Re: selecting individual pictures within i-photo:hello all:

2010-11-07 Thread Sarah Alawami
Hmm looks like you might need to use image capture then to do the import if it is from your phone. Good luck. On Nov 6, 2010, at 10:00 PM, Maxwell Ivey Jr. wrote: Hello; Here is how I do it. First make sure iphoto isn't set to automatically import photos. Next create a folder for your

Re: Skype 5

2010-11-07 Thread Scott Granados
I'm with you, I'm not having issues with sounds. On Nov 6, 2010, at 4:38 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: I can hear all sounds actually and I believe it says who is calling. I cannot so far reproduce that. S On Nov 6, 2010, at 4:01 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: I can confirm that I am

Re: Skype 5

2010-11-07 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi Sarah, If you can hear all sounds, can you please give us an overview of your settings, and a recording of the alerts doing what they are supposed to do? I ask because I find it strangely peculiar that mostly everyone hear seems to have issues with the alerts, and two people are reporting

Re: selecting individual pictures within i-photo:hello all:

2010-11-07 Thread John André Netland
Try iPhoto in iLife 11. It's almost 100% accessible now, except for a few radio buttons that need labels. You now can select pictures, read all related descriptions and info, and do what ever you want with the photos. Cheers, John André On 7. nov. 2010, at 04.51, Sarah Alawami wrote: I

Re: Recording Project

2010-11-07 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Dear Kevin, I open the link you provided and can hear nothing playing even though I press the play button. Can you help? Kawal. On 7 Nov 2010, at 03:06, Kevin Shaw wrote: Greetings again list, Earlier, Mr. Reeves posted some work he'd done in ProTools using Voiceover to the list. I may

ipod question for a friend

2010-11-07 Thread John Sanfilippo
Hello, A friend of mine asked for help in obtaining info on an ipod touch. I know nothing about them, but would like to help. Hope this is ok. My friend writes thus: I'm planning to buy the 64gb Touch and there's a feature on all the Touch models that I have a feeling is not accessible with

Re: Recording Project

2010-11-07 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Dear Kevin. I downloaded the file and all is fine. Kawal. On 7 Nov 2010, at 03:06, Kevin Shaw wrote: Greetings again list, Earlier, Mr. Reeves posted some work he'd done in ProTools using Voiceover to the list. I may as well join him in posting some of my work. I wanted to wait until I

Re: Recording Project

2010-11-07 Thread John Sanfilippo
Kawal, I had the same problem you had. How did you download the file? js On Nov 7, 2010, at 7:45 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: Dear Kevin. I downloaded the file and all is fine. Kawal. On 7 Nov 2010, at 03:06, Kevin Shaw wrote: Greetings again list, Earlier, Mr. Reeves posted some work

Re: Recording Project

2010-11-07 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi! It may just have been your connection between Dropbox. Patience is usually the key. Also, check right next to the mute button. That displays the current length. When that displays, you know the file has loaded properly. To download the file, you can usually just go to your location bar

Re: Does anyone have experience with a product called radio shark

2010-11-07 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, I just bought this off of Amazon, it sounds neat, I figured I'd take the chance. I will let you all know how it works once it comes in. Courtney Listen to The Wonderful World of Doo-wop with me, Moopie Curran on Fridays at 08:00 UTC on http://www.theglobalvoice.info On Nov 7, 2010, at 1:22

Re: iMac VS Mac Mini

2010-11-07 Thread Scott Howell
You would be fine with a Mini and you can go for the Mini with a 2.53Ghz processor and have no problems. On Nov 6, 2010, at 8:25 AM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: What about if you run Windows? On Nov 6, 2010, at 5:54 AM, Scott Howell wrote: James, There is a significant difference between

iphone 4g and 3gs

2010-11-07 Thread M AUSTEN
Hello, I'm thinking about getting one of the new iPhones. Does anyone know if you can use the voice of Alex on either the iPhone 3gs or 4g? Thanks, Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Skype 5 beta and the call window

2010-11-07 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi folks. I'm trying out the skype 5 beta from various aspects and have come across one that has me quite confused. When in a call, at least my voiceover doesn't see the whole window with contacts list, source list etc and the menu for participants in conference calls etc. Am i not able to do

Re: iphone 4g and 3gs

2010-11-07 Thread wes smith
No. It's to big. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 7, 2010, at 9:03 AM, M AUSTEN m.aust...@btinternet.com wrote: Hello, I'm thinking about getting one of the new iPhones. Does anyone know if you can use the voice of Alex on either the iPhone 3gs or 4g? Thanks, Mark -- You received this message

Re: Recording Project

2010-11-07 Thread Kevin Mattingly
So, Kevin, SIAP but do you feel that pro tools is worth the buy and is it accessible for most things? Kev On Nov 7, 2010, at 10:47 AM, Scott Howell wrote: Kevin, veyr nicely done. Scott On Nov 6, 2010, at 11:06 PM, Kevin Shaw wrote: Greetings again list, Earlier, Mr. Reeves posted

See if these videos work with Click to Flash

2010-11-07 Thread Ryan Mann
OK, I've installed the Click to Flash extension hoping I would play videos at the following site: http://www.freespeech.org/videos-demand After I follow the link to one of the videos, I don't find this toolbar that everybody keeps talking about to play the video. Maybe I'm doing something

Re: Does anyone have experience with a product called radio shark

2010-11-07 Thread Darcy Burnard
Hi Justin. Do you happen to have either audio hijack pro or radio shift? I ask because both of those programs can apparently control the radio shark. So if the included software doesn't work, you still may be in luck. Darcy On 2010-11-07, at 1:04 AM, Justin Ekis wrote: Hi ALl, I'm

Re: iphone 4g and 3gs

2010-11-07 Thread M AUSTEN
Many thanks, is it possible to choose a different voice that the one supplied in the box? --- On Sun, 7/11/10, wes smith wes1020002...@gmail.com wrote: From: wes smith wes1020002...@gmail.com Subject: Re: iphone 4g and 3gs To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date:

Re: iphone 4g and 3gs

2010-11-07 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Mark, You can only use the voices that come with the iPhone. However, you do have a choice of three in English: British, Australian and American. Cheers, Anne On 7 Nov 2010, at 17:37, M AUSTEN wrote: Many thanks, is it possible to choose a different voice that the one supplied in

Re: Recording Project

2010-11-07 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Thanks Nic. Downloaded the file using the menu in e-mail which said download file behind e-mail link. Great file Kevin thanks. On 7 Nov 2010, at 13:38, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: Hi! It may just have been your connection between Dropbox. Patience is usually the key. Also, check right next

Re: Skype 5 beta and the call window

2010-11-07 Thread Sarah Alawami
Hello. use cmd option left and right arrow to get back to the sources list. Take care. On Nov 7, 2010, at 8:13 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: Hi folks. I'm trying out the skype 5 beta from various aspects and have come across one that has me quite confused. When in a call, at least my voiceover

Re: Recording Project

2010-11-07 Thread Kevin Shaw
Yes, ProTools is accessible for most things. Is it worth the buy? That depends on your application. If you're looking to record professionally or semi-professionally, it's the way to go. Take into account the fact that ProTools is industry standard, and knowing the platform gives one an

Re: iphone 4g and 3gs

2010-11-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
Neither one has the Alex voice, it uses the Nuance vocalizer voices. On Nov 7, 2010, at 10:03 AM, M AUSTEN wrote: Hello, I'm thinking about getting one of the new iPhones. Does anyone know if you can use the voice of Alex on either the iPhone 3gs or 4g? Thanks, Mark -- You

trying drag and drop for raid utility in mac os setup phase

2010-11-07 Thread Yuma Decaux
Hi list, I followed every step of the way for drag and drop in the following article http://maccessibility.net/guides/voiceover/drag-and-drop/ This doing in the disk utility at boot with the mac os install dvd. It just doesn't work no matter how i do it. And i do remember that disk utility is

Re: iphone 4g and 3gs

2010-11-07 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi Mark, I have my Iphone 3GS set to use Karen who is the Australian voice. The other app that doesn't work whe it is set that way is the weather. It thinks you are in Australia, so if you are in the u.S., this app will not work unless you use the Samantha voice. I personally don't like

Re: iphone 4g and 3gs

2010-11-07 Thread Bryan Jones
Hi Allison, I'm in the US and also prefer to use the Australian voice; however, I have no problems with the default weather app. Can you supply some details about what isn't working for you? I have an iphone 4 with IOS 4.1, but I think we have the same voice engine and default weather app on

Re: Skype 5

2010-11-07 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi. I can not hear all sounds, but I can hear, when people are calling, and who it is. I have not installed growl. Best regards Annie. On Nov 7, 2010, at 9:21 AM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: Hi Sarah, If you can hear all sounds, can you please give us an overview of your settings, and a

Re: Skype 5

2010-11-07 Thread Sarah Alawami
Really? I have no issues wiht skype 5 beta, Ok a few but nothing to do with sounds or incoming calls. Hmm odd? Take care. S On Nov 7, 2010, at 1:53 PM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: Hi! That's weird, because I get You have an incoming call from contact, even though it's set properly. I get

Re: Recording Project

2010-11-07 Thread Justin Thornton
can we get pt version 9 as of now and how is VO as far as with this version any thoughts On Nov 7, 2010, at 2:25 PM, Kevin Shaw wrote: Yes, ProTools is accessible for most things. Is it worth the buy? That depends on your application. If you're looking to record professionally or

Re: iphone 4g and 3gs

2010-11-07 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi Bryan and all, I have Karen on now and the weather app thinks I'm I'n Australia. Even when I changed the region to US. it still thinks w are I'n Australia. It's no hat big of a deal but can this be fixed? Thank you for all your assistance I really appreciate it. Have a great day Senty.

Re: iphone 4g and 3gs

2010-11-07 Thread Sarah Alawami
Huh? that's very odd. I have no issues with that. did you change your thing in the app itself? On Nov 7, 2010, at 3:33 PM, Allison Manzino wrote: Hi Bryan and all, I have Karen on now and the weather app thinks I'm I'n Australia. Even when I changed the region to US. it still thinks w are

accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-07 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
I am typing this message on a MacBook Air while flying home from Reno, NV where yesterday, I used that same MacBook Air to take 9 hours worth of minutes during the American Council of the Blind Board Meeting. I am ACB Secretary, and this machine performs just like my MacBook Pro but without

Re: iphone 4g and 3gs

2010-11-07 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
No you cannot, but since I am an English speaker who lives in the US, I found that I really like the australian voice much better. The US and UK voices are very gravelly. Marlaina Lieberg 1guide...@gmail.com On Nov 7, 2010, at 8:15 AM, wes smith wrote: No. It's to

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-07 Thread Sarah Alawami
OH nice, but if apple says it is going to make it like the pc netbook the price is sure wrong. the average netbook is around $300 the macbook air is about $1000. But glad you like the air. I want to try one one day. They sound cool for quick things like note taking in class o what not. On Nov

Setting up the weather app [was Re: iphone 4g and 3gs]

2010-11-07 Thread Esther
Hi Allison and Others, I also use the Australian voice (Karen) on my iPhone, although I'm in the U.S. The weather app reports for whatever location you set, regardless of the voice you use or the region format that you chose in Settings General International Region Format. You'll have

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-07 Thread Pete Nalda
Hate to say this, but that $300 pc NetBook becomes $1300 when you add the price of Accessibility. For $1000 you get not only a nice performing computer but a screenreader as well. On Nov 7, 2010, at 6:34 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: OH nice, but if apple says it is going to make it like the pc

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-07 Thread Justin Thornton
lol I disagree with that statement of $1300 you can have a netbook with free NVDA works just fine for accessibility although I use a mac mainly windows I use nva and nothing else screw jfw!! On Nov 7, 2010, at 7:39 PM, Pete Nalda wrote: Hate to say this, but that $300 pc NetBook becomes $1300

Re: Skype 5

2010-11-07 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Not hearing any sounds when people come online, or go offline, even though I have those set. I've got the speak text checkbox also checked for both of those events, and am getting no spoken notifications either for contacts coming online, or going off. On Nov 6, 2010, at 7:01 PM, Mark

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-07 Thread Buddy Brannan
Apple *never* said that the Air was anything like a netbook. In fact, Apple's doing its level best to distance itself from the whole netbook thing. Of course, one could argue that it's a similar form factor and size, and a rose by any other name, etc. etc., but there are a couple of key

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-07 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
Yah; I never said it was inexpensive, smile. I sold my iPad to get it. It does for me what I had hoped the iPad would do. but for me, Pages on iPad was really hinky, and sometimes my bt keyboard would just quit or other times the battery would be dead. Pages told me after every character

Re: Setting up the weather app [was Re: iphone 4g and 3gs]

2010-11-07 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
Esther, As usual, your directions are wonderful. I just got a replacement iPhone 4, my first one just died one day but I have Apple Care thankfully. Anyway, I'm now finding that the 3 finger flick left or right is hardly working very well. I'm going to keep experimenting to see if I can get

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-07 Thread Maxwell Ivey Jr.
for me personally, I would love to have an 11 inch computer macbook or airbook. my first macbook was a 12 inch g-4 and i hate paying for monotor space and weight I'm never gonna use. lol take care, max On Nov 7, 2010, at 6:46 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: Yah; I never said it was inexpensive,

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-07 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, I'm so jealous, I'm getting a macbook air after Christmas, but I hope to see one way before then. Hope you get the most out of your macbook air. Courtney Listen to The Wonderful World of Doo-wop with me, Moopie Curran on Fridays at 08:00 UTC on http://www.theglobalvoice.info On Nov 7,

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-07 Thread Sarah Alawami
Oh yeah forgot about tht little point. I should not have as I do use that other platform. lol! There goes my muddled brain. Hmm maybe the next time I go to the apple store I might try me one out. On Nov 7, 2010, at 4:39 PM, Pete Nalda wrote: Hate to say this, but that $300 pc NetBook becomes

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-07 Thread Sarah Alawami
Ok you bring up a good point but given time and program will not the macbook air boot up in about a minute just like my pro? lol! S On Nov 7, 2010, at 4:45 PM, Buddy Brannan wrote: Apple *never* said that the Air was anything like a netbook. In fact, Apple's doing its level best to distance

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-07 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
Absolutely, and even if you already have a screen reader, some require a license for each PC, thankfully Window-Eyes does not, but you still have to pay to keep your screen reader updated in many instances, it's called your SMA. I'm not dissing windows, or windows screen readers, and I am

Re: Skype 5

2010-11-07 Thread Sarah Alawami
Ok maybe I'm not getting those eather but I'll hve to test those as I have that shut off. Will post back if I notice anything. S On Nov 7, 2010, at 4:44 PM, Dan Eickmeier wrote: Not hearing any sounds when people come online, or go offline, even though I have those set. I've got the

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-07 Thread Sarah Alawami
That's true. I might go to the apple store on black friday as I need to go there anyways to maybe pick up some stuff that might be on sale? *wink wink* but I migh ttake a look at th eair and try and lift one, to see how heavy it is, if they let me. lol! On Nov 7, 2010, at 5:04 PM, Marlaina

Re: Setting up the weather app [was Re: iphone 4g and 3gs]

2010-11-07 Thread Esther
Hi Marlaina, I always feel as though I should write the 3 finger flick instructions as 3 finger swipe, because you need to make sure that this is a deliberate gesture, with your fingers well separated, and your fingers traveling in a horizontal direction to the right or left for at least

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-07 Thread Sarah Alawami
and how much space does it come with. I guess I could look it up but I'm feeling quite lazy today. so far I am impressed. I am so sorry all for my rant. On Nov 7, 2010, at 5:24 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: I so love how quickly my Air powers up for me. It makes me laugh every time I use it.

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-07 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
I rarely use a CD drive, other than when at home. So yes, if I needed to use one, it would have to be an external. Also, if you get an 11 inch which is what I have, you will need a card reader; the 13 inchers have that built in but weight almost a pound more. This old blind lady wants

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-07 Thread Ryan Mann
Since you don't have a CD drive, how would you upgrade the operating system? If it was me, I wouldn't want to have to go without whatever new VoiceOver features are in the next cat. On Nov 7, 2010, at 8:27 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: I rarely use a CD drive, other than when at home. So yes,

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-07 Thread Kaare Dehard
comes with a usb drive with the os on it for restore. On 2010-11-07, at 8:32 PM, Ryan Mann wrote: Since you don't have a CD drive, how would you upgrade the operating system? If it was me, I wouldn't want to have to go without whatever new VoiceOver features are in the next cat. On Nov

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-07 Thread Ryan Mann
So when the next OS after Snow Leopard comes out, you could ask for the OS on a USB flash drive instead of DVD? On Nov 7, 2010, at 8:36 PM, Kaare Dehard wrote: comes with a usb drive with the os on it for restore. On 2010-11-07, at 8:32 PM, Ryan Mann wrote: Since you don't have a CD drive,

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-07 Thread Kaare Dehard
think but not sure I read that the new air came with a flash drive version, but not certain if they had the plans to extend it to other places or not... On 2010-11-07, at 8:39 PM, Ryan Mann wrote: So when the next OS after Snow Leopard comes out, you could ask for the OS on a USB flash drive

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-07 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
The basic 11 incher comes with 64 gb disk and 2 gb ram. I upgraded to 4 gb and 128 gb disk. I call it my fat air! LOL! On Nov 7, 2010, at 5:26 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: and how much space does it come with. I guess I could look it up but I'm feeling quite lazy today. so far I am impressed. I

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-07 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
You just do it through iTunes or under apple, you look for update software or something like that. You can also link the Air to other machines with a DVD or CD player, etc. It's no problem at all. On Nov 7, 2010, at 5:32 PM, Ryan Mann wrote: Since you don't have a CD drive, how would you

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-07 Thread Mary Otten
Marlaina, Your comment about the IPad was interesting. I've been pondering the possible purchase of an IPad or the Air and seeing pluses and minuses for both. I assume you are using Pages on the Air for all that note taking? I'd be curious if others' experiences with the bluetooth keyboard and

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-07 Thread heather kd5cbl
Well, the commercial on tv said otherwise. It compares the macair to the netbook as the newer smarter and lighter netbook! Heather -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-07 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
Mary, I got the fattest 11 inch air I could get with 128 gb storage and 4gb memory. Apple makes a great product, but you pay for it but then again, you get what you pay for. So when I purchase an apple device, I only do it if I can get the most I can for what I want. I concur, 64 GB is

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-07 Thread Buddy Brannan
Nope. For a couple reasons: 1) Its default shutdown is just a mega huge standby at exceedingly low power, so it doesn't have to start from scratch, and 2) Solid state flash drive is much faster than a mechanical hard drive. -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Phone: (814) 860-3194 or

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-07 Thread Sarah Alawami
and if you wanted to upgrade to lion would you have to buy the usb drive upgrade or what. curious. S On Nov 7, 2010, at 5:36 PM, Kaare Dehard wrote: comes with a usb drive with the os on it for restore. On 2010-11-07, at 8:32 PM, Ryan Mann wrote: Since you don't have a CD drive, how would

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-07 Thread Sarah Alawami
but how would you restore from a usb drive?I thought you could only run voice over from the cd or from a cd and install that way? S On Nov 7, 2010, at 5:46 PM, Kaare Dehard wrote: think but not sure I read that the new air came with a flash drive version, but not certain if they had the

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-07 Thread Sarah Alawami
Oh yeah forgot about the SS drives that would make sence. S On Nov 7, 2010, at 6:12 PM, Buddy Brannan wrote: Nope. For a couple reasons: 1) Its default shutdown is just a mega huge standby at exceedingly low power, so it doesn't have to start from scratch, and 2) Solid state flash

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-07 Thread Buddy Brannan
Apple is declaring the CDROM/DVD dead, or at least dying, very like it did with the floppy drive back when the iMac first came out. Remember that? Remember how we all laughed at it and thought, Oh, no, the floppy drive. Gotta have one, it's not going anywhere. Apple was ahead of the curve, and

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-07 Thread Buddy Brannan
This surprises me, especially if it's an Apple commercial and not a commercial from a third party. -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY On Nov 7, 2010, at 9:04 PM, heather kd5cbl wrote: Well, the commercial on tv said otherwise. It compares the macair

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-07 Thread Sarah Alawami
I find that very odd. 'd hope those drives would be protected from accidental erasure. amazing stuff. S On Nov 7, 2010, at 6:16 PM, Buddy Brannan wrote: Apple is declaring the CDROM/DVD dead, or at least dying, very like it did with the floppy drive back when the iMac first came out.

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-07 Thread Buddy Brannan
Of course not. You can run from an external hard drive, boot from it even, and have it as your main drive if you like. I've booted from a full carbon copy cloner - made backup of my system, it really isn't at all difficult. -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Phone: (814) 860-3194 or

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-07 Thread Sarah Alawami
lol. I'm still a beginner when it comes to that then. We can probably discuss that one later. Talke care. S On Nov 7, 2010, at 6:19 PM, Buddy Brannan wrote: Of course not. You can run from an external hard drive, boot from it even, and have it as your main drive if you like. I've booted

Some Apple Mail Questions using voiceover

2010-11-07 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
Hi folks. Ok, I'll stop loving my Air and start learning again from so many of you who are so kind to give your time and knowledge. I have a few situations using apple mail I'd love to fix. Here goes. 1. When I open mail, it tells me 1 row added or 5 rows added over and over until all my

for anyone using box car how do I sign up

2010-11-07 Thread Sarah Alawami
Ok all. I tried to sign up with box car but for some reason I cannot. I enter my email and my passfraze and confirm but there is no save button. How do those of you who use box car sign up? Take care. Sarah Alawami MSN: marri...@gmail.com aim: marri...@gmail.com: website:

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-07 Thread heather kd5cbl
Yep I was surprised while I was watching the saints game to see this as well! Heather -- 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

Re: for anyone using box car how do I sign up

2010-11-07 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
What is Box car please? On Nov 7, 2010, at 6:23 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: Ok all. I tried to sign up with box car but for some reason I cannot. I enter my email and my passfraze and confirm but there is no save button. How do those of you who use box car sign up? Take care. Sarah Alawami

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-07 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
Yes, but I think they are talking to windows users whom, if apple said this wasn't a netbook, would run out and buy a tosheba, smile! I know rom having done marketing, ya gotta go to where the mind of the customer lives then gently bring them along with you to a better place. Marlaina On Nov

Re: Some Apple Mail Questions using voiceover

2010-11-07 Thread Sarah Alawami
I'll answer your second question for now.berg wrote: 2. Is there a key sequence I can use to add let's say one address from an email to my addressbook? For example, if I want to add macvisionaries, but not the sender from whom the message appears, how do I do that? My husband took the

Re: for anyone using box car how do I sign up

2010-11-07 Thread Sarah Alawami
Box car is an app that will push email nd twitter and more notifications to you all at once on IOS4. S On Nov 7, 2010, at 6:29 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: What is Box car please? On Nov 7, 2010, at 6:23 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: Ok all. I tried to sign up with box car but for some reason I

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-07 Thread Nektarios Mallas
Hello. I am not going to defend windows or netbooks here, but you can get this $300 computer with windows 7 sarter, add NVDA free and powerful screen reader and you are good to go. Nektarios. On Nov 8, 2010, at 2:39 AM, Pete Nalda wrote: Hate to say this, but that $300 pc NetBook becomes

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-07 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, Yeah, but Windows, at least to me, there's so much stuff to deal with there, virus scans, slowness of a Windows PC, shall I go on. I guess I'm more partial to macs, but to each their own. Courtney Listen to The Wonderful World of Doo-wop with me, Moopie Curran on Fridays at 08:00 UTC on

accessible games

2010-11-07 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, Is there an accessible version of either Crazy Eights or Life for the Mac? Courtney -- 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

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-07 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
that's great; there should always be choices. Marlaina On Nov 7, 2010, at 6:32 PM, Nektarios Mallas wrote: Hello. I am not going to defend windows or netbooks here, but you can get this $300 computer with windows 7 sarter, add NVDA free and powerful screen reader and you are good to go.

Itunes strange behaviour.

2010-11-07 Thread Nektarios Mallas
Hi guys. I m having some problems with Itunes and podcasts. Let's say I play a few podcasts and then delete them. Next time Itunes checks for new episodes, it downloads them again. In other words, something is wrong I think with the database that keeps track of the podcasts. Any suggestions?

Re: Some Apple Mail Questions using voiceover

2010-11-07 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
When I do this, I do not see the to field; all I see is the from field even with long headers turned on. Marlaina On Nov 7, 2010, at 6:32 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: I'll answer your second question for now.berg wrote: 2. Is there a key sequence I can use to add let's say one address from an

Re: Some Apple Mail Questions using voiceover

2010-11-07 Thread Sarah Alawami
If you vo down arrow the to field is there. it is after the subject field I think. s On Nov 7, 2010, at 6:53 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: When I do this, I do not see the to field; all I see is the from field even with long headers turned on. Marlaina On Nov 7, 2010, at 6:32 PM, Sarah

Re: Some Apple Mail Questions using voiceover

2010-11-07 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
When I vo down arrow, I am put back into your message. I'll keep trying. Marlaina On Nov 7, 2010, at 6:59 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: If you vo down arrow the to field is there. it is after the subject field I think. s On Nov 7, 2010, at 6:53 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: When I do this, I do

Re: Some Apple Mail Questions using voiceover

2010-11-07 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
This is interesting; if I let vo read it to me, it reads the to field but I cannot vo down or vo arrow there at all. Surely I am doing something incorrectly! On Nov 7, 2010, at 6:59 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: If you vo down arrow the to field is there. it is after the subject field I think. s

Re: Some Apple Mail Questions using voiceover

2010-11-07 Thread Mary Otten
Marlaina, When in the header after hitting command shift h to access long headers, interact, then you can arrow down and you will find the to field. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
Yes, with something like that, it's hard to think why anyone would spend so much more on the blindness note takers, they cost more and do less. On Nov 7, 2010, at 4:07 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: I am typing this message on a MacBook Air while flying home from Reno, NV where yesterday, I used

Re: Some Apple Mail Questions using voiceover

2010-11-07 Thread Eric Oyen
try vo shift down arrow. this will put you into interact with text mode. from there, all the headers will be available. I can find the reply-to headers and the from headers going this far, but vo shift M doesn't open an options menu for me. so I am not sure how to add a new address to the

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
You can use an external DVD drive, they're not that expensive. Once you have one of those, it's done the same way, and it comes with a USB flash drive with the current operating system. On Nov 7, 2010, at 7:32 PM, Ryan Mann wrote: Since you don't have a CD drive, how would you upgrade the

Re: Some Apple Mail Questions using voiceover

2010-11-07 Thread Sarah Alawami
Did you interact with the header field then try and vo down arrow? On Nov 7, 2010, at 7:09 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: This is interesting; if I let vo read it to me, it reads the to field but I cannot vo down or vo arrow there at all. Surely I am doing something incorrectly! On Nov 7,

Re: Some Apple Mail Questions using voiceover

2010-11-07 Thread Sarah Alawami
Ok once yu get to the too field do a vo shift space and it should click the mouse. On Nov 7, 2010, at 7:25 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: Mary, Ok when I do that, it has me interacting with the text of your address, subject line, date, time and the macvisionaries address but when I do vo

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
Out of the 2, I think I would choose the macbook air, for lots of writing, it would be a better choice. On Nov 7, 2010, at 7:52 PM, Mary Otten wrote: Marlaina, Your comment about the IPad was interesting. I've been pondering the possible purchase of an IPad or the Air and seeing pluses and

Re: Some Apple Mail Questions using voiceover

2010-11-07 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
Mary, I totally agree with you. I will never give up my Apex; when I want braille, I gotta have braille. When I am calling the roster of all ACB affiliates at convention and being given delegate names on the fly, I gotta be fast and furious. Also, when delegates change, I have to be quick

Re: Some Apple Mail Questions using voiceover

2010-11-07 Thread Mary Otten
Ok Marlaina. Turn on long headers with command shift h. Press enter on the message you want to read while in the messages table. Vo left to get to the headers. Interact. Vo down and you should move from one header field to another, with the to: field appearing after the subject line as memory

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
You can share the DVD drive of the macbook pro, and the macbook air can use the shared drive. On Nov 7, 2010, at 8:11 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: Mary, I got the fattest 11 inch air I could get with 128 gb storage and 4gb memory. Apple makes a great product, but you pay for it but then

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-07 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
Actually, I turn screen curtain on like I do on my phone. It's just all very cool! On Nov 7, 2010, at 7:23 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: You may already know this, but, if you turn the brightness down all the way your battery may last even longer, you will need to do this each time, since it won't

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
I wonder then, for 10.7 if they will make it downloadable, or if it will just come on a USB flash drive for everyone? On Nov 7, 2010, at 8:16 PM, Buddy Brannan wrote: Apple is declaring the CDROM/DVD dead, or at least dying, very like it did with the floppy drive back when the iMac first came

Re: Some Apple Mail Questions using voiceover

2010-11-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
You shouldn't have to press command 1 each time go back to the in box, ah, I wonder if you have the mail boxes showing? Try going to the in box, then press command shift m, and see if it says hide mail boxes. Now when you press command w, it should take you back to the in box. There's no way

Re: Some Apple Mail Questions using voiceover

2010-11-07 Thread Mary Otten
Marlaina, when you hear it say tab, don't vo right. Vo down. You will get to the other fields that way. 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: Some Apple Mail Questions using voiceover

2010-11-07 Thread Sarah Alawami
Actually what I do is just cmd w and close everything until I know I got mail. then I hit cmd 1 to go to my inbox. Take care. On Nov 7, 2010, at 7:37 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: You shouldn't have to press command 1 each time go back to the in box, ah, I wonder if you have the mail boxes showing?

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