Re: [Bulk] controlling the cpu fan

2011-10-04 Thread Ray Foret Jr
The one I used to use was called "Fan Control". Not sure if it will work under Lion since it's got to open up under 32bit. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On Oct 3, 2011, at 1

Re: Dragon! :)

2011-10-04 Thread musiclady
So how does it work? Do you just go to the body of an email and speak? Steph - Original Message - From: "Red.Falcon" Well I just installed it authorised it to use my facebook and just started using it! I've managed to send sms and put a status on facebook and the first part of this th

Re: Dragon! :)

2011-10-04 Thread Paul Erkens
Hi Esther, I experienced a problem with dictate, and I know there's no such equal thing as in Android, but maybe you know if there is a work around. When I speak into Dragon dictate, of course there is the voiceover issue, where it talks while the recording is already happening. This can be over

Re: [Bulk] controlling the cpu fan

2011-10-04 Thread Scott Howell
Personally I would just leave the fan alone. I see little value in trying to change what engineers have spent time determining is optimal for the machine. Of course if under warranty, such changes could void that warranty. On Oct 4, 2011, at 3:40 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > The one I used to use w

Re: Dragon! :)

2011-10-04 Thread Red.Falcon
Hi Musiclady! When you open the app! You have a dictate button and when you've pressed it speak the message you want! So its decide first if your going to send sms or email or post a facebook status or a tweet! After you've spoke you can then choose the keyboard button to check how well the app t

Re: Introduction and a few questions

2011-10-04 Thread Alex Hall
Welcome to the list. I, too, have LCA, by the way. First, I can't answer the eBook or captcha questions; I use my iPod or BrailleNote for books and I have no idea about captchas. Browsers: only Safari works with VoiceOver. However, you can install Chrome and then install ChromeVox (see Kevin's po

Re: Introduction and a few questions

2011-10-04 Thread Chris Blouch
There was a discussion a while back and I don't recall anyone coming up with a good solution to captchas unless the site has already implemented audio captcha. CB On 10/4/11 2:31 AM, Rahul Bajaj wrote: Hi all, I joined this group just a couple of days ago, so I thought I should introduce mys

Re: installing and uninstalling apps general qution

2011-10-04 Thread Paul Erkens
Hi Iona, To add to this, when you download an app from the app store and you hit install in the store, it will automatically be download, and be put into your applications folder. When you install other, single file apps yourself, you do the same thing manually. In other words, you can either do

Re: technical: making vo speak text from script

2011-10-04 Thread Chris Blouch
If you can call regular shell commands they you can use the "say" command: say some string of text will speak "some string of text" using the default voiceover voice. CB On 10/3/11 7:31 AM, Alex Hall wrote: Hi all, I use Python for programming, and I would like to make a program I wrote work

[Mac-cessibility News] Maccessibility Live Stream of Apple press event

2011-10-04 Thread Maccessibility
Maccessibility Live Stream of Apple press event Today at 1 PM eastern, 10 AM pacific, Apple will be holding a press event to announce their newest iPhone and the latest version of the iOS operating system.  The regulars of the Maccessibility Round Table Podcast will be live streaming at that time

[Mac-cessibility News] Maccessibility Live Stream of Apple press event

2011-10-04 Thread Maccessibility
Maccessibility Live Stream of Apple press event Today at 1 PM eastern, 10 AM pacific, Apple will be holding a press event to announce their newest iPhone and the latest version of the iOS operating system.  The regulars of the Maccessibility Round Table Podcast will be live streaming at that time

Re: Is there a work-around for accessing this site with Safari or Omniweb?

2011-10-04 Thread Chris Blouch
Just one little nit here. There is no correlation between the use of javascript and bad accessibility. Actually you must use javascript in many cases to make pages accessible such as updating ARIA roles and states when interacting with a widget or moving focus to a reasonable place when a user

Re: ChromeVox is now on the Chrome Web Store!

2011-10-04 Thread Søren Jensen
Sorry, what is Chromevox? Best regards: Søren Jensen Mail & MSN: s...@coolfortheblind.dk Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ Den 04/10/2011 kl. 04.54 skrev Kevin Chao: > This is wonderful, fantastic, and awesome! It will resolve 99.99% of > installation/initial setup issues. > > -- F

Re: Introduction and a few questions

2011-10-04 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hello Rahul. the only one of your questions to which I can respond is to say that I am using Safari which comes with your Mac Book for web access. I hope I understood what you were asking there. Regards, Gigi On Oct 4, 2011, at 1:31 AM, Rahul Bajaj wrote: > Hi all, > > I joined this group

Re: technical: making vo speak text from script

2011-10-04 Thread Alex Hall
Thanks, I think Python can do that. Will that use all the user's default settings? Is there an interrupt parameter or other switches? On 10/4/11, Chris Blouch wrote: > If you can call regular shell commands they you can use the "say" command: > > say some string of text > > will speak "some strin

Re: Is the blindmicemart site no longer mac accessible?

2011-10-04 Thread Christine Grassman
As indicated on the Web site, this is the old movie ault, and a brand-new, user-friendly one is on its way. I would hold off on inundating them with e-mails until that time. This is a time of transition; they are upgrading their entire site. I'm sure they've got it covered. They always have bef

item chooser again

2011-10-04 Thread Eugenia Firth
I am running Lion. I know we discussed the item chooser, but I had trouble with it this morning. I was trying to call up old versions because 1@ wanted to see if the current one was missing text I might have deleted. I did the VO-f2 and got finally the list of dates (there was only three version

Re: technical: making vo speak text from script

2011-10-04 Thread Chris Blouch
As with all shell commands doing man say will give you a lot more info. Also look up the previous threads on this mailing list where we piped voiceover specific parameters into the text stream to do even more tweaks. CB On 10/4/11 12:53 PM, Alex Hall wrote: Thanks, I think Python can do th

Re: technical: making vo speak text from script

2011-10-04 Thread Chris Blouch
Oh, and to answer your other question, there are several python methods to launch a shell command. Some discussion and summary can be found here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/89228/how-to-call-external-command-in-python CB On 10/4/11 2:00 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: As with all shell command

Re: ChromeVox is now on the Chrome Web Store!

2011-10-04 Thread David Hole
This is awwwsome! I've just installed it, and it was easy as H! Søren, ChromeVox is a javascript based screen reader for Chrome and Chrome OS. Try it out, and see how good it works in for example gMail! Just remember to turn off VO since it disturbs you when using. -David Den 04.10.2011 18:32,

Navigating messages in mail classic layout

2011-10-04 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
Hi all, I am frustrated with the new lion mail layout since it keeps marking messages as read as I scroll through them. Has anyone found a way around it? I have for the moment enabled classic layout and disabled the preview pain. Now I am running into a different problem. Is there a way to navi

Re: Navigating messages in mail classic layout

2011-10-04 Thread Matthew Campbell
Hi. This is an easy one. First stop interacting with the messages table if you are interacted with it. You can do this with VO shift up arrow. Next and finally, use just the arrow keys by them selves with no VO keys. This should work well for you. However, it will not stop messages from being mar

The continuing adventures of David eagle and his Apple Mac computer. this time it's about Sendspace.

2011-10-04 Thread David Eagle
Hi, here we go again. Every time I switch on my Mac I take a deep breath. I think about all the amazing reviews I’ve read about these computers and assume that perhaps, this time, I will finally have a really positive experience. Today’s task was uploading something to sendspace. Things started off

Re: Navigating messages in mail classic layout

2011-10-04 Thread Matt Dierckens
Hey, Is there a way to make mail not say blank before the message? I find it kind of slow when going down my messages list withouth interacting with the table. Matt Sent from my macbook pro On 2011-10-04, at 4:26 PM, Matthew Campbell wrote: > Hi. > This is an easy one. > First stop interacting

Re: Navigating messages in mail classic layout

2011-10-04 Thread Vítor Oliveira
I'm working very fine with standard layout, full screen and quick nav off. No problems at all! Vítor Oliveira vitoroliveira2...@gmail.com A 04/10/2011, às 21:16, Ioana Gandrabur escreveu: > Hi all, > > I am frustrated with the new lion mail layout since it keeps marking messages > as read

setting up a printer for the first time

2011-10-04 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi Guys. I have not yet had a printer on my Mac. My husband and I have a network printer since I don't use it very much. He had tried to set up a printer on the iPhone and get Air Print to work. He couldn't get it to work. I just had a situation where I wanted to print a file from TextEdit. How

Show Notes for Podcasts

2011-10-04 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, all, This is just a general question. I notice on several podcasts that show notes are mentioned. What is the conventional way to find these? Are they usually on a web site, or does ITunes have them? Thanks, Teresa -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Grou

Re: I can't download anything all of a sudden

2011-10-04 Thread David Eagle
Thank a lot for that tip. On 04/10/2011, Shen wrote: > Hi, > I've had the same problems too. I never had this issue with Snow Leopard, so > this is definitely a VoiceOver and Lion thing. > Here is my workaround. You can try this too. > If you don't get the correct menu when pressing VO-Shift-M, t

Facebook Suggestions

2011-10-04 Thread Traci
Hi all, What FB apps might you use on your Mac? I've downloaded FaceTab, and so far, I'm finding it ok. I've also seen apps and such for notifications. Does anyone use some of these? Anything to make the FB experience better. Lol! Thanks, Traci Sent by Macbook Air Mail -- You received t

Can you call me to install lion?

2011-10-04 Thread Jennifer Perdue
Hi all, I am new at the Mac and would like to install lion on my Mac mini. If someone could call me I will give my phone number to whom ever responds to this e-mail privately. Thank you for your help in advance. Jenny and my goofy guide Brooks On Oct 4, 2011, at 12:21 PM, Eugenia Firth wrote

Re: Navigating messages in mail classic layout

2011-10-04 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
Hi all, I made the switch ok to the classic layout. I beg to differ about the messages being marked as read as you arrow through them. My husband turned off the preview pain, not sure how but it involved dragging it out of existence and now unless I press return on the message it remains unrea

Re: Show Notes for Podcasts

2011-10-04 Thread Aser Tolentino
Show notes are typically embedded in a podcast file. Tapping on a playing podcast's album art in the iPod app will display them. Most podcast apps have some similar feature, often part of a contextual menu. You can also usually find the notes at the podcast's feed page. HTH Aser Sent from my i

Question about Conversation View in YoruFukurou

2011-10-04 Thread Marc Workman
Hi, If I press command 3 on a tweet that is part of a conversation, it takes me to the conversation view. The problem I have is that, when arrowing up and down through the conversation, only part of each tweet is read by voiceover. It might say the first three or four words, but that's it. I

update on searching mailbox for specific messages in lion

2011-10-04 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
Hi all, I just checked with apple and discovered that the search mailbox is too smart for its own good. If you type let's say >june> in the search field it assumes you are looking for a date and will not let you look in other fields easily. One of these instances where it thinks it knows what

Re: Show Notes for Podcasts

2011-10-04 Thread Teresa Cochran
Thank you very much. I will check this out. Teresa On Oct 4, 2011, at 5:17 PM, Aser Tolentino wrote: > Show notes are typically embedded in a podcast file. Tapping on a playing > podcast's album art in the iPod app will display them. Most podcast apps have > some similar feature, often part of

editing html code

2011-10-04 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
Hi all, In windows I would sometimes use notepad to make simple additions to my news section of my web page. I have downloaded the html file and was wondering what best to use to add more entries. I basically need to see the code exactly to replicate it for the new entries. Hope this explanation

Re: ChromeVox is now on the Chrome Web Store!

2011-10-04 Thread Jim Fettgather
I had downloaded and installed Chrome, have gone to the Chrome store, and installed Chromebox, but when starting Chrome, and turning off Voiceover, still no speech. I just get the typical bong sound when using Control option right arrow or down arrow, so not sure how to ensure that everything

Re: ChromeVox is now on the Chrome Web Store!

2011-10-04 Thread Kevin Chao
Which version of Chrome are you running> GO to Chrome Menu>About and copy that info and paste it into an email message. Before installing ChromeVox from Chrome Web Store, did you uninstall the previous version? Omnibar: Chrome://extensions/ TAB to uninstall, RETURN, and OK. now, you can install Chr

Re: ChromeVox is now on the Chrome Web Store!

2011-10-04 Thread Ryan Mann
Try hitting Command+l. Type in a web site and press Enter. After I do that, I get speech. I am wondering why we don't get speech from the beginning though. On Oct 4, 2011, at 9:36 PM, Jim Fettgather wrote: > I had downloaded and installed Chrome, have gone to the Chrome store, and > installed C

Re: ChromeVox is now on the Chrome Web Store!

2011-10-04 Thread Jim Fettgather
I'm not sure why this might be, but on the opening Chrome page, I could not to get speech to work at all. The moment I pressed Control T to open a new tab, after typing in a web address, everything worked as expected, in fact, better than expected. Thank you for the tip. On 10/4/11, Kevin Chao

Re: Is listening to drm protected windows media files on mac possible?

2011-10-04 Thread Brian Albriton
I used to get this question from people using books from overdrive. An old mac user said they used something called soundtaxi. soundtaxi.com I believe is the website but I know nothing other than this fellow said he had success with it. On 9/24/11, Ioana Gandrabur wrote: > Hi all, > Subject says

RE: The continuing adventures of David eagle and his Apple Mac computer. this time it's about Sendspace.

2011-10-04 Thread Marcia Yale
I can definitely relate--Finder is one of the most confusing aps and I agree it takes much longer to find files for me than it does on my Windows machine. I find both Finder and ITunes confusing in the way they are laid out and would welcome any tutorials on either one of these aps. I have already

Re: The continuing adventures of David eagle and his Apple Mac computer. this time it's about Sendspace.

2011-10-04 Thread Alex Hall
Here's what I have found by just experimenting... 1. The list and sidebar are both important. The sidebar is where you select your location, and the list (after the vertical splitter) shows the contents of what you have selected. 2. Cmd up closes a folder in a tree, and cmd down opens one. 3. It i

Re: editing html code

2011-10-04 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, Ioana, I'd think TextEdit would work well for this. I used to use Notepad for this very same thing. I haven't tried this with TextEdit, but I'm sure it would work. Just be sure you save it as a text file and don't have any formatting in it. Then you could save another version as html and vi

Option-click

2011-10-04 Thread Austin Seraphin
I searched and found someone asked this before. How do you option-click a button? Ricardo mentioned turning the Trackpad commander off and clicking while holding down the option. I tried that and just got the desktop, or more likely whatever random object over which my finger sat. So does anyone

Re: The continuing adventures of David eagle and his Apple Mac computer. this time it's about Sendspace.

2011-10-04 Thread Esther
Hello Alex, To answer your question, yes, you can simply type a path to the folder for any file in Finder. Use the shortcut key sequence Command-Shift-G for "Go to folder" when you're in Finder or in any dialog window that asks you for a file. In the text box type or paste in the path you wa

Re: ChromeVox is now on the Chrome Web Store!

2011-10-04 Thread David Hole
Hi. According to the documentation, there's a few pages that haven't speech. This is due to Chrome doesn't allow extensions to access some pages for security reasons. The settings, the webstore, and it seems like also the start page isn't accessible -David Den 05.10.2011 04:24, skrev Ryan Mann