reading brf files on the mac

2011-01-25 Thread denise avant
hi all, is there any programs out there for reading bookshare books and web braille books on the mac? thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe

mac-cessibility question

2011-01-25 Thread denise avant
hi all, i am using the podcast app on my iphone. i attempted to include the feed for the mac-cessibility round table but could not locate it. i was also unable to grab it by name. does anyone here have the correct name of feed for the podcast app? I was also wondering about tech talk and main me

Re: passthrough key

2011-01-25 Thread Earle M. Harrison
Hi, the keystroke is control-option-tab HTH Earle Harrison Handy Tech North America On Jan 24, 2011, at 10:41 PM, Scott Granados wrote: > Mike mentions this key on his podcast concerning VM FUsion on the Mac. I > believe this was a good use case because there were times you wanted to pass >

Re: passthrough key

2011-01-25 Thread Earle M. Harrison
Ok, I should read my most recent e-mails before replying to a post (smile). Best, Earle Harrison Handy Tech North America On Jan 25, 2011, at 6:30 AM, Earle M. Harrison wrote: > Hi, the keystroke is control-option-tab > > HTH > > Earle Harrison > Handy Tech North America > > On Jan 24, 2011,

Re: Deleted Messages in Mail Won't Go to Trash

2011-01-25 Thread Christopher Peppel
Yes, you press command and delete. You will then find the messages in your trash mailbox. You then press command shift key and then delete. You will be asked if you want to delete from all accounts. You will also be given a warning that this may delete other things like notes. Press yes and

Re: Apple "screwing" iPhone users to block them from opening the hardware they paid for.

2011-01-25 Thread Scott Ford
Hi Scott G, I feel the same way as you, and for many of the same reasons. Have a wonderful everyone. Scott Ford On Jan 23, 2011, at 6:06 PM, Scott Granados wrote: > Wow, this is one of the most short sited and close minded responses I've ever > seen. > > That's like saying everything t

Re: Deleted Messages in Mail Won't Go to Trash

2011-01-25 Thread AZ
Hi 25.01.2011 10:22, Teresa Cochran writes: I have 800 messages that I can hide via command-h, but I'd much rather delete them. The delete key does nothing. There is a lot of problems with imap on Gmail and nobody has a solution. AZ -- You received this message because you are subs

Re: Accessible Pandora app for Mac?

2011-01-25 Thread Brandon Olivares
Hi, I was using Pandorajam, which worked pretty well for me. But I had to have sighted assistence logging into Pandora the normal way first, then it would work just fine with keyboard shortcuts. Brandon Olivares www.thefulleffect.org - Healing the Whole Person I help people to experience healin

Re: reading brf files on the mac

2011-01-25 Thread Teresa Cochran
You can read them with your Braille display in Text-edit by turning off contracted Braille. That works just fine for me. Also, if you want to back-translate them, you can use Louis for this. HTH, Teresa On Jan 25, 2011, at 1:21 AM, denise avant wrote: > hi all, > is there any programs out there

Re: Deleted Messages in Mail Won't Go to Trash

2011-01-25 Thread Teresa Cochran
Sorry, folks, I meant the keystroke for showing and hiding deleted messages, which is command-l. Anyhow, I guess things synced overnight somehow, because I woke up this morning and they were all gone. I'm going to check my mailbox behavior settings again, too. Thanks, Teresa On Jan 25, 2011, at

Re: mac-cessibility question

2011-01-25 Thread Ed Worrell
I use the iblink app and it has all those podcast included in the app. Hope this helps Ed -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, s

Scanning via ABBYY FineReader express.

2011-01-25 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings, I just installed ABBYY's trial version and reinstalled the software/driver for my HP c7250 AllInOne printer. (Reinstalling cured my insecure startup item problem BTW, but I digress.). I can scan using the HP app, however upon pressing the convert to text button, VO emits the follow

Re: defaults delete command -> was moveAddict kills tracking.

2011-01-25 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings, the moveAddict support rep advised that I launch the terminal app and run the following command: "defaults delete com.kapeli.moveaddict" Reply states: "Could not write domain com.kapeli.moveaddict" The moveAddict rep asked that I verify that my account had Admin authority and that I

wmv Windows Media Video

2011-01-25 Thread louie
Hi all, I have a wmv Windows Media Video that plays in VLC. I want to convert it to mp3. I tried switch but it would not convert the file. What application can I use to do the conversion? Tanks for any help. louie louiem...@wavecable.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: reading brf files on the mac

2011-01-25 Thread denise avant
hi, what is louis? --- On Tue, 1/25/11, Teresa Cochran wrote: From: Teresa Cochran Subject: Re: reading brf files on the mac To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2011, 10:17 AM You can read them with your Braille display in Text-edit by turning off contracted Brai

Re: mac-cessibility question

2011-01-25 Thread denise avant
i am aware of the iblink radio app. the podvcaster is a bit different, and i use this one also. --- On Tue, 1/25/11, Ed Worrell wrote: From: Ed Worrell Subject: Re: mac-cessibility question To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2011, 11:33 AM I use the iblink app a

Re: defaults delete command -> was moveAddict kills tracking.

2011-01-25 Thread Esther
Hi Geoff, I haven't been following this thread about moveAddict and tracking, but there's usually some attribute or parameter that follows a defaults write or defaults delete command. Most software applications have property list (or "plist") files that store your preference settings for how

Re: reading brf files on the mac

2011-01-25 Thread Esther
Hi Denise, Louis is a Braille Translation program that Greg Kearney wrote, that is available from: http://www.cucat.org/projects/louis/ I haven't used this, so you'll have to ask others for details. Cheers, Esther On Jan 25, 2011, at 08:53, denise avant wrote: > hi, > what is louis? > > -

Re: reading brf files on the mac

2011-01-25 Thread Teresa Cochran
Louis is a Braille translator for the Macd. http://www.cucat.org/projects/louis/ On Jan 25, 2011, at 10:53 AM, denise avant wrote: > hi, > what is louis? > > --- On Tue, 1/25/11, Teresa Cochran wrote: > > From: Teresa Cochran > Subject: Re: reading brf files on the mac > To: macvisionaries@g

Chapter Change or break character in Audio Files

2011-01-25 Thread Kevin Mattingly
I have several chapters of an audio book that I'd like to put into one file and listen to it on my VR Stream. I've figured out how to put the files together but I'd like to know what the character is to cause the book to recognize chapters. Does anyone have an idea of what the character is? I'm

iTunes Shortcut

2011-01-25 Thread Robert Carter
Hi, I believe that Esther or someone mentioned that there is a keyboard command on the Mac to jump between the iTunes source list and song list and so on. I can't for the life of me remember what that keystroke is. Could somebody remind me? Thanks, Robert Carter -- You received this message

Re: iTunes Shortcut

2011-01-25 Thread Esther
Hi Robert, Are you thinking of VO-Command-T and VO-Command-Shift-T to jump between the source list and the song list? The other thing you can do is use Control-F7 to toggle between whether tabbing moves you through all controls or just lists and text boxes. (This is not VoiceOver specific; it

Re: reading brf files on the mac

2011-01-25 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi. Could someone send me the link for Louis, the last version I have had was very strange. Best regards Annie. On 25/01/2011, at 20.26, Teresa Cochran wrote: > Louis is a Braille translator for the Macd. > > http://www.cucat.org/projects/louis/ > On Jan 25, 2011, at 10:53 AM, denise avant wro

Re: Never Thought I'd Have Tilting Issues In Aurifi ...

2011-01-25 Thread Caitlyn and Nicky
This is late, but..um.. yeah. The guard maneuver is particulary troublesome for me right now. It always gets away from me! Cait On 19/01/2011 10:15 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: Hi, all, This question regards the game for IOS4. Tilting my ITouch has really become an issue for various purposes

Re: can an almost full start up disk slow me down to a crawl?

2011-01-25 Thread Jes Smith
Hey all my start up disk is almost full and I notice some very sluggish behavior everywhere. Can this be the cause of my slow computer behavior? You bett. That's one of the reasons I had to do a backup and reinstall a fresh copy of Mac OS X. Now, my Mac works like new again. On Jan 20, 2011, at

Re: can an almost full start up disk slow me down to a crawl?

2011-01-25 Thread Sarah Alawami
Oh. Yeah I have to do that now as Even though I cleared a lot of stuff my mac is refusing to go lightning fast. It is just chugging along like me with out that morning cup of water. S On Jan 21, 2011, at 5:02 PM, Jes Smith wrote: > Hey all my start up disk is almost full and I notice some very

Re: Never Thought I'd Have Tilting Issues In Aurifi ...

2011-01-25 Thread Sarah Alawami
Listen to my podcast on that. I feel like I want to throw my phone out the window or at my board. lol! I was not happy as it was live I was doing this. no going back. ol! On Jan 25, 2011, at 1:17 PM, Caitlyn and Nicky wrote: > This is late, but..um.. yeah. The guard maneuver is particulary trou

Re: wmv Windows Media Video

2011-01-25 Thread Eric Oyen
vlc has a streaming wizard which can do that. its under the file sub menu. -Eric On Jan 25, 2011, at 11:37 AM, louie wrote: > Hi all, > I have a wmv Windows Media Video that plays in VLC. I want to convert it to > mp3. I tried switch but it would not convert the file. > What application can I u

Solving captures on the Mac

2011-01-25 Thread Conrad Bennett
Can anybody please tell me what is good to use to solve captures on the Mac Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this gro

Cd burning software for my mac.

2011-01-25 Thread Nektarios Mallas
Hi listers. I am looking for a CD burning software that has more features than simply burns. I need to be able to use multiple recorders attached to the same computer to do things such as copy disks from one to the other on the fly, burn ISO or .NRG files to multiple recorders etc. >From what I

Re: wmv Windows Media Video

2011-01-25 Thread louie
I saw that but do not understand how to use it. Eric could you tell us how to use it? Thank you Eric. On Jan 25, 2011, at 2:21 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: > vlc has a streaming wizard which can do that. its under the file sub menu. > > -Eric > > On Jan 25, 2011, at 11:37 AM, louie wrote: > >> Hi all,

Re: Solving captures on the Mac

2011-01-25 Thread Carolyn Haas
Hi Conrad: I haven't done this. But, most people take a screenshot and send it to Salona.net. They solvee them in about 90 seconds. Perhaps someone can give you better detail.:) Carolyn H On Jan 25, 2011, at 4:04 PM, Conrad Bennett wrote: > Can anybody please tell me what is good to use to so

RE: Solving captures on the Mac

2011-01-25 Thread Chantel Cuddemi
Solona is good but y9u need an account. Email: jawsgir...@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jawsgirl87 Skype: leogirl48 Facebook: jawsgir...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Conrad Bennett Sen

Re: wmv Windows Media Video

2011-01-25 Thread Eric Oyen
I spotted it a while ago but haven't tried it out myself. I will have to dig up one of my wmv files and try it myself. from what I have read, this should be a simple operation. -Eric On Jan 25, 2011, at 4:11 PM, louie wrote: > I saw that but do not understand how to use it. > Eric could you t

scanning software for the mac

2011-01-25 Thread Stephanie Mitchell
What is the best scanning software for the mac? Also, any hints on installing programmes on the mac would be good. I am new to the mac, and software doesn't install like windows. Steph -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To pos

Re: Solving captures on the Mac

2011-01-25 Thread dyer matthew
Hi, Are you signed up with soolona? I am not sure how well it works on the mac, but you could try it and see what happens. Matthew Contact info. MSN/e-mail: ilovecountrymusic...@gmail.com yahoo: md1616 skype: graduater2004 On 1/25/2011 6:04 PM, Conrad Bennett wrote: Can anybody please

Re: scanning software for the mac

2011-01-25 Thread Scott Howell
I personally use ABBYY Fine Reader Express. It will interface with most twain compliant scanners. Others will have something to say on this subject as well. As far as installing software, I will give you the most basic information because there is a lot to cover as far as technical details. So, b

Solona nearly never available lately

2011-01-25 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Say, Has anybody here noticed that Solona seems never to be available during the past two months or so? Every single time I log on or tried to use it or just check to see if it's available, it always reports not available. That, I guess, is one of the drawbacks to a human based solution like

radium 2.7.5, has anybody used it?

2011-01-25 Thread Mary Otten
Subject line says it all. This is an application that is suppose to give a better interface than ITunes for listening to radio streams and also some online services. This is according to a blurb I just saw in an online MacWorld newsletter. So I was wondering if anybody here has tried it with vo

Re: Solona nearly never available lately

2011-01-25 Thread Isaac Obie
Hello Ray,,, the reason Solona is almost never available is because the guy who ran it has been very sick. this was established on another list. this guy dedicated himself to helping blind people to the point where it made him sick. HTH Isaac - Original Message - From: "Ray Foret Jr"

Re: Solona nearly never available lately

2011-01-25 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Well, let me say this. I did indeed hear that he is ill. I suspect, though, that it wasn't helping the blind that made him sick. Perhaps it was some underlying condition. What ever the case may be, I do hope he gets well. By way of personal reflection, I can't help but wonder what we Mac us

Re: Solona nearly never available lately

2011-01-25 Thread heather kd5cbl
Yes! Heather - Original Message - From: "Ray Foret Jr" To: Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 6:25 PM Subject: Solona nearly never available lately Say, Has anybody here noticed that Solona seems never to be available during the past two months or so? Every single time I log on or tr

Re: passthrough key

2011-01-25 Thread Mike Arrigo
Yes, it's control option tab. On Jan 24, 2011, at 9:28 PM, carlene knight wrote: > I seem to remember there being a pass through key stroke in Voiceover similar > to the JAWS key 3,?, but now that I actually want it, I can't find it. > Does anybody know if there is one, and if so, what it is?

iWork 09 - setting font colour

2011-01-25 Thread E.J. Zufelt
Good evening, I am curious if someone has instructions for setting font colour in iWork 09 apps? I have investigated the colour picker and it is very non-intuitive and would appear to be inaccessible to me. Thanks in advance, Everett Zufelt http://zufelt.ca Follow me on Twitter http://twitter

Selecting a range of cells in Numbers

2011-01-25 Thread E.J. Zufelt
Good evening, I am curious if anyone has a set of instructions for selecting a range of cells in iWork '09 Numbers. It does not appear to be possible to select cells by using either shift plus arrow keys or shift + VO + arrow keys. Thanks in advance, Everett Zufelt http://zufelt.ca Follow me

Re: Solving captures on the Mac

2011-01-25 Thread Geoff Waaler
>From what I've seen recently about Soolona's up time I'd advise installing >Firefox on a Windows machine so that you can use the Webvisum plug-in. I have >the impression that Firefox won't be accessible on the Mac any time soon, but >then you probably knew all this before you posted? Geoff O

Re: Solona nearly never available lately

2011-01-25 Thread Ricardo Walker
Your kidding right? Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 On Jan 25, 2011, at 8:14 PM, Isaac Obie wrote: > Hello Ray,,, > the reason Solona is almost never available is because the guy who ran it has > been very sick. this was est

Re: Solona nearly never available lately

2011-01-25 Thread Carin Headrick
Is there any way we can send him well wishes or something? I have tried emailing him, but that hasn't gotten a response, probably because the poor fella is sick. Does anybody have a contact where we can send him cards or some such? It breaks my heart. I wouldn't be surprised if he became ill.

Re: Solona nearly never available lately

2011-01-25 Thread Sarah Alawami
Oh no! Man no wonder I have not seen him post on twitter. I hope he will be ok. I don't think anyone can do what he did. On Jan 25, 2011, at 5:14 PM, Isaac Obie wrote: > Hello Ray,,, > the reason Solona is almost never available is because the guy who ran it has > been very sick. this was establ

Re: Solona nearly never available lately

2011-01-25 Thread Sarah Alawami
There is a command line utility I use for it. that can be found on his website and as for him helping the bind he was literely the only one salving captchas as he could not find anyone to volenteer to do it. On Jan 25, 2011, at 5:37 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Well, let me say this. I did indeed

Re: Solona nearly never available lately

2011-01-25 Thread heather kd5cbl
That is really sad. I think we can solve his problem. Perhaps all the prisoners can sit there solving captchas for us. Heather - Original Message - From: "Sarah Alawami" To: Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 11:53 PM Subject: Re: Solona nearly never available lately There is a comma

Re: Solona nearly never available lately

2011-01-25 Thread Ricardo Walker
What? You would want prisoners solving captchas? Well, Just remember to fill out what ever your signing up for after, you send it off to be solved. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 On Jan 26, 2011, at 12:57 AM, heather kd5cb

Re: Solona nearly never available lately

2011-01-25 Thread Sarah Alawami
Thats a bit extream don't you think? Ok it would be comunity service but no one wants to look at a screen for more then 2 or 3 hours wiht out a break. On Jan 25, 2011, at 9:57 PM, heather kd5cbl wrote: > That is really sad. I think we can solve his problem. Perhaps all the > prisoners can sit

Re: Solona nearly never available lately

2011-01-25 Thread Sarah Alawami
Oh I do that anyway no matter who is solviing my captcha. I don't like my brother seeing what I write. lol! On Jan 25, 2011, at 10:04 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > What? You would want prisoners solving captchas? Well, Just remember to > fill out what ever your signing up for after, you send it

Re: Solona nearly never available lately

2011-01-25 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Gee, I was under the impression that he had a whole team of people working on this with him. Mean to tell me he was doing it all by himself? Seems to me we really need to work towards a software captcha solution. One that DOES, NOT, INVOLVE, INSTALLING, WINDOWS! Sincerely, The Constantly B

Re: Solona nearly never available lately

2011-01-25 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Not quite sure what to make of that idea myself; I mean helping the poor pitiful blind to the point that sickness results. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now A Very Proud and very happy Mac user!!! Skype Name: barefootedray On Jan 25, 2011, at 11:06 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote:

Re: Solona nearly never available lately

2011-01-25 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Now there's an idea. Give the prisoners something useful to do with their time. Maybe a prison work project? Hmm. Worth serious consideration I'd say. Unless, like I keep saying, we can work up a software solution. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now A Very Proud and very hap

Re: Solona nearly never available lately

2011-01-25 Thread Justin Ekis
Wow. This is very sad indeed. I've never heard anything about this before. I certainly hope he gets well. As hard as he was already working on the captcha solution service, he had expanded into other areas and it seemed like things were doing very well. In fact, just over a week ago I ordered o

best way to stream?

2011-01-25 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Okay, Here's the deal. Thanks to Sarah, I now have Cog Player. Sure wish I'd found out about this during my first days with my Mac. Is there any way to use it to stream? Perhaps with Icecast or something? You can write me off list or just answer here. Thansk. Sincerely, The Constantly

Re: best way to stream?

2011-01-25 Thread Sarah Alawami
Yeah you can use nicecast to stream and run sound flower so you can hijack your mic if you are ever goign ot get ont he air and unhijack it via audio hijack to mute your mic thereby leaving voice over out of the loop. This is how I did this with my live tffp I had last month. On Jan 25, 2011, at

Re: Solona nearly never available lately

2011-01-25 Thread Sarah Alawami
Some people myself included work until we drop, or die which ever comes first. Of corse it's not a good idea dn we all know that but yeah le'ts hope he recovers. s On Jan 25, 2011, at 10:41 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Not quite sure what to make of that idea myself; I mean helping the poor > pi

Re: Solona nearly never available lately

2011-01-25 Thread Sarah Alawami
He and I had a lot of talking. He even called me to see if I was ok after I got hacked, but we worked together on the Facebook problem of captchas a bit as well. He was looking for volunteers all the time and every time he found some they always fell through. On Jan 25, 2011, at 10:43 PM, Ray F

Re: best way to stream?

2011-01-25 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Could you please write me off list so we can go over this? Unless I'm missing something, Nicecast seems to be ITunes dependant because when I press the button to check the box to start the broadcast, ITunes popped open. I'd rather do this with you off list so we don't get off topic. that is,

Re: Solona nearly never available lately

2011-01-25 Thread Stephanie Mitchell
Wow that's sad. I think he deserves a medal. Steph - Original Message - From: Carin Headrick Is there any way we can send him well wishes or something? I have tried emailing him, but that hasn't gotten a response, probably because the poor fella is sick. Does anybody have a contact w