RE: bookshare and mac?

2012-04-17 Thread Frank Ventura
I would think you could open the .xml file in Safari, not sure how easy navigation would be though. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Maria Chapman Sent: Monday, April 16, 2012 11:25 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject:

Re: Mail, unread versus read messages.

2012-04-17 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Veronica, If you are not interacting with the messages table and just navigating up and down with the arrow keys, VO should announce unread, reply was sent, message was forwarded, and so on, but not Read. However, if you interact with the messages table, the status column will say Blank

Replacing an ordinary hifi, but with what?

2012-04-17 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi good people. I'll soon be moving and starting a new life in a way. I have sold my old hifi because i never found the songs i wanted when using a cd, because i never labeled the cds and lately i have started to listen to music from the computer rather than the stereo. What i want to do now is

Spell Checking in Mail

2012-04-17 Thread Jim Gatteys
Hi all! I have my mail set to spell check when the message is about to be sent. I wonder if there is a way to read the sentence or line in question with the mis-spelled word? I think it would help in context to know what the checker is about to change. Maybe I should revert back to a

Re: something to make it easier for you

2012-04-17 Thread Maria Chapman
Hi. i am a new mac user. can you tell me what to do with this script to make it work? thanks regards Maria and crew from australia email: bubbygirl1...@gmail.com check out www.powerradio104.us where we play lots of great music On 11/04/2012, at 2:40 PM, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote:

Apple certified support professional

2012-04-17 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi List, I was wondering if anyone has taken the ACSP exam, and wouldn't mind answering some basic questions in regards to the accessibility of this exam as well as a few other questions. You can contact me off list at my e-mail below my signature. Thanks. Ricardo Walker

Re: bookshare and mac?

2012-04-17 Thread Christine Grassman
Maria, you can also get a free file extractor called the unarchiver. Download and install it, then when you download a bookshare Daity title, you open the unarchiver, put in your bookshare password, and it extracts the file just as on a PC. You can then read the book in Safari or other

Re: bookshare and mac?

2012-04-17 Thread Maria Chapman
Hi. thanks. i was looking for a way to read and save my place. do i still need the unarchiver to read bookshare books in oleria? pardon spelling. too lazy to go look it up lol Blessings! Maria Joe and loving guide Karly. Email/ I Message: fb bubbygirl1...@gmail.com twitter: bubbygirl

Re: bookshare and mac?

2012-04-17 Thread Christine Grassman
I've never used anything except the unarchiver snd Safari, so I don't know of the app you mention has an extraction feature built in. On Apr 17, 2012, at 9:44 AM, Maria Chapman wrote: Hi. thanks. i was looking for a way to read and save my place. do i still need the unarchiver to read

Re: Guitar chords

2012-04-17 Thread CJ Daniel
Michael, You have to be signed up for the NLS' program for the blind physically handicapped. After that, you're eligible to borrow from the Library of Congress's music program. So, if you're receiving books from your state's lending library or downloading books from them, you're good to go.

the screen from hell

2012-04-17 Thread Jennifer Perdue
I'm sure it's not a login screen because I have tried entering my password and it won't go to the desk top. Also, if I manually turn the computer off and then turn it back on, it goes straight to the desk top. It is a grey screen with an apple in the middle and has something, I can't see

Re: ILife Apps

2012-04-17 Thread Jennifer Perdue
Thanks, Jenny On Apr 16, 2012, at 10:43 PM, Ed Worrell wrote: Hello, the iLife apps are Garageband, iMovie,iWeb and iPhoto. hth ED -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: the screen from hell

2012-04-17 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
I wonder if the power button is set to put the computer into sleep or stand-by, rather than use\e turn it off and on again? When I press my power button, I still have to choose whether to sleep or restart or shut off, unless I use the panic button, method of just holding it down until the

Re: the screen from hell

2012-04-17 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, I wonder if this is the Voiceover welcome dialog. Go to voiceover utilities with VO F8 and under general and see if Display welcome dialog when VoiceOver starts is unchecked. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Apr 17, 2012, at

Re: Spell Checking in Mail

2012-04-17 Thread Jennifer Perdue
Yeah, I'd like to know the same thing. Jenny On Apr 17, 2012, at 5:42 AM, Jim Gatteys wrote: Hi all! I have my mail set to spell check when the message is about to be sent. I wonder if there is a way to read the sentence or line in question with the mis-spelled word? I think it would

DAISY Reader

2012-04-17 Thread Kevin Chao
What DAISY readers are OS X users using with VoiceOver? Kevin -- 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: the screen from hell

2012-04-17 Thread Jennifer Perdue
I do hold the power button to turn it off, that's how I can get the desktop the second time. I shut it down with the regular shut down sequence via the apple menu to shut it down when I am done with it. Hope that helps. Jenny On Apr 17, 2012, at 10:07 AM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: I

Re: bookshare and mac?

2012-04-17 Thread patricia solis
No don't need the unarchiver. Just VO space on your book and enter your Bookshare password and it will unzip it. Then open it with Olearia. On Apr 17, 2012, at 6:44 AM, Maria Chapman wrote: Hi. thanks. i was looking for a way to read and save my place. do i still need the unarchiver

Re: Replacing an ordinary hifi, but with what?

2012-04-17 Thread Chris Blouch
The Libratone Lounge setup seems nice bout for $1300 I have to wonder if a more old school setup wouldn't sound better. I have my mini connected to a nice Dennon receiver and JBL speakers. The speakers I bought at auction when the media production place I was working for went under and love

Re: the screen from hell

2012-04-17 Thread Jennifer Perdue
thanks On Apr 17, 2012, at 10:15 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hi, I wonder if this is the Voiceover welcome dialog. Go to voiceover utilities with VO F8 and under general and see if Display welcome dialog when VoiceOver starts is unchecked. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info

Re: the screen from hell

2012-04-17 Thread Jennifer Perdue
OK, I did it and it wasn't on so hopefully that will help. Thanks a lot. JennyOK On Apr 17, 2012, at 10:15 AM, Ric Hi, I wonder if this is the Voiceover welcome dialog. Go to voiceover utilities with VO F8 and under general and see if Display welcome dialog when VoiceOver starts is

Purchasing an iPhone

2012-04-17 Thread Rahul Bajaj
Hi all, I live in India, and I'm interested in purchasing an iPhone. The iPhone 4S is very expensive here. It costs $1000. I have a couple of cousins who live in the U.S. and frequently keep coming to India. So, what's the best deal that I can get if I wish to purchase the iPhone from the U.S.

Re: Spell Checking in Mail

2012-04-17 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
A quick test for me indicates that control-F4 will switch you back to the mail message and control-F6 switches you to the spell checker. I didn't bring up the instructions on full keyboard access to verify that these are in fact switch to next primary wwindow and switch to aux window

Re: the screen from hell

2012-04-17 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
WIth OS Lion in the default configuration, it will attempt to restart all your programs that you were running when you shut the computer down. This could take a while depending on what was there. Also, some folks on the list have suggested that hitting alt-tab after boot is required. I have

Re: something to make it easier for you

2012-04-17 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net Did you get the script saved in AppleScript? Once that is done then the rest of what was discussed is in the VoiceOver Utility gotten to via the VO-F8 key sequence. In the Utility there is an area called commanders, and within the commanders you can link

Re: the screen from hell

2012-04-17 Thread Jennifer Perdue
No, Voice over does not work at all. It just sits on that screen and does nothing. It always figures though, that when sightling is here, I can't get it to do it so they can tell me what's on the screen. Funny how electronics know. Jenny On Apr 17, 2012, at 11:36 AM, Jonathan C. Cohn

Re: the screen from hell

2012-04-17 Thread Lewis Alexander
To solve this problem, you mentioned that voiceover is not running or not working? have you tried running voiceover? this may be a logon screen issue.. let me compile some suitable settings for voiceover stability which will assist in your mac experience. please note that as you're using lion,

Re: the screen from hell

2012-04-17 Thread Jennifer Perdue
I have tried to get voice over to run but nothing happens. thanks. Jenny On Apr 17, 2012, at 11:51 AM, Lewis Alexander wrote: To solve this problem, you mentioned that voiceover is not running or not working? have you tried running voiceover? this may be a logon screen issue.. let me

Re: the screen from hell

2012-04-17 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Are you pressing command F5? On 17 Apr 2012, at 05:54 PM, Jennifer Perdue jlperd...@gmail.com wrote: I have tried to get voice over to run but nothing happens. thanks. Jenny On Apr 17, 2012, at 11:51 AM, Lewis Alexander wrote: To solve this problem, you mentioned that voiceover is not

Re: Mail, unread versus read messages.

2012-04-17 Thread Veronica Elsea
Thanks Anne. Next time I'm reading mail I'll see what happens with the new messages that come in. Thanks. Veronica At 01:32 AM 4/17/2012, you wrote: Hello Veronica, If you are not interacting with the messages table and just navigating up and down with the arrow keys, VO should announce

Selecting files using vo.

2012-04-17 Thread Stacey Robinson
Hi, Is there an easy way to select consecutive or nonconsecutive files using VO with SnowLeopard. If so, how do I do this. Thank you. Stacey and GEB dog Chesley -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email

Re: Mail, unread versus read messages.

2012-04-17 Thread Veronica Elsea
Okay, I went into Mail and new messages downloaded automatically. I then just used arrow keys to move through the messages. They all just said blank blank blank before the name of the sender, etc. Hmmm, what am I missing here? Thanks. Veronica On Apr 17, 2012, at 9:53 AM, Veronica Elsea

Re: ILife Apps

2012-04-17 Thread Steve Holmes
What do you mean you have to buy them? Those apps appear to be on my Lion Mac Mini and I didn't especially load them. I haven't run any of them yet so I don't know if they are some sort of trial or starter versions or not. I have received updates for them when updating my system so I thought

Re: ILife Apps

2012-04-17 Thread Lewis Alexander
these are full versions. when you purchase any apple mac, the system comes installed with OS X and iLife pre-installed. fully installed and ready to use. no trials. just simple, on the go, no nonsense stuff. lew On 17 Apr 2012, at 18:14, Steve Holmes wrote: What do you mean you have to buy

Re: Apple certified support professional

2012-04-17 Thread Steve Holmes
Actually, this subject interests me to though I have lots to learn about Apple stuff in general. So keep the replies on list if nobody else minds too much. On 4/17/12, Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com wrote: Hi List, I was wondering if anyone has taken the ACSP exam, and wouldn't mind

Re: Selecting files using vo.

2012-04-17 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, Stacey, Usually, when I select contiguous items, I just use shift and arrow keys. Noncontiguous items are a little tricky. First, press VO-shift-f3 to turn cursor tracking off. This way, you won't move your cursor when VO moves. Find each item and press VO-command-spacebar to select it.

Re: Mail, unread versus read messages.

2012-04-17 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Veronica, It sounds as though the preview pane is still there and the messages are being opened as you arrow down through them. How do you read your messages? I read mine by pressing Return, then I close them with Cmd-w. If VO-j takes you to the body of the messages, then the preview

Re: the screen from hell

2012-04-17 Thread Jennifer Perdue
yes On Apr 17, 2012, at 11:58 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: Are you pressing command F5? On 17 Apr 2012, at 05:54 PM, Jennifer Perdue jlperd...@gmail.com wrote: I have tried to get voice over to run but nothing happens. thanks. Jenny On Apr 17, 2012, at 11:51 AM, Lewis Alexander wrote:

facebook question, was Re: selecting files using VO.

2012-04-17 Thread Stacey Robinson
Theresa, Thanks so much. It worked like a charm. Now, for another harder question. Can you give me tips on using facebook with safari. Is there an accessible facebook app for the mac? On Apr 17, 2012, at 12:19 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: Hi, Stacey, Usually, when I select contiguous items, I

Re: Guitar chords

2012-04-17 Thread Tim Hornik
Mike, I just searched for Beginner Guitar on my iPhone and his stuff was the first app. The name of the app is Beginner Guitar. I also just found out he has published two new apps for the Blues and Licks. I will be trying them out later, but feel based on his previous works they will be fine.

Re: ILife Apps

2012-04-17 Thread Chris Blouch
The only thing you would need to buy down the road is any upgrades, if you think the features/fixes would be worth it. Generally there isn't an 'upgrade price' since the things are bundled for free or cheap to begin with. While iWorks may have its issues compared to office, you certainly can't

Re: facebook question, was Re: selecting files using VO.

2012-04-17 Thread Teresa Cochran
I use both the regular Facebook site and the Mobile one. I know a lot of folks use different apps, but I'm not familiar with them. Teresa Nobody ever tells me anything!--James Forsyte, quoted in the Forsyte Saga On Apr 17, 2012, at 10:59 AM, Stacey Robinson wrote: Theresa, Thanks so much.

Re: fs: Intel Xeon W3530 quad-core processor and internal storage

2012-04-17 Thread Chris Blouch
I'm curious about your upgrade. In the past CPU upgrades were kind of diminishing returns since you then just hit bottlenecks in other parts of the system, such as RAM, system bus, drive IO and video IO. Are you doing something that is compute intensive but low bandwidth? Just hoping you

Olearia

2012-04-17 Thread Becky Knaub
Hi all, What website do you download olearia from. I want to read bookshare books on my mac and be able to book mark my place. Thanks. Becky -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: Mail, unread versus read messages.

2012-04-17 Thread Veronica Elsea
Okay, you might be right. And in the act of trying, I seem to have made a mess of mail. grin Here's what I have. When I first open Mail, it says inbox, so many messages, so many unread. VO says messages table is under the cursor. I can open a message with enter and VO-J does take me to the

Re: facebook question, was Re: selecting files using VO.

2012-04-17 Thread Stacey Robinson
Ok, how do you navigate the mobile one easily? That's the one I used on windows. I use focus for iPhone, but I'd really like to use fb on my macbook. On Apr 17, 2012, at 1:43 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: I use both the regular Facebook site and the Mobile one. I know a lot of folks use different

Re: the screen from hell

2012-04-17 Thread Scott Marshall F.
I haven't been following this thread but is there any chance you are holding down the option key. this will bring up a screen that won't talk. I hope this isn't repeat advice. Marshall On Apr 17, 2012, at 11:30 AM, Jennifer Perdue wrote: yes On Apr 17, 2012, at 11:58 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu

Re: That GOD aweful screen!

2012-04-17 Thread Chris Blouch
Sorry about that. I was referring to the overall System preferences, not the finder preferences. You can reach the System Preferences in a number of ways. Once is to go to the Apple menu (VO-M and then down-arrow to System Preferences) or another way is to go to the dock (VO-D) and type SY

help with Italian Braille

2012-04-17 Thread Donna Goodin
Hello all, I have some questions regarding Italian braille. If there are any Italian braille readers on list, could you please contact me off-list at doniado...@me.com? thanks, and to the rest of you, please excuse the post. Best, Donna -- You received this message because you are

Re: the screen from hell

2012-04-17 Thread Jennifer Perdue
No, It comes up not talking at all. It won't let me put in a password and/or my user name. If I hold down the power button and manually turn it off, and then turn it back on, it will boot right up to the desktop. Go figure. Jenny On Apr 17, 2012, at 3:32 PM, Scott Marshall F. wrote: I

Re: That GOD aweful screen!

2012-04-17 Thread Jennifer Perdue
Well, I did it. Let's hope that's what we needed. Thanks for being so patient with me. Jenny On Apr 17, 2012, at 4:30 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: Sorry about that. I was referring to the overall System preferences, not the finder preferences. You can reach the System Preferences in a number of

Re: facebook question, was Re: selecting files using VO.

2012-04-17 Thread Teresa Cochran
To me, most of the navigation is fairly self-explanatory. You might try some more specific questions that might make it easier to get help. Is there a particular aspect of navigation that you have trouble with? HTH, Teresa Man is matter's ability to contemplate itself.--Albert Einstein On Apr

I'm going to scream, what am I doing wrong!

2012-04-17 Thread Jennifer Perdue
OK, I am trying, again, to reply to one person, however, when I navigate to message headers then interact with it which gives me the person's name then VO right arrow to what is hide, then VO left arrow to the from field again, and then do VO shift M as in Mary. this idiotic computer won't

Re: I'm going to scream, what am I doing wrong!

2012-04-17 Thread Jim Gatteys
Ah Jennifer I hear the sound of screaming as I write this reply. Don't give up. I've noticed that the way you are trying to reply doesn't always work for me either. It works for me if I go over to the subject then back again, then do vo-shift-m. Then I get the address, copy and whatever else

Re: facebook question, was Re: selecting files using VO.

2012-04-17 Thread Stacey Robinson
I have lots of trouble moving from one newsfeed item to the other. On Apr 17, 2012, at 6:16 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: To me, most of the navigation is fairly self-explanatory. You might try some more specific questions that might make it easier to get help. Is there a particular aspect of

Re: I'm going to scream, what am I doing wrong!

2012-04-17 Thread Tim Kilburn
Jennifer, I believe that you missing one Interaction step. • If you VO-right and VO reads Hide, then go left to the Header area again. • Interact with that Header area and VO-right past the sender's name to the Subject. • Then VO-left back to when you hear the sender's name again. • At this

Using a mouse

2012-04-17 Thread Michael Malarsie
Greetings everyone, If I plug a mouse into my Macbook is there an option to make the Voice Over call out what is under the cursor? Are there any mouse options to mess with at all? I didn't find anything interesting in Universal Access and just wanted to find out is maybe I was

Re: Using a mouse

2012-04-17 Thread Ricardo Walker
Yes, in voiceover utilities under navigation, in the pop up, set the mouse pointer to move voiceover focus. hth Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Apr 18, 2012, at 12:11 AM, Michael Malarsie michael.malar...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: Using a mouse

2012-04-17 Thread Ricardo Walker
Oh! just to add, you don't need to plug in a mouse to do this either. you can use your trackpad with trackpad commander turned off and get the same result. hth Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Apr 18, 2012, at 12:11 AM, Michael

Re: Intel Xeon W3530 quad-core processor and internal storage

2012-04-17 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, I was thinking the same thing. In more cases than not, upgrading your processor is more trouble than what its worth. Won't upgrading the processor also mean a new heat sync and fan as well? The easiest way to improve performance is to always upgrade RAM IMO. Ricardo Walker

Re: Intel Xeon W3530 quad-core processor and internal storage

2012-04-17 Thread Chris Blouch
I was googling around and the upgrade process sounded non-trivial with acetone used to clean the heat paste off the old heat sinks to re-attach them to the new processors. Dunno if I would attempt that. CB On 4/18/12 12:23 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hi, I was thinking the same thing. In

Re: Intel Xeon W3530 quad-core processor and internal storage

2012-04-17 Thread Ricardo Walker
Ah! Ok. Because faster processors generally mean more heat and sometimes a new heat sink is needed to dissipate that heat. I'm studying for my A+ certification so, I'm a newby to this and I'm soaking it all in. Thanks. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore

Re: Intel Xeon W3530 quad-core processor and internal storage

2012-04-17 Thread Chris Blouch
Well, not saying the info in that article was correct :) They may have not bothered upgrading and if you did, would it still fit in the Apple case, and would it be cost effective if you had to add two new heatsinks into the equation. CB On 4/18/12 12:30 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Ah! Ok.

Re: facebook question, was Re: selecting files using VO.

2012-04-17 Thread Teresa Cochran
Ah, ok. Well, in the mobile site, you can navigate by links with VO-command-L. On the full site, you can navigate by headings. each newsfeed heading is a level 6, so once you get to a newsfeed on heading level 6, you can then either press VO-command-h or VO-command-M (for same heading number.

Re: Using a mouse

2012-04-17 Thread Mike Malarsie
Awesome. Thanks everyone. Mike Malarsie On Apr 17, 2012, at 11:17 PM, Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com wrote: Oh! just to add, you don't need to plug in a mouse to do this either. you can use your trackpad with trackpad commander turned off and get the same result. hth