Re: introduction/noob questions(longish)

2009-07-19 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Anowk, On Jul 19, 2009, at 10:37 PM, a radix wrote: > I am not doubting that readiris is very reliable and I indeed wont use > it on the mac. I just wonder if it is as good (and then i mean with > text > recognition( as omnipage 16 pro for the pc. I can't answer this as I've never used a

Re: introduction/noob questions(longish)

2009-07-19 Thread a radix
To: Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 5:41 PM Subject: Re: introduction/noob questions(longish) > > Hello Anowk, > > Readiris is a very reliable OCR application. It is cheaper than > Omnipage and is updated regularly. As I said earlier, Omnipage for the > Mac hasn't been updat

Re: introduction/noob questions(longish)

2009-07-19 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Anowk, Readiris is a very reliable OCR application. It is cheaper than Omnipage and is updated regularly. As I said earlier, Omnipage for the Mac hasn't been updated in years and it is likely that it won't work at all with Snow Leopard. Cheers, Anne --~--~-~--~~---

Re: introduction/noob questions(longish)

2009-07-18 Thread a radix
ubject: Re: introduction/noob questions(longish) > > Hello Anowk, > > Omnipage is virtually obsolete for the Mac. It hasn't been updated for > around 8 years! Readiris does an excellent job. It handles page > orientation and can automatically open the processed document in >

Re: introduction/noob questions(longish)

2009-07-18 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Anowk, Omnipage is virtually obsolete for the Mac. It hasn't been updated for around 8 years! Readiris does an excellent job. It handles page orientation and can automatically open the processed document in whatever text editor you like. I use VueScan with Readiris as VueScan produc

Re: introduction/noob questions(longish)

2009-07-17 Thread a radix
over reinstall. Even if this wont be possible it would still be nice of course! Greetings, Anouk, - Original Message - From: Alex Jurgensen To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 1:46 AM Subject: Re: introduction/noob questions(longish) Hi

Re: introduction/noob questions(longish)

2009-07-17 Thread Alex Jurgensen
ups.com > Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 7:04 PM > Subject: Re: introduction/noob questions(longish) > > Thanks for all the information, folks, it really helps. I already > found out omnipage will work on the mac which is GREAT since I use > it to scan my books for school (i need a

Re: introduction/noob questions(longish)

2009-07-17 Thread a radix
9:59 PM Subject: Re: introduction/noob questions(longish) Hi Anouk, I have used Omnipage on Mac OS X and although I could get around it with some help from a friend on this lsit, it was not really VO friendly. Also, I do not think it has been updated recently. Take care J

Re: introduction/noob questions(longish)

2009-07-17 Thread James & Nash
@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 7:04 PM Subject: Re: introduction/noob questions(longish) Thanks for all the information, folks, it really helps. I already found out omnipage will work on the mac which is GREAT since I use it to scan my books for school (i need a high quality

Re: introduction/noob questions(longish)

2009-07-17 Thread a radix
@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 5:00 PM Subject: Re: introduction/noob questions(longish) To clarify on a couple of your questions: 2. Networking stuff is pretty standardized now days so your Mac will play well on most any wireless or wired network. 3. Some printers and

Re: introduction/noob questions(longish)

2009-07-17 Thread Chris Blouch
To clarify on a couple of your questions: 2. Networking stuff is pretty standardized now days so your Mac will play well on most any wireless or wired network. 3. Some printers and scanners are well supported and some are not. Depends on the model. 4. Yes, Voiceover can be activated after boot

Some iPhone information sources and podcasts [was Re: introduction/noob questions(longish)]

2009-07-16 Thread Esther
In addition to Scott's suggestions, for the specific question of an accessible iPhone guide, try going to: http://help.apple.com/iphone/voiceover/ For a review of the iPhone 3GS with VoiceOver, check out lioncourt.com: http://www.lioncourt.com/the-accessible-iphone-3gs/ They also keep a link

Re: introduction/noob questions(longish)

2009-07-16 Thread Scott Howell
You can find more information from the sources Alex recommended and especially podcasts discussing the iPhone. You can easily reinstall Leopard and soon to be released Snow Leopard. In fact it is easier than Linux or windows for that matter. I have reinstalled on many occasions Mac OS X st

Re: introduction/noob questions(longish)

2009-07-16 Thread Scott Howell
Alex, changing the drive is not any more difficult, other than you have to remove the bottom of the case and it just requires a small philips screwdriver. On Jul 16, 2009, at 8:05 PM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > HI, > > I am answering your questions inline just below where they apear: > > > On 16-

Re: introduction/noob questions(longish)

2009-07-16 Thread kaare dehard
Hi there, I have made some well, nasty beginner user errors with permissions and such, and I can speak to reinstallation of os from personal if embarrassing first hand experience. As soon as I heard the dvd drive stop, I pressed cmd-f5 and had a working vo running with no need what soever t

Re: introduction/noob questions(longish)

2009-07-16 Thread a radix
Hi Alex, Thanks for all the info, sorry for the poor formatting on m first message but I accidentally sentit via my other email address and just copied/pasted it into a new message. No, i was not referring to replacing the hard drive as such but the reinstallation of mac os x (I would never put

Re: introduction/noob questions(longish)

2009-07-16 Thread Alex Jurgensen
HI, I am answering your questions inline just below where they apear: On 16-Jul-09, at 4:32 PM, a radix wrote: > Hello, I am very new to apple in general (although I did use an ipod > shuffle and a rockboxed 5.5g imod i nthe past). I am a 24-year old > blind law student from the Netherlands

introduction/noob questions(longish)

2009-07-16 Thread a radix
Hello, I am very new to apple in general (although I did use an ipod shuffle and a rockboxed 5.5g imod i nthe past). I am a 24-year old blind law student from the Netherlands and have been using computers from a very young age mostly with dos, windows and sometimes ubuntu. Recently I became inte