Re: Standard view, any tips?

2015-01-05 Thread Chris Moore
Hi, Instead of hitting enter on the message, try VO + j to jump to the text and VO +j to jump back to the message list. Chris > On Jan 5, 2015, at 8:05 AM, Aleeha Dudley wrote: > > I just got my mac and standard view is all I will use. I don’t even interact > with the table. I just arrow around

Re: remapping the capslock for linux

2015-01-06 Thread Chris Moore
Hi, Have you looked into installing karabiner and seil? If you want to use speakup, try plugging in a standard usb keyboard with a numpad. Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receivi

Re: remapping the capslock for linux

2015-01-07 Thread Chris Moore
dee...@the-brannons.com > > > >> On Jan 6, 2015, at 5:42 PM, Chris Moore wrote: >> >> Hi, >> Have you looked into installing karabiner and seil? >> >> If you want to use speakup, try plugging in a standard usb keyboard with a >>

authorizing yorufukurou

2015-01-16 Thread Chris Moore
Hello, I’m having trouble getting started with twitter. I’m supposed to authorize the application, but voiceOver keeps stuttering and I can’t locate where to enter the email and password. Any help appreciated! Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Starting night owl for the first time

2015-02-17 Thread Chris Moore
Hello, I have a twitter account but need help starting nightowl for the first time. The program needs to authenticate with twitter, but voiceOver wasn’t giving me good feedback on what to do. Will I need sighted assistance? Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: Starting night owl for the first time

2015-02-17 Thread Chris Moore
Ok, I tried it again and it worked. Chris > On Feb 17, 2015, at 7:24 PM, Chris Moore wrote: > > Hello, > I have a twitter account but need help starting nightowl for the first time. > The program needs to authenticate with twitter, but voiceOver wasn’t giving > me good feed

Re: VoiceOver and HTML

2013-03-01 Thread Chris Moore
What I have noticed is, if the link (such as a graphic link) contains a title attribute, the filename and extension is read out. This can sometimes override the alt tag. I avoid using the title attribute anyway, as JAWS does not read them by default. I would suggest writing to Apple accessibi

Re: VoiceOver and HTML

2013-03-01 Thread Chris Moore
Nope On 1 Mar 2013, at 19:02, Phil Halton wrote: > JAWS? Was that a freudian slip? > > - Original Message - From: "Chris Moore" > To: > Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 5:32 AM > Subject: Re: VoiceOver and HTML > > > What I have noticed is, if the l

Re: VoiceOver and HTML

2013-03-03 Thread Chris Moore
Yes this is definitely a bug, and and for ARIA landmarks, you have to specify a role within the div tag. You can read more about this here: http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/wiki/Using_ARIA_landmarks_to_identify_regions_of_a_page Thanks On 2 Mar 2013, at 03:16, Nicholas Parsons wrote: > Hi Chris.

Re: Is anyone getting anything from the accessibility live feed for the Apple press conference right now?

2012-09-12 Thread Chris Moore
same here, link does not appear to go anywhere. On 12 Sep 2012, at 17:34, Hank Smith wrote: > nope > On 9/12/2012 9:31 AM, Christine Grassman wrote: >> I clicked, and I'm getting absolutely nothing. >> > > > -- > websites: > http://www.xpango.com/?ref=92757322 > http://prelaunchx.com/x/hanksm

Re: I am Mac Bookless!

2012-11-16 Thread Chris Moore
Curious, what made you decide to go for an iMac instead of a Macbook which is portable? I own both an iMac and a Macbook, and to be honest I do sit at my iMac more. But I am pondering would I update my Macbook or iMac or just have a really high spec Macbook Air to replace both. On 16 Nov 2012

Re: itunes 11 is out

2012-11-29 Thread Chris Moore
Have you not heard of playlists? Also, you can unstick files when listening to playlists or albums etc, the songs which are not ticked will be skipped and iTunes will then start playing the next song/podcast etc it comes across within the list which is ticked. iTunes 11 also has a new feature t

Re: itunes 11 is out

2012-11-29 Thread Chris Moore
then give you what you want. On 29 Nov 2012, at 20:19, "Daniel Miller" wrote: > Um…the store uses headings, quite well actually. I have no problems. > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Moore > Sent: Th

Re: itunes 11 is out

2012-11-29 Thread Chris Moore
. On 29 Nov 2012, at 20:19, "Daniel Miller" wrote: > Um…the store uses headings, quite well actually. I have no problems. > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Moore > Sent: Thursday, Novem

Re: itunes 11 is out

2012-11-29 Thread Chris Moore
If you just want to play songs from the finder, why not just hit the spacebar which will then perform a quick view and then start playing the song without having to even open iTunes? On 29 Nov 2012, at 19:40, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Well, you see, I had a problem. Every single time I tried to ad

Re: itunes 11 is out

2012-11-29 Thread Chris Moore
visionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Moore > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 2:27 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: itunes 11 is out > > Yes the store uses headings, there are heading 3 and 5, no heading 1 and 2s > etc.. The structure is all

Re: itunes 11 is out

2012-11-29 Thread Chris Moore
Not quite all buttons. Go to the iTunes Store and select music from the menu which appears before you actually get to the HTML area (really not sure why these buttons have not been integrated directly into the HTML of the iTunes store yet) and you should see a link for last week's top 40. Open

Re: itunes 11 is out

2012-11-29 Thread Chris Moore
2, at 20:47, Harry Hogue wrote: > If you have VoiceOver hints turned on, and set it to the minimum delay, it > will say Preview the song, etc. > > HTH, > > Harry > > On nov 29, 2012, at 1:40 p.m., Chris Moore wrote: > >> Not quite all buttons. Go to the

Re: ITunes 11 is absolutely perverted! in my opinion!

2012-11-30 Thread Chris Moore
Overall, iTunes 11 is certainly no worse than iTunes 10 on the Mac when it comes to accessibility. However, Apple could do more to improve Voiceover support (I can't comment on Windows, as not tested it there yet). The first item/button Voiceover lands on is the rewind button, and there is a p

Re: macvisionaries: voiceover and live chats

2010-10-01 Thread Chris Moore
Eric you are in good company as I went totally blind a few months ago too. Not sure if this will help your problem, but have you tried turning keyboard tracking off? You can do this by pressing VO+Shift+F3, simply press this when in the chat window (not the edit box) and then press VO+End if yo

Re: macvisionaries: voiceover and live chats

2010-10-01 Thread Chris Moore
ttp://www.youtube.com/user/VisionlessOne > > I talk about the keyboard overlays. > you can find them on amazon.com. frankly, they are a bit overpriced for what > they are. > > -Eric > > > On Oct 1, 2010, at 12:44 AM, Chris Moore wrote: > >> Eric you are in good company

Re: macvisionaries: voiceover and live chats

2010-10-01 Thread Chris Moore
em. > > so? how did you lose your eyesight? > -Eric > > On Oct 1, 2010, at 2:15 AM, Chris Moore wrote: > >> I have only just started learning grade 1 braille. Fortunately I can touch >> type so I don't need any braille on my keyboard. Or am I missing somethin

Re: facebook chat

2010-10-03 Thread Chris Moore
Facebook chat is usable but tricky, its fine if you are only chatting to one person, but becomes a bit of a nightmare when chatting to more than one person. iChat can be configured to work with Facebook and works very well, or you can take the no hassle option and use adium, AOL Instant Messenge

Re: m4v file fun

2010-10-08 Thread Chris Moore
Buy an Apple TV box and you won't even need to burn it to disc then :) On 8 Oct 2010, at 15:33, Chris Snyder wrote: > Hi guys, > I bought an episode of a show on iTunes that I would like very much to burn > to dvd for viewing on my home system. I haven't yet found a command to do > this, and if

Re: Mail has changed on me!

2010-10-12 Thread Chris Moore
Also check that quick nav is not on. On 12 Oct 2010, at 17:19, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > try going to your Gmail mailbox, and expanding it. I believe the > VO-Command is control-opt-. > > There are a couple other ways: > 1. Left arrow when gmail is highlighted. > 2. Interact with Gmail and then acti

Re: accessible games for Iphone

2010-10-14 Thread Chris Moore
You could also consider Zany Touch and Beep Beep Chris On 14 Oct 2010, at 13:04, Donna Goodin wrote: > Hi Colin, > > Here are a few: > > Moxie > Hangman > Z-Touch > Aurifi > Soul Trapper > Choice of the Dragon > Kingdoms Live > > Hope this can get your friend started. > Best, > Donna > On Oc

Re: ilife 11

2010-10-21 Thread Chris Moore
I have wrote to Apple asking if it is more accessible then the previous one, still waiting to hear back. Chris On 21 Oct 2010, at 09:43, chad baker wrote: > Hi just wondering if anyone has tried the new garage band yet? > Just wondering the accessibility on it. > thanks > > -- > You received

Re: Introducing the new MacBook Air.

2010-10-21 Thread Chris Moore
You would not get the Mac OS or VoiceOver on a netbook. Also netbooks are more under powered then the Macbook Air and tend to have smaller keyboards and do not have track pad gestures. Other netbooks will not have the same build quality either. The Macbook is a fantastic note taker and offers

Re: Garageband and Logic...

2010-10-26 Thread Chris Moore
Yes you can import GB files into Logic, but sadly Logic is not currently accessible. Chris On 26 Oct 2010, at 20:21, David Hole wrote: > Hi guys... > Is it possible to use GarageBand and Logic in combination? > I mean, I'd like to use GB to build up the songs and then do more kinda pro > editi

Re: Editing loops in garageband 11?

2010-10-27 Thread Chris Moore
Ok I am still stuck. I have selected a loop from the loop browser and pasted it to a track. How do I then select this loop in the time line? It is at the beginning of the track. And when I do VO+CMD and shift, nothing happens. I would like the ability to stretch loops, move loops and in some

Re: re-editing loops in garage band

2010-10-27 Thread Chris Moore
Ah it was the tilda I was not hitting! Works great now, thanks! Chris On 27 Oct 2010, at 09:56, chad baker wrote: > Hi chris not sure but i'm having the same problem. > go to the time line group then it should list the instrument tracks then do > vo command shift tilde it should bring up optio

Re: scanner vs eye pal solo

2010-10-27 Thread Chris Moore
The Commodore VICE 20 was my first computer, closely followed by the Commodore 64 (fantastic sound CHIP, lovely synth sounds) then I was a huge fan of the Amiga for many years also because of its sound and great games too. And it was one of the first GUI type computers that actually multi taske

Re: scanner vs eye pal solo

2010-10-27 Thread Chris Moore
amiga computers? > I had an Amstrad cpc 6128 myself, and I had to do many tricks to get by. > > Nice discussion. > Nektarios. > > On Oct 28, 2010, at 2:01 AM, Chris Moore wrote: > >> The Commodore VICE 20 was my first computer, closely followed by the >> Com

Re: scanner vs eye pal solo

2010-10-27 Thread Chris Moore
Not currently, but apparently it will soon. On 28 Oct 2010, at 00:44, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Will the ipal work wiht the mac? or am I geting it confused with something > else. I've seent eh ipal but not the ipal solo. > > Take care. > S > On Oct 27, 2010, at 4:2

Re: quick garage band question

2010-10-28 Thread Chris Moore
This is where I am stuck too, I just can't seem to edit notes in the editor or even see them. On 28 Oct 2010, at 12:33, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > Has anyone figured out if it's possible to work with flextime and/or groove > matching as of yet? Another thing, can you use the editor? > q #3, i want

Re: quick garage band question

2010-10-28 Thread Chris Moore
delete or mute the 3rd and 4th beats in the 16th bar of >>> my drum track right before the hook. How would I select beat 3 and 4 in >>> the 16th bar? >>> >>> TIA >>> >>> >>> Ricardo Walker >>> rwalker...@gmail.com >>

Re: Multiple Keyboards

2010-10-29 Thread Chris Moore
Get a full size one for your Mac, VO is much nicer with the numeric keypad (and you can add more shortcuts to it too) On 29 Oct 2010, at 17:19, Scott Howell wrote: > You can have more than one bluetooth keyboard paired to each device. SO, yes > you could have a keyboard for your iPHone and anoth

Re: Multiple Keyboards

2010-10-29 Thread Chris Moore
er pads are wired. > > Cheers > Dave > > On 29 Oct 2010, at 17:26, Chris Moore wrote: > >> Get a full size one for your Mac, VO is much nicer with the numeric keypad >> (and you can add more shortcuts to it too) >> On 29 Oct 2010, at 17:19, Scott Howell wrot

Re: trouble with loops in garageband 11

2010-10-29 Thread Chris Moore
Have you tried cutting and pasting the loop from the loop browser instead? On 29 Oct 2010, at 18:27, Daniel Rowe wrote: > HI all. > I got my copy of iLife 11 today and have just been playing around with > garageband.. Apple have done a wonderful job improving accessibility and > it's now a lot

Re: cubase 5 with voiceover?

2010-11-03 Thread Chris Moore
Sorry, but Cubase is not accessible on the Mac. On 3 Nov 2010, at 20:37, louie wrote: > What is this item? > > On Nov 3, 2010, at 1:29 PM, DJ Nezumi wrote: > >> hi all >> i was just wondering is cubase 5 accessible with voiceover at all? >> thanks >> Liam >> >> -- >> You received this message

Re: garage band 11 some simple step by steps?

2010-11-09 Thread Chris Moore
Do you have any vision at all? On 9 Nov 2010, at 23:10, Yuma Decaux wrote: > Hi again, > > What kind of controller would you mainly use for this? > > I have a corgg nano control pad, an akai mpd26, and about to get a contour > shuttle pro for editing. > > I would like to use this on both garag

Re: garage band 11 some simple step by steps?

2010-11-09 Thread Chris Moore
Well I think you are very brave to tackle Logic, I used to tinker with it when I had sight, but now I find it pretty useless, maybe I should take another look at it? Do you know if Apple are planning on making it more accessible? I hope they add real time drum pattern recording for the drum plu

Re: garage band 11 some simple step by steps?

2010-11-10 Thread Chris Moore
The plugin I am thinking of is Ultrabeat. Where can you get a hold of this script? Thanks Chris On 10 Nov 2010, at 01:07, Yuma Decaux wrote: > The sequencer is called big beat. That one is also simply inaccessible as of > now, but i have found two concordant ways to make it possibly entirely

Re: Oh boy

2010-11-17 Thread Chris Moore
That is something my PC friends always ask, where is the tower? I would hate to have some big bulky tower again. It is a shame Apple do not make TVs, imagine how slim and gorgeous it would be with the iOS operating system built in. No more need for a TV aerial, could just stream content to it

Re: Oh boy

2010-11-17 Thread Chris Moore
ry for my ignorance. > > > On Nov 17, 2010, at 4:07 AM, Chris Moore wrote: > >> That is something my PC friends always ask, where is the tower? I would >> hate to have some big bulky tower again. >> >> It is a shame Apple do not make TVs, imagine how s

Re: Altered VoiceOver Behavior in the New Safari

2010-11-21 Thread Chris Moore
To navigate via headings you have to press control + option + command + H and command + P has always brought up the print option, are you trying to go back a page? in that case move your finger a long a key, to the right to the left bracket key. On 20 Nov 2010, at 12:20, Les Kriegler wrote: > S

Re: Safari extensions

2010-11-22 Thread Chris Moore
Go to the Safari menu and then select Safari Extension Gallery. Chris On 22 Nov 2010, at 23:11, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: > Hi: > Where can you find extensions for Safari? > > > Sarai Bucciarelli > Personal to win Amazon and other free gift cards, Come join me on > www.swagbucks.com/refer/sdbu

Re: OT: iPhone 3GS insurance in UK

2010-11-23 Thread Chris Moore
If you google you will find online insurance deals from about £5.99 per a month and upwards. You will find insurance deals on comparison sites such as compare the market and travel supermarket. Do not go with Vodafone or Carphone Warehouse as they are much too expensive. However be careful as

Re: confirming apple tv has vo support

2010-11-24 Thread Chris Moore
I can't get it to play either, g On 22 Nov 2010, at 17:50, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hi, > > What do you click on to make the video play? is it flash? > > Ricardo Walker > rwalker...@gmail.com > Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 > Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 > > > > On Nov 22, 2010, a

Re: adium and facebook chat

2010-11-24 Thread Chris Moore
I am having the exact same problem. On 24 Nov 2010, at 19:33, John D. Lipsey wrote: > Hi list: > > As of last night, Adium refuses to work properly with facebook chat. It says > I'm connected to facebook chat, but none of my contacts show up in my online > list. However, if someone writes me

Re: confirming apple tv has vo support

2010-11-24 Thread Chris Moore
On Nov 22, 2010, at 1:01 PM, Chris Moore wrote: > >> I can't get it to play either, g >> >> On 22 Nov 2010, at 17:50, Ricardo Walker wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> What do you click on to make the video play? is it flash? >>> >&

Re: Moving to the top or bottom of a list

2010-11-24 Thread Chris Moore
Kev, Press the option key and press and hold the up or down arrow, this will take you to the start or end of a list after a couple of seconds. Have a lovely Thanks Giving buddy, and just so you know I woke up to 5 inches of snow this morning! My dog is going nuts, he is acting like a 4 year ol

Re: Facebook and Adium contacts not showing up

2010-11-26 Thread Chris Moore
That feature no longer works, remove that account and create a jabber account. To use jabber your facebook account will need a username, you can assign one in facebook preferences. Then log into facebook via your jabber account on Adium, your username would be your account name @chat.facebook.c

Re: conecting to facebook with jabber in adium??

2010-11-29 Thread Chris Moore
Have you actually got a username set up on Facebook? On 29 Nov 2010, at 12:07, trahern culver wrote: > hey all heres my problem in adium i have tride to set up a jabber > account to conect to facebook with my user name as > trahern.cul...@chat.facebook.com the password i enterd is my facebook > p

Re: using speech commands on the Mac

2010-11-29 Thread Chris Moore
The microphone built into the Mac pics up a lot of background room noise and can be a a bit echoey, you should see vast improvements if you use a external microphone. THe built in mic also pics up the internal fan and the sound of the hard drive spinning. Chris On 29 Nov 2010, at 11:31, Donna

Re: conecting to facebook with jabber in adium??

2010-11-29 Thread Chris Moore
If you go to settings and account settings in facebook, from there you are given the opportunity to create a user name. Chris On 29 Nov 2010, at 15:41, trahern culver wrote: > i think so criss but just incase i don't how would i go about setting > one up? > > trahern culver wrote: >> hey all h

Re: Skype and Adium Questions

2010-11-29 Thread Chris Moore
Actually I am starting to get a bit fed up with Adium, Facebook can be a bit flakey on there and not always connect. Plus I sometimes have problems navigating the conversation window due to a recent bug in Adium where am unable to move through the conversation without hitting the end key first.

Re: mac vs jfw

2010-12-04 Thread Chris Moore
If you can wait another 6 months, Mac 9S X 10.7 (Lion) will probably be out by then and it will come free with your new Mac. This will have even more VoiceOver goodies installed. Of course, if you do not want to wait that long, you can always upgrade your OS when Lion comes out, the beauty of

Re: The Safari 5 Journey

2010-06-16 Thread Chris Moore
I have a 18 month old MacBook which has the new track pad and I also have a 2 and a half year old iMac and I have experienced the same problem with both machines. was on the Apple site today and was trying to download a manual for the iPod Nano and VoiceOver had a heart attack. Before Safari

Re: DJ for mac

2010-06-16 Thread Chris Moore
I used to love record scratching on my old Technics turntables. cAn you use external devices with this program like you can with Native Instrument's DJ scratch? I would love an accessible app that I could scratch into, the track pad would be a bit rubbish as you would need a cross fader for th

Re: The Safari 5 Journey

2010-06-16 Thread Chris Moore
Olivia > "Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower" Steve Jobs > > On Jun 16, 2010, at 2:18 PM, Chris Moore wrote: > >> I have a 18 month old MacBook which has the new track pad and I also have a >> 2 and a half year old iMac and I have experien

Re: Applications

2010-06-16 Thread Chris Moore
I prefer Apple Mail and Safari to Microsoft's Outlook and Internet Explorer. You can get AOL instant messenger for the Mac, but personally I prefer iChat for use with AOL, you can get iChat to also work with Facebook and MSN too Apple will fix these current problems within weeks I am sure. Al

Re: DJ for mac

2010-06-16 Thread Chris Moore
See this is where Apple is missing a trick. Garage Band is pretty good for putting podcasts together, but it would be nice to have some DJ features too. Better integration with iTunes and some beat matching etc Its been a while since any decent new features were added to GB, over to you Appl

Re: Prospective Mac User

2010-06-17 Thread Chris Moore
You can create keyboard command shortcuts to perform basic tasks, such as launch an application, tell you the current time, tell you how many unread messages you have and I have assigned a toggle between DOM and Group mode for when using Safari. mAC os x has scripting built into the OS which Vo

Re: Prospective Mac User

2010-06-17 Thread Chris Moore
I found this interesting thread regarding scripting for VO: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/msg09201.html On 17 Jun 2010, at 10:49, Sarah Alawami wrote: > You can have vo scripts but i don't find them necessary. > > As for curser tracking you can do that in vo. just

Re: Prospective Mac User

2010-06-17 Thread Chris Moore
someone. > > John André > > On 17. juni 2010, at 11.47, Chris Moore wrote: > >> You can create keyboard command shortcuts to perform basic tasks, such as >> launch an application, tell you the current time, tell you how many unread >> messages you have and I h

Re: automatically having incoming messages read i nIChat

2010-06-17 Thread Chris Moore
This is very useful, thank you Mary. I also stumbled across this when I looked in the VO help area getting started, using os x applications. There is a very useful section on using iChat. I forgot how useful pressing VO+H is for help is lol. On 17 Jun 2010, at 16:51, Mary Otten wrote: > The

Re: VoiceOver Used to automatically jump to the Text Area When Opening a Mail Message but not in 10.6.4

2010-06-17 Thread Chris Moore
what problems are you having? I just use VO +J and it works fine. Mind I must admit it would be nice if I did not have to do that. On 17 Jun 2010, at 17:09, Pete Nalda wrote: > Thought I'd share this email I got back from accessibil...@apple.com > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Accessi

Re: How To Get VoiceOver To Read Mail Messages Automatically

2010-06-17 Thread Chris Moore
in case you did not know, to activate quick nav hold the cursor keys left and right together until you hear quick nav is on, press agains to turn it off. quick nav saves you having to hold down the VO buttons when surfing the web etc On 17 Jun 2010, at 18:18, Anne Robertson wrote: > Has n

Re: re-organizing the dock?

2010-06-17 Thread Chris Moore
yes, select the item in the doc you wish to move and then press and hold the option key and the command key together whilst pressing the cursor key left or right depending on where you wish to move the app to. voice over will announce what it is moving and to where as you press the cursor keys.

Re: New Mac Mini

2010-06-18 Thread Chris Moore
I personally think this is a good step taken by Apple. The introduction of HDMI on the mini is fantastic for those who wish to hook up a full computer to their HD TV. Internet browsing etc on the XBox/PS3 On 18 Jun 2010, at 12:11, Rob Lambert wrote: leaves a lot to be desired and the Mac mini

MobileMe redesigned website

2010-06-18 Thread Chris Moore
Hi all, Have any of you taken a look at the re-designed mobileme site yet? I am sure visually it is stunning, but it seems even less accessible then the previous site. Ok I can still read my mail, but trying to switch between applications such as calendars, contacts etc seems impossible. I a

Re: new apple user

2010-06-18 Thread Chris Moore
Sorry to sound thick, what is OpenBook? is this some sort of OCR for the PC? And this Fine Reader is this expensive? I am hoping to get an iPal Solo from Humanware, but in the meantime I would like an OCR package that I can use to read my printed documents that come through the post. The only

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Chris Moore
I have parallels installed on my Mac. I already had Windows xp installed via BootCamp which I used rarely for applications that you could not get to run on a Mac back in the day when I used to have a Nokia phone and a Sat nav that was not a tom tom. After losing my site I thought I would insta

Re: MobileMe redesigned website

2010-06-18 Thread Chris Moore
distinguishes between a leader and a follower" Steve Jobs > > On Jun 18, 2010, at 6:02 AM, Chris Moore wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Have any of you taken a look at the re-designed mobileme site yet? I am >> sure visually it is stunning, but it seems even less a

Re: Abbyy fine reader for Mac

2010-06-18 Thread Chris Moore
Maybe we are all thinking a bit too old school. Two weeks ago Humanware demonstrated document readers to me which used a camera instead. The camera was portable as it was on a fold up tripod type thing. The software was on a Windows machine which drove the camera, words were also displayed on

Re: Abbyy fine reader for Mac

2010-06-18 Thread Chris Moore
Specifically, is the flash LED or xenon based? > > Cheers, > > Dónal > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Moore > Sent: 18 June 2010 17:06 > To: macvisionaries@googlegrou

Re: Abbyy fine reader for Mac

2010-06-18 Thread Chris Moore
If the iPhone was docked into an L shaped stand like Humanware's iPal then multiple pages could be easily done. Turn the page and wait for the camera click, then turn to the next page and so on. Also the ability to upload the data direct to a computer like the iPal to take advantage of a better

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Chris Moore
Could you not use a Newsreader on the Mac similar to how news groups are displayed within Outlook Express? I have not used those type of news groups for years, but I am sure there will be something you could get on the Mac, this will mean less time on Windows On 18 Jun 2010, at 18:11, Scott Ho

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Chris Moore
Donna, Excuse my ignorance, but what audio software do you use on Windows and for what purpose? Chris On 18 Jun 2010, at 15:38, Donna Goodin wrote: > Hi Olivia, > > Remember that a lot of us who are coming to the Mac now, have been Windows > users for many years, which means, unfortunately,

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Chris Moore
Fair comments... However, wasn't Exchange support added to Mail with Snow Leopard? Whilst there is a smaller audience on the Mac front who are not requesting VoiceOver support from Developers yet there will quite a wait before we start to see more accessible stuff. Windows has had JAWS, Window

Re: TIP: The Best Way to Shove That MacBook Pro In Your Ear!

2010-06-18 Thread Chris Moore
Are your hearing aids not compatible with the Phonak iCom streamer ? This might save the need to wear headphones altogether On 18 Jun 2010, at 23:03, Maurice Mines wrote: > Hello, it's taken a while to respond to this post. It's good to find out that > there is someone who knows actually where

Re: What does "elipsis" mean when you are in the apple menu?

2010-06-20 Thread Chris Moore
Go into the voice over utility and go to the hints section and turn it off On 19 Jun 2010, at 19:55, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hi, > > You can try setting the verbosity level to medium or low. You can find this > in the VO settings (control option F8) or press control option V to open > verbosi

Re: Question About How To Engage The White-On-Black Display Mode

2010-06-20 Thread Chris Moore
This is a stupid question I know, but what are you guys exactly talking about? When yo say you want to toggle white on black with VO do yo mean the white on black menus that pop up for things like item chooser etc? On 19 Jun 2010, at 21:44, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Mark, > > The ding sound

Re: Color Replacement for the Mac

2010-06-21 Thread Chris Moore
Not sure if there is an app to change screen colours like zoomtext, have you tried writing to accessibil...@apple.com? as for the Firefox bit, you could create your own CSS which you get Firefox to use instead of the CSS that is on your web server. On 21 Jun 2010, at 13:41, KeelhaulChris wrote:

Re: Color Replacement for the Mac

2010-06-21 Thread Chris Moore
All web browsers have the accessibility feature of being able to use an external CSS (Case Cascading Stylesheet) You could import your existing style sheet into a stylesheet creator for something like Adobe Dreamweaver and just change the font and save it under a different name. On 21 Jun 2010,

Talking Wallpaper

2010-06-21 Thread Chris Moore
Well struggling to find the 100 new features, but have found one that I did request. When going into setting and selecting Wallpaper you now get a description of the image as you roll your finger over them, before the update the wallpaper image was just read out as image. Very useful and hope

Re: Talking Wallpaper

2010-06-21 Thread Chris Moore
d the coloured icons and photos as is. My mum likes to use white on black text in sun light situations, have set her phone to toggle between negative and positive with 3 button clicks of the home button. Come on Apple? On 21 Jun 2010, at 21:59, Chris Moore wrote: > Well struggling to find the

Re: The iPhone and iPod Touch are now real note taking devices!

2010-06-22 Thread Chris Moore
I hope some 3rd party develops a fold out keyboard / iphone case just like the old classic Nokia Communicator, the case could also have a juice pack built in too now that would be very cool, I already have a juice pack that my iPhone slides into, it makes the iPhone 3GS a bit heavier and thicke

Re: Have a question on selecting multiple item and navigating by form field and text

2010-06-22 Thread Chris Moore
Is the form item in the rota not efficient enough for you? (you can create a short cut to toggle between DOM and group mode) as for text elements , have you tried surfing in grouping mode?when you mention tabs, do you mean they are automatically open with the web pages loaded of your choice? No

Re: Audacity

2010-06-22 Thread Chris Moore
Last time I used audacity you had to have a plug in to export to mp3 On 22 Jun 2010, at 20:48, louie wrote: > Hi all, > When using Audacity how do I export a mp3 file with out bringing up the tag > editor? > Thanks for any help. > > louie > louiem...@wavecable.com > > > > -- > You received

Re: The iPhone and iPod Touch are now real note taking devices!

2010-06-22 Thread Chris Moore
can you not get drop box for the iphone? surely that would be a way to export data back to your PC or Mac, or you could simply create email attachments (a pain I know). As I have MobileMe I take advantage of iDisk which comes part of the package. It is a shame iwork.com is not bundled with the

Re: fastforwarding in new Itunes

2010-06-22 Thread Chris Moore
you press option + command + right arrow On 23 Jun 2010, at 00:30, Allison Manzino wrote: > Hi everyone, > Has anyone figured out to fastforward in the new version of Itunes? I can't > figure it out. Option right arrow doens't seem to work. Thanks for any > assistance. Have a great evening. >

Re: video recording and editing software?

2010-06-22 Thread Chris Moore
Is iMovie 09 not accessible? I thought support had been added. If not then drop AVID a email and ask them as they have just made Pro Tools accessible.d On 23 Jun 2010, at 00:50, Chris Snyder wrote: > Hi all, > Does anyone know of software which is mostly accessible with Voiceover which > can r

Re: Have a question on selecting multiple item and navigating by form field and text

2010-06-22 Thread Chris Moore
Yes turn auto reading off and your voice over cursor should then appear where keyboard is. I used to have this problem too and after turning auto web page reading upon a page loading my cursor is ready and waiting in the google text field (google is my home page too). I have not come across te

Re: VoiceOver and Apple Script

2010-06-22 Thread Chris Moore
Go into the Voice Over utility and select Commanders select the keyboard tab then tick the box Enable keyboard commands. On 23 Jun 2010, at 02:24, Fonzie wrote: > Hey all, I hope everyone is well. > > Been a while since I have posted to the list. > > Anywho, a friend of mine recently got a mac

Re: fastforwarding in new Itunes

2010-06-22 Thread Chris Moore
2010, at 02:19, Allison Manzino wrote: > Hi Chris, > > THank you so much command option right arrow, I'll have to remember that. :). > > Allison > > On Jun 22, 2010, at 7:36 PM, Chris Moore wrote: > >> you press option + command + right arrow >> O

Re: sounds

2010-06-22 Thread Chris Moore
Actually now that would be useful as Windows does it, just looked in the Finder preferences to see if anything was there, but sadly not. I will keep looking though and if no joy I will send apple some feedback on OS X. On 23 Jun 2010, at 03:41, Carolyn wrote: > Hi there: > Is there any way to h

Re: VoiceOver and Apple Script

2010-06-22 Thread Chris Moore
You can create keyboard shortcuts to hotspots, so you could try creating a hot spot to the battery status in the menu bar On 23 Jun 2010, at 04:18, Chris Westbrook wrote: > Is there a script for the macbook pro that will read battery status like the > time script? Wonder if one could be creat

Re: Safari Update

2010-06-22 Thread Chris Moore
Are you using the full facebook site or the cut down mobile one at m.facebook.com ? On 23 Jun 2010, at 04:32, Cody Hurst wrote: > Voiceover doesn't seem to meshw ell with facebook either. sometimes if I'm > kicked out of the html content even if I just try to arrow over it and not > even inter

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