Re: Downcast for OSX

2015-02-02 Thread Faisal ali
the thing to note with downcast is marking episodes for streaming. Unless you do this, there’s no way to play the podcast. the other option for playing podcasts is downloading them then playing them. I always mark it as played once I’m done listening to it. this will auto delete the episodes

Re: BusyCal Accessibility Improved?

2015-02-02 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Hi, I contacted the developer around a year or so ago and posted about it on this list. They made some appropriate noises but it didn’t sound promising. I don’t remember exactly what they said but I remember thinking it didn’t sound like it would be becoming accessible anytime soon. I don’t

Re: reformatting an Ntsf external hard drive

2015-02-02 Thread Lorie McCloud
ok. thanks. I was thinking about that old hard drive that I’m trying to move stuff from and I think I did delete a couple of those troublesome windows files so somewhere there probably is a trash although I haven’t found it yet. why would this dialogue about locked items come up when I’m moving

Mac Mail in Mavericks

2015-02-02 Thread The Believer
Having used Thunderbird under Windows, I would like to use the same layput in Mac's Mail app. With 4 email accounts, I would like to open each account and view its own inbox, sent and so on, not as a unified setup as it is now under Favorites, Is this possible? From The Believer. . .

Re: My Amadeus Pro Tutorial is Now available

2015-02-02 Thread Gabriele Battaglia
Hi Jonathan, As I promised, I bought your book and I’m very curios to start studying it. Thanks for sharing. Gabriel. Il giorno 02/feb/2015, alle ore 22:46, Mike Arrigo n0...@charter.net ha scritto: Just curious Jonathan, I know you used to use sound forge in Windows, perhaps you still

Re: Mac Mail in Mavericks

2015-02-02 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, You can move the specific InBoxes you wish quick access to into the Favourites bar. The beauty of this is that the order of things within the Favourites bar corresponds to keyboard shortcuts. That is, the first mailbox in the Favourites bar can be accessed with the keyboard shortcut

Re: BusyCal Accessibility Improved?

2015-02-02 Thread Emilio
Hello there, Tell me more about OMni Focus please? I hear people on various tech podcasts rave about its utility. How accessible have you found it to be with voiceover? Does Omni Focus work well with the iDevice application as well? Thanks -- You received this message because you are

Re: Mac Mail in Mavericks

2015-02-02 Thread Alex Hall
I haven't tried it, but can you add individual inboxes to Favorites? Go to the Mailboxes table, down arrow to Inbox, and hit right arrow. Down arrow to the account you're interested in, and try to add it to the Favorites Bar. On Feb 2, 2015, at 4:05 PM, Matthew Dierckens matt.dierck...@me.com

Re: My Amadeus Pro Tutorial is Now available

2015-02-02 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Hi Mike, it's actually a lot easier to do certain things in Amadeus Pro, because it's a multitrack editor, whereas Sound Forge isn't. There is also a Sound Forge for Mac which I know some people are using with success. But it's far more expensive than Amadeus Pro and in my view doesn't really

Re: Still Having VoiceOver Dropouts

2015-02-02 Thread Faisal ali
This is quite strange as I’m not having any of these issues. My mac is running great, and lag is not a huge factor anymore. On Feb 2, 2015, at 1:23 PM, Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com wrote: I am also having voiceover dropouts on my Mac running 10.10.2. When I first upgraded to Yosemite, I

Re: Converting from WMV to play on a Mac

2015-02-02 Thread jeff `greene
Hi Brian, One of the best options is VidConvert from reggieashworth.com. It costs $7.95 and does an excellent job converting all types of video formats. And, its VO accessible. Hope this helps! Jeff On 1/16/15, Brian Fischler brianfisch...@me.com wrote: A buddy of mine is new to the mac and has

word games for the mac

2015-02-02 Thread Caitlyn Furness
Hi, Does anybody have any good word game suggestions for the mac? For example, I have an app on my i phone called 7 little words and would love something like this for the mac.. thanks, Caitlyn -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group.

Re: Still Having VoiceOver Dropouts

2015-02-02 Thread Austin Seraphin
Only Voiceover. Interesting question. - Austin Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain! http://behindthecurtain.us On Jan 30, 2015, at 5:11 PM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: Are these dropouts happening with any other audio as well? That is, is it only voiceover speech,

Re: Infovox iVox Voices

2015-02-02 Thread Michael Marshall
i'm from australia and no australian sounds like Karen does. She actually sounds a lot like a politician. On 3 Feb 2015, at 4:32 am, CHUCK REICHEL soundpicturerecord...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, May be they got the Samantha Voice from Aliens? Hence thats why she doesn't sound human! :)

My Amadeus Pro Tutorial is Now available

2015-02-02 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Hi everyone, as I've mentioned a couple of times in various threads about Amadeus Pro, I've been working on an audiobook about this app. That's now available and it runs just under four hours. If you'd like to check out the full table of contents to see if it might be helpful to you, the link

Re: Still Having VoiceOver Dropouts

2015-02-02 Thread Mary Otten
I am also having voiceover dropouts on my Mac running 10.10.2. When I first upgraded to Yosemite, I did not have these problems. Then, my drive had a problem, for which it had to go back and get reformatted and have the whole system reinstalled. I am running a fusion Drive, and the technician

Re: Infovox iVox Voices

2015-02-02 Thread Matthew Dierckens
The InfoVox voices are pretty good. Very responsive, sound amazing at very fast rates, and well worth the $20 per voice. God bless. :) Matthew Dierckens Certified Assistive Technology Specialist Macintosh Trainer Blind Access Training www.blindaccesstraining.com 1-877-774-7670, extension 3 work

Re: Mac Mail in Mavericks

2015-02-02 Thread Matthew Dierckens
As far as I know, the only way to do this is for you to go to the mailboxes table, and select the particular mailbox that way. God bless. :) Matthew Dierckens Certified Assistive Technology Specialist Macintosh Trainer Blind Access Training www.blindaccesstraining.com 1-877-774-7670, extension 3

Re: reformatting an Ntsf external hard drive

2015-02-02 Thread Lorie McCloud
oh I forgot to say: I don’t have a windows box any more. it was about half dead when If finally stopped using it. On Feb 2, 2015, at 4:50 PM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, Was the original drive formatted NTFS or FAT32? NTFS privileges can sometimes affect your ability to copy

Re: reformatting an Ntsf external hard drive

2015-02-02 Thread Lorie McCloud
the original driveis rtfs. it appears to allow me to copy ok but not move. I guess I should’ve just gotten paragon but I had alrready bought this new hard drive. lol. On Feb 2, 2015, at 4:50 PM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, Was the original drive formatted NTFS or FAT32? NTFS

Re: Infovox iVox Voices

2015-02-02 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Yes, I particularly like Ryan and Heather of the Infovox voices. -- Cheryl Move forward by looking back! Above all, fear the Lord and worship Him faithfully with all your heart; consider the great things He has done for you. (1 Samuel 12:24 (HCSB) On Feb 2, 2015, at 4:34 PM, Anders Holmberg

Re: Infovox iVox Voices

2015-02-02 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! This depends on your liking of course. But you have a lot of english voices built-in. Many use the Alex voice and loves it. I use Moira for english which is also built-in. But i have used and still have a license for the ivox voices. They are quite good and much faster on the mac than on a

Re: Infovox iVox Voices

2015-02-02 Thread BBS
Yes. I agree that *some* voices from Infovox are good. Mostly Ryan, Tracy, Lisa, Rod, Grahem and Lucy. That's pretty much it. All of the others sound very robotic to my ears and I have great ears, especially Tyler who is Australian as well as Lisa, and their new Scotish voice Rhona. As I said

Re: Mac Mail in Mavericks

2015-02-02 Thread The Believer
Tim and Alex, Thanks for the input. Is it possible to just forget Favorites and work with each account by itself? The Thunderbird setup works great for me. TB does have an option to unify all accounts which I never enabled. I was working with Mail today and trying to come to grips with

Re: Infovox iVox Voices

2015-02-02 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Actually, I still like the Infovox voices; have been using them for quite a while. But occasionally Alex somehow takes over and I have to turn voiceover off and back on again to fix this. I don't at all think the Infovox voices now sound like carap but I realize that voices are a very

Re: My Amadeus Pro Tutorial is Now available

2015-02-02 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Hi Ray, yes Sound Forge has some very nice post-production tools. Much of the work I do is for spoken word stuff, so I personally have little need for them although they may come in handy for some. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training

Re: reformatting an Ntsf external hard drive

2015-02-02 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Was the original drive formatted NTFS or FAT32? NTFS privileges can sometimes affect your ability to copy or if there are Windows system files in the folder, they can cause you grief. If you still have a Windows box, you could copy the files back to it, format the drive FAT32 and then

Re: My Amadeus Pro Tutorial is Now available

2015-02-02 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Well, John, tell you straight out what I am thinking. I am thinking I'd love to get my hands on Sound forge for the Mac and then, using amadeus pro as a hoast editer, gain access to some special features that I know Sound Forge has but Amadeus does not. The ability to extract out the center

Re: Downcast for OSX

2015-02-02 Thread Erik Heil
Hello, Well, thanks for The suggestions. I will reinstall the application, and I will download some podcasts to see if this works Sent from my iPhone On Feb 2, 2015, at 8:32 AM, Gabriele Battaglia gabriele.battag...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, try the contextual menu and use those voices. For

Re: Downcast for OSX

2015-02-02 Thread Gabriele Battaglia
Hi, try the contextual menu and use those voices. For instance: cmd+shift+s to play. Greetings. Gabriel. -- 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

Downcast for OSX

2015-02-02 Thread Erik Heil
Hello, Recently, I decided to purchase Downcast via the Mac APP Store. Any of you have tips for using it with Voiceover? I can subscribe to podcasts, view the individual episodes in the Local Episodes table but can't actually select one to play. Apparently, those options are always not available.

Re: Mac Mail in Mavericks

2015-02-02 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, I don’t believe that what you’re asking for is possible in Apple Mail. The default folders are listed first in the MailBox list, each expandable to see there contents then they’re followed by the user created folders of each account. So, for example, you could see the following in the

Re: Love the game Lost Cities!

2015-02-02 Thread Donna Goodin
It’s like a solitaire game. Search for it in the app store. Best, Donna On Feb 2, 2015, at 8:56 AM, Jessica Moss junglebookfa...@gmail.com wrote: What is that? It sounds familiar but can't remember where I heard it. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 31, 2015, at 1:59 PM, Donna Goodin

Re: Love the game Lost Cities!

2015-02-02 Thread Gabriele Battaglia
It's wonderful Jessika. We can play if you wish. Gabriel. Skype: gabriel_battaglia -- 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: Love the game Lost Cities!

2015-02-02 Thread Jessica Moss
I don't have it just was curious as to what it is. If it's a paid game I can't bug appreciate the offer though. Sent from my iPhone On Feb 2, 2015, at 10:04 AM, Gabriele Battaglia gabriele.battag...@gmail.com wrote: It's wonderful Jessika. We can play if you wish. Gabriel. Skype:

Re: Love the game Lost Cities!

2015-02-02 Thread Jessica Moss
What is that? It sounds familiar but can't remember where I heard it. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 31, 2015, at 1:59 PM, Donna Goodin doniado...@me.com wrote: that's a great game. thanks to those who pointed it out, I definitely recommend it. Cheers, Donna -- You received this

Re: reformatting an Ntsf external hard drive

2015-02-02 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, When a copy is happening, VO focus is usually on the Copy dialog. If it’s not there automatically, press VO-f2-f2 to bring up the Window Chooser and the Copy dialog will be one of your choices. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Feb 1, 2015, at 22:30, Lorie McCloud

BusyCal Accessibility Improved?

2015-02-02 Thread Emilio Hernandez
Hello everyone, Has anyone tried using BusyCal as of late? I know when it first was released it seemed moderately accessible, but accessing the calendar table was not possible. Thus, I am curious to know if anyone on this list has made any further attempts of reaching the developers who seemed

Re: My Amadeus Pro Tutorial is Now available

2015-02-02 Thread Ray Foret Jr
It would be the hight of foolishness and presumption to imagine I know everything about Amadeus Pro even though I've been using it now for five years. Therefore, I will check this out. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a happy Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone 6+ and Apple TV user!

Re: My Amadeus Pro Tutorial is Now available

2015-02-02 Thread Mike Arrigo
Just curious Jonathan, I know you used to use sound forge in Windows, perhaps you still do, not sure. Anyway, do you think Amadeus on the mac is just as accessible and functional as sound forge was? Original message: Hi everyone, as I've mentioned a couple of times in various threads about

Re: Infovox iVox Voices

2015-02-02 Thread CHUCK REICHEL
Hi, May be they got the Samantha Voice from Aliens? Hence thats why she doesn't sound human! :) Chuck On Feb 1, 2015, at 3:51 PM, The Believer wrote: Yes that is why I am looking into this. It does not take long for me to tune out, especially when reading repetitive material, like file

Re: Infovox iVox Voices

2015-02-02 Thread The Believer
Heh, could be, for she sounds wonderful. From The Believer. . . . . . what if it were true? ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 2/2/2015 9:32 AM, CHUCK REICHEL wrote: Hi, May be they got the Samantha Voice from Aliens? Hence thats why she doesn't sound human! :) Chuck On Feb 1, 2015, at 3:51

Re: reformatting an Ntsf external hard drive

2015-02-02 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, I suggest that you just copy from one drive to another then. It’s no different than moving, other than the files will remain on the original drive too. Once the copy has finished, just format the old drive so that it is empty for the next owner. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB