Re: Safari issues

2011-03-29 Thread carlene knight
Hi Zach: Thanks for your reply. I do use cmd+l to load pages also. I think that the worst problem I have is when I am loading links from pages that are already open. Also, on Facebook in particular, I have a heck of a time going past the latest news page. I have turned the load images feat

Re: forward delete on the apple bluetooth keyboard

2011-03-29 Thread Mary Otten
Esther, your posts are always a source of amazing in depth information. I don't know how you remember all this stuff, but I am grateful that you do. If you ever write a memory book, I'll be first in line to buy it. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you

Re: forward delete on the apple bluetooth keyboard

2011-03-29 Thread Esther
Hi Mary, I guessed you wanted to use the Apple Wireless Keyboard paired to your iPad or iPod touch for text editing, which is why I wrote the reply in two sections: one outlining behavior when paired to the Mac under OS X 10 (only, covering the Fn key combinations) and one part that was genera

Re: Frustrating issues/Needs with Skype 5.1 and Voice Over

2011-03-29 Thread Zachary Kline
Hi Mike, That's just it. The screen shouldn't appear only when you log on, it should be a fairly constant companion throughout. Are you using the VO cursor to explore the Skype window? If your version is the same as mine, you should see a Source List on the left, a splitter, and then somethin

Re: Navigon tutorial

2011-03-29 Thread erik burggraaf
really? Where is this thing? I've just beat up the bct site pretty hard and had no joy finding it. Thanks, Erik Burggraaf User support consultant, Now posting occasionally on twitter at eburggraaf, 1-888-255-5194 http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On 2011-03-28, at 1:43 PM, joseph wrote: > hi >

Re: Introducing myself, and a couple of questions

2011-03-29 Thread Mike Arrigo
Ok, you have the same hardware configuration as one of my minis, though my processor and hard drive are a bit higher, it's a nice little machine, it should last you for some time to come. On Mar 29, 2011, at 10:08 AM, Gail the U. S. Male wrote: > Hi, > It's a Macmini2,1 > 1.83 GHZ intel dual co

Re: forward delete on the apple bluetooth keyboard

2011-03-29 Thread Mary Otten
Thanks, Esther. I am using the Apple bluetooth keyboard on an IOS device, not a Mac. I'm too connected to num pad commander to give that up on a Mac without a fight. I was looking for single letter forward delete. But it is helpful to know the command for doing a word or more as well. Mary M

Re: downloading from the Mac appStore

2011-03-29 Thread Zachary Kline
Hi, If you go to the purchases tab using the toolbar, you can find a table of what you've recently bought. If you select an item which is still downloading, the other columns will show you download progress. Best, Zack. On Mar 29, 2011, at 3:27 PM, Html-man wrote: > Hi, > when I buy something f

Re: Voice Over and Pages

2011-03-29 Thread Kevin Shaw
Sean, Try one of these: 1. In Pages, open the document. Press Command-P to bring up the print dialog box. Navigate to the PDF menu and choose save as PDF…. Type a filename and choose a location. Switch to the Finder and open the document in Preview and press VO-A to read the entire docume

Re: Voice Over and Pages

2011-03-29 Thread Matthew Campbell
Hi. This may or may not be a bug. Regardless, I've been meaning to write to accessibil...@apple.com about this for a while now. Sorry this doesn't help. On 2011-03-29, at 8:09 PM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: > Hey just purchased the I-Work package or whatever it is. I have a textbook > that I need to

Voice Over and Pages

2011-03-29 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hey just purchased the I-Work package or whatever it is. I have a textbook that I need to read for my Intro to Computers class and I've noticed that when pressing the VO+A hotkey to read all, it doesn't necessarily read all. It'll read 10 or 15 paragraphs and then it'll stop. I can send someone

Re: Safari issues

2011-03-29 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hi. I can't reproduce these issues you speak of here with Safari, although when I'm at school and I try to read messages in gmail on the site, it loads poorly. I don't think it's because of my Mac, I think it's because of the school's wireless network and server. Shawn -- You received this me

Re: forward delete on the apple bluetooth keyboard

2011-03-29 Thread Esther
Hi Mary, If you are using the Apple WIreless Keyboard with the Mac, then the commands for editing changes are just the same as a Mac laptop user would make, and you can verify this by turning on keyboard help mode (VO-K), pressing the key combinations, and listening to what VoiceOver announces

Re: Unlabeled Flash Player Buttons on http://bitesizeirish.com [Was, Re: Two unrelated inquiries: Garage band accessibility and unlabeled Flash Player buttons on Web site]

2011-03-29 Thread Christine Grassman
I did just write to the Web site again, asking about the possibility of an alternative to Flash. I wish I had more info or suggestions, but I am not tech-savvy with such things. As for trying to access the content, first I tried my track pad. I have a MacBook with a track pad. All it did after

Re: Introducing myself, and a couple of questions

2011-03-29 Thread Bryan Jones
Hi Gail, Ashley's response regarding the older Mac Mini should work for you as far as opening it up. I think the tool she was referring to is a putty knife. Also, there are lots of websites that list the compatible RAM and hard drives. My personal favorite is Other World Computing at www.macsale

Re: Unlabeled Flash Player Buttons on http://bitesizeirish.com [Was, Re: Two unrelated inquiries: Garage band accessibility and unlabeled Flash Player buttons on Web site]

2011-03-29 Thread Bryan Jones
Hi Christine -- I guess I'm not surprised. While I managed to get it working on mine using those steps, accessing flash content on the Mac is awfully difficult. In step 10, which did you use: The mouse keys, a trackpad or a mouse? When you moved the mouse cursor to the VO cursor and started moving

Re: forward delete on the apple bluetooth keyboard

2011-03-29 Thread Bryan Jones
Hi Mary -- Try pressing the Fn key + Backspace to perform a forward delete. The Fn key is the very bottom left key on the Apple BT keyboard. HTH, Bryan On Mar 29, 2011, at 6:06 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > As there is no "sixpack" of keys containing things like insert, delete, page > up, down etc,

downloading from the Mac appStore

2011-03-29 Thread Html-man
Hi, when I buy something from the Mac AppStore, how can I know the download status? Vo would just say "downloading", if moving to the dock. ANy workarounds? Thanks. Html-man msn: html-...@libero.it -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionar

forward delete on the apple bluetooth keyboard

2011-03-29 Thread Mary Otten
As there is no "sixpack" of keys containing things like insert, delete, page up, down etc, on the Apple bluetooth keyboard, I am wondering how one does a forward delete on that keyboard. Backspace functions as one supposes it should, but what do you do if you want to delete going the other way,

Re: Unlabeled Flash Player Buttons on http://bitesizeirish.com [Was, Re: Two unrelated inquiries: Garage band accessibility and unlabeled Flash Player buttons on Web site]

2011-03-29 Thread Christine Grassman
My frustration continues. I followed all suggested steps, and when I click the mouse I'm getting only clicks with no VO feedback, and I can't find "empty scroll area" anywhere. Christine On Mar 28, 2011, at 5:53 PM, Bryan Jones wrote: > Hi Christine, > > I modified the subject line to separate

Sample lab help needed

2011-03-29 Thread Yuma Decaux
Hi everyone, I have received a very positive mail from the developers of sample lab who have confirmed they Will be implementing further accessibility in their sample lab sequencer/beat box on ipad for their next update. They have also asked me to investigate every aspect of the app for any lac

Question About Downloading Podcasts

2011-03-29 Thread Ezzy Bueno
Hello listers, I just subscribed to a podcast. I know that iTunes will download the latest episode. I see a list of "undownloaded" podcasts within the podcast itself. How exactly do I ensure iTunes downloads those episodes, without me going into the iTunes store, searching for the pod

Re: I have never gotten the hang of sound flower

2011-03-29 Thread Tony Bernedal
Hi Krister. >From what I can see when I read about this unit it is a soundcard in itself >and in Djay you can select the device to use as the main and pre listening so >I think you can leave the system sound on the mac and let v o do it's talk >there and let the music from djay go over the Spin.

Re: Navigon tutorial

2011-03-29 Thread carolyn Haas
Hi DJ: There are a lot of people making good use of Navigon on the list. If you have any specific questions, that's what we're here for. Carolyn On Mar 28, 2011, at 9:30 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > You might check out the pod cast I did on blindcooltech comparing GPS apps on > the iphone. That

I have never gotten the hang of sound flower

2011-03-29 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi good people. I will receive my Vestax Spin tomorrow, then there will be a lot of playing going on, i'm sure. Someone on this list, i think it was Yuma talked about a way to route Voiceover via Soundflower to the cuing channel of ... DJay? The Vestax unit? i have installed Soundflower but hav

Re: Frustrating issues/Needs with Skype 5.1 and Voice Over

2011-03-29 Thread Michael Busboom
Hello Colin, As far as the version of Skype I am using, it is indeed 5.1.0914. Your suggestion is good, but it's not quite what I am looking for. During a Skype conversation, I need to be able to turn the camera on and off at a moment's notice. Initiating a call with the camera being on has

Re: Frustrating issues/Needs with Skype 5.1 and Voice Over

2011-03-29 Thread Colin M
Hi John! I found your suggestion interesting so I had a look on mine! I could only find one splitter and when I moved it from about 40% to 90% and then back to 65% and a couple of others! When I went back to the main window there was no change to my view! So I was wondering if either of you have y

Re: Frustrating issues/Needs with Skype 5.1 and Voice Over

2011-03-29 Thread John Lipsey
I don't recall, unfortunatley, which splitter I moved. I moved both of them at various times, and don't recall off hand which was the magic one to move. It was mostly trial and error on my part. On 3/29/11, Michael Busboom wrote: > John, thank you. So if I understand you correctly, during the

Re: Frustrating issues/Needs with Skype 5.1 and Voice Over

2011-03-29 Thread Michael Busboom
John, thank you. So if I understand you correctly, during the course of a conversation, you were able to turn on and off the web camera at will? Was this an option in the Conversation Menu? Which splitter did you move, and do you remember what value you set it to? I am wondering if VO provid

Re: Frustrating issues/Needs with Skype 5.1 and Voice Over

2011-03-29 Thread John Lipsey
Michael: There is a video button in the call window that lets you start/stop video. It took a bit of playing around to find it. At least in my case. VO wasn't automatically showing me all of the contents of my window until i interacted with and manipulated one of the splitters. Nowe, once I set

Re: Frustrating issues/Needs with Skype 5.1 and Voice Over

2011-03-29 Thread Michael Busboom
Hello Colin, I have tried your suggestion on several occasions while sharing my screen with sighted assistance. Although my sighted friend could see the video camera icon, I couldn't get to it with VO. I remember doing something once that got me there but, unfortunately, had just been trying

RE: Introducing myself, and a couple of questions

2011-03-29 Thread Gail the U. S. Male
Hi, It's a Macmini2,1 1.83 GHZ intel dual core processor, running 1 GB of ddr2 SDRam consisting of two 512 MB ram sticks bus speed 667 MHZ, and an 80 GB serial AD * which I'm assuming is what I know as a sataHard drive version 10.5.8. I'm planning to upgrade to Snow leopard, once I get these oth

Re: Frustrating issues/Needs with Skype 5.1 and Voice Over

2011-03-29 Thread Michael Busboom
Dear Simon, Thanks for responding. In my case, it is imperative, during a conversation, to be able to turn the camera on and off at will. If I were to use the camera merely as a hobby adjunct, this problem wouldn't be worth discussing. However, this is a real need in my case. Best regards,

Re: Frustrating issues/Needs with Skype 5.1 and Voice Over

2011-03-29 Thread Michael Busboom
Hello Zack, and thanks for responding. Right now, the only way I know of to get to the offline contacts is to do precisely what you suggested. I knew about this option, but logging off and then logging back on, just to get to all of one's contacts, seems arduous, to say the least. Then, there

Re: Frustrating issues/Needs with Skype 5.1 and Voice Over

2011-03-29 Thread Michael Thurman
if you need 2.8 E mail me off list and I will send it to you I kept te old installer for just that reason everyone else's problems with sype 5 thanks Michael On Mar 28, 2011, at 6:18 PM, carolyn Haas wrote: > Hi Michael: > I'll agree with you that Skype is kind of a mess these days. I can tell

Re: Voiceover spontaneously reverts to default settings

2011-03-29 Thread Simon Cavendish
Thanks, Ricardo, I hope Apple is going to fix the spontaneous reverts in the next version of their operating system. With best wishes Simon On 29 Mar 2011, at 09:27, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Yes, and yes to both questions. I haven't had my settings reset themselves > in quite some time though.

Re: Voiceover spontaneously reverts to default settings

2011-03-29 Thread Ricardo Walker
Yes, and yes to both questions. I haven't had my settings reset themselves in quite some time though. Even when the problem was at its worse, It happened maybe 3 times in the space of a month. I never experienced the problem with the frequency your reporting. In short, that sucks. I'm confi

Voiceover spontaneously reverts to default settings

2011-03-29 Thread Simon Cavendish
Dear Listers, At least once a day p- and increasingly more often than that - Voiceover on my Macbook air reverts spontaneously to its default settings, and i have to reenter my settings or else import them again.. It's becoming a bit of a bore as you can imagine if you are doing something else