Hi everyone. Now I'm doing some playing for the weekend before I go back to
school stuff, smile.
1. Can someone please tell me how I would set up messenger for the mac. I do
have one installed called adiumx but I can't get it to read me messages if I
miss them or get it to show the right sign
Hi listers,
In anticipation of my new Ipod touch, I have started searching the app
store to find some cool things I can do with the device. I came across
one that was called wireless airmouse. Supposedly, airmouse turns your
Iphone or Ipod touch into a wireless controller, with buttons speci
Anyone tried it with VO? TIA.
Egun On, Lagunak! (Basque for G'day, Mates)
Pete Nalda
http://www.myspace.com/musikonalda
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Hi Pete,
Thanks for the help. I assume by now you';ve seen my other message and that I
got all sorted out. I appreciate the help though!
Take care,
Donna
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No.
When you want VO to localize with the system you most likely have to
wait till apple localize it.
This might not mean that you can't get an arabic voice and edit
documents in arabic, but it does mean that you won't hear the
elements, forms, tables, menus etc spoken in arabic by VO.
Ju
Hi Mike,
I haven't installed Snow Leopard myself yet, I am in the process of doing so
But if Snow Leopard is basically the same as Leopard, then if you go to the
Finder's preferences you can choose what appears on your desktop and Mac's
HD is one of those choices. I'm not sure if you can remo
Hello Simon,
On Sep 13, 2009, at 12:27 AM, Simon Cavendish wrote:
>
> There's certainly a deterioration of Voiceover reading in Mail to my
> ear.
Yes, there are pauses, but I doubt they'll go away. It would be hard
to make VoiceOver behave differently in Mail than in other
applications, and
There's certainly a deterioration of Voiceover reading in Mail to my
ear. I hope this will be improved.
best wishes, Simon
On 12 Sep 2009, at 17:55, Woody Anna Dresner wrote:
>
> Hi James,
>
> I have never noticed huge pauses in e-mail messages. Occasionally
> there is a short pause in an odd
Hi all:
Well here we go with the new SL.
How do I get the Mac HD to show up on my desktop?
Not sure I like the doc and downloads folder on the doc.
Thanks:
Mike
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Actually, the connection is a bit odd. They use a Mini Tosslink optical plug.
I've used this to transfer to my PCM-D50 digital recorder with success.
From: david.mcl...@cox.net
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Question on Using the Digital Coax Output with the Mac Mini
Date: Sat,
Accessing the speech rotor should also work (VO-cmd-arrow keys).
On Sep 12, 2009, at 1:11 PM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I discovered something odd about this problem. I checked the time with
> right Option-T. Then I pressed Control. Then I pressed Up Arrow, and
> VO said nothing. Same
Hi Esther and Mark.
Thank you very much.
You have solved a problem I have had for a long time.
Best regards Annie.
2009/9/12, Mark BurningHawk Baxter :
>
> Annie:
> Try checking off the "part of a compilation," box in the Info window.
> I've always found compilation albums to be a bit of a pa
Hi, Yes I did an upgrade on my machine here and it works fine here.
Matthew
On Sep 11, 2009, at 2:54 PM, erik burggraaf wrote:
>
> Hi guys, I'm pretty sure I won't break anything heren but... Sighs
> when I went to install snowleppard today I got an install button much
> earlier in the proce
yes
On 12 Sep 2009, at 20:36, James & Nash wrote:
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> When we want the system localized, presumeably we have to install the
> language packs for that language in the instalation? I.e. If I want
> to run
> my system in French or here the VO Guide in French I need to install
> the
> French Lan
Yes, that helps. Thanks so much. I have s much to learn. Wow, I
did not even know that browser exists. I don't quite get how it's
suposed to work. It was weird because itunes was acting very weird
for me yesterday and then it seems to be working just fine now.
Although I'm referr
Hello, According to the Apple website the mac mini shares digital and analog
output and inputs which I would assume means you can plug a one eighth inch
coax digital output cable from the mini into a device that supports digital.
However when I try that it still seems to think I am using headp
Hi,
I discovered something odd about this problem. I checked the time with
right Option-T. Then I pressed Control. Then I pressed Up Arrow, and
VO said nothing. Same when I pressed Down Arrow. Then I pressed VO-F1,
VO read the title of the current app, and all was well. Go figure.
Thanks
Hello James,
On Sep 12, 2009, at 9:30 PM, James & Nash wrote:
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> Well I think I'm going to go and install Snow Leopard in my usual
> Erase and
> Install way.
Make sure you make a Time Machine backup just before you shut down
your MacBook. Also, don't forget to eject the backup disk before
s
Just press the control key once, and speech will return.
On Sep 12, 2009, at 10:21 AM, Anne Robertson wrote:
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> Hello Anna,
>
> I've noticed this problem, too, since doing the update to 10.6.1. For
> me, it seems to be completely random. I'll have a look at the crash
> logs and see what's going
When we want the system localized, presumeably we have to install the
language packs for that language in the instalation? I.e. If I want to run
my system in French or here the VO Guide in French I need to install the
French Language yes? Will this also install the keyboard layout?
Thank you
I think another good question here might be, how is the localization
in Arabic. Certainly assistivewear have had an arabic voice for the
last 6 months, but can the system localize in Arabic?
Justin
On Sep 12, 2009, at 8:12 AM, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> There is an infovox ivox
Hi folks,
Well I think I'm going to go and install Snow Leopard in my usual Erase and
Install way. However, I have a slight problem.
I have just updated Leopard to the latest release and have run Repair
Permissions twice. Apparently permisions are still not correct. Does this
matter if I am g
I'm listening to VLC right now.
Justin
On Sep 12, 2009, at 7:11 AM, James & Nash wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> From what i've been reading http://www.jbkempf.com/blog/ VLC does not
> currently seem to work on Snow Leopard. Just thought I'd pass this
> on. I
> apologize if this is out of date news.
Hi Esther
Thank you for your very comprehensive and thorough anser I am up and
running with my music collection and podcast etc. so thank you very much.
Kind Regards, Jesper.
- Original Message -
From: "Esther"
To:
Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 1:09 PM
Subject: Re: Problem gettin
Hello, I am currently using snow lepord and here are my findings
which may or not have been brought to the attention of this list or to
apple. See below.
First in vo with vo and mail. I still notest that co still does not
read all of the message on its own. I do not use the preaview p
Hi Realplayer has a Mac version. It worked on MacOs 105, I haven't
tried on SL but I am assuming it should work as well. It is free to
download from www.real.com.
It
At 10:26 AM 12/09/2009, you wrote:
>Caughs and splutters. Eh, it's new to me, and might be a show stopper
>for upgrading for m
Hi.
Actually, I do own a Mac, but I don't speak Arabic. I am also afraid that I
know very little about what is available for that language.
Is there an Arabic version of Snow Leopard? Once the language has been
tested and commercially available, could the Mac be configured to
automatically loa
Hello James,
On Sep 12, 2009, at 7:25 PM, James & Nash wrote:
>
> Is there no way of disabling the system voice and just use VO?
This can be done but it would be a very bad idea since you would no
longer get the system alerts, and the Speak Selected Text command
wouldn't work either.
> Also,
Hi Anna,
This is a little conflict that currently exist between VoiceOver and
the system voice when they are trying to do speech at the same
time. If you press the control key when you run into this
situation, everything should work OK.
Hope this helps,
John André
On 12. sep. 2009, a
Hi Anne,
Is there no way of disabling the system voice and just use VO? Also, where
would the crash logs be stored please? Would you recommend upgrading to Snow
Leopard?
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From: "Anne Robertson"
To:
Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 6:21 PM
Subject: Re: speech cut
Hello Anne,
Thank you for the confirmation. so it is not as bad as some people have been
reporting.
Thanks
James
- Original Message -
From: "Anne Robertson"
To:
Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 6:20 PM
Subject: Re: mail and reading messages
>
> Hello James,
>
> On Sep 12, 2009,
Hello Anna,
I've noticed this problem, too, since doing the update to 10.6.1. For
me, it seems to be completely random. I'll have a look at the crash
logs and see what's going on.
Cheers,
Anne
On Sep 12, 2009, at 7:04 PM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Sometimes if I use one of th
Hello James,
On Sep 12, 2009, at 6:39 PM, James & Nash wrote:
>
> Could you tell me please if the update has fixed the issue that some
> people
> were reporting where VoiceOver would take long pauses whilst reading
> messages?
VoiceOver has never taken long pauses while reading messages. It
Thanks Anna,
I have Snow Leopard, but i'm trying to decide whether or not to update at
the moment.
- Original Message -
From: "Woody Anna Dresner"
To:
Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 5:55 PM
Subject: Re: mail and reading messages
>
> Hi James,
>
> I have never noticed huge pauses
Hi,
Sometimes if I use one of the built-in Keyboard Commander commands,
such as Option-T to read the time or Option-U to read the number of
unread messages, VO stops talking for up to 30 seconds afterward. The
VO sounds are still there, so I know my sound card is still engaged
and VO is r
Hi James,
I have never noticed huge pauses in e-mail messages. Occasionally
there is a short pause in an odd place, probably the end of a line,
but it's not bad enough on my system to be a major issue. I haven't
noticed any changes in the recent update.
Best,
Anna
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Hi Christina,
The Songs table is still there in iTunes 9, and it works as it did
before. The accessibility problems some of us have been writing about
concern the Playlist browser, which displays artists and albums and
which you turn on with Command-B.
HTH,
Anna
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I have a question that I'm confused about. I have not upgraded to
itunes 9. One reason is that I'm confused as to if they got rid of
the songs table. Is that so? I would not like itunes without the
songs table. If it's an html table that would not make me happy as I
do not know how to
Could you tell me please if the update has fixed the issue that some people
were reporting where VoiceOver would take long pauses whilst reading
messages?
Thanks
Take care
James
- Original Message -
From: "Woody Anna Dresner"
To:
Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 5:20 PM
Subject:
Hi Justin,
I'm so glad my suggestions worked for you. I think you were the person
who pointed out that focus changes when you arrow up and down the
Column Browser, but VO doesn't track the changes. Once you pointed
that out, I could figure out what to do. Thanks so much for mentioning
tha
Smile, thanks very much. I will try and install it. Is there a messenger
program for mac like windows live messenger since I'm going to attempt to
install programs, might as well get that one now too.
May, now using my MacBook
- Original Message -
From: Esther
To: macvisionarie
Hi Yuma,
Have you run Software Update since installing Snow Leopard? There was
an update a couple of days ago. I haven't seen the problem of e-mail
messages not being read automatically since I installed it, though
that doesn't necessarily mean it's fixed. Worth trying, anyway.
As for read
Hey everyone,
Scratch the bug about the vo going all overthe place. I found out that
i inadvertently switched the quick menu on.
As a matter of fact, besides reading and the web, i see less of a use
with it, or less potential than all that multitrack experience i'm
going through.
some com
Hi everyone,
There's a few changes in Snow Leopard, and i've sort of gotten all the
custom verbosity i want. Fun stuff.
I wanted to know though, is the inability to automatically read new
messages through the VO J command due to one unchecking the
automatically read webpage when loaded fea
Hi everyone,
Just been playing around with the gesture commander. I meant the
multitrack commander. No, wait, trackpad commander :)
The rotor stuff is very sensitive, as the default command rotate
actions are to turn the volume down.
To keep it in the audio context, anyone say track scrubbi
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Alex Jurgensen
> Date: September 12, 2009 1:04:02 AM CDT
> To: Woody Anna Dresner
> Subject: Re: access keys on websites
>
> Hi,
> Anna,
>
> I am E-mailing you offlist, but feel free to share this with the list.
>
> Without VoiceOver, you press "CONTROL" + "OP
My apologies Anne,
Take care
James
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From: "Anne Robertson"
To:
Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 3:42 PM
Subject: Re: VLC does not work on Snow Leopard at the moment
>
> Hello James,
>
> This blog entry is not saying that the current version of VLC does not
> wo
Hi,
There is an infovox ivox arabic language voice pack in theworks. The
developer has recently asked for beta testers, but i guess youwouldn't
beable to do it since, i aussme, you do not own a mac yet. Or do you>
Here is the link anyway to the third party voice developer. They give
you a
works for me
On 12 Sep 2009, at 15:40, James & Nash wrote:
>
> Snow Leopard boots into 32-bit by default so if it works great.
> Perhaps i
> will upgrade when all the applications I use are compatible.
>
> Take care
>
> James
> - Original Message -
> From: "JC Helary"
> To:
> Sent:
yes an arabic package is available from assistiveware
On 12 Sep 2009, at 15:56, Anne Robertson wrote:
> Hello Mike,
>
> I don't know about an Arabic voice being available, but Arabic
> Braille is available for testing if you are interested.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Anne
> On Sep 12, 2009, at 4:49 PM, Mi
Hello Mike,
I don't know about an Arabic voice being available, but Arabic Braille
is available for testing if you are interested.
Cheers,
Anne
On Sep 12, 2009, at 4:49 PM, Michael Busboom wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> The subject sort of says it all. I am wondering if Snow Leopard
> comes i
Yeah. Works quite well in fact. I've been streaming Family Guy over my network.
No problems yet.
> Subject: Re: VLC does not work on Snow Leopard at the moment
> From: a...@anarchie.org.uk
> Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:42:45 +0200
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>
>
> Hello James,
>
> Th
Hello James,
This blog entry is not saying that the current version of VLC does not
work with Snow Leopard, but that the developer's 64-bit version does
not yet work with Snow Leopard and cannot therefore be released yet.
VLC 1.0.1 works fine with Snow Leopard.
Please don't post worrying m
Hello everyone,
The subject sort of says it all. I am wondering if Snow Leopard comes in
Arabic and if there is Voice Over support for the Arabic language. I am
guessing that the TTS would have to be purchased through a third party.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
My best to
Hi Yuma.
Thanks for this. Unfortunately, I'm no longer receiving mail in a
download. I've checked my settings and they seem to be set
appropriately. I've not received any downloaded mail since Thursday
afternoon. I've gone on-line to read this message. Any assistance in
restoring download ca
Annie:
Try checking off the "part of a compilation," box in the Info window.
I've always found compilation albums to be a bit of a pain to sort.
You can also tell Itunes to only display album names, but then you'll
have to manually assign each track to its correct compilation album.
Mark
Snow Leopard boots into 32-bit by default so if it works great. Perhaps i
will upgrade when all the applications I use are compatible.
Take care
James
- Original Message -
From: "JC Helary"
To:
Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 3:27 PM
Subject: Re: VLC does not work on Snow Leopard
It works fine here. But I am still on a 32 bits machine (first
generation Core Duo MacBook).
On 12 sept. 2009, at 23:11, James & Nash wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> From what i've been reading http://www.jbkempf.com/blog/ VLC does not
> currently seem to work on Snow Leopard. Just thought I'd pass t
Caughs and splutters. Eh, it's new to me, and might be a show stopper
for upgrading for me. I'd really like my braille functionality, but I
need my book on those long work trips.
Is there anything besides the dreaded ITunes that'll give me good
basic listening functionality on sl?
Best,
Hi Mackers andslackers,
I just installed Snow leopard through an upgrade process, and i have
to say it was quick and easy. When getting into SL, nothing was
bugging in terms of old apps. or maybe all the apps i use are
compatible.
I do have a problem when writing mails, as in not all the k
Hi folks,
>From what i've been reading http://www.jbkempf.com/blog/ VLC does not
currently seem to work on Snow Leopard. Just thought I'd pass this on. I
apologize if this is out of date news.
Take care
James
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Now that I have an IPhone, I've become someone who takes pictures, has
other people take pictures and sends pictures. How do I rename them
once they're in IPhoto on the Mac? When I try to sync them from the
IPhone, I get this outrageous number like 3000 pictures and 2000
events have been
Donna,
try going to prefrences under mail. check to make sure the out
going server is correct select the server from the outgoing button and
check the use only this server option. i had the similar issue and
this resolved it. good luck.
Pete
On Sep 11, 2009, at 2:56 PM, Donna Go
Hi Annie,
I think what you're describing is how to deal with a compilation album
that has multiple artists, since iTunes organizes its music by Artist
and by Album. There are different ways you can handle this. For
example, suppose you have an Album titled "Cinema Classics 2004" that
co
Hi all.
I have a problem with ITunes, that I hope someone has found a solution
for.
I have a lot of albums that contains more artists, and ITunes think
that it shall sort them under more albums. I would like that one album
is one album, if you understand. Some of my albums are devided into 15
al
Hi Christina,
On Sep 11, 2009, Christina wrote:
>
> Is there a way in itunes to here podcasts faster? I've searched and
> have not found a way to speed them up.
iTunes doesn't support playing podcasts at different speeds, but
QuickTime Player, which iTunes uses through its own interface, does
Hi May,
As James mentioned, VLC is a good alternative player if you don't want
to use iTunes. You'll need to download this from:
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
You can also use QuickTime player, which is installed on your Mac, if
you select a track and use the "Get Info" (Command-I) dialog as
Hi Jesper,
If you simply want iTunes to find your music again, and are not
worried about trying to recover playlists, then you can just use "Add
to Library…" (Command-O) and point to your current iTunes Music folder
(e.g., ~/Music/iTunes) as the folder to be added.
iTunes stores the databa
Hi May,
You could try VLC Player. I don't have a URL for it but you'll find it on
Google. VLC will not play Audible books though as far as I know though so
you'll need ITunes for that.
Also, once you have VLC installed you can use Command I to bring up the Get
Info dialogue on your audio fil
Hi there.
Now the snowleopard is finally installed and I am almost happy if it were
not because itunes will not find my music collection witch I have copied
back. iis the whole library structure under itunes that has been copied from
the external drive back onto mac hd. But something is afoot
hi all The new audio highjack is now fully usable under
snowleopard
but i noted beside each tab voice over says 0, and when you are on the
selected tab it says, 1.
Will
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Hi everyone. I just wanted to send a quick thank you for all the help I've
received the past few days on getting use to my mac. Once I started getting
use to how things were laid out and such, it wasn't that bad. Surprisingly
enough I haven't forgotten and tried to do a windows command on my
Wow, I'm glad to hear other people are struggling with this. I'm not
crazy after all. I would like to thank Anna for the great advice. It
worked for me. I do have to say that I would also like to get the old
iTunes functionality back however. how did you figure that out?!
Wow. Anyways, I do
Hey all.
Been spending the last week or so, when I'm not working that is,
mucking around with services and automator in Snow Leopard.
Ironically, even though I'm a programmer, or possibly *because* I'm a
programmer, I'd never used automator before, so it's been a bit of a
learning experien
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