You are very welcome. It is hard when you're just getting started, but once you get use to it, it's a breeze.
Good luck. May and the famous Prince Noah On 2011-06-29, at 10:56 AM, Missy Hoppe wrote: > Hello there! I just wanted to let you know that I finally figured it out. I > have all events set to play a sound and speak aloud now. Some of them don't > seem to have a sound by default, but I'm guessing I can try to edit that at a > later date. For now, everything should speak, at least in theory, and the > most important events should have sounds as well. I still think that Adium is > a lot more complicated than it needs to be, but then again, I'm still so new > to Mac, that maybe navigating it will become second nature eventually. > Anyway, thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I really appreciate it > a lot. > Missy > > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of May McDonald > Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 10:01 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: using adium > > Yes, sorry about that. Preferences and that you want the events tab. Select > it and all the settings will show up. > > May and the famous Prince Noah > On 2011-06-29, at 9:42 AM, Missy Hoppe wrote: > >> Hi! where in preferences is that an option: setting everything to speak? >> I've looked under events, and just got totally confused. I couldn't find any >> preferences like that, and navigating the preferences window in adium is a >> lot tougher than it seems to be in most other applications. I've got a lot >> of free time now, so will start looking for that option again. >> Thanks! >> Missy >> >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of May McDonald >> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 9:33 AM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: using adium >> >> Yes they are read automatically. Just go into preferences at set everything >> to speak. >> >> May and the famous Prince Noah >> On 2011-06-29, at 9:22 AM, Missy Hoppe wrote: >> >>> Hi! Thanks for this information. I believe I've tried this: interracting >>> with the unknown area, but no text was revealed by doing so. So, am I >>> understanding correctly that conversations won't be read out automatically >>> by voice-over?? Seems a bit tedius. I remember the old days; we're talking >>> 8-10 years ago, when MSN messenger was really popular. Most of the times, >>> Jaws just read messages as they were received, and using the software was >>> almost pleasant; I was in a hogwarts RPG at the time, so used messenger >>> even though I didn't like it much. Then, the group disbanded, or I lost >>> interest; can't remember which. I started having trouble with messenger, >>> especially once I upgraded to xp, and now that I have win 7 and that live >>> stuff is the only option, I just don't want to fool with it. >>> Sorry for the ramble, but I'm just trying to understand. it sounds like >>> Adium isn't going to be quite as useable an alternative as I had hoped. I'm >>> hoping my need for such software is short term indeed. >>> If any of you want to add me on msn, you can do so using my email address: >>> melis...@fuse.net. >>> I'm on yahoo messenger under mitmee_pie, and google talk under mitmee.pie. >>> Facebook is also my email address: melis...@fuse.net. >>> I suppose you could add me to skype too. I'm mitmee_pie there as well. >>> Of course, my ideal for correspondance is twitter, where I'm mitmee_pie, or >>> just good, old-fashioned email. >>> But maybe if some of you techies add me on the other instant messengers, it >>> can help me learn it and understand it a bit better. >>> Missy >>> >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Thomas Byskov Dalgaard >>> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 9:06 AM >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: using adium >>> >>> Hi! >>> >>> I have used Facebook and Windows Live with Adium without any issues. Try >>> the following when you notice that someone wrote a message to you: >>> 1. Press vo-left arrow until VOiceover says: Unknown. Interact here, and >>> press vo-fn-shift-right arrow to go to the last message in the log... Or >>> what this command does is go to the bottom of the area in which you are >>> at. >>> >>> Best regards >>> THomas >>> Mail & MSN: >>> t...@coolfortheblind.dk >>> website: >>> http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ >>> blog: >>> http://tbd.coolfortheblind.dk >>> Skype: >>> thomas_dalgaard >>> >>> Den 29/06/2011 kl. 14.57 skrev Missy Hoppe: >>> >>>> Hello, all. This is my first post to the group. I've only had my macbook >>>> pro for about 6 weeks now, and freely admit that I don't know much about >>>> it yet. >>>> Over all, I can get it to do what I want most of the time, but I'm writing >>>> because I'm having a very frustrating problem. I'm not very much into the >>>> social networking thing. I do, in fact, only use twitter on a regular >>>> basis on my PC. >>>> Well, for several reasons that aren't particularly relevant, I need to try >>>> to use some other instant messengers, at least short term. I don't want >>>> any of the windows live junk on my main pc, so decided that if I do >>>> any instant messaging at all, I'll use the mac. It will be good practice >>>> and keep clutter off my main computer. >>>> Well, I've installed the newest version of adium, and have hooked it up >>>> with msn, facebook, google chat and yahoo messenger. All of my contacts >>>> are there, but I can't actually have conversations with them. >>>> I was trying to test it with a friend just now, and she doesn't receive my >>>> messages, and I can't read her responses. At the moment, I'm just really, >>>> really glad Adium was free, because unless I'm missing something, which is >>>> entirely possible, it isn't VO-friendly at all. Still, I know a lot of >>>> folks, especialy on twitter swear by it, so clearly, I'm missing something. >>>> Are there configuration options I need to change? The menus don't work >>>> very well, but I can try to figure them out if I know what I'm looking for. >>>> Thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide, and I hope that >>>> everyone is having a great day! >>>> Missy >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> -- >>> 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 email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> >> -- >> 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 email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> -- >> 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 email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > 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 email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > 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 email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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