Re: Help! - can no longer empty my trash!
Hi and thanks for this. I'm trying Trashit now to see what it does. It takes a looong while to run, let's see what will be the result once finished. I'll keep you posted. /Krister 5 jan 2010 kl. 18.51 skrev Chris Blouch: > There was a discussion thread about this where apparently manually trashing > time machine backup files causes this error: > > http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2138034&tstart=30 > > seems like several folks had success using Trashit > > http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/8214 > > to resolve the issue. > > CB > > Krister Ekstrom wrote: >> Hi there. >> I've got quite many objects in my trash that i want to get rid of, amongst >> those old time machine objects and such. The reason why i want to erase all >> this is to start doing backups with another application namely Carbon copy >> cloner. Problem is, when i try emptying the trash, a dialog pops up >> informing me that the task couldn't be completed because an unexpected error >> occurred and then an error code -8003. What's going on here and what can i >> do about it? >> /Krister >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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 macvisionar...@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 macvisionar...@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.
finereader
hi has anyone gotten vuscan to work with a canon lide sixty scanner, as the scangear cs driver is inaccessible, and i understand VUscan bypasses this option? if so how do i configure finereader express for mac, and the vuscan program to work together? i assume vuscan does the scanning, and finereader the OCR, displaying the recognized text in text edit? thans, Will -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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.
Re: Appending text to clipboard
OK, I don't think my question is understood. I have Simple Notes and Text
Expander on my phone and computer and understand there uses. What I want is the
ability to copy some text to the clipboard on one area of the screen and move
somewhere else and add to the previously copied text, then I want to paste it.
Example: I copied your name from a mail message and your birthday from address
book. Right now if your name was copied and then I copied your birthday the
name would no longer be on the clipboard hinge the append to clipboard feature.
I want to be able to copy from more than one place and just keep adding to the
copied text and be able to paste all copied items at once.
On Jan 6, 2010, at 12:00 AM, Esther wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Dec 28, 2009, VaShaun Jones wrote:
>
>> Listers often times I find myself needing to append text to the clipboard
>> and would really benefit from this feature. Does anyone know of a way to do
>> it on the Mac or do you know of a third party who has developed such
>> application?
>>
>
> QuickSilver, the application that Yvonne described in her blog at:
> http://yvonnezed.posterous.com/
> supports this capability, but as I believe she mentioned in her posts, you
> may not be able to get all of this working in Snow Leopard. What I've been
> using instead of the clipboard with some of the same functionality that you
> want is a free software application called JustNotes (in its beta release)
> that synchronizes notes with an iPhone/iPod Touch app called Simplenote
> ($1.99). This also automatically puts the notes up on my iPod Touch within
> the Simplenote app, and lets me access current, updated versions of the notes
> through the free Simplenote secure web interface. This is also a great way
> of getting content up to my iPod Touch (if I want to cut and paste in any of
> the text I loaded up as notes). (As an aside, the Simplenote app also lets me
> use another iPhone app called TextExpander (normally $4.99, but currently
> $1.99). This app lets me customize "snippets" that minimize my typing, and
> that can automatically expand to the currently formatted date, etc.).
>
> You can read more about Simplenote and JustNotes in this TUAW article about
> Simplenote that gives links to these and other apps:
>
> http://www.tuaw.com/2009/12/21/elegant-simplicity-the-power-of-simplenote-for-iphone/
> ("Elegant simplicity: the power of SimpleNote for iPhone" by Steven Sande,
> Dec 21st 2009)
>
> Note: I installed JustNotes because I already had Simplenote. If you install
> JustNotes first and later decide to get Simplenote I'm not sure whether the
> automatic synchronization will work correctly without some fiddling.
> Simplenote gives you free access to a Simplenote secure web account that lets
> you sync notes in the web account immediately with your notes on the
> iPhone/iPod Touch. JustNotes has you enter this when your set it up, since
> the application for the Mac desktop was inspired by the way that Simplenote
> works with the web account. The small, floating JustNotes window currently
> shows up in the window chooser menu for Finder (VO-F2 twice) as "untitled".
> If you're using DropBox, this means that you might see two windows labelled
> "untitled".
>
> • Simplenote ($1.99) by Codality:
> http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/simplenote/id289429962?mt=8
> • JustNotes (for the Mac, free and in beta) by SelfCoded:
> http://selfcoded.com/justnotes/
>
> Check the TUAW article for other links.
>
> HTH
>
> Cheers,
>
> Esther
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Re: wild idea?
Also, if you find yourself getting out of range for the keyboard, their are non-Blue Tooth RF keyboards that will work any where in your house or yard unless you own some massive plantation. cdh On Jan 5, 2010, at 5:35 PM, Cara Quinn wrote: > Hi Mary, well it looks like peeps have already suggested the bluetooth > headset idea, but have you considered a simple FM transmitter? > > You can find very low-cost transmitters that should have no trouble > transmitting from room to room, so you could send all your sound from your > mini to a stereo. > > HTH and have a terrific day!… > > Smiles, > > Cara :) > --- > View my Online Portfolio at: > > http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn > > Follow me on Twitter! > > https://twitter.com/ModelCara > > On Jan 5, 2010, at 11:03 AM, Mary Otten wrote: > > Hi folks, > When I bought my Mac mini recently, I purchased a bluetooth keyboard with it, > because it was the best keyboard they had in the store, in terms of the over > all feel etc. Its nice not being tied to a desk, but it would be really cool > if it would be possible to take this keyboard into another room and control > the Mac from there. Clearly, this would require the ability to listen to the > vo output through a set of speakers or, better, through an existing stereo. > Does anybody know of some sort of device that one could connect to the > computer that will "broadcast" the output from the sound card, so to speak, > perhaps a bluetooth or rf device whose receiver plugs into the line in on > your stereo? I have no clue if there would be a market for such a thing, > especially since there is Itunes with the Ipod as remote. But that doesn't > let you control the Mac, just Itunes. > > Mary-- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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 macvisionar...@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 macvisionar...@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.
Re: finereader
On Jan 6, 2010, at 5:39 AM, william lomas wrote: > > i assume vuscan does the scanning, and finereader the OCR, displaying the > recognized text in text edit? When you want to scan a document using VueScan and fine reader, you need to first scan the document, save the file, and have fine reader do the conversion to text. Fine reader will not open documents in any program, it only saves files. Once the files are saved, you need to open them manually in whatever application you wish to use. Matt Roberts n9gmr...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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.
Re: finereader
Hi A bit inaccurate. FineReader can be configured to open saved documents with a specific application, I have mine set to open them with Textedit. Also, it is possible to link VueScan and FineReader together so that you need not scan then save then open then save again. I posted a message on how to do this a little while back, you can search the group for it. On Jan 6, 7:46 am, Matt Roberts wrote: > On Jan 6, 2010, at 5:39 AM, william lomas wrote: > > > > > i assume vuscan does the scanning, and finereader the OCR, displaying the > > recognized text in text edit? > > When you want to scan a document using VueScan and fine reader, you need to > first scan the document, save the file, and have fine reader do the > conversion to text. Fine reader will not open documents in any program, it > only saves files. Once the files are saved, you need to open them manually in > whatever application you wish to use. > > Matt Roberts n9gmr...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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.
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Just thought this might help some who want to visualise the euclidian side of maths, vectors, deferentials, point constraints, etc. Check the eternal golden braid on google for a glimpse at the intelligence and facilitating virtue of the book. When i was sighted, my reference book for abstract but defining graphics was a book called maeda media. He taught the importance of the mathematics that underly every shape, creation, physically possible and beyond, and how it lies within the symmetry of the mind's receptacle. They inspire many quizzes just by looking at them, like a lifeform never seen yet completely present in our instinct. Now that i have lost my eyesight, i see better the math which consolidates these visuals, and makes them true works of poetry. ANd they do not require a receptacle other than the connections we make from understanding each presented empirical aspect of the book. It's a fine read, and its also probably one of the most important points of transfer in the logic of space and time. It's an acknowledgement that visually impaired individuals can make impossible abstractions of the most complicated subjects and understand, share or educate, whichever appropriate for varying circumstances, of the sighted who take these forms, produced and commercially packed, for granted. I have to provide my imaginary space with these shortcuts to make the chromatic and yet deeply black field of vision i have a garden of purity in the haptic, audiovisive world i now live in. Hope you like it Best regards, Yuma Decaux Light has no value without darkness Skype: shainobi1 blog: www.theblindsamurai.com twitter: www.twitter.com/triple7 Tel: +85513623378 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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.
Re: Appending text to clipboard
Hi,
I did understand your question, which is why I started out by saying
that QuickSilver can support this feature (specifically for clipboard
use, either through using its clipboard history or more directly
through a plug in), but that this program isn't currently an option
for the reasons Yvonne detailed about the difficulty of installing for
Snow Leopard with VoiceOver.
What I was suggesting is that you use the JustNotes window on your Mac
effectively in place of the clipboard. You don't have to worry about
opening/closing or saving and quitting the way your would if you
pasted into a TextEdit window, for instance. Best solution I could
come up with, because I think that a lot of the clipboard managing
programs aren't accessible. There's been a more extensive discussion
of Simplenote and JustNotes on the mac-access list recently in
connection with note usage. I take it you aren't subscribed there
currently? I'll note that Simplenote and TextExpander each have one
unlabeled button that I've found -- in both cases this is the one
announced as "button" in the lower left corner of the screeen. In the
case of TextExpander, this is the "Settings" button. In the case of
Simplenote, on the screen with the full view of your note, this is the
button to send the note as a mail message.
Most clipboard apps are inaccessible because they run with icons in
the status menu bar that VoiceOver can't navigate to. While that's not
guaranteed to make the application inaccessible on your Mac, and you
can sometimes AppleScript shortcuts to get to the functions, the apps
generally don't provide this -- especially if they're aimed at fancier
copies and pastes of images. Although JustNotes does use the status
menu bar, you can just get to the window by using Window chooser menu
under the finder window to look for "untitled" or switch windows.
Sorry not to have a better solution. I was just trying to find the
best solution within the known limitations.
Cheers,
Esther
VaShaun Jones wrote:
OK, I don't think my question is understood. I have Simple Notes and
Text Expander on my phone and computer and understand there uses.
What I want is the ability to copy some text to the clipboard on one
area of the screen and move somewhere else and add to the previously
copied text, then I want to paste it. Example: I copied your name
from a mail message and your birthday from address book. Right now
if your name was copied and then I copied your birthday the name
would no longer be on the clipboard hinge the append to clipboard
feature. I want to be able to copy from more than one place and just
keep adding to the copied text and be able to paste all copied items
at once.
On Jan 6, 2010, at 12:00 AM, Esther wrote:
Hi,
On Dec 28, 2009, VaShaun Jones wrote:
Listers often times I find myself needing to append text to the
clipboard and would really benefit from this feature. Does anyone
know of a way to do it on the Mac or do you know of a third party
who has developed such application?
QuickSilver, the application that Yvonne described in her blog at:
http://yvonnezed.posterous.com/
supports this capability, but as I believe she mentioned in her
posts, you may not be able to get all of this working in Snow
Leopard. What I've been using instead of the clipboard with some
of the same functionality that you want is a free software
application called JustNotes (in its beta release) that
synchronizes notes with an iPhone/iPod Touch app called Simplenote
($1.99). This also automatically puts the notes up on my iPod
Touch within the Simplenote app, and lets me access current,
updated versions of the notes through the free Simplenote secure
web interface. This is also a great way of getting content up to
my iPod Touch (if I want to cut and paste in any of the text I
loaded up as notes). (As an aside, the Simplenote app also lets me
use another iPhone app called TextExpander (normally $4.99, but
currently $1.99). This app lets me customize "snippets" that
minimize my typing, and that can automatically expand to the
currently formatted date, etc.).
You can read more about Simplenote and JustNotes in this TUAW
article about Simplenote that gives links to these and other apps:
http://www.tuaw.com/2009/12/21/elegant-simplicity-the-power-of-simplenote-for-iphone/
("Elegant simplicity: the power of SimpleNote for iPhone" by Steven
Sande, Dec 21st 2009)
Note: I installed JustNotes because I already had Simplenote. If
you install JustNotes first and later decide to get Simplenote I'm
not sure whether the automatic synchronization will work correctly
without some fiddling. Simplenote gives you free access to a
Simplenote secure web account that lets you sync notes in the web
account immediately with your notes on the iPhone/iPod Touch.
JustNotes has you enter this when your set it up, since the
appli
Re: Help! - can no longer empty my trash!
If you are deleting a time machine backup there can be hundreds of thousands of files in there. That can take some time. CB Krister Ekstrom wrote: Hi and thanks for this. I'm trying Trashit now to see what it does. It takes a looong while to run, let's see what will be the result once finished. I'll keep you posted. /Krister 5 jan 2010 kl. 18.51 skrev Chris Blouch: There was a discussion thread about this where apparently manually trashing time machine backup files causes this error: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2138034&tstart=30 seems like several folks had success using Trashit http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/8214 to resolve the issue. CB Krister Ekstrom wrote: Hi there. I've got quite many objects in my trash that i want to get rid of, amongst those old time machine objects and such. The reason why i want to erase all this is to start doing backups with another application namely Carbon copy cloner. Problem is, when i try emptying the trash, a dialog pops up informing me that the task couldn't be completed because an unexpected error occurred and then an error code -8003. What's going on here and what can i do about it? /Krister -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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 macvisionar...@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 macvisionar...@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.
Re: baying music from itunes on a mac hoto?
You'll find lots of discussion in past threads from this list. Short answer is yes. Once you find something you like you navigate to the buy button and then do a mouse click with VO-shift-space. That seems to be the easiest way. CB Maurice Mines wrote: hi how can I bay som thing from the itunes store using vo or due I need som sited help? enay thoughts thoughts on this? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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.
Re: another facebook question - Farmville?
Not having ever played it Farmville is an interesting phenom with about 69M monthly users. That makes it more popular than Twitter. With that level of popularity comes some measure of responsibility including accessibility. That said, I think it's implemented using Flash which pretty much eliminates the possibility of accessibility for the Mac until Adobe starts to care. http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/MarkNewheiser/20091204/3733/Farmville_Social_Gaming_and_Addiction.php CB bmustillrose wrote: I think in this case, the question should be more like has anyone figgured out why you would want to play farmvill on facebook? Sorry, couldn't resist, but to answer your actual question, a few totally blind mac using friends haven't had that much luck with it; I always assumed that this wasn't possible - probably for the best really. On 05/01/2010, Donna Goodin wrote: Hi all, Just curious, has anyone figured out a way to play Farmville on Facebook? TIA, Donna -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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.
screen curtain
Can someone please refresh my memory. How in the heck do you turn the screen curtain on?-- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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.
Re: screen curtain
tonrol option f11 or control option shift f11 one of the two - Original Message - From: "May McDonald" To: Cc: Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 12:03 PM Subject: screen curtain Can someone please refresh my memory. How in the heck do you turn the screen curtain on? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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 macvisionar...@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.
Re: screen curtain
no probs, I believe in privacy around the snooping eyes! - Original Message - From: "May McDonald" To: Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 3:13 PM Subject: Re: screen curtain Smile, thank you very much. I knew shift was in there somewhere but couldn't remember the combo. On 2010-01-06, at 1:04 PM, Cody wrote: tonrol option f11 or control option shift f11 one of the two - Original Message - From: "May McDonald" To: Cc: Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 12:03 PM Subject: screen curtain Can someone please refresh my memory. How in the heck do you turn the screen curtain on? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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 macvisionar...@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 macvisionar...@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 macvisionar...@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.
Re: screen curtain
Smile, thank you very much. I knew shift was in there somewhere but couldn't remember the combo. On 2010-01-06, at 1:04 PM, Cody wrote: > tonrol option f11 or control option shift f11 one of the two > - Original Message - From: "May McDonald" > To: > Cc: > Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 12:03 PM > Subject: screen curtain > > > Can someone please refresh my memory. How in the heck do you turn the screen > curtain on? > > > > > >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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 macvisionar...@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 macvisionar...@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.
Re: accessible dvd converter?
I'm catching up on some old mail and didn't see a reply to this. While you could output your DVD video via the Apple NTSC/S-Video adaptor, usually that signal includes an encoding called macrovision which spoils the recording to prevent piracy. I believe some programs out there allow you to turn off Macrovision protection which then means you could hit record on your VCR and play on your video and make a perfectly good copy. Legality of doing so is questionable. CB Tiffany D wrote: While we're on the subject of converting, is there a software package that will let me record my dvds onto vhs? Thanks, Eleni On 20/11/2009, Jake wrote: Hi The current version of HandBrake will do this: http://www.handbrake.fr/ Note though that avi is a dying format, and version 0.9.3 is the last version of HandBrake that will support it. There's also some command- line tools to do this such as mencoder, so if you feel comfortable use mencoder which is likely to have avi support for eternity simply because there is nothing mplayer/mencoder can't read or create. On Nov 19, 12:18 pm, John J Herzog wrote: Hi listers, I want to take some dvds I own, and convert them to avi files. Are there any accessible programs that do this? I have tried a few, but they do not appear to be compatible with voiceover. Thanks, John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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=. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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=. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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.
Re: screen curtain
Vo shift f eleven. On Jan 6, 2010, at 1:03 PM, May McDonald wrote: > Can someone please refresh my memory. How in the heck do you turn the screen > curtain on?-- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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 macvisionar...@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.
Re: Appending text to clipboard
On 06/01/2010, at 4:00 PM, Esther wrote: > Hi, > > On Dec 28, 2009, VaShaun Jones wrote: > >> Listers often times I find myself needing to append text to the clipboard >> and would really benefit from this feature. Does anyone know of a way to do >> it on the Mac or do you know of a third party who has developed such >> application? >> > > QuickSilver, the application that Yvonne described in her blog at: > http://yvonnezed.posterous.com/ > supports this capability, but as I believe she mentioned in her posts, you > may not be able to get all of this working in Snow Leopard. As a follow up, that particular feature of QS does work in snow leopard. Admittedly, it's not quite what you want. It doesn't append to one clipboard, what it does if keep a history of your clipboard. So in other words, you tell it how many entries to keep, and every time you do a cut or copy it adds to your history. So if you wanted to paste, say, 3 or 4 bits you'd just clipped, you couldn't just hit paste, you'd have to go back through the clipboard history pasting each one. The only place I've ever really seen that append to existing clipboard entry feature is in text editors. Vim and emacs can both do it, not sure about any others but those definitely, but that's restricted to text files in that editor, and using that editors features. I think the real problem is that, well, on a system clipboard, not everything you cut/copy is text. It could be a file or a URL or an image or text. Appending all those things together in one lump somewhere and pasting it sounds like something that, as a programmer, would give *me* a headache, . -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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.
Re: Copying files to a shared folder?
I don't think I ever saw an answer to this one. Were the files you copied applications by chance? Apps under the hood are really whole directory tree bundles which may have dozens or hundreds of files. So 48 apps could have turned into thousands of files to copy. Just a thought. CB Chris Hofstader wrote: Hi, I'm moving off of my old MacBook 13 and onto my new MacBook Pro 13. I shared the Documents folder on the new computer, went over to the old one, went into its Documents folder, did a select all and copy and it said 48 items copied. I went to the shared folder in Finder from the new computer while on the older one. I did a "paste" and it said something about pasting 48 items which sounded good to me. I was asked if I wanted to replace items and I said yes to replace all. Then, still on the older machine, I get a dialogue that says "Copying" and it says it is copying more than 3000 files to the Documents folder on the new computer. What did I do wrong? Where did the 48 files that I copied go? I think this is the first task I've needed where Windows seems easier, not easier enough to go back, just a bit easier in one way. cdh -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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=. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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.
Re: Appending text to clipboard
An alternative to justnotes for something like this could be a free app called notational velocity. That's another app where you don't have to worry about saving and closing windows and such, and has the added advantage of a hotkey to jump to it. copy, hotkey, copy, hotkey, go to where you want to paste it, hotkey, select all, paste. Something like that, anyway. Another alternative *might* and this is off the top of my head, *might* be a service in os x. If you could write an applescript to append to the frontmost document in textedit, you could possibly highlight the text, hit a hotkey, and provided you had an open document in textedit, send it there. Again, not ideal, but something to build on. In fact, I remember I wrote a script once that appended text to a text file in a certain directory with the name of the file being the date. In other words, you could keep a daily log of text clippings. It was triggered with Quicksilver back then, admittedly, but with OSX's services feature, I'm pretty sure you could duplicate it. You'd have to open the file to get at the text you'd clipped, but it could be done. Probably even automated with another hotkey, if the filename was consistent enough. Hmm, I might actually have to write that. Bad idea, getting a programmer to think outloud in email like this, . Sorry this ended up a bit offtopic, but I'll post it anyway. It might give you, or others, some ideas, if I don't write the script myself first. One of the reasons I haven't mided a break from Quicksilver is that, thanks to Snow Leopard, there's a huge amount that can be done with services alone. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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.
Re: mudwalker
Have you played with Accessibility Verifier? Not sure how it works with Java apps but for others it will scan the currently displayed UI for missing labels and the like so you can catch stuff without having to navigate through every element by hand. Assuming you have Xcode installed you can find it under /Developer/Applications/Utilities/Accessibility Tools. Hope that helps. CB KehzaFox wrote: Hi there, Indeed I am quick interested in implementing accessibility in JamochaMUD and am hoping (despite a bought of the flu) to do a new release very shortly. I do have to admit that I'm a little baffled by the voice-over reports though... some folks say that labels aren't showing up at all, others say there are labels for some things, I think someone indicated that things seemed to work, and then one person who couldn't get beyond a "Java is busy" type of message. I think I need to figure out some sort've baseline, or maybe wire up a specific webstart to get some repeatable instances going on. I also need to be more proactive and start asking more questions on the Apple Dev lists. You are correct though, I will take any constructive criticism or suggestions for JamochaMUD... I just need folks that're willing to report their findings. I sometimes miss things on this list... Jeff Thomas McMahan wrote: I think Jeff the developer of JamochaMUD is seriously interested though in accessibility, well, that's the deffinite impression I get. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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=. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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=. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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.
Requesting help with combining .avi files and burn to dvd.
I want to combine two .avi files and burn it to dvd in a way that it will automatically play in most every dvd player. I'm a complete beginner in this area, so I'm hoping someone will provide any necessary information. I can send a sendspace link with the files I'm working with, if anyone is willing to take a look. It's a public service type video regarding disabilities for my students. Thanks, Brett C. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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.
Re: Appending text to clipboard
Ok, this was bugging me, so I think I've come up with a solution that does what you want. It relies on you having snow leopard and it's an automator service. Go into automator and create a new service. Go to the actions/ddescription split view and interact with it. Go to the actions library split view and interact with that. Go to the actions table, make sure the keyboard focus is there, and start typing run. The action you're looking for is run shell script. Once you find it in the table, hit enter on it. Stop interacting with all that stuff and vo-left to get to the workflow. Interact with it and find the run shell script action. Interact with that and hit vo-right until you get to the text area that says cat. Delete everything in there and paste the following script in its place cat >/tmp/clipboard pbpaste|cat - /tmp/clipboard|pbcopy Save the workflow as something like, "append to clipboard" If you want to, go into keyboard preferences and give it a shortcut, try to make it pretty obscure since it'll be available anywhere in OS X. Anyway, highlight your text, and either hit the shortcut or vo-shift-m to bring up the context menu, go into services, and find your service name. and activate it. That should append whatever you've selected to whatever's already on the clipboard. You can do this as many times as you like. To start again, just use a normal copy. I'll be kind of interested to see how this works for you, actually. I don't have much use for it myself, and I've only tested it quickly, so don't rely on it to launch the space shuttle or anything, but it *should* work. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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.
Re: Appending text to clipboard
This works. From: Greg Kearney Date: May 28, 2007 8:57:19 PM PDT To: macvoiceover , General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by the blind >, Mary Beth Janes Subject: [macvoiceover] Clipme the clipboard archiver Reply-To: macvoiceo...@freelists.org OK here it is a tool to make a clipboard log file. It's an AppleScript and if you install in your ~/Library/Scripts directory and activate the AppleScript menu you will then have this tool in every application. If you use spark you can assign it a hotkey to make it's use even faster. Usage When run clipme will create a file called -clipmelog.txt in your Documents directory. Note that the name starts with a hyphen. This is to make it the first, or close to the first, document in any list. Now go to safari or any other program and select some text and copy it to the clipboard. Now run the clipme script either from the script menu or from the command you associated it with in Spark or a similar utility. The text of the clipboard along with the date and time of the clip will be appended to the end of the -clipmelog.txt file. Because this is just an AppleScript, indeed the code for it is at the end of this document. You can change the name of the log file and how it handles the date and so on. The clipme installer will install this script in your ~/Library/ Scripts folder but if you are using Spark you could move it to where ever you like. You may need to use the AppleScript Utility in the AppleScript directory of your Applications directory to turn on the AppleScript menu. The clipme installer can be found at http://w3.wmcnet.org/vo/clipme.zip Here is the script itself: --clipme the clipboard archiver by Greg Kearney, Wyoming Medical Center May 2007 set theclip to the clipboard set this_data to ((current date) as string) & return & theclip & return set this_file to (((path to documents folder) as text) & "- clipmelog.txt") my write_to_file(this_data, this_file, true) say "clip me!" on write_to_file(this_data, target_file, append_data) try set the target_file to the target_file as text set the open_target_file to ¬ open for access file target_file with write permission if append_data is false then ¬ set eof of the open_target_file to 0 write this_data to the open_target_file starting at eof close access the open_target_file return true on error try close access file target_file end try return false end try end write_to_file --end clipme> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. http://www.icanworkthisthing.com Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. http://www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to macvoiceover-requ...@freelists.org with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface at http://www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover On Jan 6, 2010, at 3:38 PM, Yvonne Thomson wrote: Ok, this was bugging me, so I think I've come up with a solution that does what you want. It relies on you having snow leopard and it's an automator service. Go into automator and create a new service. Go to the actions/ ddescription split view and interact with it. Go to the actions library split view and interact with that. Go to the actions table, make sure the keyboard focus is there, and start typing run. The action you're looking for is run shell script. Once you find it in the table, hit enter on it. Stop interacting with all that stuff and vo-left to get to the workflow. Interact with it and find the run shell script action. Interact with that and hit vo-right until you get to the text area that says cat. Delete everything in there and paste the following script in its place cat >/tmp/clipboard pbpaste|cat - /tmp/clipboard|pbcopy Save the workflow as something like, "append to clipboard" If you want to, go into keyboard preferences and give it a shortcut, try to make it pretty obscure since it'll be available anywhere in OS X. Anyway, highlight your text, and either hit the shortcut or vo-shift- m to bring up the context menu, go into services, and find your service name. and activate it. That should append whatever you've selected to whatever's already on the clipboard. You can do this as many times as you like. To start again, just use a normal copy. I'll be kind of interested to see how this works for you, actually. I don't have much use for it myself, and I've only tested it quickly, so don't rely on it to launch the space shuttle or anything, but it *should* work. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email
Re: screen curtain
Heheheheh, I use it for that plus playing on adium when class is extremely boring, lol. On 2010-01-06, at 1:17 PM, Cody wrote: > no probs, I believe in privacy around the snooping eyes! > - Original Message - From: "May McDonald" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 3:13 PM > Subject: Re: screen curtain > > > Smile, thank you very much. I knew shift was in there somewhere but couldn't > remember the combo. > On 2010-01-06, at 1:04 PM, Cody wrote: > >> tonrol option f11 or control option shift f11 one of the two >> - Original Message - From: "May McDonald" >> To: >> Cc: >> Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 12:03 PM >> Subject: screen curtain >> >> >> Can someone please refresh my memory. How in the heck do you turn the screen >> curtain on? >> >> >> >> >> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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 macvisionar...@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 macvisionar...@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 macvisionar...@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 macvisionar...@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.
Re: Appending text to clipboard
Thanks for this! I will try it out over the weekend and tell you what became of it. I really do appreciate it. On Jan 6, 2010, at 6:38 PM, Yvonne Thomson wrote: > Ok, this was bugging me, so I think I've come up with a solution that does > what you want. It relies on you having snow leopard and it's an automator > service. > > Go into automator and create a new service. Go to the actions/ddescription > split view and interact with it. > Go to the actions library split view and interact with that. Go to the > actions table, make sure the keyboard focus is there, and start typing run. > The action you're looking for is run shell script. > > Once you find it in the table, hit enter on it. > > Stop interacting with all that stuff and vo-left to get to the workflow. > Interact with it and find the run shell script action. Interact with that and > hit vo-right until you get to the text area that says cat. > > Delete everything in there and paste the following script in its place > cat >/tmp/clipboard > pbpaste|cat - /tmp/clipboard|pbcopy > > Save the workflow as something like, "append to clipboard" > > If you want to, go into keyboard preferences and give it a shortcut, try to > make it pretty obscure since it'll be available anywhere in OS X. > > Anyway, highlight your text, and either hit the shortcut or vo-shift-m to > bring up the context menu, go into services, and find your service name. and > activate it. > > That should append whatever you've selected to whatever's already on the > clipboard. > > You can do this as many times as you like. To start again, just use a normal > copy. > > I'll be kind of interested to see how this works for you, actually. I don't > have much use for it myself, and I've only tested it quickly, so don't rely > on it to launch the space shuttle or anything, but it *should* work. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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 macvisionar...@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.
disabling cursor tracking
Hi all, Recently there've been discussions about performing functions that involve disabling cursor tracking. How does one do this? TIA, Donna -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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.
Re: another facebook question - Farmville?
Hmm. That's too bad. It does work a *little better in Windows, but not much. I do wish this issue of Flash on the Mac would get sorted out. Cheers, Donna On Jan 6, 2010, at 1:19 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: Not having ever played it Farmville is an interesting phenom with about 69M monthly users. That makes it more popular than Twitter. With that level of popularity comes some measure of responsibility including accessibility. That said, I think it's implemented using Flash which pretty much eliminates the possibility of accessibility for the Mac until Adobe starts to care. http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/MarkNewheiser/20091204/3733/Farmville_Social_Gaming_and_Addiction.php CB bmustillrose wrote: I think in this case, the question should be more like has anyone figgured out why you would want to play farmvill on facebook? Sorry, couldn't resist, but to answer your actual question, a few totally blind mac using friends haven't had that much luck with it; I always assumed that this wasn't possible - probably for the best really. On 05/01/2010, Donna Goodin wrote: Hi all, Just curious, has anyone figured out a way to play Farmville on Facebook? TIA, Donna -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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 macvisionar...@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.
Web Anywhere Screenreader--An Ongoing Experiment at the University of Washington
Hi, If you want to try something different, try a product called Web Anywhere. It is an experimental screenreader that can be used anywhere there is a computer. I've tried it and it does work on Macs. To activate it, open Safari, and in your default homepage bar, type the following: www.wa.cs.washington.edu, then wait a few seconds and Web Anywhere should start talking. It will not work for some desktop applications or spreadsheets. It is, at best, an entry level screenreader, but it quite good. I had to disable VoiceOver once Web Anywhere began speaking. Good luck and check it out. Richie Gardenhire, Anchorage, Alaska. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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.
Re: Appending text to clipboard
On 07/01/2010, at 1:59 PM, VaShaun Jones wrote: > Thanks for this! I will try it out over the weekend and tell you what became > of it. I really do appreciate it. As I said, never get a programmer to start thinking about a problem, . It gets stuck in the back of your head niggling at you until you have to write a proof of concept fix. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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.
Re: disabling cursor tracking
VO keys shift f3 on standard keyboard, and the same to re-enable it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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.
Re: disabling cursor tracking
Ah, thank you! The Shift key is what I was missing! Cheers, Donna On Jan 6, 2010, at 10:38 PM, Tom McMahan wrote: VO keys shift f3 on standard keyboard, and the same to re-enable it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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 macvisionar...@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.
Re: wild idea?
Hi Mary, I bought an exceptionally nice one of these devices for my brother for christmas. It was $15 on Ebay. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com On 2010-01-05, at 2:03 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > Hi folks, > When I bought my Mac mini recently, I purchased a bluetooth keyboard with it, > because it was the best keyboard they had in the store, in terms of the over > all feel etc. Its nice not being tied to a desk, but it would be really cool > if it would be possible to take this keyboard into another room and control > the Mac from there. Clearly, this would require the ability to listen to the > vo output through a set of speakers or, better, through an existing stereo. > Does anybody know of some sort of device that one could connect to the > computer that will "broadcast" the output from the sound card, so to speak, > perhaps a bluetooth or rf device whose receiver plugs into the line in on > your stereo? I have no clue if there would be a market for such a thing, > especially since there is Itunes with the Ipod as remote. But that doesn't > let you control the Mac, just Itunes. > > Mary-- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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 macvisionar...@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.
Re: Web Anywhere Screenreader--An Ongoing Experiment at the University of Washington
I just tried it on my Imac running Mac OS 10.6.2. I waited for a minute and I didn't get any speach. I read the top of the page with VoiceOver and it said that Web Anywhere was initialized and ready to use. If it was initialized, why didn't I get speach? On Jan 6, 2010, at 10:28 PM, Richie Gardenhire wrote: > Hi, If you want to try something different, try a product called Web > Anywhere. It is an experimental screenreader that can be used anywhere there > is a computer. I've tried it and it does work on Macs. To activate it, open > Safari, and in your default homepage bar, type the following: > www.wa.cs.washington.edu, then wait a few seconds and Web Anywhere should > start talking. It will not work for some desktop applications or > spreadsheets. It is, at best, an entry level screenreader, but it quite > good. I had to disable VoiceOver once Web Anywhere began speaking. Good > luck and check it out. Richie Gardenhire, Anchorage, Alaska. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. > > Ryan Mann rmann0...@gmail.com Get to the root of the problem with the US economy at http://www.dailypaul.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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.
Re: Appending text to clipboard
OK, I got it all set up and I even learned a few things. I will test it out as I come accross things and let you know. I am glad my being bugged about this issue prompted you to assist me. Thanks On Jan 6, 2010, at 6:38 PM, Yvonne Thomson wrote: > Ok, this was bugging me, so I think I've come up with a solution that does > what you want. It relies on you having snow leopard and it's an automator > service. > > Go into automator and create a new service. Go to the actions/ddescription > split view and interact with it. > Go to the actions library split view and interact with that. Go to the > actions table, make sure the keyboard focus is there, and start typing run. > The action you're looking for is run shell script. > > Once you find it in the table, hit enter on it. > > Stop interacting with all that stuff and vo-left to get to the workflow. > Interact with it and find the run shell script action. Interact with that and > hit vo-right until you get to the text area that says cat. > > Delete everything in there and paste the following script in its place > cat >/tmp/clipboard > pbpaste|cat - /tmp/clipboard|pbcopy > > Save the workflow as something like, "append to clipboard" > > If you want to, go into keyboard preferences and give it a shortcut, try to > make it pretty obscure since it'll be available anywhere in OS X. > > Anyway, highlight your text, and either hit the shortcut or vo-shift-m to > bring up the context menu, go into services, and find your service name. and > activate it. > > That should append whatever you've selected to whatever's already on the > clipboard. > > You can do this as many times as you like. To start again, just use a normal > copy. > > I'll be kind of interested to see how this works for you, actually. I don't > have much use for it myself, and I've only tested it quickly, so don't rely > on it to launch the space shuttle or anything, but it *should* work. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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 macvisionar...@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.
