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2010-04-26 Thread Chris Hofstader
Hi, With my new job as Director of Access Technology for Project GNU/Free Software Foundation, I am so busy that I can hardly keep up with work let alone follow these lists. I thank you all for the help you have given me over the past two years since I got my first MacBook and I hoped I help

Re: Apple regulating news and political content???

2010-04-19 Thread Chris Hofstader
> rl: This is rather surprising, that they would do this. Regarding the 18+ > thing, there are apps that won't download unless you consent that you are not > a minor. Unfortunately, that requires a simple yes/no click, but at the same > time, it's after your password, so that's some layer of p

Re: Apple regulating news and political content???

2010-04-19 Thread Chris Hofstader
> jp: Well this is a law suit waiting and begging to be picked up and they will > win it. This is going against the your US right as a citizen. Called Freedom > of speech and Freedom of Press! So I think this is why Apple changed it mind > This is like saying you can surf the internet but here is

Re: malwear and macs

2010-04-19 Thread Chris Hofstader
I noticed that a software update that arrived last week was related to security. I don't know what it does but it could be anything from standard UNIX like crypto stuff to malware related functionality. Last I heard, though, was that there were no known virus for the Mac in the wild but some ha

Re: Pimp out your Mac

2010-04-16 Thread Chris Hofstader
ards, >> Nic >> Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com >> Skype: Kvalme >> MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk >> AIM: cincinster >> yahoo Messenger: cin368 >> Facebook Profile >> My Twitter >> >> On Apr 16, 2010, at 3:35 PM, olivia norman wrote: >&g

Re: Pimp out your Mac

2010-04-16 Thread Chris Hofstader
had a lot of apple products at five! > Olivia > On Apr 16, 2010, at 7:46 AM, Chris Hofstader wrote: > >> Jeez, we have nine different Apple products in our house and collectively >> they don't add up to $17,000. I'd be afraid of such a beast as nothing I do >>

Re: oopse...appologies for possible offtopic posts that I thought I was sending off list!

2010-04-16 Thread Chris Hofstader
Many years ago when the Open Software Foundation was around (now it's smaller and called Linux Foundation), a friend of mine thought he was replying only to his boss - instead, he sent the note to the entire board of directors and steering committee - which, back in those days, read like a who's

Re: Pimp out your Mac

2010-04-16 Thread Chris Hofstader
Jeez, we have nine different Apple products in our house and collectively they don't add up to $17,000. I'd be afraid of such a beast as nothing I do with a computer could possibly warrant that much power. So, if I had that sort of money, I suppose I would keep my current stuff and put a big dow

Mac OSX Update?

2010-04-08 Thread Chris Hofstader
Hi, I had thought I had read on one of these lists that there was an OSX update recently. Busy on GNU/Linux stuff and surrounded by the hoards of springtime visitors from most anywhere above the Mason/Dixon line, I didn't get to doing a software update until this morning. >From the dialogue do

Re: Burning ISO Images

2010-03-31 Thread Chris Hofstader
r 30, 2010, at 6:46 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > I did not see it under disk utilities. I saw the dialogue and then the burn > button. and that's it. I'll have a play with it though. > On Mar 30, 2010, at 11:35 AM, Chris Hofstader wrote: > >> You can change the speed if

Re: Burning ISO Images

2010-03-30 Thread Chris Hofstader
010, at 8:21 AM, James & Nash wrote: > >> Hi cdh >> On 30 Mar 2010, at 15:07, Chris Hofstader wrote: >>> Recently, I have had to try out a number of different GNU/Linux distros. I >>> use Safari to download them from their web sites and then, using disk >&

Re: Burning ISO Images

2010-03-30 Thread Chris Hofstader
> > > - Original Message - From: "James & Nash" > > To: > Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 10:21 AM > Subject: Re: Burning ISO Images > > > Hi cdh > On 30 Mar 2010, at 15:07, Chris Hofstader wrote: >> Recently, I have had to try out

Re: Burning ISO Images

2010-03-30 Thread Chris Hofstader
and boot from it. > > CB > > Chris Hofstader wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Recently, I have had to try out a number of different GNU/Linux distros. I >> use Safari to download them from their web sites and then, using disk >> utility, burn the DVD. I got this

Burning ISO Images

2010-03-30 Thread Chris Hofstader
Hi, Recently, I have had to try out a number of different GNU/Linux distros. I use Safari to download them from their web sites and then, using disk utility, burn the DVD. I got this to work with the SpeakUp Modified Fedora but all other downloads cause Disk Utility to crap out on verification.

Re: [Mac-cessibility News] Adobe Announces Flash and Flex Accessibility for Mac

2010-03-25 Thread Chris Hofstader
"Accessibility" of Flash and Flex is currently available on Windows and does not work very well or at all sometimes with certain AT. They may start putting some accessibility into the Macintosh version but I would expect that, at best, it will be a poor solution. This is based on Adobe's history

GNU Shell Book, was:Re: using the cd command

2010-03-24 Thread Chris Hofstader
Hi Everyone, Those of you who are interested in UNIX like command lines, in particular bash, but are afraid to jump in with both feet, you can get a book introducing the basic concepts from GNU (www.lpf.org). The print version is $20 but, at the Libre Planet conference this past weekend, someon

Re: How easy would it be for a computer beginner to learn to use voiceover?

2010-03-17 Thread Chris Hofstader
If the user is an absolute beginner, I would recommend VO highly. If they are a long time user of a different OS/screen reader pair, it takes a little time to adjust to the different keystrokes but VO has the advantage that it rarely crashes in a way that will cause you to lose data. cdh On Mar

Re: Adium weirdness!

2010-03-16 Thread Chris Hofstader
I think it may have something to do with Growl starting up. I've seen the problem but, after a delay, it usually goes away. On Mar 15, 2010, at 5:20 PM, clarence griffin wrote: > maybe that's one of your accounts having a problem logging in? I don't know. > I had that happen before, then it fix

Re: NLS Books

2010-03-12 Thread Chris Hofstader
I like Syrinx on Mac. It isn't as feature rich as some of the others but, as far as I've been able to notice in about four months, it seems 100% accessible. On Mar 12, 2010, at 1:56 PM, Rich Ring wrote: > Thanks. Now, for another question. Do you or anyone else for that matter > know of an acc

Router IP Address?

2010-03-10 Thread Chris Hofstader
Does anyone know the default IP address assigned to TimeCapsule? I need to let some people into my local network via ssh. cdh -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.co

Re: adium has new iwndow?

2010-03-01 Thread Chris Hofstader
I don't do a lot of text messaging so, although I use Adium, my skills with it remain eternally rusty. One thing I do not understand is why, after I type something into the edit box and return to the conversation (the control labeled "Unknown") I'm always brought back to the top? I'm probably n

Re: Flash, again

2010-02-22 Thread Chris Hofstader
My problem with Flash is purely on the accessibility and programming freedom fronts. As access goes, it is poor on Windows and non-existent elsewhere. On the programming freedom side, because it is an entirely propriety format, I cannot write my own accessible Flash player without doing some rea

Re: Flash, again

2010-02-21 Thread Chris Hofstader
I still think HTML 5 will be better. On Feb 20, 2010, at 11:07 PM, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: > Oh, i forgot to mention in the previous thread, on the labels. > > The reason why we read button1 everywhere in a lot of flash when using jaws > is because of the instanciation of a button, which then

Re: mac flash guys speak

2010-02-21 Thread Chris Hofstader
I have a good friend in the accessibility portion of Adobe. I can ask him and he can say what he is allowed to. On Feb 20, 2010, at 10:55 PM, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: > Hi list, > > I think there might be some interesting movement coming along the adobe side, > after the news that photoshop a

Re: Fix for Sound Related Slowness on MBP

2010-02-15 Thread Chris Hofstader
>> Subject: Re: Fix for Sound Related Slowness on MBP >> >> the macbook pro wasn't listed there, also it seems to only mention 10.5.8 >> and seems to elude that sound problems are non-existant in Snow Leopard. Am >> I missing something?? I hope this fixes things, al

Boot Camp Assistant?

2010-02-13 Thread Chris Hofstader
Hi, I need to install yet another GNU/Linux distro for use at the Project GNU Libre Planet conference next month. I saw something called "Boot Camp Assistant" in the Utilities folder and fired it up. It only talks about installing Windows, can it be used for other OS distros? I have VMWare but

Re: Blog post: First Glance at Firefox Accessibility on OS X Snow Leopard

2010-02-13 Thread Chris Hofstader
> Hi, > > True enough, though that'd be the same as auto-forms mode. You'd still have > to get System Access out of the form to navigate. > But in SA this is just an arrow key or tab. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post

Fix for Sound Related Slowness on MBP

2010-02-12 Thread Chris Hofstader
Hi, A number of us have been complaining about various slowness problems. This may be the fix: http://accesstechnews.wordpress.com/2010/02/12/apple-offers-fix-for-audio-related-mac-pro-performance-issue/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter. cdh -- You received this message because you

Re: possible voiceover possibilities for office for mac 2011???

2010-02-12 Thread Chris Hofstader
I've heard the new MS Office has been rewritten for Cocoa and should be accessible but information from MS can be true and false at the same time. On Feb 11, 2010, at 11:02 PM, Scott Ballard-RidleyScott Ridley wrote: > hi all > > I have just read on the mac world website that microsoft has annou

Re: Blog post: First Glance at Firefox Accessibility on OS X Snow Leopard

2010-02-12 Thread Chris Hofstader
I must admit that one reason I use the rotor so much is that I am not a classical pianist like Iggy so some of the keystrokes are a bit hard for this old nerd. cdh On Feb 11, 2010, at 7:23 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > Hi Scott, > I'm not Linda, but I had to respond to your note to her re the differe

Re: Blog post: First Glance at Firefox Accessibility on OS X Snow Leopard

2010-02-11 Thread Chris Hofstader
Because the question of why Firefox sucks on Macintosh needs a complicated response as it is a complicated problem. On Feb 11, 2010, at 2:32 PM, Carolyn wrote: > Ok, and we need to know all of this for what reason? > Carolyn > - Original Message - > From: Chris Ho

Re: Blog post: First Glance at Firefox Accessibility on OS X Snow Leopard

2010-02-11 Thread Chris Hofstader
ansition in my opinion especially if one has a track pad. But if I just >> want to gobble up a large chunk of info really quick I still think jaws and >> windows has an advantage. . >> On Feb 11, 2010, at 9:28 AM, Chris Hofstader wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>

Re: Blog post: First Glance at Firefox Accessibility on OS X Snow Leopard

2010-02-11 Thread Chris Hofstader
ings are put, what they look like, etc, doesn't fill me with > curiosity. How does contextual information, for a blind user, aid in > this? Feel free to point me to an article explaining this if there is > one. > Thanks. > Aman > > > On 2/11/10, Chris Hofstader wrot

Re: Blog post: First Glance at Firefox Accessibility on OS X Snow Leopard

2010-02-11 Thread Chris Hofstader
gt; his job loss and to find out what the current state of Orca was on Linux. > This is indeed very disturbing and more than a little annoying. > > Just in case anyone else is trying to get hold of him at his Sun address, it > no longer exists. > > TC > James, Lyn, Nas

Re: Blog post: First Glance at Firefox Accessibility on OS X Snow Leopard

2010-02-11 Thread Chris Hofstader
No, shift plus arrows does nothing for sighted users. Of course, they cannot use the rotor, item chooser or lots of things that VoiceOver provides for us blinks. The web browsing experience is very different for people with vision impairment than sighted users so trying to come up with some kind

Re: Blog post: First Glance at Firefox Accessibility on OS X Snow Leopard

2010-02-11 Thread Chris Hofstader
Hi, I was VP of Software Engineering at FS when we invented a lot of what is now the common user interface on Windows screen readers. I am proud of the work we did as we certainly moved the art forward. Now, I use Macintosh with Safari. The Windows way of doing things tried to emulate a word p

Re: Blog post: First Glance at Firefox Accessibility on OS X Snow Leopard

2010-02-11 Thread Chris Hofstader
With last year's lay offs at IBM and last week's lay offs at Sun, the future of large scale accessibility projects in free/open source software looks pretty disorganized at the moment. Marco (with whom I used to work at Freedom Scientific) is really dedicated but the overwhelmingly large Windows

Re: weird pdf document.

2010-02-11 Thread Chris Hofstader
The PDF author did not use the appropriate table tags in your problem document. You may be able to do a "select all" and copy and paste the table into a word processor or spreadsheet which may be able to sort out the broken table for you. Otherwise, you are SOL - Viva Adobe! On Feb 10, 2010, at

Re: ot: Fwd: An Open Letter to Oracle on the Topic Of Accessibility

2010-02-08 Thread Chris Hofstader
I've already taken the first couple of baby steps to get an access technology team going at project GNU which is compatible with GNOME and orca as they both carry GPL licenses. We plan on posting our commitment to accessibility statement this week and will be gathering volunteers and professiona

Re: Voice Over and Numbers

2010-02-06 Thread Chris Hofstader
I agree with Les, QuickNav, once one grows accustomed to using it, saves a whole lot of time. On Feb 5, 2010, at 7:40 PM, Les Kriegler wrote: > James, > > I'm amazed at how many times in various programs I use QuickNav and it means > the difference between access and no access. It outweighs th

Re: a couple of Safari questions--bookmarks top sites and tool bars

2010-02-05 Thread Chris Hofstader
Thank you very much! On Feb 5, 2010, at 12:33 PM, Esther wrote: > Hi Chris, > > Chris Hofstader wrote: > >> How does one keep the top sites bar from showing up? I can usually get it >> to go away but it seems to return randomly. > > You can keep the top s

Re: Repairing permissions, should I close all apps?

2010-02-05 Thread Chris Hofstader
I turn everything but VO off. I have no idea why but it seemed like the right thig to do. On Feb 5, 2010, at 6:11 AM, Lynn Schneider wrote: > Hi everyone. If you are having problems with your system and you want to > repair permissions to try and fix them, is it necessary to close all apps >

Re: a couple of Safari questions--bookmarks top sites and tool bars

2010-02-04 Thread Chris Hofstader
How does one keep the top sites bar from showing up? I can usually get it to go away but it seems to return randomly. On Feb 3, 2010, at 4:01 PM, Esther wrote: > Hi Robert, > > I think that you can move bookmarks and/or folders with copy and paste, or > even cut and paste. As far as I can tel

Re: apple and adobe zeitgeist fallout

2010-01-31 Thread Chris Hofstader
and Yahoo >>> toolbars, 50 free MP3s from EMusic.com, Weather Bug, a free trial of Mcafee >>> Security Suite, and $10 off at Amazon.com on your next purchase of $30 or >>> more, but they're still including lots of unnecessary and bloated extras >>> that run slowl

Re: apple and adobe zeitgeist fallout

2010-01-31 Thread Chris Hofstader
g lots of unnecessary and bloated extras that run slowly and are >> infested with security problems. >> >> And people continue to use their stuff why? They seem like a shady company, >> far from professional, and their practices say to me that they don't respect >> o

Re: apple and adobe zeitgeist fallout

2010-01-30 Thread Chris Hofstader
For years, Adobe's behavior has been a paradox wrapped in an enigma and coded with deep encryption. On Jan 30, 2010, at 7:52 AM, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: > Yes you are right, some of apple's stuff is also still carbon, but i remember > somewhere saying adobe didn't want to jump the coco bandwa

Re: Apple, Adobe and Flash

2010-01-29 Thread Chris Hofstader
the native video hardware decoder rather than software to play back the > video. Note that even if you opt-in for HTML5 video you still get shunted to > the youtube player. Vimeo bumps you to the QuickTime player. I didn't even > know there was a QT player on the iPhone. >

Re: Apple, Adobe and Flash

2010-01-28 Thread Chris Hofstader
Just curious, what software is running when you view a YouTube video on the iPhone? I assumed it had to be some variety of Flash. On Jan 28, 2010, at 12:42 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: > Interesting read about the lack of love between Apple and Adobe in relation > to Flash and why you'll never see fl

Re: Flash Again

2010-01-27 Thread Chris Hofstader
k more like desktop apps. > > http://dev.aol.com/downloads/axs1.2/readme.html#md > > CB > > Chris Hofstader wrote: >> >> Even though they are compiled, has anyone opened such a file with a hex >> editor and poked around looking for human readable text? Dumping it as

Re: Flash Again

2010-01-27 Thread Chris Hofstader
ght >> TC >> James >> On 26 Jan 2010, at 19:20, Chris Blouch wrote: >> >>> Short of some browser plugin I think the flash container is pretty well >>> sealed off from inspection in Safari. Maybe something else can be done in >>> FF but

Re: Flash Again

2010-01-26 Thread Chris Hofstader
l quite hypothetical, I haven't opened up a debugger to try to find anything within a Flash object yet (before or after it's rendered) so this more of a thought experiment than anything else. cdh > CB > > Chris Hofstader wrote: >> >> Could it be possible, if we know

Re: Flash Again

2010-01-26 Thread Chris Hofstader
Could it be possible, if we know what we're looking for, to find the MSAA information in a Flash object? It could give us the names and locations relative to the Flash window from which we could easily calculate the raw screen coordinates and provide a crufty facility for users to click buttons

Re: Flash Again

2010-01-26 Thread Chris Hofstader
Well, that sucks. I've heard talk about a JavaScript Flash to html 5 convertor but I haven't seen any actual bits. I know Firefox supports html 5 accessibly on Windows and GNU/Linux but think it probably does us no good on Macintosh. What about Safari, how well does it deal with html 5 and VO?

Re: Right clicking for synonyms

2010-01-20 Thread Chris Hofstader
Use the thesaurus service. On Jan 20, 2010, at 12:53 AM, VaShaun Jones wrote: > Listers in Windows I can right click on a word in say Outlook or a text > editor and get synonyms for words. Does anyone know how to duplicate this > feature on the Mac?-- > You received this message because you are

Re: Slowing...

2010-01-19 Thread Chris Hofstader
m > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Hofstader > Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 9:13 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com; macvoiceo...@freelists.org > Subject: Slowing... > > Hi, > > On my MacBook Pro 13 that I bought in October, it feels like

Re: Flash Again

2010-01-18 Thread Chris Hofstader
Thanks. I might try your idea this afternoon. On Jan 18, 2010, at 10:11 AM, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: > You can't control flash that way as the whole framework is in carbon. Until > we get adobe stuff in coco, it won't help much to do anything. unless you > call out flash buttons from javascri

Flash Again

2010-01-18 Thread Chris Hofstader
I somehow got the peculiar notion that Flash may not suck entirely for VO users. I thought I might be able to go into AppleScript, enumerate the controls on the active Flash item and then provide a way for users to hit keystrokes to activate the Flash controls. Well, I found out that Flash doe

Re: Slowing...

2010-01-18 Thread Chris Hofstader
Thanks very much. We should post your message as an FYI somewhere. On Jan 18, 2010, at 9:32 AM, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: > Hi Chris, > > I've had a macbook pro since a few months before you got yours, and my unit > is running just as fast as when i got it. > > I do have a lot of applications

Slowing...

2010-01-18 Thread Chris Hofstader
Hi, On my MacBook Pro 13 that I bought in October, it feels like everything is slowing down. The Item Chooser menu causes the "Safari Busy" announcement at least once but more times on particularly big pages. This is a fast computer (2.26 Core 2 and 4 gb RAM) but it gets slower all of the tim

Re: Flash is Poison!

2010-01-18 Thread Chris Hofstader
heir > flash platform obsolete. Free support for embedded audio and video content > that works cross-platform and for free. > > Bryan > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Hofstad

Re: Flash is Poison!

2010-01-17 Thread Chris Hofstader
ns? There were efforts made on Windows that worked > out for several screen readers. I'd expect that they'd at least be open to > doing something for Mac accessibility. > > Bryan > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macv

Flash is Poison!

2010-01-17 Thread Chris Hofstader
If, like me, you enjoy documentaries, the web site, www.streaming-madness.net, has incredible content you can view online without cost. The downside, though, is that the one button that you really need - namely the "Play" button - is exposed through Flash and VO doesn't see it at all. The rest

Twitterific

2010-01-14 Thread Chris Hofstader
Hi, I had been using Syrinx but having two twitter accounts and wanting a few extra features, I thought I would try Twiterific and see how that would work for me. It's documentation refers both to a File and an Action menu but on its main menu bar, I only see Apple, twitterific, Edit, Window a

Re: firefox on a mac?

2010-01-13 Thread Chris Hofstader
Mozilla is able to get some support for OpenOffice using an accessibility layer built into Gecko. I don't know how this could effect Firefox but one might guess that their UI common library should work at least as well as OO. OO is weird on Mac. Because of the gecko common UI layer, it can't s

Re: Firefox 3.6 RC1 not VO compatible

2010-01-13 Thread Chris Hofstader
seen at least a > little bit of something by now if they intended to do it in the near > future. > > > > On Jan 12, 10:17 am, Chris Hofstader wrote: >> Has any Firefox worked on Mac without FireVox installed? >> On Jan 12, 2010, at 11:35 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: >>

Re: Firefox 3.6 RC1 not VO compatible

2010-01-12 Thread Chris Hofstader
Has any Firefox worked on Mac without FireVox installed? On Jan 12, 2010, at 11:35 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: > Save yourself some time in case you were hoping for more in the new release. > All I could access was the window title and close/min/max buttons in the > chrome. > > CB > -- > You rece

Re: Loving this!!!

2010-01-09 Thread Chris Hofstader
Nor is she Audi's cousin. On Jan 8, 2010, at 4:45 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > I can't resist, > She's not Volk Wagons Sister, I taking a guess at! > > > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googleg

Re: Loving this!!!

2010-01-09 Thread Chris Hofstader
And humble too. On Jan 8, 2010, at 3:39 PM, Chantel Cuddemi wrote: > Thanks!! I am one of the best mac users you'll find!! > On Jan 8, 2010, at 3:04 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > >> Sure, I'll keep you in mind. >> On Jan 8, 2010, at 11:58 AM, Chantel Cuddemi wrote: >> >>> Hey, Scott, if you do decid

Re: Loving this!!!

2010-01-08 Thread Chris Hofstader
Portia- are you the same person I knew from another list about a million years ago? cdh On Jan 7, 2010, at 8:35 PM, Portia Scott wrote: > Hey all, > > I just wanted to say that I am loving my Macbook Pro, and loving it more and > more as I go on. I have had this mac since Monday, January fourt

Re: another facebook question - Farmville?

2010-01-07 Thread Chris Hofstader
Friends of mine inside Adobe tell me that Mac is on their radar but not a priority. The VO team cannot do anything with a program that doesn't even try to be accessible on the platform. On Jan 6, 2010, at 10:22 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > Hmm. That's too bad. It does work a *little better in Win

Re: wild idea?

2010-01-06 Thread Chris Hofstader
Also, if you find yourself getting out of range for the keyboard, their are non-Blue Tooth RF keyboards that will work any where in your house or yard unless you own some massive plantation. cdh On Jan 5, 2010, at 5:35 PM, Cara Quinn wrote: > Hi Mary, well it looks like peeps have already sug

Re: wild idea?

2010-01-05 Thread Chris Hofstader
There are also wireless computer speakers. On Jan 5, 2010, at 2:18 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > Hi Chris, > Yes, I know about wireless headphones. I worked using headphones for 8 hours > a day for 30 years, so I try to avoid them when possible. It could be > a cheap way to find out just how far the

Re: wild idea?

2010-01-05 Thread Chris Hofstader
Wireless headphones are available at BestBuy etc. for a pretty little money. Your keyboard, though, only has about 30 feet of range and I'm uncertain about Blue Tooth boosters. On Jan 5, 2010, at 2:03 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > Hi folks, > When I bought my Mac mini recently, I purchased a bluetoo

VO at Login Dialogue?

2010-01-03 Thread Chris Hofstader
Since getting my MacBook Pro 13, I rarely use my MacBook 13 anymore. So, my wife moved onto it yesterday. I created a separate user account for her. At the login dialogue, I need to hit COMMAND+F5 to get VO to come on after restarting the computer. When I chose my account VO is their waiting

Re: Possible nez browser replacement for Safari

2009-12-31 Thread Chris Hofstader
rt. > > On Dec 30, 2009, at 5:55 PM, Chris Hofstader wrote: > >> Before I would even download Sunrise or any other browser, I'd first check >> if it was compatible with the Apple Accessibility API as, while it may not >> have the same bugs one might find in Safari,

Re: Jailbreaking your IPhone?

2009-12-31 Thread Chris Hofstader
Hey Jake, Terrific post! As I wrote yesterday on the definition of hacker, I said that a program like JailBreak was likely written by a very talented programmer or team thereof. I also said that programs like it and others can cause some stability problems and, while I forgot to mention them,

Re: Possible nez browser replacement for Safari

2009-12-30 Thread Chris Hofstader
Before I would even download Sunrise or any other browser, I'd first check if it was compatible with the Apple Accessibility API as, while it may not have the same bugs one might find in Safari, it may perform terribly with VoiceOver. cdh On Dec 30, 2009, at 4:41 PM, james.austin1...@googlemail

Re: xcode

2009-12-28 Thread Chris Hofstader
VO performs pretty well but you do need to do some poking around with mouse cursor. On Dec 28, 2009, at 2:04 PM, John W. Carty wrote: > Is anyone out there programming in the xcode environment? > > How well does vo perform? > > John > > > -- > > You received this message because you are s

Re: We better keep this going!

2009-12-28 Thread Chris Hofstader
t; illiteracy, are truly welcomed here!… > > Smiles, > > CQ :) > --- > View my Online Portfolio at: > > http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn > > Follow me on Twitter! > > https://twitter.com/ModelCara > > On Dec 27, 2009, at 10:34 AM, Chris Hofstade

Re: We better keep this going!

2009-12-27 Thread Chris Hofstader
ointing my mistake out, it will > help me remember and improve. :) > On Dec 27, 2009, at 10:11 AM, Chris Hofstader wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Because I was an English major in graduate school, I can't help myself: You >> wrote, "sometimes, "There is

Re: We better keep this going!

2009-12-27 Thread Chris Hofstader
Hi, Because I was an English major in graduate school, I can't help myself: You wrote, "sometimes, "There is no right or wrong answer here Erik, merely objective points of view..." This is "subjective" rather than "objective" points of view. An objective measurement of a computing device mig

Re: Vmware Fusion and Windows

2009-12-19 Thread Chris Hofstader
I can't recall if SA supports Braille or not. If so, SATOGO would be a cost free solution for Windows. On Dec 18, 2009, at 11:35 PM, Joe Plummer wrote: > Well she is out of luck. There is no screen readers that are free to do what > she wants. > > > > > Sign, > JP ( Joe Plummer) > joeplum..

Home - Total iTV, on-line movies and series with subtitles and audiodescription

2009-12-18 Thread Chris Hofstader
Hi, As this was a topic earlier this morning and a friend from Serotek sent out the link over twitter, I think it's probably worth a look-see by those interested in DVS. cdh http://www.totalitv.com/cont/home_en.php -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: audio description

2009-12-18 Thread Chris Hofstader
If you like DS, it is really worthwhile joining the Serotek System Access Network where for a few bucks per month, you can find an excellent and ever growing catalogue of DVS movies. On Dec 17, 2009, at 1:53 PM, william lomas wrote: > hi all do any movies on the itunes store have d

Re: Accessible Password Manager

2009-12-17 Thread Chris Hofstader
This is nice but not cross platform which I think is one of the criteria. On Dec 17, 2009, at 9:42 AM, Daniel Rowe wrote: > i use Keychane access, which is built into the Os. You can find it under > applications and utilities. > > On 17 Dec 2009, at 13:45, Robert Carter wrote: > >> Hi, >> >

Adium/Text Messaging/MSN

2009-12-16 Thread Chris Hofstader
Hi, I have been using Adium for a while to communicate with friends who mostly use MSN or whatever it's called these days. I can see their status and send and receive text messages but my status always seems to be offline on their side. Has anyone else seen this? Also, is there another chat

Adium

2009-12-15 Thread Chris Hofstader
Hi, I am using Adium to communicate with friends who use various IM services. For MSN, I have a Windows Live account and, in my contacts, I can see who is and is not online. Oddly, though, I always appear offline to those using Windows Live Messenger. Any ideas why? cdh -- You received th

Re: questions about NVDA

2009-12-15 Thread Chris Hofstader
Microsoft didn't exactly "invent" accessibility standards but, rather, were pulled into them kicking and screaming. In their defense, though, they had a whole bunch of issues ripping their accessibility efforts apart. The AT companies threatened anti-trust action if MS actually tried to make N

Re: IWork: Announcing styles

2009-12-14 Thread Chris Hofstader
I think that in VO settings there is a "read text attributes" or some such thing that is off by default. I don't know if it will help you but it's probably a good feature to try. On Dec 13, 2009, at 6:01 PM, Daniel K. Gartmann wrote: > > Hi, > > I had to insert text into a fairly complex do

Re: It's pointless!

2009-12-11 Thread Chris Hofstader
This rant and any follow up should be referred to the BS mailing list as it is way, way off topic.To join the BS list, send an email to: vo-bs-requ...@lists.hofstader.com with the word "subscribe" in the subject line. " To those of us who feel that screen readers will always provide second cla

Re: questions about NVDA

2009-12-11 Thread Chris Hofstader
I mostly agree with Eric here but attribute the variations in web information/screen reader combination to a lack of acceptance on the part of web developers, browser authors and, to a big extent, screen access vendors. It is true that Apple is setting its own accessibility standards but, for al

Re: questions about NVDA

2009-12-10 Thread Chris Hofstader
y. >> >> But of course there has been criticism from commercial venders and those >> trainers who should really be impartial - at least in my view. They believe >> that because NVDA is free and open source then it must automatically be a >> non starter. >>

Re: questions about NVDA

2009-12-10 Thread Chris Hofstader
good - at > lesat in Word. I too always look at the tools I or another user needs for > the job at hand, thus like you, I am not and hopefully will never be an > evangelist for one platform or piece of AT. > > TC > > James > - Original Message - > From: &

Re: questions about NVDA

2009-12-10 Thread Chris Hofstader
t automatically be a > non starter. > > TC > James > > TC > James > - Original Message - > From: "Chris Hofstader" > To: > Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 1:42 PM > Subject: Re: questions about NVDA > > > NVDA is a usable progra

Re: questions about NVDA

2009-12-10 Thread Chris Hofstader
NVDA is a usable program that, unfortunately, doesn't support very many applications yet. If you can program in Python, you can help the team move it forward. As a full time solution, though, it isn't ready for prime time yet. I know both Mick and Jamie, the top of the NVDA team, and they work

Re: moving quickly to top or end of message list?

2009-12-09 Thread Chris Hofstader
I seem to have the same problem as Donna in that these keystrokes on my MacBook Pro behave as she describes. Could it be having emails sorted into threads and collapsed? cdh On Dec 9, 2009, at 11:50 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > Hi Esther, > > That doesn't work either, VO-FN-Shift Up arrow takes

Re: More on Dock Problem

2009-12-09 Thread Chris Hofstader
move > to it. So I click the mouse, it speaks it again then when I command-tab, it > works fine. > > Regards, > Nic > Skype: Kvalme > MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk > AIM: cincinster > yahoo Messenger: cin368 > Facebook Profile > My Twitter > > On De

Re: More on Dock Problem

2009-12-09 Thread Chris Hofstader
l Message - > From: "Chris Hofstader" > To: ; > Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 2:02 PM > Subject: More on Dock Problem > > >> Hi, >> >> We removed both Adium and Syrinx from the run at login feature, leaving >> nothing executing at

Re: Menus in Dock

2009-12-09 Thread Chris Hofstader
my textedit > alias in the dock. The only way I could get to the shortcut menu was > to do VO-shift and M and then use the arrow keys to select the > shortcut menus. Hope this helps > cheers Thuy > > > On 09/12/2009, Chris Hofstader wrote: >> Hi, >> >> My wife g

More on Dock Problem

2009-12-09 Thread Chris Hofstader
Hi, We removed both Adium and Syrinx from the run at login feature, leaving nothing executing at start up other than VO and Finder and problem remains that I cannot get to the menus on the items associated with running programs on my dock. This is starting to really suck. cdh -- You recei

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