Re: Quick way to get to my dropbox folder?

2011-10-02 Thread David Eagle
You could go to the dropbox really quickly by pressing command shift H. Then type d r. That should take you to the dropbox folder. Press command O to open and you're there. I can do this in less than a second using this method. YOu can also copy the folder to your desktop then delete it from it's

Re: How to use the Money Reader on I Phone?

2011-10-02 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hi All. Still no success with money reader so I'd like to know (as I don't know where the camera is on my I phone 4) how do you position the notes and is it best to turn Voice Over off to use or does it not matter? Kawal. On 1 Oct 2011, at 02:57, Barry Abbott wrote: Hi. Yesterday I tested

Re: Facebook accessibility using safari on mac os10 lion

2011-10-02 Thread David Eagle
Hi, what's wrong with just using the mobile site. In case I did't make it clear, I'm using the mobile site on the Mac not my mobile. Sorry to suggest the same thing twice if there's a reason you really need the standard Facebook site. It's just so much easier. On 02/10/2011, Venkatesh Potluri

another strange issue with Fusion 4.

2011-10-02 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Dear All. Last week I installed windows 7 under Fusion 4. Everything was fine. I was doing some testing for a company for an E-learning website as they wanted it tested by jaws although I did ask if I could use Voice Over to test. I tried the same material with Voice Over but Voice Over

Re: click to flash verses click to plug

2011-10-02 Thread David Eagle
Thanks for the explanation. I will have to uninstall Adobe Flash from my Mac, since it isn't achieving anything. HTML5 works brilliantly on the Mac. If only more people were using it. On 01/10/2011, Esther mori...@mac.com wrote: Hello David, Access to button controls of flash-based content in

Re: How to use the Money Reader on I Phone?

2011-10-02 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi There. The camera is that little hole thing near the ear piece. When I got it to work, the first thing I did was to hold the money flat on my lap. Then I found the little hole where I said. Then, holding the money and camera close together, I did nothing for about five seconds. I did not

Re: Vmware fusion and Freedom scientific video intercept

2011-10-02 Thread Søren Jensen
Wel, I don't see why people not just use NVDA. Jaws is too hard to mess around with on a virtual machine. Best regards: Søren Jensen Mail MSN: s...@coolfortheblind.dk Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ Den 02/10/2011 kl. 06.28 skrev KliphSharrie: I had no issues at all. I installed

Re: just discovered computer braille

2011-10-02 Thread Eugenia Firth
Paul E, I thought I had a computer braille listing. I used to. However, in all my computer changing in the last few years, apparently I lost it. Freedom Scientific used to put it in manuals, but I couldn't find it in the Jaws help. This week, I used my Mac to read and proofread some braille

tagalicious podcast?

2011-10-02 Thread Denise Avant
hello all, does anyone know if there is a podcast i can find about the music app tagalicious? i want to see a demonstration if possible before i install it. thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send

Re: Quick way to get to my dropbox folder?

2011-10-02 Thread Brianna Snyder
You could also make an alias or shortcut by using command-L when you're in your home folder, on your dropbox folder, as if you were going to open it. Type command-L, and the alias will appear in your home folder. When it does, just move it to wherever you want it, like your desktop. Then,

Re: Vmware fusion and Freedom scientific video intercept

2011-10-02 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi, This is probably way out of the scope of this list, but one of the reasons i don't really wanna use nvda is that it can't do what other screen readers do, and before you all flame me let me explain what i mean and say that if anything i say here is old wisdom, i very much want to be

Is there a work-around for accessing this site with Safari or Omniweb?

2011-10-02 Thread Christine Grassman
Hello, folks. I have tried, on my own and with sighted assistance without VoiceOver on, to purchase a gift card from http://www.redmangousa.com The site seems to be in flash, yet I can read the address bar, and the links to Twitter and Facebook. When I search in Google, I see the information

Re: Vmware fusion and Freedom scientific video intercept

2011-10-02 Thread Søren Jensen
That's true. If you need to do some tascs which NVDA or System access to go can't do, I see the need for using Jaws in Fusion. Best regards: Søren Jensen Mail MSN: s...@coolfortheblind.dk Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ Den 02/10/2011 kl. 20.26 skrev Krister Ekstrom: Hi, This is

how to use drag and drop in lion?

2011-10-02 Thread trahern culver
hey all how do you use drag and drop in lion with voice over? thanks for your help kind regards trahern. -- 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 unsubscribe from

how to use auto correction in lion with voice over?

2011-10-02 Thread trahern culver
hey all how do you use auto correction in lion with voice over? thanks for your help kind regards trahern -- 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 unsubscribe from

Re: looking for wireless headset

2011-10-02 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi Sarah. The earphones are Plantronics which is as much information as my husband could see on them. They are Bluetooth, and they come paired with a little disk. Both the disk and the earphones have batteries which last about 20 hours. The annoying thing about them is that you can't tell

Re: how to use auto correction in lion with voice over?

2011-10-02 Thread John Sanfilippo
Try command semicolon, or command shift semicolon, and see where these lead. hth, js On Oct 2, 2011, at 3:13 PM, trahern culver wrote: hey all how do you use auto correction in lion with voice over? thanks for your help kind regards trahern -- You received this message because you are

should I update to lion?

2011-10-02 Thread Badger, Nancy
Some of my sighted friends are not happy with the new lion. I am wondering if I should update. Is it more accessible? Does it seem easier or more difficult? Thanks in advance. Nancy Nancy L. Badger, Ph.D. Director, Counseling and Career Planning Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Services U.

I can't download anything all of a sudden

2011-10-02 Thread David Eagle
It seems as if my relationship with the Mac is one really good experience followed by one really annoying one. Ive just had a really successful time subscribing to podcasts in iTunes. I ten went to download a file from the BBC website. I press VO key shift M like I would usually do to get to the

Re: I can't download anything all of a sudden

2011-10-02 Thread Ed Worrell
I too have had this problem. What I did to get around this was do VO shift M, if it doesn't work the first time. Press esc, and do it again and that seems to fix the issue, not sure why. It seems to work though. hth ED -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: Is there a work-around for accessing this site with Safari or Omniweb?

2011-10-02 Thread Christine Grassman
Esther, I swear you are a Mac goddess! (grin). I have always been so impressed with how thoroughly and comprehensively you help us all and answer questions. Thank you so much. Christine On Oct 2, 2011, at 3:30 PM, Esther wrote: Hi Christine, I wasn't able to get anywhere with the main web

Re: Is there a work-around for accessing this site with Safari or Omniweb?

2011-10-02 Thread Mike Arrigo
Here's something else you could try, it may or may not work. Go in to safari preferences and disable plug ins, this will disable flash and some sits will give you a version of the page that does not use flash. It sounds like this site has some bad design issues though. On Oct 2, 2011, at 6:52

mail.app returning to previous mail after delete

2011-10-02 Thread Eric Oyen
ok, this is getting veryannoying... I use mail.app in amap mode with goole.com and it is starting to get hard to use. the problem is that after I delete one email, the client goes to the next one. after I delete that one, it returns to the previously deleted item. it bounces back and forth

Re: selecting text in iOs 4 using voiceover

2011-10-02 Thread Garth Humphreys
Hi I don't believe that this is possible. You can only select text where it is editable. So for example if you wish to select some text that is in an email you've been sent, you would first have to setup a reply to the email. This makes the text editable and you then can go through and select

Re: should I update to lion?

2011-10-02 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hey Nancy. Well, I quite Lion. There are great new features like free voices in different languages and versions so you don't have to worry about saving your work. There are many bugs in it as well but they're mostly annoyances rather than issues. If you're ready, by all means upgrade to Lion.

Re: installing and uninstalling apps general qution

2011-10-02 Thread Garth Humphreys
As a newcomer to the Mac I might not be the best to answer this however form what I can tell one advantage of installing apps from the app store is Ease. Very straight forward process with your purchase going through Apple. That is, it is very easy and you don't had to give your credit card to

Re: voiceover dumping my preferences?

2011-10-02 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
What is broken in lion since sl? Works fine for me. (Sent from my phone) Please check out my new CD at www.ioanagandrabur.com or on itunes. On Oct 1, 2011, at 4:23 PM, erik burggraaf e...@erik-burggraaf.com wrote: I'm still on SL. They need to fix braille before I upgrade. I can live with

Skype One New Item.

2011-10-02 Thread Georges Zaynoun
Hi, In the past and before updating Skype on my ipad I was able to clear the history but I cannot do it any longer, when I go into messages it keeps saying pull down to load history and I do not know the gesture, how do I clearr this damnn history? Thanks. -- Georges Zeinoun Timmerv. 6A,

Re: voiceover dumping my preferences?

2011-10-02 Thread Teresa Cochran
I use a Focus 40 Blue, and there are many fewer commands assigned for it in Lion than there were in SL. Also, it seems to be impossible to add more Braille keystrokes for the Braille display. It's usable for reading, but not for editing. This is already a known issue; Apple developers are aware