Re: converting text DAISY to audio DAISY?

2013-02-09 Thread Devin Prater
I've wondered about this too. I've also wondered about braille, with the Louis program or other comparable programs that handle Nemeth and things like that. On Feb 8, 2013, at 11:10 AM, Alex Hall mehg...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I'm wondering if there is a program I can use to convert a text

Re: Download youtube videos with safari

2013-02-09 Thread Jürgen Fleger
As far as I know that was possible in older versions of Safari but not in the current version. Jürgen Am 08.02.2013 um 23:18 schrieb - dandun...@gmail.com: I don't understand the key combination nomenclature used but here is the trick given below the link:

pdfconvertion (with a virtual printer)?

2013-02-09 Thread William Windels
Hello, I was thinking of the pdf problem: Is there no possibility to install a virtual printer driver on the mac so that you can print to a (txt)-file from any application like preview? Other solutions: I was looking for the program for mac called pdftohtml: it is a program I have used in the

RE: The Message APP

2013-02-09 Thread Jesus Garcia
Thank you as usual the simple things is what one forgets. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Brett C. Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 21:20 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: The Message APP You

Re: Numbers File Conversion Question

2013-02-09 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi there I do these types of conversions all the time, but I haven't gotten all the messages that you did. I can't answer all your questions, but I will tell you something that was told to me by my instructor at Apple. He suggested that when I go back and forth between XL and numbers that I use

Bartender Menubar Question

2013-02-09 Thread Emilio Hernandez
Hello everyone, If anyone uses the app, Bartender, what way has anyone found to rearrange the tabs in the menubar? The program indicates pressing the CMD-click feature to accomplish this task directly from the menubar, but to no avail. Thanks for any help anyone can provide. -- You received

Re: booting from ML disk

2013-02-09 Thread Barry Hadder
Hi, The easiest is to use startup disk in system preferences. Hope that helps. Barry Hadder bhad...@gmail.com https://twitter.com/BarryHadder UnitMaster Available in the Mac app store. On Feb 8, 2013, at 10:00 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli sarai.bucciare...@gmail.com wrote: Hi:

Re: Getting a receipt for apple purchases?

2013-02-09 Thread matthew Dyer
Hi, I notest that it takes me days before I receive a reseett for something. I baught an aboum off itunes several days ago and just received the reseet today. This also happens with app store orders as well. How strange. Matthew On Feb 8, 2013, at 6:51 PM, erik burggraaf wrote: Hi all,

Re: gMail won't download new messages

2013-02-09 Thread matthew Dyer
Hi Karry, You need to make sure that the account is online. Look in mail boxes and see if that fixes your problem. Matthew On Feb 8, 2013, at 8:17 PM, kary johns wrote: Hi guys. Really hoping some one can help hear. I had to replace my mac book pro a few days ago, my old one died

Re: Getting a receipt for apple purchases?

2013-02-09 Thread erik burggraaf
No kidding. It finally showed up this morning after pretty mush a week. Crazy, but at least it got here. Best, Erik Burggraaf Follow my series of articles about setting up a small business through the ontario disability support program at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com/blog Ebony Consulting

Re: booting from ML disk

2013-02-09 Thread Richard Ring
Once you have gotten your system running, open System Preferences, interact with the preference panes scroll area and navigate to the Startup disk button. VO space on this button, and you will find radio buttons shown from which you can choose your startup disk. Another way you could do this is

Re: Radium - what's so good about this app?

2013-02-09 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Did you go to the window menu in your menu bar, then go to the Radium option under there? By default it won't have any Windows. I'll be posting a blog entry of an audio demo later today and will let you all know once it is up. Trust me, I promise, this is doable. Don't give up. Let me

Re: Bartender Menubar Question

2013-02-09 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Is this app accessible for the most part? Chris Gilland. Founder of CLG Productions http://www.clgproductions.com E-mail: ch...@clgproductions.com Phone: 803-760-7136 Toll-Free: 1-888-405-3185 Mon-Fri 8A.M-5P.M Eastern Standard Time except weekends and holidays. - Original Message -

Dictation feature of mountain lion

2013-02-09 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi guys, why want to the Mountain lion dictation work when I am on Siri next question -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to

Re: booting from ML disk

2013-02-09 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
How do you go to the recovery partition? I'm not sure how to do this On Feb 8, 2013, at 11:56 PM, Chris Bruinenberg cbrui...@gmail.com wrote: Hi. It's usually the third or the last one. I'd bet you could go to your recovery partition with command+r and change it in there. Heck i usually do

Mountain lion clean install

2013-02-09 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi guys, I might have to do a clean install of mountain lion to resolve my issues. I need to know how to manually install the software and my mail application. I have several mailboxes with saved messages that I want to import back in manually to Mountain lion clean disk install. I also need to

Re: Radium - what's so good about this app?

2013-02-09 Thread ROD SKENE
Hi Chris, GREAT! I'm looking forward to the audio demo. I have a few questions you may be planning on demonstrating. Is there a way to browse all the SiriusXM channels. I can use the edit box but am having trouble browsing channels. I'm interested in browsing non-SiriusXM channels as well. Do

Signing in to the Mac App Store Question

2013-02-09 Thread Brian Fischler
I am not sure what I am doing wrong here, and it should be so simple, so maybe I am missing something. I am trying to reinstall a previous purchase from the mac app store, and when I go to purchases, the page tells me I must sign in to the Mac App store to see my purchase. Ok that is fine, but

Re: Dictation feature of mountain lion

2013-02-09 Thread Brandon Olivares
Can you explain what you mean? God bless, Brandon Olivares Azavia Technologies ZCaptcha — The Captcha Reader On Feb 9, 2013, at 11:17 AM, Sarai Bucciarelli sarai.bucciare...@gmail.com wrote: Hi guys, why want to the Mountain lion dictation work when I am on Siri next question -- You

Re: Signing in to the Mac App Store Question

2013-02-09 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi, you are missing something. Go to the store menu bar arrow down until you see viw Apple ID or sign on and then you can sign in there. On Feb 9, 2013, at 11:36 AM, Brian Fischler blindga...@gmail.com wrote: I am not sure what I am doing wrong here, and it should be so simple, so maybe I am

Re: Dictation feature of mountain lion

2013-02-09 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi when I log onto my Twitter client Searness, I go to the edit field to tweet, and I press function key twice, and nothing happens. On Feb 9, 2013, at 11:39 AM, Brandon Olivares programmer2...@gmail.com wrote: Can you explain what you mean? God bless, Brandon Olivares Azavia Technologies

Re: Scanner to use with snail mail

2013-02-09 Thread Phil Halton
I use the Epson perfection V33. It cost around $125 or so (can't really remember). It's nothing fancy, but a good workhorse scanner. I use it with ABBYY fine reader on the windows PC, but it is machine independant and can work fine with the MAC I'm sure. - Original Message - From:

Re: booting from ML disk

2013-02-09 Thread Phil Halton
Okay, in the boot screen, accessed by holding Option key during bootup, you will be positioned on the MacHD icon. To the right of that is the Recovery partition. To the right of that would be your ML USB stick. Cursor right once for recovery HD, twice for your ML stick. Or, to get into the

Re: Dictation feature of mountain lion

2013-02-09 Thread Devin Prater
Make sure you have a microphone, and that dictation is enabled and set to the double press of the function key. Sent from my iPod with iCloud On 09/02/2013, at 11:41 AM, Sarai Bucciarelli sarai.bucciare...@gmail.com wrote: Hi when I log onto my Twitter client Searness, I go to the edit field

Re: Mountain lion clean install

2013-02-09 Thread Daniel C
Good day, My name's Daniel. I do podcasts on technology and anything to do with technology. I happened to have done a podcast on installing mountain lion cleanly, perhaps my podcast might help. As far as your other requests, I'm afraid another list member may be able to help. Meanwhile, here's

Re: Radium - what's so good about this app?

2013-02-09 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
All this is gonna be covered. I'm about to record the demo now. Things have been a little hectic and I've needed to make time when I have a quiet environment to do it. Then of corse I'm gonna have to edit the thing. It should be ready by tonight. Chris Gilland. Founder of CLG Productions

Re: Mountain lion clean install

2013-02-09 Thread Phil Halton
I used Daniel's podcast to do a clean install of Mountain Lion a while back, and it went perfectly. I would just say that you won't actually need to create a USB installer if you don't have the materials. Daniel can correct me if I'm wrong, but you could just do a wipe and reformat of your

Re: Radium - what's so good about this app?

2013-02-09 Thread Daniel Miller
Hi, Is it just me? Or is $24.99 too high-priced for an app like this? One would think it would be $9.99 or something, not to mention the extra cost that sirius/XM charges you to listen online in the first place. On Feb 9, 2013, at 2:00 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: Mountain lion clean install

2013-02-09 Thread Daniel C
Yes; as long as you don't format the entire disk, and only wipe the Macintosh HD partition, you will be able to use the recovery partition. However, in case your hard drive crashes, it would be a better idea not to rely on the recovery partition all the time. A cheap 8GB USB flash disk or SD

RE: Dictation feature of mountain lion

2013-02-09 Thread Jesus Garcia
You need to be certain you are interacting with the edit field vo shift down arrow, then tap the FN key twice you should get the same type of tone you get when activating dictation on any of the I devices speak your peace then double tap the FN key again. That should do it. -Original

O.T.: For My Podcast Listeners

2013-02-09 Thread Daniel C
Hi, For my podcast listeners, I wanted to make sure you knew I was still doing podcasts. I've been on vacation mostly. Now that I've started to continue podcasts after a well deserved vacation, what ideas can either my current listeners or at least the list, be able to contribute to new

Re: Dictation feature of mountain lion

2013-02-09 Thread ppowells09
Hi folks, this is a feature, I am not familiar with. I have seen it in system preferences. My question is this, will it work on any text boxes/iMessage? Will it repeat what it has written? Thanks for any help. Pam Francis On Feb 9, 2013, at 3:19 PM, Jesus Garcia jesusga...@gmail.com wrote:

RE: Dictation feature of mountain lion

2013-02-09 Thread Jesus Garcia
Yes to both questions so long as you are running Mountain Lion. I believe you may need to activate the feature in the systems preference I don't recall if it was the default when I set up mountain lion. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

Re: Dictation feature of mountain lion

2013-02-09 Thread ppowells09
Thank you very much. Much appreciated. Yes, I am running mountain lion and the latest updates. Is there a help menu within the feature? Are you also familiar with the rate of accuracy within the app? Pam Francis On Feb 9, 2013, at 4:13 PM, Jesus Garcia jesusga...@gmail.com wrote: Yes to both

Re: Radium - what's so good about this app?

2013-02-09 Thread ROD SKENE
Hi Daniel, It's pretty steep for me too, but I really want to listen to SiriusXM on my computer. My iPhone can only air play to one device or speaker at once. I want to send to several air play speakers simultaneously. I'm open to anything that will access SiriusXM on my Mac though. Rod On

Re: Dictation feature of mountain lion

2013-02-09 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi there I have a MacBook Pro. All I had to do is press the function key twice the first time, and I was asked if I wanted to set up the dictation feature. And once I said yes, it worked. I have noticed that every now and then it doesn't work in my mail program, but most of the time it does.

Re: Dictation feature of mountain lion

2013-02-09 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi Anne. Yes it does repeat what you dictated. That way, if there are any mistakes, you can fix that. in fact, I had to fix this message. It had your name wrong. Regards Gigi On Feb 9, 2013, at 3:40 PM, ppowell...@aol.com wrote: Hi folks, this is a feature, I am not familiar with. I have seen

Mac and Headset question

2013-02-09 Thread Jane
Hi there. I have a USB headset with a mic, but I always have to go into System Preferences, then Sound, to turn them on, Is there some way to set up a script that will recognize them when they are plugg in--whichever USB port--and turn them on, then turn the sound back to internal speakers

Re: Radium - what's so good about this app?

2013-02-09 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
I'm having some technical trouble with recording. I'm gonna do the podcast, but it may not be until tomorrow before I get it published. I am so sorry for the inconvenience. Chris Gilland. Founder of CLG Productions http://www.clgproductions.com E-mail: ch...@clgproductions.com Phone:

mail sluggishness

2013-02-09 Thread Kerri
hello, gang. Has anyone noticed the mail program is sluggish and states busy a lot or is this just me? Thanks and have a great day. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from

Re: Zoom text for Mac

2013-02-09 Thread Pam Francis
Hi I hope my comments werenot construed as being ungrateful. I am primarily a voiceover user, though do have the vision to use screen magnification to find elements on the screen voiceover doesn't seem to want to read. I have found Apple's own screen magnification to work quite nicely. I did

Re: Radium - what's so good about this app?

2013-02-09 Thread ROD SKENE
Thanks for the update andtaking the time to help us. I'm looking forward to the recording. I'm learning a bit more about Radium. I like the app, but I can't adjust the volume with the keyboard shortcut. In fact, , I can't use any shortcuts at all. Also, I can't use the app unless I run

Re: Mac and Headset question

2013-02-09 Thread Danny Noonan
I can't help with scripting but I use a free utility called audio switcher. Not only can I quickly choose in and out devices from the extras menu but can select which ones the system will revert to if a device is unplugged or stops functioning. No more silent VO when something goes wrong.

Turning off digital signing in windows 8 in a virtual machine.

2013-02-09 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hello All. After many weeks of frustration and annoyance, I finally got windows 8 installed, (actually, a friend sent me a virtual machine to my drop box) as I could not get the machine to work when installing it off a new windows 8 DVD. So this morning, as I'd put this new virtual machine in

Re: Dictation feature of mountain lion

2013-02-09 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
I am using my Mac's internal microphone to record so it's working fine but not in any other app but mail. On Feb 9, 2013, at 1:04 PM, Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com wrote: Make sure you have a microphone, and that dictation is enabled and set to the double press of the function key. Sent

Re: Mountain lion clean install

2013-02-09 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Thank you so much, Daniel. I appreciate it. I will download the podcast to listen to before I do a clean install, if that is what I decide to do. I am hoping not to have to clean install. On Feb 9, 2013, at 1:34 PM, Daniel C topdog2...@gmail.com wrote: Good day, My name's Daniel. I do

Re: Dictation feature of mountain lion

2013-02-09 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hello, I was able to activate the dictation button and the system preferences on my Mac. Unfortunately so far I can only get this to work and mail. It is probably a mistake on my part. On Feb 9, 2013, at 4:13 PM, Jesus Garcia jesusga...@gmail.com wrote: Yes to both questions so long as you are

Re: Dictation feature of mountain lion

2013-02-09 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hello, this is not working on my Twitter client. I don't know why. I am definitely interacting with the text using my voice over cheese. I have no clue how to fix this. I will have to try it on other apps to see if it works. Dictation works wonderfully and mail. On Feb 9, 2013, at 3:19 PM,

Re: Mountain lion clean install

2013-02-09 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi Phil, I went ahead and made a portable thumb drive of mountain lion after I downloaded it from the Mac App Store. I used lion DiskMaker to accomplish this task. I will follow Daniel's instructions for the clean install if that's what I decide to do. My concern is backing up and reinstalling

Re: mail sluggishness

2013-02-09 Thread Les Kriegler
I've noticed it today, not until today, so maybe it's a server issue? Les On Feb 9, 2013, at 6:25 PM, Kerri shalo...@shaw.ca wrote: hello, gang. Has anyone noticed the mail program is sluggish and states busy a lot or is this just me? Thanks and have a great day. -- You received this

Re: mail sluggishness

2013-02-09 Thread Kerri
I've noticed it for a while now but it came suddenly, without reason or rhyme. On 2013-02-09, at 6:04 PM, Les Kriegler kriegle...@gmail.com wrote: I've noticed it today, not until today, so maybe it's a server issue? Les On Feb 9, 2013, at 6:25 PM, Kerri shalo...@shaw.ca wrote: hello,

Re: mail sluggishness

2013-02-09 Thread Daniel Miller
Mine's really sluggish when navigating through the messages table, but other than that, it's fine. On Feb 9, 2013, at 10:05 PM, Kerri shalo...@shaw.ca wrote: I've noticed it for a while now but it came suddenly, without reason or rhyme. On 2013-02-09, at 6:04 PM, Les Kriegler

Re: mail sluggishness

2013-02-09 Thread Kerri
Mine is sluggish when I reply to a message, not the messages table. On 2013-02-09, at 8:32 PM, Daniel Miller miller...@gmail.com wrote: Mine's really sluggish when navigating through the messages table, but other than that, it's fine. On Feb 9, 2013, at 10:05 PM, Kerri shalo...@shaw.ca

Re: Zoom text for Mac

2013-02-09 Thread Pete Nalda
I'm going to play the cynic here, and ask, just what does ZoomText offer that Zoom does not? I'll be happy to read somewhere, but WILL NOT install a demo without answers first, as I too, am fully satisfied with Zoom, and it's ability to work in conjunction with VoiceOver. Jmo. Egun On,

Re: mail sluggishness

2013-02-09 Thread Maxwell Ivey
i find mine will get a little sluggish when the battery gets low. also, i have my mail set to leave messages on the server until i delete them. if i go too long without dumping the server, it will get sluggish too. good luck, max On Feb 9, 2013, at 10:32 PM, Daniel Miller wrote: Mine's

Re: Zoom text for Mac

2013-02-09 Thread ppowells09
Hello, I think if there were enough low vision users to contact Apple accessibility and ask for different color combinations Within their zoom product, There would be no need for Third-party vendors to develop a nap. We as low vision users/screen reader users Need to be our own advocate for