An app for the Mac for modifying id3 tags

Hi, Can anybody recommend an app for the Mac that would allow me to modify id3 tags in MP3 files? Would like something other than iTunes. Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and

rearranging ios apps via iTunes

Hey guys, I thought their was a way to rearrange the apps on the home screens using iTunes. Does this feature still exist in iTunes 11 and, if yes, is it accessible with VoiceOver? Thanks for any ideas. Victor Typed with Fleksy Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because

Option-click doesn't seem to work for me in iTunes 10.7 on Mountain Lion

Hi all, So, I looked through discussions on Mac-visionaries and know this topic has come up on multiple occasions. Option-click seemed to work for me just about a year ago. However, when I tried it today wanting to restore from the psw file, no matter what I did, the option-click would not pull

Anybody here installed Windows on a Bootcamp without sighted assistance?

Hi all, Trying to install Win7 on a Bootcamp partition on my Mac Mini, however, understand that the sighted assistance may be required. I've gotten as far as partitioning the disk using the Bootcamp Assistant. My Mac restarted and then I am not sure what the sequence should be after this. I

VoiceOver: Using VoiceOver on a Mac without a display attached may cause applications to be slow or unresponsive

Is this still relevant with new Mac minis and mountain lion OS? http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3149 Sent from my iPhone (possibly with Siri) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

VLC for Mac OS and accessibility

Hello all, Has anyone ever reached out to the developers of VLC Player for the Mac regarding the accessibility of their application with VoiceOver? It's manageable but could certainly be improved further. Just curious so as not to double efforts. Thanks, Vic -- You received this message

Moving tiles and audio in iMovie with VoiceOver in Mountain Lion

Hello, Does anybody here use iMovie with Mountain Lion? For some reason, I am no longer able to drag and drop titles and audio clips into Events Timeline with VoiceOver. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks for any ideas. Victor -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Accessible cataloging software?

Hey guys, Does anyone know if there is a software that will let me catalog my CD collection when the CD/DVD is inserted in the drive? Of course, I'd like for it to be automated and accessible. I also would like to be able to export the catalog int other formats. Thanks, Victor -- You received

Managing bookmarks in Safari

Hello all, Has anyone figured out how to manage bookmarks in Safari? Once I show all bookmarks, I can operate on up to three bookmarks via the context menu, but I am not sure how to edit/delete those that are hiding under more bookmarks menu. Thanks for any tips. Victor -- You received this

30 great open source apps for the Mac

Hey guys, FWIW, here is a list of 30 open source applications for the Mac: http://mac.appstorm.net/roundups/utilities-roundups/30-great-open-source-mac-apps/ In particular, Transmission, a torrent app, is quite accessible. You will find other cools tuff there. V -- You received this message

Spotify with VoiceOver on the Mac

Hello, Has anyone figured out how to use Spotify for the Mac with VoiceOver? I can get to the search field but nothing beyond that. Thanks for any ideas. Vic -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Selecting installation type and other options in Mac OS installers

Hello listers, Has anyone figured out how to select various options during the installation of products on Mac OS? For example, say, I want to select a different destination or installation type. I just can't figure out how to do it. Thanks for any advice. Victor -- You received this message

Editing PDF files on the Mac

Hello all, Is there a way to edit PDF files on the Mac? For example, many of the tax forms on the IRS web site are editable electronic forms. Do we have a way of editing those kinds of documents? Thanks for any ideas. Victor -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Using Flex pointer in Garage Band?

Hello GB users, I think Flex pointers are not accessible to us in GB but I thought I'd ask here in case someone figured work-arounds. Anyone? Flex pointers allow the user to stretch and compress a particular region, both MIDI and audio. Any ideas? Thanks, Vic -- You received this message

Using Remote Dictate app with the Mac

Hello all, I am trying to use the Remote Dictate for the iPhone with Mobile Mouse server running on the Mac. While the speech recognition is really awesome, I am noticing that the characters appear on the Mac, they are either misplaced or typed in the wrong places. Anyone has seen this

Abby Fine-reader express Accessibility

Hey guys, I saw this app in the Mac store. I was wondering if its level of accessibility warrants the price they're asking for it? Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Switching between message format alternatives in Apple Mail -- very useful!

Thought some may enjoy this tip. When you are reading messages in Apple Mail, you can switch between available alternative formats, like HTML and plain text or a hybrid of both, by pressing CMD+OPT+left or right brackets while inside the message. I find this especially useful with complex HTML

Which of the two Mac Minis is best for media applications?

Hello listers, Wanted to probe for your opinion regarding the two Mac Mini computers below as far as media applications are concerned. First is the 2.5GHZ dual-core Intel I5 (can be configured to I7). Its built-in SATA drives can also be exchanged for solid-state drives if desired. Second is the

Symphonic Orchestra Jampack for Garage Band

Hello GB users, Is there any one who owns this jam pack? Is it worth the money? Thanks, Vic -- 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,

My thoughts regarding the latest VoiceOver On podcast

Hello VoiceOver On guys and everyone else on the list, First of all, I'll start by saying that I am not a Mac fan or anything-one else's, for that matter. I am only a fan of myself, just kidding. I just wanted to share a couple of my thoughts regarding the latest VoiceOver On podcast because,

Recording the output from VoiceOver into Garage Band

Hey guys, Did anyone figure out how to record the output from VoiceOver directly into Garage Band? I tried using SoundFlower but their controlling app is not accessible with VoiceOver even though outputs are. I also tried the utility called LineIn but not sure if it is of any help for this

Google Group digests and HTML messages with VoiceOver

Hello all, Is there anyone reading Google Groups in digest mode with VoiceOver, e.g. VIPhone or MacVisionaries group lists? I find that VoiceOver is very spotty with HTML inside email messages and was wondering if you had any tips/tricks on improving the productivity with those kinds of

Latest Webkit Nightly and the busy message

Hello all, Can you please check out the nightly snapshot of Webkit for the Mac? It seems that busy messages are gone. It could be that I am lucky but I could not get to busy on me for the last half-an-hour. Additionally, those of you who encounter busy messages often, can you please send me a

How to delete desktop/spaces in Lion?

Hello all, Does anybody know how to delete spaces/desktops in Lion with Voiceover? Thanks for any advice. Victor -- 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

Accessibility of applications on the menu bar

Hello all, Some applications ,like Dropbox and a newly-discovered Tunesque, http://tunesque.afkstudio.com/, place themselves in the menu bar. However, they seem to be completely inaccessible to VoiceOver. The question is, are these the applications to blame or is it VoiceOver that does not deal

Adding titles in iMovie

Hello all, Has anyone here played with iMovie? I seem to have difficulties adding titles to movies. Any advice? Thanks, Vic -- 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.

MP4 to AVI converter for the Mac?

Hello all, Can anybody recommend an accessible converter that would allow me save MP4 video files into AVI for Windows? I need to share some files on Tuesday and have no way of exporting them from my Mac. Thanks, Victor -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Turning off all-caps spelling

Hello guys, I reckon the answer to my question would be this is currently impossible, but I thought I'd risk asking the list anyway... Oftentimes I come across the heading or a line of text where each letter is capitalized. In these instances Voiceover spells each letter which ,as you can imagine,

In-page links with Voiceover in Snow Leopard

Hello all, Am I missing something or the in-page links do not really work in Snow Leopard with Voiceover? It seems that VO detects such links as links, however, does not do anything when you click on them. Any idea on what's going on here? Thanks, Vic http://www.victortsaran.net -- You

What Twitter client do people use on their Macs these days?

Hello all, What accessible Twitter clients do people use these days on their Macs? I am using Nambu but was wondering if there was a client I am missing? Thanks, Vic -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send

XCode4, Interface Builder and accessibility

Hello coders, While there are many more things accessible about the new version of the XCode4 IDE, the one thing that I am still not able to accomplish is connecting objects to outlets and actions via the Interface Builder. Of course, there are tricks to accomplish a lot of this from inside the

What FTP clients do you use on your mac?

for any advice. Vic -- Check out my new album on iTunes at http://ax.itunes.apple.com/us/artist/victor-tsaran/id344507896 -- You received

Anyone managed successfully drag and drop with Voiceover?

be the steps to drag an item from one table into another? Thanks for any help. Vic -- Check out my new album on iTunes at http://ax.itunes.apple.com/us/artist/victor-tsaran/id344507896

Using Item Chooser in Garage Band to find things

Hello all, Apologies if this is not any kind of news to some Garage Band users, but I wanted to bring to the attention of those who are just starting using this software, that it is possible to utilize the Item Chooser feature of Voiceover (Control+Option+I) to find things on the screen. This is

Recording both external mic and a system input on the Macbook Pro

of those Apple headsets that come with iPhone. Thanks for any advice. Vic -- Check out my new album on iTunes at http://ax.itunes.apple.com/us/artist/victor-tsaran/id344507896

Fast forwarding and rewinding in iTunes

Hello all, I found out a way to fast forward or rewind the clip in iTunes by first routing the mouse pointer to either fast forward or rewind button with CTRL+CMD+OPT+F5, and then holding the mouse's left button; release to stop either of the actions. The question is whether there is a mouse-down

Is Voiceover supposed to automatically save graphic labels?

Hello all, I was just playing with graphics labeler with Voiceover in XCode and noticed that after I reopened the program, all the labels were gone. Is that how this feature of Voiceover supposed to work? Is there a shortcut key I am missing to save those labels or is XCode perhaps changing the

Safari 5 and Voiceover acting pretty slow together

is pretty fast on its own. Any thoughts about this situation? I must say though that it's been like this for over a year now. Thanks, Vic -- Check out my new album on iTunes at http://ax.itunes.apple.com/us/artist/victor

Loading previous versions of iOS with iTunes for Windows or Mac

get it to work neither on the Mac of Windows. Any help would be much appreciated. Victor -- Check out my new album on iTunes at http://ax.itunes.apple.com/us/artist/victor-tsaran/id344507896

iPhone Configuration Utility with Voiceover

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Converting text to MP3 with Automator

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Any blind iPhone developers out there?

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Re: questions about NVDA

I don't think it is fair to compare Voiceover to Orca or NVDA. Voiceover is a proprietary product, the other two are not. Orca runs on Linux, on which none of the MS products are available. NVDA runs on Windows and supports IE, Firefox, Outlook, Word and Excel. What else do you need? I agree with

Re: iPhone like KNFB?

It's N82's Flash that does the real trick and not so much the 5MPX camera. On 10/12/2009 7:56 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: Not sure the camera really does the OCR function. That's probably software after the photo is taken. That said, KNFB runs in the Nokia N82 which has a 5 megapixel camera while

Re: touch screens?

I really would suggest reading manual. I totally understand your frustration, I went through it myself, but not after I read the manual. Vic On 9/25/2009 5:05 AM, Jean-Philippe Rykiel wrote: Dear May, it's just a mechanical matter. How can you know which key you press before you pressed it?

Re: System Profiler, something I wasn't aware of

This is all thanks to the powerful Unix kernel behind the scenes. On 8/28/2009 8:18 AM, Søren Jensen wrote: Yeah. System Profiler is awesome. It contains a lot of great information about your Mac. I got pretty surprised then I found out how much information it gives. I can give you an

Yahoo! Messenger for IPhone, now with accessibility features

Hello all, The new version of the Yahoo! Messenger for IPhone has just been released and it is much more accessible than its predecessor, with new features such as push notifications etc. Find it here: http://messenger.yahoo.com/iphone Enjoy, Victor --- I tweet about music and accessibility

Re: Selecting between multiple cities on the IPhone?

Regarding the weather, you will find that neither Google, Yahoo, BBC or anyone else will give you accurate data. I always joke that the weather data depends on which radio station you are listening to. :) On 8/27/2009 3:38 AM, Thuy wrote: Hi I'm in the UK, and it seems to work OK for me. Not

Re: Selecting between multiple cities on the IPhone?

Hi Thuy, Perhaps there is something wrong with my gestures but i would always end up with showing city 2 of 2, in other words, it would only let me display the last city. On 8/26/2009 6:10 AM, Thuy wrote: Hey Vic. You need to do a three finger swipe left or right to go through the pages

Selecting between multiple cities on the IPhone?

Hello all, I am sorry for asking this silly question, but I can't figure out how to switch between multiple cities in the weather widget on the IPhone. I've added several of them but can only access the last one. I've tried all the gestures I could think of, but nothing works. Thanks for any

Re: off topic: the palm pre?

No, it doesn't, but there is an SDK that may enable external developers to build one. Vic On 7/18/2009 12:01 AM, william lomas wrote: hi does anyone know if the palm pre has builtin speech support like the iphone 3gs? WIll -- --- I tweet about music and accessibility at

Re: does reading on the mac take two hands?

Beware, however, that even though you can lock control and option keys, you will find yourself in frequent situations where you need to unlock them, e.g. when browsing the web or trying to interact with various objects (tables, HTML CONTENT areas etc). It does get a little annoying to use

Re: IPhone accessibility

Honest opinion? You can definitely use IPhone because everything you touch is spoken to you. So there is really no inherent reason why a totally blind person cannot use it. Whether it's efficient is a different question. I think this will depend on how good your spatial imagination is and how

Re: IPhone accessibility

I actually find that using IPhone's keyboard is easier for a blind person than for sighted guys. The reason is that sighted people have to look at the keys and, with their fingers covering every key they have to hit, it becomes a bit of an annoyance. Since we are used to the layout of the

Re: IPhone accessibility

Max, Keep in mind that Apple/ATT gang lock you into a monthly data plan. But this is OK since you are not buying IPhone just to call your grandma; for that there are other phones on the market. The only bummer, and correct me if I am wrong, is that you cannot swap sim cards if you are

Re: Yahoo and Adium

Hi John, You need to upgrade to the latest version of Adium. Yahoo! Messenger updated their protocols and for supporting them you need the latest version of Adium. HTH, Victor On 7/2/2009 4:37 PM, John Panarese wrote: Hi folks, I'm just curious to know if anyone who is using a Yahoo

Re: IPhone Wows

I think IPhone 3GS is a wonderful tool for low vision people -- it is the first truly accessible phone where everything is magnified. I cannot say that I would cash out for IPhone as a blind user though. But I truly appreciate Apple's pushing envelope with technology -- this is something I'd

Re: Twitter client

Much appreciate the tip about VO Copy to Clipboard feature -- every day I learn something new about this screen reader. Can't wait to see what these guys introduce into Snow Leopard. On 4/12/2009 8:53 PM, Mark Baxter wrote: Easiest way I've found to do this is VO shift C, copy last phase to

Re: Browsing HTML tables with Voiceover

Is there a shortcut to toggle betwee nthe two modes or should I always do this through Voiceover pannel? On 4/14/2009 11:46 PM, Søren Jensen wrote: Hi. Tables works fine if you switch to group mode. Best regards Søren Jensen Mail MSN: s...@coolfortheblind.dk Website:

Browsing HTML tables with Voiceover

Hey guys, I know that Voiceover is not very good when it comes to navigating HTML tables. Anybody figured out a way to do this more or less efficiently or are we left to suffer unti lthe next version of the OS comes out? Thanks, Victor --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You

Re: trying to get the mail program to work with yahoo

. As an example, people who get their email with an @sbcglobal.net use pop.att.yahoo.com as their pop server. Thanks, Ryan On Mar 21, 2009, at 7:58 PM, Brandon Misch wrote: yeah. On Mar 21, 2009, at 8:52 PM, Victor Tsaran wrote: When you say it puts, do you mean the Mail program

Re: trying to get the mail program to work with yahoo

I don't think so. Vic On 3/21/2009 7:16 PM, Brandon Misch wrote: o i see. is there a way for yahoo to use imap to access mail? On Mar 21, 2009, at 10:11 PM, Victor Tsaran wrote: If you live in the U.S., then you cannot use POP to retrieve your Yahoo! Email. I think it works