Re: Boxee?

2009-08-28 Thread hank smith
what does this thing do? - Original Message - From: Larry Wanger To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 1:53 PM Subject: Boxee? Is anyone successfully able to use VO with Boxee? I'm considering downloading and investigating it but thought I'd a

Re: has anyone tried neooffice with vo?

2009-08-28 Thread hank smith
hanksmi...@gmail.com - Original Message - From: Ben King To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 6:23 PM Subject: Re: has anyone tried neooffice with vo? Dear Hank, Your name is ringing a bell as well. Please give me your email and I will

Re: Fw: The Orbitcast Daily Update

2009-08-28 Thread hank smith
it was the sky doc that peaked my interest will go read the dish colom will try to call this weekened damn I need to get my atnt back online this sucks royal dick or as les would say sucks puss filled donkey dick. - Original Message - From: "Matthew Elliff" To: Sent: Thursday, August 27

Re: clean install or upgrade?

2009-08-28 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Cool, I'm planning to do a clean install as well. Looking forward to that podcast Mike. On Aug 28, 2009, at 12:55 AM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > > I would reccomend that you do a clean install, it may take a bit more > time to reinstall everything, but it's usually more reliable, > certainly that's

Re: clean install or upgrade?

2009-08-28 Thread william lomas
you go to the utilities menu in the installer i think chose disc utility then erase and install. I will watch feedback over next couple months then upgrade but at present what I have is working On 28 Aug 2009, at 06:54, Jessi and Goldina wrote: > > I plan to do a clean install also and plan

just ordered sl over the phone

2009-08-28 Thread a radix
Hello, I had actually called apple yesterday but it took a lng time so i gave up. I tried it again this morning and it took very long too but i persisted and got through eventually. I have a bit of trouble with the apple store website and since it is possible to order stuff over the phone i

Re: Selecting between multiple cities on the IPhone?

2009-08-28 Thread Thuy
Hi Vic. you have to use the top of your finger pads like a pianist. Bunch your index, middle and ring fingers on the right hand together and swipe at a medium speed, exerting fairly little pressure (just enough to depress strings on a guitar when placing them on the frets). Swipe to the right to g

Re: my macbook pro is here, problems with internet

2009-08-28 Thread a radix
Hello, wireless internet now works, i have the linksys wrt160 which comes with setup software that works on the mac. You can also of course use the webinterface. Setting up wpa2 protection was a breeze. Greetings, Anouk, - Original Message - From: Chris Blouch To: macvisionaries@g

Re: clean install or upgrade?

2009-08-28 Thread Chris G
Hi, I'm planning on doing an upgrade. So we will see how that goes. Chris On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:06:45 +0100 william lomas wrote: > > you go to the utilities menu in the installer i think chose disc > utility then erase and install. > I will watch feedback over next couple months then upg

Re: status menu?

2009-08-28 Thread a radix
Yes, I want to thank you as well, it really helps. Greetings, Anouk, - Original Message - From: Rich Ring To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 12:45 AM Subject: Re: status menu? I just want to thank you for your messages. I am a very new Mac us

Re: Fw: The Orbitcast Daily Update

2009-08-28 Thread Scott Chesworth
Hank, Matthew, Just in case you didn't realise, this thread is currently going out to the whole macvisionaries list! As wonderfully descriptive as those metaphors were, they're probably not too appropriate here. Please, if you're going to continue the thread, be careful which messages you quote!

Re: Boxee?

2009-08-28 Thread Jesse Bollinger
hank smith wrote: > what does this thing do? > > - Original Message - > *From:* Larry Wanger > *To:* macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > > *Sent:* Thursday, August 27, 2009 1:53 PM > *Subject:* Boxee?

Re: Transferring files from Icon to Mac--SSH a possibility?

2009-08-28 Thread Scott Howell
Anna, you actually got your Icon to connect to the Mac? Last I heard, this was still not possible. On Aug 27, 2009, at 8:24 PM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: > > Hi Terrence, > > The easiest thing is probably to connect the Icon to your Mac and put > it in disk mode. Then use Finder to copy everyt

Re: Statistics packages

2009-08-28 Thread Chris Hofstader
I would guess that you could get them from the author (try googling on SPSS JAWS, etc.) and you'll probably find them. If not write an email to Eric Damery (er...@freedomscientific.com) and he will point you in the right direction. cdh On Aug 27, 2009, at 2:02 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > >

Re: why is openoffice accessible and neoofficeenot

2009-08-28 Thread Chris Hofstader
I've heard from friends at Sun, the people who brought you the Java Access Bridge for Windows and GNU/Linux platforms that there has been a Macintosh version in the works. Since then, though, two major events have changed the landscape: 1. Sun has been acquired by Oracle, a company who, at b

faulty SL discs

2009-08-28 Thread william lomas
Hi beware. Macworld UK are saying that some users can't install snowleopard. The discs are faulty so not sure if that applies to all of them. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionari

Re: just ordered sl over the phone

2009-08-28 Thread Michael Babcock
hi; i did order it over the phone likewise, however, won't get mine tell september 2nd threw the 8th mike On Aug 28, 2009, at 12:55 AM, a radix wrote: > Hello, I had actually called apple yesterday but it took a lng > time so i gave up. I tried it again this morning and it took very > lo

Re: clean install or upgrade?

2009-08-28 Thread John JD Denning
I've done only upgrades since Panther on my 4 year old iMac G5. Upgrades work fine in most cases. Just as any time you do brain surgery on your OS, have a backup. Also disconnect any external drives. You don't have to, but it's a best practice. I'll do an update on my Macbook, but a clean i

Fwd: Snow Leopard changes how file and drive sizes are calculated

2009-08-28 Thread Scott Howell
Here's an article that will screw with your mind a bit. :) Begin forwarded message: > Date: August 28, 2009 3:28:47 AM EDT > Subject: Snow Leopard changes how file and drive sizes are calculated > Source: MacFixIt > > When you ask most non-geeks how many "bytes" are in a "kilobyte", > after thi

searching for text on a webpage problems

2009-08-28 Thread a radix
Hello, when using windows i mostly navigated websites by either arrowing down or searching for text, i used a small program called webformator that translated the webpage in a sort of text file, you could for example search for edit and it would bring you to the first edit fieold because it trea

RE: why is openoffice accessible and neoofficeenot

2009-08-28 Thread Donal Fitzpatrick
Hi there, at the risk of taking this off topic (and I'm not sure I'm doing so) is the GWJava stuff open-source? It would be very interesting indeed to see how they're doing the communication with the virtual machine. I'm just thinking that it might make a nice final year undergraduate project t

cant display certain pages in safari

2009-08-28 Thread a radix
Hello, I just wanted to listen to some radio stations but i got an error that safari could not find the required plugin. These pages do require windows media player and they play inside the webbrowser. Will flip4mac solve this? Also i found it strange that safari totally quit when this happened

Re: why is openoffice accessible and neoofficeenot

2009-08-28 Thread Chris Hofstader
I'm pretty sure the source code for the GW Java stuff is available for download either at their scripts central page or somewhere nearby. On Aug 28, 2009, at 7:21 AM, Donal Fitzpatrick wrote: > Hi there, > > at the risk of taking this off topic (and I'm not sure I'm doing so) > is the GWJava s

shortcut to download folder

2009-08-28 Thread a radix
Hello, I notice safari does not automatically start playing mp3-streams into an external player, i like that, but is there a shortcut to the download folder like there is for the home folder? Greetings, Anouk, --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because

System Profiler, something I wasn't aware of

2009-08-28 Thread Dane Trethowan
Hi! I'm sure most of you are aware of the System Profiler in your "Apple" Menu? This utility displays a profile of your Mac I've just had to use it to check on something and I thought I'd do some further exploration and I was well rewarded. For example, did you know that you can save your

Google down?

2009-08-28 Thread Mike
Hi all: is the Google search engine off line? Not able to access the .ca or .com domain. Haven't been able to access for a few days now. mike --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. T

Re: Google down?

2009-08-28 Thread Jesse Bollinger
I just accessed it fine. Must be one of those wierd things. If your able to access other pages fine I'd say maybe it's on your isp's end or something. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries

Re: cant display certain pages in safari

2009-08-28 Thread James & Nash
What version of Safari are you using? Are you using SL? Fip4Mac should solve your problems. - Original Message - From: a radix To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 12:28 PM Subject: cant display certain pages in safari Hello, I just wanted to

RE: why is openoffice accessible and neoofficeenot

2009-08-28 Thread Donal Fitzpatrick
thanks very much CDH that looks excellent and really interesting. Best, Dónal _ From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Hofstader Sent: 28 August 2009 13:14 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: why is openoffice acc

[Mac-cessibility News] Review - Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard With VoiceOver

2009-08-28 Thread Maccessibility
Review - Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard With VoiceOver We're pleased to bring you our review of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard with VoiceOver, where Josh de Lioncourt takes a look at the latest iteration of Apple's Macintosh operating system from a VoiceOver users perspective. As always, enjoy, and feel

Re: Boxee?

2009-08-28 Thread Larry Wanger
Its an entertainment oriented app. Ultimately, you'd hook your computer to your TV. You can access Netflix, Hulu, and all sorts of other online video and audio services in addition to media on your own network. It has bit torrent built in and all sorts of other features. It also allows you

beep sound when pressing space?

2009-08-28 Thread a radix
Hello, for some reason i get a beep sound when i press the spacebar and i is kind of irritating, is there a way to turn this off (i already have sounds in voicover turned off). Greetings, Anouk, --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscr

Re: Supported apps on Snow Leopard

2009-08-28 Thread matthew dyer
I see that aydim works fine, but grol some times it does and other times not. Matthew On 8/27/09, David Hole wrote: > > Hello folks > Check out this one to see if your apps works under Snow Leopard: > http://snowleopard.wikidot.com/ > David > > > > -- You can lead a heart to love, but you

Re: [Mac-cessibility News] Review - Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard With VoiceOver

2009-08-28 Thread Chris Hofstader
Nice article. On Aug 28, 2009, at 10:19 AM, Maccessibility wrote: > > Review - Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard With VoiceOver > > We're pleased to bring you our review of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard > with > VoiceOver, where Josh de Lioncourt takes a look at the latest > iteration of > Apple's Maci

anyone tried quicknav?

2009-08-28 Thread william lomas
hi all has anyone yet tried quicknav in snowleopard? If so how does one interact etc, if not using the voiceover keys? WIll --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to

Re: [Mac-cessibility News] Review - Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard With VoiceOver

2009-08-28 Thread Larry Wanger
Great review. I was going to wait and get SL later as I didn't seee it as a must have but after reading this I can't wait to get my hands on it. My Macbook Pro is from May of 2007 and I suspect it does not allow for the track pad navigation but the other improvements sound terrific. My poo

Re: Transferring files from Icon to Mac--SSH a possibility?

2009-08-28 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi Scott, I'm running the public beta - don't know if that makes any difference - but yes, I connected my Braille Plus to a USB port,turned on disk mode, and my Mac Mini recognized it as a portable drive with no problems. Best, Anna --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Y

some adium questions

2009-08-28 Thread a radix
Hellol i have installed adium and that was very easy, is it possible to get some kind of popup window when a new message is received? I tried navigating the chat window (in which you type messages) and found it a bit daunting, apparently it does not only show your current chat session but also m

Re: System Profiler, something I wasn't aware of

2009-08-28 Thread Søren Jensen
Yeah. System Profiler is awesome. It contains a lot of great information about your Mac. I got pretty surprised then I found out how much information it gives. I can give you an example. Here is what it says about my power: Battery Information: Model Information: Serial Number:

Re: anyone tried quicknav?

2009-08-28 Thread Scott Howell
Will, you interact by pressing down and right arrow together. On Aug 28, 2009, at 10:04 AM, william lomas wrote: > > hi all has anyone yet tried quicknav in snowleopard? > If so how does one interact etc, if not using the voiceover keys? > WIll > > > > --~--~-~--~~

voiceover in snowleopard thanks to josh!

2009-08-28 Thread william lomas
hi all thanks to lioncourt.com here is a review of all the voice over features, in snow leopard. Josh, can I please assume that quick nav is only used for navigating web etc. as you will still need the modifier keys though to go to doc, bring up link chooser etc? I, to, like

Re: shortcut to download folder

2009-08-28 Thread Chris Blouch
Hmm. Not that I know of. Best I could come up with was VO-D to bring up the dock and then d o w to move to downloads. You could also do command-shift-g to bring up the Go to Folder dialogue and then put in ~/Downloads, but that's even more typing. CB a radix wrote: > Hello, I notice safari doe

Re: anyone tried quicknav?

2009-08-28 Thread Josh de Lioncourt
Will, QuickNav is one of my favorite features of Snow Leopard. I discuss this in my review on Lioncourt.com, but essentially, Left/Right arrows toggle QuickNav on and off. Down-Right interacts. Down-Left stops interacting. Up-Down clicks an item, same as VO-Space. HTH. On Aug 28, 2009, at

Re: [Mac-cessibility News] Review - Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard With VoiceOver

2009-08-28 Thread James & Nash
Very nice article. Did I hear correctly? It is now possible to script Voice Over and share scripts? If so, where can i find out more about this and how to get started? Are there any limitations to the scripting functionality? Thanks James - Original Message - From: "Chris Hofstader"

slick!

2009-08-28 Thread william lomas
Hi I am helping a friend install mac os x snowleopard and we could isntal it direct from within mac os x leopard itself! click ont he icon, click next, agree to license, customize anthing and boom, done! and, as voices are only available in english this is the quickest way to install

Re: anyone tried quicknav?

2009-08-28 Thread william lomas
hi josh but as stated in article, its limitations are present so you can't go to the doc with this feature etc etc? so you would still need to use the VO keys to accomplish tasks like links lists, etc On 28 Aug 2009, at 16:27, Josh de Lioncourt wrote: > > Will, > > QuickNav is one of my favo

Re: shortcut to download folder

2009-08-28 Thread Jonathan Cohn
You could add it to your sidebar... 1. Go to finder. 2. Open a new window command-n 3. Switch to home command-shift-h 4. Select downloads by typing the word until downloads is selected. 5. make it favorite command-t. On Aug 28, 2009, at 10:07 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: > Hmm. Not that I know o

Re: Transferring files from Icon to Mac--SSH a possibility?

2009-08-28 Thread Scott Howell
That is very good news. I was one of the original testers of the unit and at that time it would not work. So, it is good to know they have finally been able to address this issue in the more recent software. On Aug 28, 2009, at 10:56 AM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: > > Hi Scott, > > I'm runn

Re: clean install or upgrade?

2009-08-28 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi, Years ago, I upgraded from Windows 95 to 98 with no problems. I figure if that worked, upgrading from Leopard to Snow Leopard should be fine, so I'm not doing a clean install. Best, Anna --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are sub

Snow Leopard compatible Infovox iVox voices now in public beta

2009-08-28 Thread David Niemeijer
Hi Everyone, Acapela Group and AssistiveWare today announced a public beta of Infovox iVox 2.0. Infovox iVox 2.0 brings Snow Leopard compatibility, significantly improves performance and responsiveness and adds a number of new voices for the following languages: Arabic, French, German, Fl

IMPORTANT - Re-post of petition link for Adobe Flash access

2009-08-28 Thread Cara Quinn
I just wanted to take this opportunity to post this link again for those whom may not have seen this. Also, below is an important note on successfully adding your signature to the petition. Please do go and give this a look if you haven't already?… Thanks so very much!… Smiles, Cara

anyone got experience with searching for tet within a webpage

2009-08-28 Thread a radix
Hello, i now tried the internal safari search and the voicover function but both dont seem to work. I rely a lot on searching text within a webpage to navigate but i cant seem to get it to work with voiceover/safari. For example i post and read a lot on a big site called head-fi.org and to jump

Re: anyone got experience with searching for tet within a webpage

2009-08-28 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi Anouk, At the moment, your best bet is the Item Chooser, which you reach with VO-I. I hope searching web pages works better-with Snow Leopard. Has anyone tried it yet? I won't get my copy until sometime next week, unfortunately, or I'd try it. Best, Anna --~--~-~--~~--

backing up/exporting On My Mac folders in Mail

2009-08-28 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, I would like to do a clean install of Snow Leopard when it comes. Mostly this isn't a huge deal, because since I've just moved my stuff over to my mac recently, I already have backups on my portable drive. The one exception to this is the folders I've created in mail. Is there some w

Re: anyone got experience with searching for tet within a webpage

2009-08-28 Thread Mark Baxter
On related note, is there a way to navigate by "visited links," on a webpage? In a certain other screen reach which shall remain shamefully nameless (but not namefully shameless), you just hit V; what's the VO equivalent, if any? Mark BurningHawk Baxter Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk19

flac to alac converter, max from sbooth

2009-08-28 Thread a radix
Hello, has anyone tried max from sbooth? I wonder if it can do batsh convertion. Greetings, Anouk, --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisiona

Re: backing up/exporting On My Mac folders in Mail

2009-08-28 Thread James & Nash
Hi Donna, I'm afraid I can't remember specifically as i don't have my new Mac yet, but I think you can copy all your contacts and rules by looking for someting to do with Mail in the Library folder. Perhaps someone can provide greater detail. Also, you can find help on this in the Mail help. U

using Shazam on the Iphone

2009-08-28 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, When I use Shazam to tag a song, I always lose speech once the song has been tagged. Has anyone else experienced this, and if yes, have you found some way to get speech back other than doing a reset? TIA, Donna --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received th

Re: using Shazam on the Iphone

2009-08-28 Thread a radix
Hi, I will experiment a bit more with item chooser but i dont think that can reach the information i normaly use to navigate by. I will have to experiment and read a bit more of the manual because i have never realy used advanced webpage navigating before, just searched for text on a page and go

re: searching for text on a webpage

2009-08-28 Thread a radix
Sorry i replied to the wrong message before, i wanted to actually reply to annas message: Hi, I will experiment a bit more with item chooser but i dont think that can reach the information i normaly use to navigate by. I will have to experiment and read a bit more of the manual because i have

infovox ivox beta

2009-08-28 Thread Justin Harford
Hi all Would any one here happen to have tried the infovox ivox voices with snow leopard? How do they work? J --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send e

Re: Fwd: Snow Leopard changes how file and drive sizes are calculated

2009-08-28 Thread Chris Blouch
Makes sense to me. As one commenter mentioned, this just reconciles the disk space the OS reports with what the drive manufacturers advertise. No longer will you buy a 500GB drive and have it show up as 465GB. Another commenter pointed out that this was simply adoption of IEEE 1541. http://en.w

Re: using Shazam on the Iphone

2009-08-28 Thread Marie Howarth
hit home and then relaunch, is the only way so far. On Aug 28, 2009, at 5:15 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > Hi all, > > When I use Shazam to tag a song, I always lose speech once the song > has been tagged. Has anyone else experienced this, and if yes, have > you found some way to get speech back

Snow leopard just arrived

2009-08-28 Thread Chris Blouch
Shipped from Jonestown PA and just arrived here in VA. Starting the drive format and install now. CB --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macv

Re: [Mac-cessibility News] Review - Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard With VoiceOver

2009-08-28 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi, What i can't help wondering about is if drag and drop is better supported in SL. For some reason i can't reach the voiceover keyboard commands. The page is empty and i can't fathom why. If there's a text file of the keyboard reference somewhere, i'd be happy to get it. One feature that's

Re: anyone tried quicknav?

2009-08-28 Thread Steven M. Sawczyn
I've used it, you use different combinations of the arrow keys to interact, ETC... Steve On Aug 28, 2009, at 10:04 AM, william lomas wrote: hi all has anyone yet tried quicknav in snowleopard? If so how does one interact etc, if not using the voiceover keys? WIll --~--~-

Re: anyone got experience with searching for tet within a webpage

2009-08-28 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Mark, In Snow Leopard, you can navigate by visited links. Cheers, Anne --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups

Re: Snow leopard just arrived

2009-08-28 Thread Chris Blouch
Total install took 19 minutes and filled 6.08GB of disk space. QuickNav worked during the install but the voice was not Alex. Probably takes less CPU or load time to use a lower quality voice. Even though I have VO on during the install, after the reboot I had to turn it on again. CB Chris Bl

flac-alac

2009-08-28 Thread a radix
Hello, i forgot that there is another codec for the mac that can handle flac files, switch. But can this also convert flac files directly to alac? Greetings, Anouk, --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Mac

[Mac-cessibility News] MacWorld's Christopher Breen Takes a Look at Snow Leopard's Universal Access Features

2009-08-28 Thread Maccessibility
MacWorld's Christopher Breen Takes a Look at Snow Leopard's Universal Access Features In a recent piece on MacWorld.com, senior editor Christopher Breen takes a look at Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard's new Universal Access features. He examines VoiceOver's Trackpad Commander, web browsing options, ne

Re: anyone got experience with searching for tet within a webpage

2009-08-28 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi Mark, Press VO-Command-V to go to the next visited link. Best, Anna --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 T

Re: [Mac-cessibility News] Review - Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard With VoiceOver

2009-08-28 Thread John Panarese
Hi Josh, This is a fantastic overview of Snow Leopard. Great job and thanks for the information. Take Care John Panarese On Aug 28, 2009, at 10:19 AM, Maccessibility wrote: > > Review - Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard With VoiceOver > > We're pleased to bring you our review of Mac OS X 10

Re: [Mac-cessibility News] Review - Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard With VoiceOver

2009-08-28 Thread Scott Chesworth
Cheers Josh, really well written review, seems to be pretty thorough. I must, must, must make it to an Apple store today. This is the excuse I've needed to buy a book on Apple Script and actually learn something. Scott On 8/28/09, Maccessibility wrote: > > Review - Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

Changing voices on the fly

2009-08-28 Thread James & Nash
One feature that's also worth mentioning is that you can change voices on the fly, that's cool How does this feature work? Do you have to navigate through all the various voices on Mac OS X or can you customize the list? Could you elaborate please? Thank you Take care --~--~-~--~

Re: Snow leopard just arrived

2009-08-28 Thread william lomas
i will just install from within leopard --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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, se

RE: using Shazam on the Iphone

2009-08-28 Thread Donna Goodin
That's OK, it's better than a reset! :) Thanks. Donna From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Marie Howarth Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 2:33 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: using Shazam on the Iphone hit home and th

Re: anyone tried quicknav?

2009-08-28 Thread william lomas
hi steve it is just like having control and option locked now though as in leopard so doubt i'd need it On 28 Aug 2009, at 17:22, Steven M. Sawczyn wrote: > > I've used it, you use different combinations of the arrow keys to > interact, ETC... > > Steve > > On Aug 28, 2009, at 10:04 AM, willia

Re: [Mac-cessibility News] Review - Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard With VoiceOver

2009-08-28 Thread william lomas
are there books on apple script available to us? if so, where? On 28 Aug 2009, at 15:48, Scott Chesworth wrote: > > Cheers Josh, really well written review, seems to be pretty thorough. > > I must, must, must make it to an Apple store today. This is the > excuse I've needed to buy a book on App

Re: [Mac-cessibility News] Review - Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard With VoiceOver

2009-08-28 Thread william lomas
if you change voices on the fly are the recent voices you used at the top of the list? On 28 Aug 2009, at 19:42, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > > Hi, > What i can't help wondering about is if drag and drop is better > supported in SL. For some reason i can't reach the voiceover keyboard > commands.

apple getting started with voicover guide for sl?

2009-08-28 Thread a radix
Hello, is there any indication when this will be available? 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@googlegroups.com

Re: Snow leopard just arrived

2009-08-28 Thread James & Nash
What voice was used? Just curious. Also what type of Mac do you have? Thanks Take care - Original Message - From: "Chris Blouch" To: "Chris Blouch" Cc: "MacVisionaries" Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 5:28 PM Subject: Re: Snow leopard just arrived > > Total install took 19 minutes an

Re: anyone tried quicknav?

2009-08-28 Thread James & Nash
Apparently from what I've read, when QuickNav is turned on, pressing the down arrow to interact with an element or item assumes that you are already holding down the VO keys. It's like a hot key for interacting when Quick Nav is on. But of course others who are using SL would be better placed t

Re: clean install or upgrade?

2009-08-28 Thread Chantel Cuddemi
I am doing an upgrade as well. On Aug 28, 2009, at 5:28 AM, Chris G wrote: > > Hi, > I'm planning on doing an upgrade. So we will see how that goes. > Chris > > > > On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:06:45 +0100 > william lomas wrote: > >> >> you go to the utilities menu in the installer i think chose disc

Web Navigation Commands in VoiceOver [was Re: anyone got experience with searching for tet within a webpage]

2009-08-28 Thread Esther
Hi Mark, Under Leopard, VO-Command-V will take you to the next visited hyperlink and VO-Command-Shift-V to the previous visited hyperlink. I assume that Snow Leopard supports this and other features. More generally, to review the different web page navigation features in VoiceOver, bring

quick start?

2009-08-28 Thread william lomas
Hey all if one quits the quick start which comes up I assume, when they have installed leopard, how do they bring it up again or is this not possible? I assume voice over command f eight doesn't work since on a friends it doesnothing --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Yo

Re: infovox ivox beta

2009-08-28 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Justin, On Aug 28, 2009, at 8:30 PM, Justin Harford wrote: > > Would any one here happen to have tried the infovox ivox voices with > snow leopard? How do they work? > They work better than ever. I've tried British English, French and French Canadian. Cheers, Anne --~--~-~--~-

Re: anyone tried quicknav?

2009-08-28 Thread John André Netland
Hi Will, There is a huge difference between having the VO keys locked, and using the QuickNav feature. When VO keys are locked, you do not have access to the keyboard for normal use, and you will need to hold the shift key to interact and stop interacting. With QuickNav on, you can do it a

Re: anyone tried quicknav?

2009-08-28 Thread Scott Chesworth
Haven't tried it myself yet, but according to the review I just read: hit left and right arrows together to enable or disable quick nav, once enabled, arrow keys alone act as if VO keys are being held down, Hit down and right arrows together to interact, Hit down and left arrows together to end in

Re: [Mac-cessibility News] Review - Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard With VoiceOver

2009-08-28 Thread James & Nash
Go here for at least some info and a tutorial on AppleScript http://www.macosxautomation.com/applescript/ - Original Message - From: "william lomas" To: Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 8:05 PM Subject: Re: [Mac-cessibility News] Review - Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard With VoiceOver > > ar

how to play chm files on the machELLO, I HAVE A CHM FILE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO PLAY ON THE MAC BUT IT DOESNT SEEM AS IF IT IS STANDARD SUPPORTED, ON WINDOWS I WOULD USE THE HELP VIEWER. iS THERE A PROG

2009-08-28 Thread a radix
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Correction about Braille tables

2009-08-28 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello everyone, I made a mistake about Swedish. This is another language for which we still need the Braille codes. Cheers, Anne --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post t

Re: how to play chm files on the mac

2009-08-28 Thread Moi Lejter
There is this: http://chmox.sourceforge.net/ Moises --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 t

itunes

2009-08-28 Thread a radix
Hello, i am new to itunes, in windows i always used foobar, i had one big folder with files and i always pressed the key so that the whole fodler would be played ands huffle.d I gathered that in itunes i needed to add stuff to the library so i added a big fodler with lots of files (all the music

dummies guide

2009-08-28 Thread Damon Fibraio
OK. I have two macs, a mac mini and a mac book pro, 2007 version. Sadly, I haven't gotten up the tie or nerve to fully learn mac osx, so I use them as windows pc's instead through bootcamp. I am intrigued by what I have read about snowleopard and am considering dumping the $29 per license to get it

way files are sorted on os x

2009-08-28 Thread a radix
Hello I am now copying over some files from my windows machine to the mac (no better way to learn the system then just using it) i am noticing though that it seems as if folders are not sorted first (in windows i first got a list of all the folders and then the files) this seems to be different

Re: Correction about Braille tables

2009-08-28 Thread Chris Hofstader
Hi, I think you can probably get a whole bunch of braille tables for different languages if you look at the orca project which seems to support about a zillion languages and dialects. It's all free software so you needn't worry about copyright in any traditional sense of the term. cdh O

Re: Selecting between multiple cities on the IPhone?

2009-08-28 Thread Søren Jensen
Hi. Thanks very much. That might also work here in Denmark. Best regards: Søren Jensen Mail & MSN: s...@coolfortheblind.dk Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ On 27/08/2009, at 12.38, Thuy wrote: > > Hi I'm in the UK, and it seems to work OK for me. Not sure how > accurate the yahoo weather

Re: anyone got experience with searching for tet within a webpage

2009-08-28 Thread Mark Baxter
Great; just another thing to drool about until I get the new kitten. First, I gotta get a new litterbox. :) Mark BurningHawk Baxter Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com My home page: http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ --~--~-~--~~~---~-

Re: quick start?

2009-08-28 Thread Esther
Hi Will, On Leopard you can also access the VoiceOver Quick Start from the Help menu of the VoiceOver menu. Does that work? VO-F7 to bring up the VoiceOver menu, navigate to Help and right arrow to the submenu. The VoiceOver Quick Start is one of those entries, as well as another entry

Re: itunes

2009-08-28 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi Anouk, I believe the default behavior is to copy the music to your iTunes music folder. You can change it so that shortcuts are made to the songs, but new copies aren't made if you want in the Advanced tab in the Preferences dialog box. HTH, Anna --~--~-~--~~~-

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