Hello all:
I am working with an iMovie project and I want to make an audio description,
but I can't find the start record button in the Voice in off tool. Can anybody
explain me how to use it?
Thank you very much!
best regards, Daniela.
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Hello all,
I just wanted to say hello as I've just been given access to this list.
I'm 50, live and work in Durham, NC, have a large variety of Apple products,
including a Mac Book Pro 13" 2011.
I look forward to learning all kinds of stuff here.
Dave
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Hi Gavin,
This is a question that I'm seeking the answer for as well. Knowing how this
works will be very useful for me and others. Could you be a little more
specific? I don't think I understand the complete picture yet. I know that I
can use space to start, pause and resume playback. The arro
Hey Ricardo,
Do you know if it is possible to skip ahead in an audio file if you are
listening to it using space from finder?
Thanks,
Paul.
On Oct 28, 2012, at 12:40 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
> Hi,
>
> if you just want to find a music file in finder, and listen to it, you can
> just press sp
Hi, Dave,
Welcome to the list. I've learned a whole lot here since I got my Mac Mini in
April 2010, followed by my IPod 4th gen about a year later. There are lots of
knowledgeable folk here. Enjoy.
Teresa
On Oct 28, 2012, at 3:32 AM, "Dave" wrote:
> Hello all,
> I just wanted to say hello as
Hi, all,
I've resolved my problem. I went to the ~/library/caches/helpd folder and
deleted it. Then, instead of simply logging out and back in as I'd done before,
I restarted my computer. That seems to have done the trick. So if you have a
persistent no-go from help, give this a try.
htH,
Tere
Hello list,
My name's Daniel, and I figure I'd introduce myself. I was accepted to the list
today, and I'm from Florida.
I recently got a Mac Book pro 13 inch, late 2011 in April of this year. I
figure I'd join this list as I herd that this is a pretty good list to receive
newly help.
I look for
Hi, dave!
Welcome to the list. I purchased my mid-2011 Macbook Air in May of this year,
and I absolutely love it to pieces. Welcome aboard, and you'll find many
helpful folks on here as well as all sorts of tips and tricks.
Rachel
On Oct 28, 2012, at 3:56 AM, Teresa Cochran wrote:
> Hi, Dave,
Hi Daniel
Welcome to the list. I would like to tell you that not only do we talk about
Macintosh computers, but we also talk about iPhones, iPads, et cetera. This is
because they're very much interrelated these days.
Gigi
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 28, 2012, at 7:50 AM, Daniel C wrote:
> Hell
Hi,
I use iMovie and even did a little tutorial on iMovie editting (it's on
HowToBeBlind.com somewhere). I was under the impression that Audio tracks
(voiceover's and the like) were inaccessible for editting purposes, but I
think it is possible to record a audio bed track for your movie. you j
Hi everyone!
I'm planning on studying linguistics and am therefore very curious to hear
about any past experiences from you guys with reading characters in the
International Phonetic Alphabet in VoiceOver. I've tried to install various
unicode fonts and IPA keyboard layouts generally recommended
Hi all,
My mac recently started restarting with no warning. It has done this three or
four times now, and I don't know why. The only clue is something about a kernel
trap in the report, but that does not mean much to me. The only thing I have
changed recently is installing a MenuTab update a few
Hi,
The first thing I'd do in this sort of case is to shutdown the machine totally.
While it's off, remove the power cord, leave it out for about one minute then
make sure it is firmly back in at both ends. If you are also using a power
bar, then take it out of the loop if you can. This will
Hi,
While I've not studied this directly, I have always been interested in
linguistics. Under JAWS the phonetic symbols were never read -- not at all!
Under VoiceOver, however, the symbols are actually described, according to the
Wikipedia page on the International Phonetic Alphabet. It appe
Hi Paul,
I apologise for just rushing through the instructions, I'll try and do a better
job below.
First, as you may or may not know, Amadeus has 2 - well, cursors, for lack of a
better word - called the play head and the insertion point. The play head is
your current playback position, and t
Daniel,
Don't get the wrong idea. This list is mainly... shruggs: *mainly!* for the
use of Voiceover with the Mac, and I'm sure the mods would probably say,
please do not make a habbit of it, but one in a while IPhone questions to
crop up, and that's perfectly acceptable. Or at least, the mo
OK, I need to weigh my options here. I admit I have used Pages before, and
indeed have bought a copy both for OSX, as well as for IOS, but I haven't
honestly really diven in much to the app. Don't get me wrong, I certainly
can create somewhat well looking documents with it, but as far as text
Chris,
Resumes should be as basic and clean as possible. You want things to be
bolded, etc, but for the most part you do not want a lot of clutter, and you
usually only want a single page or two at the most.
Pages does have included templates for creating resumes, which you can write
over to
Hi guys,
I was wondering if there is a timer/stop watch available for the mac? I want
to improve my typing accuracy and speed, and so while a typing program would be
ideal, I would settle for a timer/stopwatch. While I know this is available on
the iPhone/iPod, I would like to be able to quic
Harry, this was an excellent excellent help! I think the only thing I need
more clarification on is exactly what you mean by insertting spaces, and not
realizing they were not there already/setting up the shortcut that you
mentioned.
I tend to work more interactively. Is there any way you co
Have you upgraded to the latest version of VLC and if so do you still find
it as accessible?
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[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Cheryl Homiak
Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2012 3:50 PM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: playin
I don't know of any programs or web sites, but just wanted to throw in,
remember, typing isn't a race. It's not about how fast can you type. I've
learned that the hard way. I certainly could work, myself, more on typing.
I'm fairly quick, and certainly even in a job setting could easily hold
Hi Guys,
has anyone ever had this issue? Pages and TextEdit are both telling me that I
do not have permission to save a file. I have tried restarting the computer
but it does not help. They both tell me to locate the item in the finder and
chooseThe problem, of course, is that the file h
Chris,
I am working on certification as a Spanish/English translator, so typing
actually is rather important. However, since that involves research, equally
important is being able to quickly do research. I would like to not have to
worry as much about small typing errors, and to simply impro
So I just got set up with VLC Media Player last night. I'm really really
really liking what I'm seeing so far! I do have a real quick question
though. Actually, ok, two questions. First of all, I understand how to
open individual files, but let's say I wanted to open an entire folder, and
t
Dear listers,
I'm currently exploring windows 7 in a virtual machine on my mac, but I have a
lot of questions. Can you point me to a forum for windows 7 users with a screen
reader? That would be very helpful.
Thanks in advance,
Paul.
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Hi Paul.
I'm not sure of any forums that can help.
I'd be happy to answer as many questions as i can, i have just installed vmware
fusion and windows , I used to use it through bootcamp.
On Oct 28, 2012, at 10:40 AM, Paul Erkens wrote:
> Dear listers,
>
> I'm currently exploring windows 7 in a
OK, a few things.
Is it only happenning with this one file?
Do you know how to run disc permission repair with disk utility on that
volume? Might be worth doing if so.
Thank you kindly,
Christopher-Mark Gilland.
Founder of CLG Productions
Blog:
http://www.clgproductions.org
Podcast:
http:
Harry, can you show me in Mail where to go to enable where it'll
automatically spell-check before sending?
I know in Outlook Distress... oops? did I really just say that? LOL! how to
do it, but not sure on the Mac. I know about command+;, but yeah...
Am using Mountain Lion with all the late
Hi,
I realize I'm not Harry, but I can offer help. Go to preferences with
command+comma. Then you'll go to the toolbar, and select the "composing"
button. In that area, you'll find an option that says check spelling, and a
popup button with your available options. One of them is, "When I click
Why not sign up to the Blind Windows 7 list. To join send a blank message to
blindwindows7-subscr...@yahoogroups.com
Then reply to the confirmation you should receive.
Good luck.
Christopher Hallsworth
On 28/10/2012 17:40, Paul Erkens wrote:
Dear listers,
I'm currently exploring windows 7 in
My computer is supposed to automatically join our wireless network when I
connect, or atleast join a known one on a list, but for some reason I have to
go into the Extras menu and find my network and tell it to join.
When I looked at the list of things under network, Wireless was fourth on the
Chris,
I restarted the computer and tried this with another document, and it stil
happens.
Thanks,
Harry
On oct 28, 2012, at 11:45 a.m., "Christopher-Mark Gilland"
wrote:
> OK, a few things.
>
> Is it only happenning with this one file?
>
> Do you know how to run disc permission repair wi
That's excellent!
Thank you for the help.
Thank you kindly,
Christopher-Mark Gilland.
Founder of CLG Productions
Blog:
http://www.clgproductions.org
Podcast:
http://clgproductions.podhoster.com
E-mail:
ch...@clgproductions.com
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Windows Live Messen
OK, yeah, that's what I suspected. Yeah, sounds to me like you've got a
disk permission problem. Do you know how to run a disc permission repair in
Disk Utility?
Thank you kindly,
Christopher-Mark Gilland.
Founder of CLG Productions
Blog:
http://www.clgproductions.org
Podcast:
http://clgpr
Hello Harry,
Are you getting this message as soon as you open the Save dialogue or when you
choose where to save it? If it's when you choose where to save it, you could be
trying to save into a folder where you haven't got the right permissions.
As a workaround, have you tried selecting all and
I think this is what you're looking for.
www.groups.yahoo.com/group/blindwindows7/
I'm also messing about with Windows7 in Fusion5 (trial version). That is,
when I get a chance - my trial will probably run out before I get very far
with it. Personally, and I know this is sacrilige, but I like W
Hi all,
I'm thinking about gifting someone an album in iTunes for their birthday, but I
don't know if they already have it. Does anyone know if you can exchange an
album if someone gifts you something you already have?
TIA,
Donna
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Hi Anne,
Apparently it is a permissions issue. Thank you, Chris, for puttin me on to
the repair disk permissiosn option, sicne that repaired several hundred items,
apparently, including several things with my library, but it did not fix my
issue. I go into my folder and try to make it read na
Hi all,
I spent a horrible amount of time manually adding 130 contacts from the cc of
an email I received. In windows there is a feature where you can add everyone
on list to contacts. Anything similar on
mac?
Thanks,
Ioana
Please check out my cd on www.ioanagandrabur.com on iTunes and mos
OK, if you're thinking, well, I got an IPhone/IPod, so maybe I can help,
they're close enough, don't assume that in this case. This problem only
seems to be an issue with an IPad. I've never ever ever! had this happen on
an IPod, nor on an IPhone. Beware.
So here's the deal. I wrote about
Just one idea springs to mind. Have you tried flicking faster and putting
different amounts of presure on the screen? Sure, that's not supposed to make
a difference; but, in this case, I sort of wonder.
Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!
Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!!
Skype
I use vlc to play my media here, works great, I'm using the newest version.
On Oct 28, 2012, at 11:56 AM, Jeff Bishop wrote:
> Have you upgraded to the latest version of VLC and if so do you still find it
> as accessible?
>
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googl
Harry,
This might seem like a dumb question, but if you're not in objection to
trying it, can you create another user account, then log into that user, and
see if the problem persists on another file? If it doesn't, then try under
that new user you created to access the file... you might have
Pressure? No. Speed? yes.
Chris.
Thank you kindly,
Christopher-Mark Gilland.
Founder of CLG Productions
Blog:
http://www.clgproductions.org
Podcast:
http://clgproductions.podhoster.com
E-mail:
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IMessage/Facetime:
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Windows Live Messenger:
ch
Chris
I know there's a lady on this list who offers paid skype tuition using Pages.
You couldn't really go far wrong in approaching her and seeing how far you get
with it. It sounds like it's more skills you need, and that you're not afraid
to read CV manuals online to help with the actual conte
Chris,
I just tried the obvious -- saving to the Desktop instea of the particular
folder I was trying to save in all along, and it worked perfectly. I'm not
sure what settings to chagne t oallow me to save in the original folder,
though. It says my user is read and write, but Staf and Everyon
Do you know who this lady is?
Chris.
Thank you kindly,
Christopher-Mark Gilland.
Founder of CLG Productions
Blog:
http://www.clgproductions.org
Podcast:
http://clgproductions.podhoster.com
E-mail:
ch...@clgproductions.com
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Harry,
Here's how the privileges should be set:
• The Parent folder of your directory should have the privileges you've
outlined. That is, the Parent folder is the one in the Users folder of the
Macintosh HD. It should read the same as your ShortName in the Users & Groups
pane of the System
Hi,
It's Anne Robertson. She is very adept with Pages and the use of it with VO.
Later
Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
On 2012-10-28, at 5:02 PM, "Christopher-Mark Gilland"
wrote:
> Do you know who this lady is?
>
> Chris.
>
>
> Thank you kindly,
>
> Christopher-Mark Gilland.
>
Hello.
In the past when running Lion you use to be able to start your mac, here the
chime and press command R and then some time had elapse after letting go after
30 seconds, you could press command f5 and voice over would start.
I have tried this in Mountain Lion and when I press command f5 vo
Command+R still works in ML. Perhaps wait a little longer? I'm able to get
into the recovery with no problems.
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To: macvision
same here.
It works great.
On Oct 28, 2012, at 4:20 PM, "Daniel Miller" wrote:
> Command+R still works in ML. Perhaps wait a little longer? I'm able to get
> into the recovery with no problems.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googl
Has she made any audio tutorials I could purchase?
I'd love to do Skype to Skype with her, but right now, I've gone through a bit
of a medical family crisis, so don't have a lot of money to work with, if any.
Chris.
Thank you kindly,
Christopher-Mark Gilland.
Founder of CLG Productions
Blog:
How long does one wait five minutes? I was waiting for three minutes. I just
turned off my Mac, waited for it to shut down, switched it on, when i heard the
chime, pressed command R and let go after 30 seconds.
On 28 Oct 2012, at 23:21, Chris Bruinenberg wrote:
> same here.
> It works great.
I'll bet your in it. Try actually doing fn+Command F5 and see if VO
starts.
Chris.
Thank you kindly,
Christopher-Mark Gilland.
Founder of CLG Productions
Blog:
http://www.clgproductions.org
Podcast:
http://clgproductions.podhoster.com
E-mail:
ch...@clgproductions.com
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OK I'll try and let you know.
On 28 Oct 2012, at 23:23, Christopher-Mark Gilland
wrote:
> I'll bet your in it. Try actually doing fn+Command F5 and see if VO starts.
>
> Chris.
>
>
> Thank you kindly,
>
> Christopher-Mark Gilland.
> Founder of CLG Productions
>
> Blog:
> http://www.clgpro
You'd need to check with her directly.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
On 2012-10-28, at 5:22 PM, "Christopher-Mark Gilland"
wrote:
> Has she made any audio tutorials I could purchase?
>
> I'd love to do Skype to Skype with her, but right now, I've gone through a
> bit of a m
Hello Chris.
I did try what you said but nothing happened. Switched the Mac off, turned it
on, and pressed Command R and let go after 30 seconds. Waited almost 5
minutes, pressed FM command 5, no voice over.
Kawal.
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Chris.
Thank you kindly,
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I think Anne Robertson. Hopefully she will chime in.
On 29/10/2012, at 12:02 PM, "Christopher-Mark Gilland"
wrote:
> Do you know who this lady is?
>
> Chris.
>
>
> Thank you kindly,
>
> Christopher-Mark Gilland.
> Founder of CLG Productions
>
> Blog:
> http://www.clgproductions.org
>
>
You wrote:
pressed FM command 5...
There's your problem. It's not command 5. It's command F! 5.
Thank you kindly,
Christopher-Mark Gilland.
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E-mail:
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IMessag
Hello,
It is Anne Robertson. her e-mail address for Pages training is
educat...@cecimac.org. It costs €125.00, which, with current exchange rates,
is ·161.71, but this, of course, changes daily. There are five units, and they
are very helpful. I went through the training myself, which she c
Hi all,
I know a few days ago someone told me how to move dock items. I could have
sworn they said to use cmd-left/right, but that does not seem to be working.
With one thing and another, I'm just getting around to organizing my dock,
which is why I didn't notice this when I was told the answer
Hi Alex,
Use CMD+shift+left/right arrows, and you will find yourself in business.
Thanks,
Harry
On oct 28, 2012, at 6:28 p.m., Alex Hall wrote:
> Hi all,
> I know a few days ago someone told me how to move dock items. I could have
> sworn they said to use cmd-left/right, but that does not se
That's one of the combinations I tried, and I just tried it again. Nothing
happens. Yes, vo moves left or right, but hitting vo-shift-home to see if app
store, the app I'm moving, is now first tells me instead that finder is still
first, as it has always been. I conclude, therefore, that app sto
Try option-command-left or right arrows to move itimes on the Dock. You
will hear VoiceOver tell you where you moved the icon each time you do it.
Take Care
John D. Panarese
Director
Mac for the Blind
Tel, (631) 724-4479
Email, j...@macfortheblind.com
Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com
Hi there!
The finder always has the 1st spot so any you wish to move starts at the 2nd
spot and further!
HTH Colin
T
On 29 Oct 2012, at 00:41, John Panarese wrote:
> Try option-command-left or right arrows to move itimes on the Dock. You
> will hear VoiceOver tell you where you moved the ic
Thanks guys. Option-cmd-arrows worked perfectly. Finder being immoveable
explains why I missed this keystroke when trying to move things around. I
wanted my dock in alphabetical order, and having finder ahead of app store is
going to bug me, but I guess I'll get over it.
On Oct 28, 2012, at 8:4
> Okay, I bought my first mac june 2011, it was actually a fathers day present.
> I went cold turkey for over a month, trying to learn my way around the OS,
> and how it worked. Over 18 months later, I'd say I am pretty good, and can
> even help others. I know how to inter act with tables, re
It's not you, I think the web browsing experience is smoother on windows
because screen readers use a flat representation, so they can do things like
read text like a document, not stop at links in text, and so on. I prefer web
browsing on windows, just not enough to sacrifice everything else th
For the record, I'll say a total 1 80, I think browsing on Windows is the most
clunky, worst experience I've ever seen. I'll do it if that happens to be the
computer I'm working currently on at the time, but I'd rather not if I could
help it. I love y Safari, oh, and let's not forget Google Ch
Hi all,
I just created a new Twitter account called Voiceover tips (@VOTips). I'll use
it to tweet, well, vo tips, from iOS to OS10. They might be anything from how
to move dock items (thanks again) to good websites to how to quickly adjust
verbosity without using the VO utility. Anything I disc
I'm curious: why do you think windows is clunky compared to the mac? I'm not
trying to start anything, I just want to understand and see if there's some
fundamental thing I'm missing. For instance, when I go to the audiogames.net
forums, I have to vo-right a bunch of times through users' informa
Awesome. Am now following you.
Chris.
Thank you kindly,
Christopher-Mark Gilland.
Founder of CLG Productions
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It might just be an opinion thing, but between the rotor, quick navigation by
headings, tables, etc. Plus the fact I turned on Group navigation instead of
dom order, then the item chooser, plus vo+F, vo+G, and Vo+Shift G, I find it is
extremely pleasant of an experience. Again, it's just my opi
Vo-u is a handy feature. I guess my main sticking point is the lack of a flat
representation, so that absolutely every element has to be separated and read
individually, with accompanying pauses in speech even with sounds muted. I
tried grouping once, but it was much more awkward on forums than
Hi Clifton
I agree with you about Safari and that it is the most difficult thing to
master. I've had my mac for less time than you but I just don't get a sense of
the web page like I do in windows. Getting to the top of a page can be
difficult sometimes, and even scrolling with the track pad doe
Greetings Everyone,
I am looking for information for an acquaintance of mine regarding Doogle
Drive. Who uses it, and what are your thoughts and experiences with it. I only
went as far as installing the Drive app onto my Mac Mini and various iOS
devices, but not much further.
I am looking for
All it does is groups certain things together so you more quickly can jump over
them. Plus, it will thus cluster more things into one item, thus making it
easy to read in bigger chunks. Basically, then within a group of things, if
you want to then click a link within a group, or get to a form
I thought that's what it did. Well, if it's really as useful as you find it, I
guess I'll give it another try. After all, it must be better than dom order to
some users or it never would have stuck around.
On Oct 29, 2012, at 12:38 AM, "Christopher-Mark Gilland"
wrote:
> All it does is groups
It's not really something that a lot of people use, you are correct on that,
but I personally love it. Each is to his or her own though, I guess.
Thank you kindly,
Christopher-Mark Gilland.
Founder of CLG Productions
Blog:
http://www.clgproductions.org
Podcast:
http://clgproductions.podhoster
Hi,
Just want to address 2 issues that have a solution ooh might have missed.
To go to top of page I find vo shift home works well.
Second, after finishing editing a form in many it not most cases ooh don't need
to find the go or the submit button. Just pressing enter will do it.
Vest,
Ioan
Hi,
In your message you mention you use windows for torrent. It works fine for me
on the Mac. I use u torrent
Vest,
Ioana
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 28, 2012, at 9:15 PM, Kliphton wrote:
>> Okay, I bought my first mac june 2011, it was actually a fathers day
>> present. I went cold tur
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