Re: BBC iPlayer and VoiceOver

2010-01-09 Thread M AUSTEN
Hi William, the link for BBC iPlayer isĀ www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/categories/audiodescribed/. This gets me to the site with all the BBC programs with audio description on. Its then fairly easy to move through the programs with VO. The only thing is when I've chosen what I want to watch/listen too I

Re: BBC iPlayer and VoiceOver

2010-01-09 Thread william lomas
so how do you start a program then if yo can't get to the controls with voiceover? can you not go to the a.d. catagory and then perform a search? On 9 Jan 2010, at 10:27, M AUSTEN wrote: Hi William, the link for BBC iPlayer is www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/categories/audiodescribed/ . This gets m

Re: how to change the speed and pitch of playing audio at the same time?

2010-01-09 Thread Scott Howell
John, there is MPlayer, which I have used on occasion. Here is a link to the program, but I have not used this particular version, I instead compiled from source since I had some issue with the binary distribution I was attempting to use at that time. Try this out and hopefully it will do what y

Re: Loving this!!!

2010-01-09 Thread Chris Hofstader
And humble too. On Jan 8, 2010, at 3:39 PM, Chantel Cuddemi wrote: > Thanks!! I am one of the best mac users you'll find!! > On Jan 8, 2010, at 3:04 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > >> Sure, I'll keep you in mind. >> On Jan 8, 2010, at 11:58 AM, Chantel Cuddemi wrote: >> >>> Hey, Scott, if you do decid

Re: Loving this!!!

2010-01-09 Thread Chris Hofstader
Nor is she Audi's cousin. On Jan 8, 2010, at 4:45 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > I can't resist, > She's not Volk Wagons Sister, I taking a guess at! > > > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Hofstader >

Re: how to change the speed and pitch of playing audio at the same time?

2010-01-09 Thread John J Herzog
Hi Scott, I may be missing something, but when I downloaded MPlayer I did not see a pitch or speed controller of any kind. I looked in preferences, as well as the menus. Where were these settings in the version you used? Thanks for the recommendation, love the simplicity of the player. John

SV: Loving this!!!

2010-01-09 Thread Daniel K. Gartmann
Well, except for the times when I have to do some serious word processing tasks, I'm enjoying my Mac as well. But so far, I have not had much luck with VoiceOver when it comes to announcing styles (heading 1, 2, etc) and so forth in neither TextEdit nor Iworks Pages. It just tells me the name and

more facebook

2010-01-09 Thread Maxwell Ivey Jr.
Hello again; so, i should have thought to recommend making sure you had th e most current version of safari first. but, I'm really starting to love the mobile version of facebook. so much can be done straight from mail. Just now someone commentted on my status, and I could post my respo

Sendspace wizard and Mac OS X

2010-01-09 Thread James & Nash
Hi list, Is anyone successfully using the Sendspace Wizard with Mac OS X 10.6.2 please? Whenever I download the latest version from the link provided on the site, I get an error about initialisation. Thanks for any advice/information. TC James -- You received this message because you are sub

-- Sendspace wizard and Mac OS X

2010-01-09 Thread David McLean
Yes I've been using it for a couple of months without a problem. The only issue I've had is at first I had to figure out how to get the userid and password into the boxes. I found that by routing and clicking the mouse first I was able to type in those boxes. There is also a setting that needs t

rfbd files

2010-01-09 Thread Brandon Misch
Hey all. i know someone posted a while back a tool for opening files with an rfbd extension. can someone repost that or a link to that. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googl

Re: -- Sendspace wizard and Mac OS X

2010-01-09 Thread James & Nash
Hi, I can't even get that far. It won't even run. It tells me that i have an initialisation error and tells me to do something if I'm using Windows 7. I did check that I downloaded the correct version lol. Any ideas? Thanks TC James On 9 Jan 2010, at 16:14, David McLean wrote: > Yes I've be

-- Re: -- Sendspace wizard and Mac OS X

2010-01-09 Thread David McLean
Sounds suspiciously like you're trying to use the Windows version instead of the Mac version. On Jan 9, 2010, at 11:40 AM, James & Nash wrote: > Hi, > > I can't even get that far. It won't even run. It tells me that i have an > initialisation error and tells me to do something if I'm using Wind

Using Automator with VoiceOver

2010-01-09 Thread Bryan Smart
Has anyone here spent much time with Automator? Most of the program works well, but there is a very big hole. It seems almost impossible to use variables. When you create a variable by adding a Set Variable action to the workflow, and then try to use pop-up menus in other actions to select the

Furtherto Sendpace Wizard issue

2010-01-09 Thread James & Nash
Hi list, Well I am going to try again with the Send Space wizard. I am sure I downloaded the correct version, but I may have made a mistake. I will write back if I have any more issues in the hope that someone can help. Thanks for all your suggestions so far. TC James -- You received this mes

SendSpace wizard again

2010-01-09 Thread James & Nash
Hi list, A very strange issue has arisen. Apparently, my account does not have read/write privileges according to the application. I know I use a standard account for my every-day computing, but none of my other applications has ever thrown up this error. I can apparently run it fine from the D

Another strange issue with Send Space wizard

2010-01-09 Thread James & Nash
Hi list, I finally got the Send Space wizard to work - well sort of. If I run it from my Downloads folder it opens - although I've not quite figured out how to use it with VO yet despite turning on Extended accessibility - there are a lot of unknowns. However, When I try to run

Re: Using Automator with VoiceOver

2010-01-09 Thread Esther
Hi Bryan, You might want to read through my archived list post about using variable in VoiceOver here: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/msg08577.html (Re: Another List? was: Re: apple script and vo) This contained excerpted posts from earlier correspondence off of

Re: -- Sendspace wizard and Mac OS X

2010-01-09 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, About the password boxes, I've always just tabbed. That's usually enabled me to type. Regards, Nic Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk AIM: cincinster yahoo Messenger: cin368 Facebook Profile My Twitter On Jan 9, 2010, at 5:14 PM, David McLean wrote: > Yes I've been using

Re: SendSpace wizard again

2010-01-09 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, it has a VoiceOver feature. To enable this, go to the options menu, and find the item "Enable extended VoiceOver compatibility". That can be done from the login screen, as well. Regards, Nic Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk AIM: cincinster yahoo Messenger: cin368 Faceboo

Re: SendSpace wizard again

2010-01-09 Thread James & Nash
Thanks TC James On 9 Jan 2010, at 20:00, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > Hi, > > it has a VoiceOver feature. To enable this, go to the options menu, and find > the item "Enable extended VoiceOver compatibility". That can be done from the > login screen, as well. > > Regards, > Nic > Skype: Kvalme >

RE: Using Automator with VoiceOver

2010-01-09 Thread Bryan Smart
Hi. Thanks for that. I have noticed some differences in my experiences when compared to what you wrote in that post. Probably, Automator has changed in recent versions. Regarding how to reorder actions in the workflow, you said that you'd select the action and use command-up and command-down. F

rfbd downloader wanted

2010-01-09 Thread Brandon Misch
Hey all. someone a while posted a script that would allow rfbd books to be downloaded to the mac. does anyone have that application/script? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@g

Re: SV: Loving this!!!

2010-01-09 Thread Scott Howell
Don't worry Daniel, they are taking note even if they don't always respond. They have been pinged about this many times I assure you. On Jan 9, 2010, at 8:57 AM, Daniel K. Gartmann wrote: > > Well, except for the times when I have to do some serious word processing > tasks, I'm enjoying my Mac a

Re: SV: Loving this!!!

2010-01-09 Thread James & Nash
Have you tried either PageHand at: http://www.pagehand.com or Nisus Writer at: http://www.nisus.com Failing that, you could experiment with LaTEX, but that is probably overkill for what you are wanting to do. TC James On 9 Jan 2010, at 21:53, Scott Howell wrote: > Don't worry Daniel, they are

Re: rfbd downloader wanted

2010-01-09 Thread Maurice Mines
hi me to I can't get thim to understand what a mac is. On Jan 9, 2010, at 1:43 PM, Brandon Misch wrote: > Hey all. someone a while posted a script that would allow rfbd books to be > downloaded to the mac. does anyone have that application/script? > > -- > You received this message because you

Re: rfbd downloader wanted

2010-01-09 Thread Brandon Misch
well, greg will send me a copy of it. think you may be able to get it at some point. On Jan 9, 2010, at 5:05 PM, Maurice Mines wrote: > hi me to I can't get thim to understand what a mac is. > On Jan 9, 2010, at 1:43 PM, Brandon Misch wrote: > >> Hey all. someone a while posted a script that wo

Re: Help with services please

2010-01-09 Thread VaShaun Jones
Well you are absolutely right, but can you tell me why its not showing up under mail/services on the menu bar? On Jan 8, 2010, at 8:42 PM, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: > Hi, > > If you had followed the step by step i sent you last time, you would know > that the service can be accessed via VO shi

Re: rfbd downloader wanted

2010-01-09 Thread Esther
Hi, On Jan 9, 2010, Brandon Misch wrote: Hey all. someone a while posted a script that would allow rfbd books to be downloaded to the mac. does anyone have that application/script? Doing an archive search shows that Greg Kearney originally posted these notes about the RFB&D Downloader f

Re: Podcast Help Needed

2010-01-09 Thread Jane Jordan (GMail)
I don't remember if I responded or not. I found a very strange work-around for Windows users wanting to download podcasts in iTunes. First, you have to go to each podcast you subscribe to and hit the settings button. It's easiest just to go to all podcasts actually to start with. Anyhow, on

Downloading from Bookshare

2010-01-09 Thread Robert Carter
Hi All, When I attempt to download zipped DAISY books from BookShare safari gives me a download error. It just says error with no clue about what kind of error it is. I end up with two files one ending in a zip extension and one ending with an extension of download. When I try to open these fil

Re: Loving this!!!

2010-01-09 Thread Chantel Cuddemi
Thank you. On Jan 9, 2010, at 6:52 AM, Chris Hofstader wrote: > And humble too. > On Jan 8, 2010, at 3:39 PM, Chantel Cuddemi wrote: > >> Thanks!! I am one of the best mac users you'll find!! >> On Jan 8, 2010, at 3:04 PM, Scott Howell wrote: >> >>> Sure, I'll keep you in mind. >>> On Jan 8, 20

Re: Downloading from Bookshare

2010-01-09 Thread Jim Gatteys
Hi Robert! I just got a domain error 0 when I tried to download. I just downloaded something a couple of days ago with good success. They must have changed something. Not sure. I, too, ended up with the two files. But I could open the .zip archive with stuffit expander. Not sure what's up!

Re: Downloading from Bookshare

2010-01-09 Thread Robert Carter
Hi, I resolved the problem with downloading from Bookshare by using option+return to start the download. If you do this no errors occur. Robert Carter On Jan 9, 2010, at 8:34 PM, Jim Gatteys wrote: > Hi Robert! > > I just got a domain error 0 when I tried to download. I just downloaded > so

Re: Help with services please

2010-01-09 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
I think, but am not sure, that it should be specified in automator, or that the file itself should reside in the services folder somewhere in your home folder so that it appears correctly in the mail menu. Best -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Mac