Re: adding stuff to the doc in lion?

2012-04-08 Thread Les Kriegler
Command-Shift-T will add the item to the dock. Les On Apr 9, 2012, at 2:09 AM, Hank Smith wrote: > write but how do you add the app to the doc? > eg u have a app that isn't in the doc and u want to add it to the doc > On 4/8/2012 7:47 PM, Les Kriegler wrote: >> Hi Hank, >> >> First, bring up you

Re: adding stuff to the doc in lion?

2012-04-08 Thread Teresa Cochran
The method Les described is the one used to add an app to the dock. What you're doing as going to the applications folder, finding an app, and pressing the keystroke to add it to the dock. The dock is like symlinks or shortcuts to the apps folder. HTH, Teresa "Man is matter's ability to contem

Re: adding stuff to the doc in lion?

2012-04-08 Thread Hank Smith
write but how do you add the app to the doc? eg u have a app that isn't in the doc and u want to add it to the doc On 4/8/2012 7:47 PM, Les Kriegler wrote: Hi Hank, First, bring up your applications list with Command-Shift-A. start typing in the name of the desired app. VO will speak the app'

5:1 sound output on a mac?

2012-04-08 Thread Eric Oyen
Hello everyone. I am cross posting this to 2 groups that have some of the best experts for macs around (and also deal with the blind). what i am looking for is this: I woold like to be able to have 5:1 or higher surround sound output from my mac (either via firewater or USB device) and haven't

Re: i-pod touch question?

2012-04-08 Thread Karen Lewellen
Cameron, Perhaps as usual I was not clear. I have no need for, or interest inusing another microphone. the audio is already professionally recorded on another device. what I had hoped though was that I could copy audio from this device via line out into a line in option on the i-pod, which app

Re: Tips for reading PDF documents on the Mac

2012-04-08 Thread Rahul Bajaj
Hello, Thanks for sharing this piece of information. I was looking for something like this only. Can you suggest some ways of improving the reading experience while reading books in PDF format? How can I go to the previous or next page in a PDF file? On 09/04/2012, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > I hav

Re: adding stuff to the doc in lion?

2012-04-08 Thread Les Kriegler
Hi Hank, First, bring up your applications list with Command-Shift-A. start typing in the name of the desired app. VO will speak the app's names as you type them. Once finding the desired app, type Command-Shift T and VO will inform you that you've added the app to the dock. You're done at

adding stuff to the doc in lion?

2012-04-08 Thread Hank Smith
how do I add stuff to the doc in lion with vo? I am asking in behalf for a friend. thanks Hank -- websites: http://www.fivedollarfreedomplan.com/hs5leap.html http://www.tmiwireless.com/?aid=54868 http://www.tmiwireless.com/affiliate/?aid=54868 personal email: hanksm...@hanksmith.net facebook: htt

got Apple TV

2012-04-08 Thread Gigi
> Hi guys. Yesterday I got the Apple TV, and I like it so far. I had to get my husband to get VoiceOver started, and this brings up a question. Although he has promised to leave VoiceOver alone, I know he's going to forget and get impatient because of the amount of talking and decide he can't t

Re: i-pod touch question?

2012-04-08 Thread Cameron Strife
Hi. The headset included with the iPod touch has a built in microphone and remote, it's similar to the hands free option you can get for most cell phones. The latest iPod touch generation, gen four, also have an on board microphone. Both work for things like dictation and round table discussions bu

The trick to Preview

2012-04-08 Thread Becky Knaub
Hi Kirsten, The trick to preview for me is interacting with it like a web page. I am running Lion so don't know if that makes a difference or not. I use this as Pages and Text edit will only read one page at a time and then I have to press VO A to get the next page even though that command should

Re: Itines downloaded album and can't find it

2012-04-08 Thread Jennifer Perdue
thanks Mark, Jenny On Apr 8, 2012, at 6:04 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: > Honestly, I'm sorry, but I thought this was off list, else I would have > structured my reply differently. I agree; put Itunes on the back burner; I"m > on my fourth dog and it's just never fun. > > > • Mark Burn

Re: Itines downloaded album and can't find it

2012-04-08 Thread Jennifer Perdue
Thanks for the advice. That's what I did. I'll deal with it tomorrow. Jenny On Apr 8, 2012, at 6:00 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > I think she is just frustrated. I have been using itunes in both SL and Lion > with great success. I am not sure I fully understand the problem, but when > frustrated

Re: jenny's itunes question:

2012-04-08 Thread Jennifer Perdue
thanks, I'll try that. Happy easter. Jenny On Apr 8, 2012, at 5:29 PM, Chenelle Hancock wrote: > hi jenny, > i am so sorry that you having problems with i-tunes right now. however, if > you want to find your library have first have to v.o. right arrow or left > arrow until you hear my libr

weird screen that sometimes pops up in start up

2012-04-08 Thread Jennifer Perdue
Hi, Another question for you wonderful folks. Sometimes, when I turn my mac on I get a stscreen that looks like it has a place for my password instead of just going onto the desktop. I have tried to enter my password and press enter but nothing happens. Any suggestions? It doesn't happen

Re: A little help with sorting documents

2012-04-08 Thread Gigi
Hello Jason. File organization was for me the most difficult part of switching to the Mac, and now I have no problem with it. First, you may want to experiment with your view. In Windows, I used list view exclusively. However, on the Mac, I have column view to be easier. If you have computer's v

i-pod touch question?

2012-04-08 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi folks, I had intended using my friends as I shared previously here. I found pocket waveform as a free app to use. It even speaks to the unique audio needs of journalists. However I was surprised when he showed me his i-pod touch that there was...were no line in jack? There is a headphone o

Re: Itines downloaded album and can't find it

2012-04-08 Thread Jennifer Perdue
Thanks, I'm doing a little better now. I had a good cry and I feel better. I still am unsure as to whether to have him sent back to his puppy raiser, or to help transition him to an adoptive family here. the only advantage to the latter is that I would get to see him every once in a while.

Re: Itines downloaded album and can't find it

2012-04-08 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
Honestly, I'm sorry, but I thought this was off list, else I would have structured my reply differently. I agree; put Itunes on the back burner; I"m on my fourth dog and it's just never fun. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail

Re: Itines downloaded album and can't find it

2012-04-08 Thread Scott Howell
I think she is just frustrated. I have been using itunes in both SL and Lion with great success. I am not sure I fully understand the problem, but when frustrated it is best to put these things aside until you are in a better frame of mind. Retiring a dog is never an easy thing, so put iTunes as

re:jenny's itunes question:

2012-04-08 Thread Chenelle Hancock
hi jenny, i am so sorry that you having problems with i-tunes right now. however, if you want to find your library have first have to v.o. right arrow or left arrow until you hear my library. next you inner act with it and then you down arrow and then press v.o. space together to select t

Re: Tips for reading PDF documents on the Mac

2012-04-08 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
I have always read PDF documents in text edit without any problem just in case someone wishes not to open safari. Kawal. On 8 Apr 2012, at 10:47 PM, Kirsten Edmondson wrote: > Hi all, > A few weeks ago, someone asked what was the best way of reading PDFs. I gave > some vague response, and t

re:question:

2012-04-08 Thread Chenelle Hancock
hello everyone, i was reading the mack's list questions and answers the other day and someone had a plight about when they closed their computer down. that they had to go into systems preferences and the go into the general application etc to shut windows down. then when she would go

how to create folders on your i-phone using v.o. commands?hi all,

2012-04-08 Thread Chenelle Hancock
i wanted to know how do you create folders for your applications using your b.o. key board commands? thanks so much i really do appreciate it. sincerely, chenelle Sent from my iPhone On Apr 8, 2012, at 4:28 PM, macvisionaries@googlegroups.com wrote: > Today's Topic Summary > Group: http://gr

prizmo question:

2012-04-08 Thread Chenelle Hancock
hi all, i just purchased the prizmo application over a week ago for my i-phone 4.s. and i wanted to know how do you delete your text from the application? thanks so much i most greatly appreciate it. sincerely, chenelle Sent from my iPhone On Apr 8, 2012, at 4:28 PM, macvisionaries@googlegroups

Tips for reading PDF documents on the Mac

2012-04-08 Thread Kirsten Edmondson
Hi all, A few weeks ago, someone asked what was the best way of reading PDFs. I gave some vague response, and though I can't remember who asked, I know it comes up quite often, so, below I list more specific steps. I hope they help whoever wanted to know. 1. Find your document in your folder s

Re: Itines downloaded album and can't find it

2012-04-08 Thread Lewis Alexander
there are some behavioural differences in itunes for lion compared to snow leopard as I've had time to road test and assess. lew On 8 Apr 2012, at 21:28, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Its not different. Its the same exact app that all Mac users are using > regardless of OS. > > Ricardo Walker > ri

Re: Itines downloaded album and can't find it

2012-04-08 Thread Ricardo Walker
Its not different. Its the same exact app that all Mac users are using regardless of OS. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Apr 8, 2012, at 3:30 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: > I'm sorry Brooks didn't work out for you As for the

Re: Itines downloaded album and can't find it

2012-04-08 Thread Lewis Alexander
email me off list at freemacsforthebl...@gmail.com. don't worry. I know what it's like on the guide dog side of things. take care, keep smiling and remember, no matter what, there's always someone there by your side. lew On 8 Apr 2012, at 21:06, Jennifer Perdue wrote: > Hi Lu, > > I'm using

Re: Itines downloaded album and can't find it

2012-04-08 Thread Jennifer Perdue
Hi Lu, I'm using Lion and take your time. I just had to retire my guide dog sooner than I thought and so I'm not in the best frame of mind today so you'll have to be patient. for the rest of the list, I still haven't figured out how to reply off list so sorry for the post. Jenny and my ret

Re: Itines downloaded album and can't find it

2012-04-08 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
I'm sorry Brooks didn't work out for you As for the rest of your message, I can't make much headway toward explaining it with the terms you use and the negativity. I use Itunes and like it quite well, but maybe it's different in Lion. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: Bu

Re: Itines downloaded album and can't find it

2012-04-08 Thread Lewis Alexander
hang on in there. don't give up on itunes just yet, you need to spend some time getting used to the interface and the way it behaves. what OS are you using? lion or snow leopard? let me see if I can spend some time with you off list on this, bear with me though, most of the week I'm snowed unde

Re: Itines downloaded album and can't find it

2012-04-08 Thread Jennifer Perdue
thanks, Can you tell me how to delete things that I have played from the internet that have put themselves, unwanted, in my iTunes and not have to do it one by one? I hate Itunes! Jenny and my retired guide Brooks On Apr 7, 2012, at 9:55 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > :) > > items you download

Re: Itines downloaded album and can't find it

2012-04-08 Thread Jennifer Perdue
I hate Itunes, I can't figure it out at all! I'm trying to also delete things that I have played from the internet and is stuck in the Itunes thing and so I don't have any way of putting them in the search thing because they don't all have the same names. When I use VO to navigate I can't fi

disregard previous question about folders

2012-04-08 Thread jason lefevers
hello again after some more playing around I have figured it out thank you all very much. jason -- 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 unsubscribe from this g

Re: Adding contacts to my mail program

2012-04-08 Thread jason lefevers
hello, when you tap on the add a contact button on your email it should bring you to the list of contacts that you have on your phone. after that all you have to do is select which person you want to send a message and select them and it will bring you back to your email with there info in the t

Re: off topic!

2012-04-08 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, not a bug. The voiceover focus is just on the call timer. Just move VO focus of the time on to something else an you'll be fine. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Apr 8, 2012, at 11:57 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > I think it's a

Re: Libre and Open office

2012-04-08 Thread Ricardo Walker
This is true. But I think most will agree who have used word and pages, you have to jump through many more hoops to get certain tasks done in pages. A lot more 6 and 7 step processes. From an accessibility stand point,I think iWorks just need to be streamlined, so one don't have to rely on so

Workflow not Flowing

2012-04-08 Thread Kevin Shaw
Here's a question about workflows. I have a folder action set up on my downloads folder. when MP3 files beginning with specific words appear in the Downloads folder, move it to a separate folder. This has worked out well, however only some of the time. The files are all prefixed the same. Any

Re: Adding contacts to my mail program

2012-04-08 Thread Beefcakes
Hi Ricardo and everybody, happy Easter to everyone who celebrates., I understand what you are saying, but I'm also talking about the ad contact button I see in the mail program when you reply to someone. How does that work I tried? I tried adding a contact by hitting the add add contact button,

Re: off topic!

2012-04-08 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
I think it's a bug as when I put my I phone 4S to my ear when on a call, the thing starts talking occasionally. Report your issue to the Accessibility team as I reported my issues to them and they are doing some testing. Kawal. On 8 Apr 2012, at 04:14 PM, craig J Dunlop wrote: > using a iPho

off topic!

2012-04-08 Thread craig J Dunlop
using a iPhone 4 and 4S int the last couple of weeks something new for me has been happening. when listing to a voicemail ore making a call voice over won't stop talking. also when holding the phone up to my ear it is clicking buttons. not sure why this is happening now. is this a com in issue?

A little help with sorting documents

2012-04-08 Thread jason lefevers
Hello , I am still new to the mac and can't figure out how to sort my documents into specific forlders. So to start I am using a mac book pro with lion. I can create a document fine, I have also created a folder on my desktop where I want to put client notes. The folder on my desktop is called u

Re: Libre and Open office

2012-04-08 Thread Scott Howell
I think it is also worth pointing out that Apple is still working on the next release of the iWOrks suite and will no doubt address some of the accessibility issues that do exist. Overall I would say the entire suite is reasonably accessible and of course accessible is a little subjective as wel

Re: Libre and Open office

2012-04-08 Thread Gigi
Hi Anne. I agree that Pages and Numbers work just fine. In fact, I like them better than Word and Excel. Numbers accepts Excel formulas, but in many cases, you can use tyhe function of Insert plus Function. I love that. The other thing is that VoiceOver is not as complicated as, say, Jaws to set

Re: Libre and Open office

2012-04-08 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Steve, On 8 Apr 2012, at 11:02, Steve Holmes wrote: > I hear about Pages > and Numbers but I understand they are rather limitted and table > manipulation is practically impossible from what I have read here I'm so tired of repeating myself, but I use Pages all the time in my capacity as a

Re: Material for showing Apple accessibility solutions

2012-04-08 Thread Daniela Rubio
Thank you very much for all your advice. I will write to Apple accessibility and let's se what happens. Take care! SALUDOS, DANIELA R.T. MACNETICOS, APPLE Y ACCESIBILIDAD A TU ALCANCE. EN TWITTER: @macneticos NUESTRO BLOG EN: www.macneticus.blogspot.com Y EL PODCAST EN:` http://macneticos.libsy

Re: Merging google calendar with iCal

2012-04-08 Thread Steve Holmes
Dunno about any help topics, but I recall syncing my iPod with Google Calendar via the iCloud settings. I only messed around with it once several months ago but I could put an entry into calendar on the iPod and I verified its presence up on the website for Google calendar. I haven't received any

Re: Libre and Open office

2012-04-08 Thread Steve Holmes
Oh and sorry for this second message but you know? I came across this thread with 45 messages covering 3 or 4 different subjects. Come on people, *PLEASE* don't hijack an existing thread to post on another subject. I am verry interested in thie subject of LibreOffice and OpenOffice but I was not

Re: Libre and Open office

2012-04-08 Thread Steve Holmes
On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 06:41:51PM +0100, Daniela Rubio wrote: > With lion it is just impossible. This is a big show stopper indeed! For us Lion users, there is no really good powerful Office application available! I hear about Pages and Numbers but I understand they are rather limitted and table

Re: e-mail's on mac refusing to delete.

2012-04-08 Thread Steve Holmes
Jessica, I sent you an answer earlier this evening on the other long mail thread that was going. One thing for sure, if you plan to read your mail on both your iPhone and on the mac, then by all means use IMAP and not POP3! Especially with gmail, my suggestions of creating special labels and filt

Re: Is XCode accessible?

2012-04-08 Thread Jonathan Chacón
Hello, I'm developing for iOS and OSX now. Xcode is not my first IDE. I worked with Visual studio, Borland Delphi and Eclipse before. I started studying Objective-C first. After it i had to learn Cocoa structure and design interfaces guidelines for Cocoa and Cocoa touch. All of this informati

Re: ftp clients?

2012-04-08 Thread Steve Holmes
I wonder if FileZilla would work on a Mac? It is free from sourceforge and it worked beautifully on Windows with Window-Eyes. I tried it under Linux but was not accessible with GNOME / Orca. Makes me think it *MIGHT* work with VO; here's hoping. On Wed, Mar 07, 2012 at 05:00:16PM -0600, Maxwell