You shouldn't have to close apps, though. When you bounce out of them with the
home button, they aren't still running in the background. They're paused. When
you return to them, they're restored from the paused state. They shouldn't take
up memory or processing power. They can run background tas
Ableton is not.
On the Mac, the only high end DAW that is accessible is Pro Tools, and PT
doesn't have a pattern sequencer.
Actually, I don't know of any accessible DAW with a pattern sequencer.
Like you, I'd like to have this. I used pattern sequencing a lot on my Yamaha
Motif keyboard workst
The display showing the time remaining in the battery is only an estimate, and
is based off of the power that is being used at that instant. For example,
you're reading a file, and your computer shows that you have an hour left. Now
you start a sync of a lot of files with your iPhone, and the ba
aries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: cubase accsessability?
Which version do I need to look for in pro tools and what version like LE? or
some other version or has it carried over to all builds On Jun 25, 2010, at
2:19 PM, Bryan Smart wrote:
> Ableton is not.
>
> On the Mac, the only hig
On Jun 25, 2010, at 2:13 PM, Bryan Smart wrote:
> Well, nice as it is, a Victor stream will play for 15 hours or more on a
> single charge. How long do you think that your iPhone will play?
>
> Bryan
>
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> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Please join our Google Group/list and ask questions.
http://www.googlegroups.com/group/ptaccess
Bryan
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On Behalf Of Michael Huckabay
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 4:59 PM
To: macvisionaries@g
The iPhone 4 should do a great job with this app. The 5 megapixel camera
provides the level of resolution that assisted KNFB Reader so much. With the
lower quality cameras, the DPI of scanned images is too low.
Bryan
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but there are always at least two
solutions to every problem.
On Jun 26, 2010, at 3:39 AM, Chris Moore wrote:
> What reader do you have? Well this may be a good app for the iPod Touch
> which still works out cheaper then the Victor Stream.
> On 26 Jun 2010, at 07:47, Bryan Smart wrote:
Hi Cody. . I enjoyed your podcast. Good job on it.
One bit that I'm not clear about with iOS 4 and folders, though, is how the
dragging behavior to create folders affects the way that VO users rearrange
apps on a single screen. For example, , before iOS 4, you would tap and hold on
the app to m
Yep. VMWare Fusion is the only virtual machine software that works. Parallels
and Virtual Box aren't accessible at all. Fusion costs about $80, unless
they're running one of their frequent specials.
Bryan
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t. Have a great day.
Allison
On Jun 26, 2010, at 5:41 AM, Scott Howell wrote:
> Bryan,
>
> From what I have heard, the 3GS camera will do the job even if it is not as
> good as the new iPhone 4. I will be very interested in how this application
> performs despite the limitations
1. I agree, scripts are great, and can help speed up many tasks. However, as it
is right now, they aren't easy to share. That's a large reason why there aren't
more people using them. When I made a move file script for VO, which I could
explain how to operate in a single paragraph, I had to spen
27;s but apart from that it's very
usable.
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[mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bryan Smart
Sent: Sunday, 27 June 2010 6:11 p.m.
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Running Windows
Yep. VMWare F
barcodes
>> can always be found. Let's hope the OCR solutions for the iPhone are more
>> successful. But the barcode reader is not totally useless as I did manage
>> to scan some things.
>> On 27 Jun 2010, at 07:16, Bryan Smart wrote:
>>
>>> With Digit-Ey
Because apps like Safari decide how much information that they can show at once
based on the current display resolution. The Mac determines the available
screen resolutions by determining the type of monitor that is connected. When
no monitor is connected, no screen resolution is defined, and so
Yep. I use this, too. In Windows under VMWare, I remap the Windows insert key
to be my right command key. That way, I can hold down right-command with my
thumb to trigger Jaws keyboard shortcuts. I also swapped the left-command and
left-option keys, so that the Windows and alt keys are in the no
They probably fixed the sampling rate issue. The Vocalizer voices normally play
at a low sampling rate. For some reason, that caused the system and VoiceOver
audio cues to play at that sample rate, also.
You can easily check this out without iOS 4. Lock the phone or iPad. Turn off
VoiceOver. Wa
Mini, anyway.
Bryan
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On Behalf Of Frank Carmickle
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 9:45 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Using a Mac Mini without a monitor
Hello Bryan
On Jun 28, 2010, at 5
ternatively, an adapter that would simply respond properly to
the checks you mention are going on?
Thanks.
Aman
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[mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bryan Smart
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 5:45 AM
To:
ht share it I don't
know as another user is trying to do the same as me.
Kawal.
On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 05:55 -0400, "Bryan Smart"
wrote:
> Yep. I use this, too. In Windows under VMWare, I remap the Windows
> insert key to be my right command key. That way, I can hold down
n't believe there is a designated sleep button on the
> iPod Touch or the iPhone for use while listening to books which, for me, is a
> necessity.
>
> Choice is the key here though. Different strokes for different folks!
>
> n Jun 27, 2010, at 1:36 AM, Bryan Smart wrote:
&g
e. So there may also now be simpler ways to
navigate, although what is outlined will work.
HTH
Cheers,
Esther
On Jan 9, 2010, at 08:46, Bryan Smart wrote:
> Has anyone here spent much time with Automator?
>
> Most of the program works well, but there is a very big hole. It seems
Greg, will this be able to support any protected books in the near future? Like
NLS or RFB&D in the US? Maybe be able to play Audible stuff from inside this
app? We can use a separate app for Audible, but it would be nice to have a
central player for books.
Bryan
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Fr
Doesn't work.
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On Behalf Of anouk radix
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 8:49 PM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: firefox on a mac?
Hi everyone, i just dled firefox 3.5 because i w
This seems like it should be such a simple question, but I've had terrible
results with figuring it out on my own.
How do you, or can you, go back to the previous page while browsing with Safari?
In the global help, I saw a shortcut key, command-[, for going back in
browsers. I've noticed that
The Mac can boot a USB device, but I don't think that you'll have luck booting
anything other than the Mac OS without a lot of work. If you want to boot
Linux, then BIOS emulation has to be going before the Linux distro boots. Maybe
some of them can boot with EFI, but I'm not knowledgeable enoug
It is possible to get it going by using an unattended setup file to install Win
7, and packaging the Vista drivers as part of the unattended setup. That is
more than most people would like to attempt at this point, probably. Also, the
driver support isn't spotless yet.
Apple says that official
lf Of Ricardo Walker
Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 8:12 AM
To: Macvisionaries
Subject: Script for cutting files and folders
Hello all,
If you have found yourself wishing you could cut, instead of copy and pasting
a file or folder on your Mac? Bryan Smart has wrote a great apple script to
get
Paul, you might want to try a free Windows program called Sharp Keys for
remapping your keyboard, rather than doing it in VMware. There are a few
advantages when using Sharp Keys.
First, sharp Keys can change more key assignments. If you're using Jaws in your
VM, for example, you might want to
w how and what it took.
On Jan 11, 2010, at 3:44 PM, Bryan Smart wrote:
> The Mac can boot a USB device, but I don't think that you'll have luck
> booting anything other than the Mac OS without a lot of work. If you want to
> boot Linux, then BIOS emulation has to be going before
Scott, someone should probably get the details of how BootCamp knows that a
partition has a bootable OS. Maybe it shows you all FAT32 or NTFS partitions as
choices? Maybe it looks for a partition with a valid master boot record. If you
can figure this out, then you'll just need to make this chan
se situations, I usually just go back to the
> page in question through the window menu. For some reason, I hadn't thought
> of trying back space as some have mentioned, but I'll try it next time I run
> in to it.
>
> On Jan 11, 2010, at 2:34 PM, Bryan Smart wrote:
>
Same here. I'm using a very new MackBook Pro (2.5Ghz core 2, 4GB memory), so it
can't be the computer. "automator busy, busy, busy, busy, busy, busy, busy,
busy" It feels like my brain gets stuck when that happens.
Regardless if Apple fixes Automator, they should make VoiceOver say busy a
l
Same here. I'm using a very new MackBook Pro (2.5Ghz core 2, 4GB memory), so it
can't be the computer. "automator busy, busy,
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On Behalf Of Nicolai Svendsen
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010
also clicked on,
Learn the basics about your Mac, and backspace worked as advertised.
On Jan 12, 2010, at 10:10 AM, Bryan Smart wrote:
> Here is a situation where command-[ and backspace won't work.
>
> In the Finder, under the Help menu, open Mac Help. When you click on links
&g
That doesn't work for me. Once the busy stuff starts, then its all over. The
busy messages will stop after a moment, but, as soon as I move the focus, they
start again.
For me, the only thing that works is to save, close, and re-open the workflow.
That gets old to do that every time I add/drop/
Actually, you can access all of the VoiceOver commands, not just 20 or so. One
of the commands, can't remember exactly at the moment, is called PerformCommand
or similar. You can pass this command the English text name of any VoiceOver
command that you'd like it to perform.
You also can control
Why isn't this on by default? Sounds like it might be dangerous. Wouldn't want
to corrupt files.
Bryan
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From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com]
On Behalf Of Nicolai Svendsen
Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 11:51 AM
To: macvisiona
and paragon ntfs.
Hi,
Last I heard, it was because of a supposed security risk.
Regards,
Nic
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On Jan 16, 2010, at 5:59 PM, Bryan Smart wrote:
> Why isn't this on by
Don't know. Flash is totally broken.
Besides a workaround to this particular issue, what is the over-all word on
Flash? Have people contacted Adobe? Are they working on something, or at least
examining their options? There were efforts made on Windows that worked out for
several screen readers
I have some stuff that will help with BootCamp installation, but I'm holding
off until Apple officially announces support for Windows 7. What I have will
only work with Vista or Win 7, and you really need to be masochistic to run
Vista at this point.
Bryan
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From: mac
Over the years, from blinks on all platforms, thousands of letters have been
sent to Adobe without much, if any, success on a lot of the isses.
On Jan 17, 2010, at 12:59 PM, Bryan Smart wrote:
> Don't know. Flash is totally broken.
>
> Besides a workaround to this particular issue,
Its probably got something to do with one of the apps that you have loaded. I
have similar model, and haven't seen that happen.
Learn to use activity monitor to monitor cpu and disk use of processes for
spikes.
Bryan
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From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:ma
I don't think that you can. Those services are probably Automator workflows. In
Automator, there is only one action that I know of that can speak, and that
action only allows setting the voice, not the speed or any other parameters.
So, if you want to do some serious text to audio conversion, yo
Well, William, sighted people like larger screens. A tablet can include a
larger battery, faster processor, and more storage. A big touch screen makes
apps possible that don't work well on small screens, such as apps that let you
draw with your finger, highlight passages in books with your finge
Is there anything that I can use with VoiceOver that will allow me to
accomplish some of the similar things that are possible with Windows Media
Center, mainly watching and recording live TV, complete with an accessible
program guide? Media Center in Windows 7 does a fair job of this with most
And it blows my mind how they've been able to get everyone to conform. I just
don't get it at all. I mean, for most people, they need Acrobat Reader in order
to read PDF documents on a PC. Acrobat Reader has been treated by Adobe, not so
much as a way to make the documents that their professiona
I appreciate the attempt, but you linked to a two paragraph blerb that links to
another blog post that has sense been removed because it apparently offended
toomany people by mentioning porn.
I can't really find anything to read except, someone briefly stating that the
web just won't look right
ram that sucked all of the data out of a file as it
pretended to be an accessibility program like VO.
I'm told that Preview barfs on the plug-in protection schemes but have no
evidence either way (my wife had some of the weaker protected files that worked
for her).
cdh
On Jan 31, 2010,
Audio Quake is available for the Mac, but the public version is only a beta of
sorts that is difficult to install. Audio Quake is an accessible first-person
shooter game that you can play against other people (blind and sighted) over
the Internet. The game is cross-platform, allowing you to play
My MBP was purchased in September of last year, and the update says that it
isn't for this Mac.
I have noticed some occasional glitches with the audio on my MBP, though they
aren't major. Very rarely, VoiceOver will chop off a tiny bit of the speech
when it first starts speaking. Haven't figure
If you really mean that the VMs run slowly, then you haven't given them enough
memory. It doesn't matter what you've heard about what is possible, XP won't
run right in a VM with less than 512MB, and it needs 1GB if you want it to run
as well as possible. For Windows 7, 1.5GB is the minimum for
I really like Exchange. Looking forward to Outlook for Mac. Mac Mail's fake
Exchange support, through connecting to Exchange's Imap service, is lame.
Looking forward to really being able to do stuff like edit my mail rules and
junk mail settings.
Bryan
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From: macvisio
I have an 2009 MBP with the multitouch track pad. Love using it with VO as an
additional accessibility tool.
Is there any sort of device at all that can provide a multitouch track pad for
desktop Macs?
I think that a desktop keyboard with an integrated track pad would be great.
Keyboard, track
It probably won't break anything. You just run the risk that a rule that works
90% of the time one way on one computer might work 10% differently on another.
Maybe your PC program must search "all mail fields" when filtering, and the Mac
will only filter on specific fields, so the rule won't alw
Uh, actually, that's pretty cheap. Most of the 256GB drives cost about $800.
and those are all the crappy and slow MLC type drives. The nicer SLC drives
don't even come in capacities that high, I think. I've seen a 64GB SLC drive
for $800, for example.
So, if you see a 256GB MLC drive for $350,
Shouldn't ever set a guest OS to use two processor cores when you only have two
processor cores available on the host.
Memory is very important. Windows 7 doesn't need nearly as much as Vista did.
You can make it go with 1GB of RAM. That is the minimum, though. You really
need 1.5 or 2GB of RAM
Yes. If QuickBooks is ever accessible on Mac, there will be quite a few blind
business owners that will buy a Mac.
Bryan
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From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com]
On Behalf Of Kaare Dehard
Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 6:20 PM
You should probably stop running it on your Mini with 2GB memory. *smile*
Memory is cheap. A whopping 8GB is only $350 if bought in 2 4GB modules, like
for a MacBook. If you're buying for an IMac, you can use 4 2GB modules, and get
8GB for more like $250.
If you don't give VMware lots of memory
Anyone that has an alpha or beta can't tell you about it, or they wouldn't get
anymore alphas or betas. *smile*
Bryan
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From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com]
On Behalf Of Cody Hurst
Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 1:12 PM
To: m
Krister, you haven't missed anything.
Its hard for me to say things like this without sounding as if I'm speaking
badly of the people that are trying to make these tutorials, which I'm not.
Still, I don't think that any of the people on the lists that are on about how
great Garage Band is have
Where do you live? $1,000 is way more than you should be paying. I'm in the US,
and just bought 8GB of DDR3 SoDIMMs off of New Egg (an online computer parts
site), for about $350.
For anyone with a MacBook, they have two memory slots, and I don't think any of
the MacBooks can take more than 8GB
If you have VMWare Fusion 3, then do the easy install of Windows 7. You can
enter all the details (like your name, windows product key, etc) with VoiceOver
before the install starts. Once the install starts, it is automatic, and, when
it finishes, Windows 7 will be installed, and the VMware tool
: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: VMWare Fusion 3 / Windows 7
How easy is it to add more RAM to an Imac? I'm not thinking about doing that
right away, but I might in the future so my Windows VM will run faster.
On Feb 26, 2010, at 2:59 AM, Bryan Smart wrote:
> You should probably stop ru
acvisionaries@googlegroups.com
[mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bryan Smart
Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 4:48 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: VMWare Fusion 3 / Windows 7
There is a small door on the bottom that you open with a screw driver.
The memor
Yuma, what is this "team" that you speak of? Are you selling anything, or is
this a type of hobbyist group?
I just remember seeing a post from you every few weeks for the last few months
about things that your team is looking in to, but I'm completely ignorant about
who, and what, you and your
ames for the mac and not the iPhone? I think that would be
interesting if there are some out there.
Also, Good job on the nls player demo Bryan on Blindcooltech.
Jim
On Feb 28, 2010, at 2:47 AM, Bryan Smart wrote:
> Yuma, what is this "team" that you speak of? Are you selling anythi
I've played around a lot with its settings, but can't figure this out, either.
Best I can do is switch to the Adium window and press command-h to hide it.
Then, it will stop.
Bryan
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From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com]
On Beh
Jaws activation will break if there is *any* change in the virtual hardware.
You must set your vm the way yu want it, activate Jaws, and leave it that way.
This means that you should never change:
how many CPUs are used
how much memory is allocated
the size of the hard drive
the video accelerati
I think that, if too many people bring VMWare up to FS, and get it on their
radar, they'll probably realize at the same time how easy it is for people to
use their single Jaws license on multiple virtual machines, or, worse, activate
a vm and copy/give it to a friend. It doesn't matter if this d
groups.com]
On Behalf Of David McLean
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 5:12 PM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: -- RE: Issue with JAWS and VMWare
NVDA anyone?
On Mar 5, 2010, at 4:42 PM, Bryan Smart wrote:
> I think that, if too many people bring VMWare up to FS, and get it on their
>
Its easier to use Sharp Keys inside Windows and remap keys that way, rather
than using VMware's mapping tools. VMware doesn't do so well with remapping
modifier keys, for example. Sharp Keys will remap anything.
Bryan
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From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:mac
What are the advantages to using this over the main Skype client? Skype works
great with VoiceOver. Terminal works, but I don't think that I'd prefer to use
terminal apps over GUI apps and VoiceOver.
Are their extra features not available from the GUI?
Bryan
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From: m
t, or does
it need the audio to work from a remote session?
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From: "Bryan Smart"
To:
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 3:42 PM
Subject: RE: Issue with JAWS and VMWare
I think that, if too many people bring VMWare up to FS, and get it on their
radar, they'
Yep. Capslock key won't work in a VM. Nothing you can do about it.
Get a program for Windows like Sharp Keys, and remap another key on your
keyboard to be the Windows capslock key. You can remap the right command key to
be the Windows caps lock key, for example.
Bryan
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So far, the only one that I've found to work is the screen sharing in IChat. It
isn't perfect.
When you connect to someone, IChat brings up audio and video chat at the same
time as screen sharing. You can operate their VoiceOer from your keyboard, but
you can only hear VoiceOver through their m
ght Steve Gipson said it'd be very
difficult to detect whether you were in a VM or not. another part that's common
in VMWare is the ridiculously old sound card, haven't heard of Ensonic since
the first days of onboard sound, or maybe that was ISA back when it existed in
hardware.
If you're the Mark BurningHawk that I know from the AGRIP list, then it
probably wouldn't have worked out, anyway. I'm pretty sure that particular Mark
doesn't have an undergraduate degree in Computer Science. *smile* If that's not
you, then apologies.
Apple has already employed blind devs. I'v
I seem to remember that Google has free evaluation copies of nearly everything.
I think how you do it is to search for the name of the program that you want to
evaluate, and follow it with the wort "torrent". *smile*
If you like it, and use it, then buy it. However, there is no need to wait
wee
Yes; it is possible, , but not with the typical unattended answer files out
there. They will erase your entire hard drive, like Sarah says.
With a special unattended setup file, and some bundled drivers, it is possible
to install Windows in BootCamp, but no one that knows how has wrapped it up i
Wow. That's a tip.
Do you know where that is documented? I'm wondering what I haven't been reading.
Bryan
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From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com]
On Behalf Of Slau Halatyn
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 9:56 AM
To: macvisionaries@go
isionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: bootcamp question
Too bad nobody packaged this up. I know if I blew out the EFI partition, I'd
probably be having to send it back to Apple for a new hard drive. That's
another thing you could accidentally blow away too.
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Fro
Assisted GPS is a GPS receiver with scaled down hardware capabilities. In order
to get a GPS fix, it needs to receive a signal from a cellular network. It
still locates you via signal from the GPS satellites, but it doesn't include
enough hardware to do it without the network.
However, one good
I bet you have a Mac Mini without a monitor.
Bryan
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From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com]
On Behalf Of Carolyn
Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 3:31 PM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: safari busy, busy, busy
Hi:
I su
Except a bunch of bits and pieces under /library. I'm never quite sure what old
crud is safe to delete in their, but there are always lots of support files.
Bryan
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From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com]
On Behalf Of James & Nash
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:29:19 -0500
Bryan Smart wrote:
> Assisted GPS is a GPS receiver with scaled down hardware capabilities. In
> order to get a GPS fix, it needs to receive a signal from a cellular network.
> It still locates you via signal from the GPS satellites, but it doesn'
in this thing. Is that over kill?
> Would 4 gigs be enough?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Kim
> On Mar 13, 2010, at 6:30 PM, Bryan Smart wrote:
>
>> I bet you have a Mac Mini without a monitor.
>>
>> Bryan
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> Fro
for different applications.
TC
James, Lyn, Nash & Twinny
On 14 Mar 2010, at 19:06, Bryan Smart wrote:
> Except a bunch of bits and pieces under /library. I'm never quite sure what
> old crud is safe to delete in their, but there are always lots of support
> files.
>
&g
ssage -
From: "Bryan Smart"
To:
Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 2:17 PM
Subject: RE: safari busy, busy, busy
That's true as long as you're only running desktop apps.
If you're using virtual machines, for example, 8GB will be better. A Windows
7 VM needs 3GB of memory to run
ram.
>> Half the reason I wanted to get into the Mac world was that OSX is
supposed
>> to use memory more efficiently.
>> - Original Message -
>> From: "Bryan Smart"
>> To:
>> Sent: Sunday,
The mv-dev Google group is the only place where blind Mac programmers are
talking right now. There aren't very many at the moment, but that's been
because, until recently, designing the graphical user interface of an app by a
blind programmer was between difficult and nearly impossible. We have
I also did a podcast for BCT about the free library-issued digital book player.
I realize that there is a waiting list, but you might still want to listen to
it to see what is possible.
Bryan
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From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.co
w me on twitter
http://www.twitter.com/goldfingas
On Mar 16, 2010, at 11:52 AM, Bryan Smart wrote:
> I also did a podcast for BCT about the free library-issued digital book
> player. I realize that there is a waiting list, but you might still want to
> listen to it to see what is possible.
No one knows, because no one has got one yet. As far as I know, no one on the
list has even touched a demo model, or personally talked with someone that has
used one yet.
Anything someone tells you about what it will do is absolute speculation.
We won't need to wait long to find out though. You
I guess that's interesting in sort of a theoretical tech way, but I don't
really see the point.
You're paying for two data plans (AT&T and Verizon), which is probably costing
you at least $90 a month for both of the mobile data plans, not counting your
regular wireless calling charges. You can
Most of the rumor sites are expecting that there will be some physical and tech
changes. The form factor is expected to change a little. So far, all of the
models have used an almost identical shell. Personally, I'm hoping that Apple
takes this opportunity to improve the internal battery.
I'm s
For the most part, scripts in any screen reader can't help you do anything that
you couldn't have accomplished manually. So, in most all cases, scripts aren't
necessary.
However, some tasks take many steps to complete, and you perform them
regularly. In these situations, a script isn't necessar
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On 2010-03-25, at 3:33 AM, Bryan Smart wrote:
I guess that's interesting in sort of a theoretical tech way, but I
don't really see the point.
Scripts would be most useful if we culd help VO to speak important information
automatically, rather than requiring you to go and read it manually. That isn't
always appropriate, but can be useful. Right now, though, Applescripts can't
run in response to UI events, so that isn't possible.
Brya
There is no XCode blind programmers list, as far as I know.
However, there is the MV-Dev Google group. Most blind Mac programmers are there.
Bryan
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