Re: Mirroring a Folder

2012-04-12 Thread Marc Sutton
This is really helpful. I noticed in the article that it talks about dragging the origin and destination paths into the terminal window. Does this work with VO? Thanks. Marc On Apr 12, 2012, at 8:13 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: > I used to do this for my itunes folder with rsync in the terminal but

Re: Finder Busy Finder Busy with Empty USB Drives!

2012-04-12 Thread Esther
Hi Steve, Not sure that this helps to answer your question, but when I attach USB memory sticks to my Mac, in order to prevent the system from trying to start up Spotlight indexing of the drive when I connect, I go to System Preferences > Spotlight and select the "Privacy" tab. VoiceOver will

RE: reading brf files on a mac

2012-04-12 Thread M. Taylor
A hardy congratulations on obtaining your new Braille Display, Chris. I can tell you that they are a true blessing and a proverbial game changer (Smile). Which display will you be using? Mark -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroup

Re: Mirroring a Folder

2012-04-12 Thread Chris Blouch
I used to do this for my itunes folder with rsync in the terminal but then I got tired or it and just copied my whole folder over to the external drive. There is an article on doing this with rsync here: http://extrafuture.com/2007/06/07/how-to-back-up-your-itunes-music-with-rsync-on-mac-os-x/

reading brf files on a mac

2012-04-12 Thread Chris Westbrook
I am going to be getting a braille display and would like to read web braille stuff on my mac. Is there a program that will save my place? I thought I remembered reading about one but I can't remember all the details. Looking forward to having a display. -- You received this message becaus

RE: got Infovox version 3 and lost all my voices

2012-04-12 Thread Missy Hoppe
I finally figured that out. It took ages, but all of the English voices are now installed and working. _ From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ray Foret Jr Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 5:51 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Su

Re: Uploading a video on YouTube

2012-04-12 Thread Michael Malarsie
In Quicktime either open the File Menu and click on New Screen Recording or press command , control, N. From there your cursor should alread be on the start recording button. Once you press that you will need to click the mouse to actually start it. I recommend messing with this a few t

RE: A Question for NLS Web Braille Subscribers

2012-04-12 Thread M. Taylor
Thank you, Robert. However, either with or without the forward-slash, you will be taken to the same location if browsing to Loc.gov/nls/Braille. Mark -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Robert Hill Sent: Thursda

RE: A Question for NLS Web Braille Subscribers

2012-04-12 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Jim, I find that I have to enter my credintials, twice in order to get logged in. So, the next time you attempt to log in, enter your username and password a second time and it should work. Mark -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@g

Re: A Question for NLS Web Braille Subscribers

2012-04-12 Thread Teresa Cochran
Also, be aware that Web Braille is gradually switching over to the NLS Bard site in the next couple of months, so there might be a few odd glitches here and there. You may want to consider getting a Bard account if you haven't already. Teresa "On the other hand, there are different fingers."

discovering cool custom verbosity options

2012-04-12 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
HI all, I am playing around with speech verbosity settings and found an interesting way to customize order of info being spoken by VO. I got checkboxes to say unchecked or checked before the actual info of the checkbox. Some controls are very obscure to me like drawers or list markers but it is

Re: something to make it easier for you

2012-04-12 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
HI there, Thanks for a fascinating work! How do I import your script text in a script? Tried pasting it in an untitled script editor window but got syntax error. BTW, any tips for complete beginners to learn how to scripts? I would like to start with recording repetitive tasks sequences but w

RE: Uploading a video on YouTube

2012-04-12 Thread Kimsan
Can you explain how to do the screen recording? -- 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@go

Speakable Items Interferes With Energy Saver Preferences

2012-04-12 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hi. Does anyone use the speakable items speech recognition tool? If so, maybe you can help me. I have my computer to respond to a keyword and sometimes I accidentally say it or the computer says it. Anyway once speakable items is triggered, I notice that it interferes with my energy saver prefer

Re: got Infovox version 3 and lost all my voices

2012-04-12 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Thing is, it's a separate window that pops up, but, you need to use VO+F2 twice to get in to it. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On Apr 12, 2012, at 12:36 PM, Missy Hoppe wrote

Re: iTunes library question

2012-04-12 Thread Stacey Robinson
Thanks so much. It On Apr 12, 2012, at 2:40 PM, Ioana Gandrabur wrote: > Hi, > Do you have all your music in the default library folder? DO you have iTunes > set to make copies of everything you add to your library? To avoid problems I > would delete the songs you do not want out of your librar

Re: hotmail and Safari

2012-04-12 Thread Chris Blouch
I don't think it's possible but I'm not a Java expert. My impression was that it was only available as an installer for each supported platform. CB On 4/12/12 1:22 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: they don't. that was the first thing I tried to look for. -eric On Apr 12, 2012, at 3:37 AM, Steve Holmes w

OT iPad buying options in the US.

2012-04-12 Thread Nickus de Vos
Hi all sorry for being a little off topic. I'm going over to the US soon and want to find out what the options are for buying a iPad over there. Can I buy a unlocked (not spesific to any network) one cash directly from a Apple store, or do they only sell them on contract through Verizon and AT&

ABBYY Fine reader

2012-04-12 Thread Becky Knaub
Hi all, I was wondering if Finereader will read PDF documents or is it just a scanning program like kurzweil? Thanks Becky -- 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: iTunes library question

2012-04-12 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
Hi, Do you have all your music in the default library folder? DO you have iTunes set to make copies of everything you add to your library? To avoid problems I would delete the songs you do not want out of your library first. This will prompt iTunes to ask if you want it to put the music in tras

Re: A Question for NLS Web Braille Subscribers

2012-04-12 Thread Robert Hill
Hi all, You need to put a / character at the end of the URL http://www.loc.gov/nls/braille/ That should get you where you want to be. Look for the online catalog link. Bob Hill On Apr 12, 2012, at 3:08 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > Hello, > > While I can find my username and password, I cannot, i

Re: A Question for NLS Web Braille Subscribers

2012-04-12 Thread Jim Gatteys
Hi! Funny you mention that. The other day I tried the same thing and kept getting the message saying unable to initialize z3950 or whatever that protocol is. Jim On Apr 12, 2012, at 2:08 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > Hello, > > While I can find my username and password, I cannot, it seems, find the U

A Question for NLS Web Braille Subscribers

2012-04-12 Thread M. Taylor
Hello, While I can find my username and password, I cannot, it seems, find the URL in order to search and/or download NLS Web Titles. The URL I have is loc.gov/nls/Braille, however, this does not, as it once did about 9 years ago (smile), land me on a page from which I can serch for web Braille

Re: 30 great open source apps for the Mac

2012-04-12 Thread Michael Malarsie
This is good stuff. I have downloaded a few. This is going to make me sound like in no nerd…which is true…but what is the point of a program like transmission? I read the description if it and others like it and i jsut dont really get it. thanks for the help! Mike Malarsie On Apr 11, 2012, at

Re: Uploading a video on YouTube

2012-04-12 Thread Michael Malarsie
Greetings, In Quicktime you have two options. a Movie recording is using the camera that faces you and the other option is a screen recording where the video will be of your computer screen. If you do a screen recording after pressing the record button you have to click anywhere

Best text-editor for programming?

2012-04-12 Thread Mandi
Hello, I'm asking for a friend. Any suggestions are welcomed. 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 email to m

Re: Creating a list of all the headings and links

2012-04-12 Thread Tim Kilburn
Yes, definitely. Press VO-u to bring up the Web Router. Once it is up, use left and right arrows to navigate between Headings, Links, Tables, Form Controls etc. Use up and down arrows to navigate within a given category. Type the first couple letters of what you wish to find to quickly restr

Uploading a video on YouTube

2012-04-12 Thread Rahul Bajaj
Hi all, Can anyone here please tell me the procedure of uploading a video on YouTube? I don't even know how to record a video, so please tell me how I can record a video and then upload it on YouTube. Thanks a ton in advance for your help. Best, Rahul -- You received this message because yo

RE: got Infovox version 3 and lost all my voices

2012-04-12 Thread Missy Hoppe
Hi! I'm not having any luck getting this to work at all. None of the screens you described are showing up. Am wondering what I'm doing wrong. Thanks! _ From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Henry D. Hollithron Sent: Thursday, April 1

Re: hotmail and Safari

2012-04-12 Thread Eric Oyen
they don't. that was the first thing I tried to look for. -eric On Apr 12, 2012, at 3:37 AM, Steve Holmes wrote: > You might look at the macport or homebrew projects as they sport the building > of many unix packages. > I happen to use homebrew here and have built emacspeak to run on my mac.

Re: got Infovox version 3 and lost all my voices

2012-04-12 Thread Henry D. Hollithron
Good Day: When I did the upgrade, there was a second window available from the Window chooser for the voice manager which told me to redeem the activation codes. It had found the activation codes for the older InfoVox language packs which I had, and I had to activate each one by pressi

Creating a list of all the headings and links

2012-04-12 Thread Rahul Bajaj
Hi all, Is there a way of creating a list of all the headings or links on a webpage with VoiceOver? There's a command for doing this with JAWS, but can we do this on the Mac as well with Voiceover? Please do shed some light on this matter. Cheers, Rahul -- You received this message becaus

Re: got Infovox version 3 and lost all my voices

2012-04-12 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Ray, You'll need to contact the supplier of Infovox iVox to get that fixed. Cheers, Anne On 12 Apr 2012, at 17:07, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Did that. All voices show as being uninstalled and unregistered. > > > Sincerely, > The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! > > Now a very proud and happ

Re: got Infovox version 3 and lost all my voices

2012-04-12 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Did that. All voices show as being uninstalled and unregistered. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On Apr 12, 2012, at 9:58 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Ray, > > I think t

Re: got Infovox version 3 and lost all my voices

2012-04-12 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Ray, I think the new version of Infovox iVox works differently from the previous ones. Have a look in your Applications folder for one called Infovox iVox Voice Manager.app. This is what you use to enable the voices. Cheers, Anne On 12 Apr 2012, at 16:25, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Okay ok

Re: Any cheaper way to get a new charger that works with my somewhat older Macbook?

2012-04-12 Thread Brent Harding
Which place would be cheaper and faster to get it fixed, the place Apple recommends, assuming they still work on Apple stuff and their listing isn't outdated, or the other place I had boot camp done initially where he claims he knows how to repair the hardware stuff as well as I devices people d

Re: Any cheaper way to get a new charger that works with my somewhat older Macbook?

2012-04-12 Thread Scott Howell
You might look at http://www.macsales.com which is Other WOrld Computing (OWC) I believe they have some chargers for under $30 USD, but check since I'm only going from memory and that is never a good thing. :) On Apr 12, 2012, at 10:23 AM, Brent Harding wrote: > I found the 60 watt on there for

Re: Finder Busy Finder Busy with Empty USB Drives!

2012-04-12 Thread Scott Howell
Bill, Command-w closes the window. I am not sure that it would be fair to say APple is not interested in fixing the issue. There is a good chance that they are working the issue on their end and has not said anything or they simply do not have sufficient information to determine the underlying

got Infovox version 3 and lost all my voices

2012-04-12 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Okay okay. I downloaded version 3 and installed it. I now have lost all my Acapela voices and so, I have written to the Origen instroments place where I bought the voices from and asked them for my license keys back. I thought this was supposed to be a free upgrade. Part of what makes this a

Re: Any cheaper way to get a new charger that works with my somewhat older Macbook?

2012-04-12 Thread Brent Harding
I found the 60 watt on there for $49.99. That's probably exactly the one I need for the early 08, which I found registered on that hard to find Apple site looking for other info. - Original Message - From: "Chris Blouch" To: Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 3:46 PM Subject: Re: Any chea

Re: Infovox Ivox 3 is finally out!

2012-04-12 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hey Ray. Infovox Ivox 3 has a few new English voices. There's an Indian accent English voice, a voice that's supposed to sound like Queen Elizabeth, a voice that's supposed to sound like a hip hop artist, and of course, there's Tracy. However I did notice a bug in this thing right away. When you

Re: Infovox Ivox 3 is finally out!

2012-04-12 Thread Juan Pablo
Missy. In the assistive ware site can read: Infovox iVox is a free update for our existing users and will include all the new standard voices in the language for which the user is licensed. Go ahead, you do not need spend nothin to upgrade your packages. -Original Message- From: Missy

RE: Infovox Ivox 3 is finally out!

2012-04-12 Thread Missy Hoppe
I definitely want this, but am trying to figure out how to go about ordering. I have the UK and US voices already installed on my mac, and have the licence codes for both sets of voices. If there's a discount available for upgrading, I want to take advantage of that, while also getting new physic

Re: Infovox Ivox 3 is finally out!

2012-04-12 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Okay, so, since I already have version 2, why should I bother with Version 3? just curious. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On Apr 12, 2012, at 7:49 AM, Elena Brescacin wrote:

RE: Finder Busy Finder Busy with Empty USB Drives!

2012-04-12 Thread Bill Holton
Here's the workaround I use. First, turn off VO and then press command q to close that finder window. Then press command 2 to get into list mode. For me this problem seems to mostly happen in column view. Now that you're in list mode, try again. Let me know if this works. Apple has shown very

Re: Infovox Ivox 3 is finally out!

2012-04-12 Thread Elena Brescacin
hi, it's not in the app store. Go here: http://www.assistiveware.com/product/infovox-ivox/downloads it's for the mac osx, not for iDevices you have to download the program, then as I can understand you have a "voice manager" where you can download and try what you want bye -- You received this me

Re: Infovox Ivox 3 is finally out!

2012-04-12 Thread Stacey Robinson
If I want to look at this,, what do I search for in the app store. On Apr 12, 2012, at 4:59 AM, Elena Brescacin wrote: > ivox is an alternative tts system to use with voiceover > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post

Re: hotmail and Safari

2012-04-12 Thread Steve Holmes
You might look at the macport or homebrew projects as they sport the building of many unix packages. I happen to use homebrew here and have built emacspeak to run on my mac. Haven't tried java or anyh of that but it might be as simple as entering the command: brew jave and it goes out and gets

Re: Infovox Ivox 3 is finally out!

2012-04-12 Thread Elena Brescacin
ivox is an alternative tts system to use with voiceover -- 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 macvisionaries+unsubsc

Re: Mail Question.

2012-04-12 Thread Stan
Hi Matthew, Just try "clicking" on "More. Stan ZA amista...@gmail.com On 12 Apr 2012, at 4:26 AM, Matthew Campbell wrote: Hi everyone. I'm just wondering how to read the full header of an email message in Lion's messed up mail. I've got a message with a bunch of email addresses in the he

Re: Tips for reading PDF documents on the Mac

2012-04-12 Thread Scott Howell
Kirsten, I think the problem is simply poorly formatted tables. VO is not designed to try and reconstruct a table. I am not sure exactly how all this works, but WIndow-Eyes for example can look at a website that has tables and even when poorly constructed, (generally missing header tags), those

Re: Posting a picture that I took on my IPhone 4S to mhy Face Book account

2012-04-12 Thread Red.Falcon
Hi Paul! When I've pressed the photo button in Face book there are options to take video or take picture and another to choose from library! I do not have any pictures on mine but maybe if you select that option it might take you to yours! and you can pick from there! hth Colin On 12 Apr 2012, a