Re: Mac vs. Windows Accessibility was Re: Reopen office

2010-08-11 Thread Rajiv Shah
Hi, Thanks. This is very helpful. Regards, Rajiv Original message >Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:31:56 -0500 >From: Mike Arrigo >Subject: Re: Mac vs. Windows Accessibility was Re: Reopen office >To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > >Ok, I can get this to work, b

Re: Mac vs. Windows Accessibility was Re: Reopen office

2010-08-10 Thread Mike Arrigo
criptions appear. The user can activate these > same descriptions with JAWS. I haven't found a way to do this with VoiceOver. > > Help here would be appreciated. > > Thanks. Rajiv > > > > Original message >> Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 08:46:52

Re: Mac vs. Windows Accessibility was Re: Reopen office

2010-08-10 Thread Mike Arrigo
I actually don't use fine reader express either, so I'm also basing things on what I have been told, oh yes, for scanning books, kurzweil 1000 works well, that's one of the very few things I still use windows for. I wish they would develop a mac version, but even if they did, I wonder if the sam

Re: Mac vs. Windows Accessibility was Re: Reopen office

2010-08-10 Thread Rajiv Shah
is the >> summary I am getting from folks: >> If you need to use Flash and DRM, use Windows. If you want to use other >> stuff, use Mac. Also, to clarify one point. If VoiceOver says clickable, >> this relates to an onClick event rather than a mouseOver. THis is an &g

Re: Mac vs. Windows Accessibility was Re: Reopen office

2010-08-09 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Mike, What I need is something that will let me access the settings so I can change them if the defaults don't yield good recognition. I also need something that will let me scan a bunch of pages into the same file automatically, without me having to mess with combining files after having had

Re: Mac vs. Windows Accessibility was Re: Reopen office

2010-08-09 Thread Mike Arrigo
I guess it depends on what you need, the mac version will scan and recognize the page, as well as recognize image files, that should cover most things I think. On Aug 7, 2010, at 5:52 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > Has something changed such that there is now a full version of fine reader > for the Ma

Re: Mac vs. Windows Accessibility was Re: Reopen office

2010-08-09 Thread Ray Foret Jr
ouseOver event is there with VoiceOver? > > Rajiv > > Original message >> Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2010 21:54:23 +1200 >> From: "Simon Fogarty" >> Subject: RE: Mac vs. Windows Accessibility was Re: Reopen office >> To: >> >> both apple

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2010-08-09 Thread erik burggraaf
eOver > event. How do folks know that the onMouseOver event is there with VoiceOver? > > Rajiv > > Original message ---- >> Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2010 21:54:23 +1200 >> From: "Simon Fogarty" >> Subject: RE: Mac vs. Windows Accessibility was Re: Reopen office

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2010-08-09 Thread Rajiv Shah
than a mouseOver. THis is an onMouseOver event. How do folks know that the onMouseOver event is there with VoiceOver? Rajiv Original message >Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2010 21:54:23 +1200 >From: "Simon Fogarty" >Subject: RE: Mac vs. Windows Accessibility was Re: Reopen off

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2010-08-08 Thread Ricardo Walker
aken by google. > > > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Shaw > Sent: Sunday, 8 August 2010 2:06 a.m. > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Mac vs. Windows Accessibility was Re: Re

RE: Mac vs. Windows Accessibility was Re: Reopen office

2010-08-08 Thread Simon Fogarty
m] On Behalf Of Kevin Shaw Sent: Sunday, 8 August 2010 2:06 a.m. To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Mac vs. Windows Accessibility was Re: Reopen office Flash sucks. This is why Apple is pushing HTML 5. It's open, it's less bloated and less proprietary. For using Flash, you ma

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2010-08-08 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
That's right, but it is based on an older version of finereader, and you are not allowed to adjust any settings. Best regards Annie. On Aug 8, 2010, at 12:19 AM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > As a matter of interest, fine reader is also available for the mac, and it is > accessible. > On Aug 7, 2010, at

Re: Mac vs. Windows Accessibility was Re: Reopen office

2010-08-07 Thread Ricardo Walker
Lol, I agree. I rather have 5 unknown buttons to press than, no button at all. On Aug 7, 2010, at 6:25 PM, erik burggraaf wrote: > HI, > > You wrote: > "Most of the time, flash content is not labeled, so even the windows screen > readers will just say button, button, button, etc. And if that'

Re: Mac vs. Windows Accessibility was Re: Reopen office

2010-08-07 Thread Mary Otten
Has something changed such that there is now a full version of fine reader for the Mac? last I knew, it was the express version which isn't as good as the Windows version in terms of features. Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google G

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2010-08-07 Thread erik burggraaf
HI, You wrote: "Most of the time, flash content is not labeled, so even the windows screen readers will just say button, button, button, etc. And if that's all they're going to say, I would rather it not say anything since there's no label." I think that's probably not the most productive atti

Re: Mac vs. Windows Accessibility was Re: Reopen office

2010-08-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
Unless I'm mistaken, voice over does actually support the mouse over thing, it says clickable after reading the item. On Aug 7, 2010, at 9:45 AM, Barry Hadder wrote: > Hi, > > Mouse-over works fine with vo and Safari. the only problem is that vo > doesn't announce that the element is a mouse-o

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2010-08-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
As a matter of interest, fine reader is also available for the mac, and it is accessible. On Aug 7, 2010, at 9:23 AM, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: > Hi. > > I have had my mac for almost a year now, and I love it. > > I have never been good friends with flash, in my opinion flash also gives > some

Re: Mac vs. Windows Accessibility was Re: Reopen office

2010-08-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
A few other comments here, I agree that the drm issue is more of a fault of the DRM itself, not the mac. I too boycott anything with DRM when I can. Most of the time, flash content is not labeled, so even the windows screen readers will just say button, button, button, etc. And if that's all the

Re: Mac vs. Windows Accessibility was Re: Reopen office

2010-08-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hi, as far as the mouse over thing, voice over works fine with this, you will notice that on some elements, voice over says clickable after the item this means you can activate this item as if it's a link. As far as flash goes, blame adobe for this, not voice over, Adobe has been unwilling to ex

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2010-08-07 Thread Barry Hadder
Hi, Mouse-over works fine with vo and Safari. the only problem is that vo doesn't announce that the element is a mouse-over. If we want to be intellectually honest, flash support on the Windows side has always been very limited at best. Flash will soon become obsolete anyhow. I don't use DRM

Re: Mac vs. Windows Accessibility was Re: Reopen office

2010-08-07 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi. I have had my mac for almost a year now, and I love it. I have never been good friends with flash, in my opinion flash also gives some problems on windows. I have a vmware windows xp, that I use when it is absolutely needed. There is only two thing that is not really good for me on the mac

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2010-08-07 Thread Kevin Shaw
Flash sucks. This is why Apple is pushing HTML 5. It's open, it's less bloated and less proprietary. For using Flash, you may still need to run Windows on a Mac and use it with JAWS. Kevin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group.

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2010-08-07 Thread Paul Hunt
Hello. My goal is to switch completely to the mac but over time. The good news is that you don't have to switch completely right away. I use VM Fusion and run Windows 7 and the mac os at the same time. Then I get the best of both worlds. I can gradually learn to use the IWork suite while still gett

Re: Mac vs. Windows Accessibility was Re: Reopen office

2010-08-07 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi, see my comments below. Erik Burggraaf Check out my first ever podcast tutorial, Learn braille using the braille box. Visit http://www.erik-burggraaf.com and click podcasts to read more and subscribe. On 2010-08-07, at 1:48 AM, Rajiv Shah wrote: > . These are: > * DRM streaming: Some DRM vide

Re: mac vs windows

2009-10-19 Thread Maurice Mines
l Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of May McDonald > Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 9:09 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: mac vs windows > > > Hi, I just found echomac and can say it

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2009-10-19 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Does Echo Mac work ok under Snow Leopard? I was aware that it hadn't been updated in quite some time. I'd had it when I was running Leopard, but haven't put it on since installing Snowy. 73 de Dan VA3ETS. On Oct 19, 2009, at 10:09 AM, May McDonald wrote: > > Hi, I just found echomac and

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2009-10-19 Thread Buddy Brannan
t;>> Please let me know how you get along with echomac. >>> >>> I cannot afford a lot of radio equipment at the moment so internet >>> linking is my ham radio focus. >>> >>> -Original Message- >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >

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2009-10-19 Thread May McDonald
king is my ham radio focus. >> >> -Original Message- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of May McDonald >> Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 9:09 AM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re:

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2009-10-19 Thread Buddy Brannan
> linking is my ham radio focus. > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of May McDonald > Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 9:09 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: mac vs windows >

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2009-10-19 Thread May McDonald
oment so internet > linking is my ham radio focus. > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > ] On Behalf Of May McDonald > Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 9:09 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >

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2009-10-19 Thread John W. Carty
, October 19, 2009 9:09 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: mac vs windows Hi, I just found echomac and can say it does work and it's set up very differently from echolink. There's probably a way to change it so it looks like echolink but since I just got it y

Re: mac vs windows

2009-10-19 Thread May McDonald
Hi, I just found echomac and can say it does work and it's set up very differently from echolink. There's probably a way to change it so it looks like echolink but since I just got it yesterday I haven't had a chance to play around and figure out much yet. May, VA7MAI On 19-Oct-09, at 6:30

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2009-10-19 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hello John, I cannot answer the questions you have regarding EchoMac, but I can try to answer the question concerning scripting abilities. One thing that is very different from Windows to the Mac, is the Windows applications are usually heavily dependent on individual scripting for the scre