Re: videos on the mac

2011-11-15 Thread Scott Howell
If they cannot accommodate you with the flash version, ask for another accommodation such as an alternate assignment. On Nov 14, 2011, at 9:31 PM, Stephanie Mitchell wrote: Hi all, I am currently undertaking an online course. Over all it seems accessible, except I can't play the 2 part

Re: JetBlue vs Chrome

2011-11-15 Thread Les Kriegler
Well, my son just informed me that a revised website will roll out on December 9 for JetBlue. There may also be an iPhone app as well coming around the same time. What's unclear is whether accessibility issues will be addressed. Les On Nov 14, 2011, at 3:05 PM, Mika Pyyhkala wrote: Hi,

more on speech recognition on the Mac

2011-11-15 Thread Goodin, Donna
Hi all, I've been playing around again with speech recognition following Yuma's posts yesterday. My experience is that it seems to work about 3 out of ten times. Is this others experience? Yuma, you seem to be having a lot of success, did you tweak anything in the settings to improve

Re: more on speech recognition on the Mac

2011-11-15 Thread Greg Aikens
Hi Donna, I haven't looked at this in a while, but there is a button labelled calibrate in the speech recognition dialog. It should bring up a slider that you can move around until it is more accurate. I can't tell you what the slider does, just that that I moved it around until it was more

Re: more on speech recognition on the Mac

2011-11-15 Thread Goodin, Donna
Hey Greg, Thanks! That seems to have done the trick. I hadn't messed with the calibration because I had no way to tell when it was set right, but the adjustment I made seems to have improved recognition significantly. Cheers, donna On Nov 15, 2011, at 10:12 AM, Greg Aikens wrote: Hi Donna,

Moderator assistance please

2011-11-15 Thread Tammy Cantrell
Hello, Would a moderator respond to me off list? I need some assistance. Thank you! -- 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 this group, send

Stopwatch on the i-phone?

2011-11-15 Thread Jennifer Perdue
Is there a countdown timer on the i-phone. Could someone tell me where it is please. I have the 3Gs. Thanks. Jenny and my goofy guide Brooks On Nov 12, 2011, at 11:37 AM, Wendy Alling wrote: Hello all, Can someone give me some help with the audible app? I have it installed on my phone

Re: How do I get to mail from the doc quickly

2011-11-15 Thread Jennifer Perdue
Thank you Rachael. I hope you had a great weekend and have a great week. Jenny and my goofy guide Brooks On Nov 12, 2011, at 4:22 PM, Rachel magario wrote: Janny, I just created a shortcut to open mail for me in the voice over utilities under key board commanders. I chose the right

Re: Stopwatch on the i-phone?

2011-11-15 Thread Red.Falcon
Hi Jennifer! You should have Utilities folder and in there should be Clock! Open it and there should be 4 tabs at the bottom world clock, alarm, stop watch and timer! hth Colin On 15 Nov 2011, at 15:37, Jennifer Perdue wrote: Is there a countdown timer on the i-phone. Could someone tell me

How to delete messages in my mail on my iPhone

2011-11-15 Thread David Eagle
Hello everyone, I have recently purchased an iPhone and I must say things are going very well. I find it all very intuitive, in fact I'm dictating this message to Siri so hopefully there are not too many errors. Anyway, one thing that I haven't worked out how to do yet is how to delete messages

Re: How do I get to mail from the doc quickly

2011-11-15 Thread Jennifer Perdue
Thank you. That works well. Jenny and my goofy guide Brooks On Nov 12, 2011, at 9:36 PM, Johnny Angel! wrote: Hi Jenny, Just quickly type the first two or three letters for the program you wish to navigate to. On Nov 11, 2011, at 11:52 AM, Jennifer Perdue wrote: When I go to the doc

Re: Facebook

2011-11-15 Thread Jennifer Perdue
Is Facebook accessable? I've never used it. Any suggestions? Just curious. Jenny and my goofy guide Brooks On Nov 13, 2011, at 12:27 AM, Rahul Bajaj wrote: David, Your suggestion about that movie was too hilarious :P On my Windows laptop, the mobile site is working perfectly. I have

Re: Facebook

2011-11-15 Thread Chad King
Hi. I use the mobile site. I think the main site is accessible, but i do not like the lay out of it at all. And it does seem that Facebook wants to change things on the site a little too often Sent from my MBP On Nov 15, 2011, at 10:02 AM, Jennifer Perdue wrote: Is Facebook accessable? I've

Re: How to delete messages in my mail on my iPhone

2011-11-15 Thread Greg Aikens
There is an edit button towards the top right of the mail display. Double tap Edit and then double tap the messages you want to delete. You will notice that as you move through your messages they will be read as selected or unselected. When you are done selecting everything you want to

Re: Facebook

2011-11-15 Thread Kestrell
I use the mobile site also m.facebook.com and it filters out a lot of the more annoying ads, game messages, and so on, which make the main site so overwhelming. My only piece of advice would be to start with a few friends or fan pages and then add more as you get used to it. Kes -

Re: Preparing for clean lion install

2011-11-15 Thread Jennifer Perdue
Mine does the same weird window thing at the beginning of the loading process when I turn my mac on but that's the only weird thing it does. It's not worth reinstalling lion over for me. I hope that will stay like that though. Jenny and my goofy guide Brooks, Oh yeah You can get out of that

Re: Preparing for clean lion install

2011-11-15 Thread Jennifer Perdue
Hi, New to the mac so could you tell me where users and groups are? Thanks so much. Jenny and my goofy guide Brooks On Nov 13, 2011, at 2:21 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: Hi, In Users Groups, Interact with the Users, Groups and Login Options List, and navigate down to Login Options. stop

Re: Facebook

2011-11-15 Thread Rahul Bajaj
Hi Jenny, Yes, the mobile version of Facebook is very accessible. Even the main site used to work very well until Facebook decided to change its interface. The problem with the main site is that they constantly keep making unnecessary changes to it. Even sighted people don't like most of those

RE: Preparing for clean lion install

2011-11-15 Thread Missy Hoppe
Hi! I think that if you hit U from within system preferences, you should be able to find it that way. Otherwise, just start tabbing around until you hear it. They totally changed the layout of system preferences, so it's easy to lose stuff. Speaking of which, since I wasn't noticing any benefits

Deleting voice mail messages

2011-11-15 Thread Wendy Alling
Hello, Is there an easy way to delete voice mail messages from the phone? Thanks for any help. Wendy __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 6632 (2015) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com

Re: Drop Box

2011-11-15 Thread Taylor Scott
Dropbox is running in the background. Close that, then quit the dropbox process using Activity monitor in Utilities. Then run that file and you should be good to go. On 11/15/11, Kirsten Edmondson kirsten.edmond...@btinternet.com wrote: Hi, Today I managed to view package contents and I went to

Re: Drop Box

2011-11-15 Thread Kirsten Edmondson
I'm still getting the same message. Is it because when I registered this Mac on my dropbox account when I installed I renamed the computer, so maybe it doesn't recognise it? If so, How do I rename it to what it thinks it should be? Should I just uninstall and reinstall? And if so how do I do

Re: How to delete messages in my mail on my iPhone

2011-11-15 Thread David Eagle
Thank you Greg, that was very helpful. And very easy to do. However, there was not a delete option but by selecting the move I could then send the message or messages to the deleted items folder. Thanks again Sent from my iPhone On 15 Nov 2011, at 16:15, Greg Aikens gpaik...@gmail.com wrote:

Apple's AssistiveTouch Helps the Disabled Use a Smartphone - NYTimes.com

2011-11-15 Thread Red.Falcon
Hi all! Well some of you have said you've got Motor-control problems! So I wonder if this would work with vo! But it is Apple doing there thing! Colin Qapla! Chegh chew jaj Vam jaj Kak http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/10/apples-assistivetouch-helps-the-disabled-use-a-smartphone/ Apple’s

Re: Apple's AssistiveTouch Helps the Disabled Use a Smartphone - NYTimes.com

2011-11-15 Thread Chad King
I've played with it a little. Seems that I had trouble opening some apps when it was enabled. I would double tap on the app, but the app didn't open for some reason. I'll have to play with it a bit more. Sent from my MBP On Nov 15, 2011, at 4:38 PM, Red.Falcon wrote: Hi all! Well some of you

Re: Apple's AssistiveTouch Helps the Disabled Use a Smartphone - NYTimes.com

2011-11-15 Thread Teresa Cochran
Does it work with VO, or does VO become disabled with it? Teresa Man is matter's ability to contemplate itself.--Albert Einstein On Nov 15, 2011, at 2:50 PM, Chad King wrote: I've played with it a little. Seems that I had trouble opening some apps when it was enabled. I would double tap on

downloading files

2011-11-15 Thread Stephanie Mitchell
Hi all, I have some ms word documents i need to download. firstly, how do I download them. Secondly, can the mac read ms word files? Thanks. Steph -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: Unable to eject cd

2011-11-15 Thread Manohar Singaram
I have tried all the options but with no success. However with command shift E the machine tries to eject the cd but the cd does not come out. Mano - Original Message - From: Jessica To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 5:36 AM Subject: Re:

Re: Facebook

2011-11-15 Thread David Eagle
Facebook mobile works fine on my windows computer so for some reason it's to do with the using Facebook on the Mac. Very strange. I've tried contacting face book before and it was very challenging. The mobile site was working on my Mac a couple of months ago, but I haven't used it since

Re: Stopwatch on the i-phone?

2011-11-15 Thread Jennifer Perdue
Thank you very much and have a great evening. Jenny and my goofy guide Brooks On Nov 15, 2011, at 9:46 AM, Red.Falcon wrote: Hi Jennifer! You should have Utilities folder and in there should be Clock! Open it and there should be 4 tabs at the bottom world clock, alarm, stop watch and timer!

Re: Facebook

2011-11-15 Thread Jennifer Perdue
Thank you very much for your help. Have a great evening. Jenny and my goofy guide Brooks On Nov 15, 2011, at 10:05 AM, Chad King wrote: Hi. I use the mobile site. I think the main site is accessible, but i do not like the lay out of it at all. And it does seem that Facebook wants to change

Re: Facebook

2011-11-15 Thread Jennifer Perdue
Can you use the mobile site on your regular mac? Thanks and everybody have a great evening. Jenny and my goofy guide Brooks On Nov 15, 2011, at 10:21 AM, Kestrell wrote: I use the mobile site also m.facebook.com and it filters out a lot of the more annoying ads, game messages, and so on,

Re: Facebook

2011-11-15 Thread Jennifer Perdue
Thank you for your help and have a nice evening . Jenning and my goofy guide Brooks On Nov 15, 2011, at 10:56 AM, Rahul Bajaj wrote: Hi Jenny, Yes, the mobile version of Facebook is very accessible. Even the main site used to work very well until Facebook decided to change its interface.

Re: Preparing for clean lion install

2011-11-15 Thread Jennifer Perdue
You're really gonna laugh, but where is system preferences? Sorry for the dumb question but I'm still learning. You'll do fine with lion. I'm sure of it. Jenny and my goofy guide Brooks On Nov 15, 2011, at 11:03 AM, Missy Hoppe wrote: Hi! I think that if you hit U from within system

RE: Preparing for clean lion install

2011-11-15 Thread Missy Hoppe
OK. Just do the vo keys plus M to get into the menu. In the apple menu, down arrow until you hear system preferences. No need to apologize for being a newbie. I still very much consider myself one. I just had a minor breakthrough in understanding how mail works, so I'm feeling really proud of

Change Volume Gradually in Garageband

2011-11-15 Thread Brandon Olivares
Hi, Is there a way to change the volume gradually in a track in Garageband? I know there's a way to do this with the mouse, but how do you do it with voiceover? I want to have music at the end of a recording. It should be quiet while I finish talking, but then should slowly get louder

is it possible to remote another mac

2011-11-15 Thread Jørgen Skov Nielsen
Hello All I use Lion, and sometimes i help friends and family with lion questions. is it possible to remote a mac with lion. I want a program, i can use with VoiceOver. Thanks in advance. Best Regards Jorgen -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: Preparing for clean lion install

2011-11-15 Thread Jennifer Perdue
I think I did it. I Guess we'll see next time I turn on my computer. Thanks. Jenny and my goofy guide Brooks On Nov 15, 2011, at 6:37 PM, Missy Hoppe wrote: OK. Just do the vo keys plus M to get into the menu. In the apple menu, down arrow until you hear system preferences. No need to

Re: Facebook

2011-11-15 Thread Israel
Jennifer, I just wanted to chime in that the regular Facebook site is what I use. A majority of what one wishes to accomplish is accessible on the site. I have used the mobile site. From time to time, I'll use a feature or two on there, but I much rather use the main site. You can post

Re: JetBlue vs Chrome

2011-11-15 Thread Jon Cohn
Thanks for checking into this for me. Best wishes, Jonathan On Nov 15, 2011, at 6:49 AM, Les Kriegler wrote: Well, my son just informed me that a revised website will roll out on December 9 for JetBlue. There may also be an iPhone app as well coming around the same time. What's unclear

Re: Change Volume Gradually in Garageband

2011-11-15 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, Nope. I haven't figured out away to do this with Garageband at least. Your best bet is to use an audio editor to fade the part of the audio track you want lowered. Or, you can always try ducking in Garageband but, that doesn't sound like the effect your looking for. But, it might be

Re: Facebook

2011-11-15 Thread Rahul Bajaj
Jenny, Yes, it is meant to work with any regular Mac, but, for some reason, it's not been working for me. I've asked the people at Facebook to look into this. Cheers, RB -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this

Re: A question.

2011-11-15 Thread Rahul Bajaj
Hey Chad, Thanks a lot for replying. I searched in Spotlight for the file that I wanted to open. When I found that file, I pressed VO shift M, but nothing happened. I tried it many times, but there was no result. Am I doing something incorrectly? -- You received this message because you are

Re: more on speech recognition on the Mac

2011-11-15 Thread Yuma Decaux
Hi Donna, Greg is right about the calibration. And just as you have tried it, the constant listening method is a bit quirky as it seems as though the constant chatter of voice over while we use the computer can probably overwhelm the listening algorithms. So the best approach is really to keep

Re: help! tables and pages

2011-11-15 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi Kirsten, highlighting an empty portion of a table in Numbers and copying it to Pages should also work. But creating a table without contents is also possible in Pages itself. I'm totally with you. It's really a pitty that VO doesn't recognizes tables. All we can do is to write an e-mail to

Re: help! tables and pages

2011-11-15 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi Anne, when my cursor for example sitts in A1 and I press Shift + arrow right VO says two selected. When I then press Shift + arro down VO anounces four selected. When I press again Shift + arrow down VO says six selected. So I'm able to select portions of the table but of course just in