Re: Accessible sound editing or sequencsing software on the Mac question

2014-02-23 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi, What version of audacity is accessible now? Are we still on the special version of 1.X or have we moved forward? /Krister 23 feb 2014 kl. 00:56 skrev Alex Hall : > Don't forget about Audacity. It's free, cross-platform, accessible, and easy > to use once you get the hang of it. > > Sent fr

Re: Accessible sound editing or sequencsing software on the Mac question

2014-02-23 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Well, I have to be honest about Sound Forge. While basic editing works, so I am informed, and while it is possible to manipulate the sliders for effects such as noise reduction and so forth, presets remain an issue: and, it's impossible to split a file in to regions for burning to a CD. Now,

Re: Accessible sound editing or sequencsing software on the Mac question

2014-02-23 Thread Ronald van Rhijn
Hi there, You can try Reaper, last time I saw it it looked pretty accessible. Ronald Op 21 feb. 2014, om 07:46 heeft Christian het volgende geschreven: > Hi all, > Does anyone know of any accessible sound editor or MIDI/Audio sequencer for > the Mac that works with VoiceOver? > Many thanks, >

Re: Blue tooth headset

2014-02-23 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi, I can reccommend the Plantronics Voyager Legend or, and this is a really smal nice one, the Plantronics M155. Both support VoiceOver and music and they are single ear headsets. All the best Jürgen Am 21.02.2014 um 06:43 schrieb David Chittenden : > Well, there are several factors to consi

Re: switching back to windows.

2014-02-23 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Hmmm, interesting. Whatever works best for you and your own situation, I guess. I'm more than fine with my Macs and have no similar intentions nor do I necessarily agree with all his sentiments. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Feb 22, 2014, at 11:53 PM, Mario Navarro w

Re: switching back to windows.

2014-02-23 Thread John Panarese
This is the opinion of one person who has his own reasons for doing so. Personally, I don't agree with his rationale as some of his points are completely flawed. Also, going back to Windows? Why? If you need particular access, you can just use a virtual machine or boot camp. I equate it

Re: switching back to windows.

2014-02-23 Thread Karen Lewellen
Tim, I feel that is exactly the most important point. Computer choices are totally and completely individual, as they should be. Any suggestion that one method or means works for anyone but yourself suggests that there is no individual human differences which is simply untrue. The sooner pe

Re: switching back to windows.

2014-02-23 Thread Phil Halton
Man! you just knew this would get a thread going. Personally, I use both Mac and Windows in a VM, both have their attractions and strong points. I don't like the rather screwy accessibility breakage I'm seeing on the Mac, and I also don't like microsofts changing interfaces (e.g.. windows7 to wi

Re: switching back to windows.

2014-02-23 Thread Teresa Cochran
I was struck by the number of comments from people who said they based their decisions to stick with Windows solely on his article. It was a very fair article, although some of the points are just wrong, such as iBooks being as inaccessible as he thinks. Anyhow, I wouldn't base my decision to do

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2014-02-23 Thread wayne17a
Hello list I am using get it to download bbc programmes but now I am getting failed to download proxy so I reset defaults but still the same so is anybody else having the same trouble thanks in advance -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries"

Re: switching back to windows.

2014-02-23 Thread Chris H
I don't agree with the article either. However it's each to their own and I can't comment on using Braille on Os X compared to that on Windows or even iOS. Regards Chris On 23/02/2014 16:47, John Panarese wrote: This is the opinion of one person who has his own reasons for doing so. Per

Re: Mac Mail Syncing Issues With Accounts Other Than Gmail

2014-02-23 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Hello, COX iMAP? I tried to find a way to do that 3 years ago and gave up. The Techs had no idea what I was talking about and there were no references in the support pages that I could find. I would use my COX account again if I could get IMAP to work and also get mail filtering on the server.

Re: Is there a way to spell check epub books.

2014-02-23 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Well, any application that uses Macintoshes standard text editing suite has access to the standard spell checker routines. So unless a ePub editor goes out of its way to turn off this functionality it should be there. What might work is to use Pages and then export to ePUB. It would probably b

Re: Mac Mail Syncing Issues With Accounts Other Than Gmail

2014-02-23 Thread Teresa Cochran
Here you go: http://tinyurl.com/CoxImapSettings HtH, Teresa Slow down; you'll get there faster. On Feb 23, 2014, at 10:13 AM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: > Hello, > > COX iMAP? I tried to find a way to do that 3 years ago and gave up. The Techs > had no idea what I was talking about and there we

TV Guide Website: How to See More detail about a Channel or Program?

2014-02-23 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, all, Does anyone use the tV Guide website: http://www.tvguide.com/listings/ I'm wondering how to display just one channel for an extended time period, and how to get program descriptions. thanks, teresa Visualize whirled peas. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: switching back to windows.

2014-02-23 Thread Daniel McGee
The same here. Each to there own person what works for one may not work another and vice verser. I can't remember all the details but there was one thing that certainly struck with me and that is the artical says that he has to use the VO keys and at times it can be cumberson and I agree in part

Re: lots of questions on mac

2014-02-23 Thread Dionipher Presas Herrera
yes, it is on my purchase item. but still im so afraid to uninstall garage band on my mac -- 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+unsub

Re: lots of questions on mac

2014-02-23 Thread Teresa Cochran
If it's in your purchase list, it will have a download button. If you uninstall it on your Mac, you can just press the download button and it will download it again. This download button will only show up if you have already purchased the item, so there's no danger of having to buy it again. You

Re: lots of questions on mac

2014-02-23 Thread Dionipher Presas Herrera
ok, if you said so,, please pray for me. :) On 23 Feb 2014, at 08:50 pm, Teresa Cochran wrote: > If it's in your purchase list, it will have a download button. If you > uninstall it on your Mac, you can just press the download button and it will > download it again. This download button will on

Re: switching back to windows.

2014-02-23 Thread Richard Ring
For me, it's simple. I have a laptop running Windows 7, and my Macbook Pro. I accomplish most tasks using the Mac. I accomplish others using Windows. I do this because I find them easier to manage in Windows. I'm fortunate enough to be able to do both without installing Windows on my Mac, which

Re: Accessible sound editing or sequencsing software on the Mac question

2014-02-23 Thread Alex Hall
The latest version is 2.0.5. I don't know anything about a special version - the main release is accessible, and there is no secondary release that is more so. If things were different in the past, they must have merged the two some time ago and now anyone can download the full version. > On Feb

Re: lots of questions on mac

2014-02-23 Thread Dionipher Presas Herrera
ok, i reinstall my garage band now for 5 time now and i haven't got any good result yet. i did even restart my computer after deleting the garage band, so what i am doing wrong? any more suggestions? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries"

Re: how to manage top sites with safari and voiceover under mavericks on a mac

2014-02-23 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
WHen you are on the topsites screen interact with the button you don't want and you should find two items. 1. Never include in top Sites. 2. Always include in top sites. I don't really use Top sites, so I can't tell you how well this might work. Best wishes, Jonathan On Feb 21, 2014, at 7:0

Re: Safari Interaction Issue in Mavericks

2014-02-23 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
This appears to be more of a problem if your VO settings for web are set to grouping rather then DOM> 1. VO-F8 to get VO Utility. Control-5 to bring up web preferences. 3. in the navigation tab see if changing from group to dom helps. Best wishes, Jonathan On Feb 22, 2014, at 3:24 PM, Brian

Re: booting up from a CD

2014-02-23 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
holding down the C key used to boot from the CD. I don't think this has been disabled. Best wishes, Jonathan On Feb 21, 2014, at 8:38 PM, Daniel Hawkins wrote: > Ok, the Vinux cd is bootable. I can do this on a different computer that have > CD drive first to boot before the Harddrive. A

how do you back up contacts, bookmarks and calendar?

2014-02-23 Thread Laura ann Grymes
How do you back up contacts, bookmarks and calendar on the mac using Mountain Lion? I have an external Hard drive I want to back up my files too. Are their settings files that I can also back up? For some things I have read I need to go to library and safari for backing up bookmarks but I canno

Re: Accessible sound editing or sequencsing software on the Mac question

2014-02-23 Thread Jamie Pauls
patrick Purdue, one of the audio engineers for the Serotek podcast network tells me that while all the controls for Reaper are visible to VoiceOver, they do not appear in any logical order, thereby making reaper on the Mac very inefficient to use. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 23, 2014, at 8:4

Re: how to manage top sites with safari and voiceover under mavericks on a mac

2014-02-23 Thread Jessica
It works very well. Thanks for the tip. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 23, 2014, at 5:06 PM, "Jonathan C. Cohn" wrote: > > WHen you are on the topsites screen interact with the button you don't want > and you should find two items. > > 1. Never include in top Sites. > 2. Always include in top s

The age old question of which braille display to get

2014-02-23 Thread Aimee Harwood
Hello listers. I am trying to decide what braille display to get. I am going to get at least a 40 but am considering an 80. My main question to you is, those of you that use your displays for work, which is better? Can I use a 40 productively, or would I be better off with an 80? Next is the qu

Re: switching back to windows.

2014-02-23 Thread Daniel Hawkins
I agree with everyone here. I feel right now my Mac is more productive. Why? When I lost my vision, I just went to the Mac first. I am now learning how to use Windows 7 with NVDA. But I know my Mac so I feel the Mac is better, and that is just due to I know and what to expect. But, from what I s

Re: how do you back up contacts, bookmarks and calendar?

2014-02-23 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
There are a few choices. 1. Use TimeMachine. 2. Backup the appropriate directories in ~/Library. 3. In at least Contacts/Adress book and Safari there are export commands. This is also available in Calendar on Mavericks so iCal probably has this feature too. 4. Use iCloud (just trust it) it will

RE: The age old question of which braille display to get

2014-02-23 Thread Scott Erichsen
Hi, Personally, I'd go a 40cell display. Easier and less expensive. Your choices are: Focus40Blue from FreedomScientific Brailliant BI40 from HumanWare BrailleEdge from HIMS which is a 40cell display with notetaking functionality. Hope this helps. Scott -Original Message- From: macvisiona

Re: booting up from a CD

2014-02-23 Thread Daniel Hawkins
Yeah, something is going on here lol. When I get back to work on thursday I will try out my other computer there. thanks! Daniel Hawkins - Posted from my Macbook Pro iPhone 4S, 16GB, Jailbroken IOS 7.0.4 iPad 2nd Gen, 32gb iPhone 3gs 8gb, as media player 2012 15in. Macbook Pro 2.3 Quad-core i7,

Testing New Email, Someone Please Reply

2014-02-23 Thread Alex Hall
Hi all, I'm switching everything over to iCloud mail, and am just testing this subscription to be sure it is all working. Can someone reply, just so I'm sure I am getting messages and that my filter is working? Thanks. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com -- You received this m

RE: Testing New Email, Someone Please Reply

2014-02-23 Thread Scott Erichsen
Working fine From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Hall Sent: Monday, 24 February 2014 2:13 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Testing New Email, Someone Please Reply Hi all, I'm switching everything over to iCloud

Re: how to manage top sites with safari and voiceover under mavericks on a mac

2014-02-23 Thread Daniel C
I would try to see how it works for me. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 21, 2014, at 6:08 PM, Jessica wrote: > > Hi, > I need to know how to manage top sites on my macbook pro using voiceover > under mavericks. their are sites in their I don't want. How, as a voiceover > user do I delete these

Re: booting up from a CD

2014-02-23 Thread Chris Blouch
The link pasted below to a discussion thread might help you track down some answers. Apparently Windows boxes use BIOS and Macs use EFI firmware for bootstrapping the machine. So while the Linux bases are nearly identical, the bootup process is different and you'll need to have an EFI-based boo

Re: The age old question of which braille display to get

2014-02-23 Thread Justin Mann
Hi Amy, Another braille display that I would consider is the alva BC640. It has all the features that you've been looking for, but will also work with two devices. I use an alva with my iPhone, and it also works with the Mac as well. On Feb 23, 2014, at 8:07 PM, Aimee Harwood wrote: > Hell

Re: how to manage top sites with safari and voiceover under mavericks on a mac

2014-02-23 Thread Daniel Chavez
Great. works fine. -- 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. To post to this group, send email to macvisiona

Re: Safari Interaction Issue in Mavericks

2014-02-23 Thread Anne Robertson
I hardly ever have this problem and I use Groups mode in Safari most of the time. Could it be related to having the mouse follow the other cursors? I never do this. Cheers, Anne On 23 Feb 2014, at 23:09, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: > This appears to be more of a problem if your VO settings for