Re: DVD

2012-01-02 Thread Eric Oyen
dvd player is lacking here I am afraid. I use VLC for this as it has the ability to play menus or tracks and has fully accessible menus -eric On Jan 1, 2012, at 6:44 PM, Craig J Dunlop wrote: > Does anyone know if there is a way to navigate between episodes on DVD's > using my MacBook Pro and

Re: Mini owners, please read

2012-01-02 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
yes, I have that issue, although I have a monitor for my Mini, I choose not to use it a lot of the time, the Mini will not work in this arrangement. please feel free to hand on my address. Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Fac

Re: Using control right and left arrows under fusion and windows 7

2012-01-02 Thread Søren Jensen
Hi. As someone said earlier, you have to do the following: 1: Go into system preferences on your mac 2: Go into keyboard 3: Choose the shortcut tab or whatever it's called 4: Choose mission control in the first table 5: Uncheck all shortcut keys in the other table and then it all works without an

Re: Using control right and left arrows under fusion and windows 7

2012-01-02 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
Wow, this worked! If these instructions were posted earlier, I missed them! Wow, thanks a million! Reach within you, find the beauty of you, then share your light with the world! Marlaina Lieberg 1guide...@gmail.com On Jan 2, 2012, at 6:13 AM, Søren Jensen wrote: Hi. As someone said earli

Re: Using control right and left arrows under fusion and windows 7

2012-01-02 Thread Søren Jensen
Hi. I'm glad I could help. I forgot to say that this trick of course helps in both Fusion and all other apps on the Mac which is handy when editing text in text edit or in mail. Best regards: Søren Jensen Mail & MSN: s...@coolfortheblind.dk Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ Den 02/01/2012

Re: DVD

2012-01-02 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
What is VLC? Where do I find it? Reach within you, find the beauty of you, then share your light with the world! Marlaina Lieberg 1guide...@gmail.com On Jan 2, 2012, at 1:05 AM, Eric Oyen wrote: dvd player is lacking here I am afraid. I use VLC for this as it has the ability to play menus o

RE: DVD

2012-01-02 Thread Daniel Miller
Hi, Actually, dvd player is accessible with the keyboard. Now granted, the menus of the dvds themselves won't be, but you can jump to next and previous chapters with command right and left arrows, I believe. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@

RSS

2012-01-02 Thread Marc Sutton
Hi, I was wondering how people read rss. Safari or some other desktop reader. Any experiences with this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Marc -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisiona

Re: DVD

2012-01-02 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
I recently had 2 DVD experiences. The first movie I played allowed me to just pop in the DVD and the movie began. The second one only played the same music over and over and I never could get to the movie. Also, I did not see an airplay button for DVD to play through my apple tv. Can that be

VO New Window Silence

2012-01-02 Thread Marc Sutton
Hi, I am using a program called Decibel. It is an alternative to Itunes. Whenever a new song plays i get a Voiceover message saying that a new window has opened. Does anyone know how to silence such announcements? I tried the activities chooser but that didn't seem to work. Thanks. Marc -- You

RE: DVD

2012-01-02 Thread Daniel Miller
Hi, Usually just pressing enter will select the play option, since that same music track was most likely the menu. As far as Airplay of DVDs to apple TV, not officially, although there is a program by the same guys that make Audio Highjack Pro, called Airfoil that lets you airplay any audio from y

Re: DVD

2012-01-02 Thread Emrah
Hello, Airfoil has an option to play the audio track of a video through your Airplay device, but I have never tested it. The Airplay protocol requires quite a bit of buffering before it starts streaming and my understanding of the Airfoil implementation is that it will estimate the buffering d

Re: DVD

2012-01-02 Thread craig J Dunlop
what is vlc? On Jan 2, 2012, at 3:05 AM, Eric Oyen wrote: > dvd player is lacking here I am afraid. I use VLC for this as it has the > ability to play menus or tracks and has fully accessible menus > > -eric > > On Jan 1, 2012, at 6:44 PM, Craig J Dunlop wrote: > >> Does anyone know if there

Re: DVD [ another choice]

2012-01-02 Thread Red.Falcon
Hi all! Here is another option and a write up of what it does! Colin Softcon DVD Player SoftconDVDPlayer Version 1.3. This program is a derivative of the Apple January 2006 ADC CocoaDVDPlayer. This is the version I created to make DVD playing more accessible to Voice Over users. Voice

Re: DVD

2012-01-02 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
What is air foil? Reach within you, find the beauty of you, then share your light with the world! Marlaina Lieberg 1guide...@gmail.com On Jan 2, 2012, at 8:34 AM, Emrah wrote: Hello, Airfoil has an option to play the audio track of a video through your Airplay device, but I have never teste

Deleting podcast from iPhone

2012-01-02 Thread Deamon David
Hi guys. Can anyone here tell me how to delete podcasts that are downloaded on the iPhone? I've tried to find different ways to delete them. For example syncing with my Mac, and then delete it from there and sync again, That method resulted in just getting the files from the iPhone back to the Mac

Re: Symphonic Orchestra Jampack for Garage Band

2012-01-02 Thread Vic
Hi Ricardo, That was another question I wanted to ask. Why in a world Apple would stop selling them? I am sure they know the reason. :) I have to see if I can find them somewhere for a discounted price. Wouldn't want to pay full only to learn that something new is to come out in the next few months

dvd burner?

2012-01-02 Thread Kliphton A.M-SR
So tried burning a DVD with iDVD, and it just won't work for me, says the disc has completed, but when I go to play it back, there is no sound or picture. Someone suggested DVD remaster, and says it is fully accessible, but are there any free options, does IDVD work and i just missed a step? T

Re: RSS

2012-01-02 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, Marc, I actually use Mail to do this. When you use Safari to go to an XML page, there are buttons for subscribing via Safari or mail. When you subscribe, a mailbox for each feed is created automatically. HTH, Teresa Slow down; you'll get there faster." On Jan 2, 2012, at 8:21 AM, Marc Su

Re: Using control right and left arrows under fusion and windows 7

2012-01-02 Thread Kliphton A.M-SR
Have any of you ever tried using the key you have mapped to be the insert key and left or right arrow? This works the same way that control left or right arrow would. All though I am not having this issue either, and I'm using the latest version of fusion and lion. On Jan 1, 2012, at 5:49 PM,

Can't remove bluetooth devices

2012-01-02 Thread Doug Lawlor
Hello list: I can't seem to remove a bluetooth device. The process sounds simple enough. Open bluetooth preferences, select the device you want to remove from the device table, navigate to the remove device button and press it. My problem is that this button is dimmed. I've also tried routing th

Re: dvd burner?

2012-01-02 Thread Ray Foret Jr
You might give Burn a try. Just google it and it's almost at the top of the list. Of course, it's free too. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On Jan 2, 2012, at 12:36 PM, Kliph

how to do envelopes in Pages

2012-01-02 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi guys. I got my printer set up, no problem. Easier than it ever was in Windows. I was pleasantly surprised. You guys told me how easy it was going to be, and it was. Now for the next hurdle. I want to do envelopes, the business kind, not the big ones. I found a template in Pages, and I was q

About Airfoil / was / Re: DVD

2012-01-02 Thread Emrah
Hi there, Airfoil allows you to capture the audio on your Mac and send it wirelessly to an Airplay receiver. Apple iTunes lets you send your music and Airfoil lets you send pretty much anything else. You can choose to collect the audio from a specific application or broadcast your whole system

Re: About Airfoil / was / Re: DVD

2012-01-02 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
Ok that's great. Where do I get this utility? Sounds like what I want. Reach within you, find the beauty of you, then share your light with the world! Marlaina Lieberg 1guide...@gmail.com On Jan 2, 2012, at 11:35 AM, Emrah wrote: Hi there, Airfoil allows you to capture the audio on your Ma

Re: About Airfoil / was / Re: DVD

2012-01-02 Thread Emrah
You can get it here: http://www.rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/mac/ -- Emrah “In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not.” Albert Einstein On Jan 2, 2012, at 2:41 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: > Ok that's great. Where do I get this utility? Sounds like what I want. > > Rea

Re: Using control right and left arrows under fusion and windows 7

2012-01-02 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
I haven't got the table when I go to keyboard shortcuts I just have Enable fusion shortcuts and the box is checked. Next to that I have include command tab exposay dashboard etc. and nothing else. Anyideas? Kawal. On 2 Jan 2012, at 14:13, Søren Jensen wrote: > Hi. > > As someone said earlie

Re: how to do envelopes in Pages

2012-01-02 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Gigi, The procedure is the same for all templates. Where there is placeholder text, just use the arrow keys without the VO keys and when you hear "Highlighted", then you can overtype what's already there. Cheers, Anne On 2 Jan 2012, at 20:10, Eugenia Firth wrote: > Hi guys. > I got my

Re: Symphonic Orchestra Jampack for Garage Band

2012-01-02 Thread Ricardo Walker
This is a great question. Honestly, I haven't a clue. They haven't updated or added a new jam pack in maybe 5 or 6 years. It could mean they are coming out with something new or, they are scrapping the entire project. Besides finding some retailer who still has some copies, you would have to

Logic Pro

2012-01-02 Thread Emrah
Hey there, Does anybody know if Logic Pro is accessible with VO? I saw it for $199 and thought it sounded like an excellent deal for what it can do. Thanks and best wishes for 2012, -- Emrah “In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not.” Albert Einstein -- You rec

Re: Logic Pro

2012-01-02 Thread Mr. L. Alexander
no it isn't it hasn't been accessible at all for a long time. there's only 1 workaround to using logic blind. that's using a professional digital production console worth about £10,000 or more. the simple answer here is to go with AVID ProTools 10. Sorry. logic is a touchy subject. lew On 2

Writing on someone's wall in Facebook

2012-01-02 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Hi Listers, how can I write something on a friend's wall in Facebook? I don't seem to be able to work it out at all. I've looked through Facebook help pages but they don't make sense to me. Look forward to any suggestions. Andrew -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the G

Re: Logic Pro

2012-01-02 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Why Hack? I do believe that what is being recommended here is illegal. If I'm going to go with Pro-Tools, either I buy it legally or else I don't get it. It really gets on my nerves that some blind people think that they can break the law and steal software just because of blindness and the l

RE: Logic Pro

2012-01-02 Thread Daniel Miller
Hi, He never said anything about hack, or illegal methods of obtaining software. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ray Foret Jr Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 3:54 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Logic Pro

Re: Logic Pro

2012-01-02 Thread Mr. L. Alexander
excuse me? since when were the words HACK? used nor the question of questionable apps? this was not brought into question. I happen to have worked with logic pro since V8 and the only method of making logic work from a tape only situation was using a digital production console as a master inte

Re: Logic Pro

2012-01-02 Thread Mr. L. Alexander
thank you daniel. much appreciated. I stated the words "Touchy subject" as I've spent a long time dealing with apple over integration with voiceover, etc as well as a few third party companies I've had the pleasure to work with. a fine way to start the new year. lol On 2 Jan 2012, at 21:57, Da

Re: Logic Pro

2012-01-02 Thread Emrah
Thanks for this... I will investigate ProTools. What's Apple's course of thinking? We are good enough to experiment with Garageband, but not enough to play in the pro field? Regards -- Emrah “In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not.” Albert Einstein On Jan 2, 20

Re: Logic Pro

2012-01-02 Thread Ricardo Walker
Lol, I doubt the people at Apple are so cynical about blindness. It probably has to do with the amount of work involved in possibly re writing such an app from the ground up to be accessible. Don't get me wrong, I'm not making excuses for them, I'm just saying I think their reasons are probab

Re: Deleting podcast from iPhone

2012-01-02 Thread Jeff Berwick
On the iPhone, find the podcast you want to delete and remember where abouts it appears on the screen. Then turn off Voiceover and do a swipe from left to right at the location of the podcast. Turn Voiceover back on and look for the confirmation button and double tap it. Hth, Jeff On 2012-01

Re: Logic Pro

2012-01-02 Thread Mr. L. Alexander
OK there's a huge difference between garageband and logic pro. just like there is between iphoto and aperture, imovie and final cut. the UI is different, requiring a different layer of access, meaning also that the product will require further adaptation to work effectively. in the case of logi

Re: Logic Pro

2012-01-02 Thread Emrah
Thanks a bunch for your clarifications. Will try to get hold of a copy of Pro Tools 10 and revert back with some feedback of my experience. All the best, Emrah -- Emrah “In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not.” Albert Einstein On Jan 2, 2012, at 5:12 PM, Mr. L.

Re: Writing on someone's wall in Facebook

2012-01-02 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
This depends on whether you are responding to a comment they me on their wall, or whether you just want to go to their wall and say hi. Here are steps for both: *1) If you are responding to a comment they made, the "post a comment," button is just to the VO right of the thread. You can also u

Re: Logic Pro

2012-01-02 Thread Mr. L. Alexander
please bear in mind that protools as a system is a bit pricy but worth it. providing you have suitable compatible hardware, you can purchase protools 10 for a reasonable price but please be aware that you need a USB iLOK key from avid. available through your participating digidesign / avid deale

M audio keyboard

2012-01-02 Thread Walter Harper
Hello My name is Walter harper. I am new to this list and have a few questions. 1. I have a m audio keyboard 49 keys when I connect it to garageband I don't get any sound. I had a sighted person look at it and they said they lights are coming on. Garageband is detecting the keyboard because I

Re: M audio keyboard

2012-01-02 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, this might be a stupid question but, do you have a software instrument selected? Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On Jan 2, 2012, at 5:53 PM, Walter Harper wrote: > Hello My name is Walter harper. > I am new to this list and have a few que

Re: M audio keyboard

2012-01-02 Thread Walter Harper
Yes I do On Jan 2, 2012, at 6:06 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hi, > > this might be a stupid question but, do you have a software instrument > selected? > > Ricardo Walker > rwalker...@gmail.com > Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 > www.mobileaccess.org > > On Jan 2, 2012, at 5:53 PM, Walter Harper

Re: how to do envelopes in Pages

2012-01-02 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi Ann. It's not happening like I remember before when I got a Pages template. I seem to remember getting the highlight message like you said before. However, this time, when I opened the template, the braille display showed text that you can delete, and I thought, replace with what you want. T

Re: Logic Pro

2012-01-02 Thread Vic
Hi, This topic is so timely. I just stopped by a local Apple store and had a chance to play with Logic Pro for about 10 minutes using VoiceOver on a Lion-powered system. I would not say that Logic is completely inaccessible. On the other hand I cannot say at this point how much it actually is. I wa

Re: RSS

2012-01-02 Thread Marc Sutton
Hi Teresa, Thanks for that tip. It doesn't appear that you can import feeds into either program. I have a bunch of them in an opml file that i would like to view on the mac. I will see if there are any solutions to this. The Mac Mail implementation of rss does look pretty good though. Cheers, Ma

Re: Symphonic Orchestra Jampack for Garage Band

2012-01-02 Thread Chris Snyder
Or maybe it's another way of pushing you into buying Logic Pro. Problem is, if Logic Pro isn't accessible, I have zero incentive other than the packs. Gr. Friendly, Chris -- I'll believe corporations are people when Texas executes one. On Jan 2, 2012, at 2:22 PM, Ricardo Wal

Re: iTunes question re external file server

2012-01-02 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
Sean, Thank you so much but how do I do this? I don't even know where /volumes/directory is located or how to find it, not to mention what to do if the external server drive is not mounted. Reach within you, find the beauty of you, then share your light with the world! Marlaina Lieberg 1gui

Getting files into the cloud

2012-01-02 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
Hello all. Can anyone tell me what I need to do to get files into the cloud and onto other devices? I heard that if I use pages, files will go there but I don't know if it is necessary to save them somewhere like on my iDisk, or in another folder. Thanks. Reach within you, find the beauty of

Re: Deleting podcast from iPhone

2012-01-02 Thread Paul Hunt
This does not work for me, you must have the magic touch. When I put my finger on the podcast and swipe right I don't get th confirmation button. Do the instructions apply to an entire podcast or individual episodes? Sent from my iPhone On Jan 2, 2012, at 4:10 PM, Jeff Berwick wrote: > On the

keyboard

2012-01-02 Thread Walter Harper
Does anyone know if there is a way to reset a M audio keyboard? -- 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

Re: how to do envelopes in Pages

2012-01-02 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi again Ann. I figured it out, and let me tell you how I got it to work. VO never said highlighted but gave me text instead. Using item chooser, when it said the stuff that was in there and then said text box text box, I did VO space on it and then immediately interacted. I didn't think I nee

Re: Mini owners, please read

2012-01-02 Thread Mike Arrigo
It is also an issue for me, voice over is very sluggish and sometimes does not even work unless a monitor is connected, this actually caused a friend of mine to sell her mini and get a macbook instead. On Jan 2, 2012, at 5:26 AM, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav wrote: > yes, I have that issue, althoug

Re: iTunes question re external file server

2012-01-02 Thread Sean Murphy
Hi, Go to the desktop/finder. Press command + k. This opens the network connection dialog. Enter in the server name or the IP address of the server. EG: smb://192.168.1.1 This will open a new dialog. If a username/password is required, you will be prompted. If none is required, then you will

Re: Deleting podcast from iPhone

2012-01-02 Thread Jeff Berwick
It applies to an episode. The key is turning Voiceover off and then back on after you do the swipe gesture. I tried the pass-through gesture but, that didn't allow me to keep voiceover on. Jeff On 2012-01-02, at 7:12 PM, Paul Hunt wrote: > This does not work for me, you must have the magic to

Re: Deleting podcast from iPhone

2012-01-02 Thread Paul Hunt
Thanks Jef. I was able to remove the podcasts. Thnks. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 2, 2012, at 7:24 PM, Jeff Berwick wrote: > It applies to an episode. > > The key is turning Voiceover off and then back on after you do the swipe > gesture. > > I tried the pass-through gesture but, that didn't

Re: RSS

2012-01-02 Thread Traci
Hello Marc, Vienna was recommended to me for rss and the Mac. Unfortunately, I can't give you much guidance on it, because I haven't explored the app much. I downloaded it early on with my Mac, and haven't revisited it. Good luck, Traci PS. I believe you will be able to import your OPML file.

method for routing system sound output to two sources

2012-01-02 Thread Yuma Decaux
Hi list, I've tried an interesting experiment to control my mac via skype. I have one bit missing to make it fully efficient. Usually going through ssh i get across most of my needs, but some applications require full GUI control to get there quickly. And of course, most software is made for si

Re: RSS

2012-01-02 Thread Marc Sutton
Hi Traci, Thanks for that recommendation. It seems to work with Voiceover, although a few buttons need labeling. The .opml file imported successfully and kept my folder hierarchy. Looks like a great program for the job. Marc On Jan 2, 2012, at 8:46 PM, Traci wrote: > Hello Marc, > > Vienna was