Re: Facebook client for the mac

2011-05-24 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi, I have played around a bit with the pro version of Facetab, as this is the one that has chat support. It's accessible although there are some quirks i want you to beware of: 1 and possibly the most serious one, you can't like or comment with this app using the usual vo methods, since vo

Re: Facebook client for the mac

2011-05-24 Thread William Windels
Hello, does any of this Facebook apps have the possibility to speak out the incoming messages like adium is doing? Thanx for your answer, best regards, William Op 24-mei-2011, om 08:28 heeft Krister Ekstrom het volgende geschreven: Hi, I have played around a bit with the pro version of

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

2011-05-24 Thread Shen
Changing the User Agent doesn't do it for me. The mobile site is still not readable. Actually, the main facebook site is more accessible at the moment. But the sad thing is that the logout link is only in the mobile site so at this moment, I can't logout of facebook. On May 23, 2011, at 7:57

Re: Hot Macbook Pro Controlling Fan

2011-05-24 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Might be useful. I don't think I need to have it for my 15 inch Mac book pro; but, on the other hand, just might be useful to have. Thanks. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1

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

2011-05-24 Thread Colin M
Hi Shen! You can log out of the main site! When your on the account button press it then wait about half a second then right arrow then you'll have your items like settings and edit profile if you go passed them you'll get to the log out link! Colin On 24 May 2011, at 10:30, Shen wrote:

controling Fan control

2011-05-24 Thread Ray Foret Jr
To the person who installed Fan control, I installed Fan control, and, when I clicked it in the system prefs window, I got a warning that to run fan control, system preferences window must restart. Is this normal? Also, I can see how to adjust the base RPM and lower and uper threshholds,

Re: Hot Macbook Pro Controlling Fan

2011-05-24 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
I also confirm that if I run windows under VM, my Mac gets hot and the fan runs. However, if I only run the Mac then I have a cool Mac. I have the 13 inch Macbook Pro purchased last year. Kawal. On 24 May 2011, at 03:33, Kimberly thurman wrote: My Macbook Pro only gets hot when I run

Re: Hot Macbook Pro Controlling Fan

2011-05-24 Thread Zachary Kline
Hot is a relative term. I still find my mbp the coolest computer overall i've ever owned. I rarely ever notice the fan turning on, it's quiet most all of the time. I've the late 2010 model. Best, Zack. On May 24, 2011, at 5:07 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: I also confirm that if I run windows

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

2011-05-24 Thread Christine Grassman
How will this affect Safari on other sites, if at all? Would one have to go in and change the settings back? Christine On May 24, 2011, at 7:16 AM, Colin M wrote: Hi Shen! You can log out of the main site! When your on the account button press it then wait about half a second then right

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

2011-05-24 Thread Jon Cohn
experience is that the User Agent switches back to Default when you open a new tab or window. It is usually not a good idea to fake a User Agent in the browser because certain JavaScript routines behave differently in the various browsers, and complicated web sites like LinkedIN and FaceBook

vr stream notes on the mac

2011-05-24 Thread richard watson
Good morning list, I have a victor reader stream. Does anyone know how I might move the notes which are in an amr bw+ audio format over to the mac. I could use a vm in windows but was trying to use a native mac solution. the extension on these files is .3gp. thanks for any advice. -- You

automating Bluetooth devices

2011-05-24 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
Is there a way to automate the sequence of keystrokes used to turn on a Bluetooth device, say my hearing aids streamer box? Right now, I have to type VO M twice, right arrow to Bluetooth, down arrow to Icom, over and down once to Use as Audio Device, Stereo. Not to whine, but that's, what,

Re: Mod reminder: was Linum Screen Reader

2011-05-24 Thread Larry Skutchan
Actually, you can get a pretty decent experience with VO and the terminal on the Mac. On May 23, 2011, at 6:17 PM, carolyn Haas wrote: 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

Re: Hot Macbook Pro Controlling Fan

2011-05-24 Thread Pete Nalda
I have the late 2008 model MBPro and the only time it gets hot on my bare legs and the fan comes on, is when I'm streaming flash video or playing with x-plane with Zoom turned on. I though about one of those lap stands but don't know how much I really need it. Egun On, Lagunak! (Basque for

Re: Facebook client for the mac

2011-05-24 Thread Randy Stegall
If the window gets closed for some reason pressing control f reopens it. Hope this helps Randy Stegall kc4...@aol.com Sent from my Mac Mini. On May 24, 2011, at 2:28 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: Hi, I have played around a bit with the pro version of Facetab, as this is the one that has

Re: Facebook client for the mac

2011-05-24 Thread Buddy Brannan
Hi, One other thing. All the buttons are unlabeled. I'm getting Voiceover labels together. There appear to be two buttons that either quit or minimize the app, but I'm not sure which one does which thing. Anyway, I'll have a VO labels thingy at some point... -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie,

Re: Hot Macbook Pro Controlling Fan

2011-05-24 Thread Ashley Cox
try putting it on a table for a start. if it's getting that hot, send it in for repair, or maybe you've got something wrong with your OS; do a hardware check (you'll need sighted help), if all else fails reinstall the OS, and if not you've a hardware problem that you really need to get

Re: automating Bluetooth devices

2011-05-24 Thread Colin M
Hi Mark! Well if a apple script or a auto meter flow can be set up to do all that [ you'll need a person with more knowledge than me hahahahahaha ] You then can set up a keyboard commander key! Colin On 24 May 2011, at 15:49, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: Is there a way to automate the

Re: automating Bluetooth devices

2011-05-24 Thread Jon Cohn
What is your end goal? To activate Bluetooth on login or to have a script be able to enable blue tooth audio? It appears that launching the application BluetoothAudioAgent.app will enable bluetooth audio. If this is the case, then the following APpleScript might do the trick or you could set

Re: Facebook client for the mac

2011-05-24 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi, The leftmost button quits the app and the rightmost minimizes or hides it. HTH /Krister 24 maj 2011 kl. 17.28 skrev Buddy Brannan: Hi, One other thing. All the buttons are unlabeled. I'm getting Voiceover labels together. There appear to be two buttons that either quit or minimize the

Re: controling Fan control

2011-05-24 Thread CJ Daniel
Ray, Yeah, the documentation is, shall we say, lacking. But, basically, you just set the base RPM, the lower threshold the higher threshold. The only other setting is a check box that changes the read out graph from celsius to farenhite. The numbers are kind of frightening. Anyway,

Re: Abridged summary of macvisionaries@googlegroups.com - 45 Messages in 14 Topics

2011-05-24 Thread Katherine Paulk
Hello, I'm new to this list and it looks informative - thanks all! Do any of you know who/where/how to get good VoiceOver Training? And has anyone contacted Apple's help system/services in any way regarding VO questions (and with good results)? Thanks in advance, Kim -- You received this

Re: controling Fan control

2011-05-24 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Well, I've got my low thrshhold set at 100% that is 140 degrees F. My high is now set to 50%. Wish I could remember the default settings. Thanks. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook:

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

2011-05-24 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hey. Thanks for the tip about the develop menu item, never heard about that before. Now I'd like to know, for people that use Samnet on the Mac, when you view multiple forum posts, does this new user agent thing eliminate the busy messages there? Haven't tried it yet, as I'm still fooling

Voice Over On Ipod Nanno and Hourly Reports

2011-05-24 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hey. I'm new to this awesome machine, so of course I have a lot of questions. Is there a built-in hourly report feature or is there an App for it that I can download? Shawn -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this

Re: Voice Over On Ipod Nanno and Hourly Reports

2011-05-24 Thread carolyn Haas
Hi Shawn: Mine announces hourly. I believe you can set this to happen by going to secondary menu (vo-shift-MM), and the farthest item to the right gives the date. If you move down, the last item is date and time preferences. On May 24, 2011, at 12:27 PM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: Hey. I'm new

Windows, Real Tech, and Macbook

2011-05-24 Thread Brent Harding
Hi there. I got a Macbook from either 2008 or 2009, don't quite remember, and I doubt their significantly different as far as boot camping anyways. I got SL on it now as well. I finally got XP on to it by taking it into a shop, guess they needed to use a different XP disk with the product key

Re: Abridged summary of macvisionaries@googlegroups.com - 45 Messages in 14 Topics

2011-05-24 Thread carolyn Haas
Hi kim: lots of good resources out there for learning to work with VO. If you prefer to work with podcasts, there are a boatload on blindcooltech.com. On The Apple website under support, you can find good info on accessibility, and also tutorials on switching to Mac from Windows, and a

Re: Hot Macbook Pro Controlling Fan

2011-05-24 Thread Kimberly thurman
C.J., thanks for this. I will give it a look. :) On May 23, 2011, at 10:50 PM, CJ Daniel wrote: 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

Re: Hot Macbook Pro Controlling Fan

2011-05-24 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Yep. Let me tell yuh, when you look at the teps your GPU is running at, it's mighty frightening. My lwo threshhold is set to 140Degrees f, and that's the 100% setting on the slider. My high threshhold is set to 60% which is 180DegreesF. The default base RPM setting is 2000, according to a

Re: Hot Macbook Pro Controlling Fan

2011-05-24 Thread CJ Daniel
Ray, Thanks for sharing those settings. In all these replies, I've sensed that some folks think their fans are only coming on when the machine is hot. Based on my research, my machine a lot of posts on the subject elsewhere on the net, I'm pretty sure that what their perceiving as the fan

Teaching typing on the Mac

2011-05-24 Thread Frank Ventura
Hi all, is there any accessible typing tutors for the Mac along the lines of Talking Typing Tutor for Windows? Frank -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To

Re: Hot Macbook Pro Controlling Fan

2011-05-24 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Yeah, that was what I sort of gathered too. Bear in mind the fact that I do not remember what the default low and high threshhold settings are. The forum I saw did not seem to reveal those. Here's what my playing around with the app seemed to reveal. 1. The lower you set the low

Re: Hot Macbook Pro Controlling Fan

2011-05-24 Thread Mike Arrigo
My macbook gets a bit warm on the bottom, but never hot, much cooler than the PC laptops I've worked with. On May 24, 2011, at 5:34 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: Might be useful. I don't think I need to have it for my 15 inch Mac book pro; but, on the other hand, just might be useful to have.

Re: controling Fan control

2011-05-24 Thread Mike Arrigo
Was this app just called fan control? The one I use doesn't have a system preference pain, actually I wish it did, I may see if I can find the app you're talking about. On May 24, 2011, at 6:51 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: To the person who installed Fan control, I installed Fan control, and,

Re: controling Fan control

2011-05-24 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Yeah. It's just called Fan Control Best to just google it cause you aint gonna find it in the app store; either directly or via ITunes. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On

Re: Teaching typing on the Mac

2011-05-24 Thread John Panarese
There was a program being developed called, Kiwi keys, but I don't remember if it ever was completed. I'm going from memory here and would have to dig up my notes to see if I have anything on it. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind j...@macfortheblind.com

Re: Teaching typing on the Mac

2011-05-24 Thread Isaac Obie
Hi Frank, You can put the Mac in keyboard learn mode by first doing vo-hh and then vo-k. Just be sure not to hit escape ntil you're sure you want to quit the keyboard learn mode. Isaac - Original Message - From: Frank Ventura To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday,

Re: iTUNES Question.

2011-05-24 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi George, As far as I'm aware, you have the following options: 1. If your iPod was set up with your iTunes account, then the music should transfer from the iPod to the Mac as long as the same itunes Store account is used on the Mac. 2. Use your Windows PC or something like iPod Rip to get

Re: Hot Macbook Pro Controlling Fan

2011-05-24 Thread CJ Daniel
Ray, That's great! I hadn't gotten that scientific in my approach, yet. I have started keeping a post, from time to time, that has something that I know I will refer to in the future. I'm going to add this post to that file. Again, thanks, CJ On May 24, 2011, at 5:25 PM, Ray Foret Jr

Re: Hot Macbook Pro Controlling Fan

2011-05-24 Thread CJ Daniel
A bit warm on the bottom is okay. In fact, the entire bottom of the single-form-factor metal Macs is designed as a heat release. In studying this subject, I'm finding that this problem is especially related to the Intel Macs particularly the dual core machines. As Ray mentioned in an

Re: controling Fan control

2011-05-24 Thread CJ Daniel
Yeah, Fancontrol 1.2. Good Luck, CJ On May 24, 2011, at 5:42 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: Was this app just called fan control? The one I use doesn't have a system preference pain, actually I wish it did, I may see if I can find the app you're talking about. On May 24, 2011, at 6:51 AM, Ray

Re: Hot Macbook Pro Controlling Fan

2011-05-24 Thread Ray Foret Jr
You might want to add in that the base RPM by default is 2000. OF course, you can set it anywhere in the range you want to, but, if you run on batteries a lot, the higher the base RPM, the cooler the GPU but the greater the drain on battery. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a

Re: iTUNES Question.

2011-05-24 Thread Georges Zaynoun
That's great, where from do I get iPod Rip? Original message: Hi George, As far as I'm aware, you have the following options: 1. If your iPod was set up with your iTunes account, then the music should transfer from the iPod to the Mac as long as the same itunes Store account is used on

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

2011-05-24 Thread Shen
Thank you. That worked. On May 24, 2011, at 4:16 AM, Colin M wrote: Hi Shen! You can log out of the main site! When your on the account button press it then wait about half a second then right arrow then you'll have your items like settings and edit profile if you go passed them you'll

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

2011-05-24 Thread Shen
Here's what I discovered. Using the latest Safari on my MacBook Pro and setting User Agent to default. If I go to m.facebook.com, I cannot see the logout link. I have to click on more. But according to VoiceOver, More is not a link. Pressing it with VO-Space Bar does not trigger it. I must route