Faxing from a Mac

2013-04-02 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi y'all How do you fax from a MacBook Pro? Do you use Pages or TextEdit? Do you use the print option? Do you have to have any special devices hooked up to your Mac to do it? And, last but not least, do you need special software other than TextEdit or Pages? Regards, Gigi Sent from my iPhone

Re: DJ software for mac that is accessible with voiceover.

2013-04-02 Thread Nektarios Mallas
Hello there. Does this program support any external sound devices or DJ consol equipment? So, is it possible to have voice over speaking through my macbook and music go to the PA through a sound card? Nektarios. On Apr 1, 2013, at 8:13 PM, Jürgen Fleger apple-engl...@fleger.net wrote: Hi,

Re: Battery.

2013-04-02 Thread Chris Blouch
Interesting. I guess that's not the case on OSX. Not sure why though. CB On 4/1/13 4:40 PM, Danny Noonan wrote: Slightly off the topic but since iOS 6 or perhaps even 5 screen curtain now turns off backlighting so will save battery on your iDevices with out having to set brightness right

Re: Faxing from a Mac

2013-04-02 Thread Chris Blouch
I thought you would need a modem to connect your mac to a phone line or subscribe to an online faxing service. CB On 4/2/13 9:29 AM, Eugenia Firth wrote: Hi y'all How do you fax from a MacBook Pro? Do you use Pages or TextEdit? Do you use the print option? Do you have to have any special

Re: bluetooth headsets

2013-04-02 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I had issues three or four years ago with bluetooth and reading by paragraph, my preferred reading style. It seemed that the bluetooth device cut off the first sylable of each prase spoken as the bootooth device powered back up. I expect this was an issue with the specific headset vendor I was

Re: Faxing from a Mac

2013-04-02 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Also, most locations that accept fax will also accept e-mail though there is the issue that generally e-mail is less secure then a fax. Most financial institutions have some form of messagingn system built into their web that should prevent third parties from receiving the information. On 2

Re: bluetooth headsets

2013-04-02 Thread Red.Falcon
Hi Annie! They are available in Europe UK, Switzerland Austria and of course Amazon! Hth Colin On 2 Apr 2013, at 16:13, Jonathan Cohn jon.c.c...@gmail.com wrote: I had issues three or four years ago with bluetooth and reading by paragraph, my preferred reading style. It seemed that the

mac keyboard shortcuts, for mail

2013-04-02 Thread Traci
Hi all, Is there a Mac shortcut where VO read will read the field who the message is from and who it was sent to? I remember my windows screen reader had shortcuts like alt1 read the from field, alt2 read the to field, etc. If you pressed those shortcuts twice, you'd jump into the field.

Re: mac keyboard shortcuts, for mail

2013-04-02 Thread Mark Baxter
Vo J will jump you between the messages table and message body in Mail, thus allowing you to very quickly navigate to the table where that information is stored. tab and Shift Tab, with VO navigation, will also do the same thing. And, no, I don't think hot spots or landmarks stick in other

Safari and Craigs LIst

2013-04-02 Thread Kevin Mattingly
I'm running the latest version of Mountain Lion and when I go to Craigslist and open the classified adds (individual items for sale), safari crashes on me. I can look at one add, go back and then when I try and open the next one, safari crashes. Does anyone have any idea what may be happening

Re: Faxing from a Mac

2013-04-02 Thread John Panarese
Yes, you need either a UsB modem or you can use something like, fax.com. If you have an all in-one printer/scanner/fax, you need to connect the device via the phone port. Then, when you want to fax, you will pick the fax device from the popup button instead of the printer. You can

Re: OS X Server with iTunes library accessible from everywhere

2013-04-02 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
also Ricardo, Match is only for music, not video content etc. Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an Apple iOS, Macintosh and Android accessibility specialist. For all your accessible

Accessible accounting software

2013-04-02 Thread Brandt
Hi there folks, Just a question, does anybody on this list use any accessible accounting software? I know that in windows, you can do the basics using Microsoft Excel, but for more Advanced stuff, you need more specialized accounting software. Is there any that will play nice with Windows

Re: Faxing from a Mac

2013-04-02 Thread Ray Foret Jr
So, this is a printer/scanner/faxer you're talking about? When you say the phone port, I assume, quite naturally, that you mean the RJ11 jack on the HP? Assuming that's how it's configured? Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The

Re: Faxing from a Mac

2013-04-02 Thread John Panarese
Yes, exactly. Connect a phone line to the RJ11 port and you should be good to go if the device has faxing capabilities. YOu can even configure receiving fax preferences in System Preferences in the Print and Scan preferences for the device. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for

Re: Faxing from a Mac

2013-04-02 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Ah, so, this is not one of those all in one jobs that you have to use a touch screen for then? I'm sure you know exactly what I mean. Better see how much for one then. Thanks. Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constantly

Re: Faxing from a Mac

2013-04-02 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Never mind. They want too much: $595.00 or so. Nope. Ain't gonna happen. Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user! On Apr 2, 2013, at 1:27 PM, Ray Foret Jr

Re: Faxing from a Mac

2013-04-02 Thread John Panarese
For an all in one unit? I didnt' spend that kind of money on mine. At least half of that at least. You can get all in-ones for $150 or so I think, depending on the model. I have an 8500 because I got a deal on it and it has the wireless capabilities built in. Take Care John D.

Re: DJ software for mac that is accessible with voiceover.

2013-04-02 Thread Jürgen Fleger
That's how it should work. You can adjust music output and headphone output separately. But I haven't tried it yet because of lackof a USB soundcard. Jürgen Am 02.04.2013 um 15:47 schrieb Nektarios Mallas nmal...@gmail.com: Hello there. Does this program support any external sound devices or

Re: mac keyboard shortcuts, for mail

2013-04-02 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Hello, If this is important to your workflow, I could create something fairly quickly. 1. Create a Activity group for mail. 2. Create AppleScript command to either move VO cursor or speak specific information. 3. Use keyboard commander to link scripts to keys. To start open up mail then go

Re: Accessible accounting software

2013-04-02 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
I worked a small bit with AccountEdge last year to try and get them accessible, but did not get very far. I would love to see something though. Jonathan Cohn jon.c.c...@gmail.com (703) 573-6956 http://www.linkedin.com/in/JCCohn On Apr 2, 2013, at 1:39 PM, Brandt wrote: Hi there folks,

Re: Fading Out on Garage band

2013-04-02 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Might sound a bit complicated but it works, at least to real instrument tracks: Choose the track you want to fade out. And I mean the track not the region. Copy it to the clipboard. Close the current project and open a new one. Create a track and paste the clipboard to the track. Now you

Re: Factory Defaults.

2013-04-02 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
I don't believe there is a supported way to do this. Some possibilities: 1. Delete every com.apple.VoiceOver file in your personal preferences. 2. Create a new account, insert a USB flash drive and enable VoiceOver portable preferences then go back to the original ccount. 3. make VoiceOver

Exstirnal NTFS drive and VMWare

2013-04-02 Thread Angelo
Hello all, just bought a 4 tb drive, it's a Seagate backup plus. I partition it into 2 types a Mac journal and a NtFS. now can't write to the NTFS partition either with the Mac side, or windows7, using VMWare. I already downloaded about a tb of data on it using a windows machine, so I really

Re: Fading Out on Garage band

2013-04-02 Thread Des Delgadillo
Thanks for the tip. -- 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to

Re: Faxing from a Mac

2013-04-02 Thread Esther
Hi Ray, John, Gigi, Chris, and Others I find it hard to believe you need to spend that kind of money ($595) to Fax from your Mac. A quick check of the Apple Support forums brought up a references to Mountain Lion users using this USRobotics USR5637 USB modem for about $45 at Amazon:

Re: Faxing from a Mac

2013-04-02 Thread Esther
Hi All, Here's a relatively recent article (November 2012) that outlines the current options for Faxing from a Mac and the history behind this topic. It also describes the options like the email services John Panarese mentioned. You can read it in Safari Reader (Command-Shift-R). • Send and

Re: Faxing from a Mac

2013-04-02 Thread Ray Foret Jr
So, you're saying that the zoom and the other device will indeed still work under Mountain Lion? Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user! On Apr 2, 2013, at

Re: DJ software for mac that is accessible with voiceover.

2013-04-02 Thread Kjsc Radio
Is there a Way you can scrubb and scrach a song with vo?Sent from my iPhone On 02/04/2013, at 12:13 PM, Jürgen Fleger apple-engl...@fleger.net wrote: That's how it should work. You can adjust music output and headphone output separately. But I haven't tried it yet because of lackof a USB

an attempt to make peace with the ITunes Library system and a question

2013-04-02 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Okay, Having decided to upgrade to an Iphone 5 around June, I have determined at last to make an effort to get along with the ITunes Library system. What I had in mind is this. I want to synch my Iphone not to the main ITunes library: rather, to a second library which I want to create for

Re: Faxing from a Mac

2013-04-02 Thread Esther
Hi Ray, Yes, the Zoom and USRobotics USB modems will still work under Mountain Lion if you connect them into a USB port, and then plug a phone line into the RJ11 jack at the other end. Then you basically use the Print dialog window to send your output to Fax instead of to a designated

Re: Faxing from a Mac

2013-04-02 Thread Esther
Hi Ray, OK, I looked up the support pages for USRobotics and Zoom. The USRobotics product page gives a download link to a script: • USR5637 56K USB Faxmodem http://www.usr.com/support/product-template.asp?prod=5637 The text instructions for the Mac on that page just before the link to the .dmg

Re: mac keyboard shortcuts, for mail

2013-04-02 Thread Traci
Hello, thank you for this. You have peaked my interest. I would need to learn how to do half of your instructions. :) 1. Create a Activity group for mail. Do you mean in voUtility create a new activity? 2. Create AppleScript command to either move VO cursor or speak specific information.

Re: mac keyboard shortcuts, for mail

2013-04-02 Thread Danny Noonan
I'm surprised stuff like this doesn't happen more like it does with say jaws. I'd happily pay for solutions that gave this kind of functionality. It sounds like clever people could make helpful things that people like me could never do. This isn't having a go at anyone but just an observation

Question about pushing calendar events to my Mac

2013-04-02 Thread Jamie Pauls
Greetings, listers, I am able to create an event on my Mac and have it instantly push to my iPhone, but I am not seeing events created on my iPhone pushed to my Mac. I have gone into iCloud preferences and it appears that the calendars checkbox is in fact checked. I will admit to being

Re: Faxing from a Mac

2013-04-02 Thread Emilio
Hey GG, I subscribe to myfax.com. When I have a document I want to fax, I just attach the file to a blank e-mail Message. I insert the fax # e.g. 14445556...@myfax.com. I type a subject and reserve the body of the message fora cover page if necessary. The price is $10 monthly or $110 annually.

Re: Yahoo IMap Server Balky?

2013-04-02 Thread Jeff Berwick
I have this problem too and everybody you talk to will blame somebody else. Here are the steps I have to take to get it back on track: 1. Close your mail program 2. Go to the keychain manager which is found in applications 3. Delete the entries in there that deal with the smtp and imap for

Re: Question about pushing calendar events to my Mac

2013-04-02 Thread John Panarese
Check to make sure iCloud is also turned on with the Phone. Also, try logging out of iCloud on the Mac and logging back in again. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED

Re: Faxing from a Mac

2013-04-02 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Ah, well worth saving. So, did I understand you to say that most use the Zoom? IF so, wonder why? Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user! On Apr 2, 2013,

Re: Faxing from a Mac

2013-04-02 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Ah, I see. Well, I tried to set myself up over at: www.efax.com and had no luck at all. Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user! On Apr 2, 2013, at 5:18 PM,

Re: Faxing from a Mac

2013-04-02 Thread Eugenia Firth
Ray, when you say you had no luck at all, what happened when you went to set yourself up on EFax? Regards, Gigi Sent from my iPhone On Apr 2, 2013, at 6:09 PM, Ray Foret Jr rfore...@att.net wrote: Ah, I see. Well, I tried to set myself up over at: www.efax.com and had no luck at all.

Re: Faxing from a Mac

2013-04-02 Thread John Panarese
I use fax.com. I have had no problems with them. Settitng up the account was easy and sending faxes takes no time. It's accessible and simple, just how I prefer things. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website,

Re: Faxing from a Mac

2013-04-02 Thread Ray Foret Jr
I could see the first page where it wanted payment data, and could select it: But, could get no further. There seemed to be no continue or next buttons or links. Either that, or they were labeled so badly that you couldn't tell what they were. Sent from my mac, the only computer with full

Type2Phone Mac app on sale for $1.99 today only (April 2, 2013)

2013-04-02 Thread Esther
Hi All, I just posted this at AppleVis,com under the App Deals. Type2Phone, the Mac app that lets you use your Mac keyboard as a paired Bluetooth Keyboard for your iPhone and other iOS devices, is on sale today, only, for $1.99. (That means that if Houdah Software decides to extend the sale

Re: Type2Phone Mac app on sale for $1.99 today only (April 2, 2013)

2013-04-02 Thread Stacey Robinson
Esther, Do you have to have the app on your phone and mac. On Apr 2, 2013, at 7:17 PM, Esther wrote: Hi All, I just posted this at AppleVis,com under the App Deals. Type2Phone, the Mac app that lets you use your Mac keyboard as a paired Bluetooth Keyboard for your iPhone and other iOS

Re: Exstirnal NTFS drive and VMWare

2013-04-02 Thread Esther
Hello Angelo, I'll let someone else address your question in more detail, but the basic answer is that you won't be able to write to NTFS partitions without additional software assistance. I've read some posts on the macvisionaries list, and somewhat more recently on the mac-access list, that

Re: Type2Phone Mac app on sale for $1.99 today only (April 2, 2013)

2013-04-02 Thread Esther
Hi Stacey, Yes, I have this app on my Mac. You don't need it on your iPhone. I actually got this back in December 2011, but all the discussions for this were on the mac-access list. There was also a David Woodbridge podcast demo of Type2Phone back in April 2012. You can find it at his pod

Burning a CD from iTunes

2013-04-02 Thread Agent086b
Hello all, I wish to burn a CD from an album I have in iTunes. How can I do this? I can't find a burn to disc option. Thanks for any help. Max. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving

Re: Type2Phone Mac app on sale for $1.99 today only (April 2, 2013)

2013-04-02 Thread Stacey Robinson
Thanks Esther for all your help. - Original Message - From: Esther mori...@mac.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date: Tuesday, April 2, 2013 4:46 pm Subject: Re: Type2Phone Mac app on sale for $1.99 today only (April 2, 2013) Hi Stacey, Yes, I have this app on my Mac. You

an observation and a question concerning his Iphone voice

2013-04-02 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Okay, I'm listening to the podcast on Type2phone and I could not help but notice something. The guy is apparently using the US English Tom voice on his Iphone. Anybody else notice that? How did he get it? I thought that Samantha was the only US English Voice on the Iphone right now. Sent

Re: Factory Defaults.

2013-04-02 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Try going under the File menu when in the VO Utility, choose Reset All VoiceOver Preferences. This should set things back to original settings I believe. If I'm remembering correctly though, I don't believe that this will solve the problem that was present when the question was

Re: an observation and a question concerning his Iphone voice

2013-04-02 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Hi Ray, he'll be jailbroken. Jonathan On 3/04/2013, at 2:18 PM, Ray Foret Jr rfore...@att.net wrote: Okay, I'm listening to the podcast on Type2phone and I could not help but notice something. The guy is apparently using the US English Tom voice on his Iphone. Anybody else notice that?

Re: an observation and a question concerning his Iphone voice

2013-04-02 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Ah, well, that I ain't. Thanks. Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user! On Apr 2, 2013, at 8:20 PM, Jonathan Mosen jmo...@mosen.org wrote: Hi Ray, he'll be

Re: Burning a CD from iTunes

2013-04-02 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Not quite as straight forward as it should be, but try this: 1. Locate the album in the Album Grid. 2. VO-shift-m on the album and choose New Playlist from Selection or press cmd-shift-n while the album is selected. 3. Go into Playlist view. 4. Press on the Playlist Action menu item in

Re: an attempt to make peace with the ITunes Library system and a question

2013-04-02 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, In theory, this may work. Some issues that may arise for you: 1. You'll need to have duplicates of your music that is in both Libraries. This will ensure that music is not re-organized when moving between iTunes Libraries. There are settings that are supposed to stop this

Fusion and Sound sometimes stutters or sounds robotic ...

2013-04-02 Thread Jeff Bishop
Hello Everyone, I am using a MacBook Pro (a 13 inch duel core I7 Retna) with VMWare Fusion. I notice sometimes that speech either with Window-Eyes or JAWS using Elloquence that it sounds robotic or slightly stutters. Simply pressing the control key stops speech and returns it to normal working

Re: Question about pushing calendar events to my Mac

2013-04-02 Thread Jamie Pauls
The only way I can get events to push both directions is to make sure events use my work calendar. For some reason, when I change the default on the Mac to Calendar, which is what it seems to be on the phone, events still don't push. For now, it's easy enough to make sure that important events

Question about moving to the top and bottom of the message list in Mail

2013-04-02 Thread Jamie Pauls
Using my MacBook Pro with Quick Nab off, I don't see a way to quickly jump to the top or bottom of a list of messages. Is this not possible, or have I just not found the magic key combination? Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries

anyone used Abisee products with the Mac?

2013-04-02 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, I'm exploring some different options for a student I'm working with, and am wondering about the viability of the ABISEE Eyepal on the Mac. If anyone has used this product, could you let me know what your experiences have been? Thanks in advance, Donna -- You received this message

Re: Question about moving to the top and bottom of the message list in Mail

2013-04-02 Thread Donovan Osborn
I have a full keyboard so it might be harder for you but I interact with the table and press control+ option+shift+Home or End Sincerely, Donovan Osborn donovan303...@gmail.com On Apr 2, 2013, at 9:28 PM, Jamie Pauls jamiepa...@gmail.com wrote: Using my MacBook Pro with Quick Nab off, I

Re: iTunes (Server, Home Sharing AirPlay)

2013-04-02 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi Neil, I would agree with your first observation. In order to access items using Home Sharing, the computer must have iTunes up and running. Home Sharing allows both streaming and copying of your iTunes media between devices that are registered within the same HomeShare. I've not actually

Re: Yahoo IMap Server Balky?

2013-04-02 Thread Teresa Cochran
Thanks, Jeff. I'll try this. I do recall now that Yahoo's login page has an option on the login screen that says keep me signed in for two weeks so that probably ties into the mail problem. Teresa On Apr 2, 2013, at 3:18 PM, Jeff Berwick mailingli...@berwick.name wrote: I have this problem