Re: What is RSS and Usenet

2010-08-30 Thread Jude DaShiell
The rss information was a little incomplete because rss can also contain enclosures to podcasts as well as articles. Podcasts people subscribe to with rss as part of their url are actually carried by the rss protocol through enclosures.On Fri, 23 Apr 2010, Chris Blouch wrote: The site

RE: get iphone 3gs or iphone 4?

2010-08-30 Thread Simon Fogarty
Speed, better / smoother use of VO, and the possibly beneficial apps like say text. Which works ok on the iphone 4, but as yet haven't had any luck on the 3gs. Having played with both, I'd say wait till the 4 comes out. The speed alone is worth while with vo. -Original Message- From:

Re: bookshare books

2010-08-30 Thread Scott Howell
Hi Merlinda, I was curious what you meant by We will also add the speed adjustment and navigation by page features. The books are read using VoiceOver, so are you referring to the speed at which VoiceOver reads or speed at which the text flows across the screen? Are you all planning to add a

Re: get iphone 3gs or iphone 4?

2010-08-30 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, I recommend waiting and getting an iPhone 4. I don't think it makes much sense to purchase something running last years technology unless you do so because of financial restraints. The iPhone 4 has double the RAM of a 3gs, a 38% faster processor, and a better battery. I think those are

Re: Pandora on the Mac

2010-08-30 Thread Scott E. Ford
Hi Mary, I have changed the slection or artist once and screwed it up once. I do not listen real often so I just leave it alone. As was mentioned in previous posts there is no real support for vo on the pandora site. Later, Scott On Aug 29, 2010, at 11:34 PM, Mary Otten wrote: Hi

Bluetooth setup assistant

2010-08-30 Thread Corey Knapp
Hi everyone, I was wondering how to get rid of the bluetooth setup assistant everytime I start my macminny. I looked in the bluetooth preferences but I couldn't figure out how to turn it off. Thanks in advance for any help. Corey -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: bookshare books

2010-08-30 Thread Merlinda
Hi Rafaela, If you don't mind, please kindly send me the name of the book and I'll work with Bookshare to resolve the issue. Regards, - Merlinda On Aug 29, 11:42 pm, Rafaela Freundt rafafreu...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Merlinda, thanks for your help. I actually figured this out yesterday. But I

Re: bookshare books

2010-08-30 Thread Merlinda
Hi Scott, Thanks for asking. We plan to add narration speed adjustment for Daisy books that contains audio. This is because a number of people are requesting for it. We are also considering adding a separate text to speech option, as this can work with synchronized text highlighting of text only

Re: New Pages (iWork '09) support for creation of ePub documents

2010-08-30 Thread Peggy Fleischer
I used my ipad for skype for the first time today. I didn't use headphones or a keyboard just the ipad. It worked great. The built in in the pad did fine. I was totally amazed. Peggy Fleischer peggyfleisc...@bellsouth.net On Aug 30, 2010, at 1:51 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: Hi esther,

Re: bookshare books

2010-08-30 Thread Scott Howell
Hi Merlinda, Thank you for your response and it sounds like you all have some very good ideas in the hopper. I will be watching development of the few DAISY offerings out there before I choose to purchase one. However, at this point, it sounds like InDaisy is working very well for folks. On

I bought an ipad over the weekend

2010-08-30 Thread Peggy Fleischer
Hi: I bought myself an ipad this past weekend so now I am learning to use it. I have had an iphone for the past year so the concepts are similar but I am finding that I like having more physical screen space. I have an Apple wireless keyboardd that works well with my phone, ipad and mac. It's

Re: I bought an ipad over the weekend

2010-08-30 Thread Scott Granados
Please tell how you like the IPad over time and whether it remains useful. I've been thinking about one but I'm just not convinced. I've just made the Mac switch though so definitely could be talked in to an IPad. On Aug 30, 2010, at 7:36 AM, Peggy Fleischer wrote: Hi: I bought myself

Re: Bluetooth setup assistant

2010-08-30 Thread focus
Hi Corey! I had a look for you! And here's what I got for you! 1, enter system preference's and select bluetooth button, 2, In the bluetooth menu scroll right until you get to advanced button, 3, vo space bar the button and in there the 1st option is to check on\off bluetooth assistant so uncheck

copying and pasting to SD card for VR stream

2010-08-30 Thread Nancy Badger
Hi everyone, I just went to the web site and read all the previous messages about the VR stream and how it is supposed to work with Itunes. I am having a lot of trouble copying and pasting to my SD card. I am going to ve very specific about what I am doing in the hopes that someone can help.

RE: Bluetooth setup assistant

2010-08-30 Thread Corey Knapp
Hi Thanks so much that worked great. Corey -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of focus Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 12:25 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Cc: focus Subject: Re: Bluetooth setup assistant Hi

RE: Bluetooth setup assistant

2010-08-30 Thread Corey Knapp
Hi Thanks so much that worked great. Corey -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of focus Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 12:25 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Cc: focus Subject: Re: Bluetooth setup assistant Hi

Re: copying and pasting to SD card for VR stream

2010-08-30 Thread focus
Hi Nancy! I don't know if this will work for what you are trying to do but it might! when you are in Itunes select the 1st track of the playlist that you have, then press command r and if it works it will open in finder! when it is in finder it will be a list that you can open, then select all

Dropbox app with VO

2010-08-30 Thread Corey Knapp
Hi I am trying to use the dropbox app with VO it keeps saying busy does anyone know how to fix it? Thanks, Corey -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To

Re: the unix shell and mac terminal

2010-08-30 Thread Keith Watson
No, speakup is in the debian repository. I use a stock kernel and just install the modules. Works great. I haven't cooked a kernel in a few years. Keith On Aug 29, 2010, at 10:14 AM, Ryan Mann wrote: Did you have to recompile the kernel to install Speakup? For some reason, I thought that

Re: downloading/reading bookshare books

2010-08-30 Thread Mike Arrigo
For some reason, the built in archive utility does not support password protected zip files. Do a search for a program called the unarchiver. It will handle these kinds of files. After extracting the files, you can copy the book to a device, or open the xml file in your browser. On Aug 29,

Re: Keyboard issues with fusion, suggestions?

2010-08-30 Thread Kimberly thurman
Kawal and Scott, I think I tried to over think this whole process at first and made it more difficult than it ultimately was. Scott, I think I had to jump back to the Mac side and unzip the Sharp Keys Program with the Unarchiver for Mac, because I didn't have an applications key, but I really

Re: Keyboard issues with fusion, suggestions? How do I get F9 through F 12 keys in windows?

2010-08-30 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
I'm pleased that at least it's working for you Kimberly. On 31 Aug 2010, at 01:16, Kimberly thurman wrote: Scott, I downloaded and installed Sharp Keys. in windows under fusion don't have the link handy, but I got it by googling. Sharp Keys has two lists with all the keys possibly on a

Re: Keyboard issues with fusion, suggestions? How do I get F9 through F 12 keys in windows?

2010-08-30 Thread Kimberly thurman
Thank you for all your help! I wouldn't have been successful without it. :) On Aug 30, 2010, at 9:19 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: I'm pleased that at least it's working for you Kimberly. On 31 Aug 2010, at 01:16, Kimberly thurman wrote: Scott, I downloaded and installed Sharp Keys. in

reading tables in pages

2010-08-30 Thread Greg Aikens
Hello all, I am having trouble reading tables using pages. The tables I am trying to read are in word documents. When I get to the area where the table is, my cursor gets sent to the end of the file, skipping the table and everything after it. Any suggestions would be helpful. -Greg -- You

MS Office accessibility on the mac natively

2010-08-30 Thread Scott Granados
Hi, I have installed the mac version of MS Office. Is this accessable? It seems to have buttons available but for example viewing new messages or replying / responding seems problematic. Any tricks here or should I just use office under windows? My reason for using office is I need to have

Re: Keyboard issues with fusion, suggestions? How do I get F9 through F 12 keys in windows?

2010-08-30 Thread Scott Granados
Great, thanks for the detailed explaination. I'll give this a shot. On Aug 30, 2010, at 5:16 PM, Kimberly thurman wrote: Scott, I downloaded and installed Sharp Keys. in windows under fusion don't have the link handy, but I got it by googling. Sharp Keys has two lists with all the keys

Re: MS Office accessibility on the mac natively

2010-08-30 Thread Sarah Alawami
Office as far as I hear is not accessible. I've contacted MS about this 2 or 3 years ago with no results. Take care. Sarah Alawami MSN: marri...@gmail.com aim: marri...@gmail.com: website: http://music.marrie.org youtube: http://youtube.com/marrie125 Podcast: http://marrie.podbean.com

RE: MS Office accessibility on the mac natively

2010-08-30 Thread Cameron
Hi. Office on the mac is not vo accessible. Office, if you must use it, will work fine on the windows side. Can apple mail not deal with exchange yet? I know you can use pop3 and imap. Cameron. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

Re: I bought an ipad over the weekend

2010-08-30 Thread Les Kriegler
Hi Peggy, Congratulations on your purchase. I purchased an iPad this weekend as well and it's also trial and error for me as well. I did go into settings, universal access and VoiceOver to set home triple click to turn VO off and on. Very handy as one can use a physical button to toggle VO

is kapten GPS for Iphone accessible?

2010-08-30 Thread John J Herzog
Hi listers, I'm a current wayfinder access user, but since they're shutting down soon I need a new GPS. Has anybody played with Kapten GPS for the IPhone? Supposedly, it has routes for pedestrians, biking, and automobiles. This GPS also claims to tell you where the nearest public

Re: MS Office accessibility on the mac natively

2010-08-30 Thread Scott Granados
Ok, that works. There's always open office as well. I have VM Fusion working correctly though so that's a good solution. On Aug 30, 2010, at 7:32 PM, Cameron wrote: Hi. Office on the mac is not vo accessible. Office, if you must use it, will work fine on the windows side. Can apple

Re: Gizmodo: Giz Explains: How Blind People See the Internet

2010-08-30 Thread Teresa Cochran
I'm only slightly disappointed that Safari Reader doesn't seem to work with Braille, or I can't get it to, anyway. I interact with it till I'm blue in the face, and no go. Ah, well, I do read with it with speech only at times, and I really like it. Teresa On Aug 30, 2010, at 8:56 PM, Dan Roy