Fwd: Possible VO Bug with Lock Screen and Voice Memos; Follow-up: 709058983

2019-02-19 Thread Kevin Shaw
Mail message appeared as normal. > > Happy to provide more info. > > Kevin Shaw -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is

Helping Student at University of Toronto with Research on Apps and Dining Out

2017-12-05 Thread Kevin Shaw
Hi happy listers, A student at the University of Toronto is doing research on assistive tech apps and dining out. could you take a few minutes to fill out his SurveyMonkey survey by Friday, Dec 8? https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Q5W6PFD This should work in the Survey monkey app. Thanks, Kevi

Re: Voiceover Hanging with Audio Cutting in and Out

2016-02-12 Thread Kevin Shaw
your desired speakers > such as the internal speakers. > > Mark > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Shaw > Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 7:39 PM > To: macvisionaries@goog

Voiceover Hanging with Audio Cutting in and Out

2016-01-26 Thread Kevin Shaw
Further to a message I posted last week. running 10.11.3 on mid-2009 Macbook Pro. I don’t customize Voiceover that much, so not running activities or anything like that. I’m encountering and issue where system audio cuts in and out. Voiceover seems to hang while this is happening and picks up re

Audio Cuts in and Out

2016-01-11 Thread Kevin Shaw
Hi, My mid-2009 Mac is starting to show a bit of its age. Voiceover audio and system audio are starting to cut in and out as if OS X is switching audio outputs. Anyone ever experienced this or knows how to troubleshoot? It seems to be isolated to Voiceover. Mid-2009 MBP running 10.11.2. I rese

Re: video formats and iphone?

2015-11-29 Thread Kevin Shaw
Here’s what iOS supports. H.264 video, up to 768 Kbps, 320 by 240 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 1.3 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48 kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simpl

Compressor for FCP and voiceover

2015-11-29 Thread Kevin Shaw
Hi friends, I’ve checked on the web before coming here. Does anyone here have experience using Compressor with Voiceover? Are controls labelled? Thanks, Kevin -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about

Re: adding more security on my mac

2015-10-10 Thread Kevin Shaw
File Vault works in the background, so no need to do anything else once it’s turned on. Make a login password. This should not disappear with a PRAM reset, as this is stored with your user account data. If you can, set up a separate guest zone for your wifi network. Kevin > On Oct 9, 2015, a

TVOS Accessibility

2015-09-10 Thread Kevin Shaw
Apple’s page on TVOS accessibility. http://www.apple.com/accessibility/tvos/ Kevin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it

Re: slightly OT: posting Youtube comments using Safari and VO on Mac?

2015-07-26 Thread Kevin Shaw
Hi Alex, I’ve noticed that the comments and comment field are not visible right away. I have a feeling that there is some scripting behind this hides the comments to visually reduce clutter on the page until you want to interact with the comments. Try the following: Find the heading for the

Re: Amazon Fire TV Accessibility

2015-07-13 Thread Kevin Shaw
release do not help. The iPhone > app remains a loser. The website is barely usable in my opinion and not > usable and that of some others I know. > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jul 9, 2015, at 8:31 PM, Kevin Shaw wrote: >> >> A friend of mine is a s

Amazon Fire TV Accessibility

2015-07-09 Thread Kevin Shaw
A friend of mine is a software engineer on the Fire TV team at Amazon. I’ve told her about the discussions on this list around the Fire TV iPhone app being inaccessible to VO users and she’s given me her promise that she will bring it up with the dev team. Kevin -- You received this message b

Re: printing a text message

2015-07-05 Thread Kevin Shaw
Yes, there is a way to print a text message. Way #1. Take a screen grab of your iPhone’s screen. Press Sleep/Wake and Home buttons simultaneously. This photo will appear in the Photos app with the time stamp of when you took it. Send to yourself using the Share feature in Photos. Way #2. You’

Re: Pages or google docs?

2015-07-02 Thread Kevin Shaw
Pages is very accessible. I’ve mentioned this before, but I’ve done complex documents in Pages with tables, table of contents, headings and the like before with few issues. Track changes works better for VO users as a modal dialog pops up with the suggested change which you can accept or ignore.

Re: Creating a keyboard shortcut for checking the time.

2015-03-02 Thread Kevin Shaw
Alternatively, VO-Shift-K turns on keyboard commander. The default is right option T for the time of day script. > On Mar 2, 2015, at 8:47 AM, David Taylor wrote: > > You don’t need to create it. Simply make sure that keyboard commander is > turned on and go. To do this, press VO-F8 to get to

Re: Want to by a new mac computer, please advice.

2015-01-23 Thread Kevin Shaw
Hi Nishi, Answers below. > what will be more long lasting? I’ve had my Macbook Pro for almost 6 years and aside from the hard drive never being big enough, it still works like a champ. Double the RAM and get the biggest hard drive you can afford. Laptops are great if you’re moving around a lo

Re: Running Loops in Live Performance off of an iPad or Macbook

2015-01-19 Thread Kevin Shaw
You can add storage with smart cards. You could add your backing tracks on > your computer, order them as a play list on the card, & move through the list > with a touch of your foot. It’s typically a guitarist’s tool. > > Hope this helps, > > CJ > > >> On Ja

Re: Running Loops in Live Performance off of an iPad or Macbook

2015-01-18 Thread Kevin Shaw
riginal Message - > From: "Kevin Shaw" > To: > Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2015 6:03 PM > Subject: Running Loops in Live Performance off of an iPad or Macbook > > > Does anyone here perform with a program like On Stage, Garage Band or or > Ableton to run drum or instr

Running Loops in Live Performance off of an iPad or Macbook

2015-01-18 Thread Kevin Shaw
Does anyone here perform with a program like On Stage, Garage Band or or Ableton to run drum or instrument loops while playing another instrument? I’m looking for something that is accessible, easy to use while on stage and something that will let me route audio to a USB or Firewire sound card.

Re: a good ftp program for the Mac

2014-12-27 Thread Kevin Shaw
I have used both Transmit and Filezilla. The former is very accessible and works like a champ. Filezilla works in a pinch and is fairly accessible, although I will admit I use Transmit a lot more. Kevin On Dec 27, 2014, at 5:24 PM, Scott Berry wrote: > Hey guys, > > What is a good ftp progra

Re: how to calculate several cells in a row

2014-12-27 Thread Kevin Shaw
Two ways: =A1+B1+C1 or =A1+D1+F1 if they’re non-contiguous. Or, =SUMA1:F1) if the block of cells is contiguous. the same will work for columns or an array. Kevin On Dec 27, 2014, at 5:49 PM, Scott Berry wrote: > Hello there again, > > How do I add several cells together in a formula? > > --

Re: My mac rrefuses to grant me permission to copy to a folder on the network

2014-12-27 Thread Kevin Shaw
Hi Andrew, I too have had this issue with a message saying something to the effect of the file X cannot be copied because it is in use by another program. I did some googling on this and found that the Preview process was interfering with the copying of the file across the network. You can kill

What's the Deal with new Numbers in Mavericks?

2014-09-24 Thread Kevin Shaw
I've upgraded to the new Numbers. Thankfully, I still have old Numbers. A few questions: Does VO no longer read the content of merged cells? what's the deal with the Inspector? Does it not gain focus when pressing the keyboard shortcut? I'm missing advanced functions, namely FLOOR, ROUND and som

Anyone Using Slack?

2014-09-10 Thread Kevin Shaw
hi Listers, Anyone out there use Slack for team communication? I'm using the website and iOS app, as well as the Mac app. Any accessibility tips would be appreciated, as I've got an open line to the developer. Thanks, Kevin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: What a disappointment.

2014-09-10 Thread Kevin Shaw
The problem was definitely on Apple's end. Akamai will scale up or down with traffic load across their CDN. Other Apple events have streamed fine in the past. Leave it to JavaScript to ruin the day. Kevin On 2014-09-10, at 10:58 AM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries wrote: > I just waited u

Re: how to change a page document to a word document on the mack using voice over

2014-08-27 Thread Kevin Shaw
Becky, In Pages,this is easy. Go to File menu Select Export >From the submenu, choose Word... You'll be prompted again for the format you wish to export to, Word will be selected, but to double check, VO arrow to the Word option and confirm. You'll be presented with the typical save dialog box.

Re: How to remove unwanted line breaks.

2014-08-25 Thread Kevin Shaw
Annie, In either Pages or TextEdit, highlight the line break and copy. Open Find/Replace. Paste the line break into the Find field. Enter the replacement character in the repalce with: field. Don't leave it blank as you'll get words smushed together. Press Replace All. Note, you may have to put

Re: Writing and Reading Mathematics with VO

2014-08-04 Thread Kevin Shaw
Hi Tim, As said before, you can use the Special Characters under Edit to generate more complex math symbols. You may have to read these by navigating with your arrow keys. Examples: ⋿ (read as Z notation bad membership) ⋜ 3 (read as equal to or less than 3) ℇ (read as Euler constant) Kevin On

Re: Writing and Reading Mathematics with VO

2014-08-04 Thread Kevin Shaw
In the special characters box, you can find additional math symbols, such as trig functions, calculus symbols and so on. Kevin On 2014-08-04, at 10:11 AM, Ibraheem Fakir wrote: > Dear List, > > Hope you're all well. Does anybody have work arounds for writing math and > reading it back with VO

Removing All of my Old GMail

2014-07-13 Thread Kevin Shaw
Hi guys, I want to permanently delete all of my GMail. I found a mailbox in Mail that has mail going back to 2004 if you can believe it. But, I don't want any of that mail synced over to my computer or in my GMail account. I've tried delteing and exponging from the IMAP mailbox, but the mail ke

Re: anyone using iMessage on their Mac

2014-07-09 Thread Kevin Shaw
VO-command T to the table of conversations. VO right or left arrow to the one you want. VO-J to the edit field where you can type. To be sure you're on the right message, VO-up arrow to hear the name of the recipient. Hope this helps, Kevin On 2014-07-09, at 9:13 AM, Jessica Moss wrote: > I

Re: Recommendations for learning to program on a Mac

2014-07-05 Thread Kevin Shaw
Hi Dawn, One of the best resources is sitting on your Mac in iTunes. iTunes U has several Mac programming courses that will help you conceptually understand what's happening under the hood of your iDevice. some courses come with material to follow along with, but you can also supplement this by

An Update on Zagga

2014-06-25 Thread Kevin Shaw
f you have any questions. We'll be updating the Indiegogo and Zagga pages very soon. Kind regards, Kevin Shaw -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, se

Re: mp4 to avi?

2014-06-10 Thread Kevin Shaw
Hi Maria, Try Miro Video converter. It's fairly accessible and will convert between formats. It's also free. Kevin On 2014-06-10, at 12:53 AM, Maria and Joe Chapman wrote: > Hi. > > is it possible to convert mp4 to an avi file? If so, is there an accessible > app to do this? > > > r

Re: iTunes cannot import CDs

2014-06-02 Thread Kevin Shaw
hi Kristeen, Set iTunes and Finder to do nothing and try manually importing by VO-Shift-M in the track list and choosing Create AAC Version. If you're still getting 3k file names, something's up with your iTunes configuration. A little extra work, but this way you can spot any problems. Kevin

Re: Audio description app for IOS

2014-06-01 Thread Kevin Shaw
Hi list, If it's all right with the moderator, I'd like to weigh in on this. I've posted here before about my startup, Zagga Entertainment We're creating a fully accessible VOD service featuring movies and TV shows with described video. I started the company when I didn't want to have to put

A Sincere and heartfelt Thank You/Campaign

2014-05-15 Thread Kevin Shaw
h vision loss. Again, thanks so much for your continued support! ...And may the Zagga be with you. Best wishes, Kevin Shaw -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it

Re: Facebook Tagging

2014-04-26 Thread Kevin Shaw
> vi-right or flicking right on the trackpad, there's a tag button. If you >>> hit that, a text box will pop up and VO will be focused there. You can >>> start typing someone's name, and then press down arrow and it will read >>> through the options. Just pres

Re: Facebook Tagging

2014-04-26 Thread Kevin Shaw
ons. Just press enter when you get to the name you want. Then you >> can hit post and that person will be tagged. >> On Apr 26, 2014, at 12:15 PM, Kevin Shaw wrote: >> >>> Hi list, >>> >>> I use the mobile version of Facebook quite a bit and prefer it

Re: Facebook Tagging

2014-04-26 Thread Kevin Shaw
rackpad, there's a tag button. If you hit > that, a text box will pop up and VO will be focused there. You can start > typing someone's name, and then press down arrow and it will read through the > options. Just press enter when you get to the name you want. Then you can hit &

Facebook Tagging

2014-04-26 Thread Kevin Shaw
ere's a dropdown, but I don't know how to select the right person. Can anyone let me know how to do this? Thanks, Kevin Shaw -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receivin

Re: Selecting non-contiguous items

2014-04-18 Thread Kevin Shaw
Hi Lisette, Do the following: * Navigate to the desired table or lsit view. * Interact * Down arrow to the first item you want. * VO down to the next item. While holding down VO keys, press command spacebar. YOu'll hear VO report you have 2 items selected. * Repeat

Re: slightly ot: icloud based audio discription indiegogo project.

2014-04-17 Thread Kevin Shaw
Indiegogo is priced in Canadian dollars, but the service will be priced in the local currency when it launches. Hope this clears things up. :) Stay tuned, and thanks Karen for posting this. I've been talking to Cara about doing this with a Macvisionaries endorsement and she's a fan. Cheers, Kev

Re: Importing Vcards into Mac Contacts

2014-04-15 Thread Kevin Shaw
at one time? > > Quote of the nanosecond . . . > Why do we want intelligent terminals when there are so many > stupid users? > Robert & Annie Yanni ke7nwn > E-mail- > gone.to.da...@gmail.com > > On 4/15/2014 5:07 PM, Kevin Shaw wrote: >> I just did t

Re: Importing Vcards into Mac Contacts

2014-04-15 Thread Kevin Shaw
I just did this today. Navigate to the cards in Finer. Highlight the cards you want to import. I right-clicked and and chose Open With> Contacts. I was prompted to import the cards and hit return for the default. Now the Vcards are in my contacts. Hope this helps, Kevin On 2014-04-15, at 4:18

Re: Experience Switching to Mac

2014-04-05 Thread Kevin Shaw
> Hi, * Hi Scott. > As I have said, I am thinking about switching to the Mac and have been trying > to gather more information about it. To that end, I have been asking > specific questions. I will continue to do that but I would like some general > feedback from people who have made t

Re: Reading column and row titles automatically in Numbers

2014-01-17 Thread Kevin Shaw
Whenever I create a new sheet in Numbers, the first thing I do is turn off header rows and columns. Right click on the header row and column and set header rows and columns to 0. >From that point on, you should hear standard spreadsheet coordinates when >navigating around. A1, B1, C1, etc. HT

Re: Taggin on Facebook

2013-12-20 Thread Kevin Shaw
How is tagging done in the Facebook mobile layout on Facebook itself? On 2013-12-20, at 11:42 AM, David Taylor wrote: > Hi, > > If you are using the desktop layout you type the at sign @ and then start > typing their name. When you've typed enough, it will be filled in for you and > you simply

Re: Itunes output

2013-12-19 Thread Kevin Shaw
SoundFlower used to do this, but not sure if it's supported under Mavericks. You could set the system output to your Mackie device and set Voiceover back to the internal sound card. You may also have success by playing back using VLC. Kevin On 2013-12-19, at 1:34 PM, Terje Strømberg wrote:

Re: Problem with Itunes Match

2013-12-15 Thread Kevin Shaw
Try turning off and then turning on iTunes Match. I've had this issue as well and that seems to work. On 2013-12-15, at 4:27 AM, Graham wrote: > Hi, > > > > I subscribe to Itunes Match which so far has been excellent. Currently I run > ML and the latest Itunes. IOS on my Iphone and Ipad is

Re: creating a smart play list

2013-12-04 Thread Kevin Shaw
s! > > doing it this way, though, I’d have to go through my 7,000 plus library by > hand and tag each song with the christmas grouping, right? I was trying to > avoid that, if possible.. > Cait, probably being lazy > > On Dec 4, 2013, at 5:38 AM, Kevin Shaw wrote: > >&

Re: Taking notes while reading

2013-12-04 Thread Kevin Shaw
Set up your tab order so you can quickly command-tab between Pages and Preview. In Preview: > Edit menu, Speech, Start speaking. > Command tab to Pages and type away. You can turn off speech while typing. VO-command-V and cycle through until you get to typing feedback and set it to none. The o

Re: creating a smart play list

2013-12-04 Thread Kevin Shaw
Hi Cait, I'm the one who manages the Christmas music playlist n my family, so I have a sure fire way for you to create your smart playlist. Instead of using the Genre field to create the playlist, I use the Grouping field to indicate that the files are christmas songs. YOu can do this easily b

Better Description of Numbers Issue

2013-11-28 Thread Kevin Shaw
I may have found something Numbers cannot do. I am trying to trick Numbers into creating 100 iterations of a calculation with random variables and then place them into a table so I can calculate an average as well as standard deviation. In Excel, I understand there's something called a two-way

Re: I like Numbers under Mavericks now

2013-11-28 Thread Kevin Shaw
If there were only a way to automate a simulation. Kevin On 2013-11-28, at 9:40 AM, Andrew Lamanche wrote: > Dear Listers, > > I’ve just been playing with Numbers, having abandoned this application under > Mountain lIon. It seems to work like a charm now. I love the formatting which > is alw

Random Walk Simulationin Numbers

2013-11-25 Thread Kevin Shaw
Hi friends, I'm running a random walk simulation in Numbers with a number of cells generating random numbers and these cells in turn being referenced across multiple sheets. In other words, Rows 5 and 7 of sheets 1, 2 and 3 are generating the random value and every other cell that refers to the

Re: best way to import music into itunes

2013-11-16 Thread Kevin Shaw
I have made an alias of the Automatically add to iTunes folder and it sits on my desktop. I drop files on there. Command O works as well from within the program. On 2013-11-13, at 11:47 PM, Aser Tolentino wrote: > The "automatically add to iTunes" folder in your iTunes Media directory seems >

Re: Trackpad Command for Notification Center

2013-10-07 Thread Kevin Shaw
e of trying to get efficient access to > it. I have assigned a hotkey, so may just keep using that. > Jonathan Mosen > Mosen Consulting > Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training > http://Mosen.org > > On 8/10/2013, at 6:29 AM, Kevin Shaw wrote: > >>

Re: Trackpad Command for Notification Center

2013-10-07 Thread Kevin Shaw
2 finger swipe from right to left on the track pad without track pad commander on and it'll come up. 2 finger swipe from left to right to make it go away. Kevin On 2013-10-07, at 1:28 PM, Jonathan Mosen wrote: > I thought it would be convenient to assign a command using Trackpad Commander >

Voiceover User in Toronto Needed for Video on Friday, September 27

2013-09-22 Thread Kevin Shaw
d can help us out this Friday, please get in touch by emailing me off list at mr.kevins...@me.com. Please don't use my gmail address, it's just for the MacVisionaries list and i never check it. I'll provide more details to the qualifying participant. Thank you kindly, and I look f

Re: Downgrading my mac mini from ml to l

2013-09-01 Thread Kevin Shaw
Is it possible to create a partition using Disk Utility, install Lion on it, boot in Lion, then delete the ML partition? Kevin On 2013-09-01, at 12:46 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > Did you purchase the Mini with ML on it? If so, then you're kind of hooped. > Apple has coding in firmware

Re: Numbers Cell References being read with VoiceOver

2013-08-14 Thread Kevin Shaw
Hi Chris, Remove the header rows and columns. I do this when I start a new sheet and VO starts saying A1, A2 and so on. If you create a new sheet, VO-Shift-M and select Header/Footer from the menu. Choose Header Rows and set the number to 0. Do the same for Header Columns and you're good to go.

Help with Special Characters

2013-06-24 Thread Kevin Shaw
Hi Listers, I'm trying to insert EMOJI into a document and I'm drawing a blank as to what to do once I have the character selected in the Special Characters window. I've tried copying and pasting. Nothing. I've tried clicking and dragging with VO. Nothing (Does this work for anyone, ever?) I'v

Re: finding the bit rate of an mp3 file on the mac

2013-06-23 Thread Kevin Shaw
Use the inspector. Command-option-I in the Finder. This will open one window. Kevin On 2013-06-23, at 1:06 AM, Michael Marshall wrote: > hey, > speeking of getting the info of an mp3 file how do you get info on all files > in a folder such as duration? > if i solect all the files and hit get

Re: Problem hanging up my iPhone

2013-06-02 Thread Kevin Shaw
Do you have your iPhone in a case? I bought an inexpensive case for my 4S and I didn't have this problem until I switched cases. When I put the phone next to my head, the screen doesn't automatically turn off and VO announces the call length every few seconds. I'm wondering if something is af

Re: Tips on Working with Keynote to Create PowerPoint Presentations

2013-05-23 Thread Kevin Shaw
You can also save the presentation as a PDF. I forget the name of the PC open source program that plays PDFs as slide shows. I think it's Skim, like the Mac one, but someone can correct me. I ended up having to do this for a presentation where my display adapter wouldn't work with the PC system

Re: Converting Columns to Rows in Numbers

2013-04-20 Thread Kevin Shaw
placed in a row then the next song or item is placed within the > next row. You'll need to do this in the order I've mentioned here as the > tabs must be created first then the return dividers second. > > Hope this makes sense. > > Later... > > Tim Ki

Converting Columns to Rows in Numbers

2013-04-20 Thread Kevin Shaw
Hi, I'm wondering if anyone knows of a way to convert columnar text in a Pages or TexEdit document into a Numbers spreadsheet, however I need the lines of text to be converted into columns. For example: Bananas No Doubt Columbia Sony Music Inc. should be converted to: Bananas No Doubt

Re: o. t.: Microsoft Office for Mac! Important: read and leave comments!

2013-02-01 Thread Kevin Shaw
Kind regards, Kevin Shaw PM, "Scott Berry" wrote: > Hi Sara, > > I am also a college student and could benefit from the accessibility of > Microsoft Office. I appreciate you joing the list. > > > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:mac

Creating a Mixed Mode CD in iTunes or Finder

2013-01-01 Thread Kevin Shaw
Happy 2013 listers, I'm wondering if anyone has had success in creating a mixed mode CD, where the disc will play songs in a regular CD player and host files that can be viewed on a computer. Is this possible in iTunes? Or, would i need a separate utility for doing this? If so, is there a VO c

Re: Moving songs around inside playlist

2012-12-08 Thread Kevin Shaw
Will cut and paste not work? I've been able to do this in iTunes. Kevin On 2012-12-07, at 8:51 PM, Traci wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been playing with my playlist and getting the song order just how I want > it. To do this, I usually use the mouse down keys, then vi-up_arrow or > vo-down_arrow

Re: Strange thing with iTunes eleven

2012-12-01 Thread Kevin Shaw
inson wrote: > Yes, it was a soundtrack from a musical. I didn't look to see if the box was > checked. > Would that change how it imports things? > On Dec 1, 2012, at 8:39 PM, Kevin Shaw wrote: > >> Was it a compilation CD? If so, was the compilation check box checked o

Re: Strange thing with iTunes eleven

2012-12-01 Thread Kevin Shaw
Was it a compilation CD? If so, was the compilation check box checked on the disc when you imported? Kevin On 2012-12-01, at 9:37 PM, Stacey Robinson wrote: > Hi, > I just ripped a double CD soundtrack since upgrading to the latest version of > iTunes and when I looked in my library it had pl

Re: What's the difference between Artist and Album Artist?

2012-12-01 Thread Kevin Shaw
In albums with many guest artists appearing on it, such as a Santana album, the individual song artist might be Macie Gray, Michelle Branch or Rob Thomas. The album artist is Santana, as that's the artist that the album is attributed to. Another example is hip hop albums where an artist such as

Re: Selecting to End of Line in Safari Edit Fields

2012-09-27 Thread Kevin Shaw
I'm having the same issue in Safari. I figured it was a quirk of VO and ML, but it appears to be a bug. Kevin On 2012-09-26, at 11:57 PM, Nicholas Parsons wrote: > Hi, > > Recently I've noticed that the command shift right arrow and command shift > left arrow keystrokes to select to the end

Google Analytics

2012-09-08 Thread Kevin Shaw
Hi friends, Does anyone have experience using google Analytics with Voiceover? If so, can you provide a quick tutorial? I'm noticing some of the edit fields aren't labelled properly and that some of the information is presented graphically. Any help would be welcome. Kevin -- You received th

Re: Unable to determine people's answers to my questions on EHarmony

2012-09-03 Thread Kevin Shaw
Erik, In my experience running VO under Lion and the latest version of Safari, the match's answers will appear immediately below yours on the actual match page. For example: What is your favourite dipping sauce at McDonald's? Sweet and sour. Sweet and sour. The second line is your match's answe

Installing OS X on a Target Disk

2012-08-28 Thread Kevin Shaw
Hi list, I have a friend whose CD drive is toast. She can't afford to get it fixed and I'm wondering if it's possible to install OS X (any version) on her computer when it's in target disk mode. Any experience with this would help greatly. Kevin -- You received this message because yo

Re: Voice Changer that Works Through Skype

2012-08-08 Thread Kevin Shaw
nitial part of the interview process. That sounds very fishy to me. >>> however, please check out that app, which is mentioned as a way to have fun >>> with your friends, etc. >>> >>> I hope this helps. >>> >>> Harry >>> >&g

Voice Changer that Works Through Skype

2012-08-07 Thread Kevin Shaw
Hi gang, I've got a friend who needs to interview someone through Skype, but for privacy reasons, the interviewee's voice needs to be changed/modulated. Does anyone know of software that can do this? Any help is appreciated. Regards, kevin -- You received this message because you are subscri

Re: radio automation software for the mac?

2012-06-22 Thread Kevin Shaw
Also check out MegaSeg. I am not sure how accessible it is, but I know of stations running Macs that use this software. Kevin On 2012-06-21, at 7:29 PM, Hank Smith wrote: > thanks I will give this a look at. > Hank > On 6/21/2012 2:18 PM, andre carioca wrote: >> In Brazil, Some Mac users runing

Re: automatically add to itunes folder?

2012-05-11 Thread Kevin Shaw
Caitlyn, I use the Automatically Add to itunes smart folder as well. tings in the Not added folder include: • Album artwork, such as JPEGs and PDF files with track listings. • Files in formats not supported by iTunes, such as FLAC, OGG, WMA and so on. • Other misc. file format

Re: blindmicemegamall movie vault and illegal file-sharing allegation

2012-04-27 Thread Kevin Shaw
I can appreciate your frustration with having no access to descriptive video content through reliable channels outside of broadcasting. I see both sides of the issue. I am blind and appreciate described content. I also make a living from intellectual property and have a media business background

Re: Data Detecter

2012-04-27 Thread Kevin Shaw
Is there something in the Announcements pane of the VO control panel that allows you to turn the notificaiton of Data Detectors into tones instead? Kevin On 2012-04-27, at 4:50 PM, Red.Falcon wrote: > Well as far as I can tell! there is no way to stop it! > I'm not sure if it can be tamed in th

For Moderator: Re: A question regarding blindmicemegamall.com

2012-04-27 Thread Kevin Shaw
a list subscriber and someone who works in the entertainment industry, I'm going to ask that discussions of this nature not be carried out on this list. Thank you, Kevin Shaw On 2012-04-27, at 1:12 PM, Ezzie Bueno wrote: > Hello, > > On which link did you find the movies? I

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

Where's My Mail?

2012-03-14 Thread Kevin Shaw
Hi guys, I've got a Mobile Me account which I've successfully ported over to iCloud. Yesterday, my In Box had about 2030 messages in it and today it's only displaying the 4 latest messages. I know the mail is still there, because it shows up on my iMac which is running Snow Leopard. On my iPho

Re: Most DVDs Won't Play All of a Sudden

2012-03-12 Thread Kevin Shaw
Hi Teresa, YOu most likely have some kind of hardware issue, probably something stuck in the drive itself. This happened to me and it ended up being a piece of paper. Take your machine to an Apple Store and they can remove it for you. Hope this helps, Kevin Shaw On 2012-03-12, at 7:33 PM

Re: iTunes Match Question

2012-01-19 Thread Kevin Shaw
when I download a matched item, why does the metadata in the file not change? It'd be nice to get album information for some of the tracks I have. Kevin On 2012-01-16, at 9:29 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > 1. iCloud Download, - Error - There's something wrong with the original > local fil

iTunes Match Question

2012-01-14 Thread Kevin Shaw
Hi List, I've signed up for iTunes Match. Most of my library is already AAC 256k, so I don't have a lot of MP3 files to move over to the new format. I do have a few MP3 files that are not obscure songs at all. they're 80s pop ballads, rock songs you'd hear on radio, that type of thing. For som

Re: more on organizing holiday music

2011-12-30 Thread Kevin Shaw
I've found no need whatsoever to create a separate iTunes library for organizing Christmas music. I have used the grouping field to organize Christmas music into smart playlists and have unchecked them all, so during the year, none of them will sync with my iPhone. I have gone so far as to organ

Re: adding a printer

2011-12-22 Thread Kevin Shaw
Hi Kirsten, Try plugging in the printer via USB. OS X should recognize the printer right away and will install/activate the necessary drivers. Let me know if you have trouble off list. Kevin On 2011-12-22, at 7:01 AM, Kirsten Edmondson wrote: > Hi, > What is the easiest way of adding a printe

Re: accessing youtube playback controls

2011-12-21 Thread Kevin Shaw
You can access the playback controls by singing up for the HTML 5 player on YouTube. there were instructions a while ago on the list as to how to do this. Kevin On 2011-12-21, at 4:15 AM, Eric Oyen wrote: > I have never been able to get them to work here. I think the embedded player > is flash

Re: Question about making itunes playlists

2011-12-20 Thread Kevin Shaw
Hi Missy and others, There is an easy way to manage your christmas music in iTunes without creating a separate music library. I recently imported all of my christmas music at once so I could manage the files as a huge block in the Recently Added playlist that comes with iTunes. From there, you

Re: speaker on iPhone

2011-12-19 Thread Kevin Shaw
Try rebooting your phone. Hold the Sleep/Wake button for 7 sec and then tap the "Slide to Power Off" button. Wait for a minute or so and then hold the sleep/wake button agian. I've encountered a similar problem with my 4S and my old 3GS. It seems that the accelerometer needs to be whipped into

Re: Questions about sound check

2011-11-28 Thread Kevin Shaw
> Hello all, > > Does anyone use sound check for their iPods or iTunes? > Yes. I use it on both my iPhone and in my iTunes. > Can you use sound check on a Nano but not iTunes? > yes. This can be turned on in the settings/preferences for each. > Any guidance on how to best use it? Simply tu

Re: algoriddim DJ 4 updated and accessible

2011-11-28 Thread Kevin Shaw
Hi Yuma and others using DJ, I just got the software. Pretty cool. I was a mobile DJ for 7 years using CDs and Denon CD players with pitch controls. The interface of the program looks okay so far and I've been having fun playing with transitions and so on. I've got a couple of questions you ma

Re: siri

2011-11-28 Thread Kevin Shaw
Hi Rachel, SIRI is still in beta mode and there are service outages from time to time. My phone in Canada goes through the same thing every so often. the best thing to do is wait a bit for the service to get less congested and try again. At least, this is the approach I take. Kevin On 2011-11

Re: Moving Mobile Me to iCloud Issues

2011-11-19 Thread Kevin Shaw
there is some >> kind of graphics. Hopefully this should work with Voice Over. If not, try >> another screenreader in Windows. I could not use Safari to do it, but Mark >> did it fine for me at the time over Skype. >> >> Kawal. >> >> Sent from my iPhone &g

Moving Mobile Me to iCloud Issues

2011-11-17 Thread Kevin Shaw
Sorry guys. Not sure if I'm late to the party on this, but I'm having difficulty using VO to click buttons on the site to move my Mobile Me account over to iCloud. Here are the steps I followed. • I'm running iOS 5.0.1 on my new 4S and Lion 10.7.2 on my Mac. • I opened iCloud in Syst

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