Re: iMac mc508

2011-06-01 Thread Georges Zaynoun
This is awesome. Incidentally, I bought two Apple wireless keyboards at the same shop same day just before buying this iMac to be used with our iPads here at home. The seller told me the keyboard inside the iMac is just the same as the ones I bought, here I wonder how do they pair a particula

RE: pondering switching to a macbook pro from windows XP

2011-06-01 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Laura, In short, I think your question is too broad to be answered in one email with any degree of authority. I say this because, like most things in life, there is no silver bullet, no one-size-fits-all. Having said this please consider the following before you make your decision: 1.

RE: Which Version Of Windows7 To Install.

2011-06-01 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Zachary, Let me say that I am a Jaws user so my experience with fusion is based on Jaws and not other very popular screen readers for Windows. The primary reason that I recommend Boot Camp to Fusion is because of the skill level that is required for one to efficiently navigate between t

Re: pondering switching to a macbook pro from windows XP

2011-06-01 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Wow Laura!!! Got a lot on your plate don't yuh? Well, rest easy. With the Mac, (I'd say Mac book pro with 500GB 72000 RPM drive and at least 4 GB Ram. The K 1000 will not work directly on the Mac; but, you can install windows and use it with JAWS on the Mac. Sounds like you'll be needing t

pondering switching to a macbook pro from windows XP

2011-06-01 Thread Laura Ann
Hello, I currently have a toshiba laptop running XP but its about 6 to 6.5 years old or so. I can tell soon I need to make a change either to windows 7 or Mac. It recently had a major crash and had to be revived and is now a bit sluggish. I have been a windows user since windows 95 or 98 and

Re: Insertion point

2011-06-01 Thread Kaare Dehard
Hi Ray, I agree with you in an ideal world and all that stuff. I am now a very comfy mac user, the only concepts I have not wrapped my head around are the delete thing as mentioned prior in this thread, and the groups mode. We all have to emerse as much as comfortable and productive On 2011-06-

Re: hoverCam T5V not being recognized

2011-06-01 Thread Myrna Votta
Hi Buddy and All, Buddy, your instructions did work. The Hovercam did show up in the device list in the DocuScan Plus window. I hadn't looked until I read your message because I figured that if the camera didn't show up in the Image Capture app, as the documentation stated that it should, I should

Re: Which Version Of Windows7 To Install.

2011-06-01 Thread Laura Ann
when running both win7 and fusion does the mac screen reader voice over work or do you need a windows screen reader like jaws? Laura Ann At 06:58 AM 6/1/2011, you wrote: george< try to install win7 with fusion. this way you could have mac and windows running at the same time plus you do not r

Re: Insertion point

2011-06-01 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Uh, yeah, sure, you can do that; but, why? Seems to me that if one is going to take the time to learn Voice Over, should not one totally emerce himself/herself in the Mac world? I myself thought I might take the curser adjustment approach, but, after trying it, I came quickly to see the wisdem

Re: Insertion point

2011-06-01 Thread Jim Fettgather
Also, in VoiceOver utilities, you can go to the Verbosity category, select the Text tab, and then Select the Speak text to the right of the cursor PopUp button. I am really glad that this option exists. On 6/1/11, carolyn Haas wrote: > Hi David: > Welcom to Mac!:) > > I actually haven't run acro

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2011-06-01 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hey Tammy. Unfortunately, there aren't a lot of accessible games for the Mac, but there are a few games that are. Try RS Games and download their client, you can find it at http://zanosoft.net/rsgames/ There is another game out there, but I can't remember what it was called, someone on here told

thunder bolt?

2011-06-01 Thread
So, I hear you can connect a HDMI cable to thunder bolt. Now is this port on the monitor, or on the actual tower? Also, is it for input, or output? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisio

Re: iMac mc508

2011-06-01 Thread Tim Kilburn
George, The iMac will come automatically paired with the Bluetooth devices that came with it. Thus, you don't require the USB keyboard or anything other than what comes in the box to set it up. Thanks. On 2011-05-31, at 9:42 PM, Georges Zaynoun wrote: > Hi folks! > I bought this 21.5inch iMa

Re: Insertion point

2011-06-01 Thread carolyn Haas
Hi David: Welcom to Mac!:) I actually haven't run across this question a lot. But, I struggled with the same issue when starting out with the Mac. Now, when I go back to that other system, I'm all thumbs when I have to edit anything. (and I don't mean the thumbs that can text well either.:)

Re: App Store Questions

2011-06-01 Thread carolyn Haas
Hi ezzy: I must say the accessibility question is a common one. Best thing to do is check with people you what they use, or go to sites like Macfortheblind.com, Applevis.com or accessibility.net, to name a few. You can also go to the Macvisionaries archives and see if an app you want is mentio

Re: App Store Questions

2011-06-01 Thread Colin M
Hi Ezzie! I suggested that apps that were vo friendly were marked somehow [like say :VO: ] but someone said it is not Apples job to do this! And I suppose it would be hard to get all devs to take this on! As for your fields question I would look through all of them and make sure you've filled tho

Re: Which Version Of Windows7 To Install.

2011-06-01 Thread Zachary Kline
Hi Mark, May I ask what challenges you refer to? I'm curious about this point, as a fusion user on a 4 GB MacBook Pro. I've occasionally been interested in Bootcamp, but was always put off by the lack of a fully accessible installation procedure. FUsion has served me very well, and I view it

Re: [Bulk] Insertion point

2011-06-01 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Here's something that might prove a big help to you. Where-as in windows, the curser is directly beneath each character you right, on the Mac, the curser is immediately to the right of each character you type. think, if you will, of the old electric typewriter. On an electric typewriter, as y

Insertion point

2011-06-01 Thread David Eagle
Hello, I'm sure this has been asked on this list loads of times but I must ask, since I can't find the answer in Google. I have used windows for years, I use windows everyday at work. I cannot come home and suddenly get to grips with the way that Voice-Over deals with cursoring through text. I'm su

RE: Which Version Of Windows7 To Install.

2011-06-01 Thread M. Taylor
Hello, Given that you have a MacBook with 4GB of Ram, I recommend that you install Windows 7 32-bit. The simple answer is "no", you will not be able to install Windows 7 via Boot Camp without sighted assistance. While some may recommend using Fusion as an alternative to Boot Camp so as to

App Store Questions

2011-06-01 Thread Ezzie Buenito
Hello Listers, How exactly can one tell whether apps are accessible with VO? When I tried getting money back for an app, I filled out the form with my email address and such. Despite me filling out everything, the form was sent back to me when I clicked submit, asking me to fill in all requi

Re: hoverCam T5V not being recognized

2011-06-01 Thread Christopher Peppel
Hi Myrna, When you run Docuscan, does it give you the Hovercam as an option? There is some software which you can download from the Hovercam website for the Mac. I have to wonder if this isn't part of the problem. I keep getting this page appears to be blank and Serotek is putting in a reque

Re: Can't figure out adressb ook.

2011-06-01 Thread Kevin Reeves
I will give that a shot. Thanks so much. On May 31, 2011, at 11:36 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi Kevin, > > It looks like it did not import the info into the correct fields. > Sometimes, you need to coax things a little. That is, open the CSV file and > put some header info at the front of t

Re: hoverCam T5V not being recognized

2011-06-01 Thread Buddy Brannan
Hi, It actually won't show up in the image capture utility, but it should still show in Docuscan Plus when you open it and select a scanning mode. If you go into new document, then simple scan (for instance, could as easily be batch scan), do you get a list of available devices? The Hovercam sh

hoverCam T5V not being recognized

2011-06-01 Thread Myrna Votta
Hi All, I just purchased the HoverCam to use with DocuScan Plus on the Mac. According to the documentation, To varify that it was properly connected, I opened Image Capture, but I received the message that there was no camera nor scanner connected. On the advice of an acquaintance, I checked in sys

Re: Voice Over and Pages

2011-06-01 Thread Matthew Campbell
Hi. Are you using iWork 09? Stupid question but I had to ask because the version of iwork before 09 isn't accessible. On 2011-06-01, at 4:20 AM, Sonnia wrote: > Hi Zack! I do hear exactly what you mentioned: "page 1 group." I > interact with it and hear "interact with group." I can't find anythi

Re: Html creator for the Mac which is free?

2011-06-01 Thread Carsten Hansen
Hi! You can try rapidweaver! Regards, carsten. Den 01/06/2011 kl. 15.26 skrev David Eagle: > What about Iweb which comes with the Mac? I've only just got a Mac so > haven't had much of a look at it yet. There's a lot of unlabeled items > I've noticed but perhaps if I label these with some sight

Re: Html creator for the Mac which is free?

2011-06-01 Thread David Eagle
What about Iweb which comes with the Mac? I've only just got a Mac so haven't had much of a look at it yet. There's a lot of unlabeled items I've noticed but perhaps if I label these with some sighted help that will work. Anyone had any experience with IWeb at all? David Eagle On 01/06/2011, Jes

Re: iMac mc508

2011-06-01 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, I think your BT keyboard will work out the box. BTW, You probably should have chooses to get a magic track pad in stead of the mouse. when you bought your iMac. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On May 31, 2011, at 11:42 PM, Geo

Re: add embosser to louis translator

2011-06-01 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi, hopefully some one will jump in and correct me, but as far as I know, Louis supports serial protocols only. no usb. No network. This is a severe deficiency, but then it's free and developer time isn't. Best, Erik Burggraaf User support consultant, Now posting occasionally on twitter at eb

add embosser to louis translator

2011-06-01 Thread richard watson
Good morning listers, I am a mac newbie. so far things are going well. I have even migrated my windows pc over to a vm. I want to try to use it as little as possible. I have a versapoint connected via an external print server on my network. This works fine under windows. I have downloaded and insta

Html creator for the Mac which is free?

2011-06-01 Thread Jes Smith
Hi all, I know nothing whatsoever about writing html by hand, so I am wondering if there is a free html editor for the Mac that would let you create links, headings, etc, easily? Thanks. Jes -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. T

Re: Which Version Of Windows7 To Install.

2011-06-01 Thread joseph
george< try to install win7 with fusion. this way you could have mac and windows running at the same time plus you do not require sighted person's help installing windows on fusion. best On 1 Jun 2011, at 08:43, Georges Zaynoun wrote: > Hello and sorry if anybody regards my message as off topi

Re: iMac mc508

2011-06-01 Thread Kevin Shaw
Hi, The short answer is yes. The Bluetooth pairing happened right away for me with my 27" iMac. It just works. Kevin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To u

Re: Voice Over and Pages

2011-06-01 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Sonnia, What kind of document did you open in Pages? I always select the blank document. After interacting with Page 1, you should be able to find more elements with which to interact. Have you listened to the VoiceOver On podcast about Pages and Keynote? It might make things clearer. C

Re: Voice Over and Pages

2011-06-01 Thread Sonnia
Hi Zack! I do hear exactly what you mentioned: "page 1 group." I interact with it and hear "interact with group." I can't find anything else (i type and don't hear my typing spoken back.) I just hear one of those sound effects trying to tell me my key input doesn't produce anything. -- You receiv

Which Version Of Windows7 To Install.

2011-06-01 Thread Georges Zaynoun
Hello and sorry if anybody regards my message as off topic but I love using windows on a mac more than on a pc. I have the macbook white 13inch since February 2009 and I upgraded its memory to 4GB which is the max and is running Snow Leopard on it. I bought yesterday an iMAC MC508 as well which