RE: Hand off

2014-12-29 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hi Lisette. How old is your Mac? Apparently hand off only works on 2012 or later Macs. If it's older than that, the only thing you'll be able to do is phone calls and text messages. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Beh

Re: GarageBand

2014-12-29 Thread Walter Harper
I would like to learn GarageBand also. I am in the us also. Walter Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 27, 2014, at 12:39 PM, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > Late answer from A nippy and cold Stockholm. > I’d like to learn it to but as i am in sweden i would prefer podcasts. > You should ask the ap

Re: GarageBand

2014-12-29 Thread Paul Erkens
Hi Scott, Reading the garageband messages with great interest, I was just thinking about possibilities to extend my knowledge, so yes, I’d like to participate in a voice chat, if possible. I am in gmt plus 1. Kind Regards, Paul. > On 24 Dec 2014, at 02:54, Scott Berry wrote: > > Well if we ar

Recording a video

2014-12-29 Thread Walter Harper
Hello, What is the easiest way to record a video on the Mac for someone who is totally blind? Sent from my iPhone -- 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

Re: Recording a video

2014-12-29 Thread Jessica Moss
I actually was wondering the same thing; I don't think there is, but someone correct me if I'm wrong here. I thought Imovie would, but I never could get it to tell me when there was a face in view, so when I made a view of Hannah and I and sent it to my dad, it turned out I'd cut both heads off

Re: GarageBand

2014-12-29 Thread Scott Berry
I think I am going to do podcasts and put them up on Apple Viz. I still need to talk with the Apple Viz team yet to be sure it’s okay to put those up. > On Dec 29, 2014, at 4:25 AM, Paul Erkens wrote: > > Hi Scott, > > Reading the garageband messages with great interest, I was just thinking

Re: RadiologikDJ help with voice over

2014-12-29 Thread Scott Berry
Hank, What web site did you go > and get these? I am looking for these as well. > On Dec 28, 2014, at 8:33 PM, hank smith wrote: > > Hello I am trying out the RadiologikDJ and the Radiologik Scheduler programs > on osx 10.10 > how do I get past the registration screen I vo key space on cont

Following a user with Yorufukuru

2014-12-29 Thread Edward Green
Hi, Please could someone give me step-by-step instructions for following a user with Yorufukuru? I have found the user I wish to follow with command u, and have pressed the Drawer button on the toolbar. However, when I select a tweet from the table, I can’t seem to find a user actions menu.

Audio restoration of old cassettes

2014-12-29 Thread Mike Busboom
Greetings to all of you, I have a large cassette library of recordings that I started making in the early 70s, and I want to digitize them. I have already transferred many of them to .wav files but for storage constraints, I already have converted many of them, hiss, crackles and all, to MP3.

Re: Following a user with Yorufukuru

2014-12-29 Thread Alex Hall
You're close. Instead of pressing the drawer, interact with it (vo-shift-down). Vo-right until you find the User Actions menu, vo-space, down arrow to the Following Status submenu and right arrow to open it, and choose Follow. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 29, 2014, at 08:12, Edward Green wrote

Re: Following a user with Yorufukuru

2014-12-29 Thread Edward Green
Brilliant thanks Alex, that worked. Ed > On 29 Dec 2014, at 13:22, Alex Hall wrote: > > You're close. Instead of pressing the drawer, interact with it > (vo-shift-down). Vo-right until you find the User Actions menu, vo-space, > down arrow to the Following Status submenu and right arrow to ope

Re: GarageBand

2014-12-29 Thread Todor Fassl
Slightly off topic. But here is a link to a program I help to develop that takes a set of mp3 files and generates a podcast feed xml document from them. It works on my IBook Pro. http://www.iavit.org/~john/elpoddo/ You can actually run it on your Mac and copy the xml document and the mp3 file

RE: A Thunderbolt SSD Drive question

2014-12-29 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. When I restarted the Mini a second time, he drive was recognized. I am topld there is a power chip in the Mini that takes a bit to become thunderbolt enabled. Thanks. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Te

Re: Recording a video

2014-12-29 Thread 'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisionaries
for me i find its easiest to use quick time pro. it doesn't give you all the functionality of iMovie but its much simpler for me to use totally blind and without sighted help. good luck, max On Dec 29, 2014, at 5:32 AM, Walter Harper wrote: > Hello, > What is the easiest way to record a video o

Re: Recording a video

2014-12-29 Thread Faisal ali
I thought I remember seeing some video recording capabilities in quick time. > On Dec 29, 2014, at 4:47 AM, Jessica Moss wrote: > > I actually was wondering the same thing; I don't think there is, but someone > correct me if I'm wrong here. I thought Imovie would, but I never could get > it to

Re: Recording a video

2014-12-29 Thread 'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisionaries
hello; what i did was do a Skype with a friend of mine. she helped me figure out where to put the monitor so that people would see my head. she helped me figure it out for sitting and lying down. good luck, max On Dec 29, 2014, at 6:47 AM, Jessica Moss wrote: > I actually was wondering the same

Re: Following a user with Yorufukuru

2014-12-29 Thread 'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisionaries
what i do is to open the menu and select open in browser. then when it opens the page in safari i go to the follow button there. works lots easier than trying to do within the app. good luck, max On Dec 29, 2014, at 7:12 AM, Edward Green wrote: > Hi, > > Please could someone give me step-by-st

Re: Audio restoration of old cassettes

2014-12-29 Thread Cameron Strife
Hi. Normalizing audio will not help with hiss, pops, or clicks etc. I could edit the beginning and endings of your audio files and also clean them up for a reasonable fee. feel free to shoot me an e mail off list if that would interest you. Thanks, Cameron. On 12/29/14, Mike Busboom wrote:

Apple TV and local news

2014-12-29 Thread The Believer
If one wants local news, this is done using the apps from the local stations, correct? And why use Apple TV if one can play content with iTunes from an iOS device or a Mac? Just trying to justify getting an Apple TV. From The Believer. . . . . . what if it were true? ancient.ali...@icl

Re: Apple TV and local news

2014-12-29 Thread Faisal ali
Hi, this is one thing I’ve never been able to understand. As far as I know, everything that an apple TV offers can be done on the mac with iTunes. Moreover, netflics, Hulu and other apps apple tv offers is very accessible and works well on IOS devices. This is why I don’t personally own an apple

Re: RadiologikDJ help with voice over

2014-12-29 Thread hank smith
the website is: http://macinmind.com/?area=app&app=radiologik&pg=info let me know if u can get past the demo screen I can not seem to get past that to even use the program On 12/29/2014 5:58 AM, Scott Berry wrote: Hank, What web site did you go and get these? I am looking for these as well.

Re: GarageBand

2014-12-29 Thread Gabriele Battaglia
Hi dear friends. I’m also on GMT+1 zone and I appreciate the possibility to take participation in a Voice chat too. But I think that first of all it is necessary to fix all the knledge base in something that is durable and always available to everybody, like a podcast. The Voice Chat could be use

Re: Apple TV and local news

2014-12-29 Thread Kliph
I justify it by the large movie collection I have. I can stream things from my iTunes library, without having to sit in front of my mac. Also, I can listen to my podcasts on the appleTV, along with some of my ESPN stuff. It’s a personal preference, but I’d rather sit on my couch to watch a mo

Transferring Music to Nano

2014-12-29 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hello: I have an iPod Nano 16GB and iTunes 12. I’m trying to figure out how to transfer specific songs/albums to my nano. I’ve tried dragging and dropping, but VO ssays failed to drag. I’ve tried checking specific songs, then pressing sync with no luck. Help! -- You received this message becau

Re: Transferring Music to Nano

2014-12-29 Thread jeffrey greene
Hi, The easiest way is to put the albums you want into a playlist. Then under the nano settings instead of checking boxes for albums check the box for that playlist. Then, hit sync. Hope this helps! Jeff > On Dec 29, 2014, at 12:41 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli > wrote: > > Hello: > I have an iPod Na

Re: Audio restoration of old cassettes

2014-12-29 Thread BobH.
Well, don't know about tape hiss, but the burst level was done by an auto-level on the tape that recorded it; took that long to determine level and moderate it. I use Total Recorder by Highcriterion; can do some good stuff and accessible, can do batch jobs and deal with normalisation as you

Re: Transferring Music to Nano

2014-12-29 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
I wanted each album though, not a big long playlist. > On Dec 29, 2014, at 11:41 AM, Sarai Bucciarelli > wrote: > > Hello: > I have an iPod Nano 16GB and iTunes 12. I’m trying to figure out how to > transfer specific songs/albums to my nano. I’ve tried dragging and dropping, > but VO ssays fai

Copy text from terminal.

2014-12-29 Thread Gabriele Battaglia
Hello all. How can I copy text lines from the terminal? If there is no simple way, it would be ok also to redirect the stderr file on a .txt but how? Thanks. Gabriel. — Namasté! Sent from my MacBookPro13 (Libero) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "

Re: Transferring Music to Nano

2014-12-29 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: I cannot drag the songs in the playlist. Says failed to drag. > On Dec 29, 2014, at 11:49 AM, jeffrey greene wrote: > > Hi, The easiest way is to put the albums you want into a playlist. Then under > the nano settings instead of checking boxes for albums check the box for that > playlist. T

Re: Hand off

2014-12-29 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi Shawn, I just got a new MBA last month and it still doesn't work. It didn't work on my older Mac, so I thought getting a new one may help. That's not the reason I got a new Mac though (smiles). People rave about hand off and it's just odd that it has never worked for me. Cheers Lisette >

VM Fusion vs Bootcamp

2014-12-29 Thread Marianne Denning
I asked this question several years ago and decided to put Bootcamp on my MacBook Air because of everyone's responses. Here we are several years later and I would like to know if Bootcamp is still the best decision if I want to run Windows 7 or 8 and JAWS 15 or 16 on my MacBook Air. I read the Ap

Re: Hand off

2014-12-29 Thread John Panarese
It should work with a new Mac as long as you are running Ysomite. However, you need to configure it first on all devices before it will work properly. It didn't for me until I got all my devices configured to work with it. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 7

I haven't updated, should I?

2014-12-29 Thread Traci Duncan
Hello, I have a Macbook Air Summer 2011. I am running Mavericks, what are your thoughts on updating to Yosemitie? Really, the only reason I’m thinking of updating, is because the Mac app store won’t let me update any apps. Otherwise, I don’t know what Yosemitie has to offer me, and I hate the

Re: VM Fusion vs Bootcamp

2014-12-29 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hi, This is totally personal preference. It alldepends on how much you will use the Windows side. For me, I am still out on the fence which way I'll go this time. I had BootCamp installed on my MacBook Air 2013, but needed to wipe out the entire machine because of a horrific hack Window side.

Re: I haven't updated, should I?

2014-12-29 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
Wait a bit longer as there may be a major update to Yosemite coming soon. I am using the beta right now but can't comment until it's released to the public which the beta isn't. On 29/12/2014 20:26, Traci Duncan wrote: Hello, I have a Macbook Air Summer 2011. I am running Mavericks, what are

Re: creating podcast feed, was Finder Podcast Part 1

2014-12-29 Thread 'Sean Paul' via MacVisionaries
Distrubuting your content amongst friends is perfectly fine. What is not fine is distributing it as a podcast, on twitter for the world to get, etc. The sourse of my information is their terms of service & contact a friend of mine who was using them as a distribution platform had with their peop

Re: Apple TV and local news

2014-12-29 Thread The Believer
Yes that is what I thought was a good reason for Apple TV. Kliph, can you split part of the iTunes library onto an external drive? From The Believer. . . . . . what if it were true? ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 12/29/2014 9:04 AM, Kliph wrote: I justify it by the large movie collection

Re: Apple TV and local news

2014-12-29 Thread Kliph
Don’t think this is possible. YOu can have iTunes point to different locations, that have your content, but as for the iTunes library itself, it all has to be in 1 location. Frustrated with your Mac, I-device, or AppleTV? New user and want quick efficient answers? Or maybe you know apple pro

Re: Using Braille Embosser with a Mini Mac Developments.

2014-12-29 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hello.Here is some information which everyone might be interested in with developments to embossing on the Mac etc. I came across this in a Newsletter from Sight and Sound Technology which is based in the UK. Braille embossing direct from your computer To use a Braille embosser / Braille printe

Re: Hand off

2014-12-29 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
I can’t get Hand off to work on my I Mac or my Mac mini and the Mac mini is new. So I’d like to know how it works as well please. Kawal. > On 29 Dec 2014, at 20:18, John Panarese wrote: > > It should work with a new Mac as long as you are running Ysomite. However, > you need to configure i

Re: I haven't updated, should I?

2014-12-29 Thread BobH.
While it's all working and you're happy with all that,. RobH, don't need to say the rest, right? - Original Message - From: "Traci Duncan" To: Sent: Monday, December 29, 2014 8:26 PM Subject: I haven't updated, should I? Hello, I have a Macbook Air Summer 2011. I am running Mave

Re: Hand off

2014-12-29 Thread John Panarese
Yosemite for the Mac and iOS 8.X are required on your devices. You have to turn it on in System preferences in the General Pane. Also be sure Bluetooth is enabled and you are signed into iCloud with the same account on all devices. You also have to have it turned on on the other devices.

Re: Hand off

2014-12-29 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hello John. As you say one has to be signed in to I Cloud, bluetooth enabled etc, but, let’s say when I see the hand off badge in my Mac be it the Mac mini or I Mac, both devices respectively, I Mac, late 2012 and Mac Mini 2014, the latest one out. So I locate my mail which is hand off, but I

Re: VM Fusion vs Bootcamp

2014-12-29 Thread David Taylor
Hi, I would add a few things to this. If you use Fusion, you can keep a backup of your VM, or VMs anywhere you like, so even if you have to reinstall OS X from scratch, you don’t have to lose your VM, or have it backed up by Time Machine. You can share files and folders between the two, and la

Audio Book Purchase Not Showing UP Anywhere

2014-12-29 Thread Alex Hall
Hi list, Today, I purchased the first season of an audio drama I have been following in podcast form for years. It was around $20, and my iTunes balance has been reduced by that amount. However, on my Mac, I can't seem to find the book - it looks like I have no purchased audio books at all. On i

Re: Following a user with Yorufukuru

2014-12-29 Thread David Taylor
Hi, Just for added simplicity, since people complain about Mac keystrokes, you can simply press space on the User Action menu and on Follow. This works on most pop-up buttons. Cheers Dave On 29 Dec 2014, at 01:22 pm, Alex Hall wrote: > You're close. Instead of pressing the drawer, interact w

Re: Audio Book Purchase Not Showing UP Anywhere

2014-12-29 Thread Tim Kilburn
Alex, When in Music view with Playlists selected, go to the Purchased playlist and see if it shows up there. Beyond that, do you have Audio Books checked in the View menu so that any Audio Books will show up in the grid or list? Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada > On Dec 29, 2014

Re: VM Fusion vs Bootcamp

2014-12-29 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Another advantage of VMware is if you have Jaws on your Window machine, you will not lose the licence as you can cut and paste your Windows Virtual machine anywhere you like. As long as you tell your VMware that you moved the machine and not done anything else with it, you will not lose your li

Re: Audio Book Purchase Not Showing UP Anywhere

2014-12-29 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Alex, The View purchased items screen is accessible, but it's kind of messy. This is what I do. With the iTunes store open, bring up the item chooser and search for the word purchase. Click on the first result, which I think is Purchased. You'll then have a series of Tabs where you can c

Re: Audio Book Purchase Not Showing UP Anywhere

2014-12-29 Thread Tim Kilburn
Alex, One more thing you may wish to do is to ensure that the Show iTunes in the Cloud Purchases checkbox is checked. This is found in the Store pane of your iTunes Preferences. Occasionally, the download option doesn’t automatically pop-up after purchasing something, thus, the purchase is av

Re: Audio Book Purchase Not Showing UP Anywhere

2014-12-29 Thread Alex Hall
Thanks for the quick responses. I've now checked the option to view cloud purchases, but nothing new appears. I've looked in the "my audio books" radio button and the Purchased playlist. I do have audio books enabled in the View menu in case that was necessary. The purchase history is behaving

Re: Audio Book Purchase Not Showing UP Anywhere

2014-12-29 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Okay. Time to restart your machine. ONly solution I can think of since everyone else has given you exelent suggestions otherwise. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a happy Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone 6+ and Apple TV user! Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibili

Re: Hand off

2014-12-29 Thread Ronald van Rhijn
Hi, Yes bluetooth has to be on for hands off to work. Ronald Verstuurd vanaf mijn iPhone > Op 29 dec. 2014 om 20:13 heeft Lisette Wesseling > het volgende geschreven: > > Hi Shawn, > I just got a new MBA last month and it still doesn't work. It didn't work on > my older Mac, so I thought gett

Re: Hand off

2014-12-29 Thread John Panarese
If you command-tab with one of the Macs, do you find the hand off application? For example, I started reading an email on my iPhone and then went to my Mac. I used command-tab and stopped on the iPhone handoff Mail item. I started this message on my iPhone, but finished on my Mac. Take

doing subtracting in Numbers

2014-12-29 Thread Scott Berry
Hello there, I need to subtract b1 minus b11 in Numbers. How is this done? -- 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...@google

Re: Audio Book Purchase Not Showing UP Anywhere

2014-12-29 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Maybe this is a stupid question but you said this is an audio drama you have been following for years. Are you sure it is classified as an audiobook? -- Cheryl Go beyond the Christmas story this year; meet Immanuel (God with us), Jesus, the crucified Savior, Christ, the risen LORD!!! On D

Re: Audio Book Purchase Not Showing UP Anywhere

2014-12-29 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Also did you check in your menus uder "store" (using vo-m and going over to store and down" for available downloads? It seems to me that when I bought a tv show the spisodes didn't download automatically. I realize yours is not a tv show but it's possible it isn't downloading automatically for s

Re: RadiologikDJ help with voice over

2014-12-29 Thread Scott Berry
Hey Hank, I figured it out. The problem is when your on the Continue button you need to left click the button. This is done by VO plus Shift Plus Space and then it clears that Contine button out. > On Dec 29, 2014, at 9:36 AM, hank smith wrote: > > the website is: > http://macinmind.com/?a

Re: Audio Book Purchase Not Showing UP Anywhere

2014-12-29 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I don't think restarting your machine should have anything to do with this, but if all else fails, go for it. -- Cheryl Go beyond the Christmas story this year; meet Immanuel (God with us), Jesus, the crucified Savior, Christ, the risen LORD!!! On Dec 29, 2014, at 4:49 PM, Ray Foret Jr w

Re: VM Fusion vs Bootcamp

2014-12-29 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hi, to answer the question about installing Windows in BootCamp without sighted assistance still stands and requires sighted assistance. I know there has been some discussion about using a talking installer, but it's only for a 32 bit machine. Regarding the JAWS license, if you are out of autho

Re: VM Fusion vs Bootcamp

2014-12-29 Thread Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona
I personally use windows with bootcamp am using it as we speak vmware fusion works quite well how ever for best performance its best to have 8 gigs of ram or better the more ram the better your performance will be with vmware fusion I currently have 4 gigs on my mac mini I have used vmware fusi

Re: Hand off

2014-12-29 Thread Agent086b
Hello, do you need to pair your iPhone with the Mac? Max. > On 30 Dec 2014, at 9:58 am, John Panarese wrote: > > If you command-tab with one of the Macs, do you find the hand off > application? For example, I started reading an email on my iPhone and then > went to my Mac. I used command-ta

Re: Audio Book Purchase Not Showing UP Anywhere

2014-12-29 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Okay, here's something else to try. Select the itunes store radio button and type the name of what you purchased in the search field and press enter. For me, this came up and showed it as in my library. But I still couldn't actually find it until I then chose the right radio button for it, in t

Re: Hand off

2014-12-29 Thread Cheryl Homiak
No, you do not need to pair your iPhone with the Mac. -- Cheryl Go beyond the Christmas story this year; meet Immanuel (God with us), Jesus, the crucified Savior, Christ, the risen LORD!!! On Dec 29, 2014, at 5:32 PM, Agent086b wrote: Hello, do you need to pair your iPhone with the Mac?

windows 8.1 on bootcamp with mac mini 2012 not working with usb audio?

2014-12-29 Thread Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona
Hello I had to get sighted help getting windows back on to my bootcamp sset up whone thing that I am running in to and I have no idea why this is happening en I go to install windows I am using the talking installation and got windows started how ever once it instals and gets to the set up scree

Re: Hand off

2014-12-29 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Also, here's one that will help if part of your drama was actually downloaded upon purchase. Open your home directory in finder, and from there open Music > iTunes > iTunes Media. Then look in the folders that may be the right category for your purchase. Maybe you already did that; I'm just tryi

Re: RadiologikDJ help with voice over

2014-12-29 Thread Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona
thanks for letting me know this, it was driving me nuts does the program appear to be voice over friendly? Hank On 12/29/2014 4:15 PM, Scott Berry wrote: Hey Hank, I figured it out. The problem is when your on the Continue button you need to left click the button. This is done by VO plus Shif

Re: Audio Book Purchase Not Showing UP Anywhere

2014-12-29 Thread Tim Kilburn
Alex, It appears that I’ve given you false info that doesn’t apply to Audio Books. In doing some searches on the Net regarding this, I’ve learned that Audio Book purchases are a one time thing from iTunes and if you don’t have a backup of your iTunes Library, they are not re-downloadable. Sin

Re: Audio Book Purchase Not Showing UP Anywhere

2014-12-29 Thread Alex Hall
Thanks everyone, once again. I'm sure this is an audio book, since I can find it easily in the Audio Books section of the iTunes Store. I made the purchase on my iPhone, but I assumed that wouldn't matter since I would have purchased it and thus it would be in my account. Yes, I checked for down

Re: Reading Subtitles

2014-12-29 Thread r a gindin
Google asks if you wish a thing translated, but i don't know if that applies to videos. how is the Braille being transmitted. we have a device that renders the Braille as dots on an electronic board called "refreshable Braille," but I don't know if it would convert writing on a video into Bra

Re: doing subtracting in Numbers

2014-12-29 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hello there First get on the cell you want your formula to go into. Then type the = sign. Then press the right arrow key so that you have the cursor past the = sign. Then just type B one then the minus sign. Then type b11 and get out of the cell with a carriage return.That should get it done.

Cannot find list of backups on MacBook Air in iTunes any more

2014-12-29 Thread Christine Grassman
I saw someone asking about this a while back but never saw a reply. Of course, I wasn’t having any issues at the time, but now I am. I cannot find my backups listed anywhere on iTunes. Whereas there used to be a scrolling area around sync, I do not see anything like this. Please help! Ch

Audio Book Mystery Solved

2014-12-29 Thread Alex Hall
Hi all, Thanks again for everyone's input. I finally called Apple, and they told me two important things. First, audio books will show up in the Music app, and will for some reason not appear in the history in the iTunes Store app. Once I looked in Music > More > Audio Books, there it was! Seco

Re: Audio Book Mystery Solved

2014-12-29 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I should have known to tell you that but frankly I was thinking of the Mac rather than the iPhone. But I remember that before Audible had a separate app, that was how youhad to find Audible books on your phone. That was a long time ago of course. -- Cheryl Go beyond the Christmas story this

getting periodic messages about not being able to connect to iCloud

2014-12-29 Thread Ray Foret Jr
This is weird. Every once in a while, I get this: This Mac can't connect to iCloud because of a problem with "rforet7...@comcast.net". Please launch iCloud preferences to solve this problem. When I do so, and when I look at the table of iCloud services, I see an indication that either iPhoto

Re: VM Fusion vs Bootcamp

2014-12-29 Thread Kliph
1 thing I will add here is. YOu can reinstall fusion after a clean install on the same machine. But if you get a new machine, jaws will have to be activated with a new authorizationn key. But like the previous poster said, just call freedom scientific and request one, and you are good to go.

Re: getting periodic messages about not being able to connect to iCloud

2014-12-29 Thread Scott Berry
Hi Ray, I get the same thing here too. > On Dec 29, 2014, at 6:07 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > > This is weird. Every once in a while, I get this: > > This Mac can't connect to iCloud because of a problem with > "rforet7...@comcast.net ". Please launch > iCloud

Re: getting periodic messages about not being able to connect to iCloud

2014-12-29 Thread Ray Foret Jr
I wound up deciding to go ahead and install iPhoto. For some reason, it seemed to be either wanted or needed by something in my iCloud set up and so I figured that, since it's free, why not just drop it in? Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a happy Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone 6+

Re: Audio Book Purchase Not Showing UP Anywhere

2014-12-29 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, If it is on your iPhone, then it is possible to transfer it over to your Mac via iTunes. When in iTunes on your Mac, connect your iPhone with the USB cable, then go under the File menu to Devices and select Transfer Purchases from this iPhone. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canad

Re: VM Fusion vs Bootcamp

2014-12-29 Thread Grant Hardy
Hi Eileen, If you’re talking about the Win8PE project that includes NVDA and thus can be used as a talking installer, that definitely can work with 64-BIT machines as well. Now, that’s not to say that it will work on a Mac, as there are other issues to be aware of, for example, a lack of audio

Re: VM Fusion vs Bootcamp

2014-12-29 Thread Grant Hardy
Hello Kawal Kawal, You’re definitely correct about JAWS authorization being erased when a drive is reformatted. In fact in my experience, JAWS even deactivates when the Boot Camp support software is repaired or uninstalled. Not needing to worry about this would be a definite advantage. For thos

program for the mac that will audo-split/tag mp3 files.

2014-12-29 Thread Jessica Moss
Ok, think the subject says it all lol. I ended up downloading a folder of Mozart CD's that I had no idea whoever put them together merged all these albums in to several long mp3 files, instead of splitting them into folders, which would've made more sense. So now, I have one folder for exampl

RE: VM Fusion vs Bootcamp

2014-12-29 Thread Scott Erichsen
Yes. You can install windows without sited help no problem. I've successfully installed windows 7 64bit and windows 8.1. Obviously the stuff that comes up in windows itself won't work with voiceover as you need a windows screen reader, but installing windows with VMWare fusion works fine. Hope th

Re: Recording a video

2014-12-29 Thread Jessica Moss
Really? I've never seen that, but if there's something you've stumbled across, please share it. I'm actually still trying to figure out how to do that on the IPhone, sense voiceover doesn't seem to let you know when there's a face in view as opposed to camera mode, but I guess that would make

using it without a printer

2014-12-29 Thread Jean
Hello: Is it possible to use Index Direct without a Braille embosser? All of the instructions indicate that a Braille printer is involved. But is it possible to use the program to make simple BRF files, for a refreshable Braille device? Jean -- You received this message because you are subsc

Re: VM Fusion vs Bootcamp

2014-12-29 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hi Grant and Scott, I did purchase an USB sound card about 1-1/2 months ago. So, I would think I'm good to go in using the talking installer. What confused me at Bryan Smart's site is which software to download. I'm assuming that's the reference you made Grant. If not, can you direct me to the

Re: VM Fusion vs Bootcamp

2014-12-29 Thread Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona
I do know of a place to get a 64 bit talking installer it is not the one from bryan smart page got it from some one on blindtech this allowed me to install my 64 bit windows basicly you run this talking installer, either from cd or usb then have your windows disk or usb drive in as well, then r

Re: using it without a printer

2014-12-29 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
I think you need an imbosser. > On 30 Dec 2014, at 3:44 am, Jean wrote: > > Hello: > Is it possible to use Index Direct without a Braille embosser? All of the > instructions indicate that a Braille printer is involved. But is it possible > to use the program to make simple BRF files, for