Re: Readind pdf documents in Snow leopard

2009-10-27 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Scott, On Oct 26, 2009, at 11:18 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > > What I was looking for is to start precisely where I left off even if > in the middle of a sentence three quarters through that section. Try setting a hotspot. As long as you don't quit Preview in the meantime, that works. Cheer

RE: attention Lioncourt

2009-10-27 Thread Michael Busboom
Nor would we want him to be like a rollin' stone. He's too focused, and his content is very good. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Hofstader Sent: Monday, 26 October, 2009 20:12 To: macvisionaries@google

Re: MobileNavigator for North America

2009-10-27 Thread Scott Howell
Hi Greg, THanks for the response and well let me ask you this. Obviously you cant' take any of these navigation programs without a little grain of salt. My wife has a Garman (forget how it's spelled) and it does actually do a really great job, but admittedly it does take one on a rather i

Re: MobileNavigator for North America

2009-10-27 Thread Scott Howell
Portia, I think Navigon makes MobileNavigator as I understand. tnx, On Oct 26, 2009, at 8:45 PM, Portia wrote: > > Scott, > > > There is also Navigon, which I heard is accessible. > > Portia. > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegro

Re: what happened to the contextual menu??

2009-10-27 Thread Scott Howell
It is control-option-shift-m, which is VO-keys-shift-m. On Oct 27, 2009, at 12:04 AM, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: > > Hi list, > > What happened to command shift m, which usually brings up contextual > menu wherever you mouse/vo cursor is? > > I don't understand this had to be changed. > > Thanks,

Re: Readind pdf documents in Snow leopard

2009-10-27 Thread Scott Howell
Hi Anne and thanks that is an obvious answer. I guess what I would like to see is eventually this not to even require a hot spot. Appreciate all of your input/assistance. On Oct 27, 2009, at 3:11 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Scott, > > On Oct 26, 2009, at 11:18 PM, Scott Howell wrote: >>

problem with mail account

2009-10-27 Thread Donna Goodin
Hello all, I have encountered an issue with anew mail account I created, and wondered if someone might know what's going on. When I log into Mail, I get an error message for this particular account that the certificate cannot be verified, and am prompted to either connect or cancel. Is

RE: problem with mail account

2009-10-27 Thread Frank Ventura
Donna, somewhere in that dialog there is a "Show certificate" button which expands the dialog and gives you a check box to ignore the certificate and not prompt you again. Frank -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of

Re: problem with mail account

2009-10-27 Thread Donna Goodin
Thanks. I clicked the Show Certificate button, but didn't see the option to ignore. I'll try again. Donna On Oct 27, 2009, at 8:00 AM, Frank Ventura wrote: > > Donna, somewhere in that dialog there is a "Show certificate" button > which expands the dialog and gives you a check box to ignore th

VMWare Fusion 3 released

2009-10-27 Thread Marshall Scott
Folks, VMWare has released Fusion 3. It's main claim to fame is Snow Leopard compatibility. The upgrade cost is 39.95 and the URL is: http://www.vmware.com/go/buyfusion Marshall --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to th

Re: problem with mail account

2009-10-27 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi Donna, When the dialog pops up, click the "Show Certificate" button. Find the table that shows the certificates for the account. It's just a regular table. To the left of that, there should be a box that says "always trust" and some other stuff depending on your configuration. The box

Re: problem with mail account

2009-10-27 Thread Donna Goodin
Thanks, Nic. Found it. Best, Donna - Original Message - From: "Nicolai Svendsen" To: Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 11:08 AM Subject: Re: problem with mail account > > Hi Donna, > > When the dialog pops up, click the "Show Certificate" button. Find the > table that shows the certifi

Re: Readind pdf documents in Snow leopard

2009-10-27 Thread Christina
Hi, I'm resending this because this did not come through on my e- mail. I'm not sure why but here goes again just in case. :) Christina Anne, Thank you, thank you, thank you. That helps a lot. Now, when I leave the pdf document and when I return I am at the top of the page that I left o

Re: Accessible iPod Touch

2009-10-27 Thread Esther
Hi Mark, M AUSTEN wrote: > > I am registered Blind and have been asked to investigate the > accessibility of the iPod Touch for Blind and Partially sighted > visitors to museums in the UK. > > So the question is has anyone with sight loss had any success using > the iPod Touch and are there

making event registration sites accessible for screen readers

2009-10-27 Thread Israel
Hi list, I was just contacted by a woman who is the Executive Director for an organization specializing in adaptive sports for the blind, visually impaired, and physically challenged. She is giving a presentation to race organizers on how to make events more accessible and inclusive for

Re: Readind pdf documents in Snow leopard

2009-10-27 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Christina, On Oct 26, 2009, at 9:45 PM, Christina wrote: > > Anne, Thank you, thank you, thank you. That helps a lot. I'm so glad. > > Now, I just need to figure out why I cannot easily vo spacebar on a > link. I've been working on this one, and it's complicated. VO-Spacebar doesn't do i

Re: Readind pdf documents in Snow leopard

2009-10-27 Thread Christina
thanks Anne, I'll try turning vo of and then on again. :) On Oct 27, 2009, at 11:21 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Christina, > > On Oct 26, 2009, at 9:45 PM, Christina wrote: > >> >> Anne, Thank you, thank you, thank you. That helps a lot. > I'm so glad. >> >> Now, I just need to figure out

Re: making event registration sites accessible for screen readers

2009-10-27 Thread Chris Blouch
It might be better to point to some best practices. Just because a site is or is not accessible won't give much of a hint as to why. Here is one list I use: http://dev.aol.com/accessibility/requirements/ a more official list is here: http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/quickref/#guidelines I also l

Re: Refreshing the current screen

2009-10-27 Thread Chris Blouch
There is a 'Reload' command for Safari which is Apple-R. This is useful on news sites which add new items to the top of the page as they come in. You just hit apple-R to reload the page and check if there is anything new. CB Howard Dupuis wrote: > JAWS needs this because it takes info off the

Re: making event registration sites accessible for screen readers

2009-10-27 Thread Israel
Thank you Chris! Also, wonderful point. The woman did say she not only wants examples of sites, but the reasons, practices, or considerations taken to make them accessible. Israel Antonio Sexy Isra On Oct 27, 2009, at 1:32 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: > > It might be better to point to some be

battery life

2009-10-27 Thread John W. Carty
For those of you using laptops, how long does the battery last from a full charge using vo? Thanx, John Carty --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send ema

Re: battery life

2009-10-27 Thread chris polk
with my new 13 inch macbook pro i get about 6 hours. On Oct 27, 2009, at 12:09 PM, John W. Carty wrote: > For those of you using laptops, how long does the battery last from > a full charge using vo? > > Thanx, > > John Carty > > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You r

Re: battery life

2009-10-27 Thread James & Nash
Turn the screen down to zero if you don't need it you'll get longer that way - Original Message - From: chris polk To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 7:12 PM Subject: Re: battery life with my new 13 inch macbook pro i get about 6 hours.

Re: battery life

2009-10-27 Thread Scott Howell
John, I have gotten over six hours without any problem. A lot will depend upon what you are doing. I left my machine streaming audio while I was working on other things. On Oct 27, 2009, at 3:09 PM, John W. Carty wrote: > For those of you using laptops, how long does the battery last from >

Jessi Hernandez Contact me Please

2009-10-27 Thread Scott Howell
Jessi, can you please write me at scottn3...@gmail.com regarding MobileNavigator, which I understand you have purchased. Apparently the e-mail address I tried for you did not work. :) THanks, --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscr

Dice Rolling Porgram and OV.

2009-10-27 Thread Jesse Bollinger
Hi, I have a few card games that require dice rolls. Does anyone know if ther is an application that works with VO? Thanks, Jesse --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to

ISpectrum for the IPhone

2009-10-27 Thread Scott Howell
Folks, has anyone tried the color identifier called iSpectrum, which is for the iPhone? I happen to see this app on the Maccessibility.net site and was wondering how accurate it is. Thanks, --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subsc

twitter clients for the iphone on the latest screnless switchers

2009-10-27 Thread Holly Anderson
HI all. On the latest screenless switchers, we are joined by Steve Sawczyn and Justin romack to discuss 9 twitter related apps for the iphone/ipod touch. We demo them as well as talk about their strengths and weaknesses. Check out screenless switchers episode 35 at http://www.screenlessswitch

Re: Dice Rolling Porgram and OV.

2009-10-27 Thread Chris Blouch
Dunno about apps but there are a number of web pages which can do it: http://www.random.org/dice/ http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/ CB Jesse Bollinger wrote: > Hi, > > I have a few card games that require dice rolls. Does anyone know if > ther is an application that works with VO? > > Thanks

Re: Volume Issue

2009-10-27 Thread Angel Dockham
What login screen? I don't have a login screen come up when i turn on the computer it just goes to the apple logo screen and then to the desktop. On Oct 27, 6:14 am, Scott Howell wrote: > When you are at the login screen, turn the volume to the level you'd   > like it to be and all should be wel

Re: Volume Issue

2009-10-27 Thread Scott Howell
Ah, sorry, I thought perhaps you ran in a multi-user configuration. You could accomplish the same thing by lowering the volume before you turn off the machine. THe problem is when you go directly into your account upon boot up, your volume setting is retained at the setting you last used t

Re: Accessible iPod Touch

2009-10-27 Thread Charlie Doremus
Of the thoudands of emails messages I read a month, this is the best I've read in years. GREAT job. On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 7:45 AM, Esther wrote: > Hi Mark, > > M AUSTEN wrote: > > > I am registered Blind and have been asked to investigate the accessibility > of the iPod Touch for Blind and Par

Re: Volume Issue

2009-10-27 Thread Charlie Doremus
If you passeord protect your mac a log in screen appears. On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 10:07 AM, Angel Dockham < fairytaledreamzad...@gmail.com> wrote: > > What login screen? I don't have a login screen come up when i turn on > the computer it just goes to the apple logo screen and then to the > deskt

slight accessibility issue with fusion 3

2009-10-27 Thread John J Herzog
Hi listers, Having just acquired fusion 3, I thought I would pass my experiences along with voiceover. For the most part, everything remains accessible. However, when running and using your virtual machine, there is no longer a scroll area. Thus, you cannot VO to the area and start using t

Re: Volume Issue

2009-10-27 Thread Angel Dockham
The thing is the volume is turned way down when i turn off the machine and when i start it back up the volume is all the way up again. On Oct 27, 4:53 pm, Scott Howell wrote: > Ah, sorry, I thought perhaps you ran in a multi-user configuration.   > You could accomplish the same thing by lowering

Re: -- SPAM -- slight accessibility issue with fusion 3

2009-10-27 Thread David McLean
Ok a dumb question: By highlight the window do you mean go to it with vo or something else? On Oct 27, 2009, at 6:32 PM, John J Herzog wrote: > > Hi listers, > Having just acquired fusion 3, I thought I would pass my experiences > along with voiceover. For the most part, everything remains > a

Re: problem with mail account

2009-10-27 Thread matthew Dyer
Hi, If you select the connect button, does it work? If so then it might be something on there end. Matthew On Oct 27, 2009, at 7:42 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Hello all, > > I have encountered an issue with anew mail account I created, and > wondered if someone might know what's going on

not spam, possibly helpful? : was: Re: -- SPAM -- slight accessibility issue with fusion 3

2009-10-27 Thread John J Herzog
Hi, When I say highlight, I mean command tab. So, if you move focus away from VMware fusion, you can then turn voiceover off, command tab to the full window of your VM, and everything should run fine. Alternatively, when running voiceover, and with your VM window in focus, hit VO shift space

Re: battery life

2009-10-27 Thread peter apgar
i have timed it at 7.5 hours on average. I was using mail surfing for data on the web and making a playlist out of my library. i was able to run it for a hair over 9 hours with screen curtain on and only playing music via itunes. If It is a mbp 13" with the 253 processor. Pete On Oct 2

iMac unstable after coming out of sleep mode

2009-10-27 Thread Lynn Schneider
Hi everyone. I have had my iMac for a little over a month now and am on the latest version of everything. Sometimes, I notice that when I hit the control key to wake my iMac up, it will be a little unstable for a while. For example, sometimes the first app I run after the wakeup process