RE: Victor Reader Soft Macintosh

2009-09-08 Thread Chris Gilland
If RFB&D made it, and it's for the blind and disabled, wouldn't that naturally probably mean it's accessible? Maybe I'm very naive but... Chris. _ From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of michael A. Babcock Sent: Tuesday, September 08

Re: Victor Reader Soft Macintosh

2009-09-08 Thread michael A. Babcock
no they did not make it, it was adapted for the rfbd copy protection rfbd uses. On Sep 8, 2009, at 2:51 PM, Chris Gilland wrote: > If RFB&D made it, and it's for the blind and disabled, wouldn't that > naturally probably mean it's accessible? Maybe I'm very naive but... > > Chris. > > From:

Re: ordering messages

2009-09-08 Thread Christina
\Ooops, sorry. I forgot to tell you to interact with the table and to move to the column you want to sort. If you press the vo plus shift plus back slash twice it will sort the other way. For example instead of sorting ascending it will then sort Descending. I have used this sorting in

RE: Victor Reader Soft Macintosh

2009-09-08 Thread terrence
If it's Victor, I'm thinking it's probably by Humanware, in which case it should be accessible. Humanware's only disability that they target, or at least their main one anyway, is VI, so Victor should be accessible. Terrence > Original Message > Subject: Re: Victor Reader Soft M

My MacBook Has Arrived

2009-09-08 Thread May and Wynter
system has a Fire Wire 800 port, so the LaCi >>>> external >>>> drive sounds like a definite purchase for backup purposes. Also, I >>>> learned >>>> that Time Machine for Backups is included, Nice! I'm excited to >>>> get going! >>&g

Re: Voiceover won't auto-read mail messages

2009-09-08 Thread Christina
Yes, I also experience these strange and random pauses and voiceover also says data detector present. That is very weird. :) On Sep 8, 2009, at 3:12 PM, James Fettgather wrote: > > I find that which ever way you use to read email, regardless of the > method, in Snow Leopard, there are unnatur

Re: Your opinions on Snow Leopard

2009-09-08 Thread James & Nash
The podcasts are on www.blindcooltech.com As far as I know they have nver fixed the bugs on the install disks although you can download the combination update once you've installed which contains all the updates - Original Message - From: "rayna424" To: "MacVisionaries" Sent: Tuesda

Re: My MacBook Pro Has Arrived

2009-09-08 Thread Dave McLean
ted Apple Tech Support >>> and >>> found out that my system has a Fire Wire 800 port, so the LaCi >>> external >>> drive sounds like a definite purchase for backup purposes. Also, I >>> learned >>> that Time Machine for Backups is included,

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

2009-09-08 Thread peter apgar
I too would have to agree with scott! On Sep 5, 2009, at 8:33 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Nice post, Scott. These are all very good points. > donna > > -Original Message- > From: Scott Chesworth > Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 6:44 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject

Victor Reader Soft Macintosh

2009-09-08 Thread michael A. Babcock
is this software accessible? I don't wanna spend $125 on it, from rfbd, and find out it's not accessible. thanks mike Victor Reader Soft Macintosh --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" grou

Re: ordering messages

2009-09-08 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi, I've also got a macbook. Right under the backspace is the | key but it just goes ping, as in you're going nowhere :) VO shift | right? best --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" gr

Re: Victor Reader Soft Macintosh

2009-09-08 Thread michael A. Babcock
i might call them and find out as $125 is a lot to spend on a "Should be" product On Sep 8, 2009, at 3:03 PM, terre...@terrencevak.net wrote: > If it's Victor, I'm thinking it's probably by Humanware, in which case > it should be accessible. Humanware's only disability that they > target, >

Re: Victor Reader Soft Macintosh

2009-09-08 Thread michael A. Babcock
hi chris; no problem:) mike On Sep 8, 2009, at 3:13 PM, Chris Gilland wrote: > O, ok. That explains why you're asking. OK. Birhrhrd! Sorry > about that Mike. I didn't realize. > > Chris. > > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > ] On Behalf Of m

Re: Data detector present

2009-09-08 Thread Jes Smith
Christina, This happens whenever Mail encounters dates or email addresses, so you can add them to either ICal or address book. It's just a way to have that particular data pasteD into a new entry so you don't have to type it in yourself. I'm not sure there is a way to turn that announcemen

Re: Voiceover won't auto-read mail messages

2009-09-08 Thread matthew Dyer
Hi, This is a bug in vo if I understand rite. you can do a number of things to fix this. you can use vo+a to tell it to read the message. you can also command tab away from the window then command tab back to it. Another way to fix this is to vo j to jump to message area then vo j ba

Re: apple ii emulator for sl?

2009-09-08 Thread anouk radix
Hey Erik, i will have to do a good google search on this one tomorrow. I mean it owuld b elogical that htere would be an emulator for the apple ii that runs on leopard and then it might run on sl. I will have to check into this and will get back tot he list later, i myself too enjoyed the ea

Re: adium issue

2009-09-08 Thread Matthew Campbell
I kind of fixed it. I was talking to someone on Facebook chat and all of a sudden my MSN contacts showed up. I've been having programs do real random things today so hopefully it won't do that again. Thanks for all of the suggestions. On 2009-09-08, at 5:21 PM, Chantel Cuddemi wrote: > > Oka

RE: Victor Reader Soft Macintosh

2009-09-08 Thread Chris Gilland
O, ok. That explains why you're asking. OK. Birhrhrd! Sorry about that Mike. I didn't realize. Chris. _ From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of michael A. Babcock Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 6:56 PM To: macvisionaries@goog

Re: My MacBook Has Arrived

2009-09-08 Thread Brandon Misch
t;>> >>>>> >>>>> The subject line says it all. Also, I contacted Apple Tech >>>>> Support >>>>> and >>&g

Re: voiceover with braille note as display

2009-09-08 Thread John J Herzog
Hi John, Can you please tell me how to add a new braille display command? I can only seem to select pre existing commands and change those. It would be handy to have the O with space bar command, as pressing the router key over the first letter of the application does in deed just speak t

Initial Experience

2009-09-08 Thread Les Kriegler
ssistant and have started reviewing the Quick Start VoiceOver tutorial. I'm off to a slow but happy and steady beginning! Les __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4408 (20090908) __ The message was checked by ES

Re: jamochamud (java program)

2009-09-08 Thread anouk radix
Hello, sorry for the late reply. I myself recently switched to the mac and am not a programmer. I would love to just use the mac though, replacing windows because i really love the os x operating system anbd voiceover. I would recommend trying to mail accessibil...@apple.com to see if they

Re: voiceover with braille note as display

2009-09-08 Thread John Panarese
Hi John I would have to connect mine again to be certain, but you have to be sure you click the cursor rotor that is above the first letter of the item. If this does not work, I assigned the spacebar and letter o on the display for opening applications. Take Care John Panarese On Se

getting an individuals email address

2009-09-08 Thread anouk radix
Hello, not sure if this has been covered before, but i would like to get a persons emal address who posts to the macvisionarie slist, i nwindows you can do this by standing on the name and then getting the ctrl-f10 menu and doing settings. Can i do this on the mac? Greetings, Anouk --~--~--

voiceover with braille note as display

2009-09-08 Thread John J Herzog
Hi listers, I have a question about using the braille note 32 as a display with voiceover. When my friend hooked hers up, everything worked fine, but she could not open various programs from the display. According to voiceover, the routing keys above each cell were supposed to perform the

Re: voiceover with braille note as display

2009-09-08 Thread John Panarese
Hi John, I just did this. I clicked the rotor above the s in Safari and it fired up Safari from my desktop. 1. You need to VO space on the, assign new commands, button. 2. Select the, add, button. and VO space on that. 3. A new row will be added to the table of listed commands. Pick what

Re: Initial Experience

2009-09-08 Thread Barry Hadder
erences regarding the behavior of the Function keys, but I > certainly > could have without realizing it. I went through the setup assistant > and > have started reviewing the Quick Start VoiceOver tutorial. I'm off > to a > slow but happy and steady beginning! &g

Re: Initial Experience

2009-09-08 Thread Ryan Mann
have without realizing it. I went through the setup assistant > and > have started reviewing the Quick Start VoiceOver tutorial. I'm off > to a > slow but happy and steady beginning! > > Les > > > __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version

Re: Initial Experience

2009-09-08 Thread James Mannion
a > slow but happy and steady beginning! > > Les > > > __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature > database 4408 (20090908) __ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > >

Re: voiceover with braille note as display

2009-09-08 Thread John J Herzog
Hi John, Upon further investigation, the behavior seems to be inconsistent. You can open folders by hitting the router button above the first letter. However, when I go into my hard drive, and select the applications folder, I cannot open any program I see in the list. As an example, voice

Re: getting an individuals email address

2009-09-08 Thread Barry Hadder
Interact with the message content area and move the vo cursor over the message headers and enter act with it. Or, if you are reading a message, stop interacting with the body text and move vo up to the headers. In leopard, vo saw the address as a menu button. I've just noticed that now it

Re: getting an individuals email address

2009-09-08 Thread Barry Hadder
Got to make a correction to my last post. I said you have to do a shift-mouse on the address. You only have to click the mouse to get the menu. On Sep 8, 2009, at 7:21 PM, anouk radix wrote: > > Hello, not sure if this has been covered before, but i would like to > get a persons emal address

Re: voiceover with braille note as display

2009-09-08 Thread John Panarese
Hi John, It is a shortcut on my desktop. I will have to investigate launching applications from the apps folder to see if I can do the same thing.] Take are John D. Panarese Managing Director Technologies for the Visually Impaired, Inc. 9 Nolan Court Hauppauge, NY 11788 Tel/Fax, (631)

Re: A Recommendation from Mark regarding an outstanding Portable Fire Wire Drive

2009-09-08 Thread Scott Chesworth
Just as a sidenote, anyone wanting to restore their boot camp partition in an accessible fashion should google and check out an app called Winclone. It's the type of thing you'd have needed to know about on first instalation to clone at the right point I guess, IE a point you'd want to revert too

A solution for stopping voiceover from saying empty in the contacts table in Adium

2009-09-08 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi all,a friend of mine who's not on this list, was playing with verbosity settings, and we found that if you go under list, and customise it so that the status isn't spoken, this will fix the problem of voiceover saying empty in the contacts table of Adium. So for those who were findin

RE: Initial Experience

2009-09-08 Thread Les Kriegler
certainly could have without realizing it. I went through the setup > assistant and have started reviewing the Quick Start VoiceOver > tutorial. I'm off to a slow but happy and steady beginning! > > Les > > > __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus

Re: Initial Experience

2009-09-08 Thread Barry Hadder
started VoiceOver on my MacBook Pro, but the FN key wasn't required >> along with Command F5. I don't recall changing anything related to >> System Preferences regarding the behavior of the Function keys, but I >> certainly could have without realizin

Re: Initial Experience

2009-09-08 Thread Mike Arrigo
y beginning! > > Les > > > __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature > database 4408 (20090908) __ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > --~--~

Re: status, name, etc?

2009-09-08 Thread Jessi and Goldina
hey Will, I recorded a podcast type thing about changing the way links are read in safari, changing the order of the content, status, type, etc. I only did it with the links, but I'm sure it would be similar in the other verbosity options in that table. I can send it to you off list if you

Re: status, name, etc?

2009-09-08 Thread william lomas
yes please On 9 Sep 2009, at 03:33, Jessi and Goldina wrote: > > hey Will, I recorded a podcast type thing about changing the way links > are read in safari, changing the order of the content, status, type, > etc. I only did it with the links, but I'm sure it would be similar in > the other verb

Re: Data detector present

2009-09-08 Thread Christina
Oh, that's really cool. I'm so glad to know what that is. Funny, I thought maybe voice over was letting me know there was someone watching my activity on my computer. :) How would you add it to address book or ical? Would you select the e-mail address or date and then use a context me

Re: getting an individuals email address

2009-09-08 Thread Christina
Hi, I miss the menu button. However, if you select the text with the name/ e-mail address in the from area then you can use vo plus shift plus m. At least that worked for me. I do not know of an easier way to select the text other than to use vo plus enter to start highlighting/ selectin

Re: Victor Reader Soft Macintosh

2009-09-08 Thread Justin Harford
Haha you *are pretty naive. We have to remember that RFBD don't just serve the blind, but also people with other print disabilities. J On Sep 8, 2009, at 3:51 PM, Chris Gilland wrote: > If RFB&D made it, and it's for the blind and disabled, wouldn't that > naturally probably mean it's access

Re: A solution for stopping voiceover from saying empty in the contacts table in Adium

2009-09-08 Thread Justin Harford
Awesome thank you so much. J On Sep 8, 2009, at 8:37 PM, Dan Eickmeier wrote: > > Hi all,a friend of mine who's not on this list, was playing with > verbosity settings, and we found that if you go under list, and > customise it so that the status isn't spoken, this will fix the > problem of vo

Fwd: Spaces keyboard shortcuts

2009-09-08 Thread william lomas
surely this is not right see my original message to accessibility Begin forwarded message: > From: Accessibility > Date: 9 September 2009 07:27:26 GMT+01:00 > To: william lomas > Subject: Re: Spaces keyboard shortcuts > > Hi William: > > Command-tab switches between all runnin

Re: A solution for stopping voiceover from saying empty in the contacts table in Adium

2009-09-08 Thread william lomas
if you uncheck "status" though would that mean it would not say list has seven items? What we need now is application specific settings On 9 Sep 2009, at 07:39, Justin Harford wrote: > > Awesome thank you so much. > > J > On Sep 8, 2009, at 8:37 PM, Dan Eickmeier wrote: > >> >> Hi all,a friend

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