RNIB streaming service?

2009-08-26 Thread william lomas
Hi all does anyone know if the RNIB plextalk player for the talking book streaming service will be made into a mac compatible program? Will --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisi

pre-orders of snowleopard

2009-08-26 Thread william lomas
hi will customers who pre order snowleopard online get it on the day of shipment on the friday? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send

Cd burning software for the mac

2009-08-26 Thread Scott Rutkowski
Hi all. Does anyone know of any cd burning software for the mac that works well with voiceover? I know there's simply burns but it's not being updated anymore and it's a shame nero don't make a version for the mac. Toast for the mac can be ruled out so what else is left? I recently heard of

Re: SL Question

2009-08-26 Thread Charlie Doremus
You will have to purchase the family pack for $49. You can then install SL on up to five machines. Since you just have two you will still save $11 before taxes On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 3:08 AM, Angel wrote: > > Hi > > I have a quick question I have an iMac and a MBP ifI purchase the $29 > upgrade

Re: Cd burning software for the mac

2009-08-26 Thread James & Nash
Hi, Check out: http://www.opensourcemac.org - Original Message - From: "Scott Rutkowski" To: Cc: Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 9:12 AM Subject: Cd burning software for the mac > > Hi all. > > Does anyone know of any cd burning software for the mac that works > well with voiceove

has anyone tried neooffice with vo?

2009-08-26 Thread a radix
Hello, I am reading through a swithc-to-the-mac kind of site and they recommend neooffice for office applications. I had never heard of this package before and I wondered if anyone has used it and if it is accessible? Greetings, Anouk, --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You rec

Re: has anyone tried neooffice with vo?

2009-08-26 Thread Dane Trethowan
Yep, its actually Open Office and I use it here all the time, some of the ways the programme presents itself take a little getting used to though. I use the Word Processor mainly and I've had a brief look at the Spreadsheet, looks okay. a radix wrote: > Hello, I am reading through a swithc-t

Re: RNIB streaming service?

2009-08-26 Thread Scott Chesworth
I asked about that, hmm maybe 6 months ago now. The answer was a slightly puzzled no, as in they were slightly puzzled why I was using a mac lol. Might be worth a quick phonecall or email to them to show some more mac interest. >From what I've seen, it might also be worth having a tinker with a

Not seeing any of my gmail fioklders in mail.

2009-08-26 Thread matthew dyer
Good morning all, I went and created folders as well as filteras for some of the messages I am getting. The problem is that in mail I do not see them in the mail boxes tabole. If I go to move a message to one of thoughes mail boxes they show up but not in the mailboxes table. Is there anything

firefox

2009-08-26 Thread william lomas
hi all, is an accessible beta version of firefox available for us to try? I hear they are working on an accessible firefox for the vi mac community and surely the more of us try this out and give constructive and well-formed criticisms and suggestions, the better. I think you can get

Re: iphone sdk documentation

2009-08-26 Thread Chris Hofstader
I'm planning on getting into the iPhone SDK in the next week or two. I have an idea for an app which will be free (free as in "freedom" with a lower case f) and carry one of the gPL licenses and, of course, provide the source to anyone who wants it. I might charge a dollar or so on AppSt

Re: Not seeing any of my gmail fioklders in mail.

2009-08-26 Thread John JD Denning
Interesting, I have the reverse. I see folders I didn't create and would rather not have. I just created my gmail account recently. I'm used to IMAP with my mobileme acct and Outlook at work. But Gmail seems to have a mind of it's own. I have two folders that I can see, nothing new shows in

Re: Selecting between multiple cities on the IPhone?

2009-08-26 Thread Thuy
Hey Vic. You need to do a three finger swipe left or right to go through the pages that display each city. Hope this helps? Thuy On 26/08/2009, Victor Tsaran wrote: > > Hello all, > I am sorry for asking this silly question, but I can't figure out how to > switch between multiple cities in the

VO, drag and drop with ITunes.

2009-08-26 Thread Donal Fitzpatrick
Hi all, I have a lot of files I want to add to an ITunes library. Purely for experimental purposes, I tried to use drag-and-drop with VO to do this. However the files don't seem to be coming across. Could anyone think of any reasons why this should be the case? For example, if someone could as

Re: pre-orders of snowleopard

2009-08-26 Thread Chris Blouch
I'm guessing it will ship on Friday. I've got my preorder in with Apple. CB william lomas wrote: > hi will customers who pre order snowleopard online get it on the day > of shipment on the friday? > > > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this mes

Re: VO, drag and drop with ITunes.

2009-08-26 Thread Terrence van Ettinger (AKA Angus MacLaren)
How do you drag and drop period? Thanks, Terrence Twitter: AngusMacLaren Kingdoms Live Code: bgc5a6 On 26/08/2009, at 5:30 AM, "Donal Fitzpatrick" wrote: > > Hi all, > > I have a lot of files I want to add to an ITunes library. Purely for > experimental purposes, I tried to use drag-and-dr

Re: firefox

2009-08-26 Thread James & Nash
Probaly your best bet would be Mozilla or there is another site something about Accessible Firefox I think - Original Message - From: "william lomas" To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by the blind" Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 1:14 PM Subject:

Re: Not seeing any of my gmail fioklders in mail.

2009-08-26 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Are you talking about Gmail mail labels? I assume you are using iMap... When you create the GMail account, there will be a entry in the mailbox table with the account name of the gMail account. When you expand this you will see all your Gmail labels as folders here. You should configure th

preordering SL at $10 price?

2009-08-26 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, Has anyone successfully ordered SL and been able to purchase it at the $10 price for those of us who purchase our Macvs this summer? I have been trying for the past hour, and when I get to the verify order screen, the $29 price still shows up. TIA, Donna --~--~-~--~~--

Re: firefox

2009-08-26 Thread Chris Blouch
I heard this about a year ago and since then all commentary I could find seems to have stopped. The most current info I could find was the osx accessibility bug list from bugzilla which was last updated in March: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=342989 CB william lomas wrote: >

RE: VO, drag and drop with ITunes.

2009-08-26 Thread Donal Fitzpatrick
Hi, I got the info from the following source: http://maccessibility.net/guides/voiceover/drag-and-drop/ Dónal -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Terrence van Ettinger (AKA Angus MacLaren) Sent: 26 August 2009 1

Re: Not seeing any of my gmail fioklders in mail.

2009-08-26 Thread John JD Denning
Yes Jon, IMAP. appreciate your mini tutorial. I'll explore it. In my folder list (Mac Mail) I have the Gmail account, and under that is "Gmail" it has folders under it. But then at the same lever as Gmail I have more folders 2 I created one for this list and one for VIPHONE list. On Aug

Re: pre-orders of snowleopard

2009-08-26 Thread william lomas
if one pays for the courier service on the UK apple store though I wonder if they get priority next day receivement of the product? On 26 Aug 2009, at 15:09, Chris Blouch wrote: > > I'm guessing it will ship on Friday. I've got my preorder in with > Apple. > > CB > > william lomas wrote: >>

Re: preordering SL at $10 price?

2009-08-26 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi Donna, I pre-ordered, but the site wouldn't recognize my serial number for some reason, so I had to print out the order form and do it via snail mail. Seems like the site has some problems. Good luck, Anna --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message b

Re: Cd burning software for the mac

2009-08-26 Thread Chris Blouch
I wonder if burning software vendors haven't been as keen to support the Mac platform because it has so much already built in. Between Disk Utility, iTunes and the Finder's native disk burning there probably aren't a lot of things the average user can't do for free. CB Scott Rutkowski wrote:

Re: switching graphics card, macbook pro

2009-08-26 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
I believe I read about this on Apple Insider yesterday. My memory is that you switch using system preferences, but then need to logout and in in order for the change to take effect. On Aug 25, 2009, at 9:14 PM, ben mustill-rose wrote: > > May I ask why you think it will come with 2 cards? At

Re: Selecting between multiple cities on the IPhone?

2009-08-26 Thread Søren Jensen
Does this widget only works in the US? Best regards: Søren Jensen Mail & MSN: s...@coolfortheblind.dk Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ On 26/08/2009, at 15.10, Thuy wrote: > > Hey Vic. You need to do a three finger swipe left or right to go > through the pages that display each city. > Ho

SL delivery dates.

2009-08-26 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
This question has come up on the list. I got an e-mail from Apple today stating that they would deliver Snow Leopard to my door on Friday with no shipping cost if I order today. Bestregards, Jonathan --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you

my macbook pro is here, problems with internet

2009-08-26 Thread a radix
Hello, my macbook pro arrived this morning via ups I must say its quick, i ordered 8 days ago via bank transfer and a custom configuration. Everything works fine although i get lost in a few dialogs. I cant connect to the internet htough. I use a cable modem and udner windows i can just push in t

Re: pre-orders of snowleopard

2009-08-26 Thread Scott Chesworth
Have you tried calling Apple to ask? They'd probably know. On 8/26/09, william lomas wrote: > > if one pays for the courier service on the UK apple store though I > wonder if they get priority next day receivement of the product? > > On 26 Aug 2009, at 15:09, Chris Blouch wrote: > >> >> I'm gues

cant find certain keys on the macbook pro

2009-08-26 Thread a radix
Hello everyone, i did do voicover key help but i cant find page up, page down home end and delete. Voicover does not name them and I also cant find them on the keyboard. Have they been scrapped? I really need the home and end key to be able to jump in a document or use them to jump to the beginn

Re: has anyone tried neooffice with vo?

2009-08-26 Thread a radix
Hello oh, strange that there are two names for it then, neooffice and openoffice. Greetings, Anouk, - Original Message - From: "Dane Trethowan" To: Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 12:40 PM Subject: Re: has anyone tried neooffice with vo? > > Yep, its actually Open Office and I use i

Re: cant find certain keys on the macbook pro

2009-08-26 Thread Chris Polk
use the function key that is the key on the most bottom left of the keyboard with the arrow keys for example function left is home function right is end function up is page up function down is page down On Aug 26, 2009, at 8:08 AM, a radix wrote: > Hello everyone, i did do voicover key help

Re: pre-orders of snowleopard

2009-08-26 Thread Chris G
Hi, I just called apple and placed my order. It is guaranteed to be there on Friday. Orders need to be placed by 1 pm your local time in the USA to have it on Friday. Chris On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:09:58 -0400 Chris Blouch wrote: > > I'm guessing it will ship on Friday. I've got my preorder

Re: has anyone tried neooffice with vo?

2009-08-26 Thread Ben King
Dear Anouk, Welcome to Apple Land. On the previous podcast of the Mac Review Cast, they spoke about Neooffice. It sounds interesting. I do not know if it is accessible with Voiceover. Good Luck. Have a wonderful day. Blessings, Ben King On Aug 26, 2009, at 3:17 AM, a radix wrote: > Hel

feeling pretty disgusted with Apple at the moment

2009-08-26 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, For the benefit of anyone else who may be trying to get the promised discount on SL ... I've just spent 2 hours online, trying to preorder at the $10 price. I have been unable to get anything but the $29 price. Right on Apple's site, they say you can also purchase via telephone b

voicover speaking when you login

2009-08-26 Thread a radix
Hello, I forgot where I can select this, does anybody know? Thanks, Greetings, Anouk, --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegr

flac files on the mac

2009-08-26 Thread a radix
Hello, while I cannot yet use internet, i can use my braille display and my external hd. All my music files are in flac, is there a program on the mac that can play them or, but rather not, convert them to apple lossless? Thanks, Greetings, Anouk, --~--~-~--~~~---~--~-

Re: feeling pretty disgusted with Apple at the moment

2009-08-26 Thread Dan
Hello, I purchased by phone and I didn't have any problems at all. I've also purchased in the past online and had no problems. On Aug 26, 2009, at 8:11 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Hi all, > > For the benefit of anyone else who may be trying to get the promised > discount on SL ... > > I've jus

Re: VO, drag and drop with ITunes.

2009-08-26 Thread Barry Hadder
To drag and drop, first put the vo cursor on the item you want to drag. You will know if it is high-lited when you here the click sound. That tells you that keyboard focus is tracking vo. Route the mouse to vo with vo-cmd-f5. Lock the mouse with vo-shft-cmd-space. Move vo where you want to d

Re: Not seeing any of my gmail fioklders in mail.

2009-08-26 Thread Esther
Hello John and Matthew, This has been posted to the list before (by Jonathan?), but there is a TidBITS article by the author of the "Take Control of Apple Mail in Leopard" guide that explains the way that Gmail works. It's called "Achieving Email Bliss with IMAP, Gmail, and Apple Mail" and

Re: pre-orders of snowleopard

2009-08-26 Thread Brent Harding
Me too. They say if the order is placed by today, it should be here by Friday. They must be shipping over night or something. How do they do that so people don't get it tomorrow then? - Original Message - From: "Chris Blouch" To: Cc: "General discussions on all topics relating to the

Re: preordering SL at $10 price?

2009-08-26 Thread M AUSTEN
I purchased my iMac on the 14th May and have just paid £25 for the SL upgrade. Thats the cheapest I've seen it in the UKL Mark --- On Wed, 26/8/09, Donna Goodin wrote: From: Donna Goodin Subject: preordering SL at $10 price? To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date: Wednesday, 26 August, 2009,

Re: pre-orders of snowleopard

2009-08-26 Thread Jesse Bollinger
Chris G wrote: > Hi, > I just called apple and placed my order. It is guaranteed to be there on > Friday. > > Orders need to be placed by 1 pm your local time in the USA to have it > on Friday. > Chris > > > > On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:09:58 -0400 > Chris Blouch wrote: > > >> I'm guessing it wil

Re: pre-orders of snowleopard

2009-08-26 Thread william lomas
wonder what about the UK On 26 Aug 2009, at 17:27, Chris G wrote: > > Hi, > I just called apple and placed my order. It is guaranteed to be > there on > Friday. > > Orders need to be placed by 1 pm your local time in the USA to have it > on Friday. > Chris > > > > On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:09:58

Re: firefox

2009-08-26 Thread Moi Lejter
Speaking of voice support for Firefox - there is an extension to Firefox that supports something like VoiceOver. The extension is called FireVox, and it is available here: http://firevox.clcworld.net/ When we took a look at it, the deal breaker for us was that it could not switch voices on the f

Re: SL Question

2009-08-26 Thread Fonzie
i there Angel, how are you doing? Hope all is well for you. In regards to your Snow Leopard Question, here is how the licensing works. Single User This is the default one most people buy if they have one computer they wish to upgrade. This is the one selling for 30 dollars, will upgrade

Snow Leopard and Fusion

2009-08-26 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi, Does anyone know whether upgrading to Snow Leopard will mess up my Windows installation with Fusion? Thanks, Anna --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group

Re: RNIB streaming service?

2009-08-26 Thread Moi Lejter
I don't know if this will work, as this RNIB streaming book service says it is only available within the UK - but I found a DAISY reader application for MacOSX, called Olearia, here: http://www.cucat.org/projects/olearia/ It is still a beta product... Moises --~--~-~--~~---

Re: feeling pretty disgusted with Apple at the moment

2009-08-26 Thread Esther
Hi Donna, Were you trying to make your purchase through the Mac OS X Snow Leopard Up-to-Date page? http://www.apple.com/macosx/uptodate/ If you use that page (or just Google on Snow Leopard uptodate or Snow Leopard update) you should be able to fill in the information on line. You need to

Re: flac files on the mac

2009-08-26 Thread Dane Trethowan
VLC plays them fine! On 27/08/2009, at 1:30 AM, a radix wrote: > Hello, while I cannot yet use internet, i can use my braille display > and my external hd. All my music files are in flac, is there a > program on the mac that can play them or, but rather not, convert > them to apple lossles

Re: pre-orders of snowleopard

2009-08-26 Thread Chris G
No idea. On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:04:17 +0100 william lomas wrote: > > wonder what about the UK > > On 26 Aug 2009, at 17:27, Chris G wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > I just called apple and placed my order. It is guaranteed to be > > there on > > Friday. > > > > Orders need to be placed by 1 pm

Re: feeling pretty disgusted with Apple at the moment

2009-08-26 Thread Chris G
Hi, I had the exact opposite when I called. the Rep was friendly and I asked if I were to order SL would I get it by Friday, she said yes if you order by 1 PM my local time. I said now is good. She also asked me when I purchased my Mac. I told her June 5 from amazon.com. She even looked up m

Accessibility of FireFox

2009-08-26 Thread Rafael Bejarano
Hello all, Do any of you know if FireFox is accessible on the Mac? Rafael Bejarano --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googleg

Re: has anyone tried neooffice with vo?

2009-08-26 Thread Dane Trethowan
As I Understood it, Neooffice was the new name given the project, it was Open Office and before that it was Star Office . On 27/08/2009, at 1:12 AM, a radix wrote: > > Hello oh, strange that there are two names for it then, neooffice and > openoffice. > Greetings, Anouk, > - Original Mess

Re: firefox

2009-08-26 Thread Chris Hofstader
You know, when it comes to FireVox you have the source code so you could have added the feature you wanted, shared your work with the community and solved your problem all in one action. Also, Chen, author of FireVox, works at Google and is real nice about adding features and other stuff to

Re: my macbook pro is here, problems with internet

2009-08-26 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
There is a network setup dialog which I (though I am an Internet engineer) found very easy to use. Generally if you are connecting directly to a DSL modem then you just need to enable PPPOE. If you are connecting to a cable modem, then the problem is probably that your modem is loc

Re: flac files on the mac

2009-08-26 Thread Chris Hofstader
Does VLC have a way to play via airtunes? On Aug 26, 2009, at 1:52 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: > VLC plays them fine! > > > On 27/08/2009, at 1:30 AM, a radix wrote: > >> Hello, while I cannot yet use internet, i can use my braille >> display and my external hd. All my music files are in flac, is

Re: flac files on the mac

2009-08-26 Thread Dane Trethowan
I'll have to check that but I can't answer that off the top of my head, VLC has a whole heap of stuff I haven't yet tried. On 27/08/2009, at 4:04 AM, Chris Hofstader wrote: > Does VLC have a way to play via airtunes? > On Aug 26, 2009, at 1:52 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: > >> VLC plays them fine

Re: preordering SL at $10 price?

2009-08-26 Thread Donna Goodin
Mark, I believe the $10 offer only applies to Macs purchased after June 8. Donna On Aug 26, 2009, at 11:26 AM, M AUSTEN wrote: > I purchased my iMac on the 14th May and have just paid £25 for the > SL upgrade. Thats the cheapest I've seen it in the UKL > > Mark > > --- On Wed, 26/8/09, Donna

Re: flac files on the mac

2009-08-26 Thread Marie Howarth
switch is your friend :) and it's free. On Aug 26, 2009, at 4:30 PM, a radix wrote: > Hello, while I cannot yet use internet, i can use my braille display > and my external hd. All my music files are in flac, is there a > program on the mac that can play them or, but rather not, convert > t

Re: Snow Leopard and Fusion

2009-08-26 Thread Moi Lejter
According to their web pages, Fusion 2.0.5 will work with Snow Leopard - though they say that it's only experimental, since all they had was a seed... They talk about it here: http://blogs.vmware.com/teamfusion/ (page down to the entry for June 23, 2009). Moises On Aug 26, 10:39 am, Woody Anna D

Re: Mac Box Set

2009-08-26 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi, I've used Pages just a bit. It seems to be mostly accessible, though a few controls don't speak. I could select Blank Document from the list of templates, and the items on the menu speak. I haven't tried to do anything complicated, though. Commands like moving to the next bold text d

Re: feeling pretty disgusted with Apple at the moment

2009-08-26 Thread Donna Goodin
Right, but were you getting the $10 price? It sounds like you can purchase either online or over the phone for $29, you just can't get the $10 price. Don't get me wrong, $29 isn't a bad price, I just think that if Apple's going to offer the $10 option, they need to support it. Donna On A

Re: preordering SL at $10 price?

2009-08-26 Thread Chris G
It does, and i missed mine by 3 days. On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:06:51 -0400 Donna Goodin wrote: > Mark, > > I believe the $10 offer only applies to Macs purchased after June 8. > Donna > > > On Aug 26, 2009, at 11:26 AM, M AUSTEN wrote: > > > I purchased my iMac on the 14th May and have just

Mac Box Set

2009-08-26 Thread Larry Wanger
Hi, I noticed that you can purchase a package that gives you Snow Leopard along with Ilife 09 and iWork 09 as well. I'm wondering about the accessibility of pages and the other apps that are part of the iWork suite. I've heard terrific things about these programs and would love to use them but, b

Re: preordering SL at $10 price?

2009-08-26 Thread Donna Goodin
Oh, Chris, that's awful! I'm so sorry! It's so frustrating when stuff like that happens. :) Donna On Aug 26, 2009, at 2:33 PM, Chris G wrote: > > It does, and i missed mine by 3 days. > > > > On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:06:51 -0400 > Donna Goodin wrote: > >> Mark, >> >> I believe the $10 offer on

Re: feeling pretty disgusted with Apple at the moment

2009-08-26 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Esther, Yeah, I was. And I didn't even see a place to fill in my serial number. Thanks, Donna On Aug 26, 2009, at 1:35 PM, Esther wrote: > > Hi Donna, > > Were you trying to make your purchase through the Mac OS X Snow > Leopard Up-to-Date page? > http://www.apple.com/macosx/uptodate/ > > If

Re: feeling pretty disgusted with Apple at the moment

2009-08-26 Thread James & Nash
I'm sorry for your difficulties. When I purchased my new MacBook today, I had no difficulties. In fact, they could not ahve been kinder. They gave me a considerable discount on the price of my mac especially considering I asked for an upgrade on the HD. I assume I get SL with the laptop next F

Re: firefox

2009-08-26 Thread James & Nash
That's a shame as I read a lot of French news articles. I wondder if it has changed recently. However, if that is the only downside to using FF then perhaps I'll give it a go. Thank you for reminding me of this. Take care james - Original Message - From: "Moi Lejter" To: "MacVisiona

Re: RNIB streaming service?

2009-08-26 Thread william lomas
i don't think that work as I think it has to use their specific player On 26 Aug 2009, at 16:53, Moi Lejter wrote: > > I don't know if this will work, as this RNIB streaming book service > says it is only available within the UK - but I found a DAISY > reader application for MacOSX, called Olear

Re: firefox

2009-08-26 Thread James & Nash
You don't necessarily need the Firerevox plugin on either Widnows Or Linux, but it's great that it exists. I'm not a programmer so wouldn't have the first clue about how to add something. - Original Message - From: "Chris Hofstader" To: Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 6:59 PM Subject

RE: VO, drag and drop with ITunes.

2009-08-26 Thread Donal Fitzpatrick
Hi Barry, thanks a lot this is what I've been doing. However, I've tried to highlight multiple items using vo then drag them across. Doesn't seem to work. Dónal -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Barry Hadder

Re: flac files on the mac

2009-08-26 Thread Chris Blouch
This was covered previously. You have to install some plugins and then cheap by tagging the flacs as being oggs to get iTunes to pull them in. http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/msg04677.html CB a radix wrote: > Hello, while I cannot yet use internet, i can use my brail

Re: my macbook pro is here, problems with internet

2009-08-26 Thread Chris Blouch
Strange. The Macs and PCs use the same DHCP protocols to get an address. Is this going right from the router to the Mac or do you have a firewall/NAT/wireless thing inbetween. If it is direct then sometime the cable modem reads the hardware address of your computer and needs a full power cycle

Re: Snow Leopard and Fusion

2009-08-26 Thread Chris Blouch
Assuming Fusion works ok under Snow Leopard, there should be no effect on your Windows installation. According to VMWare, Fusion 2.0.5 and higher is supposed to run on 32-bit Snow Leopard. http://blogs.vmware.com/teamfusion/2009/06/vmware-fusion-205-update-now-available.html CB Woody Anna Dre

Re: firefox

2009-08-26 Thread Moi Lejter
As I recall, we did not try to combine VO with Firefox (and the FireVox extension). IIRC, FireVox on its own was able to read content shown on the Firefox window aloud, which was what we were looking for at the time. I don't remember whether we ran into any other issues when trying it out, thoug

Re: has anyone tried neooffice with vo?

2009-08-26 Thread Chris Blouch
Hmmm. I thought NeoOffice and OpenOffice were different products. Originally OpenOffice used X11 (a unix windowing system) and NeoOffice used Java to do the UI from the OpenOffice base code. More recently openOffice came out with an Aqua version which uses native UI APIs instead of X11. Here i

Re: firefox

2009-08-26 Thread Rafael Bejarano
Aside from the language-switching problem, did you find FireFox accessible with VO? Rafael On Aug 26, 2009, at 10:45 AM, Moi Lejter wrote: > > Speaking of voice support for Firefox - there is an extension to > Firefox that supports something like VoiceOver. The extension > is called FireVox,

IWork - can applications be installed separately

2009-08-26 Thread James & Nash
Hi folks, Can the suite of applications that comes with IWork be installed separately, or does the isntaller include them all by default? Thank you for taking the time to read this. Take care james --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you

Re: firefox

2009-08-26 Thread James & Nash
Thanks much appreciated - Original Message - From: "Moi Lejter" To: "MacVisionaries" Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 8:12 PM Subject: Re: firefox As I recall, we did not try to combine VO with Firefox (and the FireVox extension). IIRC, FireVox on its own was able to read content sh

Re: my macbook pro is here, problems with internet

2009-08-26 Thread a radix
I have only a cable modem, it is not even a real router (it has no internal firewall for example) although i use it for phone and internet. Greetings, Anouk, - Original Message - From: Chris Blouch To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 7:42 PM Su

Re: Not seeing any of my gmail fioklders in mail.

2009-08-26 Thread matthew Dyer
Hey whare I am having the problem is that the gmail account can not bee expanded to show any of the folder or lables. Matthew On Aug 26, 2009, at 8:51 AM, John JD Denning wrote: > > Interesting, I have the reverse. I see folders I didn't create and > would rather not have. I just created my g

Re: Accessibility of FireFox

2009-08-26 Thread Chris Blouch
Not yet. Supposed to be in the works for a future version but I haven't been able to dig up any news. CB Rafael Bejarano wrote: > Hello all, > > Do any of you know if FireFox is accessible on the Mac? > > Rafael Bejarano > > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You rece

Re: flac files on the mac

2009-08-26 Thread a radix
Well, i wont use itunes for flacs then, i guess i will have to go search for a different main player. I will try switch and vlc Greetings, Anouk, - Original Message - From: Chris Blouch To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 7:29 PM Subject: Re: f

Re: my macbook pro is here, problems with internet

2009-08-26 Thread a radix
Hello, thanks for that help, i have not reset my modem yet because i did not htink that could be the problem (i tried the modem with my other laptop in the past and that worked fine) it is now set to hdcp in the window so I am not sure if thats alright because i thought htis was used for routers

Re: my macbook pro is here, problems with internet

2009-08-26 Thread Maxwell Ivey Jr.
Hello; why don't you just purchase a wireless router? You plug it into your cable system, and then you could take your laptop anywhere in the house. They are very cheap and relatively easy to install here. glad to hear we have another mac user in the fold. have fun with it, Max On Aug

Re: Not seeing any of my gmail fioklders in mail.

2009-08-26 Thread matthew dyer
Hi, I read the artical. The only problem I see is that I do not see the expander triangal that he sppoke of in the artical. How do I find this in vo. Matthew On 8/26/09, Esther wrote: > > Hello John and Matthew, > > This has been posted to the list before (by Jonathan?), but there is a > Tid

Seeking VoiceOver users to test Infovox iVox voices in foreign languages

2009-08-26 Thread David Niemeijer
Hi, As you may have read we will release Infovox iVox 2.0 for Snow Leopard compatibility as public beta later this week. Not all languages will be available at once as we do want to make sure that each language receives basic testing before it is made available as part of the public beta.

my internet problems

2009-08-26 Thread a radix
Oh yes I forgot to mention in my original post, i can make contact with my internet modem, i can see its status and the signal strength. I just cant connect to the internet. Greetings, Anouk, --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribe

Re: flac files on the mac

2009-08-26 Thread Chris Blouch
At the same time, after you have the plugins you should be able to tag all your files in bulk. It just puts an osx fingerprint on them to make iTunes happy. No real user interaction needed. CB a radix wrote: > Well, i wont use itunes for flacs then, i guess i will have to go > search for a dif

iworks vs neoofficeRe: has anyone tried neooffice with vo?

2009-08-26 Thread a radix
Hello, i just read an article on wikipedia about neooffice. It is apparently a fork of openoffice optimalized for the mac. I will try it as soon as I get internet working correctly, it seems very interesting. I guess iworks is accessible too, it isnt too expensive. I need an office suite that i

Re: Accessibility of FireFox

2009-08-26 Thread william lomas
they are working on a mac version for voice over I think On 26 Aug 2009, at 17:35, Rafael Bejarano wrote: > > Hello all, > > Do any of you know if FireFox is accessible on the Mac? > > Rafael Bejarano > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because

Re: New Os or not?

2009-08-26 Thread Chris Blouch
They did on OSX 10.5. There was an option to install Leopard and then pull in user files from a time machine backup. I don't see why they wouldn't continue to support that feature. CB kaare dehard wrote: > I wonder if they have or will have a restore from time machine backup > option? If so,

Quick Question

2009-08-26 Thread Tiffany D
Hi there, If anyone here has ever used Enhanced DR-DOS, or knows someone blind who has, could you please email me at magkis...@gmail.com? I've got some questions and don't want to clutter the list with them. Thanks, Eleni --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this

Re: program to split a 6 gig dmg in to 2 dvds?

2009-08-26 Thread Chris Blouch
If this is an installer, I don't think you can split it. DMG files get mounted up as disk drives and so the installer can and will seek for files all over the virtual disk. There is no requirement that they pull in all the files from one and then move to the rest. There are lots of ways to spli

RE: Mac Box Set

2009-08-26 Thread Larry Wanger
How about Numbers and Pages? Those are the real apps I'd use. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Woody Anna Dresner Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 11:18 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Mac

Re: cut and paste

2009-08-26 Thread Chris Blouch
Well, it doesn't fit the zxcv model but you can just do command delete to move a file to the trash. If that's a bit difficult you can use the Keyboard Shortcuts tab of the Keyboard and Mouse System Preferences to map Command-X to Move to Trash. Not exactly the behavior you described, but closer

Re: my macbook pro is here, problems with internet

2009-08-26 Thread a radix
Hello, I am planning to do that yes, i just find it very strange that I cannot use internet at this moment. I will call my internet provider to see if i need to enter any information. I know i did have to do that in the past but my internet provider has changed (it has been taken over by another

Re: Not seeing any of my gmail fioklders in mail.

2009-08-26 Thread matthew Dyer
On Aug 26, 2009, at 10:50 AM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: > > Are you talking about Gmail mail labels? I assume you are using > iMap... > Yes the lables that show up when looking at the interface. I have > created them in mail. > When you create the GMail account, there will be a entry in the

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