Re: Skype and Voice Over.

2009-09-07 Thread william lomas
shame we can't script it in snowleopard? On 7 Sep 2009, at 06:32, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: > > 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 co

RE: Skype and Voice Over.

2009-09-07 Thread M. Taylor
Since I find that I am using Skype a great deal on the Mac, I created a VO Commander sequence that opens Skype. I use Right-Option+k. Big thanks to Cara for outlining this feature for me in a recent discussion. Mark -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:mac

Re: male in snowleopard and gmail

2009-09-07 Thread Matthew Campbell
Hello list members I've fixed th mail isue by simply reinstalling sl. I'd recomen to any new adopter f sl to not do an upgrade because of problems like the mail issue. On 2009-09-04, at 1:35 PM, Rich Ring wrote: > > I am experiencing the same problem, I set up a gmail account under > SL and >

Re: Skype and Voice Over.

2009-09-07 Thread Dane Trethowan
You could of course have Skype start up automatically upon system start-up too! On 07/09/2009, at 5:18 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > > Since I find that I am using Skype a great deal on the Mac, I > created a VO > Commander sequence that opens Skype. I use Right-Option+k. > > Big thanks to Cara f

RE: Skype and Voice Over.

2009-09-07 Thread M. Taylor
Yes, thank you, I know. However, I have never taken to the idea of having too many things startup automatically. (Smile) I suppose it's because I am a control freak. Just kidding. Mark -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com]

Re: Skype and Voice Over.

2009-09-07 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi everyone, I'm adding in to this thread as it is related. I have previously asked about this issue but haven't resolved it yet. When it comes to conversing (chatting) with someone on skype, i know how to go to the mainframe, interact with it, and look at the conversation. Adding text is a

A Question and a Statement from Mark

2009-09-07 Thread M. Taylor
Hello All, The Question: Because of the enormous email list traffic, I have begun to experiment with using the threaded view in the Mac Mail client. I have spent a lot of time working with it and I don't know if I am being efficient in my navigation techniques. Here is what I have noticed.

Re: To Hank: RE: attn m taylor

2009-09-07 Thread hank smith
h running a beta of vmware 11 - Original Message - From: "Simon Cavendish" To: Sent: Sunday, September 06, 2009 3:17 AM Subject: 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: > >>

Re: A Question and a Statement from Mark

2009-09-07 Thread william lomas
How do you turn on threaded messaging? On 7 Sep 2009, at 08:58, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hello All, > > The Question: > > Because of the enormous email list traffic, I have begun to > experiment with > using the threaded view in the Mac Mail client. > > I have spent a lot of time working with it a

random application in sl asking for password

2009-09-07 Thread Matthew Campbell
Good early morning list. I have this real random application asking me for a password every so often. It usually happens after a period of inactivity but not too sure. The weird thing about it is that I can't use any of the voiceover commands to find out what application it is. Can anyone he

Re: keyboard to use with garageband?

2009-09-07 Thread hank smith
what keyboard did you buy her? can I get model number? and brand? - Original Message - From: "Jonathan C. Cohn" To: Sent: Sunday, September 06, 2009 11:19 AM Subject: Re: keyboard to use with garageband? I don't know specifically about this keyboard. I did buy my daughter a keyboard

Info for a Newby

2009-09-07 Thread Justin Kauflin
Hey everyone, First, I'd like to thank folks for being so helpful with my posts. Its nice to post a question, and receive a response! I was just wondering if there was a good resource for finding out general information on the different applications that come with the Mac. I'm just realizing ho

Re: Info for a Newby

2009-09-07 Thread Matthew Campbell
Hey. Try www.macccessibility.com. Sorry it's not a link but my brain is too tired to remember how to paste one in an email message. LOL. HTH. On 2009-09-07, at 4:39 AM, Justin Kauflin wrote: > > Hey everyone, First, I'd like to thank folks for being so helpful with > my posts. Its nice to pos

Re: Info for a Newby

2009-09-07 Thread dannyboy
For me, the Apple web site has good material for beginners. There are many tutorials, video and text files. Granted, they are for sighted users, but if one remembers the voice over way to click a mouse, or to do the different things, they are helpful. That is why I am glad voice over was writt

It has arrived

2009-09-07 Thread william lomas
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music applications on the mac

2009-09-07 Thread anouk radix
Hello everyone, i know there is garageband of course but I wonder if there is an application for the mac like sonar is for windows? Greetings, Anouk --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries"

nisus writer pro, opening certain documents

2009-09-07 Thread anouk radix
Hello, i just tried to open one of my lawbooks which has a.doc extension but i suspect its a wordperfect file although i am not sure, textedit opens it but it is very slow, anyhow with nisus writer when i try to open this file it says i need to install rosetta. Why is this, this seem s very

Re: Info for a Newby

2009-09-07 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Justin, If you press Control-Option-h twice, you'll get the VO commands menu. There are 13 menus, each with its own submenu. Its interesting to read through them all to get an idea of what's available. You'll never take them all in at once, but at least you'll have an idea where to lo

Re: Reading from the cursor down

2009-09-07 Thread Scott Howell
VO-a that is the VO-keys and the letter a. On Sep 6, 2009, at 10:34 PM, Kamal Haffar wrote: > > 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

audio higjack pro

2009-09-07 Thread william lomas
hi in snowleopard can one use audio highjack for system and mike audio? Will --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@google

Re: Infovox iVox voices in foreign languages testers needed

2009-09-07 Thread Koumanova Rostislava
hi david , i would like to try the russian voices. can you let me know if i can, i have the russian account and i am considering to buy this aditional language . rossy Il giorno 06/set/2009, alle ore 19.11, David Niemeijer ha scritto: > > Hi, > > We now have quite a number of voices in the Inf

Re: Webkit

2009-09-07 Thread dannyboy
What exactly is web kit? Is it a replacement for Safari? On Sep 6, 2009, at 11:23 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: > Hi! > > I'm still using this application under Leopard, has anyone tried it > with Snow leopard, what do you think? > > > > ** > > Dane Trethowan > From Melt

cursors

2009-09-07 Thread Keith Brown
could someone give me a quick rundown as to how cursors should be set. thanks Keith __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4401 (20090906) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com --~--~-~--~

Re: audio higjack pro

2009-09-07 Thread James & Nash
Not yet as far as I know as the Instant Hijack feature is not SL compatible. But you're best bet is to check the AHP website. Take care James - Original Message - From: "william lomas" To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by the blind" Sent: Monday,

Re: Webkit

2009-09-07 Thread Dane Trethowan
As far as I know its the engine that Safari uses. On 07/09/2009, at 8:02 PM, dannyboy wrote: > > What exactly is web kit? > Is it a replacement for Safari? > On Sep 6, 2009, at 11:23 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: > >> Hi! >> >> I'm still using this application under Leopard, has anyone tried it >>

Re: Webkit

2009-09-07 Thread Scott Howell
Yes it is the engine for Safari and some other browsers as well. Unless your really having some issue, you shouldn't need Webkit unless you like to see how the bleeding edge works. On Sep 7, 2009, at 6:44 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote: > > As far as I know its the engine that Safari uses. > > > On

using macbook with closed lid?

2009-09-07 Thread anouk radix
Hi everyone, i go to school with my laptop everyday by bus, this ride takers 45 minutes. I always take my dog with me. I would like to use my laptop for studyig diring this time but there is not much room. Luckily i have a quite compact braille display and the new os x has bluetooth suppor

Re: Webkit

2009-09-07 Thread Dane Trethowan
That's why I asked some time ago when people were talking about odd behavior with Safari, had they tried using Webkit and had they noted any differences? Now I'm still using Leopard here but it seems to me that Webkit loads a lot of web pages faster than Safari does. On 07/09/2009, at 8:5

Re: Clickable

2009-09-07 Thread Chris Hofstader
Hi, Clickable is a valid html element that turns an item into something like a link with a few minor different properties. You should be able to click the mouse cursor on one of these items and and some action should occur. If the site you cite has items labeled clickable that are not i

Re: Clickable

2009-09-07 Thread Chris Hofstader
Dude, switch to the decaf, the people on this list all (to my knowledge) volunteers and they do their best to help each other out. Further examination of your "clickable" issues may be indicated but you needn't be so snotty about it. Happy Alexander Berkman Day, cdh On Sep 7, 2009, at 12:3

installed

2009-09-07 Thread william lomas
hi I now have snowleopard installed. I noted that you ahve to keep going back into the roter announcements popup menu to choose what you want spoken. THre is a lot of verbosity here, smile, so will take a while to get it just right. Overall so far I am happy with the OS --

Re: using macbook with closed lid?

2009-09-07 Thread william lomas
why is ... voiceover ... pausing ... like this when reading mails? he is no longer breathing under SL? On 7 Sep 2009, at 12:04, anouk radix wrote: > > Hi everyone, i go to school with my laptop everyday by bus, this ride > takers 45 minutes. I always take my dog with me. I would like to use >

Re: nes game emulators that work with vo?

2009-09-07 Thread Darcy Burnard
A few years back I used a NES emulator called nestopia. At the time it worked really well. This was in the Tiger days though, so that may have changed. If you try it, let us know your findings. Darcy On 2009-09-06, at 3:14 AM, hank smith wrote: > hello any one know of any nes game emulator

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

2009-09-07 Thread Chris Hofstader
Hi, This may sound like a non-sequitur as I was happy to let the podcast stream from the site. First, I'd like to thank you for such a terrific podcast. While I had read lists of "What's New," your demonstrations really drove a lot home and I'm using more of the new things already. One i

Re: Clickable

2009-09-07 Thread Chris Hofstader
Hi, Another thought: You say that you are navigating by "text block" which may report clickable if anything in the block indeed has the clickable property. You may want to navigate in smaller chunks so as to find out which word/words have the clickable property. Happy Jack Reed Day, cdh

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

2009-09-07 Thread Jesse Bollinger
I also enjoy the new option to read the text to the right. Call me a windows bot if you want but after using the evil Jaws for nearly 12 years now it's just what I'm comfortable with. I'm glad to hear this cursor reading wasn't invented by Jaws though so it can't be labeled as "VO trying to ac

Re: using macbook with closed lid?

2009-09-07 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
I know this is possible if the computer is connected to an external video display. I have no idea about the braille though. Why not try it out and let us know. Jon On Sep 7, 2009, at 7:04 AM, anouk radix wrote: > > Hi everyone, i go to school with my laptop everyday by bus, this ride > taker

mail

2009-09-07 Thread william lomas
hi all in mail voiceover reads oddly and pauses in strange places. The rest of my findings though in SL are indeed all positive --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" gro

Re: keyboard to use with garageband?

2009-09-07 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
NI brought the keyboard about 5 years ago. I think it is an m-Audio. If you want more details still, write me off-list at jon.c.c...@cox.net. Jonathan On Sep 7, 2009, at 4:24 AM, hank smith wrote: > > what keyboard did you buy her? can I get model number? and brand? > - Original Message -

Voice Over with Apple Scripts, must get this off my chest

2009-09-07 Thread Jes Smith
Hi all. I am greatly concerned that voice over now has support for scripting. Especially now that you can make voice over launch an application with a single script. I'm not talking about glancing at the time or seeing how many unread messages you have in mail. I'm talking about opening u

RE: creating ringtones

2009-09-07 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Anna, Wow that's interesting. Kind of disgusting that the ohnly option that Itunes gives you is to buy ringtones from Apple, but at least there's a work-around. Thanks for confirming that this in fact can't be done in itunes, and for the info on creating ringtones in Amadeus Pro. Hope you

Re: mail

2009-09-07 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi William, It seems that all your messages are coming directly into my mailbox, and they don't appear in my mac visionaries folder, so i think you should try resending the messages to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com and not to me. you might have replied to one of my mails once and it rep

For those of you who wanted emulator software

2009-09-07 Thread James & Nash
Hi folks, Found this wile searching for you. I don't know though if any of these are acessible with VO. http://emulation.macscene.net/ Take care James --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVision

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

2009-09-07 Thread James & Nash
Hi folks, I'm glad people are enjoying the new cursor option. I am curious though. Can we still use the cursor in the Mac OS X way though? Thanks Take care James - Original Message - From: "Jesse Bollinger" To: Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 1:11 PM Subject: Re: pod cast 11, new

Re: Voice Over with Apple Scripts, must get this off my chest

2009-09-07 Thread James & Nash
Hi Jes, I've not installed Snow Leopard yet, but I do understand your concerns. I would just like to say though, that you can use shortcut keys in Windows to launch applications. I'm sure you know this smile. I do understand your concerns about the ability to script taking the onis away from

RE: creating ringtones

2009-09-07 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Simon, Thanks so much for posting these instructions! I'm very glad there is a way to do this. I have lots of music that I've either burned from CD, or that I've purchased from Amazon, so that gives me lots of ringtone choices. I'll give it a try today and see how it goes. Just curious,

Re: mail

2009-09-07 Thread william lomas
i am sending to the list lol that's odd On 7 Sep 2009, at 13:55, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: > > Hi William, > > It seems that all your messages are coming directly into my mailbox, > and they don't appear in my mac visionaries folder, so i think you > should try resending the messages to macvisi

Re: Voice Over with Apple Scripts, must get this off my chest

2009-09-07 Thread Greg Kearney
All well writen Mac applications should support AppleScript. Sent from my iPhone Greg Kearney Association for the Blind of Western Australia On 07/09/2009, at 8:52 PM, Jes Smith wrote: > > Hi all. > > I am greatly concerned that voice over now has support for scripting. > Especially now that

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

2009-09-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
I have this turned off as well, I don't the computer assuming I want to interact with something, better left up to the user in that case. On Sep 6, 2009, at 5:43 PM, Scott Rutkowski wrote: > Hi all. > > Just wanted to let everyone know how to fix the double speaking of > tweets in syrinx. > B

Re: Voice Over with Apple Scripts, must get this off my chest

2009-09-07 Thread James & Nash
Yes indeed Greg. I only hope that Apple continue to develop VO and that they don't stop here. - Original Message - From: "Greg Kearney" To: Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 2:24 PM Subject: Re: Voice Over with Apple Scripts, must get this off my chest > > All well writen Mac applicat

Re: mail

2009-09-07 Thread James & Nash
This happens to me as well in Outlook Express. It's possible that Yuma's rules are squiffy as mine are. - Original Message - From: "william lomas" To: Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 2:24 PM Subject: Re: mail > > i am sending to the list lol that's odd > > On 7 Sep 2009, at 13:55, Y

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

2009-09-07 Thread Donna Goodin
Excellent post, Chris!!! Donna -Original Message- From: Chris Hofstader Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 7:56 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: pod cast 11, new features of voiceover now available Hi, This may sound like a non-sequitur as I was happy to let the podca

Re: Reading from the cursor down

2009-09-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hi, sure, interact with the text first, then move to where you want to start reading. Press v o a and it should begin reading from the cursor position. On Sep 6, 2009, at 9:34 PM, Kamal Haffar wrote: > > Hi all: > > Is there a VoiceOver function to allow you to read from the current > cursor

Re: Webkit

2009-09-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
Webkit works great with snow leopard, that's what I usually use for web browsing. On Sep 6, 2009, at 11:23 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: > Hi! > > I'm still using this application under Leopard, has anyone tried it > with Snow leopard, what do you think? > > > > ** > >

Re: Skype and Voice Over.

2009-09-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hey Mark, glad you got skype working. Well, let's see, you've had the mac for about a week now, what do you think so far? On Sep 7, 2009, at 2:18 AM, M. Taylor wrote: > > Since I find that I am using Skype a great deal on the Mac, I > created a VO > Commander sequence that opens Skype. I use

Re: mail

2009-09-07 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
I have a folder called macvisionaries where the rule is that all mails from macvisionaries@googlegroups.com go into. So i don't get why william's and william's only mails end up in my general mailbox. No one else's ends up there best Yuma --~--~-~--~~~---~--~--

hi all

2009-09-07 Thread william lomas
hi all, so far I am loving snowleopard on the amc. In mail though it does seem a bit unresponsive when reading the message and it pauses ... like this ... i very odd places regards will --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because y

adium problems

2009-09-07 Thread william lomas
hi in adium one has to read through the history window with O right arrow, if I go up and down it just beeps in SL Regards Will --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To po

idefrag in snow leopard

2009-09-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hi all, just wanted to let everyone know that idefrag works fine in snow leopard. I tried it last night, of course, I made sure I had an updated backup first, and it worked fine. You definitely don't notice a huge performance boost like you do in windows, since the mac file system is much

Re: using macbook with closed lid?

2009-09-07 Thread Chris Hofstader
Way back in the Mac II days, one could run the server edition of the OS (it was pretty cheap, only a few bucks more than the regular OS) and it would boot without a keyboard, mouse or monitor. I don't under the OSX fixation with monitors but I'm not a hardware/firmware hacker either so I'

Re: cursors

2009-09-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hi, sure thing. Really there is no requirement here, but I will tell you how mine is set. I have all 4 check boxes checked for the system focus, voice over cursor and insertion point to follow each other. This way, when you move the voice over cursor to an item such as an edit box, your in

Re: Webkit

2009-09-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
I remember when safari 3 was the current official release, webkit provided much more information, though at the time, it only provided the title tag I think, instead of the alt tag, or maybe I have that mixed up. In snow leopard, voice over actually gives you both of them, and some times t

Re: Webkit

2009-09-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
I believe it is. When you launch webkit, it actually uses the safari browser, but I think it is using the webkit engine you have installed to process the html. On Sep 7, 2009, at 5:44 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote: > > As far as I know its the engine that Safari uses. > > > On 07/09/2009, at 8:02

Re: mail

2009-09-07 Thread Thomas McMahan
Do you have William saved in your address book? Might be pre- emptingthe normal rule, or perhaps you will have to do a rule for his address to go thereto your mac visionaries box in mail. I've had to dothat in the past for some reason mail would pick up on the address and move it into mai

Re: Voice Over with Apple Scripts, must get this off my chest

2009-09-07 Thread Chris Hofstader
Hi, Probably because I was once a VP at Freedom Scientific, I see the value in and strongly support adding scripting to VO. I agree that using scripts to launch applications from within a screen reader should be discouraged and I agree that some other things you mention in your email shoul

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

2009-09-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
Yes, voice over defaults to working the way it did in Leopard. The setting can be changed in the voice over utility. On Sep 7, 2009, at 8:00 AM, James & Nash wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I'm glad people are enjoying the new cursor option. I am curious > though. Can > we still use the cursor in th

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

2009-09-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
Yes I would think the quick nav really comes in handy on laptops, especially if it doesn't have the new track pads. On Sep 7, 2009, at 7:11 AM, Jesse Bollinger wrote: > > I also enjoy the new option to read the text to the right. Call me a > windows bot if you want but after using the evil Jaws

Re: Webkit

2009-09-07 Thread JC Helary
On 7 sept. 2009, at 22:50, Mike Arrigo wrote: > I believe it is. When you launch webkit, it actually uses the safari > browser, but I think it is using the webkit engine you have installed > to process the html. That is correct. The application's name is Webkit but it looks and feels exactly

Re: Voice Over with Apple Scripts, must get this off my chest

2009-09-07 Thread Jes Smith
Thanks for that reassurance that voice over will not become like jaws. Jes On Sep 7, 2009, at 10:09 AM, Chris Hofstader wrote: > > Hi, > > Probably because I was once a VP at Freedom Scientific, I see the > value in and strongly support adding scripting to VO. > > I agree that using scripts to

Re: Webkit

2009-09-07 Thread Dane Trethowan
One thing I like about Webkit, its updated often. On 07/09/2009, at 11:53 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > > I remember when safari 3 was the current official release, webkit > provided much more information, though at the time, it only provided > the title tag I think, instead of the alt tag, or maybe

Re: mail

2009-09-07 Thread James & Nash
I'm getting the same problem as Yuma. Perhaps you have reply all so that it opens the Mac Visionaries addres to include other addresses - Original Message - From: "william lomas" To: Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 2:24 PM Subject: Re: mail > > i am sending to the list lol that's od

Re: Voice Over with Apple Scripts, must get this off my chest

2009-09-07 Thread James & Nash
Thank you for this information and clarification - Original Message - From: "Chris Hofstader" To: Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 3:09 PM Subject: Re: Voice Over with Apple Scripts, must get this off my chest > > Hi, > > Probably because I was once a VP at Freedom Scientific, I see t

Re: Voice Over with Apple Scripts, must get this off my chest

2009-09-07 Thread kaare dehard
Hi, I agree with both points of view to some extent. If the api remains as tight as it has been for voiceover, less need for scripting will be required. I doubt seriously that we can eliminate the need for it altogether as the very nature of screenreading technology is prosthetic rather th

Re: mail

2009-09-07 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Will, VO now pauses when it meets a newline character. You'll also have problems with messages in HTML. The solution to that one is to press Command-Option-p to turn it into plain text. Cheers, Anne On Sep 7, 2009, at 2:42 PM, william lomas wrote: > > hi all in mail v

snow leopard and box set

2009-09-07 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi everyone, I am considering the purchase of the macbox set with ilife and iwork, as well as getting some more ram for my macbook pro. So ilife includes garage band, ichat and some other apps, but are they all VO compatible? It's still a 180 dollar investment so i wanted to make sure that

Re: mail

2009-09-07 Thread william lomas
is there a way anne to make it behave as in leopard where it reads more naturally, rather than pausing at each new line character? Love the responsiveness though On 7 Sep 2009, at 15:45, Anne Robertson wrote: > > Hello Will, > > VO now pauses when it meets a newline character. You'll also have

Re: Voice Over with Apple Scripts, must get this off my chest

2009-09-07 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Another thing to consider, besides voiceover turning into bloatware as Jfw already has done is that if you script or develop special features too hard, you risk getting stuck with software from one developer and one alone. I don't know how conserned you should be on the Macintosh platform,

Using Preview

2009-09-07 Thread Robert Carter
Hi, I am running Snow Leopard and am attempting to use preview to read the iPhone User's Guide downloaded from the Apple Accessibility page. I can sort of get VoiceOver to read the file but don't seem to have any real control over what VoiceOver actually reads based on what I select from

Re: mail

2009-09-07 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
I believe you are describing the rule incorrectly, as I see the from line as being the original sender (as it should be according to the standards.) The sender is macvisionaries and usually (though not required one of either the To or From is macvisionaries. Perhaps you are using a = inste

Re: audio higjack pro

2009-09-07 Thread Steven M. Sawczyn
Yes, but instant hijack for apps is broken. HTH, Steve On Sep 7, 2009, at 5:57 AM, william lomas wrote: hi in snowleopard can one use audio highjack for system and mike audio? Will --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are sub

Re: mail

2009-09-07 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi Jonathan, The rule is set to contains macvisionaries@googlegroups.com I have doublechecked to see if there were any other rules that might have been hapazadardously included, but none. I also saw that the last mail from william hasn't ended up in my main mailbox but only in the mac visi

media event

2009-09-07 Thread william lomas
hi will the ipod event on wednesday be streamed anywhere? Will --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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: Voice Over with Apple Scripts, must get this off my chest

2009-09-07 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
I am not sure what people are thinking about for AppleScript since I have not read how it will integrate with VO yet. but since OS9 one could use apple script to read out loud the subject line of all unread e-mail messages. Sure you could not use Alex, but fred and bells have been around s

Fwd: media event

2009-09-07 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Ok, so it has happened again. i really don't get it. Begin forwarded message: > From: william lomas > Date: September 7, 2009 10:53:37 PM GMT+07:00 > To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS > X by the blind > Subject: media event > Reply-To: macvisionaries@googlegr

Daisy players

2009-09-07 Thread Søren Jensen
Hi. For a while ago, there was some great discussions about daisy players for Mac, but I have forgot what the different daisy players are called. I could of course just search for it in the old mail arcive, but a lot of new Mac users has join the list since these great discutions, so ther

Re: media event

2009-09-07 Thread william lomas
i always send to disc...@macvisionaries.com On 7 Sep 2009, at 17:08, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: > Ok, so it has happened again. i really don't get it. > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: william lomas >> Date: September 7, 2009 10:53:37 PM GMT+07:00 >> To: General discussions on all topics r

Re: mail

2009-09-07 Thread Simon Cavendish
I'm afraid I am also getting all William's posts into my private mailbox. Do please william che check all yor fields for possible private addresses of other listers before sending the messages? Or maybe as Cara indicated you use command+shift+r which is a shortcut for reply to all. With b

Re: creating ringtones

2009-09-07 Thread Simon Cavendish
It is to do with protected content. I think Apple would rather you bought their own ring-tones. Best wishes, Simon On 7 Sep 2009, at 14:10, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Hi Simon, > > Thanks so much for posting these instructions! I'm very glad there > is a way to do this. I have lots of music t

RE: creating ringtones

2009-09-07 Thread Donna Goodin
OK, that's what I suspected. :) Take care, Donna -Original Message- From: Simon Cavendish Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 12:41 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: creating ringtones It is to do with protected content. I think Apple would rather you bought their own

Re: Voice Over with Apple Scripts, must get this off my chest

2009-09-07 Thread dannyboy
I am in full agreement that voice over needs not to be full of scripts to do everything for us. Maybe we could write to accessibil...@apple.com and share our thoughts on this. On Sep 7, 2009, at 7:52 AM, Jes Smith wrote: > > Hi all. > > I am greatly concerned that voice over now has support

Re: mail

2009-09-07 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Yes, and William is not using that address he is using From: Yuma Antoine Decaux Date: September 7, 2009 12:08:21 PM EDT To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Fwd: media event Reply-To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Ok, so it has happened again. i really don't get it. Begin forwarded

Re: mail

2009-09-07 Thread Peggy Fleischer
I am having this issue also. Peggy Fleischer peggyfleisc...@bellsouth.net Psalm 90 12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. On Sep 7, 2009, at 12:33 PM, Simon Cavendish wrote: > > I'm afraid I am also getting all William's posts into my private > mailbox.

Re: mail

2009-09-07 Thread James & Nash
So am I I'm afraid Will. - Original Message - From: "Simon Cavendish" To: Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 5:33 PM Subject: Re: mail > > I'm afraid I am also getting all William's posts into my private > mailbox. Do please william che check all yor fields for possible > private addres

Re: Voice Over with Apple Scripts, must get this off my chest

2009-09-07 Thread Jes Smith
That sounds like a good idea. On Sep 7, 2009, at 12:58 PM, dannyboy wrote: > > I am in full agreement that voice over needs not to be full of scripts > to do everything for us. Maybe we could write to accessibil...@apple.com > and share our thoughts on this. > On Sep 7, 2009, at 7:52 AM, Jes

Re: creating ringtones

2009-09-07 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Simnon and all, Is there some way to get your playback position once you've gotten to the point in the song where you want to start the ringtone? TIA, Donna On Sep 7, 2009, at 2:03 AM, Simon Cavendish wrote: > > Hello, > > here are detailed instructions posted by a knowledgeable person on >

Re: Voice Over with Apple Scripts, must get this off my chest

2009-09-07 Thread Ryan Mann
I think that if you don't like using scripts with screen readers, then don't use them. It's silly to ask Apple to take out a feature of VoiceOver that some people might want. If the mac gets more popular, some blind people might have to use an application for a job. If that application

Re: Using Preview

2009-09-07 Thread John André Netland
Hi Robert, The tricks with Preview is to do the following: •Go to the menu bar, enter the View menu and set the PDF Display sub menu to Single page •Select the content you would like VO to read from the outline table, either by interacting and navigating/expanding categories, or by simply

Re: mail

2009-09-07 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Will, On Sep 7, 2009, at 5:03 PM, william lomas wrote: > > is there a way anne to make it behave as in leopard where it reads > more naturally, rather than pausing at each new line character? Not that I've found. Cheers, Anne --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You re

Re: Voice Over with Apple Scripts, must get this off my chest

2009-09-07 Thread James & Nash
Absolutely, I think the thing to remember, is that the scripts are an option and only an option. Developers are still going to have to make their apps accessible, especially now that most if not all of the operating system is now Coaco. I quite like the idea of these scripts. Perhaps we can add

Re: media event

2009-09-07 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Will, On Sep 7, 2009, at 6:31 PM, william lomas wrote: > i always send to disc...@macvisionaries.com > I think that could be the problem. Try sending to: That should fix the problem. Cheers, Anne --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you

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