Re: Flac files inquiry

2013-05-17 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Will this converter do Midi files? On 17 May 2013, at 02:06 AM, Esther wrote: > Hi Christine, > > If you just want to convert the FLAC files to mp3 format in order to > play it, a number of people have used a new Mac app named Easy Music > Converter: > • Easy Music Converter (current price $5.9

Connecting Music Keyboard to a Mac

2013-05-17 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hello. I recently acquired a yamaha Prse333 keyboard which I'd like to connect to my Mac. Does anyone know if a Mac could handle a music keyboard so that I can download updates etc or would I have to connect it to my windows virtually? Thanks. Kawal. -- You received this message because you

Re: a very useful app for the physically disabled

2013-05-17 Thread Brandt
Hi there, There are still a few bugs in Voiceover ACCESSIBILITY, though they are minor and hopefully will be fixed by the developer soon. I am in contact with Peter Kamb, and things are looking good. I can also say that my mussel memory of two handed touch typing are coming back quickly. I am

Re: burning an mp3 cd with iTunes

2013-05-17 Thread Chris H
Mary not true you can burn straight M4A files to Cd but iTunes only supports creating them as audio Cds that you can either play on your Cd player or car stereo or whatever. Chris E-mail and Facebook: challswor...@sky.com Skype: chrishallsworth7266 Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@christopherh

Re: Flac files inquiry

2013-05-17 Thread erik burggraaf
You could also do the conversions With max for free from http://www.sbooth.org. Esther, what problem did you encounter with fluke? It's just a driver package. You install it, and then import flac files into your itunes library along side your mp3's. It also adds support for flac to the quickl

Re: Flac files inquiry

2013-05-17 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi Christine, Sorry, I can't help being a bit sarcastic when it comes to ITunes. I really think switching to vlc is good advice. I just can't stand anything about ITunes. It seems to have worked for you too, so hopefully we're good. As far as getting the music onto your phone, there's dropbo

Re: reinstalling windows

2013-05-17 Thread Chris H
In that case no you will need sighted assistance especially at the product key screen as unlike Windows 7 you cannot install without one. Chris E-mail and Facebook: challswor...@sky.com Skype: chrishallsworth7266 Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@christopherh40 Find my blog at challsworth2.wordp

Re: Flac files inquiry

2013-05-17 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Of course, another way to get music on to your Iphone is by using Wondershare Mobilego for IOS to be found here. http://www.wondershare.com/ios-manager/ Both Mac and the other version can be found there. Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Since

Re: Flac files inquiry

2013-05-17 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Of course, about the only thing good about ITunes is it's .m4a format. 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 May 17, 2013, at 6:54 AM, erik burggraaf wrot

Re: Flac files inquiry

2013-05-17 Thread Christine Grassman
Oh, I am not much of an iTunes fan, but all things being equal, not being overly tech-savvy (mostly because life doesn't provide the time to learn how to become so), it just seems less cumbersome to deal with it. Christine On May 17, 2013, at 8:04 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Of course, about the

Re: Flac files inquiry

2013-05-17 Thread Christine Grassman
So, if I want to convert for purposes of getting the tunes on my phone, do I convert to mp3 or m4A, or does it matter -- will either work for iTunes integration? Christine On May 17, 2013, at 8:04 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Of course, about the only thing good about ITunes is it's .m4a format.

Re: Flac files inquiry

2013-05-17 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Well, if you have Amadeus Pro, you could use batch to convert to .m4a and put that on your Iphone. 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 May 17, 2013, at

Re: Flac files inquiry

2013-05-17 Thread Ricardo Walker
Lol, I know I'm probably going to be in the minority here but, I honestly don't have many problems with iTunes, Especially on the Mac. Do people not like iTunes because it forces you to handle your music in a specific way you aren't accustom to or, want? Or is there other reasons. Because fo

Re: Flac files inquiry

2013-05-17 Thread Ray Foret Jr
For me, I just hate having two copies of everything, one on my external drive and another in the ITunes folders. I know I can set ITunes to not copy over files when adding to the ITunes Library: however, every single time I tried this, ITunes crashed. While I do prefer the new look of ITunes,

Itunes opinions was Re: Flac files inquiry

2013-05-17 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi Ricardo. My main complaint with ITunes is that id does "manage" my media. I don't want it or any player to do that. For example, I have thousands of audiobooks here on a hard drive, many of which have broken or missing tags. Same with music. I have a hole collection of flac files, many o

Using the iPhone's "check spelling" feature

2013-05-17 Thread Phil Halton
I turned on "check spelling" under settings/general/keyboard. Then I went into the notes app and deliberately misspelled a word. VoiceOver flagged it as misspelled as soon as i hit space after the word, but aside from that, I can't figure out how to get it to present a list of alternate spelling

Re: Itunes opinions was Re: Flac files inquiry

2013-05-17 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Erik, You and I agree completely!!! 100%!!! I'll manage my own media thank you very much!!! I know you feel exactly the same way as I do. Perhaps it's high time that we who feel this way should write Tim Cook and express our concerns. To speak frankly, (and when do I ever speak otherwise?)

Re: Flac files inquiry

2013-05-17 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
I'm not bothered about Itunes as I'll use it as I have no problem. However, I'd refuse to use Itunes in a window environment. I am happy with I tunes as I can play my music without worrying. On 17 May 2013, at 02:40 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Lol, > > I know I'm probably going to be in the

Re: Using the iPhone's "check spelling" feature

2013-05-17 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
That has been a problem since I've had an I phone. I think its a bug although I can't see any way of correcting the word without doing it manually. Kawal. On 17 May 2013, at 03:08 PM, Phil Halton wrote: > I turned on "check spelling" under settings/general/keyboard. Then I went > into the not

Re: Flac files inquiry

2013-05-17 Thread Kliphton A M
Since whenever I send you a personal message off list, your email treats me as a spam, but would you be willing to do a podcast on how to organize your music in a way that fits everyones needs? I for one loved the way windows media player organized my music, but can't find out how to do the sam

Re: Flac files inquiry

2013-05-17 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Select each track, press command I and go in to each column and there you can rename your tracks and amend the information. It's time consuming. On 17 May 2013, at 03:24 PM, Kliphton A M wrote: > Since whenever I send you a personal message off list, your email treats me > as a spam, but would

Re: burning an mp3 cd with iTunes

2013-05-17 Thread Mary Otten
Chris, So are you saying that the m4a files will be converted into the standard audio cd format? If so, that isn't what I was after, as the play list I want to burn has over 3 hours of music. No problem with mp3s, but I don't believe you can get that much standard audio format on to a single cd.

Could Someone Who Has Worked with Easy Music Converter Email Me, Please?

2013-05-17 Thread Christine Grassman
I am trying to convert flac files to mp3, but it keeps giving me a search box, which for some reason is not finding the files, though I keep pointing it to the right folder. So, I would like to simply put the name of the file into an edit box, but can't seem to locate a space to do this. What am

Re: Could Someone Who Has Worked with Easy Music Converter Email Me, Please?

2013-05-17 Thread Kliphton A M
email me at kliph...@gmail.com or add me to skype kliphton72 email me and tell me witch works better I can also be reached on iMessage kliph...@icloud.com It's easy once you get the hang of it On May 17, 2013, at 9:55 AM, Christine Grassman wrote: > I am trying to convert flac files to mp3, but

Easy Music Converter.

2013-05-17 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hello. If you get the above, can one send files to Drop Box or any other device? I'd like to get this but it has to let me export my music. Thanks a lot. Kawal. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group

Re: Easy Music Converter.

2013-05-17 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Another point. Will it let you set track numbers sequencially in files? Say you have 25 files to tag with track numbers. Can you set it so you can select those files and specify their track numbers such as 1/25 or 1 of 25 and such like that? What about convertion to AAC .m4a and so on? Sen

Re: Easy Music Converter.

2013-05-17 Thread KIliphton
Kliphton Senior (Mobile-Call or text) 218-248-7219 (Email&iMessage) ksvend...@icloud.com http://facebook.com/k.and.s.vending http://twitter.com/KSVending Sent from my iPhone On May 17, 2013, at 10:19 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Another point. Will it let you set track numbers sequencially in fi

Re: Easy Music Converter.

2013-05-17 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Sorry, your message contains no text other than what I take to be a signature. 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 May 17, 2013, at 10:22 AM, KIliphton

Re: reinstalling windows

2013-05-17 Thread May and Noah
Ok, thanks. Blasted having to find sighted people. May and Prince Noah www.canadianlynx.ca m...@canadianlynx.ca On 2013-05-17, at 7:56 AM, Chris H wrote: > In that case no you will need sighted assistance especially at the product > key screen as unlike Windows 7 you cannot install without one

Re: Easy Music Converter.

2013-05-17 Thread KIliphton
have no clue why that happened. But the easy music converter let's you choose where you want the finished files to go, so you can rename them any way you want, whether it is by number or track. Kliphton Senior (Mobile-Call or text) 218-248-7219 (Email&iMessage) ksvend...@icloud.com http://face

garageband: Can't play an instrument using the computer keyboard

2013-05-17 Thread Søren Jensen
Hi. I'm looking into Garageband again after not having looked at it for more than one year. I'm trying to play the piano using the computer keyboard, but there's no sound at all. I choose the "grate piano" from the list of instruments, press command k to enable the keyboard, stop interacting wi

Re: garageband: Can't play an instrument using the computer keyboard

2013-05-17 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, Wrong command. :). Its command shift K. hth Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On May 17, 2013, at 11:41 AM, Søren Jensen wrote: > Hi. > > I'm looking into Garageband again after not having looked at it for more than > one year. >

Very annoying ticking sound when typing with caps lock enabled

2013-05-17 Thread Brandt
Hi there guys, Is there any way to get rid of the annoying ticking sound when typing with caps lock enabled? My assistive software requires me to type with caps lock on. Warm regards, Brandt Steenkamp Sent from my macbook pro Contact me: Mobile/iMessage/WatsApp: +27781205013 Email: br

Re: reinstalling windows

2013-05-17 Thread Chris H
Yes I know considering how installing Os X can be done totally by a blind person. Chris E-mail and Facebook: challswor...@sky.com Skype: chrishallsworth7266 Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@christopherh40 Find my blog at challsworth2.wordpress.com On 17/05/2013 16:36, May and Noah wrote: Ok,

Re: burning an mp3 cd with iTunes

2013-05-17 Thread Chris H
Mary correct you can only have 80 minutes maximum on a standard audio Cd so you will have to find another program that will burn Mp3 as Mp3 Cds. Chris E-mail and Facebook: challswor...@sky.com Skype: chrishallsworth7266 Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@christopherh40 Find my blog at challsworth

Re: garageband: Can't play an instrument using the computer keyboard

2013-05-17 Thread Søren Jensen
Hi. Oh, now I feel really stupid, lol, and it's fair to laugh. :) Do you know what command k is used for? It seems as the danish translation of Garageband is not really good, because command k is translated to something which means the same as command shift k. Thank you for your quick reply. Best

Any Accessible Database Programs for the Mac with VO

2013-05-17 Thread Brian Fischler
I have been using Numbers and have reached the frustration point of all of its issues with VO. There is no search functionality when you need to jump down a spreadsheet since Mountain Lion was introduced as it broke the old search command. Additionally several times a day when enterting info into a

Re: Any Accessible Database Programs for the Mac with VO

2013-05-17 Thread Harry Hogue
Brian, I love Tap Forms, a database software package which costs $24.99 in the Mac Appstore. It works beautifully with VO, has an OSX and an IOS version, both which must be purchased separately, although the OSX version is the one that costs $24.99, while the IOS version is around $6.00. You

Re: Easy Music Converter.

2013-05-17 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Does it cost? Sounds pretty nice 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 May 17, 2013, at 10:37 AM, KIliphton wrote: > have no clue why that happen

Re: Any Accessible Database Programs for the Mac with VO

2013-05-17 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey Harry, Thanks so much for the info. Wil check this out in the app store, as my frustration has boiled over with Numbers. Can you create an accessible spreadsheet inthe mac version or something similar like a list view of all your contacts that you can quickly scroll through with the arrows or o

Re: Any Accessible Database Programs for the Mac with VO

2013-05-17 Thread Harry Hogue
Brian, You can arrow down through the list of records in the database, yes. There is a bit of interacting to view the particular record, as you interact with a scroll area, but it really isn't difficult. The idea of a database, if you aren't familiar, is that you view a record at a time. Say

Re: Flac files inquiry

2013-05-17 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi folks, I'm a bit late to the party on this sorry, but I hope it might still help somebody. I just checked, and a little app I bought called mp3 converter converts from flac into mp3. I got it ages ago from the app store for about $5. It's really easy to use, and converts audio and video fi

RE: Boot Camp

2013-05-17 Thread Becky Sabo
Hi all, What is boot camp? What do you use it for ? Is there a way to do spell check on the Mack in email before you send a message? Becky From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of nicholas acosta Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 2:27 PM To: macv

Re: Any Accessible Database Programs for the Mac with VO

2013-05-17 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey Harry, I bought the program but am completely lost as I can't seem to import from my numbers document, so I figured I would just try and start entering everything manually and can't seem to figure things out. Not sure how I am so lost with this. I did a search for help with Tap Forms but the we

Re: Any Accessible Database Programs for the Mac with VO

2013-05-17 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey Harry, I bought the program but am completely lost as I can't seem to import from my numbers document, so I figured I would just try and start entering everything manually and can't seem to figure things out. Not sure how I am so lost with this. I did a search for help with Tap Forms but the we

Re: Boot Camp

2013-05-17 Thread Chris H
Becky Bootcamp allows you to use Windows on your Mac using physical hardware and resources. The problem is you need to install manually and no unattended installations will work for reasons I will not go into here for now. You are better off using Vmware Fusion if you are not up to the task of

Re: Boot Camp

2013-05-17 Thread Chris H
You can and there is a guide available that I myself have written up on www.applevis.com Chris E-mail and Facebook: challswor...@sky.com Skype: chrishallsworth7266 Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@christopherh40 Find my blog at challsworth2.wordpress.com On 17/05/2013 21:26, nicholas acosta wr

Re: Encrypting a nonbootable volume

2013-05-17 Thread Georgina Joyce
Hello Chris, I'm sure you'll find something if you search for: how to encrypt files on usb from linux I just found this link: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-how-to-encrypt-and-decrypt-files-with-a-password.html Or http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2039218 I can't remember how I d

Re: Any Accessible Database Programs for the Mac with VO

2013-05-17 Thread Harry Hogue
Hi Brian, I'm not sure what happened with the phone, but I was glad to help, and I hope it works great for you. It was nice talking to you, and good luck. Take care, Harry On May 17, 2013, at 11:20 AM, Brian Fischler wrote: > I have been using Numbers and have reached the frustration point o

Reading Ebooks

2013-05-17 Thread Scott Rumery
Hello, Is there any mac software for reading Ebooks that works with VO? Thanks, Scott -- 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

Re: Reading Ebooks

2013-05-17 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Adobe Digital Editions reads DRM protected e-books. You can only read a page at a time though. NO line, word or character navigation, but you can copy and paste each page into another app such as Notes or TextEdit and read it normally. I'm guessing this would make hyperlinks impossible or diffic