Re: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-30 Thread Scott Howell
: Hi Teresa, What does Stanza do? Ezzie - Original Message - From: Teresa Cochran vegaspipistre...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date sent: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:49:40 -0700 Subject: Re: accessible apps from the mac app store There is Stanza: http

Re: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-29 Thread Teresa Cochran
sent: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:49:40 -0700 Subject: Re: accessible apps from the mac app store There is Stanza: http://www.lexcycle.com/download-macintosh Teresa On the other hand, there are different fingers. On Oct 27, 2011, at 2:39 PM, Allison Mervis wrote: Are there any accessible

Re: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-29 Thread Eugenia Firth
:44 PM, ezzie bueno wrote: Hi Teresa, What does Stanza do? Ezzie - Original Message - From: Teresa Cochran vegaspipistre...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date sent: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:49:40 -0700 Subject: Re: accessible apps from the mac app store

Re: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-29 Thread Teresa Cochran
, 2011, at 10:44 PM, ezzie bueno wrote: Hi Teresa, What does Stanza do? Ezzie - Original Message - From: Teresa Cochran vegaspipistre...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date sent: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:49:40 -0700 Subject: Re: accessible apps from the mac app store

Re: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-29 Thread Dan Roy
Message - From: Teresa Cochran vegaspipistre...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date sent: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:49:40 -0700 Subject: Re: accessible apps from the mac app store There is Stanza: http://www.lexcycle.com/download-macintosh Teresa On the other hand

Re: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-28 Thread Teresa Cochran
@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sean Murphy Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 1:57 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: accessible apps from the mac app store Hi, Ibook apps are epub books. Therefore, you can read them on your MAc using any

Re: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-28 Thread Johnny Angel!
Message - From: Angie Giltinan rox0...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date sent: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 17:33:28 -0400 Subject: accessible apps from the mac app store Good morning all, As a fairly new Mac user, I'm very interested in obtaining new apps, to expand

Re: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-28 Thread Johnny Angel!
Hi! Is IBooks available on an I-Pod Touch? Johnny On Oct 24, 2011, at 6:29 AM, Joanne Chua wrote: After reading on my iphone using IBooks, i agree with Scott, its definitely one of the best experience i ever have reading a book with fully control. However, i guess it is just some people

Re: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-28 Thread Teresa Cochran
Oh, it certainly is. I've spent, um, a lot of money on IBooks for my Touch. LOL Teresa Visualize whirled peas. On Oct 28, 2011, at 9:03 PM, Johnny Angel! wrote: Hi! Is IBooks available on an I-Pod Touch? Johnny -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

RE: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-28 Thread Allison Mervis
Yes it is. _ From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Johnny Angel! Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 9:04 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: accessible apps from the mac app store Hi! Is IBooks available on an I

Re: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-28 Thread ezzie bueno
Hi Teresa, What does Stanza do? Ezzie - Original Message - From: Teresa Cochran vegaspipistre...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date sent: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:49:40 -0700 Subject: Re: accessible apps from the mac app store There is Stanza: http://www.lexcycle.com

Re: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-28 Thread ezzie bueno
Message - From: Angie Giltinan rox0...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date sent: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 17:33:28 -0400 Subject: accessible apps from the mac app store Good morning all, As a fairly new Mac user, I'm very interested in obtaining new apps, to expand the possibilities

RE: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-27 Thread Kirsten Edmondson
: accessible apps from the mac app store Hi Scott, Well, Amazon has kindle for pc and Mac, so I assume they must think at least some sighted people would like to read books on a computer. Quite honestly, one of the reasons I would like to see IBooks on the computer is that I'd really like to read

Re: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-27 Thread Teresa Cochran
@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: 24 October 2011 16:59 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: accessible apps from the mac app store Hi Scott, Well, Amazon has kindle for pc and Mac, so I assume they must think at least some

Re: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-27 Thread Sean Murphy
on Bookshare's website are sometimes a pain. These are just my thoughts. Ezzie - Original Message - From: Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date sent: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 08:59:01 -0700 Subject: Re: accessible apps from the mac app store Hi Scott, Well

RE: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-27 Thread Allison Mervis
: accessible apps from the mac app store Hi, Ibook apps are epub books. Therefore, you can read them on your MAc using any program that supports EPub. Sean - Original Message - From: ezzie bueno ezziebu...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 3:52 AM

RE: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-27 Thread ezzie bueno
Subject: Re: accessible apps from the mac app store Hi Scott, Well, Amazon has kindle for pc and Mac, so I assume they must think at least some sighted people would like to read books on a computer. Quite honestly, one of the reasons I would like to see IBooks on the computer is that I'd really

Re: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-25 Thread Chris Blouch
You can play all the old classics like Zork by getting an app called Zoom. http://www.logicalshift.co.uk/unix/zoom/ CB On 10/23/11 6:25 PM, Shannon Dyer wrote: There are text adventure games for the Mac? I did not know this. Can you tell me where you found them? I'm huge into those games.

Re: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-24 Thread Scott Howell
Mary, I find it interesting that folks would want to read books on the computer. I'm not saying it is right, wrong, or anything like that. It just seems to me that the iOS devices make the most sense as a way to read books. I wonder if sighted people read books on the computer? None I know do.

Re: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-24 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, I'm not Mary, but I can put in my two cents. I like to read from the computer with my Braille display while listening to a sports webcast. I suppose I can just as easily do it with my IPod, come to think of it. :) Old habits die hard. Teresa I'm a pantheist; I worship Pan. On Oct 24,

Re: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-24 Thread Joanne Chua
After reading on my iphone using IBooks, i agree with Scott, its definitely one of the best experience i ever have reading a book with fully control. However, i guess it is just some people prefference reading on the computer. I used to done that quite a lot few years ago, but now, i'm simply grow

Re: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-24 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Scott, Well, Amazon has kindle for pc and Mac, so I assume they must think at least some sighted people would like to read books on a computer. Quite honestly, one of the reasons I would like to see IBooks on the computer is that I'd really like to read with the Alex voice and not the voices

Re: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-24 Thread ezzie bueno
website are sometimes a pain. These are just my thoughts. Ezzie - Original Message - From: Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date sent: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 08:59:01 -0700 Subject: Re: accessible apps from the mac app store Hi Scott, Well, Amazon has kindle

Re: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-24 Thread Badger, Nancy
go to www.applevis.comhttp://www.applevis.com Nancy On Oct 23, 2011, at 4:08 PM, Angie Giltinan wrote: Good morning all, As a fairly new Mac user, I'm very interested in obtaining new apps, to expand the possibilities of my Mac, also, I'm an iOs app junky, so I'd like to cary that obsession

accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-23 Thread Angie Giltinan
Good morning all, As a fairly new Mac user, I'm very interested in obtaining new apps, to expand the possibilities of my Mac, also, I'm an iOs app junky, so I'd like to cary that obsession over to the mac. All that said, I'm leary of plunging right in without a resource of apps that

accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-23 Thread Angie Giltinan
Good morning all, As a fairly new Mac user, I'm very interested in obtaining new apps, to expand the possibilities of my Mac, also, I'm an iOs app junky, so I'd like to cary that obsession over to the mac. All that said, I'm leary of plunging right in without a resource of apps that

Re: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-23 Thread Scott Howell
Well News Rack is pretty accessible for RSS, but don't like it for the iOS platform. Itunes is more than sufficient for podcasts, but since I use Downcast on the iOS platform, I don't need anything for the Mac and actually would not want to listen to podcasts on my Mac. Pages, Keynote, and

Re: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-23 Thread Cheree Heppe
Cheree Heppe here: Because I have purchased useable products from Wallgreen's, I downloaded their free app. I found it in the Lifestyles section of the app store. It seems very accessible. I also have successfully used the Amazon mobile app. I have others, and at first, because of my

Re: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-23 Thread Shannon Dyer
There are text adventure games for the Mac? I did not know this. Can you tell me where you found them? I'm huge into those games. Shannon Are you a fan of women's music? If so, join me each Thursday from noon until three for the Eclectic Collection: a Celebration of Women In Music. Point your

Re: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-23 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: I use iMail's RSS reader. I did download Checkbook Pro and Evernote. I love both apps. On Oct 23, 2011, at 4:33 PM, Angie Giltinan wrote: Good morning all, As a fairly new Mac user, I'm very interested in obtaining new apps, to expand the possibilities of my Mac, also, I'm an iOs

re: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-23 Thread ezzie bueno
Subject: accessible apps from the mac app store Good morning all, As a fairly new Mac user, I'm very interested in obtaining new apps, to expand the possibilities of my Mac, also, I'm an iOs app junky, so I'd like to cary that obsession over to the mac. All that said, I'm leary

Re: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-23 Thread Joanne Chua
through timelines in history, etc. HTH, Ezzie - Original Message - From: Angie Giltinan rox0...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date sent: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 17:33:28 -0400 Subject: accessible apps from the mac app store Good morning all, As a fairly new Mac

Re: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-23 Thread Scott Howell
favorite topics, go through timelines in history, etc. HTH, Ezzie - Original Message - From: Angie Giltinan rox0...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date sent: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 17:33:28 -0400 Subject: accessible apps from the mac app store Good morning all

Re: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-23 Thread Mary Otten
Sorry, but no IBooks on the Mac. I would love it if that would change, but thus far, no go. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-23 Thread ezzie bueno
Message - From: Scott Howell scottn3...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date sent: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 19:56:12 -0400 Subject: Re: accessible apps from the mac app store Hi Ezzie, Did you find anything in the 2011 Multimedia Encyclopedia that was not accessible? What do you like

Re: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-23 Thread Cheree Heppe
Encyclopedia also comes with a dictionary. Ezzie - Original Message - From: Scott Howell scottn3...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date sent: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 19:56:12 -0400 Subject: Re: accessible apps from the mac app store Hi Ezzie, Did you find anything

Re: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-23 Thread ezzie bueno
@googlegroups.com macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date sent: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:56:17 -0700 Subject: Re: accessible apps from the mac app store Cheree Heppe here: Which app exactly is this encyclopedia and is it running on a Mac or an IOS device? The Peterson's Field Guide to Birds, at least