Re: Entering Today's Date and Current Time in Numbers in Mavericks

2014-03-16 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Thanks, Gigi, that's a great tip. So I guess command-v pastes the formula and command-shift-v pastes the result of the formula? That's good to remember. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

Re: Accessible and Automated OCR Workflow

2014-03-16 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Hi Keith, Three more questions. 1. What do the following lines do? Do they test whether the file is a text-based or image-based pdf? Do I need to customise any of that stuff (e.g. the MyFile thing), or do I simply copy and paste it as is? set myFile to POSIX path of theFile set theResult to do

Re: Resizing objects in the latest version of Keynote

2014-03-16 Thread Daniela Rubio
Hello Chris: The results are the same, but the logistics are different. On the new Keynote, you have a formatter tool, and you can change those parameters if, on the slide, you select the text box, and then you go to that formatter. This new keynote is kind of smart, and it gives you the

Re: VlC suddenly pausing itself after the computer going to sleep.

2014-03-16 Thread Jessica Moss
It does the usual when I play media either through vlc or itunes, where it asks for authentication then goes to sleep. On Mar 15, 2014, at 9:33 PM, Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I find it odd that your Mac went to sleep while playing media. As far as I can recall, that

requesting that the iTunes store add a music selection

2014-03-16 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, I have a recollection that if there's a track/album you can't find on the iTunes store, there is some way to request it. Does anyone know what that is? Thanks, Donna -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from

Re: adding people to Skype

2014-03-16 Thread Daniela Rubio
Hello Jean: The command now is CMD+Space bar instead of the old one. You just go with Vo Down arrow and in the person you want to add, you do CMD+enter until the person is added. Take care! Daniela Rubio T  Distinguished Educator Macneticos, Apple y accesibilidad a tu alcance. Productos

Re: Resizing objects in the latest version of Keynote

2014-03-16 Thread Jessica
I like the new version as well. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 16, 2014, at 9:06 AM, Daniela Rubio mabuha...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Chris: The results are the same, but the logistics are different. On the new Keynote, you have a formatter tool, and you can change those parameters if, on the

Re: system dialogues displayed

2014-03-16 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Sometimes you'll hear that announcement when a third party app like Adobe Reader has an update ready. Things like Adobe Reader and Flash have their own updaters that run in the background and when an update comes available, it is announced like this. Try the Application chooser

Re: requesting that the iTunes store add a music selection

2014-03-16 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Sure. Just go here: Apple - iTunes - Make Request for the iTunes Store Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user! On Mar 16, 2014, at 8:56 AM, Donna Goodin

Re: requesting that the iTunes store add a music selection

2014-03-16 Thread Donna Goodin
Thank you! I was looking for that very link this morning, but wasn't finding it. Cheers, Donna On Mar 16, 2014, at 12:31 PM, Ray Foret Jr rforet7...@comcast.net wrote: Sure. Just go here: Apple - iTunes - Make Request for the iTunes Store Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full

Re: braille production on the Mac

2014-03-16 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi Eric. I have been experimenting with it too, I can not get it to work. You send some information out a while ago, but it looked as if it was developers they need, if it were testers I would help. I hope it will come to work on the mac, it would make life a lot easier for me. Best regards

Re: Dragon Dictate VS Mac built-in Dictation and Speech Navigation

2014-03-16 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi. I think I have done a mistake. I bought dragon dictate 4 for the mac. It looks accessible to me, but I am not able to choose language, i thought it would work with other languages than english. Can anybody help. Best regards Annie. Den 12/03/2014 kl. 22.45 skrev Annie Skov Nielsen

Re: requesting that the iTunes store add a music selection

2014-03-16 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Had to bing it. I can't find it in iTunes either. Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user! On Mar 16, 2014, at 12:36 PM, Donna Goodin doniado...@me.com wrote:

Re: Apple Script saving .aiff file

2014-03-16 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Tracy, Just in case you did not find the say command instructions from the Standard Editions dictionary, here they are. und to play say v : Speak the given text say text : the text to speak, which can include intonation characters [displaying text] : the text to display in the feedback window

Re: requesting that the iTunes store add a music selection

2014-03-16 Thread Donna Goodin
Oh, well, good. Now I don't feel totally lame. :) thanks, Donna On Mar 16, 2014, at 1:35 PM, Ray Foret Jr rforet7...@comcast.net wrote: Had to bing it. I can't find it in iTunes either. Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely,

tagging people in Facebook

2014-03-16 Thread Jenine Stanley
OK so I've been told that if you put the # symbol before a name in an FB post, that will tag the person. For some reason it only adds a link to the first word. Also, when I use the Tag people in your posts feature, it doesn't tag them but says I'm with them. What am I doing wrong? :)

Re: tagging people in Facebook

2014-03-16 Thread Jamie Pauls
I was under the impression that the at sign was what you needed to use. Using jaws for Windows, if you type of person's name, you should see a list box of suggestions. Pressing enter on that will tag the person. This doesn't seem to be at all reliable, and I don't find other screen readers able

RE: tagging people in Facebook

2014-03-16 Thread Jim Portillo
I think it's actually the @ symbol, not the # symbol. Try that first. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jenine Stanley Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 12:34 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: tagging

Re: tagging people in Facebook

2014-03-16 Thread Jenine Stanley
Oh, that would probably help if I had the right symbol. :) I'll try it. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Mar 16, 2014, at 3:39 PM, Jim Portillo portillo@gmail.com wrote: I think it's actually the @ symbol, not the # symbol. Try that first. -Original Message-

recording radio streem

2014-03-16 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
Hi all, Could you recommend a good preferably free way to record a radio streem? I have amadeus pro but not sure how to get it to do it.A related question would be to have a way to set start and end time of recording but it's not an absolute must. Thanks for your help, Ioana Sent from my

Re: Calendar in iOS

2014-03-16 Thread David Chittenden
Actually, the list button does work. Its function has changed from iOS 7.0. When in the month view, list button now activates the month list view from iOS 6 calendar. In other words, with list button activated, double-tapping a date selects it rather than opening it, and the appointments appear

accessible thesaurus

2014-03-16 Thread Jean Parker
Hello All: What recommendations do people have for an accessible thesaurus for either i phone or mac? I went to the app store and there are several available but I don't want to get one until I know it will be accessible. Many thanks, Jean -- You received this message because you are

Re: accessible thesaurus

2014-03-16 Thread Chris Apple boy
Doesn't the mac have one built in? Matter of fact doesn't the iPhone do as well? They're sure buried from within their respective operating systems but they are there. Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! On 16/03/2014 21:11, Jean Parker wrote: Hello All: What

Re: braille production on the Mac

2014-03-16 Thread Caitlyn and Maggie
I got it installed here, but haven't had a chance to try it out yet. Cait ps-it wasn't hard to install at all. Just open the dmg file, copy the .app file to your applications folder, and then open that file and follow the prompts. On Mar 15, 2014, at 6:31 PM, Jenine Stanley

Re: disk aid

2014-03-16 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Are you attempting to move an Application to the Applications folder? Your message appeared unclear to me. Best wishes, Jonathan On Mar 15, 2014, at 1:23 AM, Dionipher Presas Herrera dionip...@gmail.com wrote: can somebody tell me, how can i drag the application disk aid on my mac,

Re: disk aid

2014-03-16 Thread Dionipher Presas Herrera
yes, i am moving the apps to the application folger˘ Il giorno 16/mar/2014, alle ore 11:08 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net ha scritto: Are you attempting to move an Application to the Applications folder? Your message appeared unclear to me. Best wishes, Jonathan On Mar

Re: accessible thesaurus

2014-03-16 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Why yes, in fact, it does. But, it's been so long since I've fooled with it, I forgot how to get access to it. Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user! On Mar 16,

Re: disk aid

2014-03-16 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Best wishes, Jonathan OK, you should be able to get drag and drop to work also as long as both positions are visible on the primary screen at the same time. The best way to do this in Mavericks is to use the tabs. 1. Open up the applications folder. 2. Click command-T to create a second tab.

Re: braille production on the Mac

2014-03-16 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi Caitlymn, Give it a shot and let us know if you were successful in getting it to emboss. My guess is when you open it from your applications file you'll get a lot of java errors. You may also see an error about the braille functions being disabled. If you get it to emboss without issues,

Can I merge multiple HTML files into one file.

2014-03-16 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi. I need to merge a lot of HTML files into one file. Can anyone tell me how I can do it. I found a tool on the internet but a rather expensive tool for that in my opinion, but if there is no other way to go, I may buy it. Thank you an advance. Best regards Annie. -- You received this

Re: Can I merge multiple HTML files into one file.

2014-03-16 Thread Geoff Stephens
Annie - I wouldn't buy a tool to do that. But it may depend on how many files you mean. You can open the files in an editor and just concatenate them by saving the entire file. A lot of modern word processors will open HTML files and you can simply open multiple files and then save them as a

Re: Can I merge multiple HTML files into one file.

2014-03-16 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi Geoff. In this case I have to merge 54 files into one file. It is a book, I have unpacked, and when I will save it as 1 HTML file to read in ILike2ReadPro. Best regards Annie. Den 17/03/2014 kl. 00.07 skrev Geoff Stephens geoffsli...@gmail.com: Annie - I wouldn't buy a tool to do that.

Re: braille production on the Mac

2014-03-16 Thread Jim Gatteys
I think the tough side is when you try to run it from the .jar file. It sounds like a nifty tool though. Jim On Mar 16, 2014, at 4:47 PM, Caitlyn and Maggie caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com wrote: I got it installed here, but haven't had a chance to try it out yet. Cait ps-it wasn't hard to

Re: accessible thesaurus

2014-03-16 Thread Jim Gatteys
I think there is even a dashboard widget to get there. I love the fact that the dictionary is available all over the mac and with just a few keystrokes. Jim On Mar 16, 2014, at 5:12 PM, Ray Foret Jr rforet7...@comcast.net wrote: Why yes, in fact, it does. But, it's been so long since I've

Re: braille production on the Mac

2014-03-16 Thread Jim Gatteys
Here's what I get when I try to run the .jar file. The Java JAR file brailleblaster.jar could not be launched. Check the Console for possible error messages. Maybe I don't know where to look inside of console but I don't see anything that pertains to this. Anybody ever had this same message? Jim

Re: accessible thesaurus

2014-03-16 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Quite right Jim. Here's how I did it. 1. Open the widgit bar menu from F12. 2. Select dictionary from this drop down. 3. Type in or paste in the word you wish. 4. Now, from the pop up menu just to the left of the text box, select either dictionary or Thesaurus. 5. Now, press return.

Re: braille production on the Mac

2014-03-16 Thread Jim Gatteys
I got BrailleBlaster to run in terminal finally with the following message. The Braille facility is not usable. See the log. Do you wish to continue? I said yes and it opened the program I guess. I guess I need to read some docs. I'm looking at this as a challenge now. Jim On Mar 16, 2014, at

Re: braille production on the Mac

2014-03-16 Thread Jim Gatteys
One more question, is the terminal the only way to run this program? Jim On Mar 16, 2014, at 5:44 PM, erik burggraaf e...@erik-burggraaf.com wrote: Hi Caitlymn, Give it a shot and let us know if you were successful in getting it to emboss. My guess is when you open it from your

Re: accessible thesaurus

2014-03-16 Thread Jim Gatteys
Ray I thought there used to be a keystroke defined to open dictionary but I don't see one. I guess you could certainly define one in keyboard under system preferences, and a lot of programs will let you right-click and get access that way also. I just used spotlight and typed in dictionary and

download progress reports using itunes on the mac

2014-03-16 Thread Andrew Head
Hi all, Just wondering, once I press the download button to download content from the itunes store on my mac, how do I check on the download progress of the files? I can't seem to find that information. Any help is greatly appreciated, Andrew -- You received this message because you are

Re: accessible thesaurus

2014-03-16 Thread Ray Foret Jr
More than one way to skin a cat ain't there? That's the beautiful thing about Macs. Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user! On Mar 16, 2014, at 7:00 PM, Jim

Re: download progress reports using itunes on the mac

2014-03-16 Thread Ray Foret Jr
It's tabular. You need to select from the table the file who's progress you want to monitor. Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user! On Mar 16, 2014, at 7:08 PM,

Re: Apple Script saving .aiff file

2014-03-16 Thread Keith Watson
Tracy, I am not sure why you want to save a file out for this. Maybe a little more context would help. In any case you can add a delay before the say statement. Maybe something like this. beep delay 1 say Hello World using Tessa Not sure exactly how to incorporate the beep without some Google

Re: Apple Script saving .aiff file

2014-03-16 Thread Keith Watson
Tracy, Ok, so your later note says that you are doing exactly what I suggested in my earlier reply. Serves me right for not reading the entire thread. Although I do stand by my request for more context. So are you wanting to create a wav file with the beep and the text spoken by that voice in

Re: Entering Today's Date and Current Time in Numbers in Mavericks

2014-03-16 Thread Eugenia Firth
Yes, and I found out it works. My husband, who used to teach Excel for Brookhaven College, said I didn't understand the purpose of the today and now functions. I don't get it completely (because I don't really need to), but it has to do with something in the future, like keeping up with

jailbreaking iPhone 4s anybody...

2014-03-16 Thread Cameron Strife
Hi. Sorry if this is OT... I'm trying to help a friend who is not tech savvy jailbreak her iPhone 4s because even though it's not under contract anymore, her new cell carrier won't request an unlock code from Apple. Has anybody done this? Google gives me a lot of ads, useless youtube videos, and

Re: tagging people in Facebook

2014-03-16 Thread Teresa Cochran
It's hard to review what you do on any screen-reader, but this method has worked consistently for me. While writing your status, press the at symbol (shift-2 on the keyboard) immediately followed by the person's name or a large part outhe name and press enter. Finish the status. When you review

Re: Apple Script saving .aiff file

2014-03-16 Thread Keith Watson
Tracy, Ok, so here is what I have come up with. I don’t think that it’s what you want but its a start. set filePath to ((path to home folder as text) Documents:) as text set fileName to foo.aiff beep delay 0.5 say Hello World using Tessa saving to filePath fileName I suspect that you want

Re: download progress reports using itunes on the mac

2014-03-16 Thread Jim Gatteys
Does it show up in launchpad on the doc? On Mar 16, 2014, at 7:08 PM, Andrew Head ath...@bigpond.net.au wrote: Hi all, Just wondering, once I press the download button to download content from the itunes store on my mac, how do I check on the download progress of the files? I can't seem to

half my mail suddenly going into 1 folder.

2014-03-16 Thread Jessica Moss
I have no idea what suddenly brought this on, but this morning when I tried to move between my trash and gmail folders, I noticed that my gmail folder seemed to be nonexistant, and now all my messages seem to be in my inbox folder, which also belongs to my hotmail acount, which I rarealy use

Re: jailbreaking iPhone 4s anybody...

2014-03-16 Thread David Chittenden
Jailbreaking will not unlock the phone. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 17 Mar 2014, at 14:10, Cameron Strife came...@cameronstrife.com wrote: Hi. Sorry if this is OT... I'm trying to help a friend who is not tech

Re: accessible thesaurus

2014-03-16 Thread Jim Gatteys
that's exactly what I like about my mac. jg On Mar 16, 2014, at 7:33 PM, Ray Foret Jr rforet7...@comcast.net wrote: More than one way to skin a cat ain't there? That's the beautiful thing about Macs. Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in!

Re: Accessible and Automated OCR Workflow

2014-03-16 Thread Keith Watson
Hi, Sorry for the delay in getting back with you on this. The wife had me working all day and am now just catching up with email. so, lets take them one at a time. 1. This script works from a Hazel rule. So you can create a rule on a particular folder with an action that says, if all of the

Re: Accessible and Automated OCR Workflow

2014-03-16 Thread Keith Watson
Ooops, don't think I quite answered your first question in full. theFile is an alias to the file that Hazel is performing the action on. So that line of code calls a shell script to look at the file for a specific string. If its there then the file is already OCR'd and nothing needs to be done

Re: Accessible and Automated OCR Workflow

2014-03-16 Thread Keith Watson
Anne, I have a friend who owns ABBY. I will ask him to play with it a bit to see if it can be substituted. Keith On Mar 15, 2014, at 5:00 PM, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello Keith, I have both ABBYY FineReader Express and FineReader Pro, neither were in the table when I

accessible thesaurus

2014-03-16 Thread Jean Parker
Right you all are. Many thanks and leave those cats alone. Jean -- 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

Re: download progress reports using itunes on the mac

2014-03-16 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Press cmd-option-4 to open your Downloads window while in iTunes. You can then Interact with the Downloads table within this window to check the progress of each item being downloaded. If you are only downloading one item though, there is no real need to open the Download window, simply