I'm not sure that quicktime does. I usually use vlc media player to
play my avi files. it works great.
On 30-Aug-09, at 11:00 AM, a radix wrote:
> Hello, i am trying to play an avi file in quicktime but dont hear a
> sound, doesnt quicktime support this filetype?
> Greetings, Anouk
>
> >
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And James I pretty much have heard that the average user wouldn't
notice a real bump in speed any way and really won't benefit from 64-
bit as well. The whole point is building the underpinnings of the os
for the next generation of software/hardware etc. A real bump in
speed will come from
where did you get this manual
On 29 Aug 2009, at 21:38, Scott Howell wrote:
> If you wanted to add someone to your address book, you can use these
> data detectors or you could use them for bringing up a web page or
> even sending an e-mail to that address you found as a data detector.
> Th
hi is there an updated quickstart documentation for the
voiceover
screenreader in snowleopard?
WIll
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Donna, your absolutely correct on all points. True the thread has run
its course, but it is important to remember that no one person is more
superior to another based on the os, screen reader, or other
technology they use. If people walk about with this attitude, they
only hurt themselve
Hello,
Here's something I did that stopped the erratic reading in Mail. I
unchecked Smooth Scrolling under system preferences under appearance.
I did this yesterday morning and while I still have the problem with
the message not automatically being read, it did stop the uneven
reading of t
Hey there Scott.
Yeah, that does seem to be the case. Seems like different users are
experiencing different issues here and there. Whether it be app
related or VO related. I am sure, the next couple of updates will fix
the minor issues we are each experiencing.
On the upside, everything
You're welcome. It's only obvious when you know the answer and we are all
here to help each other.
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To:
Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 6:09 PM
Subject: Re: quickly junping from page to page in preview
>
> Thanks James,
>
> It is one of t
I've got a nokia 6650 and it's currently paired via Bluetooth with my Mac
mini... what i wanna know, is, if this is possible anyway, how do I make
this phone be used as a modem with my Mac, for times in which I don't have
hard-wired or wy-fi access to the internet? thanks.
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On Aug 30, 2009, at 11:34 AM, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote:
Hi everyone,
a flurry of noob questions for productivity:
-whenever i stumble on a toolbar button, i don't seem to be able to do
anything to it. Is it normal, or is there a
hi Will people if it has it, be buying the new IPod touch if it
has
speech or for the pric, just get the IPhone instead
WIll
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At least in my case, choppy doesn't mean the speech is stuttered or
anything like that. The reading is just sort of broken up a bit with
funny pauses that causes the reading to flow less smoothly. This only
occurs when reading an actual email message. It is happening on both
my mini and
Hello, I play a lot of muds on the pc and i would like to do this on the mac as
well, a client with msp and mccp would be nice but if thats not possible then
at least some basic sound trigger support. Does anyone else play muds on the
mac?
Greetings, Anouk,
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t;>>>> a
>>>>>>>>>>> sighted person glancing at the screen when the page comes up
>>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>>> taking in the bigger picture, which we can't do.
>>>>>>
Fonzie,
There's are two different things involved when talking about 64-bit.
First is whether individual applications are running as 64-bit. If
you have a 64-bit processor, then any application that is 64-bit
capable will run 64-bit. 32-bit applications continue running as 32-
bit. This
I agree with the fact of extreme prejudice on the part of windows
users toward Mac. Everyone, from Rehab people to friends to tech
people within the California system, attempted to persuade me against
switching to a Mac. The person who delivered the Mac to me said,
"Don't worry; when you
That was a mouthful esther, :)
Thanks a whole lot, now i think there will be no more questioning this
issue
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Hi James, and others.
Thanks for the help, and the explanation on 64 Bit.
I had the idea what it meant, just was unsure if really was worth the
switching.
I did test it, and just check it if worked on my mac, and it does.
Thanks again.
Fonzie
On Aug 30, 2009, at 1:21 PM, Scott Howell wrote:
Buddy, good points and yeah, I use what it takes to get the job done.
Of course my stronger dislike for windows typically shows itself after
Outlook has crashed several times or that damned windows screen reader
has decided to stop communicating with me. :) Hey for now I have some
courses
Hi,
When you turn your new Mac, after pressing Enter to select English for the
language, you'll get a spoken message telling you how to turn on VoiceOver to
complete the setup, and itwill also tell you how to go through the Quick Start
guide, if you want.
HTH,
Jeffrey Shockley
E-Mail:
jawswiz...
Bret, I have started really listening and I think I see what folks
have been talking about. It's pretty easily ignored, but yet not; if
that makes sense. It's there, but perhaps the speed I use covers it
up some, but mention to accessibil...@apple.com and the more folks
that mention this
Hi Jonathan,
I replied to Louie on the mac-access list that voice switching wasn't
available as an embedded command, but that it was possible to specify
the voice as an argument to "say" in terminal. Turns out that's
enough for what he wants, since he can shell script this in bash.
Here
Oh ok I didn't know that
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To:
Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 6:35 PM
Subject: Re: Another cool VO 3.0 Feature
>
> Yes. Typing in all caps is considered shouting.
> --
> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
>
Hi Mike. It is not available yet.
/Jesper.
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To:
Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 5:50 PM
Subject: Re: Mike Arigo - Mac Podcast
>
> I've uploaded it, so it should be there soon, the first 9 that I have
> done are already there. This one mainly focus
Well whadda ya know, we were agreeing all along lol! The original
paragraph I wrote about asking Apple to remove the feature was only
really there to help explain why as much as I'd like it to not exist,
I'd find it impossible to explain to Apple why that's the case,
because no matter how well so
Hi. I'm definitely planning to buy the ipod touch if it has speech.
I'm really really really hoping it does actually because I can't use
the iphone in my area.
Holly
On Aug 30, 2009, at 12:43 PM, william lomas wrote:
>
> hi Will people if it has it, be buying the new IPod tou
well, if you fancy a read, and all that good stuff, check out my blog
on Snow Leopard with voice over. And please remember, it's my opinion
alongside the facts, no offence is intended.
http://blindbabbles.wordpress.com/2009/08/30/the-new-cats-on-the-prowl/
Aim: phoenixfire1807
MSN: disco_da
Sounds cool. I'll check it out.
Take care
James
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Subject: my blog, if anyone is interested
>
> well, if you fancy a read, and all that good stuff, check out my blog
> on Snow Leopard with voice over.
Hi,
I did read the blog entry and enjoyed it. I used Voice Over and Snow
Leopard to read the entry.
Robert Carter
On Aug 30, 2009, at 2:34 PM, James & Nash wrote:
>
> Sounds cool. I'll check it out.
>
> Take care
>
> James
> - Original Message -
> From: "Marie Howarth"
> To:
> Sent:
Awesome stuff Robert. thanks :)
hope you're getting along great with your new cat :)
On Aug 30, 2009, at 8:59 PM, Robert Carter wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I did read the blog entry and enjoyed it. I used Voice Over and Snow
> Leopard to read the entry.
>
> Robert Carter
> On Aug 30, 2009, at 2:34 PM, Ja
Using Google, I have always had 100 search results per page and it
worked just fine with vo and leopard. Now, anything over 10 and vo
navigation slows to a crawl. I'm referring to moving around with the
vo cursor. I consider it bairly usable with 10. I'm using group.
This tells me tha
hmm, this is odd. cuz didn't it say somewhere that VO was supposed to
act faster on webpages with lots of content? strange it's the opposite?
On 30-Aug-09, at 1:52 PM, Barry Hadder wrote:
>
> Using Google, I have always had 100 search results per page and it
> worked just fine with vo and leopa
Hello, is it possible to minimize an app to the dock so that it is not visible
on the list of applications when you cmd tab? this would be really helpful with
skype and adium for example.
Greetings, Anouk,
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I'm not having this issue at all I'm afraid.
On Aug 30, 2009, at 9:58 PM, Jessi and Goldina wrote:
>
> hmm, this is odd. cuz didn't it say somewhere that VO was supposed to
> act faster on webpages with lots of content? strange it's the
> opposite?
> On 30-Aug-09, at 1:52 PM, Barry Hadder wrot
hit command h, it hides them so they're not at the forth front but
they are not truly hidden like you think. if you keep tabbing they'll
still be there.
On Aug 30, 2009, at 10:07 PM, a radix wrote:
> Hello, is it possible to minimize an app to the dock so that it is
> not visible on the lis
Hello Scott,
I think you must have missed my earlier post on this subject.
The pauses are caused by new line characters. I think this was
introduced to make the reading of documents, containing lists with
their items only separated by new line characters, make more sense.
You notice this wh
gt;
> It is one of these obvious ones again, gotta get the hang of it :)
>
> >
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Hello if you want the vo getting started guide for sl mail
accessibil...@apple.com. I did and got it in a few hours in rt-format on a
sunday!
Way to go apple!
Greetings, Anouk,
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it's native to the mac OS. And actually much better than acrobat reader.
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greetings,
I have been playing today with iBank, and have found it missing
definitions for several buttons and a propensity for having Leopard's
voice over have to restart every time a combo box fill in is
completed. I would love to take over the day-to-day accounting for my
wife, but I h
how do you remove audio eg edit out words etc etc
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Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 4:19 AM
Subject: Amadeus Pro: Marking
Hi!
Okay I'm a bit behind on my mail here.
A few days ago a list mem
awesome
my fear was that orca was going to die
and I don't want to see that it has come a long way
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To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 5:30 AM
Subject: Re: why is openoffice accessible and neoofficeenot
Yeah. I am getting around to playing with the settings too and it is
working better for me. It's just weird having to go through this
process of adjusting the way I use my computer with each update. Have
you tried navigating in iTunes in the browser and songs table without
quicknav turn
Hi,
I've noticed that you can't change the screen contrast from black on
white to white on black or, to inverted color scheme. You should be
able to hit control, option and command with the number 8 and have it
switch. And, in the VO utility it clearly says this as well. However,
it won't
Nope, won't work with VO at all.
On Aug 29, 2009, at 1:30 AM, hank smith wrote:
> is it vo friendy?s
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> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 7:30 AM
> Subject: Re: Boxee?
>
> Its an entertainment oriented app. Ultim
Hi out there has anyone done a printer sharing setup with the
apple
airport express base station?
I am looking into doing this for the very first time. On the apple
airport express webpage it just says that you plug in the printer to
the usb port on the back of the base stat
the problem is you can't save a file in text like the windows veration
of adoby please forgive the my spelling I have a rittenexpation
disorder. maurice ham call sine kd0iko.
On Aug 30, 2009, at 3:58 PM, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote:
>
> it's native to the mac OS. And actually much better than a
Hi,
I've noticed a problem in snow leopard. When I go into any program
with a table, VO starts studdering and keeps saying "Row 1 selected"
and I have to exit the app in order to stop it from freezing. It
mainly happens in the sidebar of text edit and in safari. Anyone else
experiencing t
Nice post Marie, totally liked it.
On Aug 30, 2009, at 3:24 PM, Marie Howarth wrote:
>
> well, if you fancy a read, and all that good stuff, check out my blog
> on Snow Leopard with voice over. And please remember, it's my opinion
> alongside the facts, no offence is intended.
> http://blindbabbl
I'd experienced this when I was tryingto add a folder that i wanted
shared across my network, and in the sidebar, VO was doing just that.
On Aug 30, 2009, at 6:55 PM, Jesse Bollinger wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've noticed a problem in snow leopard. When I go into any program
> with a table, VO start
I'd check some of your vo settings. I really think some of these
issues correlate a little to this and other issues when navigating.
finally got mine working OK.
On Aug 31, 2009, at 12:20 AM, Dan Eickmeier wrote:
>
> I'd experienced this when I was tryingto add a folder that i wanted
> shar
The markers by default form the boundaries of your selection, once you
have the piece of audio selected you want to work on then apply your
effects, EQ for example or move your audio to clipboard, delete, copy
to clipboard and so on.
On 31/08/2009, at 8:16 AM, hank smith wrote:
> how do yo
On 31/08/2009, at 2:46 AM, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote:
>
> Hey once again,
>
> Has anyone got some idea on how to navigate through what is normally
> links to pages on the chmos chm reader?
>
> I interact with the drawer then go into the contents tab, go through
> the collapsed rows, expand then
Hello Christos and all:
Believe it or not, it is that simple (smile).
Plug in the express, set up your network (following the prompts), plug
in the printer, add it and that is all.
Could not believe it myself (grin).
On Aug 30, 2009, at 6:49 PM, christos hux wrote:
>
> Hi out th
This should get rid of this for you. Press control option f8 to open
the voice over utility. Tab to the option that says show welcome
message when voice over starts, then press space to uncheck that. You
can then press command q to exit voice over utility.
On Aug 30, 2009, at 11:22 AM, Rich
Try unchecking vo cursor follows mouse pointer, that should get you
all fixed up. Come to think of it, I'd uncheck both vo cursor follows
mouse and mouse follows vo cursor.
HTH,
Steve
On Aug 29, 2009, at 5:13 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote:
hi good people out there in Apple land.
I have just
could you forward it to me off list at pap...@gmavt.net
Thanks in advance.
Pete
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[mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of a radix
Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 5:56 PM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: vo sl guide is a
In Leopard interact with the heading and this will reveal the link.
This won't be a problem once you install snow leopard.
On Aug 30, 2009, at 12:09 PM, a radix wrote:
> Hello everyone, i am on the blindcooltech website because I would
> like to listen to a podcast there. But it does not show
And this isn't happening just with Alex, I'd switched to Fred, and it
still is happening.
On Aug 30, 2009, at 2:41 PM, Scott Howell wrote:
>
> Bret, I have started really listening and I think I see what folks
> have been talking about. It's pretty easily ignored, but yet not; if
> that makes
Hi listers,
Has anybody noticed that voiceover now gets stuck in submenus in snow
leopard? For instance, when I am in mail, and I go to the mailbox
menu, I can move through the options until I get to the online status
submenu. At this point, hitting the up, down, left, and right arrows
sim
Hi all
Something strange, in adium, before each contact name it says
"empty". I suspect that this is an issue for verbosity, would any one
have an idea of what element the list items in the adium contacts
would be? Maybe we could tweak somehing to make that stop?
Justi
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How do you make google show more than 10 results?
I have actually found the opposite to be true. VO was really really
bad at the comcast homepage in Leopard, now its just bad, but at least
workable. everywhere else on the internet is much more responsive.
That is actually one
Hey there
I just made the screen go white on black. Turn off vo, press the cmd
vo 8, and turn vo back on.
I can't help you with the second one.
Justin
El Aug 30, 2009, a las 3:42 PM, Larry Wanger escribió:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've noticed that you can't change the screen contrast from black on
> wh
Hello,
Maurice Mines wrote:
>
> the problem is you can't save a file in text like the windows veration
> of adoby please forgive the my spelling I have a rittenexpation
> disorder.
Maurice, there is a File menu option to "Save as Text…" (VO-M to menu
bar, press "f" to go to "File", arrow down
Figured out the second issue but the issue with the screen contrast is
strange. This having to turn off VO to change the contrast is new in
Snow Leopard and not a welcome change if I must say. I hope this is
corrected in the future. Some of us have enough vision to see where we
are on a pa
Hay,
On the google page, click on the "search preferences" link if IGoogle,
or "search settings" if classic. The setting will be on the fallowing
page.
It's deffentaly an issue with group mode. While I agree that group
got a little flaky with Safari4 in leopard, sl is very different. On
Yes, I've definitely been noticing the same thing, but not always. At
first I had thought it was happening only when I had the arrow keys
operating in Quick Nav mode (is that what it's called?), but a bit of
experimenting has shown that that is not the cause. Still, I'm loving
the new OS, which is
Interesting,
I did some investigating, and found that quick nav was in fact on.
That was why my submenus were not working properly. Interesting that
turning voiceover off and then back on does not cancel out quick nav
mode. You have to hit the left and right arrows to get out of it. It's
a
It's possible, of course, that I'm doing something wrong, but I've not
been able to use the playlist browser in iTunes in the way that I used
to before Snow Leopard. The browser is a list -- genres, artists,
albums. Before SL, I could just interact with the list and then hit a
key that would take
Hello again, all,
I've been thinking about my SMTP issue again, and I'm wondering if
perhaps this isn't one of those servers that expect the user to be
logged into the pop server first. If this is the case, how would I tell
Mail to do that?
I tried to find the snoop command someone was talking abo
One other question if I may: does anyone know of a way to view followers
in Syrinx? I can find the people I'm following just fine, but not those
who are following me.
Thanks yet again,
Terrence
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Hi, if you're trying to use an smtp server other than your ISP's
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their's, If this is a case, try putting in your ISP's server
instead. As far as other mail clients that are accessible with
Voiceover, I really, don't htink
Wow!
Esther,
Thank you so very much for taking the time to compile all of this wonderful
information.
This is excellent.
I hope I may return the favor someday.
Most Sincerely,
Mark
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Hi all, found this in the VO getting started manual for Snow Leopard,
which you can request from Apple accessibility, that we can now add
folders to the doc, at the press of a keystroke, when we're focused on
the folder. This was definitely something we couldn't do in Leopard
with ease. T
Hello Mike and thank you.
There are so many ways to do things with the Mac, eh?
Mark
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