Re: Installed Windows7 Alone.

2011-08-17 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
If it's off topic, a mod will step in and say so. that's not our job to do. Second of all, I don't feel it's OT as we're discussing Bootcamp, which indeed is Apple, and indeed does run with Voiceover through the initial setup, and, um... is an apple product, thank you very much. If there's a p

Re: Mariner Software accessability with Voiceover

2011-08-17 Thread Oriol Gómez
Hm, what does this software do? Sounds like video production On 8/17/11, Israel wrote: > Dear Visionary group, > > I have recently been looking at some of the products put out by Mariner > Software. Mainly, Montage, Contour, and others. A couple sites which I > visited highlight one of the main

Re: Safari in Lion unresponsive

2011-08-17 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, Just to add, It might also be helpful if people can record and send audio illustrating the problem. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On Aug 16, 2011, at 7:35 PM, Kevin Chao wrote: > Please let accessibil...@apple.com know these issues. I

Re: Mariner Software accessability with Voiceover

2011-08-17 Thread Israel
Oriol The Montage software is a screenwriting software. Contour is a story structure program, and StoryMill is a novel writing software. In my research to find product and accessibility reviews online, I have run across a video editing software, at least I believe it is, which has the Montage

Re: considering installing windows Vista but would like advice what to watch for

2011-08-17 Thread Chris Blouch
As others have pointed out, Vista was a flop with both performance and quality issues. So both users and vendors will be loathe to help with any problems on Vista. Vista peaked at about 19% market share and, depending on whose numbers you use, is around 9% as of July. I believe Bootcamp 4.0 (OS

VMWare Fusion and Windows 7

2011-08-17 Thread Joseph Norton
Hi: I have a Mac Mini I bought earlier this year. I have successfully used Windows XP Pro, running VMWare Fusion on it., but, would like to upgrade to Windows 7 Pro. I can choose to get the 32-bit or 64-bit version. What factors might I consider in making the decision? Will the 64-bit versi

Re: Is there a discussion forum for blind users of online dating sites?

2011-08-17 Thread M. Taylor
Hello, No, there is no email list for blind/low vision people who are using online dating services/applications. Maybe you may consider starting one? Mark On Aug 16, 2011, at 5:55 PM, Eric Brinkman wrote: > Hi all, > > I was reading a message about the OKCupid app on the iPhone list, and > wa

Carbon copy versus time machine

2011-08-17 Thread Paul Henrichsen
Hi, guys. I'm currently running Carbon copy as well as time machine. But I'm wondering why I'm doing that. Does it make any sense to run both since carbon copy will create a bootable disk and can also be scheduled just like time machine? It appears it's easier to do a restore with carbon copy; s

amadeus pro manual reading

2011-08-17 Thread Paul Erkens
Hi list, After having installed amadeus pro, I was trying to read its manual. However, having to do it in quick view doesn't seem to be the most practical way to read it, because words sometimes run together and a quick search is not simple. . I would like to have a version in plain text. I tri

re: advanced documentation for voice over?

2011-08-17 Thread ezzie bueno
Hi! There's a "VoiceOver: Getting Started book" that will teach you more about VO. I can send it to you as an attachment if you're interested. Ezzie - Original Message - From: "Kliph&Sharrie" Okay, so I've had my mac for almost 3 months. And have learned a lot of the basics on my o

Lightning

2011-08-17 Thread ezzie bueno
Hello list, I've been trying a new web browser for quite some time now, Lightning. Lightning works pretty well. I have not had VoiceOver say "Lightning Busy"--not nearly as much as "Safari Busy". Although VoiceOver doesn't always interact with the HTML content, I am satisfied with Lightnin

Looking for a good unzipping program.

2011-08-17 Thread Paul Henrichsen
Hi. I know that the mac will unzip zip files, but I'm looking for one that will also unzip RAR files as well. I know that the win zip people have a version for the mac, but I don't know how accessible it is. Any recommendations for an accessible one? Thanks. -- You received this message because

RE: advanced documentation for voice over?

2011-08-17 Thread Damon Fibraio
I'd love that myself, actually. -- Damon Fibraio screen names -- aol: dfibraio...msn dfibr...@comcast.net. skype: dfibraio Find me on facebook as Damon fibraio or twitter as @dfibraio personal music site: http://www.keyboardguy.com. Band info: Days Before Tomorrow: web site: http://www.daysbeforet

Re: Looking for a good unzipping program.

2011-08-17 Thread Matt Dierckens
Hi Paul. The unarchiver is a geat program for unzipping. It unzips zip, far, 7z and more. Matt Sent from my macbook pro On 2011-08-17, at 1:36 PM, Paul Henrichsen wrote: > Hi. I know that the mac will unzip zip files, but I'm looking for one that > will also unzip RAR files as well. I know that

Re: thoughts on the newest Skype?

2011-08-17 Thread Denise Barajas
I'm using the current version. On Aug 10, 2011, at 4:44 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > What version of Skype are you running? Context menu don't come up for me > nohow. > > > Sincerely, > The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! > > Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! > > Skype name: > barefootedray >

Need help connecting a Mac to my Home Network

2011-08-17 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. Can someone point me to some documentation on how I can connect my Mini to my home network for file and printer sharing with my Windows XP and Win 7 machines? Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this gro

Re: Lightning

2011-08-17 Thread Krister Ekstrom
17 aug 2011 kl. 19:20 skrev ezzie bueno: > Although VoiceOver doesn't always interact with the HTML content, I am > satisfied with Lightning. VO will also not alert the user when the page has > loaded, This is one thing with screen readers as a whole that i don't like, the makers make featu

Re: deleting sections of audio in Amadeus pro?

2011-08-17 Thread Paul Erkens
Hi Jurgen, Where did you find the m key for amadeus pro? Would be interesting to see more shortcuts for it. Interested to know. Paul. On Aug 13, 2011, at 3:18 PM, Jürgen Fleger wrote: > Hi Courtney, > > you don't need the upgrade for deleting audio. > > Set the insertion point on the left posit

Re: Looking for a good unzipping program.

2011-08-17 Thread Paul Erkens
Hi Paul, If you need an archiving shell that unzips, zips etc, I had better zip from the app store. If you want to unrar, you can install the trial version of rar for os10. Worked like a charm. I have not used it since Lion is installed though, but perhaps just take a look. Betterzip zips and un

Re: advanced documentation for voice over?

2011-08-17 Thread Tammy Cantrell
I would appreciate having that book if you don't mind. Thanks! - Original Message - From: "ezzie bueno" To: Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 12:20 PM Subject: re: advanced documentation for voice over? Hi! There's a "VoiceOver: Getting Started book" that will teach you more about VO

Re: advanced documentation for voice over?

2011-08-17 Thread Cody
Looky looky, a blast from the passed. tammy cantrell from the reach center for the blind... - Original Message - From: "Tammy Cantrell" To: Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 2:40 PM Subject: Re: advanced documentation for voice over? I would appreciate having that book if you don't

Re: advanced documentation for voice over?

2011-08-17 Thread Tammy Cantrell
Yep! Guilty as charged! smile! Thought that was you. - Original Message - From: "Cody" To: Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 2:05 PM Subject: Re: advanced documentation for voice over? Looky looky, a blast from the passed. tammy cantrell from the reach center for the blind... ---

Re: advanced documentation for voice over?

2011-08-17 Thread Cody
Did the nfb finally figure out the mac isn't so bad after all? Or is it a guilty pleasure. - Original Message - From: "Tammy Cantrell" To: Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 3:16 PM Subject: Re: advanced documentation for voice over? Yep! Guilty as charged! smile! Thought that was y

Re: advanced documentation for voice over?

2011-08-17 Thread Tammy Cantrell
Some people get stuck in a rut and can't get out. I decided to get one and now have to learn how to use it. I like learning new things. smile! - Original Message - From: "Cody" To: Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 2:28 PM Subject: Re: advanced documentation for voice over? Did the

Re: advanced documentation for voice over?

2011-08-17 Thread Cody
awesome to hear. now let's get that concept through vr's headunlikely to happen. - Original Message - From: "Tammy Cantrell" To: Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 3:40 PM Subject: Re: advanced documentation for voice over? Some people get stuck in a rut and can't get out. I decid

RE: advanced documentation for voice over?

2011-08-17 Thread ezzie bueno
Great! Email me off list and I will send it to you. Let me know which format you would prefer. Ezzie - Original Message - From: "Damon Fibraio" screen names -- aol: dfibraio...msn dfibr...@comcast.net. skype: dfibraio Find me on facebook as Damon fibraio or twitter as @dfibraio per

Re: advanced documentation for voice over?

2011-08-17 Thread ezzie bueno
Hello list, If you would like the book that I mentioned, please email me off list and let me know which format you would prefer. Ezzie - Original Message - From: "Tammy Cantrell" Hi! There's a "VoiceOver: Getting Started book" that will teach you more about VO. I can send it to you

Re: Looking for a good unzipping program.

2011-08-17 Thread ezzie bueno
Hi Paul, I, too, recommend the Unarchiver. It will unzip rar files. Download it free of charge at the Apple App Store. Ezzie - Original Message - From: Paul Erkens If you need an archiving shell that unzips, zips etc, I had better zip from the app store. If you want to unrar, you

Re: Looking for a good unzipping program.

2011-08-17 Thread Cody
You could also try stuff it rar expander, that works - Original Message - From: "ezzie bueno" To: Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 3:54 PM Subject: Re: Looking for a good unzipping program. Hi Paul, I, too, recommend the Unarchiver. It will unzip rar files. Download it free of c

Google chrome

2011-08-17 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi there. I want to try out google chrome to see how it compares with Safari and Lightning. I wonder though what version to get, if i can get the stable version or if i should go with the latest nightly builds or whatever they're called. If the latter, i need to know the url where i can get thes

Re: How To View Only Upcoming or Active Appointments In Mac OS X Lion's Calendar Application

2011-08-17 Thread Denise Barajas
Hello, I've been a Mac user for almost two years. I've been trying to find an accessible calendar program for this Mac. I'm quite mixed up on how to use the Ical app. If anyone would like to add me to skype or e-mail me, I'd greatly appreciate it. My skype name is denise9522, and the e-mail addr

Re: Google chrome

2011-08-17 Thread chad baker
hi i tried both the dev version and regular one the only problem you can't type anything in the edit boxes i reported it to google On Aug 17, 2011, at 4:09 PM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > Hi there. > I want to try out google chrome to see how it compares with Safari and > Lightning. I wonder though

Re: advanced documentation for voice over?

2011-08-17 Thread Tammy Cantrell
We can hope! - Original Message - From: "Cody" To: Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 2:48 PM Subject: Re: advanced documentation for voice over? awesome to hear. now let's get that concept through vr's headunlikely to happen. - Original Message - From: "Tammy Cantrell"

Re: Google chrome

2011-08-17 Thread Kevin Chao
Google Chrome Canary is mostly accessible. http://goo.gl/IUW1 I've not had any issues whit text boxes, specifically typing and reviewing info. chad, can you please provide a website and steps to reproduce this issue of inability to type into text boxes? Thanks, Kevin On 8/17/11, chad baker wr

How to export audio from Audio Hijack Pro

2011-08-17 Thread Kevin Gibbs
I just downloaded the free version of Audio Hijack Pro to record Skype conversations. I will eventually buy a license to avoid the ten minute limit. However, could someone tell me how one exports a recording of a Skype conversation from Audio Hijack Pro into a .wav or mp3 file that can be importe

Re: How to export audio from Audio Hijack Pro

2011-08-17 Thread Kevin Gibbs
I should also ask, does anyone have an opinion on whether Hijack Pro or Amadeus Pro is better? Suddenly VO is not talking to me as I'm typing this. So I hope I'm making sense. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this g

how to use midi keyboard and macbook air

2011-08-17 Thread anouk radix
Hi, I was wondering if it is possible to use a midi keyboard with an usb output straight to the usb jack of the macbook air? Will this be fast enough or should I buy an external sound card/midi interface with a midi input and do it htat way? What midi keyboards do you guys recommend? Thanks, Gr

garageband jampacks and other plugins?

2011-08-17 Thread anouk radix
Hi, I ordered my macbook air 11 inch with i7 processor today and because I am still a student I got 100 euro discount and 75 euro discount as itunes gift card. The thing I am looking forward the most, when the air arrives, is toying with garageband. I know apple itself developed 5 jampacks for

RE: garageband jampacks and other plugins?

2011-08-17 Thread Daniel Miller
Hi, As far as the JamPacks go, they stopped selling them from their online store since they were boxed software. Supposedly they're going to start selling them through the Mac app store, but I have no idea when that will be, so as far as I know, you can no longer purchase them, but I could be wron

Re: how to use midi keyboard and macbook air

2011-08-17 Thread Ed Worrell
Yes it is possible to use a midi keyboard with the laptop. I am using a M-Audio keyboard. This is the best brand to use with Garageband and Logic from what I understand. I have had no problems with 3rd party plug-ins or loops. I too am looking forward to getting a few Jam packs. you can purchess

Re: deleting sections of audio in Amadeus pro?

2011-08-17 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi Paul, as written before I highly recommend to read the manuals on >> http://maccessibility.net/guides/ All though the manuals are a bit old you can still learn the basics of Amadeus Pro quite well. All the best Jürgen Am 17.08.2011 um 14:28 schrieb Paul Erkens: >> http://maccessibility.net

Re: How To View Only Upcoming or Active Appointments In Mac OS X Lion's Calendar Application

2011-08-17 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi Denise, what exactly is your problem with iCal? I work with it for more then a year and I'm quite satisfied. Aspecially in Lion iCal took a big step in terms of accessibility. All the best Jürgen Am 17.08.2011 um 16:18 schrieb Denise Barajas: > Hello, I've been a Mac user for almost two yea

I don't find the contact monitor on Skype and question

2011-08-17 Thread Francisco Salvador Crespo
Hi, A listener told me that for that Skype shorts me the contacts by status i must enable the contact monitor. Also told me that it is on the left of the contact list, but i don't find it. Where is this button exakly? An other question: how can i do to play a flash audio player with safari? Th

Re: I don't find the contact monitor on Skype and question

2011-08-17 Thread james Walton
to get to it, do command3 -- 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, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For mor

Re: I don't find the contact monitor on Skype and question

2011-08-17 Thread Red.Falcon
Hi Francisco! If your running Skype 5. something you should find the contacts monitor to the left of contacts! If you have a empty table however you might be running 2.8 or something! hth Colin On 18 Aug 2011, at 01:43, Francisco Salvador Crespo wrote: > Hi, > > A listener told me that for that

Re: How to export audio from Audio Hijack Pro

2011-08-17 Thread Darcy Burnard
Hi. Amadeus Pro and Audio Hijack Pro do different jobs. Audio hijack pro is just for recording, you can't edit audio with it. You also don't have to export from it. Before you start recording, you choose what type of audio file you want, and that's what you'll have when your recording is don

Re: Looking for a good unzipping program.

2011-08-17 Thread Paul Henrichsen
Is it available in the app store? Thanks. On Aug 17, 2011, at 10:52 AM, Matt Dierckens wrote: > Hi Paul. > The unarchiver is a geat program for unzipping. It unzips zip, far, 7z and > more. > > Matt > Sent from my macbook pro > > On 2011-08-17, at 1:36 PM, Paul Henrichsen wrote: > >> Hi. I kn

Re: How to export audio from Audio Hijack Pro

2011-08-17 Thread Kevin Gibbs
My apologies. I did figure out the difference between the two programs after I'd placed that second post. However, i do have to export my recordings because I want to put them in Sonar as complementary audio tracks that keep notes on the directions that the movie director has given me for the sco

Re: Carbon copy versus time machine

2011-08-17 Thread Mike Arrigo
I use carbon copy cloner also. About the only advantage time machine might give you is hourly backups of your files that have changed, this might be useful if you make frequent changes to documents or something similar. Otherwise, there is probably no need to use them both. On Aug 17, 2011, at 1

Re: Looking for a good unzipping program.

2011-08-17 Thread Paul Henrichsen
Thanks. I saw a few different ones in the app store and wasn't sure which were accessible. On Aug 17, 2011, at 12:54 PM, ezzie bueno wrote: > Hi Paul, > > I, too, recommend the Unarchiver. It will unzip rar files. Download it free > of charge at the Apple App Store. > > Ezzie > > > -

Re: Looking for a good unzipping program.

2011-08-17 Thread Paul Henrichsen
Thanks. $20 is better than the $40 that the win zip folks are charging for theirs. Does better zip unzip RAR files? Thanks. On Aug 17, 2011, at 11:38 AM, Paul Erkens wrote: > Hi Paul, > If you need an archiving shell that unzips, zips etc, I had better zip from > the app store. If you want to u

Re: Carbon copy versus time machine

2011-08-17 Thread Paul Henrichsen
Thanks, Mike. That's what I was thinking as well. Of course, you can schedule carbon copy to backup daily, I suppose. I haven't looked at its scheduling options as of yet. When I was using windows, I used to backup using image for windows weekly, but not much more than that. Occasionally, I woul

Re: How to export audio from Audio Hijack Pro

2011-08-17 Thread Red.Falcon
Hi Kevin! There is something called sound flower and I think this will help you! Some people use it with hi jack and it does say about rerouting audio! hth Colin On 18 Aug 2011, at 03:48, Kevin Gibbs wrote: > My apologies. I did figure out the difference between the two > programs after I'd plac

Re: How to export audio from Audio Hijack Pro

2011-08-17 Thread Darcy Burnard
Hi. If you've left everything at the defaults, there's an Audio Hijack folder, under the music folder of your home folder. Inside that folder, are all the audio files of the recordings that audio hijack pro has made. Darcy On 2011-08-17, at 9:48 PM, Kevin Gibbs wrote: > My apologies. I did

Re: Using Course Smart e-books

2011-08-17 Thread David Tanner
I went to their presentation at the NFB convention. They gave an interesting presentation, but it sounds like the only way to access books from them is through a web browser. It sounds like they do plan on starting to support EPub 3 next year. That should help things, but if you are having p

Re: advanced documentation for voice over?

2011-08-17 Thread Oriol Gómez
Isn't this the book ont he apple accessibility site? heh On 8/17/11, Tammy Cantrell wrote: > We can hope! > - Original Message - > From: "Cody" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 2:48 PM > Subject: Re: advanced documentation for voice over? > > >> awesome to hear. now let's get th

speaking of keyboards and the macbook pro...

2011-08-17 Thread Karen Lewellen
When is best to do this? I have a full sized apple keyboard tusb, that I am going to attach to the macbookpro I have on borrow, in order to see if I can work with greater ease. My hands are simply too small for vo commands that are on the same side of the keyboard, and I have already decided w

Re: How to export audio from Audio Hijack Pro

2011-08-17 Thread Kevin Gibbs
I figured it out. You can tell Hijack Pro where you want to save stuff. I assume you can copy a file, too. -- 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 fr

Re: Looking for a good unzipping program.

2011-08-17 Thread Paul Erkens
Hi Paul, It does, but I'm not sure if it does that natively or via the rar command line tool set. I once bought winrar for windows, and that license entitles you to use the command line tools on os10 as well, so I can unrar. Betterzip is a handy archiving tool that also compresses, rather than j