office

2010-08-02 Thread Rafaela Freundt
hi everyone I'm new to the mac and voice over, and I'm wondering which programs work better for word processing and viewing slide shows. I do need to use them a lot in school, reading text documents and creating new ones, and also reading the slide show presentations my teachers give me. so I

RE: faceBook

2010-08-02 Thread Simon Fogarty
It is on the iPad and iPhone using VO. I'm using it a lot at the moment on my pad. It's pretty dam good if you use m.facebook.com -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chantel Cuddemi Sent: Monday, 2 August 2010

RE: office

2010-08-02 Thread RATTRAY J.
Hi, I like Keynote for presentations - once you get your head round the navigation it is fairly quick and easy and works well - it will also convert Poerpoint files with ease so if you get files in different formats it works - you get the slides and speakers notes without having to cycle through

Making Open Office work better with VoiceOver?

2010-08-02 Thread Michael Busboom
Hi. I am running the latest version of Open Office and am having an annoying problem reading documents. Whenever I arrow up or down through a document, VO will make a soft clicking sound, say edit Text and then read the text on that particular line. Whenever I try to interact with the

Re: clicking column headers on mac

2010-08-02 Thread Chris Moore
You do not need to click on the column headers to do this, simply move to the column you wish to sort and press shift + control + option and | (vertical line) which is next to the return key On 2 Aug 2010, at 10:53, Paul Erkens wrote: Dear list, In mac mail, I'd like to click on the column

Re: aol messenger question

2010-08-02 Thread Chris Moore
Yes you can, go to preferences and interact with the toolbar, then select sounds, you will find the option you are looking for in there. On 31 Jul 2010, at 13:49, chad baker wrote: Hi on aol messenger is there a way for to read messages automatically? not sure if its possible. thanks --

Re: Bluetooth keyboards and the IPhone

2010-08-02 Thread Chris Moore
The only thing you can do with a bluetooth keyboard on the iPhone is enter text into a text field. Sadly you can't control the phone or move around the non text fields. This is a real shame as I expected to be able to use the iPhone the same way I use my Mac with a keyboard. My keyboard does

Re: Bluetooth keyboards and the IPhone

2010-08-02 Thread Chris Moore
Yes they are, but at least on the iPad you can use Pages, Numbers and Keynote etc On 31 Jul 2010, at 17:00, Kevin Mattingly wrote: It my be prohibitive to add the functionality but it sure would be awesome. I wonder if the IPad and the bluetooth keyboards are just as limited. Kev On

Re: DVS Movies in itunes Store

2010-08-02 Thread Doug Lawlor
I would like to know the same thing. It would be interesting if we could purchase DVS movies from the iTunes store. Doug Sent from my iPhone On 2010-08-02, at 1:12 AM, Kevin Shaw tvsound...@rogers.com wrote: HI there, Does anyone know if there are movies in the iTunes store that come

Pauses in Mail Messages

2010-08-02 Thread Jim Fettgather
Hello. When reading mail, often, when using Control Option J to move between the mail message table and the message text, there are unnatural pauses as Voiceover reads the text of the message. These pauses seem to occur at the end of each line, but not on all messages. Any way to get

Re: Pauses in Mail Messages

2010-08-02 Thread Chantel Cuddemi
Have you tried switching to plain text alternative? To do this, hit command shift p I think. Someone correct me if I am wrong. On Aug 2, 2010, at 11:59 AM, Jim Fettgather wrote: Hello. When reading mail, often, when using Control Option J to move between the mail message table and the

diffrent accsesible mail cliants from mac os10 mail

2010-08-02 Thread trahern culver
hey all does any one know of any other accsesible mail programs as well as mac os10 mail? your help with this question would be most welcome!! kind regards trahern. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send

Re: diffrent accsesible mail cliants from mac os10 mail

2010-08-02 Thread Scott Howell
I believe someone has reported Eudora is accessible, but I have no clue. Apple Mail more than meets my needs. I can tell you that Outlook or onterage or whatever that Microsoft mail client is called, does not work with VO. There is also another client that completely escapes my mind at the

Re: DVS Movies in itunes Store

2010-08-02 Thread Bryan Jones
Hi Kevin - I've also been wondering about where to find DVS movies. The only DVS movie I was able to locate in the US itunes store is the animated film, UP. It is available for purchase only, not for rent, and costs $14.99. I posted the question to the viphone list but haven't received any

mail and contacts

2010-08-02 Thread John D. Lipsey
I'm confused! I want to add someone who sent me an email to my address book, but I've brought up the context menu for the message and looked in all of the menus on the menu bar, and I can't seem to find an option to do this. So I thought, maybe replying to a message will create a new contact

Re: mail and contacts

2010-08-02 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hey John, there is an add sender to address book command, which has a shortcut key of command-shift-y. HTH. On Aug 2, 2010, at 1:37 PM, John D. Lipsey wrote: I'm confused! I want to add someone who sent me an email to my address book, but I've brought up the context menu for the message

Mac OS X 10.7 to truly amaze everyone?

2010-08-02 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, So, this can actually be found on Apple's job opportunities part of the website now. What does everyone think? Part of me wonders if it is even worth bringing up, but I'd do it just to see what you guys might come up with. I find these discussions the most interesting, for the most part.

Re: Mac OS X 10.7 to truly amaze everyone?

2010-08-02 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, I'm not sure what you mean. What's the part that caught your interest? On Aug 2, 2010, at 2:01 PM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: Hi, So, this can actually be found on Apple's job opportunities part of the website now. What does everyone think? Part of me wonders if it is even worth

Re: Mac OS X 10.7 to truly amaze everyone?

2010-08-02 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, IT's the wording that caught my interest, really. Regards, Nic Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com GoogleTalk: chojiro1...@gmail.com Facebook Twitter Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk Yahoo! Messenger: cin368 AIM: cincinster On Aug 2, 2010, at 8:15 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hi,

Re: Pauses in Mail Messages

2010-08-02 Thread Jim Fettgather
Often, the option to display the message in plain text is dimmed out and unavailable. On 8/2/10, Chantel Cuddemi jawsgir...@gmail.com wrote: Have you tried switching to plain text alternative? To do this, hit command shift p I think. Someone correct me if I am wrong. On Aug 2, 2010, at 11:59

Re: diffrent accsesible mail cliants from mac os10 mail

2010-08-02 Thread trahern culver
mail is diffracilt to use and shows message in a stupid order -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

Re: diffrent accsesible mail cliants from mac os10 mail

2010-08-02 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Eudora for one, is a power PC app, and hans't been updated in a long while. What is it specifically you odn't like about mail? If it's the sort order of messages, you could always change that. HTH On Aug 2, 2010, at 1:06 PM, Scott Howell wrote: I believe someone has reported Eudora is

Re: Pauses in Mail Messages

2010-08-02 Thread Sarah Alawami
Actually it hapens when I'm hitting enter on some messages to read I'll for example a q followed by a pause then ote but the word really is or was quote. I know what you mean and I would like them to go away, actually just for kicks try a different voice. I'm doing that and thus far I have not

Re: Mac OS X 10.7 to truly amaze everyone?

2010-08-02 Thread Paul Erkens
Hi Nick, I suppose it was the promise about something truely special coming up with the release of os 10.7, right? It sounds interesting to me too, but there is no clue as to what Apple is trying to develop. Paul. - Original Message - From: Nicolai Svendsen To:

Re: diffrent accsesible mail cliants from mac os10 mail

2010-08-02 Thread Sarah Alawami
Actually it's not. you can sort by date, subject and more. You can also sort by thread and del threads with one fell swoop. Sending and receiving is a snap. I recorded this in may of this year and I was about 3 months in to using a mac.

Re: Pauses in Mail Messages

2010-08-02 Thread Sarah Alawami
I slightly lied here. I am incountering the issue with th enew voice but it is less noticable. Yeah looks like there's nothing we can do about it. It to my limited knoledge seems to happen in mail only. S On Aug 2, 2010, at 11:51 AM, Jim Fettgather wrote: Often, the option to display the

Re: diffrent accsesible mail cliants from mac os10 mail

2010-08-02 Thread Scott Howell
That is not very descriptive. Perhaps you can explain what you mean by stupid order and how is it difficult to use. Perhaps with a little help and some educating, you will find that Mail meets your needs as well. Of course like anything else, you have choices, so feel free to explore what is

Re: DVS Movies in itunes Store

2010-08-02 Thread Linda Adams
Bryan and Kevin, I can't help you with the I-tune store but the following link will at least provide a list of DVDs that should include a DVS version. It is on the WGBH web site, the people who record the descriptions. http://main.wgbh.org/wgbh/pages/mag/resources/accessible-dvds.html HTH,

RE: diffrent accsesible mail cliants from mac os10 mail

2010-08-02 Thread Dave Taylor
Hey, I haven't converted yet, but I know from this thread that it does what Outlook does and more. I wish I had some of the keystrokes Apple Mail does! I won't say anything about a certain interface that begins with the letter r and how dreadful it is on here lol! -Original Message-

trackpads

2010-08-02 Thread Kevin Mattingly
OK, I got the Magic trackpad today. its awesome so far. Is there a quick reference for the gestures? Kev -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from

Re: diffrent accsesible mail cliants from mac os10 mail

2010-08-02 Thread Chris Moore
Mail is very easy, I have only been using Voice Over for a couple of months and I am fine with it. You can change the order of the messages, do you mean you wish to change the way it displays newest and oldest first etc? On 2 Aug 2010, at 20:00, trahern culver wrote: mail is diffracilt to use

Re: trackpads

2010-08-02 Thread Chris Moore
Google is your friend. You can activate the keyboard help by pressing VO + K and then simply start trying different gestures. You can also listen to this: http://www.visionaustralia.org/docs/atpodcasts/using%20VoiceOver%20gestures%20on%20the%20multi-touch%20trackpad.mp3 cHRIS On 2 Aug 2010,

Re: trackpads

2010-08-02 Thread Kevin Mattingly
smarter than the average bear... A saying from an old cartoon (Yogy Bear) On Aug 2, 2010, at 5:11 PM, Chris Moore wrote: Google is your friend. You can activate the keyboard help by pressing VO + K and then simply start trying different gestures. You can also listen to this:

Re: trackpads

2010-08-02 Thread Kevin Mattingly
the link sucks. I can't hear it but who knows, maybe it is my brain... Kev On Aug 2, 2010, at 5:11 PM, Chris Moore wrote: Google is your friend. You can activate the keyboard help by pressing VO + K and then simply start trying different gestures. You can also listen to this:

Re: trackpads

2010-08-02 Thread Chris Moore
reboot your computer and try again, their website is a bit flakey with safari, bet it plays on windows no problem On 2 Aug 2010, at 22:28, Kevin Mattingly wrote: the link sucks. I can't hear it but who knows, maybe it is my brain... Kev On Aug 2, 2010, at 5:11 PM, Chris Moore wrote:

Re: trackpads

2010-08-02 Thread Chris Moore
You can also press VO+H go to online help, then go down to standard gestures Chris On 2 Aug 2010, at 22:28, Kevin Mattingly wrote: the link sucks. I can't hear it but who knows, maybe it is my brain... Kev On Aug 2, 2010, at 5:11 PM, Chris Moore wrote: Google is your friend. You can

Re: trackpads

2010-08-02 Thread Bryan Jones
Try downloading the linked mp3 and playing it in itunes or some other media player. A number of folks, including myself, have reported trouble playing the visionaustralia podcasts directly within safari. Bryan On Aug 2, 2010, at 5:28 PM, Kevin Mattingly wrote: the link sucks. I can't hear it

Selecting and Navigating in Note texts on iDevices with the Apple Keyboards and Simplenote App [was SimpleNote BlueTooth Keyboard]

2010-08-02 Thread Esther
Hello Ed, I've changed the subject line and I'm cc'ing this post to the macvisionaries list because these comments apply to general use of the Apple Wireless Keyboard (and iPad Keyboard Dock) with iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad for text entry. The issues that you raise are not shortcomings of

Mail Composition questions

2010-08-02 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi All: How do you write several email addresses in the to, cc, and bcc fields? 2. How do you select a specific email address from a contact who has multiple addresses? Sarai Bucciarelli Personal Come join me on www.swagbucks.com/refer/sdbuccia -- You received this message because you are

Re: Mail Composition questions

2010-08-02 Thread Chris Moore
put a comma between each address or an semi colon, to extract email addresses whilst interacting with text I use the option and shift key and highlight with cursor keys then hit command + c to copy. On 3 Aug 2010, at 01:08, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: Hi All: How do you write several email

adium question

2010-08-02 Thread chad baker
Hi is it possible for adium to read messages automatically or no? I didn't see a option just curious. thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe

Re: Pauses in Mail Messages

2010-08-02 Thread carlene knight
Sometimes it is dimmed because the email in question is already in plain text. To switch to plain text on the fly it's option+command+p. On Aug 2, 2010, at 11:51 AM, Jim Fettgather wrote: Often, the option to display the message in plain text is dimmed out and unavailable. On 8/2/10,

Vo delay

2010-08-02 Thread carlene knight
Hi: Has anybody noticed a delay in the performance of VO lately? As I go through menus of nearly any type, vo will still be saying the default choice when I am clear down at the bottom of the list. It seems to me as if it's getting worse. It reads text and everything fine except

Re: DVS Movies in itunes Store

2010-08-02 Thread carlene knight
Blindmicemart has them as well, but I haven't tried it with my Mac. On Aug 2, 2010, at 1:10 PM, Linda Adams wrote: Bryan and Kevin, I can't help you with the I-tune store but the following link will at least provide a list of DVDs that should include a DVS version. It is on the WGBH web

Re: Vo delay

2010-08-02 Thread Sarah Alawami
o no as of late but some proggram will cause vo to freeze momentarly as I rap to the right of the first item. Hmm. odd? On Aug 2, 2010, at 6:00 PM, carlene knight wrote: Hi: Has anybody noticed a delay in the performance of VO lately? As I go through menus of nearly any type, vo

Re: trackpads

2010-08-02 Thread carlene knight
I can't use those links either. I think we just had a huge discussion about that site. Some can use it and some can't. On Aug 2, 2010, at 2:28 PM, Kevin Mattingly wrote: the link sucks. I can't hear it but who knows, maybe it is my brain... Kev On Aug 2, 2010, at 5:11 PM, Chris Moore

Re: Vo delay

2010-08-02 Thread carlene knight
Thanks. I don't seem to have much of an issue with that, but it's annoying when I an tabbing through, say, a menu here in Mail and it is blabbing about the first choice as I tab toward the bottom of the menu. thanks Sarah On Aug 2, 2010, at 6:06 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: o no as of late

Re: Vo delay

2010-08-02 Thread Sarah Alawami
Oh that! Yeah I get that in dialogue boxes. drives me nuts. I know hitting the ctrl key can shut it up but sometimes that fails. lol! On Aug 2, 2010, at 6:37 PM, carlene knight wrote: Thanks. I don't seem to have much of an issue with that, but it's annoying when I an tabbing through, say,

Re: Newest update to the IPhone

2010-08-02 Thread carlene knight
I'm still having that problem even after updating, and sometimes I can't get it to work at all and give up. I can't acces the rotor choices either. It seems as though my screen is shifted too far down or something. On Jul 17, 2010, at 11:10 AM, Kevin Mattingly wrote: Well, I decided to

Re: Mail Composition questions

2010-08-02 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: Your selection of multiple emails is confusing. So if I type in john smith, and he has more than 1 address, one email address is populated audamatically, but if I wanted another email address, I don't understand how to choose it. On Aug 2, 2010, at 7:13 PM, Chris Moore wrote: put a comma

Re: Newest update to the IPhone

2010-08-02 Thread Sarah Alawami
I reported the disappearing keyboard to apple so we'll see what happens. On Aug 2, 2010, at 6:48 PM, carlene knight wrote: I'm still having that problem even after updating, and sometimes I can't get it to work at all and give up. I can't acces the rotor choices either. It seems as though

Re: Accessible iPhone 4 apps

2010-08-02 Thread carlene knight
I couldn't get Shazam to work at all with Vo. How did you do it. When i tried it, Vo said nothing. On Jul 28, 2010, at 3:51 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: Probably not, and I can't sing well eather so it would not help at all anyways. lol! On Jul 28, 2010, at 2:33 PM, Michael Thurman wrote:

Re: Newest update to the IPhone

2010-08-02 Thread carlene knight
Hey thanks. It's maddening. On Aug 2, 2010, at 7:36 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: I reported the disappearing keyboard to apple so we'll see what happens. On Aug 2, 2010, at 6:48 PM, carlene knight wrote: I'm still having that problem even after updating, and sometimes I can't get it to work

Re: Vo delay

2010-08-02 Thread Kevin Shaw
If you restart Voiceover, the delay should go away. I get this in Safari often and Mail sometimes. Kevin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe

DTB players and thumb drives again.

2010-08-02 Thread Jenny Kennedy(Howard)
Hi guys, Hope everyone is doing great. I have a question, I know somebody a while ago sort of answered this. Okay here's the deal. I bought a new 4GB thumb drive. I put DTBs on it but when I put it in the DTB player it shows only 3 books and only one of them plays. The other two are book

Re: Vo delay

2010-08-02 Thread Sarah Alawami
I restart and sometimes it goes away but I wish it were not ther int eh rfirst place. S On Aug 2, 2010, at 8:08 PM, Kevin Shaw wrote: If you restart Voiceover, the delay should go away. I get this in Safari often and Mail sometimes. Kevin -- You received this message because you are

magic rackpad commands

2010-08-02 Thread Mary Otten
Somewhere, I know I saw a list of commands that work out of the box with the magic trackpad and vo. Now however, I can't recall where I saw that list. I know about setting up track pad commander, of course, but this was a list of commands that just work; there was one in particular involving

Re: Vo delay

2010-08-02 Thread carlene knight
Hi Kevin: Thanks for your response. I have to start Vo several times because it freezes up easier too, or states I'm somewhere where I'm not. I hope I don't have to reinstall from scratch; totally restore the system. I just did a permission repair about a week ago because I was getting busy

Re: DTB players and thumb drives again.

2010-08-02 Thread Lynn Schneider
Hi Jenny. I use a thumb drive with my NLS DTB player all the time and I do my file transfers with a Mac, but I recently had a similar sort of thing happen. It ended up being that I had a bad thumb drive. It was strange because the drive had been working perfectly for several months, and then

Re: Pauses in Mail Messages

2010-08-02 Thread Chantel Cuddemi
Not if you interact with the stroll area it isn't. On Aug 2, 2010, at 2:51 PM, Jim Fettgather wrote: Often, the option to display the message in plain text is dimmed out and unavailable. On 8/2/10, Chantel Cuddemi jawsgir...@gmail.com wrote: Have you tried switching to plain text

Re: Pauses in Mail Messages

2010-08-02 Thread Sarah Alawami
I have no scrol area in my case as I have my voew headers set to none. lol! S On Aug 2, 2010, at 10:56 PM, Chantel Cuddemi wrote: Not if you interact with the stroll area it isn't. On Aug 2, 2010, at 2:51 PM, Jim Fettgather wrote: Often, the option to display the message in plain text is

Re: Pauses in Mail Messages

2010-08-02 Thread Chantel Cuddemi
Ok. Here's something else I just thought of. Jim, is your preview pane enabled? On Aug 3, 2010, at 1:52 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote: I have no scrol area in my case as I have my voew headers set to none. lol! S On Aug 2, 2010, at 10:56 PM, Chantel Cuddemi wrote: Not if you interact with the