Re: A solution for stopping voiceover from saying empty in the contacts table in Adium

2009-09-08 Thread william lomas
if you uncheck "status" though would that mean it would not say list has seven items? What we need now is application specific settings On 9 Sep 2009, at 07:39, Justin Harford wrote: > > Awesome thank you so much. > > J > On Sep 8, 2009, at 8:37 PM, Dan Eickmeier wrote: > >> >> Hi all,a friend

Fwd: Spaces keyboard shortcuts

2009-09-08 Thread william lomas
surely this is not right see my original message to accessibility Begin forwarded message: > From: Accessibility > Date: 9 September 2009 07:27:26 GMT+01:00 > To: william lomas > Subject: Re: Spaces keyboard shortcuts > > Hi William: > > Command-tab switches between all runnin

Re: A solution for stopping voiceover from saying empty in the contacts table in Adium

2009-09-08 Thread Justin Harford
Awesome thank you so much. J On Sep 8, 2009, at 8:37 PM, Dan Eickmeier wrote: > > Hi all,a friend of mine who's not on this list, was playing with > verbosity settings, and we found that if you go under list, and > customise it so that the status isn't spoken, this will fix the > problem of vo

Re: Victor Reader Soft Macintosh

2009-09-08 Thread Justin Harford
Haha you *are pretty naive. We have to remember that RFBD don't just serve the blind, but also people with other print disabilities. J On Sep 8, 2009, at 3:51 PM, Chris Gilland wrote: > If RFB&D made it, and it's for the blind and disabled, wouldn't that > naturally probably mean it's access

Re: getting an individuals email address

2009-09-08 Thread Christina
Hi, I miss the menu button. However, if you select the text with the name/ e-mail address in the from area then you can use vo plus shift plus m. At least that worked for me. I do not know of an easier way to select the text other than to use vo plus enter to start highlighting/ selectin

Re: Data detector present

2009-09-08 Thread Christina
Oh, that's really cool. I'm so glad to know what that is. Funny, I thought maybe voice over was letting me know there was someone watching my activity on my computer. :) How would you add it to address book or ical? Would you select the e-mail address or date and then use a context me

Re: status, name, etc?

2009-09-08 Thread william lomas
yes please On 9 Sep 2009, at 03:33, Jessi and Goldina wrote: > > hey Will, I recorded a podcast type thing about changing the way links > are read in safari, changing the order of the content, status, type, > etc. I only did it with the links, but I'm sure it would be similar in > the other verb

Re: status, name, etc?

2009-09-08 Thread Jessi and Goldina
hey Will, I recorded a podcast type thing about changing the way links are read in safari, changing the order of the content, status, type, etc. I only did it with the links, but I'm sure it would be similar in the other verbosity options in that table. I can send it to you off list if you

Re: Initial Experience

2009-09-08 Thread Mike Arrigo
y beginning! > > Les > > > __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature > database 4408 (20090908) __ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > --~--~

Re: Initial Experience

2009-09-08 Thread Barry Hadder
started VoiceOver on my MacBook Pro, but the FN key wasn't required >> along with Command F5. I don't recall changing anything related to >> System Preferences regarding the behavior of the Function keys, but I >> certainly could have without realizin

RE: Initial Experience

2009-09-08 Thread Les Kriegler
certainly could have without realizing it. I went through the setup > assistant and have started reviewing the Quick Start VoiceOver > tutorial. I'm off to a slow but happy and steady beginning! > > Les > > > __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus

Re: A Recommendation from Mark regarding an outstanding Portable Fire Wire Drive

2009-09-08 Thread Scott Chesworth
Just as a sidenote, anyone wanting to restore their boot camp partition in an accessible fashion should google and check out an app called Winclone. It's the type of thing you'd have needed to know about on first instalation to clone at the right point I guess, IE a point you'd want to revert too

A solution for stopping voiceover from saying empty in the contacts table in Adium

2009-09-08 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi all,a friend of mine who's not on this list, was playing with verbosity settings, and we found that if you go under list, and customise it so that the status isn't spoken, this will fix the problem of voiceover saying empty in the contacts table of Adium. So for those who were findin

Re: voiceover with braille note as display

2009-09-08 Thread John Panarese
Hi John, It is a shortcut on my desktop. I will have to investigate launching applications from the apps folder to see if I can do the same thing.] Take are John D. Panarese Managing Director Technologies for the Visually Impaired, Inc. 9 Nolan Court Hauppauge, NY 11788 Tel/Fax, (631)

Re: getting an individuals email address

2009-09-08 Thread Barry Hadder
Got to make a correction to my last post. I said you have to do a shift-mouse on the address. You only have to click the mouse to get the menu. On Sep 8, 2009, at 7:21 PM, anouk radix wrote: > > Hello, not sure if this has been covered before, but i would like to > get a persons emal address

Re: getting an individuals email address

2009-09-08 Thread Barry Hadder
Interact with the message content area and move the vo cursor over the message headers and enter act with it. Or, if you are reading a message, stop interacting with the body text and move vo up to the headers. In leopard, vo saw the address as a menu button. I've just noticed that now it

Re: voiceover with braille note as display

2009-09-08 Thread John J Herzog
Hi John, Upon further investigation, the behavior seems to be inconsistent. You can open folders by hitting the router button above the first letter. However, when I go into my hard drive, and select the applications folder, I cannot open any program I see in the list. As an example, voice

Re: Initial Experience

2009-09-08 Thread Ryan Mann
have without realizing it. I went through the setup assistant > and > have started reviewing the Quick Start VoiceOver tutorial. I'm off > to a > slow but happy and steady beginning! > > Les > > > __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version

Re: Initial Experience

2009-09-08 Thread Barry Hadder
erences regarding the behavior of the Function keys, but I > certainly > could have without realizing it. I went through the setup assistant > and > have started reviewing the Quick Start VoiceOver tutorial. I'm off > to a > slow but happy and steady beginning! &g

Re: Initial Experience

2009-09-08 Thread James Mannion
a > slow but happy and steady beginning! > > Les > > > __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature > database 4408 (20090908) __ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > >

Re: voiceover with braille note as display

2009-09-08 Thread John Panarese
Hi John, I just did this. I clicked the rotor above the s in Safari and it fired up Safari from my desktop. 1. You need to VO space on the, assign new commands, button. 2. Select the, add, button. and VO space on that. 3. A new row will be added to the table of listed commands. Pick what

Initial Experience

2009-09-08 Thread Les Kriegler
ssistant and have started reviewing the Quick Start VoiceOver tutorial. I'm off to a slow but happy and steady beginning! Les __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4408 (20090908) __ The message was checked by ES

Re: voiceover with braille note as display

2009-09-08 Thread John J Herzog
Hi John, Can you please tell me how to add a new braille display command? I can only seem to select pre existing commands and change those. It would be handy to have the O with space bar command, as pressing the router key over the first letter of the application does in deed just speak t

Re: My MacBook Has Arrived

2009-09-08 Thread Brandon Misch
t;>> >>>>> >>>>> The subject line says it all. Also, I contacted Apple Tech >>>>> Support >>>>> and >>&g

Re: voiceover with braille note as display

2009-09-08 Thread John Panarese
Hi John I would have to connect mine again to be certain, but you have to be sure you click the cursor rotor that is above the first letter of the item. If this does not work, I assigned the spacebar and letter o on the display for opening applications. Take Care John Panarese On Se

getting an individuals email address

2009-09-08 Thread anouk radix
Hello, not sure if this has been covered before, but i would like to get a persons emal address who posts to the macvisionarie slist, i nwindows you can do this by standing on the name and then getting the ctrl-f10 menu and doing settings. Can i do this on the mac? Greetings, Anouk --~--~--

voiceover with braille note as display

2009-09-08 Thread John J Herzog
Hi listers, I have a question about using the braille note 32 as a display with voiceover. When my friend hooked hers up, everything worked fine, but she could not open various programs from the display. According to voiceover, the routing keys above each cell were supposed to perform the

Re: jamochamud (java program)

2009-09-08 Thread anouk radix
Hello, sorry for the late reply. I myself recently switched to the mac and am not a programmer. I would love to just use the mac though, replacing windows because i really love the os x operating system anbd voiceover. I would recommend trying to mail accessibil...@apple.com to see if they

Re: adium issue

2009-09-08 Thread Matthew Campbell
I kind of fixed it. I was talking to someone on Facebook chat and all of a sudden my MSN contacts showed up. I've been having programs do real random things today so hopefully it won't do that again. Thanks for all of the suggestions. On 2009-09-08, at 5:21 PM, Chantel Cuddemi wrote: > > Oka

Re: apple ii emulator for sl?

2009-09-08 Thread anouk radix
Hey Erik, i will have to do a good google search on this one tomorrow. I mean it owuld b elogical that htere would be an emulator for the apple ii that runs on leopard and then it might run on sl. I will have to check into this and will get back tot he list later, i myself too enjoyed the ea

Re: Voiceover won't auto-read mail messages

2009-09-08 Thread matthew Dyer
Hi, This is a bug in vo if I understand rite. you can do a number of things to fix this. you can use vo+a to tell it to read the message. you can also command tab away from the window then command tab back to it. Another way to fix this is to vo j to jump to message area then vo j ba

Re: Data detector present

2009-09-08 Thread Jes Smith
Christina, This happens whenever Mail encounters dates or email addresses, so you can add them to either ICal or address book. It's just a way to have that particular data pasteD into a new entry so you don't have to type it in yourself. I'm not sure there is a way to turn that announcemen

Re: Victor Reader Soft Macintosh

2009-09-08 Thread michael A. Babcock
hi chris; no problem:) mike On Sep 8, 2009, at 3:13 PM, Chris Gilland wrote: > O, ok. That explains why you're asking. OK. Birhrhrd! Sorry > about that Mike. I didn't realize. > > Chris. > > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > ] On Behalf Of m

Re: Victor Reader Soft Macintosh

2009-09-08 Thread michael A. Babcock
i might call them and find out as $125 is a lot to spend on a "Should be" product On Sep 8, 2009, at 3:03 PM, terre...@terrencevak.net wrote: > If it's Victor, I'm thinking it's probably by Humanware, in which case > it should be accessible. Humanware's only disability that they > target, >

RE: Victor Reader Soft Macintosh

2009-09-08 Thread Chris Gilland
O, ok. That explains why you're asking. OK. Birhrhrd! Sorry about that Mike. I didn't realize. Chris. _ From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of michael A. Babcock Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 6:56 PM To: macvisionaries@goog

Re: Your opinions on Snow Leopard

2009-09-08 Thread James & Nash
The podcasts are on www.blindcooltech.com As far as I know they have nver fixed the bugs on the install disks although you can download the combination update once you've installed which contains all the updates - Original Message - From: "rayna424" To: "MacVisionaries" Sent: Tuesda

Re: Voiceover won't auto-read mail messages

2009-09-08 Thread Christina
Yes, I also experience these strange and random pauses and voiceover also says data detector present. That is very weird. :) On Sep 8, 2009, at 3:12 PM, James Fettgather wrote: > > I find that which ever way you use to read email, regardless of the > method, in Snow Leopard, there are unnatur

RE: Victor Reader Soft Macintosh

2009-09-08 Thread terrence
If it's Victor, I'm thinking it's probably by Humanware, in which case it should be accessible. Humanware's only disability that they target, or at least their main one anyway, is VI, so Victor should be accessible. Terrence > Original Message > Subject: Re: Victor Reader Soft M

Re: ordering messages

2009-09-08 Thread Christina
\Ooops, sorry. I forgot to tell you to interact with the table and to move to the column you want to sort. If you press the vo plus shift plus back slash twice it will sort the other way. For example instead of sorting ascending it will then sort Descending. I have used this sorting in

Re: Victor Reader Soft Macintosh

2009-09-08 Thread michael A. Babcock
no they did not make it, it was adapted for the rfbd copy protection rfbd uses. On Sep 8, 2009, at 2:51 PM, Chris Gilland wrote: > If RFB&D made it, and it's for the blind and disabled, wouldn't that > naturally probably mean it's accessible? Maybe I'm very naive but... > > Chris. > > From:

RE: Victor Reader Soft Macintosh

2009-09-08 Thread Chris Gilland
If RFB&D made it, and it's for the blind and disabled, wouldn't that naturally probably mean it's accessible? Maybe I'm very naive but... Chris. _ From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of michael A. Babcock Sent: Tuesday, September 08

Re: ordering messages

2009-09-08 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi Jonathan, and CHristina I had hidden the date received column. Perhaps that had something to do with it. But it works now. Thanks you veily much best Yuma --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacV

Re: Your opinions on Snow Leopard

2009-09-08 Thread rayna424
Thanks guys! I think I'm gonna do what I always do with new tech stuff, and wait for the bugs to be worked out. Do you know if I buy it in say, a month, do they fix the bugs on the new install disks? Oh and how can I find your podcasts? Thanks, Randi --~--~-~--~~~---

Re: ordering messages

2009-09-08 Thread Jonathan Cohn
You need to be in the "date" column of the messages table. This is supposed to be a generic VO command to sort the order of any table. I have tried it in Mail and column mode of the finder. I think I might have tried it on a couple of other tables too. So to summarizesummerize: To sort

Re: [Mac-cessibility News] FaceBook iPhone Application Updated With Accessibility Fixes

2009-09-08 Thread peter apgar
I too would have to agree with scott! On Sep 5, 2009, at 8:33 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Nice post, Scott. These are all very good points. > donna > > -Original Message- > From: Scott Chesworth > Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 6:44 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject

Victor Reader Soft Macintosh

2009-09-08 Thread michael A. Babcock
is this software accessible? I don't wanna spend $125 on it, from rfbd, and find out it's not accessible. thanks mike Victor Reader Soft Macintosh --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" grou

Re: My MacBook Pro Has Arrived

2009-09-08 Thread Dave McLean
ted Apple Tech Support >>> and >>> found out that my system has a Fire Wire 800 port, so the LaCi >>> external >>> drive sounds like a definite purchase for backup purposes. Also, I >>> learned >>> that Time Machine for Backups is included,

Re: ordering messages

2009-09-08 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi, I've also got a macbook. Right under the backspace is the | key but it just goes ping, as in you're going nowhere :) VO shift | right? best --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" gr

My MacBook Has Arrived

2009-09-08 Thread May and Wynter
system has a Fire Wire 800 port, so the LaCi >>>> external >>>> drive sounds like a definite purchase for backup purposes. Also, I >>>> learned >>>> that Time Machine for Backups is included, Nice! I'm excited to >>>> get going! >>&g

Re: cursors

2009-09-08 Thread Keith Brown
thanks Mike, mine are set as yours are. cheers Keith On 7 Sep 2009, at 14:48, Mike Arrigo wrote: > > Hi, sure thing. Really there is no requirement here, but I will tell > you how mine is set. I have all 4 check boxes checked for the system > focus, voice over cursor and insertion point to follo

Re: Voiceover won't auto-read mail messages

2009-09-08 Thread James Fettgather
I find that which ever way you use to read email, regardless of the method, in Snow Leopard, there are unnatural pauses, where Voice Over pauses at the end of each line, making for a very disjointed reading experience. This did not occur in Lepoard. Reading lengthy articles works great o

Re: My MacBook Pro Has Arrived

2009-09-08 Thread Mike Arrigo
>> At least I got email to work. >>> On Sep 8, 2009, at 2:18 PM, Les Kriegler wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> The subject line says it all. Also, I contacted Apple Tech Support >>>> and >>>> found out that my system has a Fire Wire 800 po

opening folders in transmit

2009-09-08 Thread anouk radix
Hello, I am using transmit for the first time today and I can download a folder in the root of an ftp site. I am not sure yet though how i can open folders and move to folders within that. I know i can open a folder in a new window but then if i want to navigate to one of it s subfolders t

Re: My MacBook Pro Has Arrived

2009-09-08 Thread Mike Arrigo
t my system has a Fire Wire 800 port, so the LaCi >> external >> drive sounds like a definite purchase for backup purposes. Also, I >> learned >> that Time Machine for Backups is included, Nice! I'm excited to >> get going! >> >> Les >> >>

Re: My MacBook Pro Has Arrived

2009-09-08 Thread Mike Arrigo
ion from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature > database 4407 (20090908) __ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message bec

Re: Voiceover won't auto-read mail messages

2009-09-08 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hi, at the moment, try pressing v o a, that's what I do and it works well. On Sep 8, 2009, at 1:26 PM, Christina wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > I'm new to this group and this is my first post. :) I'm glad to have > found this group as I have lots to learn. > > I upgraded to snow leopard. Aft

Re: Your opinions on Snow Leopard

2009-09-08 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hi. I've been using snow leopard now for about 2 weeks. You may want to check out my 2 newest pod casts on blind cool tech where we look at the install and new features of snow leopard. Everything you know still applies, so you won't get lost there, and the lay out of the operating system

Re: A Recommendation from Mark regarding an outstanding Portable Fire Wire Drive

2009-09-08 Thread Chris Polk
there are several, not saying windows is better at this, because it just isn't but there are several options for the windows side also. On Sep 8, 2009, at 2:43 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > > Hey Mark, now that you have an external drive, you can use a program > such as super duper or carbon copy c

Re: A Recommendation from Mark regarding an outstanding Portable Fire Wire Drive

2009-09-08 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hey Mark, now that you have an external drive, you can use a program such as super duper or carbon copy cloner to back up your mac. The cool thing about these programs is, you can then boot off the external drive, and use all functions of the mac, even restoring back to your internal drive

Re: A Question About Snow Leopard Folders

2009-09-08 Thread Mike Arrigo
I think this is more of a visual thing, it displays the folder springing open, I actually disabled this, as far as I know, it offers no advantage, and those processor cycles are better used for other things. On Sep 8, 2009, at 1:52 AM, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > What are Sprin

Re: Skype and Voice Over.

2009-09-08 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hey Mark, I like your description of the difference between voice over and JFW. While some people may think that calling it a stick shift means it's not as good, this isn't the case it's just different. In many ways, you have much more control over what you hear and how it's spoken. And, v

Re: Voice Over with Apple Scripts, must get this off my chest

2009-09-08 Thread Mike Arrigo
Here's my take on the whole script thing, while it does cause a bit of concern, I certainly have no plans to ask apple to remove this or any other voice over feature, that would be silly. Admitedly, I have no interest in using scripting at this point, but for those who want to try it, go f

Re: adium issue

2009-09-08 Thread Chantel Cuddemi
Okay try this. Try readding your account. Go to preferences, and go to the account button. From thee, you find your msn account. Interact with the accounts table, find your msn account, and stop interacting with the table. Then, go to the delete button, and press the yes button. On Sep 8, 200

Re: adium issue

2009-09-08 Thread Matthew Campbell
Yeah checked that too. On 2009-09-08, at 5:11 PM, Chantel Cuddemi wrote: > > Do you have the latest version of adium? > On Sep 8, 2009, at 5:10 PM, Matthew Campbell wrote: > >> >> Yeah. I've tried the same info on windows live messenger on my >> windows >> vm and it works fine. >> On 2009-09-0

Re: adium issue

2009-09-08 Thread Chantel Cuddemi
Do you have the latest version of adium? On Sep 8, 2009, at 5:10 PM, Matthew Campbell wrote: > > Yeah. I've tried the same info on windows live messenger on my windows > vm and it works fine. > On 2009-09-08, at 4:30 PM, Chantel Cuddemi wrote: > >> >> Are you entering your info correctly? >> On S

Re: adium issue

2009-09-08 Thread Matthew Campbell
Yeah. I've tried the same info on windows live messenger on my windows vm and it works fine. On 2009-09-08, at 4:30 PM, Chantel Cuddemi wrote: > > Are you entering your info correctly? > On Sep 8, 2009, at 4:10 PM, Matthew Campbell wrote: > >> >> Hi list. >> My MSN account that is set up in adi

Re: ordering messages

2009-09-08 Thread Christina
Hi, vo plus shift plus the backslash/vertical line button. That is the key right of theright bracket/right brace key. That key is under my backspace button on my macbook. I hope that made sense. Christina On Sep 8, 2009, at 1:58 PM, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: > > Hi Everyone > > Can some

Re: Voiceover won't auto-read mail messages

2009-09-08 Thread Christina
Yes, vo plus j works great when it is a single message. However, when there is a thread it was easier to just hit enter and all the messages would open and voice over would automatically read the current message then when I closed the first message the second one would be automatically re

ordering messages

2009-09-08 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi Everyone Can someone tell me how i can reverse the order of messages? i have the sort by date received but i want the last received message to be at the top of the list instead of the bottom. another nubie question i guess...shame on me best Yuma --~--~-~--~~~--

Re: My MacBook Pro Has Arrived

2009-09-08 Thread Rich Ring
e Wire 800 port, so the LaCi >>> external >>> drive sounds like a definite purchase for backup purposes. Also, I >>> learned >>> that Time Machine for Backups is included, Nice! I'm excited to >>> get go

Re: adium issue

2009-09-08 Thread Chantel Cuddemi
Are you entering your info correctly? On Sep 8, 2009, at 4:10 PM, Matthew Campbell wrote: > > Hi list. > My MSN account that is set up in adium won't sign in. It keeps try but > fails. I'm running sl. Can anyone help? > Thanks a bunch. > > > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~-

Re: My MacBook Pro Has Arrived

2009-09-08 Thread dannyboy
Fire Wire 800 port, so the LaCi >> external >> drive sounds like a definite purchase for backup purposes. Also, I >> learned >> that Time Machine for Backups is included, Nice! I'm excited to >> get going! >> >> Les >> >> >> _

Re: My MacBook Pro Has Arrived

2009-09-08 Thread Rich Ring
: >> >>> >>> The subject line says it all. Also, I contacted Apple Tech Support >>> and >>> found out that my system has a Fire Wire 800 port, so the LaCi >>> external >>> drive sounds like a definite purchase for backup

adium issue

2009-09-08 Thread Matthew Campbell
Hi list. My MSN account that is set up in adium won't sign in. It keeps try but fails. I'm running sl. Can anyone help? Thanks a bunch. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To p

Re: My MacBook Pro Has Arrived

2009-09-08 Thread Esther
rchase for backup purposes. Also, I >> learned >> that Time Machine for Backups is included, Nice! I'm excited to >> get going! >> >> Les >> >> >> __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >> signature >> d

RE: My MacBook Pro Has Arrived

2009-09-08 Thread Les Kriegler
Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 4407 (20090908) __ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of vi

Re: Voiceover won't auto-read mail messages

2009-09-08 Thread Ryan Mann
Hello. Are you using vo+j to jump between the message table and the message? Usually, when I'm in the message table, I hit vo+j to jump to a message I want to read. After I hit vo+j, VoiceOver usually starts reading the message. On Sep 8, 2009, at 3:46 PM, Christina wrote: > > Oh, I for

Re: Voiceover won't auto-read mail messages

2009-09-08 Thread william lomas
press v.o. j on the message, I do but it pauses at the end of each line On 8 Sep 2009, at 20:46, Christina wrote: > > Oh, I forgot to mention that since the upgrade to SL I am using vo > plus right arrow to get voice over to read the entire message. I used > to not have to do that. Is it this

Re: Voiceover won't auto-read mail messages

2009-09-08 Thread Christina
Oh, I forgot to mention that since the upgrade to SL I am using vo plus right arrow to get voice over to read the entire message. I used to not have to do that. Is it this way for those who have upgraded or am I the only one experiencing this change. It's not the end of the world to hav

Re: My MacBook Pro Has Arrived

2009-09-08 Thread Rich Ring
s included, Nice! I'm excited to > get going! > > Les > > > __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature > database 4407 (20090908) __ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com >

Re: Voiceover won't auto-read mail messages

2009-09-08 Thread Christina
Thanks, So is this issue I'm having common and not just me? On Sep 8, 2009, at 12:26 PM, John André Netland wrote: > > Hi Christina, > > Welcome to the group, I am sure you will enjoy Snow Leopard, even > though there are a couple of issues right now. Currently, you have to > either do one of the

Data detector present

2009-09-08 Thread Christina
Hi all, In some of my e-mails voiceover announces "data detector present" every few words or sentences or so. Does anyone know why this might be happening? It's just kind of weird and I do not know what this means or how to stop this from occurring. I had never heard this before the up

Re: Voiceover won't auto-read mail messages

2009-09-08 Thread John André Netland
Hi Christina, Welcome to the group, I am sure you will enjoy Snow Leopard, even though there are a couple of issues right now. Currently, you have to either do one of the following after opening a message with the return key; •press the right arrow once if you have VO keys locked or QuickNa

Re: Voiceover won't auto-read mail messages

2009-09-08 Thread Christina
Thanks for the welcome. :) I hope to learn from this group. Christina On Sep 8, 2009, at 11:39 AM, rayna424 wrote: > > Hi Christina! > > I don't have a solution, but I wanted to welcome you to to this group. > I've probably learned 80 percent of what i know about VO from this > board. I haven'

Re: How to Solve Mac Mini Performance Issues without a Monitor [was Re: Web Pages Loading Slowly]

2009-09-08 Thread Esther
Correction: I meant to say there are NO problems using the Mac Mini without a mouse --- just buy the correct $19.95 connector -- depending on whether you have a recent Mini with a Mini-DVI port or an older (pre-March 2009) Mini with a regular DVI port -- and your performance issues will be

My MacBook Pro Has Arrived

2009-09-08 Thread Les Kriegler
going! Les __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4407 (20090908) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because yo

How to Solve Mac Mini Performance Issues without a Monitor [was Re: Web Pages Loading Slowly]

2009-09-08 Thread Esther
Hello Rich, There are a number of different points that seem to have cropped up in this thread and its discussion, including some misinformation and comments that, when taken out of context, can be misleading. I'll try to separate out these topics: 1. Mac Mini performance slow-down when u

project halted

2009-09-08 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi everyone, Just realized that i can't continue with my endeavor as i need SL to get the appropriate library suite for voice over. I was getting fired up though, such a shame. Hopefully tomorrow i will get the news that SL is in stock over at my random apple shop :) best Yuma --~--~

Re: Voiceover won't auto-read mail messages

2009-09-08 Thread rayna424
Hi Christina! I don't have a solution, but I wanted to welcome you to to this group. I've probably learned 80 percent of what i know about VO from this board. I haven't upgraded yet, because I'm scared and want to find out some stuff first from people who have upgraded. I didn't even know you cou

Voiceover won't auto-read mail messages

2009-09-08 Thread Christina
Hello everyone, I'm new to this group and this is my first post. :) I'm glad to have found this group as I have lots to learn. I upgraded to snow leopard. After the upgrade when I open a mail message voice over will no longer automatically read the e-mail. I have tried to change any se

Re: Your opinions on Snow Leopard

2009-09-08 Thread James & Nash
Hi Randi, I have not upgraded myself yet, although from following messages on this list and doing my own research there have been a few problems with Snow Leopard, although it seems that at least some of them are solveable by tinkering with VoiceOver's settings. Also, Apple are planning to rel

voice over menu script

2009-09-08 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi everyone, After reading quite a few things and testing out for myself, i've gotten to understand certain basics. I wrote this little piece of code to open up the voice over utility tell application "Finder" open application "VoiceOver Utility" end tell the script returns no error,

Re: Your opinions on Snow Leopard

2009-09-08 Thread Chantel Cuddemi
Snow lepard is an awesome os with new innovative features. You will love it. On Sep 8, 2009, at 1:47 PM, rayna424 wrote: > > Hi all, > > I am terrified of upgrading. My Macbook is my first experience with a > screeneader, and I've taught myself by trial and error and by reading > this board. I wo

Your opinions on Snow Leopard

2009-09-08 Thread rayna424
Hi all, I am terrified of upgrading. My Macbook is my first experience with a screeneader, and I've taught myself by trial and error and by reading this board. I would like your opinions before I upgrade. Have the commands changed? Is it still basically the same with some new funtions? Will I be

Re: A Recommendation from Mark regarding an outstanding Portable Fire Wire Drive

2009-09-08 Thread John Panarese
I have one as well. It is a really nice drive. Small and quiet. Take Care John Panarese On Sep 8, 2009, at 12:42 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hello All, > > I recently purchased a La Ci portable rugged 500GB Fire Wire drive > that I > highly recommend. The reviews on this device are impr

LaCi Portable Drive

2009-09-08 Thread Les Kriegler
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A Recommendation from Mark regarding an outstanding Portable Fire Wire Drive

2009-09-08 Thread M. Taylor
Hello All, I recently purchased a La Ci portable rugged 500GB Fire Wire drive that I highly recommend. The reviews on this device are impressive but not half so impressive as the device, itself. To learn more about it, Click the following URL. http://store.apple.com/us/product/TS124VC/A?fn

RE: Skype and Voice Over.

2009-09-08 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Les, Click the following URL to learn all about this incredible fire wire drive. http://store.apple.com/us/product/TS124VC/A?fnode=MTY1NDA0Nw&mco=ODAwNzYwNQ Mark -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Les K

Re: Migration Assistant not recognizing External Hard Drives

2009-09-08 Thread Esther
Hi Jonathan, Justin, and Others, There's a very good recent article at TidBITS about "How to Reformat a New External Hard Disk": http://db.tidbits.com/article/10307 The issue, as Jonathan mentions is that while you can copy files from other drives, even drives that were formatted for Windows

Re: finding playback position in ituens, was creating ringtones

2009-09-08 Thread Esther
Hi Donna, You're welcome. Most Mac users know about AppleScripts as something they can add to extend the functionality of their applications -- not as something they program. There is, for example, a huge repertoire of AppleScripts at a site called "AppleScripts for iTunes" that are d

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