Re: Learning the mac

2015-08-08 Thread Sunshine
how much does the book cost? On 8/7/2015 10:22 PM, Alex Hall wrote: There's a book, Mastering the Mac with VoiceOver, on iBooks that many people like. Plus, AppleVis offers a page of resources: http://www.applevis.com/new-to-mac That page includes a lot of things, among them a series of

Re: Learning the mac

2015-08-08 Thread sadam . lists
It's a free iBook. Sent from my iPhone -- On 8 Aug 2015, at 4:19 pm, Sunshine sunsh...@abe.midco.net wrote: how much does the book cost? On 8/7/2015 10:22 PM, Alex Hall wrote: There's a book, Mastering the Mac with VoiceOver, on iBooks that many people like. Plus, AppleVis offers

Re: Learning the mac

2015-08-08 Thread Sunshine
where would i go to get it? and do you need an apple id to get it? also can an ibook be converted to text? On 8/8/2015 1:22 AM, sadam.li...@gmail.com wrote: It's a free iBook. Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries

Re: biblical greek on the mac

2015-08-08 Thread Devin Prater
Nope. There's Acapella Infovox, and the hacked Eloquence that works with VO too. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 7, 2015, at 10:12 PM, Janina Sajka jan...@rednote.net wrote: Oh dear. That really is too bad. I guess the walled garden can sometimes be a 5-star luxury prison. So, all voices have

Re: Learning the mac

2015-08-08 Thread sadam . lists
Here's the link. Mastering the Macintosh with VoiceOver by Tim Sniffen https://itun.es/au/JTkM1.l You do you do need an Apple ID. Not sure about converting the book to text as I haven't done that before. Perhaps someone else can help you out with that question. Sent from my iPhone --

Re: Xcode: adding navigation bars and bar buttons

2015-08-08 Thread venky . 92
Hi Barry, Thank you so much for the help. I was able to do it and I built a stopwatch app! I have a few more questions, not specific to navigation bars. 1. How do we figure these things out? procedures to do certain tasks are quite different for voiceOver and non VoiceOver users in xCode. How do

Re: Learning the mac

2015-08-08 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
About the converting thing, since most iBooks have DRM Protection with them, you won't be able to convert them to text without an app that is able to break the protection. Maybe someone else can help you with that if you really want to convert iBooks because 1, I don't have an app that will do

winamp for mac osx

2015-08-08 Thread Sunshine
has anyone tried the winamp for mac osx? and if so how good is it and how accessible is it? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to

Re: winamp for mac osx

2015-08-08 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Honestly, I wouldn't get your hopes up. Yeah, I did try it some time back: and, truth to tell, it was a desaster. You can pretty much put it out of your mind. Sorry to tell you that but you see, I think they kind of started to work on it and gave up pretty fast. Sincerely, The Constantly

Re: winamp for mac osx

2015-08-08 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
I've not tried it, but you have me very very curious! I'll be the guinea pig and try it out. Chris. - Original Message - From: Sunshine sunsh...@abe.midco.net To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 8, 2015 3:54 AM Subject: winamp for mac osx has anyone tried

Re: winamp for mac osx

2015-08-08 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
I think they actually axed both windows and Mac versions a long time ago. So as Ray said, you can forget about Winamp. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 8, 2015, at 3:13 AM, Ray Foret Jr rforet7...@comcast.net wrote: Honestly, I wouldn't get your hopes up. Yeah, I did try it some time back:

Re: winamp for mac osx

2015-08-08 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
I just tried it, Ray, and nothing's changed. I think I visually saw the WinAmp setup assistant come up after I ran the .app file for the first time, but try as I may, no matter what I did, I couldn't get Voiceover to move focus there. Even when I visually took my mouse and clicked within the

Re: winamp for mac osx

2015-08-08 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Actually, WinAmp works just fine on the Windows side, and though they stopped updating it, they begun again. That's all I'll say though, as this list isn't really for the discussion of Windows. Chris. - Original Message - From: Shawn Krasniuk To:

Re: winamp for mac osx

2015-08-08 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Well all I'll say to that is that's great. Winamp was always my preferred media player for Windows so if I'm running fusion and I want to listen to something, I'll give it a shot. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 8, 2015, at 3:29 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: winamp for mac osx

2015-08-08 Thread Michael Marshall
hey, The program is completely and totally inaccessible. No dialogues, or anything else, just a window with nothing that VO can see. Michael On 8 Aug 2015, at 5:54 PM, Sunshine sunsh...@abe.midco.net wrote: has anyone tried the winamp for mac osx? and if so how good is it and how accessible

Re: winamp for mac osx

2015-08-08 Thread Michael Marshall
VLC is the closest you will come to winamp and VLC has a feature that I like, it can remember the position you were at in any file. DVD playing in the program is not to bad. On 8 Aug 2015, at 6:19 PM, Shawn Krasniuk bbssh...@icloud.com wrote: I think they actually axed both windows and Mac

RE: winamp for mac osx

2015-08-08 Thread Debbie April Yuille
VLC’S awesome. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael Marshall Sent: Saturday, 8 August 2015 7:25 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: winamp for mac osx VLC is the closest you will come to winamp and VLC has a

Re: Mars edit formattin question

2015-08-08 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi, if you choose Link, a window opens in which you can fill in the link. If you choose Paste Link, Marsedit automatically pastes the link in html code which is currently in the clipboard. All the best Jürgen Am 05.08.2015 um 22:57 schrieb Sarai Bucciarelli sarai.bucciare...@gmail.com:

Great You Tube App for the Mac

2015-08-08 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi, just read on another list of a great alternative to MacTubes. It’s called YouView and it’s donation ware: https://mrgeckosmedia.com/applications/info/youview I tried it out and to me it’s even better then MacTubes. Not that many unlabled buttons and the screen is much more simple. You can

Re: Great You Tube App for the Mac

2015-08-08 Thread Devin Prater
Doesn't work now that youtube API changed. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 8, 2015, at 6:50 AM, Jürgen Fleger apple-engl...@fleger.net wrote: Hi, just read on another list of a great alternative to MacTubes. It’s called YouView and it’s donation ware:

Re: Great You Tube App for the Mac

2015-08-08 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Oh, crap! that stinks, as I was really really looking forward to trying it! Chris. On 8/8/2015 10:50 AM, Devin Prater wrote: Doesn't work now that youtube API changed. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 8, 2015, at 6:50 AM, Jürgen Fleger apple-engl...@fleger.net wrote: Hi, just read on another

VMware and easy install?

2015-08-08 Thread matthew dyer
Hi all. I have vmware fusion 7 and have notes that when trying to install a copy of windows, that there is no longer an option to use the easy install. I have tried this with several windows versions. Has this been removed in fusion 7? If not, how do I unable this? Thanks. Matthew --

Re: VMware and easy install?

2015-08-08 Thread Anouk Radix
Hi, That is weird, i recently installed windows 7 within fusion 7 and easy install was where it always was so here it is working normally. Greetings, Anouk, On 08 Aug 2015, at 18:16, matthew dyer ilovecountrymusic...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all. I have vmware fusion 7 and have notes that when

Re: Great You Tube App for the Mac

2015-08-08 Thread Rob
The last time I used YouView was about 2 weeks ago. It gave me a couple of error messages, then finally asked me to update, now it works once again. Like I said, that was 2 weeks ago. I have not used it since. but go update it and give it a try. On 8/8/2015 9:51 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland

Re: biblical greek on the mac

2015-08-08 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! The thing is that espeak does not work with voiceover from what i know. No one seems willing to compile it for voiceover either. /A 7 aug. 2015 kl. 22:45 skrev Janina Sajka jan...@rednote.net: Hi, I'm just now catching up on this list and note no one suggested trying espeak for osx.

What is needed for compiling espeak for voiceover.

2015-08-08 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Just wondering what is needed to make voiceover and espeak work together? Does it need some compiling or why is it that no one has done a version for voiceover yet? I am not a programmer but i really whish it could work with voiceover as its the best tts for my ears. /A -- You received

Re: What is needed for compiling espeak for voiceover.

2015-08-08 Thread Alex Hall
Someone will have to take the guts of the speech generation in Espeak and bridge them with the APIs Apple uses to speak. In other words, we'd need a bridge between Espeak and Apple's speech synthesizer standard. I've looked at it, but it would take someone who really knows speech synthesis to

Re: Great You Tube App for the Mac

2015-08-08 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Can you do things like subscribe to channels, or comment on Youtube videos? Also, can you manage playlists with this app? Chris. - Original Message - From: Rob mr.robertc...@icloud.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2015 12:54 PM Subject: Re: Great You

Re: What is needed for compiling espeak for voiceover.

2015-08-08 Thread Shaf
It's possible to use Eloquence with VoiceOver through Whine. On 8/8/2015 7:06 PM, Alex Hall wrote: Someone will have to take the guts of the speech generation in Espeak and bridge them with the APIs Apple uses to speak. In other words, we'd need a bridge between Espeak and Apple's speech

Re: VMware and easy install?

2015-08-08 Thread matthew dyer
Thanks. Maybe it is just me. I wonder if anyone knows of a way to get a copy of windows 8 as a download. Btw. If this is off topic, I apologize. Matthew On Aug 8, 2015, at 12:19 PM, Anouk Radix radix.an...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, That is weird, i recently installed windows 7 within

Do I have any mp3 player in my macbook air?

2015-08-08 Thread gracewelln...@atlanticbb.net
Hello, If so, what’s the name, and where is it? If no, what should I do? Thanks, Rena http://www.greenpathtowellness.com/ Author of Dear Suzie, Rivers Of Light and Annie's Journal -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe

Re: Do I have any mp3 player in my macbook air?

2015-08-08 Thread 'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisionaries
hi; if you mane what do you use to play mp3's there is quick time and iTunes. however, like a lot of mac users i have downloaded vlc media player. I prefer it to the others for music audio books and old time radio. good luck, max Maxwell Ivey Jr. phone 979-215-1770 Skype Maxwell Ivey

Re: Does anyone use a USB adapter to connect to internet?

2015-08-08 Thread gracewelln...@atlanticbb.net
I finally solved the problem. As nothing I did worked out, I returned to the store, and I found out that the seller gave me the wrong one. They changed it for a thunderbolt, and now I'm connected all the time. Thanks, Rena http://www.greenpathtowellness.com/ Author of Dear Suzie, Rivers Of

Re: OS X beta.

2015-08-08 Thread CJ Daniel
Well said, CJ On Aug 7, 2015, at 7:09 PM, gs geoffsli...@gmail.com wrote: Chris, Most of us have already reached our conclusions with regard to you. you are pathetically out of place on the list. We do not have a moderator but if we did you would have been reduced quite a while back.

Re: Do I have any mp3 player in my macbook air?

2015-08-08 Thread gracewelln...@atlanticbb.net
Do I need to do anything to use quick time and iTunes, or just play an mp3 file? Also, is GOM Player ok for the Mac? I use it for Windows. http://www.greenpathtowellness.com/ Author of Dear Suzie, Rivers Of Light and Annie's Journal From: 'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisionaries Sent: Saturday,

Re: new printer

2015-08-08 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hi. I've been using the Samsung M2022W A4 Printer Xpress Mono Wireless Laser Printer, which is a Wireless Airplay printer and is a small printer at that. I have only had it since December of 2014 and now that I have it configured wirelessly which you can do yourself once you know what you are

Re: Do I have any mp3 player in my macbook air?

2015-08-08 Thread Alex Hall
Just pressing command-o on the mp3 will open it in iTunes and play it. Don't forget that you can also use Quick Look; on the file, press the space bar instead of command-o, and the file will play without need of a whole media player. VLC is a great option, and I use it mostly because I can turn

Fwd: Easiest Printers for the Mac

2015-08-08 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
I've found the original e-mail for you Jim. Kawal. Begin forwarded message: From: Dan Rathburn rathburnda...@comcast.net Subject: Re: Easiest Printers for the Mac Date: 10 December 2014 02:41:29 GMT To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Reply-To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Hi, I would

Re: Do I have any mp3 player in my macbook air?

2015-08-08 Thread 'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisionaries
when you click on an mp3 iTunes should open as the system default media player Maxwell Ivey Jr. phone 979-215-1770 Skype Maxwell Ivey twitter @maxwellivey as mr. midway www.midwaymarketplace.com email maxw...@midwaymarketplace.com as the blind blogger www.theblindblogger.net email

Re: OS X beta.

2015-08-08 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Thank you for sharing. - Original Message - From: CJ Daniel To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2015 3:57 PM Subject: Re: OS X beta. Well said, CJ On Aug 7, 2015, at 7:09 PM, gs geoffsli...@gmail.com wrote: Chris, Most of

Re: VMware and easy install?

2015-08-08 Thread gs
Go to the Microsoft Store to get the download. It should work fine with VMWare 7 but I can't verify the easy installation still exists because I am using version 6. On Aug 8, 2015, at 3:17 PM, matthew dyer ilovecountrymusic...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks. Maybe it is just me. I wonder if anyone

Re: Learning the mac

2015-08-08 Thread Sunshine
I have a question i am unable to install itunes on the computer where i am at this time can anyone help me out if they have the book that was menchened or tell me if there are other places to get this book? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: Learning the mac

2015-08-08 Thread Alex Hall
If you have an iOS device, I'd suggest reading the book on there. That way you can follow along as yo try things out. Those podcasts I linked to are also going to be very helpful, and will play on anything as they are just mp3 files. On Aug 8, 2015, at 6:02 PM, Sunshine sunsh...@abe.midco.net

Re: winamp for mac osx

2015-08-08 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Same for me, exactly. No dice. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a happy Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone 6+ and Apple TV user! Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in On Aug 8, 2015, at 3:28 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland

Re: Great You Tube App for the Mac

2015-08-08 Thread Robert Cole
Hi, This new version has removed all extra features. I can no longer manage favorites or playlists. but, searching and viewing videos is fine. Thanks, Rob Sent from my MacBook On Aug 8, 2015, at 1:40 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com wrote: Can you do things like

Re: Learning the mac

2015-08-08 Thread Jamie Pauls
Hi, Sunshine, If you are talking about the Mac, iTunes is already installed. use VO-D to move to the dock and begin typing iTunes. Use VO-Space to open the program. You should probably consider visiting www.macfortheblind.com, www.thetechjuggernaut.com, www.applevis.com, and going to

Re: Keyboard on new 12 MacBook

2015-08-08 Thread Garry Turkington
Hi Matt/Alex, Thanks for the input (pardon the pun). I had hoped I was being too negative about the keyboard on the MacBook and maybe it was just me. As Alex says not something worth a thousand-plus of your currency of choice experiment if it proves to be difficult long term. A real shame,

Re: Keyboard on new 12 MacBook

2015-08-08 Thread sadam . lists
I also don't like the new connector. I regularly connect hard drives another peripherals to my MacBook Pro. So this computer doesn't work for me. It is a shame as the form factor is perfect for travelling between uni and home. Sent from my iPhone -- On 9 Aug 2015, at 9:26 am, Garry

Re: Keyboard on new 12 MacBook

2015-08-08 Thread Alex Hall
I'd definitely give it all the time you can. It could be one of those things you just have to get used to; some reviews I've read have said that they hated the keyboard at first, but got used to it after a few days. I know it's different for those wanting to touch type, like most anyone on this

Re: Keyboard on new 12 MacBook

2015-08-08 Thread David Chittenden
The keyboard is quite similar to a sony laptop I had several years ago. Like most things, it just takes getting used to. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 9 Aug 2015, at 09:34, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: I'd

Audio Hijack 3

2015-08-08 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: I have Audio Hijack Pro. Is the new Audio Hijack 3 accessible? Sarai D. Bucciarelli www.linkedin.com/in/SaraiDBucciarelli -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send

Re: help with wordpress

2015-08-08 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: I’m just learning myself. I find www.wordpress.org to have helpful forums and documentation. I also found the Word press for beginners videos and web site to be helpful. The videos are very verbal in their descriptions. On Aug 6, 2015, at 10:26 PM, Laura Bratton laurarbrat...@gmail.com

Re: Mars edit formattin question

2015-08-08 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Aah! Ok, that makes sense. Thank you On Aug 8, 2015, at 6:33 AM, Jürgen Fleger apple-engl...@fleger.net wrote: Hi, if you choose Link, a window opens in which you can fill in the link. If you choose Paste Link, Marsedit automatically pastes the link in html code which is currently in the

Re: Audio Hijack 3

2015-08-08 Thread Shaf
Yes it is. The devs have a VO manual for it on their site. On 8/9/2015 1:08 AM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: Hi: I have Audio Hijack Pro. Is the new Audio Hijack 3 accessible? Sarai D. Bucciarelli www.linkedin.com/in/SaraiDBucciarelli -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

Re: Audio Hijack 3

2015-08-08 Thread Alex Hall
Incredibly so, yes. I've made a text guide to it and a podcast, if you're interested. Both are on AppleVis. On Aug 8, 2015, at 8:08 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli sarai.bucciare...@gmail.com wrote: Hi: I have Audio Hijack Pro. Is the new Audio Hijack 3 accessible? Sarai D. Bucciarelli

Re: Easiest Printers for the Mac

2015-08-08 Thread Jim Gatteys
Kawal!1 Thanks for the email! it was very helpful. Think I'll try to replace my cartridge before Ibuy a new one but i'll definitely keep it in mind. Jim -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

multiple apple id's on 1 mac

2015-08-08 Thread don bishop
herei, Is it possible to set up multiple accounts on 1 mac using separate apple id's? Thanks, don -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to

Re: Great You Tube App for the Mac

2015-08-08 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
When you say all extra features are removed, does this also mean downloading videos? One of my complaints about Youview was you had to donate to them to access these extras like downloading so that mean that downloading is no longer possible? Shawn Sent From My White MacBook Facebook Username:

Re: multiple apple id's on 1 mac

2015-08-08 Thread Alex Hall
Mac support multiple user accounts, so you could sign into a different Apple ID on each account. You can't use multiple IDs in a single account, though, at least as far as I know. On Aug 8, 2015, at 10:43 PM, don bishop w6...@donbishop.org wrote: herei, Is it possible to set up multiple

Night Owl Says Certain Tweet Options Are Dimmed

2015-08-08 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hi all. Wondering if someone can help with this. I heard an interesting tweet just now and I wanted to retweet it so that my followers could also see it. But when I go to retweet it, it says that stuff like send direct message, reply and yes, retweet are dimmed. What's going on and how do I fix