Re: multiple copies being posted

2009-12-23 Thread anouk radix
Hello, Yes i noticed this yesterday with my own posts. Very strange I have never noticed this before. But then again most of the email lists that I am on are yahoogroups. Greetings, Anouk, On Dec 23, 2009, at 5:48 AM, peter apgar wrote: > Cara, > > thanks for the update. it is greatly apprecia

To Djay 3 users out there - a question

2009-12-23 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi, So i finally took the plunge and purchased Djay 3 which appears like a very interesting little app. There are loads of shortcuts, practically everything can be done from the keyboard, only thing you can't do is scratch, and that is logical.:-) Has anyone labeled any controls for this applica

RE: multiple copies being posted

2009-12-23 Thread Joe Plummer
Hi, just some thoughts for those that is sending out multi copies or getting multi copies try to change your email settings to IMAP instead of POP3. POP3 is bad about getting multi copies and sending out multi copies. I know everyone want have this option. But if you are using Google email you will

RE: multiple copies being posted

2009-12-23 Thread M. Taylor
This is a very excellent suggestion, Joe. Nicely done. Mark -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Joe Plummer Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 3:02 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: multiple co

RE: We better keep this going!

2009-12-23 Thread Joe Plummer
I agree that the bigger Your community is maybe the better response we might get from developers and Apple. But to just to get someone to switch over to the IPhone or Mac and giving them false info is not the way to do it. No matter what some of the list thinks the IPhone and Mac is not for everyon

RE: We better keep this going!

2009-12-23 Thread Joe Plummer
I agree we don't need to get into being a Apple sales Rep. We just need to give info and let the person make the decision! Sign, JP ( Joe Plummer) joeplum...@tds.net -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tyler Lit

RE: We better keep this going!

2009-12-23 Thread Joe Plummer
Yes, give info but not a sale pitch. Sign, JP ( Joe Plummer) joeplum...@tds.net -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 1:51 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subje

Re: Gmail Accounts and Odd Behavior

2009-12-23 Thread Scott Howell
Hi Darcy, yes, that is the one I'm referring too. I followed the directions, but yet I'm having some issues that I just can't get a handle on. On Dec 22, 2009, at 8:35 PM, Darcy Burnard wrote: > Hi Scott. Is the article you're referring to the one from tid bits? This is > what I followed, an

Vo and is it what everone needs!

2009-12-23 Thread Joe Plummer
Hi, change the subject to reflect the conversation. I agree different strokes for different folks. Vo does not meet everyone needs. Either on the Mac or IPhone or iPod touch. Just my thoughts and I have the IPhone and plan on getting a Mac one day. But it will not replace Jaws and Windows. It will

RE: We better keep this going!

2009-12-23 Thread Joe Plummer
Yes and it meets your needs great but it might not for everyone. So here again we need to give info and stay out of the sales department, unless you want to go to work for Apple! Sign, JP ( Joe Plummer) joeplum...@tds.net -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto

RE: We better keep this going!

2009-12-23 Thread Joe Plummer
This is a TMI! Sign, JP ( Joe Plummer) joeplum...@tds.net -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Cody Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 5:00 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: We better keep this go

Is the mac for everyone!

2009-12-23 Thread Joe Plummer
Yes you can put JFW on all PC's it would cost some money or you could use a thumb drive with a dongle authorization. This is what I do at work use the JFW on a thumb drive and authorize it with a dongle. Sign, JP ( Joe Plummer) joeplum...@tds.net -Original Message- From: macvisionaries

Is Vo for everyone!

2009-12-23 Thread Joe Plummer
I totally agree! Sign, JP ( Joe Plummer) joeplum...@tds.net -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Nicolai Svendsen Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 5:20 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: We bette

Is Vo and Mac for everyone!

2009-12-23 Thread Joe Plummer
Hi, totally agree. You also have satogo you can use on any PC. No it is not as robust as JFW but it is pretty dog gone good. Sign, JP ( Joe Plummer) joeplum...@tds.net -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tyler L

Re: dragon dictate on iphone

2009-12-23 Thread Matt Roberts
DragonDictate on the iPhone is usable, even though the buttons are not labeled. When you want to dictate something into the program, bring up Dragon, and use the following procedure. 1. Flick until you hear VoiceOver say "button." 2. Mute VoiceOver with the three finger double tap. 3. Double ta

Is Vo or Mac for everyone!

2009-12-23 Thread Joe Plummer
Hi, That is might be what he intended to say but his communication was totally different. He was talking about converting everyone to use Mac because it had VO on it and it was better than the others. I bought my JFW and My IPhone and Will be buying my Mac! I did not get anyone to buy it for me! He

Re: We better keep this going!

2009-12-23 Thread Scott Howell
Tyler, please, your reading to much into my message, so I'm not going to further waste either of our time entertaining this piffle further. Despite the back and forth, I think we do agree on some points, but somewhere this has gotten off track and the issue has become quite muddy. Again, have a

Re: We better keep this going!

2009-12-23 Thread Scott Howell
Cara, my only comment is thank you for stating what I was trying to say, but apparently not very clearly. So, you have a wonderful Holiday as well and no further from me on this topic. On Dec 22, 2009, at 10:05 PM, Cara Quinn wrote: > Okay, guys, enough! > > Personally, as I read it, the or

RE: multiple copies being posted

2009-12-23 Thread Joe Plummer
Thanks, Sign, JP ( Joe Plummer) joeplum...@tds.net -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 6:05 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: multiple copies being

Re: dragon dictate on iphone

2009-12-23 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, I'm guessing this is a US only application? I can't find it. I'd love to have it after hearing the demo, but I guess that's not gonna happen. Unless, of course, there's a way I haven't discovered of getting a hold of applications that are not for your country only. But I kind of doubt it.

Re: dragon dictate on iphone

2009-12-23 Thread william lomas
at the moment, no but i may try contact them. who has done a demo of it On 23 Dec 2009, at 12:04, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > Hi, > > I'm guessing this is a US only application? I can't find it. I'd > love to have it after hearing the demo, but I guess that's not gonna > happen. Unless, of cour

Re: dragon dictate on iphone

2009-12-23 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, Steve Sawczyn of the Assistive Technology Show did a fantastic demo. You have to go forward in the show for December 9, but you'll find it. Regards, Nic Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk AIM: cincinster yahoo Messenger: cin368 Facebook Profile My Twitter On Dec 23, 2009,

Re: We better keep this going!

2009-12-23 Thread Peggy Fleischer
Recently I went to a bible study at the home of a lady I didn't know very well. She had just gotten a Mac three days before and was having difficulty understanding how to access the applications she wanted to use. She took me to see her Mac and I turned on voiceover and showed her how to a

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2009-12-23 Thread Keith Brown
, version of virus signature database 4711 (20091223) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to m

Re: We better keep this going!

2009-12-23 Thread erik burggraaf
Do we have braille support on the IPhone then? How about a daisy book reader? Is there a good OCR package yet? What are people using for gps on it these days? Anyone tried paring a hulux m1000 or an IBlue 737 with the thing? Oh, and hows the battery life? I can get a good 3 days out of my I-

Window-eyes mobile helper Re: We better keep this going!

2009-12-23 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi Friend, You seem like a good candidate for window-eyes mobile helper. This is a tool that automates the video intersept install and allows you to cary a working instalation of window-eyes, replete with settings on a usb flash drive. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user sup

Linux was Re: We better keep this going!

2009-12-23 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi, You wrote: "I believe that in order to be productive, we need to be able to use *any* computer, whether it be windows or mac, and even a linux system, though a portable linux reader doesn't currently exist to my knowledge." Well actually , ubuntoo and it's flavours talk out of the box, so if

Re: We better keep this going!

2009-12-23 Thread Matt Roberts
On Dec 23, 2009, at 9:01 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: > Do we have braille support on the IPhone then? > > How about a daisy book reader? > > Is there a good OCR package yet? > > What are people using for gps on it these days? Why do we need a Daisy reader on the iPhone. If you want that, buy a

Re: deleting bookmarks

2009-12-23 Thread Chris Blouch
command-option-B to show all your bookmarks. Then navigate to the left rail and interact with the table to find the bookmarks menu. Once you've selected the Bookmarks menu, stop interacting and move to the table at the lower right. That should list all the items you usually find in the bookmark

Re: We better keep this going!

2009-12-23 Thread Chris Blouch
A good example of why universal design is so important. Apple gets it but for various reasons (marketing, technical, historical) Windows is not on board yet. Hopefully someday it will get resolved. The downside of universal design is also what you cited. What if MS decided to license and bundle

Mac VO Tandem mode?

2009-12-23 Thread Chris Blouch
In the Jaws world there is a mode where I can connect my machine to another machine running Jaws and not only control it as far as keystrokes but also hear the audio. Is there a Mac equivalent? It would be nice when somebody else gets stuck on something to be able to just do a VO "tandem" to th

Re: We better keep this going!

2009-12-23 Thread Scott Howell
Matt, I disagree and believe the iPhone would make an excellent platform for a DAISY reader for example. There is such an app, but what I read, it is much to new and limited to be the best possible solution. THe point is why buy a Victor Stream if you don't have too. Leveraging technology makes

Re: We better keep this going!

2009-12-23 Thread erik burggraaf
You're kidding me right? $500-$600 on an Iphone and then $350 for a stream? Get out'a here. Why would I want braille on my phone? Well because for one thing, I have it and use it, and don't want to retire my $6000 braille display just to own an iphone and look cool. It's faster for some thi

Re: Mac VO Tandem mode?

2009-12-23 Thread erik burggraaf
This is possible. It's not called tandom, But the idea is if you are on some one elses mac you can log on to your own mac remotely and do what needs doing. I'd be really interested in how this works, and I'm sure some one has done a tutorial. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and

Re: We better keep this going!

2009-12-23 Thread Scott Howell
Erik, First perhaps you should consider that those of us who have an iPhone did not purchase the device to be a DAISY player, but if such software were made available, that would just be one more thing to make the iPHone even more useful. There is a GPS solution on the iPhone and in fac

Re: We better keep this going!

2009-12-23 Thread Chris Blouch
Wouldn't braille support kind of limit the utility of a pcket-sized portable device? While text to speech may not be as ideal, it's probably a lot easier to haul around. I haven't tried it but there is Voice of DAISY http://www.cypac.co.jp/vodi/index.html There is a GPS built in so the next ste

Re: Mac Troubles Again

2009-12-23 Thread Esther
Hi Elen and Chris, Did you check whether you can hear VoiceOver through your headphones? One possibility is that you damaged the speaker connection and can still get VoiceOver if you plug in headphones. If it's simply a case of not hearing sound, you can try resetting the PRAM, since this

Re: We better keep this going!

2009-12-23 Thread Chris Blouch
I'm assuming you $500-$600 price you cite is including the full service telco plan since the devices themselves are $199-$299 depending on the model you get. In that case it's a bit disingenuous since a stream doesn't do phone stuff. Can you define triple battery life? Triple of what amount? G

Re: Mac VO Tandem mode?

2009-12-23 Thread Chris Blouch
I know there are screen sharing things like VNC but most of them don't do audio or have good VO support since they are targeted at visual mouse clickers. CB erik burggraaf wrote: > This is possible. > > It's not called tandom, But the idea is if you are on some one elses mac you > can log on t

Free Online Course on How to Build iPhone Apps

2009-12-23 Thread Esther
Hello all, O'Reilly is offering a free online course starting January 5, 2010 on how to build iPhone apps with HTML, CSS, and Javascript. For those who can't attend the live presentations, or who want to revisit them later, they're also offering a package of the class on video with code ex

Re: Free Online Course on How to Build iPhone Apps

2009-12-23 Thread Chris Blouch
Hmm. Note that this is how to build Web Apps, not apps that you could download and install through the iPhone store. CB Esther wrote: > Hello all, > > O'Reilly is offering a free online course starting January 5, 2010 on > how to build iPhone apps with HTML, CSS, and Javascript. For those who

Re: Sip CLients for the Mac

2009-12-23 Thread Chris Blouch
Have you tried any of the various OSX SIP Clients? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gizmo5 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SightSpeed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xlite http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIP_Communicator http://osxdaily.com/2007/02/23/sjphone-a-sip-client-for-the-mac/ CB Scott Howell wrote:

Safari is making me crazy!

2009-12-23 Thread Howard Dupuis
There is much in The Washington Post that I'd care to read, but Safari repeatedly crashes when I click on various links throughout the day. Not always, but often. And nearly always when I try to access something from WaPo e-mail newsletters I subscribe to. I'm assuming -- perhaps not correctly -- t

Re: We better keep this going!

2009-12-23 Thread Ryan Mann
One reason for wanting braille is if the person is both blind and deaf. On Dec 23, 2009, at 10:26 AM, Matt Roberts wrote: > > On Dec 23, 2009, at 9:01 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: > >> Do we have braille support on the IPhone then? >> >> How about a daisy book reader? >> >> Is there a good OCR p

Re: We better keep this going!

2009-12-23 Thread Maurice Mines
write on brother I am dea-blind and I mis my pm 20 braille desplay thatis back home on my imac all of the best and may all have a grate 2010 maurice ham call kd0iko. On Dec 23, 2009, at 11:29 AM, Ryan Mann wrote: > One reason for wanting braille is if the person is both blind and deaf. > > O

Re: Safari is making me crazy!

2009-12-23 Thread Esther
Hi Howard, Why don't you try using the Washington Post Mobile site on your iPhone? All you have to do is type in "washingtonpost.com" in the address bar of Safari. Then use the "Utilities" button to save to your home screen? I did this for a while as an alternate way to get to the New Y

Re: Sip CLients for the Mac

2009-12-23 Thread Scott Howell
Yes I sure did thanks. THe problem was most either were not accessible without a lot of work in terms of labeling buttons etc and toolbars that could not be accessed to some that just crashed. I did find one developed by Google call simply Telephone and it has promise as an open source project.

Re: Mac Troubles Again

2009-12-23 Thread Tiffany D
My external hard drive stopped working and nothing at all was done to it to cause it to break. I'm getting a compact flash card or two with a usb reader for the desktops, netbook etc. and a pcmcia adapter/reader for the laptops and Braille Note. I feel alot more secure with those. I just want to

Re: webkit

2009-12-23 Thread Chris Blouch
Sort of the other way around. Webkit is the engine and uses the same user interface as Safari. CB Portia wrote: > Hello, > > I recommend downloading the nightly builds of Webkit, as they have bug fixes > and stuff like that. From what I was told, Webkit uses the same browser > engine as Safari.

Re: Help with network

2009-12-23 Thread Chris Blouch
Sounds like you want to mount a network drive on your mac that is being served from a PC. I do that fairly often but you'll need some key bits of info. First a lot of Windows folks just refer to the K drive or whatever letter their admin set up to automount a network drive to. That letter doesn

Re: Mac Troubles Again

2009-12-23 Thread Esther
Hi Eleni, Yes, you can use your the first of your Leopard Startup disks to book up your system if you hold down the "c" key when it starts up. I thought that was what you were trying to do when you said you inserted the Leopard installation disk and the machine made a strange sound like a

Re: converting tv to video?

2009-12-23 Thread Chris Blouch
Here's one that sounded good for $100 http://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSite/us/Products/Consumer+Products/Home+Video/Studio+Family/Video+Capture+for+Mac.htm The USB stick has a video encoder in it so your Mac is free to do other things. CB bmustillrose wrote: > What your after is a usb or fire

Re: Linux was Re: We better keep this going!

2009-12-23 Thread Cara Quinn
Okay All, as some have said here, this is really getting OT. As well, many here are missing the point. I believe that many here are so entrenched in the status quo of disability-specific 'after thought' style solutions that the gist of the original post is being completely missed. It's

Re: preview gone?

2009-12-23 Thread Chris Blouch
Maybe this is fixed now but I was unable to reproduce. Once I found the table of tracks, the first column was a preview button which I was able to activate with VO-Space. CB Scott Howell wrote: > This issue will be addressed I'm sure. There has been a change that occurred > sometime in the las

Re: batch convert

2009-12-23 Thread Chris Blouch
Once you've got them in iTunes, if you have your encoding preferences set to mp3 at whatever bitrate you want, you should be able to select all the ogg tracks and then choose Create MP3 Version from the Advanced menu. There were posts on this list in the past on how to get iTunes to play ogg fi

Re: Media Player

2009-12-23 Thread Chris Blouch
With Flip4Mac you should be able to view embedded WindowsMedia unless it has DRM. Microsoft has not released any specs on their DRM so only they can implement it and they have not implemented it for the Mac. Not much anybody can do about that. I did poke at the site but the only video I found w

Re: Question: how to convert from Mac Word processor into LaTex?

2009-12-23 Thread Chris Blouch
Might try this for Windows: http://www.grindeq.com/word2latex.htm If they are using MathType it appears to output Latex http://www.dessci.com/en/products/mathtype_mac/default.htm There is some hackery here to do the Word to LaTeX conversion: http://www.uoregon.edu/~noeckel/WordToLaTeX.html CB

Re: New macbook pro

2009-12-23 Thread Chris Blouch
Found some instructions here: http://www.lancelhoff.com/switching-video-cards-macbook-pro/ CB Kaare Dehard wrote: > Hi folks, how does one switch videocards in the pro? > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to th

Re: New macbook pro

2009-12-23 Thread Kaare Dehard
Thanks, got it sorted, it was a matter of looking in an unexpected place. You have to change them in the energy saver prefs something I never thought of. On 2009-12-23, at 5:03 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: > Found some instructions here: > > http://www.lancelhoff.com/switching-video-cards-macbook-pro

disk utility and image creation problem

2009-12-23 Thread John J Herzog
Hi listers, I have a problem with the disk utility, and I was hoping to get some assistance. Long story short, I want to make images of some old program CDS I have in my collection. These disks date back to the nineties and are no longer sold. I want to make images I can use for my windows XP v

Re: To Djay 3 users out there - a question

2009-12-23 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi Christer, You have to turn VO off in order to get the shortcuts working as you will probably want to hear the music without hearing VO constantly saying what you are doing while mixing. You can first make a playlist which you then assign to both turntables, then play the tracks. In order to

how to make ISO files of a hybrid cd?

2009-12-23 Thread John J Herzog
Hi listers, I was interested by my odd disk utility problem, and have done research. It turns out that the cd shows different things on the PC versus the mac because it is a hybrid. The concept of a hybrid is that it shows only the files appropriate to ones operating system. The others for diff

Re: how to make ISO files of a hybrid cd?

2009-12-23 Thread Chris Blouch
Not sure this is really needed much anymore. While it does simplify installer CDs for commercial apps, for everyone else it's probably a lot of hassle for little benefit. That said, back in the day when I worked for a digital production studio the only way we could master CDs as you describe wa