Re: Anyone using Skype on a new M1 Mac?

2021-05-19 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
That’s great to hear. Thanks, John. Cheers, Donna Sent from my iPhone > On May 19, 2021, at 3:49 PM, John Panarese wrote: > >  I use it twice a week. No problems or oddities that I’ve noticed. > > > Take Care > > John D. Panarese > Director > Mac for the Blind > Tel, (631) 724-4479 >

Re: Anyone using Skype on a new M1 Mac?

2021-05-19 Thread John Panarese
I use it twice a week. No problems or oddities that I’ve noticed. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL and Trainer AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS

Anyone using Skype on a new M1 Mac?

2021-05-19 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
If yes, can you tell me how well it works? Any issues with either Skype or Rosetta? TIA, Donna -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is

New to Mac

2013-12-07 Thread Hope Paulos
Hi all. Will be getting new Mac for Christmas. Where can I find list of keystrokes? I'm a PC user. Thanks. Hope Paulos -- 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

Re: New to Mac

2013-12-07 Thread Eugenia Firth
, true, but there are a lot of samenesses as well. Regards, Gigi On Dec 7, 2013, at 12:16 PM, Hope Paulos hope.pau...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all. Will be getting new Mac for Christmas. Where can I find list of keystrokes? I'm a PC user. Thanks. Hope Paulos -- You received this message

Re: New to Mac

2013-12-07 Thread Hope Paulos
: Hi all. Will be getting new Mac for Christmas. Where can I find list of keystrokes? I'm a PC user. Thanks. Hope Paulos -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from

Re: New to Mac

2013-12-07 Thread Scott Rumery
Hi Hope This is Scott from the All In Access podcast which by the way you haven’t made your debut on yet. I have a document with all of the VoiceOver keystrokes I will put this in my public DropBox folder for anyone who might want it. If when you get your new Mac you find that you are having

Re: New to Mac

2013-12-07 Thread Scott Rumery
. There are differences, true, but there are a lot of samenesses as well. Regards, Gigi On Dec 7, 2013, at 12:16 PM, Hope Paulos hope.pau...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all. Will be getting new Mac for Christmas. Where can I find list of keystrokes? I'm a PC user. Thanks. Hope Paulos

Re: New to Mac

2013-12-07 Thread Hope Paulos
debut on yet. I have a document with all of the VoiceOver keystrokes I will put this in my public DropBox folder for anyone who might want it. If when you get your new Mac you find that you are having a difficult time learning the new platform I work for a company that teaches people how

Re: New to Mac

2013-12-07 Thread Ray Foret Jr
The Voice OVer information at: www.apple.com/accessibility.com should be a good place to get started. Also, when you get your new Mac, and voice Over is turned on, if you press cmd+H twice, you’ll be brought right in to the list of all the Voice OVer commands. Sent from my Mac, the only

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-14 Thread erik burggraaf
You know, As an instructor, some times I find this advice helpful and sometimes not. While it is useful at times to torpido peoples pre-conceptions, it is true that a number of concepts are the same across the board, such as file browsing, email reading, and copying/pasting. Some users Won't

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-14 Thread Ricardo Walker
I agree. I think instead of forgetting about windows, its more like forgetting about your screen reader for windows. In my opinion, Voiceover and Windows screen readers have more differences than the Actual OSs. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-14 Thread Kerri
I have to say that this is true when I became a mac user. What I found tough was that blasted interacting, I still detest it vehemently. But forgetting windows completely for me, was not a huge help because of the concepts that are the same across the board. On 2013-01-14, at 4:51 AM, erik

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-14 Thread Harry Hogue
Interacting, once you get used to it, is actually a wonderful thing. It allows me to quickly skip across frames in web pages and groups of buttons, tables, etc. Harry On Jan 14, 2013, at 4:12 PM, Kerri shalo...@shaw.ca wrote: I have to say that this is true when I became a mac user. What I

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-14 Thread Danny Noonan
Concepts do go across both platforms but then those little inconsistencies bug me. In text editors and the like, you have your good old command x cut but in finder, you have to use copy command c and then move at the other end with command option v. Why?! As far as I know Command X isn't used.

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-14 Thread Danny Noonan
When the concept works, it's great but all the times it's broken, it sux. Some times, VO J doesn't move you between all areas you want access too. You can't always jump to a table unless your interacting with another table or similar area. Unless I don't know a cool command, there's no way to

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-14 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, I can honestly say, I've encountered similar things on windows using Jaws. Certain commands will work in one application, or in a certain instance, but not in another. I honestly can't say if VO on the Mac does this more or less. I guess thats pretty subjective. But, I don't think its

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-14 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hello, I'd like to point out something about interacting. I've noticed that many people interact when it is totally unnecessary. Not saying your doing this mind you but, it is something I noticed many new users or, those who use a Mac occasionally do. For example, I've seen people interact

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-14 Thread Danny Noonan
I agree it's not just the mac. In windows it's fairly standard in the OS and core software like mail ie windows explorer etc. I also understand my using windows for so long means I'm some what blinkered to its inconsistencies and a life long mac user would likely have as many problems moving to

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-14 Thread Kerri
Hi, I used to interact a lot when I was new, though I never did wight he finder. However, I have a nutty question so feel free to run me out of here. Do people who have or used to have sight find it easier because they can visualize the window and what it looked like? I have become better

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-14 Thread Danny Noonan
If though you had a command to move to the top of a list with out having to interact each time I'd be much happier vo shift home is painful if you forget to interact first. Apparently before lion this was much easier. I do long for home, end, page up and down to work a tad more like in windows.

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-14 Thread Devin Prater
What helped me the most was my dealings with iOs. I got used to most of the keyboard commands with my bluetooth keyboard, so I was pretty prepared to take on the mac when I got it. Sent from my iPod with iCloud On 14 Jan 2013, at 6:30 PM, Danny Noonan da...@familynoonan.net wrote: If though

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-14 Thread Richard Ring
I firmly believe that my computer knowledge has greatly assisted me in learning the Mac. I started out back in the dark ages as a DOS user. Then I moved to Windows and used it through version 7. What I think both operating systems have in common is that both run computers. In other words, in

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-14 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, This often depends on the list. Option up/down arrow works in many situations. For example, in the finder and YoruFukurou. I've also made a shortcut with the keyboard commander and my trackpad commander to lesson the keystrokes for when option up/down arrow doesn't work. Ricardo

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-14 Thread Danny Noonan
That's very helpful. I new option up and down used to work in mail but never new it worked else ware. That will simplify finder etc quite a lot. Danny: Always learning, never shutting up. On 15/01/2013, at 12:26 PM, Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, This often depends on the

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-14 Thread Kerri
That was my experience too, Richard but I didn't interact enough lol. I accepted change, made mistakes, laughed at myself and carried on. On 2013-01-14, at 5:24 PM, Richard Ring richr...@gmail.com wrote: I firmly believe that my computer knowledge has greatly assisted me in learning the Mac.

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-11 Thread Chris Blouch
blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible Hi folks. As far as I know, there are many here in this group who are helping blind people switching from Windows to Mac. Do you have any strategies to help them get fast into the VoiceOver commands, and how they can distance

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-11 Thread Phil Halton
- From: Cheree Heppe che...@dogsc4me.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 11:27 PM Subject: Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible Cheree Heppe here: From what has been recently posted about learning how to use an MBA

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-10 Thread Kliphton A M
The one thing that someone told me helped the most. Forget everything you know about windows! The 2 systems are as different as night and day, so open your mind, and learn the new OS, because even though your not a knew computer user, the system is new to you. Once you do this, everything

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-10 Thread Cheree Heppe
, 2013 12:28 PM Subject: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible Hi folks. As far as I know, there are many here in this group who are helping blind people switching from Windows to Mac. Do you have any strategies to help them get fast into the VoiceOver

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-10 Thread Ray Foret Jr
) , explore and get very frustrated over and over again until frustration goes away. - Original Message - From: David Hole balubathebr...@gmail.com To: MacVisionaries macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 12:28 PM Subject: How to help blind people new to Mac learn

How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-09 Thread David Hole
Hi folks. As far as I know, there are many here in this group who are helping blind people switching from Windows to Mac. Do you have any strategies to help them get fast into the VoiceOver commands, and how they can distance them selves from the Windows platform, and learn Mac the best way there

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-09 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello David, Different people learn in different ways. I usually explain the structure of the Mac (Home folder for each user and what it contains, Dock, Desk top, Side bar, etc.). Then I talk about the basic applications and how they work together. I try to get new Mac users to go through

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-09 Thread Phil Halton
frustrated over and over again until frustration goes away. - Original Message - From: David Hole balubathebr...@gmail.com To: MacVisionaries macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 12:28 PM Subject: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-09 Thread David Hole
they work together. I try to get new Mac users to go through the built-in tutorial, too. I explain the difference between VO commands and standard keyboard short cuts and teach them the basic VO commands including First visible item and Last visible item, as well as Next table and Previous

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-09 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello David, I always explain about the Trackpad commander and let them decide how they feel about it. I don't use it much myself, but I do use the trackpad without the commander to get a contextual menu when VO-Shift-m fails me, and on other occasions, too. As I work with text a lot, I find

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-09 Thread Eugenia Firth
Sent from my iPhone On Jan 9, 2013, at 11:28 AM, David Hole balubathebr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi folks. As far as I know, there are many here in this group who are helping blind people switching from Windows to Mac. Do you have any strategies to help them get fast into the VoiceOver

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-09 Thread Cheree Heppe
(VO K) 4) , explore and get very frustrated over and over again until frustration goes away. - Original Message - From: David Hole balubathebr...@gmail.com To: MacVisionaries macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 12:28 PM Subject: How to help blind people new

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-09 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 12:28 PM Subject: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible Hi folks. As far as I know, there are many here in this group who are helping blind people switching from Windows to Mac. Do you have

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-09 Thread Anne Robertson
away. - Original Message - From: David Hole balubathebr...@gmail.com To: MacVisionaries macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 12:28 PM Subject: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible Hi folks. As far as I know

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-09 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Subject: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible Hi folks. As far as I know, there are many here in this group who are helping blind people switching from Windows to Mac. Do you have any strategies to help them get fast into the VoiceOver commands, and how

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-09 Thread Phil Halton
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 2:56 PM Subject: Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible Cheree Heppe here: This topic comes at a great time, as, with this newly acquired MaccBook Air, I am experiencing difficulties. First, when

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-09 Thread John Sanfilippo
: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible Hi folks. As far as I know, there are many here in this group who are helping blind people switching from Windows to Mac. Do you have any strategies to help them get fast into the VoiceOver commands, and how

Re: The new I Mac.

2013-01-08 Thread Kliphton A M
Why a USB keyboard, why not the apple BT keyboard that comes with iMac's? Or did they stop giving that as an option? On Jan 7, 2013, at 10:27 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu kawa...@me.com wrote: Hello. Writing this from my I phone. I unpacked my new I Mac yesterday and couldn't believe how thin

Re: The new I Mac.

2013-01-08 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
not the apple BT keyboard that comes with iMac's? Or did they stop giving that as an option? On Jan 7, 2013, at 10:27 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu kawa...@me.com wrote: Hello. Writing this from my I phone. I unpacked my new I Mac yesterday and couldn't believe how thin it was and for the fact

The new I Mac.

2013-01-08 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Remember you can always explore the keyboard keys using VO-K to turn on keyboard assistant. Press escape to exit keyboard assistant. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

The new I Mac.

2013-01-07 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hello. Writing this from my I phone. I unpacked my new I Mac yesterday and couldn't believe how thin it was and for the fact everything was if it wasn't there i.e. one long screen with no chunky unit like windows machines. I couldn't believe the small USB keyboard as I thought it was going

The new I Mac.

2013-01-07 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Jealous! :) Nic -- 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, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options,

Re: video connections for new 2012 mac mini

2012-12-02 Thread Alex Hall
Subject: RE: video connections for new 2012 mac mini Only HDMI on the one I have, oh and thunder bolt of course. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2012 4:10 PM

Re: video connections for new 2012 mac mini

2012-12-02 Thread Ricardo Walker
[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kliphton.A.M Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2012 5:56 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: video connections for new 2012 mac mini Only HDMI on the one I have, oh and thunder bolt of course. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries

video connections for new 2012 mac mini

2012-12-01 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hello, I was just wondering, does the new 2012 Mac minis only have an HDMI port for video connectivity? Does it also have DVI or VGA? Thanks. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: video connections for new 2012 mac mini

2012-12-01 Thread Alex Hall
: Hello, I was just wondering, does the new 2012 Mac minis only have an HDMI port for video connectivity? Does it also have DVI or VGA? Thanks. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info -- You received this message because you

RE: video connections for new 2012 mac mini

2012-12-01 Thread Kliphton . A . M
mac mini Hello, I was just wondering, does the new 2012 Mac minis only have an HDMI port for video connectivity? Does it also have DVI or VGA? Thanks. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info -- You received this message because you

RE: video connections for new 2012 mac mini

2012-12-01 Thread Angelo
for new 2012 mac mini Hello, I was just wondering, does the new 2012 Mac minis only have an HDMI port for video connectivity? Does it also have DVI or VGA? Thanks. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info -- You received this message because you

Re: New User Mac Mail Question

2011-09-09 Thread Garth Humphreys
Can it at least be setup to work as IMAP I do not want to have to use the account as POP Sent from my iPhone On 09/09/2011, at 3:16 PM, james Walton jmwalto...@gmail.com wrote: agreed because when you set it up the server is m.hotmail.com -- You received this message because you are

Re: New User Mac Mail Question

2011-09-09 Thread james Walton
no live can not be setup as imap i wish it could -- 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, send email to

Re: New User Mac Mail Question

2011-09-09 Thread Rachel magario
, then they are other possibilities. HTH, RM On Sep 8, 2011, at 9:40 PM, Garth Humphreys wrote: Hi All I have a new Mac Book Air 11Inch. I have my gmail account working well. But can't seem to get my windows live account working. I went into Mail,Calendars and Contacts in system preferences

Re: New User Mac Mail Question

2011-09-09 Thread Rachel magario
Garf and all, I forgot the exchange miner detail. Sorry. :) But apparently there is a solution. I am not sure how accessible it is with voiceover. But worth a shot, for you courageous early adopters. It is called fluentfactory http://fluentfactory.com/mboxmail-for-mac/ I have given up checking

Re: New User Mac Mail Question

2011-09-09 Thread Rachel magario
promise, I'll stop sending email soon! I forgot to say this solution is not a mail client, just a background tool that runs in the background to help you use the mail client you want and still access your hotmail without having to use pop. Hope it helps. Rachel. On Sep 9, 2011, at 1:05 AM, james

Re: New User Mac Mail Question

2011-09-09 Thread Garth Humphreys
Hi Rachael Thanks for the info. I will have a look into this soon. Well maybe when I get a bit more confident using my Mac. I keep my Live account for important messes as the push works so well on the iPhone. I know that using a Liveaccount for important mail is probably the opposite to

Re: New User Mac Mail Question

2011-09-09 Thread Rachel magario
command shift d send messages on mail! Yes, I am known for talking to much! :) Trying to be careful not to overload my new friends on this list! haha On Sep 9, 2011, at 5:12 AM, Garth Humphreys wrote: Hi Rachael Thanks for the info. I will have a look into this soon. Well maybe when I get

New User Mac Mail Question

2011-09-08 Thread Garth Humphreys
Hi All I have a new Mac Book Air 11Inch. I have my gmail account working well. But can't seem to get my windows live account working. I went into Mail,Calendars and Contacts in system preferences and added the account as an exchange account however it doesn't seem to appear in mail

Re: New User Mac Mail Question

2011-09-08 Thread james Walton
please explain to me how you got it to work as exchange! when i tried it it did not work for me. i had to do it as pop on my iPhone it works well as exchange though -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send

Re: New User Mac Mail Question

2011-09-08 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, I don't think you can use a windows live or hotmail account as exchange in Mac mail. Only mobile devices. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter Skype: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On Sep 8, 2011, at 10:40 PM, Garth Humphreys wrote: Hi All I have a new Mac Book Air 11Inch

Re: New User Mac Mail Question

2011-09-08 Thread james Walton
agreed because when you set it up the server is m.hotmail.com -- 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, send email to

Re: new to mac gaming need help

2011-01-20 Thread Jude DaShiell
It would help if you saved the getgames.sh script from this message. It'll be between the two cut here lines. What it does is to use rsync to download the whole ifarchive game set and keep it up to date when run again. It makes an ifarchive folder tree in your user directory and under the

new to mac gaming need help

2011-01-19 Thread Ed Worrell
Hello my name is Ed, I got a macbook pro not to long ago. I was wondering if you guys could help me find some good accessible games for the Mac. I came from a windowsbackground and I can't seem to find any blind accessible games for the mac in searches. Thank in advance ED -- You received

Re: new to mac gaming need help

2011-01-19 Thread Carolyn Haas
Hi Ed: Welcome. You may want to check out maccessibility.net, and I think another possibility is applevis.com HTH Carolyn H On Jan 19, 2011, at 1:33 PM, Ed Worrell wrote: Hello my name is Ed, I got a macbook pro not to long ago. I was wondering if you guys could help me find some good

RE: New to mac

2010-05-03 Thread Simon Fogarty
[mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Sunday, 2 May 2010 9:29 p.m. To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: New to mac Nic I think the one thing we need to enforce here is do not bring your windows and windows-based screen reading concepts to the Mac. If you try to think

Re: New to mac

2010-05-03 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Sunday, 2 May 2010 9:29 p.m. To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: New to mac Nic I think the one thing we need to enforce here is do not bring your windows and windows-based screen reading concepts to the Mac. If you try

Re: New to mac

2010-05-03 Thread marie Howarth
: New to mac Nic I think the one thing we need to enforce here is do not bring your windows and windows-based screen reading concepts to the Mac. If you try to think of the Mac in windows terms or how things work with a windows screen reader, you will find the transition to be difficult

Re: New to mac

2010-05-03 Thread marie Howarth
. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Sunday, 2 May 2010 9:29 p.m. To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: New to mac Nic I think the one thing we need to enforce here is do not bring your

Re: New to mac

2010-05-03 Thread carlene knight
- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John J Herzog Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2010 9:13 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: New to mac Edward, For a great demo of voiceover and the mac's web browser, head over

Re: New to mac

2010-05-02 Thread marie Howarth
Hey Olivia, Webspots are awesome. You set one on a page using vo-cmd-shift-right bracket. You can remove a webspot by using vo-cmd-shift-left bracket at any area on a webpage. For example, if a page doesn't have a lot of navigation, and i need to jump to an area quickly, I'll set up a webspot

Re: New to mac

2010-05-02 Thread marie Howarth
keystrokes? Thanks Edward -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Nicolai Svendsen Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2010 8:45 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: New to mac Hi, There are good

Re: New to mac

2010-05-02 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
[mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Nicolai Svendsen Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2010 8:45 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: New to mac Hi, There are good alternatives to MS Office. MS Office is not fully accessible yet, but it is said

Re: New to mac

2010-05-02 Thread Scott Howell
Nic, I was agreeing and responding to what you were saying as well as presenting my own point of view. This is how your name got associated with the message. Btw, my point of course was not to call out the advantages or disadvantages of one screen reader over another or OS. My point simply to

RE: New to mac

2010-05-02 Thread Kerie doyle
Hi Edward, I'm still a relatively new mac and voice over user, but with help from people here and the maccessibility website, along with the two fabulous accessibility podcasts which maccessibility have, screenless switchers, and the maccessibility round table podcast, which I cant recommend

New to mac

2010-05-01 Thread Edward
Hello all, I am strongly considering buying my first Mac in a few weeks and would like to know if vo gives the user full accessibility in terms of ms office and web browsing? Thanks for answering my nubie questions Edward -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: New to mac

2010-05-01 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, There are good alternatives to MS Office. MS Office is not fully accessible yet, but it is said that it will be written in Cocoa, most likely making it accessible. The Mac has a basic Text Editor called Text Edit, which is a lot better than Wordpad and Notepad on Windows. You have suites

RE: New to mac

2010-05-01 Thread Edward
@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Nicolai Svendsen Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2010 8:45 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: New to mac Hi, There are good alternatives to MS Office. MS Office is not fully accessible yet, but it is said

Re: New to mac

2010-05-01 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Of Nicolai Svendsen Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2010 8:45 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: New to mac Hi, There are good alternatives to MS Office. MS Office is not fully accessible yet, but it is said that it will be written in Cocoa, most likely making it accessible. The Mac has

Re: New to mac

2010-05-01 Thread John J Herzog
...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Nicolai Svendsen Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2010 8:45 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: New to mac Hi, There are good alternatives to MS Office. MS Office is not fully accessible yet, but it is said that it will be written in Cocoa, most likely making

Re: New to mac

2010-05-01 Thread olivia norman
I've never understood web spots and how they work. Can someone point me in the right direction here? Thanks, Olivia On May 1, 2010, at 8:45 PM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: Hi, There are good alternatives to MS Office. MS Office is not fully accessible yet, but it is said that it will be

RE: New to mac

2010-05-01 Thread Edward
Subject: Re: New to mac Edward, For a great demo of voiceover and the mac's web browser, head over to the blind cool tech web site. Then, search for the words mac demo. I don't want to spoil it, but one of the really cool things about no buffers is that you get to see information change on the page

Re: New to mac

2010-05-01 Thread Kaare Dehard
it is good indeed, however, it may take some getting used to. Intuitive yeppers, but it took me a bit of time to get through the learning curve. It was worth it, but ya got to hang in there while you get used to the different ways of navigation. On 2010-05-01, at 8:45 PM, Nicolai Svendsen

Re: New to mac

2010-05-01 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, I've been using a Mack for about a month and a half now. It didn't take me very long to get used to, but it is way different than Windows. From what I've seen, there's nothing bad about the Mack, I love it. Courtney On 01/05/2010, at 9:36 in the Afternoon, Kaare Dehard wrote: it is good

Re: new ocr mac application

2009-08-04 Thread william lomas
it is only tryalble it seems as of yet, via a full purchase with no trial On 3 Aug 2009, at 21:33, Simon Cavendish wrote: Dear Esther, This is very interesting. Do you know whether Abbyy supports automatic page orientation and multi-page scanning? Does it support two page scanning as in

Re: new ocr mac application

2009-08-04 Thread william lomas
what is the prom code again please if one can use paypal with that site to get the discount i'll buy the product On 3 Aug 2009, at 22:51, Esther wrote: Hi Simon, I know that ABBYY Fine Reader on the Fujitsu ScanSnap supports very fast dual sided multi-page scans and automatic page

Re: new ocr mac application

2009-08-04 Thread Simon Cavendish
The prom code is: SMBTM With the VAT on top, it's about $95. BW, Simon On 4 Aug 2009, at 07:27, william lomas wrote: what is the prom code again please if one can use paypal with that site to get the discount i'll buy the product On 3 Aug 2009, at 22:51, Esther wrote: Hi Simon, I

Re: new ocr mac application

2009-08-04 Thread william lomas
can we use UK cards simon on the site? On 4 Aug 2009, at 08:10, Simon Cavendish wrote: The prom code is: SMBTM With the VAT on top, it's about $95. BW, Simon On 4 Aug 2009, at 07:27, william lomas wrote: what is the prom code again please if one can use paypal with that site to get

Re: new ocr mac application

2009-08-04 Thread Simon Cavendish
Yes, you can use either Visa or Paypal. BW, SimonНщг сфт гыу мшыф щк зфнщфдю On 4 Aug 2009, at 08:47, william lomas wrote: can we use UK cards simon on the site? On 4 Aug 2009, at 08:10, Simon Cavendish wrote: The prom code is: SMBTM With the VAT on top, it's about $95. BW, Simon On

Re: new ocr mac application

2009-08-04 Thread william lomas
have you purchased it yet? On 4 Aug 2009, at 15:49, Simon Cavendish wrote: Yes, you can use either Visa or Paypal. BW, SimonНщг сфт гыу мшыф щк зфнщфдю On 4 Aug 2009, at 08:47, william lomas wrote: can we use UK cards simon on the site? On 4 Aug 2009, at 08:10, Simon Cavendish wrote:

Re: new ocr mac application

2009-08-04 Thread Simon Cavendish
Attention: it would appear that ABBYY finereader express does not support older scanners for which there are no intel compatible Mac drivers. I have a Canoscan 1200U and it is not supported by ABBYY FineReader Express. Best wishes Simon On 4 Aug 2009, at 18:30, william lomas wrote:

Re: new ocr mac application

2009-08-03 Thread william lomas
but was it tested with the end user of voice over or just in general On 2 Aug 2009, at 22:56, Koumanova Rostislava wrote: yes it is true. i wish we could try it. rk Il giorno 02/ago/09, alle ore 23:32, christos hux ha scritto: There is now a new ocr

Re: new ocr mac application

2009-08-03 Thread william lomas
can not international people take advantage of the discount? why do these deas never extend outside the US? lol On 3 Aug 2009, at 01:03, Esther wrote: Hi Jonathan, Rossy, Chris, and Others, I found an announcement of a coupon code discount of 20 per cent off the price of ABBYY Fine

Re: new ocr mac application

2009-08-03 Thread Esther
Hi Will, I don't know that international people can't take advantage of the discount. All I reported on was the existence of a 20 per cent discount coupon, and the savings this would translate into for U.S. buyers -- since that's the only price that I can view. Esther william lomas

Re: new ocr mac application

2009-08-03 Thread william lomas
has anyone tried the program yet i.e. bought it and used it? very keen to get it as i need an OCR for my mac really but want others to try it On 3 Aug 2009, at 18:38, Esther wrote: Hi Will, I don't know that international people can't take advantage of the discount. All I reported on

Re: new ocr mac application

2009-08-03 Thread James Dietz
Hey Jon, You might have better luck working with your outdated copy by using the mouse. Route the mouse to the VO cursor (I think the command is vo+cmd+f5 - have a look in the menu by pressing vo+f7) and clicking (vo+shift+space). That's how I got the old bookshare app working, as well as some

Re: new ocr mac application

2009-08-03 Thread Simon Cavendish
Dear Esther, This is very interesting. Do you know whether Abbyy supports automatic page orientation and multi-page scanning? Does it support two page scanning as in an open book on a flat-bed scanner? Does it append pages to the end of the document by default, or does one have to move

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