ITunes 10

2010-09-02 Thread carlene knight
I can no longer jump between the sources and songs table with VO/j. I haven't had a chance to play with it much yet, but this disappoints me as I use that key combo all of the time. I know I am feeling sorry for myself as every time something works good it is taken away. I almost wish I could

Re: ITunes 10

2010-09-02 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi! I think it's interesting how they renamed the table to finally reflect what the item is. I've always just used VO-Command-T, though. Regards, Nic Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com GoogleTalk: chojiro1...@gmail.com Facebook Twitter Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk Yahoo! Messenger

iphone and scanning products

2010-09-02 Thread Paul Erkens
Hi Nancy, The last reason I needed to get an iphone is the ability to use digital eyes. I hope its product descriptions will be available in other languages later on, because I don't really know about ounces and such. I love cooking and there are many tins floating around that can be identified

Re: ITunes 10

2010-09-02 Thread Sarah Alawami
I see the ability to check uncheck a grup of selected items. I don't yet know the function of the check box though. On Sep 2, 2010, at 12:20 AM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > Hi! > > I think it's interesting how they renamed the table to finally reflect what > the item is. I've always just used VO

Re: ITunes 10

2010-09-02 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, I was thinking maybe that's for queuing in a playlist? I don't know. lol, but that just makes sense to me. Yep, looks like I was right. Just tried it. Unchecking an item prevents it from playing, and it skips it. Regards, Nic Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com GoogleTalk: chojiro1...@gmail.com Face

Re: ITunes 10

2010-09-02 Thread Sarah Alawami
Hmm I thought it had to do with syncing. I don't want ot blast anything this late at nigh though. The interface loads a lot faster it seems but some of my podcasts remained even though I unsubscribed to them munths ago. lol. I might read the tutorials when I'm more awake. Take care. S On Sep 2

Re: ITunes 10

2010-09-02 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi! Well, it might have to do with both, actually, but not sure. The way it worked for me, though, (since I don't have my iphone cable with me at uni) made it look like queuing. A nice way of doing it, mind you. Regards, Nic Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com GoogleTalk: chojiro1...@gmail.com Facebook

Re: ITunes 10

2010-09-02 Thread Sarah Alawami
I also was a bit confused when I saw 5 unplayed items in the aps section but as far as i can tell those were updates as I saw 4 updates. the extra 1 item I dunno yet. I'm too tired to think. lol! Sarah Alawami MSN: marri...@gmail.com aim: marri...@gmail.com: website: http://music.marrie.org yo

Re: ITunes 10

2010-09-02 Thread Ray Foret Jr
wow! Do you mean to say that, with this version of ITunes, you can actually make a playlist on the fly by going in to finder, selecting files and curing them up to play one after the other? If that's so, I might just dump VLC. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! A Very Proud and H

Re: ITunes 10

2010-09-02 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, The way it works is that you put files into a playlist, whether they are podcast, music, whatever, then you uncheck the ones you don't want to play, but it still keeps your entire library intact so that you can always check new songs and uncheck others.. Regards, Nic Mobile Me: nic2...@me.

Re: ITunes 10

2010-09-02 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, You can press VO command T to go from 1 table to the next. It's not VO J but, the result is the same. hth On Sep 2, 2010, at 3:04 AM, carlene knight wrote: > I can no longer jump between the sources and songs table with VO/j. I > haven't had a chance to play with it much yet, but this di

Re: ITunes 10

2010-09-02 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Ah, so, is there no way, then, to do what I was discribing? Can any program do that? Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! A Very Proud and Happy Mac User!!! E-Mail: rforetjr at comcast dot net Skype Name: barefootedray On Sep 2, 2010, at 5:25 AM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: Hi, The way i

Re: ITunes 10

2010-09-02 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, Those checkboxes were always there. Voiceover just finally sees them. Unchecking the box has the same result as unchecking an item via the context menu like we had to do previously. It depends on your iPhone settings if unchecked items are synced or not. hth On Sep 2, 2010, at 5:08 AM

Re: ITunes 10

2010-09-02 Thread Sarah Alawami
I don't think there is such a program on the mac. I could be wrong though. but itunes and vlc are 2 of the best players out there in my opinion. Sarah Alawami MSN: marri...@gmail.com aim: marri...@gmail.com: website: http://music.marrie.org youtube: http://youtube.com/marrie125 Podcast: http://m

Re: ITunes 10

2010-09-02 Thread Ray Foret Jr
What about that DJ program? What's it called again? I heard that there are some key conflicts with it and Voice Over though. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! A Very Proud and Happy Mac User!!! E-Mail: rforetjr at comcast dot net Skype Name: barefootedray On Sep 2, 2010, at 8:33 AM

Re: ITunes 10

2010-09-02 Thread Sarah Alawami
I believe it was called dj but not sure since I cleaned up this folder and I believe that message was on there. Sarah Alawami MSN: marri...@gmail.com aim: marri...@gmail.com: website: http://music.marrie.org youtube: http://youtube.com/marrie125 Podcast: http://marrie.podbean.com Mobile site for

Olearia in other languages

2010-09-02 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello everyone, Does anyone know what has happened to the localisation of the daisy player Olearia into other languages? It used to be localised into French and Norwegian. Cheers, Anne -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To po

Re: ITunes 10

2010-09-02 Thread Teresa Cochran
I seem to be out of the loop. On going to "check for updates", it says, "9..2 is the current version? Teresa -- 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

Re: ITunes 10

2010-09-02 Thread Sarah Alawami
Yeah ou need to download it from http://www.apple.com and go to support and itunes. Good luck. On Sep 2, 2010, at 7:24 AM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > I seem to be out of the loop. On going to "check for updates", it says, "9..2 > is the current version? > > Teresa > > -- > You received this mess

MS Word's lack of access with VO

2010-09-02 Thread cathyk
Dear List, I've been struck by how willing we are to accept the fact that VO doesn't work natively with MS Word. At one level all the work-arounds show just how flexible, enterprising, and creative we are; every employer should be eager to hire anyone with such spark and, yes, ability. But am I t

Re: MS Word's lack of access with VO

2010-09-02 Thread Sarah Alawami
I contacted MS about this on there feedback forum in 2007 but I have since lost the link and there have been no results as far as I'm aware. I don't use word anymore on windows or mac so I would not be able to say yes or no that it is or is not accessible. Sarah Alawami MSN: marri...@gmail.com

Re: MS Word's lack of access with VO

2010-09-02 Thread Bryan Jones
Does anybody know if Microsoft has an email address for their accessibility team like Apple does with their accessibil...@apple.com address? I'd be interested to ask Microsoft if the forthcoming Office 2011 for Mac has been redesigned to work with VO. Thank you, Bryan On Sep 2, 2010, at 11:03 A

accessible pdf readers

2010-09-02 Thread chad baker
Hi is there any accessible pdf readers? Also is there a way to convert pdf to mp3? -- 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

To John J Herzog Kapten Iphone

2010-09-02 Thread focus
Hi John! I've contacted the people who make Kapten for Iphone and this is what they said! hth Colin Skype focus_66 Begin forwarded message: > From: "iSupport Kapsys" > Date: 2 September 2010 16:01:15 GMT+01:00 > Cc: "'Support Kapsys'" > Subject: TR: Your question for kapsys.com > > Dear Colin,

Re: ITunes 10

2010-09-02 Thread carlene knight
Thanks. I feel really stupid now, but I was having a terrible night last night and then I discovered that. I couldn't even get out of the sources table. I had just tried Google again too, and was thrroughly disgusted. Again, I do appologize. Next time I'll try to keep my stupid emotions out

Re: accessible pdf readers

2010-09-02 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Preview will read PDF just ifne most of the time. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! A Very Proud and Happy Mac User!!! E-Mail: rforetjr at comcast dot net Skype Name: barefootedray On Sep 2, 2010, at 10:55 AM, chad baker wrote: Hi is there any accessible pdf readers? Also is there a

Re: ITunes 10

2010-09-02 Thread Chantel Cuddemi
Teresa, it's in software update. I just installde it. Hth, Chantel. On Sep 2, 2010, at 10:24 AM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > I seem to be out of the loop. On going to "check for updates", it says, "9..2 > is the current version? > > Teresa > > -- > You received this message because you are subsc

Re: accessible pdf readers

2010-09-02 Thread Chantel Cuddemi
Chad, Preview is a built-in application that reads pdf's. That should be what you're looking for. Hth, Chantel. On Sep 2, 2010, at 11:55 AM, chad baker wrote: > Hi is there any accessible pdf readers? > Also is there a way to convert pdf to mp3? > > -- > You received this message because you

Re: accessible pdf readers

2010-09-02 Thread Chantel Cuddemi
Chad, Preview is a built-in application that reads pdf's. That should be what you're looking for. Hth, Chantel. On Sep 2, 2010, at 11:55 AM, chad baker wrote: > Hi is there any accessible pdf readers? > Also is there a way to convert pdf to mp3? > > -- > You received this message because you

Re: MS Word's lack of access with VO

2010-09-02 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, It is a terrible thing but you should care who's fault it is because, it will direct your efforts more efficiently towards fixing the problem. You can only hold Apple responsible for the actions of 3rd party app developers, in this case Microsoft, so much. I don't see what writing to Appl

Re: accessible pdf readers

2010-09-02 Thread carlene knight
Where could I find a tutorial for Preview? I tried using it and had a time turning pages etc. On Sep 2, 2010, at 9:46 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Preview will read PDF just ifne most of the time. > Sincerely, > The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! > > A Very Proud and Happy Mac User!!! > > E-Ma

Re: accessible pdf readers

2010-09-02 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Chad, There is a lovely little application from Convenienceware called GhostReader which can read most text-based formats and turn them into MP3 files. http://www.convenienceware.com/ Cheers, Anne On 2 Sep 2010, at 17:55, chad baker wrote: > Hi is there any accessible pdf readers? > A

Re: ITunes 10

2010-09-02 Thread Teresa Cochran
Thanks, Sarah and Chantel. I'm downloading it now. :) Teresa On Sep 2, 2010, at 10:10 AM, Chantel Cuddemi wrote: > Teresa, it's in software update. I just installde it. Hth, > Chantel. > On Sep 2, 2010, at 10:24 AM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > >> I seem to be out of the loop. On going to "check fo

Re: MS Word's lack of access with VO

2010-09-02 Thread carlene knight
Hi: I use Word at work and I can tell you that it has some bugs like trying to overlap things I need to see that I find downright annoying. I wouldn't want TextEdit to do that, nor would I want the Mac OS and windows platforms to become too intermingled or we would just be inherrriting the pro

Re: ITunes 10

2010-09-02 Thread Chantel Cuddemi
You're welcome. Glad I could help. On Sep 2, 2010, at 1:30 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > Thanks, Sarah and Chantel. I'm downloading it now. :) > > Teresa > On Sep 2, 2010, at 10:10 AM, Chantel Cuddemi wrote: > >> Teresa, it's in software update. I just installde it. Hth, >> Chantel. >> On Sep 2

Re: need podcast help

2010-09-02 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi all, Sarah's right, oops I forgot about uploading files. Sorry about that. I use odbean as well and just love them. Allison My birds are winged blessings, they help me soar! On Sep 1, 2010, at 11:38 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > You need a place to upload the files though so I do an all in 1

Playing chords and recording loops with the ThumbJam iPhone app [was Re: thumbjam questions and a nice link for ringtone fans]

2010-09-02 Thread Esther
Hi Florian, On Aug 31, 2010, at 23:33, F10r14n wrote: In the meantime, noone seems to have answered my questions *sob sob* Florian I'll paraphrase your earlier questions. You asked about how to play chords for the acoustic guitar instrument selection (citing difficulties getting your fi

Re: long rant was Re: GW Micro Responds to the Future of Screen Readers Discussion Panel Questions

2010-09-02 Thread Teresa Cochran
Way to go, Erik. Thank you. Teresa -- 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 to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.co

Re: accessible pdf readers

2010-09-02 Thread Teresa Cochran
I find Preview to be extremely accessible, and generally more so than Adobe Reader in Windows. Teresa On Sep 2, 2010, at 8:55 AM, chad baker wrote: > Hi is there any accessible pdf readers? > Also is there a way to convert pdf to mp3? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscrib

Re: long rant was Re: GW Micro Responds to the Future of Screen Readers Discussion Panel Questions

2010-09-02 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Just to let you know, I did in fact see the article of responses by GWMicro last night. It was posted to GUITalk; an NFB mailing list. This should not be taken to mean that NFB has endorsed it; just that somebody put it on the list. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! A Very Proud

Re: Playing chords and recording loops with the ThumbJam iPhone app [was Re: thumbjam questions and a nice link for ringtone fans]

2010-09-02 Thread carlene knight
I haven't figured out how to record yet. I accidentally had to cancel it once, but I have no idea as to how I got there in the first place. :) On Sep 2, 2010, at 10:41 AM, Esther wrote: > Hi Florian, > > On Aug 31, 2010, at 23:33, F10r14n wrote: > >> In the meantime, noone seems to have ans

Re: MS Word's lack of access with VO

2010-09-02 Thread erik burggraaf
Hiyah, I'm not sure its entirely a case of being willing to accept. I think at least part of it is that universal access is still emerging, and we've seen such enormous improvements in the last two or three years, that we're a bit tacit about the workarounds. We know bigger and better things

Re: How good is thumb jam?

2010-09-02 Thread Esther
Hi Krister, I just posted answers to some of Florian's questions about ThumbJam, which I have on my iPad. When I first answered, it was to say that everything I tried seemed accessible, and that the app is really impressive in terms of its ability to just let you play music. The menus are

Re: Playing chords and recording loops with the ThumbJam iPhone app [was Re: thumbjam questions and a nice link for ringtone fans]

2010-09-02 Thread Esther
Hi Carlene, On Sep 2, 2010, carlene knight wrote: I haven't figured out how to record yet. I accidentally had to cancel it once, but I have no idea as to how I got there in the first place. :) Actually, same here. I only got into the recording by accident, but since these guys were

Re: Playing chords and recording loops with the ThumbJam iPhone app [was Re: thumbjam questions and a nice link for ringtone fans]

2010-09-02 Thread carlene knight
Thanks Esther. I'll give it a try. On Sep 2, 2010, at 12:35 PM, Esther wrote: > Hi Carlene, > > On Sep 2, 2010, carlene knight wrote: > >> I haven't figured out how to record yet. I accidentally had to cancel it >> once, but I have no idea as to how I got there in the first place. :) >> >

preview problem with voiceover

2010-09-02 Thread roberto burceni
Hi all, I have a problem with pdf preview and voiceover. When I'm reading a pdf it is fine. The problem is when I go to a specific page of the pdf. For example if I read a piece of book when I reopen this book I press cmd + option + g to go at page 60. It regularly goes to the right page but

Re: long rant was Re: GW Micro Responds to the Future of Screen Readers Discussion Panel Questions

2010-09-02 Thread Mike Arrigo
Just a few comments to add to this. First, I think gw-micro is a great company and window eyes is a great product, I'm using it with my work computer to write this message. With regard to supporting the web, at this point at least, voiceover is actually ahead of window eyes, because it handles

Re: MS Word's lack of access with VO

2010-09-02 Thread Sarah Alawami
Agreed. I am hoping iwork will take the place of office. it will be cheaper in the long run too for councilors to perches if they decide to buy macs for the college students. Sarah Alawami MSN: marri...@gmail.com aim: marri...@gmail.com: website: http://music.marrie.org youtube: http://youtube.

Re: get iphone 3gs or iphone 4?

2010-09-02 Thread Chris Blouch
It also depends on what your typical phone turnover rate is. I know some people who get a new phone every year. For me I tend to buy top of the line and then hang on to stuff for years. My home office Mac is 8 years old and was one of those fancy dual 1.25Ghz G4s, which cost me a bit back then

future of screen readers

2010-09-02 Thread Josh Kennedy
Hi guys I personally am a big fan of the mac. I also really like vinux3.0 based on Ubuntu. Orca is coming along nicely and its nice to use ubuntu to legally and freely turn my pc into a mac which talks out of the box and for $5 I get voxin to use with it. I am disappointed that gwmicro did not e

future of screen readers

2010-09-02 Thread Josh Kennedy
Hi Mac seems a lot like vinux in some ways. With vinux you also not only have the screen reader, but you have a fully accessible operating system. Are there bugs, sure but if you're willing to take the time to learn mac and vinux it is well worth it in my opinion. I think getting a mac, or a pc

future of screen readers

2010-09-02 Thread Josh Kennedy
Hi Is ubuntu/vinux trying to copy mac I wonder? Most programs for vinux except for qt4 and some webkit programs are currently inaccessible with vinux 3.0 but other than that most things just work. Does mac use something similar to At-Spy atspi to make its OS accessible I wonder? Reason I'm askin

Re: long rant was Re: GW Micro Responds to the Future of Screen Readers Discussion Panel Questions

2010-09-02 Thread William Windels
Hello, I want also to say something about this topic: Apple is doing great efforts to make their products accessible and macosx with voiceover is in global, working good. Also , the trackpad is a very nice feature that don't exist on windows computers for blind users. However, I have also some

Re: long rant was Re: GW Micro Responds to the Future of Screen Readers Discussion Panel Questions

2010-09-02 Thread Scott Howell
Erujm Outstanding and dead on. I saw the article from Gw MIcro and I was very disappointed. In fact the entire article was nothing other than an opportunity for Gw Micro to paint themselves as the saviors of the blind. I have a lot of respect for what Gw Micro has accomplished and yes they have

Re: long rant was Re: GW Micro Responds to the Future of Screen Readers Discussion Panel Questions

2010-09-02 Thread Scott Howell
Although you have some valid points, VoiceOver will improve and these issues will be addressed. The big difference is that windows-based screen readers have been around for quite a while, so admittedly they have a jump on VoiceOver in some respects. However, what APple has accomplished in the la

Re: long rant was Re: GW Micro Responds to the Future of Screen Readers Discussion Panel Questions

2010-09-02 Thread Sarah Alawami
It's taken my machine down but that was before I realized how to get around it with out a restart. All in all voice over is the best thing since sliced bread. As for the time machine restores don't you need to use your restore disk in order to restore? I mean your system disk? I would not know a

Having trouble preordering online, think I'm missing something

2010-09-02 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, I'm trying to preorder my 4th generation Ipod shuffle online, how am I supposed to do this. There's no add to cart thingy. It's probably straight-forward, think I'm just missing something. Courtney Listen to The Wonderful World of Doo-wop with me, Moopie Curran on Fridays at 08:00 UTC on htt

Re: long rant was Re: GW Micro Responds to the Future of Screen Readers Discussion Panel Questions

2010-09-02 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Very well written! On Sep 2, 2010, at 11:18 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: > Guys, I tried to keep the below as polite and forthright as possible, but it > degenerates in places and reading and rereading, I don't really see the > benefit of removing some of the language that might be considered offen

My mysterous dialog box issue

2010-09-02 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
All: I posted about not being able to read a dialog box that was on the screen. I had a sighted person look. It was a message from Carbon Copy cloner asking me to choose which disk I wanted to backup. I'd accidentally scheduled an automatic backup task, and the external hd wasn't connected. The

MobleMe Help!

2010-09-02 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
All: My subscription just changed from trial to individual. The problem is under MobleMe sync preferences it says never been synked. It shows my MBP & another PC in the table list, but sync is unchecked. When I check sync, it asks me to register my MBP. I click register, and it says a computer w

Re: Having trouble preordering online, think I'm missing something

2010-09-02 Thread Sarah Alawami
Hello. try going to save and hitting that, sign in with your apple id a and then your cart will show up. Hit add all items to cart and then there should be a check out button and from there it will be straight forward. I just did this a few minutes ago for something. On Sep 2, 2010, at 4:46 PM,

Re: Having trouble preordering online, think I'm missing something

2010-09-02 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, How do I save the Ipod Shuffle, that's one other thing I can't figure out. Thanks, Courtney Listen to The Wonderful World of Doo-wop with me, Moopie Curran on Fridays at 08:00 UTC on http://www.theglobalvoice.info On Sep 2, 2010, at 8:17 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Hello. try going to save

Re: MobleMe Help!

2010-09-02 Thread Scott Howell
Sara if you have only the one machine and that is the only machine you have been syncing to Mobile Me, perhaps unregister the machine and register and sync again. In this case, allow Mobile me to have its content replaced by the content from your machine. On Sep 2, 2010, at 8:14 PM, Sarai Buccia

Re: long rant was Re: GW Micro Responds to the Future of Screen Readers Discussion Panel Questions

2010-09-02 Thread Scott Howell
Time Machine is actually accessible, but you can just go to the backup disk and pull the content you want to recover and copy back to your machine. On Sep 2, 2010, at 7:45 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > It's taken my machine down but that was before I realized how to get around > it with out a rest

RE: future of screen readers

2010-09-02 Thread Bejarano, Rafael P.
Hi: What is ubuntu-vinux? I thought the screen reader for Ubuntu was Orca. Rafael Bejarano From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Josh Kennedy [jkenn...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 4:52 PM To:

Two documents in Text Edit.

2010-09-02 Thread Kimberly thurman
Hi Folks. I know I can open two documents in Text Edit, but how can I switch back and forth between them? Is there a keystroke for this? Thanks for any help! :) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send e

Re: long rant was Re: GW Micro Responds to the Future of Screen Readers Discussion Panel Questions

2010-09-02 Thread James Mannion
While I have much respect for both companies, I am glad I do not have to depend on the Mac for my access, especially web browsing needs. It-is-not-up-to-windows side standards by a long shot yet and the windows side needs an overhall. I hear GW is working on that and I am glad. I think a lot of peo

Re: Two documents in Text Edit.

2010-09-02 Thread Rafaela Freundt
sure, use the keystroke to switch between windows of the same program. it is comand+` HTH Rafaela El 02/09/2010, a las 19:50, Kimberly thurman escribió: > Hi Folks. I know I can open two documents in Text Edit, but how can I switch > back and forth between them? Is there a keystroke for this

Re: Two documents in Text Edit.

2010-09-02 Thread Rafaela Freundt
I forgot to mention, you can also open the window chooser menu by pressing VO+f2+f2, and select the document you want. HTH, Rafaela El 02/09/2010, a las 19:50, Kimberly thurman escribió: > Hi Folks. I know I can open two documents in Text Edit, but how can I switch > back and forth between th

Re: Two documents in Text Edit.

2010-09-02 Thread Kimberly thurman
Thanks! Works great! :) On Sep 2, 2010, at 9:01 PM, Rafaela Freundt wrote: > sure, use the keystroke to switch between windows of the same program. it is > comand+` > > HTH > > Rafaela > El 02/09/2010, a las 19:50, Kimberly thurman escribió: > >> Hi Folks. I know I can open two documents in

Re: Two documents in Text Edit.

2010-09-02 Thread Sarah Alawami
In case the punctuation was not read that key stroke is command grave accent which is the key to the left of 1 on the number row. Sarah Alawami MSN: marri...@gmail.com aim: marri...@gmail.com: website: http://music.marrie.org youtube: http://youtube.com/marrie125 Podcast: http://marrie.podbean.c

voiceover saying programs have no focus

2010-09-02 Thread johns.kary
hope someone can help hear, because I'm completely stumped. I've tried to installl a couple of programs lately on my mac, but once the programs running all I can get voiceover to say is, "program has no windows" or sometimes "program has no focus" When a program does this, no matter what I do I

Re: long rant was Re: GW Micro Responds to the Future of Screen Readers Discussion Panel Questions

2010-09-02 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, Just curious, why do you feel it is better than using the web with voiceover? Thanks On Sep 2, 2010, at 8:57 PM, James Mannion wrote: > While I have much respect for both companies, I am glad I do not have > to depend on the Mac for my access, especially web browsing needs. > It-is-not-up-

Re: long rant was Re: GW Micro Responds to the Future of Screen Readers Discussion Panel Questions

2010-09-02 Thread Kevin Shaw
GW Micro is in trouble. They're losing market share and the only thing keeping them afloat is the government or state agency that is contracted to push their products and discourage discussion of anything else. The genie is out of the bottle and there is no way the blind consumer is going to go

Re: long rant was Re: GW Micro Responds to the Future of Screen Readers Discussion Panel Questions

2010-09-02 Thread Sarah Alawami
Actually that's what I do on my youtube channel. Sure the quality is not all that good and i have a slight stutter but I still try and get the point across that I, a blind user can use a mac. In fact feel free to spread this vid around if you want. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcYxoM67_4c Sar

Re: voiceover saying programs have no focus

2010-09-02 Thread Sarah Alawami
What programs did you install? Maybe they are located int eh menu bar and if that's the case you can't do much about that. Well you can but it takes a lot of fussing. *grins* Take care. Sarah Alawami MSN: marri...@gmail.com aim: marri...@gmail.com: website: http://music.marrie.org youtube: htt

Re: long rant was Re: GW Micro Responds to the Future of Screen Readers Discussion Panel Questions

2010-09-02 Thread Ray Foret Jr
That's correct. IF you take a look ast your backup disk, and if you go in to each back up, what you find there is an exact image copy of your Mac primary hard drive just as if you were looking at the actual hard disk itself. In short, once you open each backup, you should be able to navigate t

Re: long rant was Re: GW Micro Responds to the Future of Screen Readers Discussion Panel Questions

2010-09-02 Thread Ray Foret Jr
James, Let me be clear about something. I'm not glassy-eyed about what the Mac has to offer. I switched to Mac because I felt the time was right for me to do so; and, for me, at least, the Mac does everything I care to get done with it. No. It's not perfect; but, tell me, is any OS? It's n

Re: long rant was Re: GW Micro Responds to the Future of Screen Readers Discussion Panel Questions

2010-09-02 Thread Sarah Alawami
OH cool! I'll have to play with it when I convert my older drive in to a time machine back up. Thanks. On Sep 2, 2010, at 7:09 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > That's correct. IF you take a look ast your backup disk, and if you go in to > each back up, what you find there is an exact image copy of yo

how do i change the defult web browser in mac os10.6?

2010-09-02 Thread trahern culver
hey all i baught icab the other day and i would like to use it as my macs defult web browser but how do i change the defult browser to icab? your help with this question would be most welcome! kind regards trahern. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ma

Re: MobleMe Help!

2010-09-02 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: I have two Machines. My Mac my PC, & my phone. The weird thing is you cannot unregister! It doesn't give you that options in advanced options. You can only register; however the mac is already registered because It is in the list of registered computers. On Sep 2, 2010, at 7:42 PM, Scott How

future of screen readers

2010-09-02 Thread Josh Kennedy
Hi Ubuntu is just that, Ubuntu with the Gnome desktop. to turn it into vinux they run a whole bunch of automated scripts and do a little tweeking then use remastersys to make an iso file. Orca is the main screen reader for both ubuntu and vinux3.0. and orca, like the apple voiceover, is getting

Re: how do i change the defult web browser in mac os10.6?

2010-09-02 Thread Sarah Alawami
Hello. Go to prefs in safari and choose the one you want to use as your browser. I hope that works? as that's how I've done it when switching to webkit as my default. or you might try going to your new browser's prefs and switching there. Sarah Alawami MSN: marri...@gmail.com aim: marri...@gm

Oops! Deleted a folder of bookmarks in Safari

2010-09-02 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
All: This will teach me to work on this Mac late! I accidentally deleted my Apple folder from my Safari bookmarks. It isn't in the trash. How can I get it back? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email

iOS 4.2

2010-09-02 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hi folks, I'm just wondering what you all think of the following from the iOS 4.2 update page. http://www.apple.com/ipad/software-update/ Control VoiceOver using a wireless keyboard. Output in braille to over 30 supported wireless Bluetooth refreshable braille displays in more than 25 lan

Re: voiceover saying programs have no focus

2010-09-02 Thread johns.kary
Dropbox, and the RS games client. Both of wich are ment to work on the mac. Thanks, Kari On 03/09/2010, at 12:00 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > What programs did you install? Maybe they are located int eh menu bar and if > that's the case you can't do much about that. Well you can but it takes a lot

Re: Oops! Deleted a folder of bookmarks in Safari

2010-09-02 Thread Pete Nalda
Have you done anything else since then? Could always try cmd+Z. On Sep 2, 2010, at 10:45 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: > All: > This will teach me to work on this Mac late! I accidentally deleted my Apple > folder from my Safari bookmarks. It isn't in the trash. How can I get it back? > > -- >

Re: iOS 4.2

2010-09-02 Thread Sarah Alawami
Hey nice. I can't remember. will the update be out next week? that sounds nice! On Sep 2, 2010, at 9:31 PM, Blake Sinnett wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'm just wondering what you all think of the following from the iOS 4.2 > update page. > > http://www.apple.com/ipad/software-update/ > > Control

Re: iOS 4.2

2010-09-02 Thread Les Kriegler
Sarah, I believe 4.1 comes out next week, with 4.2 slated for release in November. Les -- 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

Re: iOS 4.2

2010-09-02 Thread Charlie Doremus
That is correct. IOS 4.1 will be released September 8th. Compatibility iOS 4 works with iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, and iPhone 3G. Not all features are compatible with all devices. For example, multitasking is available only with iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS. Aloha, Charlie Check out our w

Re: iOS 4.2

2010-09-02 Thread Sarah Alawami
Oh yeah that's right. I really was paying attention to the keynote summary. lol! Sarah Alawami MSN: marri...@gmail.com aim: marri...@gmail.com: website: http://music.marrie.org youtube: http://youtube.com/marrie125 Podcast: http://marrie.podbean.com Mobile site for podcast: http://marrie.podbean.

Re: voiceover saying programs have no focus

2010-09-02 Thread Sarah Alawami
Ah yeah you will hear that. dropbox works via the status menu but all you need do is copy and paste and give them the link to the file when you think it's ready. and the rs client you should just hear the system voice. Good luck. On Sep 2, 2010, at 9:36 PM, johns.kary wrote: > Dropbox, and the