Re: Text selection rotor

2015-12-18 Thread Mary Otten
Find the beginning of the text you want to select. Use the rotor to navigate to the text selection item and then flick up or down to set the item such as character, word etc. that you want to select by. Flick to the right to select by your chosen word, character etc. until you reach the end of t

Re: Text selection rotor

2015-12-19 Thread Mary Otten
her-Mark Gilland > wrote: > > Aa, OK. Then, I guess the final step is, go to the text field, turn to edit, > flick down with one finger to paste, then double tap? > > Chris. > > - Original Message - From: "Mary Otten" > To: > Sent: Friday, De

Going to the previous page in the new Safari

2013-10-23 Thread Mary Otten
Hi all, I saw a comment on the Apple viz. sight indicating that you can no longer use command left arrow to return to the previous page and Safari on Mavericks. Is this true? If so, how do you go back to the previous page? It seems rather silly for Apple to of taken this easy method away. Sen

Re: Going to the previous page in the new Safari

2013-10-23 Thread Mary Otten
t; > > On 2013-10-23, at 9:02 AM, Mary Otten wrote: > >> Hi all, >> I saw a comment on the Apple viz. sight indicating that you can no longer >> use command left arrow to return to the previous page and Safari on >> Mavericks. Is this true? If so, how do you go ba

Re: Mavericks available now

2013-10-23 Thread Mary Otten
I have never heard of this magical jellybean key finder. Eric, could you give a little bit more information? I do have a boot camp partition, and I would certainly not like to lose it. Thanks. Mary Sent from my iPhone On Oct 23, 2013, at 7:16 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: > Wrong, your bootcamp

Re: Going to the previous page in the new Safari

2013-10-23 Thread Mary Otten
one to > the right of the letter p. > > On 24/10/2013, at 12:44 AM, Mary Otten wrote: > > Since I came over from Windows, command left Earrow was an easy keystroke. > It's position is like alllt left arrow in windows. Left bracket is just not > something I type very m

Re: Gmail Issues in Mavericks, Pretty Major, Folks

2013-10-26 Thread Mary Otten
I agree with you, Ricardo. I'm not generally one to cut Apple or any other big company much slack when it comes to buggy software releases. But in this case, the article that somebody posted a few days ago about this Gmail problem indicates that the real problem is with Gmail, because it does no

Re: Classic Versus Current view in Mail

2013-10-26 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Teresa, With five lines in preview and the preview pane disabled, is that in classic view or standard view? I just upgraded to Mountain lion, and stuck with classic view, but I also have conversations enabled. I never hear it say how many messages are in a thread or even that there is a threa

Re: os 10.9, is it worth it?

2013-10-26 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Ricardo, Regarding iBooks, have you figured out a way to access collections? I have an embarrassingly large iBooks library, and it is divided into collections. Collections are one of the things that makes iBooks outstanding in my opinion. So can I have my collections accessible on Mavericks?

Re: radium

2013-11-16 Thread Mary Otten
. And other saved stations are not playing. I wonder if something is down on Radium's end somehow. This has been working perfectly, and there have been no updates that I am aware of. Very weird. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscri

Re: radium

2013-11-16 Thread Mary Otten
gt;> but when I hit save, it just puts me back into that same dialogue. And other >> saved stations are not playing. I wonder if something is down on Radium's >> end somehow. This has been working perfectly, and there have been no updates >> that I am a

Re: radium

2013-11-17 Thread Mary Otten
works for me. Mary Sent from my iPhone On Nov 17, 2013, at 1:16 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: > now, the app opens, but when I vo right arrow, it disappears. > On Nov 17, 2013, at 12:46 AM, Mary Otten wrote: > >> My radium stations are now working as before. But serious is

Re: radium

2013-11-18 Thread Mary Otten
p on my doc. It opens, I vo right arrow past > the search field, app closes. Radium doesn't appear in extra menu for me. > On Nov 17, 2013, at 9:17 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > >> Why are you VO right arrowing? >> I have an alias for the app on my desktop. So I VO space on it,

Re: Radium iPhone radio app is free today (November 24, 2013)

2013-11-24 Thread Mary Otten
Yes, radium is different from TuneIn. If you are a subscriber to services like XM, you can get that on radium, and not on TuneIn. On the other hand, TuneIn has a bigger database. Then again, I found a bunch of stuff on radium that I can't get on TuneIn anymore. It's Russian music, so probably no

Re: Radium iPhone radio app is free today (November 24, 2013)

2013-11-24 Thread Mary Otten
In, but Pro Sports is a great app >> for anyone looking for an easy way to find NFL games >>> On Nov 24, 2013, at 11:01 PM, Mary Otten wrote: >>> >>> Yes, radium is different from TuneIn. If you are a subscriber to services >>> like XM, you can get th

Re: Radium iPhone radio app is free today (November 24, 2013)

2013-11-24 Thread Mary Otten
Well, since serious XM doesn't want to let their parties access their service, it would be really nice if they would make their app accessible. But the real question is regarding radium, are you running Maverick's on your Mac? Mary Sent from my iPhone On Nov 24, 2013, at 9:19 PM, Deb Lewis wr

Re: finereader pro for mac.

2013-12-05 Thread Mary Otten
This is very exciting about fine reader your Pro. The Windows version has always have excellent reviews. How is it with voiceover? Is there somewhere a list of directly supported scanners? Mary Sent from my iPhone On Dec 5, 2013, at 4:18 PM, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: > Hi again. > > Ok I t

Re: finereader pro for mac.

2013-12-06 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Annie, Which scanner do you have that is not supported by find reader? I was doing some looking, and it appears they don't support any of the Plustek scanners. I also found that there is apparently a driver for the plustek 3800 that works Onamac, but I guess it is only with plustek software.

Re: finereader pro for mac.

2013-12-06 Thread Mary Otten
> If you have a plustek optikbook 3800 and the driver works, I think it will >> work with finereader, because this driver is just a driver without any >> software. I downloaded one for my opticbook 4800 it is a beta, and it does >> not find any scanner on my mac. >> Bes

Re: finereader pro for mac.

2013-12-06 Thread Mary Otten
any scanner on my mac. > Best regards Annie. > Den 06 Dec 2013 kl. 14:28 skrev Mary Otten : > >> Hi Annie, >> Which scanner do you have that is not supported by find reader? I was doing >> some looking, and it appears they don't support any of the Plustek sca

Re: finereader pro for mac.

2013-12-06 Thread Mary Otten
too much scanning of books in precisely that manner, I suppose. That's why I'm bummed about the book edge models being so poorly supported on Mac. Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" g

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Robert, Are you using standard or classic view? And are you using threaded view or not? Mary Sent from my iPhone On Dec 17, 2013, at 2:59 PM, Eileen Misrahi wrote: > Hi Robert, > > Thanks for your tip on reading mail using VO-J. I am relatively new to the > Mac and I have been using the

Web accessibility survey

2013-12-20 Thread Mary Otten
This is short and sweet and easy. If you want voice over to be taken seriously, take five minutes and Fillis out. Mary http://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey5/ > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from th

Re: Amazon cloud player seems to be useless on the mac now.

2013-12-23 Thread Mary Otten
The entire Amazon cloud player is not accessible. I got sided help to get the login screen done. But once that's done, I still can't see anything on my Mac running Mountain lion. Very disgusting. Mary Sent from my iPad > On Dec 23, 2013, at 12:50 PM, Teresa Cochran > wrote: > > I was just g

Re: anyone know about problems with iBooks in IOS 8?

2014-09-19 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Donna and others, I would like clarification on something. Donna, when you said that you lost your books and Apple say I have a book on my Mac and the same book on my iPad. I decide I don't want the book on my Mac, so I take it off the Mac. Does that mean it goes away from the iPad to? Thank

Re: anyone know about problems with iBooks in IOS 8?

2014-09-19 Thread Mary Otten
e > do was re-download everything onto my computer. I'll do some further > experimenting, and let you know what I find. > Best, > Donna >> On Sep 19, 2014, at 10:14 AM, Mary Otten wrote: >> >> Hi Donna and others, >> I would like clarification on something.

Re: To Mary, more on relation between computer and i-device in iBooks

2014-09-19 Thread Mary Otten
Thank you for that information, Donna. I am not going to upgrade to I OS 8 anytime soon, at least not until there is an update that fixes some of the bugs. But it is good to know that when Yosemite comes, I will be able to try iBooks on the Mac without adversely affecting other devices. Mary S

Re: using multiple languages on the mac

2014-09-27 Thread Mary Otten
Download one of the available Spanish voices for VO onyour Mac. Once you have that, you should be able to switch between your preferred English voice and your preferred Spanish voice by using the VOhot keys for that, which I don't remember right now. I've been away from my Mac for a couple of w

Re: Replacement for Open Book on the MacBook Air?

2014-10-04 Thread Mary Otten
You need software. You can try docuscan plus, which is cloud-based, and only scans English. You can try Abbyy fine reader Pro from the app store. It costs less, does foreign languages, and there is an extensive list of scanners which it directly supports. Or you can try running Windows on your M

Re: adobe reader for the mac

2014-10-04 Thread Mary Otten
I must be missing something with respect to the preview app. I have never had good luck with that thing. I have not been able to navigate, read words or lines or's spell something. And tables? Forget it. What am I missing? I would love to be able to do PDFs on my Mac. Of course, Docuscan will do

Re: Apple presentation seemed to offer nothing

2014-10-16 Thread Mary Otten
Ray, Sadly, in terms of market, the answer to your question is glaringly obvious. I candy wins each and every time. Why else the continual change to the look of things? They want you to buy more and more because it looks different and it looks cool. Never mind whether it works well or not. Mary

Re: Apple presentation seemed to offer nothing

2014-10-16 Thread Mary Otten
Apple has never been particularly long on offering specs. And the specs by themselves mean nothing, witness their camera doing so well, even though it doesn't "spec out" against some others that don't perform as well in the real world. I think it would be nice to be able to run the mini without

Re: Apple presentation seemed to offer nothing

2014-10-16 Thread Mary Otten
ow, every day: > "This I call to mind, > and therefore I have hope: > The steadfast love of the Lord > never ceases; > his mercies never come to an end; > they are new every morning; > great is your faithfulness." > (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) > > > >

Re: Yosemity & Itunes

2014-10-17 Thread Mary Otten
Well, I am sorry the sidebar is gone. I know I put it back when I had that option. And I have not updated to the latest iTunes. As far as the windows ribbon being better for the cited, I'm not so sure. I believe I read recently that the old-style menus are making a comeback in Windows 10. Someti

iBooks on Yosemite

2014-10-17 Thread Mary Otten
Rumor has it that iBooks is very accessible under Yosemite. I do have a question. Regarding bookmarks, is it possible now to set a bookmark and get something meaningful read back to you when you scroll through your list of bookmarks? I have done this in the past and a cookbook, bookmarking recip

Re: iBooks on Yosemite

2014-10-17 Thread Mary Otten
t love iBooks now. But! Sometimes it just keeps reading the same page > over again and again. Or it will just stop at the bottom of a page. While in > other books, VO tracks and reads just fine. > Book Marks work also. > `On Oct 17, 2014, at 7:05 PM, Mary Otten wrote: >> >> Rum

Re: switching from mac to windows 7 bootcamp faster?

2014-10-20 Thread Mary Otten
This book champ looks like a very interesting app. I note that it does not say it works under Yosemite. Has anybody tried that? And, while I'm at it, are there issues if you upgrade to Yosemite and you have a Boot Camp partition running Windows 7? Thanks in advance for help. Mary Sent from my

Re: yosemite and spotlight search

2014-10-20 Thread Mary Otten
Has that "take control" book been updated for Yosemite? Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 20, 2014, at 4:24 PM, John Panarese wrote: > > Actually, this was another feature that was focused on during the beta > cycle. Realistically, Spotlight is designed to give more functionality to > sim

Copying the text from iBooks

2014-10-20 Thread Mary Otten
Is it possible under Yosemite to copy some text from an iBook? I am thinking about cookbooks in particular, where I might want to copy a recipe, pasted into an email message or a wordprocessing document, and save it. Mary Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscr

Re: Showing sources list view in latest itunes

2014-10-23 Thread Mary Otten
As long as you don't have trouble storing all those commands in your organic RAM, as a friend of mine called memory, then wonderful. Otherwise, since there are many many sighted people who are very upset with this loss, when they hope that Apple will bring back the sidebar in the future issue of

Re: All the new features in Lion

2011-06-06 Thread Mary Otten
voice over. I still use Word and Windows for word processing. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe

Re: All the new features in Lion

2011-06-06 Thread Mary Otten
of course, the occasional production of hard copy braille from the MS Word documents. mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@google

Re: transition from pc to mac

2011-06-08 Thread Mary Otten
rotor? Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@g

Re: transition from pc to mac

2011-06-08 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Zach, Yes, I can interact with text and get word by word, but I can't get character by character Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: transition from pc to mac

2011-06-09 Thread Mary Otten
ac Mini; I do have a magic track pad, but of course, it is an add on. mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To u

automatic download of books in Ibooks

2011-06-11 Thread Mary Otten
at the instant the book is purchased on one of them in order that the downloads happen? Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisiona

Re: automatic download of books in Ibooks

2011-06-11 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Riuucardo, I didn't actually see a synch ibooks choice. I did see automatic download of books as a choice, but that's to auto download stuff I buy on anothert device to the Mac, I think. I checked it anyway. We'll see what happens. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- Yo

Re: I Book app on the mac?

2011-06-13 Thread Mary Otten
The books are in the store in ITunes, but the IBook app to read the books is not available on the Mac, and there is no indication that I am aware of that it will be. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: ITunes navigation

2011-06-20 Thread Mary Otten
mmand h and see if you get to the first heading within the html area. It works most of the time for me. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to

weird problem with airport extreme

2011-06-26 Thread Mary Otten
he recommended change for fear of screwing something up. Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this g

Re: weird problem with airport extreme

2011-06-27 Thread Mary Otten
Thanks to the couple of you who replied about my strange airport extreme problem. It has gone away as mysteriously as it came. Go figure. I guess that's a good problem to have, one that fixes itself. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subsc

Re: a macbook pro question?

2011-07-05 Thread Mary Otten
e the one from Mac Ally. Apple managed to do what so many makers of laptop keyboards do, i.e. leave out the full compliment of keys we've grown use to on standard keyboards. Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "

Re: a macbook pro question?

2011-07-05 Thread Mary Otten
short supply in that instance? Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

Re: a couple of trackpad commander questions

2011-07-12 Thread Mary Otten
always to move the physical mouse just a bit, but the pad makes this easier to do for me. I'd be curious how those of you who think the pad shines on the web use it there. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: lion is now on the app store

2011-07-20 Thread Mary Otten
move through a ton of messages, many of which get deleted without reading, based on their subject line. Is it still possible to set things up such that the column you're on when you arrow is the only thing that is read as you move down? Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You rec

VO documentation for Lion?

2011-07-20 Thread Mary Otten
the os, no? Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to mac

Re: VO documentation for Lion?

2011-07-20 Thread Mary Otten
The SL guide is still up on the Apple site itself; I guess the other one's not out yet. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to

updates for Itunes and Iwork

2011-07-20 Thread Mary Otten
In all the Lion excitement, people may have missed the updates to ITunes and IWork that came out today. Both applications can now be run full screen if you have Lion. No clue what bugs might have been fixed. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are

Re: Launchpad

2011-07-21 Thread Mary Otten
an on an I-device touch surface, that is, have a truly talking mouse. Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubsc

Re: Launchpad

2011-07-21 Thread Mary Otten
Daniel, There was a post on this list from someone who said that launchpad doesn't seem to be a very useful tool for blind folks, and then he detailed some of his reasons. Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google G

Re: Launchpad

2011-07-21 Thread Mary Otten
the launch pad except by choosing an app no way to move applications around Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubs

Re: Launchpad

2011-07-21 Thread Mary Otten
move apps? Also, have you found that the launch pad gives you access to those troublesome apps whose icons don't show up for voice over in the apple menu bar? Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisiona

Re: helpful VO MP3 files

2011-07-21 Thread Mary Otten
n the I-devices or even the Kindle for pc. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from

Lion vo documentation?

2011-07-22 Thread Mary Otten
for Lion and VO yet? Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionarie

searching in Safari on Lion

2011-07-22 Thread Mary Otten
ow you actually move to the various occurrences of the term. Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from

Re: Lion vo documentation?

2011-07-22 Thread Mary Otten
I don't have Lion. I'm looking for a getting started guide that I can access from the web, and when I did that earlier today, I got the SL one. I mean just a couple hours ago, but will try again in case they made the change in that time. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- Yo

Re: updates for Itunes and Iwork

2011-07-22 Thread Mary Otten
Will ITunes 10.3 work with Lion? Or does Lion come with 10.4? I'm thinking about upgrading, but I'm not willing to lose my ITunes while Apple sorts the bugs in 10.4 with VO. So if I can't have 10.3 under Lion, then it will be a no go until that gets fixed. Mary Mary Otten mot

Re: updates for Itunes and Iwork

2011-07-22 Thread Mary Otten
David, I don't want ITunes 10.4. I want to keep my 10.3, and if that's not possible when upgrading to Lion, then I'll wait until the bug has been fixed. Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisiona

Re: Great new features in Lion

2011-07-23 Thread Mary Otten
Dave, somebody reported on this list that having "live regions" checked in the vo utility web navigation area caused them to have "safari busy" messages all the time. At least, that is what I thought they said. Are you finding then, that this is not the case? Mary Mary Otte

Re: Voice over lag and other lion issues

2011-07-23 Thread Mary Otten
would make that conversation view kind of a pain. anyway, my basic question is, what changes did you make and what do you like better about it? Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" gro

strange ITunes airplay behavior

2011-07-23 Thread Mary Otten
any attempt to mess with the airplay results in the volume moving to 0 and my attempts at checking do nothing. It is almost like I'm hitting the mute button instead of the checkbox or menu item for one of my devices. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message bec

Re: Why use a TrackPad?

2011-07-25 Thread Mary Otten
aditional mouse. But for voice over, it really hasn't proven all that useful, as I don't see any reason to take my hands off the keyboard. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" gro

Re: Why use a TrackPad?

2011-07-25 Thread Mary Otten
p the full range of num pad commander keys to you. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this

Re: Reading ebooks on the Mac

2011-07-29 Thread Mary Otten
een out of town for a few days and could not believe the number of messages I just went through, so it is possible this has been answered and I missed it in the flood. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVis

adobe digital editions preview: how to find the text to read?

2011-07-29 Thread Mary Otten
ference. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr

Re: adobe digital editions preview: how to find the text to read?

2011-07-29 Thread Mary Otten
er the Mac will be smart enough to pick digital additions if I click on an Overdrive e-book, or there will be some means of adding those books to my digital editions bookshelf. I'll have to give Kobo another look as well. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message

Re: adobe digital editions preview: how to find the text to read?

2011-07-29 Thread Mary Otten
eract with the text, nor did plain arrows with no QN have any affect at all. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com.

rolling back safari

2011-08-01 Thread Mary Otten
benefits of the new one, especially since I'm using SL still. So, should I just be able to use time machine and find an old version of safari and copy that over? I've never downgraded an app before. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscri

Re: ugh, darn latest update for safari and sl

2011-08-03 Thread Mary Otten
webkit and am using that instead of Safari. It greatly reduced the "busy" problem and the tabbing problem has also almost gone away. There is one site that still seems to have problems, but even it is not consistent. So I'd say try webkit and see if that makes things better. M

cannoscan lide 600f and Mac ocr programs

2011-08-03 Thread Mary Otten
s? He had poor luck with these programs on an older Mac. I'm hoping this scanner with the up to date os n the new Mac will work better. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post

Re: cannoscan lide 600f and Mac ocr programs

2011-08-04 Thread Mary Otten
he's looking for the most efficient way to get that done on the Air, using Pages as the word process/publisher program and hopefully just one scanning app that will provide both the image and, when needed, the ocr. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because yo

Re: Mac mini

2011-08-04 Thread Mary Otten
Forget parallels. It is not accessible. Fusion is what you want to use if you want to run a virtual windows machine on your Mac. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this g

Re: Mac mini

2011-08-04 Thread Mary Otten
e truth of that statement. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

Re: cannoscan lide 600f and Mac ocr programs

2011-08-04 Thread Mary Otten
surprising there isn't at least one full featured scanning program for the Mac. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups

Re: cannoscan lide 600f and Mac ocr programs

2011-08-05 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Anne, Is Prismo for the Mac a separate scanning program like vuescan or Abbyy Or is it an add on? Showing my ignorance here, and thanks for the additional info. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVision

Re: Okay, what happened? VoiceOVer and the new mail

2011-08-05 Thread Mary Otten
viewing turned on and that makes a difference? Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, sen

checkup for Mac

2011-08-06 Thread Mary Otten
their associated settings and data. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, sen

checkup addendum

2011-08-06 Thread Mary Otten
Oops. The discount is 39% not half off, but that's still pretty hefty. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com.

double reading of linked text in safari reader

2011-08-07 Thread Mary Otten
n fixed, I hope people will write to the accessibility folks. Maybe it requires more noise to get something done about it. I haven't any idea why this happens, of course, but I've never seen it with other screen reading situations, and it really is irritating. Mary Mary Otten mot

Re: double reading of linked text in safari reader

2011-08-07 Thread Mary Otten
xt is read with the word "link". I hope this link doesn't wrap. http://www.macworld.com/article/161583/2011/08/macalope_google_bomb.html Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. T

Re: double reading of linked text in safari reader

2011-08-07 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Randy, I'm definitely in dom mode. I never have found a lot of use for groups mode, possibly because I came from Windows and am very use to that way of doing things. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google G

Re: double reading of linked text in safari reader

2011-08-07 Thread Mary Otten
reader feature. The double text is the only irritating thing about it. This double reading does not occur for me if I find the beginning of an article not in the reader and just do a vo a to start reading from the cursor down. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this mes

Re: double reading of linked text in safari reader

2011-08-07 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Colin, Once in the reader, you should not have to start with vo a. It should just read out to you. That's the cool thing about the reader. It doesn't always find the article, but if it does, it should just read straight through, no vo A or any other intervention required. Mary

Re: double reading of linked text in safari reader

2011-08-07 Thread Mary Otten
at makes a difference. I don't see why it should, and if it does, then why isn't the problem consistent regardless whether you're in or out of the reader when reading the block of text? Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscr

Re: double reading of linked text in safari reader

2011-08-08 Thread Mary Otten
topped the reading but did not exit the reader and resumed reading with vo A, the text read as normal with no doubles, just the straight reading of text with "link" announced prior to any text links. I hope that makes sense. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this mes

Re: double reading of linked text in safari reader

2011-08-08 Thread Mary Otten
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Re: double reading of linked text in safari reader

2011-08-08 Thread Mary Otten
Ok, sounds like this item is fixed in Lion. Excellent. Dan, I'm not sure what you meant in your comment that it is time to consider the Apple tv. What would the Apple tv have to do with reading an article on the web usiig a Mac? Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received

Re: radio app for macbook air

2011-08-11 Thread Mary Otten
with it, and you can search for stations. I don't know how accessible it is on a Mac. All I've done there is search for individual stations on a pc some while back. then I got my IPod apps and don't use the pc or the Mac for that purpose any longer. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmai

Re: radio app for macbook air

2011-08-11 Thread Mary Otten
Esther, I was not familiar with Radium, but from your description, I am impressed. The fact that they managed to make that fix for VO users to access the status bar icon is impressive. Dropbox, listen up! I will definitely give this one a look. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You

lion tweaks, application

2011-08-11 Thread Mary Otten
accessible and am not running Lion myself. I'm posting as an fyi for those who might like the ease of a one stop shop for making changes to some of the "features" in Lion that have not been pleasing to everybody. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message

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