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Sent from my iPhone On 13/06/2013, at 19:11, macvisionaries@googlegroups.com wrote: > Today's Topic Summary > Group: http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries/topics > > downloading or safari issue [2 Updates] > VM Fusion question [2 Updates] > iOS user group [1 Update] > Mail not opening conversations? [2 Updates] > Foreign HQ voice for iPhone? [4 Updates] > which OCR app does not support books again? [3 Updates] > Blogging [1 Update] > So wait… What should one use for scanning? [2 Updates] > putting lots of small videos in to one big file [1 Update] > IPhone and GMail [1 Update] > Twitter [1 Update] > I Broke FaceTime on my Mac [1 Update] > itunes match and play lists [1 Update] > getting a mac mini to G4 to boot from a USB drive? [1 Update] > itunes ate my library file again [2 Updates] > downloading or safari issue > Ray Foret jr <rfore...@att.net> Jun 13 03:35PM -0500 > > You know, it's funny that we both should offer exactly the very same > solutions to your problem Kerri. Tim, I can confirm your suspicions that CNIB > is pretty much unfamiluar with the Mac, Voice Over and how we use it. Their > only suggestion was for Kerri to use Crome. How do I know? It's just that she > told me herself via Facetime. Also, I actually got access to the text of > their response which they sent to her. Kerri, it seems to me that Tim's > solutions should work for you: especially the Option+return or enter key. I > strongly suspect it's a web coding issue at work here. What makes me think > this is the frank and rather surprising admition that at one time JAWS users > had the same issue. So far as I am concerned, the issue is more on their end > and not yours. I think it's got to come down to making sure that their HTML > is correctly written. Would you not agree? > > > Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind > built-in! > Sincerely, > The Constantly Barefooted Ray > Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user! > > > > Kerri <shalo...@shaw.ca> Jun 13 03:55PM -0700 > > Hello, Tim and Ray: > > Optiion enter or force download finally cracked the issue for which I thank > you. I never knew this command existed. Yo are right,t eh CNIB barely assists > anyone so I like you, Tim barely use it but when I want to use it, now it > does work. > Ray, yo are correct in your summation that the CNIB assistant was not > helpful, in fact, he used a cop out when instructing me to download chrome. > All he had to do was put me in contact with other Canadian mac users or ask > if he couuld send my contact information to other Mac users. It's just > ridiculous. > > > VM Fusion question > Bill Holton <bill32...@gmail.com> Jun 13 05:51PM -0400 > > Hi. > I am trying to use my Boot Camp Windows installation to create VM fusion > virtual PC. Can someone help me get started? > The only options I see are to migrate a different computer into VMware on the > same network and to install from a disc. If the migration assistant the one I > should use for Boot Camp? > Thanks > Bill > > > Chris H <christopher...@gmail.com> Jun 13 11:45PM +0100 > > You can see more about this on my guide of installing and setting up > bootcamp without sighted assistance from > www.applevis.com > > > > Chris > > On 13/06/2013 22:51, Bill Holton wrote: > > > iOS user group > Shane Christenson <ksha...@att.net> Jun 11 05:03PM -0500 > > Hello. If I may, I'd like to make a correction. The conference call for the > IBUG meetings is every Monday night. The meetings that are face-to-face at > the Apple Store, are once a month usually the fourth Saturday of every month. > Shane > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > Mail not opening conversations? > Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> Jun 13 05:09PM -0400 > > I think they both do the same thing. Yes, I often use that trick as well, but > sometimes I only want the most recent message, or most of the messages are > already read, or for some other reason I want to just expand the conversation. > > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) > mehg...@gmail.com > > > Danny Noonan <da...@familynoonan.net> Jun 14 07:35AM +1000 > > Oh I do the same thing a lot of the time. Both methods work for different > situations. > > > > Danny. > Sent from my iPhone > > > > Foreign HQ voice for iPhone? > "Jürgen Fleger" <apple-engl...@fleger.net> Jun 13 10:41PM +0200 > > Hi, > actually the iPhone uses in your home language a high quality voice. At least > that's what I know from german and english iPhones. I don't know wether this > is correct for all languages. > What I want to do is to use the german high quality voice and the english > high quality voice. > All the best to greece > Jürgen > > > > Anne Robertson <a...@anarchie.org.uk> Jun 13 10:42PM +0200 > > Hello Jürgen, > > I'm afraid you can only have one HQ voice on the iPhone. I have the same > problem as you do in that I run my iPhone in English but read a lot of French > on it. I'd love to have an HQ French voice, and I can have one if I set my > iPhone to French, but then I lose my HQ English voice., at least, that's how > it seems. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > > > "Jürgen Fleger" <apple-engl...@fleger.net> Jun 13 11:17PM +0200 > > Hi Anne, > thanks Anne for your reply. I tried it out and set my iPhone to British > English but unfortunately it didn't work. My german hq voice stayed but > Daniel stayed in compact mode even though I kept the Phone for an hour in > english. Very sad. Anyway, let's see wether iOS 7 brings the new voices not > only for Siri but also for VO. And - who knows - for other languages. > All the best > Jürgen > > > > Matt Dierckens <matt.dierck...@gmail.com> Jun 13 05:23PM -0400 > > Hi, > You have to set your language for voice control as well to the particular > language that you want. > Then connect your IPhone to WIFI, plug it in to your computer, and sync with > ITunes, and wait about an hour or so depending on your internet connection. > > > > which OCR app does not support books again? > Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> Jun 13 11:32AM -0400 > > Hi all, > Of the three major scanning apps for the Mac (Prizmo, Abbyy, and Docuscan), > one does not support books open and laid flat. Which one was it? I don't > think it was Prizmo, as I just scanned part of a manual by placing it flat > and open to a random page and it seemed to work just fine. Thanks in advance. > > > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) > mehg...@gmail.com > > > Anne Robertson <a...@anarchie.org.uk> Jun 13 05:39PM +0200 > > Hello Alex, > > When I scan books, I open the book out flat and place it face down in my > scanner. That way, I get two pages at once and can just turn over the page > and repeat. Prizmo does not recognise the text in this situation. At least, > it doesn't for me. Perhaps it was the orientation, but ABBYY FineReader did a > pretty good job. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > > > Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> Jun 13 05:05PM -0400 > > Thanks. I read something about curve fixing for books on Prizmo's site, but > if this is not automatic then it may be worthless to blind users. > > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) > mehg...@gmail.com > > > Blogging > Nicholas Parsons <mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com> Jun 14 04:46AM +1000 > > I could just write the HTML in Mars Edit. I used to just write the HTML on > the WordPress web app. However, it's annoying to proof read stuff you've > written in HTML. The flow of the writing is broken up by <p> <a href="http:// > etcetera. Apart from breaking up the flow of the sentence and paragraph > structure, this also makes it difficult to spell check. Markdown, on the > other hand, is much cleaner and simpler and makes proof reading really easy. > MultiMarkdown Composer II, for example, shows your code in rendered HTML in > realtime as you're typing the code. So you can type your markdown code which > is nice and clean, and then VO-right arrow once, interact with the HTML area > and then see how it looks rendered. Pretty cool. Mars Edit also has a rich > text editor, but I'm not really confident with it at the moment. I really > like markdown so I'm happy just sticking with it for now. > > > So wait… What should one use for scanning? > Brian Fischler <blindga...@gmail.com> Jun 12 07:13PM -0400 > > Hey Nicholas, Thanks this was very helpful. I believe there is a trial for > docuscan, so I think I am just going to have to try it out. As getting the > partial scans sometimes through the Canon software's poor OCR can be > frustrating. Just an FYI, I did need some sighted assistance when setting the > canon software up, as some of the setup I couldn't get to work, but now that > I have it set, I just press a button on the scanner, it scans the piece of > mail, and opens automatically in preview, so that is nice. > > > Nicholas Parsons <mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com> Jun 14 04:38AM +1000 > > Hi Brian, > Glad I could help. Yep, I think DocuScan's 7 day trial is worth checking out. > It's relatively a very expensive app, so make sure you like it before you buy. > With that CanoScan software, is the document that opens automatically in > Preview as you say already been OCR-ed? Not sure if I still have the software > that came with my Canon but if I do sounds like it might be worth me getting > someone to install it for me. > > > putting lots of small videos in to one big file > Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> Jun 13 02:32PM -0400 > > I think once you have a bunch of pictures in a folder in iPhoto you can > pick that folder and then choose New Slideshow from the File menu. That > will make a slideshow out of that bunch of stuff. Then if you go past > most of the UI you'll eventually find the Bottom Toolbar Group. > Interacting with that reveals the play button and some other things in > it like picking music and themes. I haven't found a keyboard shortcut > for starting the slideshow. Seems like there ought to be one. > > CB > > On 6/7/13 7:34 PM, Jessica Moss wrote: > > -- > ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > > > IPhone and GMail > Nicholas Parsons <mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com> Jun 14 04:20AM +1000 > > gmail's understanding of IMAP and Apple Mail's understanding of IMAP are not > the same, and if you're not careful this can produce funny results. The way > they both work is rather complicated. Thankfully, Joe Kissell has written a > number of great MacWorld and TidBits articles which are free on the web, as > well as two fantastic books called Take Control of Apple Mail, one for > Mountain Lion and one for iOS devices. I highly recommend both books. I > thought Mail was a pretty simple thing and I knew all there was to know about > it. How wrong I was. The books are brilliant and really help you to avoid > problems like the one you're having. > > There are many possibilities of what's going on at your end but it's probably > got something to do with your settings on both Mail and gmail for how to > treat deleted messages. Archive them? move them to the trash folder? Keep > them on the server or store them locally? Expunge them immediately or later? > Etcetera. Again, I really recommend Take Control of Apple Mail or that you at > least google Joe Kissell Apple Mail and gmail. > > Best, > Nic > > > Twitter > Jonathan Mosen <jmo...@mosen.org> Jun 13 12:21PM +1200 > > Chris, search for Night Owl in the App Store, and the first result is the > Twitter client. SO no. no hours of searching were saved. The English > documentation also makes reference to Night Owl. It is an official name > supported by the developers. > Jonathan Mosen > Mosen Consulting > Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training > http://Mosen.org > > > > I Broke FaceTime on my Mac > Jonathan Mosen <jmo...@mosen.org> Jun 13 05:17AM +1200 > > I don't know quite how I fixed it, but I have. My temptation is to try > breaking it again so I can then try fixing it again and work out the > steps…but life's too short. > Jonathan Mosen > Mosen Consulting > Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training > http://Mosen.org > > > > itunes match and play lists > Jonathan Mosen <jmo...@mosen.org> Jun 13 12:19PM +1200 > > Hi Mary, yes, it stores playlists. In fact I can make a change on my phone, > and see that change reflected on my Mac, Apple TV and iPad. > Jonathan Mosen > Mosen Consulting > Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training > http://Mosen.org > > > > getting a mac mini to G4 to boot from a USB drive? > CJ Daniel <cj.bear.dan...@gmail.com> Jun 11 03:55PM -0700 > > Hey Eric, > > Congrats on completing a task that would had stymied many a fellow geek. I > know I was pretty pleased, when I put that one to bed. > > Anyway, well done, > > CJ > > > > > itunes ate my library file again > Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> Jun 13 09:24AM -0700 > > Well, this is going to sound totally insane, but none the less .... iTunes > seems to be working ok. At least, I've been able to get in and out of a > library file more than twice, and the gremlin didn't do something to it > overnight either. But here is the weird part. I had created a new library, > and had that same problem with the file not being recognized after a > successful use one time. Out of frustration, I decided to go in to the apps > folder and call itunes from there. Usually I access it via my dock. And > stupid as it may be, the file that gave the error when accessing the app from > the dos kworked fine when I opened itunes from the apps listing in the > applications folder. I took iTunes out of the dock. Closed iTunes. Reopened > it from the applications folder and put it back into the dock. So now I can > access it from the dock, and it works. This makes no sense at all to me. But > it is what happened. And no, I am neither drinking, smoking or otherwise > under the influence of strange substances. > > Mary > > Mary Otten > motte...@gmail.com > > > Tim Kilburn <kilbur...@gmail.com> Jun 13 11:39AM -0600 > > Hi, > > That is odd indeed. Did you have a copy of the iTunes app anywhere else > outside the Applications folder that you are aware of? Applications that you > attempt to run from other places often do cause weird problems that are > inconsistent and difficult to figure out. Just for safety, you may wish to > export your playlists which will keep text files of the data relating to each > playlist you export. This makes it real easy for the next time that you have > a Library issue because you'll simply be able to import those specific > playlists right back into iTunes if your Library get corrupt again. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Group > macvisionaries. > You can post via email. > To unsubscribe from this group, send an empty message. > For more options, visit this group. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > O something out! 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