Hi all,
sorry for all the questions lately but I jsut got my new mac yesterday
and I just need some help.
I was listening to a podcast by Mike Arrigo on virtualziation. I got
vmware fusion 3.12. I put my windows cd in, chose easy install,a nd it
seems to install fine up to the point that I hear the
This is tricky. The most reliable way I have found is to actually click the
mouse or touch the trackpad. Weather or not you have to do that, you definitely
want to turn quick nave off in VO. Also, if nothing else works, unload VO. That
is rarely necessary though.
On Dec 12, 2010, at 5:27 AM, Or
Hi, When I go to this page and click the download link for EyePal for the mac,
it takes me to a paypal order page with an invoice for $150. It doesn't give
me the download. Hum...
Erik Burggraaf
User support consultant,
Now posting occasionally on twitter at eburggraaf,
1-888-255-5194
http://w
Hi Carolyn, The eyepal actually needs a computer, either a windows or mac will
do ostensibly. The EyePal solo works without a computer.
I work pretty closely with the humanware people on demoing products and I think
this was just an honest mistake. They had just received it back from a CNIB
o
Well now, Hold your horses, smiles.
2 grand is too much for this baby. No doubt about it. There are serious
drawbacks that need to be addressed. The manual is horrendous The mac software
isn't integrated with the mac and tries to be windowsish apparently. The
actual windows software has be
it still shows up as a progress indicator and windows has booted up.
If I hit the connect apple bluetooth host I hear the standard wnidows
USB connection sound so I know it's working. I turned off quick nav,
unlaoded voice over, pressed command g, nothing.
Do I need anys pecial cursor tracking?
On
Ok I got it fixed ti was easier than I thoguht. switch to full screen
mode pressing control command enter and it automatically gets input.
But now I have another question...
How can I use the caps lock key as a modifier key in jaws? I have it
set to laptop mode and everything but if I hit caps lock
Hi Erick:
You have so hit the proverbial nail on the head here. I've been trying very
hard to make vuescan work, to make anything work in terms of scanning. I have
had absolutely no luck, even with a version that works for some, even with an
Apple trainer very generously spending time with me
Thanks Eric for the explanation.
Assistive tech is a rather new subject to me, and my perspective is still
anchored in the mind of a sighted person who would rather spend 2k on his kid's
education, a new laptop or a great hoiday than 2k on a device that's grossly
overpriced and would last only
Well now. What on earth? I just went back there and you are absolutely correct.
How utterly weird. It was a free download on the day of release, so I just
confirmed the address of the page and sent it, assuming that clicking the mac
software link would do what it did less than two weeks ago. Thi
HI Yuma,
You're not wrong, just impatient. It's perfectly understandable, but you have
to realize that change is coming and try not to let it get you down.
Unfortunately, my clients are blind now, and their quality of life is at least
as important now as it will be 2 to 5 years from now. Som
Hi,
Unfortunately, it's been my experience anyway, the T-mobile site not
only doesn't work optimally with VoiceOver, it doesn't work optimally with Mac.
Sighted members of my household sometimes have to clear the dust from the
Windows machine to perform certain tasks within our account
All:
I'm looking at getting an Apple TV and Netflix; however the pricing plans are
confusing. What is the cheapist plan I can purchase to use on my Apple TV, Mac,
PC, iPod, iPhone, iPad, etc? I don't want to receive physical DVDS, just want
to Stream. I'm a bit confused.
Sarai Bucciarelli
Pers
the ipall is a portable scanning and reading system that is about 18 inches
long. It hooks to a comptuer via usb and you can even have it do auto scanning
where you turn the page and it will scann it. Tha'ts how I managed to scann a
300 page book in about a half hour and have pretty good result
Erik,
I have to disagree because I have had very good success with ABBYY's Fine
Reader Express. Now I'm fortunate in that my scanner works fine with the
included software, so I can either use that software and feed the results to
ABBYY or use ABBYY to drive the process. I cannot say how it comp
Maybe one of the good things that would come from cuts in funding is the
lower-cost solutions. It would be nice if people could afford to purchase their
own equipment and software instead of having to secure funding from other
sources because the cost is so high. I doubt there is a substantial m
Hi Scott, Since most scanners are unfortunately not supported directly by fine
reader express, you have to either know the make an model of one that does and
ask for it when you buy your computer, or you have to get hellishly lucky. I
don't even know the make and model of a scanner that's dire
The choice you want is $7.99 a month.
Kev
On Dec 12, 2010, at 12:52 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote:
> All:
> I'm looking at getting an Apple TV and Netflix; however the pricing plans are
> confusing. What is the cheapist plan I can purchase to use on my Apple TV,
> Mac, PC, iPod, iPhone, iPad, etc
I was restoring my phone a few days ago and noticed all the back ups from the
prior month had been deleted. I did some testing and this is what I found.
•the back ups will not be retained if you perform a manual back up and
•in the prefs under devices the back ups are erased as well.
Is ther
Recently I sent a forwarded post re jaws and caps lock key. Have a look in the
Archives. If you can't find it then let me know.
Kawal.
On 12 Dec 2010, at 15:39, Oriol Gómez wrote:
> Ok I got it fixed ti was easier than I thoguht. switch to full screen
> mode pressing control command enter and
Now if apple could make scanners and that could work? my scanning solution
right now is nothing as my printer scanner at least the scanner part does not
work with the mac at all. so I either have to use my iphone which renders
terrible results or have some read to me.
Take care all and hope the
My Epson TX110, standard at 100 dollars does the job perfectly With abbey fine
reader.
I don't want to insist with a dialogue which may jeopardize people's belief in
a device which does, irespective of price or squalor of features, very
interesting as there is a paltry ammount of books availab
Does anybody know how to disable the remote on the Mac? I have an Apple TV
and, when I use the remote to control it, my Mac Book Pro responds to the
actions and sometimes starts playing stuff too.
Thx,
Jeff
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Hi Jeff,
Esther answered this one for me recently. What you have to do is go into system
preferences, then into the security tab and in there, you will turn off the
infra-red receiver, and then your mbp won't see your apple tv remote.
Mary
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Hi Jeff,
To disable the infrared receiver on your Mac:
1. go to your System Preferences.
2. choose the Security pane.
3. click the lock and enter your Admin password.
4. Check the Disable Infrared Receiver button.
That should do it.
Later...
On 2010-12-12, at 12:03 PM, Jeff Berwick wrote:
Hi all,
I'm new on the list. Bought myself a Macbook Pro a few months back and just got
the iPhone. Great stuff.
One question though: Last week I got a bluetooth headset for my iPhone. The
idea was to use it in busy places so I don't have to turn the volume of my
phone up to hear the speech. U
If it is a Bose Bluetooth headset you're out of luck. They only work during
phone calls. Try googling to find one that will do what you require
Aloha,
Charlie
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On Dec 12, 2010, at 9:55
You need to find one wiht I believe it is called a2dp profile. Someone correct
me if I'm wrong on that name. That will do what you want it to do.
On Dec 12, 2010, at 12:13 PM, Charlie Doremus wrote:
> If it is a Bose Bluetooth headset you're out of luck. They only work during
> phone calls. Try
Oh thanks for that. I got my keys remapped. But now it isn't accepting
keypresses from f9 through f12. I would remap those keys but I'm sure
there must be a way around it..
On 12/12/10, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote:
> Recently I sent a forwarded post re jaws and caps lock key. Have a look in
> the Arch
In your keyboard preference make sure that you check the FM key (if you have a
Macbook Pro) so that if you press FM 12 then your volume goes up or FM 11 the
volume goes down so that when you are in Fusion, in your windows session, your
function keys work like they do in windows. Check the box i
You Need a headset which is A 2 DP streaming.
Kawal.
On 12 Dec 2010, at 19:55, Nick Van Vlaenderen wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm new on the list. Bought myself a Macbook Pro a few months back and just
> got the iPhone. Great stuff.
>
> One question though: Last week I got a bluetooth headset for m
If you do want or have purchased a Bose Bluetooth headset, let them know they
need to add A2DP. I know this is a new product and I am sure they will address
this. If not, they will be rather behind most of the better headsets on the
market.
Scott
On Dec 12, 2010, at 3:35 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu
Hi Erik,
I have an HP CM2320, which is a color laser all-in-one. I installed the HP
software, so get the scanning and other functions even over the network. THis
machine costs I believe about $700, but I was abel to get it on sale for about
$450 or so. I am lucky and pleased this does work. I c
Hi list,
This is mostly speculative but being in the games industry for a while, and
having gone through countless reflections on how to make a 3D FPS work for
blind people, i think i can understand how the process has been, and there is
really good news on this.
We at our studio use a platfor
Thanks for all the replies. The one I have is a Samsung HM1000. Thought it
would just work but the iPhone only switches to the headset during a call. Is
A2DP the bluetooth profile? I've looked around but not all shops specify the
profile. Does anyone know of mono headsets that support this? Does
When we speak of multiple steps for operating a scan ocr compouund, i believe
automator or applescript are very powerful to make it happen as quick and easy
as those devices, minus the speed performance of the scans themselves.
If you look at the workflow in laymen, here is what i see:
Add acti
The Jabra Extreme will work although I don't find it a perfect solution. There
may be others. I wonder if Scott G has any as he's very well in with his
headsets although I know from various lists he likes plantronics.
On 12 Dec 2010, at 21:12, Nick Van Vlaenderen wrote:
> Thanks for all the re
Hi Nick,
i think you are dutch?
Here we have also fora where this subject is pretty hot.
Greets Ewoud
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To:
Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2010 10:12 PM
Subject: Re: iPhone headset
Thanks for all the replies. The one I have is a Samsung HM1
Hi all! I hope everyone is well today!
I am wondering if anybody might be able to enlighten me on downloading specific
podcast episodes in iTunes. I am currently subscribed to four or five
podcasts, but I am only interested in listening to a handful of the episodes
available at this time. So,
Just select the row where the podcast is at interact and hit vo shift ma nd
choose download podcast episode. You have to do this anyway if you have a
failed download and you want to grab only those.
S
On Dec 12, 2010, at 1:23 PM, Jenny Wood wrote:
> Hi all! I hope everyone is well today!
> I a
All I use is the apple bluetooth headset. Not all headsets will have this and
it's sad as I want to navagate the phone while it is in my purse or talk while
the phone is in my purse.
S
On Dec 12, 2010, at 1:12 PM, Nick Van Vlaenderen wrote:
> Thanks for all the replies. The one I have is a Sams
What does A2DP stand for?
Thanks.
Marlaina
On Dec 12, 2010, at 12:54 PM, Scott Howell wrote:
If you do want or have purchased a Bose Bluetooth headset, let them know they
need to add A2DP. I know this is a new product and I am sure they will address
this. If not, they will be rather behind
Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP)
Aloha,
Charlie
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On Dec 12, 2010, at 11:36 AM, Marlaina Lieberg <1guide...@gmail.com> wrote:
> What does A2DP stand for?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Mar
Thanks Yuma for making these efforts. It's really awesome to know that
developers like you are thinking outside the box in order to provide such an
experience for more than just the mainstream user.
Good luck!
On 2010-12-12, at 2:06 PM, Yuma Decaux wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> This is mostly specul
Hi all, we have an older 512mb Time Capsule. Does anyone know if this
can support wireless N or only wirelss G?
Thanks
Frank
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Just a quick note to thank you for this bit of info. Generally, I keep my mac
book upstairs and my Apple TV downstairs but I can definitely see how this
could be a problem.
Thanks again,
Mark
On Dec 12, 2010, at 11:12 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
> Hi Jeff,
>
> To disable the infrared receiver o
Hi if anyone knows where the Mac version of the software is available it
would be great to post here. Likewise I have seen no such download on
their site.
Frank
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Thanks, it looks like you can get the Mac software for $150.00 from that
download page if I am reading it correctly.
Frank
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T
I agree Yuma that Apple scripts could be really useful here. If I ever find a
good book and time to learn, I might have to try this out.
Scott
On Dec 12, 2010, at 4:14 PM, Yuma Decaux wrote:
> When we speak of multiple steps for operating a scan ocr compouund, i believe
> automator or apple
I agree and also add my thanks Yuma. It just goes to show that such thinking is
where true innovation leads.
Scott
On Dec 12, 2010, at 4:57 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
> Thanks Yuma for making these efforts. It's really awesome to know that
> developers like you are thinking outside the box in
Cheree Heppe here:
I am using an older head set, a Jabra BT 250 VT. It is my favorite headset
because of the way it doesn't intrude or block the ambient and has great sound
quality and stays on my ear just fine. But it only responds to calls.
The newer Bluetooth headset, also a Jabra, called
It should support 802.11 N as well as B & G. You can confirm this in the
Wireless pane of the Airport Utility.
Later...
On 2010-12-12, at 4:57 PM, Frank Ventura wrote:
> Hi all, we have an older 512mb Time Capsule. Does anyone know if this
> can support wireless N or only wirelss G?
> Thanks
>
That is a lot of money just to scan printed materials! It sounds like the
old arcanstone days! Heather
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Subject: RE: My Eyepal demo is here.
Thanks, it looks like you can get the Mac software for
Strange thing is, that's exactly what I tried. When I perform a vo-shift-M on
the episode I wish to download, the only options I have are "small", "medium"
and "large." I am definitely missing something.
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I'm so sorry to ask this as we just discussed it recently, but I am not having
success moving my ring tones into my iTunes ring tones folder. They show up as
m4r and command i tells me they are ring tones; I thought that was all I had to
do to get them into my iTunes ring tones area but it is n
Thanks, I appreciate the info.
Frank
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It should support 802.1
So, if I go out and buy an Epson TX110 and Abby I should be able to use it
without VuScan?
On Dec 12, 2010, at 1:00 PM, Yuma Decaux wrote:
> My Epson TX110, standard at 100 dollars does the job perfectly With abbey
> fine reader.
>
>
> I don't want to insist with a dialogue which may jeopard
No you need to use image scan first to scan the document then use abbey fine
reader.
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Did you rename them to .m4r files?
Take care.
S
On Dec 12, 2010, at 5:49 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote:
> I'm so sorry to ask this as we just discussed it recently, but I am not
> having success moving my ring tones into my iTunes ring tones folder. They
> show up as m4r and command i tells me t
I had to se the view to text list view; it's the only way to bring up the
option you want. Also, remember to interact with
control-option-shift-down-arrow on the episode you want to download, then do
control-option-shift-m and use your arrow keys. Hit return on the download
podcast episode opt
Hi Dan:
There are two and actually 3 programs in this thread:
The first is a scanning device known as the eye-pal, which works in
conjunctionn with a pc or Mac to easily scan and read printed material. The
issue with that is the software to make it work on a Mac appears to require an
additional
If one wishes to buy the IPal and knows they want the Mac software, they can
choose that option when purchasing from the abisee site, so no extra charge.
But if you have the Windows software and also want the Mac, then it apparently
costs extra. I assume that if you have the Mac software and wan
Jane,
Thanks, you're awesome! I had done everything but change the setting to tex
listview. Problem solved. :-)
Thank you!
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On Dec 12, 2010, at 8:13 PM, Jane wrote:
> I had to se the view to t
Not a problem; took me an hour of experimenting before I got it right. I hate
that Apple makes you do that. I have a podcast that is over 400 episodes long,
so imagine how long gthat list is! All told I have 609 podcasts on the iPad,
plus 94iTunesU episodes, plus books, songs and apps.
Jane
O
Wow, you don't get bored, do you? :-) I have loads of music, books, some
movies, but am just now finding my way around the world of podcasts. Thanks
again for your help!
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On Dec 12, 2010, at 8:4
Marlaina,
Where did you get the ringtones from? Are they iPhone ringtones? Yes, the m4r
format is a ringtone, but there's more to it if you wish it to be an iPhone
ringtone.
What process are you using to get them into your Ringtones area in iTunes?
Sorry for all the questions, but I like to
Hi list,
I was just setting up kerberos on my network and found a standard issue which
would be resolvable in a whiff were it that the timezone feature in the date
and time system preference allowed for it.
This totally slipped from my aprehension of the OS and before resorting to
terminal com
Hello. I think you just type in teh citty where you are changing to and it
should work. I cannot remember how I did it when I went on vacation as that was
about 6 months ago. lol!
On Dec 12, 2010, at 10:07 PM, Yuma Decaux wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> I was just setting up kerberos on my network and fo
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