accessable VPN's?

2012-11-12 Thread johns.kary
Hi Guys, Can anyone tell me if WiTopia is accessible with voiceover? if it isn't is there a VPN program that is? Thanks heeps, -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.

Re: accessable VPN's?

2012-11-12 Thread Michael Babcock
>From your service provider, if you can receive it the URL to the VPN server, >your username, password, and the type of VPN surfer, you can set up a VPN >server accessibly under system preferences. No third-party program is >necessarily necessary in order to accomplish this task. Michael Sent f

A stance against inaccessibility...

2012-11-12 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
All, Forgive the cross list posting, but, I like many of you feel that the time has come to stand up and be counted with regards to inaccessible Apps, and those who produce them. Please see my below article, and if you agree, please I urge you to use the Twitter link at the end and Tweet this a

A stance against inaccessibility...

2012-11-12 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
All, Forgive the cross list posting, but, I like many of you feel that the time has come to stand up and be counted with regards to inaccessible Apps, and those who produce them. Please see my below article, and if you agree, please I urge you to use the Twitter link at the end and Tweet this a

Re: accessable VPN's?

2012-11-12 Thread Kliphton
Yes it is, even has an icon for the status bar, and notifications center. Kliphton-SR (iMessage&Email) kliph...@icloud.com (Skype) kliphton72 http::twitter.com/KaptonKliphton http::kliphton.wordpress.com http://facebook.com/kliphandsharrie On Nov 12, 2012, at 5:27 AM, "johns.kary" wrote: Hi Gu

Re: A stance against inaccessibility...

2012-11-12 Thread Emrah
Neil, There is a wonderful alternative to Sonos, with equal to superior sound quality. It allows me to manage the music both in my home in Switzerland and New York and even stream music to my iDevices while on the road. Can you believe that I can actually have both places synchronized and play

Re: A stance against inaccessibility...

2012-11-12 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Is this media server hard to set up? How expensive is it when compared to Sonos? Maybe this could be an alternative for me. /Krister 12 nov 2012 kl. 15:09 skrev Emrah : > Neil, > > There is a wonderful alternative to Sonos, with equal to superior sound > quality. > > It allows me to manage the

Re: A stance against inaccessibility...

2012-11-12 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Emrah, Thank you for this, whilst I fully understand what you are saying, this was not my point. If we celebrate and respect choice, and if we believe as a community that accessibility and inclusion are generic rights to all of us, we must stand up against this sort of thing. So, irrespective

Re: A stance against inaccessibility...

2012-11-12 Thread Blake Sinnett
Yeah. Besides, SqueezeBox has been discontinued anyways. http://www.geekintheforest.com/long-live-squeezebox/ Blake From: Neil Barnfather - TalkNav Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 8:20 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: A stance against inaccessibility... Emrah, Thank yo

Re: Podcasters Unite!

2012-11-12 Thread Scott Rumery
Mike, I have a different Skype for you, I believe that the one that I have is EyelessMike, but I will do a search for howtobeblind and add you. I am looking forward to this. Scott Rumery Senior Partner Fedora Outlier, LLC 888-958-6979 ext.5801 sc...@fedoraoutlier.com www.fedoraoutlier.com Subs

setting up spacing in textedit

2012-11-12 Thread Matthew Campbell
Hello all. I'm wondering if there is a way to set up spacing in textedit? Some of my essays need to be double spaced, and I'd love to know how to set this up. If there is a way to do it, how? Thanks, Matthew Campbell. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: Some questions about Mac Mini.

2012-11-12 Thread matthew Dyer
Hi, The mac mini does have a speaker, but if you are wanting to listening to music or mp3s you will want external speakers as I don't think that the internal s[peaker is not very good at all. Just my thoughts. On Nov 11, 2012, at 5:58 PM, Chris Bruinenberg wrote: > I do know that the mac mi

Re: Some questions about Mac Mini.

2012-11-12 Thread matthew Dyer
Here is another thought, but why not just get a mac book air there very small and you can get 11 inches on a screan and then you can still have the scanner on the desk. Just a thought. On Nov 11, 2012, at 6:12 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > I wasn't going to get a screen. At the moment I have

Re: Some questions about Mac Mini.

2012-11-12 Thread Eric Caron
Hi Kawal, I have both a mini and a Mac Book pro. The mini itself is small, but once you add in the many wires for power and USB and monitor it quickly becomes more tangled then the Mac Book. Also, the internal speaker is just adequate nothing great. There is no battery power. Most of us wi

Re: Buying Digit-eyes

2012-11-12 Thread Nancy M
Hi Mei, I am sorry if this is confusing. There are two versions of Digit-Eyes; free and paid. And you can buy partial functionality (like just UPC scanning or just recording) - If you are buying the paid one, it should perform like any other purchasable app. - The free one just has

Re: Some questions about Mac Mini.

2012-11-12 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Thank you. I will think about other options then as I have not made up my mind yet. Kawal. On Nov 12, 2012, at 3:43 PM, Eric Caron wrote: > > Hi Kawal, > > I have both a mini and a Mac Book pro. The mini itself is small, but once > you add in the many wires for power and USB and monitor it

Re: Some questions about Mac Mini.

2012-11-12 Thread Chris Blouch
One thing to note is the mini, like all Macs in from the last decade or so, has both analog and digital audio optical outputs in the same jack. So given the right cable you can hook up the Mac to a full surround-sound home theater or the like. So playing a DVD will send the full 5.1 digital aud

Re: setting up spacing in textedit

2012-11-12 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Matthew, To change the line spacing in TextEdit, either use the item chooser, or go to the first item and navigate right until you find the line spacing pop up button. Pop it and change the line spacing to what you want. In that same area of the window, you'll find other layout informatio

Re: CAnnot browse genre stations on the Mac or in Pandora app

2012-11-12 Thread Pamela J Francis
Hello Michael, I have used Pandora. I currently use slacker. I find slacker to be more customizable & worth the premium subscription. I still have the free version of pandora, but no longer depend on it for my radio listening. On Nov 11, 2012, at 5:26 PM, Michael Babcock wrote: > I used to usi

Re: CAnnot browse genre stations on the Mac or in Pandora app

2012-11-12 Thread Christine Grassman
Yesterday afternoon, after fooling with the app some more, I discovered that if I go into "stations", tap on the "create a new station" edit box, then go to the keyboard, then touch my finger above it, I eventually get the "browse genre stations" button. This works reliably, but you must tap the

iCloud on Mac questions

2012-11-12 Thread Kirsten Edmondson
Hi, I am noticing recently that my nail on the Mac seems to default to sending from either my iCloud email address or my me.com email address. Is there a way of stopping this? Sometimes I forget to check and then it doesn't like sending or it ends up with replies in the wrong, or random places.

Opinions on I Mac.

2012-11-12 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hello All. After reading all the messages about the Mac Mini, I'm now wanting your opinions on the I Mac. I don't need to take what ever I get anywhere and if I want portability later on, I could buy a Mac book Air. So those of you have I Macs, wish for an honest opinion, for and against. I

Newbie needing help, how to set up my Wireless networkHello, I've just purchased a Macbook, May 2009, running Lion off of ebay. I've owned a mac mini, for a couple of months but consider myself a new

2012-11-12 Thread Gail the U. S. male
Sent from my iPhone -- 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 more op

Re: CAnnot browse genre stations on the Mac or in Pandora app

2012-11-12 Thread Pam Francis
I don't know about the Maxide however having tried to access Pandora on Windows, the site was inaccessible. I gave up. I'll use it strictly on my iPhone. Pam Francis On Nov 12, 2012, at 11:49 AM, Christine Grassman wrote: Yesterday afternoon, after fooling with the app some more, I discovere

Re: Newbie needing help, how to set up my Wireless networkHello, I've just purchased a Macbook, May 2009, running Lion off of ebay. I've owned a mac mini, for a couple of months but consider myself a

2012-11-12 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hi Gale. Just so you know, you put your message body into your subject line. In any event, when you first got your Mac and turned it on, you should've been able to see the wifi networks that were available to you. If you didn't, press VO+M, or ctrl+option+M twice to go to the secondary menu. VO+

Pointing VM Fusion to a bootcamp partition

2012-11-12 Thread Paul Hunt
Hello everyone. I have a Virtual Machine running. I also have a Windows Bootcamp partition. The performance is better in bootcamp but I'm having some issues with it. Currently, when I try to boot into Windows, my screen goes completely black and nothing happens. I hope that I can get control of it

Re: Opinions on I Mac.

2012-11-12 Thread Agent086b
Hello, I have had my first iMac since September this year. I have used a PC since 1991, so it has been a big switch. I could not have done this without the help of the list members. I am happy to now call myself a Mac user. The hardest thing I have found is making my mind think about the way of

trying to identify a bug with VoiceOver in Mountain Lion

2012-11-12 Thread Slau Halatyn
There seems to be a bug with VoiceOver under Mountain Lion that didn't exist under Lion or Snow Leopard. Within Pro Tools, there are a bunch of counter displays and buttons that don't read correctly. This is expecially puzzling since the programmer followed Apple's guidelines to make the applica

Re: Opinions on I Mac.

2012-11-12 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
I already have a MacBook Pro. I am just wishing to change from a MacBook Pro to something else. On Nov 12, 2012, at 8:42 PM, Agent086b wrote: > Hello, I have had my first iMac since September this year. I have used a PC > since 1991, so it has been a big switch. I could not have done this wit

Re: trying to identify a bug with VoiceOver in Mountain Lion

2012-11-12 Thread Ray Foret Jr
No. In all cases of aps that I use, all reads correctly. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray On Nov 12, 2012, at 3:05 PM, Slau Halatyn wrote: > There seems to be a bug with VoiceOver under Mountain Lion that didn't exi

Amadeus pro issues. Tutorial coming soon

2012-11-12 Thread Mike M
>> All, There are some issues with the latest version of Amadeus Pro that prevents it from playing MP3 files. If you haven't updated yet then don't if you use MP3's. If you have already dome so or are a first timer this link below is one I got from the developer that expla

Re: CAnnot browse genre stations on the Mac or in Pandora app

2012-11-12 Thread Michael Babcock
How is the accessibility of slacker on the iPhone? I ask, because the last time I use slacker was when I was using android. Accessibility on android was so. A few unlabeled buttons, but for the most part user-friendly. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 12, 2012, at 10:36 AM, Pamela J Francis wrote:

Re: Amadeus pro issues. Tutorial coming soon

2012-11-12 Thread Maria & Joe Chapman
Hi are there any in depth tutorials on amadaius pro? thanks regards Maria and crew from australia email: bubbygirl1...@gmail.com check out www.95-the-mix.com where we play lots of great music On 13/11/2012, at 8:28 AM, Mike M wrote: >>> All, > There are some issues with the la

Re: CAnnot browse genre stations on the Mac or in Pandora app

2012-11-12 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
Slacker works great. I like it much better than pandora! Sent from my iPhone On Nov 12, 2012, at 1:30 PM, Michael Babcock wrote: > How is the accessibility of slacker on the iPhone? I ask, because the last > time I use slacker was when I was using android. Accessibility on android was > so.

Re: setting up spacing in textedit

2012-11-12 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
Hi Anne. When I tried this the line spacing was dimmed out. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks Sent from my iPhone On Nov 12, 2012, at 8:59 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Matthew, > > To change the line spacing in TextEdit, either use the item chooser, or go to > the first item and navi

Re: CAnnot browse genre stations on the Mac or in Pandora app

2012-11-12 Thread Michael Babcock
Awesome, I'll have to check it out. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 12, 2012, at 2:37 PM, Chris Bruinenberg wrote: > Slacker works great. I like it much better than pandora! > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 12, 2012, at 1:30 PM, Michael Babcock > wrote: > >> How is the accessibility of slack

Re: CAnnot browse genre stations on the Mac or in Pandora app

2012-11-12 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
They have a better variety of music. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 12, 2012, at 1:44 PM, Michael Babcock wrote: > Awesome, I'll have to check it out. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 12, 2012, at 2:37 PM, Chris Bruinenberg wrote: > >> Slacker works great. I like it much better than pandora

Re: A stance against inaccessibility...

2012-11-12 Thread Maria & Joe Chapman
Hi. tweets have been sent and also on facebook. I don't use sonus but i agree with you. God Bless! Maria from australia Newbie mac user. bubbygirl1...@gmail.com will get you fb as well as email & iMessage. skype same as email,without the gmail part. twitter bubbygirl On 12/11/201

Re: CAnnot browse genre stations on the Mac or in Pandora app

2012-11-12 Thread Michael Babcock
I've already noticed that. I enjoyed the application! Thank you for the suggestion. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 12, 2012, at 2:52 PM, Chris Bruinenberg wrote: > They have a better variety of music. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 12, 2012, at 1:44 PM, Michael Babcock > wrote: > >> Awes

Re: Opinions on I Mac.

2012-11-12 Thread Les Kriegler
Hi Kawal, We purchased an iMac in March of this year. I started with a MacBook Pro in late 2009. Rather than purchasing another PC, I decided that the iMac was a better option. It is well-built and the ports are easily accessible. I did buy a device that has the USB ports even though I have

Re: Opinions on I Mac.

2012-11-12 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hi Les. That's great. I probably go for an I Mac when I can afford one. Kawal. On 12 Nov 2012, at 22:22, Les Kriegler wrote: > Hi Kawal, > > We purchased an iMac in March of this year. I started with a MacBook Pro in > late 2009. Rather than purchasing another PC, I decided that the iMac w

128kb aac or 256kb mp3, which is higher quality?

2012-11-12 Thread Mary Otten
I have a subscription to sky.fm premium and decided to import some of their stations into itunes. They offer 128kb aac and 256kb mp3 as the highest quality feeds. I'm not familiar with 128kb aac. Does anybody have a thought on which of these formats is highest quality? Mary Mary Otten motte..

Re: Opinions on I Mac.

2012-11-12 Thread Les Kriegler
Hi Kawal, I think you'll be pleased once you make that purchase. I did get a full-sized keyboard with 19 function keys, and a numeric keypad as I figure once I install Windows on this machine, a full-sized keyboard will come in handy. Les On Nov 12, 2012, at 5:36 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: >

Re: Opinions on I Mac.

2012-11-12 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
That's what I will do, get a full-size keyboard! Just for Windows ! On Nov 12, 2012, at 10:47 PM, Les Kriegler wrote: > Hi Kawal, > > I think you'll be pleased once you make that purchase. I did get a > full-sized keyboard with 19 function keys, and a numeric keypad as I figure > once I inst

Re: Opinions on I Mac.

2012-11-12 Thread Les Kriegler
Hi Kawal, Just to clarify, I purchased a USB hub when the iMac was acquired. It has 4 USB ports, and the hub sits next to the iMac. Very nice to have the additional ports, and it's handy when I wish to plug in external devices. Les On Nov 12, 2012, at 5:58 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > That'

Re: 128kb aac or 256kb mp3, which is higher quality?

2012-11-12 Thread Slau
AAC and mp3 are essentially the same format. 256 is a larger file size, contains more information and is better. HTH On Nov 12, 2012, at 5:46 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > I have a subscription to sky.fm premium and decided to import some of their > stations into itunes. They offer 128kb aac and 25

Re: Newbie needing help, how to set up my Wireless networkHello, I've just purchased a Macbook, May 2009, running Lion off of ebay. I've owned a mac mini, for a couple of months but consider myself a

2012-11-12 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
I gave Gail a call as he and are are like brothers, best friends, and I talked him through it. We got 'em up and running. Next thing he wants me to do is help him get Dropbox up and running. I'll probably help 'em with that later this evening, or tomorrow at the latest. By the way, great to s

RE: 128kb aac or 256kb mp3, which is higher quality?

2012-11-12 Thread Jesus Garcia
Evening the higher the number the better the quality. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 17:46 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: 128kb aac or 256kb mp3, which i

Google Plus?

2012-11-12 Thread Mike M
Hey everyone, I just created a Google Plus profile because I have haeard that it's [ossible ti invite multiple people to a hangout to voice chat then up to 100 people can just listen in to the others talking. Obviously as a podcaster this could be pretty helpful but I don't remem

RE: Some questions about Mac Mini.

2012-11-12 Thread Jesus Garcia
Something to keep in mind, the new mini does not have a built in optical disk drive. So, if you want to play cd dvd you will have to plug in an external drive. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Blouch Sent: Monday, November 12,

Adding CDs to iTunes that are not on the database

2012-11-12 Thread Agent086b
Hello all, I am starting to import my CDS to iTunes. How do I import CDS that are not in the Gracenotes database? If I import the tracks it just splatters among other CDS. Is there a way to create the album then import the tracks? Also is it possible to print a list of albums by album name and a

Re: Adding CDs to iTunes that are not on the database

2012-11-12 Thread Alex Hall
When you rip the cd, it may mark the files as unknown. I would do a search for "unknown" with the group by album radio button checked, then vo-space on your album (each unknown should have a date on it). Once the cd is open, cmd-a to select all, then cmd-i to open the info window. Select the second

Re: Adding CDs to iTunes that are not on the database

2012-11-12 Thread Agent086b
Thanks, when I ripped the tracks from the CD all I got among my albums was track1 through to 20 there was no unknown album that I could see, just the tracks among the albums. Max. On 13/11/2012, at 2:06 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > When you rip the cd, it may mark the files as unknown. I would do a >

Amadeus Pro Tutorial

2012-11-12 Thread Mike M
Hey all, At the bottom of this email is a link to the MP3 in my dropbox about how to use Amadeus Pro. I go over the basics and really all you would need to do basic editing. It is what I use for my podcasts on htb2.com and it works great. If some of you more experie

Re: Adding CDs to iTunes that are not on the database

2012-11-12 Thread Alex Hall
Again, you have to group by album or you will just get a massive list of every track in your library. The four grouping radio buttons are just after the sources table as you tab around, and the search field is just before the sources table. On Nov 12, 2012, at 10:39 PM, Agent086b wrote: > Than

Re: Amadeus Pro Tutorial

2012-11-12 Thread Alex Hall
So, I'm curious: why do you use this over the free Audacity? I'm not great with Audacity, so I'm not trying to stick up for it, but it's free and mostly accessible, plus is open source. What makes this other program worth it? On Nov 12, 2012, at 10:45 PM, Mike M wrote: > Hey all, > At the

headphones question

2012-11-12 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
Hi all. SOrry if this is a bit off topic. I'm looking for a good pair of headphones. I am tired of earbuds, they mess with my ears. I have a pair of koss headphones that have pads and clip on to the ear. Does anybody have suggestions for a pair of headphones like these but maybe has the remote fo

Re: Adding CDs to iTunes that are not on the database

2012-11-12 Thread Esther
Hi Max, When you insert a CD it should be highlighted in the iTunes sources list, and if you press Command-I (Get Info) you should bring up a "CD Info" window. If the CD is in the GraceNote database, then the information about Artist, Composer, Album, disk number, genre, and year may be fille

Re: Amadeus Pro Tutorial

2012-11-12 Thread Mike M
Alex, I use this because I downloaded Audacity and the version I got was not accessible. All the buttons were unlabeled and I couldn't get anything to work. Mike On Nov 12, 2012, at 9:49 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > So, I'm curious: why do you use this over the free Audacity? I'm not great

suggestion for YouTube app for iPad?

2012-11-12 Thread Shen
So I recently discovered the YouTube app from Google is for iPhones and iPods, but not iPads. Of course I can still install it, but it would look and feel strange. Anyone has any suggestions for an accessible 3rd-party app to access YouTube? I tried Jasmine, not even close. I am now trying McTub

Re: Amadeus Pro Tutorial

2012-11-12 Thread Chris
Can't seem to download this directly like you should be able to on Dropbox. Please is it possible to post the direct link? Thanks! Christopher Hallsworth On 13/11/2012 03:45, Mike M wrote: Hey all, At the bottom of this email is a link to the MP3 in my dropbox about how to use Amadeu

Re: Some questions about Mac Mini.

2012-11-12 Thread Kliphton
With the 2012 mac mini's, you do not have to buy an monitor, or and adaprtor to make it think so. I have a Mac mini, and the only thing connected to it is my apple bt keyboard, I used the mouse to connect it, after that it was a breeze. it sits on my end table, out of the way, and I can move u

Re: A stance against inaccessibility...

2012-11-12 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
thank you. Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an Apple iOS, Macintosh and Android accessibility specialist. For all your accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.c

Re: A stance against inaccessibility...

2012-11-12 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
if you can, please do forward my request to those you know thanks. Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an Apple iOS, Macintosh and Android accessibility specialist. For all your accessible

Re: setting up spacing in textedit

2012-11-12 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Chris, The only reason I can think of for the line spacing option to be dimmed is that the file is locked. I've changed the line spacing on an empty file and on an existing file with no problems. Sorry not to be of more help. Cheers, Anne On 12 Nov 2012, at 22:40, Chris Bruinenberg w