Re: Apple may have done a number on themselves.

2011-07-28 Thread Ronald McEwan
Why do you believe that they will stop servicing your White macbook? In the Journey, Ron On Jul 28, 2011, at 7:41 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: OK, I have a friend who has just informed me that Apple as of the release of Lion is no longer making, nor selling refurbished or not,

To the Moderators

2011-07-28 Thread Ronald McEwan
Hi, It is becoming evident to me that this list has turned into a free-for-all. I am reading more and more mails that don't have much to do with Mac accessibility but apple in general. I bought my first Mac in February and joined the list because I wanted input from those who have been in

Re: semi-pro list

2011-07-28 Thread Ronald McEwan
Chris, Here is how to set up filters but I serously doubt you will block her because that would mean you wouldn't have the chance to blast her again. Go into preferences and set up a rule to send any mail from a given user to trash. In the Journey, Ron On Jul 28, 2011, at 10:31 AM,

Re: To the Moderators

2011-07-28 Thread Ronald McEwan
.:) Take care CarolynOn Jul 28, 2011, at 9:03 AM, Ronald McEwan wrote: Hi, It is becoming evident to me that this list has turned into a free-for-all. I am reading more and more mails that don't have much to do with Mac accessibility but apple in general. I bought my first Mac

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2011-07-28 Thread Ronald McEwan
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rs games client

2011-07-27 Thread Ronald McEwan
Hi, I just downloaded the client and cannot get it to work. When I launch it, VO tells me that there are no windows. Does anyone have a suggestion? In the Journey, Ron -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this

Re: for those who's macbooks are running hot, I have a sollution

2011-07-27 Thread Ronald McEwan
Where do you find temperature monitor? In the Journey, Ron On Jul 27, 2011, at 8:09 AM, Missy Hoppe wrote: I ran temperature monitor while I still had lion installed, and I'm not sure I was reading it's output correctly because it's not an app I'm familiar with, but assuming I did read

Re: one more thing broken in mail?

2011-07-26 Thread Ronald McEwan
control+cmd+f toggles between full screen and regular window size. In the Journey, Ron On Jul 26, 2011, at 6:42 AM, Richard Ring wrote: So, if you have gotten yourself into full screen mode, how do you get out of it? On Jul 22, 2011, at 11:35 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: Hi Zack,

Re: Facing the Reality about my Mac

2011-07-25 Thread Ronald McEwan
Wehn I plug in a pair of headphones with a Mic, the stock IPhone earbuds, I can both talk and hear speech via skype. So in that case the jack is working both as input and output. In the Journey, Ron On Jul 25, 2011, at 1:44 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: Here is my question about

Re: reminder wanted

2011-07-25 Thread Ronald McEwan
Why are you not just using VO+uparrow/downarrow? In the Journey, Ron On Jul 25, 2011, at 12:12 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: Okay. Let's say I'm in my sent items folder and need to select from the fifth message downwards. I understand that in Lion, the usual method of pressing the

Re: reminder wanted

2011-07-25 Thread Ronald McEwan
. Will VO+up or VO+down let me do this in Lion? IF not, how is it done? Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On Jul 25, 2011, at 2:51 PM, Ronald McEwan wrote: Why

Re: Launchpad

2011-07-22 Thread Ronald McEwan
gesture, but you have to have trackpad off. That seems a little less than intuitive. Thanks, wouldn't have figured that one out. Best, Donna On Jul 22, 2011, at 10:04 AM, Ronald McEwan wrote: It does not work if trackpad commander is turned on. You would have to set up a gesture to do

Re: yet another VO feature broken?

2011-07-22 Thread Ronald McEwan
So why haven't you gone back to the classic view of mail? In the Journey, Ron On Jul 22, 2011, at 2:31 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: Yeah, but that's a lot more cumbersome. thanks, though. Best, Donna On Jul 22, 2011, at 4:10 PM, Zachary Kline wrote: Hi Donna, THis isn't really a

Re: Launchpad

2011-07-21 Thread Ronald McEwan
That was one persons oppinion. I just turned on track commander, don't usually have it on, and went to LaunchPad. I was able to move around with my finger finding the app I wanted to launch and then double tab. It worked just fine. In the Journey, Ron On Jul 21, 2011, at 7:57 AM, Mary

Re: Launchpad

2011-07-21 Thread Ronald McEwan
Escape does indeed dismiss LaunchPad. In the Journey, Ron On Jul 21, 2011, at 8:04 AM, Mary Otten wrote: Hi Daniel, We are actually in the same thread that contained the first two posts on the topic of launch pad, one from Mark Workman and the one that originated the thread from I

helpful VO MP3 files

2011-07-21 Thread Ronald McEwan
Please find attached documentation pointing to some useful tips for using VO with lion. In the Journey, Ron {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\cocoartf1138 {\fonttbl\f0\fswiss\fcharset0 Helvetica;} {\colortbl;\red255\green255\blue255;\red20\green77\blue230;}

drag and drop

2011-07-21 Thread Ronald McEwan
I cannot find the documentation on the new drag drop. Can someone point me to the details not the overview that states you can do it? In the Journey, Ron -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email

Re: Launchpad

2011-07-21 Thread Ronald McEwan
2011 kl. 16:00 skrev Ronald McEwan: That was one persons oppinion. I just turned on track commander, don't usually have it on, and went to LaunchPad. I was able to move around with my finger finding the app I wanted to launch and then double tab. It worked just fine. In the Journey

Re: helpful VO MP3 files

2011-07-21 Thread Ronald McEwan
Samantha with the upcoming Ios 5 is much better also. In the Journey, Ron On Jul 21, 2011, at 9:16 AM, Mary Otten wrote: Thank you, Ron, for posting the helpful demo files. I am impressed with the implementation of Samantha. I never thought I'd say that. She's never been a favorite of

Re: Launchpad

2011-07-21 Thread Ronald McEwan
Pinch three fingers and thumb to bring up LaunchPad. In the Journey, Ron On Jul 21, 2011, at 12:01 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: I was under the impression that there was a mouse jesture while track pad commander was disabled that a blind, or sighted person could do to slide

Re: Launchpad

2011-07-21 Thread Ronald McEwan
Why don't you just add the app to the doc? In the Journey, Ron On Jul 21, 2011, at 1:31 PM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: One situation where the launchpad could come in handy is if you don't have an application in the dock and don't want to sift through loads of files in the apps folder

Re: lion is now on the app store

2011-07-20 Thread Ronald McEwan
How does one know how far they are along in the download? In the Journey, Ron On Jul 20, 2011, at 7:36 AM, Brandon Misch wrote: still am downloading it. 70 something percent now. On Jul 20, 2011, at 9:12 AM, David Hole wrote: Hi. Just tried to buy, but it's got unavailable :(

Re: one bad thing I've found in mail

2011-07-20 Thread Ronald McEwan
VO+home and VO+end will do that. In the Journey, Ron On Jul 20, 2011, at 2:03 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: Hi all, Well, I'm sad to say that the Option Down arrow command that used to move you to the top and bottom of the message list is now gone. (sigh) Best, Donna -- You received

Re: one bad thing I've found in mail

2011-07-20 Thread Ronald McEwan
- Original Message - From: Ronald McEwan ron.mce...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 2:01 PM Subject: Re: one bad thing I've found in mail VO+home and VO+end will do that. In the Journey, Ron On Jul 20, 2011, at 2:03 PM, Donna

accessible DVD player software

2011-07-13 Thread Ronald McEwan
Hi all, I received some DVDs as a gift recently. These have more than one episode on a disk. I am looking for some software that will read the title and chapters so I can jump to whatever episode I want to watch. Maybe I am missing some setting in the Apple Dvd player software as I can't

HTML Editor

2011-07-11 Thread Ronald McEwan
I need to do some editing of HTML documents. Can you recommend an accessible HTML editor to accomplish this? In the Journey, Ron -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: HTML Editor

2011-07-11 Thread Ronald McEwan
I would rather have a wysiwyg editor. In the Journey, Ron On Jul 11, 2011, at 9:57 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: Why not just use Text Edit? Are you needing a WYSIWYG editer? Chris. - Original Message - From: Ronald McEwan ron.mce...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries

dvd player?

2011-07-08 Thread Ronald McEwan
I don't know if I am doing something wrong or if the DVD player is not accessible. I cannot get VO to read the titles or chapters. If DVD player is not accessible, is there an accessible one available? In the Journey, Ron -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: Help needed please

2011-07-05 Thread Ronald McEwan
Press the power button and you will be presented with a dialog. In the Journey, Ron On Jul 5, 2011, at 7:31 PM, Cakes wrote: Hi folks, Well I finally got my MBP. The rep told me how to turn it on and do a couple VO commands but didn't tell me how to shut the beast down for the

Pages and outlines

2011-07-04 Thread Ronald McEwan
Hi, I am trying to use Pages to create an outline for a class I am teaching in the fall. When I start creating the outline the levels of the outline are not spoken by VO. Is there a setting I am missing or something I am not doing right? In the Journey, Ron -- You received this

Re: Pages and outlines

2011-07-04 Thread Ronald McEwan
and open it in Word you can see them. This is one of the major reasons I haven't migrated to pages. I have submitted this issue to the Pages development team and hopefully this will be corrected in IWork 10. I hope you are having a nice forh of July. On Jul 4, 2011, at 9:54 AM, Ronald McEwan

burning ISO images to DVD/CD

2011-06-30 Thread Ronald McEwan
How does one burn an ISO image to a DVD or CD using the Mac and VO? In the Journey, Ron -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group,

Re: ITunes navigation

2011-06-20 Thread Ronald McEwan
...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, AIM: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On Jun 20, 2011, at 9:44 AM, Ronald McEwan wrote: Hi all, When in ITunes within the store is there a simple way to get to the content instead of using VO right-arrow till I get to the HTML container

Re: ITunes navigation

2011-06-20 Thread Ronald McEwan
. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, AIM: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On Jun 20, 2011, at 12:05 PM, Ronald McEwan wrote: I am sorry was not clear. I know how to navigate when in the the HTML content. I need to know how to get to theat place quickly so I can

Re: How many installs do I get with a purchase of Windows 7?

2011-06-20 Thread Ronald McEwan
I imagine you could look up that price as easily as I could. In the Journey, Ron On Jun 20, 2011, at 2:52 PM, KliphSharrie wrote: What is the going rate for windows 7 home premium these days? Kliphton SR (twitter) http://twitter.com/kliphton72 (Marriage Blog)

Re: Amazon Web Store?

2011-06-17 Thread Ronald McEwan
I have no issues with the amazon store and VO. Can you be more specific what you find unaccessible. There is also a link at the top of the page to go to a more friendly site, however, I don't use it anymore. In the Journey, Ron On Jun 16, 2011, at 11:02 PM, Brandon Olivares wrote: Hi,

Re: Voiceover on the iPhone

2011-06-17 Thread Ronald McEwan
I have never had this behavior happen to me. In the Journey, Ron On Jun 17, 2011, at 6:08 AM, Jeff Berwick wrote: Hi all, When my iPhone battery drops below 20% Voiceover stops working. Given that the battery life on the iPhone is not great to begin with, and 20% is still a lot, I

Re: Voiceover on the iPhone

2011-06-17 Thread Ronald McEwan
I transitioned from a Blackjack II running mobile speak to the IPhone last September. VO is far superior to either mobile speak or Talx. You can do so much more so much easier. In the Journey, Ron On Jun 17, 2011, at 6:20 AM, Nickus de Vos wrote: Hi Jeff, I don't have a answer to your

creating ringtones

2011-06-16 Thread Ronald McEwan
Hi all, What is the easiest way to create ringtones for my IPhone on the Mac? In the Journey, Ron -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from

Re: Software update fails on MacBook

2011-06-16 Thread Ronald McEwan
That seems rather drastic. Hopefully you have a backup you can restore first. Also, have you tried googling for the error? In the Journey, Ron On Jun 16, 2011, at 1:57 PM, Daniel Miller wrote: Daniel, I'm afraid you'll have to reinstall your OS. It seems like something in the software

Re: Looking for used MBP

2011-06-14 Thread Ronald McEwan
Mark, I think you meant to say 4gb of RAM. In the Journey, Ron On Jun 14, 2011, at 4:30 PM, M. Taylor wrote: Hello Vince, The scope if your question is too broad for anyone to give you a comprehensive answer, in my opinion. There are just too many variables to take into account

Re: navigation tips for yourukufu?

2011-06-13 Thread Ronald McEwan
There is no need to interact with the table. Just use keys J and K to move thru the tweets when VO is focused on the table. Key L will open a link if it is in the tweet. In the Journey, Ron On Jun 12, 2011, at 10:27 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: hi, Just arrow up and down the table to

Re: fusion or bootcamp on a macbook air

2011-06-11 Thread Ronald McEwan
I have a new air with 4gb of memotry. Bootcamp runs fine. In the Journey, Ron On Jun 11, 2011, at 9:54 AM, Eric Brinkman wrote: I've had this issue as well, and I'm running an Air with the same configuration. Window-Eyes seemed to work slightly better, but I need to do more testing.

apple tv

2011-06-09 Thread Ronald McEwan
Hi all, I just now got an Apple TV. I have installed the remote app on my phone but cannot figure out how to control the TV. I have indeed set up home sharing and can see the TV. Can someone give assistance? In the Journey, Ron -- You received this message because you are

Re: Toggling Preview Payne in Mail: a how-to Tutorial

2011-06-08 Thread Ronald McEwan
Very nice but one question. Why would you want to either hide or unhide the preview pane? In the Journey, Ron On Jun 8, 2011, at 11:32 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: OK, I myself and a few of my other friends have wondered how to toggle on and off the mail preview in mail that is

Re: Toggling Preview Payne in Mail: a how-to Tutorial

2011-06-08 Thread Ronald McEwan
... I thought I was helping. Sorry. Chris. - Original Message - From: Ronald McEwan ron.mce...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 2:03 PM Subject: Re: Toggling Preview Payne in Mail: a how-to Tutorial Very nice but one question. Why

adding recipient to address book

2011-06-07 Thread Ronald McEwan
Hi, How does one add a recipient, not the sender, in a mail to the address book? In the Journey, Ron -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe

Re: adding recipient to address book

2011-06-07 Thread Ronald McEwan
: this is something i struggled with during the weekend but could only find add sender to address book, so, i had to wait for a reply from the with the person's details, or, you surely know, you can add them manually. best On 7 Jun 2011, at 21:29, Ronald McEwan wrote: Hi, How does one add

selecting noncontiguous items in a list

2011-05-25 Thread Ronald McEwan
Hi all, How does one select noncontiguous items in a list? I am wanting to select multiple artist in ITunes to copy to my IPad. In the Journey, Ron -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: accessible solitare app called CardsAlone

2011-05-22 Thread Ronald McEwan
Hi, If you don't know how to play the games how do you truly know if the app is accessible? In the Journey, Ron On May 21, 2011, at 5:45 PM, Ed Worrell wrote: Hello listers, I found a vo accessible solitare game. I don't know how to play the two games included in the app though. 1.

Re: mac book

2011-05-22 Thread Ronald McEwan
Hi, As I am typing this response on my Mac Air, it has been three months since I took the plunge and bought it. I am a committed Jaws user since the early days. I use Jaws at work exclusively. I find the navigation of Safari somewhat less than that of Jaws. However, with time I have come

Accessible EReader for the Mac?

2011-05-19 Thread Ronald McEwan
The subject says it all. Looking for an accessible EReader for the mac. Oh!! only if IBooks were there. In the Journey, Ron -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

DropBox

2011-05-10 Thread Ronald McEwan
Hi all, I am using Elements on my IPhone to write files in my dropbox account. However, when I update a file in the elements folder from my Mac the contents of the update aren't appearing on my IPhone. The date of the file is being updated but not the contents. Anyone have ideas? In

Re: braille display

2011-05-04 Thread Ronald McEwan
consultant, Now posting occasionally on twitter at eburggraaf, 1-888-255-5194 http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On 2011-05-03, at 9:49 AM, Ronald McEwan wrote: Hi all, I have been given a refreshabraille to play with for a couple of weeks. How does one use the display to input grade

Re: braille display

2011-05-04 Thread Ronald McEwan
input for a long time now. Best, Erik Burggraaf User support consultant, Now posting occasionally on twitter at eburggraaf, 1-888-255-5194 http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On 2011-05-03, at 9:49 AM, Ronald McEwan wrote: Hi all, I have been given a refreshabraille to play

braille display

2011-05-03 Thread Ronald McEwan
Hi all, I have been given a refreshabraille to play with for a couple of weeks. How does one use the display to input grade two braille? I am trying to type grade two braille into pages with no success. In the Journey, Ron -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

Re: braille display

2011-05-03 Thread Ronald McEwan
iPhone On 3 May 2011, at 02:49 PM, Ronald McEwan ron.mce...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I have been given a refreshabraille to play with for a couple of weeks. How does one use the display to input grade two braille? I am trying to type grade two braille into pages with no success

Re: bluetooth keyboard

2011-05-03 Thread Ronald McEwan
Instead of shutting down you can always just disable bluetooth. In the Journey, Ron On May 3, 2011, at 1:10 PM, Brett C. wrote: Hi Matt, In my experience, the Apple bluetooth keyboard doesn't like to be connected to more than one device at a time. The way I paired my keyboard with

Re: IPad VoiceOver Speed

2011-05-02 Thread Ronald McEwan
Go into settings - general - accessibility - voice over. You will find a slider to increase the voice speed as well as a button to put it into the router. In the Journey, Ron On May 2, 2011, at 9:08 AM, Kevin Mattingly wrote: Hello folks, My new IPad 2 arrived a little while ago.

Docuscan Plus not quite ready for primetime

2011-04-29 Thread Ronald McEwan
AFter playing with this for a while, my oppinion is that it needs some work, or just perhaps more power in the cloud. I can scan a document and wait and wait and wait for it. I finally give up and then scan it again and it works right away. I am using simple scan. Although I think I have

Re: Docuscan Plus not quite ready for primetime

2011-04-29 Thread Ronald McEwan
computer? why is it, these days, everything has to be done in the cloud? ash On 29/04/2011 16:00, Ronald McEwan wrote: AFter playing with this for a while, my oppinion is that it needs some work, or just perhaps more power in the cloud. I can scan a document and wait and wait and wait

Re: iPhone keypad question?

2011-04-27 Thread Ronald McEwan
While in an edit field move the router to typing and choose standard. In the Journey, Ron On Apr 27, 2011, at 11:02 AM, Maurice Mines wrote: Hello list, when I first got my phone when typing I was able to double top of each letter in order to accomplish typing a letter. Now all it

Diabetes software

2011-04-25 Thread Ronald McEwan
I am looking for some accessible diabetes tracking software for the Mac. does anyone have recommendations? In the Journey, Ron -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

capitalization in mail

2011-04-20 Thread Ronald McEwan
Hi all, For some mails, not all, when reading them as a word is capitalized the letter is spoken and then the rest of the word. Is there a setting I am missing that will allow the entire word to be spoken? As stated above this only occurs for certain mails. In the Journey, Ron -- You

Re: apple script

2011-04-17 Thread Ronald McEwan
window press command + shift + s. Just do what is in the save dialog. On Apr 16, 2011, at 8:14 PM, Ronald McEwan wrote: How does one save a script as an application? In the Journey, Ron On Apr 16, 2011, at 6:53 PM, louie wrote: Save it as a application. On Apr 16, 2011

Re: apple script

2011-04-17 Thread Ronald McEwan
I am dense. I finally found the save as application button. In the Journey, Ron On Apr 17, 2011, at 11:56 AM, louie wrote: You don't. The script must be saved as a application first. On Apr 17, 2011, at 6:00 AM, Ronald McEwan wrote: Tried that with no luck. It saves the file

apple script

2011-04-16 Thread Ronald McEwan
Hi all, I have written an apple script to boot into windows. How can you run the script without going into the script editor first? In the Journey, Ron -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email

Re: apple script

2011-04-16 Thread Ronald McEwan
How does one save a script as an application? In the Journey, Ron On Apr 16, 2011, at 6:53 PM, louie wrote: Save it as a application. On Apr 16, 2011, at 4:43 PM, Ronald McEwan wrote: Hi all, I have written an apple script to boot into windows. How can you run the script

Re: Kindle app for iPad

2011-04-14 Thread Ronald McEwan
It is not accessible. In the Journey, Ron On Apr 14, 2011, at 2:01 PM, Simon Cavendish wrote: Listers, Somebody has mentioned Kindle app for iPad to me as apparently there are more books via Kindle than IBooks store. Has anyone used this app, Kindle app for iPad, with Voiceover?

Parallels or Fusion

2011-04-13 Thread Ronald McEwan
I have herd discussion of Fusion on the list but not parallels. Can people comment on the difference between the two and if one is better with VO than the other. In the Journey, Ron -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To

twitter clients

2011-04-09 Thread Ronald McEwan
Hi all, I am currently using Yorufukurou for my twitter client. Can someone tell me how to follow and unfollow people? Also, what other clients are people using that are accessible? In the Journey, Ron -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Kindle app

2011-04-08 Thread Ronald McEwan
Hi all, I am a new Mac user, bought the air a little over a month ago. Is the kindle app for the Mac accessible? In the Journey, Ron -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to