Re: Victor Stream with Windows 7 under vmware.

2010-11-11 Thread Eric Oyen
Kevin, what version of vmware you looking at here? some versions had problems with supporting USB devices from the host system (especially on the old server platforms). I haven't used any of the new vmware products so, I am not exactly qualified on them. The problem I see here is that if you ge

Re: [Bulk] Re: Victor Stream with Windows 7 under vmware.

2010-11-11 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Yeah, that should work. I'm told that HW is aware of the issues authorizing the Stream to play audible books using the Mac. I don't want to start needless speculation here, but, I reckon it sure would be nice if Humanware would finally come out with a solution which would allow Mac users to na

Re: [Bulk] Re: Victor Stream with Windows 7 under vmware.

2010-11-11 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi! I agree with that. After that, we just need Stream Companion for Mac OS X and we're good to go. Regards, Nic GoogleTalk: chojiro1...@gmail.com Facebook Twitter Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk Yahoo! Messenger: cin368 AIM: cincinster On Nov 11, 2010, at 10:33 AM, Ray For

Re: [Bulk] Re: Victor Stream with Windows 7 under vmware.

2010-11-11 Thread Eric Oyen
hmmm. I was thinking that a few hundred of us all show up at their corporate offices and quietly (and politely) request that they have a word with us. it certainly would get their attention. -Eric On Nov 11, 2010, at 2:33 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Yeah, that should work. I'm told that HW is a

RE: Reading word by word or character by character

2010-11-11 Thread Frank Ventura
Hi Ann, thanks for the reply. I am a little unclear though. How do I set the rotor to read by words or characters? Thanks -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Anne Robertson Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 12:01

Re: Reading word by word or character by character

2010-11-11 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Frank, When you have Quick Nav on, you change the rotor setting by pressing the left and up arrows or right and up arrows together. It will cycle through Navigation, Words, and Characters. These settings control the function of the up and down arrows in Quick Nav. Cheers, Anne On 11 N

Re: feature suggestion for braille key assignments.

2010-11-11 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi Isaac, Actually the joystick on the bc emulates movement of the voiceover keys by default which is not the same thing. If you want to change it so that the joystick emulates the arrows, do the following. Press control option f8. Press b, or arrow down to braille. VO right to the displays tab

RE: Reading word by word or character by character

2010-11-11 Thread Frank Ventura
Hi Anne, that trick works for me in the regular menu bar (for example if I press VO plus M). However it doesn't seem to work in a VoiceOver menu. For example if I press VO plus U (in Safari) and then press LEFT ARROW plus UP ARROW it only pings at me. It doesn't seem to work in the VVO help menu e

Re: Reading word by word or character by character

2010-11-11 Thread Colin M
Hi Frank! When you are inside the rooter the spelling thing will not or! So unfortunately when you are on something you need to know the spelling of, you vo+space first to take you out of the rooter then you can use the quick nav things or just interact with that text and then you can arrow throu

Re: Numbers and lag.

2010-11-11 Thread Greg Aikens
I get a lot of studdering in numbers as well. I'm using a mac book pro that is 3 months old. I think it is just the way VO and numbers work together unfortunately. Greg On Nov 10, 2010, at 10:48 AM, Chris McCausland wrote: > Hi everyone. > > When using Numbers on a fairly high spec IMac I

editing cells in numbers

2010-11-11 Thread Greg Aikens
Hi all, Is there a way to edit the contents of a cell in numbers without overwriting the whole cell? I have tried interacting and moving the cursor to the point in the cell I want to edit, but whenever I start typing it deletes everything that was there. Also, the VO cursor curiously moves two

Re: Numbers and lag.

2010-11-11 Thread Anne Robertson
I find that the trackpad commander makes skimming through a spreadsheet in Numbers much more efficient. Cheers, Anne On 11 Nov 2010, at 15:04, Greg Aikens wrote: > I get a lot of studdering in numbers as well. I'm using a mac book pro that > is 3 months old. I think it is just the way VO a

Fwd: Reading word by word or character by character

2010-11-11 Thread Colin M
Hi Frank! Me again, just in case that vo+space does not work in the vo help menu at all! If you vo+space on something in the help menu like for example label item it will execute that command! I think you do not use braille like me because I presume they can feel how a word is spelt in that menu

Skype 5 beta and the call window

2010-11-11 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi, I'm on a skype call and it seems like i've got a couple of interesting problems here. 1, i can't recieve more than one file, because it seems that Skype displays a conversation that i have closed, even though it's closed. 2, When i am in a call, i can only see the chat box and some images and

Re: editing cells in numbers

2010-11-11 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Greg, To edit a cell in Numbers, you have to interact with the cell then bring the mouse cursor to the VO cursor and double click either with the physical mouse or VO-Shift-Space bar. You can then edit as normal. When trying to read the contents of a cell letter by letter, I get the same

garage band problem with voice over

2010-11-11 Thread chad baker
Hi maybe you guys can help me out in garage band the browser is broken. when i interact with it bonks at me when i move up and down. never use to do that. i'm wondering if i should roll back. i installed the new garage bnad fresh. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Goo

Re: WiFi stability issues was Re: OS 10.65 is available for download

2010-11-11 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: So far, wifi works fine. On Nov 11, 2010, at 12:30 AM, Scott Granados wrote: > Anyone seeing stability issues with WiFi after the upgrade? I got dropped > today and wasn't sure, I was solid until I applied 10.6.5. I do use 802.1X > authentication. It almost looked like the driver reset be

Re: WiFi stability issues was Re: OS 10.65 is available for download

2010-11-11 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Scott, My wireless network hasn't dropped since I installed 10.6.5. As you probably discovered from ascertaining the ip address, under system prefferences -> network, there's a box labeled "Show AirPort status in menu bar". When checked, you can see information by either via trackpad comm

RE: Reading word by word or character by character

2010-11-11 Thread Frank Ventura
Hi Colin, no the user I am working with does not have a braille display. Frank From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Colin M Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 9:41 AM To: macvisionaries group Cc: Colin M Subject: Fwd: Reading word by word o

Getting additional information from the Airport status menu

2010-11-11 Thread Esther
Hi Geoff, You wrote in another thread on WiFi stability: As you probably discovered from ascertaining the ip address, under system prefferences -> network, there's a box labeled "Show AirPort status in menu bar". When checked, you can see information by either via trackpad commander by d

RE: OS 10.65 is available for download

2010-11-11 Thread Frank Ventura
Cool, where can we find the release notes. I would be interested in hearing what the VO fixes are. The upgrade on my MBP went smoothly this morning. Frank -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker Sent: Wed

Re: feature suggestion for braille key assignments.

2010-11-11 Thread erik burggraaf
Hum, well you're right I'm super confused, but I think I can clarify. Actually, I was wrong in my original post which merks things up even more. To understand what I'm doing, I'll give you a brief description of the braille connect. The front edge is cut out on a slant and has the following con

Re: Victor Stream with Windows 7 under vmware.

2010-11-11 Thread Hai Nguyen
Good morning everyone, I don't think this is an issue with Windows XP on a VMWare machine as I have managed to authorize a BookSense XT to work with Audible with no issues. On Nov 11, 2010, at 1:57 AM, Kevin Reeves wrote: > Thanks so much for this. However, How would she get the stream authorize

Re: OS 10.65 is available for download

2010-11-11 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
Well aren't *YOU* just the bees' meow. :) I have basic Charter cable Internet here, and it took under 20 minutes to download--in fact, the whole install probably only took 20 minutes--the most painless upgrade I've seen yet. :) I believe it's a tad faster than before, and VO seems more respons

RE: OS 10.65 is available for download

2010-11-11 Thread Frank Ventura
Mark, mac mail is definitely much faster. So far, so good. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mark BurningHawk Baxter Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 11:12 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: OS 1

Re: [Bulk] Re: OS 10.65 is available for download

2010-11-11 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Well, using AT&T U-Verse over here, the download took maybe about 10 minutes for me. Not bad for what's supposed to be a 24MB max downstream speed huh? Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now A Very Proud and very happy Mac user!!! Skype Name: barefootedray On Nov 11, 2010, at 10:12

Removing a server in Mac mail

2010-11-11 Thread Frank Ventura
Hi all, how can I remove a server that I don't need anymore from Mac mail? Thanks Frank -- 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: Removing a server in Mac mail

2010-11-11 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi Frank, If you're speaking of an outgoing server, then do the following when in Mail: • Press cmd-comma to open your Preferences. • Select the Accounts tab from the Toolbar. • Navigate to the Outgoing servers pop-up menu. • Choose Edit Server List. • Select the server you wish to remove from th

Re: OS 10.65 is available for download

2010-11-11 Thread Sarah Alawami
Well my mail still crashes with a bang when I'm reading a message at random so that has not been fixed but all in all the update is pretty good! I use webkit so I don't always get the safari crashes that are reported. S On Nov 11, 2010, at 8:12 AM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: > Well aren't *

RE: Removing a server in Mac mail

2010-11-11 Thread Frank Ventura
Thank you very much, that did the trick. Frank -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tim Kilburn Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 12:33 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Removing a server in Mac mai

Re: OS 10.65 is available for download

2010-11-11 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
I see they haven't done away with the "data detector present," thing.. • 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 Goo

Looking for a good timer/stopwatch for Mac OS10.6.5

2010-11-11 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
Just like it says in the subject line. :) I want to time things like work-out length, stuff on the stove, whatever. (Sick of my apartment going up in flames while i'm on the treadmill!) I see a discussion about such apps for the Iphone; is there a comparable one for my Macbook Pro15 running 10

Re: OS 10.65 is available for download

2010-11-11 Thread Kimberly thurman
I'll be a happy girl the day that one ceases to exist. Pointless for sure! On Nov 11, 2010, at 1:10 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: > I see they haven't done away with the "data detector present," thing.. > > > • Mark BurningHawk Baxter > • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 > • MSN:

Re: OS 10.65 is available for download

2010-11-11 Thread Scott Granados
What is the data detector? On Nov 11, 2010, at 10:13 AM, Kimberly thurman wrote: > I'll be a happy girl the day that one ceases to exist. Pointless for sure! > On Nov 11, 2010, at 1:10 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: > >> I see they haven't done away with the "data detector present," thing..

Re: Getting additional information from the Airport status menu

2010-11-11 Thread Scott Granados
This seems to work well. You get the transmition type and some speed data. Cool Thanks! On Nov 11, 2010, at 7:37 AM, Esther wrote: > Hi Geoff, > > You wrote in another thread on WiFi stability: > > As you probably discovered from ascertaining the ip address, under system > prefferences -> n

Re: Getting additional information from the Airport status menu

2010-11-11 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Well, I went in to the universal access menu, then, holding down the option key, I arrowed right till I got to the airport menu. I didn't see any of that stuff. Was I supposed to do anything else or differently? Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now A Very Proud and very happy Mac

longshot help with odsagent error

2010-11-11 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi guys, my windows xp virtual machine is throwing up this spurious error. DNSAgent.exe failed to load component. The application failed to start because DNSSD.dll could not be found. Has any one encountered this? I'm running vmFusion 3 with the current vmware tools installed. My guest OS is w

Mac Mini and lack of display

2010-11-11 Thread Matt McCubbin
Hello all, I have a mid-2010 Mac Mini, and recently upgraded it to 8GB of ram. However, I had a few questions about using it without a display. First, I've heard from several users that using the mini without a display causes sluggish performance. I've only noticed sluggish behavior in Safari a

Re: OS 10.65 is available for download

2010-11-11 Thread Carolyn Haas
Hi Scott: The data detector responds to info in an email that it thinks you ay want to do something with, such as a link, an address, a phone number and maybe even a date. When that notification happns, it means there's something you can click vo-shift-m on and get a context menu. hth On Nov 1

Re: OS 10.65 is available for download

2010-11-11 Thread Scott Granados
That's a cool feature. Thanks for the great explination. On Nov 11, 2010, at 11:10 AM, Carolyn Haas wrote: > Hi Scott: > The data detector responds to info in an email that it thinks you ay want to > do something with, such as a link, an address, a phone number and maybe even > a date. When t

Trying to update firm wear in a APH device, but....

2010-11-11 Thread VaShaun Jones
using the app called the unarchiver to unzip this file rbd_upd.exe yields a message that says that it cannot open this file. Does anyone know of an app that can? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send em

Re: Trying to update firm wear in a APH device, but....

2010-11-11 Thread Hai Nguyen
My thought is that you won't be able to open this file as it is a windows executible file. I've been looking for a way to run these files natively on OSX, but can't seem to find a clean solution other than using a virtual machine. On Nov 11, 2010, at 2:19 PM, VaShaun Jones wrote: > using the app

Re: feature suggestion for braille key assignments.

2010-11-11 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi Erik, I understand what you mean now. The only thing I'm still confused about is how you assign commands. I cannot find a command for skimming through a message by paratraphs. I have the next and previous commands, pan left and right commands. But I don't see a command to go next and previou

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-11 Thread Austin Seraphin
I just wanted to chime in on this thread. I went from using a netbook to a MacBook Air, and definitely notice the difference. Admittedly, for me, my netbook had a rather nonstandard configuration. It came with a Windows XP partition, and a second blank partition presumably for media files and th

Re: longshot help with odsagent error

2010-11-11 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Hmm, DNSD almost sounds like dynamic DNS which is a Apple name for the functionality that allows the macintosh to find printers and Apple disk shares on the network. Sorta a standards based netbios if I understand netbios correctly. Searching my think pad right now... On 11/11/2010, erik burggr

Re: longshot help with odsagent error

2010-11-11 Thread Jonathan Cohn
One site I read pointed out that Bonjour for Windows uses this and iTunes maybe the source. So try reinstalling iTunes and/or Bonjour for Windows? http://support.apple.com/kb/DL755 http://support.apple.com/kb/DL953 http://support.apple.com/kb/DL927 On 11/11/2010, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > Hmm, D

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-11 Thread Doug Lawlor
I used a Braille and speak in about 1988 or so. The thing seemed revolutionary at the time. It was so small for what it did and the battery life was so good. I also liked the instant on feature. I saw nothing else that had those features at the time for the price. Doug Sent from my iPhone On 2

Re: feature suggestion for braille key assignments.

2010-11-11 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi Alison, This is my entire thing, you can't use the display to perform standard keyboard commands. Multitudenous voiceover commands yes, but no standard mac os keyboard commands. Unfortunately, I don't have a braillino to test on here, so I can't see what you are seeing. If you go to voice

RE: Mac Mini and lack of display

2010-11-11 Thread Rich Ring
Unfortunately, with the new Mac Minis, you have to have a display in order to get rid of the sluggish behavior in Safari. You will read archived messages that might say different, but it's not true. If you want to have Safari perform as it should, you'll need a display. -Original Message

Re: switching from 64 to 32 bit version of OS

2010-11-11 Thread Nektarios Mallas
Hello there. How can you tell in which mode you are in? Is there any menu or dialog to display that? Nektarios. On Nov 9, 2010, at 11:19 AM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > Hi! > > Well, you're already booting in 32-bit by default, so you don't need to. It > becomes interesting if you boot into 64-

Braille for other languages

2010-11-11 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello everyone, The latest update to Mac OS X removes Braille for other languages. You can download a compatible version of the Braille tables from: This package also includes beta versions of Dutch and Icelandic Braille should anyone be interested. Cheers, An

Re: Braille for other languages

2010-11-11 Thread heather kd5cbl
That is good 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 unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. F

Re: Trying to update firm wear in a APH device, but....

2010-11-11 Thread Scott Granados
you need an archiver that will open self extractor files. These may be an exe but it's just a self extracting file meaning there's a bit of decompression code then a big chunk of actual data. If it's a real exe and not a compressed archive then you have different issues but I think that's what

Re: WiFi stability issues was Re: OS 10.65 is available for download

2010-11-11 Thread Thierry Renoux
yes. It seems to be happening only in Safari. The workaround for now is to disable airport and reenable it. Hope they will fix that bug soon. T On Nov 10, 2010, at 10:30 PM, Scott Granados wrote: > Anyone seeing stability issues with WiFi after the upgrade? I got dropped > today and wasn't sur

Re: Getting additional information from the Airport status menu

2010-11-11 Thread Justin Thornton
you must aditionally to holding down the option key before entering the menu press VO plus up or down arrows hth On Nov 11, 2010, at 1:43 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Well, I went in to the universal access menu, then, holding down the option > key, I arrowed right till I got to the airport menu.

Re: WiFi stability issues was Re: OS 10.65 is available for download

2010-11-11 Thread Sarah Alawami
I don't notice anything yet but my ftp client is acting oddly. Probably has nothing to do with wifi though. S On Nov 11, 2010, at 3:44 PM, Thierry Renoux wrote: > yes. It seems to be happening only in Safari. The workaround for now is to > disable airport and reenable it. Hope they will fix tha

Re: Trying to update firm wear in a APH device, but....

2010-11-11 Thread Sarah Alawami
SArchiver might be able to open exe files. I have not tried it but good luck. S On Nov 11, 2010, at 3:37 PM, Scott Granados wrote: > you need an archiver that will open self extractor files. These may be an > exe but it's just a self extracting file meaning there's a bit of > decompression cod

the latest version of growl

2010-11-11 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Hey y'all, What's the latest version of Growl? I thought it was 1.2.1 but then I found version 1.2.2. When I downloaded it, it actually is Growl mail 1.2.2. So, is 1.2.1 the latest version of the actual Growl app? Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now A Very Proud and very happy

Re: WiFi stability issues was Re: OS 10.65 is available for download

2010-11-11 Thread Kimberly thurman
I updated yesterday and have been on the computer off and on all day with no issues whatsoever concerning Wi-Fi. On Nov 11, 2010, at 7:24 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > I don't notice anything yet but my ftp client is acting oddly. Probably has > nothing to do with wifi though. > > S > On Nov 11, 2

Re: Victor Stream with Windows 7 under vmware.

2010-11-11 Thread Mike Arrigo
Yes, that should work. On Nov 11, 2010, at 1:57 AM, Kevin Reeves wrote: > Thanks so much for this. However, How would she get the stream authorized to > run audible books if we can't get it working? Should we authorize it on > another windows machine, then we could just move all the downloaded a

Looking for reader for mac that supports EPUb format

2010-11-11 Thread Martin Kirchner
Hi all, Does anyone know an accessible mac OS application that supports the EPUB-Format used by lots of commercial eBook readers? OK, the iBooks app is able to do this but you don't may read any issued title outside the apple pye with that app. Martin -- You received this message because you

Re: OS 10.65 is available for download

2010-11-11 Thread Mike Arrigo
Took about 3 minutes here for each mac, and I have 3 of them. On Nov 11, 2010, at 10:12 AM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: > Well aren't *YOU* just the bees' meow. :) I have basic Charter cable > Internet here, and it took under 20 minutes to download--in fact, the whole > install probably only

Solona app installation question

2010-11-11 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
All: I think I have the Solona app installed. Finally! So, if I understand it, I hit command shift 4, start terminal, and type ./solona.sh Is there any spaces anywhere? I don't understand how to link it, or how to use VO to auto run the script. Can you explaine? -- You received this message b

Re: Mac Mini and lack of display

2010-11-11 Thread Mike Arrigo
Unless something has changed, connecting a display will make a difference, it doesn't have to be turned on, just connected. The 2008 model could be fooled in to thinking there was a monitor connected by connecting an adapter that would allow it to be connected to a TV, it was the DVI to Video ad

Safari 10.6.5 issue

2010-11-11 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: To the www.lockerz.com users, have you noticed since the 10.6.5 update, Safari crashes when you try to log in? -- 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 unsubs

Re: Solona app installation question

2010-11-11 Thread Sarah Alawami
You run solona by typing what ever the script name is but I can't remember what it was since I uninstalled it. but ou would run the script wiht this syntax ./scriptname Good luck. On Nov 11, 2010, at 6:00 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: > All: > I think I have the Solona app installed. Finally! So

Re: OS 10.65 is available for download

2010-11-11 Thread Brett Campbell
You're quite fortunate. My Qwest service provided a whopping 154 kb for a total of 50 minutes to download the update. Brett C. On Nov 11, 2010, at 6:51 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > Took about 3 minutes here for each mac, and I have 3 of them. > On Nov 11, 2010, at 10:12 AM, Mark BurningHawk Baxte

Re: Solona app installation question

2010-11-11 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
So no spaces? Why did you uninstall, and how did you uninstall? On Nov 11, 2010, at 8:07 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > You run solona by typing what ever the script name is but I can't remember > what it was since I uninstalled it. but ou would run the script wiht this > syntax > > ./scriptname >

Re: Solona app installation question

2010-11-11 Thread Sarah Alawami
at the time I hated and still hate using the terminal no spaces unless the script has them but hopefully someone who remembers how to do this more then me can help. I use a script called clisk and so my syntax would be ./clisk followed by enter and with luck it should start up. keep in mind yo

Re: OS 10.65 is available for download

2010-11-11 Thread Sarah Alawami
at least the install wint with out a hitch and took about 3 minutes or so not 30 as usual. lol for updates! S On Nov 11, 2010, at 6:08 PM, Brett Campbell wrote: > You're quite fortunate. My Qwest service provided a whopping 154 kb for a > total of 50 minutes to download the update. > > > Bre

Re: WiFi stability issues was Re: OS 10.65 is available for download

2010-11-11 Thread Thierry Renoux
I tried the LAN and it gave me the same trouble. Went back to 10.6.4. Thanks Superduper! T On Nov 11, 2010, at 4:24 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > I don't notice anything yet but my ftp client is acting oddly. Probably has > nothing to do with wifi though. > > S > On Nov 11, 2010, at 3:44 PM, Thierr

Re: Mac Mini and lack of display

2010-11-11 Thread Yuma Decaux
Ok, this explains everything for my mac mini 2010 bbeing seriously sluggish when i open safari. I will try connecting an hdmi cable to feign connectivity and have something bearable when i get online. "Light has no value without darkness" blog: http://www.theblindsamurai.com twitter: http:/

Any chance to get plain text with embedded tables announced by Vo correctly?

2010-11-11 Thread Martin Kirchner
Hi, tha fact described above realy seems to be an annoying one if you want to create any plain text with embedded tables like spreadsheed documents. Doing all that wiht the MS office crab works pretty good but it doesn't at all with Mac OS based editors like Textedit or Been. Any helpful idea

Re: Trying to update firm wear in a APH device, but....

2010-11-11 Thread VaShaun Jones
Nope, but thanks! On Nov 11, 2010, at 7:24 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > SArchiver might be able to open exe files. I have not tried it but good luck. > > S > On Nov 11, 2010, at 3:37 PM, Scott Granados wrote: > >> you need an archiver that will open self extractor files. These may be an >> exe b

RE: OS 10.65 is available for download

2010-11-11 Thread Rich Ring
The download didn't take all that long, but my Macbook told me it needed to restart and then sat there for nearly 15 minutes before finally restarting. I have also noticed that in Safari WiFi seems to be broken. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar.

Re: OS 10.65 is available for download

2010-11-11 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Is this the case when you use Web Kit also? I believe you are only the second person to have reported Wifi issues. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now A Very Proud and very happy Mac user!!! Skype Name: barefootedray On Nov 11, 2010, at 9:11 PM, Rich Ring wrote: > The download

solona help

2010-11-11 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: Okay, I no I successfully installed the app. When I press command shift 4, picters are not taken, and when I go to terminal and type ./solona.sh I receive an error saying directory doesn't exist. If I type ./ solona.sh I receive the message saying directory found. What am I doing wrong? --

Re: [Bulk] solona help

2010-11-11 Thread Ray Foret Jr
First of all, the hot key to take an image of your screen is actually command+shift+3, not 4. the next thing is this. When you unziped the Solona folder, did you direct Terminal.app to go to the directlry in to which you put the folder? I'd suggest that you put it in to your Documents folder

Re: [Bulk] solona help

2010-11-11 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: Yes! I did all of that, received no errors. I was listening to Teresa's mp3 file, and reading the document. The terminal says press command shift 4, not 3. When I run the ./solona.sh script, it says no directory exists. If I put a space between the ./ solona.sh its says the Solona directory

Re: solona help

2010-11-11 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi all, I'd love help with Solona too I have never been able to get the app installed correctly. I try to type CD Documents but it says directory or command not found something like that. I hope maybe someone can help me with this. Have a great evening. Musically, Allison My birds are winged

Re: Growl

2010-11-11 Thread Michael Thurman
this brings up an interesting problem I am trying to use adium with growl and it does not work, even after I had someone who can see and is a mac guru try and fix it. I am trying to se it for irc chat rooms. I'd love to hve something hat works as well as mirc did with jaws on windows, then I co

Re: switching from 64 to 32 bit version of OS

2010-11-11 Thread Braille
First of all, if you have not done anything, again, osx is all 32 bit mode. That being said, 1. Open about this mac, by vo plus m 2. Open more info. This is the same as the system profiler. 3. Go down to the software section. 4. take a look at the software overview and it will tell you Kernel an

Re: Growl

2010-11-11 Thread Sarah Alawami
Did you try the update? if not then it's probably adium's fault. Maybe? lol! good luck. On Nov 11, 2010, at 8:19 PM, Michael Thurman wrote: > this brings up an interesting problem I am trying to use adium with growl > and it does not work, even after I had someone who can see and is a mac guru

Re: OS 10.65 is available for download

2010-11-11 Thread Sarah Alawami
I use webkit and so far have not encountered any vo issues with web pages. Ok maybe 1 but I think I was overzealous. lol! On Nov 11, 2010, at 7:13 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Is this the case when you use Web Kit also? I believe you are only the > second person to have reported Wifi issues. > >

Re: Any chance to get plain text with embedded tables announced by Vo correctly?

2010-11-11 Thread Sarah Alawami
Dies pages work wiht this? I would not know as I don't use the suite but maybe others might be able to answer your question. Good luck. On Nov 11, 2010, at 7:04 PM, Martin Kirchner wrote: > Hi, > > tha fact described above realy seems to be an annoying one if you want to > create any plain te

Re: Any chance to get plain text with embedded tables announced by Vo correctly?

2010-11-11 Thread Justin Ekis
No, pages doesn't do any better about reading tables with voiceover. This is a constant annoyance and until recently, it caused me to start fusion much more than I anticipated. For several of my classes, the syllabus is provided in a word document. Everything reads fine except for the schedule

Re: Any chance to get plain text with embedded tables announced by Vo correctly?

2010-11-11 Thread heather kd5cbl
Hello Justin, thanks for that tidbit about reading tables in pages! I knew there had to be a solution but I consider myself really knew to the mac and pages, just made a month today of having my mac! Heather -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVi

Re: Any chance to get plain text with embedded tables announced by Vo correctly?

2010-11-11 Thread Martin Kirchner
Justin, On 12.11.2010, at 06:46, Justin Ekis wrote: > For several of my classes, the syllabus is provided in a word document. > Everything reads fine except for the schedule of assignments. I can open the > document in textedit, bean, or pages but voiceover doesn't correctly speak > the table