Re: Radium and adjusting volume

2013-03-12 Thread ROBERT CARTER
Hi, That worked like a charm. I just didn't notice that the volume slider was available in that menu. I got it now. Robert Carter On Mar 12, 2013, at 1:59 AM, Jürgen Fleger wrote: > Open Radium from the status bar. Open here "More Options" and find your > output. There you can interact and

Re: zoomEx help.

2013-03-12 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi, ZoomX is a windows program running in x11. To reach the menus, press the command key on it's own. You can then use the arrow keys to navigate the internal windows style menu bar. Hope this helps, Erik Burggraaf Follow my series of articles about setting up a small business through the onta

Re: zoomEx help.

2013-03-12 Thread Jessica Moss
Ok, managed to find most of them, but how do I manage to turn the light feature on and off? When the guy demonstrating it used his laptop showed me how, the "control+l," command toggled it on and off, and I can't remember if he said the command or control key was supposed to do this with the ma

Mike Huckabay a ABBYY FineReader Express question.

2013-03-12 Thread Michael Huckabay
Hi there I'm kerius if anny one that uses ABBYY FineReader Express knows how to scan right into ABBYY FineReader Express with out having to scan in using some other program and then opening it in ABBYY FineReader Express to convert it to text or what ever else you want to do thanks. -- You re

Re: Mike Huckabay a ABBYY FineReader Express question.

2013-03-12 Thread Søren Jensen
Hi. I'm not sure on what the issue is. I just choose my scanner driver in the popup menu, choose convert to text and then the scanner drivers program starts. When I've scanned one page using this program, I can either press finnish which will transfer the scanned page into FineReader, or I can

Re: Mike Huckabay a ABBYY FineReader Express question.

2013-03-12 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi there. It sounds like the issue may be multiple pages. I haven't figured out yet how to get Abby Fine Reader to do multiple pages without going into VueScan first to do the multiple pages. Regards, Gigi On Mar 12, 2013, at 10:05 AM, Michael Huckabay wrote: > Hi there I'm kerius if anny

Re: Mike Huckabay a ABBYY FineReader Express question.

2013-03-12 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Gigi, As Søren said, to scan multiple pages with ABBYY FineReader you have to click the Resume button then use the Window chooser to return to the scanner window and scan again. I find it annoyingly slow to do multiple pages this way, so I still use VueScan for multipage scanning. Cheer

Re: Connecting to the Free Internet chess surver (fics) on the mac?

2013-03-12 Thread Brandt
Thanks for that, not very useful though, especially when playing lightning or blitz games. voiceover reads way too much information. Thanks anyway. Warm regards, Brandt Steenkamp Sent from my macbook pro Contact me: Mobile/iMessage/WatsApp: +27781205013 Email: brandt.steenk...@gmail.com My

Re: Radium

2013-03-12 Thread Maria & Joe Chapman
HI. just search for stations, e.g. I put in Australia and got quite a few australian listings. There is also an option to add a Url. When you find a station you want, interact with it and add it to your favourites. hth Blessings! Maria Joe and loving guide Karly. Email/ I Message: &fb bubby

*be careful* with the DropBox update.

2013-03-12 Thread Matthew Campbell
Hey all. DropBox has released their new DropBox desktop app for the Mac. I have downloaded it, and found a rather not so good bug. When you VO space on the DropBox menu bar item, the DropBox menu does not open. I'm not quite sure what is going on here, but I have a feeling I'll be downgrading soo

teamtalk

2013-03-12 Thread May and Noah
HI, I was wondering if anyone has figured out a way to get team talk set up on the mac? May and Prince Noah www.canadianlynx.ca m...@canadianlynx.ca -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop rec

Re: *be careful* with the DropBox update.

2013-03-12 Thread Daniel Miller
Hi, Don't downgrade just yet, let others chime in with their experiences first. On Mar 12, 2013, at 2:10 PM, Matthew Campbell wrote: > Hey all. > DropBox has released their new DropBox desktop app for the Mac. I have > downloaded it, and found a rather not so good bug. > When you VO space on t

Re: teamtalk

2013-03-12 Thread Daniel C
TeamTalk developers refuse to make it accessible, thus it's not worth trying to use for Mac OS. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries

Re: teamtalk

2013-03-12 Thread John Panarese
It can be used. It's not entirely accessible, but if you are willing to mess around with it, you can use it. I use it for the Triple Click Home podcasts. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheb

Re: teamtalk

2013-03-12 Thread Brandt
Hi John, Could you do a Mac for the blind demonstration of this? Warm regards, Brandt Steenkamp Sent from my macbook pro Contact me: Mobile/iMessage/WatsApp: +27781205013 Email: brandt.steenk...@gmail.com My ring to Skype: California, United States +(1)760-5140161 Extension 512 Cape

Choosing Video Language in VLC

2013-03-12 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, all, Is there any way to choose the spoken language if available on a DVD? For that matter, is the DVD menu accessible at all? My sighted husband succeeded in changing the language once for a particular video, but I can't seem to do it. I've tried the chapter submenu, but it doesn't show a

Re: teamtalk

2013-03-12 Thread John Panarese
I am honestly no expert on it. I have gotten help and lots of it from other more experienced people. I don't know if I could do a demonstration justice. If you ask any specific questions, I can do my best to answer them. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 72

VLC on the mac

2013-03-12 Thread Michael Marshall
hello listers, what is VLC like with VO? how do you do things like fast forwarding and stuff like that? i ask this because it will be a good program for me to get because of the amount of formats it can handle. thanks Michael -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the G

Re: VLC on the mac

2013-03-12 Thread Nektarios Mallas
Hello Michael. Vlc is very accessible with VO and a very useful program to have on your mac even if you like iTunes. To play a file: space bar or command p. to pause: space bar. to stop: command period. fast forward: command + option + right arrow. rewind: command + option + left arro. chan

Deleting calendar events

2013-03-12 Thread Richard Ring
Hello: If I have created a calendar event that I no longer want, how can I delete it? I'm experiencing brain lock. You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribe

Re: Choosing Video Language in VLC

2013-03-12 Thread Nektarios Mallas
Hi Teresa. Try the following. Go to the menu bar, and under audio check the audio track submenu. This works for me on xvid or dvx movies with multiple audio tracks. I am not sure about dvds. Let us know. Nektarios. On Mar 12, 2013, at 9:44 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > Hi, all, > > Is there

Extracting audio from DVDs, is it possible?

2013-03-12 Thread Brandt
Hi there folks, I have a particularly bothersome DVD, from which I only need the audio. If it was possible, I would've kept the DVD as is but it is not. The menus of this specific DVD, is not accessible at all. If you can help, it would be appreciated. Thanks so long. Warm regards, Brandt St

Re: teamtalk

2013-03-12 Thread May and Noah
Yes, I know it can be used, but I need to know how best to do that. It sucks they won't fix it to work with voiceover though. May and Prince Noah www.canadianlynx.ca m...@canadianlynx.ca On 2013-03-12, at 3:36 PM, John Panarese wrote: > It can be used. It's not entirely accessible, but if

yorufukurou: a question

2013-03-12 Thread Brandt
Hi folks, Someone asked me if it is possible to view followers of your followers, and if it is, how to do so. I hate to bring windows into this discussion, but I know that you could do so in Quitter and its derivatives. I am not bringing any of the above discussed products down, but it seems

Re: Deleting calendar events

2013-03-12 Thread Chris H
Same here I forgot as well and yet I did it the other day lol. Christopher Hallsworth E-mail and Facebook: challswor...@sky.com Skype: chrishallsworth7266 Twitter: @christopherh40 Find my blog at challsworth2.wordpress.com On 12/03/2013 20:22, Richard Ring wrote: Hello: If I have created a cal

Re: teamtalk

2013-03-12 Thread John Panarese
This is probably something best to discuss verbally. It's not an easy interface to navigate with VO and it will crash at times particularly after yu access settings. However, it's a great voice client and it beats Skype for quality and reliability. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac

Re: teamtalk

2013-03-12 Thread May and Noah
Hmm, good point. I do love the client and if I can figure out how to get around it that would be great. Thanks for your input. May and Prince Noah www.canadianlynx.ca m...@canadianlynx.ca On 2013-03-12, at 5:08 PM, John Panarese wrote: > This is probably something best to discuss verbally.

Re: teamtalk

2013-03-12 Thread John Panarese
Just let me know if you would like to speak directly about it. Again, explaining step by step instructions in a mail message isn't easy. It's one of the most frustrating and oddest applications I have worked with. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 E

Re: Choosing Video Language in VLC

2013-03-12 Thread Teresa Cochran
Thanks, Nektarios. That did the trick. I haven't tried it on a DVD disc yet, but this movie had a conventional menu for DVDs, so I'll assume it's similar. I've never found the DVD menu itself to be accessible, but it seems that most of the options can be accessed using the player menus. Thanks,

Re: Radium favorites

2013-03-12 Thread ROD SKENE
Hi Jürgen, Sorry for not responding sooner. For me, arranging the favorites was very difficult. First, i arrowed to the station I wanted to move in the favorites. I pressed command option control F5 to move the mouse pointer to the keyboard focus. Then, I used the standard mark item for drag a

RE: teamtalk

2013-03-12 Thread Jed Barton
Hey John, I'd be interested in talking to you about it as well. You free to chat on skype sometime so I can get setup with this app? I know the audio quality is awesome, but the app seems to be clunky to say the elast. Warmest Regards, Jed -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegr

Re: *be careful* with the DropBox update.

2013-03-12 Thread Mike Arrigo
Here's something you might try and see if it works, drop box still needs to fix this, but, once you get your voice over cursor to the item, press vo+F5 to move the mouse to the item, then press vo+shift+space to click the mouse, not sure if that will work but it's worth a try. Original message

Re: Choosing Video Language in VLC

2013-03-12 Thread Nektarios Mallas
Hi there! Ok, glad I've helped a little. I want to investigate dvd playback on vlc myself. I will do some more testing and I will let the list know if I find anything more useful. There is also the included dvd player but I don't know how accessible that is. Later. Nektarios. On Mar 12, 2013

Re: VLC on the mac

2013-03-12 Thread Michael Marshall
wow, thanks Nektarios, you can't do any kined of bookmarking or jumping to a time in VLC can you? thanks Michael On 13/03/2013 7:22 AM, Nektarios Mallas wrote: Hello Michael. Vlc is very accessible with VO and a very useful program to have on your mac even if you like iTunes. To play a file: s

Re: Choosing Video Language in VLC

2013-03-12 Thread Michael Marshall
hey, how do you go about playing a DVD in VLC? thanks for your help Michael On 13/03/2013 7:31 AM, Nektarios Mallas wrote: Hi Teresa. Try the following. Go to the menu bar, and under audio check the audio track submenu. This works for me on xvid or dvx movies with multiple audio tracks. I am n

Re: *be careful* with the DropBox update.

2013-03-12 Thread Matthew Campbell
Hi. This does work, however you can't seem to be able to access DropBox's settings. I submitted a support ticket to them, and I'm hoping for something not canned back. On 2013-03-12, at 3:10 PM, Matthew Campbell wrote: > Hey all. > DropBox has released their new DropBox desktop app for the Mac.

Re: Extracting audio from DVDs, is it possible?

2013-03-12 Thread Michael Marshall
DVD audio extractor good for windows and mac. you do have to pay for it. check out this link http://www.dvdae.com/download it's accessible on windows but i'm not shore about the mac On 13/03/2013 7:39 AM, Brandt wrote: Hi there folks, I have a particularly bothersome DVD, from which I only need

Re: yorufukurou: a question

2013-03-12 Thread Daniel Miller
Hi, Unfortunately, there's no way to do that in YoruFukurou, the only thing you can do if view your own followers and people you're following. As far as the other clients for Windows, I believe since those were specifically designed for the blind, unlike YoruFukurou, they added those features i

Re: yorufukurou: a question

2013-03-12 Thread Rod Skene
I use Twitterrific on my iPhone to do this. With Facebook and Twitter, I use different apps, even different platforms, to accomplish different task. I haven't found one app for Twitter or Facebook that seems to do everything I would like it to do. It would be awesome if they made one. LOL Sent

RE: VLC on the mac

2013-03-12 Thread Jesus Garcia
Evening guys I assume this program can be searched from the APP store or does one use safari. any special instructions on the install? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael Marshall Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 20

Re: VLC on the mac

2013-03-12 Thread Daniel C
VLC can be downloaded from http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.

Re: *be careful* with the DropBox update.

2013-03-12 Thread Ray Foret Jr
What version of Drop Box are you running? I'm using Dropbox 1.6.17 With this version, I note no issues accessing the prefs. Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone

Re: VLC on the mac

2013-03-12 Thread Nektarios Mallas
Hello. I don't know about bookmarks, but you can go to a specific time by using command + j and enter time to the dialog there. Nektarios. On Mar 13, 2013, at 12:07 AM, Michael Marshall wrote: > wow, thanks Nektarios, > you can't do any kined of bookmarking or jumping to a time in VLC can you

Re: *be careful* with the DropBox update.

2013-03-12 Thread Matthew Campbell
Hi. I'm talking about the 2.0 update that just came out today. On 2013-03-12, at 3:10 PM, Matthew Campbell wrote: > Hey all. > DropBox has released their new DropBox desktop app for the Mac. I have > downloaded it, and found a rather not so good bug. > When you VO space on the DropBox menu bar

Re: VLC on the mac

2013-03-12 Thread Nektarios Mallas
Hello. It is a standard mac installation process. Get the .dmg file, open it and then copy the vlc application file to your applications folder. Nektarios. On Mar 13, 2013, at 12:52 AM, "Jesus Garcia" wrote: > Evening guys I assume this program can be searched from the APP store or > does on

Re: Choosing Video Language in VLC

2013-03-12 Thread Nektarios Mallas
Hi. You need to go to the file menu and then there is an open device or something like that there. Well, it is open disk. command +d. Pretty easy after that. Nektarios. On Mar 13, 2013, at 12:15 AM, Michael Marshall wrote: > hey, > how do you go about playing a DVD in VLC? > > thanks for

Re: *be careful* with the DropBox update.

2013-03-12 Thread Ray Foret Jr
And, of course, I assume you're running the latest ML? IF so, potential problem here. Keep us updated will yuh? Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user! On Mar

hbogo.com: Flash Site; Is There a Workaround?

2013-03-12 Thread Christine Grassman
It works reasonably well on my iPhone, but is supposed to work on one's computer as well. However, it is a Flash site, and although I have recently updated the player, all I am getting is "empty html". Is there a workaround? Thanks for any information. (I have written to them; no response.) Chr

Re: VLC on the mac

2013-03-12 Thread Michael Marshall
hey Nektarios, you wouldn't happen to know of a command to see how long a file is in the player would you? thanks Michael On 13/03/2013 10:26 AM, Nektarios Mallas wrote: Hello. I don't know about bookmarks, but you can go to a specific time by using command + j and enter time to the dialog

Re: hbogo.com: Flash Site; Is There a Workaround?

2013-03-12 Thread Christopher Kchao
WHile I don't personally use the service, observation would have me guess that the site directs the user to a different page where they can download the app, when viewed from the phone. This is unless there's a mobile site, which is less likely altogether. Feel free to correct me on any of this

Re: hbogo.com: Flash Site; Is There a Workaround?

2013-03-12 Thread Mike Arrigo
Give this a try. Flash is not accessible on themac, hopefully these sites will move away from flash and start using html 5, but inthe mean time, try this. Go in to safari preferences, and choose the security item. Uncheck the option to enable plug ins, then close the preferences window. Now try

Re: hbogo.com: Flash Site; Is There a Workaround?

2013-03-12 Thread Christine Grassman
Well, that did bring up some text: enough to tell me that I needed Adobe Flash Player to use the site. (grin). Thanks for the tip. On Mar 12, 2013, at 8:06 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > Give this a try. Flash is not accessible on themac, hopefully these sites > will move away from flash and start u

Re: *be careful* with the DropBox update.

2013-03-12 Thread Matthew Campbell
Hi. I'm running the latest ML. I've emailed a support ticket to DropBox. I'm hoping to get a useful answer. It seems like this could be reasonably easy to fix in an update. On 2013-03-12, at 7:46 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > And, of course, I assume you're running the latest ML? > > IF so, potenti

Zoomtezt for mac

2013-03-12 Thread N2KPV
Hi , has anyone tried zoomtext for mac ? I saw that it was on sale this week for $99. I was wondering if it is worth trying. Thanks , Ben -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving ema

Fwd: [Dropbox Support] Re: DB: VoiceOver Compatibility with latest desktop DropBox client

2013-03-12 Thread Matthew Campbell
Hello all. Further to the thread I started on the brokenness of DropBox's latest update, this is the response I've gotten. Not much, but they are aware of the issues. I'm hoping we'll see a solution soon. Enjoy, or not. Matthew Campbell. Begin forwarded message: > From: Kelsey - Dropbox Suppo

Re: Radio player for Mac

2013-03-12 Thread Timothy Emmons
Hey, Rod and anybody else using Radium. If I find a station say in iHeart Radio, or tune in and I want to add the stream, how do I go about it and what works. I've done the command equals thing, and get the place to add it, I add it give a short description but when I tap save it does nothing. A

bluetooth headsets

2013-03-12 Thread Phil Halton
I'm looking for a bluetooth headset, and I remember that in order to work well with VoiceOver, they need to comply to some protocol, h2d or something like that? Any info on these gizmos? I don't want or need anything too fancy. I just want to use it to hear what I'm typing with the bluetooth ke

Re: [Dropbox Support] Re: DB: VoiceOver Compatibility with latest desktop DropBox client

2013-03-12 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Seems canned to me. Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user! On Mar 12, 2013, at 8:09 PM, Matthew Campbell wrote: > Hello all. > Further to the thread I starte

Re: [Dropbox Support] Re: DB: VoiceOver Compatibility with latest desktop DropBox client

2013-03-12 Thread Daniel Miller
Hi, I was just thinking the same thing, actually. But who knows, they may possibly be aware of it, so I suppose we'll see in due time. On Mar 12, 2013, at 8:32 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Seems canned to me. > > > Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind > bui

Re: Zoomtezt for mac

2013-03-12 Thread Tom Frank
I bought it at it's full price and really like it. The smoothing and brightness controls are much better than what comes with the Mac. Try it. There's a free trial version so you can't go wrong. Tom Frank vermont...@gmail.com On Mar 12, 2013, at 9:07 PM, N2KPV wrote: > Hi , has anyone trie

Re: [Dropbox Support] Re: DB: VoiceOver Compatibility with latest desktop DropBox client

2013-03-12 Thread Jamie Pauls
I suspect we will see a fix before too long. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 12, 2013, at 8:09 PM, Matthew Campbell wrote: > Hello all. > Further to the thread I started on the brokenness of DropBox's latest update, > this is the response I've gotten. > Not much, but they are aware of the issues.

Re: [Dropbox Support] Re: DB: VoiceOver Compatibility with latest desktop DropBox client

2013-03-12 Thread Danny Noonan
Either way, they definitely are now. Danny Sent from my iPhone On 13/03/2013, at 12:34 PM, Daniel Miller wrote: > Hi, > > I was just thinking the same thing, actually. But who knows, they may > possibly be aware of it, so I suppose we'll see in due time. > > On Mar 12, 2013, at 8:32 PM, Ra

Re: bluetooth headsets

2013-03-12 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hello, The headset must support A2DP. hth Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Mar 12, 2013, at 9:23 PM, Phil Halton wrote: > I'm looking for a bluetooth headset, and I remember that in order to work > well with VoiceOver, they need to