Using Flex pointer in Garage Band?

2012-02-12 Thread Victor Tsaran
Hello GB users, I think Flex pointers are not accessible to us in GB but I thought I'd ask here in case someone figured work-arounds. Anyone? Flex pointers allow the user to stretch and compress a particular region, both MIDI and audio. Any ideas? Thanks, Vic -- You received this message

Re: Web Creation and Voice Over

2012-02-12 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi, This might sound totally stupid, and it probably is, since i was the one who actually talked about the program, but since it was quite long ago since i used the program, the answer is no, i have forgotten how to use it. One thing i can tell you though and it's a very good tip i got from one

iPads in education - introducing kids to iPads for first time

2012-02-12 Thread Someral
Just a quick question; about to test educational use of iPad with some children in Gloucestershire, UK. All visually impaired but also some with other physical and cognitive impairments. Their age range is from 5 to 12. All of this is with teacher or parent in attendance. We were using iPads

Re: Removing podcasts from my IPhone 4s

2012-02-12 Thread Garth Humphreys
Hi Paul I can't direct you to written instructions but I'll try to put down exactly what I do. By the way, I don't commonly use this gesture with podcasts preferring to use a third party podcast catcher. the gesture is a standard IOS one and can be used in a number of apps where there is a

Re: broadcast to shoutcast server using iphone 3gs?

2012-02-12 Thread Don Breda
Papaya will do this but I haven't done it. Initially you think it only supports iceCast but read carefully and they do mention you can use it with shoutcast as well. Don On 2/11/2012 2:11 PM, Hank Smith wrote: hello is there a program that can stream to a shoutcast server using iphone

Re: Labeling buttons with Lion

2012-02-12 Thread Ed Worrell
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Printing an invoice from the Apple store?

2012-02-12 Thread Doug Lawlor
Hello List: How do I go about printing an invoice from the Apple store? I log into my account and successfully see my orders. I click on the Print Invoice link for an order but nothing happens. I get no dialogs or anything. Actually what I want to do is to generate a PDF of the invoice from the

Re: can't get braillesense plus to pare with mac

2012-02-12 Thread matthew Dyer
Hi, I have a vs with 6.1 and sl and IO am not able to connect as a drive even though disk. drive mode is on This just stopped working aall of a sudden. Very strange. I hope this will be fixed in 7.0. Thanks. Matthew On Feb 11, 2012, at 1:21 PM, Caitlyn Furness wrote: I have a bps and

Re: Super frustrated trying to read table

2012-02-12 Thread Christine Grassman
Hi, Esther. Thanks so much for so quickly checking this out for me. The thing is, I've already got an auto-delivery set up, and I managed to add to it, but want to get rid of something that has been there from the beginning, and I can't even find the product listed anywhere to try to put zero)

Re: broadcast to shoutcast server using iphone 3gs?

2012-02-12 Thread Hank Smith
Hello I didn't see that will give that another look over, is there a podcast that I can listen to as well to help me out with it? I thaught there was but I can't find the podcast. Hank On 2/12/2012 5:55 AM, Don Breda wrote: Papaya will do this but I haven't done it. Initially you think it only

Re: Web Creation and Voice Over

2012-02-12 Thread Grant Hyde
On the contrary, I appreciate your help and thank you for your advice. I'll keep looking. I'm amazed that more VO user aren't in need of a web creation tool that is easy to work with. Grant On Feb 12, 2012, at 2:38 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: Hi, This might sound totally stupid, and it

Re: Printing an invoice from the Apple store?

2012-02-12 Thread John Panarese
Two things that come to mind. I know that I have had situations where the printer dialog does not come up to take VO focus. Did you try doing a Window Chooser check with VO-F2 twice? Also, when you placed the order, Apple sends you an invoice via email. I usually print mine when I

PDFPen

2012-02-12 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi guys. It was suggested to me that I get a program from the AP Store called PDFpen. After looking at it, I got the pro version because the other didn't seem to have what I wanted. Now this program seems to be a better PDF reader than Preview. However, I can't seem to get it to do the one

Re: How do I put Skype on my Mac?

2012-02-12 Thread Jennifer Perdue
Thanks, going to try it now. Wish me luck. Jenny and my goofy guide Brooks On Feb 11, 2012, at 7:09 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: Jenny: You can download Skype for Mac OSX from the skype.com page. Once it downloads, open the Skype.dmg file you'll find in your Downloads folder and

Re: PDFPen

2012-02-12 Thread Scott Howell
Please write to the developers. I have ben working with them on this and the more folks they know want such functionality the more likely it will be addressed sooner than later. They are aware of the accessibility issues and trying to balance all of their priorities, so let them know. On Feb

Re: PDFPen

2012-02-12 Thread Gigi
Hi Scott Okay, I will do that. I guess that means I need to keep the program, with the hope that they will get it fixed. Gigi Sent from my iPhone On Feb 12, 2012, at 11:26 AM, Scott Howell scottn3...@gmail.com wrote: Please write to the developers. I have ben working with them on this and the

Re: PDFPen

2012-02-12 Thread Eugenia Firth
Ok, Scott. I just did it, wrote to the developers. I told them that if any group of people needed a PDF program form completer, it was us. We'll see what they write back. Anybody want me to post whatever they write back, good or bad? Regards, Gigi On Feb 12, 2012, at 11:26 AM, Scott Howell

Re: How do I put Skype on my Mac?

2012-02-12 Thread Jennifer Perdue
Where will I find Growl? I thought I saw it in the app store. Is that right? Thanks for your help. Jenny and my goofy gide Brooks On Feb 11, 2012, at 7:58 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: all you need to do is go to Skype.com and download the client. then you can open the dmg file and copy the Skype

Re: Anyone Using Google Chrome with VO?

2012-02-12 Thread Caitlyn Furness
Mike, how do you disable chrome box and then tur it back on again when you want? Thanks, Caitlyn On Feb 7, 2012, at 7:17 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: It work well with voice over, but there are a few issues. Voiceover does not see lists, such as what you might find on some email sites. Also,

Re: Super frustrated trying to read table

2012-02-12 Thread Esther
Hi Christine, What I found for the tassimo site is that when you add an item to your cart, there is a Just added to your cart window that comes up that only contains details about the item you just added. It doesn't show up as a second window if you check with window chooser menu (VO-F2). So

Recommendation for extended keyboard.

2012-02-12 Thread Frank Tom
I didn't get a response to what's wrong with the extended keyboard my friend got, so, I will ask another question. What is the best extended keyboard out there, either wireless or usb, for the blind mac user. I personally like the bluetooth keyboard that came with my five year old I Mac.

Re: PDFPen

2012-02-12 Thread Scott Howell
You do what makes sense for you. If you want to keep it then do so, but if you want to get your money back because it is not accessible, then I would. On Feb 12, 2012, at 12:31 PM, Gigi wrote: Hi Scott Okay, I will do that. I guess that means I need to keep the program, with the hope that

Re: Recommendation for extended keyboard.

2012-02-12 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, I had that Apple USB keyboard with the num pad and had no problem with the function keys. Could he just have gotten a defective keyboard? Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Feb 12, 2012, at 1:59 PM, Frank Tom wrote: I didn't get

Re: Anyone Using Google Chrome with VO?

2012-02-12 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, you have to disable it in preferences. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Feb 12, 2012, at 1:51 PM, Caitlyn Furness wrote: Mike, how do you disable chrome box and then tur it back on again when you want? Thanks, Caitlyn On

Re: Recommendation for extended keyboard.

2012-02-12 Thread Esther
Hi Tom, I suspect that you didn't get a response to your post about the extended keyboard either because others haven't experienced problems with the F keys or because many of the list readers are not typing on extended keyboards. I've only typed extensively on Mac laptop keyboards, and I

Re: Anyone Using Google Chrome with VO?

2012-02-12 Thread Caitlyn Furness
Oh, thanks Ricardo.. lol, duh, I shoulda checked there first! Cait On Feb 12, 2012, at 4:10 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hi, you have to disable it in preferences. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Feb 12, 2012, at 1:51 PM,

Re: Anyone Using Google Chrome with VO?

2012-02-12 Thread Red.Falcon
Hi Caitlyn! Its not that bad you do not have to use a wrestler move on it! A Shoulder check is a bit to much! hahahahahaha :] Colin On 12 Feb 2012, at 22:44, Caitlyn Furness wrote: Oh, thanks Ricardo.. lol, duh, I shoulder checked there first! Cait On Feb 12, 2012, at 4:10 PM, Ricardo

Re: Anyone Using Google Chrome with VO?

2012-02-12 Thread Caitlyn Furness
*chuckles* thanks for your snow, buddy! Too bad I can't turn the cold off in preferences, too! Cait On Feb 12, 2012, at 5:52 PM, Red.Falcon wrote: Hi Caitlyn! Its not that bad you do not have to use a wrestler move on it! A Shoulder check is a bit to much! hahahahahaha :] Colin On

Major Finder Problem Caused by Dropbox!

2012-02-12 Thread Steve Holmes
I just installed Dropbox this afternoon on my new mac mini. I thought it installed OK and it even synced up my files from the host but now I constantly get Finder busy all the time whenever I open *ANY* window in the finder! At this point, the Finder is completely useless while the Dropbox app is

Possible bug in Lion

2012-02-12 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. To save precious USB connections on my Mac Mini I used a usb hub to connect both my mouse and my PC style keyboard to my Mini. Both the mouse and keyboard work fine in this configuration, the only problem is every time I restart the computer I have to remap the Windows/Alt keys to the

Re: Possible bug in Lion

2012-02-12 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, I believe that Apple discourages connecting keyboards through USB hubs. In the past, such a configuration could actually cause significant erratic behaviour and sometimes other very undesirable OS difficulties. This was years ago so it's possible that things have changed but I would

Re: Major Finder Problem Caused by Dropbox!

2012-02-12 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Without a Monitor? Ah, that's your trouble. connect either a monitor or else at least the cable. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On Feb 12, 2012, at 7:43 PM, Steve Holmes

RE: Major Finder Problem Caused by Dropbox!

2012-02-12 Thread Bill Holton
Hey Steve. I missed your original email. Can you send me a message off list? I have been trying ot deal with Apple for six months on this problem. bill32...@gmail.com From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ray Foret Jr Sent: Sunday,

RE: Possible bug in Lion

2012-02-12 Thread Bill Holton
Yes, mini has four usb ports, so keyboard, mouse, tv tuner card, USB harddrive, Superdrive, oops, that's five. Seven, if you count the fact theTV card won't work without a direct connection and it blocks two ports because they designed it for the laptops, not the mini. Sigh, I am really getting

Re: Possible bug in Lion

2012-02-12 Thread Steve Holmes
I have a similar problem when I reboot, I have to turn my function keys back on to software instead of the default hardware. this is when I use a blue tooth keyboard. I don't think it was a problem with my wired keyboard but when I started using an Apple blue tooth keyboard, this started

Re: Possible bug in Lion

2012-02-12 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, I understand your frustration although it is fairly common practice, at least in my experience, for primary I/O devices like a keyboard to be directly connected. In your situation, I suggest you plug the keyboard into the Mini, the mouse into the keyboard, the Tuner into its required two

Re: Possible bug in Lion

2012-02-12 Thread Steve Holmes
Another thing that would free up at least one port would be to try using a blue tooth keyboard. I don't know what kind of mouse you're using but I believe the magic trackpad is a blue tooth, isn't it? if so, try that and you can free up two ports. Just a thought. On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at