Re: Raspberry Reader set to launch after the summer

2009-03-26 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, It will be able to handle PDFs hopefully, and also documents directly off flatbed and document feeding scanners. As for an engine it uses Multi-Scan processing capabilities. Thanks, Alex, On 25-Mar-09, at 9:31 AM, Ryan Mann wrote: > > I have a few questions about your scanning softwar

Re: Raspberry Reader set to launch after the summer

2009-03-26 Thread John J Herzog
Hi Alex, Will raspberry reader have drivers from the twain sane project incorporated into it? For those that don't know, twain sane is an effort to get most compatible twain scanners working on mac, even if there is no official driver. It sounds cool, but I have no clue how to compile thi

firefox

2009-03-26 Thread Wendy
hi, just a quickie, I've been using firefox on my windows computer, will this work on the mac please? Thanks. >From Wendy. Member of www.tafn.org.uk --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries

VO not reading when composing in Mail

2009-03-26 Thread E.J. Zufelt
Good morning, I believe that this may have been mentioned before on this list, but was not verified or resolved. I am using OS X 10.5.6 and Safari 4beta. If I am composing a message in Mail there are times that VO will stop reading both what I am typing and what I have already typed. I can

Re: ichat question

2009-03-26 Thread chantel cuddemi
I don't think that worked. On Mar 26, 2009, at 2:09 AM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > > Hi, > > Press enter on the one your want, or rather Return and then Return > again to send it. > > Thanks, > Alex, > > > On 25-Mar-09, at 8:33 PM, chantel cuddemi wrote: > >> >> Hi, all, >> I have an ichat question.

Re: VO not reading when composing in Mail

2009-03-26 Thread Cara Quinn
-Morning Everett! Yes, this apparently has something to do with the version of the html rendering engine used in the new Safari 4 beta. I've been able to restore the proper behavior by tabbing out of, and then back into the message body while editing / reading / composing a message.

New Mac man in town!

2009-03-26 Thread Tom K
Hi all, I just bought a Mac mini used with a 2.0 processor, 2 gig of ddr3 ram, its running Lepard, and much more. I'm waiting for it to get here so I can have fun trying to learn how to use it. Lets hope I can do it without losing all my hair! "Big Grin!" Tom K. --~--~-~--~~-

Re: New Mac man in town!

2009-03-26 Thread chantel cuddemi
Welcome to the world of the mac. If you ever need help feel free to ask us. Chantel. On Mar 26, 2009, at 11:03 AM, Tom K wrote: > > Hi all, I just bought a Mac mini used with a 2.0 processor, 2 gig of > ddr3 > ram, its running Lepard, and much more. I'm waiting for it to get > here so I >

Re: New Mac man in town!

2009-03-26 Thread Cara Quinn
Hey Tom; Welcome to the list! I'll be including this info in the list welcome message very soon, but for now, here is our latest revision of MacVisionaries etiquette, so to speak. If anything doesn't make sense or you just have any questions at all regarding list policy and such

Re: New Mac man in town!

2009-03-26 Thread Chris Blouch
Might I suggest broadening the topic to include iPod/iPhone/Apple related stuff as well? Someday I hope we'll have lots to talk about related to the iPhone but in the meantime the iPod is a common topic on the list although not exactly VO related. CB Cara Quinn wrote: >Hey Tom; Welcome to

Re: VO not reading when composing in Mail

2009-03-26 Thread Søren Jensen
Hi. If you press shift tab to go out of the text field and then tab again to enter the text field it should work. I hope Apple will fix this soon. Best regards Søren Jensen Mail & MSN: s...@coolfortheblind.dk Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ On 26/03/2009, at 15.42, E.J. Zufelt wrote:

Re: firefox

2009-03-26 Thread Dan Eickmeier
No, firefox is unfortunately not accessible at this current time . Hopefully, developers are working to make it accessible. A friend of mine that attended the CSUN conference this year, and who is on this list as well, I believe spoke with somebody involved with the development of firefo

Re: extracting audio from .avi files?

2009-03-26 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Yeah, AHP isawesome! . I love it. On Mar 25, 2009, at 11:15 AM, Jessi Rathwell wrote: Alex, thanks. I've heard so much about audio hijack pro and have never checked it out yet. maybe I'll grab a demo and do this. that seems like the easiest way to do it! and thanks for the belated BDay wishes,

Re: New Mac man in town!

2009-03-26 Thread Jessi Rathwell
hey Tom, welcome to the group!! it's good to see you here, another GDB lounge member!! :) I hope you enjoy your mac!!! I'm sure you will, I've been enjoying mine for the past year!!! feel free to ask if you have any questions, but I'm sure it won't be hard for you to learn the basics and you

Re: New Mac man in town!

2009-03-26 Thread Cara Quinn
Chris and others. As I mention already in the below list, it's fine to discuss 'any Apple product' -I'm sorry you may have missed that. Is there a way I can better explain this so it will make sense to you?… Also, to the list, just as one last reminder here, I would really suggest

Re: Restoring with Time Machine

2009-03-26 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Yeah I tried things like that as well, but it was a time consuming experience, and i hope, that Apple can improve on it to make it a lot easier then it currently is. . On Mar 24, 2009, at 3:29 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: Hmmm. I had never actually tried to do a restore. So if I go into time m

Iwork and document formatting question

2009-03-26 Thread John J Herzog
Hi listers, I have a question about Iwork 2009. How can you apply certain formatting attributes to text that do not have a keyboard shortcut? Take double spacing for example. I can highlight any text I want with voiceover, but double spacing does not have a specific keyboard shortcut. Furt

Re: xcode issue

2009-03-26 Thread Michael Babcock
hi; where do i get the newest version from? mike On Mar 25, 2009, at 10:37 PM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > > Hi, > > Get the newest version. Sometimes the project iteself is borken. > > Thanks, > Alex, > > > On 25-Mar-09, at 4:24 PM, Michael Babcock wrote: > >> >> hi mac users; >> have any of you se

Re: xcode issue

2009-03-26 Thread Cara Quinn
Hi Michael, you can get the latest version of XCode and XCode tools (one disc image) from the downloads section of: http://developer.apple.com YOu'll need an account, which is free. Smiles, Cara :) --- View my Online Portfolio at: http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn On Mar 26, 200

Re: VO not reading when composing in Mail

2009-03-26 Thread Esther
Hi Everett, As Cara mentioned, I believe the consensus was that the mail problems are related to the Safari 4 beta, and users have either dealt with this by uninstalling this app (and presumably going back to using the recent WebKit nightly builds to take advantage of the fixes that went

Re: iniciate links menu causes VO to crash

2009-03-26 Thread Chris Blouch
I'm on 10.5 with the non-beta Safari and the link chooser list came up fine for me. It did take a bit to get around. Probably because the page is 890K, which is rather huge. CB Dan Eickmeier wrote: > I'm using the Safari 4 beta, and it worked fine here. > Although the weird thing was, VO said

Re: firefox

2009-03-26 Thread Wendy Mitchell
ok, well, guess what, I've got my mail set up on here now so this is my first ever message written on my mac. Next job how do I change this so that it doesn't read everycharacter I write. I have it set to none on my windows computer. Just about to send my my first mail message now. On 2

Re: firefox

2009-03-26 Thread Maxwell Ivey Jr.
Hey Wendy; Congrats. You just completed one of the ones that gave me the most trouble. lol Go into your vo settings and change it from character to word. Welcome to list, Max On Mar 26, 2009, at 3:16 PM, Wendy Mitchell wrote: > > ok, well, guess what, I've got my mail set up on here now s

Re: firefox

2009-03-26 Thread chantel cuddemi
If you press control option v, you will adjust your characters temporarily. If you arrow down, you will hear it say words, character and words, and nothing. Select nothing, and then, press enter. Voice over will say, "Stop adjusting typing echo. If you want to make this a permanent change, s

Problem Purchasing Infovox IVox (please help asap)

2009-03-26 Thread Tiffany D
Today, I went into the Infovox IVox program and saw that my trial has expired. It's still speaking so I'm not sure if, when I restart my computer, it will stop working or what. Anyway, I went to the Assistiveware.com online store to purchase it and when I went to the page for the program it only

Tables in Pages

2009-03-26 Thread Tom Frank
I like the accessibility of Pages, that is, until I inserted a table. It seems to be totally unreadable by VO. Am I correct? Tom Frank --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To pos

Re: Problem Purchasing Infovox IVox (please help asap)

2009-03-26 Thread Simon Cavendish
Tiffanitsa, I have today purchased the Greek voice but I had to do so using Windows and Mozilla. I have already spoken on this list about the difficulties buying from assistiveware website using voicoever. It baffles me that it continues to be the case. If you still have Windows on your m

Re: Raspberry Reader set to launch after the summer

2009-03-26 Thread Alex Jurgensen
HI, MOST POSSIBLY. THATNKS FOR THE TIP. THERE IS AN OFFICIAL BINARY AND PORT FOR THE MAC OF TWAIN SAIN. THANKS, ALEX, THANKS, ALEX, On 26-Mar-09, at 1:35 AM, John J Herzog wrote: > > Hi Alex, > Will raspberry reader have drivers from the twain sane project > incorporated into it? For those

OCR software and recommended scanners

2009-03-26 Thread Kamal Haffar
Hi all: What is the most accessible OCR software for Macs? Thanks Kamal --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

Re: Tables in Pages

2009-03-26 Thread Justin Harford
That would be treu. Though it is not a matter of tables in pages, but a matter of tables in wordprocessors in general with VO. I had emailed developers about this before. J "Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia." Charles Schultz, creator

Re: Tables in Pages

2009-03-26 Thread E.J. Zufelt
Yes, this one of the few reasons that I cannot switch over to te Mac for all of my day to day computer uses. The lack of good support for tables in word processors and the lack of support for the Firefox web- browser. I really cannot understand how Apple can get away with not supporting t

Re: Tables in Pages

2009-03-26 Thread Justin Harford
Said it before and I'll say it again. I have produced the best looking documens on my mac. My work looks far better than it would have if I had stuck with windows, but this has been done with LaTeX. Tables have tended, for this reason, not to be a problem for me. J "Don't worry about th

Re: Tables in Pages

2009-03-26 Thread E.J. Zufelt
Good evening Justin, Can you point us to a resource that may be a good tutorial / starting loint for latex? Thanks, Everett On 27-Mar-09, at 1:16 AM, Justin Harford wrote: > > Said it before and I'll say it again. I have produced the best > looking documens on my mac. My work looks far be