RE: Can keyboard only navigation ever be...

2010-10-12 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Cara, indeed, I'm sitting here quote in hand for new Mac Book Pro, very closely monitoring the add to basket button... just need to justify the getting rid of my current PC laptop... anyone know anyone living in the UK who'd want a top spec windows PC... payment plan considered etc... write me

Re: Can keyboard only navigation ever be...

2010-10-12 Thread ISAAC OBIE
Neil, why don't you wait a couple of weeks and try the Macbook pro before selling your laptop? You've intested lots of time setting it up... Give the Macbook pro a week or two first before selling your topnotch notebook... just a suggestion. Isaac - Original Message - From: "Neil Ba

RE: Can keyboard only navigation ever be...

2010-10-12 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Isaac, don't worry, I'll be doing that, but I'd like to have a buyer lined up, as otherwise the PC laptop will lie gathering dust. so it's a belt and braces move on my behalf. Twitter @neilbarnfather Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer,

RE: quick guide

2010-10-12 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Carolyn, I do not believe that a Wiki is in order, what is needed is a methodical document that a user can read through, start to finish and by the end know what they need to know. the problem with a wiki is that the user is forced to find what they need to know. if they instead have a

Re: quick guide

2010-10-12 Thread Scott Howell
Neil, that is exactly what I was thinking. This document needs to be something folks can pull down and put into braille or just read locally. On Oct 12, 2010, at 4:33 AM, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav wrote: > Carolyn, > > I do not believe that a Wiki is in order, what is needed is a methodical >

Re: please don't turn this in to a debate, just need information

2010-10-12 Thread Scott Howell
Heather, you might consider taking a set of headphones, so you can at least have VOiceOver babbling in one ear while the store employee babbles in the other. On Oct 11, 2010, at 8:37 PM, heather kd5cbl wrote: > I like my training however, our store is so loud that I cant here the > voiceover or

Re: good apple commercial

2010-10-12 Thread Scott Howell
Don't know if APple would do that, but if you put that out on YouTube, it sure would grab some attention. :) On Oct 11, 2010, at 9:44 PM, heather kd5cbl wrote: > I live in Austin Texas. We have an Apple corporate office here. The > university uses macs and some of the school districts too. I

Re: please don't turn this in to a debate, just need information

2010-10-12 Thread Eric Oyen
I wish that the state of arizona would get that message. about all they like to do out here is throw an old, very outdated, machine with jaws on it at us. hell, the technology I have here at home is far more advanced than the state gives their recipients (I saved, scrimped, and begged for the mo

Re: good apple commercial

2010-10-12 Thread Eric Oyen
nice vocal on that one. I wish I could have seen the video. check my youtube out: http://www.youtube.com/user/VisionlessOne -Eric On Oct 11, 2010, at 8:33 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Actually I made a youtube vid about it. go to http://youtube.com/marrie125. I > demo several things int eh space

Add to iTunes as a spoken track - Which voice to use?

2010-10-12 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi everybody! So, I've kind of been tinkering around with the feature to add a text to iTunes as a track. The native service works great, and it even overwrites your system speech rate preference if using the [[rate ]] parameter above the block of text highlighted. The issue appears when you w

Re: stupid question about face time and screen curtain, maybe

2010-10-12 Thread Scott Howell
There obviously is no way to do this automatically, so drop a note to Apple and perhaps this is something they will consider for a future release. This is actually a good idea and would probably not be difficult to implement. On Oct 12, 2010, at 2:58 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Hello to all. I no

Re: good apple commercial

2010-10-12 Thread Eric Oyen
rofl. I can "see" the commercial tha apple would do with their apple vs. pc. "hello there, I'm an apple and I'm accessible" (queue the sound of voiceover reading a text document) "hello. I'm a pc. now how's you do that talking thing? I don't have that application installed. oh, here it is and

Re: Burning an AVI file to play on a standard DVD player

2010-10-12 Thread Paul Erkens
Hi Mike, There is someone on this list who did a podcast on a program called prism, and that was the one for me. Prism is actually a video file converter, letting you have, say, a mov, and convert it into a, say, an avi. I am using its windows version, and with that I got a number of shortcuts

RE: quick guide

2010-10-12 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Scott, what can I say, great minds think a like... what is needed here is a document, say 5 pages long or so, something that is a quick start guide, read me and know 95% of what you need to know about using a Mac. what it should do is focus on the OSx key strokes wherever possible, and

Re: quick guide

2010-10-12 Thread Scott Howell
Tell ya what, after the first week of November, I will be in a position to work on such a project. On Oct 12, 2010, at 6:00 AM, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav wrote: > Scott, > > what can I say, great minds think a like... > > what is needed here is a document, say 5 pages long or so, something t

quicknav

2010-10-12 Thread joseph
hi list i turned quicknav off by mistake. i pressed left and down arrow to turn it back on but it didn't work. how to turn it back on please? best -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisi

swich converter problem

2010-10-12 Thread johns.kary
Hi guys, I'm trying to convert some ogg files to MP3 with switch file converter, and it won't add the files. I open switch, try to add files with command O or the add files in the menus, it says, add files, and then nothing happens. I've also found that after I've tried this, the only way I

Re: quicknav

2010-10-12 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi! It's left and right arrow simultaneously. Left and right when Quick Nav is on will stop interacting. Regards, Nic On Oct 12, 2010, at 12:27 PM, joseph wrote: > hi list > > i turned quicknav off by mistake. i pressed left and down arrow to > turn it back on but it didn't work. how to tur

Re: Add to iTunes as a spoken track - Which voice to use?

2010-10-12 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Nic, Sorry I don't have an answer to your question, but I'm wondering how do you add txt as a spoken track? Thanks, Donna On Oct 12, 2010, at 5:35 AM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > Hi everybody! > > So, I've kind of been tinkering around with the feature to add a text to > iTunes as a track. Th

Re: quick guide

2010-10-12 Thread David Taylor
If people can put it together, I'm sure bCAB will host it, and if it ends up somewhere else, link to it anyway. I agree it needs to be a navigable, readable document. Cheers Dave On 12 Oct 2010, at 11:00, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav wrote: Scott, what can I say, great minds think a like... w

Re: Add to iTunes as a spoken track - Which voice to use?

2010-10-12 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hello Donna! Simply highlight any text you want within a document, or an e-mail...or even a webpage. THen you can go to the "Services" submenu and find "Add to iTunes as a spoken track". Of course, you will need to enable this within System Preferences>Keyboard>Keyboard SHortcuts tab, then chec

Re: swich converter problem

2010-10-12 Thread Goldfinga Productions
First of all. converting 1 compressed file format to another is not really the best of ideas. The quallity is greatly reduced by doing this. Second of all, I don't know why I said first of all, when I really didn't have anything else to say. Are there any other plugins you need to install, or sh

Re: Add to iTunes as a spoken track - Which voice to use?

2010-10-12 Thread Donna Goodin
Oh, that's cool! thanks. Donna On Oct 12, 2010, at 8:21 AM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > Hello Donna! > > Simply highlight any text you want within a document, or an e-mail...or even > a webpage. THen you can go to the "Services" submenu and find "Add to iTunes > as a spoken track". Of course, yo

Re: Viewing conversations

2010-10-12 Thread Antonio Guimaraes
Thanks Saai, Since you reviewed how to do this in a cast, would you be so kind as to provide a link to it. Thanks, Antonio On Oct 11, 2010, at 11:52 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > hello go to view and sort by thread and collapse threads. I set up a > keyboard shortcut regarding these 2 and I go

Re: Viewing conversations

2010-10-12 Thread Antonio Guimaraes
Oh yes, how do you create a shortcut? Is this covered in your cast, Sarai? Antonio On Oct 11, 2010, at 11:52 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > hello go to view and sort by thread and collapse threads. I set up a > keyboard shortcut regarding these 2 and I go over how to do this in a podcast. > > 2.

Selecting a recipient

2010-10-12 Thread Antonio Guimaraes
Hi list, Another question comparing Outlook express with mail. How can I select a recipient's e-mail address from an open message for sending a message without reply. What I want to accomplish is to strip out the e-mail address to paste into the to field of a new message. This comes useful wh

Re: track pads

2010-10-12 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, So you were able to navigate by flicking left and right but wasn't able to double tap to select items? On Oct 11, 2010, at 8:45 PM, carlene knight wrote: > Double tapping does nothing so I can't do much. I do all kinds of things > with the IPhone. I got so frustrated that I gave my Magic

RE: I think I may have made a $99 mistake...

2010-10-12 Thread RvR
Hi, Just came across this message a bit late and it is a real pity the new Apple TV isn't accessible with Voice Over (yet). I say yet, because you folks think it may come at a later time? Officially from Apple that is. Fingers crossed then! Friendly, Ronald -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: mac

RE: I think I may have made a $99 mistake...

2010-10-12 Thread RvR
Hi, Anybody know how an Apple TV can be controlled with a Mac? Hopefully the Airplay app will be accessible soon after it's release. There are already announcements from big companies like Marantz that certain receivers, network players etc will be compatible with Airplay in november. Best, Ronald

Re: Add to iTunes as a spoken track - Which voice to use?

2010-10-12 Thread Sarah Alawami
You do it inthe services menu when you are focused on the program you want to do it in. I change my default voice actually and that sets the pref for the voice. Good luck. On Oct 12, 2010, at 4:45 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > Hi Nic, > > Sorry I don't have an answer to your question, but I'm wond

Re: swich converter problem

2010-10-12 Thread Sarah Alawami
Hello. try hitting cmd plus m and escape when you hit your other keystroke to add a file or a folder. it won't arrow or nothing before you do this. You I believe have to do this every time you change directories. Good luck. On Oct 12, 2010, at 5:28 AM, Goldfinga Productions wrote: > First of al

Re: Add to iTunes as a spoken track - Which voice to use?

2010-10-12 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi Sarah Could you retry that again, please? Because that's not working for me at all. No changes except in rate. Regards, Nic On Oct 12, 2010, at 3:55 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > You do it inthe services menu when you are focused on the program you want to > do it in. I change my default voice

Re: Add to iTunes as a spoken track - Which voice to use?

2010-10-12 Thread Donna Goodin
Thanks, Sarah. Donna On Oct 12, 2010, at 9:55 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > You do it inthe services menu when you are focused on the program you want to > do it in. I change my default voice actually and that sets the pref for the > voice. > > Good luck. > On Oct 12, 2010, at 4:45 AM, Donna Goodi

Re: Add to iTunes as a spoken track - Which voice to use?

2010-10-12 Thread Sarah Alawami
Really? I got it work a few months ago. Unless there was an update that recked it I dunno. I'm headin g out the door at the moment or soon and need to finish getting ready to go but of no one else has tried by the time I get back we'll try it out and post the results. On Oct 12, 2010, at 6:57 AM

Re: Add to iTunes as a spoken track - Which voice to use?

2010-10-12 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi Sarah! THanks, I'd appreciate it. It's when making the track itself, not just using the Speech option that it doesn't work. The Speech item itself works fine, just not when converting it from text. Regards, Nic On Oct 12, 2010, at 4:52 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Really? I got it work a few

Re: Selecting a recipient

2010-10-12 Thread Colin M
Hi Antonio! I think you have 2 options! 1, when in the message go down line by line until you get to the link, if it is on its own then use the command vo+shift+m and you'll have different options to do with the link, one of which is copy scroll down to it and press vo+space bar, then you can pa

Re: Selecting a recipient

2010-10-12 Thread Colin M
Hi Antonio! Me again [ unless you read this message first :] ] I gave you 2 options in the other message but there is a third! Open the web rota with vo+u and if it's on links you'll be there and if it's on headers just scroll right and then you'll be on links! So on links just hit the down arrow

Re: FYI Iterm and SecureCRT beta not accessible

2010-10-12 Thread Garry Turkington
Hi George, Esther, Thanks both for the replies. Good tip re Travis' experiences Esther, will check that list out. George, very many thanks for filing the improvement request on iTerm2. It's great to see such a responsive project! Regards, Garry On 10/11/10, George wrote: > I'm the lead devel

Mail has changed on me!

2010-10-12 Thread Scott Ford
Hello everyone, I really love the mail app. on the Mac. When I went in this morning I cannot seem to access my sub folders in my Gmail account. I can only see the inbox, drafts, sent, and trash. Can anyone tell me what may have happened. I usually have my all mail, spam, and around 6

Re: Mail has changed on me!

2010-10-12 Thread Jonathan Cohn
try going to your Gmail mailbox, and expanding it. I believe the VO-Command is control-opt-. There are a couple other ways: 1. Left arrow when gmail is highlighted. 2. Interact with Gmail and then activate control-opt- the colapassed toggle. Jon On 12/10/2010, Scott Ford wrote: > Hello everyon

selecting text on webpages

2010-10-12 Thread John Lipsey
Hi list: One thing I've yet to really master on my mac is selecting text, especially on webpages. I interact with the text area in which I want to actually select text, but then I'm kind of confused. I assume I can shift right arrow to select text, but that would probably only select one charact

Re: selecting text on webpages

2010-10-12 Thread Colin M
Hi there! You can also shift down arrow to go down quicker On 12 Oct 2010, at 17:27, John Lipsey wrote: > Hi list: > > One thing I've yet to really master on my mac is selecting text, > especially on webpages. I interact with the text area in which I want > to actually select text, but then I'm

Re: selecting text on webpages

2010-10-12 Thread Colin M
Hi there me again! If the text in question is very long and you just want a fair bit of the top you can also go down to the last bit of the text you want to highlight and then shift up arrow to highlight all that text and if you want to highlight all the text just use command+a hth Colin On 12 O

unrar archiver.

2010-10-12 Thread Claudio Haase
Hi group, can someone recommend me any application to uncompress rar files on snow leopard? I only found command line applications, but I want something more intuitive. Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this gr

Re: selecting text on webpages

2010-10-12 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, When selecting text on a web-page, you need to use the VO selection command. 1. Interact with the text. 2. Press VO-return. 3. Navigate to the end of the area you wish to select. 4. Press VO-return again to toggle off the selection. 5. Press cmd-c to Copy to the clipboard. This is cumbe

RE: unrar archiver.

2010-10-12 Thread Cameron
Hi. try Stuffit expander or the unarchiver. Both free. Cameron. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Claudio Haase Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 1:38 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Cc: macvoiceo...@fre

Re: quick guide

2010-10-12 Thread Carolyn Haas
Hi Neil: I agree. I just submitted that without really understanding what it entailed. I'd still like to help put something like this together. Carolyn On Oct 12, 2010, at 2:33 AM, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav wrote: > Carolyn, > > I do not believe that a Wiki is in order, what is needed is a

Re: selecting text on webpages

2010-10-12 Thread Colin M
Hi Tim! Thank you I've been wondering how to do that marking beginning and end highlight! I asked a while ago and got no feed back! So cheers :] Colin On 12 Oct 2010, at 18:44, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > When selecting text on a web-page, you need to use the VO selection command. > > 1. Inte

Re: quick guide

2010-10-12 Thread Carolyn Haas
Hi Scott and Neil: I'm happy to launch this when you can. Think I'll get the "missing manual", and do some serious poking around to get a better handle on the OSX commands that are relevant. CarolynOn Oct 12, 2010, at 4:17 AM, Scott Howell wrote: > Tell ya what, after the first week of Nove

Re: Can keyboard only navigation ever be...

2010-10-12 Thread Carolyn Haas
Hi Neil: Ok, so I'm pretty confused. You just sighted all the reasons why one can do so much more with the PC and JAWS. And you made some good and valid points. Have you fallen in love accidentally with Mac? Or are you just looking to bang your head against the wall?:) Maybe I'm missing som

Re: Can keyboard only navigation ever be...

2010-10-12 Thread Carolyn Haas
Hi Neil: Ok, so I'm pretty confused. You just sighted all the reasons why one can do so much more with the PC and JAWS. And you made some good and valid points. Have you fallen in love accidentally with Mac? Or are you just looking to bang your head against the wall?:) Maybe I'm missing some

Re: Selecting a recipient

2010-10-12 Thread Carolyn Haas
Hi Antonio: I'll try to explain what I do here, since I'm a long devoted Outlook express user changing over. I'll assume you have your mail open. Typically, I interact with messages. I use vo arrow to go to the "from" heading. Open menu with vo-M and right arrow to messages. Arrow down to

Re: quick guide

2010-10-12 Thread heather kd5cbl
That book is broken at bookshare and no one has got back to me about fixing it! Just thought you want to know. Heather -- 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

Re: Mail has changed on me!

2010-10-12 Thread Chris Moore
Also check that quick nav is not on. On 12 Oct 2010, at 17:19, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > try going to your Gmail mailbox, and expanding it. I believe the > VO-Command is control-opt-. > > There are a couple other ways: > 1. Left arrow when gmail is highlighted. > 2. Interact with Gmail and then acti

Re: unrar archiver.

2010-10-12 Thread Sarah Alawami
OO stuffit is free as well? I"ll hav eot give that a try. I guess it won't hurt if I have more then 1 tool on the mac for doing something like this eh? and it won't hurt voice over? Sorry for my stupid questions. On Oct 12, 2010, at 10:46, "Cameron" wrote: > Hi. try Stuffit expander or the un

apple mail questions

2010-10-12 Thread denise avant
hello all, i am able to get e-mail fine on my macbook using apple mail. but all of a sudden i can't send mail. i wanted to check the outgoing server port (ssil) but can't find that port under preferences. can anyone tell me where to find it? also is it possible to have apple mail set to have the

Re: selecting text on webpages

2010-10-12 Thread Sarah Alawami
SOmetimes that does not work. I tried to select text on the itune stor epag eofr an app fromthe itune sapp itself and I could select it but I could not copy or what not. On Oct 12, 2010, at 9:38, Colin M wrote: > Hi there me again! > If the text in question is very long and you just want a fai

Re: selecting text on webpages

2010-10-12 Thread Sarah Alawami
and whe selecting lyrics on a webpage what do I do then? I have a bit of trouble with that. Take care. On Oct 12, 2010, at 10:44, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > When selecting text on a web-page, you need to use the VO selection command. > > 1. Interact with the text. > 2. Press VO-return. >

Re: selecting text on webpages

2010-10-12 Thread Sarah Alawami
For me sometimes the selection removes too much or moves past the selection that I wanted. On Oct 12, 2010, at 11:03, Colin M wrote: > Hi Tim! > Thank you I've been wondering how to do that marking beginning and end > highlight! > I asked a while ago and got no feed back! > So cheers :] > Coli

Re: apple mail questions

2010-10-12 Thread Scott Granados
Hi there, You should be able to go to preferences and look at the mail server setup. >From with in mail hit vo m then under the mail tab which you reach with your >right arrow select preferences. Under there look at the tool bar and select >accounts. I believe that's the general direction. Ne

RE: unrar archiver.

2010-10-12 Thread Cameron
Hi. I use both with voiceover, and yes, stuffit expander is free as well as the other title. Cameron. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sarah Alawami Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 3:34 PM To: macvisionar

Re: Can keyboard only navigation ever be...

2010-10-12 Thread Brandon Misch
you can also try open office and see if that works out. On Oct 10, 2010, at 8:01 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > Sott I just can't agree with you about the level of productivity. Whenever > someone says this, I find their scope is very narrow. If you were to base > your productivity on one applicatio

Re: Burning an AVI file to play on a standard DVD player

2010-10-12 Thread Justin Thornton
hi I believe your speaking of gwenna I remember her doing that podcast On Oct 12, 2010, at 5:56 AM, Paul Erkens wrote: > Hi Mike, > > There is someone on this list who did a podcast on a program called prism, > and that was the one for me. Prism is actually a video file converter, > letting yo

Re: Add to iTunes as a spoken track - Which voice to use?

2010-10-12 Thread Windels William
Hello all, For me, this doesn't work for me also since version 10 of itunes. The problem is known but not fixate yet by Apple :( I have tried the guides on the internet to solve this but without success. best regards, William Op 12-okt-2010, om 16:57 heeft Nicolai Svendsen het volgende geschreve

Re: selecting text on webpages

2010-10-12 Thread Linda Adams
John, The method Colin describes below works well for me when I'm wanting to select pure uninterrupted text. Remember, however, to not interact. Linda On Oct 12, 2010, at 12:30 PM, Colin M wrote: > Hi there! > You can also shift down arrow to go down quicker > On 12 Oct 2010, at 17:27, John

Re: apple mail questions

2010-10-12 Thread Linda Adams
Denise, To have your messages displayed by date, interact with the messages table. Then right arrow over to the date column then press VO shift backslash. You can have VO display from newest to oldest or oldest to newest by pressing VO shift backslash again. This also works in iTunes in th

Re: apple mail questions

2010-10-12 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Also, under the windows menu there is a item called connection wizard or something close to that. If you select that, it will test all the accounts you have set up, and tell you which ones are working. I don't remember the detail listed there, but there might be a disclosure triangle to provide m

pdf2rtf service

2010-10-12 Thread Scott Howell
Hey folks, I was trying to find the information about how one can obtain the pdf2rtf service. I search about on Google, but was not able to find a way to get this service. So, could someone let me know the website that offered this? Seems it was from a website that was promoting an editor of so

Re: pdf2rtf service

2010-10-12 Thread Justin Ekis
Hi scott, here is the link for the download page where you can find pdf2rtf. There are a lot of downloads on this page, but it's near the end of the list. http://www.devon-technologies.com/download/index.html Justin On Oct 12, 2010, at 2:42 PM, Scott Howell wrote: Hey folks, I was trying to

voice over tutorials

2010-10-12 Thread joseph
hi list a friend is in need for the above, where can i find this ? thank you in advance -- 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, sen

Re: quick guide

2010-10-12 Thread 504 area
I thought it was just me - I was not able to access it. Does anyone have a copy of the the missing... I am struggling with the change over and could use something new! If so e mail me off list at 504a...@gmail.com Thanks, Julie On 10/12/10, heather kd5cbl wrote: > That book is broken at books

Re: unrar archiver.

2010-10-12 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Stuffit Expander is the free one, it only allows expansion of files, there is also stuffit, which costs money. There are some folks around, who have a dislike for the stuffit suite. I don't recall the argumetns at this point, but So perhaps look at the tidbits or other technical discussions bef

Re: Mail has changed on me!

2010-10-12 Thread Scott Ford
You guys rock. I had to do both suggestions. Thank you. Scott On Oct 12, 2010, at 3:23 PM, Chris Moore wrote: > Also check that quick nav is not on. > On 12 Oct 2010, at 17:19, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > >> try going to your Gmail mailbox, and expanding it. I believe the >> VO-Command is control-o

Re: pdf2rtf service

2010-10-12 Thread Scott Howell
Thanks Justin, I will pass this along. On Oct 12, 2010, at 5:57 PM, Justin Ekis wrote: > Hi scott, here is the link for the download page where you can find pdf2rtf. > There are a lot of downloads on this page, but it's near the end of the list. > > http://www.devon-technologies.com/download/in

Re: Selecting a recipient

2010-10-12 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Two points: 1. On the PC side wit JFW 9+, there was a jaws script to reply directly to sender (perhaps alt+Y? 2. On the macintosh, if you interact with the headers, andthen when Voice Over readds the person yyou want to reply to, perform a click and a menu will appear. I think in Leopard and Tiger

Re: pdf2rtf service

2010-10-12 Thread Jonathan Cohn
That won't do OCR though will it? Best regards, Jon On 12/10/2010, Scott Howell wrote: > Thanks Justin, I will pass this along. > > On Oct 12, 2010, at 5:57 PM, Justin Ekis wrote: > >> Hi scott, here is the link for the download page where you can find >> pdf2rtf. There are a lot of downloads

Re: apple mail questions

2010-10-12 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi Scott and list, I just want to point out, you can press command comma in any application on the mac to open preferences. Even the 3rd party apps. It's pretty handy to remember. Another one of those things I like about the Mac. hth On Oct 12, 2010, at 3:47 PM, Scott Granados wrote: > Hi t

Re: apple mail questions

2010-10-12 Thread Scott Granados
WOw, you're a hit with my department here. I just passed on that tidbit.:) Great find! Thanks Scott On Oct 12, 2010, at 4:20 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hi Scott and list, > > I just want to point out, you can press command comma in any application on > the mac to open preferences. Even the

Re: voice over tutorials

2010-10-12 Thread Linda Adams
Joseph, There is a short tutorial, called the Quick Start Guideand there is a Voiceover Getting Started Guide. You can get both through Safari by pressing Control-option-H. The web address is http://www.apple.com/voiceover/info/guide/ Linda On Oct 12, 2010, at 6:32 PM, joseph wrote:

switching to the mac, snowlepard the missing manual and the voiceover guide

2010-10-12 Thread heather kd5cbl
Hello, these are two different books so I wanted to make that clear. One, apple accessibility fixed their Braille brf file so one can get off their site and read it now. Bookshare has not e-mail some of us back about the broken link for the switching to the mac, snowlepard the missing manual.

Re: switching to the mac, snowlepard the missing manual and the voiceover guide

2010-10-12 Thread Isaac Obie
Hello Heather, If the .brf file is broken, then try the other one. I've forgotten the name. Oh, the daisy! try the daisy file. that is in braille as well. It even gives the print pages. Or is that the daisy with images? Try those files.. Isaac - Original Message - From: "heather kd5cbl

Need Help: Blind Musicians

2010-10-12 Thread Sonnia
Hello all. Please forgive me for being a bit off topic but i need a little help from any blind musicians (specifically those that have experience with stringed instruments.) I just wasn't sure where to go for some help and i am hoping we have some string instrument players here. I'm interested in

RE: Need Help: Blind Musicians

2010-10-12 Thread Cameron
Hi. you should be fine. the callus will be on the tip of your finger, not on the pad of it. If you are right handed, then your fretting hand, where the calluses will be, will be your left hand. If you are left handed, then your fretting hand will be your right. Hope that helps. Cameron.

Re: quicknav

2010-10-12 Thread Barry Abbott
Hi. Use the left-right arrow keys together to toggle quick nav On on or off. Barry2010-10-12, at 7:27 AM, joseph wrote: > hi list > > i turned quicknav off by mistake. i pressed left and down arrow to > turn it back on but it didn't work. how to turn it back on please? > > best > > -- > Yo

Re: quick guide

2010-10-12 Thread Carolyn Haas
Hi Julie: If you're referring to the missing manual for the mac, it's available, or at least it was available at the O'Reilly website. Forgive me, I don't know if I've spelled right. If/when I find it, I'll send you the link. Carolyn On Oct 12, 2010, at 4:33 PM, 504 area wrote: > I thought it

Re: Need Help: Blind Musicians

2010-10-12 Thread Sonnia
Thanks a million Cameron! Your help means lots to me. I have wanted to play the violin for sometime but had this concern in mind. Thanks again and have a great day! Cameron wrote: > Hi. you should be fine. the callus will be on the tip of your finger, not > on the pad of it. > > If you are right

Re: switching to the mac, snowlepard the missing manual and the voiceover guide

2010-10-12 Thread Carolyn Haas
Heather: Thanks. I didn't know that. When I asked my Apple trainer about the book, she said the same info is really in text format at the Apple website under Mac101. So, perhaps in the mean time we who are curious can start there.:) Caroyn, On Oct 12, 2010, at 5:59 PM, heather kd5cbl wrote: >

RE: Need Help: Blind Musicians

2010-10-12 Thread Cameron
You're very welcome! -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sonnia Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 9:38 PM To: MacVisionaries Subject: Re: Need Help: Blind Musicians Thanks a million Cameron! Your help means lots

link for, Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Snow Leopard Edition

2010-10-12 Thread heather kd5cbl
Here is the link for the book, Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Snow Leopard Edition: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596804268/ Heather -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisiona

dragon dictate for mac?

2010-10-12 Thread Yuma Decaux
http://gizmodo.com/5642873/dragon-dictate-20-for-mac-is-a-better-listener-than-ever?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gizmodo%2Ffull+%28Gizmodo%29 It's been a few weeks since release, but i had it in my yojimbo bookmarks and wondered if anyone has had the chance to try

Re: link for, Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Snow Leopard Edition

2010-10-12 Thread Carolyn Haas
Heather: Thanks so much for this. Carolyn On Oct 12, 2010, at 8:14 PM, heather kd5cbl wrote: > Here is the link for the book, Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Snow > Leopard Edition: > http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596804268/ > Heather > -- > You received this message because you a

activating wizweels in freedom scientific braille focus 40 with voice over

2010-10-12 Thread Ahmed Alomran
hi all for those who use focus 40 blue with mac, i am wondering about the method of activating the wizwzeels for display panning with voice over? I managed to use these wizweels successfully with my Iphone. However, they don't seem to work properly with my mac. your help is really appritiated.

Re: selecting text on webpages

2010-10-12 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, There are some web-pages, like on the iTunes Store, that do not allow selecting and copying. Think of it like a locked pdf or a web-page that doesn't allow copying of graphics. No method will work in these cases, not even for sighted folk. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada