Re: ibooks, epub files and different voice over voice

2010-05-20 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi Ester, I've looke at acapella's solutions and asked them how much they quote for licensing a voice for a book reading app. I have just finished a 3d demo for the iphone and my devver is reading on some objective c/ coco programming books i baught him. I myself have passed the foundation fram

Re: ibooks, epub files and different voice over voice

2010-05-20 Thread Esther
Hi Yuma, Sorry, I should have added that you can't use iBooks unless you can download it from your iTunes Store -- even if you bought an iPad from the U.S.  Unless the app is on the device and/or in your iTunes library, ePub books that you transfer over when you sync your iPad won't be read in

Re: FTP Clients

2010-05-20 Thread Sarah Alawami
Transmitting via ftp in transmit is quite easy. I use this on a daily bases. 1. connect to the ftp server. 2. go to the first table which is your local path and interact with it. 3. browse to the place by going to the folder and hitting command down arrow on the folders until you find the pla

Re: ibooks, epub files and different voice over voice

2010-05-20 Thread Esther
Hi Yuma, If you have an ePub file from O'Reilly, just use Command-O ("Add to Library") as though it were an audiobook or music track.  It will show up in your iTunes Library under Books.  Then, just sync it to your iPad by checking it on the appropriate tab.  (I don't remember the tab name).

ibooks, epub files and different voice over voice

2010-05-20 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi list, Just to add some fuel to the fire i am feeling right now about books i cant read, i had the following questions: Has anyone successfully placed epub files into their ibook app on the ipad? If so, what is the procedure? is it just importing epub books in itunes or is it a bit more comp

iPad: The Missing Manual DRM-free eBook from O'Reilly

2010-05-20 Thread Esther
Hi all, The O'Reilly Ebook Deal of the Day for "iPad: The Missing Manual" lets you get this book in DRM-free electronic format in advance of the printed copy at a discounted price of $9.99.  You can read this as a PDF or, if you get an iPad, you can also download the ePub version, add it to yo

Re: PDF crashes again

2010-05-20 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi Again, I tried file juicer and it works fine but it only does half the job, and all the indexing goes away, which in my case is not good as i reference myself a lot to it. I've tried shrink it as well but my 29 meg file only looses about 600k in the process. Do you know where i can find a

Re: FTP Clients

2010-05-20 Thread Rob Lambert
Try cyberduck. That one's free & open source. On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 8:02 PM, Allison Manzino wrote: > Hi all, > > Can anyone recommend any FTP clients? I'm attempting to use Transmit but > can't seem to get files to upload. Any thoughts? THanks again for the > wonderful assistance. > > Allison

FTP Clients

2010-05-20 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi all, Can anyone recommend any FTP clients? I'm attempting to use Transmit but can't seem to get files to upload. Any thoughts? THanks again for the wonderful assistance. Allison -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to

Re: PDF crashes again

2010-05-20 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Thanks for that part, I will look for a pdf to text converter like squeeze or something, but my books are like 800 pages or so. Hope it works for them too Best -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send em

Re: cleaning your mac

2010-05-20 Thread Sarah Alawami
O use onyx but jI'll try this cacheout thingy. Take care. S On May 20, 2010, at 5:16 PM, Rob Lambert wrote: > To keep your cache clean, I'd recommend "Cache Out X". THe app is simple to > use, just a bunch of check boxes & labels such as user cache, internet cache, > and each browser has its o

Re: moving and deleting bookmarks

2010-05-20 Thread Esther
Hi Linda, I'll answer your question about how to move, edit, and delete bookmarks by adding to the description Chris gave of using Command-Option-B to "Show All Bookmarks".  This command takes you to a Safari page that is specifically for managing your bookmarks.  It is the first option when y

Re: cleaning your mac

2010-05-20 Thread Rob Lambert
To keep your cache clean, I'd recommend "Cache Out X". THe app is simple to use, just a bunch of check boxes & labels such as user cache, internet cache, and each browser has its own checkbox. You can also check an option to clean it up on every startup. It's free, too. On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 5:1

cleaning your mac

2010-05-20 Thread May McDonald
Hi again, here's another question. Do any of you use anything special to cleam your make to make sure all unwanted or used files are completely deleted from your mac? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, sen

RE: Moving and deleting bookmarks

2010-05-20 Thread Linda Adams
Hi, Chris, Thanks, actually, I had saved a copy of your entire message. I get to the bookmark bar a different way, opening Safari, using VO-m arrow over to bookmarks, select and arrow to the bookmark bar from there. Does the method of getting to the list I'm working with make a difference?

Re: PDF crashes again

2010-05-20 Thread Yvonne Thomson
I have these hassles with PDF files too. There isn't really a way around it. The main thing I've found is to uncheck the continuous option in Skim. You'll have to read it a page at a time, but it's less likely to crash. The other thing I did was install a pdftotext script. If I've got a file th

Re: USB Headsets

2010-05-20 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, Oh, before I forget. Support for the button for hanging up/declining Skype calls is not supported under any other operating system than Windows, it seems. Regards, Nic Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com GoogleTalk: chojiro1...@gmail.com Facebook Twitter Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdn

Re: USB Headsets

2010-05-20 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, Well, it is, according to Skype, its own technology. Basically, what it is. it's a small, round box with two cables set close together in a circular indent. The box has a round, slightly lowered button in the center of the box. This is the transmitter. One cable is a USB, the other contai

Re: OCR on new iPhone could change our lives forever.

2010-05-20 Thread Andy Lane
Hi there, You don't need xenon flash at all, I had a Nokia N95 and a Nokia N86. the N95 had a 5mp camera with single LED flash and the N86 had an 8mp camera with dual LED. They both work perfectly with the trial of Text Scout which is an app available for symbian. it unfortunately costs £900 thoug

Re: OCR on new iPhone could change our lives forever.

2010-05-20 Thread Brent Harding
I heard that in order for it to work, they wanted a xenon flash instead of LED. This might be because of getting lighting right. I wish they had this for other platforms too as I'm stuck on CDMA with Sprint as I need coverage where AT&T won't go but carriers Sprint can roam on will. - Orig

Re: USB Headsets

2010-05-20 Thread Brent Harding
Is this thing bluetooth, or something else? I would see the problem with bluetooth being it'd sound like I'm on a phone, not for what I'd want for the show, which if I can make bootcamp work, I could do from the mac. - Original Message - From: Nicolai Svendsen To: macvisionaries@

Re: Maverick or Madman? Trying to Get BrailleLite Millennium To Work On My MacBook Pro

2010-05-20 Thread Teresa Cochran
I myself am debating between waiting for Brltty to see if they'll write drivers for the Mac (they have for Windows and of course Linux) and simply buying a USB or Bluetooth Braille display while I have the chance. The Braille Lite 40 that I have only connects through serial or serial-to-USB cabl

RE: OCR on new iPhone could change our lives forever.

2010-05-20 Thread Cameron
Hi. you have some really good points. Another parallel I'd draw would be the talking gps units in cars verses the ones designed for vi use. Not a lot of difference, but, one costs over 10 times the other and sometimes more. If apple, a somewhat small company in the grand scheme of things, can d

RE: OCR on new iPhone could change our lives forever.

2010-05-20 Thread Cameron
Hi. Those are all fantastic ideas. You could also add simpler current features to that too like a bar code reader, color identifier, universal money identifier, etc. Cameron. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of

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2010-05-20 Thread May McDonald
Hi, hopefully someone can help out. For anyone that is using aim or yahoo messenger, how do you get it to read you the off line messages. People are telling me that they've sent me messages while I've been off line but I don't get them. Is there a way to fix this. With windows messenger it works

Re: OCR on new iPhone could change our lives forever.

2010-05-20 Thread Andy Lane
I've been thinking more about this, what about a CCTV app for the new iPhone, This could obviously be easily updated to run on the i Pad version 2 or 3 which will probably have a camera. What about the future when processors have got faster and an app could be written to guide someone through a cr

USB Adapter Cables -- Trying to Get BrailleLite Millennium To Work On My MacBook Pro

2010-05-20 Thread Ana G
I just ordered a parallel to USB cable from Amazon, which has quite a selection. I noticed one or two serial to USB cables, but I wasn't really trying to find that, so I'm thinking there's probably more. anyway, when I read the specs for the various parallel to USB cables, I noticed that some

OCR on new iPhone could change our lives forever.

2010-05-20 Thread Andy Lane
Hi all, I would imagine most people on this group come from a Nokia background as until recently that was pretty much the only option for accessible mobile technologies. If you did you may be aware of a few apps that are capable of taking a photo of a sheet of paper and running it through OCR pro

Re: USB Headsets

2010-05-20 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, That certainly depends, Sarah, on which model you get. You see, they changed it again. I have two of the old models, and one of the new one. The new one is absolutely terrible. It has issues with SNow Leopard and the microphone volume, and the update really doesn't matter. It seems to at le

Re: Maverick or Madman? Trying to Get BrailleLite Millennium To Work On My MacBook Pro

2010-05-20 Thread Søren Jensen
Hi. I don't think you can use your Braille Lite as a Braille display cause it's not listed under the supported Braille devices. If you find a solution, please let us know. That would be awesome. Best regards Søren Jensen Mail & MSN: s...@coolfortheblind.dk Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/

Re: Maverick or Madman? Trying to Get BrailleLite Millennium To Work On My MacBook Pro

2010-05-20 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, I'm assuming that VoiceOVer currently does not support the Braille Lite Millennium as it is not listed in the help. I have one myself, but I have not tried but I assume the help is up-to-date. Regards, Nic Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com GoogleTalk: chojiro1...@gmail.com Facebook Twitter Skype: K

Re: Maverick or Madman? Trying to Get BrailleLite Millennium To Work On My MacBook Pro

2010-05-20 Thread Joel Zimba
Heya Mark, I forgot what it is like to wonder if something will work in the Mac world. Here is a suggestion if you have problems. I would get the newest possible firmware... duh. getting it on there cold actually be a problem these days, but youre a bright guy. If you have problems connecti

Maverick or Madman? Trying to Get BrailleLite Millennium To Work On My MacBook Pro

2010-05-20 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Apple Family, As the subject line suggests, I would like to have my BrailleLite Millennium serve as a Braille display on my MacBook. For those of you who may be too young to remember, the Millennium is an old Serial bus device. Be that as it may, using a USB to Serial adaptor cable, the

Re: USB Headsets

2010-05-20 Thread Sarah Alawami
If you need somethign wireless for your mac I ecommend the freetalk headsets from skype. I've heard the mics and tey sound pretty good. and they are comvertable enough. take care. S On May 20, 2010, at 12:10 PM, Brent Harding wrote: > I'm looking for something too. I had a spare Plantronics DS

Re: USB Headsets

2010-05-20 Thread Brent Harding
I'm looking for something too. I had a spare Plantronics DSP-400, and I am currently using the same model, but the one I just opened picks up hum and this old one doesn't. I need the hum gone some how as I do a show online, and well, compression and stuff will raise the level of the hum. The foa

file maker pro

2010-05-20 Thread Simon Fogarty
Morning listers. I am needing to be able to use the file maker database application for some work related stuff that my boss has me involved in. Has anyone got any knowledge of how if at all I can use this system with SNW leopard VO and version 10 of file maker? Any help would be much appreciat

Re: USB Headsets

2010-05-20 Thread Andy Lane
http://www.hifiheadphones.co.uk/beyerdynamic-mmx300-gaming-headphones-mmx-300-prodid-1943.html This is a link to the headphones and its not MX 300 its Beyerdynamic MMX 300. It says they cut out loads of ambient noise but they really don't. Every other point in the description is accurate. Scott

Re: USB Headsets

2010-05-20 Thread Andy Lane
Sorry to ramble on but I have also tried the Senheizer PC350 headset, its not bad either. I wouldn't shout from the rooftops about it though. The Mic is high quality and the headphones are not too bad, not great but not awful. They are quite a lot less expensive though at around £170 although i'

Re: USB Headsets

2010-05-20 Thread Andy Lane
Hi, I have done quite a bit of research on this as I too use a stereo headset/mic in an office. I was specifically trying to cut the noise out though. The office is like working in a noisy bar and hearing customers on the phone and my screen reader is incredibly difficult. If you buy a USB DAC wi

Re: An audiohijack pro question

2010-05-20 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, What's Nice cast. Courtney On 20/05/2010, at 4:12 in the morning, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > Hi, > > You can easily do that. YOu would probably have to use the effects area, > though, which they say they'll make accessible someday. It is not usable > unless there is no effect currently activ

Re: Setting Up an Internet Connection

2010-05-20 Thread Ana G
thanks to both of you. this makes perfect sense. I have a netbook that I can surf the web from without any problem even though my PC is off. I don't know why I didn't think of this. thanks again for the clarification. so far, Mac is exciting, but there's a lot to learn. Chris writes: Right. Th

Re: USB Headsets

2010-05-20 Thread Rob Lambert
I have the motorola S9HD blue tooth stereo ear buds. I give you fair warning, I can't seem to get the built in mic to work on anything other than my phone. However, for audio, it's great. Surround sound built in, and it's $80. On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 2:30 AM, Scott Howell wrote: > All, > > I am

USB Headsets

2010-05-20 Thread Scott Howell
All, I am looking for an USB headset/mic combo. I am asking here since perhaps someone has a similar requirement and can share what they use. What I am specifically looking for is a headset that can be warn for long periods of time and I mean for 5 to 6 hours a day. These can fit over, on, or i

Re: command to label stuff with vo? I forgot it

2010-05-20 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, DOn't forget the manual! VoiceOver help VO-Shift-question? Just go into the search field and type something like "label". Nice touch that applies to all of Mac OS X. Regards, Nic Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com GoogleTalk: chojiro1...@gmail.com Facebook Twitter Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico..

Re: An audiohijack pro question

2010-05-20 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, You can easily do that. YOu would probably have to use the effects area, though, which they say they'll make accessible someday. It is not usable unless there is no effect currently active. Which means, if you are already using a single effect, you cannot add more. I'd really just go with N