a spotlight question

2009-08-02 Thread Jessi and Goldina
hey guys this question isn't really related to voiceover, but I thought I'd ask it here anyway as it relates to the well being of my poor macbook, lol. so, lately every time I try to do a spotlight search, my mac freezes. voiceover says the finder is busy and the fan revs up really loud. e

second life and another query

2009-08-02 Thread Joe Quinn
does anyone know if second life is accessible on the Mac? also, on an unrelated note, how do you launch that thing when you first get your Mac that goes, "this operating system has a built-in screen reader called voiceover..." i assume it's command option f8 but am not sure? --~--~-~-

Re: new ocr mac application

2009-08-02 Thread Esther
Hi Jonathan, Rossy, Chris, and Others, I found an announcement of a coupon code discount of 20 per cent off the price of ABBYY Fine Reader Express for the Mac at the Mac App Deals page. You enter the coupon code SMBTM when you check out, which drops the price from $99.99 to $79.99 for U.S. b

Re: Web items

2009-08-02 Thread Josh de Lioncourt
It's a bug in Safari 4, that was recently introduced, I believe. If you pres VO-L, it should read the name of the tag for you. It's reading the MouseOver text, instead of the main text. Josh de Lioncourt …my other mail provider is an owl… Twitter: http://twitter.com/Lioncourt Music:

Re: new ocr mac application

2009-08-02 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
I have been using the older version that came bundled with my epson perfection scanner. Any chance of getting a discount for an upgrade? The version I have is not written in Cocoa I believe. I am able to get minimal functionality. When I open the main application, there is a box that comes

Web items

2009-08-02 Thread Kane
Hi everyone! I've been using Macintosh for a little while now, and I love my Mac to bits. I only have one weird thing to mention, however. After logging onto Wordpress just fine after locating the login link, I proceed to want to write a new post. I usually add tags to my posts so they are easie

Re: new ocr mac application

2009-08-02 Thread Esther
Hi Chris, Thanks for this notification. I've been tracking the developments of ABBYY OCR for the Mac because they do a particularly good job with OCR in a multilingual environment. They used to have a Mac version of their OCR software quite a long time ago. For about two years they hav

Re: new ocr mac application

2009-08-02 Thread Koumanova Rostislava
yes it is true. i wish we could try it. rk Il giorno 02/ago/09, alle ore 23:32, christos hux ha scritto: > > There is now a new ocr application avilable for > the mac platform. > it is the abby fine reader express version for the mac. it costs $99 > & I did email

Re: slide shows

2009-08-02 Thread Maxwell Ivey Jr.
Hi There; Thanks for all your help getting started. Now, i have a question i hope you can help with. I've created two slide shows with the same number of photos, similar files sizes, and similar music, but one exported at 57 mb and the other at 84. Any ideas? Thanks, Max On Jul 13, 2009

new ocr mac application

2009-08-02 Thread christos hux
There is now a new ocr application avilable for the mac platform. it is the abby fine reader express version for the mac. it costs $99 & I did email the us based sales company & got back the answer from the parent company that the app had been tested with vo

Re: o c r program

2009-08-02 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Daniel, On Aug 2, 2009, at 7:55 PM, Daniel Crone wrote: > > I am using Leopard. My scanner is a canoscan. > What o c r program might work with this setup? You'll probably need VueScan to make the Canon driver accessible. After that, it depends on your needs. VueScan will do OCR, but it

o c r program

2009-08-02 Thread Daniel Crone
I am using Leopard. My scanner is a canoscan. What o c r program might work with this setup? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionarie

Re: Another Iphone question

2009-08-02 Thread Marie Howarth
yes to both of these questions. On Aug 2, 2009, at 6:26 PM, Christian wrote: > > Hi, > Can VoiceOver be used during a phonecall? > Will VoiceOver also tell you the Caller ID before you answer? > Many thanks, > Christian > > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received

Another Iphone question

2009-08-02 Thread Christian
Hi, Can VoiceOver be used during a phonecall? Will VoiceOver also tell you the Caller ID before you answer? Many thanks, Christian --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to t

threades sms

2009-08-02 Thread william lomas
hi all mark said on the candleshore blog, there was an article as ot how one deals with threaded sms on the IPhone 3gS. Does anyone know where this article is? I can not find it anywhere on the blog Will --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message

iphone in recovery mode

2009-08-02 Thread Marie Howarth
OK, so i had to force quit itunes during the software update and my iphone is now in recovery mode. am I going to need to take it to apple or could I find some eyes to do this in my house? unsure why the section doesn't show up in the iphone area --~--~-~--~~~--

Re: question

2009-08-02 Thread Barry Lipscomb
You also need to have VLC on your computer for Handbrake to rip copy protected DVD's. Barry On Aug 1, 2009, at 8:44 PM, Amber Duff wrote: > > well you could always just send me the installation file for it lol > but if not then just remind me of this tomorrow I've had a few so my > mind is ki

RE: question

2009-08-02 Thread Kevin Reeves
Try Mac the Ripper as well. I like to rip the dvd's in full quality and throw them on a 1 tb external drive. It works great for our theater room. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" grou

Re: mobile me, idisc on the web

2009-08-02 Thread Scott Howell
Yep, works like a charm and in fact is just like working with the Finder. If you want to go as far as providing a URL to a file and have it expire after a number of days, there are utilities for that and well there is much one can do. I use my public iDisk for sharing files, but I use my