RE: OT: introducting lockerz

2010-07-12 Thread Simon F
And Kiwis as well, if it's for real then I'm interested. It would be great to be able to get an iPad or even an iPhone. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Moore Sent: Sunday, 11 July 2010 12:58 p.m. To:

RE: OT: introducting lockerz

2010-07-12 Thread Simon F
And that goes for me as well, if that is at all possible. si...@blinky-net.com that's my email address. Cheers Simon f -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ben Mustill-Rose Sent: Sunday, 11 July 2010 1:52 p.m.

RE: Using a Mac Mini without a monitor

2010-07-12 Thread Simon F
No one is ever forced to purchase something they don't need. Purchasing something you didn't need is a personal choice. If you purchased a mac mini and then needed a screen / monitor for it, think about who actually made you get the mini, you could have got a mac book or I mac. -Original

Re: Receipt Requests in Mail

2010-07-12 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Mike, Apple Mail does not support receipt requests. Cheers, Anne On Jul 12, 2010, at 10:34 AM, Michael Busboom wrote: Hi. Is it possible in Mail to be notified when someone asks for a return receipt? I am not being notified, nor are receipts being sent to people who need to

RE: a problem with vista

2010-07-12 Thread Simon F
I don't understand why you can't install windows 7, rather than vista. Even xp would be better than vista. Infact, ms dos would be better than vista. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of gene Sent: Monday, 12 July 2010 7:03 a.m. To:

RE: OT Lockerz

2010-07-12 Thread Simon F
Does anyone else think this sounds to easy to do? I can't see apple giving away a product like an iPad just for letting people watch videos there has to be more to it. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kevin

Re: OT Lockerz

2010-07-12 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
It's not apple that give them away, lockerz purchase them from apple at what is most lightly a reduced rate and then, once we get enough ptz, we can redeme the goods. Orin, I'll send you an invite. On 12/07/2010, Simon F si...@blinky-net.com wrote: Does anyone else think this sounds to easy to

Moderator Note - IMPORTANT - Please close the O T topics now…

2010-07-12 Thread Cara Quinn
Hi All; The Lockerz topic is going a bit too astray for this list, so I'm asking that it be closed now. This means that people asking for invites to this site need to be contacting eachother off this list starting immediately. NO more discussion of this should occur here… Now, as always,

Reading the Status Bar in Various Applications

2010-07-12 Thread Rajesh
Hello everyone, I would like to gain access, using VO, to the Status Bar in TextEdit as well as in the Open Office applications to determine page and line locations. So far I have not been successful in carrying this out. I can get to the Status Bar, but it shows me only System information. Any

Re: Receipt Requests in Mail

2010-07-12 Thread Michael Busboom
Hello Anne, Oh, that's not good, but it can't be helped, I guess. Since this feature is used a lot in my office, I may have problems. Do you know if there are any other mail clients for the Mac that work well with VO? I hate to change, but the lack of this feature may be a show stopper for my

Re: A warning about Digit-Eyes

2010-07-12 Thread Nancy Miracle
Hi Scott, You noted that you had an article on this topic. I don't see that I have a copy of it. Could you send it to my gmail address? As I noted earlier, our website does interface with the Metrologic scanner or any other scanner that connects via USB or emulates a keyboard. On Fri, Jul

Re: A warning about Digit-Eyes

2010-07-12 Thread Nancy Miracle
Hi Bryan, The app currently does work just fine with the tethered Metrologic laser scanner (in fact, it works exactly as the bcscan product does, but uses our larger database). All you need to do is (as with bcscan), hook up the metrologic to whatever you have that is Internet capable, that has

Re: A warning about Digit-Eyes

2010-07-12 Thread Scott Howell
Hi Nancy, I will dig up that article and I thought it had gone to your Gmail address. Also, what I was thinking of is the use of a bluetooth scanner. This would make it possible to use the scanner and iPhone in the field as it were. I understand it would interface with the website, but what I

Re: A warning about Digit-Eyes

2010-07-12 Thread Scott Howell
Nancy, we're good. If I find such info or hopefully Bryan has some, it will help. tnx, On Jul 12, 2010, at 9:33 AM, Nancy Miracle wrote: Hi Bryan, The app currently does work just fine with the tethered Metrologic laser scanner (in fact, it works exactly as the bcscan product does, but

Re: OT Lockerz

2010-07-12 Thread Cody Hurst
they get their money several ways third parties and also running ads before each video they are short but ehy are there none the less On Jul 12, 2010, at 5:28 AM, Simon F wrote: Does anyone else think this sounds to easy to do? I can't see apple giving away a product like an iPad just for

Re: ring tones help

2010-07-12 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi Ann, The Ringer podcast is up at: http://gwenna.podbean.com You can also create ringtones through Amadeus. I'm thinking about doing a podcast on this as well. Have a great day. Allison My birds are winged blessings, they help me soar! On Jul 11, 2010, at 10:07 PM, annelie robledo wrote:

Reading the date and time with Voice Over

2010-07-12 Thread Paul Hunt
Hello. I would like to read the time and date with Voice Over. I know how to look at the dashboard but the clock appears to be an analog one. How do I read the system's date and time using Voice Over commands? Thanks so much. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

Re: Receipt Requests in Mail

2010-07-12 Thread Sarah Alawami
Yeah and some profs I send to ask to send read receipt requests so we know he or she got it. s On Jul 12, 2010, at 4:21 AM, Michael Busboom wrote: Hello Anne, Oh, that's not good, but it can't be helped, I guess. Since this feature is used a lot in my office, I may have problems. Do you

Re: Receipt Requests in Mail

2010-07-12 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
I suspect my Mail program sends *something* back to the sender sometimes--when I land on some messages, it says Mail has new window, as if it's done some activity very quickly--which I assumed was return-receipt-sending. I'd rather like it to stop doing this, actually, as I believe it's

Re: OT Lockerz

2010-07-12 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: I couldn't get VO to read the question. On Jul 11, 2010, at 2:11 PM, Courtney Curran wrote: Hi, Lockerz rocks. I got 10 ptz by answering a daily. It's soo easy. Courtney On Jul 11, 2010, at 2:50 PM, Chris Moore wrote: cheers big boy On 11 Jul 2010, at 19:08, Kevin Mattingly wrote:

Re: OT Lockerz

2010-07-12 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
I just minimize the video and do something else why it is playing. Sarai Bucciarelli Personal Come join me on www.swagbucks.com/refer/sdbuccia On Jul 11, 2010, at 3:26 PM, Ben Mustill-Rose wrote: This is probably going to be one of those things that I give up on after a couple of days. You

Re: Receipt Requests in Mail

2010-07-12 Thread Michael Busboom
Normally, receipt requests aren't important to me, but they are to the organization for which I work. I'm afraid that if I don't find something, I'll have to do all my mail under Windows which, in my case, is very doable but not desirable. I guess I will need to look for new e-mail clients

Can a really cool Voice Over feature be enhanced?

2010-07-12 Thread Michael Busboom
One of the things I love about Voice Over is the way that it alerts us when a mis-spelled word is encountered while reading. While this is really cool, I am wondering if it is possible to take advantage of this feature while typing. Whenever I type, my keyboard is silent, the way I like it.

Re: Can a really cool Voice Over feature be enhanced?

2010-07-12 Thread Pete Nalda
Hmm... I don't know about this as I've never had my Keyboard to speak *nothing* when typing. I use the Speak Words setting in VoiceOver Prefs. On Jul 12, 2010, at 2:12 PM, Michael Busboom wrote: One of the things I love about Voice Over is the way that it alerts us when a mis-spelled word

Re: Can a really cool Voice Over feature be enhanced?

2010-07-12 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, When I set it to words, this happens just the way you describe it. Of course, that requires VoiceOver says the word, of course. Regards, Nic Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com GoogleTalk: chojiro1...@gmail.com Facebook Twitter Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk Yahoo! Messenger:

Re: Can a really cool Voice Over feature be enhanced?

2010-07-12 Thread Sarah Alawami
I also have my keyboard speak nothing and it would be good if that feature were there. I can't find how to do it though. S On Jul 12, 2010, at 12:38 PM, Pete Nalda wrote: Hmm... I don't know about this as I've never had my Keyboard to speak *nothing* when typing. I use the Speak Words

Re: Can a really cool Voice Over feature be enhanced?

2010-07-12 Thread Michael Busboom
Hello Nic, Before responding to what you wrote, I need to thank you once again for your assistance with the multilingual issue I was having earlier. You and Anne were extremely helpful! Now, I am happily writing texts in German and actually understanding what I write, using high-quality

Re: Reading the date and time with Voice Over

2010-07-12 Thread Scott Howell
You can also use control-f8 to reach the status bar. ALternatively you can activate the ability for VO to use scripts and use Keyboard COmmander or Keypad COmmander and activate the script to tell the time. YOu can find these options in the VoiceOver Utility under Commanders. On Jul 12, 2010,

Re: Can a really cool Voice Over feature be enhanced?

2010-07-12 Thread Scott Howell
Send a note to the accessibil...@apple.com address and thanks for reminding me, I meant to do this a while ago and it slipped my mind. On Jul 12, 2010, at 3:38 PM, Pete Nalda wrote: Hmm... I don't know about this as I've never had my Keyboard to speak *nothing* when typing. I use the Speak

Re: Receipt Requests in Mail

2010-07-12 Thread Scott Howell
Not to turn this into an endless discussion, but I really am curious if people really respond to all of these return receipts or is it something that happens and they have to take no action. I never respond to these because in nearly every case I have to respond to the message, so it would be

Re: A warning about Digit-Eyes

2010-07-12 Thread Scott Howell
Doug, I think this was something APple had explored and may eventually do. Apple has all sorts of ideas floating about. :) On Jul 12, 2010, at 2:18 PM, Doug Lawlor wrote: No RFID reader in iPhone 4 as far as I can tell. My knowledge is limited on this subject as well. It may depend on the

Re: Can a really cool Voice Over feature be enhanced?

2010-07-12 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi, On the pc side of things there once was a little known office suite called Easy office. It wasn't very accessible but it had a very cool feature in its word processor: If you typed a word that the spell checker thought was misspelled, it actually sent this misspelled word to the sapi speech

Re: a problem with vista

2010-07-12 Thread gene
Hi well see I downloaded all the updates there were available for windows 7 back in march and after all the updates were installed I still did not have a wireless connection and like I said I called apple and even they confirmed that there latest bootcamp drivers didn't support it so I'm

Re: Can a really cool Voice Over feature be enhanced?

2010-07-12 Thread Pete Nalda
I think I'd really rather it say misspelled personally. On Jul 12, 2010, at 3:28 PM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: Hi, On the pc side of things there once was a little known office suite called Easy office. It wasn't very accessible but it had a very cool feature in its word processor: If you

Re: Receipt Requests in Mail

2010-07-12 Thread sister Heather Albright
I am not exactly sure what it is called but, apparently mac has a windows mail program that can get message receits. I believe it is the microsoft office for mac. The apple store where you are located maybe able to point you in the right direction. Heather -- You received this message

setting VO to play tone when words are misspelled

2010-07-12 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi all, How do you set VO to play a tone when encountering a misspelled word? THanks for any help. Allison My birds are winged blessings, they help me soar! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email

Re: Can a really cool Voice Over feature be enhanced?

2010-07-12 Thread Scott Howell
Not so sure this would be as easy. First the one problem might be in how a word is pronounced vs how it is spelled. SO, what I mean is sometimes a word is spelled correctly, but not pronounced correctly. So, even if you hear the word, the buzz is more likely to grab your attention then just

RE: Reading the date and time with Voice Over

2010-07-12 Thread Paul Hunt
Mike, this doesn't work for me, it brings up the time machine. Maybe it's because I'm actually using it. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of michael babcock Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 1:06 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

Re: Can a really cool Voice Over feature be enhanced?

2010-07-12 Thread Sarah Alawami
Oh yeah I like tht even better. S On Jul 12, 2010, at 1:28 PM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: Hi, On the pc side of things there once was a little known office suite called Easy office. It wasn't very accessible but it had a very cool feature in its word processor: If you typed a word that the

Re: setting VO to play tone when words are misspelled

2010-07-12 Thread Sarah Alawami
It is under the voice over utility. I can't remember where it is but chec the speach tab as a start. S On Jul 12, 2010, at 3:16 PM, Allison Manzino wrote: Hi all, How do you set VO to play a tone when encountering a misspelled word? THanks for any help. Allison My birds are winged

Re: Receipt Requests in Mail

2010-07-12 Thread Sarah Alawami
My prof never responded to email but he did request that we send the read receipts so he could put our comments up n the discussion bosrd. S On Jul 12, 2010, at 1:09 PM, Scott Howell wrote: Not to turn this into an endless discussion, but I really am curious if people really respond to all

Re: setting VO to play tone when words are misspelled

2010-07-12 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi Sarah and all, I found it it's under verbosity the general option. Have a great day all. Allison My birds are winged blessings, they help me soar! On Jul 12, 2010, at 7:11 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: It is under the voice over utility. I can't remember where it is but chec the speach tab

Dropbox links

2010-07-12 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi everyone, How do you correctly copy Dropbox links? I have asked this question before, but no one responded. I must be doing something wrong, because everyone I send a Dropbox link to says it doesn't work. I hit VO shift space on the item I want and then select copy link. Thank you for any

Re: Dropbox links

2010-07-12 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, I copy dropbox links by pressing vo-shift-m. That will take you to a context menu, then arrow down to where it says dropbox submenu, then press right arrow on that. Once inside the dropbox submenu, the very bottom choice, I think is copy public link. But the file you copy the link to will

Re: Reading the date and time with Voice Over

2010-07-12 Thread Mike Arrigo
Here's how I do it. Press control f8 to go to the status menus, then press the left arrow once to get to the clock, after the time is spoken, press escape to close the menu. On Jul 12, 2010, at 12:57 PM, Paul Hunt wrote: Hello. I would like to read the time and date with Voice Over. I know how

Re: Can a really cool Voice Over feature be enhanced?

2010-07-12 Thread Mike Arrigo
I don't think this is currently possible, though tere are commands to move to the next and previous misspelled word. This assumes that you have the feature to check spelling as you type enabled of course, personally I keep this disabled since I find it annoying, but it's a personal preference.

Re: Reading the date and time with Voice Over

2010-07-12 Thread Kevin Mattingly
not bad for a guiness swilling englishman... Kev On Jul 12, 2010, at 2:20 PM, Chris Moore wrote: Go into VoiceOver Utility (control + option + F8) and select commanders, then keyboard commander tab, then tick enable keyboard commander. From now on you will be able to press the option key

pc gaming on the mac

2010-07-12 Thread Josh Kennedy
Hi Ok with running windows7 in bootcamp I have been trying all day long and windows7 professional 64bit in bootcamp refuses to run jim kitchen's games. I wonder if I should download that windows xp mode from microsoft and try that? I even tried compatibility mode still, isn't working. System

Iwork 09 help again

2010-07-12 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, I ordered Iwork from Amazon, but when I installed it with the DVD, it's asking for a serial number. The person who was helping me saw a number on the box and a number on the DVD. Which one should I use? I tried to register it with Apple thinking that might be the problem, but I didn't get

Re: Iwork 09 help again

2010-07-12 Thread Esther
Hi Courtney, I don't think that you need to supply a serial number if you purchased a retail version of IWork '09. It's only if you downloaded a trial version, and then try to update that with a purchase, that a serial number is required. Here's the link to the Apple Support document

Re: Iwork 09 help again

2010-07-12 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, I did have a demo version at one time, but I got rid of it before I installed this one. Thanks for the article. Courtney On Jul 12, 2010, at 10:30 PM, Esther wrote: Hi Courtney, I don't think that you need to supply a serial number if you purchased a retail version of IWork '09. It's

navigating images o websites

2010-07-12 Thread Mary Otten
Hi all, As you know, in the voice over utility, in the web section, there is a pop up button that gives access to choices having to do with when to navigate images. the choices are never, always or with descriptions. I had mine set to with descriptions, but I found that at this setting, I would

Re: A warning about Digit-Eyes

2010-07-12 Thread Doug Lawlor
Maybe an RFID reader will come in the next iPhone or some other idevice. I think it is just amazing what Apple has done with these devices thus far. I personally would like to see some sort of haptic feedback so we can get a tactual sense of icons and controls. I know Apple is working on this.

modifying the bootcamp partition?

2010-07-12 Thread Josh Kennedy
Hi I'm having a problem with my windows bootcamp partition and would like to delete a folder on that partition from the mac side. But it opens in the image browser and I cannot delete the folder I want to delete with command shift backspace or command shift delete. How can I modify files on the

RE: Bluetooth serial port profile on iOS 4.

2010-07-12 Thread Aman Singer
Hi, Mike. I can confirm that this didn't work on any 3.x version of the software. I did try it with a Touch and Phone running 3.x, and the results were the same, they seemed not even to see the receiver. Now, however, we know the underlying code is there because the Braille displays are