Sorta off-topic, but maybe not: Station playlist studio in a virtual machine

2013-06-04 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hello there, Does anyone have experience using Station Playlist Studio for broadcasting using a virtual machine? The reason why i ask is that when i try using it, the sound can be choppy and worse, i get about a 1 second delay between me speaking and the sound coming back using a wireless Plantr

Need app to diagnose Macbook hardwares health

2013-06-04 Thread Nickus de Vos
Hi all I'm looking for a app or other way to diagnose the health of a Macbook. It's a mid 2009 Macbook white 2.1 GHz dual core, 2 GB memmory and 160 GB hard drive. It's currently running 10.8 ML but I'm busy updating it to 10.8.3. Thing is I don't really know the history of this machine, my cousin

Re: download sound on mac

2013-06-04 Thread Richard Ring
Amazingly, this is one of the few things I miss from Windows. I'd love to have such a sound! 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 On Jun 3, 2013, at 10:57 PM, jean parker wrote: > All: > Since you are all so

Re: Frustrating Problem with QuickNav

2013-06-04 Thread Rebecca Sabo
Hi all, I do not have that problem. But I have a couple of questions I deleted a file and it went into my trash folder and I need it back how do I go back and retrieve it? I am also having trouble cutting a document to a new folder . What is the command for cutting and moving a document to an

Browsing trash and moving files (was Frustrating Problem with Quicknav)

2013-06-04 Thread Alex Hall
To find a file in the trash, open it from your dock, or browse to ~/.trash in Finder. From there, it is a matter of copying or moving the file back to where you want (vo-shift-m might reveal a "restore" option, I didn't look). To move files, hit cmd-c to copy them like normal. When pasting, thou

Re: After shocks blue tooth headset.

2013-06-04 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi guys What are you always wanted is a little speaker, preferably blue tooth, that can set up on your shoulder and speak out GPS information. I bought one that I was hoping would do that, but unfortunately it turned out only to work when the phone was acting for the phone call. Does anybody kno

Re: download sound on mac

2013-06-04 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
Hi, Gene. Unfortunately no, there is no "download is finished" sound. I have myself very many times wish that there was. Hope all is going well. Sent from my iPhone Messengers and Skype: BurningHawk1969 My home page: http://MarkBurningHawk.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/markburninghawk.

Re: After shocks blue tooth headset.

2013-06-04 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
I know what you mean as I was wondering the same thing since I got rid of my Treker Breeze. I was so sorry to part with the speaker as we need something similar for the I phone but I don't know of one. So I'm very interested in this question. On 4 Jun 2013, at 02:48 PM, Eugenia Firth wrote: >

Re: After shocks blue tooth headset.

2013-06-04 Thread Alex Hall
I don't have specific models, but this might help. As you search for a speaker, just make sure it supports A2DP, as that will let VO, music, sounds, and everything work properly. On Jun 4, 2013, at 10:29 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > I know what you mean as I was wondering the same thing since I

Re: Need app to diagnose Macbook hardwares health

2013-06-04 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Check out this link: http://osxdaily.com/2012/03/04/mac-maintenance-tips/ For the most part, the only things you can really test are the battery and the HD. The battery can be checked in your System Prefs in the Energy Saver pane and the be HD can be checked in Disk Utility. Other than

Re: Audio highjack pro and recording.

2013-06-04 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, The scripts can be found at www.appletothecore.info. Its under the Apple To The Core Episode 6 heading. Importing and exporting is pretty straight forward. Copy the two files or, how many ever files you have, open garageband and create a new project, press enter to make sure your at the

Re: Audio highjack pro and recording.

2013-06-04 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, Can you explain how you went about doing this? TIA. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Jun 4, 2013, at 7:27 AM, ROBERT CARTER wrote: > Hi, > > I have had success with the current version of Audio Hijack Pro recording > both the m

Re: After shocks blue tooth headset.

2013-06-04 Thread Ricardo Walker
You would have to make sure the device supports A2DP. hth Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Jun 4, 2013, at 9:48 AM, Eugenia Firth wrote: > Hi guys > What are you always wanted is a little speaker, preferably blue tooth, that > can se

Re: Need app to diagnose Macbook hardwares health

2013-06-04 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, I would just like to point out, that Macbook is really bumping up on the minimum hardware specs needed to run Mountain Lion stably. If your having issues, this might be the culprit. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Jun 4, 2013, a

OCR: what does Abbyy offer that Prizmo does not?

2013-06-04 Thread Alex Hall
Hi all, Regarding OCR, what is good about Abby Fine Reader? I was just talking to someone on Twitter who strongly recommends Prizmo over all other OCR apps for the mac. Docuscan can't handle JPG files or process multiple pages as one file, and its OCR is cloud-based. What about Abby though? Why

Re: Need app to diagnose Macbook hardwares health

2013-06-04 Thread Nickus de Vos
Thanks a lot for this info. I know I'm stretching the limits with Mountain lion but read that it can take it so thought what the heck and installed it, if I have any problems I will go back to Lion. I inicially struggled quite a lot when I formatted the hard drive to install a fresh OS. During the

Re: OCR: what does Abbyy offer that Prizmo does not?

2013-06-04 Thread Brian Fischler
I am also curious to hear more about Abby and Prizmo if anyone has used both of them. I have a cancan and have been using the software that comes with it to scan into PDF's and reading in preview. Do Prizmo and ABBY scan better as sometimes my scans come out only partially which can be a pain wh

Re: OCR: what does Abbyy offer that Prizmo does not?

2013-06-04 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Alex Well, one obvious advantage is that a BBY why is not cloud-based. Having a cloud based app is cool as long as you have a connection to the cloud. But Abbyy gives you the option to scan even if you don't. Best, Donna Sent from my iPhone On Jun 4, 2013, at 10:46 AM, Alex Hall wrote: >

Re: Need app to diagnose Macbook hardwares health

2013-06-04 Thread Chris Blouch
Had an error when I last sent this so trying again. CB That's a bit difficult as any testing stuff can only tell you if things are working right now, which gives you no indication whether things will keep working. Generally, if you get past the first 90 days with no failures you should be goo

Notes app & Calendar events

2013-06-04 Thread Traci
Hi all, A couple weeks ago, I mentioned I've been using the notes app as a food journal. This has been working out great because it seamlessly syncs between mac & iDevices. Now, I'm wondering if there is a way to import the note enteries into iCal. I've created a new iCloud calendar for food

Re: Notes app & Calendar events

2013-06-04 Thread Alex Hall
It might be possible - I know Calendar and Notes are both scriptable. Have a look in their respective script definition files for the exact notation, but I imagine your basic script would be structured like this: set noteToImport to all notes in food folder of notes app repeat with currentNote in

Re: OCR: what does Abbyy offer that Prizmo does not?

2013-06-04 Thread Alex Hall
I don't know if Prizmo on Mac uses cloud-based OCR or not. I know the iPhone app does, but I think the full Mac app is local. I could be wrong, and I could find nothing online to confirm one way or the other. So you're saying Prizmo is cloud-based for OCR? That's a bit of a disappointment. On Ju

Re: OCR: what does Abbyy offer that Prizmo does not?

2013-06-04 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hello, I think Donna was referring to docuscan, not prizmo when she mentioned cloud based processing. hth Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Jun 4, 2013, at 1:09 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > I don't know if Prizmo on Mac uses cloud-based OC

Re: OCR: what does Abbyy offer that Prizmo does not?

2013-06-04 Thread Eugenia Firth
I have both on my computer. The only thing that causes me trouble, and this just may be me, and I haven't figured out a solution yet, is that when I scanned in something with ViewScan, I don't get immediate feedback. That is, I have to go to Abby Fine reader, call up the file, and see how my ski

next question, calendar alert i phone

2013-06-04 Thread jean parker
All: Ok, the download sound thing was easy and thanks. In some ways this mac adventure is easier than Windows. Things either are or are not. Now in my i phone I have a calendar alert set so it should go off just before a calendar event is to take place. However, the alert sound is not soundin

Apple TV and Speakers Question

2013-06-04 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey all, Can anyone suggest a good pair of speakers to go with Apple TV that won't break the bank. I am looking to get Apple TV primarily to connect to my mac and iPhone and want to be able to play music, podcasts, and Blind Mice movies over it. Not sure if I even need the Apple TV, as I am loo

Re: next question, calendar alert i phone

2013-06-04 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
Another place, other than settings/sounds, to look for a Wait to change calendar notifications would be in settings/notifications. Also, checking the notification Center is south to see what style of alerts are being displayed. Sent from my iPhone Messengers and Skype: BurningHawk1969 My home pa

Re: Beta testers needed for accessible Mud Client

2013-06-04 Thread Devin Prater
In 3 weeks I can test Sent from my iPod On Jun 4, 2013, at 1:21 AM, Daniela Rubio wrote: > Hello! > Please, let us know how we can help to beta test the client. It is great some > one make one accessible for mac! > Best > > Daniela Rubio T > iPhone: +34662328507 > > > > > > > El 03/06/

Re: After shocks blue tooth headset.

2013-06-04 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hello, A2DP. It stands for advanced audio distribution profile. In a nut shell, its the protocol that allows stereo audio to be streamed via bluetooth. You can't hear things like Voiceover or turn by turn spoken navigation without this. At least, without also being on a phone call. hth Ri

Re: Sorta off-topic, but maybe not: Station playlist studio in a virtual machine

2013-06-04 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Hi Krister, yes I'm doing this usually more than weekly on Mushroom FM. Audio isn't the best with Fusion, but it works OK with my Edirol UA1-EX as my studio sound card connected to my mixer and a cheap USB sound card for JAWS. I sometimes find that this second sound card will cut out, an

Re: Apple TV and Speakers Question

2013-06-04 Thread AZ
Hi. To use Apple-TV you have to buy some speakers with an optical input. a year ago I purchased Edifier S530 D 2.1. Obtain this and be glad for the rest of your life and sometimes bring some joy to your neighbours. AZ 04.06.2013 22:00, Brian Fischler wrote: Hey all, Can anyone sugge

Re: OCR: what does Abbyy offer that Prizmo does not?

2013-06-04 Thread Alex Hall
But have you ever used Prizmo? From what I read it is a very nice solution, but people keep recommending ViewScan and Abbyy as well. Each is rather expensive, so I'd really like to know which is superior before I buy one. On Jun 4, 2013, at 1:32 PM, Eugenia Firth wrote: > I have both on my comp

Re: OCR: what does Abbyy offer that Prizmo does not?

2013-06-04 Thread Henry D. Hollithron
Good Day: Frankly, I find Abby Fine Reader to have the better recognition engine, but, as I said yesterday, that is just my opinion. HTH: Henry Education never ends. It is a series of lessons, with the greatest for the last. Sherlock Holmes On 04.06.2013, at 15:53, Alex Hall wrote: >

Re: OCR: what does Abbyy offer that Prizmo does not?

2013-06-04 Thread Henry D. Hollithron
Good Day: I am talking about Prismo. Admittedly, as I have stated before, I didn't do too much with it, and I only used the Mac app, but when I, for instance, tried to recognize a scanned PDF of a book with the two solutions, Abby Fine Reader gave a better result. I am considering tryi

Re: OCR: what does Abbyy offer that Prizmo does not?

2013-06-04 Thread Alex Hall
When you say "better", do you mean better than Viewscan or Prizmo? Prizmo on the iPhone is remarkable provided you have good lighting, and a scanner, of course, has perfect lighting. Are there podcasts of these three apps in use? Maybe that would help... On Jun 4, 2013, at 4:55 PM, "Henry D. Hol

10.8.4 is here

2013-06-04 Thread Alex Hall
Hi all, I just read that 10.8.4 dropped today. The feature list still includes the Voiceover improvements to text in pdf documents we talked about a few days ago, so go get the update and see if pdfs really do read better. I'm about to update; hopefully they tossed a few other fixes for vo into

Re: 10.8.4 is here

2013-06-04 Thread Barry Hadder
Be ware of updating. My experience with the preview was that vo wouldn't read pdfs when Preview was in single page mode. I haven't seen any indication that it has been fixed. When I can, I want to install the latest OSX on the test partition I'm using, but for some reason the update isn't sho

Re: 10.8.4 is here

2013-06-04 Thread Barry Hadder
Well, I don't know what is going on. When running my production partition, I have both the preview 10.8.4 and the update 10.8.4 in the updates list. There is weirdness hear, so I'm not doing anything at the moment. Especially not until I can test it first. On Jun 4, 2013, at 4:57 PM, Barry Had

Re: 10.8.4 is here

2013-06-04 Thread John Panarese
Well, I can confirm the single page mode problem. In single page mode, PDFs don't seem to be seen with VoiceOver. However, in continuous mode, it's fine. It seems that navigation is improved. When you use the, go to page, command, it actually moves you. Also, if you reopen Preview after

calendar alerts

2013-06-04 Thread jean parker
Mark and all: Jean When I check in the notifications center I find no option for sounds in the calendar settings. It just has banners and badges. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receivi

Re: calendar alerts

2013-06-04 Thread Danny Noonan
Their is an alert sound. If you tap on calender and swipe to alerts it will say the sound. Mine says alert, trill for example. Obvious but make sure do not disturb is off. Danny. Sent from my iPhone On 05/06/2013, at 8:36 AM, jean parker wrote: > Mark and all: > Jean > When I check in th

Re: 10.8.4 is here

2013-06-04 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi guys Anybody figured out yet whether you can edit pdf files, or is this just in reading? I have been messing with it, but I haven't figured that out yet. Gigi On Jun 4, 2013, at 5:25 PM, John Panarese wrote: >Well, I can confirm the single page mode problem. In single page mode, >

Re: 10.8.4 is here

2013-06-04 Thread John Panarese
I've noticed that it seems to read some PDF files better than before and there seems to be a few that can be edited, yet I can't find a factor that effects this. I'm still experimenting. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.

how to move signatures from all to actual account

2013-06-04 Thread Ray Foret jr
Okay, Just had a major system crash and had to reinstall my OS. How do I move all my signatures from "all" to my account table? Drag and drop does not work. CAn't cut and paste either. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To

aligning text in Text Edit?

2013-06-04 Thread Alex Hall
Hi all, I'm writing a template to use for client reports, and I'm using Text Edit. I also have iText Express, but I have not yet tried that. The problem is that, after I center my title, I can't seem to un-center anything else. That is, even after I hit cmd-left brace and vo says "align left che

Re: aligning text in Text Edit?

2013-06-04 Thread Eugenia Firth
Yes, I think I have an idea here. Whenever I want to change centering, italics, bold, etc., I put a space after the text I am emphasizing. I'm not sure this is necessary, but I select that space and put it back into plain mode or whatever the next thing is I want to be in. I had this trouble wit

Re: 10.8.4 is here

2013-06-04 Thread Eugenia Firth
You know in Windows, pdf files, as far as I know, have to be accessible by the author. This is why IRS has two versions on their website, one that is for everybody else, and one under accessibility for us. This might be the factor. I haven't done it yet, but maybe you could go to the IRS web sit

Re: aligning text in Text Edit?

2013-06-04 Thread Alex Hall
Thanks for the suggestion, but it does not work for me. I also tried highlighting the text to be aligned left, but that did not help either. This is very odd. On Jun 4, 2013, at 8:18 PM, Eugenia Firth wrote: > Yes, I think I have an idea here. Whenever I want to change centering, > italics, bo

Re: aligning text in Text Edit?

2013-06-04 Thread Eugenia Firth
Instead of using the commands on the keyboard, maybe it would work if you tried using the menu instead. I know that sounds weird, but maybe that will work. Gigi Sent from my iPhone On Jun 4, 2013, at 7:54 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > Thanks for the suggestion, but it does not work for me. I also tri

Re: how to move signatures from all to actual account

2013-06-04 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, I've usually used the older Drag & Drop for this task. That is, VO-cmd-space to pick it up and the same to drop it. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2013-06-04, at 6:05 PM, Ray Foret jr wrote: > Okay, > > Just had a major system crash and had to reinstall my OS. How do

Re: a program that allows me to create new folders on the iphone and Ipad

2013-06-04 Thread Steve Holmes
I like File Manager; it is available in the App store of course and sells for something like 9.95 US. It integrates with Dropbox and maintains a nice file structure on the local device and you can create folders and import and export files to appropriate apps on the device. On Jun 3, 2013, at 7

Re: aligning text in Text Edit?

2013-06-04 Thread Alex Hall
Well, this is just weird. I went to the menu as you suggested, and "align left" is checked! Voiceover insists that the text is aligned to the center when I press vo-t, however, I'm not sure whom to believe here... Very odd. On Jun 4, 2013, at 9:08 PM, Eugenia Firth wrote: > Instead of using the

Re: calendar alerts

2013-06-04 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi jean, In Settings, Notifications, it should have a list of apps that are assigned to the Notification Centre as well as a group of those that are not. Calendar should automatically be part of the group that are within the Notification Centre. It will list beside it what it is set to, as in

Re: aligning text in Text Edit?

2013-06-04 Thread Randy George
Do you have any sighted friends? Command three I believe it is will take a screenshot. Paste that into an email and see what they have to say. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 4, 2013, at 10:19 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > Well, this is just weird. I went to the menu as you suggested, and "align > le

Re: how to move signatures from all to actual account

2013-06-04 Thread Ray Foret jr
Ah, much thanks. Now, how to get Mail to tell me when a message is read or unread? I believe I've turned off the preview pain, but, that only seems to prevent a message from reading automatically. On Jun 4, 2013, at 9:10 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > I've usually used the older Drag & D

Re: how to move signatures from all to actual account

2013-06-04 Thread Ray Foret jr
Actually, that didn't work either. I tried by interacting with the table, then, selecting all three signatures and then, using VO+cmd+space to pick up the items. Then, I navigated to the actuall account table but could not drop the signatures in. On Jun 4, 2013, at 9:47 PM, Ray Foret jr wro

Re: a program that allows me to create new folders on the iphone and Ipad

2013-06-04 Thread Danny Noonan
I found over 300 responses to File Manager and none in the first hundred for that price. Do you know developer or have an AppStore address for it? Thanks. Danny. Sent from my iPhone On 05/06/2013, at 12:14 PM, Steve Holmes wrote: > I like File Manager; it is available in the App store of

Re: a program that allows me to create new folders on the iphone and Ipad

2013-06-04 Thread Steve Holmes
I'm sorry. I meant to say "File Browser" and for me I found it at the top of the list of results. Be sure and check both iPhone or iPad. I don't remember if you have an iPhone or iPad. If iPhone, then search should be easy enough. Again, try File Browser. That is what what I'm using. On Jun 4,

Mail all messed up now!

2013-06-04 Thread Ray Foret jr
Okay, Evern since my reinstallation, I cannot get mail to work right. I think I turn off the preview pain but not sure. Also, I can't seem to get mail to tell me whether or not a message or messages are read. HELP! Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind b

Re: Mail all messed up now!

2013-06-04 Thread Ray Foret jr
Also, how to get rid of VIPS mail box I put in accidently? Sorry for all this. Late at night and frustrated. 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 Jun 5

Re: Sorta off-topic, but maybe not: Station playlist studio in a virtual machine

2013-06-04 Thread Gavin Grundlingh
Hi Krister, Are you, by any chance, using Windows XP in your virtual machine? I ask because the Soundblaster PCI card that Fusion uses for audio under XP has a 1 second recording buffer, which might explain why you're having such high latency. I had this problem when trying to test GWConnect un

Problem with Lion Disk Maker

2013-06-04 Thread Daniel C
Hi, Just a quick question. Has anyone received error 10006 when making a Mountain Lion Boot Disk with Lion Disk Maker latest version? the error states can't set folder utilities of disk OS X Mountain Lion Install Disk. I used an 8GB San Disk Cruiser thumb drive which I always have used for prior

Re: aligning text in Text Edit?

2013-06-04 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi Alex, to get a correct result using VO + t be sure you are interacted with the text and your cursor is on the text. Jürgen Am 05.06.2013 um 04:26 schrieb Randy George : > Do you have any sighted friends? Command three I believe it is will take a > screenshot. Paste that into an email and se