What are the monitor connections on Mac mini and Mac Book Pro?

2010-04-24 Thread Brett Campbell
What are the monitor connections on the Mac mini purchased March 09, and the Mac Book Pro purchased July 09? I thought they both have mini DVI, but the mini DVI to DVI connector that came with the Mac mini doesn't fit in any of the slots on the Mac Book Pro. I'm determining if I need to purcha

Re: What are the monitor connections on Mac mini and Mac Book Pro?

2010-04-24 Thread Rob Lambert
What you are looking for is something similar to a mini USB port...kind of. LOL It's not easy to describe. On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 12:12 AM, Brett Campbell wrote: > What are the monitor connections on the Mac mini purchased March 09, and > the Mac Book Pro purchased July 09? I thought they both

Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?

2010-04-24 Thread marie Howarth
I have to say I like Samantha better than the British voice on the iPhone who cannot say E or R at the speed I have it. I much prefer her to eloquence though any day. And after trying Samantha, I think the british one is called Cathy and Karen, the Australian one, i have to say I revert back to

want a serial number

2010-04-24 Thread william lomas
hi can anyone get me a unison 1.81 serial number? I don't care i am pirating it isn't my fault they not fixed the new version with voiceover lol william lomas follow me on twitter: billbow_baggins -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "M

unison sorted

2010-04-24 Thread william lomas
hi i sorted unison found a serial number william lomas follow me on twitter: billbow_baggins -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscrib

Re: want a serial number

2010-04-24 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
If I've decrypted your email correctly, surely one of the reasons why developers aren't making there apps accessible is because people are pirating them? Some what self forfilling really imo. On 24/04/2010, william lomas wrote: > hi can anyone get me a unison 1.81 serial number? >

Re: test driving an iphone?

2010-04-24 Thread Scott Howell
You will want to go read a little and familiarize yourself with the gestures. The URL is http://www.apple.com/accessibility/iphone/vision.html and you can have VoiceOver turned on by going to settings, general, accessibility, and then VOiceOver. To make it easier for them to turn it on/off, they

Re: want a serial number

2010-04-24 Thread Scott Howell
You know Will sure has a pair of big ones now doesn't he? First he admits to downloading and using an illegal copy of the iPhone 4.0 beta software and now he openly admits that he will pirate software because he can't get what he wants. Gee, I think I gave him a route to take with respect to dea

Re: unison sorted

2010-04-24 Thread Scott Howell
So, did you find it by contacting them or liberate it illegally? On Apr 24, 2010, at 4:58 AM, william lomas wrote: > hi i sorted unison found a serial number > > william lomas > follow me on twitter: > billbow_baggins > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscr

Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?

2010-04-24 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, I'm surprised they chose Samantha. I still think she sounds better on a computer, but still, she gives me a headache after a while. If I could choose, I'd go with the Acapela voices, but sadly, that might not happen. Regards, Nic Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico.

ocr software

2010-04-24 Thread chad baker
Hi what's available for ocr software. I use kurtzweil on the windows side. thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email

Re: East Asian voices for VoiceOver

2010-04-24 Thread Esther
Hi Shen, I'd like to know if there are Mandarin voices to use with VoiceOver, too. There are Japanese voices that worked with VoiceOver under Leopard from DTalker, but I don't know if they've been updated yet for Snow Leopard. Here's the link to my post to Yuma on this subject from the

Re: East Asian voices for VoiceOver

2010-04-24 Thread william lomas
i think acapella are doing a manderin voice On 24 Apr 2010, at 14:14, Esther wrote: > Hi Shen, > > I'd like to know if there are Mandarin voices to use with VoiceOver, too. > There are Japanese voices that worked with VoiceOver under Leopard from > DTalker, but I don't know if they've been up

Re: ocr software

2010-04-24 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Chad, On Apr 24, 2010, at 2:15 PM, chad baker wrote: > what's available for ocr software. The best for accuracy is Abbyy FineReader Express. Only the Express version is available for Mac but it does a good job. Unfortunately, it doesn't support all scanners, so you may have to use another

Re: East Asian voices for VoiceOver

2010-04-24 Thread Esther
Hello Will, It would certainly be good news if there were a Mandarin Chinese voice added to the Infovox iVox voices from Acapela, since their voices are very well tested for use with VoiceOver. However, unless you have more direct information from them than has appeared in the exchanges

Re: East Asian voices for VoiceOver

2010-04-24 Thread william lomas
wish they would ahve mac compatible voices. On 24 Apr 2010, at 15:29, Esther wrote: > Hello Will, > > It would certainly be good news if there were a Mandarin Chinese voice added > to the Infovox iVox voices from Acapela, since their voices are very well > tested for use with VoiceOver. Howe

Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?

2010-04-24 Thread Pete Nalda
Ya know, back in the old days, I used to use Victoria on the mac, before they brought out Alex. Victoria IIRC didn't have any naturalism to her voice, but I never heard her mispronounce much, and she does have a nice English accent imho. YMMV. I'll have to try her out again, been using alex so

Re: test driving an iphone?

2010-04-24 Thread Esther
Hi Karen, I concur with Scott's suggestions. Before you go to the store to check out the iPhone, review the section on VoiceOver gestures in the iPhone User's Guide: http://help.apple.com/iphone/voiceover/en/ The direct link to the section on VoiceOver is: http://help.apple.com/iphone/3/voic

Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?

2010-04-24 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, Well, she's Vicky now. They changed the original Victoria I believe to Vicky, and the female who is now Victoria is different. Most of them seem to have the same pronunciation though, even Alex. It's hard to detect, but if you listen carefully, you can easily hear the resemblance between a

Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?

2010-04-24 Thread Pete Nalda
Well, I don't know why or how, but my macbook pro running 10.6.3 has both Vicki, and Victoria. Vicki has a softer voice, and Victoria, is got a little robotness going on, but I think her voice is clearer than Vicki's. So I think I'm going to use her. That way, my devices will all have a simil

Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?

2010-04-24 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, Well, they didn't get rid of her. Just renamed her and introduced Victoria as another voice than the previous one. Regards, Nic Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk AIM: cincinster yahoo Messenger: cin368 Facebook Profile My Twitter On Apr 24, 2010,

Re: Using Numbers (was Re: the apple user?)

2010-04-24 Thread Dan Roy
This is great, however, have you found a quick way to determine what column your in as you navigate through various rows. I know, I could memorize this info, but, I have to use different work sheets and everyone has there own order to how they put in the columns. If there is a way to quickly r

Re: malwear and macs

2010-04-24 Thread tim
Nice, but it also stated that you have to say yes to the install. Unlike windows 7, it will install without say a thing unless you have active x turned off. Then using the browser becomes a pain to use. Also saw the article on snow having builtin virus, and we all see it still don't have virus p

Re: ocr software

2010-04-24 Thread Ryan Mann
Hello. Instead of using Vue Scan for the scanning part, why not just use Preview? If you use Snow Leopard, just open preview, then from the file menu, go to the import from scanner submenu. Your scanner should show up in that menu. On Apr 24, 2010, at 9:38 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello C

Re: ocr software

2010-04-24 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Ryan, On Apr 24, 2010, at 7:47 PM, Ryan Mann wrote: > Instead of using Vue Scan for the scanning part, why not just use Preview? > If you use Snow Leopard, just open preview, then from the file menu, go to > the import from scanner submenu. Your scanner should show up in that menu. The p

Re: ocr software

2010-04-24 Thread Ryan Mann
Do you have certain things you do to make the Vue Scan interface easier to use? I tried to use it a year ago and it seemed complicated. I cold have swarn that there were a bunch of unknown sections of the interface and I had to interact with those sections to find out what they were. I'm just

Re: Audio tutorial on how to drag and drop samples into Garageband projects

2010-04-24 Thread Ricardo Walker
Thank you Peggy. I was afraid I wouldn't make much sense :) On Apr 23, 2010, at 10:21 PM, Peggy Fleischer wrote: > Very excellent clear and well done podcast. I enjoyed it. > > Peggy Fleischer > peggyfleisc...@bellsouth.net > > Jude 1:24 Now to Him who is able to keep you from st

Re: test driving an iphone?

2010-04-24 Thread Karen Lewellen
Excellent! Just what I required. Thanks. Karen On Sat, 24 Apr 2010, Scott Howell wrote: You will want to go read a little and familiarize yourself with the gestures. The URL is http://www.apple.com/accessibility/iphone/vision.html and you can have VoiceOver turned on by going to settings, gen

Re: malwear and macs

2010-04-24 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, PSH. Articles. They say it's not there. But really, let's see when Macs get viruses. And if you're attacked and your Mac does not defend itself, you lose the battle. And you have to invest in software. Actually, it's malware protection Mac has. Not antivirus. When downloading files, Mac OS

Re: test driving an iphone?

2010-04-24 Thread Karen Lewellen
Wow Esther, Even better and I thank you. I suspect based on my short phone chat with the cell phone store I will visit that they are already a tad aware of voiceover and the iphone. the provider originally given rights to carry the phone in the Toronto area got some very bad nasty press when

Re: ocr software

2010-04-24 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Ryan, I wrote a User Guide for VueScan ages ago that explains how to configure it. I think it's still on the icanworkthisthing site and the Maccessibility site. It shows how to set it to use ReadIris, but you can just change that to Abbyy FineReader. All I have to do when I launch VueSca

Is Alice.app accessible on the Mac with voiceover?

2010-04-24 Thread Jess
Hi all, I'm interested in learning how to program on the Mac. Is Alice accessible using voiceover? If not, can anyone that is efficient at programming recommend an accessible programming environment with tutorials for beginners? Thanks. Jes -- You received this message because you are subscrib

Re: the apple user?

2010-04-24 Thread Sarah Alawami
Mine is. 2 gtigs causes my vm to c hoke every sngle time and the fan to turn on. stumpped here. On Apr 23, 2010, at 3:11 AM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > Hi, > > Wow. I suck. These specs clearly show I must update my RAM. I've been using > both Windows XP and Windows 7 for months now, only utilizi

Re: Mail too slow

2010-04-24 Thread Sarah Alawami
actually in my case It will keep telling me a whole slew of rows are added and today I just sent out messages meant for yesterday forgetting they were even there. I wish mail can't quit with items in the outbox. but I do myself notice the slowness. Take care. On Apr 23, 2010, at 8:25 AM, Mike R

Re: malwear and macs

2010-04-24 Thread marie Howarth
lol, I still got viruses with antivirus on windows. But I see what you're saying. I guess eventually either apple will help protect us from viruses or we'll have to invest in a third party app. I just hope no viruses or malwear get me. lol On 24 Apr 2010, at 19:23, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > Hi

Re: Mail too slow

2010-04-24 Thread marie Howarth
maybe some cleaning up needs to be done on your systems? I'm assuming mail has cash, not that I pretend to know the ins and outs but I am not seeing the same issues. :) On 24 Apr 2010, at 19:42, Sarah Alawami wrote: > actually in my case It will keep telling me a whole slew of rows are added >

Re: ot: ipad user for a possible article? (fwd)

2010-04-24 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi all, John is not on this list, so his follow up did not come through. I am sure if the story is cleared he will contact those who have written to him privately. Thanks again, Karen Message below... Subject: Re: ot: ipad user for a possible article? Karen and list members: Thank you for po

Re: malwear and macs

2010-04-24 Thread John J Herzog
Guys, One of the tips in the malware article is to protect yourself by preventing safari from opening safe files after download. This setting can be changed in Safari's preferences. Basically, it means that disk images are not automatically mounted, zip files are not unzipped, etc. This makes s

TUAW's Report on Using a USB keypad or headset through the iPad's Camera Kit Connections

2010-04-24 Thread Esther
Hi all, List members may find this report from TUAW of interest: one reader was able to use the iPad's Camera Kit USB connector to attach a USB keyboard to his iPad and use it to type in text entries. Another reported use of this kit by Glenn Fleishman of TidBITS was to connect up his US

Re: malwear and macs

2010-04-24 Thread marie Howarth
I already have mine set that way. Seems a good plan :) On 24 Apr 2010, at 20:01, John J Herzog wrote: > Guys, > One of the tips in the malware article is to protect yourself by preventing > safari from opening safe files after download. This setting can be changed in > Safari's preferences. Ba

switching from windows, some questions?

2010-04-24 Thread Kerie doyle
Hi all, I'm a very new mac and voice over user, I just had some questions. First, about mail. I have not set up mail yet, as I wanted to ask some advice. I have a Gmail account, and know from reading, that you may set up Gmail to work in apple mail using either pop or imap, I'm just wondering,

Moderator Note - Request for people interested in assisting with list management

2010-04-24 Thread Cara Quinn
Hey All; -Just wanted to send along a quick one to see whom might be interested in helping manage the VIPhone and / or MacVisionaries lists. Feel free to contact me off-list at: caraqu...@caraquinn.com or modelc...@gmail.com Josh and I aren't sure just yet if we'll be taking on new mods,

Re: Mail too slow

2010-04-24 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, I'm not seeing it either. In fact, I'm perplexed. Regards, Nic Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk AIM: cincinster yahoo Messenger: cin368 Facebook Profile My Twitter On Apr 24, 2010, at 8:57 PM, marie Howarth wrote: > maybe some cleaning up needs

Re: malwear and macs

2010-04-24 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, I actually have set that setting. Not really because I'm concerned about malware or other risks, but just because I don't want them to open. That doesn't mean that I'm not cautious, though. :) I know Mac OS X scans for malware at least, at least the types that it knows of. However, I've ne

my thoughts on vmware fusion and win7

2010-04-24 Thread Sarah Alawami
Hello. I have a 15 minute recording deminstrating to the best of my ability vmware fusion under 7. this si runing vmware 3. skip over the silent parts if you want and sorry about the yucky recording. lol. http://www.sendspace.com/file/36jkq1 Take care. -- You received this message because you

Re: malwear and macs

2010-04-24 Thread Sarah Alawami
That's I beieve how it is set by default. someone correct me if I'm wrong. On Apr 24, 2010, at 12:01 PM, John J Herzog wrote: > Guys, > One of the tips in the malware article is to protect yourself by preventing > safari from opening safe files after download. This setting can be changed in >

Re: malwear and macs

2010-04-24 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, After installing Snowy without an upgrade, it was set to opening safe files. That's the default. Regards, Nic Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk AIM: cincinster yahoo Messenger: cin368 Facebook Profile My Twitter On Apr 24, 2010, at 10:10 PM, Sara

Re: New Tech Doctor Podcast

2010-04-24 Thread Esther
Hi Robert, I very much enjoyed your Tech Doctor podcast featuring iPad vs. iPod/ iPhone formats examining issues like web browsing, and screen layout as it affects the user experience. It occurred to me during the demo with Yahoo news, that there may still be advantages to visiting mobile

Re: Mail too slow

2010-04-24 Thread Thierry Renoux
I was having the same problem at first when I started using mail. In fact, the Mac was downloading all my old gmail messages in the background. You might wanna check the mail activity window with cmd 0. I was surprised to see very old messages coming back to me. On Apr 24, 2010, at 12:40 PM, N

Extracting EXE files on the Mac -- URGENT!!!

2010-04-24 Thread Rob Lambert
If I have to, I'll use a PC, but I first wanted to know what software there was (preferably free) that will allow me to run EXE files on my Mac without having to get a VM (virtual machine) up and running. I have to have this answer ASAP. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

Re: Extracting EXE files on the Mac -- URGENT!!!

2010-04-24 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Your not going to get an answer with out a vm. On 24/04/2010, Rob Lambert wrote: > If I have to, I'll use a PC, but I first wanted to know what software there > was (preferably free) that will allow me to run EXE files on my Mac without > having to get a VM (virtual machine) up and running. I hav

Re: Extracting EXE files on the Mac -- URGENT!!!

2010-04-24 Thread Rob Lambert
Oh...well, thanks. Windows, here I come (bleck). On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 3:32 PM, Ben Mustill-Rose wrote: > Your not going to get an answer with out a vm. > > On 24/04/2010, Rob Lambert wrote: > > If I have to, I'll use a PC, but I first wanted to know what software > there > > was (preferably f

Re: Extracting EXE files on the Mac -- URGENT!!!

2010-04-24 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, I think I read somewhere that you can get applications that can read the .exe files and extract the various contents separately, such as audio, documents within and so-forth, but no installation. That part is Windows only. Regards, Nic Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger:

Re: Extracting EXE files on the Mac -- URGENT!!!

2010-04-24 Thread Rob Lambert
In case it helps, the file I'm trying to work with is an eBook from the ETS (educational testing service). On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > Hi, > > I think I read somewhere that you can get applications that can read the > .exe files and extract the various contents sepa

Re: HTML5 and youtube

2010-04-24 Thread Christina
Thanks so much. On Apr 23, 2010, at 2:32 PM, Darcy Burnard wrote: > Hi Christina. Go to http://www.youtube.com/html5. You'll find a link there > to opt in to the html5 beta. You can do this regardless if you're signed in > to you tube or not. This uses cookies, so if you ever have to clear y

Re: Preview

2010-04-24 Thread Christina
I've had this happen many times. The only time this happens to me though seems to be at teh end of the page. I think I may be in the footer of the document but I'm not sure. The only way that I "fix" this is to back up word by word instead of line by line with vo left arrow. Good luck, Chris

Re: Rearanging columns in Mail?

2010-04-24 Thread Christina
I don't know if you got help with this already. I did it a very long time ago so I don't have clear instructions as I don't remember the steps exactly but you should be able to figure it out from what I tell you. I went up to the view menu by using vo plus m then moving to teh view menu. Then

Re: Audio books in Itunes, NLS players, old talking book machines and more, Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?

2010-04-24 Thread Peggy Fleischer
I remember that my first record player had two knobs you had to turn on and a handle like a suitcase. It was quite heavy also. it had a good speaker though. Now I mostly read comercial audiobooks because I like putting them on my Iphone. I recently got one of the nls players though and I agree

text elements and clickable

2010-04-24 Thread chaas
Hi everyone: I had my firwt training session through Apple's One to one program. It was interesting, anda little peculiar. My training ws held in the middle of the store, with all the noise and bustle of a Friday afternoon. I got familiarized a little more with the visual layout of the screen

RE: TUAW's Report on Using a USB keypad or headset through the iPad's Camera Kit Connections

2010-04-24 Thread Bryan Smart
I love these sort of things in a geek/tech way, but I I don't think that the headset is practical. Skype sounds incredible with the built-in microphone on the iPhone. I can't believe that the iPad will be worse. You can already plug any pair of headphones that you'd like in to the stereo headpho

RE: What are the monitor connections on Mac mini and Mac Book Pro?

2010-04-24 Thread Bryan Smart
It isn't Mini DVI. Its Apple's own mini display port connector. So, to go to a TV, you need their DVI adaptor, then you need to get an HDMI to DVI cable. Bryan -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Rob Lambert Sen

RE: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?

2010-04-24 Thread Bryan Smart
I'd happily pay $100 for VoiceOver compatible Accapella voices to use on the iPhone/iPad. Hope someone is listening that can make this happen and wants my money. *smile* Bryan -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of