Re: Prospective Mac User

2010-06-18 Thread Olivia Norman
Very well put, Laura! :) I agree with all theat you've said! Olivia Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower Steve Jobs On Jun 17, 2010, at 4:49 PM, Scott Howell wrote: Laura, very well stated and very much to the point. On Jun 17, 2010, at 7:43 PM, Laura M wrote: As to 1,

Re: Mac/vo braille support

2010-06-18 Thread Peter Durieux
Hi Mary, I'm using a Handytech braillestar 40 with my macbook. You can connect it via bluetooth or usb. For other brailletables then the default one in macosx, you can download cecibraille. It contains language tables such as german, french, ... When you use google to find this dmg, you'll get

Re: Mac/vo braille support

2010-06-18 Thread Peter Durieux
Hi again, I forgot to mention that you can use the Handytech as an input device. :) Personally, I don't use it that way. I want the same behavior as when I connect my handytech to my LInux boxes. ;) grtz -Peter Op 18-jun-2010, om 09:45 heeft Peter Durieux het volgende geschreven: Hi Mary,

Re: Prospective Mac User

2010-06-18 Thread Orin
Hi, What I do with Adium is when someone types a message if I've missed it is interact with the HTML area, hit VO-SHift-End to get to the last message received, and that's that. You don't have to scroll. So, if you know a few VO key shortcuts, messenger is just as good on windows, although I

new apple user

2010-06-18 Thread denise avant
Hi all, I've had my mac book pro for a couple of weeks now. While I've not had an opportunity to sit and learn it just yet, I've been able to do some work on it. I'm going to use vm fusion and perhaps windows 7 to run some of the important programs I need like ms word openbook, and Duxbury.

Re: Prospective Mac User

2010-06-18 Thread Orin
You can have Adium read out messages automaticly with the system voice, however you'll face the problem I was talking about earlier in this thread. On Jun 17, 2010, at 7:26 AM, Chris Moore wrote: hey thanks just tried that and it works a treat, shame it does not auto read out the new

Re: Prospective Mac User

2010-06-18 Thread Orin
Adium is pretty good with IRC, but I must admit, it lacks in some areas. X-Chat aqua I still not sure how to use actually, so yeah. I think we need a better client in that department. Aqua's preferences dialog is most certainly weird. On Jun 17, 2010, at 7:06 PM, Michael Thurman wrote:

Re: Mac/vo braille support

2010-06-18 Thread erik burggraaf
HI Mary, Braille input is possible using braille connect and snowleopard. I haven't tried input on the braille sense plus, mostly because I never could get the thing up and running on leopard and haven't bothered with it on Snowleopard. I think input is also possible with the alva BC640 when

Re: More trouble with saving podcasts and dropbox files and such with Safari

2010-06-18 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Courtney, In places where VO-Shift-M ought to work but doesn't, route your mouse cursor to your VO cursor with VO-Command-F5 and then hold down the Control key and click with the physical mouse or trackpad. This will bring up a contextual menu. Cheers, Anne On Jun 18, 2010, at 1:27 AM,

Re: vertical alignment in Text edit

2010-06-18 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Christina, I don't think you can centre text vertically in TextEdit. It's a good little word processor, but lacks many features you would find in a more professional application. Have you tried Pages? Cheers, Anne On Jun 18, 2010, at 1:40 AM, Christina wrote: Can I vertically center

vr-stream is recognized on my macbook

2010-06-18 Thread chad baker
Hi i got my vr-stream to work. All i had to do was to format the sd card on the stream itself and when i plugged it in it came up. Not sure if you guys new thought i would pass it along. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post

RE: Prospective Mac User

2010-06-18 Thread Dave Taylor
Another really useful response, thank you. All this is information I will be using to get the most out of our day for as many people as possible. This netbook has a couple of years in it I should think, but I have a feeling it has received its last paid for update. My feeling is that by then,

New Mac Mini

2010-06-18 Thread Rob Lambert
Apple has redesigned it's mac mini. It's now shorter (at just over an inch thick), but also wider (at approximately 7.1 square). The big thing on this one is, on the bottom, there is a round cover. Twist this cover, and remove it, and you are immediately granted access to the RAM. There is also a

Re: Install iOS 4 today!

2010-06-18 Thread Donna Goodin
Good points, but I wonder if you're right about people being more careful. I'm sure that some will, but many will probably just pay for the larger amount of data, and continue their current behavior. I think the better solution to the problem you're talking about would be for ATT to get their

Re: Install iOS 4 today!

2010-06-18 Thread Donna Goodin
I have to ask, How on earth can you stay on a call for 72 hours!? :) Donna On Jun 18, 2010, at 12:44 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote: You bring up some good points. If I can use the wireless then I do but if I use the 3g It will be limited to a bit of streaming, haytell, skype when I can get it to

Re: New Mac Mini

2010-06-18 Thread Chris Moore
I personally think this is a good step taken by Apple. The introduction of HDMI on the mini is fantastic for those who wish to hook up a full computer to their HD TV. Internet browsing etc on the XBox/PS3 On 18 Jun 2010, at 12:11, Rob Lambert wrote: leaves a lot to be desired and the Mac mini

IChat (wasRe: Prospective Mac User)

2010-06-18 Thread Donna Goodin
Does Ichat still have that weird limitation as to who you can add to your contacts? Sorry, I know that's vague, I just remember that when I got my Mac last summer people were opting for Adium because of some issue pertaining to chatting with contacts from certain providers, like I think maybe

Re: Install iOS 4 today!

2010-06-18 Thread Ryan Mann
I agree with you Donna. The problem is that there is not much competition in the phone carrier market in the United States, so Atnt is not really motivated to beaf up their network. For a perspective on why this is bad for consumers, read http://www.freepress.net/node/80372. On Jun 18, 2010,

MobileMe redesigned website

2010-06-18 Thread Chris Moore
Hi all, Have any of you taken a look at the re-designed mobileme site yet? I am sure visually it is stunning, but it seems even less accessible then the previous site. Ok I can still read my mail, but trying to switch between applications such as calendars, contacts etc seems impossible. I

Re: Install iOS 4 today!

2010-06-18 Thread Donna Goodin
Definitely true. But both VZ and Sprint have better networks, that might give them some motivation, if Steve Jobs and friends hadn't chosen the brilliant plan of guaranteeing ATT customers because of the iPhone. Donna On Jun 18, 2010, at 8:51 AM, Ryan Mann wrote: I agree with you Donna. The

Re: Prospective Mac User

2010-06-18 Thread Brandon Misch
well, you could type in /clear to clear the text and if you have key echo by characters on, that will interupt it. also if you use keyboard commanders like option t for time, that will interupt the system voice. On Jun 18, 2010, at 4:52 AM, Orin wrote: Hi, What I do with Adium is when

Syncing playlists with Iphone

2010-06-18 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi all, How do you sync playlists to the Iphone? I checked the box to manually sync music, but every time I go to the playlists search tab, nothing comes up. What am I doing wrong? Thanks for your help in advance. Have a great day. Allison -- You received this message because you are

Data plans

2010-06-18 Thread Peter Durieux
Hi all, Just my thoughts on this topic, but.. unlimited data is cool, but not that easy. Here in Belgium I pay 99 euro's for 20 hours of calling, 2 GB of data traffic. Another provider here in .be asks 15 euro for 50Mb, so If I see the prices elsewhere, for example in the .us, the data plans

Re: MobileMe redesigned website

2010-06-18 Thread Olivia Norman
How do you even read your mail with the mobile me site? I just use Apple mail for this, and addressbook and iCal for the other things. Has anyone figured out iDisk? I love mobile me because it pushes all my contacts to all my devices, but I certainly find the web interface pretty inaccessible.

RE: MobileMe redesigned website

2010-06-18 Thread Blake Sinnett
MobileMe is a waste of money in my opinion. I sync my Gmail and contacts with Google Sync. This way I keep my contacts up to date no matter what device I'm using, whether it be running Windows, Mac, iOS or Windows Mobile. Subject: Re: MobileMe redesigned website From:

Re: new apple user

2010-06-18 Thread Olivia Norman
I don't know about running the adaptive technology stuff on the mac, soI'll leave that to someone who has more experience with open book, etc, but I wonder whether you've tried iWork and pages? These programs work just as well as MS word once you play around with them, and you'd eliminate the

Re: MobileMe redesigned website

2010-06-18 Thread Olivia Norman
haven't tried google sync, but I never use windows devices, so mobile me works well for what I need. Different solutions work for different people, though. Olivia Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower Steve Jobs On Jun 18, 2010, at 6:55 AM, Blake Sinnett wrote: MobileMe is

installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Olivia Norman
Hi Everyone, Now, this is just my opinion, so don't flame me to much, OK? :) I just don't understand totally why people install windows on the mac and what they use it for? It seems to me, and my admittedly limited experience with windows over the last few years, that it just simply isn't

RE: MobileMe redesigned website

2010-06-18 Thread M. Taylor
Hello, Personally, I absolutely adore Mobile Me.com. I think it is one of the best investments I've ever made. It's simple, secure, and Mac-Centric. While I use both the syncing features of Google on both an enterprise and personal level, as well as taking advantage of the vast resources of

Re: new apple user

2010-06-18 Thread Chris Moore
Sorry to sound thick, what is OpenBook? is this some sort of OCR for the PC? And this Fine Reader is this expensive? I am hoping to get an iPal Solo from Humanware, but in the meantime I would like an OCR package that I can use to read my printed documents that come through the post. The

RE: new apple user

2010-06-18 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Denise, First, let me address all of those who have so kindly contacted me off-list. I will return your calls; I'm still playing catch up so forgive the delay, OK? Denise, I am comfortable in stating that any version of Windows 7 (32-bit recommended) will work just fine with VM Ware

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Olivia, Remember that a lot of us who are coming to the Mac now, have been Windows users for many years, which means, unfortunately, that we already own that expensive third-party software. :) Speaking only for myself of course, I got a Mac b/c I like the notion of out-of-the-box

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Chris Moore
I have parallels installed on my Mac. I already had Windows xp installed via BootCamp which I used rarely for applications that you could not get to run on a Mac back in the day when I used to have a Nokia phone and a Sat nav that was not a tom tom. After losing my site I thought I would

RE: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Olivia, I would never dream of flaming you or anyone for asking an honest question. While I'm short on time, I wanted to give you an answer from someone who is not biased against either platform, something that is becoming harder and harder to find, sadly. I find that I am traveling

Abbyy fine reader for Mac

2010-06-18 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi everyone, I've been following the posts on Abbyy Fine reader. Is it like Kurzweil for Mac? Does it operate on the same principles as Kurzweil 1000? WHat I mean by this question is it possible to hook up a USB scanner and use Abbyy Fine Reader to scan a printed document? I need a

Re: MobileMe redesigned website

2010-06-18 Thread Chris Moore
I use iDisk a heck of a lot. I have the iDisk icon listed on my desktop (go to finder preferences and tick external drives) I drag and drop aka copy and files to it. I can then retrieve them from my other mac computer and used to also access the data via mobile me (when I was sighted) at

Re: Install iOS 4 today!

2010-06-18 Thread Ricardo Walker
Not enough competition? I can think of 4 other carriers off the top of my head. How much competition is needed? On Jun 18, 2010, at 8:51 AM, Ryan Mann wrote: I agree with you Donna. The problem is that there is not much competition in the phone carrier market in the United States, so Atnt

gradual fade out with amadeus Pro

2010-06-18 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi all, I just learned something new in Amadeus Pro and I thought I'd share it. I was trying to get a song to gradually fade out for my podcast, I discovered if you go in to effects, fading, and then settings you will find lots of customizable options. If you set the fade out type to quadratic

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi. I really miss a good scanning software for the mac. I am using finereader 10 in bootcamp or in vmware. I also like, that you can access your windows files from your mac, if for exampel your windows has broke down, that happens. Another thing is that if you use vmware you can install windows

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Olivia Norman
This makes great sense! Thanks for putting this so clearly! I do completely understand where you're coming from, and this is exactly the kind of information I was intersetd in obtaining! I'd probably be more inclined to use windows if screen readers were less expensive and more accessible. If

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Ricardo Walker
Well put Mark. You know? A lot of times we do things just because we can. Like owning 2 pairs of sneakers. lol. You can only wear one pair at a time right? lol. But it just boils down to flexibility. There are things that the Mac with voiceover just don't or can't do at this point.

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Kaare Dehard
Sometimes it's a matter of circomstances... For example, I once upon a time took an online course for the blind. I had me a copy of windows xp pro from the machine that died and was replaced by my mac. At this time, we were using a ventrillo server to attend classes and the windows version

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Olivia Norman
You're like me! I'm a true mac fan girl, and I'd never use jaws again, personally. I'm pretty lucky because I can use my mac at work, but I know unfortunately, that most places are still using windows and microsoft. I hope you're able to figure out jaws enough to use it for work. I am sure

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Olivia Norman
It's interesting that blackboard didn't work for you. I was a student for a year lst winter, and I got great results with blackboard and safari. Hopefully, the mac will soon replace that expensive third party software for you! :) I totally understand that some still need windows, and I'm kind

Re: MobileMe redesigned website

2010-06-18 Thread Barry Hadder
There is at least one thing I've noticed that is more accessible than before. The actions menu can now be accessed with vo. One thing you have to do however, is turn off cursor tracking. When keyboard tracks with vo, nothing seems to work. Another note of interest: Mail rules are now

A question about safari and braille

2010-06-18 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi all. I have som problems with safari and braille at the moment. When I have wrote a mail in my gmail, my display does not follow what I am writing. I would like if I could see the last words i have just been writing. I have also some problems when I have to read the mail before I send it. It

Re: Mac/vo braille support

2010-06-18 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Eric, By they are only set up for computer braille entry, I assume you mean vo, not the particular display, the bc640? Or did you mean just that display? Mary -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send

Re: MobileMe redesigned website

2010-06-18 Thread Brett Campbell
Mark, then you are going to absolutely love the new find my iPhone app. It's simple and fast. Of course it requires one to have access to an iPod touch, iPad or a friends iPhone with the app installed. Brett C. On Jun 18, 2010, at 8:10 AM, M. Taylor wrote: Hello, Personally, I

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread John J Herzog
Hello, I am in the same boat. I have a lot of scanning to do, and started law school 2 years ago. There wasn't any great OCR solution for the mac, so I decided to install windows XP and kurzweil via fusion on my machine. I still use it to this day just for that purpose, but have replaced

Re: Abbyy fine reader for Mac

2010-06-18 Thread Mary Otten
Hi allison, While I have not used abbyy for the Mac, based on what I've heard people say, no, it is nowhere near like K1000, which I have used for probably a decade. Yes, you can hook up a usb scanner, and if you get one that FR recognized, such as the hp 8300 pro or epson 200 or 300, I forget

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Mary Otten
Hi John, I have a copy of fusion and was planning to port an xp set up over to my Mac with the K1000. I'm using a bookedge scanner, and its driver installation is a bit nonstandard, hence the desire to port over, rather than just getting win7 and startig fresh. What scanner are you using with

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread John J Herzog
Hello Mary, The scanner I'm using is a fujitsu fi-6230. I like the scanner because of its super fast document feeder. You can get that bad boy going at sixty pages per minute. The other nice thing is that the document feeder supports double sided scanning, so where applicable you get both

Re: MobileMe redesigned website

2010-06-18 Thread Peter Durieux
Hi Olivia, you can simply configure finder to access your mobileme idkisk space. For information about configure idisk on your mac, see the apple support site or google can help. Also, the idisk appllication on the iphone is very accessible, instead of closing an opened document. Ok, at least

Re: Abbyy fine reader for Mac

2010-06-18 Thread Chris Moore
Maybe we are all thinking a bit too old school. Two weeks ago Humanware demonstrated document readers to me which used a camera instead. The camera was portable as it was on a fold up tripod type thing. The software was on a Windows machine which drove the camera, words were also displayed

RE: Abbyy fine reader for Mac

2010-06-18 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Chris, I wouldn't mind that either! *smile* Has anyone seen the specifications for the camera in iPhone 4? Specifically, is the flash LED or xenon based? Cheers, Dónal -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of

Re: Abbyy fine reader for Mac

2010-06-18 Thread Mary Otten
Yes, I've heard of that Humanware device, the Intel reader. Its got a hefty pricetag, and it doesn't run on a Mac either. the folks who make the IPAL are supposedly starting a beta test program for something that will run on a mac and use the same system for scanning as they have with Windows.

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Mary Otten
Thanks, John. that Fujitsu doesn't sound like the scanner for me. I doubt the library would appreciate me cutting up their books. smile mary -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Read: Mike H a ? about Itunes

2010-06-18 Thread Michael Huckabay
I have a ? is it possible when Using Itunes for play back to set up a compresser as a pre set at all or is there enny third party software that you can use so I could do this? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this

Re: Mac/vo braille support

2010-06-18 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Peter, Thanks for your reply about using the braille star. I'd love to see the Handytech braille cels. Apparently, its a unique design, and people either love it or hate it. its hard to picture how the concave cells are without getting your hands on a display. mary -- You received this

Re: Abbyy fine reader for Mac

2010-06-18 Thread Donna Goodin
I think that ABEECEE (sp) is looking at developing a similar program for the Mac. Donna On Jun 18, 2010, at 12:05 PM, Chris Moore wrote: Maybe we are all thinking a bit too old school. Two weeks ago Humanware demonstrated document readers to me which used a camera instead. The camera was

Re: Abbyy fine reader for Mac

2010-06-18 Thread Donna Goodin
Also, with Iphone 4 now sporting a 5 megapixel camera, you have to believe that OCR apps will be created for it as well. Donna On Jun 18, 2010, at 12:05 PM, Chris Moore wrote: Maybe we are all thinking a bit too old school. Two weeks ago Humanware demonstrated document readers to me which

Re: Abbyy fine reader for Mac

2010-06-18 Thread Mary Otten
Yes, it will be great if they come out with an accessible scanning ocr app for the IPhone. But I don't think I see such an app being for the most efficient way to do books. Great for stuff on the go, however. Mary -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: Abbyy fine reader for Mac

2010-06-18 Thread Chris Moore
The camera in the iPhone 4 is 5 megapixels and can operate in lower light conditions than the previous iPhone 3GS. The flash is LED which is probably better for OCR than Xenon. Apparently camera is pretty good, its not always about pixel count its about processing and also the size of the

Re: Abbyy fine reader for Mac

2010-06-18 Thread Chris Moore
If the iPhone was docked into an L shaped stand like Humanware's iPal then multiple pages could be easily done. Turn the page and wait for the camera click, then turn to the next page and so on. Also the ability to upload the data direct to a computer like the iPal to take advantage of a

Re: Abbyy fine reader for Mac

2010-06-18 Thread Donna Goodin
No, probably not the most efficient method for scanning books. :) Donna On Jun 18, 2010, at 12:39 PM, Mary Otten wrote: Yes, it will be great if they come out with an accessible scanning ocr app for the IPhone. But I don't think I see such an app being for the most efficient way to do books.

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Scott Howell
Hi Olivia, Well I can of course speak for myself, but let me share a few things with you: 1. I use windows only for school projects/related activities. Specifically I use OUtlook Express to follow the message postings, which are not a typical news group format. I have been after the developers

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Chris Moore
Could you not use a Newsreader on the Mac similar to how news groups are displayed within Outlook Express? I have not used those type of news groups for years, but I am sure there will be something you could get on the Mac, this will mean less time on Windows On 18 Jun 2010, at 18:11, Scott

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Chris Moore
Donna, Excuse my ignorance, but what audio software do you use on Windows and for what purpose? Chris On 18 Jun 2010, at 15:38, Donna Goodin wrote: Hi Olivia, Remember that a lot of us who are coming to the Mac now, have been Windows users for many years, which means, unfortunately,

Re: -- SPAM -- Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread David McLean
The only thing I use Windows for, and the only reason I installed it on the Mac as a Vm, is to use Winamp. I like Vlc but I just haven't found anything I like as well as Winamp. Also I've been a Windows used since the mid 90s so there are still a few times such as now with the Audible/Safari

Re: Prospective Mac User

2010-06-18 Thread Chantel Cuddemi
Well said, Brandon!! On Jun 18, 2010, at 9:10 AM, Brandon Misch wrote: well, you could type in /clear to clear the text and if you have key echo by characters on, that will interupt it. also if you use keyboard commanders like option t for time, that will interupt the system voice. On

Re: Prospective Mac User

2010-06-18 Thread Sarah Alawami
Hmm I'll try irsi and see. I'm not perfisent with the terminal but I'll give it a go if I can find it. lol! Take care. S On Jun 18, 2010, at 2:00 AM, Orin wrote: Adium is pretty good with IRC, but I must admit, it lacks in some areas. X-Chat aqua I still not sure how to use actually, so

Re: gradual fade out with amadeus Pro

2010-06-18 Thread Sarah Alawami
OO! Thank you thank you thank you. I found my faids to abropt. I have some other questions but I'll ask you off list. Take care. S On Jun 18, 2010, at 7:43 AM, Allison Manzino wrote: Hi all, I just learned something new in Amadeus Pro and I thought I'd share it. I was trying to get a

Re: A question about safari and braille

2010-06-18 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi Annie, I had this problem as well. I'm using a BrailleNote Mpower and have to use different routing keys to perform the reading functions. The only way I have gotten this to work in my Gmail account is pressing VO shift down arrow before I proofread my E-mails. What type of display are you

Re: Growl

2010-06-18 Thread Sarah Alawami
actually i my case it did. it stopped everything and I mean everything. lol! On Jun 17, 2010, at 8:42 PM, Brandon Misch wrote: yeah go to growl preferences and there should be a stop growl button. be aware that doing this will not stop any events you have set in applications like speaking

Re: Abbyy fine reader for Mac

2010-06-18 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi Mary and all, I was under the impression that the Intel Reader was a portable device. Well, I think it is unless you use it with the capture station. I thought in listening to podcasts and demos about this product, that the great thing about the Intel Reader is that you don't have to be

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Orin
Yeah, I took a BLackboard course with safari and it wasn't all that bad. Messaging could use some work, though, as when I tried to message someone it for some reason came out blank on their end. On Jun 18, 2010, at 11:00 AM, Olivia Norman wrote: It's interesting that blackboard didn't work

Re: A question about safari and braille

2010-06-18 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi. I have tried with 3 different displays, a pacmate 40 cells display, a seika and a 12 cells vario connect, I have the same problem with all of them, and one of my friends has tried with a 40 cells vario connect, that is the same problem. I can not get it to work with interacting, I have still

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Sarah Alawami
The reason i do it as my broadcasting suite uses windows and i don't want to change it, pluss I have ot use sonar to edit and master stuff until I can afford protools le which will be a while but I'm patient. Take care. S On Jun 18, 2010, at 11:43 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hi, It seems

Re: A question about safari and braille

2010-06-18 Thread William Windels
Hi all, since 10.6.4, there are new problems with the braille. e.g. in forms on the internet in safari 5, only a part of the text in a form is visible on the brailledisplay. When you interact with a mail message, I think the vo-cursor is jumping to the button-bar (bad English). Also other

Re: A question about safari and braille

2010-06-18 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi all. Would one of you report the isues to apple, you are better in english than I am. Best regards Annie. 2010/6/18, William Windels william.wind...@gmail.com: Hi all, since 10.6.4, there are new problems with the braille. e.g. in forms on the internet in safari 5, only a part of the text

flash on the mac

2010-06-18 Thread William Windels
Hello all, I 've just installed adobe's flashplayer v10.1 with safari 5 with the instructions of accessibility.. The installation was successful but I see no difference. I have tryed a site for speedtest , normally , it should have only 1 flash-object that's a button to start the stest. The

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Olivia Norman
Hi! I went through a year of graduate school using pages to write my papers, and the lowest grade I got was a b+. I was able to format correctly, and accomplish all tasks just fine. If you would like some pointers and tips, feel free to email me off list, I'm happy to help! :) Olivia

Re: MobileMe redesigned website

2010-06-18 Thread Olivia Norman
I also love the find my iPhone feature. Is this accessible with VO now? Last I checked it wasn't. Olivia Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower Steve Jobs On Jun 18, 2010, at 7:10 AM, M. Taylor wrote: Hello, Personally, I absolutely adore Mobile Me.com. I think it is

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2010-06-18 Thread Charlie Doremus
Received the following from a friend. Apple quietly includes malware prevention update in Mac OS X 10.6.4 By Katie Marsal Published: 12:25 PM EST Apple silently updated its Snow Leopard malware protection in this week's Mac OS X 10.6.4 update, targeting a Trojan that disguises itself

Re: flash on the mac

2010-06-18 Thread Sarah Alawami
Yeah you can't use speeddtst.net nt he mac at all. at least I can't. Take care. S On Jun 18, 2010, at 12:52 PM, William Windels wrote: Hello all, I 've just installed adobe's flashplayer v10.1 with safari 5 with the instructions of accessibility.. The installation was successful but I

itunes 9.2 not synching

2010-06-18 Thread Greg Weller
pi just updated to version 9.2 of itunes on my windows xp machine and now it is not detecting my ipadanyone else have. this problem? greg Sent from my iPad -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send

Re: itunes 9.2 not synching

2010-06-18 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, A friend of mine is having the same problem with an iPod classic on their windows machine On Jun 18, 2010, at 4:38 PM, Greg Weller wrote: pi just updated to version 9.2 of itunes on my windows xp machine and now it is not detecting my ipadanyone else have. this problem? greg

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2010-06-18 Thread Jim Stevenson
Your fwd program is generating this mime html as appended below. If you don't need the html, please try pasting the file as plain text. Why does every line start with -- Please answer in plain text, not mime attached html. Thanks much again as always. Jim -- You received this message

Re: More trouble with saving podcasts and dropbox files and such with Safari

2010-06-18 Thread Robert Carter
Hi, To start a download from a link, press option+return. Robert Carter On Jun 18, 2010, at 5:21 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: Hello Courtney, In places where VO-Shift-M ought to work but doesn't, route your mouse cursor to your VO cursor with VO-Command-F5 and then hold down the Control

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2010-06-18 Thread Sarah Alawami
Yep foudn that on the mac voice over list. Well I'm updating now actually. Wish me luck. On Jun 18, 2010, at 1:30 PM, Charlie Doremus wrote: Received the following from a friend. Apple quietly includes malware prevention update in Mac OS X 10.6.4 By Katie Marsal Published: 12:25 PM EST

Re: itunes 9.2 not synching

2010-06-18 Thread Andy Lane
That was the strangest thing, I have literally just had the same problem on my mac, it may not be exactly the same problem as restarting itunes seemed to sort it out but earlier on while I was looking round the itunes store it froze up and made the whole laptop run slowly. It seems to be syncing

Re: TIP: The Best Way to Shove That MacBook Pro In Your Ear!

2010-06-18 Thread Maurice Mines
Hello, it's taken a while to respond to this post. It's good to find out that there is someone who knows actually where, like the University of Northern Colorado is. As far is good headphones, I do really like my terror of QC 15 headphones, from the Bose Corporation. I find that their grade in

Re: flash on the mac

2010-06-18 Thread William Windels
Hi Sarah does this mean that the flash plugin not work for us or do you have visited already sites with flash successfully? If so, it would be nice if you give a example. Just for test of this new feature. best regards, William Op 18-jun-2010, om 22:34 heeft Sarah Alawami het volgende

Re: DJ Sortware on the mac?

2010-06-18 Thread Krister Ekstrom
It should do, although it doesn't have jingle machines as such. /Krister 16 jun 2010 kl. 02.21 skrev Courtney Curran: Hi, So would this work to prerecord a show for a broadcast on an Internet Radio station? If not, what would? Sorry for the off-topicness. Courtney On Jun 15, 2010, at 4:45

please disregard questino on preview

2010-06-18 Thread Mary Otten
For whatever reason, although the view menu in preview was set to view a pdf as single page continuous, the document I was having problems with wasn't reading like that. Reopening the document and preview solved the problem; no idea why it didn't work right the first time. mary -- You

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Bryan Smart
I like the Mac, too, but it can't do everything. For music and audio production, we now have Pro Tools, but, for many tasks, software systems under Windows like Sonar still have superior access. So, for now, I run Sonar in BootCamp. I run a small business, and use Outlook and Excel

FW: new apple user

2010-06-18 Thread denise avant
Hello mark and everyone, Thanks for your thoughtful answer. I don't know if this makes sense, but One of the reasons I'm looking at installing vm fusion with windows on the mac is so that I can start really using the mac. As long as I keep my windows machine set up in front of me, I'm going to

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Chris Moore
Fair comments... However, wasn't Exchange support added to Mail with Snow Leopard? Whilst there is a smaller audience on the Mac front who are not requesting VoiceOver support from Developers yet there will quite a wait before we start to see more accessible stuff. Windows has had JAWS,

Re: TIP: The Best Way to Shove That MacBook Pro In Your Ear!

2010-06-18 Thread Chris Moore
Are your hearing aids not compatible with the Phonak iCom streamer ? This might save the need to wear headphones altogether On 18 Jun 2010, at 23:03, Maurice Mines wrote: Hello, it's taken a while to respond to this post. It's good to find out that there is someone who knows actually where,

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Kimberly thurman
My school mail is Microsoft Exchange and I get it on the Mac running Snow Leopard. On Jun 18, 2010, at 9:30 PM, Chris Moore wrote: Fair comments... However, wasn't Exchange support added to Mail with Snow Leopard? Whilst there is a smaller audience on the Mac front who are not requesting

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