Creating a distribution or Group mailing list in Address Book?

2012-01-18 Thread Michael Busboom
Hello everyone, I am managing the translation of a book from German into English, and I will need to regularly send mail to the translators and editors who are involved in the project. I want to give the distribution list a name and then insert (either manually or from my contacts in my

Re: Creating a distribution or Group mailing list in Address Book?

2012-01-18 Thread David Griffith
Have you tried just pressing return on the untitled group? I have achieved this and it was eventually fairly easy. Start with your all contact group. Interact with this and work down the list and press VO command spacebar on all the contact you want to put into the new group. This will select

Re: Itunes Won't Synch Music Via Wifi To Iphone

2012-01-18 Thread Aser Tolentino
Hi, Does it sync over USB? In the summary tab, is iTunes set to convert songs to 128kbps? I noticed I had to connect the iPhone when this option was checked. Respectfully, Aser Tolentino, Esq. agtolent...@gmail.com (916)572-2737 Sent from my iPad On Jan 17, 2012, at 10:15 PM, Shawn Krasniuk

Re: Creating a distribution or Group mailing list in Address Book?

2012-01-18 Thread Michael Busboom
Thanks for your input, David and yes, it was helpful. Unfortunately, the next problem I have is that an address, which I thought I had added to my address book through the Command Y in mail, wasn't in the address book and so, I could not add it. Do I need to do something else? Best regards

Re: Creating a distribution or Group mailing list in Address Book?

2012-01-18 Thread David Griffith
When did you add it? Sometimes I find I have to close mail or address book or bvice versa for then to catch up lwith each other on re-opening. You can, of course, add a new contact manually. Lots of interaction needed but you can get to the necessary email field where you could petepaste in

Re: Using Remote Dictate app with the Mac

2012-01-18 Thread Michael Busboom
Hello Vic, I am very sorry that I cannot help you in any way, but I did want to ask you a question. If I understood you correctly, you are using a speech recognition app on your iPhone and routing the output of your program to your Mac. Is this correct and if so, is this difficult to do?

Re: Bluetooth Keyboard for iPhone 4?

2012-01-18 Thread Michael Busboom
Hello Johnny, If I were you, I wouldn't purchase the keyboard to which I referred. Firstly, it is rather difficult to feel when your finger moves from one key to the next. Although it is a qwerty keyboard, it is, for lack of a better expression, misaligned. In other words, the 'm' isn't

Re: Creating a distribution or Group mailing list in Address Book?

2012-01-18 Thread Michael Busboom
I added the address two weeks ago. The address book seems rather finicky with VO, and I wish that it weren't … or maybe it's just me. Mike On 18,Jan,2012, at 12:31 PM, David Griffith wrote: When did you add it? Sometimes I find I have to close mail or address book or bvice versa for then

A really neat App

2012-01-18 Thread Michael Busboom
Hello everyone, If you go to the Vision Australia website, you can learn about a really nice app called Money Reader. I bought it and tested it using three different currencies. It worked flawlessly, though I couldn't get it to announce the currency and denomination as quickly as the

Re: Creating a distribution or Group mailing list in Address Book?

2012-01-18 Thread David Griffith
It definitely takes a little practice but you can get there. Basically it is straightforward when you are used to it. Try the following. Open address book. Press command N A new contact card should come up where you can enter normal name etc. I have set in voiceover preferences my tab key

Re: Bluetooth Keyboard for iPhone 4?

2012-01-18 Thread Gigi
Hi Johnny and Others. I went to the Apple store and got the Apple Wireless Keyboard. The only thing you need to know ahead of time is that the battery power key on the righthand side does not let you know when it's off and on if you're blind. You can easily work around this, but I ran the

Re: Bluetooth Keyboard for iPhone 4?

2012-01-18 Thread Matt Dierckens
Hi all. I would also recommend the speedots keyboards. I've heard they are good. They're only $47. Matt Sent from my macbook pro On 2012-01-18, at 7:16 AM, Gigi wrote: Hi Johnny and Others. I went to the Apple store and got the Apple Wireless Keyboard. The only thing you need to know ahead

Re: ToDo by Appigo - anyone tried it?

2012-01-18 Thread Garth Humphreys
Hi I have spent a bit more time with the IOS version of the app now and really love it. It is maybe a bit more complicated then some people would like. It is basically a like a project management app. Having said this, you can also add items very quickly with no fuss at all into a simple

Accessible HTML editing?

2012-01-18 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I need to add some html coding, but without the header and footer info so I can add tags to a steady stream of content to upload to entry forms at work. So far I have been doing this by hand in Notepad or Ed Sharp. Trying to use the mac more, I asked around, and discovered that Text Mate

Re: Accessible HTML editing?

2012-01-18 Thread Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis
On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 1:55 PM, Bill Holton bill32...@gmail.com wrote: I need to add some html coding, but without the header and footer info so I can add tags to a steady stream of content to upload to entry forms at work.  So far I have been doing this by hand in Notepad or Ed Sharp.  Trying

RE: Accessible HTML editing?

2012-01-18 Thread Bill Holton
Trying to make it simplier than just doing innotepad on my PC. If I use text edit, need to save as html, close, reopn with RTF formatting ignored, cut out the header and footer info, all for a few tags I could have already added in notepad. Looking for ways to practice with my aMac, but not if

Re: Accessible HTML editing?

2012-01-18 Thread Maxwell Ivey Jr.
Hello; I have a templett page i made for myself in text edit. It has all the elements i want in most of my pages. I just add the alt tags and whatever new text or html code i want and then press shift command s to save as. at this point i can change the folder or file name i want it to

Re: Accessible HTML editing?

2012-01-18 Thread Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis
On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Bill Holton bill32...@gmail.com wrote: Trying to make it simplier than just doing innotepad on my PC.  If I use text edit, need to save as html, close, reopn with RTF formatting ignored, cut out the header and footer info, all for a few tags I could have already

Re: Accessible HTML editing?

2012-01-18 Thread Maxwell Ivey Jr.
Hello; I forgot to say that after I'm through editing a page i go to finder and press command o on the file i just edited and in unless it is php it will load into safari and i can get a very good idea of how it will run and look online. good luck, max -- You received this message

Re: Accessible HTML editing?

2012-01-18 Thread Chris Blouch
In preferences for TextEdit, there is a tab called New Document and under there you can pick Plain text instead of Rich text with a radio button. That should stop all the RTF weirdness. CB On 1/18/12 9:32 AM, Bill Holton wrote: Trying to make it simplier than just doing innotepad on my PC.

RE: Accessible HTML editing?

2012-01-18 Thread Bill Holton
If I use the auto tags, like using command K to add a link it becomes a part of the rtf formatting, and the only way you can then get to the tags is to save as html and then reload with RTF turned off. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

And Finally! A Loadstone like GPS solution on the iPHone

2012-01-18 Thread Emrah
Guys, First of, please let me clarify that I have not been endorsed or compensated in anyway for spreading the word about this app. I am just super excited about it. :) I just heard that the Swiss Federation for the Blind have developed an App that works like the legendary Loadstone on Nokia

Re: And Finally! A Loadstone like GPS solution on the iPHone

2012-01-18 Thread Christine Grassman
Is this all the app does, or is it a full-fledged GPS app? On Jan 18, 2012, at 11:19 AM, Emrah wrote: Guys, First of, please let me clarify that I have not been endorsed or compensated in anyway for spreading the word about this app. I am just super excited about it. :) I just heard

Re: And Finally! A Loadstone like GPS solution on the iPHone

2012-01-18 Thread Matthew Campbell
Hi. What is the differences between the light and the classic versions? I'd read the App store description if I could but it's all in german. Thanks. On 2012-01-18, at 11:19 AM, Emrah wrote: Guys, First of, please let me clarify that I have not been endorsed or compensated in anyway for

Re: And Finally! A Loadstone like GPS solution on the iPHone

2012-01-18 Thread Emrah
This is not an app that can guide you to an address you have not previously visited. If you can have someone guide you once, you can use this app and set up points along the way. I think this app is a thousand times more usable than any other pedestrian navigation system out there. You can set

Re: And Finally! A Loadstone like GPS solution on the iPHone

2012-01-18 Thread Emrah
Matthew, Try accessing the App Store description directly from your iPHone. I think the main difference is the ability to load OpenStreet points. Emrah On Jan 18, 2012, at 5:59 PM, Matthew Campbell wrote: Hi. What is the differences between the light and the classic versions? I'd read the

Re: And Finally! A Loadstone like GPS solution on the iPHone

2012-01-18 Thread Kevin Mattingly
You can never have enough help in navigating in my opinion. I'll use this along with the others I have for sure. Kev On Jan 18, 2012, at 11:19 AM, Emrah wrote: Guys, First of, please let me clarify that I have not been endorsed or compensated in anyway for spreading the word about this

Re: And Finally! A Loadstone like GPS solution on the iPHone

2012-01-18 Thread Matthew Campbell
Thanks. It opened up in safari as well and I was actually able to see and english description from there. Does this do turn by turn as well or just guide you to a previously set waypoint. Thanks for sharing this awesome sounding app. On 2012-01-18, at 12:06 PM, Emrah wrote: Matthew, Try

Re: And Finally! A Loadstone like GPS solution on the iPHone

2012-01-18 Thread Emrah
It is not a turn by turn app, but can almost sound like one if you set up your points right. If the app tells you your destination is at 3 o'clock and you are at the corner of 2 streets, you logically make a right. If it says it's at 2 o'clock, you can still make a right, and most likely turn

Re: And Finally! A Loadstone like GPS solution on the iPHone

2012-01-18 Thread Juan Pablo
In my opinion, Ariadne gps make a better work than this. -Original Message- From: Emrah Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 3:33 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: And Finally! A Loadstone like GPS solution on the iPHone It is not a turn by turn app, but can almost

Re: And Finally! A Loadstone like GPS solution on the iPHone

2012-01-18 Thread Christina
What are openstreet points? Thanks, Christina On Jan 18, 2012, at 10:06 AM, Emrah wrote: I think the main difference is the ability to load OpenStreet points. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email

Re: And Finally! A Loadstone like GPS solution on the iPHone

2012-01-18 Thread Emrah
You cannot compare both. Does Ariadne GPS let you walk free in an open space, like mountains, parks, forests, and then brings you back to your origin point? Can you set a destination point in Ariadne GPS and be guided to it with intermediate points to help you recall your position? Can you

Re: And Finally! A Loadstone like GPS solution on the iPHone

2012-01-18 Thread Juan Pablo
Hi, Emrah, Sorry. I am only an user. I have not any partner with ariadne debs. In other hands, ariadne uses google to retrieve maps information. This app uses Open street map, a repository that in some common countries (brazil) are very poor quality. Finally, let me say again the three words

Re: And Finally! A Loadstone like GPS solution on the iPHone

2012-01-18 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hey. This is an awesome app. Thanks. I didn't know if the lite version covered Winnipeg but it does! I think I'll use this more than Sendero. Shawn -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Fwd: Turning Off Google Chrome Vox

2012-01-18 Thread David Griffith
I have been trying to experiment with Google Chrome Vox but I think I want to use voiceover as my main screen reader and only bring up Vox when there is an area Voiceover is struggling with. Does anybody know how to quickly turn Chrome Vox off and then on again? Regards David Griffith

Re: And Finally! A Loadstone like GPS solution on the iPHone

2012-01-18 Thread Krister Ekstrom
But as i understand it, you have to put in your own points and stuff yourself, this is why i never used loadstone, because if you hadn't made points yourself or if there weren't readymade maps, made by users it was as good as useless. Call me lazy if you will, but i'd much rather prefer

Re: Turning Off Google Chrome Vox

2012-01-18 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Is there really such a command? I thought you had to deactivate chrome vox to turn it off. I wish there was such a command as turning CV on and off quickly because just like you i'd only use CV when VO can't cope with things and that isn't very often that happens. The only time i've seen

Re: And Finally! A Loadstone like GPS solution on the iPHone

2012-01-18 Thread Emrah
Juan, I did not mean to offend you in any way, sorry if my message may have been perceived as somewhat aggressive. The reason why I replied the way I did is because you just gave your opinion by saying that another app was better than this, without any substance or argument whatsoever .

Re: And Finally! A Loadstone like GPS solution on the iPHone

2012-01-18 Thread Emrah
This is definitely not an app where you can input an address and expect to be guided to it. I would love to find an app that would work well with VoiceOver and provide accurate pedestrian navigation instructions. Last time I used Navigon in pedestrian mode, I felt like an idiot when it said At

Got Siri

2012-01-18 Thread Gigi
Hi guys I just got Siri and I have a question how does one put commas and periods into your dictation of mine seems to go without any dots are starts or anything thanks I had a time regards Gigi Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Got Siri

2012-01-18 Thread Gigi
Hi guys I just got Siri today and I don't really know what I'm doing my first question is how does one put in periods and commas and return I did what I thought was right but I don't think anything is regards Gigi Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

RE: Got Siri

2012-01-18 Thread Daniel Miller
Hi, I believe you have to manually add those, as it's not currently possible to add them via dictation. I could be wrong, however. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Gigi Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 2:46 PM

Re: Selecting text in Safari

2012-01-18 Thread Teresa Cochran
You can turn cursor-tracking on and off with shift-VO-f3. It's similar to what other screen-readers might refer to as cursor linking. I generally leave mine on, as I am easily confused. :) Teresa Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough.--Richard P. Feynman On Jan 17, 2012,

Re: Creating a distribution or Group mailing list in Address Book?

2012-01-18 Thread CJ Daniel
Michael, Did this just the other day. Once you've created a new group, make sure you on that particular Untitled Group in the appropriate table. Then, under the edit option on the menu bar, you will find a Rename Group option. Select it you are magically transported to an edit box for your

Re: Got Siri

2012-01-18 Thread Emrah
Hey there, You just speak your punctuation. E.g.: Hello, comma, New Line, New Line How are you, Question Mark? I am doing well, exclamation point! See you soon, comma, I'll write again if I don't hear back from you, period. On Jan 18, 2012, at 9:45 PM, Gigi wrote: Hi guys I just got Siri

Re: bible application

2012-01-18 Thread CJ Daniel
Angie, Can you describe the process you went through to add the libraries? If so, then maybe I can pin-point the problem. CJ On Jan 17, 2012, at 7:05 PM, Angie Giltinan wrote: I have the librarys added, and I can see the the bibles and other reference materials, I just can't get any of

flags for incomming mails

2012-01-18 Thread William Windels
Hello, I want to use flags in mail for marking mail messages depending what I should do with it. e.g. a flag for mails that need a reply, a flag for mails to read and perhaps to save, a flag for mails that I have to work on before replying... I need a simple , fast way that give me enough

Re: Firefox on Mac may become accessible

2012-01-18 Thread Teresa Cochran
The thing I really really like about Firefox is using Webvisum to solve captchas. It is a wonderful extension, and I use it in Firefox with Vinux and Fusion all the time. So if Firefox becomes accessible before Safari has a similar extension available, I'm using it. Teresa I'm a pantheist; I

RE: Got Siri

2012-01-18 Thread Daniel Miller
Hi, Oh, my mistake, then, I thought you had to manually add the punctuation in rather than being able to speak it. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Emrah Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 3:29 PM To:

Re: Itunes Won't Synch Music Via Wifi To Iphone

2012-01-18 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hi Aser. Unfortunately, iTunes won't synch music to my Iphone via USB either. Any other suggestions? Shawn -- 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

Re: Got Siri

2012-01-18 Thread Gigi
Thanks Amrona I will try and do that. Let me tell you how my session went at ADT and tea. It was kind of interesting. The gentleman that sold me the Siri phone turned out to be the same person that taught me to use the iPhone's at that time, he spent three hours letting me use the managers

Re: Accessible HTML editing?

2012-01-18 Thread Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis
On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Bill Holton bill32...@gmail.com wrote: If I use the auto tags, like using command K to add a link it becomes a part of the rtf formatting, and the only way you can then get to the tags is to save as html and then reload with RTF turned off. I'm not quite sure

Re: Itunes Won't Synch Music Via Wifi To Iphone

2012-01-18 Thread Aser Tolentino
Hi Shawn, Are the sync options in the Music tab for the iPhone different from the iPod Touch? I once a long time ago unintentionally switched over to Sync only selected playlists, artists, etc when none were checked in that window and had to re-sync the whole library. I'm pretty much drawing a

airprinters

2012-01-18 Thread craig J Dunlop
what blind friendly airprint capable printers have any of you discovered? -- 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 email to

drag and drop help application

2012-01-18 Thread Yuma Decaux
Here is the link to the description. It has good ratings and is recommended by apple blogs. http://itunes.apple.com/nz/app/yoink/id457622435?mt=12 Has anyone tried this ? Best regards Yuma -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries

RE: airprinters

2012-01-18 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Craig, I just purchased a beautiful and marvelous Samsung 3312ND monochrome laser printer from FFry's electronics for $86.00. This printer is both a USB and Ethernet/Wifi unit that can print on both sides of the paper. It also has an envelope feed that I just adore. After setting the

Re: Pandora

2012-01-18 Thread Kristyn Leigh
First you have to create an account before any of the apps will work. I used Safari on my iPhone to create mine using VoiceOver. I use the iPhone app and the Piano Pub ap for the Mac. My only disappointment is that the Apple remote no longer works with Piano Pub on my Mac running Lion.

Pages question

2012-01-18 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Help! I did a performance review with Pages, and I need a copy in Word, or text format. I cannot figure out how to do this. -- 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.

Re: Pages question

2012-01-18 Thread Badger, Nancy
choose save as from the file menu, than interact with the dialogue. It should be easy from there. I am using snow lepard. Nancy On Jan 18, 2012, at 9:43 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: Help! I did a performance review with Pages, and I need a copy in Word, or text format. I cannot figure out how

Re: Pages question

2012-01-18 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: I have Lion, and it isn't working. On Jan 18, 2012, at 9:16 PM, Badger, Nancy wrote: choose save as from the file menu, than interact with the dialogue. It should be easy from there. I am using snow lepard. Nancy On Jan 18, 2012, at 9:43 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: Help! I did a

Re: Pages question

2012-01-18 Thread Greg Aikens
Under Lion you need to choose export from the file menu. The steps should be straight forward from there. -Greg On Jan 18, 2012, at 8:43 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: Help! I did a performance review with Pages, and I need a copy in Word, or text format. I cannot figure out how to do

Re: Pages question

2012-01-18 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Ah ha! That got it! Now how did you figure that out? You saved me a major redo. Thanks! On Jan 18, 2012, at 9:29 PM, Greg Aikens wrote: Under Lion you need to choose export from the file menu. The steps should be straight forward from there. -Greg On Jan 18, 2012, at 8:43 PM, Sarai

Re: Using Remote Dictate app with the Mac

2012-01-18 Thread Vic
Hey Mike, First of all, please note, you have to have an iPhone 4S for this to work. There are only two steps: 1. Download the Remote Dictate app from the App Store. 2. Go to the App Store on the Mac and search for Mobile Mouse Server; install it. Launch and configure both apps. You're good to