there was one app that i found called menu meters
it actually worked!
only for the memory menu meter
but all of the other meters were inaccessible
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Grrr, probably right.
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i will bet you that it put the search box
i will bet you that it put the search box away from where voiceover can see it.
remember many things are hidden from voiceover
like dropbox!
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Yes; but you can't really count system access. It isn't as powerful as Jaws or
Window-eyes. I own system access to go and it's really a good enough
screenreader, but lacks many of the powerful features of the other two such as
set files or scripts. I don't know about NVDA.
On Sep 1, 2011, at 11
Hi. What's the link for max again? I deleted the message with the link
accidentally.
Thanks.
On Sep 1, 2011, at 4:08 AM, Paul Erkens wrote:
> Hi Paul Henrichsen,
> Well if you use max, which is free, then you can either rip cd's, or convert
> a bunch of audio files from within the finder using
Yes. When you look at the app store description of the lite version, it doesn't
mention batch conversion.
But, you know, I paid $40 for gold wave a few years ago and never used anything
in it except for the batch conversion. I guess I always figured I'd get around
to doing more complicated soun
hi
i would like this program
i see it in the message body but can't download it
could some one email me off list with it attached?
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Thanks, Greg. Tnat's very kind of you.
Why didn't you develop it further regarding the error trapping, etc?
It's always a good thing to have guys write apps which are accessible and add
one more good app to the pile.
On Aug 31, 2011, at 10:05 PM, Greg Kearney wrote:
> I wrote this a while back a
I don't get any page about twitter, but it won't open the file. It shows me the
list of top sites, a checkbox about bookmarks, etc., but no book. I was
wondering why this was, and wrote a similar email to yours a few days ago.
Shannon
Are you a fan of women's music? If so, join me each Thursday
No error at all. This is the part of vm fusion that requires sited help. Once
you click install, and then continue, there are 2 more except and continue
buttons that voice over doesn't need. So for this task you will need some help
HTH
Kliphton SR
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Hi guys,
I used to read and convert Bookshare books by, opening the XML file in safari
, and converting from there.
I tried this today and now when I open the XML file it gives me some page
about twitter. I tried it with a book I'd downloaded some weeks ago, and got
the same thing.
Anyone n
Hi John,
I am using iCatcher. What is the best way to subscribe to this podcast
using iCatcher?
Maybe the official podcast name would help since there is the ability to
search for podcasts. Does anyone know the official name of the podcast?
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Thanks Esther and Paul. That does it!
Johnny
On Sep 1, 2011, at 8:16 AM, Esther wrote:
> Hello Johnny and Paul,
>
> Paul is correct that you can turn on viewing of file extensions in the Finder
> preferences menu. In FInder, first bring up the Preferences menu with
> Command+comma. Then nav
Thanks,
CJ
On Sep 1, 2011, at 1:53 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
> Hi,
>
> just fast forward through the project using the left, right, and option left
> and right arrows like you normally do anywhere in garageband. It won't
> effect your place in the loop table at all.
>
> Ricardo Walker
> rw
Hi list:
Since I successfully compiled frotz on my Mac, I thought I'd try compiling the
alpine mail program from ftp.cac.washington.edu.
I could not get it to compile, getting several errors.
At first, I thought it was because I did not have openssl, but, I tried to
compile without ssl support
Hi!
The way I understand it is that you have to hang up on the one you want to add,
then go to your conversations window and add them from there!
And I think that you can only do this if you started the conversation if the
other person your in a conversation had started the call then only they ca
I'll try that one, thanks for the suggestion.
Best regards,
Yuma
On 2/09/2011, at 8:34 AM, Jürgen Fleger wrote:
> Hi Yuma
>
> did you try a you tube widget for Dashboard? I use one and it's pretty easy
> to use.
>
> All the best
> Jürgen
> Am 31.08.2011 um 22:49 schrieb Yuma Decaux:
>
>> Yu
Thank you guys, I'll try some of these and see what works in my situation. :)
Traci
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Subject: Re: VO, what I have written?
I generally use VO-L (read line)
No, i believe that you don't understand me. If i'm talking with only a person
and a second person calls me, how can i make a conference with this people?
El 01/09/2011, a las 18:25, Krister Ekstrom escribió:
> But what happens then is that the current conference is put on hold, you
> can't seem
Yes, but if I press the accept button the firs call doesn't add to a conference,
El 01/09/2011, a las 18:21, Cody escribió:
> Oh, if someone is calling you it will open a window which you can click the
> accept button
> On Sep 1, 2011, at 2:03 PM, Francisco Salvador Crespo wrote:
>
>> Yes, but i
But what happens then is that the current conference is put on hold, you can't
seem to add incoming calls to a conference, only those you put there yourself
or am i wrong?
/Krister
1 sep 2011 kl. 23:21 skrev Cody:
> Oh, if someone is calling you it will open a window which you can click the
>
Oh, if someone is calling you it will open a window which you can click the
accept button
On Sep 1, 2011, at 2:03 PM, Francisco Salvador Crespo wrote:
> Yes, but if the person is calling me, this doesn't appear on the table
> that there is in the Add people dialog
>
> 2011/9/1, Cody :
>> The opt
Sounds like what I was wanting .
Thanks. I guess that now that activities are available in OS X this would also
help.
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On 02/09/2011, at 12:21 AM, Anne Robertson wrote:
> Hello Garth,
>
> If you create a template with all the settings you normally use along with
> the h
Sure. My email is mehg...@gmail.com. It is actually a pretty easy
process, but is not done how you might expect.
On 9/1/11, Michael Busboom wrote:
> Hello Alex,
>
> This is helpful indeed. I don't believe that pairing the Apex with the Mac
> is all that straightforward, and I believe that the pr
Hello Mike,
I'm afraid I don't use Dragon Dictate. I just looked it up for you. They only
have German for Mac OS X up to Snow Leopard because it uses Rosetta. They
couldn't tell us when a Lion version for German would be available.
I'm never likely to use any dictation software as I was trained
Hi Yuma
did you try a you tube widget for Dashboard? I use one and it's pretty easy to
use.
All the best
Jürgen
Am 31.08.2011 um 22:49 schrieb Yuma Decaux:
> Yuma
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did you try a you tube widget for Dashboard? I use one and it's pretty easy to
use.
All the best
Jürgen
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> Yuma
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Hello Anne,
As usual, your insights are helpful. I am sure that a German version is
available, but I will check with Nuance, just to be sure.
I have two questions for you:
1. Did English and French come bundled, or did you have to buy each language
separately?
2. What kind, if any headset
Hello Alex,
This is helpful indeed. I don't believe that pairing the Apex with the Mac is
all that straightforward, and I believe that the problem lies with Humanware.
For as expensive as the Apex is, I can't help but be disappointed in its
software. That's a different story for a different t
Hi,
Does someone know what app can i use to do a radio stream?
Also, i've an external sound card. Is there stereo mix on mac for the internal
sound card?
Thanks in advanzed,
Francisco
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I generally use VO-L (read line) some of what you want to use will depend on if
you are interacting with the input field. If you are not-interacting with the
input field then VO-F3 should work. If you are interacting then the commands to
read from beginning will give you the entire field. (VO-
True. However, the cost of operating system upgrades is still less on
the Mac than on Windows. Besides which, most agencies buy Jaws because
it is, or was, the gold standard and is still the biggest name in
screen reading today, and no one considers alternatives like SAToGo or
NVDA.
On 9/1/11, Mar
Hi.
I got a Windows 7 installation completed on VM Fusion. I am trying to
install the tools, but when I click the install tools link in the menu
there's a bit of disk activity, then nothing, and it keeps telling me VM
tools have not been installed. I'm sure it's operator error, if someone can
enl
Hi,
I just got married and was gone for a while. I tried to delete multiple
e-mails and they came back the next day. Help.
Jenny and her Goofy Guide Brooks
On Aug 27, 2011, at 1:15 PM, Donna Goodin wrote:
> Hi Mary,
>
> You can get the 256 of storage on the 11-inch, and that's what I got. A
To add a different perspective on the screen reader cost issue, depending on
the needs of the end user, the "mac is cheaper in the long run" argument may
not hold, because there are now perfectly adequate low or no cost screen
reading solutions for Windows, namely NVDA and System Access. In the
Give Open Office or LibreOffice a try. They are free and somewhat
accessible.
CB
On 8/31/11 3:16 PM, Dan wrote:
Hello List,
I have some Powerpoint handouts and I cannot get them to open under Lion.
We do not have any MS office stuff on this machine. Furthermore the PPT files
will not open wit
There are a few options. The easiest is to use the Subscribe to podcast in the
advanced menu of iTunes.
If you goto the feed: url in Safari, then you should be able to review the
podcast there. there will also be a subscribe in mail button on the Safari
page. If you subscribe in mail then th
Christopher Mark Zack,
I think you may already know this because the message I'm replying to is a bit
old, but you can install growl and then install growl safari, so that you get a
spoken message, once a download is complete. If you want to know whether a
download is in progress, just check if
Yes, but if the person is calling me, this doesn't appear on the table
that there is in the Add people dialog
2011/9/1, Cody :
> The option is in the call window you need to press the add people button
> which tends to disappear. The table on that screen works a little funky but
> I must warn you,
you can use regular cursor keys--arrows--to read through any text field, and
you can always tab-shift-tab out of and back into a forms field to hear its
contents. Is this what you need?
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Could it be that you want the vo f3 command? This reads you the contents of the
voiceover cursor.
Hth,
Paul.
On Sep 1, 2011, at 7:56 PM, Traci wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> What is the keyboard command to read what I have written? Say I'm filling
> out a form, and want to check what I wrote inside an
Hi all,
What is the keyboard command to read what I have written? Say I'm filling out
a form, and want to check what I wrote inside an edit field? Or say I'm
posting my status in Facebook, and want to double check what I just wrote? Is
there a way to do this?
Thank you,
Traci
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Ahh, wasn't aware that was a requirement. Of course you can always just
bring it in, convert it and take it back out. Maybe too much rigamarole.
CB
On 8/31/11 11:54 PM, Paul Henrichsen wrote:
Hi. I don't want the resulting conversions to end up in iTunes. I just want
conversion from ogg to mp
It is fairly straight forward in textedit to do non-stylized changes ie there
are shortcuts to Bold, Underline, Italic, Center, Justify, increase font and
decrease font.
(Most of these shortcuts work in any richtext based Macintosh application) What
pages does is set up or allow you to setup sev
Should also note that OSX won't prevent you from putting in any file you
want in the Appllications folder. While it might not make sense to drop
a PDF or whatever in there, you can do it.
Not sure why copy paste was not working for you. I opened the
applications folder with Command-shift-a. If
Quicklook can also be used to listen to audio files...
When you quicklook an audio file the playback will be paused if you switch to a
different application on the Mac and then will resume when you jump back to the
finder. Quicklook can also be used for HTML files in exactly the same way as
PD
The apex under Lion acts very oddly; letters expand to their grade 2
words immediately, backspace and enter don't work, and you can't
assign commands. I have contacted Apple about this and they said they
would contact Humanware for an updated driver. However, Humanware says
that it is up to Apple,
Hi Paul,
I have the first version of Amadeus lite and to my surprise when I
looked under file I did not find the Batch Conversion option. So it looks like
this is part of the Pro edition.
Eric Caron
On Sep 1, 2011, at 12:50 AM, Paul Henrichsen wrote:
> Hi. Does amadeus lite do batc
Hello Mike,
I've just been looking at Dragon Dictate for you, but it doesn't seem to work
with German. I can find French and English, but nothing else. Have you
contacted Nuance to ask them about it?
As for your Braille display, I'm afraid I can't help there, either.
Cheers,
Anne
On 1 Sep 2
hi guys thanks for the help works great
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Yup,
You hit the nail on the head. :)
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On Sep 1, 2011, at 10:47 AM, Traci wrote:
> Hi, I'm new to the Mac, but wouldn't it work to hit command-L to get to the
> address bar, then command-C to copy the url?
>
>
Apple already makes a settop box called AppleTV. I'm assuming if they
make an actual TV ( iTV ?) it would simply be a merging of AppleTV and a
screen since the currently manufacture both as separate products. Only
new bit would be some kind of tuner since the current box is just a
streaming med
Hi, I'm new to the Mac, but wouldn't it work to hit command-L to get to the
address bar, then command-C to copy the url?
A bit of a guess, but it sounds right. :)
Traci
Sent from my iPad
On Sep 1, 2011, at 7:23 AM, chad baker wrote:
> hi does anyone know how to find a url of a youtube video
For those into web development an interesting crossover point has been
reached. httparchive.org surveyed 17,982 web sites and found 48% use
jQuery while 47% now use Flash. For Mac users Flash is a known
accessibility black hole rendering any content within unusable. Over the
past 9 months jQuer
Hello everyone,
For a lot of health-related reasons that I won't go into, I need to slowly
explore alternatives to keyboard input. My thinking is that I would use Nuance
products; a recommendation for what to order would be needed. I would also
like to use my BrailleNote Apex for Braille outp
KYes, I agree with you, but, I am assuming this would not be a regular TV,
hopefully, it will also be a settop box, I can hope, can't I?
On Aug 31, 2011, at 7:49 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
> I think it would be cool but, if you use a dish or cable which most do, it
> won't matter too much in my
Hello Paul,
I really don't use TextEdit very much, but I doubt that it would do the job.
Cheers,
Anne
On 1 Sep 2011, at 15:11, Paul Erkens wrote:
> Hi Anne,
>
> Can the same thing be achieved in text edit as well? Garth posed an
> interesting question that I'd also like to know about, but i
hi does anyone know how to find a url of a youtube video
i use to right click and get copy link but not in this version of safari
thanks
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Hello Garth,
If you create a template with all the settings you normally use along with the
hot keys, you can just open the template and Pages will be launched and you'll
be in the document. No setting up to do anymore.
Cheers,
Anne
On 1 Sep 2011, at 14:41, Garth Humphreys wrote:
> Hi Anne
In case anyone has the skills to do the job, Apple is hiring.
http://jobs.apple.com/index.ajs?BID=1&method=mExternal.showJob&RID=80373&CurrentPage=1
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Quicklook is for thumbnailing any kind of file in finder. It's like a finder
feature, not a program.
I mainly use Preview for viewing adobe documents. If it is useful for anything
else, I'm not aware of it, but for viewing and printing PDF's it's really good.
Best,
Erik Burggraaf
This month
Hi list,
What is the difference between quick look in finder and preview? Isn't it true
that these are actually the same thing? That once you open a file in finder
with the spacebar, finder calls it quicklook, while in fact preview is being
started? I'm a bit confused because from the super dupe
Not to mention the cost of upgrading Mac OS has been $30 for the last
two upgrades, while Vista and Win7 cost over $100 for the most basic
package (Home Basic). Also, remember the problems when Jaws didn't
work right with Vista, so users couldn't upgrade? Not so in Mac world.
Also, there is no putt
Hi Esther,
Regarding podcast feeds. If I want to subscribe to a given podcast, of which I
know there is a feed for it, do I always do that in iTunes? I don't suppose
that all podcasts on the web can also be found in itunes. So my next question
is, like you have juice on windows as a podcatcher,
Hi Anne,
Can the same thing be achieved in text edit as well? Garth posed an interesting
question that I'd also like to know about, but if this can be done in text
edit, that would suffice for me. Can it be done the same way?
Paul.
On Aug 31, 2011, at 5:01 PM, Anne Robertson wrote:
> Hello Gar
Hi Anne
I haven't had a chance yet to try this. Do all the hotkeys and hot spots you
mention needing to set up remain between sessions? Or would you need to set
these sort of things up each time?
If they are just a once off sort of customizing then I can see that you could
be relatively effici
To put it in financial terms, besides being a free screenreader, there will
not be upgrade costs for a Windows screen reader so the recipient will not
get further and further behind if they cannot afford the yearly charges for
upgrades.
Bill
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Hello Paul,
I would just like to add that for people who use several languages, the Mac
comes with voices and Braille for quite a number of different languages.
Cheers,
Anne
On 1 Sep 2011, at 12:56, Paul Erkens wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> I have a question for us mac users. If anyone thinks it
Hello Johnny and Paul,
Paul is correct that you can turn on viewing of file extensions in the Finder
preferences menu. In FInder, first bring up the Preferences menu with
Command+comma. Then navigate to the "Advanced" pane in the FInder Toolbar of
the Preferences menu. You can either interact
Hi, see my comments below.
Best,
Erik Burggraaf
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The option is in the call window you need to press the add people button which
tends to disappear. The table on that screen works a little funky but I must
warn you, I'm not sure if it is only me, but when I try to conference in more
than one person into a call, the audio just breaks up so bad
O
Johny Angel,
You can turn on extensions in the finder presences. In finder, press vo comma.
On Aug 31, 2011, at 11:05 PM, Johnny Angel! wrote:
> Hi Simon and all,
>
> Well I am still having trouble placing the VLC application into the
> applications folder. After cmd downarrowingon the VLC fold
Hi Paul Henrichsen,
Well if you use max, which is free, then you can either rip cd's, or convert a
bunch of audio files from within the finder using max.
Hth,
Paul.
On Sep 1, 2011, at 6:00 AM, Paul Henrichsen wrote:
> Thanks, Eric. I'll have to see how much Amadeus pro lite would cost. Sixty
> d
Dear list,
I have a question for us mac users. If anyone thinks it is off topic, if you
have an idea where to better ask this, please let me know.
Shortly, I will attend a discussion with one of our national funds that help
blind people buy a computer. If a blind person living in the Netherlan
Hi Jeff,
So, given the 4-byte representation of characters in utf8 unicode, a braille
table could easily be made up based on that character set. This would of course
imply that some braille dot patterns would occur more than once in unicode,
because an accented letter in Polish, looks the same i
Hi,
just fast forward through the project using the left, right, and option left
and right arrows like you normally do anywhere in garageband. It won't effect
your place in the loop table at all.
Ricardo Walker
rwalker...@gmail.com
Twitter & Skype: rwalker296
www.mobileaccess.org
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