The veil has now been lifted on my ITunes lockup issue. This was not
an ITunes issue at all and has been solved.
Thanks!
On Mar 16, 2009, at 2:54 PM, David Poehlman wrote:
Hello all,
I had reported I'd be downgrading my ITunes but decided to do one more
thing before downloading
another list/s/.
On Mar 18, 2009, at 7:56 PM, Joan Alice Maria Gibson, Esquire wrote:
Heya, Cara!
'Hopefully it will be fairly transparent to you all and I'll leave
it up to you how you'd like me to add you all to the respective
lists. I.e. should I simply copy all of our current members over
yes if youare running windows.
On Mar 17, 2009, at 1:35 PM, linzy buhr wrote:
does anyone know if zoom text works with mac's
On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Jane Jordan (GMail) wrote:
We upgraded iTunes on the iMac. Now I am unable to move songs or even
copy them to my iPod shuffle. It s
Hello all,
I had reported I'd be downgrading my ITunes but decided to do one more
thing before downloading. My reason for downgrading was because
ITunes freezing after a period of playing. This happned on an early
IMac both on the mac and windows sides. I've been playing music on my
ea
completed before
you get there. I am sure there is a way to capture this in some
fashion, but perhaps not quite yet.
On Mar 16, 2009, at 8:42 AM, David Poehlman wrote:
>
> scott,
>
> found this a couple of vs back but the problem was that we could
> see what was being downloaded but
scott,
found this a couple of vs back but the problem was that we could
see what was being downloaded but not how much of what was being
downloaded had been downloaded. the other problem is that often, by
the time I nav over there and interact, it is over.
On Mar 16, 2009, at 7:37 AM,
Jacob,
Thanks for the 8.0.2 link. I don't plan to get a shuffle anytime soon
and am sad for those who do for if they don't fix the mess they have
made of 8.1, there are going to be a lot more unhappy campers than
there now are including me since I found out that I cannot play music
for a
no, you said the blog was in spannish.
On Mar 14, 2009, at 8:13 AM, Jonathan Chacón wrote:
-Mensaje original-
De: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
]
En nombre de David Poehlman
Enviado el: sábado, 14 de marzo de 2009 12:50
Para: macvisionaries
and in english?
On Mar 14, 2009, at 5:54 AM, Jonathan Chacón wrote:
Hello to everybody
Here is good news for spanish users.
Snow leopard, the next version of macOS X, will have spanish free
voices for
voiceOver.
You can read all the notice in my blog (in spanish)
http://programaraciegas.we
this does not work for me. when I press command-t, I get a ding and a
blank window. when I press it again, things are back to getting only
the search field.
On Mar 14, 2009, at 1:06 AM, Alex Jurgensen wrote:
Hi,
I found the answer. Press "CMD" + "T" to hide the visualizer.
Thanks,
Alex,
it is available now and it is us $79.xx and it is 4 gb if I understand
correctly.
On Mar 13, 2009, at 2:07 PM, Joan Alice Maria Gibson, Esquire wrote:
That's good to know! Can hardly wait to get the new iPod Shuffle with
1 gigabyte hard drive, with VoiceOver capability and the new earbuds
check this:
http://www.apple.com/ipodshuffle/voiceover.html
On Mar 13, 2009, at 1:26 PM, Jacob Schmude wrote:
But that's just it, perhaps it does for your default voice. But from
where are these other languages generated? I don't seem to have those
as Voiceover voices, and yet the iPod shuffl
I was rong, it will go to .aiff so you will have to convert to mp3 if
you want that.
On Mar 13, 2009, at 10:47 AM, David Poehlman wrote:
yes, but I believe you can also set it go directly to mp3.
On Mar 13, 2009, at 10:40 AM, william lomas wrote:
i think if I set it david and all, in
yes, but I believe you can also set it go directly to mp3.
On Mar 13, 2009, at 10:40 AM, william lomas wrote:
i think if I set it david and all, in ITunes to do to mp3, i think
after the AIFF file it will convert
On 13 Mar 2009, at 14:36, David Poehlman wrote:
>
> Will, check the fil
Will, check the file menu.
On Mar 13, 2009, at 10:33 AM, william lomas wrote:
hi all can I get visio voice to export a track direc to mp3?
Or do I have to use ITunes to do that?
I want to put a textbook into mp3 or OGG for my VR stream player
will
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it is generated by ITunes. it is on the shuffle page.
On Mar 13, 2009, at 9:37 AM, Jacob Schmude wrote:
Hi
Has anyone found information about exactly how Voiceover on the iPod
Shuffle works? Does iTunes still generate the speech, or is the
capability built in to the shuffle itself? The sample
all -
incase you were wondering and as the question was raised, I
uninstalled safari 4 beta and ITunes 8.1 is still behaving the same
way. this is not a biggy for me but I thought I'd post my findings to
save others the bother. I'm gonna put safari 4 beta back now.
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well, you could read the info on the site and it would tell you the
same thing.
On Mar 12, 2009, at 3:43 PM, Chris Gilland wrote:
You guys were wonderring what ITunes DJ was? I just called Apple and
asked.
Basically, if you have an IPhone with the remote client access software
installed, y
because there is information in the title of the link that voiceover
is reporting. safari 4 is exposing this title rather than the link
text.
On Mar 12, 2009, at 2:32 PM, william lomas wrote:
hi when in safari four sometimes i hear link opens in new window? why
isn't voice over tel
apple says yes.
On Mar 12, 2009, at 2:13 PM, louie wrote:
Hi all,
Do you think that there will be a adaptor for those of us who can't
stand earbuds?
louie
louiem...@wavecable.com
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hanks
will
On 12 Mar 2009, at 15:54, David Poehlman wrote:
>
> yes, we are but they are important hairs. There is a fine but
> neverthe less distinction between what is and what is not a bug and
> how each should be treated. In order to determine if something is a
> bug, it must
this is a bug that's been with us for a while.
On Mar 12, 2009, at 11:53 AM, william lomas wrote:
how can i check the download window of itues then?
On 12 Mar 2009, at 15:41, David Poehlman wrote:
>
> You do provie a way out of bug status here:
>> True it might've bee
until they actually respond to one of us and neither can
you. In any case it's been sent in to Apple now, so let's see what
they make of it.
On 3/12/09, David Poehlman
wrote:
>
> You do provie a way out of bug status here:
>> True it might've been given the chop for a r
at's below and can't see anywhere that I say it's not
a bug. I'm on the side of the fence that thinks it is, so perhaps we
got our wires crossed.
On 3/12/09, David Poehlman
wrote:
>
> no, all I said was it is not a bug which you seem to agree with below.
>
Or did I miss something?
On 3/12/09, David Poehlman
wrote:
>
> Scott,
> It might have been sacrificed for better accessibility in other areas.
>
>
> On Mar 12, 2009, at 10:08 AM, Scott Chesworth wrote:
>
>
> How not out of interest?
> Not meaning to be argument
ne of the things I like about OS X is that there's always
> more than one way to skin a cat, and this is one way that eventually
> needs to work.
>
> While I'm hear, Jacob, have you tried turning off genius to see if
> that affects anything?
>
> On 3/12/09, David Poehlman
how this is a major regression.
On Mar 12, 2009, at 09:01, David Poehlman wrote:
>
> bug well, maybe not.
>
> On Mar 12, 2009, at 8:32 AM, Scott Chesworth wrote:
>
>
> True you can indeed use VO keys to do your work until this is fixed,
> but at the end of the day a bug is a
more than one way to skin a cat, and this is one way that eventually
needs to work.
While I'm hear, Jacob, have you tried turning off genius to see if
that affects anything?
On 3/12/09, David Poehlman
wrote:
>
> so they missed again, folks, relax, you can use the vo keys to do your
g off
> cursor
> tracking and looking through the view menu makes no difference.
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "David Poehlman"
> To:
> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 3:56 PM
> Subject: Re: The new iTunes, accessibility issues?
>
>
>>
the web page explains it all.
On Mar 12, 2009, at 4:53 AM, Søren Jensen wrote:
Hi.
Does that means that the new Ipods have a built in Voiceover? Or do we
still need to make the voices using Itunes?
Best regards
Søren Jensen
Mail & MSN:
s...@coolfortheblind.dk
Website:
http://www.coolfortheblin
sorry, we need more. if I do as you describe, I get search, sources
and songs as I tab through. You might try turning the browser on,
setting your view to grid, any number of things to see if you can lick
this. what source is selected when you see this issue?
On Mar 11, 2009, at 11:50 PM
Here's what works for me. select the text you want to replace and
begin typing. the text will disappear.
On Mar 11, 2009, at 6:36 PM, william lomas wrote:
hi from speaking to Anne on this subject I guess over write
mode
like on windows (see below) is not possible?
I.e. you
Hi all,
It seems that something has happened to the terminal say command. If
I try executing it, I get no errors but nothing is spoken unless I
turn off vo. this happens on at least two computers.
Thanks!
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You received this message bec
right, but if I want to select my song or playlist
On Mar 11, 2009, at 10:23 AM, william lomas wrote:
hi apple now have a talking ipod shuffle. what is the point in this?
if people can't even tell what song they are listening to that crazy lol
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yes, the apple accessibility api gets us most of the way there and
because voiceover is included and full keyboard access is available
for the os, almost anything can be made to work and it will not but
get better.
I've seen a lot of apps become accessible in a short time; ITunes,
Iwork,
gt; access this text. Such could be the same in webpages.
>
>
>
> "Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already
> tomorrow in Australia." Charles Schultz, creator of the Peanuts comic
> strip.
>
> El 09/03/2009, a las 13:49, David Poehlman esc
Apple writes the drivers they could add support to voice over
for setting a braille description string for a UI element.
Thanks
-
Martin Pilkington
Writer of Weird Symbols
pi...@mcubedsw.com
On 9 Mar 2009, at 8:07 pm, David Poehlman wrote:
>
> this is not
for a UI element.
Thanks
-
Martin Pilkington
Writer of Weird Symbols
pi...@mcubedsw.com
On 9 Mar 2009, at 8:07 pm, David Poehlman wrote:
>
> this is not a bug. apple write drivers for displays themselves. the
> display is handled through the driver and tightly integrated int
your keyboard comes with a user guide, failing accessibility of that
manual, you should be able to find a pdf online. I'm sure someone
will write these out for you but a handy reference is a good thing o
have.
On Mar 9, 2009, at 4:25 PM, Scott Ford wrote:
Hello Everyone,
I purcha
009, at 4:07 PM, Richie Gardenhire wrote:
No problem. I wasn't aware that you had BootCamp set up to use
virtual Windows. Richie Gardenhire, Anchorage, Alaska.
On Mar 9, 2009, at 12:04 PM, David Poehlman wrote:
>
> sorry about this, I hadn't seen the other message.
>
&g
ction,
I'll look into filing a bug with Apple to see if they will look into
this for a future OS version.
Thanks
-
Martin Pilkington
Writer of Weird Symbols
pi...@mcubedsw.com
On 9 Mar 2009, at 6:26 am, David Poehlman wrote:
>
> we already have this in
I have no ability to
> upgrade JAWS so I guess I'll just have to figure out how to uses my
> Mac for everything.
>
> Alena
> Blog: http://blind-gal.blogspot.com
>
>
> david poehlman wrote:
>> set jaws to laptop mode nd use the capslock. that is what I am
>>
processor is too new to run my version of JAWS. I have no ability to
> upgrade JAWS so I guess I'll just have to figure out how to uses my
> Mac for everything.
>
> Alena
> Blog: http://blind-gal.blogspot.com
>
>
> david poehlman wrote:
>> set jaws to lapt
Hi all,
we've been discussing self voicing/voice over accessible apps in
another thread but I thought this might be a more compatible subject
line for that discussion.
I wanted to mention an excellent package demonstrating what can be
done on the mac os with regard to vo compatibility and
Martin,
I'd be happy to test any vo compatible apps you develop or that you
know of that are developped. this is 100 ercent accessibility. I
don't know what software you write or have written but would encourage
youto stick to apple accessibility apis and work with apple if
something is
self voicing should never be needed and in all 3rd party cases I've
seen it implemented for the mac os it is disasterous. you only need
look at firevox to understand this.
On Mar 8, 2009, at 8:41 PM, Michael Babcock wrote:
very good points chris, i agree. Though the self voicing option isn'
You should be talking to greg kearny.
On Mar 8, 2009, at 9:06 PM, Ryan Dour wrote:
As a great example, an app like Boxee would be amazing with self
voicing menus. Boxee is a media center app like FrontRow, but able to
do much more. However, that doesn't help any of us, as it doesn't have
h
it is not possible to do braille display detection for your purposes
on the mac os.
On Mar 8, 2009, at 9:09 PM, Martin Pilkington wrote:
Hi Chris,
I'm not 100% sure whether it is possible to detect whether the user is
using a braille display or not, but I'll definitely look into it. If
OS
this is redundant. the clock is self voicing on the hour for those
who don't need vo to take advantage of it. if I had a mind to, I'm
sure I could write an app to have vo announce te time at peridocic
intervals. The only reason to make an app self voicing is that it
cannot fit into the
The visual ways of doing things re explained but we have full access
via the keyboard to the gui if it is accessible.
On Mar 8, 2009, at 9:43 PM, Tiffany D wrote:
I think it's wonderful what you're doing and I'm with you 100%.
You're setting a great example and considering how Apple is so
com
we already have this in vo.
On Mar 8, 2009, at 9:59 PM, Martin Pilkington wrote:
Hi Tiffany,
This is exactly what I'm meaning when I talk about a sort of overview
giving a full text description of a window. You could bring it up at
any point and have it read to you. It would be written spec
set jaws to laptop mode nd use the capslock. that is what I am doing and
others as well.
- Original Message -
From:
To: "MacVisionaries"
Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 3:06 PM
Subject: using JAWS on my Mac
I have installed Windows on my Mac using boot camp. I am wondering if
anyone
and there is also a zoom item in the window menu.
On Mar 8, 2009, at 12:41 PM, Scott Bresnahan wrote:
Hi, Gary,
Usually, clicking on the zoom button on the top left (the third vo
heard item in most windows (close button, minimize button, zoom
button) will expand a window to full screen. If t
modorator please! take this discussion off list?
On Mar 7, 2009, at 9:29 PM, Cara Quinn wrote:
Alex, I've said this before, these one-liners clutter the list much
more than any content you'd post.
So, what I'm saying here, to be clear, is rather than post a one
line note about what you'
jason,
I don't recall having this issue. when I focus on the progress, it
stays there but if I move aay and back, I have to focus again.
On Mar 7, 2009, at 10:31 PM, Jason Custer wrote:
Hello,
I have a cuple questions.
First, I notice that when I am in some applications, My VoiceOver
curser
Mark,
using voiceover or your favorite windows screen reader, you can setup
any nano 4g. As has already been said, you need to select the voice
you want to use in the system first as in the speech panel of windows
control pannel or the speech panel of system prefs on the mac. when
you f
update the time that is.
On Mar 6, 2009, at 10:54 PM, JP Isaac wrote:
Hi all,
Though I've my mac for a year or so now, I'm only getting into it
now. I've
spent most of my time using Windows XP with Boot Camp.
One thing I'm noticing is a disparity between the mac os and the windows
time. I
hmm, have you got all your mac updates? there was an update a while
back that I think fixed this issue. in any event, if you leave one or
another of them on long enough you may have force windows to do it,
but the mac should update automatically.
On Mar 6, 2009, at 10:54 PM, JP Isaac wrot
try:
http://www.crucial.com
On Mar 6, 2009, at 3:22 AM, Dean Adams wrote:
Hey All,
After all your helpful info on iwork and Ilife I have now
purchased Iwork and will try to go up to our local mac store and check
if they have Ilife installed and check if they will let me have a play
more on this, check with freedom to be sure.
On Mar 5, 2009, at 7:34 PM, David Poehlman wrote:
7 will not work with jaws 8.
On Mar 5, 2009, at 7:26 PM, alena.roberts2...@gmail.com wrote:
This post is really helpful. thanks. On a similar note, does anyone
know if I can use the Windows 7 32
7 will not work with jaws 8.
On Mar 5, 2009, at 7:26 PM, alena.roberts2...@gmail.com wrote:
This post is really helpful. thanks. On a similar note, does anyone
know if I can use the Windows 7 32 bit beta with JAWS 8. I don't
really have the money to upgrade my version of JAWS, and I have geeky
safari 4.
On Mar 5, 2009, at 6:10 PM, Justin Harford wrote:
Is this with webkit?
"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already
tomorrow in Australia." Charles Schultz, creator of the Peanuts comic
strip.
El 05/03/2009, a las 14:24, David Poehlman escri
no problems here.
On Mar 5, 2009, at 5:11 PM, Robert Carter wrote:
Hi,
I discovered that the Safari beta will not work with the vmware site.
Safari crashes everytime I try to go there. I uninstalled the beta and
have no problems with the site. Isn't that strange.
Robert Carter
- Orig
works fine for me.
On Mar 5, 2009, at 5:17 PM, Justin Harford wrote:
Hi all
In webkit the loaded webpage sound has been broken for a while. Is
such the same in Safari 4 beta?
J
"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already
tomorrow in Australia." Charles Schultz, creator
why would you need to interact with the text? you can use arrows by
themselves just fine.
On Mar 5, 2009, at 4:40 PM, John J Herzog wrote:
Hi Simon,
The problem with mail and safari is this. Often times, you will lose
the ability to type in a message with voiceover. To reproduce this
problem
that the sites you visit don't use the
title attribute for linked text.
Thanks,
Everett
On 5-Mar-09, at 2:37 PM, David Poehlman wrote:
>
> ah, well, on sites I have visitted that I know, I've not sen this
> issue come up but in most other respects, beta 4 is a happy
> exp
e and because I checked the source for the page.
I was just wondering if this might just be a problem for me, or if
this is the new Safari behaviour for everyone.
Thanks,
Everett
On 5-Mar-09, at 2:30 PM, David Poehlman wrote:
>
> how are we to know?
>
> On Mar 5, 2009, at 1:20 PM,
how are we to know?
On Mar 5, 2009, at 1:20 PM, E.J. Zufelt wrote:
Good afternoon,
Can anyone confirm that Safari 4beta is not reading linked text on web
pages when a title attribute is available for the link?
An example is the list of links under Recent Articles on
http://business.theglobea
or you can put the page into text edit it and work with it.
On Mar 5, 2009, at 6:14 AM, constantlyvaria...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello Mike,
currently the only way of doing this is to stop interacting with the
HTML content and then press VO-A to read the entire web page. Other
than that, our only op
many find iwork quite accessible but some like using open office which
is free. I've not seen much on ilife.
On Mar 5, 2009, at 6:23 AM, Dean Adams wrote:
Hey All,
Before golng and buying either Iwork or Ilife can someone let
me know how accessable IWork and ILife is with VO as I d
dunno if this will work from windows to mac, but I moved from mac to
mack just by copying my /users/davidpoehlman/music/itunes/ folder to
the same place on my other mac before launching ITunes for the first
time and it looked just like the other.
On Mar 4, 2009, at 8:55 AM, Robert Carter wr
bootcamp is deffinately faster.
On Mar 3, 2009, at 10:30 PM, Bejarano, Rafael P. wrote:
Hi Kara,
Thanks for your prompt reply to my e-mail. When I asked if Bootcamp or
Fusion was better, I should have been clearer. What I want to know is
whether the performance of Bootcamp is faster than t
no.
On Mar 3, 2009, at 7:48 AM, william lomas wrote:
hi since safari 4 I note that whenever I am downloading something
safari always seems busy when downloading and voice over does not
interact as easily with the list ite to show progress
has anyone else noted this?
will
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interesting, I never thought to use the vo cursor in the first place.
On Mar 3, 2009, at 6:12 AM, Søren Jensen wrote:
Hi John and Cara.
Don't use the VO cursor when writing mails. I've also had this
problem, but when I only use the tab key and the arrow keys, I never
have this problem.
This is
I'm not having this problem or any other new issue in mail but I did
have to restart my system to get the end of screen boundary audibility
back.
On Mar 3, 2009, at 5:25 AM, Thomas McMahan wrote:
I think that is the problem. Just uninstalled it as well, and now on
reply it just says "html"
this is not the case for me. I regularly hold down my vo keys and it
only happens on certain sites.
On Mar 2, 2009, at 2:31 AM, Alex Jurgensen wrote:
Hi,
Diagnosis: Safari randomly causes Voiceover to lose interaction with
web pages.
Recommended Treatment: Lock the VO Keys". "CTRL" + "OPT"
arks bar is now hidden and will be shown if you activate that
menu choice. This just doesn't apply to the battery menu, however.
On Mar 1, 2009, at 17:15, David Poehlman wrote:
>
> HI all,
>
> Someone somewhere explained this better than I will a while back, but
> in the ca
HI all,
Someone somewhere explained this better than I will a while back, but
in the case of battery status for instance, what you are seeing is by
design, it is reporting what will happen when you click it, not what
is. so if you know this and you see status reported and time isted,
you
or we could put it back the way it was.
On Mar 1, 2009, at 12:09 AM, Randy Stegall wrote:
When replying to a message from this list *please* remember to delete
the address from the*to* field. This will prevent a second message
being sent. Thanks.
Randy
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