ITunes 8.2.0 problem.

2009-06-06 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, All, I downloaded and tested the version of iTunes numbered 8.2.0 and found that the same bug that existed in 8.1 is presant. Tabbing does not work to tab between elements as expected. Regards, Alex, --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message becau

Re: ITunes 8.2.0 problem.

2009-06-06 Thread Esther
Hi Alex, Did you toggle VoiceOver off and on after you downloaded iTunes 8.2.0? If not, could you try this first and check whether tabbing works? Cheers, Esther On Jun 5, 2009, at 23:05 , Alex Jurgensen wrote: > > Hi, > All, > > I downloaded and tested the version of iTunes numbered 8.2.

Re: ITunes 8.2.0 problem.

2009-06-06 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, Tabbing sort of works, ... but It will only see The sources table and the Search Text Field. Regards, Alex, On 6-Jun-09, at 3:09 AM, Esther wrote: > > Hi Alex, > > Did you toggle VoiceOver off and on after you downloaded iTunes > 8.2.0? If not, could you try this first and check whethe

Rare Apple Synth

2009-06-06 Thread Tiffany D
So I was looking for used replacement synths for my Echo and Echo PC (preferably Doubletalk and Doubletalk LT) and found something very interesting. I've never heard of this. Can anyone help? I'm seriously tempted to buy it. Is it compatible with Textalker? This thing has got to be rare and I

Re: Purchasing individual songs on iTunes

2009-06-06 Thread Chris Gilland
Did you remember that you first have to interact with that songs table? tab over to it, or vo right arrow to it, then do your vo shift down arrow to interact. then down arrow to the song you wanna buy, and try your vo shift m. Chris. - Original Message - From: "Robert Carter" To:

Re: Two questions of little significance

2009-06-06 Thread Chris Gilland
Hmm, vo+A is the say all command. I would think it would be better to hit vo+L to read current control, or line, wouldn't it? Correct me if I'm wrong. Chris. - Original Message - From: "Brett Campbell" To: Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 1:05 PM Subject: Re: Two questions of little

Re: Group or dom, was Re: Dynamic html and Safari in group mode

2009-06-06 Thread Ignasi Cambra
I think most people who come from Windows screen readers, including myself, use DOM navigation because it's basically the same one that you would use with JFW or Window Eyes. I do like Group navigation, except sometimes it just didn't work for me on certain websites so I definitely switche

Re: itunes again

2009-06-06 Thread Chris Gilland
Can you then not uncheck the box under advanced in the preferences so that it won't organize automatically? If you hate it, bottom line, don't use it! My apologies for being so blunt, but the sollution seems somewhat obvious. Chris. - Original Message - From: "william lomas" To: Sen

Re: iTunes again

2009-06-06 Thread Kerry Painter
Will. You need to ensure that sort by disc is enabled. Right now it sounds like it's sorting by track number. It could also be that the discs aren't labeled up and need to be re-labeled. IF you need any help with this email me off list if you like. Kerry Probably the best kept financial se

Xcode

2009-06-06 Thread Ignasi Cambra
Hello all, Is XCode compatible with VO? Thanks! Ignasi --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 To unsubscribe from

Re: mail question

2009-06-06 Thread Ignasi Cambra
No. Here's what you need to do. From the accounts part of the mail prefs, select the "account information" tab. In there just VO right arrow until you hear "outgoing mail server popup button". Activate the popup button and select "edit server list". Press VO space and you will get to the li

Re: Group or dom, was Re: Dynamic html and Safari in group mode

2009-06-06 Thread Josh de Lioncourt
I don't think this is necessarily true. Most VoiceOver Mac users these days came from Windows, because for several years there was no screen reader for Mac OS X. I used Mac with outSpoken in the 90's, but had been a Windows user for a decade when I made the leap to OS X. I dislike DOM mode

Re: Xcode

2009-06-06 Thread Josh de Lioncourt
The XCode app is excellent with VoiceOver. The problem arises if you want to use Interface Builder to build user interfaces for your app. You can do this in code instead, which is painful but doable. I use XCode daily, and overall, I love it. Josh de Lioncourt …my other mail provid

Re: Rare Apple Synth

2009-06-06 Thread Josh de Lioncourt
Wow… With as into Apple 2's as I was in the 80's and 90's, I can't believe I've never heard of this. If you get it working, please record some samples for us. I have an old II GS that still works. It's fun to dust off and use now and then. Josh de Lioncourt …my other mail provider

Re: Rare Apple Synth

2009-06-06 Thread Tiffany D
Guess the seller didn't really look into it much. Here's what I found from http://stason.org/TULARC/pc/apple2/faq/19-029-Does-anyone-know-what-a-Supertalker-card-is-used-fo.html by doing a simple apple ii supertalker search on Google. "According to the MCI Supertalker manual, the card plugs into

Re: Group or dom, was Re: Dynamic html and Safari in group mode

2009-06-06 Thread Scott Howell
Josh, very well stated and I do find groups mode to be my preference, but I can see where some would like the dom mode. I want an experience as close to what my sighted counterparts get, so I can navigate more easily to what they are wanting to show me. I found groups mode to allow this mor

Re: Group or dom, was Re: Dynamic html and Safari in group mode

2009-06-06 Thread Justin Harford
Have you forgotten about outspoken? On Jun 6, 2009, at 8:39 AM, Josh de Lioncourt wrote: > > I don't think this is necessarily true. Most VoiceOver Mac users > these days came from Windows, because for several years there was no > screen reader for Mac OS X. > > I used Mac with outSpoken in th

Re: ITunes 8.2.0 problem.

2009-06-06 Thread chantel cuddemi
Is there any way you can report that to Apple? On Jun 6, 2009, at 5:05 AM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > > Hi, > All, > > I downloaded and tested the version of iTunes numbered 8.2.0 and found > that the same bug that existed in 8.1 is presant. Tabbing does not > work to tab between elements as expecte

Re: Rare Apple Synth

2009-06-06 Thread Scott Howell
Hey this reminds me. WOuld anyone out there who has experiences and possibly some stuff they could demo from the Apple II days or even the days of using OutSpoken on different Mac machines? If so, would you consider being interviewed for a podcast? I'd like to facilitate such an arrangement

Re: ITunes 8.2.0 problem.

2009-06-06 Thread Scott Howell
That's funny, I noticed it once, but the problem has not reoccurred since. I don't recall if I took any particular steps, but I do recall toggling VO off/on and didn't think it helped at first. However, the problem has completely gone away and iTunes is working as it should. Try logging ou

Re: Purchasing individual songs on iTunes

2009-06-06 Thread Scott Howell
Funny, there was a shortcut key I believe it was command+shift+b that you could use as well, but that seems to bring up a dialog box for sending files via bluetooth. Do I have this keystroke wrong? On Jun 3, 2009, at 1:58 AM, Chris Gilland wrote: > > Did you remember that you first have to in

Re: Rare Apple Synth

2009-06-06 Thread ben mustill-rose
Still sounds dreadfully vague even having red the stuff that you've found on google. The first page seems to conflict the second one; i'd stay away if I were you. On 06/06/2009, Scott Howell wrote: > Hey this reminds me. WOuld anyone out there who has experiences and > possibly some stuff they c

Re: Rare Apple Synth

2009-06-06 Thread Tiffany D
Well, I wouldn't mind demonstrating my stuff once I learned how to use it, especially my newly acquired Supertalker! Yay! On 06/06/2009, Scott Howell wrote: > Hey this reminds me. WOuld anyone out there who has experiences and > possibly some stuff they could demo from the Apple II days or even

Re: Rare Apple Synth

2009-06-06 Thread Tiffany D
Who knows? Maybe, they were two different things. But if worse comes to worst, I can record with it, assuming I could find an apple-compatible microphone. For $17, I'm not gonna cry. Vintage tech is vintage tech. On 06/06/2009, Tiffany D wrote: > Well, I wouldn't mind demonstrating my stuff

Re: Purchasing individual songs on iTunes

2009-06-06 Thread Esther
Hi Scott, This is weird. Yes, there was a shortcut key: Command-Shift-B to buy music, and it did work for iTunes. We posted about it less than a month ago, and the original post from Chris Blouch was back in October. Now when I use Command-Shift-B in iTunes I hear "Send file to Bluetoot

Subscribing to this list?

2009-06-06 Thread Michael Kuhlmann
Hi all, sorry, if this should be a stupid question, but a friend of mine heard about this list and wants to subscribe. After the new url for this list at googlegroups I can't find a direct homepage. www.macvisionaries.com leads me to the general homepage of googlegroups, where I can only find

Re: Rare Apple Synth

2009-06-06 Thread Mark Baxter
I used Apple II computers in high school and college, and used OutSpoken on Mad OS5 and Os6 both in professional and home capacities. And I love the sound of my own voice--sure; interview me. :) Mark BurningHawk Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com My ho

Re: Group or dom, was Re: Dynamic html and Safari in group mode

2009-06-06 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi Josh, i totally agree with what you say, and it's mostly because of that that i like groups mode more than dom. I must ask a question however, have you had the problem with dynamic html that i have and how do you work around it? Is it the link chooser or what's the best bet? /Krister

Re: Group or dom, was Re: Dynamic html and Safari in group mode

2009-06-06 Thread Josh de Lioncourt
Justin, I even mention outSpoken in my message you are replying too, so I have no clue what you're getting at. :) *Most* are coming from Windows, because for 5 years or so, there was no screen reader for OS X. I think that's a very fair statement. :) Josh de Lioncourt …my other mail

Re: Group or dom, was Re: Dynamic html and Safari in group mode

2009-06-06 Thread Josh de Lioncourt
Hi Krister, Can't say I've had much trouble with Groups mode and dynamic HTML. I am using Safari 4 public beta. If you're running Safari 3, it might be worth checking out Safari 4. Occasionally, content doesn't refresh immediately, but moving around for a second or cycling VO off and on al

Re: News reader using Unison

2009-06-06 Thread Jude DaShiell
The alpine package is the open source version of pine and is available from http://www.uwashington.edu/ for download in source and binaries. The alpine package does handle usenet newsgroups and as far as I know, doesn't really complain about downloading binaries. Also, you can tell alpine to

Re: Rare Apple Synth

2009-06-06 Thread Josh de Lioncourt
I'd be happy to reminisce about the old Apple 2 and early outSpoken days. :) My II GS is in storage, so can't do any demos for a few months, but would be happy to talk about it. I loved those machines. I used the Apple 2E, 2C, 2C+, and 2GS. Josh de Lioncourt …my other mail provider

Re: Group or dom, was Re: Dynamic html and Safari in group mode

2009-06-06 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hmm, i am using the Safari public beta and i have noticed the non refreshing behaviour, trouble is, if i leave the link i'm hovering over, the menu of links that drop down when you hover over the links will disappear. I know this should be workable, but i can't work this out so any tips wo

Re: ITunes 8.2.0 problem.

2009-06-06 Thread Randy Stegall
Tabbing works fine here. I am running iTunes Version 8.2 without any problems as of yet. Randy On Jun 6, 2009, at 8:03 AM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > > Hi, > > Tabbing sort of works, ... but It will only see The sources table and > the Search Text Field. > > Regards, > Alex, > > > On 6-Jun-09, a

Pages and VoiceOver

2009-06-06 Thread Gary W. Kelly
Hi, When I bought my iMac this past December, I bought iWorks .08 with it. I soon found it was not accessible, and that it was replaced by iWorks .09. I bought that, and I have been trying to learn to use it. being new to VoiceOver and the Mac, I did not find this to be easy. The help sections

Re: Home Theater +Mac...

2009-06-06 Thread Jude DaShiell
apple hot news rss feed had an article on this subject. You'll find it by searching for mac mini though because people have discovered they can hook their hdtv's up to mac mini's and do some other things and get their home theater's up and running with better picture quality than is normally

Golden Apples

2009-06-06 Thread Gary W. Kelly
Hi, Some of us were around even before the Echo and Cricket. My first Apple was an Apple II-I--from 1977, and I was already out of undergrad school and working before Apple began. Anyone remember the Vocoder, or early Votrax? Yes, I do remember Mountain Hardware, and owned one of their p

Re: Rare Apple Synth

2009-06-06 Thread Tiffany D
This is truly fascinating and thanks for sharing. As it is, I'm trying to learn Quickbasic and am looking for 4.5 so I can load it onto my Keynote Gold running Dos 6.22. I was born in 1983 and went blind at two-months-old. In elementary school, I remember they had an Apple IIE (probaly e+), an A

Re: Rare Apple Synth

2009-06-06 Thread arthur gindin
Greg Kearney is helping me hook up a Braille blazer. check his recent previous emails. it start with a USB to null modem to parallel plug. cablestogo.com has null modems among other cables and voice and email support art Tiffany D wrote: > This is truly fascinating and thanks for sharing.

Re: Purchasing individual songs on iTunes

2009-06-06 Thread Scott Howell
Yeah, this doens't make sense and I think it's a bug of sorts. On Jun 6, 2009, at 1:52 PM, Esther wrote: > > Hi Scott, > > This is weird. Yes, there was a shortcut key: Command-Shift-B to buy > music, and it did work for iTunes. We posted about it less than a > month ago, and the original post

Re: ITunes 8.2.0 problem.

2009-06-06 Thread Alex Jurgensen
HI, My bad. It is the Mac version. It seems to have resolved itself or at least is a bug that is hard to reproduce. Regards, Alex, On 6-Jun-09, at 12:21 PM, Accessibility wrote: > Hi Alex: > > Could you remind me if you're referring to the Windows or Mac version? > > > On Jun 6, 2009, at 2:

Re: Purchasing individual songs on iTunes

2009-06-06 Thread Scott Howell
Esther, even turning VO off and performing the same keystroke and turning VO back on still results in the bluetooth file transfer app. I also checked and found no additional window open. SOmething is incredibly strange here if your results are different. I seriously doubt it has anything t

Re: Rare Apple Synth

2009-06-06 Thread Tiffany D
Why would I need to use a modem? Couldn't I just instruct JAWS to use lpt1 and use a straight parallel connector? Hmm. On 06/06/2009, arthur gindin wrote: > > Greg Kearney is helping me hook up a Braille blazer. check his recent > previous emails. it start with a USB to null modem to paralle

Re: Rare Apple Synth

2009-06-06 Thread Scott Howell
Mark, I'll add you to the list of folks. Do you have anything you could demo? I'm just exploring this to see what sources are available before I approach the gents and see if there is any interest. tnx, On Jun 6, 2009, at 2:17 PM, Mark Baxter wrote: > > I used Apple II computers in high sch

Re: mail question

2009-06-06 Thread gene
Hi ok well I got to the smtp server pop up menu activated it and got to the edit servers in that menu and the only thing I found is the use ssl authentification but it's unchecked and I am not able to find anything else in there. - Original Message - From: Ignasi Cambra To: macvi

Re: Rare Apple Synth

2009-06-06 Thread Scott Howell
Cool, let me add you to the list and thanks for the offer. On Jun 6, 2009, at 2:32 PM, Josh de Lioncourt wrote: > > I'd be happy to reminisce about the old Apple 2 and early outSpoken > days. :) My II GS is in storage, so can't do any demos for a few > months, but would be happy to talk about

Re: News reader using Unison

2009-06-06 Thread Scott Howell
Yeah, I'm still waiting for them to add html support for news groups. I know this isn't a really big priority, but I am a little surprised at that as well. Seems folks would like html messages in their news groups. :) On Jun 6, 2009, at 2:31 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > The alpine package i

Re: Pages and VoiceOver

2009-06-06 Thread Scott Howell
Thank you for sharing this and yes, please continue to send notes to accessibil...@apple.com . They may not respond real quickly or at all, but they do read the mail and they do their best to get resolution or send along our suggestions. On Jun 6, 2009, at 3:08 PM, Gary W. Kelly wrote: > >

Macbook Pro with iPod Nano verses iPod Shuffle 3G

2009-06-06 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, All, A fantastic friend of mine is looking into buying an iPod. I was wondering which would do better in the long-run, an iPod Nano 4G or an iPod Shuffle 3G. they want to have several playlists and so forth. Their audiobooks are bookmarked too by the way. As far as cost, ... Which is a

Re: Golden Apples

2009-06-06 Thread Scott Howell
WOw, great info and thanks. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

Re: Purchasing individual songs on iTunes

2009-06-06 Thread Esther
Scott, This system doesn't have the iTunes 8.2 upgrade yet, so I was reporting based on iTunes 8.1.1. I know that Command-Shift-B worked a few weeks ago. My guess is that they've transitioned to the a bluetooth shortcut as part of the move to iTunes 8.2 (and maybe for support of the new

Re: Macbook Pro with iPod Nano verses iPod Shuffle 3G

2009-06-06 Thread Scott Howell
Nano 4G, which costs more, but hey you get more space for one thing. If cost is really a big factor, then the Shuffle (newest model) will do just fine. On Jun 6, 2009, at 6:46 PM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > > Hi, > All, > > A fantastic friend of mine is looking into buying an iPod. I was > wonde

Re: Purchasing individual songs on iTunes

2009-06-06 Thread Scott Howell
Hey Esther, then that explains some things since I was previously on iTunes 8.1.1 and let me tell you 8.2, that keystroke is gone. On Jun 6, 2009, at 7:07 PM, Esther wrote: > > Scott, > > This system doesn't have the iTunes 8.2 upgrade yet, so I was > reporting based on iTunes 8.1.1. I know th

Re: Rare Apple Synth

2009-06-06 Thread Mark Baxter
Sorry; other than the Macbook Pro I have now and a laptop running ... that other platform... *spits over shoulder* I don't have any of the older stuff; sorry. I do have a wonderful personality and a knack for telling an enthralling story, though... :) Mark BurningHawk Skype and Twitter:

Re: Got a new mac mini but have some questions.

2009-06-06 Thread Michael Reiser
Hi, You will not need sighted help for configuring the keyboard. Just press enter when you start it up and when you hear the intro start vo. It will tell you what keys to push. Mike On Jun 4, 2009, at 8:38 AM, matthew dyer wrote: > > Mike, > > Thanks for the keyboard answer. will I need

Re: Got a new mac mini but have some questions.

2009-06-06 Thread Michael Reiser
The power button is on the top right hand corner. It's a little small so it'll take a minute to feel it but once you feel it it's easy to spot. Mike On Jun 5, 2009, at 8:57 AM, matthew dyer wrote: > > Hey thamks now I just need to figure out how to power it up. > > On 6/4/09, chantel cuddem

a suggestion for Garry

2009-06-06 Thread Ben King
Dear Mac Friends, I have a suggestion for Gary, he should listen to the Screenlessswitchers podcast 28 which covers Iwork. I listened to it for a second time and it should answer his questions. Have a wonderful evening. Blessings, Ben King --~--~-~--~~~-

Changing Sounds in Adium

2009-06-06 Thread Tiffany D
Well, I got my Mac up and running on the internet again and aside from forgetting how absolutely huge it is compared to my netbook, I've forgotten how to change the sounds in Adium. I went into events but each time I tried to edit an event it was dimmed. Now I feel like an idiot... Thanks for a

Re: Changing Sounds in Adium

2009-06-06 Thread Mark Baxter
In system preferences, under Events, there should be a sounds pop-up button where you can select the sound theme. Mark BurningHawk Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com My home page: http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~

openoffice unresponsive with vo on mac mini

2009-06-06 Thread Michael Reiser
Hello all, I just got my mac mini hooked up yesterday. The connector on my monitor will not fit the mini dvi port on the computer. Also, it will not fit the adaptor that came with the computer. When I launch open office, vo becomes sluggish and takes several seconds to respond to keys.