my mail new message window looks funny., and another issue.

2011-02-21 Thread Sarah Alawami
Hello to all. my mail message window when I start a new message looks funny. I see when I vo to then edit then customize headers then edit, edit. I can tab and it looks right but it doesn't read the labels even when I hit enter to jump between fields. Here is a screenshot of what I hope I mean.

Re: MobileMe web interface not accesible. Is it just me?

2011-02-21 Thread Scott Howell
And if you shop around on AMazon, sometimes you can get even a renewal for less than the regular price. Scott On Feb 21, 2011, at 12:43 AM, Les Kriegler wrote: > Marlaina, > > It's $99 per year, unless you purchase a device such as the iPhone and > purchase Mobile ME at the same time, then

Re: accessible weather apps

2011-02-21 Thread Scott Howell
Carolyn, I saw your initial post, but did not ask if this was for the Mac or iOS. Unfortunately App Store may refer to either platform. :) Maybe eventually all devices will run on the same OS. If you were talking about the iOS platform, I personally like PocketWeather WOrld. I did not find anyt

entering numbers with the focus blue

2011-02-21 Thread Mohammed Al-shara
hi listers. just a quick question, when paring the focus blue with the IPhone or when working with the mac, how are you supposed to enter numbers like in password fields? this is with the american table thanks Mohammed. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Gr

Re: MobileMe web interface not accesible. Is it just me?

2011-02-21 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
That's great Ester I will try what you have said. Kawal. Sent From My I Phone On 21 Feb 2011, at 03:54 AM, Esther wrote: > Hi Matthew and Kawal, > > This is a late response, because the original post came in when I was really > busy. However, I'll just mention that this portion of the Mobil

Re: MobileMe web interface not accesible. Is it just me?

2011-02-21 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
Thanks Les. I'll look at it because my google calendar syncing is just not working. On Feb 20, 2011, at 9:43 PM, Les Kriegler wrote: Marlaina, It's $99 per year, unless you purchase a device such as the iPhone and purchase Mobile ME at the same time, then it's $69. There is also a two month d

skype 5 and vo

2011-02-21 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
I have recently installed skype v5 release. I am a bit confused by the interface it presents. I know how to make a call to a contact, but wonder if there are shortcuts available to get to the dial pad, how to manage and see events like friend requests, general shortcuts to navigate the interfa

a drop box file question

2011-02-21 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
I read that if I put a file in my public drop box folder, I should be able to right click it and generate a link for emailing to others to give them access to that file. I tried doing this and to right click, did a vo shift m when focus is on the file. It only brings up the finder menu and doe

System status

2011-02-21 Thread Cheok Cheng Ann
Hi, How can I read the battery status of my laptop and the system date and time? Regards, Cheng Ann -- 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 thi

Re: skype 5 and vo

2011-02-21 Thread Ray Foret Jr
the source list is where you find your so-called history. Just interact with this source list and VO+right arrow in to each item. When you find an item you want to deal with, just stop interacting with the source list. To close an event, just use command+w. The dial pad is located inside the

Re: a drop box file question

2011-02-21 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Did you place the file in to the public folder? IF not, that's what you need to do. Now, open the short cut menu and then you'll see the drop box sub menu. There will be a "copy public link" option here. Press space on this item. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud

Re: [Bulk] System status

2011-02-21 Thread Ray Foret Jr
control+f 8 and then arrow once left. HTH. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On Feb 21, 2011, at 6:52 AM, Cheok Cheng Ann wrote: > Hi, > > How can I read the battery status of my

Re: [macvoiceover] Re: System status

2011-02-21 Thread Cheok Cheng Ann
Thanks Laura. I've just installed microsoft 2011 for mac and realised that when typing in microsoft word, voiceover does not read. How can I fix this? Also how can I directly open attachments in mail? Regards, Cheng Ann On 21-Feb-2011, at 9:00 PM, Laura wrote: > There are two ways. Either pre

Re: [macvoiceover] Re: System status

2011-02-21 Thread Ray Foret Jr
I can't answer the Microsoft question, but, to directly open attachments in mail, you might prefer just to press space on the attachment. this will open the quick look panel. It's virtually the same as opening it. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!

Using mail

2011-02-21 Thread Cheok Cheng Ann
A couple of other queries regarding the mail application: When there are replies with R E in the subject, voiceover reads that as "regarding". Also I've turned punctuation off in the voiceover utility but voiceover still reads "star", "blank" and "new line". How can I resolve the above issues?

Re: System status

2011-02-21 Thread Cheok Cheng Ann
Hi Ray, I just realised that command-Y opens the attachment in quick look but voiceover only indicates HTML content and refuses the read the entire attachment through. How can i read the contents without having to move down line by line? On 21-Feb-2011, at 9:13 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > I can

Re: skype 5 and vo

2011-02-21 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
Hi Ray. Thanks for this. You can also type in digits on the dial pad in the search area and press enter to execute them. What I am wondering is whether there are any shortcuts to get you into dial pad from contact list, etc. On Feb 21, 2011, at 5:04 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: the source list i

Re: [macvoiceover] Re: System status

2011-02-21 Thread Earle M. Harrison
Another way of opening file attachments is by simply selecting the e-mail within the message list table and pressing Command-Y Best, Earle Harrison On Feb 21, 2011, at 7:13 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > I can't answer the Microsoft question, but, to directly open attachments in > mail, you might

Re: System status

2011-02-21 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Try interacting with the HTML and then the text then doing VO+a. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On Feb 21, 2011, at 7:29 AM, Cheok Cheng Ann wrote: > Hi Ray, > > I just realised

Re: a drop box file question

2011-02-21 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
Yes, I did put the file in the public folder and then did vo shift m but it just brings up the finder menu. Do I ned to have drop box open or something? Or, can I just navigate to the public folder under drop box through the finder, which is what I am doing. On Feb 21, 2011, at 5:05 AM, Ray Fo

Re: skype 5 and vo

2011-02-21 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Nope. Tool bar is the only way. Not bad though if you remember that the tool bar is in the standard location. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On Feb 21, 2011, at 7:32 AM, Marlai

Re: a drop box file question

2011-02-21 Thread Ray Foret Jr
The path should be: c:/~/Drop Box/Public Note the ~ indicates your home folder. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On Feb 21, 2011, at 7:34 AM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: > Yes, I did

Re: System status

2011-02-21 Thread Cheok Cheng Ann
Hi Ray, That shortcut does work. Voiceover reads the contents. Is it possible for me to pause the reading, for instance if I need to leave the computer and resume from where I left off later? On 21-Feb-2011, at 9:32 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Try interacting with the HTML and then the text the

Re: System status

2011-02-21 Thread Cheok Cheng Ann
Hi Laura, How can I stop voiceover so I can resume later at the current position? Also voiceover reads R E as regarding when I receive replies in mail, any way around this? On 21-Feb-2011, at 9:39 PM, Laura wrote: > You have to interact with the HTML area to read it. Then use VO-A or VO-B to >

Re: System status

2011-02-21 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Yep. control works as a toggle key in that case. Just make sure you're interacting withh the text or that trick won't work. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On Feb 21, 2011, at

Re: setting up dropbox

2011-02-21 Thread Josh de Lioncourt
Hi Sarah, We reported on this on Maccessibility a couple of weeks ago. There no longer appears to be any way of setting up DropBox on the Mac, as they've made the application entirely inaccessible. I'm still trying to find a way to get back into my DropBox via the Mac. On Feb 21, 2011, at 1:57

Re: [Bulk] Re: setting up dropbox

2011-02-21 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Furthermore, everytime one of us writes them about this, they keep saying that they are aware of and are working on it. They've been saying that for quite some time. Anyone think it's time for a petition? Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skyp

Re: signature strangenesses

2011-02-21 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Hey could somebody that uses signatures try the following... open Applescript editor and put the following in the edit area then hit command-R for run. tell application "Mail" get the properties of the first item of signatures end tell If I see the results of this I might be able to help with

Re: [Bulk] Re: setting up dropbox

2011-02-21 Thread Matthew Campbell
I do but I'm not sure how to go about creating an online petition. However, I'd be more than happy to sign one if this was to happen. On 2011-02-21, at 9:10 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Furthermore, everytime one of us writes them about this, they keep saying > that they are aware of and are workin

Re: [Bulk] Re: setting up dropbox

2011-02-21 Thread Teresa Cochran
Keep in mind, all who have been using Dropbox for awhile: the setup window is no longer accessible in any way, shape, or form. I had to get sighted help, but once it was set up, I could access it just fine. Teresa On Feb 21, 2011, at 6:41 AM, Matthew Campbell wrote: > I do but I'm not sure how

[Mac-cessibility News] Shredder iOS Chess Application Gains Accessibility

2011-02-21 Thread Maccessibility
Shredder iOS Chess Application Gains Accessibility Previously, we reported on a collection of chess and checkers games that had recently become accessible with VoiceOver. Now, Shredder, a chess app for iOS devices, has been updated, and among the application's new features is accessibility support

Re: [Bulk] Re: setting up dropbox

2011-02-21 Thread Matthew Campbell
Don't mean to be rude or anything but we shouldn't need to get sighted help to set up an app on our macs. If dropbox would have used the proper accessibility standards that Apple clearly outlines, we wouldn't be having this problem. On 2011-02-21, at 9:59 AM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > Keep in mind

Re: skype 5 and vo

2011-02-21 Thread Colin M
Hi Marlaina and Ray and others! You can press command 1 for Skype, command 2 dial pad command 3 for contacts monitor. hth Colin! I'm far too bad for Heaven! The Devil is afraid I'll take his place! On 21 Feb 2011, at 13:34, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Nope. Tool bar is the only way. Not bad though

Re: a drop box file question

2011-02-21 Thread Jane
You have to do vo-shift-m twice on the file you want to get a link for and look for the dropbox menu. Then arrow down and find copy link. Jane On Feb 21, 2011, at 8:34 AM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: > Yes, I did put the file in the public folder and then did vo shift m but it > just brings up th

mac word 2010 not accessible--voice over will not work,

2011-02-21 Thread Sharon Ballantyne
Hi there, I am sorry to say that I have been told that Microsoft word for mac 2010 is not accessible. If this is changed, I'd like to know about it as well. Sharon On 2011-02-21, at 8:11 AM, Cheok Cheng Ann wrote: > Thanks Laura. > > I've just installed microsoft 2011 for mac and realised that

Re: a drop box file question

2011-02-21 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Funny, not in my case. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On Feb 21, 2011, at 9:49 AM, Jane wrote: > You have to do vo-shift-m twice on the file you want to get a link for and > loo

Re: a drop box file question

2011-02-21 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
Thanks Jane, I'll try that. On Feb 21, 2011, at 7:49 AM, Jane wrote: You have to do vo-shift-m twice on the file you want to get a link for and look for the dropbox menu. Then arrow down and find copy link. Jane On Feb 21, 2011, at 8:34 AM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: > Yes, I did put the file in

Re: skype 5 and vo

2011-02-21 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
Thanks Ray. I'll try that. On Feb 21, 2011, at 7:45 AM, Colin M wrote: Hi Marlaina and Ray and others! You can press command 1 for Skype, command 2 dial pad command 3 for contacts monitor. hth Colin! I'm far too bad for Heaven! The Devil is afraid I'll take his place! On 21 Feb 2011, at 13:34,

Re: skype 5 and vo

2011-02-21 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
Command 2 will open Dial pad, you may have to press it twice though, I sometimes do. Command 1 will re-open the Skype main window. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com • My home page: • http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- Yo

to use or not to use the disk that comes with airport extreme

2011-02-21 Thread Mary Otten
Hello all, I recall that when I got an airport express to connect to my stereo, so that I could stream audio from ITunes, somebody on this list advised that I not mess with the disk that came with the Express. Just plug it in and use airport utility already on my Mac. And that worked great. I n

RE: scanning and the mac

2011-02-21 Thread Caitlyn and Nickels
Just doing a little catching up here.. after a windows 7 crash(ugh!).. this is one reason I really want to switch, windows is always crashing.. anyway.. Thanks to everybody who answered my scanning question.. For now, because of school, looks like I'll have to keep the win machine around for th

Re: to use or not to use the disk that comes with airport extreme

2011-02-21 Thread Scott Howell
Mary, go ahead and ignore APple. :) Seriously, the software on your machine will likely be more current and just run Software Update when in doubt. I've setup both my Time Capsule and Express with the software on my Mac instead of what is included with the hardware. Scott On Feb 21, 2011, a

Re: mac word 2010 not accessible--voice over will not work,

2011-02-21 Thread Scott Howell
Microsoft Office of any version on the Mac has not been accessible and I do not expect this to change. Microsoft apparently does not see any advantage in making their suite accessible for Mac users. Well we all know what geniuses run Microsoft, right? Scott On Feb 21, 2011, at 10:55 AM, Sh

drop box still not working in public folder

2011-02-21 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
I put a file into my public folder, which I get to by pressing command shift h then arrowing down to drop box. I right arrow to public an past the file there. I right arrow to open public and focus on the file; I have tried vo m m, vo m and vo shift m and none of them give me an option to get

Re: mac word 2010 not accessible--voice over will not work,

2011-02-21 Thread David Tanner
Other than Pages, have you found a professional quality office suite that does work with VoiceOver? Also, any suggestions as to an app that works with VoiceOver for sending and receiving faxes? - Original Message - From: "Scott Howell" To: Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 11:49 A

downloadable audiobooks from public library questions

2011-02-21 Thread Christina
Hello all, I hope you're having a nice Monday. :) I was searching my library's book catalog for my children. I noticed that they offer audiobooks for download. It said that I can play these on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod. I am on a mac running Snow Leopard. Is the download process available

Re: skype 5 and vo

2011-02-21 Thread Eric Oyen
you aren't the only one. However, the devs at Skype have done several such interface tweaks. there also seems to be a problem with how Skype 5 notifies growl. if you are not focused on Skype chat, growl works ok after a fashion. However, if you are focused on the chat window, there is no growl o

Re: signature strangenesses

2011-02-21 Thread louie
{class:signature, content:"louie louiem...@wavecable.com ", name:"Signature #5"} On Feb 21, 2011, at 6:12 AM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: > Hey could somebody that uses signatures try the following... > > open Applescript editor and put the following in the edit area then hit > command-R for run.

Re: drop box still not working in public folder

2011-02-21 Thread Darcy Burnard
Hi Marlaina. When you're focussed on the file you want in your dropbox public folder, you want to do VO shift M on it. This will bring up the standard finder context menu. However there should be an additional submenu for dropbox. From there you should find the option to get the download lin

Re: mac word 2010 not accessible--voice over will not work,

2011-02-21 Thread Scott Howell
Some like Open Office and it is free, but I prefer iWOrks. As far as faxing, my HP Laser Jet came with some really good software that is friendly enough to send/receive faxes. Well I have not tested the receive side really, but I can use ABBYY to scan whatever faxes come in. I do not receive fax

Re: drop box still not working in public folder

2011-02-21 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Sometimes when VoiceOver-shift-M works where the mouse cursor is instead of the voiceover cursor. So try routing your mouse to your VoiceOVer cursor. The command for this is VoiceOver-command-F5 THis sounds like one of the few places where a AppleScript to control VoiceOver would truly help.

Re: drop box still not working in public folder

2011-02-21 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
I do not get the drop box sub menu. I have only the standard finder menu. Can it be that somehow I do not have dropbox installed properly? I don't know. On Feb 21, 2011, at 10:56 AM, Darcy Burnard wrote: Hi Marlaina. When you're focussed on the file you want in your dropbox public folder, yo

Re: video conversion

2011-02-21 Thread Justin Thornton
try mpeg stream clip its free and does what you want On Feb 20, 2011, at 9:57 PM, Matthew Campbell wrote: > Hello Listers. > I've asked about this before but got no response. > Does anyone know of an accessible mac application to convert videos? > It would be nice if the program had a batch proces

Re: drop box still not working in public folder

2011-02-21 Thread Darcy Burnard
That's certainly. Unfortunately, given the utter lack of accessibility of the dropbox app, I'm not sure how you could tell. Darcy On 2011-02-21, at 1:08 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: > I do not get the drop box sub menu. I have only the standard finder menu. > Can it be that somehow I do not h

Fax information.

2011-02-21 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
If you have a scanner / printer combo then the macintosh will work directly with it for sending faxes. Try going into your system preferences select Printers Scanners and Faxes Then click the add button. within the window that appears there is a pop up menu that has your current printer highl

Re: drop box still not working in public folder

2011-02-21 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
Can I roll back to an earlier version? I mean I suppose I can go to the web to do what I want to do, but it's annoying. On Feb 21, 2011, at 11:18 AM, Darcy Burnard wrote: That's certainly. Unfortunately, given the utter lack of accessibility of the dropbox app, I'm not sure how you could tell.

Re: drop box still not working in public folder

2011-02-21 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
When I do vo command f5, I hear browser one item selected marlaina or something like that. I do not seem to be able to root my mouse to my vo cursor. On Feb 21, 2011, at 11:06 AM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: Sometimes when VoiceOver-shift-M works where the mouse cursor is instead of the voiceover

Re: drop box still not working in public folder

2011-02-21 Thread louie
Are you sure that dropbox is running in the background? On Feb 21, 2011, at 11:41 AM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: > Can I roll back to an earlier version? I mean I suppose I can go to the web > to do what I want to do, but it's annoying. > On Feb 21, 2011, at 11:18 AM, Darcy Burnard wrote: > > Tha

Re: drop box still not working in public folder

2011-02-21 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
I have no idea if it is or it isn't. I have it as an app and I clicked it and that's all I know. Man, I feel dumb, smile. On Feb 21, 2011, at 11:45 AM, louie wrote: Are you sure that dropbox is running in the background? On Feb 21, 2011, at 11:41 AM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: > Can I roll back

Re: drop box still not working in public folder

2011-02-21 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
I think it is; I go to it and open it but I don't know. On Feb 21, 2011, at 11:45 AM, louie wrote: Are you sure that dropbox is running in the background? On Feb 21, 2011, at 11:41 AM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: > Can I roll back to an earlier version? I mean I suppose I can go to the web > to do

Re: drop box still not working in public folder

2011-02-21 Thread Esther
Hi Marlaina, I'm not sure whether it will help to go over this again or not, since I'm not running the latest version of Drop box. But I'll start from scratch. First, make sure that the file you want to share is actually in your Dropbox/Public folder. From Finder, press Command-Shift-H to go

Re: my mail new message window looks funny., and another issue.

2011-02-21 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi Sarah, are you sure that Mail is the problem? Does VoiceOver behave normally in other programms? You could try to import your backup of VoiceOver settings. All the best Jürgen Am 21.02.2011 um 09:05 schrieb Sarah Alawami: > Hello to all. > > my mail message window when I start a new message

Re: my mail new message window looks funny., and another issue.

2011-02-21 Thread Sarah Alawami
Yeah my vo is behaving fine. I sent a screenshot for anyone who can se it or for anyone who has someone to takea look at it. I mgiht try reimporting a back up but my last one was causing crashes lol! On Feb 21, 2011, at 12:40 PM, Jürgen Fleger wrote: > Hi Sarah, > > are you sure that Mail is th

Helping a friend cancel a file in skype 2.8 but how?

2011-02-21 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi, As the subject says, i'm trying my best to help a friend of mine who's just got a new Mac. She runs Skype 2.8 and she has encountered a problem. When in a window with a file transfer that waits to start sending, whe can't cancel the file transfer to start all over again. There's no cancel bu

system dialog

2011-02-21 Thread louie
Hi all, Some times when I go to running applications VO + F1 then VO f1 again I find a system dialog. If I select the system dialog I can't get rid of it. The only way to get rid of it is reboot. Any one having this trouble? If so how did you get rid of the system dialog? louie louiem...@wavecab

Re: drop box still not working in public folder

2011-02-21 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
Esther, I followed your directions to the letter and I hear new folder, get info, paste item, view, arrange by and view options. I have tried going to the dropbox app and opening it and then navigating back to the dropbox public folder and still no luck. I am assuming my dropbox is installed

Re: system dialog

2011-02-21 Thread Sarah Alawami
What happens if you select the system dialogue and ok out of what e ever the message is? I've never had this issue? take care. S On Feb 21, 2011, at 1:09 PM, louie wrote: > Hi all, > Some times when I go to running applications VO + F1 then VO f1 again I find > a system dialog. If I select the

Re: system dialog

2011-02-21 Thread louie
When I select the system dialog I get a window that does not speak. If I command + tab I go to the next window. On Feb 21, 2011, at 1:34 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > What happens if you select the system dialogue and ok out of what e ever the > message is? I've never had this issue? > > take car

Re: system dialog

2011-02-21 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Usually you can get out of this by simply pressing VO-shift-d to take you to the Desktop. Later... On 2011-02-21, at 2:39 PM, louie wrote: > When I select the system dialog I get a window that does not speak. If I > command + tab I go to the next window. > > On Feb 21, 2011, at 1:34 PM,

Re: my mail new message window looks funny., and another issue.

2011-02-21 Thread Sarah Alawami
Hello. I just reset my vo prefs and my mail is still doing the same odd thing. I dunno what's going on here but i'm getting frustrated! On Feb 21, 2011, at 12:40 PM, Jürgen Fleger wrote: > Hi Sarah, > > are you sure that Mail is the problem? Does VoiceOver behave normally in > other programms?

Re: drop box still not working in public folder

2011-02-21 Thread Esther
Hi Marlaina, OK, a further dumb question. Can you actually open any of the files that are in your Public Dropbox folder? For example, if you loaded up a document or PDF file, when you are in Finder and select the file that you tried to bring up the context menu for, can you press Command-Down

Re: signature strangenesses

2011-02-21 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
I just created two signatures one in all and one in GMAIl... I then went to all Selected the Signature just in All and then moved the mouse to the VO cursor. After turning off cursor tracking and then doing the following: 1. vo-command-shift-space (mouse down) 2. Move VO to "Cox in the account

Re: Transferring files from BrailleNote Apex to Mac

2011-02-21 Thread Vaughn Bennison
Would Missing Sync work with the braillenote? I know it works pretty well with my windows mobile 6.1 phone. On 21/02/2011, at 12:23 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: > You can also convert them to .doc files, save them to an sd or usb drive, > then just plug that into your mac and there you go. > O

Re: system dialog

2011-02-21 Thread Geoff Waaler
I too can confirm this. More over, voiceOver is hanging up several times a day and I need to press command-f5 four times to recover. Lastly the Safari busy problem abounds. So, IMHO 10.6.6 is the least stable in my short time running MacOS. Geoff On Feb 21, 2011, at 5:32 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu

Re: system dialog

2011-02-21 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Have had this problem a few times. Also Voice over would not speak. So my option was to force shut down the system and reboot. Kawal. On 21 Feb 2011, at 21:09, louie wrote: > Hi all, > Some times when I go to running applications VO + F1 then VO f1 again I find > a system dialog. If I select

Re: system dialog

2011-02-21 Thread Sarah Alawami
Yeah I think that this release is more unstable then 10.6.5 was and I've sent apple my logs and they said first that it was my a-capella voices that were crashing but I removed them and reinstalled and it has crashed only once today but twice yesterday and I have to hit vo cmd f8 then esc when

Re: system dialog

2011-02-21 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Tried that before but didn't never work. On 21 Feb 2011, at 21:42, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > Usually you can get out of this by simply pressing VO-shift-d to take you to > the Desktop. > > Later... > > On 2011-02-21, at 2:39 PM, louie wrote: > >> When I select the system dialog I get a win

Re: system dialog

2011-02-21 Thread Scott Howell
Hmmm, I've been running 10.6.6 since the release and I'm not having any of the issues you both refer too. I only use the voices included with the Mac, but not sure this matters. Scott On Feb 21, 2011, at 6:17 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Yeah I think that this release is more unstable then 10

Re: system dialog

2011-02-21 Thread louie
Sure that takes me to the desktop but the system dialog is still in the application choser menu. On Feb 21, 2011, at 1:42 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > Usually you can get out of this by simply pressing VO-shift-d to take you to > the Desktop. > > Later... > > On 2011-02-21, at 2:39 PM, l

Re: system dialog

2011-02-21 Thread Tim Kilburn
Not to minimize your concern but if choosing that app causes you problems, then simply don't go there. Pressing VO-shift-d has always got me away from that screen and pressing cmd-tab to go between apps has never put me back in it. Later... On 2011-02-21, at 3:22 PM, louie wrote: > Sure that

Re: system dialog

2011-02-21 Thread Sarah Alawami
lol. you are one of the very few people who have not had the issue. . I know of someone and watched it happen. he was using the system voices and it crashed every 30 seconds when he was trying to type a skype chat. S On Feb 21, 2011, at 3:22 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > Hmmm, I've been running 10.

Re: system dialog

2011-02-21 Thread Sarah Alawami
Soemtimes that works but the system dialogue i htink might be comong back when his sytem starts correct? if so then we need to figure out what app is cauging the system dialugie to show up and what it says if at all possibil. On Feb 21, 2011, at 3:38 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Not to minimize your

Re: skype 5 and vo

2011-02-21 Thread Mike Arrigo
To get to the dial pad, press command 2, not sure about the other windows. On Feb 21, 2011, at 6:46 AM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: > I have recently installed skype v5 release. I am a bit confused by the > interface it presents. I know how to make a call to a contact, but wonder if > there are sh

Re: system dialog

2011-02-21 Thread Scott Howell
Yes apparently I'm very lucky since I have not had any problems with system dialogs and I sure don't have problems with VOiceOver crashing. Yep, I'm very lucky indeed. Scott On Feb 21, 2011, at 6:55 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > lol. you are one of the very few people who have not had the iss

Re: mac word 2010 not accessible--voice over will not work,

2011-02-21 Thread Mike Arrigo
I don't know whether you would consider this a professional program, though it certainly has a lot of capabilities, open office is useable on the mac. It's not perfect, but it is useable. On Feb 21, 2011, at 12:02 PM, David Tanner wrote: > Other than Pages, have you found a professional quality

Re: video conversion

2011-02-21 Thread Jane
Where can you get this app? :) A link would help, if you can. Jane On Feb 21, 2011, at 2:09 PM, Justin Thornton wrote: > try mpeg stream clip its free and does what you want > On Feb 20, 2011, at 9:57 PM, Matthew Campbell wrote: > >> Hello Listers. >> I've asked about this before but got no r

VO Drag and Drop

2011-02-21 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
All: I'm trying to manually drag and drop my iTunes playlists to my iPod/iPhone b/c copying and pasting won't work. Here is what I'm doing, and I'll outline where the problem is occurring. Duplication Steps: 1.Using VO navigation commands, I move to the iTem I want to drag. 2. I press VO Comman

Re: system dialog

2011-02-21 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
The system dialog is usually a fairly important message. 1. WHy did you unplug a disk without unmounting / ejecting it. 2. Time Machine had a problem backing up your computer. ... So just ignoring these might cause you severe macintosh problems in the future. I can't say I have ever been in a s

oops erased something accidently

2011-02-21 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
All: A sighted person drug a playlist from iTunes to iPod Nano; however I accidently deleted it from my iTunes. Can I move the playlist back to my iTunes from my Nano? If I ever figure out how to move the playlists from the iTunes to Nano in the first place. LOL -- You received this message be

Re: video conversion

2011-02-21 Thread Sarah Alawami
I don't remember where I got it but just google for it and it should come up. Take care. S On Feb 21, 2011, at 4:44 PM, Jane wrote: > Where can you get this app? :) A link would help, if you can. > > Jane > > > On Feb 21, 2011, at 2:09 PM, Justin Thornton wrote: > >> try mpeg stream clip it

Re: downloadable audiobooks from public library questions

2011-02-21 Thread Bryan Jones
Hello Christina, Can you tell us which service your library is using to loan their audiobooks, or send us a link to your library's website so we can take a look? Cheers, Bryan On Feb 21, 2011, at 1:21 PM, Christina wrote: > Hello all, > > I hope you're having a nice Monday. :) I was searchin

Thinking of getting a server for the home.

2011-02-21 Thread Stuart Young
Hi all I'm thinking of getting a mac server for my home to host all of my shared media that i have in itunes, how well does mac OSX server work? as i have some windows computers and they will need to share the content as well. also this server will maybe used for some home automation as well d

Re: [macvoiceover] Re: System status

2011-02-21 Thread carolyn Haas
Hi Earl: Thanks for this. It's a nifty shortcut.:) Carolyn H On Feb 21, 2011, at 6:32 AM, Earle M. Harrison wrote: > Another way of opening file attachments is by simply selecting the e-mail > within the message list table and pressing Command-Y > > Best, > > Earle Harrison > > On Feb 21, 20

how to subscribe to the group if someone doesn't have a gmail account

2011-02-21 Thread Dean Adams
Hey All, Can someone tell me how a friend of mind can subscribe to the group with out having a gmail account he only has a optus email address. Regards Dean !!!Thoughts become things so choose the good ones because Life's to short to be a grumble bum !!! * Email: d...@internode.on

Re: how to subscribe to the group if someone doesn't have a gmail account

2011-02-21 Thread Eric Oyen
its easy to setup a gmail account. after that, he can have the mail forwarded to his account (its in the account settings bar). -Eric On Feb 21, 2011, at 8:48 PM, Dean Adams wrote: > Hey All, > Can someone tell me how a friend of mind can subscribe to the group > with out having a gmai

Re: how to subscribe to the group if someone doesn't have a gmail account

2011-02-21 Thread Zachary Kline
Hi, Alternatively, he can send email to macvisionaries+subscr...@googlegroups.com, which will work from any address and not require gmail. Best, Zack. On Feb 21, 2011, at 7:48 PM, Dean Adams wrote: > Hey All, > Can someone tell me how a friend of mind can subscribe to the group > with

Shredder chess impressions

2011-02-21 Thread Zachary Kline
Hi All, I was pleased to read this morning that Shreder has been made accessible with VoiceOver. This is a big-name Chess program, and so I thought I'd give the full verssion a try. Thus far, I'm quite impressed. I've been able to play and analyze a game, try my hand at a chess puzzle, and fid

Re: [macvoiceover] Re: System status

2011-02-21 Thread Sarah Alawami
That doesn't open the attachment, well it does but it's a quick look thing. Be aware that they are downloaded in to the mail downloads folder under libraries so if you wonder what's eating your space that's one of the beasts. S On Feb 21, 2011, at 7:49 PM, carolyn Haas wrote: > Hi Earl: > Thank

Re: iWork Numbers Detailed Look

2011-02-21 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
I believe this was a more complete look. I had wished to see that changes made would stick. Some thoughts ffrom somebody that has used Numbers for about one hour... 1. Mouse clicking on cells is important. 2. It appears that Numbers likes most of the page style to be outside the spreadsheet

Re: downloadable audiobooks from public library questions

2011-02-21 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, Christina, If your library uses Overdrive Media for audio, this is available for the Mac. Unfortunately, the pdf ebooks are not accessible on the Mac at this time. Teresa On Feb 21, 2011, at 10:21 AM, Christina wrote: > Hello all, > > I hope you're having a nice Monday. :) I was searchin

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