takes several seconds to respond to