No i believe it is only in regards to the ipod shuffle and nano which have this
feature.
They are prerecordings of tracks genres and menu items, unlike iphone voice
over which is a full screen reading solution.
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Grazie Rossi,
Pero ho visto che gli script sono in italiano. Vado a questo punto comprarmi la
voce italiana di acapella :)
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I've been at this for a day now, and there are some minor performance increases
as in when i select or deselect files or folders in finder, the right file or
folder name is being given an action, whether selected deselected or deleted.
This was a voice over specific bug.
I do have something
Wow, i was just flying through the mail looking for the price of that braille
display, and i almost lost my eyes out of their sockets when i finally got to
it.
Is this a standard on braille displays? I don't know braille so i'm asking.
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I've got a problem with my search box. Vo doesn't telle me what i am typing
anymore. I know at some point we get used to typing without feedback but i'm
not at that point yet.
There are workarounds but its a bit annoying
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Somehow the typing on my search box is back.
And it stays
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Hey list,
Being all about my productivity and how fast i can whip up stuff, i'm now on
the issue of safari and its bookmarks.
I'm trying to sort the whole thing out, place my most visited sites on the main
list which i can instantly access via the item chooser, and some other stuff in
So i opened it up, thinking that the issue has finally been resolved, and
created a new group. I still can't rename it.
Dissapointed, but oh well.
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Hi list,
I've just found a lovely flat near the RSBNZ in AUckland, and am now looking at
the internet options around.
Does anyone know which i should go if i want the biggest data allowance?
THanks, and best
P.S: really cool place here :)
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Also,
The reason why i am looking into multiplayer functionality between sighted and
non sighted is to create a richness in storyline and capabilities in a platform
which is used either on the go, between commuting, breaks, before going to
sleep, etc.
I have tried World of Warcraft once
Hi list,
I was just lookingat the dictionary for the extended suite applescript
dictionary.
ANd i found two commands which should automate the actual dragging
loops/samples/all the rest onto the track grid without going through 50
manipulations and guess work.
Those two commands are:
Hi list,
Just a thought for the rest. of drag n drop operations such as moving folders
or anything that requires dragndrop from different windows.
The applescript registers the first moiuse location with esmouselocation,
places the values in a variable, and creates a new variable to know what
I have no problem with pessimism, believe me :)
I was talking about putting a loop from the loop library into the track grid.
Or maybe i've been following the wrong tutorial on the you can make it .com
about putting loops/instruments/etc on the track grid.
This is a way to do in 1 manipulation
That was a handful, thanks for that clarification on different DAWs.
I'm personally not sure what can or can't be done in GB yet apart from checking
some loops and other realluy beyond basic tasks, but i'm trying to use these
obstacles as a way to figure what accessibility can be provided via
Hey list,
I've looked deeper into the unity 3D engine and it's audio capabilities, and
with my team have thought up a game in multiplayer mode for the iphone which
pits sighted players against blind players, whereas the latter will use full 3D
audio to move and interact around. They will have
As a previously sighted person, i really liked developing for flash. ANd each
version having gone through loads of enhancements, i think it would be nice for
adobe to adopt an html5 approach that they will layer for the more design
oriented punters.
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No its actually quicker than that. No context menu or anything. Just a popup
text box like ajax with the definition/synonyms and others i=picked from the
dictionary.
Here is one link pointing to that method, not the most updated but i can't find
the other one i found:
Hi,
I've posted this as a fragment of what is happening in the bionic research
world. I myself probably have optical nerve damage due to the trauma i've
suffered.
But when you think of the advancements of bio-mechanics and genetics. these
options will create or facilitate techniques for the
Hi list,
I think there might be some interesting movement coming along the adobe side,
after the news that photoshop and flash will be all in coco (we dont care for
the former, but the latter has been the seat of much debate).
Heres the article:
Oh, i forgot to mention in the previous thread, on the labels.
The reason why we read button1 everywhere in a lot of flash when using jaws is
because of the instanciation of a button, which then aren't properly named, so
the default button1 residing in the main library is called. There will not
Hi list,
I read that SSD's increase disk read/write speeds by a 2 multiplier, and
checked some of the options out there so that i can use the SSD for the SL OS,
but found incredibly high prices.
The best though that i found is the OCZ SDD 2.5 drive specially made for the
mac with a speed of
Hi List,
I have started being trigger-happy with the spotlight features which i tweaked
for my liking, and though i really like the possibilities, i'd prefer going
through another method which i haven't been able to emulate. Here is the
following method:
When you have a word in text edit or
http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/02/19/2031207/The-Blind-Shall-See-Again-But-When?from=rssutm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed%3A+Slashdot%2Fslashdot+%28Slashdot%29
Special notice to the promised resolution within a decade. They talk about VGA.
That's the resolution of a
Hi list,
wondering if there's a way to not load images when opening a pdf?
I've gotten an essentials book on the unity 3D engine, and it crashes on me all
the time. ANd this is a pruchased e-book.
So i got shrinkIt which saves a lighter version of pdfs
But not success, the file still crashes
I do agree the loudness makes it difficult to make a sound judgement, but i've
noticed that some tracks i have with multiple soundscapes are very clear and
separated. SO i've tried with a jazz live, and the spectrum of orientation is
something i quite like.
It is however, a bit steep for 30
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THe guys over a bon jovi accoustics have made their download pages accessible,
and have added the above coupon code for this list.
Here is their page:
http://www.dpsplugin.com/
A good commercial move i guess
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Oh, i did forget to mention the actual discount. its 5 USD off on the original
price.
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http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3678065/BongioviAcousticsDPS.dmg
The difference with this Digital ro System plugin is like night and day.
All my tunes are now seriously clear and each track is separated perfectly.
It works seamlessly with itunes so there's no fuss.
All you have to do is add your
Hi list,
This is a bit off topic perhaps, but i was wondering if anyone here lived in
New Zealand. More precisely Auckland.
My Gf just got a job there, and we're pondering on the possibilities for a
newly blind person to go through rehabilitation over there.
Anyone got a link or something i
Yes you are right, some of apple's stuff is also still carbon, but i remember
somewhere saying adobe didn't want to jump the coco bandwagon. Why is what i am
looking for.
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Just a line on the new possibilities with the ipad. We're currently testing the
unity 3D engine, and the sound source+colision components to see how the
spatial sound respects real physical values.
I just found that in a lot of the VST plugins available for free, there are
meters which can be
I think the reason why apple still doesn't allow flash in their devices, among
all the speculations of economic cryonism and technical shorthands, is the
simple fact that adobe products aren't in coco on a mac. This means old carbon
framwork, non compatible with 64 bit processes, and therefore
Hi,
I'd like to have as much controllerism as possible when doing all the things i
do, as well as some handy ways to use garage band, and wondered if anyone knew
of a bluetooth portable keypad for my macbook pro, preferrably from apple but i
doubt the former would venture into it.
THanks
Hi,
Since i first played with the trackpad commander, i've been really enjoying all
the various shortcuts that are associated with it, and have grown my list of
commands with the gestures,
I thought maybe i could share my current bindings with you, for those not sure
where to start with the
I second Chris here,
I think that if flash files aren't refferable on the web, we're pretty much
stuck with trying to get info from it. That's why all metas are in the html/php
which the swf is embedded in. But hey, there always might be something out
there. When my devver finishes his first
Hi,
I know this won't fit the easy way, but:
http://www.apple.com/remotedesktop/remoteadministration.html
it's shell scripting. if you know some unix or have used terminal before, this
might be the ultimate way. But hey
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Yep, there's got to be a callback between js and flash, and i don't know which
part of the api is set to open on a per publication basis.
I'm wondering if there isn't a way to access it differently, as in js firs
extracting the labels, and calling applescript's OSAX which is the extended
suite
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/01/22/mac_os_x_10_6_3_to_enhance_quicktime_64_bit_logic_printing.html
It points out apple asking for closer compatibility for voice over. A
standardization of accessibility on the mac 64 bit coco environment?
Here's hoping
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Still experimental but worth it
http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2010/01/introducing-youtube-html5-supported.html
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Hi list,
I just thought you might be interested in this 3D engine which itself uses 3D
audio and is scripted with java, a not too hard scripting language.
http://unity3d.com/
I know its weird to think that a blind user can create games using a 3D engine,
but if you know euler geometry, some
Hi,
If you purchased infovox for version 1.3, all you have to do is download the
snow leopard compatible 2.0 and your license will work on it.
I have purchased french voices before the snow leopard one came into beta
stage, and had no problems upgrading to 2, and at no extra cost.
hope that
Knowing that their event card graphics represent colorful splotches, that they
haven't released OS updates for the iphone, and that the tablet seems like a
hybrid between osx and iphone os, i think we're pretty much slated for the
tablet. Either on the another thing moment so typical of Steve
Hi James,
I think its better for you to contact me off list so that i can giv you some
good links and books on programming.
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You can't control flash that way as the whole framework is in carbon. Until we
get adobe stuff in coco, it won't help much to do anything. unless you call out
flash buttons from javascript and get safari to read the labels and buttons
extracted from javascript then plug it back in via the same
Hi James,
I used to be sighted, and a 3D graphist. I know manage a 3D team, i know its
odd, but this is my day in day out activity.
I only baught or even touched a mac last June, as i heard Mike Arrigo's podcast
and thought voice over seemed better than jaws, though the windows platform was
Hi May,
Its an excel spreadsheet file.
you have to open it with either the office suite, or with numbers from the
iwork suite.
TheCheers
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Hi ,
I have a devver for iphone since this morning, and would like to transfer him
all the podcasts on iphone dev i've downloaded on his computer.
I would like to restrict my transfers to only the podcasts. Do you know where
the files reside in my partition?
Thanks
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Hi Esther,
I can't stress enough your value in this list, and bow before you for all the
inside knowledge you provide us in such short notice.
I think though that i should explore by myself more, but i have this problem of
thinking that i might break something in the process so i move with cat
Thanks nic,
I think sometimes that certain applications will be accessible and get all
excited, but as you have noticed, i guess this one is still a no go.
Thanks again
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Hi, just dropping in here.
I've set up my multitrack pad to do the mouse to voice over, mouse up/down and
cursor tracking off as a first step.
I would like to use this for drag n dropping tracks/loops/samples in garage
band, and have heard the washy sound, but i'm waiting for my gf to bring me
Hi Nick,
Thanks for testing it out. Will go to it now
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Hi,
I just finished checking all the options in xupport, and i'd like to
repartition my disk 0 which had previously been running windows which i deleted
and merged with my mac partition.
I've looked into disk utility for creating new partitions, but i only get new
image from disk 0 option. Is
Here's hoping for the debugging of address book in VO for the next 10.6.3
release.
I've sent a mail to accessibil...@apple.com to ask them to haul butts as
switchers are in a working environment and have responsibilities, and that
these features which are out of the box should be adressed,
Hi,
Keynote is the only app in my iwork suite which i haven't touched so i gave it
a spin, and everything seems to be accessible. You see the slideshow,
thumbnails, there are no inaccessible or unlabelled buttons.
I haven't gone as far as making a presentation but it seems fine.
Hope it helps
Hi,
I've got a serious problem with adress book, and its only getting worse as my
contacts grow.
I'm trying to create calendar events where i send an e-mail with an attachment
to specific recipients, and its really all easy, but ical tells me i have to
add my email and card in address book.
I create an event in Ical, the within the event details, i go to alarm. There
will be a popup from which you have a list of choices. When you choose e-mail,
a dialog comes up saying that you have to add your e-mail and card in adress
book to make this possible, with a button for opening adress
Hi,
If you try opening the voice over dictionary in the applescript editor *command
shift o*, you will find approximately 22 commands which are voice over
specific. These are for now quite sufficient to do what you want, though
external sources on the net are sparse. I believe this is because
Hi,
When i download files from safari links that normally redirect before
downloading, i don't get the file in a download list box, but in an new safari
tab. And the result is that i don't get the file. Is there a preference i have
to change for this not to happen, and for the file to
I think, but am not sure, that it should be specified in automator, or that the
file itself should reside in the services folder somewhere in your home folder
so that it appears correctly in the mail menu.
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If you had followed the step by step i sent you last time, you would know that
the service can be accessed via VO shift M. there in your contextual menu, your
created service will appear.
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Is the ableton live software accessible?
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Same here,
Everything is so much more streamlined on the mac. And i'm loving the
applescript features. Don't know if there's a counterpart on windows, but this
one is here to stay.
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Just thought this might help some who want to visualise the euclidian side of
maths, vectors, deferentials, point constraints, etc.
Check the eternal golden braid on google for a glimpse at the intelligence and
facilitating virtue of the book.
When i was sighted, my reference book for abstract
Hi,
You can use automator to create a service or right click shortcut with a
precision on the folder to which you wish to save the mail attachement.
THere's no need of applescript for this, although you can do it.
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I have an example for this, though it is for moving files to folders, but when
you get into automator you can change the paremeters to make it a mail
attachement to folder.
If i have the time i will translate it, but i'll paste the french version here:
Bonjour à tous
VoiceOver est un
Hi list,
So here i am digging into all aspects of programming, loving it like a new
challenge, or passion, or third arm whatever the term. I've purchased books,
installed apps, and have been a nightmare to my girlfriend as i barely sleep at
night. It's like a brand new toy and realm of binary
Hi list,
Since i installed click2flash, my web experience is a bit smoother, but i can't
run videos on youtube, and some other sites using flash media players.
I can't find the preferences for click2flash to make exceptions on the loading
and stuff. Does anyone know where they reside in my
Hi,
I've just finished beta testing a new version of Airlock's accessibility
update, and had an interesting discussion with the developer about omitting
images which have no link or function, and how he has coded the application so
that vo disregards them for quicker access to elements on the
Hi, just wondering if anyone has fooled around with ableton live??? I'm
gathering all the info i can get about various sets for live mixing and music
making, and a lot of reviews and opinions converge to ableton live's
functionality. Has anyone got two cents on this?
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Yuma
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This is apparently better than the accessibility inspector, formerly the
uielement inspector.
For those who are not sure what GUI scripting does, it is mostly used for
accessing areas on an application which is not by default or registered in the
script
Hi again,
So it does seem that the escape key works, as when i press it in combo with the
command key, it brings up the force quit application menu.
I'm at a loss here. It works for nothing but this task manager equivalent to
the mac.
What have i done??
thanks for any enlightenement
Yuma
Hi list,
I don't think this is a case of me being a bully on the macbook, but i just
noticed that the escape key doesn't work anymore. Most of the keys you press
make a boink sound when you're not on an element, but the esc key stays mute.
Is this something i might have done wrong, software
Hi list,
Just adding, with the interest i have in the Ivy skin's smart case battery
pack/case for the 3g/3gs
Check it out (google it). Problem though is that its out of stock
Oh here's a review of it
http://www.mobiletor.com/2009/11/05/ivyskin-rolls-out-smartcase-for-iphone-3g-and-3gs/
Yuma
Hi Christer,
You have to turn VO off in order to get the shortcuts working as you will
probably want to hear the music without hearing VO constantly saying what you
are doing while mixing.
You can first make a playlist which you then assign to both turntables, then
play the tracks. In order to
Hi everyone,
I've started messing around with my midi controllers, in conjunction with
garage band, and was wondering if anyone had some links to some good vst
plugins for garage band.
I've tried going to the native instruments site, but their page seems to be
flash. No show, no good.
ANyone
Hi list,
David from the MHA has already updated me about airlock, and he schedules full
accessibility in about two weeks.
I really like these small sized studios who get out of their way, when finding
out their app is inaccessible, to make it useable for the visually impaired.
Anyway, i've
Hi list,
Just to let you know that the developers at the MHA, who have created Airlock,
has been nice enough to help me out via ichat *first time i opened it, thanks
:) * and said that he will try to make the next release accessible, as in the
few controls which aren't standard UI elements.
A
Hi list,
Haven't posted for a while. How are you?
Just a little question about certain columns, in this case in netnewswire, when
i check the feeds, i always get two images which are icons, but i'd like to
omit when fast tracking all my feeds. I know you can interact with the row,
then vo
Hi list,
Just received a mail from the guys at protect mac, telling me that an update is
available with several voice over enhancements. They mainly fix acessibility on
scheduled scans, but also include proper labelling of all the buttons and
checkboxes.
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I had to jump in on this one.
I think the inclusion of voice over specific commands in the applescript
library has been implemented not to releave the workload to Apple, but to allow
solutions for fast accessing of data, productivity and to pair various
applications to streamline all your
Hi List,
Has anyone tried the pro tools beta? Is it accessibly friendly?
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I have a very long list of video/audio podcasts relative to some educational
stuff, and would like to save them somewhere, but they do not appear in the
library folder of my home folder.
Does anyone know where they are located?
Thanks, and best
Yuma Decaux
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Hi list,
I keep seeing threads about how to quickly access the latest message of a
contact in the chat frame, and i myself would like to shorten the lengthy
process, as we all know, sifting through myriads of vo right and interact
commands before getting to the beef.
I just started doing some
Hi list,
I've been trying to find the get applescript result service, but can't find it
anywhere.
Its supposed to allow you to for example make a math expression, then with that
service it gives you the result. And this can be done anywhere, in any text
editor or others.
But i just can't
Hi List,
So i've troddled to my local apple shop and asked for a magic mouse for test
purposes. Totally useless. I went to see if the trackpad commander option was
available, but oh no.
So it means though this device is a pleasure to the touch, it won't do much
more than hold kleenexes and
Hi Anne/Ester,
So i've tried all your suggestions to no avail.
I think i made the mistake long ago when i just got my mac, to delete the
mailbox called on my mac. Yes you can do it. And once it's done, you're left
disordered like entropy in a can of soda full of mails that you can't order
Well, it's like a normal mouse, though buttonless, it presses like a trackpad,
and i guess you can do different touch related commands.
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Hi list,
The formerly named event box, now called socialite, is in beta 3 stage and has
been released.
In brief, it allows you to connect to all the different social networking sites
such as facebook and flickr, and edit post etc updates, pictures and the rest.
Something to note, it has added
Hi Anne,
The mailbox window is there,
The newly created mailboxes just don't show up though.
I have four mail accounts, and they are all in the inbox tree, so are the sent,
trash and smart mailboxes.
But i just can't get the mailboxes i create to appear in the list. It's really
annoying me,
Hi Anne,
That's the thing. There is no on my mac. Its just not there. from wht i read on
the options and preferences, the on my mac is supposed to be at the top of the
mailbox list, but for some reason its not there.
So i wonder what sort of bad manipulation i did to erase it from my mailbox
Come to think about it, netnewswire does that until you pay up for registration.
Imagine that it happens, it basically means you're leasing the computer to
Apple, which is given to you free, but from where you will have to pay to avoid
the ads, or bear them to keep the free computer.
That
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You actually are given the choice to where you want to place the files once you
enter in the contextual menu.
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Well, that's exactly what i did, but to no avail. I would really like to have
this in my arsenal as as yourself do it, drag and drop in itunes opens us quite
some shortcuts and avoid us headaches. Specifically speaking, it will allow me
to quickly create playlists for my mix sessions.
Anything
Hi Marc,
Thats not the proble, it seems that i don't have expand options on any of my
accounts even though i place mailboxes and folders in them. They just vanish as
soon as i create them.
One odd stand out is the trash folder, which includes the on my mac folder with
all the other account
Thats the weird thing too. There's no side bar. I must have hidden it somehow
and can't get it back.
I've also noticed that my inbox is row two, though there's nothing above it
that i can go to. I remember some way to hide and unhide panels and tuff, but
not this.
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finally be able to navigate japanese sites, and see how the blind community is
there :)
Awesome
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Well, let's see what type of voice actors will be hired for this.
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It'd be cool if they had beat takeshi for the japanese voice, and hikaru utada
the singer for the female voice.
But hey, that's pipe dreams.
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