Re: iTUNES Question.

2011-05-23 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi George, How did you get your music on your Touch? If you used iTunes to sync it there, then you can use the same process to sync music onto the iPad. As long as you use iTunes as your main music library, you are able to place music on any of your iDevices. If you have purchased the music

Re: Problem With iTunes.

2011-05-23 Thread Georges Zaynoun
Ok, how do I erase my iTUNES music library in order to get that question? Is it sufficient to erase the folders that contain the .m4a files? Many thanks. Original message: Hi George: When you plug your iPod into the computer, you should get a dialog saying you have some things on your iPod that

Re: iTUNES Question.

2011-05-23 Thread Georges Zaynoun
Hi! I ripped the music from my cds two years ago but since a while back I replaced the hard drive on my pc and don't have the .m4as or at least don't want to use them as they are causing me trouble and headache. Original message: Hi George, How did you get your music on your Touch? If you

Re: mac book

2011-05-23 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hi. I too use jaws at work but at home use a Mac Book Pro and occasionly use jaws when I can't get safari to navigate properly because some websites have been designed with Jaws in mind. Don't know if that's true. However, quite recently, I am using the web rota and find that it's much easier

Re: mac book

2011-05-23 Thread gerry cook
thanks to all those who've given me a guide so now it'll be easier to work with a mac book and get use, to a new way of doing things. cheers gerry skype gerry.cook1 - Original Message - From: Dawn Benbow To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Cc: Dawn Benbow Sent: Monday, May

Re: mac book

2011-05-23 Thread gerry cook
i have a lot of music on youtube and am converting it to mp3 and generally tasks like that and reading manuals with adobie but maybe, you can't do that iwth a macc, it could use some other system. cheers gerry skype gerry.cook1 - Original Message - From: Mike Arrigo n0...@charter.net

[Mac-cessibility News] Editorial - Crossroads: Rekindling the Accessible Ebook Discussion

2011-05-23 Thread Maccessibility
Editorial - Crossroads: Rekindling the Accessible Ebook Discussion In Crossroads: Rekindling the Accessible Ebook Discussion, we offer some thoughts on the choices visually impaired users will need to make regarding the ways in which they obtain printed materials in accessible formats over the

Re: desk top facebook cliant?

2011-05-23 Thread erik burggraaf
I doenloaded desktop facebook from the app store and it was useless. I haven't tried any others. that one just happened to be a featured app when I went into the store for something else. Best, Erik Burggraaf User support consultant, Now posting occasionally on twitter at eburggraaf,

Re: abby fine reader express question

2011-05-23 Thread Jon Cohn
Here is a link to the table of contents. The book is $10 and it devotes about 30 pages to eliminating paper, 12 pages on what to look for in a scanner, and 50 pages on OCR solutions and automations. I did not get to test any of the solutions yet.

RE: desk top facebook cliant?

2011-05-23 Thread KliphSharrie
You might want to try aim. It works with Facebook, google talk, and life stream. You can read status, like posts, and even live chat. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of erik burggraaf Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011

Re: desk top facebook cliant?

2011-05-23 Thread Ray Foret Jr
The Facebook cliant is pretty much okay. It's actually better than using the mobile site via the Mac itself. That's because of the changes they've made to the site. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook:

Re: desk top facebook cliant?

2011-05-23 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Oops, I should have rad the subject line more carefully. Sorry. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On May 23, 2011, at 6:50 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: I doenloaded desktop

Re: mac book

2011-05-23 Thread Kestrell
What do you use for converting YouTube videos to mp3? I haven't found any accessible converters for this yet. Kestrell - Original Message - From: gerry cook gerryc...@optusnet.com.au To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 5:10 AM Subject: Re: mac book i

Re: abby fine reader express question

2011-05-23 Thread Kestrell
Thanks, Jonathan! Kes - Original Message - From: Jon Cohn jonc...@cox.net To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 8:18 AM Subject: Re: abby fine reader express question Here is a link to the table of contents. The book is $10 and it devotes about 30 pages to

digest mode?

2011-05-23 Thread Christy Schulte
Anyone happen to know how to go digest mode on this list without going to the google website and having to mess with that? I tried a few things but it didn't work. Just using a different email set up right now that makes going through so many emails at a time a bit of a hassle. Thanks! --

help! speech is off, but..

2011-05-23 Thread Caitlyn Furness
Hi, I hope somebody here can help with this problem. I am trying to get my husband, Mark's mac to talk again. Voiceover is running, but I think the speech is muted. I attached my braille sense to it so I could tell what was going on, and it looks like the check box in the voice over

Re: help! speech is off, but..

2011-05-23 Thread Scott Ford
Hi aitlyn, You can do a vo+ a rotate to turn thetrackpad commander on, then do a three finger dubble tap and this will unmute the voiceover Later, Scott On May 23, 2011, at 9:23 AM, Caitlyn Furness wrote: Hi, I hope somebody here can help with this problem. I am trying to get my

Re: help! speech is off, but..

2011-05-23 Thread Pete Nalda
If turning on Trackpad commander by the rotate gesture on the trackpad, then doing the three finger double tap doesn't bring VO back, then type F12 to bring up the volume as it might be muted. F9 is the Toggle to Mute/UnMute sound by the way. On May 23, 2011, at 8:23 AM, Caitlyn Furness

Re: mac book

2011-05-23 Thread Pete Nalda
Tooble, which is Shareware or commercial, or MacTubes, which is freeware. I've not tried either as I don't really need offline access to youtube. On May 23, 2011, at 7:53 AM, Kestrell wrote: What do you use for converting YouTube videos to mp3? I haven't found any accessible converters for

Re: digest mode?

2011-05-23 Thread carolyn Haas
Hi Christie: I do know. Just ask your friendly mod and they can do it. But, really, it's no easier for us than for you. Let me know off list if you haven't gotten it yet Take care Carolyn On May 23, 2011, at 7:06 AM, Christy Schulte wrote: Anyone happen to know how to go digest mode on

Re: help! speech is off, but..

2011-05-23 Thread Caitlyn Furness
Scott, Oh, *thanks* If you were here, I'd buy you a coffee or whatever your drink of choice is! It worked great! Wish I'd known about this a couple hours ago! We wrote it down, though, in case he does it again by accident. Cait On May 23, 2011, at 9:27 AM, Scott Ford wrote: Hi aitlyn,

Re: help! speech is off, but..

2011-05-23 Thread Caitlyn Furness
Hi Pete, His speech was muted with the track pad. We've fixed it. I fogot to mention that I did check the mute all feature, volume, etc. Everything's fine now, though-yay! Cait On May 23, 2011, at 11:27 AM, Pete Nalda wrote: If turning on Trackpad commander by the rotate gesture on the

copying files in virtual machines

2011-05-23 Thread Caitlyn Furness
Hi folks, I have a virtual machine on my mac running windows xp home. I am primerily using this for k1000(hoping to get docuscan if they get the wrinkles ironed out). anyway, everything seems to be fine, except I can't copy and paste files from the mac side over to the windows side. I do

Fusion and Insert Key Help.

2011-05-23 Thread Emilio Hernandez
Hello folks, I've installed windows XP via fusion, and I like it very much. I observe that my insert key, which is numpad zero works well for rooting Jaws to PC curssur and general navigation. However, how can I make this insert key operate with F11/12 ETC? I am not sure how to make my function

Re: copying files in virtual machines

2011-05-23 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hi. Have you got VM tools installed? If not, please install them as then you can copy window files and vice versa to your Mac. On 23 May 2011, at 17:20, Caitlyn Furness wrote: Hi folks, I have a virtual machine on my mac running windows xp home. I am primerily using this for

Re: desk top facebook cliant?

2011-05-23 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi, What facebook client are we talking about here? Where might i get it to try it out? /Krister 23 maj 2011 kl. 14.42 skrev Ray Foret Jr: The Facebook cliant is pretty much okay. It's actually better than using the mobile site via the Mac itself. That's because of the changes they've made

Re: copying files in virtual machines

2011-05-23 Thread Caitlyn Furness
Kawal, I thought I did have fusion tools installed, but now when I go to the virtual machine menu, it says install fusion tools, so I guess it's not there after all. Thanks, I'll try this and see what happens. Cait On May 23, 2011, at 12:30 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: Hi. Have you got VM

Re: mac book

2011-05-23 Thread gerry cook
youtube to mp3 converter windows at the moment. cheers gerry skype gerry.cook1 - Original Message - From: Kestrell kestr...@panix.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 10:53 PM Subject: Re: mac book What do you use for converting YouTube videos to mp3? I

Facebook client for the mac

2011-05-23 Thread Ed Worrell
Hello listers, I have gone on the hunt for accessible Facebook clients for r the Mac. Here are the best two sofar Facetab and Face menu lite. They are both free in the Mac app store. Just thought I would share my findings since facebook is always changing things, usealy for the worst. but any

Re: Facebook client for the mac

2011-05-23 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hello, What are the differences between the two if any, and which of them would you recommend when it comes to features and such? I want to be able to write statuses, comment/like other peoples posts and chat. Uploading photos is a plus though not a deal breaker if they're not there. /Krister

Mike H with a question about dj software for the mac.

2011-05-23 Thread Mike Huckabay
Hi as my subject states about dj software for the mac I'm looking for a peace of software that is better then iTunes for doing dj party's and stuff. Something that is accessible to vo if someone knows of envy thing I could use that would be grate thanks. -- You received this message because

Linux screen reader

2011-05-23 Thread Nickus de Vos
Hi all sorry for this being off topic. As some of you might know I'm quite new to mac and as I understand most of you used linux before apple created voiceover. Well I want to try my hand at linux, just want to check it out, herd it's good for networking and web hosting. Is there any screen

Re: Linux screen reader

2011-05-23 Thread Scott Howell
If you do some searching on Google you will find a number of resources and would avoid posting off topic messages. HOwever, as a start you have to first figure out which distro you would want to use and if you are interested in the shell only or the GUI. So, SPeakup for the shell and Orca for

Re: Facebook client for the mac

2011-05-23 Thread Ed Worrell
Hello, you can do this with all the apps that I mentioned. I beleave that the facetabs app is free and the face menus app you can buy a full version. They both seem to use the facebook mobile site to get their info, but they both seem to be very accessible with voiceover. I haven't played

Re: Facebook client for the mac

2011-05-23 Thread Ray Foret Jr
You know, if Facebook would just do the right thing and make their main site more accessible, we wouldn't have to go through all this. Guess what, the alphabetical list of friends aint on the main site either; but, here's the funny thing. It is shown on the Facebook app on my Iphone. Too bad

RE: Facebook client for the mac

2011-05-23 Thread KliphSharrie
It's also available on the pc side, for the mobile and full site, my friends and family are always in alphabetical order. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ray Foret Jr Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 3:32 PM To:

Re: Facebook client for the mac

2011-05-23 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, I downloaded these facebook clients, but I can't figure out how to like or coment anything, can anyone help? All it says is like or coment image, there's no button or anything there. Courtney On May 23, 2011, at 4:54 PM, KliphSharrie wrote: It’s also available on the pc side, for the

Youtube to MP3 Converter

2011-05-23 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Kestrell, I use a website called Youtube To MP3 converter. It's a pretty good site, it allows you to convert the videos into standard quality and high quality MP3's. To check the site out, go to

Re: Youtube to MP3 Converter

2011-05-23 Thread Kestrell
Shawn, Thanks, this sounds promising! Kes - Original Message - From: Shawn Krasniuk To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 5:38 PM Subject: Youtube to MP3 Converter Kestrell, I use a website called Youtube To MP3 converter. It's a pretty good

RE: Youtube to MP3 Converter

2011-05-23 Thread LaMcAs
Or you could just go to www.youtube-mp3.org Larry Flax GD (Guide Dog) Elliot RTG (Retired Guide Dog) London, UK From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Shawn Krasniuk Sent: 23 May 2011 22:38 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

Mod reminder: was Linum Screen Reader

2011-05-23 Thread carolyn Haas
Hello nickus and list: Just a friendly mod reminder: If something is off topic, it is generally speaking off list. If you're aware that your discussion doesn't fit Mac/Voiceover and/or iDevices, then you can pretty much conclude that it should not be brought here. Make sense? If you have any

Re: Mike H with a question about dj software for the mac.

2011-05-23 Thread Colin M
Hi Mike! I had a quick look on the uk app store! There was one under dj with a post from a vo user saying it was quite accessible! It cost's nearly 30 pounds another poster also said there was a free one that was just as good but no mention of vo! But the poster was anoid he paid 30 pounds then

Re: desk top facebook cliant?

2011-05-23 Thread matthew Dyer on Mac Mini
Hi, Does this work wth vo on he mac? Matthew On May 23, 2011, at 8:38 AM, KliphSharrie wrote: You might want to try aim. It works with Facebook, google talk, and life stream. You can read status, like posts, and even live chat. -Original Message- From:

Re: Fusion and Insert Key Help.

2011-05-23 Thread Matt Dierckens
if you got an error then you have the wrong framework. its a pain but easily obtainable. On 2011-05-23, at 12:28 PM, Emilio Hernandez wrote: Hello folks, I've installed windows XP via fusion, and I like it very much. I observe that my insert key, which is numpad zero works well for rooting

Hot Macbook Pro Controlling Fan

2011-05-23 Thread CJ Daniel
Hello All, My Macbook III Pro gets hot. I'm talk'n hot! I mean it's Saturday night in Chicago in the Roaring 20's hot. When it happens, the machine in general VO in particular just don't function so well. So, I found a program called SMCFanControler. Unfortunately, when I try to run the

Re: Hot Macbook Pro Controlling Fan

2011-05-23 Thread Kimberly thurman
My Macbook Pro only gets hot when I run Windows in VMware Fusion while I am also charging it. Once it gets so hot, speech does tend to stutter. I have 8 gigs of ram and my unit is a late 2009 Macbook Pro 13 inch. If I just run OSX, my MPB stays as cool as can be. On May 23, 2011, at 9:47 PM,

Re: Hot Macbook Pro Controlling Fan

2011-05-23 Thread CJ Daniel
Kimberly, Since that post, I've figured out some of the answers. First, SMCFanControler doesn't work with VoiceOver. But, FanControler version 1.2 does. I'd tried it earlier couldn't figure where it disappeared too, after the install. I went back did some more checking. Well, long story

m.facebook.com some attempts to get sanity...

2011-05-23 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
1. In the develop menu for Safari / WebKit there is a User Agent sub menu. When I changed my browser type to Safari Safari IOS 4.1 iPod Touch all the busy busy messages went away... You need to enable the Develop menu in the advanced preferences of the Safari settings pane.

Re: Facebook client for the mac

2011-05-23 Thread Jon Cohn
Well, I found it on the main site when I clicked over to my profile and then clicked on the link 186 friends On May 23, 2011, at 4:32 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: You know, if Facebook would just do the right thing and make their main site more accessible, we wouldn't have to go through all this.

Re: Hot Macbook Pro Controlling Fan

2011-05-23 Thread Jon Cohn
Sounds like you are working on the symtoms. If you can hear the fans when the computer gets hot then it is doing the right thing in terms of heat control. Things to look at: 1. Are there any stuck processes. (look in force quit dialog for applications that are not responding or in Activity

Re: Hot Macbook Pro Controlling Fan

2011-05-23 Thread Mike Arrigo
Getting this app to work at first can be difficult, it puts an icon in your status menus. Normally, you should be able to press control f8 to go to the status menus, and arrow left and right through them. Unfortunately, the mac currently has a bug where only apple status menus work. So, you