Re: Voice Over not saying the letter c

2015-03-03 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Sounds wiered indeed. But I’m glad to read this because I expected it to be just on my Mac. ;-) I use the Acapela voices. Have you experienced it with Nuances voices as well? Jürgen Am 03.03.2015 um 05:46 schrieb Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com: Not specifically, but some people seem to find

Re: Voice Over not saying the letter c

2015-03-03 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Jürgen, Here in France, someone has been having the problem of VoiceOver not saying the letter r. The person is using the Nuance voices. Cheers, Anne On 3 Mar 2015, at 09:05, Jürgen Fleger apple-engl...@fleger.net wrote: Sounds wiered indeed. But I’m glad to read this because I

Re: Apple script for checking battery status on macbook air.

2015-03-03 Thread Stacey Robinson
Alex I’ve read the read me Do I just put the entire talking dashboard folder in a certain folder? Blessings, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net On Mar 3, 2015, at 9:06 AM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com

Editing Audio

2015-03-03 Thread Jeff Berwick
Hi there, I want to edit some audio including combining several music clips and adding spoken word over top. I have Garageband, but is this the best program for doing this? Can I even do this with Garageband or is it just for creating music? What would have the least step learning curve?

Re: Editing Audio

2015-03-03 Thread Matthew Dierckens
I personally would recommend amadeus pro, along side of Jonathan Mosen's excellent book Becoming an Amadeus Pro Maestro. . For me at least, this program is now one less reason why I don't use windows anymore. God bless. :) Matthew Dierckens Certified Assistive Technology Specialist Macintosh,

Re: input monitoring on garage band please help

2015-03-03 Thread Dionipher Herrera
thanks for the reply, i already figure it out, the volume of my output on the track is gone to zero, dont know why it happen that way. On 02 Mar 2015, at 20:23, Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com wrote: I just looked around in GB10 and see that there was a monitor button in the track headers,

Re: mac mini 2012 model hard drive?

2015-03-03 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
I didn't notice a reply to this one. Most Mac Mini machines use a 2.5 SATA hard drive so you should be able to easily find a case, if you haven't already done so by now. CB On 1/15/15 2:52 PM, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona wrote: Hello a power surge took out my mac mini the hard drive

Re: Apple script for checking battery status on macbook air.

2015-03-03 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi Stacie No, you have to go to Library and then and then scripts and then VoiceOver. Paste the file to the VoiceOver folder. It's not an app that goes in the app folder. Gigi On Mar 3, 2015, at 8:54 AM, Stacey Robinson stacey...@bellsouth.net wrote: Do I just install it like any other

Re: Apple script for checking battery status on macbook air.

2015-03-03 Thread Stacey Robinson
Do I just put the entire talking dashboard folder in there. Exactly what do I do? Step by step instructions are appreciated. I’ve read the readme file already. Blessings, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net

Re: Apple script for checking battery status on macbook air.

2015-03-03 Thread Alex Hall
You don't necessarily need to put them in that folder, but yes, that's the idea. You unzip the folder, put *all* the scripts where you want them. You then point VO to whichever you want. The Readme has more details, and I strongly recommend you give it a look. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 3,

Re: Apple script for checking battery status on macbook air.

2015-03-03 Thread Alex Hall
That's part of Talking Dashboard, but I'm not sure why Apple doesn't include it by default. Download this file: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17005121/talking%20dashboard.zip and unzip it. The Readme file should be enough to give you everything, but let me know if you have questions. On

Re: Apple script for checking battery status on macbook air.

2015-03-03 Thread Alex Hall
Commanders can point to wherever you want, not just to scripts in your library folder. So yes, you can dump the Talking Dashboard folder in there, as-is, or you can copy all the files and paste them into your scripts folder if you like. You could even put them in dropbox, so you always have

Re: Editing Audio

2015-03-03 Thread Alex Hall
Audacity is also an option, and it's what I use. It's free, but has no audio book to accompany it. On Mar 3, 2015, at 10:29 AM, Matthew Dierckens matt.dierck...@me.com wrote: I personally would recommend amadeus pro, along side of Jonathan Mosen's excellent book Becoming an Amadeus Pro

Re: VoiceOver Questions.

2015-03-03 Thread Dionipher Herrera
is that on the log in? yes it will automatically go to your password area to type. On 01 Mar 2015, at 01:04, Anita braille...@gmail.com wrote: Hi List, I sent mailto this list a few days ago, but haven't found answers to my question.Earlier this month, I purchased a MacBook Air,

Re: work flow app question

2015-03-03 Thread Jenine Stanley
Oh, got it. I wasn’t hitting share on the web site, just in the app. Now I’ll have to try it. I’ve never added a web site link on my home screen so this will be excellent. My workflow allows me to quickly turn on the video in case of, oh say, an access denial with my guide dog. Jenine

Re: Did something really stupid: spilled lemonade on my MBA

2015-03-03 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, I agree with Alex. The thing is that Apple may not fix it under warranty, but they will fix it. Even though it’s not under warranty, you need to have it looked at by an Apple Certified Technician, otherwise, the warranty could be void. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On

Re: Did something really stupid: spilled lemonade on my MBA

2015-03-03 Thread Matthew Dierckens
Hi, Aleeha's MBA is still under warranty, she got it for Christmas. I wonder how much apple would charge to get it fixed? God bless. :) Matthew Dierckens Certified Assistive Technology Specialist Macintosh, Windows and IOS Trainer Personal Email: matt.dierck...@me.com On Mar 3, 2015, at 11:10,

Re: Editing Audio

2015-03-03 Thread Dionipher Herrera
yes you can do it with garage band, On 03 Mar 2015, at 16:17, Jeff Berwick mailingli...@berwick.name wrote: Hi there, I want to edit some audio including combining several music clips and adding spoken word over top. I have Garageband, but is this the best program for doing this?

Re: Apple script for checking battery status on macbook air.

2015-03-03 Thread Stacey Robinson
Thanks Alex I’ll give this a try. Blessings, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net On Mar 3, 2015, at 9:55 AM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: Commanders can point to wherever you want, not just

Re: work flow app question

2015-03-03 Thread Jenine Stanley
HI Alex, I did as you instructed here and yes the workflow is on the home screen of the app. I was under the impression it would be on the home screen of the phone. My bad here. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Mar 2, 2015, at 11:37 PM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: The

Re: Voice Over not saying the letter c

2015-03-03 Thread Vivianna
Hi. I just wanted to let you guys know that, i also had no letter o since i upgraded to yosemite. i did this and, it worked! yea! you will have to go into voiceOver and reset all your preferences but, hey, it’s worth it. thanks for the suggestion. Vivianna On Mar 3, 2015, at 4:42 AM,

Re: Did something really stupid: spilled lemonade on my MBA

2015-03-03 Thread The Believer
It may be under warranty but this would not be a warranty repair, She would best resolve this by contacting Apple directly and getting the straight answer. From The Believer. . . . . . what if it were true? ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 3/3/2015 8:38 AM, Matthew Dierckens wrote: Hi,

Re: Editing Audio

2015-03-03 Thread Phil Halton
I heartily agree with this recommendation, both the app and the tutorial which was invaluable for me. I’ve been able to work with multi-track editing in AmadeusPro since using Jonathan’s tutorial. It is a little tricky at first to get the hang of things, especially the playhead and insertion

Re: VoiceOver Questions.

2015-03-03 Thread Anita
Yes. Are there other places in the OS where this setting appears? - Original Message - From: Dionipher Herrera To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 11:02 AM Subject: Re: VoiceOver Questions. is that on the log in? yes it will automatically

Re: Voice Over not saying the letter c

2015-03-03 Thread Christina C.
I am totally having this problem. The letters keep changing but so far it has been vowels. I might try the suggestion but I don’t know if I understand exactly what I would be deleting. :) Christina -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries

GarageBand podcast

2015-03-03 Thread Joe Quinn
I know this has been asked countless times on the list, but where are the podcasts for the most recent version of GarageBand? And if no podcasts exist where are the latest podcasts for whatever version of GarageBand. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

iCloud drive and hard drive space?

2015-03-03 Thread Daniela Rubio
Hello all! I have been having a little discussion with some colleagues about if iCloud drive actually takes up space in our hard drive as Dropbox does. For example, if I have a 200 GB account and a 128 GB hard drive, can I see all my iCloud drive content? I suppose that yes, but some others say

Re: Voice Over not saying the letter c

2015-03-03 Thread Pablo Sandoval
I also had this issue, but what fixed it for me was to switch VO voices and then switch back, and all was well again. I hope this helps someone. On Mar 3, 2015, at 12:07 PM, Christina C. blindmaclo...@gmail.com wrote: I am totally having this problem. The letters keep changing but so far it

Re: iCloud drive and hard drive space?

2015-03-03 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Yes, iCloud Drive behaves in much the same way that Dropbox does: the content of your repository is synchronised to a copy stored locally. Unfortunately, my best Google foo cannot actually answer the question of what happens when either your local disk or iCloud storage space run out. One

Safari can't handle TaxActOnline.com

2015-03-03 Thread Phil Halton
I don’t know what the problem is, but Safari was a total basket case on TaxActOnline.com http://taxactonline.com/. So much so that I had to switch over to Internet Explorer in a windows VM to do my taxes. IE handled the process like a champ, but Safari was like a knee-walking drunken sailor on

Time Machine to the rescue

2015-03-03 Thread Phil Halton
My windows 7 VM crashed and burned and that gave me the opportunity to try out Time Machine and my new time capsule. I was able to restore the 30GB VM file from a last known good state and everything went smoothly. The time capsule was a good investment! -- You received this message because

downloading music amazon?

2015-03-03 Thread Maria and Joe Chapman
HI. downloaded the amazon music app, but when I open it voice over says nothing. does anyone know if it’s possible to download mp3’s from amazon using the mac? thanks regards Maria and crew from australia bubbygirl1...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are

How to answer a call from iPhone on the Mac

2015-03-03 Thread Agent086b
Hi all, I have my Mac set up to answer calls from my iPhone. How do i actually answer the call. I received a call but I could not find out how to do this. Thanks for any advice. Max. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To

Re: downloading music amazon?

2015-03-03 Thread Lorie McCloud
I think you can but you don’t open the music downloader app. it’s been suggested that you download the Amazon mp3 downloader which is supposedly still available. I haven’t gotten there yet but when I used a windows machine the downloader would open automatically when you had purchased a music

Re: Time Machine to the rescue

2015-03-03 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Hi Phil. Good that you got it back OK. VMWare recommend that you exclude backing up the VM to Time Machine, for optimal performance. I've done this as per their recommendation, and I copy the virtual machine file to an external drive periodically for safe keeping. Actually I am in the habit now

Re: How to answer a call from iPhone on the Mac

2015-03-03 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Usually, you can just press return on your Mac. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Mar 3, 2015, at 21:15, Agent086b agent0...@internode.on.net wrote: Hi all, I have my Mac set up to answer calls from my iPhone. How do i actually answer the call. I received a call but I

Re: How to answer a call from iPhone on the Mac

2015-03-03 Thread Agent086b
Thanks, tried that but no luck. It is possible I may have shifted focus or something. I will try that next time. Max. On 4 Mar 2015, at 3:37 pm, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, Usually, you can just press return on your Mac. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada

Got my QuikVid workflow to work!

2015-03-03 Thread Jenine Stanley
Giant thanks to Alex! Got my QuikVid workflow onto my phone’s home screen and it works! I’ll be uploading it to the Work Flows Gallery soon. I think it needs one more thing. I need to figure out how to add Delete or reject to the menu that comes up after I stop recording and before the

Re: Editing Audio

2015-03-03 Thread Joe Quinn
Wish I could afford both app and the tutorial. ;( Sent from my iPhone On Mar 3, 2015, at 11:26 AM, Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com wrote: I heartily agree with this recommendation, both the app and the tutorial which was invaluable for me. I’ve been able to work with multi-track editing

Re: KNFBReader pre-purchase question

2015-03-03 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Its the greatest revolution since the wheel. /A 2 mar 2015 kl. 18:18 skrev Feliciano Godoy theblindman...@hotmail.com: Works great on my iPhone 5. Regards, Feliciano For tech tips and updates Like my Facebook page: www.facebook.

Apple script for checking battery status on macbook air.

2015-03-03 Thread Stacey Robinson
Hi all, I’d like to check my battery status using the right option key and the letter b. When I turn on keyboard commander I don’t see this as an option. Can someone tell me if there’s a way to set this up? Blessings, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk.

Re: work flow app question

2015-03-03 Thread Alex Hall
No, you're right, it should be. I've done this before, and it works fine. On the webpage, you hit Share, then Add to Home Screen, right? That will put a shortcut to that workflow on your Home Screen, just like any other web shortcut. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 3, 2015, at 08:24, Jenine

Re: Voice Over not saying the letter c

2015-03-03 Thread Gerry Cook
I’d like to come into this one, a couple a weeks ago, i had no feedback with the letter, o just using daniel so what i did was went into the home user library with command shift g tilda slash library and found files that had to do in preferences with voiceover and selected the 8 files sent them

VoiceOver Questions.

2015-03-03 Thread Anita
Hi List, I sent mailto this list a few days ago, but haven't found answers to my question.Earlier this month, I purchased a MacBook Air, and am still trying to get it configured to work with VO. When selecting use VO with Apple script, I'm automatically asked for my password, without

Re: Apple script for checking battery status on macbook air.

2015-03-03 Thread Stacey Robinson
Do I just install it like any other app? Blessings, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net On Mar 3, 2015, at 8:42 AM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: That's part of Talking Dashboard, but I'm not