Re: apple wireless keyboard:

2010-11-05 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
I'd go for the Bose Portable Sound dock. Works wonderful with the iPhone. On Nov 4, 2010, at 10:17 PM, Andy Baracco wrote: > Well! while you have your credit card in hand, you could buy a bluetooth > Braille display, a nifty headset of your choice, speakers, and I guess it > goes on and on depend

iMac VS Mac Mini

2010-11-05 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
All: I''ll eventually replace my old PC desktop when ever it decides to die. I'm trying to decide between a Mac mini VS an iMac. Any thoughts on either Mac? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to

skype 5 pretty nice though

2010-11-05 Thread Yuma Decaux
Hi list, I have just finished looking at the alerts customisations and wondered if anyone knew if growl notifications broke when receiving messages etc. I'm a bit confused about the interface when it comes to someone texting so i placed all the alerts so i know where to head when i receive some

Re: [Bulk] skype 5 pretty nice though

2010-11-05 Thread Ray Foret Jr
the thing I have found is that none of the alerts work. contacts signing in, or out, no alerts play sounds or speak, with the exception of receiving calls. Some custom sounds witch are correctly formatted will not play either. As for conference calling, I understand they are working on this a

Re: [Bulk] skype 5 pretty nice though

2010-11-05 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi! Yep, I noticed the same thing and have reported it, as well as other things since the way you conference isn't exactly ideal for VoiceOVer apparently. I like the old way in this case, honestly, but maybe that's just me. Also, my Skype crashed another way not mentioned on this list which I w

quick garage band question

2010-11-05 Thread chad baker
Hi garage band is working nicely but quick question is there any accessible drum pluggins that are accessible like superior drummer? also is idrum accessible? thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send

Re: [Bulk] skype 5 pretty nice though

2010-11-05 Thread Yuma Decaux
I have checked the alerts and all of them seem to work. A lot of them are disabled by default and the customizability takes a while to fit everyone's needs. The alert method at the bottom of the alert screen for each alert type chosen in the pop ups has two options, built-in and growl. It's defi

Re: [Bulk] skype 5 pretty nice though

2010-11-05 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi! Most of them speak, although my online sounds don't seem to work either. I prefer to have Skype handle the speech, as Growl speaks on top of alerts that are already speaking which gets very loud. Secondly, the Outgoing call alert does not work properly with speech, at least not the built-i

skype conversations

2010-11-05 Thread Yuma Decaux
Just to continue on this skype thread, I was wondering if anyone found an efficient way for switching from conversation to conversation and refreshing the chat window as dynamically as possible? Looking into it "Light has no value without darkness" blog: http://www.theblindsamurai.com twi

Re: skype conversations

2010-11-05 Thread Ruud Bemelmans
The way I did it was VO+shift+home to get to the toolbar, then VO+down and you can interact with the source list. If you have multiple conversations open you can flip through them with command+option and left or right arrows. To get to the HTML area quickly, I just type any key in order to

Re: Skype 5.0 Beta and conference calling

2010-11-05 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi, 5 nov 2010 kl. 01.09 skrev Justin Thornton: > 1. find the add people button and type the whole/partial skype name of the > person press down arrow note becareful that you only have one matching skype > name or you may add the rong person > This doesn't work. When i press the "add people" b

Re: iMac VS Mac Mini

2010-11-05 Thread Scott Howell
If you have a monitor, go for the Mini unless you have a real need for the fastest processor possible and need a lot of drive space on the machine. The iMac offers more options in terms of processing power and hard drive space. Of course you do get the monitor included. My advice is this: 1. Det

getting the 10.6.3 combo update

2010-11-05 Thread matthew Dyer
Good morning all, I am currently in the prosses of downloading the 10.6.3 update and in looking at the speed of the download it is only going at les then 38kbps. Does any how a copy of the update they could send me to install? I need to get this to get the 10.6.4 installed as it will nlot let

Re: iMac VS Mac Mini

2010-11-05 Thread Cheree Heppe
Cheree Heppe here: I'm trying to decide the same thing. If you require a big screen, then you have to most likely use the IMac. If you don't, then, for the price of an IMac, you could buy the Mac Mini, use any old monitor, but the Mini doesn't require a monitor to operate, and use the remaind

Dragon Dictation

2010-11-05 Thread Chris Snyder
Just a word of warning to those who use Dragon Dictation on their iPhones. Don't get the new update. The menu that will let you sms, email and do other things is now completely inaccessible. If you cut and paste from the keyboard function, that still works, but otherwise, it's broken. Friendly,

Re: [Bulk] skype 5 pretty nice though

2010-11-05 Thread Dan Eickmeier
I've found this as well Ray, with the alerts. Even though i have them set up, I'm getting no sounds, or no spoken notifications when people are coming online, or going offline. On Nov 5, 2010, at 4:05 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > the thing I have found is that none of the alerts work. conta

Re: [Bulk] skype 5 pretty nice though

2010-11-05 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi! Also, a lot of alerts particularly chat alerts, do not work in active windows. THis means, if you switch to another conversation (away from the chat with me), you will get the chat sound when I send you something. If you, however, switch back to me and stay in my window after you have repli

Re: [Bulk] skype 5 pretty nice though

2010-11-05 Thread Ray Foret Jr
I sure hope they fix that, otherwise, I suspect that more than a few of us will be switching back to 2.8. Surely, with all of us giving so much feedback on these things, how can they not pay attention; especially when version 5.0.0.6378 is still in beta? Just to let you know, the way I gave fe

Skype 5 beta and conference calling - this is what i've found so far

2010-11-05 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Ok, i have made some progress with adding people to skype conferences. As mentioned before, there are 2 methods of doing it. I'll begin by describing the way that works: In the chat box type the following, without quotes: "/add username", where username is changed to the persons skype name whom y

bootcamp and vmware.

2010-11-05 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi all. I have set up a bootcamp with my openbook, can I use that windows in vmware. I know that a sighted person can do that, I have tried it once, at that time everything broke down because of jaws and a screendriver. If anyone has got it to work, I would like to hear from you, if it is too

Re: some newbie mac questions

2010-11-05 Thread Jonathan Cohn
One idea if it is recipes that you are usually interested in selecting, there are a few recipe keeper programs out there that can grab a recipe from a web site and put it into their database. I have not personally used any of these, but my wife (who is fully sighted) loves "Yummy Soup". tidbits.c

Re: Skype 5.0 Beta and conference calling

2010-11-05 Thread Brandon Misch
has anyone figured out how to move from one conversation to another when you have more than one or how to get skype to behave like it does in the release version so conversations appear in a different window? On Nov 4, 2010, at 3:48 PM, Jeffrey Shockley wrote: > I was wondering if anyone has f

Re: iMac VS Mac Mini

2010-11-05 Thread Nektarios Mallas
Hello there. It depends on what yo are trying to accomplish with it. The Mac mini has a lower end processor with limited ram and hard disk space. You also need to have a monitor connected to it wether you are using it or not. You also have to provide your own keyboard and pointing device. The

Re: iMac VS Mac Mini

2010-11-05 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: I do have the monitor, speakers, etc; however the iMac has more HD space. Hmm. On Nov 5, 2010, at 4:43 AM, Scott Howell wrote: > If you have a monitor, go for the Mini unless you have a real need for the > fastest processor possible and need a lot of drive space on the machine. The > iMac of

Re: iMac VS Mac Mini

2010-11-05 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: You do need a monitor for the mini. On Nov 5, 2010, at 5:42 AM, Cheree Heppe wrote: > Cheree Heppe here: > > I'm trying to decide the same thing. > > If you require a big screen, then you have to most likely use the IMac. If > you don't, then, for the price of an IMac, you could buy the Ma

Re: Skype 5.0 Beta and conference calling

2010-11-05 Thread Dan Eickmeier
You can use command-option-left and right arrow to switch conversations. HTH. On Nov 5, 2010, at 9:28 AM, Brandon Misch wrote: > has anyone figured out how to move from one conversation to another when you > have more than one or how to get skype to behave like it does in the release > vers

Re: iMac VS Mac Mini

2010-11-05 Thread Chris G
On Fri, 5 Nov 2010 03:42:26 -0700 "Cheree Heppe" wrote: > If you require a big screen, then you have to most likely use the IMac. If > you don't, then, for the price of an IMac, you could buy the Mac Mini, use > any old monitor, but the Mini doesn't require a monitor to operate, and use >

questions about garage band, scanning, skype, fusion and apps

2010-11-05 Thread Florian-achtige
Hello, It seems my last post sort of drowned in another discussion, so I'll give it another go. I've found a couple more questions too, heh. First I'd like to know if people who use the new garage band encounter any problems when it comes to accessibility. Are there things that don't work yet? Fo

Re: iMac VS Mac Mini

2010-11-05 Thread Teresa Cochran
Actually the Mac Mini does require a monitor to operate. Safari in particular really bogs down without one, as I discovered when my monitor detached itself without my knowing ... :) Teresa On Nov 5, 2010, at 3:42 AM, Cheree Heppe wrote: > Cheree Heppe here: > > I'm trying to decide the same th

Re: is aby find reader accessible when reading books or magazines?Hi all:

2010-11-05 Thread Carolyn Haas
Hi Chenelle: I just completed a free 15 day trial of Abbyy Fine Reader Express. I'll try to answer your questions: Abbyy worked/performed fairly well, though some odd printing (coloring within a book) gave it a fight. The process, as I understand it is a little more complicated than using some

Re: Extra Text Being Spoken

2010-11-05 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Sounds like you might have the option to speak text under the mouse after a delay. I can't remember if this is in the Universal Access setting, or Voice Over settings or both. This can be a nice feature won for partially sighted folks as when they hover the mouse over a specific paragraph, the co

Re: Mac not sleeping when lid is shut

2010-11-05 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
Thanks, Esther. That's definitely a fool-proof way to make sure. :) • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com • My home page: • http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: skype 5 beta

2010-11-05 Thread Justin Thornton
unchecking the box prevents conflicts from happening On Nov 4, 2010, at 8:30 PM, Buddy Brannan wrote: > Wait. Unchecking the box has conflicts, or leaving it checked has conflicts? > This is not at all clear. > -- > Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA > Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY > > >

Re: Mac not sleeping when lid is shut

2010-11-05 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
Yes, I remember that check box, but I'm not sure I understand what that would have to do with the lid being shut. *shrug* Either way, while I didn't find a fix, it seems to not be happening now... • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: burninghawk1...@h

how to leave feedback for Skype beta

2010-11-05 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Hi, To leave feedback for Skype beta 5.0.0.6378, go here: http://ecustomeropinions.com/survey/survey.php?sid=518496435 It looks like the regular Skype feedback page but the questions are a little different. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now A Very Proud and very happy Mac user

Re: skype 5 pretty nice though

2010-11-05 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
In preferences, under "alerts," you can set all those notifications, I believe. D • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com • My home page: • http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

Re: some newbie mac questions - item chooser

2010-11-05 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi, Item chooser is for everything. Learn to use it in any program especially very busy programs like address book and it will make your mac experience 10 times better. Best, Erik Burggraaf User support consultant, One on one access technology support and training over the phone or in person,

Re: some newbie mac questions - item chooser

2010-11-05 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi Tim, I'm not sure how to test this without sighted assistance, but if it's true, it's a bug. on the other hand it makes a bit of sense. I think I remember reading somewhere in this thread that Marlena had 800 contacts and then somewhere else that the IC was only showing 40 items or some s

Re: [Bulk] skype 5 pretty nice though

2010-11-05 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
I've gotten the incoming-call sound from Skype when someone called my Skype number. To test the alerts, I've just enabled both the sound and the speech to the "contact becomes available, and unavailable," alerts. I noticed, as I am sure you have as well, that there's a "Mute all sound effects,

Re: Question about Unix commands

2010-11-05 Thread Bejarano, Rafael P.
Thanks. On Nov 4, 2010, at 1:07 PM, Kevin Mattingly wrote: > You can use > > ls directoryname -a *, where * is the wildcard. The -a will show all hidden > files. > > There are ways to set a variable with the directory name by using wildcards > as well. > On Nov 4, 2010, at 1:22 PM, Garry Turki

Re: [Bulk] skype 5 pretty nice though

2010-11-05 Thread Ray Foret Jr
I also have the mute all sounds not checked. No good. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now A Very Proud and very happy Mac user!!! Skype Name: barefootedray On Nov 5, 2010, at 10:30 AM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: > I've gotten the incoming-call sound from Skype when someone c

Re: iMac VS Mac Mini

2010-11-05 Thread Cheree Heppe
Cheree Heppe here: Was our Apple guy wrong when he said the Mac Mini would operate with or without a monitor? Regards, Cheree Heppe - Original Message - From: "Nektarios Mallas" To: Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 6:49 Subject: Re: iMac VS Mac Mini > Hello there. > It depends on

Headless Mac Minis [Was: Re: iMac VS Mac Mini]

2010-11-05 Thread Bryan Jones
I thought the issue where a Mac Mini required a monitor in order to function properly only applied to the 2009 Mac Minis, aka "Macmini3,1." I recently purchased a mid-2010 Mac Mini aka "Macmini4,1" and have no problems running it headless. I also have an older 2007-2008 Mini, aka "Macmini2,1" and

Re: Headless Mac Minis [Was: Re: iMac VS Mac Mini]

2010-11-05 Thread patricia solis
Hello, I have a macmini3,1 and when first setting it up. I did need a monitor. Although, sometimes i do have it off the monitor and it still works for me. What i'm having issues with is hooking it up to my 50 inch plazma tv. Call me crazy or whatever you want but i had it set up with the olde

Vo muted. How to unmute

2010-11-05 Thread Scott Granados
Title says it all How do I unmute Thanks ScottSent from my iPod -- 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 macvisiona

Re: OCR

2010-11-05 Thread Carolyn
Hi Courtney: Don't know if I missed a reply to this. But when I contacted Apple regarding recommending OCR, (almost a year ago at the time), they recommended Abbyy over Irris reader. I'm not sure how accessible Irris is. But, perhaps someone will correct me.:) Carolyn - Original Messag

Re: Vo muted. How to unmute

2010-11-05 Thread peter apgar
Three finger double tap on the touch pad. Pete On Nov 5, 2010, at 12:55 PM, Scott Granados wrote: > Title says it all > How do > I unmute > > Thanks > > ScottSent from my iPod > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To

Re: some newbie mac questions - how I imported addresses

2010-11-05 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Good. Hmm, this is a mystery. When you search for an address, it won't appear? Are you suing the search in the tool bar? On Nov 5, 2010, at 1:07 AM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: > iTunes > - Original Message - > From: "Sarai Bucciarelli" > To: > Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 7:31 PM > S

Re: Vo muted. How to unmute

2010-11-05 Thread Scott Granados
took a few tries but this worked perfectly. Thanks a lot you saved my bacon. On Nov 5, 2010, at 10:11 AM, peter apgar wrote: > Three finger double tap on the touch pad. > > Pete > On Nov 5, 2010, at 12:55 PM, Scott Granados wrote: > >> Title says it all >> How do >> I unmute >> >> Thanks >>

Re: Headless Mac Minis [Was: Re: iMac VS Mac Mini]

2010-11-05 Thread Teresa Cochran
Yes, Safari goes all garbled on me after awhile if I don't have a monitor plugged in. I'm using a recent model. Teresa On Nov 5, 2010, at 9:16 AM, Bryan Jones wrote: > I thought the issue where a Mac Mini required a monitor in order to function > properly only applied to the 2009 Mac Minis, aka

Adium and Twiter

2010-11-05 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: When my timelines update, Adium announces everything. When you have about 60 or more followers, this is annoying. Can you have it silently update in the background? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, s

Re: Introduction

2010-11-05 Thread Austin Seraphin
I found iTunes under Windows inaccessible. That all happened before I purchased my Mac. I agree, iTunes runs much better under the Mac, glad to say. On Nov 4, 2010, at 6:25 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi Austin, > > Welcome to the list and very interesting article. I just got my iPhone about > 3

Re: some newbie mac questions - item chooser

2010-11-05 Thread Colin M
Hi all! I have the same thing in mine! when I open item chooser only a few of my contacts show up, and I also found it depends on where I was in the address book which ones showed up for example if I was on Alison and did item chooser just names from her to say the letter j showed up then if I w

Re: iMac VS Mac Mini

2010-11-05 Thread Chris G
On Fri, 5 Nov 2010 09:09:32 -0700 "Cheree Heppe" wrote: > Cheree Heppe here: > > Was our Apple guy wrong when he said the Mac Mini would operate with or > without a monitor? Oh, it'll operate, it just won't operate very good. try browsing the net without a monitor connected. it is all but

Re: skype 5 beta

2010-11-05 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi! Well, it doesn't really matter whether it's or not, actually, as it disappears when Skype is in the forefront anyway. So, unless you don't want it to say "Skype has new window" feel free to leave it. Just sayin'. You can't use the window, though, but it'd actually be a nice feature. Regard

Re: skype 5 pretty nice though

2010-11-05 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi! No, Mark, it doesn't matter. It's because of active windows, at least for the chats which is pretty easy to discover when you switch conversations. Also, most of the alerts just seem to be bugged, or not retrieving the information set to the various contact parameters for all alerts which i

Re: some newbie mac questions - item chooser

2010-11-05 Thread Austin Seraphin
Hi Marlaina. I thought of a tip for you. Not to confuse you further, but the function keys can act in two different ways. By default, they perform system functions, such as changing the volume or muting. Watch out for that last one. If you hit F10 it will mute your sound. Just hit it again to un

A Review of the First Case for the New MacBook Air

2010-11-05 Thread Austin Seraphin
Ok MacBook Air Lovers. A company just released the first case for the MacBook Air, and I posted a review: http://behindthecurtain.us/2010/11/04/the-waterfield-designs-macbook-air-sleeve/ It really completes the setup. You need a good case to protect such a beautiful machine. -- You received thi

Re: Vo muted. How to unmute

2010-11-05 Thread Sarah Alawami
I set up a key to mute and unmute vo to right opetion plus N. Good luck. I also set up right option V for muting speech. Take care. On Nov 5, 2010, at 10:30 AM, Scott Granados wrote: > took a few tries but this worked perfectly. > > Thanks a lot you saved my bacon. > > On Nov 5, 2010, at 10:

Re: Extra Text Being Spoken

2010-11-05 Thread Pete Nalda
Speak Text Under Mouse is the Announcements tab under Verbosity. The time delay slider is right under the checkbox for Speak Text Under Mouse. This is a really nice feature, but it won't automatically read text under the mouse in mail. Sure works good in Safari though :) On Nov 5, 2010, at 9

Emacs and Terminal questions

2010-11-05 Thread Austin Seraphin
Ok let's get things going with some weird and perhaps some not so weird questions. Has anyone gotten trackpad gestures to work with Emacs? I don't mean some new kind of Mac, I mean the text environment for Unix-like systems, especially GNU/Linux. I know they have mouse bindings, and I can use ge

Re: Skype 5 beta and conference calling - this is what i've found so far

2010-11-05 Thread Sarah Alawami
Try coppying the text to the clip board then gogn back to the edit box and pasting. Good luck. On Nov 5, 2010, at 4:59 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > Ok, i have made some progress with adding people to skype conferences. > As mentioned before, there are 2 methods of doing it. I'll begin by > desc

splitting regions in GB

2010-11-05 Thread Justin Thornton
hi I am having trouble with something in gb I have tried to press command t to split a region so I can add an effect partially to a track I have VO says nothing when I do this I have tried reloading gb and the file with no success can I have some pointers/help please thanks -- You received this

RE: A Review of the First Case for the New MacBook Air

2010-11-05 Thread Brian Miller
Thanks for this review. I just went to the Apple store today to deal with an issue with my iPhone and I was able to check out the 11" MAC Air and it sure looked awesome, but is it as accessible as the other MAC products? Does it operate with IOS? Thanks, Brian M -Original Message- Fr

Re: Skype 5 beta and conference calling - this is what i've found so far

2010-11-05 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi! What text, exactly? You do realize that it is a table that pops up, right? if we're talking about conferencing, anyway. Regards, Nic GoogleTalk: chojiro1...@gmail.com Facebook Twitter Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk Yahoo! Messenger: cin368 AIM: cincinster On Nov 5, 201

Re: -- SPAM --Headless Mac Minis [Was: Re: iMac VS Mac Mini]

2010-11-05 Thread David McLean
I think the problem is there was so much confusion about which mini does need a monitor and which doesn't that now no one really knows for sure. Mine is from 2009 and it definitely does need a monitor. Whether the newest model does or not I can't comment on. On Nov 5, 2010, at 12:16 PM, Bryan

Growl

2010-11-05 Thread Austin Seraphin
So people told me to get Growl, a message notification system. I definitely see the advantage. I set it to use the speech style, and customized my speech preferences. I installed Growlmail. It reads the alerts, but one problem: it reads them all at once! I heard like ten message alerts all read

Re: Growl

2010-11-05 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hello Austin This is due to the way the style currently handles speech. Previously, it did not obey speech preferences either. I am working on a fix, however, for the issue with multiple notifications being spoken on top of each other. I cannot promise the new improvement will be in the coming

Re: Skype 5 beta and conference calling - this is what i've found so far

2010-11-05 Thread Sarah Alawami
If it is a table then and hitting enter causes the text he sees to go away then maybe copying that row could be a work around. I recommend leaving skype feedback with the form in the menus. and leave your email address so they could respond if they want to. S On Nov 5, 2010, at 12:50 PM, Nicol

Re: Growl

2010-11-05 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Nick, am I to understand that you actually wrote the code for Growl? Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now A Very Proud and very happy Mac user!!! Skype Name: barefootedray On Nov 5, 2010, at 3:19 PM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > Hello Austin > > This is due to the way the style curr

text books

2010-11-05 Thread May McDonald
Hi, does anyone know of a good accessible site to get text books in EBook format? -- 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: skype 5 beta

2010-11-05 Thread Krister Ekstrom
5 nov 2010 kl. 16.02 skrev Justin Thornton: > unchecking the box prevents conflicts from happening Just so i get everything clear, where do i find that box? /Krister -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, sen

Re: Skype 5 beta and conference calling - this is what i've found so far

2010-11-05 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Nope, as i said in my earlier message, (if memory serves me right:-)), copying and pasting won't work, it only yealds a beep, however, i found a solution to the problem. When in a conference press the "add people" button or hit command+shift+a, this pops up an edit box. Type a name or parts of a

quick time player

2010-11-05 Thread louie
Hi all, I am trine to play all of the mp3 files in a folder using quick time. Not finding a way to play all of a folder in quick time. I went to terminal cd to the folder that had the mp3s in. I did cat *.mp3 >~/Desktop/filename.mp3. This works but there must be a bettor way to play all songs in a

Re: Skype 5 beta and conference calling - this is what i've found so far

2010-11-05 Thread Doug Lee
Anybody collecting this very useful assortment of "how to do this" tips we've been seeing over the last two days? I'm afraid I've not managed this very well so far, but I see a manual chapter, Wiki, or tutorial outline in the making... On Fri, Nov 05, 2010 at 09:49:49PM +0100, Krister Ekstrom wro

Re: some newbie mac questions - item chooser

2010-11-05 Thread Esther
Hi Andy, If you clicked on the link to Erik's tutorial for Marlaina (on using item chooser menu) in Dropbox from mail, and the file is already playing in a plug-in for your Safari browser, you can press Command+L and then press Return. This is a general Mac shortcut (not specific to Voic

Re: quick time player

2010-11-05 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Well, since you are willing to use the shel... The "open" command described at http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/open.1.html is your friend. I am not sure if with quicktime you could use the "open *.mp3" -a Quicktime but if not en wrapping a si

Re: text books

2010-11-05 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi May, What type of books are you looking for? I'm sure you know of RFBD, other than that I'm not sure. Bookshare maybe. I hope I've helped, but I don't think so, smile. Have a great day. Happily, Allison My birds are winged blessings, they help me soar! On Nov 5, 2010, at 4:27 PM, May McDo

Re: text books

2010-11-05 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I believe that entourage edge has a good selection of textbooks available. I am not familiar with their protection requirements, but I do know a linux developer that works for them. Jon On 05/11/2010, May McDonald wrote: > Hi, does anyone know of a good accessible site to get text books in E

Re: Growl

2010-11-05 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi! No, not at all. :) Growl is open Source software, which means everyone can contribute. The source itself actually provides some excellent Read Me documents to introduce you to how Growl works with registering itself for applications, how to utilize the various programming languages with Gr

Re: skype 5 beta

2010-11-05 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi! If you must know, It's in the Calls preferences. Really, though, there are no conflicts whatsoever beyond VoiceOver saying "Skype has new window" when it disappears into the background. It would actually be a very useful feature if it worked with VoiceOver. Regards, Nic GoogleTalk: chojiro

Re: quick time player

2010-11-05 Thread louie
Jonathan, I looked at the man page for open. I am not sure what the syntax would be to cat the mp3 files into quick time. If you know how to do this please let me know. Thank you for the info. On Nov 5, 2010, at 2:36 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > Well, since you are willing to use the shel... > > T

Re: Skype 5 beta and conference calling - this is what i've found so far

2010-11-05 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi! Well, part of me wonders if clicking it physically with the mouse will work, or perhaps drag and drop? Part of me was actually wondering if you join someone who is calling into the current call by dragging the conversation, then dropping it onto the current call perhaps. Yeah, I know it's

Re: quick time player

2010-11-05 Thread Esther
Hi Louie, This isn't quite what you're asking for, but if you just want to play all the mp3 files in sequence, have you considered using the Quick Look option? Navigate to your folder of mp3 files in Finder, select everything (or, you can even do a non-contiguous selection, then press sp

Re: quick time player

2010-11-05 Thread louie
Esther, I will give it a try. As always thank you. n Nov 5, 2010, at 3:03 PM, Esther wrote: > Hi Louie, > > This isn't quite what you're asking for, but if you just want to play all the > mp3 files in sequence, have you considered using the Quick Look option? > Navigate to your folder of mp3 f

Re: quick time player

2010-11-05 Thread Jonathan Cohn
for MusicFile in *.mp3 ; do open -w -a quicktime$MusicFile done OK, the above is a quick bash shell loop that goes through every mp3 file in the current directory one at a time and sends it to the open-w -a The open command is quite impressive, it can open web pages or text files or code samples

Re: quick time player

2010-11-05 Thread louie
John, How right you are before I gave it up I was a UNIX programer. That was 20 years ago. I try to stay away from terminal, need to learn all about GUI. Some times you have to drop back to the old ways. Thank you John. On Nov 5, 2010, at 3:16 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > for MusicFile in *.mp3 ; d

Re: text books

2010-11-05 Thread May McDonald
It's not for me it's for someone else and they already know about those places you suggested, smile. On 2010-11-05, at 2:42 PM, Allison Manzino wrote: > Hi May, > > What type of books are you looking for? I'm sure you know of RFBD, other than > that I'm not sure. Bookshare maybe. I hope I've he

Re: text books

2010-11-05 Thread May McDonald
Thanks, I'll pass that along and see if it helps them out. On 2010-11-05, at 2:44 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > I believe that entourage edge has a good selection of textbooks > available. I am not familiar with their protection requirements, > but I do know a linux developer that works for them.

quick time

2010-11-05 Thread louie
Ester, Using quick look works but when you change focus to let us say mail the sound stops. Is there a way I can put the quick look in the background? louie louiem...@wavecable.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to

OT Going to seriously cry now

2010-11-05 Thread May McDonald
Ok, I'm not at home with the list of people that have already responded to me regarding my server. Bad news, it's going to take a lot longer than I thought to get it back up and not because it's not working. My lovely hard drive that had all the audio books decided it didn't want to share it's i

Re: OT Going to seriously cry now

2010-11-05 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi may. Are you still available to read the information on your harddrive, or is it simply away. Best regards Annie. On Nov 5, 2010, at 11:36 PM, May McDonald wrote: > Ok, I'm not at home with the list of people that have already responded to me > regarding my server. Bad news, it's going to t

An apparently accessible alternative to flash.

2010-11-05 Thread Justin Ekis
Hi all, I've stumbled across something that might just be very useful indeed. This is a safari extension called click to flash. Apparently it started out as a way to replace any flash content with a placeholder element. All flash would be disabled unless you click on this to enable selected con

Re: Skype 5 beta and conference calling - this is what i've found so far

2010-11-05 Thread Sarah Alawami
Actually what a friend of mine did was a manual add that is the /add echo123 or /kick echo123 and that works but it is tedious. I don't knwo why they broke things. I did mention them that in the feedback form they have. Take care. On Nov 5, 2010, at 2:18 PM, Doug Lee wrote: > Anybody collectin

YoruFukurou question

2010-11-05 Thread Chris Westbrook
I started using this twitter client just for something different, and I think I like it not least because it seems to be actively developed unlike syrinx, but I'm noticing that if I hit l to open the link in the tweet it is sometimes opening a link in another tweet almost like another tweet is h

Re: An apparently accessible alternative to flash.

2010-11-05 Thread Sarah Alawami
OO thanks for that will give it a try. I already see a video element controler in youtube and toher sites but don't use it much. S On Nov 5, 2010, at 3:49 PM, Justin Ekis wrote: > Hi all, I've stumbled across something that might just be very useful indeed. > > This is a safari extension calle

Re: OT Going to seriously cry now

2010-11-05 Thread ISAAC OBIE
Hi May, Hard drives may crash, but the info can be retrieved even though the drive has crashed. They do have data recovery services. Isaac - Original Message - From: "May McDonald" To: Cc: ; Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 6:36 PM Subject: OT Going to seriously cry now Ok, I'm

Re: OT Going to seriously cry now

2010-11-05 Thread May McDonald
Can't be recovered. It's completely dead. Lots of smoke and stuff. No one can read it, even experts. On 2010-11-05, at 3:53 PM, ISAAC OBIE wrote: > Hi May, > Hard drives may crash, but the info can be retrieved even though the drive > has crashed. They do have data recovery services. > Isaac

Re: YoruFukurou question

2010-11-05 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi! Use up and down arrow instead of VO-up and down. That ensures it works with all commands. Regards, Nic GoogleTalk: chojiro1...@gmail.com Facebook Twitter Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk Yahoo! Messenger: cin368 AIM: cincinster On Nov 5, 2010, at 11:50 PM, Chris Westbroo

Re: An apparently accessible alternative to flash.

2010-11-05 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi! Yep, it works very well. I've been using this for some time now. You can even add sites to a so-called "Whitelist" which enables a site to always load flash, but only those listed. It's very nice, as it helps load a site a lot faster and actually decreases a lot of CPU usage. Regards, Nic

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