need help with skype status.

2013-07-13 Thread Vivianna
hello all. i am having a problem with Skype. i have the latest update. i can change my status to every single thing, except, away. i can change to offline, do not disturb, invisible no problems but, when i select, away, the check mark refuses to stay there and reverts to online. anybody else

Re: Any recommendations on a good headset for broadcasting?

2013-07-13 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi, I'm about to heed your advise and get a Blue-microphones snowball, what would you suggest in terms of good, not so expensive headphones? If it wasn't for the fact that the built-in microphone on my Koss IPorta pro would start and there seems to be no way of bypassing it, i'd use it, but it

Re: Can anyone recommend an accessible OCR program for Mac OSX?

2013-07-13 Thread Maria and Joe Chapman
HI. if you do, can you please post the results to the list? Maria and Joe Chapman bubbygirl1...@gmail.com On 12/07/2013, at 2:50 PM, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello Ed, VueScan can do OCR but it isn't as good as ABBYY FineReader. If all you need is to read printed

Re: Mac OSX, Voiceover and BBC iPlayer

2013-07-13 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Just wanted to thank you for telling us about this App Anne. It's amazing. I use a VPN so I can consume UK content but with this app, that's not even necessary. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org On 12/07/2013, at 8:44 PM, Anne

Re: Skype on i phone

2013-07-13 Thread BBS
Hi Jean. To put it bluntly, you can't add another contact to a call with Skype on the iPhone. I suggest to anyone that wants this feature implemented to bug the Skype team because we should be able to do it on both our computers and our iPhones. I would be one of those people to do it but I

Re: Basic website editing

2013-07-13 Thread erik burggraaf
Offhand, I'd say text edit, but that really depends on the design of your site. I'd be happy to do a consultation for you over the phone if you like. Best, Erik Burggraaf Follow my series of articles about setting up a small business through the ontario disability support program at

RE: vm and del

2013-07-13 Thread wayne17a
Hello , thanks for that I will go to the site and see From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Phil Halton Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 10:25 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: vm and del I'm afraid I don't

Re: 2 extremely frustrating problems - please help

2013-07-13 Thread Rahul Bajaj
Hi Tim, I tried that and I have been able to figure out that the problem is with the left option key. Is there any way to replace the function of that key with some other unimportant key like the function key to fix the problem for the time being? I don't want to get the whole thing replaced

Re: 2 extremely frustrating problems - please help

2013-07-13 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, There is a key re-mapping app that folks have previously discussed on this list. It had to do with mapping the VO keys to the Caps-Lock key. I can't specifically recall what the app was and I haven't used it at all myself but the folks on this list who use it sounded like it could do

Re: Can anyone recommend an accessible OCR program for Mac OSX?

2013-07-13 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello, Here are two examples of OCR. They are both done from the same scanned image. The first was scanned By VueScan which then did the OCR. The second used the same scan, but it was processed by ABBYY FineReader. Notice that VueScan has treated the double page as just one page thereby

Re: Any recommendations on a good headset for broadcasting?

2013-07-13 Thread Shane Christenson
Hi. I have a set of Tascam headphones that cost around 30 u s dollars that you can get from amazon.com. With you being in Sweden, not sure how that would work, but these Tascams are great headphones. I';ll give you the amazon link here.

Speaking on iOS / accessibility and LookTel today at The Center for the Partially Sighted (Tarzana CA)

2013-07-13 Thread Cara Quinn
Hi All, Just wanted to let you know that I'll be speaking at The Center for the Partially Sighted today on iOS and accessibility in general, as well as demonstrating the LookTel apps including the upcoming Breadcrumbs GPS. If anyone is in the area, would love to have you come and say hi! :)

Re: Basic website editing

2013-07-13 Thread Donna Goodin
Just wanted to say thanks to Alex, Mike and Erik. I got a half hour with my web guy this morning, and he showed me how I can make the changes I want from within my control panel. Thanks for your suggestions, I may yet revisit them. Cheers, Donna On Jul 13, 2013, at 6:18 AM, erik burggraaf

Re: Speaking on iOS / accessibility and LookTel today at The Center for the Partially Sighted (Tarzana CA)

2013-07-13 Thread Kevin Mattingly
Video the presentation and share the link. California is a long way from North Carolina... Kev On Jul 13, 2013, at 12:48 PM, Cara Quinn caraqu...@caraquinn.com wrote: Hi All, Just wanted to let you know that I'll be speaking at The Center for the Partially Sighted today on iOS and

Instructions on Snow Leopard Installation from CD

2013-07-13 Thread Emilio Hernandez
Hello everyone, I have looked on blindcooltech's web site, but the podcast has been removed detailing Mike's experience with installing SL. therefore, what are the steps for reinstalling SL from the system disk because I have an encrypted HD issue that is baffling. Thanks for any help anyone

Re: iBooks on OS 10.9 Mavericks Beta

2013-07-13 Thread Roman van Genabith
Oh dear Strange guys What.s wrong with you? Nearly each Tech Blog - if Big or small - does Reviews on all Beta stuff they can put their hands on. Why - Tell me One good Point - should only just those accessibility groups hold up this Nda! Dangerdanger!! Thing? I can.t nothing but laugh about

syncing notes

2013-07-13 Thread Christina C.
I am very confused. I went into apple preferences then iCloud and checked the check box to sync notes. I thought this would sync my notes using notes on my iPhone and iMac using the notes application. However, it keeps asking me to create an iCloud email address. Do I have to do this and if I

sound device question

2013-07-13 Thread Jed Barton
Hey guysHey guys, OK, wondering the best way to handle this. I have a usb headset that I use a lot, and sometimes I'll need to plug it in quickly, and switch to it. When I plug it in, will the mac just automatically switch over to it? What's the best way to go from the mac speakers to my headset

Re: sound device question

2013-07-13 Thread Ray Foret jr
While the Mac will recognize your headset, you will need to go in to your sound prefs window and change to that headset. 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

RE: sound device question

2013-07-13 Thread Jed Barton
Will I have to do this every time? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ray Foret jr Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2013 7:05 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: sound device question While the Mac will

Re: sound device question

2013-07-13 Thread Paul Hunt
No. Configure your USB as the default device for input and output devices. When you unplug your headset the onboard speaker and microphone will connect automatically. On Jul 13, 2013, at 6:10 PM, Jed Barton j...@jedbarton.com wrote: Will I have to do this every time? -Original

vm product key

2013-07-13 Thread wayne17a
Hello all could some kind person please send me the telephone number for vm ware so I could purchase a product key only I can not find anything on there site and it probably is me and not nothing else but I can not make head or tails of the site so please any help thanks in advance -- You

Re: vm product key

2013-07-13 Thread Phil Halton
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