Re: VO and languages other than English

2011-07-05 Thread Scota Bess
Thnaks guys. Another reason to look forward to Lion.On Jul 5, 7:41 am, Jonathan Chacón Barbero wrote: > Hello everybody, > > OSX Lion will have voices in 21 languages. Wait for it. It will be released > this week or the next one > > Regards >         Jonathan Chacón > > El 05/07/2011, a las 08:

Re: VO and languages other than English

2011-07-05 Thread Bryan Jones
Hello Adrienne, I'll add one note to what others have already said. If you desire to have a non - English VO voice prior to the release of OSX 10.7 Lion, you can download and install a fully functional 30 day trial of any of the voices from Assistiveware, the vendor mentioned by Anne. I've just

Dropbox preferences

2011-07-05 Thread Geoff Shang
Hi, Is it possible to access Dropbox preferences with Dropbox 1.1.35? My wife has a Dropbox account that's working fine, but we now want to set up my Dropbox account under my own login on the mac. The Dropbox window comes up and there's a dropbox configuration folder in my home folder, but I

Re: Dropbox preferences

2011-07-05 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, no. Dropbox preferences is completely inaccessible with voiceover. Vo doesn't even see the preferences window. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, & AIM: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On Jul 5, 2011, at 5:58 AM, Geoff Shang wrote: > Hi, > > Is it possible to access D

multy device blue tooth keyboard?

2011-07-05 Thread
So as most of you might know, I use an Imac as well as an Iphone. Is there a blue tooth keyboard that let's you connect to more than one device at a time? Like something with a multy profile option? Thanks. Sent from Minister Miller's IPhone -- You received this message because you are subs

Re: Accessible FTP Client

2011-07-05 Thread BlindMacMan
Thanks to everyone for your recommendations! I think Transmit is what I need as that seems to be a "heavy lifter." The problem is that my system is a PPC iMac running Leopard 10.5.8... I love my "old friend" but I think it is time to say goodbye... (Now if Apple would just release their new "goodie

questions about Iworks or other word processor for macs and IPad2

2011-07-05 Thread Laura Ann
Is there a word processor and spreadsheet program that is accessible with IPad2? Which word processors and spreadsheets work well on Macs? How can I access word .doc files and eccel files on a mac? Thank you, Laura Ann who is about ready to change to a Mac

NAS or USB?

2011-07-05 Thread David Hole
Hi folks. I'm on my way to buy storage for all my stuff (especially my music library). What's the best way to go? I have lots of computers (4, 3 in use - 1 Windows and 2 Macs). So far, I'll go for using iTunes as the primary music application - wich also have its issues, but if needed, I'll change

Re: Is it possible to connect HDMI or Mini DisplayPort output to RCA inputs? [Was, Re: Adapter Question Again For Mac Mini.]

2011-07-05 Thread Chris Blouch
Sounds like your portable tv has two stereo audio inputs and one composite video input. You probably won't find a single box that will do it all but instead will need to go in stages. First you'll need an HDMI to VGA adapter and from there you can find VGA to NTSC composite adapters. I found on

Re: NAS or USB?

2011-07-05 Thread Chris Blouch
I just have an external Firewire drive hooked to my Mac Mini. The Mac can share out the drive as an SMB volumen (Windows file share) so you should be able to get to everything on it from the PC just as easily. Another thing to consider is how reliable the storage has to be. If the drive fails,

Re: NAS or USB?

2011-07-05 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Get a nas. Chris is correct in saying that you can just share a usb drive, but most nas units come with other desirable features like an http downloader, bit torrent support, ftp server, dlan server and iTunes support. You're basicly getting a very small (But probably not as small as the mini to be

Mac Mini, Monitor and Bluetooth Headset

2011-07-05 Thread blindmacman
Hello List! I am considering buying a new Mac Mini, but I have some questions that I hope you can answer. I have read here on the list that it is best to connect a monitor to the Mini, even though I do not need one. How about connecting the MINI to the HDMI2 on our TV? Would this work even

Re: NAS or USB?

2011-07-05 Thread David Hole
Wow... So there are NAS'es that handles iTunes libraries in an acceptable way too? :) Then we're speaking! This has to be investigated hardly before buying :) -David On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 22:30, Ben Mustill-Rose wrote: > Get a nas. Chris is correct in saying that you can just share a usb > drive

Re: NAS or USB?

2011-07-05 Thread Chris Blouch
Agreed, and most NAS also let you set them up/config from a web browser so it could sit in a corner of the basement with no screen or keyboard and just do its thing. That said, OSX does have a built in FTP, SSH and web server so you should be able to reach a shared drive via sftp, scp, http etc

Re: Mac Mini, Monitor and Bluetooth Headset

2011-07-05 Thread Chris Blouch
If I recall correctly the main issue was the Mac scans for what kind of monitor is hooked up and will continue to try until it finds something. That perpetual scan will turn the machine to sludge. So if your HDMI screen answers back to the mac, even if that input is not selected on the TV, then

XCode/C++ integer assignment from console.

2011-07-05 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings all, I am getting started with C++ using XCode 4.0.2. The following was created as a C++ command line tool. The objective of this "main.cpp" code was to accept a n integer from the console and display it: #include using namespace std; int main() { int num; cout << "Please

Importing burned audio cds into iTunes? Where do they go?

2011-07-05 Thread Doug Lawlor
Hello list: Last evening a friend gave me a cd that was burned on another computer. I took this and imported it into iTunes. Naturally iTunes could not find the names of the tracks. I did not see this as a problem so I went ahead and imported it. The problem is it is not showing up in my iTunes

Re: XCode/C++ integer assignment from console.

2011-07-05 Thread Zachary Kline
Hi Jeff, Interesting. I copied and pasted your program, exactly as given, from the email to a vi editing session and compiled it from the terminal. The output was what you would expect, i.e. it worked correctly. I'm not sure why Xcode would give you a different result with such a simple progra

Re: Importing burned audio cds into iTunes? Where do they go?

2011-07-05 Thread Red.Falcon
Hi Doug! They might be in your library! If you have not seen these already there might be a lot of items listed as track 01, 02, 03 and so on! So if you have these each one is one of the tracks and you'll have to open info and name everyone! If those tracks are not in the library! See if they are

Re: XCode/C++ integer assignment from console.

2011-07-05 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hello Zack, Thanks so much for looking into this. You indirectly answered one of my questions -- it's unnecessary to create an xCode project just to build and run a simple .cpp file (yay!!!). Having not used Unix except for a very brief period in the early 80s when VI was a line edit

Re: Importing burned audio cds into iTunes? Where do they go?

2011-07-05 Thread Bryan Jones
Hi Doug, To add to what Colin said, sorting your music table by Date Added might let you easily find those recently imported no-name tracks. Here's one way of performing this sort" 1. Interact with the Sources table and select Music. 2. Stop interacting with the Sources table. 3. Press Command+J

Re: Accessible FTP Client

2011-07-05 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
OK, but to the best of my knowledge, that will only let you download. Sounds to me like he needs to be able to upload. I know this depends on the server. Trust me, I run my own ftp server. I'm not that blind in the head. LOL! I know that can determine things on the server side, but I also

Re: Importing burned audio cds into iTunes? Where do they go?

2011-07-05 Thread Doug Lawlor
Thanks for the information on sorting the tracks by date. I didn't know you could do this before. I have found the tracks and a hole bunch of others I didn't know I had. I am using tagalicious to clean up the hole library. Doug On 2011-07-05, at 8:53 PM, Bryan Jones wrote: > Hi Doug, > > To

Help needed please

2011-07-05 Thread Cakes
Hi folks, Well I finally got my MBP. The rep told me how to turn it on and do a couple VO commands but didn't tell me how to shut the beast down for the night. Would someone please be so kind as to tell me what the shut down command is for the MacBook? Thanks much, Johnny -- You received

Re: Help needed please

2011-07-05 Thread Patrick Neazer
Hello Johnny: Congratulations on the new purchase. You will love it and this list will provide you with the best support if and when you need it. The most predictable way to shut it down at first is: 1. Hold down the VO keys plus the letter M. The VO keys are the control and option keys. 2.

Re: Help needed please

2011-07-05 Thread Ronald McEwan
Press the power button and you will be presented with a dialog. In the Journey, Ron On Jul 5, 2011, at 7:31 PM, Cakes wrote: > Hi folks, > > Well I finally got my MBP. The rep told me how to turn it on and do a couple > VO commands but didn't tell me how to shut the beast down for the n

Re: a macbook pro question?

2011-07-05 Thread Mary Otten
Karen, The vo keys are on both sides of the keyboard if you have a full keyboard. Unfortunately, the geniuses at Apple do not include a control key on the right hand side of their keyboards these days. So you don't get vo keys on both sides unless you have an older keyboard or buy one like the o

Re: Help needed please

2011-07-05 Thread Christine Grassman
If you go into the Apple menu "VO keys plus space should bring you to it) (VO equals command and option keys together with the spacebar,) you can arrow down until you hear choices: shut down, sleep, standby, etc. If/when you are at a complete loss, you can hold down the Power button for about t

Re: Help needed please

2011-07-05 Thread Christine Grassman
Yikes! It's time for bed. VO plus M; think menu, not space. I don't want to cause any confusion for a new Mac user. I stand (OK, sit and type) corrected myby fellow Mac visionaries. Sorry about any confusion. *Yawn*. Christine On Jul 5, 2011, at 9:37 PM, Patrick Neazer wrote: > Hello Johnny: >

Re: Help needed please

2011-07-05 Thread Isaac Obie
Hello Johnny, Go to the Apple menu. Arrow down till you see shutdown. click on that three times quickly and that'll do it! I mean hit the enter key quickly three times. hth Isaac - Original Message - From: "Cakes" To: Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 9:31 PM Subject: Help needed please

Colloquy: Not liking what I'm seeing at all!

2011-07-05 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
When I first opened Colloquy, I'm presented a dialog to put in my nick name. I did this, and hit vo+right arrow. Eventually, I got a... what appears! to be combo box, of a list of i r c servers. I hit vo+space to drop the list down, at which point I was presented a list of preconfigured server

Re: Colloquy: Not liking what I'm seeing at all!

2011-07-05 Thread Eric Oyen
I use Xchat with growl. works ok, except on high traffic channels. -Eric On Jul 5, 2011, at 7:05 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: > When I first opened Colloquy, I'm presented a dialog to put in my nick name. > I did this, and hit vo+right arrow. Eventually, I got a... what appears! to > be

Re: Help needed please

2011-07-05 Thread Cakes
Hi al, Likee always you guys are the greatest and have come to the rescue once again. So I got it shut down alright, so I thought I would e cockie and turn it back on to practice the shut down command again. Except this t8ime, VO is not speaking at all. So can someone please tell me how to

Re: Colloquy: Not liking what I'm seeing at all!

2011-07-05 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
OK, I'll give that a try then. I can google it if not, but do you know where to find it? Chris. - Original Message - From: "Eric Oyen" To: Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 10:13 PM Subject: Re: Colloquy: Not liking what I'm seeing at all! I use Xchat with growl. works ok, except on h

Re: Help needed please

2011-07-05 Thread Patrick Neazer
Hello Johnny: I was kind of wondering how and when you were going to let us know how things went once you shut it down :). Try command F5 ... that should bring it back. If not, try command F5 plus the FN or function key. Let us know how it goes. Take good care and I wish you enough. On Jul 5

Re: Help needed please

2011-07-05 Thread Patrick Neazer
Hello Christine and all: No worries. It is late though I have written similar things early in the morning with my brain supposedly on full alert :). Between all of us we will figure it out :). Grab a nap and I will think menu as well :). Take good care and I wish you enough. On Jul 5, 2011,

Re: Help needed please

2011-07-05 Thread Cakes
Well I'm enjoying the learning curve. Kind of strange though, the guy that sold me the Mac said that he set the mac up to come up with VO speaking. So I think that I did something to mess things up for now making that learning curve just a little steaper. I'll let you know how I make out wit

Re: Help needed please

2011-07-05 Thread Isaac Obie
Johnny,,, Try the alt key and f5. that toggles it on and off. Apple calls the alt key the command key. Isaac - Original Message - From: "Cakes" To: Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 10:23 PM Subject: Re: Help needed please Hi al, Likee always you guys are the greatest and have come to

Re: Help needed please

2011-07-05 Thread lpna...@gmail.com
If you push the power button it shoud give you a dialog box to shut down. If not go to the Apple menu and choose shut down from there. Egun On, Lagunak! (Basque for G'day, Mates) Louie P. "Pete" Nalda http://www.myspace.com/musikonalda http://www.facebook.com/lpnalda http://www.linkedin.com/in/lpn

Giving up on I R C

2011-07-05 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Hello again guys. I'm sorry, but I just tried xchat, and honestly am finding this client even more confusing than Colloquy. Unless someone can give me more specific help how to get the notifications set and working, I'm pretty much giving up. I don't have time right now to get frustrated over

Re: Help needed please

2011-07-05 Thread Patrick Neazer
Hello Johnny: No worries. If you can bring the speech back with the command F5 keystroke then voiceover can be set to come on automatically later on. You probably did not do anything. You cannot truly hurt the machine unless of course you set fire to it :) ... which no one recommends. Enjoy th

RE: Giving up on I R C

2011-07-05 Thread Missy Hoppe
I know I'm still mostly a mac newbie, and I know almost nothing about chat clients, but have you tried Adium? I don't know if it does whatever you're trying, but it's fairly simple to use. Just a suggestion, and I apologize in advance if it's way out in left field. Missy -Original Message

Re: Giving up on I R C

2011-07-05 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Adium'll do it, but I can't exactly figure out how as I stated in my very first post about all this. Chris. - Original Message - From: "Missy Hoppe" To: Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 10:50 PM Subject: RE: Giving up on I R C I know I'm still mostly a mac newbie, and I know almost no

Re: a macbook pro question?

2011-07-05 Thread Bryan Jones
Mary -- I really agree with you regarding the disappearing keys. Every time I read or hear Apple touting their laptops having "Full-sized keyboards" I roll my eyes. While their keyboards might contain some full-sized keys, they are most certainly NOT full-sized keyboards. And before the zealots

Re: a macbook pro question?

2011-07-05 Thread Mary Otten
I too like the Apple BT keyboard compared with other possibilities. But I don't think they should tout it as full sized when it is not. I wish Apple had bucked the unhappy trend of cutting out certain keys on these keyboards. They get a lot of things right, but not this time, IMHO. It reminds me

Success! Help received.

2011-07-05 Thread Cakes
Thanks again folks, I'm back up and running and VO is talking to me once again! As for now,-to where I'm running to - I'm not too sure. But I'm getting it. I'm working this thing! Johnny -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group.

Compiling C++ in terminal -> wasXCode/C++ integer assignment from console.

2011-07-05 Thread Geoff Waaler
Making a little progress. I since learned that I should be able to build my foo executable in terminal by going to the directory and entering: "g++ foo.cpp -o foo". If I understand correctly assuming a clean compile, I should be able to run the executable by entering "/foo"? If I enter just th

checked state in iTunes

2011-07-05 Thread Jeff Bishop
Hello, Has anyone developed a solution of determining which apps are checked or unchecked when syncing apps to your phone on the Mac in iTunes? No verbal feedback is spoken on the checked state. Maybe a Apple Scripted solution? Jeff -- You received this message because you are subscribed to t

Re: Giving up on I R C

2011-07-05 Thread Brianna Snyder
Hi Chris, I use an IRC client called MacIrssi. I don't have it set up with Growl or anything, but I'm sure you can make it do so. It seems like an alright client, but then I never used IRC all that much until a friend suggested it. Hope this helps, Brianna On Jul 5, 2011, at 10:59 PM, Chr

Re: Compiling C++ in terminal -> wasXCode/C++ integer assignment from console.

2011-07-05 Thread Zachary Kline
Hi Jeff, Unix is one of those things which takes a long time and a lot of practice to use properly. Whole books have been written about the subject, and any general Unix or Linux book should mostly be applicable to OS X. Do you have a Bookshare account? O'Riley media publishes many texts ou m

BootCamp Results.

2011-07-05 Thread Georges Zaynoun
Hello! Yesterday I took the plunge with my MacBook white 13inch that I bought in 2009. I made the partition and inserted the windows7 home premium and booted into it, with sighted help of course, pressed enter twice, accepted the license then enter, c for custom or advanced, chose the bootca