Re: bookshare and mac?

2012-04-16 Thread Maria Chapman
HI. thanks. will this app do audio books as well? i have it just haven't played with it. regards Maria and crew from australia email: bubbygirl1...@gmail.com check out www.powerradio104.us where we play lots of great music On 17/04/2012, at 1:43 PM, Gabe Vega wrote: > Hello I use

Re: bookshare and mac?

2012-04-16 Thread Gabe Vega
Hello I use an app called Oliaria. its a daisy reader app for the mac. its very accessible and I have personally read several book share books with it. my favorite was the steve jobs bio. you can either read with the vo voice and cursor or use the audio functions and use the system voice to read it

Re: ILife Apps

2012-04-16 Thread Ed Worrell
Hello, the iLife apps are Garageband, iMovie,iWeb and iPhoto. hth ED -- 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 group, send email to macvision

bookshare and mac?

2012-04-16 Thread Maria Chapman
HI. is it possible to read a bookshare book on the mac? I have read to go for the iphone but was just wondering if i download a book via the mac whether or not i can read it using the mac? thanks regards Maria and crew from australia email: bubbygirl1...@gmail.com check out www.power

Re: How to follow a person in Yourufukou

2012-04-16 Thread Maria Chapman
Hi. i am pretty sure i have this right. someone correct me if i'm wrong. but you press command n for a new tweet then press f followed by a space and the at symbol followed by the twitter name. press enter at the end. hth Blessings! Maria Joe and loving guide Karly. Email/ I Message: &fb b

Re: ILife Apps

2012-04-16 Thread Jennifer Perdue
Pardon my ignorance, What are the I life apps? Jenny On Apr 16, 2012, at 6:03 PM, Nektarios Mallas wrote: > No, you need to purchase them separately from the Mac Appstore. > You only get those you really need though, and is not much. > > Nektarios. > > On Apr 16, 2012, at 7:51 PM, Paul Hunt w

How to follow a person in Yourufukou

2012-04-16 Thread Frank Ventura
Hi all, I have Yourufukou as my Twitter client. If I have a person's twitter name, what steps must I perform to start following that person. Frank -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisiona

Re: Guitar chords

2012-04-16 Thread Michael Malarsie
Oh yeah I love his videos! I have subscribed to his channel. What is thee name of the app? I tried to find it but had no luck. Mike Malarsie On Apr 16, 2012, at 5:41 PM, Tim Hornik wrote: > I use guitar jams by Narty Schwarz and play it now tunes. Marty has a > youtube page and accessible app

Re: Disabling the preview pane in Lion mail

2012-04-16 Thread Esther
Hi Ioana, If you're using the IOGear Bluetooth keyboard, I'm not sure how that works on the splitters. (The "small" keyboard description was the give-away -- everyone who recommends that keyboard for touch typing adds the comment, "but I have small hands".) Yes, that keyboard has a num lock k

Re: Jumping to the top and bottom of the message list (Lion & Mac mail in classic view)

2012-04-16 Thread Esther
Hi Kirsten, If you are interacting with the messages table, then make sure you use VO-Fn-Shift-Left and Right arrow on a laptop to move to the start or end of the list. Even if you have Quick Nav turned on, so you can use your right and left arrow keys to navigate without simultaneously pressi

cannot close menus with escape or scrub

2012-04-16 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
Hi all, Just noticed today that I started not being able to close menus with escape. THought it might e a problem with my keyboard but I tried the scrub gesture on the trackpad and it did not work either. In keyboard help it works but in other menus such as spellcheck suggestions or just main m

fs: Intel Xeon W3530 quad-core processor and internal storage

2012-04-16 Thread Cody
Good evening all, I'm upgrading the processor in my mid 2010 mac pro from a Xeon W3530 quad-core chip to a w3680 6 core chip. The W3530 runs at 2.8 GHZ. Nothing at all wrong with the processor, just want to upgrade and get 2 more cores for productivity. I'm asking $250 for the processor, and $1

Re: ILife Apps

2012-04-16 Thread Nektarios Mallas
No, you need to purchase them separately from the Mac Appstore. You only get those you really need though, and is not much. Nektarios. On Apr 16, 2012, at 7:51 PM, Paul Hunt wrote: > Hello.Does The Lion update include the latest versions of the ILife apps or > do I need to buy them? > > Thank

fs: ram

2012-04-16 Thread Cody
Hi all, I'm selling 3x 1gb sticks of 1066 ddr3 ECC unbuffered ram. I'm asking $30 for all 3 DIMMs, and $5 for shipping. Need this gone asap, please email if interested. Cody -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this g

Guitar chords

2012-04-16 Thread Tim Hornik
I use guitar jams by Narty Schwarz and play it now tunes. Marty has a youtube page and accessible app. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/macvisionaries

Re: iMovie questions for Mike

2012-04-16 Thread Cody Hurst
Hey Mike, I wants to your YouTube video about adding sound effects into a video. However, I researched this also on Google, and I found that it should create a separate audio track in the project browser group. I'm not certain on how to create this audio track, and for editing purposes, it's kin

Mail, unread versus read messages.

2012-04-16 Thread Veronica Elsea
Hi everyone! I too managed to turn off the preview pane. I did the double tap on the track pad of my macbook air. It didn't say anything or make a sound, but the preview pane did in fact disappear. Here's my question. I also went into the view menu and turned off conversations. Now it does not

Correction help for my Brailliant 40 was Re: Help appreciated for understanding status cells on my pb40 on or off list

2012-04-16 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
HI all, Had a funny mental laps since my problems are happening on my Brailliant and I have not owned a pb40 in years. Funny how subconscious works. Thanks for any help just the same. Best, Iona Please check out my cd on www.ioanagandrabur.com on iTunes and most online stores. On Apr 16,

Re: Disabling the preview pane in Lion mail

2012-04-16 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
Pretty good explanation Esther as usually. A few observations however.1. I have a small keyboard and activate numpad keys with fn +letter keys but you are right that I do have numpad condor on. 2. Control numpad 5 did not work for the vertical splitter on my mac mini. Neither did vo shift space.

Re: VLC Help Needed

2012-04-16 Thread Nektarios Mallas
Hi there. I don't think that you can listen to Audible books with vlc. You must use iTunes for that because you need to authorize your computer to play Audible books. Nektarios. On Apr 16, 2012, at 11:28 PM, Scott Rumery wrote: > Hello, I have just installed the VLC app on my Mac Mini and I a

Re: VLC Help Needed

2012-04-16 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
Interact with the tool bar and you will see controls for play/pause, etc. there. also, F7-9 keys go back, play and forward respectively; try that. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com • My home page: • http://MarkBurningHa

problems navigating mail message with braille only

2012-04-16 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
Hi all, I am trying to read a mail message using only Braille. I opened it in a separate window since I have preview turned off and panned right on my Brailliant40 somehow the display jumps as if it is trying to move some cursor and I find myself having to pan back to review skipped text. Is th

Re: Jumping to the top and bottom of the message list (Lion & Mac mail in classic view)

2012-04-16 Thread Kirsten Edmondson
er, I am interacting as far as I can see. I'll keep trying ... :) On 16 Apr 2012, at 21:26, Esther wrote: > Hi Kirsten, > > This is a case where you have to first interact with the mail messages table > for the commands to take effect. They are specific to a table environment. > > HTH. Chee

VLC Help Needed

2012-04-16 Thread Scott Rumery
Hello, I have just installed the VLC app on my Mac Mini and I am trying to listen to an Audible book with it but every time I open the file in VLC I cannot seem to hear anything. I have checked to make sure that mute is not on, and I have also checked to make sure that the volume is turned up.

Re: Jumping to the top and bottom of the message list (Lion & Mac mail in classic view)

2012-04-16 Thread Esther
Hi Kirsten, This is a case where you have to first interact with the mail messages table for the commands to take effect. They are specific to a table environment. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Apr 16, 2012, at 10:00 AM, Kirsten Edmondson wrote: > Hi Esther, > Despite when I use function and the

best way to read threads when preview pain is turned off in lion mail

2012-04-16 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
Hi all, Thanks to your great tips I got the preview pain out of my way and don't get messages marked as read as I pass through them. What is the best way in this case to read messages? Pressed command+o but when I delete messages in a thread I find they appear reappear as if they were duplicate

Re: Disabling the preview pane in Lion mail

2012-04-16 Thread Esther
Hi Ioana, That's an "Oops!". I keep forgetting that the VoiceOver Getting Started manual used to recommend that you should not turn on Mouse Keys if you have NumPad Commander turned on. I only remember that from the Leopard guide. You have a Mac Mini, and are using a full-sized keyboard with

Re: Mouse Keys

2012-04-16 Thread Esther
Hi Michael, Mouse Keys are designed so that people with fine motor control disabilities can perform actions, such as clicking or moving the mouse, with precision. I've only used it with VoiceOver in a few situations. The first is when a physical mouse click with trackpad or cursor is required

Re: Jumping to the top and bottom of the message list (Lion & Mac mail in classic view)

2012-04-16 Thread Simon Cavendish
They key combinations described by Esther work for me too but you need to interact with the list of messages or files in the finder for the keys to take effect. On 16 Apr 2012, at 02:23, Frank Ventura wrote: > Hi all, when in a message list in mail sometimes I want to jump to the top or > botto

Re: Disabling the preview pane in Lion mail

2012-04-16 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
HI all, I had a strange behavior with Esther's procedure. I placed mouse pointer on vertical splitter, turned mouse keys on and when pressing I key just heard a ding. It worked when I performed the FN +i on my keyboard to get the numpad 5 but only after turning vo off. What ever works as they

Re: Jumping to the top and bottom of the message list (Lion & Mac mail in classic view)

2012-04-16 Thread Kirsten Edmondson
Hi Esther, Despite when I use function and the arrowes or function plus shift and the arrowes it won't move anywhere. I have an MBP running Lion OSX. When I try them in mail or in pages, they don't work. Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Do I have mail set to the wrong view? I'm in the messages ta

Re: audio with Perrien

2012-04-16 Thread Kirsten Edmondson
Thanks Lou, will do. Just had to check, so terrified of breaking this baby ... lol On 16 Apr 2012, at 07:53, Lewis Alexander wrote: > as advised, use the quicktime for snow leopard install even for lion. this is > because quicktime X is installed in both lion and snow leopard and does not > s

Need your help with a bug I submitted to apple and their response

2012-04-16 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
> Hi all, I have submitted a bug to apple and they say that they cannot re-produce it. Now I am wondering if I did not explain it clearly to them or if I just don't get how things are supposed to work. Would appreciate your insight so I avoid sending them reports about what might be nonexistent

Help appreciated for understanding status cells on my pb40 on or off list

2012-04-16 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
Hello, I am playing around with Braille display verbosity settings and a trying to understand the symbols in the first cel of my pb40. I pressed the router button on first cell and got a whole list of info that aces ore or less sense to me tending towards less. (smile) For ex, as I type first c

Re: Don't Seem To Be Having Much Luck Reading brf-to-Epub in IBooks; Anyone else?

2012-04-16 Thread Teresa Cochran
oops, wrong list; sorry. this was meant for VIPhone. Apologies! Teresa "Man is matter's ability to contemplate itself."--Albert Einstein On Apr 16, 2012, at 10:38 AM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > Hmmm, I just tried RoboBraille online. It had the info tags correct for title > and author, but no Brail

Re: Don't Seem To Be Having Much Luck Reading brf-to-Epub in IBooks; Anyone else?

2012-04-16 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hmmm, I just tried RoboBraille online. It had the info tags correct for title and author, but no Braille displayed. I changed the brf file extension to txt, since RoboBraille doesn't allow for that as a starting extension. Then I had it convert from txt to epub. No dice, as far as displaying Bra

Problem with spell checker in mail.

2012-04-16 Thread Juan Pablo
Hi friends, When I use the spell checker in most of the applications, like, pages, yourufukurow, syrinx. At the time that a miss word apeare, voice over inform of that event, and in the same time the suggestions are displaied. Sadly in the mail application this behabior do not happen. Voice ove

Numbers, a useful tip

2012-04-16 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Numbers users, Here's a tip for moving quickly up or down a large table in Numbers. Bring the mouse to the VO cursor (VO-Cmd-F5) and make sure that Trackpad Commander is off. To go down the table, swipe up the trackpad with two fingers then click with it. Bring the VO cursor to the mouse

Re: Disabling the preview pane in Lion mail

2012-04-16 Thread David Griffith
Under Lion the NumPad Commander 5 button is now perform action. That is the same as VO Spacebar. However on my setup at least control numpad 5 produces a mouse click. I cannot honestly remember if I set this up or whether it comes by default. It is easy to set up if this is not the default.David

ILife Apps

2012-04-16 Thread Paul Hunt
Hello.Does The Lion update include the latest versions of the ILife apps or do I need to buy them? Thanks so much. On Apr 16, 2012, at 11:34 AM, Michael Malarsie wrote: > Hello!! >So I am going to include a link about how to add sounds effects in iMovie. >The way I do it is to drop th

Re: That GOD aweful screen!

2012-04-16 Thread Jennifer Perdue
OK, I can't get to the users and groups cause when I do command , on the finder screen, I don't see users and groups. also, this screen happens about every other time I turn on my computer so I don't know what's going on. Could you be a little more specific, cause I'm still pretty new at this.

Mouse Keys

2012-04-16 Thread Michael Malarsie
Greetings! So I had never checked out the mouse keys before. I have enabled it but haven't had a lot of time to play with it. Can anyone share some of the basics with me? thanks ya'll! Mike Malarsie -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "

Re: Jumping to the top and bottom of the message list (Lion & Mac mail in classic view)

2012-04-16 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
I might have been the only person using it in Snow Leopard, but I usually did this with: VO-shift-J VO-shift-up It is almost too bad that jump mode was replace by jump to popup in LIon, I have yet to find jump to popup working for me, though I have not tried very hard. Hope this is understand

Re: iMovie questions for Mike

2012-04-16 Thread Michael Malarsie
Hello!! So I am going to include a link about how to add sounds effects in iMovie. The way I do it is to drop the music or sounds into the project browser group. I still haven't figured out how to make the sounds show up in the timeline but I am still trying to get that f

Re: anyone heard of rock melt

2012-04-16 Thread Maxwell Ivey
i'm nervous too. in addition to not really knowing the sender, there is the general feeling of unease i get from anything sent to me through Facebook. right now, i'm worrying over whether or not to open a birthday greeting card someone sent me there. going to ask my brother first. smile thank

Re: That GOD aweful screen!

2012-04-16 Thread Chris Blouch
Which screen are you talking about, the authentication login screen? If so you just need to go into the System Preferences and then Users & Groups, the 4th set of preference buttons under System. Once in there go to the Users, Groups and Login Options list. Login Options will be the last item i

Re: Mac to PC network -- is it possible?

2012-04-16 Thread Chris Blouch
Just wanted to make sure there wasn't something unusual set up here. They typical way things are configured is you have a DSL or cable hookup which goes to a combo router, firewall, hub and wifi box. From that box all your devices either connect to the wifi or are hardwired to network ports on

Re: iPhone and t-mobile

2012-04-16 Thread Jennifer Perdue
Hi Recardo, I can't afford a 4 or 4S. and I don't want to go with AT&T once my contract is up in August. also, as long as I can use the calendar, I'm happy. I do have a question though, Is navigon strictly an I phone app, Just curious. Jenny On Apr 16, 2012, at 9:01 AM, Ricardo Walker wro

Re: VO and Wikipedia

2012-04-16 Thread Chris Blouch
It seems to jump to the right column which is one long table. Not sure why they marked it up that way but it means VO will announce a lot of useless column and row info because they used a table for layout rather than modern markup. That said, if the stuff in the table isn't interesting you can

Re: anyone heard of rock melt

2012-04-16 Thread Chris Blouch
I suspect it's more a play on "wow" which is an interjection of amazement. That said, I've heard of Rock Melt but never got around to downloading it. Seems to have a few big names attached to it. You can read me in the Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RockMelt or download the p

Re: iPhone and t-mobile

2012-04-16 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, honestly, the level of accessibility that you will find on your iPhone 3GS is way more than that of any Android phone at present. If your needs are basic, and you just want to text and make calls, and you don't care too much about accessibility of 3rd party applications or, you don't use t

Re: accessible twitter clients for OS X

2012-04-16 Thread Daniel Montalvo
Syrynx is not bad, but honestly I preffer yourufukurou. Now and then syrynx doesn't let me send dms to people I'm following and they're also following me. Just give it a try, you can download directly from the mac appstore and it's free. 2012/4/16, Jennifer Perdue : > I use Lion, but I think Syrin

Re: iPhone and t-mobile

2012-04-16 Thread Jennifer Perdue
Hi, I'd like to go to T mobile and I was told about android phones that have the ability to be spoken to to dictate texts and have texts and emails read to you. I was told to that you can download a text to speech app for them, but you guys know more than I do. What is your opinion on the sub

Re: accessible twitter clients for OS X

2012-04-16 Thread Jennifer Perdue
I use Lion, but I think Syrinx will work too, but I might be and probably am wrong. that's the best one I've found. Jenny On Apr 16, 2012, at 12:05 AM, Eric Oyen wrote: > HELP!!! > > it seems that my current twitter client has developed a glitch and refuses to > sign into twitter, and now mat

Re: anyone heard of rock melt

2012-04-16 Thread Stan
Hi Maxwell, I also received it, but I am very hesitant to take a look, as I don't really know the sender. I looked up "W O W S E R wowser" which is wowser |ˈwouzər| noun Austral./NZ informal a person who is publicly critical of others and the pleasures they seek; a killjoy. Be Brave if you d

Re: VoiceOver practice mode

2012-04-16 Thread Pam Mathers
If you mean hwlp knowing what the command keys are it would be vok. Then youwould press vo and a letter and it tells you what it does. On Apr 15, 2012, at 10:00 AM, Marc Rocheleau wrote: > Hey all, > > I thought I remembered hearing awhile back that there is a VoiceOver > practice mode on the M

anyone heard of rock melt

2012-04-16 Thread Maxwell Ivey
hello; one of my Facebook friends just suggested a browser called rock melt. its supposed to be for apple and be accessible. does anyone here know anything about it? thanks, max -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to th

iMovie questions for Mike

2012-04-16 Thread Cody
Hi there, This email is for Mike Malarsie or whoever is able to help me out with iMovie. I'm able to create video clips and edit them just fine, but I'm wondering about inserting audio. Say how do I clip a segment of audio? Do I import it to the event group or do I drag it into the project brow