Re: Problems with Youtube

2009-11-04 Thread Eleni Vamvakari
Well, I just got the confirmation that the video was uploaded and it did the same thing as always. So mobile won't work. This is so frustrating! On 11/4/09, Eleni Vamvakari wrote: > Okay, I'm really really hoping someone could help me cause I'm sick to > death of this.  I haven't been able to

Re: ftp server

2009-11-04 Thread Ryan Mann
Hello. Mac OS has a built-in FTP server. You should be able to enable it by doing the following: 1. Go to System Preferences. 2. Once you are in System Preferences, go into "sharing." 3. Interact with the services table. 4. Arrow through the list of services until you get to file sharing,

Trouble with Keyboard focus in Fusion 3

2009-11-04 Thread Justin Kauflin
Hey, I was wondering if anyone else is having some trouble with getting keyboard focus in Fusion 3? I am doing all of the things that were previously mentioned and am getting very inconsistent results. I've tried the Command + G, and have turned of Voice Over, all to no real effect. After a whil

ivox is not recognized by the rockbox utility

2009-11-04 Thread erik burggraaf
Yep, subject says it all. I just installed ivox 2, and rockbox won't see it. Crap I'd love to stick ryan or heather onto my sansa. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com --~--~-~--~~-

Problems with Youtube

2009-11-04 Thread Eleni Vamvakari
Okay, I'm really really hoping someone could help me cause I'm sick to death of this.  I haven't been able to use my netbook in awhile so am stuck using the Mac for most things and going upstairs to the Windows machine for the rest.  One of the things that the Mac can do that Windows can't is allo

Re: -- S-- Re: Sendspace Wizard Question

2009-11-04 Thread matthew Dyer
Hi, Yes I have tried using send space wisard and had the same problem. I do not have a send space max account any more so do not use it any more, but I hope that send space can do something about this. On Nov 4, 2009, at 4:29 PM, David McLean wrote: > > I guess you were able to login from

Re: Which best -- OpenOffice or IWork?

2009-11-04 Thread matthew Dyer
Hey if you are only going to be using it every so often then I would go with open office which is free and accessiblity. I chose iwork because I am using a mac mini and do not have a monitor connected to it at the moment. I do have a connecter hooked up but have yet to hook up the monitor

Re: speech muting

2009-11-04 Thread peter apgar
this switch changes the three finger tripple tap from muteing to turning off vo. this allows sighted users to use the phone as normal. it also allows a blind user to turn vo back on with the three finger tripple tap Pete On Nov 4, 2009, at 8:47 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Hi Erik, > > O

ftp server

2009-11-04 Thread anouk radix
Hi Everyone, I guess everyone has noticed by now that I am for the first time using my mac full time because my winbdows pc has totally crashed. My brother wants to buy it but only in januari, i dont want to go through all the hassle of reinstalling windows xp in the meantime. In a few we

Re: transmit, resume???

2009-11-04 Thread anouk radix
Hi Erik yeah i was a bit confused I thought transmit had a que and that que would just continue when i restarted the program and I could do process que like in filezilla but I found how it works. if a download breaks I can just reconnect to the server and redownload the directory that I wa

[Mac-cessibility News] MacSpeech Dictate Receives Update to V1.5.6

2009-11-04 Thread Maccessibility
MacSpeech Dictate Receives Update to V1.5.6 Today, MacSpeech, Inc. announced the release of MacSpeech Dictate version 1.5.6, an update to their popular speech recognition solution for Mac OS X. The update introduces a new Dictation Preferences pane which allows users to enable or disable the Aut

Re: transmit, resume???

2009-11-04 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi Anouk, There are three options for dealing with broken files as I recall. Yes, there are resume, skip, Replace, and ask. So it sounds to me like yours is set to replace. You can find this setting by opening transmit and pressing command comma to open transmit preferences. You will

Re: realspeak voices on the mac

2009-11-04 Thread erik burggraaf
I year yah. For me though there's not much comparison between tom and Alex. Tom is choppy. All of those realspeak voices are. He's also slow, and I mean really slow. He's farely comfortable to listen to, but it's very hard to tell when he speaks the difference between d and t, b and p

transmit, resume???

2009-11-04 Thread anouk radix
Hello, I was downloading a rather big file of about 2gb with 100kb per sec so it was taking a few hours when suddenly the ocnnection went iddle. But now that I return to that server it does not seem as if transmit is autoresuming. I consider this a highly essential feature for a piece of f

Re: Sendspace Wizard Question

2009-11-04 Thread David McLean
I finally got it to work, at least got past the login. Now it looks more like what I'd expect. Thanks. On Nov 4, 2009, at 6:17 PM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > > Hi, > > Yes, I forgot about that. Use tab to do it. Otherwise, VoiceOver has a > few problems and I contacted them about that as well.

Re: switching

2009-11-04 Thread Daniel Rowe
Thanks Tony. it's a real shameabout spotify not being accessible. I'm Glad that xmarks works fine though. Dannie On 04/11/2009 19:11, Tony Bernedal wrote: > Hi. > Spottify is completely useless on the mac platform. the only thing you > see with v o is the searchfield. They don't answer mail to

Re: apple warranty

2009-11-04 Thread anouk radix
Hey Erik, well I do not have much experience with computer manufacturer support directly but i do with the dutch distributors of screenreaders hwo also give me a laptop. That support has gone way down hill I can tell you. Greetings, Anouk On Nov 5, 2009, at 12:07 AM, Cameron wrote: > > I'd

Re: realspeak voices on the mac

2009-11-04 Thread anouk radix
Hello, Oh i still know quite a few people that use the old hal voices in windows because others are just not fast enough, i myself just really hate them though. I have not used infovox in the past because in the past it had a Dutch voice which i absolutely did not like (this was before the

RE: apple warranty

2009-11-04 Thread Cameron
I'd like to hear that story if you please... -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of erik burggraaf Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 6:24 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: apple warranty That h

Re: A browser suggestion for you all

2009-11-04 Thread James & Nash
You're welcome. I'll try it tomorrow I think. - Original Message - From: "Thomas McMahan" To: Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 11:31 PM Subject: Re: A browser suggestion for you all > > Used it some time back, back though when a lot of use were still > using Tiger though, it wasn't

Re: realspeak voices on the mac

2009-11-04 Thread erik burggraaf
The problem with orpheous as I remember, well there were a couple of problems actually. The compression was just ruthlessly bad, and there was an insane amount of bass on them. I'd never heard a synthesizer so boomie. I know some people who really liked them, and now maybe they've impro

Re: Rockbox on a mac.

2009-11-04 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi, that was me who posted earlier. I have cepstril installed, and the rockbox utility picked up on that right away and precofigured it for me. It will also handle espeak and flite if they are properly installed. I can't find a download for flite. Maybe it's been discontinued. I've got

Re: apple warranty

2009-11-04 Thread erik burggraaf
That has been my personal experience. Although I have had both good and bad experiences of most companies, the good experience of apple has far outstripped anything I've gotten from any other company. I know I've told my deep frier oil story numerous times on the list. It never gets old

Re: realspeak voices on the mac

2009-11-04 Thread erik burggraaf
I'm not sure. I have it here and it says it's compiled, but the instructions are kind'a sketchy and I haven't had time to play with it. I don't see why it wouldn't work with voiceover though. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email:

Re: A browser suggestion for you all

2009-11-04 Thread Thomas McMahan
Used it some time back, back though when a lot of use were still using Tiger though, it wasn't bad then, and was thinking of redownloading it again to give it a whirl because Safari seems to get slugish with me on more intense sites, so since you kindly provided the link, and going to give

Re: -- S-- Re: Sendspace Wizard Question

2009-11-04 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, Yes, I forgot about that. Use tab to do it. Otherwise, VoiceOver has a few problems and I contacted them about that as well. Regards, Nic Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk AIM: cincinster yahoo Messenger: cin368 Facebook Profile My Twitter On Nov 4, 2009, at 10:29 PM, D

Re: realspeak voices on the mac

2009-11-04 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, I prefer Samantha from RealSpeak. Tom and Daniel are both RealSpeak. I think I like Samantha because it's the same as on the iPhone, though. :). I like her just in general, on a serious note. I definitely have to agree with Anouk. I prefer a human-sounding voice for sure, and it makes

ot: looking for someone to capture and burn some audio using...?

2009-11-04 Thread Karen Lewellen
May be off topic, but I know many here are strong, especially with audio hijack pro and itunes. this gig will be paid for the right person. need someone to grab some audio via stream using audio hijack pro, and burn it along with some other files to a CD. Its a gift, and I will pay via paypal

Re: url history?

2009-11-04 Thread Maxwell Ivey Jr.
depends how you have your history set in safari. Me, I have mine set to a week, but some people set it as low as daily on deleting history items. good luck, Max On Nov 4, 2009, at 5:04 PM, anouk radix wrote: > > Hello, Since safari completes all the urls i type, does it keepa > history some

Re: apple warranty

2009-11-04 Thread anouk radix
Yes but that support you only get if you pay for the 3 year plan otherwise it is only 90 days and as I said I am not at all sure that that apple support would mean anything to a voicover user. But I will try to get a hold of some people, hopefully things will get interesting over here. Gre

url history?

2009-11-04 Thread anouk radix
Hello, Since safari completes all the urls i type, does it keepa history somewhere that I can view? I forgot an url that i typed eaelier and I would like to get it back. Greetings, Anouk --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed

uninstalling openoffice wasRe: Which best -- OpenOffice or IWork?

2009-11-04 Thread anouk radix
Hello, I am not sure if it was the latest built but i tried openoffice in leopard and found it slow, also some word documents opened as tables and I got it to crash rather easily so I switched to iworks. I didnt try it in snow leopard though and I would like to uninstall it and reinstall it b

Re: A browser suggestion for you all

2009-11-04 Thread James & Nash
Really, I tried it a minute ago how strange. I'm sorry about htat. - Original Message - From: "Chris Blouch" To: Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 10:09 PM Subject: Re: A browser suggestion for you all > > The English version of the site seems to be down. > > CB > > James & Nash wro

Re: A browser suggestion for you all

2009-11-04 Thread Chris Blouch
The English version of the site seems to be down. CB James & Nash wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I was thinking about this the other day and wondered if any of you have > tried Shiira. The last time I used it, it was very accessible and although > their beta crashed on me that was a long time ago.

Re: Which best -- OpenOffice or IWork?

2009-11-04 Thread Chris Blouch
I've mostly played with the OpenOffice wordprocessor and found tables to be lacking in accessibility but other parts work quite well. You can download it for free so why not give it a whirl. http://download.openoffice.org/index.html CB Daniel K. Gartmann wrote: > > Hi, > > I am still looki

A browser suggestion for you all

2009-11-04 Thread James & Nash
Hi everyone, I was thinking about this the other day and wondered if any of you have tried Shiira. The last time I used it, it was very accessible and although their beta crashed on me that was a long time ago. Try it and see what you think. As I say I really liked it and I might go back to u

question about transmit 3 downloads

2009-11-04 Thread anouk radix
Hello Erik and others, I bought transmit because I really need an ftp client on the mac. I am now downloading a folder because if i do cmd-q it says that there are still transmits in progress. But I cant find a que of any kind where i can see how far things are. Is it possible to view a pr

Re: apple warranty

2009-11-04 Thread Dan Eickmeier
I think what you're paying for more in the cost of a mac is better support. I'd heard some stats suggesting that the tech support that companies like Del, HP, and other PC manufacturers provided was lower in quality to that of Apple. On Nov 4, 2009, at 3:49 AM, anouk radix wrote: > > Hell

Re: -- S-- Re: Sendspace Wizard Question

2009-11-04 Thread David McLean
I guess you were able to login from what you say but that's my problem. I can't get keyboard focus to move to the login or password boxes. When I type nothing happens so I'm stuck at that point. Did you have to do anything special to enter your login and password? On Nov 4, 2009, at 5:11 AM,

Re: iphone why no flash and java?

2009-11-04 Thread Chris Blouch
My understanding is that Apple wants to control the quality of the applications on its phone using the iTunes app store as gatekeeper. Both Flash and Java have the ability to break this model because folks could deliver applications in either of those containers. I haven't checked on the curren

Which best -- OpenOffice or IWork?

2009-11-04 Thread Daniel K. Gartmann
Hi, I am still looking for a suitable office application for the Mac. So, has anyone tried the latest OpenOffice.org builds for the Mac in comparison with iWork? IWork is definitely accessible, but I am still a bit reluctant about spending 90 dollars on an office application that I will only be

Re: garageband accessibility

2009-11-04 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Ginny, to export your labels, go into voiceover utility, hit command-shift-E, in the dialogue that comes up, there'll be a pop-up button from which you can select to export your labels, and then like any other save dialog, you can select where to save the exported file. HTH. On Nov

Re: iphone why no flash and java?

2009-11-04 Thread anouk radix
Hello, Thanks for that info. I and my brother thought it must be something like that. I dont mind but for him it can be irritating when all the other smartphones do support these things. I too agree though I hope flash gets phased out soon, i hate it when you totally cant access certain si

Re: iphone why no flash and java?

2009-11-04 Thread Jake
Hi Only Apple knows the reasons Flash is not allowed, but I can speculate. The first reason is that, on platforms other than Windows, Flash is a resource hog and Adobe noticeably lets it lag behind. It's a battery guzzler. As for Java, the reason is stated in the app store policies. A java environ

cereproc voices

2009-11-04 Thread anouk radix
Hello Nicolai, thanks a lot for the cereproc link. I did not know before today that these voices existed. I like the fact you can buy one voice at a time and they are not that costly. I like the Sarah voice. She sounds the most natural and hq to me. Greetings, Anouk --~--~-~--~~

Re: realspeak voices on the mac

2009-11-04 Thread anouk radix
I thought espeak only worked in linux. Isnt it the standard orca voice? Greetings, Anouk On Nov 4, 2009, at 8:17 PM, william lomas wrote: > > espeak doesn't work with voiceover yet though does it? > > On 4 Nov 2009, at 17:06, erik burggraaf wrote: > >> >> Hum. Voices are such a matter of prefere

Rockbox on a mac.

2009-11-04 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Hi there, Apologies for starting a new thread, but I want to pick up on a mail that was sent yesterday. I'm presently trying to get the rockbox utility going with Alex on the mac. The issue is that it's looking for the path to the synthesiser which I can't find. Anyway, I've downloaded the sou

Re: realspeak voices on the mac

2009-11-04 Thread anouk radix
Hello Erik maybe this is because i did not use speechoften but non- human sounding voices really distract me. Once in a while when i was using windows my braille display gave out and I had to do a week with just speech, naturally i still had to learn stuff for school but it just did not sti

Re: realspeak voices on the mac

2009-11-04 Thread william lomas
espeak doesn't work with voiceover yet though does it? On 4 Nov 2009, at 17:06, erik burggraaf wrote: > > Hum. Voices are such a matter of preference, but personally I thing > realspeak is attrotious and I try to get my clients off of it as soon > as I can. Elloquence is pretty horrible too.

Re: switching

2009-11-04 Thread Tony Bernedal
Hi. Spottify is completely useless on the mac platform. the only thing you see with v o is the searchfield. They don't answer mail to the support. Xmarks works fine. the installation is no problem and it syncs your bookmarks fine. The only problem I have with it is the menu in the menubar th

Re: realspeak voices on the mac

2009-11-04 Thread erik burggraaf
Hum. Voices are such a matter of preference, but personally I thing realspeak is attrotious and I try to get my clients off of it as soon as I can. Elloquence is pretty horrible too. Dektalk is not bad but it's fallen a long way from the old hardware days. Alex runs a little faster in

RE: garageband accessibility

2009-11-04 Thread Ginny Owens
I have almost all my buttons labeled in Logic 9 if anyone wants them. I just have to figure out how to export them. I have many of the buttons in GB 5 labeled or re-labeled with better info as well. Ginny Owens Official site: http://www.ginnyowens.com MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/ginnyow

Re: garageband accessibility make sure that Apple know that by emailing accessibil...@apple.com. Logic 9.02 is very close to being there!

2009-11-04 Thread Chuck Reichel
Hi Listers, Logic 9.02 has picked up more buttons labeled but not there yet. EVERY BODY please let apple know we need the track information to be accessable! Email email email them! Talk soon On Nov 4, 2009, at 12:47 PM, ben mustill-rose wrote: > > My understanding is that they only work on

Re: garageband accessibility

2009-11-04 Thread ben mustill-rose
My understanding is that they only work on machines with a 15 screen, due to the scripts actually moving the cursor and clicking on the required button when a hotkey is pressed. Its far from ideal and the people (One does the scripting and another does the documentation - the documentation guy's

Re: garageband accessibility

2009-11-04 Thread Scott Chesworth
Ben - I know the chap of whom you speak, and it's worth an ask. Something to keep in mind though folks if you're waiting on this with bated breath is that these Logic scripts haven't really been thoroughly finished or tested, and last I heard the future of development was a bit up in the air. Don

iphone why no flash and java?

2009-11-04 Thread anouk radix
Hello, I thought because everyone here is so up on things maybe you guys know this. My brother just got an iphone and he is in love with it, the only thing he does not like is that it has no java or flash, because it has no flash he cant watch a lot of movies that are on the web even thoug

Re: addition to webrotor

2009-11-04 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, They shouldn't need to make it a standard command. It's easy enough to customize, and the command is already available. Just not assigned. Here, you get flexibility. Regards, Nic Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk AIM: cincinster yahoo Messenger: cin368 Facebook Profile

Re: url: alternative voices for the mac

2009-11-04 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, I know you can get the Acapela voices from http://www.assistiveware.com Or you can visit CereProc at http://cereproc.com has some pretty decent voices as well. Regards, Nic Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk AIM: cincinster yahoo Messenger: cin368 Facebook Profile My Twitte

Re: addition to webrotor

2009-11-04 Thread anouk radix
Hello, I really need to get into voicover commander and setup a ocmmand to quickly switch between group and dom because I am too lazy to open vo-util everytime. I also need to do the seem for muting speech, i hope they will add a command for this someday. Greetings, Anouk On Nov 4, 2009, at

Re: realspeak voices on the mac

2009-11-04 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, As far as I know, they are not. Guess you could contact them and ask them if they are considering making the voices for the Mac as well. I prefer Samantha if I use Windows. Regards, Nic Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk AIM: cincinster yahoo Messenger: cin368 Facebook

realspeak voices on the mac

2009-11-04 Thread anouk radix
Hello I got this question from another Dutch blind person who has the iphone. He is wondering why the realspeak voices are not also available for the mac like the accapella ones are sincethe operating system on the iphone is like os x? Anybody know if realspeak voices will be available for

url: alternative voices for the mac

2009-11-04 Thread anouk radix
Hello, I forgot the website where you can buy different language voices for the mac. Someone in nl wants to know what voices you can use with the mac but since I dont use speech often and have my system and programs mail and internet in English I dont know much about it. Greetings, Anouk, -

Re: addition to webrotor

2009-11-04 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, Hmm. The Safari not responding is definitely interesting. I haven't try the link for the game you play, but I felt compelled to try it so I might go look it up again. As for Safari not always showing you the things the way you want them. Keep in mind they're of course two different bro

Re: speech muting

2009-11-04 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, I definitely like it. If you're not familiar with an iphone, the trackpad is definitely a good assistant if you're planning to obtain one. It's probably just the positioning of your fingers, really. I haven't had an issue, but you have to be rather accurate with the gestures. Doesn't

Re: switching

2009-11-04 Thread william lomas
would have never thought of you as a mac switcher :) On 4 Nov 2009, at 15:19, Daniel Rowe wrote: > > Hi all. > I have decided to take the plunge and get a mac either this or next > week > and have a few questions. > > I use firefox on windows, and have amassed a good number of bookmarks > over

Re: speech muting

2009-11-04 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, You know what is totally cool about the trackpad? I'm sure the iPhone can do the same, since it's the same technology. I accidentally laid the length of my entire finger across the trackpad, and I got a triple finger tap. It was difficult to duplicate, though, since my fingers are sle

Re: apple warranty

2009-11-04 Thread Chris Hofstader
I agree entirely about the major difference in hardware quality and, remember, I just bought a MacBook Pro 13 for $1199 and feel every dollar is well worth it. Again, it's the Ferrari, an Enzo is built by hand with hand tooled parts with tolerances far in excessive of a Miata or other con

Re: addition to webrotor

2009-11-04 Thread anouk radix
Hello, No i use snowie. Greetings, Anouk On Nov 4, 2009, at 4:50 PM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > > Hi, > > DO you use Leopard? When I used Leopard, I had issues with VO-F as > well in Safari. In SNow Leopard for me, though, it works nicely. > > Regards, > Nic > Skype: Kvalme > MSN Messenger: nico..

Re: apple warranty

2009-11-04 Thread erik burggraaf
While I agree with you that there's no way the average user can consume the kind of processer power built into even the meaneest cheep laptop, I have to point out the flaw in your comparison, which is this. a $500 dell vostro does not compare to a $1300 macbook standard in turms of the qu

Re: addition to webrotor

2009-11-04 Thread erik burggraaf
Safari is wicked slow at handling frames. If you can get in to group mode though, that will take care of any issues you are having with tables. For example. There is a web site called tape trader where fans trade their recordings of live conserts. When you do a search or look at some o

Re: apple warranty

2009-11-04 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi Anouk, I am a training consultant. I work for 3 access technology resellers and a lot of private clients providing training on computers, opperating systems, screen readers and braille displays, reading aids, voice recongnition, GPS solutions, notetaking devices... Anything that needs

Re: addition to webrotor

2009-11-04 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, DO you use Leopard? When I used Leopard, I had issues with VO-F as well in Safari. In SNow Leopard for me, though, it works nicely. Regards, Nic Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk AIM: cincinster yahoo Messenger: cin368 Facebook Profile My Twitter On Nov 4, 2009, at 11:1

Re: apple warranty

2009-11-04 Thread Chris Hofstader
I'm mostly a research bum. I work on projects at universities that are big on being interesting but poor on the pay scale. I don't need a salary so I can afford to just do cool stuff which is a fun way to live. On Nov 4, 2009, at 9:41 AM, anouk radix wrote: > > Hello, well because laptops

switching

2009-11-04 Thread Daniel Rowe
Hi all. I have decided to take the plunge and get a mac either this or next week and have a few questions. I use firefox on windows, and have amassed a good number of bookmarks over the years. Recently I've started using an extension called xmarks, which basically syncs your bookmarks and no

Re: addition to webrotor

2009-11-04 Thread anouk radix
Hi, erik I use the item chooser extensively in fact I navigate webpages often not by element but by webrotor or item chooser because some pages are rather confusing to me with voicover even though i use dom, some items just dont show up with vo-right, i think because they are in tables so

Re: alternative to finder

2009-11-04 Thread anouk radix
Hello, no this version was specefically made for sl. Greetings, Anouk On Nov 4, 2009, at 12:25 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: > > HUM, COULD IT BE THAT THIS HAS CHANGED SINCE SL? > > THE WORKFLOW OPENS UP IN FINDER JUST FINE. PRESSING COMMAND OPTION S > DOESN'T DO ANYTHING THOUGH AND THERE ISN'T A ME

Re: apple warranty

2009-11-04 Thread anouk radix
Hello, well because laptops are so differently priced 3 years warranty is not enforced here I think, another problem is that of course macs are even more costly then they already are in the states because I think they must literally translate that dollar price into euros. But, imho especia

Re: apple warranty

2009-11-04 Thread Chris Hofstader
Hi, When looking at compute power, one needs to consider what the users need at home, school and work. The fact of the matter is that a brand new laptop from Apple, Dell, HP, etc. probably have an incredibly overpowered CPU for the requirements of the typical user. The Core 2 in my new Ma

Re: speech muting

2009-11-04 Thread erik burggraaf
Yeh, I'm so fast with the keyboard that it is really chafing me to relearn on the track pad. It seems to me that there's an accuracey or sensativity level that's not quite right. It mistakes a router turn for a pinch closed sometimes and makes other mistakes as we... So, I'm getting the

Re: speech muting

2009-11-04 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Erik, Odd that the checkbox doesn't change. I don't turn speech off on my iphone much, so have never checked that out. Anyway, glad this helped. You know, it's funny. When SL came out, I was really excited about the trackpad commander. But I stopped using it almost immediately, becau

Re: apple warranty

2009-11-04 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi anouk, We have some of these similar problems here with our equipment funding. Unfortunately the nature of the computer market is this. The average consumer wants to spend as little as possible on a computer, even if that means they will be buying a new computer once a year. Consume

Re: alternative to finder

2009-11-04 Thread erik burggraaf
HUM, COULD IT BE THAT THIS HAS CHANGED SINCE SL? THE WORKFLOW OPENS UP IN FINDER JUST FINE. PRESSING COMMAND OPTION S DOESN'T DO ANYTHING THOUGH AND THERE ISN'T A MENU OPTION FOR SAVE AS FINDER PLUG IN. AFTER I OPEN MOVE.WORKFLOW AND PRESS COMMAND OPTION S THEN CLOSE AUTOMATER I PRESSED V

Re: addition to webrotor

2009-11-04 Thread erik burggraaf
Anouk, Instead of VO F, try VO I. This is the item chooser which you probably know about already, but it's applications on the web are endless. The item chooser will filter the objects on the screen based on what you type. If you type search or results, you will quickly get to the se

Re: finding files in finder

2009-11-04 Thread erik burggraaf
This is why I like having everything sorted by alphabet. Using your example, when sorted by albhabet all of the beach boys material is together, and the beachboys folder is at the top of the list. So you hit bea and there you are on the beach boys folder where you can now arrow down and

Re: speech muting

2009-11-04 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi Donna, I just did the double tap 3 and yes it muted and unmuted my speech. The odd thing is, when I checked the mute speech setting in voiceover utility it was unchecked even though the speech was muted. Checking and unchecking the box does nothing if yu mute speech using the trackpad

Re: apple warranty

2009-11-04 Thread anouk radix
Hello, Yes on the other hand you get a lot of support but I have no idea what the quality of that applecare support is for a voicover users, in the dutch apple stores there is no know how about voiceover and I bet Dutch support people dont know about it either. I will have to contact some of

Re: apple warranty

2009-11-04 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi Chris, You just mentioned about apple's exposure regarding educational bulk sales. I have just met with someone from the powers that be over here, who baught one license of Jaws for a school, and i spoke to him about how voice over comes packaged with a mac. Do you know if there is some

Re: apple warranty

2009-11-04 Thread Chris Hofstader
Hi, Apple does sell extended warranty packages for its laptops and other products. These are pretty expensive but are really excellent service. I would bet that Apple would work out a bulk sale deal with your blindness organization if they would enter negotiations. Historically, Apple ha

tape deck

2009-11-04 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi gang, Found a really cool little app: http://tapedeckapp.com/ Making podcasts has never been simpler, and the little click sounds of the tape deck are pure vintage pleasure. Best Yuma Decaux Light has no value without darkness Skype: shainobi1 twitter: www.twitter.com/triple7 Tel: +855

Re: adding a contact person to mac skype

2009-11-04 Thread anouk radix
Hello Nicolai, frown navigating programs with just my braille display is more difficult hten if I use speech apparently. In the future I guess I will have to use speech when navigating programs or certain features for the first time. I was trying to add a contact person whenonly using brai

re: addition to webrotor

2009-11-04 Thread anouk radix
Hello Nicolai, Hello, Although I do get more experienced with the mac and the web everyday I still find my windows solution faster, I use the item chooser and the web rotor, i only miss the fact that I cannot search for a certain text string again. Vo-f does not seem to work for me within

Re: Sendspace Wizard Question

2009-11-04 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, Yes, it works really well. There is an extended VoiceOver compatibility option. I believe you can log in without that feature enabled, because the way I remember it, you can't enable it before you log in. Just had a look, and you seem to be able to. When you log in, go to the option

Re: adding a contact person to mac skype

2009-11-04 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, Um? That button's all the way to the right when you have his name in the table that shows contacts that match. I'm assuming you use the Add contacts menu item? Well, you'd have to. Regards, Nic Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk AIM: cincinster yahoo Messenger: cin368

Re: speech muting

2009-11-04 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, Just a tip. Turn keyboard help on when the trackpad is on, and try out different gestures to get feedback on their functionality if you haven't tried it. Also, the standard gestures are documented in the VoiceOver help. Keep in mind, of course, that you can also assign new gestures wi

Re: addition to webrotor

2009-11-04 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, Heh. Well, that'd get confusing, since we already have VO-Command-F assigned to frames and so-forth. Since they're actually doing it in a logical way where keystrokes are concerned, it would be kind of hard to come up with another one, as the only free ones with the combination VO-Com

addition to webrotor

2009-11-04 Thread anouk radix
Hello, I think it would b enice if you could have some way in the webrotor to go quickly to the item you want for example form controls, now you have to vo-left or right arrow till you are there but it would be nice if you could do it with a direct keypress. Greetings, Anouk --~--~-

Re: podvcast on pro tools on maccessibility site

2009-11-04 Thread anouk radix
Hello, Yes I was really excited about it too and immediatley posted on some dutch lists/informed some dutch friends. Greetings, Anouk On Nov 4, 2009, at 10:04 AM, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: > > Hi gang, > > I really appreciated the podcast on maccessibility about the upcoming > accessibility of

podvcast on pro tools on maccessibility site

2009-11-04 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi gang, I really appreciated the podcast on maccessibility about the upcoming accessibility of pro toools. Gives me another reason to have switched. Can someone tell me though what the cost is for a full pro tools system? ANd what are those tactile command interfaces? Does the pro tools so

apple warranty

2009-11-04 Thread anouk radix
Hello, I know that there are some unattached braille display developers around, meaning that their braille displays are not linked to screenreader software to windows. Lately I have been thinking about how cool it would beif they could do a package deal on their braille display and a mac l