nes game emulators that work with vo?

hello any one know of any nes game emulators that work with vo? Hank --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 unsub

Using Gmail with VoiceOver [was: Letting Apple Accessibility know when they've done a good job]

On 04/09/2009 21:50, Rich Ring wrote: > However, with my inability to send and receive email [snip] I am thus far not > overjoyed with this machine at all. [snip] > I don't have a clue as to how to solve my Gmail problem, and therefore I > will just stick to Windows for mail right now. Are you

Clean Install of SL

Hello, forgive me for being dense. I am relatively new at all this, but I'd like to know how to do a clean install of Snow Leopard and restore some applications and settings that I have backed up with Time Machine. How difficult might this be? Also, would it be a good idea to install Snow Leopa

Re: Clean Install of SL

Hi to do a clean install: 1. Boot from your snowleopard DVD. TO do this, hold the C key down as you insert the DVD and turn your mac on. 2. When the drive stops spinning i.e the DVD-rom drive, press command f 5 or, function key command f 5 to turn on voiceover if using a laptop computer.

super duper scheduling

hi all when i do a smart backup why is so much changing since last night I have hardly done anything yet it takes at least ten fifteen ormore minutes to do a smart backup? It is strange it takes a long time to scan the whole drive again to note changes WIll --~--~-

Re: Nisus Writer

Yes, and you can also install the Thesaurus as a stand-alone application. - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, September 06, 2009 1:05 AM Subject: Nisus Writer Hi! I meant to mention that both Nisus Writer Classic

Re: Nisus Writer Pro

Thanks for this Dane, Me niether as i can't see the screen at all. Also, Draft view is the most accessible view, because when I last used NWP, when you had more than one page, VO would go silent on everything but the first page. This made ading and editing footnotes very dificult. I needed to

Re: To Hank: RE: attn m taylor

thanks also any way I could get fmware 11 if not no biggy thanks for the help on the keyboard mapping Hank - Original Message - From: "M. Taylor" To: Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 6:03 PM Subject: To Hank: RE: attn m taylor > > > Hello Hank, > > First, I have reported this issue

Re: Quick but important list note

thanks for the tip - Original Message - From: "Cara Quinn" To: Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 7:09 PM Subject: Quick but important list note Hi All; It's been brought to my attention, as well as being mentioned on- list just today, that some users seem to be responding pr

Re: Nisus Writer

The Thesaurus is an extremely handy tool, I don't know of any other Thesaurus actually come to think of it, i suppose that Office from Microsoft has one though that's next to useless for us . On 06/09/2009, at 6:03 PM, James & Nash wrote: > Yes, and you can also install the Thesaurus as a st

Re: Nisus Writer Pro

Last time I tried them, Footnotes and Endnotes were perfectly accessible in Nisus Writer Pro, been so long since I played with it of course and I've forgotten a lot of what I did to get things working, oh well, come share the road I've already travelled with me and yep, I look forward to u

Re: List of Snow Leopard keyboard shortcuts.

where can i get a usb touchpad for my mac mini - Original Message - From: Esther To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 10:44 PM Subject: Re: List of Snow Leopard keyboard shortcuts. Hi Igor, Welcome to the Macvisionaries list, and that's

Re: super duper scheduling

I don't know, but I think that makes sense. Although you said that Super Duper only makes note of the changes, there is no way that i know of for it to automatically know what those changes are. Also, I would think the time it takes to scan your drive depends on how much you have on it. - O

Assigning a Keyboard Shortcut to Hang Up in Skype [was Re: Skype and Voice Over].

Hi Mark, Dane, and Others I started typing out a reply flesh out Jonathan's suggestion on how to create a keyboard shortcut to Hang Up in Skype (in Leopard) and also incorporate Cara's suggestion, but since Dane has nicely listed things, I'll just annotate his instructions with some comments

Re: Blind Cool Tech Podcast

Under the advanced menu you can subscribe directly at http://www.blindcooltech.com/bct.xml . You will either want to unsubscribe from the feed in the iTUnes store or just delete the podcasts you don't want to listen too. As Esther pointed out, there is apparently something wrong with the f

Re: List of Snow Leopard keyboard shortcuts.

i wish I had one to, smile On 6 Sep 2009, at 09:20, hank smith wrote: > where can i get a usb touchpad for my mac mini > - Original Message - > From: Esther > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 10:44 PM > Subject: Re: List of Snow Leopard keyboard sho

Re: List of Snow Leopard keyboard shortcuts.

Hank if you want the trackpad to make use of the gestures, that will not work and I don't know of a usb trackpad in any event. I think there use to be one made by a company called GlidePoint. Regardless, there is no trackpad that will allow you to take advantage of the gestures. On Sep 6,

attn mar taylor again

hello when I map insert numpat 0 to insert numpad 0 I can't get jaws to work the insert key what do you suggest I do? Hank --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group,

Yet another drop box question

Hi there. Anyone that use Dropbox under Snow leopard who have noticed that the dropbox context sencitive menu that you should get as part of the right click menu when rightclicking the dropbox folder is gone? I can't find it and i can't seem to make it show no matter what i do. What obviou

What is PRAM? was safari sluggish and slow

If this doesn't fix your problem, you should try zapping the PRAM What is this feature please? Thanks Take care James - Original Message - From: "Anne Robertson" To: Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 9:50 PM Subject: Re: safari sluggish and slow > > Hello Anouk, > > On Sep 4, 2009,

Re: Clickable

5 sep 2009 kl. 23.11 skrev Justin Harford: > but it basically calls things clickable that really are not clickable. I haven't had any problems with this at all. Those things that VO has reported as being clickable have in fact been clickable. One tip though is that if you use groups mode, y

Re: List of Snow Leopard keyboard shortcuts.

Hello Igor. It is always good to say hello to a new person here. May you enjoy your working with the Macintosh computer. Thank you for the list of shortcuts. On Sep 6, 2009, at 12:25 AM, Igor Kaplan wrote: > Hi all listers! > Well, since it is my first post to this list, let me introduce

Re: To Hank: RE: attn m taylor

What's vmware 11? Aren't we on vmware 2.05 now? I'm confused. Simon On 6 Sep 2009, at 09:08, hank smith wrote: > > thanks > also any way I could get fmware 11 > if not no biggy > thanks for the help on the keyboard mapping > Hank > - Original Message - > From: "M. Taylor" > To: > Sent:

Re: What is PRAM? was safari sluggish and slow

Hello James, On Sep 6, 2009, at 11:24 AM, James & Nash wrote: > > What is this feature please? > The PRAM is the Parameter RAM, and contains such information as the system output sound volume. It's stable across boots and zapping it sets it back to its default values. Cheers, Anne --~--~--

Re: What is PRAM? was safari sluggish and slow

Thanks Anne, - Original Message - From: Anne Robertson To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, September 06, 2009 11:45 AM Subject: Re: What is PRAM? was safari sluggish and slow Hello James, On Sep 6, 2009, at 11:24 AM, James & Nash wrote: What is this f

Re: To Hank: RE: attn m taylor

Hello Simon, Simon Cavendish wrote: > > What's vmware 11? Aren't we on vmware 2.05 now? I'm confused. > > Simon Yes, Simon, your statement about the current version is correct. I think the point of confusion is that Mark is trying out a beta version of vmware (not the regular release), and

Re: [Mac-cessibility News] FaceBook iPhone Application Updated With Accessibility Fixes

Some of us have been told to move iPhone discussions to the viphone list rather than posting them here. I'm on the fence about this issue as the Macintosh and iPhone have very different user interfaces, do a whole bunch of different things but work together almost seamlessly. I recently

Re: Clickable

Just for the record: a Clickable item is different from a Mouse Over one. Often, though, a web item has both attributes. On Sep 5, 2009, at 1:24 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > > Actually, you don't want to get rid of this, because it could be > important. This indicates that the text you are on can

Itunes and Internet Radio Streams

Hi! What sort of internet radio streams can Itunes handle? I suspect that It cannot handle Windows Media or Real Audio streams, is that correct? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" g

Re: background picture

Ah, whereyou want to go into is Adium's preferences, not system preferences. Hope this helps. On Sep 4, 2009, at 5:16 AM, anouk radix wrote: > > HEllo, i have just looked but i can only find a password tab and a tab > to start certain programs at logins, no personal tab. > I did delete the d

adding dropbox to growl

hi how do I add dropbox to growl? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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

boycott from the WWF

Hi everyone, It's been a week since i was supposed to get snow leopard, but a lot of sighted people have gone ahead of me, and emptied the stcoks of the OS from practically all the shops in my city. They do have the macbox set but i'll have to wait again for the next stock of standalone sno

r s s with safari

Hello. Not sure how to use r s s. I clicked on a subscribe link for a page with an r s s feed. Then I went in to my bookmarks. After going to rss in one table, I looked in the other table. There was nothing there. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message

growl in snowleopard

hi is growl used more in snowleopard? where can I read up on growls usages I thought at first, it was an annoyance but I think given the dropbox settings, I can see its usages. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are s

Now, i'm seriously worried. - safari behaving strangely

Hi there. As from today, something very weird has started happening with my Safari. Whenever i come across a password field, VO starts clicking hysterically as if the computer was typing out characters at random into the password field and i can't stop it unless i vo-shift- spacebar. I don'

pod cast 11, new features of voiceover now available

Hey everyone, ok, by popular request, smile, pod cast 11 is now on blind cool tech. This one is dedicated to the new features of voice over in snow leopard, here is the link. http://media.libsyn.com/media/bct/bct1382NewFeaturesInVoiceOver.mp3 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~--

Re: Vo-shift-space bar is broken

I've seen this when helping another mac user get set up, but it was when attempting to interact with an item. Here is a way to tell if its working. Turn on keyboard help with v o k, then press the v o shift space command, see if the description voice over provides is the right one. On Sep

Re: Now, i'm seriously worried. - safari behaving strangely

From what I have read on other lists, reseting the PRAM in the any MacOS X version will not make much of a difference. This was a common debugging hint from OS7-9. I understand now the PRAM is mostly used for when the Kernal panics to save the register information to report back to Appl

Re: r s s with safari

Generally I do the following... 1. click on the RSS link in the webpage. this should bring up a safari RSS screen with links for "Today", "Yesterday" and "Last week". I will then click on the link to subscribe in my e-mail. I find the e-mail RSS to be easier to work with. On a related not

Re: super duper scheduling

10 to 15 minutes to scan a full system and backup changed items doesn't seem long to me. I am assuming you have it set to backup ALL, not just your user folders. So we're not just talking about documents you edit. But anything system files settings files anything that it backs up it looks

Infovox iVox voices in foreign languages testers needed

Hi, We now have quite a number of voices in the Infovox iVox 2 public beta. In addition to the languages made available when the public beta was announced we have now also added Dutch, Flemish/Belgian Dutch and Danish. We could still use some pre-pubic beta testers for the following langu

keyboard to use with garageband?

Hello, I have a yamaha ypt403 keyboard which i use on occasion, it has a usb port and can be used udner windows as a midi keyboard but it needs a driver. Does anyone know if it can be used udner the mac as well or what keyboards can be used with garageband? Greetings, AnoukÎ --~--~-~

Further to my Safari weirdnesses

Hello. It doesn't seem that the hysterical clicking is present in every password field on the web. For example i can log in to my blog without any problems. Furthermore, if when VO starts clicking automatically i do a vo-cmd-f5 to route the mouse to the password field, the random clicking

Re: Now, i'm seriously worried. - safari behaving strangely

Hey and thanks for the tips. This happens in Snow Leopard. It doesn't appear to happen in all text fields and not consistently. One instance where i've seen this is on www.solona.net . I don't believe it has to do with the key chain either, since i've seen this behaviour even on sites where

Re: keyboard to use with garageband?

I don't know specifically about this keyboard. I did buy my daughter a keyboard with a USB port f when Garage band first cane out and it just worked with no drivers or software installs. If you have the keyboard just go ahead and try it out. Jonathan On Sep 6, 2009, at 1:41 PM, anouk radix

creating ringtones

Hello all, I've search itunes help for instructions for creating ringtones, but only find instructions for purchasing them from the itunes store. Is there a way to create itunes from one's own music collection? TIA, Donna --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received th

Re: Further to my Safari weirdnesses

Perhaps it is a notification gone on the blink? Kind of like that auto forms mode in JFW. I know VO doesn't use a forms mode but just a thought - Original Message - From: "Krister Ekstrom" To: "Macvisionaries list the blind" Sent: Sunday, September 06, 2009 7:02 PM Subject: Further to

Re: [Mac-cessibility News] FaceBook iPhone Application Updated With Accessibility Fixes

Hi Chris, who told you to move discussions from here?… To everyone, for future reference, if Josh or I say a topic is okay for the list, regardless of what any other lister says, then that topic is fine to bring up on the list. iPhone topics (even that of ATT issues related to the i

Re: pod cast 11, new features of voiceover now available

how can i download the podcast? when I click on it it just starts. I obviously don't mind listening, however, I would like to download it and take it away on another device. any help would bee appreciated. thanks Keith On 6 Sep 2009, at 17:00, Mike Arrigo wrote: > > Hey everyone, ok, by popu

Re: keyboard to use with garageband?

I'd echo what Jon said. I own a m-audio keystation 61ez which is a controler keyboard only. If I use it under windows I have to install a driver, but on the mac, it works streight away. I like the idea of only using a controler keyboard and then letting garage band provide the sounds; i've played

Re: reading column headings in spreadsheets

Are you using sl? I have seen many improvements with vo and Numbers sence upgrading. I've noticed that vo always announces the top-level row and column heading as I move through the sells. If a row or column is several headings deep, It doesn't read all of them, but I think that is a sma

Re: [Mac-cessibility News] FaceBook iPhone Application Updated With Accessibility Fixes

Thanks. I didn't have my feelings hurt as I did think that this group had hoped to get iPhone stuff moved to the viphone list. I do also think that there are far too few blinks using any sort of Apple equipment to really support as many lists as we have already. Of course, I started the v

Re: pod cast 11, new features of voiceover now available

Hi, Assuming that you are using a Mac, when you are on the Blind Cool Tech site and sitting on the link for Mike's podcast, press option+enter to start the download. Robert Carter On Sep 6, 2009, at 1:54 PM, Keith Brown wrote: > > how can i download the podcast? when I click on it it just s

Re: pod cast 11, new features of voiceover now available

thanks for your help, unfortunately when i tried this the podcast just streamed from the net. i.e no download. Keith 6 Sep 2009, at 20:19, Robert Carter wrote: > > Hi, > > Assuming that you are using a Mac, when you are on the Blind Cool Tech > site and sitting on the link for Mike's podcast,

Re: pod cast 11, new features of voiceover now available

Hi, When I tried it, the podcast immediately downloaded. Perhaps you have the option key set to be used with keyboard commander. If so, make sure you use the other option key. Robert Carter On Sep 6, 2009, at 2:35 PM, Keith Brown wrote: > > thanks for your help, unfortunately when i tried t

jumping from end to end of the messages table

Hi everyone, I have been hurdled by this one for a bit: When i restart the mail application, i usually have the selection to appear on the first row of every mailbox i have. I have a big numberof messages on my main mailbox from which relevant mails are dispatched to different smart mailbo

Re: jumping from end to end of the messages table

Interact with the table and use VO, shift, home or end respectively. Brett On Sep 6, 2009, at 1:52 PM, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I have been hurdled by this one for a bit: > > When i restart the mail application, i usually have the selection to > appear on the first row of

Re: jumping from end to end of the messages table

and if it's on a macbook? do i do vo shift fn left arrow? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 f

Re: jumping from end to end of the messages table

Hi Yuma, Yes, on a MacBook use VO-Shift-Fn-Left Arrow or VO-Shift-Fn-Right Arrow to jump to the beginning or end of the messages table instead of VO-Shift-Home and VO-Shift-End (for a full-size keyboard). Cheers, Esther Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: > > and if it's on a macbook? do i do vo s

Re: pod cast 11, new features of voiceover now available

Hello Keith and Robert, I think you might find that Control click will bring up a menu in which you can choose Download. Cheers, Anne On Sep 6, 2009, at 9:52 PM, Robert Carter wrote: > > Hi, > > When I tried it, the podcast immediately downloaded. Perhaps you have > the option key set to be

facebook?

hey guys dunno if my messages are getting through, I never get any responses lol. I don't get any failure to send, but still. anyone know why I can't search the facebook mobile site? it'll say it found results, but then there's nowhere to see the results. is this a change to facebook or to

Re: Vo-shift-space bar is broken

Works fine here. On Sep 5, 2009, at 4:58 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hello, > > As yet, I have not been able to get the VO+Shift+Space Bar to work > on my > MacBook Pro in any Finder window or Mac application. > > Several times have tried to do the following: > > 1. > Route the Mouse pointer to th

Re: pod cast 11, new features of voiceover now available

Hello Keith, OK, this is an awkward one. Try going to: then use the Item chooser to find: "new". The second item should be "New features in VoiceOver". Make sure your mouse is over the link and press Option-Return. This worked for me. Cheers, Anne --~--~---

Re: pod cast 11, new features of voiceover now available

Thanks Anne, unfortunately this didn't work either. It just said new folder, arrange by clean up etc but no option to either save or download Cheers Keith On 6 Sep 2009, at 21:13, Anne Robertson wrote: > > Hello Keith and Robert, > > I think you might find that Control click will b

Re: pod cast 11, new features of voiceover now available

In Safari, when you're focused on the link, try holding the option key and pressing enter, I think that will download the file to your downloads folder. On Sep 6, 2009, at 2:35 PM, Keith Brown wrote: > > thanks for your help, unfortunately when i tried this the podcast just > streamed from th

Re: jumping from end to end of the messages table

Sure, interact with the messages table, then press v o shift home to go to the top, and v o shift end to go to the bottom. On Sep 6, 2009, at 2:52 PM, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I have been hurdled by this one for a bit: > > When i restart the mail application, i usually ha

Re: pod cast 11, new features of voiceover now available

Hi Keith and others, Try going to the Blind Cool Tech feed: http://www.blindcooltech.com/bct.xml The mp3 download for Mike's "New Features In VoiceOver" should be the first link on the page. Press Option-Return (some people refer to the Return key as "Enter", and to this command as Option-

Re: Itunes and Internet Radio Streams

Your spot on Dane. It can't handle real audio and or windows media streams. You need flip for mac or vlc to play those types. - Original Message - From: "Dane Trethowan" To: Sent: Sunday, September 06, 2009 11:44 PM Subject: Itunes and Internet Radio Streams > > Hi! > > What sort of

Fixed the double speaking of tweets in syrinx very easy to fix

Hi all. Just wanted to let everyone know how to fix the double speaking of tweets in syrinx. Basically in the voiceover utility turn off the automatically interact when using the tab key under the navigation tab in the voiceover utility. This solves the double speaking of tweets in syrinx.

voicover spontanously restarting?

Hi, I have had this happen for a few times and I am not sure why it does? I know it restarts because I normally have voice off and i hear its welcome message. I also notice that if i have vlc running for a long time its gets very sluggish and does not response anymore, i have to force quit i

Re: keyboard to use with garageband?

Hello, yeah I will try it later, at least now I know there is a chance this will work, although my keyboard is normally not a controller, its just an added function. Greetings, Anouk On Sep 6, 2009, at 9:06 PM, ben mustill-rose wrote: > > I'd echo what Jon said. I own a m-audio keystation 61e

Re: Using Gmail with VoiceOver [was: Letting Apple Accessibility know when they've done a good job]

Actually, all I have been trying to do is set up a gmail pop account. No go. - Original Message - From: "Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis" To: Sent: Sunday, September 06, 2009 2:32 AM Subject: Using Gmail with VoiceOver [was: Letting Apple Accessibility know when they've done a good job] On 04

Introduction and a question.

Hi all, First an introduction. My name is Pete Nalda and I've been using a mac since a classic II running close view and Outspoken. I stayed with that until 98 then did a short detour into Windows land for 2 years then got back into Macs after seeing Jaguar with zoom. Ok, now for the ques

Re: Using Gmail with VoiceOver [was: Letting Apple Accessibility know when they've done a good job]

On 07/09/2009 01:30, Rich Ring wrote: > Actually, all I have been trying to do is set up a gmail pop account. Do you mean you're just trying to configure POP access to your Gmail account with Apple Mail? > No go. Did you follow the instructions at: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py

daisy readers for the mac

Hey all. are there any daisy readers for the mac. i know there is one over at cucat.org but the website isn't working for some reason. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To pos

Reading from the cursor down

Hi all: Is there a VoiceOver function to allow you to read from the current cursor position to the end of the document? I am working with a university textbook which I received in RTF format. I would like to be able to listen to VoiceOver read the text for me and allow me to stop at different

Webkit

Hi! I'm still using this application under Leopard, has anyone tried it with Snow leopard, what do you think? ** Dane Trethowan From Melton Victoria Australia mailto:"grtd...@internode.on.net Twitter: http://twitter.com/grtdane blog: http://www.grtdane.wordpress.

Re: Clickable

Hello On Sep 6, 2009, at 2:28 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > Those things that VO has > reported as being clickable have in fact been clickable OK very well. So in this article http://www.examiner.com/x-6741-SF-Family-Examiner~y2009m9d6-Boy-11-stabbed-on-SF-bus-Friday-nearly-dies pretty much ev

Re: creating ringtones

Hi Donna, What I would do is use a program like amadeus Pro to select the segment of a track you want to use as a ringtone, copy it to a separate file, save that file in AAC format, and change the extension from M4A to M4R. I think Amadeus Pro might be able to save as a ringtone, so you w

Re: Skype and Voice Over.

Hi, this has been a great thread - lots of good information. There really is no way to create a keyboard shortcut for answering a Skype call? Too bad, as that would be the most useful Skype command to access from the keyboard. Best, Anna On Sep 6, 2009, at 1:54 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

Re: creating ringtones

Hello, here are detailed instructions posted by a knowledgeable person on viphone list on how to create ring tones. i'm pasting them below. first of all, this can only be done with music you haven't purchased from the itunes store. step by step instructions 1. open itunes 2. find the song you