Re: Sendspace wizard and sendspace.com

2011-08-14 Thread Christine Grassman
I've only used sendspace.com for downloads, but I haven't had any problems. I also downloaded their Wizard for Mac and did not have problems. I've never uploaded, so cannot speak to that. Christine On Aug 14, 2011, at 2:54 AM, Shen wrote: I'm curious if anyone has been able to navigate the

Re: Safari busy.

2011-08-15 Thread Christine Grassman
The only sometimes solution I have found to this very annoying problem is shutting off VO for about half a minute, then putting it back on. About 75 to 80 percent of the time, it works. I also get finder busy and mail busy announcements, though not as frequently as Safari. It's the most

Re: Can't open bookshare XML files anymore

2011-09-02 Thread Christine Grassman
When I download books from Bookshare, I use unarchiver to unzip them, then click on the XML file, and it opens in Safari. Have you tried this? I do have SL. Christine On Sep 1, 2011, at 10:15 PM, johns.kary wrote: Hi guys, I used to read and convert Bookshare books by, opening the XML file in

Re: solving visual captchas with mac and safari

2011-09-10 Thread Christine Grassman
Great. I was thinking of trying Firefox, because I'm bloody sick of hearing Safari busy -- particularly when I'm on my bank's web site paying my bills. What are others using besides SAfari? On Sep 10, 2011, at 8:56 PM, Jon Cohn wrote: Well, I have managed to avoid these things, but if it

Strange new behavior: Spotlight and Safari

2011-09-25 Thread Christine Grassman
Hi, all. I wanted to know if anyone is experiencing, or has experienced, either of the following: 1. Lately, I try to use Spotlight, and it simply doesn't come up. In order for it to work, I must restart. It has happened several times over the past few days. Is there another way to get to

Re: Is the blindmicemart site no longer mac accessible?

2011-10-01 Thread Christine Grassman
I've had no luck with the movie vault for a few months now -- whenever I enter it, it says empty html. However, according to an e-mail received from Blind Mice Mart about a week ago, the new site http://www.blindmicemegamall.com should be up and running any day. Oct. 1 was the approximate date

Re: Is the blindmicemart site no longer mac accessible?

2011-10-01 Thread Christine Grassman
, at 9:36 AM, johns.kary wrote: Hi Christine, Thanks for this info. How do you become a member of blindmicemart? I've never seen anything about signing up with them. Thanks, Kari. On 01/10/2011, at 10:55 PM, Christine Grassman wrote: I've had no luck with the movie vault for a few

Is there a work-around for accessing this site with Safari or Omniweb?

2011-10-02 Thread Christine Grassman
Hello, folks. I have tried, on my own and with sighted assistance without VoiceOver on, to purchase a gift card from http://www.redmangousa.com The site seems to be in flash, yet I can read the address bar, and the links to Twitter and Facebook. When I search in Google, I see the information

Re: Is there a work-around for accessing this site with Safari or Omniweb?

2011-10-02 Thread Christine Grassman
. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Oct 2, 2011, at 08:30, Christine Grassman wrote: Hello, folks. I have tried, on my own and with sighted assistance without VoiceOver on, to purchase a gift card from http://www.redmangousa.com The site seems to be in flash, yet I can read the address bar

Re: Is the blindmicemart site no longer mac accessible?

2011-10-04 Thread Christine Grassman
Windows, try using Internet Explorer. It will display the page regardless of the code problems. hth On Oct 1, 2011, at 8:01 AM, Christine Grassman wrote: I believe when I signed up, there was a member log-in button, and when you went into that, there was the ability to register if you were

Re: iPhone 4s and Siri

2011-10-05 Thread Christine Grassman
OK, I'm confused now -- does this mean that those with iPhone 3GS's and 4's can still get the sIRI app? Christine On Oct 5, 2011, at 4:27 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: The original Siri iPhone App, before Apple bought them, ran on iPhone 3GS or better:

Re: -- SPAM --Re: Anyone else having issues upgrading to IOS5 on their IPhones?

2011-10-12 Thread Christine Grassman
Might these problems be related to busy servers? On Oct 12, 2011, at 4:27 PM, David McLean wrote: My iPad is now in recovery mode! I tried to restore it and it says the server cannot be contacted at this time, try later. I think it's a bust for now. On Oct 12, 2011, at 4:24 PM, Matt

Re: ios5 podcast VoiceOverOn

2011-10-13 Thread Christine Grassman
I cannot locate any podcasts after episode 24 from 10/1. Christine Sent from my iPhone On 13/10/2011, at 5:15, Paul Erkens paul.erk...@gmail.com wrote: Dear listers, For anyone interested, I was pleasantly surprised by the arrival of the latest podcast called VoiceOverOn. A few very well

IOS 5 update questions

2011-10-13 Thread Christine Grassman
How long did everything take from start to finish? Also, is it normal for iTunes to have no windoes once the update begins? It says not to interrupt, but what if happenstance dictates an interruption, though unintended? Will thi result in damage of any kind? Just paranoid . . . :) -- You

Can I stop the backup and begin it later without likelihood of a problem?

2011-10-13 Thread Christine Grassman
My phone is restoring from a back-up after an apparent successful upgrade to IOS 5. I must leave soon; can I hit stop and resume at home? Christine -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: Steve Jobs Biography Reveals He Told Obama, 'You're Headed For A One-Term Presidency'

2011-10-21 Thread Christine Grassman
I think this is leading somewhere that this list should not go. I don't think this should be a forum for anyone's political beliefs or name-calling, whether one is on the right, the left, or dead center. Christine On Oct 21, 2011, at 11:17 AM, Chuck Reichel wrote: Steve Jobs was correct!

Strange e-mailing problem

2011-11-05 Thread Christine Grassman
We are at a loss over here. Both my husband and I have Macbooks, while my kids have PC's. Most people we e-mail to have PC's; we have never had e-mailing issues. However, for a reason we cannot fathom, my husband and I cannot get anything sent to his parents. Straight text, attachments,

Now that blindmicemart (blindmicemegamall) is back . . .

2011-11-06 Thread Christine Grassman
The Blind Mice Movie Vault contains many, many audio-described movies and television shows in mp3 format. I would like to get them onto my iPhone. However, for some reason, when I download them, they are not being put in my iTunes library. Is there a way to do tis one case at a time, or

Re: Now that blindmicemart (blindmicemegamall) is back . . .

2011-11-06 Thread Christine Grassman
6, 2011, at 12:50 PM, Daniel Miller wrote: Open each mp3 in iTunes, and there ya go. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christine Grassman Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2011 11:33 AM To: macvisionaries

Re: Now that blindmicemart (blindmicemegamall) is back . . .

2011-11-06 Thread Christine Grassman
library. When you find it, press command+I and edit the information to make it appear where you want it . On Nov 6, 2011, at 3:32 PM, Christine Grassman wrote: Tried that -- plays fine in iTunes, but isn't appearing in either the music library or movies. When I use Spotlight to find it, it says

Re: Now that blindmicemart (blindmicemegamall) is back . . .

2011-11-06 Thread Christine Grassman
noted, the link is no longer on the home page. Also, the links I got searching through google appear to bring up a blank page in safari and webkit. Thanks, Greg On Nov 6, 2011, at 3:39 PM, Christine Grassman wrote: Kristyn, I did as directed, but not sure exactly what I'm editing

Re: Now that blindmicemart (blindmicemegamall) is back . . .

2011-11-07 Thread Christine Grassman
that blindmicemart (blindmicemegamall) is back . . . Yes, a google search for blind mice mega mall took me to the page. After signing up, the movie vault showed up as an option. -Greg On Nov 6, 2011, at 6:23 PM, Christine Grassman wrote: Thank you; I'll give this a try. AS for the movie vault, I

Netflicks issue: changing order in queue

2011-11-27 Thread Christine Grassman
Good day/night all. I am hoping someone can assist with a frustrating Netflicks issue. It used to be a siple matter of hitting delete and inputting the number where you want to place the movie. However, although hitting queue move will take whatever movie I am vocusing on to number one in the

Re: bookshare and mac?

2012-04-17 Thread Christine Grassman
Maria, you can also get a free file extractor called the unarchiver. Download and install it, then when you download a bookshare Daity title, you open the unarchiver, put in your bookshare password, and it extracts the file just as on a PC. You can then read the book in Safari or other

Re: bookshare and mac?

2012-04-17 Thread Christine Grassman
bookshare books in oleria? pardon spelling. too lazy to go look it up lol Blessings! Maria Joe and loving guide Karly. Email/ I Message: fb bubbygirl1...@gmail.com twitter: bubbygirl skype: bubbygirl1972 bubbygirl1...@gmail.com On 17/04/2012, at 11:36 PM, Christine Grassman

Why Does Spotlight Suddenly Stop Working?

2012-04-21 Thread Christine Grassman
The subject basically says it all. About ten percent of the time, when I attempt to use Sotlight, it just doesn't work. Whatever is on the screen at the time is spoken -- I have to restart the Mac in order for Spotlight to work again. Sometimes, it will work successfully a few times in a row,

Re: New epub Reader

2012-04-23 Thread Christine Grassman
Will this read Nook or Kindle books? On Apr 23, 2012, at 12:45 PM, Steve Holmes wrote: I hadn't either until I read the original message mentioning it as an EPUB reader for the mac. Earlier today I got a message saying it was accessible so one can use it to read EPUB books on the mac like you

OT: Any Web Designers Out Here?

2012-04-25 Thread Christine Grassman
Hi there, everyone. I'm hoping someone can assist with something. In a nutshell, there is a site, http://www.yourmorals.org which enables you to take surveys on fascinating and intriguing aspects of morality. After you take the surveys, there are often color-coded and otherwise graphical

blindmicemegamall movie vault and illegal file-sharing allegation

2012-04-27 Thread Christine Grassman
Naturally, if the moderator deems this discussion verboten, I will refrain further, but I would feel remiss not to point out the following for consideration: 1. As of several hours ago, there was nothing on the FBI's official web site regarding an investigation, nor were there any press

Re: blindmicemegamall movie vault and illegal file-sharing allegation

2012-04-28 Thread Christine Grassman
people claim something, but cannot or do not provide any reference to back those claims. And for the record I do not condone pirating of any kind and believe that regardless of accessibility issues even blind people must follow the laws. On Apr 27, 2012, at 10:51 PM, Christine Grassman wrote

Re: FaceDekk beta news, and link to sign up

2012-04-28 Thread Christine Grassman
I think it's terrific that he is doing this, and thanks so much, Ed, for getting the ball rolling. On Apr 27, 2012, at 5:05 PM, Ed Worrell wrote: He is fixing the inaccessible parts of the app. HE just wants to get the fixes right,and see if there is any other suggestions of better ways to

Re: blindmicemegamall movie vault and illegal file-sharing allegation

2012-04-28 Thread Christine Grassman
that better enables us to participate, thanks to the fact that Apple has made the iPad a fully accessible device. Best, Donna On Apr 28, 2012, at 8:36 AM, Christine Grassman wrote: With all due respect, Scott, laws which disparately impact certain groups or classes of people have been flouted

Re: Priorities

2012-04-28 Thread Christine Grassman
iPads in classrooms as something that leaves the blind/VI student out? If anything, I see that as something that better enables us to participate, thanks to the fact that Apple has made the iPad a fully accessible device. Best, Donna On Apr 28, 2012, at 8:36 AM, Christine Grassman wrote

Re: blindmicemegamall movie vault and illegal file-sharing allegation

2012-04-28 Thread Christine Grassman
to utilize this described material as long as it remains an option. I hear the federal incarceration facilities are kind of nice ,just in case they decide to lock us all up. We may be needing a good attorney. *smiles* On Apr 28, 2012, at 8:36 AM, Christine Grassman wrote: With all due

Re: Priorities

2012-04-28 Thread Christine Grassman
I'll have both. The government need not provide anything except a law mandating availability. I think we should have sighted people only have access to audio devices for one week, but with every other one of life's amenities to which they are accustomed. After all, seeing action is a luxury.

Re: Priorities

2012-04-28 Thread Christine Grassman
accessible products and services as mandatory, then we have do do it until we get our fair shake. It's fairness to all, or it shouldn't be for any. Go red, white, and blue:( Jenny On Apr 28, 2012, at 1:37 PM, Christine Grassman wrote: Arguably, anything beyond the things required for daily

Re: blindmicemegamall movie vault and illegal file-sharing allegation

2012-04-29 Thread Christine Grassman
, at 10:36 PM, Christine Grassman wrote: With all due respect, Scott, laws which disparately impact certain groups or classes of people have been flouted through civil disobedience since the introduction of legal systems, e.g., civil rights, disability rights, employment rights, etc. The United

Re: Priorities

2012-04-30 Thread Christine Grassman
Perhaps Sean should be the point man and anyone interested should write him off-list; we start a mailing list, start discussing this, then use social media to go out there and do this thing. Sign me up. On Apr 30, 2012, at 8:00 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: I have been suggesting this for the last 10

Re: Solving a capcha problem

2012-05-05 Thread Christine Grassman
There are many sites which now have an audio capcha, but there are plenty which do not have this. On some, you cannot even contact anyone via an email contact form without solving a capcha. I don't know why they cannot simply give a simple arithmetic problem or some other query which has an

Re: Excedingly odd and frustrating problem filling out WEb nform at snapple.com

2012-05-06 Thread Christine Grassman
to just press command r to refresh the screen. wish i could be of more help. take care, max On May 6, 2012, at 8:36 PM, Christine Grassman wrote: Hello, all. I am trying to fill out a Web contact form at Snapple. It seems that all pop-ups and radio buttons are selecting correctly, but all

Re: iBird

2012-05-10 Thread Christine Grassman
I have a question as well. The information for the app stated you could search by bird sound -- but this implies there is a place in the app where one can browse bird sounds. I cannot find such a place. Any help is appreciated. Christine On May 10, 2012, at 8:23 AM, Eugenia Firth wrote: Hi

Valiantly Trying -- And Miserably Failing -- To Post on Wordpress.com

2012-06-03 Thread Christine Grassman
Good day/night to all. I have a blog on wordpress.com, and typically, every few months, I have to experiment to figure out how to post because of changes made to the layout of the add new post screen. With some trial and error, I have been able to do this for several iterations of wordpress.com

Re: Valiantly Trying -- And Miserably Failing -- To Post on Wordpress.com

2012-06-04 Thread Christine Grassman
, Christine Grassman cgrassman1...@gmail.com wrote: Good day/night to all. I have a blog on wordpress.com, and typically, every few months, I have to experiment to figure out how to post because of changes made to the layout of the add new post screen. With some trial and error, I have

Re: uninstalling chrome

2012-06-10 Thread Christine Grassman
Hi Kimsan, yes or at least that what I would do. Go to the application folder, find google crome, bring up the context menu wit VO shift M, go down to delete close the window with Command W, then just command shift and the backspace key to empty the trash. All done and dusted! Just out of

Strange mail issue: this message cannot be sent by the server etc.

2012-06-30 Thread Christine Grassman
Why are some of my messages being sent out with no problem, while others are getting a cannot send message using this server message? There is seemingly no rhyme or reason to what is being rejected and kept in my Outbox. Thanks for any ideas. Christine -- You received this message because you

From Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion: Should This Be Doable Without Any Intermediate Steps?

2012-07-25 Thread Christine Grassman
I have never done an upgrade on my MacBook. Is there anything specific I must do in order to accomplish the jump? Christine -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com.

Re: upgrading to mountain lion was Loving Mountain Lion

2012-07-25 Thread Christine Grassman
I'm having trouble determining if I can upgrade my MacBook. On the tech specs page, it seems to indicate that only the aluminum MacBooks can be upgraded (along with Mbp, Mb Air, Mb Mini, and iMac). I bought my MacBook in February, 2011. I've got a 2.4 ghz Intel Core 2 Dup processor. Am I okay?

Re: upgrading to mountain lion was Loving Mountain Lion

2012-07-25 Thread Christine Grassman
Great. Thanks. :) On Jul 25, 2012, at 2:05 PM, Doug Lawlor wrote: Hi Christine, Yu should be able to upgrade your macbook just fine. Mine is just the white macbook from February, 2010 with 4 GB ram and I upgraded it fine today. Doug On 2012-07-25, at 3:31 PM, Christine Grassman

Am I Missing Something Regarding New Voices?

2012-07-26 Thread Christine Grassman
Hey, folks. Ever since I got my MacBook, I stuck with Alex because I did not really like any of the other voices. I understood that aside from Alex, Bruce, Fred, Cathy, Vicky, and Victoria, any other voices would have to be downloaded and/or purchased from other sources. I was not even aware I

Busy, busy everywhere

2012-07-27 Thread Christine Grassman
Since installing ML, I am noticing a huge increase in busy messages in Mail, Safari, Finder -- everywhere. Exceedingly annoying. Sometimes, toggling VO off and on helps, but often not. Also, I've noticed that whenever I have to use VO space for anything, it almost always requires a second or

Re: Busy, busy everywhere

2012-07-27 Thread Christine Grassman
, Christine Grassman cgrassman1...@gmail.com wrote: Since installing ML, I am noticing a huge increase in busy messages in Mail, Safari, Finder -- everywhere. Exceedingly annoying. Sometimes, toggling VO off and on helps, but often not. Also, I've noticed that whenever I have to use VO space

Re: Busy, busy everywhere

2012-07-27 Thread Christine Grassman
to repair disc permitions. Make sure you're on the first aid tab first. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christine Grassman Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 10:48 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject

Re: Busy, busy everywhere

2012-07-27 Thread Christine Grassman
@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christine Grassman Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 10:56 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Busy, busy everywhere I've got a thirteen-inch white MacBook purchased in February 2011. On Jul 27, 2012, at 11:54

Exceedingly frustrating problem trying to attach file to e-mail

2012-07-28 Thread Christine Grassman
OK, so I've got a few pdf's in my downloads folder, and I want to place them in Documents so that I can attach them. Going into preview with ML, I went into the file menu and tried Save, but it isn't giving me the ability to change the name and save them in documents. So, I tried going to the

Oh, Another Frustrating Thing

2012-07-28 Thread Christine Grassman
Spotlight is not working as it did in SL. Every time I hit vo plus M three times rapidly, I hear menu extras -- and when I try to interact to get more information, it says sync menu extra and does nothing more. Is there some file or other I can read that will spell out these issues/changes for

Re: Oh, Another Frustrating Thing

2012-07-28 Thread Christine Grassman
Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christine Grassman Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2012 12:12 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Oh, Another Frustrating Thing Spotlight is not working as it did in SL. Every time I

Re: Twitter in 10.8 (was: Re: Observations about mountain lion so far)

2012-07-29 Thread Christine Grassman
I can't find Twitter in the Notification Center, and I'm signed in to Twitter, and according to the apps section on Twitter, Apple integration has permission. So I am confuzzled. :) On Jul 29, 2012, at 11:51 AM, Alex Hall mehg...@gmail.com wrote: I don't see a way to do this. Come to think of

Re: Twitter in 10.8 (was: Re: Observations about mountain lion so far)

2012-07-29 Thread Christine Grassman
Ah, I believe I'll give this a whirl. Thanks. On Jul 29, 2012, at 11:54 AM, Rachel Feinberg walksi...@gmail.com wrote: To connect to twitter: Go to system preferences, mail, contacts, calendars setting. then you'll find an internet accounts table. Interact with that, and vo down arrow to

Re: Twitter in 10.8 (was: Re: Observations about mountain lion so far)

2012-07-29 Thread Christine Grassman
Hmm, wonder why I didn't get that when I went onto Twitter? That would've been lovely. On Jul 29, 2012, at 12:05 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter markbaxte...@gmail.com wrote: Okay, I see how you did that, but I didn't do it that way; all I had to do was go to the Twitter page via Safari and a

Cannot download from bookshare.org

2012-07-29 Thread Christine Grassman
Have any bookshare subscribers who use Mountain Lion downloaded any books since updating? I keep hitting download in daisy and nothing is happening. I've tried VO plus space, as well as hitting the enter key. Not a thing is happening, not even an error message. Christine -- You received

Re: New from TidBITS: Prep for Mountain Lion with New Take Control Ebook from Joe Kissell

2012-07-29 Thread Christine Grassman
Available on bookshare as of Friday. On Jul 29, 2012, at 7:47 PM, Laura ann Grymes, LMT agape.wellness.mass...@gmail.com wrote: I preordered both to prepare for Mountain Lion. Reading them on my IPhone in Ibooks. Laura Ann -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

What on earth is this new oddity: where are my windows?

2012-07-29 Thread Christine Grassman
If I have Safari and Mail, open, as an example, I should be able to switch between them. However, as soon as I open a new application, and then try to switch back, I have to keep going to the dock and going to the application and choosing it again. Since updating ML, until today, I was

Re: What on earth is this new oddity: where are my windows?

2012-07-29 Thread Christine Grassman
Don't think I checked any boxes, but the reboot worked like a charm. On Jul 29, 2012, at 8:18 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter markbaxte...@gmail.com wrote: If you hear the Funk noise every time you press Command Tab, then you're encountering the same thing I had happen the other day. I was

Bookshare update

2012-07-30 Thread Christine Grassman
Hello all. Last night, I wrote about some downloading issues with bookshare, but in fact, there was no problem -- there was simply no way to tell that the download occurred, as there had been in the past. They did occur, however. As far as reading bookshare books in Daisy, the .xml file reads

Re: Bookshare update

2012-07-30 Thread Christine Grassman
is worth it to me. I am not sure of any restrictions with regard to non-U.S. subscribers. Christine On Jul 30, 2012, at 10:42 AM, Krysti .Power happypuppy...@gmail.com wrote: How much does bookshare cost I'm looking into regestering On 2012-07-30 11:27 AM, Christine Grassman cgrassman1

Re: Bookshare update

2012-07-30 Thread Christine Grassman
happypuppy...@gmail.com wrote: It would be worth it to me is there any other payment method besides credit card and does my eye doc got to fill it out or can my family doctor fill it out On 2012-07-30 11:59 AM, Christine Grassman cgrassman1...@gmail.com wrote: If you are in the U.S

Re: Bookshare update

2012-07-30 Thread Christine Grassman
also get in for free. Once you prove your disability, you need only send them your college email address and they will verify it and give you a subscription for a year from the time you do this. On Jul 30, 2012, at 11:35 AM, Christine Grassman cgrassman1...@gmail.com wrote: Not sure about

Re: Bookshare update

2012-07-30 Thread Christine Grassman
it and give you a subscription for a year from the time you do this. On Jul 30, 2012, at 11:35 AM, Christine Grassman cgrassman1...@gmail.com wrote: Not sure about alternative payments, but you should be able to find that at the membership page on the site. I was verified as an NLS subscriber

Re: reading Bookshare with Safari was a disaster

2012-07-30 Thread Christine Grassman
I've read bookshare books in Safari since installing ML, and haven't had a problem. To be perfectly honest, though, I take what I guess is the lazy way out -- I essentially note a page or phrase and then search for it when I reopen later. I've never tried using webspots, bookmarks, or anything

Cannot open attachments anymore

2012-07-31 Thread Christine Grassman
I am interacting with the text and have tried pressing Vo space to open; have tried Enter; have moved about the message content table and tabbed through the choices; looked in message headers. I cannot figure out either how to download or open the attachment. Christine -- You received this

Where in Hades did my notifications go on Facebook?

2011-12-10 Thread Christine Grassman
I checked on both m.facebook.com and the main site, but cannot figure out how to get to my notifications. I used to receive all of them via e-mail, but this has mysteriously stopped, though I still receive e-mails if a friend likes one of my links or sends me a message. I swear, I'm seriously

Combo box driving me crazy

2011-12-11 Thread Christine Grassman
All right, all, here's another (probably Safari) problem. I'm trying to purchase a Harry and David gift card: http://www.harryanddavid.com There is a combo box where you must select (or potentially write in, I guess) the desired value of the card. However, I've tried interacting, hitting VO

Re: Combo box driving me crazy

2011-12-11 Thread Christine Grassman
or even the sites problem if a windows user can use the site OK then it might indeed be a vo problem! I can only suggest [if you have not already] send a Email to there customer services and see what they might say! Anyway you have a great day! Colin On 11 Dec 2011, at 16:29, Christine Grassman

Re: Combo box driving me crazy

2011-12-11 Thread Christine Grassman
the sites problem if a windows user can use the site OK then it might indeed be a vo problem! I can only suggest [if you have not already] send a Email to there customer services and see what they might say! Anyway you have a great day! Colin On 11 Dec 2011, at 16:29, Christine Grassman wrote

Re: Combo box driving me crazy

2011-12-11 Thread Christine Grassman
much. Anyway, this kind of control can be a bit difficult to read. You may just need to type what you need to in to the control and move on from there. On Dec 11, 2011, at 10:29 AM, Christine Grassman wrote: All right, all, here's another (probably Safari) problem. I'm trying to purchase

Sharing files with another user on my Mac

2011-12-25 Thread Christine Grassman
Good morning/afternoon/evening, and happy holidays to those celebrating. I am having trouble figuring out how to allow my son access to some of my iTunes files from his user account which I set up on my Mac for him; I set up his iPod Touch and connected to iTunes via his account on my Mac. But

Not a Happy Camper: Where Are My Facebook Privacy Settings?

2011-12-28 Thread Christine Grassman
Hello all. I am using a Macbook with Snow Leopard. I am trying to check my privacy settings on Facebook -- a friend informed me that when I last sent her a message on FB, my cell phone informaiton came along with the message, which I only use to sign in, but do not have listed in my profile --

Re: Not a Happy Camper: Where Are My Facebook Privacy Settings?

2011-12-28 Thread Christine Grassman
- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christine Grassman Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 4:21 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Not a Happy Camper: Where Are My Facebook Privacy Settings? Hello all. I am using

Re: Not a Happy Camper: Where Are My Facebook Privacy Settings?

2011-12-28 Thread Christine Grassman
Thanks, Colin -- unfortunately, this is not working. Underneath the unlabeled button, both before and after I click on it, is my name, and if I continue to right arrow, the same information appears as before: favorites, then a button, find friends, then a button, and so on. I used both search

Re: kindle keyboard

2012-01-05 Thread Christine Grassman
I, too, am curious about this. It was my belief that only Kindle PC was touted as accessible, but was not actually so, and nothing was remotely comparable to the sighted use of the Kindle. Thanks. Christine On Jan 5, 2012, at 2:47 AM, Jürgen Fleger wrote: Hi Ricardo and others, I didn't

Re: kindle keyboard

2012-01-05 Thread Christine Grassman
so, if I understand you correctly, if I purchase a Kindle with the accessibility plug-in, using the keyboard to read is accessible: I can start, stop, pause, etc., without sighted assistance? However, if I am interrupted unexpectedly, or if I lose the place where I was reading, there is no way

Re: Installing an accessible version of Chrome on the Mac?

2012-01-11 Thread Christine Grassman
How does one override Safari as the default browser without having to deliberately start the application manually? For example, if there is a link in e-mail, and I click on it, how can I prevent Safari from opening, and instead automatically have Chrome or OmniWeb do the honors? Thanks.

Just Curious -- Why Is Safari Not As Problematic and Busy On the IPhone as On the Mac?

2012-01-11 Thread Christine Grassman
Subject says it all. Any accepted explanations or good or proven theories? Christine -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send

Re: Pandora

2012-01-17 Thread Christine Grassman
I use Pandora on my iPhone with no trouble. I have never used it on the Mac. On Jan 17, 2012, at 7:52 PM, Marc Sutton wrote: Hi, How do people on this list access pandora? Through the webpage or via an app. I tried the Pandabar app and it doesn't seem to be accessible. Thanks. Marc --

Re: And Finally! A Loadstone like GPS solution on the iPHone

2012-01-18 Thread Christine Grassman
Is this all the app does, or is it a full-fledged GPS app? On Jan 18, 2012, at 11:19 AM, Emrah wrote: Guys, First of, please let me clarify that I have not been endorsed or compensated in anyway for spreading the word about this app. I am just super excited about it. :) I just heard

Safari still coming up as default although I have set Chrome to be default browser

2012-01-19 Thread Christine Grassman
Hello, everyone. I tried to say it all in the subject line. I downloaded Chrome, set it as my default browser, but have to search for it in Spotlight in order to open it. When I do, it says applications -- but I can't find it in applications, which I suspect is the problem. What procedure

Re: Safari still coming up as default although I have set Chrome to be default browser

2012-01-19 Thread Christine Grassman
to go in the Gs area to find it. That said, your subject seems to say you can't get Chrome to be your default browser. Is that still the case? CB On 1/19/12 12:48 PM, Christine Grassman wrote: Hello, everyone. I tried to say it all in the subject line. I downloaded Chrome, set it as my

Re: Safari still coming up as default although I have set Chrome to be default browser

2012-01-20 Thread Christine Grassman
expect a web browser to come up? Are you actioning a link in an email? When you do that Safari is coming up instead? CB On 1/19/12 1:31 PM, Christine Grassman wrote: Yes. I went into Preferences and set it as default browser, but it is not showing up when I want a browser -- Safari

Re: Safari still coming up as default although I have set Chrome to be default browser

2012-01-21 Thread Christine Grassman
there) and remove the one in an odd location. Maybe that will clear things up as the system assumes applications are in the applications folder. Maybe that's why setting Chrome as your default is failing. CB On 1/20/12 12:44 PM, Christine Grassman wrote: Yes. Precisely right. And, in order to start

Why is my applications folder not opening?

2012-01-21 Thread Christine Grassman
Hello everyone. My applications folder will not respond to VO space, or hitting Enter, or hitting Vo enter. It's on the Dock, but it does nothing. Any ideas? Christine -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group,

Really, really odd, frustrating issue with mail

2012-01-25 Thread Christine Grassman
Hello, everyone. I am at my wit's end. I went into my inbox to read my latest messages, and each time I try to read the text of a message, I am getting empty message scroll area. Sighted help indicates that indeed, the message contents is not displaying. However, on my iPhone, the messages

Super frustrated trying to read table

2012-02-11 Thread Christine Grassman
Hello all. I am in one of those about to toss this thing out the window moods. I have tried reading the information on a table using Safari and Google Chrome, something I normally have no trouble doing. I am wondering if it is the site, but in every other way, the site seems accessible. It is

Re: Super frustrated trying to read table

2012-02-12 Thread Christine Grassman
selection, rather than trying to change it. However, if you use item chooser menu to navigate to the Just added to your cart, checkout button so you can press it, you should be able to read and navigate the table for your order. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Feb 11, 2012, at 4:04 PM, Christine

Re: New accessible solution for Social networking on the iPhone

2012-02-18 Thread Christine Grassman
I am off to download this right now. I would love a streamlined way to send status reports and just check my friends' statuses, like, and comment upon them. Right now, that takes more time than it's worth going back and forth between Twitter and Facebook, to the point where I rarely bother any

Re: Braille displays

2012-04-04 Thread Christine Grassman
I would like to jump in for some opinions from those who have purchased a Braille Pen, RefreshaBraille or the Perkins nottetaker: I want a Braille display, solely for purposes of reading iBooks and Read to Go Books on my iPhone. I have always preferred Braille, and miss it terribly, though I am

Very odd mail server issue

2012-04-07 Thread Christine Grassman
Happy holidays to all those celebrating. I am perplexed about something which has been happening almost every time I try to send mail for the first time after a significant inactive period -- say a few hours. I write a message from within Apple mail, and when I send it, a dialog comes in

Re: Attachments

2012-08-04 Thread Christine Grassman
Although it doesn't work for me in attachments, vo space works most of the time if you hold it down for a second, and then release. Since I started doing this, it's reliable 95 percent of the time. Christine On Aug 4, 2012, at 1:33 PM, Tim Kilburn kilbur...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, The

Re: Attachments

2012-08-04 Thread Christine Grassman
LOL. That happened when I tried to download from bookshare. Had no clue it was working; there was no indication, and next thing I know, the book in question was downloaded fifteen times in my downloads folder. Can't seem to delete them either. If anyone knows how to do that, drop me a note. :)

Re: Attachments

2012-08-04 Thread Christine Grassman
Tred that, but didn't work -- but I'll try again. On Aug 4, 2012, at 2:23 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter markbaxte...@gmail.com wrote: bwahahaha! I'm good. Okay: to delete them, Go to Finder, and navigate to the Downloads folder. There, you'll find a whole bunch of files with the same name

Re: Attachments

2012-08-04 Thread Christine Grassman
OK, here's the weird thing. If I go to the dock, then arrow over to Downloads, then use vo M to interact with the list of downloads in the folder, select things I want to delete, and then hit delete, it does not work. However, if I manage to get to the Downloads folder right in Finder, which

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