Guys,
I finally got it working. While Daisy Worm was a no go for this,
InDaisy seems to work like a champ. It took a minute to get the file
to open. This appears to be because I didn't hold my finger down on
the file long enough initially. Whatever the case, I now have a
perfectly working copy
Guys,
Some of you may have been following my troubles on the viPhone list.
I'll summarize here by saying that I finally got the book I have,
which is in DAISY 2.2, into the file sharing section of the apps tab
of iTunes on my Mac. However, for the life of me, I can't get the
book to open. I
Okay, here are the facts:
1. No version of Sibelius or finale is accessible for the blind on a
Mac.
2. The only music notation solutions that generates print notation
using mainstream, commercial off-the-shelf software, involves using
Sibelius 5.25, which may not even be available from Sibelius
Guys,
I have a problem. I have a daisy book that was done by the Minnesota
State services for the blind. However, I don't really know how to find
out what version of Daisy the book is done in. Can anyone tell me if
there's a method for finding this out? I want to buy an app for my
iPhone but need
Do either TypeNBraille or Braille touch process Grade 2!? If anyone
knows how to be a beta tester for Braille Touch, let me know.
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Does typenBraille understand Grade 2 Braille?
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There are some websites that work better for sighted Mac users with
Firefox than they do with Safari. I have very limited experience
using FF BUT FEEL IT DOESN't respond to VO very well. Are there
different VO commands for FF I need to learn? Does Firefox work well
with VO?
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So it wasn't my imagination about not being able to use FF after all
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How does one delete local files and replace them with higher
resolution files from the cloud?
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Tim,
I've noticed the iCloud error button at least once. Could you explain
the various buttons and their meanings?
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On Jan 4, 2012, at 6:42 PM, Kevin Gibbs kevj...@me.com wrote:
Guys,
there's a broadcast on the web this Friday at 8 PM central standard
time in Minnesota that I'd like to capture. Unfortunately, I am going
to be at the concert and won't be at my console. Could any of you do
guys,
I need to burn five custom CDs with some music for a grant
application. I need to put a five second silence between track 1 and
2. the rest of the spaces need to be the standard two seconds. I
have iTunes 10.5x. Can iTunes do this? It may be the case that the
music in my iTunes library
Ray,
Where do I find Burns, or Simply Burns? Also, if I didnt' mention
it, could I use this to rip some tracks off a source CD, store those
in a file on my desktop and then burn a new CD containing some of the
ripped files from that new folder I just made?Kevin
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Okay, the good news is I found Simply burns. the bad news is that I
don't really understand how to apply the pre-gap feature to get the
five second interval I need.
to begin, I thought that in order to affect the spacing between songs
1 and 2 you would alter the pre-gap on song 1. when I set
Ray,
the gap in the preferences is for the default for all files in a
project. The individual ones appear to be in the project window.
that's what I've been messing with. My last experiment was to cut the
default in the prefs and all the defaults in tracks to 0. I'm still
not quite happy with
Ray,
I guess I'm really confused. If I'm supposed to adjust the default gap
in the preferences for every track, then what are those gaps in the
project window for? What should they be set for? It was really
difficult to set the value for the gaps in the project window
immediately to the right of
Guys,
I promise I have looked in the archives but can't find the answer.
Does anyone have a recommendation for a DAISY reader under Lion?
There's nothing in the App Store and I haven't found anything in the
archives here or on the web. I'd appreciate any help as i have a
large text book on music
I neglected to mention that the book was done by Minnesota State
Services for the Blind. It is not a Bookshare book. but it has four
levels of Daisyness, so I'm hoping there's a Lion friendly Daisy
reader i can use on my Mac Mini. I guess I could use one of the apps
that I see for my iPhone but
Native Instruments are completely inaccessible. What version of Logic
Pro do you have. Since it doesn't work with VO, how do you use it?
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Another small problem. When I go to the bookmarks bar and go to the
bookmarks table, choosing the bookmark doesn't allow me to load that
page. I don't know why. I can edit my bookmarks but I can't seem to
go to a website using the bookmarks from the table.
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Well, that's the reverse of what I was asking for, but it will work
perfectly. I was wanting Pages to disregard the state of open files
while Safari would retain what was open. I guess the thing to do is
to retain the global setting to on and use the command option q for
Pages to hose open
i don't know if this is the same thing. I think I have two iTunes
accounts, each with its own ID. I have some items which were
purchased with one account and one with another. the interesting
thing is that I tried to use account 2 as my iTunes match account but
couldn't get the PW to work on
is it possible to disable the feature that opens the last file you
were working on in a specific application in Lion? Let's say you were
working on a Pages document and you didn't want that document to be
opened the next time someone else used your computer. while that
facility is desirable in
I had the same problem but was able to fix it with a little
persistence. thanks for your answer. I'll do my best to remember it
until the next Lion update comes out, hopefully with a fix.
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Well, I appear to be half cool. I was able to kill the open last page
in apps in the general pane of system Preferences. but I wasn't able
to find the open to last page in Safari specifically. where would
that have been?
thanks,
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guys,
do any of you understand how Ping works? I have two basic questions. First,
how does one invite people to follow them or choose people to follow? Second,
during the setup process, I'm pretty sure I saw some means by which you could
post your Ping comments directly, or maybe even
One last question, I hope. Currently, in the settings for my iPhone
in the device pane of iTunes, on the photos tab, I have pictures set
to none. whenever I connect my iPhone to my Mac Mini with the cable,
iPhoto automatically opens and I have the option of importing new
photos to iPhoto.
guys,
Sory for the cross-post. I just activated Photo Stream on both my iPhone 4
running IOS5 and my Mac Mini. My iPhone 4 is currently connected to AC power
and wifi. I have activated an iCloud backup on the iPhone with the intent of
moving one photo from the iPhone to the iPhoto library on
Since my last MSG, I've managed to copy items to a playlist but can't
engage the copy command consistently.
Thoughts,
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Guys,
I know this is covered but I can't find it after searching. I'm
trying to create new playlists in iTunes 10.5 under Lion 10.72. I
can't seem to use the copy or paste commands to move items into my
proposed playlists. I know I could do this before in SL and iTunes
10.4. What am I doing
For some reason, I can no longer navigate this group with Quick Nav
on. I have Quick Nav set to Links. this should allow me to move
through the topics. but every time I press an arrow key, Alex says
Discussions. the only way I can navigate is to hold VO and right and
left arrow through all
Okay. I'm an idiot. My caps lock was on. Everything works right
now.
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Paul,
As it turns out, I simply bit the bullet and downloaded and installed
in one go. Everything seems to me working just fine. Thanks everyone
for all your help.
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Dear Anne,
I'm sorry I didn't get back to you earlier. I've been using the new
version of lion nail and expanding individual conversations as needed.
That took a minute to learn but I seem to be comfortable now. I'll go
back to trying your idea just to see if I can make it work. Thanks
again for
guys,
sorry to bother you with something that I'm sure I've seen before. I
downloaded and installed Lion successfully. However, i have a slight
problem with Mail. I've chosen Classic View because i couldn't quite
get my head around the new format. I thought I would prefer having my
Dear Anne,
I wrote you privately to mention that I would try looking at the
keyboard focus item setting in navigation as soon as i could. it
turns out that this setting was chosen as you had suggested. However,
it didn't solve my problem. I tried both settings and the result was
identical.
I'm downloading Lion for the first time. The process took some doing
because this was my first purchase on this Mac from the app store. I
think I eventually did get Lion to start downloading. However, I
can't find a progress bar and I don't see the Downloads folder's i'm
used to when
Okay. I went to Purchased Apps and have found the progress bar but I
still don't have any idea where the installer will land.
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Now I have the option to begin the installation. But what if I don't
want to install until tomorrow?
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Is it possible for DB to tell a user when someone has added/removed/
edited a file in a shared foldwmer the emway it did on my old XP C?
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Thanks. Killing Quick Nav did the trick.
Kevin
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Those voices are Lion only. Right?
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when I choose a recipient in Mail in SL, I see a series of possible
recipients that narrows as I fill in the name. I have enough vision
to see the list of names to choose from once I begin to type. What I
want to do is scroll down the list to find the person I want instead
of having to type the
guys,
when I used to use a PC to access my Dropbox account, I always got a
notification whenever someone inserted or removed a file from a shared
DB folder. I don't think I still get those on my Mac. Does anyone
know what seting I need to engage to reenable this feature, if
possible? I looked
guys,
when I used to use a PC to access my Dropbox account, I always got a
notification whenever someone inserted or removed a file from a shared
DB folder. I don't think I still get those on my Mac. Does anyone
know what seting I need to engage to reenable this feature, if
possible? I looked
guys,
I'm having a real problem. I'm using Snow Leopard and VO. for some
reason, Voiceover will simply stop speaking for no reason at no
reliable time. turning Voiceover off and back on doesn't do the
trick. I have enough vision to see the caption panel, which I have
concealed until now. I'm
What is Audacity?
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I just downloaded the free version of Audio Hijack Pro to record Skype
conversations. I will eventually buy a license to avoid the ten
minute limit. However, could someone tell me how one exports a
recording of a Skype conversation from Audio Hijack Pro into a .wav or
mp3 file that can be
I should also ask, does anyone have an opinion on whether Hijack Pro
or Amadeus Pro is better? Suddenly VO is not talking to me as I'm
typing this. So I hope I'm making sense.
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My apologies. I did figure out the difference between the two
programs after I'd placed that second post. However, i do have to
export my recordings because I want to put them in Sonar as
complementary audio tracks that keep notes on the directions that the
movie director has given me for the
I figured it out.
You can tell Hijack Pro where you want to save stuff. I assume you
can copy a file, too.
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The goal is to move, not just copy the files. cMDV does paste the
file. But I'm trying to move, not just copy.
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Using Snow Leopard. Guess I'm out of luck.
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I suspect the original post containing the recipe for making a
bootable USB drive was never included.
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Never mind. Found it.
Kevin Gibbs wrote:
I suspect the original post containing the recipe for making a
bootable USB drive was never included.
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I tried to search the group but no joy. I have some mp3s in my iTunes
library which I need to copy to a thumb drive so I can bring them to
my wife's computer for her to attach them to e-mails she is sending.
I was able to copy one file by physically dragging and dropping it
with the limited
Guys, I'm really, really sorry. But, no matter how I try, I can't get
the command, option v to move files anywhere. I tried typing command
C and VO said Copy. but Command, Option V in the destination location
only gave me a plink sound that we all know as a failure. What could
I possibly be
Any way to move files from one place to another? Not copy, but move.
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the subject says it all. My wife, who is sighted, is trying to create
a document in Pages that has headers on some of the pages but not
all. The idea is that she will eventually want to put this entire
document into PDF. Since we don't have Acrobat, creating multiple
documents in Pages, some
Guys,
What is the equivalent of file associations in the Mac world.
Currently, all PDFs open in an inaccessible version of Acrobat
Reader. I can read things in Preview, but don't know how to make all
PDFs open in Preview instead of Acrobat. How do I do this?
Thanks,
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I don't have a play option that I can see. All I can do is use my
vision to double tap one song. That one song will play. But the next
one won't.
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I had the chance to check that out by choosing an artist that I know I
don't have any of in my personal collection. And yes, you're right.
Next question is, how do I set it up so that all the tunes that I
find under an artist get played in a row instead of one at a time? I
heard one song
Unfortunately, there's nothing that works with VoiceOver. You write
notation, you can look at Sibelius.
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Guys,
I just downloaded Spotify and installed it. the application is
completely inaccessible with VO on Mac under Snow Leopard. I can use
it with the limited vision I have by moving the mouse literally by
hand. but that's not the worst of it. I was really freaked when i
looked myself up on the
Assuming I can get the dual boot thing together, would I then use
migration assistant to port my apps and data into Lion including
network PW etc?
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Are you using Acapela under Snowleopard?
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Guys,
I'm considering a dual boot environment between Snow Leopard and Lion.
How do I do it.
I'm not ready to buy lion yet. But when I do, I suspect that I will
want to switch back and forth between Snow Leopard and Lion. Will
creating two partitions, one with lion and one with Snow Leopard be
I've also discovered that my 2010 Mac Mini, which I bought to learn VO
last December, only has 2GB of RAM. Do I have to upgrade to 4GB of
RAM to run Lion? And, do I have to find my iWork disc to reinstall
after Lion? What about migrating mail, docs, etc?
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The only external drive I have is my time machine drive. Can I use the
time machine drive is my external drive to back up all my stuff that
might need to be reinstalled post lion?
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I do have a few questions:
1. I've lost my Snowleopard disks. Is that a problem regarding Lion?
2. Where do I get Super Duper or Carbon Copy Cloaner?
3. I also can't find my iWork discs. Is that a possible problem.
I'd rather not make a dual boot situation.
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Right now, only pro tools is accessible using voice over. However, the
midi event ListView in pro tools is not yet accessible I am told.
There are many applications for the iPad which may demonstrate some
promise for users as a bridge until things like logic become
accessible using voice over.
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As far as i know, Pro Tools is your best shot. Unfortunately, while I
haven't tested it yet, I understand that the equivelant of the event
list in Sonar is not accessible in Pro Tools. Try it with VO at your
local music store like guitar Center and let us know how you get on.
There are some
Is it possible to delete your Google search history, not to be
confused with clearing your search history in Safari? Can you turn
search history off so it isn't preserved at all?
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Just my opinion. However, I think you'll do best with notifications by
not using growl and just using the options that come within Skype
preferences. I worked like crazy to get growl to work and it was only
after I disable that that I got the results I wanted.
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Guys,
I know I asked this once before without a response. I'm fond of
reading Huffington Post and other sites on my mac. Unfortunately,
whereas in JAWS I could easily cut to the first block of text in a
webpage by simply pressing N, I can't seem to cut quickly to the
body of an article using
I'm having problems adding new words such as proper names to
spellcheck in either Text Edit or Pages. What might I be doing wrong?
How can i unlearn a mistake I've added to the dictionary?
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I've figured out how to learn new words but still don't know how to
unlearn mistakes.
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First, I would like to thank everyone who worked so hard to help me
figure out the problem I was having with having people's names spoken
as they came and went from Skype. while an announcement can be
interupted by Alex if he's reading anything else, I did hear enough
of two different people
First, I would like to thank everyone who worked so hard to help me
figure out the problem I was having with having people's names spoken
as they came and went from Skype. while an announcement can be
interupted by Alex if he's reading anything else, I did hear enough
of two different people
For everyone's information, Colin and I just had a long Skype chat
during which we tried absolutely everything we can think of. However,
All I ever get when a Skype contact comes on or off line is that
someone came on or offline. In no case is the name ever spoken. I
have to go through the
I'm using a combination of Skype's notifications and the Growl
preference pane in Skype General Preferences. I'm kevjazz on Skype if
you'd be willing to lend a hand. I can't Find any place where there's
a text box that says came online..
Kevin
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I might have just gotten it to work. If it doesn't work, how would I
delete and rebuild the pref file?
Thanks,
Kevin
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Just upgraded to the latest version. Set up in Skype preferences
itself. Still no joy. Like I said, I'm kevjazz on Skype if you're
willing to help. You can contact me privately if willing, at
kevj...@gmail.com.
Thanks for any help.
Kevin
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Unfortunately, I'm still coming up empty. Even when I've marked the
boxes and chosen your ccontact @ is available, the person's name is
not spoken. All it says is came online.. Would really like to hear
the person's as they come and go.
I'm kevjazz on Skype if you're willing to help.
Thanks,
Only Sibelius 5 is accessible and only w JAWS.
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Do you mean the music notation program? I'm not seeing the beginning
of this thread. However, Finale isn't accessible. So, I'm really
confused.
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Well, I think I've done what you suggested. . I didn't see an
event for contact came on line. So, i've chosen the sign in option.
Let's see what happens.
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Colin,
I've checked the boxes for speak text on contact becomes available and
unavailable. let's see what I get. Thanks for being so helpful. I
just think it's such a cool amenity, and I'd love to see it work.
Kevin
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What is the value of this service if you have Alex to read text. Is
this the way we got the Leopard podcast on VO read in the voice of
Alex?
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Guys,
I'm a keyboard player and I often write the word synthesizer as simply
synth. Unfortunately, I can't come up with a combination of letters that
Alex will pronounce as s, short i, n, th. I've tried s, i, n th, to no avail.
Does anyone have a clue?
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Jeff and Colin,
You're geniuses. S y n t h e worked perfectly.
Thanks,
Kevin
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What do you mean when you're talking about sending a file to iTunes is
a spoken track?
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No, because I can't even find them.
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The weird thing is, I've heard Voiceover say, growler app, but I don't
see anything on the screen with my vision and I've never known what it
related to. I'll see if I can find bad thing in the preference panes
and see if you makes a difference for me.
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Personally, I think it would be excellent to have iBooks on the Mac.
It would be great to hear Alex reading a book instead of just
Samantha. I hope they do in Lyon.
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I hope Logic will become accessible. Let's stay on this.
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Guys,
Anyone know how to password protect a document in the latest version of Pages?
Kevin
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Try using links combined with contracting the discussions so all you
see is the watching this topic star and the thread subject line, but
not the first lines of the post.
Just my opinion. Works on a handheld box.
Kevin
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