Re: anyone see any improvements in latest itunes?

2009-09-23 Thread william lomas
i dn't even see a song tables anymore in my itunes On 23 Sep 2009, at 04:24, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: Hi, I just updated to the new version of iTunes, 9.1 I think it is. I don't see any improvements in accessibility; there are still the same focus issues with the column browser, and the

Keyboard and Character Palette options [was Re: Typing special characters]

2009-09-23 Thread Esther
Hi Lindsay, Simon has answered your question about some Unicode combinations. For non-English languages, it is possible to deal with the issue of typing special characters by switching to another input language keyboard. Alternatively, for accents and more common special characters,

audio books in mp3 format?

2009-09-23 Thread Jessi and Goldina
hey guys I have an audio book in mp3 format that someone sent me. I imported it into iTunes and it shows up with all my other music. is there a way to put it with my other audio books? all the ones I get from audible show up in the audio books playlist and I want this one to show up there

Re: audio books in mp3 format?

2009-09-23 Thread Esther
Hi, To have your mp3 audiobook show up under audiobooks instead of music, select all tracks and use Get Info (Command-I) to edit. iTunes will ask whether you really want to edit multiple tracks. Just press return to indicate that you do. In the Multple Item information window, VO- Right

links in widgets

2009-09-23 Thread william lomas
Hi, the listen again widget for the bbc does not let one bring up the link chooser it says zero items --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group,

Re: audio books in mp3 format?

2009-09-23 Thread John André Netland
Hi, Here is a little tip: •select your book under Music in iTunes •press command-I to bring up the info window •press the Option tag •set the Media type to Audiobook •set the option for remembering the playback position and press enter Your book will now appear in the Audiobook playlist and be

load of rubbish!

2009-09-23 Thread william lomas
hi for those who can listen to the In Touch listen again from last night, on bbc radio 4 they are saying the IPHone is totally inaccessible why do they not give apple credit, where it is due --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message

Re: load of rubbish!

2009-09-23 Thread ben mustill-rose
Sadly, this does seem to be the opinion of people that have not tried the device. I would have hoped that since peter knows that his show is quite popula he would have at least sat down with it for a day or so and got to kno it. If infact he has done this and still thinks its inaccessable, whilst

sending this in response to in touch program

2009-09-23 Thread william lomas
Hi I am sending the below message to the IN Touch bbc radio 4 program I feel that the comments made regarding the IPhone on the 22nd of September were totally unfounded and unreasonable. The Iphone, like the Macintosh computer from Apple is not something one can try

Re: everything busy?

2009-09-23 Thread Chris G
Hi, Are you running a Mac mini without a monitor. Once I connected a monitor to my mini this problem went away. Chris On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:19:06 -0500 Joe Quinn jdawg1...@gmail.com wrote: is it just me, or is it taht every i try to open a program in the Mac, VO continuously goes,

Re: everything busy?

2009-09-23 Thread Joe Quinn
don't have one connected... don't have the right cabling... - Original Message - From: Chris G cgrabowsk...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 4:36 AM Subject: Re: everything busy? Hi, Are you running a Mac mini without a monitor.

Re: nano micro-management

2009-09-23 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi, thanks for the response. I don't get why though the voice over menu options to speak more than just artists and playlists is dimmed. Is it because i told itunes to manually manage the music and rest? best Yuma --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this

Re: load of rubbish!

2009-09-23 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Well it's the same over here in Sweden. I was at an assistive technology show last monday and showed the phone to a vendor and some blind folks here and the response was basically that yes, the phone has speech, but blind people shouldn't use touch screens at all and it was just an

Re: everything busy?

2009-09-23 Thread Chris G
You'll need to get the cables and connect a monitor. This will fix the issue. On Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:04:47 -0500 Joe Quinn jdawg1...@gmail.com wrote: don't have one connected... don't have the right cabling... - Original Message - From: Chris G cgrabowsk...@gmail.com To:

Re: load of rubbish!

2009-09-23 Thread Matthew Elliff
no idea. i get this show as a podcast. should be in my feeds now. i'll listen to it. they migt just be getting an email from me. i had a feeling they'd say this. this is sad. On 9/23/09, Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com wrote: Well it's the same over here in Sweden. I was at an

Voice Over for Snow Leopard

2009-09-23 Thread Michael Busboom
Hi everyone, Does anybody know if the Voice Over manual for Snow Leopard is available in either HTML or vanilla ASCII? Come to think of it, how does one listen to the Voice Over manual from within the utility? I didn't find it when clicking on the Help option. Thanks in advance for any

Re: Voice Over for Snow Leopard

2009-09-23 Thread Esther
Michael Busboom wrote: Does anybody know if the Voice Over manual for Snow Leopard is available in either HTML or vanilla ASCII? Come to think of it, how does one listen to the Voice Over manual from within the utility? I didn’t find it when clicking on the Help option. I found

Re: audio books in mp3 format?

2009-09-23 Thread Jessi and Goldina
thanks, Esther!!! you sure know your stuff! this is great!! On 2009-09-23, at 1:38 AM, Esther wrote: Hi, To have your mp3 audiobook show up under audiobooks instead of music, select all tracks and use Get Info (Command-I) to edit. iTunes will ask whether you really want to edit multiple

RE: Voice Over for Snow Leopard

2009-09-23 Thread Michael Busboom
As usual, Esther, your feedback is so helpful. I am a member of the Technical Commission of the European Blind Union, and I wanted to use the manual to help me prepare for a session in which I will be discussing Voice Over in detail. I will look at the URL you provided. It would be

Re: Voice Over for Snow Leopard

2009-09-23 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi Michael, The Getting STarted guide is also the last option on the Help menu accessed with VO-H. When you select this option, it opens as an HTML file in Safari. Best, Anna --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: Voice Over for Snow Leopard

2009-09-23 Thread Esther
Hi, I should also mention that a number of people received a copy of the VoiceOver Getting Started Guide for Snow Leopard in RTF format. There was also a note this guide was posted on a user's MobileMe public site: http://idisk.mac.com/davidw9-Public?view=web

Re: anyone see any improvements in latest itunes?

2009-09-23 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
HI Will, The Songs table that shows songs in the iTunes store is part of the HTML content now rather than separate, but the one you access to listen to music in the music library is still there. have you rebooted since installing the update? Before I rebooted, I had a lot of trouble

Re: anyone see any improvements in latest itunes?

2009-09-23 Thread Ryan Mann
The songs table is there just as in previous versions of itunes. You hit vo+rightarrow to go between the different tables such as the searc box, sources table, songs table, ETC. On Sep 23, 2009, at 2:00 AM, william lomas wrote: i dn't even see a song tables anymore in my itunes On

next table command useful navigation tool

2009-09-23 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi, You guys may already know this, but I didn't, and it's cool. I discovered a couple of days ago that the command to move to the next table, VO-Command-T, works in lots of programs, not just Safari, this can be invaluable for navigation. for instance, in itunes it takes you directly to

Setting up a Router

2009-09-23 Thread Stan
Hi All, Can someone please help. I have a mac mini with Airport Extreme wireless card, and I am trying to setup a Billion 802VGT Router, and they talk about 802.11g or 802.11b clients. My question is the Airport extreme is it a 11b or 11g device? Cheers, Stan Telephone; +27396992700,

Has anyone managed to successfully disable VO's announcements in column view?

2009-09-23 Thread James Nash
Hi list, Using the Custom Verbosity table in the VO Utility, has anyone managed to disabled VO's announcement of list every time you enter a folder in Column view? Every time i use the Custom Verbosity in the pop-up menu and deselect all the checkboxes, VO does not keep the changes. Does

Re: Setting up a Router

2009-09-23 Thread ben mustill-rose
It will be a 11g device. On 23/09/2009, Stan perrins...@telkomsa.net wrote: Hi All, Can someone please help. I have a mac mini with Airport Extreme wireless card, and I am trying to setup a Billion 802VGT Router, and they talk about 802.11g or 802.11b clients. My question is the Airport

System UI and the battery

2009-09-23 Thread James Nash
Hi everyone, I just had a strange experience. Currently, my battery is around 20% and I was told on re-opening my laptop lid that I should switch on AC power. I've never had this so soon before. On re-opening, this did not happen. Has anyone else noticed this, or was this just a freak

Re: System UI and the battery

2009-09-23 Thread Chantel Cuddemi
I had this happen to me once when I had my mac running at full song. What you want to do is plug your battery adapter in and let it charge. Try charging the mac while it's off. It'll charge faster that way . On Sep 23, 2009, at 11:18 AM, James Nash wrote: Hi everyone, I just had a strange

Re: sending this in response to in touch program

2009-09-23 Thread Maxwell Ivey Jr.
Just my two cents, I receive emails from many sighted people that say sent from their iphone at the bottom of the message. You wouldn't believe the number of typos and missing letters that I get. Same with the blackberry. there are some sighted people who can't use the iphone or other

VO curser suddenly skipping over one edit box on Facebook

2009-09-23 Thread Israel
Hi everyone! I am a new member to this group. In fact, I just received my confirmation this morning. I've already learned a few tips and tricks by reading the emails I've received. I am looking forward to so much more especially since I just converted in June 2009 to Apple Mac from

How can i get the latest version of VLC to play entire folders please?

2009-09-23 Thread James Nash
Hi everyone, In prior versions of VLC Media Player, I could play entire folders of audio. Now in 1.0.1 I cannot seem to do this. Has anyone else noticed this please? I press the Play button and Browse for the folder I want and then hit Ok. But it tells me that VLC cannot open my selected

Re: System UI and the battery

2009-09-23 Thread James Nash
Hi Chantel, Thank you for this tip I'll give it a go. T On 23 Sep 2009, at 16:40, Chantel Cuddemi wrote: I had this happen to me once when I had my mac running at full song. What you want to do is plug your battery adapter in and let it charge. Try charging the mac while it's off. It'll

Location of applescripts used by Voiceover.

2009-09-23 Thread Donal Fitzpatrick
Hi all, Sorry if this has been asked before, but does anyone know the location of the various scripts assigned by default to the keyboard commander? I'm referring to things like the Unread Mail count, and the time of day etc. Thanks, Donal

Re: System UI and the battery

2009-09-23 Thread Chantel Cuddemi
Good luck. On Sep 23, 2009, at 12:35 PM, James Nash wrote: Hi Chantel, Thank you for this tip I'll give it a go. T On 23 Sep 2009, at 16:40, Chantel Cuddemi wrote: I had this happen to me once when I had my mac running at full song. What you want to do is plug your battery adapter in

Re: load of rubbish!

2009-09-23 Thread Pete Nalda
On Sep 23, 2009, at 5:46 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: Well it's the same over here in Sweden. I was at an assistive technology show last monday and showed the phone to a vendor and some blind folks here and the response was basically that yes, the phone has speech, but blind people shouldn't

Re: VO curser suddenly skipping over one edit box on Facebook

2009-09-23 Thread Mike Reiser
I can confirm this, I don't even see the status edit box at all. Using snow lepard here. Mike On Sep 23, 2009, at 10:51 AM, Israel wrote: Hi everyone! I am a new member to this group. In fact, I just received my confirmation this morning. I've already learned a few tips and tricks by

Re: Setting up a Router

2009-09-23 Thread Stan
Hi Ben, Thanks, How do I know this? or How can I know this? Cheers Stan On 23 Sep 2009, at 4:59 PM, ben mustill-rose wrote: It will be a 11g device. On 23/09/2009, Stan perrins...@telkomsa.net wrote: Hi All, Can someone please help. I have a mac mini with Airport Extreme wireless card,

Another query about scripting VO

2009-09-23 Thread James Nash
Hi everyone, I think I remember reading somewhere that it was possible to create your own Services in 10.6. Is this true or did I imagine it? Also, does anyone know if there are any limitations to scripting VO or is it just limited by the scripter's imagination? Thanks Take care James

Safari - is there a way to stop the address bar from completing websites please?

2009-09-23 Thread James Nash
Hi everyone, Is there a way to stop the Safari address bar from completing web site addresses please? Thank you Take care James --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to

Re: Safari - is there a way to stop the address bar from completing websites please?

2009-09-23 Thread Justin Harford
Press the spacebar once before typing the address. On Sep 23, 2009, at 11:46 AM, James Nash wrote: Hi everyone, Is there a way to stop the Safari address bar from completing web site addresses please? Thank you Take care James

Re: Safari - is there a way to stop the address bar from completing websites please?

2009-09-23 Thread Pete Nalda
On Sep 23, 2009, at 1:46 PM, James Nash wrote: Hi everyone, Is there a way to stop the Safari address bar from completing web site addresses please? Thank you Take care James In the autofill tab, you can edit autofills for all the different forms. If you edit the Other forms, it

Re: Safari - is there a way to stop the address bar from completing websites please?

2009-09-23 Thread James Nash
Press the spacebar once before typing the address. Cool thanks Justin On 23 Sep 2009, at 19:50, Justin Harford wrote: Press the spacebar once before typing the address. On Sep 23, 2009, at 11:46 AM, James Nash wrote: Hi everyone, Is there a way to stop the Safari address bar from

Re: Safari - is there a way to stop the address bar from completing websites please?

2009-09-23 Thread James Nash
Brilliant thanks On 23 Sep 2009, at 19:54, Pete Nalda wrote: On Sep 23, 2009, at 1:46 PM, James Nash wrote: Hi everyone, Is there a way to stop the Safari address bar from completing web site addresses please? Thank you Take care James In the autofill tab, you can edit

Re: How can i get the latest version of VLC to play entire folders please?

2009-09-23 Thread Ryan Mann
Hello. Try opening the terminal and doing cd folder_name. Then do ls whatever.m3u. Before I started using Itunes to play my music I could have swarn I did that to make a play list of a folder for VLC. On Sep 23, 2009, at 12:34 PM, James Nash wrote: Hi everyone, In prior versions

A solution for some list members' problems with TextEdit

2009-09-23 Thread James Nash
Hi everyone, This may have already been passed on, but I've found a solution for Voice Over jumping around in Text Edit and not always reading continuous pages when editing etc. If you set the page to wrap to the window with Cmd + Shift + W this should fix the problem. Thanks Take care

Re: How can i get the latest version of VLC to play entire folders please?

2009-09-23 Thread James Nash
Thanks I'll try this. On 23 Sep 2009, at 20:29, Ryan Mann wrote: Hello. Try opening the terminal and doing cd folder_name. Then do ls whatever.m3u. Before I started using Itunes to play my music I could have swarn I did that to make a play list of a folder for VLC. On Sep 23, 2009,

hey guys help help help

2009-09-23 Thread David Geiger
hey guys i love my mac but need help help for some odd reason alot of things are not working been on the phone with apple for two hours so i thought i would hit u guys up not sure if i am allowed to give my skype name out but here goes skype id is mrdigital777 feel free to call me if u have

Re: hey guys help help help

2009-09-23 Thread Chantel Cuddemi
What do you need help with? Maybe I can assist. On Sep 23, 2009, at 4:42 PM, David Geiger wrote: hey guys i love my mac but need help help for some odd reason alot of things are not working been on the phone with apple for two hours so i thought i would hit u guys up not sure if i am

Re: hey guys help help help

2009-09-23 Thread Charlie Doremus
Don't use skype, but if might be helpful to know what difficulties you are having so that we know what's going on. If you throw a drowning man an anvil he's a goner On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 10:42 AM, David Geiger mrdigital...@gmail.comwrote: hey guys i love my mac but need help help for some

Re: hey guys help help help

2009-09-23 Thread James Nash
Have you tried repairing permissions? On 23 Sep 2009, at 21:52, Charlie Doremus wrote: Don't use skype, but if might be helpful to know what difficulties you are having so that we know what's going on. If you throw a drowning man an anvil he's a goner On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 10:42 AM,

Re: hey guys help help help

2009-09-23 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hmmm, be more specific? What is it that's not working? Then maybe we can help? On Sep 23, 2009, at 4:48 PM, Chantel Cuddemi wrote: What do you need help with? Maybe I can assist. On Sep 23, 2009, at 4:42 PM, David Geiger wrote: hey guys i love my mac but need help help for some odd

help details

2009-09-23 Thread David Geiger
ok well first off i can not figure out how to the the track pad to work with voice over as it said it would meaning talk when useing the track pad and second when in dock i can not access folders i cant get my apps folder to open or the down load folder or the doc forlder but i cant get

Test

2009-09-23 Thread David McLean
Sorry, just a test. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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: Location of applescripts used by Voiceover.

2009-09-23 Thread Tyler Littlefield
it's deeply buried, and I can' say I've figured out their structure. go to keyboard help (VO+k), and use that function and it'll tell you the path. HTH, On Sep 23, 2009, at 10:45 AM, Donal Fitzpatrick wrote: Hi all, Sorry if this has been asked before, but does anyone know the location

Re: Setting up a Router

2009-09-23 Thread Tyler Littlefield
Hello, I'm going to say that it's b and g compatible, most newer cards are these days. Just a guess, but I haven't seen anything not in a few years On Sep 23, 2009, at 8:48 AM, Stan wrote: Hi All, Can someone please help. I have a mac mini with Airport Extreme wireless card, and I am

Re: hey guys help help help

2009-09-23 Thread Jessi and Goldina
hey David, to open folders on the dock: make sure you're on the folder you want to open press command option shift m all at the same time to bring up the contextual menu arrow down to where it says open or you can probably just press the letter o press command option space the folder should

Re: Location of applescripts used by Voiceover.

2009-09-23 Thread Donal Fitzpatrick
Nice one Tyler thanks. It truly is buried isn't it? On 23 Sep 2009, at 23:07, Tyler Littlefield wrote: it's deeply buried, and I can' say I've figured out their structure. go to keyboard help (VO+k), and use that function and it'll tell you the path. HTH, On Sep 23, 2009, at 10:45 AM,

Re: help details

2009-09-23 Thread Rich Ring
You might consider learning how to type as well. - Original Message - From: David Geiger mrdigital...@gmail.com To: MacVisionaries macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 4:26 PM Subject: help details ok well first off i can not figure out how to the the

Re: Another query about scripting VO

2009-09-23 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi, For the first question i can't be sure, but there are commands to get into processes. As for the limitations of applescript, since there is a large library of commands, and this being object oriented, you can display or list various objects within objects, their elements and

Re: Location of applescripts used by Voiceover.

2009-09-23 Thread Tyler Littlefield
it is, they did their best to hide it. hope it helps. On Sep 23, 2009, at 4:29 PM, Donal Fitzpatrick wrote: Nice one Tyler thanks. It truly is buried isn't it? On 23 Sep 2009, at 23:07, Tyler Littlefield wrote: it's deeply buried, and I can' say I've figured out their structure. go to

Re: load of rubbish!

2009-09-23 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Makes you realize that lobbying goes a long way to put forth technologies created by government funded or associative companies to favor their products. It can also have to do with certain agreements made between insurance companies and those bulkware providers. Its all a business at the

Re: next table command useful navigation tool

2009-09-23 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi Anna, Thanks for that bit of info. Mkes things much easier :) best Yuma --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

nano thoughts

2009-09-23 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi everyone, I got home yesterday and decided to fully test the nano, and i'm quite pleased by the experience, apart from the fear of loosing this thing when i wear slacks or office pants. I included the bruno infovox voice as my nano navigator, and funny enough, i played a few song from

twitter for the mac, what will work with vo?

2009-09-23 Thread Maurice Mines
hi my subject line tales it all I am looking for a twitter client that will work with vo? enay ides? ps I have a rittenexpration disorder so please forgive me for misspellings. maurice ham call sine kd0iko. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message

Re: twitter for the mac, what will work with vo?

2009-09-23 Thread Cara Quinn
Hi Maurice, two clients that work well are Twitterrific and Syrinx. Twitterrific is a smaller / lighter client (very fast to use) and you can get it from: http://iconfactory.com/software/twitterrific Syrinx is quite a bit more feature-rich and you can get it from:

Two small mail and VO questions

2009-09-23 Thread Frank Ventura
Hi all, I have two really simple but frustrating issues with the Mail program in SL that I cannot figure out with VO. Firstly, when I arrow up and down in my list of messages the unread ones start with saying unread and the read ones start with saying blank. How can I stop the read messages from