I'm curious if there's a way to import my mail and address book contacts as
well as my safari bookmarks from the mini to the laptop without Mobile Me.
Thanks.
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I have to say that quite a lot of things can be done using the quick nav
functions of voiceover in snow leopard. All the interacting and holding down of
keys that one had to do in leopard is no longer necessary. It's also quite
wonderful to navigate the internet one-handed as a sighted user can
Hi Bryan,
If you want another voice to advocate to apple for the Renaissance waver, I'll
certainly stand with you. The last time I programmed anything was as a kid
making text based video games for the Apple 2E, but the accessibility in the
Mac world today made me think about learning how to wri
Indeed. I might have purchased a new iPhone 4g, but if I have to go with AT&T
and the new cap they put on data usage, I think I'll wait until the phone is
offered to some other carrier.
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On Jun 9, 2010, at 10:37 AM, Michael Thurman wrote:
> now if we can get at and t to not scre
Hi guys,
So I've been poking around quite a bit in the internet connection and network
preferences, but I haven't yet found a way to tell the mac which workgroup to
join on the network. My PC is on mshome, and I'd like to get my macs on that
group so they can see the shared pc drives.
Any though
Now Olivia,
As an avid science fiction reader, watcher and even singer, I feel you have
insulted science fiction to the core by slapping the name of a noble genre onto
a company which has absolutely no interest in the end users of its products.
Remember the first law of robotics? Do not harm hum
There is quicknav which works a treat. I think, for those of us that don't have
a track pad, quick nav is nearly as awesome!
Friendly,
Chris
On Jun 17, 2010, at 10:13 AM, Dave Taylor wrote:
> Wish you could lock the VO keys with an arrow based command, that would make
> a lot of difference I th
Hi folks,
So that odd resetting your position on a website thing I wrote about a while
back has occurred again. This time, it's with a fairly used news site.
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Insurance/InsureYourHealth/5TipsForHagglingOverMedicalBills.aspx?GT1=33004
According to a sighted fri
Hi again fellow mac folk,
When I'm chatting in skype, every time the other person responds, I get this
weird "growl system wrap dialog" thing. I end up having to command tab back to
the chat window to read the response. Is there a way I can either modify
growl's behavior, perhaps with a muzzle,
pplications
> like speaking any uncoming messages.
>
> On Jun 17, 2010, at 8:05 PM, Chris Snyder wrote:
>
>> Hi again fellow mac folk,
>> When I'm chatting in skype, every time the other person responds, I get this
>> weird "growl system wrap dialog&quo
This is awesome. I only wish I had waited to buy it instead of buying it last
November. Still, it sounds like they addressed the flaws I saw in it,
namely the lack of an sd card slot. I'm excited, and I'll have to check it out
when I next visit the apple store.
Friendly,
Chris
On Jun 18, 2010
Hi All,
For those who are running Fusion 3.0 and were having the sound volume issue, I
have found a solution. If you're running windows XP, go to the start menu, then
run, then type
sndvol32
and enter
This will take you to the system sound dialog, and you will be able to shove
the volume outpu
Hi fellow Amadeus users,
I have just bought the program, and I managed to record a song with it. It was
a bit tricky since I had to hand sync the vocal track with the instrumental
track. The two questions I have are:
1. Is there a way to move between tracks with voiceover in a multi-track
projec
Hi all,
Does anyone know of software which is mostly accessible with Voiceover which
can record audio and video from the eyesight camera, or perhaps record a video
chat in skype? Also, is there anything that can edit the recording once made? I
figure we can edit videos as well from the audio cue
been trial and error. To move
>> between tracks, press VO shift down arrow and interact with the scroll area.
>> It will take you to the track name where you can type in a name, and then if
>> you VO right arrow the volume slider, etc. I hope that helps. Have a great
>> da
Alfredo,
I only need a couple of key strokes to get to the search box in google.
First, you should know that my quick nav is on. So when safari loads the page,
I first use my up and right arrows to select forms in the web rotor. Then I hit
the down arrow. The first place I land is the search box.
Alternatively, shift-VO-k will toggle the keyboard commander. It needs to be on
for that script to work.
Friendly,
Chris
On Jun 22, 2010, at 6:46 PM, Chris Moore wrote:
> Go into the Voice Over utility and select Commanders select the keyboard tab
> then tick the box Enable keyboard commands.
Alfredo,
The quick nav function is activated by pressing the left and right arrows
together. The up and down arrows together is a voiceover press like VO-space
bar. The up and right, or up and left arrows cycle you through either the web
rotor or if not in a browser, they cycle you through the c
Hmm, The school system here in Arizona has always dealt with Apple. When I was
little, we had Apple 2E and 2GS computers, and when I got to high school, we
had the mac SE and other models. Now that my own children are in school,
they're learning on iMacs. Apple has always been involved with k-12
Hi all,
So when I hit the home button, it appears to close the app, but when I go to
the app switcher, the app I tried to close is still there. How does one close
the apps now in IOS4?
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One other question. Have you heard of a way to record on that second track at
the same time you're playing the first one?
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ved. from the app switcher.
>
> Chris
> On 23 Jun 2010, at 22:29, Chris Snyder wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> So when I hit the home button, it appears to close the app, but when I go to
>> the app switcher, the app I tried to close is still there. How does one
>>
Well, I saw the macs in my own schools starting in about 1986 when I was in
second grade. But as I said, my children, the oldest of whom is eight, use macs
in their school. I checked into it, and the entire district as well as several
surrounding it also use macs.
Friendly,
Chris
On Jun 23, 20
with Amadeus. I just love it!
>
> Allison
> On Jun 23, 2010, at 9:20 PM, Chris Snyder wrote:
>
>> Hi Allison,
>> One other question. Have you heard of a way to record on that second track
>> at the same time you're playing the first one?
>>
>> Friendly,
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Hi,
In order to copy between the two markers, you go to your first marker and hit
command-right arrow with quicknav off. This will select the stuff between the
two markers. You could also start at the final marker and hit command-left
arrow. Then you can do whatever you wish with that audio.
Hop
Hi Courtney,
I synced my macbook with my mini by using Migration Assistant found in the
utilities folder. This allowed me to sync my email, address book, iTunes,
files, apps, docs, etc. It was awesome! Alternatively, you could use the export
mailbox function in Mail, and the export contacts in a
Hi again Courtney,
The Migration Assistant also lets you use an ethernet cable or even wifi to do
the transfer.
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Hi,
I too am having an issue with fusion. Every time I start jaws, it wants to
install the video intercept manager. I tell it to go ahead, and it gives me an
error.
Also, and most maddening of all, every time I try to rout jaws to pc or even
simply read a document in notepad, all the blasted th
Hi ladies and gentlemen,
I am one of the people who is unfortunate enough to live in the hottest state
in the US which I lovingly refer to as Arid Zona. Anyway, I am wondering if any
of you fine visionaries are planning to attend the ACB convention in my hot
city. If so, it might be fun to take
Hi once again,
I am wondering if anyone here might have an update on the situation with
braille translation programs. I would like to take a standard RTF document and
print it in Grade 2 on a Juliet printer. Any ideas?
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Chris
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Hi all,
I want to start off this post by saying that I installed Lion the day it came
out on my Macbook Pro. Before doing so, I made a time machine backup of my Snow
Leopard system, and I can't tell you how glad I am that I did. I tried Lion for
a week, and found it to be terribly buggy and not
bug, so all is well there
> and besides, Apple are aware of that bug and they seem to have fixed it on
> the IOs side, so i have good hopes that they will fix it here too,
> eventually.
> /Krister
>
> 10 nov 2011 kl. 08:31 skrev Chris Snyder:
>
>> Hi all,
>> I wa
, Apple are aware of that bug and they seem to have fixed it on
>> the IOs side, so i have good hopes that they will fix it here too,
>> eventually.
>> /Krister
>>
>> 10 nov 2011 kl. 08:31 skrev Chris Snyder:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>> I want to start off
t; the work. Under those circumstances, I wonder what your reaction will be if
> 10.73 comes out and its not to your standards? Shrug.
>
> Just my 2 cents.
>
> Ricardo Walker
> rwalker...@gmail.com
> Twitter & Skype: rwalker296
> www.mobileaccess.org
>
> On Nov 1
> despite that, and i've found a workaround for the bug, so all is well there
>> and besides, Apple are aware of that bug and they seem to have fixed it on
>> the IOs side, so i have good hopes that they will fix it here too,
>> eventually.
>> /Krister
>>
&
I too would be interesting in being able to play WOW.
Friendly,
Chris
On Dec 17, 2010, at 2:05 AM, David Hole wrote:
> Oh, that sounds intresting!
> Are anyone here on the list into such?
> It would be quite fun to try out WOW!
> -David
>
> On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 23:01, Yuma Decaux wrote:
>>
Hi guys,
In jaws and window-eyes, there is a command that lets you jump to the text on a
webpage. Is there a similar command in Voiceover beyond the reader?
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In jaws and window-eyes, there is a command that lets you jump to the text on a
webpage. Is there a similar command in Voiceover beyond the reader?
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Hi guys,
In jaws and window-eyes, there is a command that lets you jump to the text on a
webpage. Is there a similar command in Voiceover beyond the reader?
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Hi All,
Does anyone know how to make a moving pan in Amadeus Pro? What I mean by that
is selecting a peace of audio and then making the audio move from the center to
the right gradually through the selection.
I have yet to find any way to do this.
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Well, it wasn't Apple's fault, and I wrote to this Remi fellow and politely
expressed my displeasure with his actions. I also pointed out that there is no
way I would ever buy a Nokia phone because I would then have to pay a $200 plus
blind tax for extra software to make the phone only partially
Hi guys,
I'm trying to log into XM on my mac, and listen online. There's a captcha image
which prevents me from doing it. Is there a way for us to listen? What's weird
is that on the PC there is a listen online now link which doesn't appear on the
mac version. What is with that I wonder?
Friend
Hi VInny,
Yes, the ending changes slightly when you make a different choice. You can
replay the last level or any other level once you've passed the game the first
time.
HTH
Friendly,
Chris
On Jan 16, 2011, at 8:28 AM, Vinny Pedulla wrote:
> I finished it as well a few nights ago and really enj
Intellectual property issues are a pain. I understand that the artist or author
needs to be compensated for their work, but I'm really tired of the extremes
that companies go to. It's ridiculous that anyone could consider TTS voices as
an actual audio book. As someone who produces actual audio b
Well, I plan to write Apple's accessibility team and see if there isn't
something that can be done in iTunes to address this issue. We should be able
to put the user key on our players. Failing that, perhaps Audible will be
receptive to generating a key for other players. I have an iPHone and a
pple Accessibility
>
>
> On Jan 20, 2011, at 5:35 PM, Chris Snyder wrote:
>
> Dear Apple Accessibility Team,
> First, thanks as always for the great work you do in making the Mac the best
> user experience for blind folks like me, same goes for the ios world. I have
> a s
I tried compatiblepartners.net which is eHarmony's sister site for gay folks.
It uses the same system and same webpage set up as eHarmony. The site is not
the best in terms of accessibility. In particular, when a potential partner
responds to your questions, their answers are not invisible to Vo
Or you could just hit CMD-Option-left or right arrow. This will accomplish the
same thing.
Friendly,
Chris
On Jan 23, 2011, at 1:07 AM, Victor Tsaran wrote:
> Hello all,
> I found out a way to fast forward or rewind the clip in iTunes by
> first routing the mouse pointer to either "fast forward
I too would be interested in an audio tutorial.
Friendly,
Chris
On Jan 1, 2011, at 1:44 PM, Donna Goodin wrote:
> Hi Ricardo,
>
> Sorry, the last line of your message just sunk in. lol so yes, I'd
> definitely be interested in an audio, this looks complicated.
> Donna
> On Dec 30, 2010, at 9:38
This sounds awesome! Please keep us updated as to what you find.
Friendly,
Chris
On Feb 1, 2011, at 1:35 PM, Justin Thornton wrote:
> dude that is awesome and thanks for the input and look forward to reading
> more of what you find
> On Feb 1, 2011, at 3:22 PM, Yuma Decaux wrote:
>
>> Hi list,
What? News Corp? They would never do something like that.
They're fair and balanced, and they're always thinking about how to help the
little people.
On Feb 2, 2011, at 2:53 PM, Maccessibility wrote:
> News Corp Launches iPad Publication Sans Accessibility
>
> With much fanfare, News Cor
What? News Corp? They would never do something like that. They're fair and
balanced, and they're always thinking about how to help the common people.
<
snark ends.>
On Feb 2, 2011, at 2:53 PM, Maccessibility wrote:
> News Corp Launches iPad Publication Sans Accessibility
>
> With much fanf
Hello my fellow Mac users, it seems that for no good reason in the middle of
browsing in the finder or switching between windows, voiceover simply stops. I
also cannot turn it back on again. I have recently repaired disk permissions,
but for the life of me I cannot figure out why this is happeni
hope this helps
> somewhat, and wish I had more
> information.
> Best,
> Zack.
> On Thu, 3 Feb 2011 01:12:01 -0700, Chris Snyder wrote:
>
>
>> Hello my fellow Mac users, it seems that for no good reason in the middle of
>> browsing in the finder or switching betwee
I too have noticed a rather gleefully sarcastic tone in a few different
podcasts out there when windows users are trying to compare Voiceover to Jaws.
Some writers are even malicious. I'm not saying that criticism isn't warranted
or worthwhile, but it should be constructive. Apple is the first ma
this helps
> somewhat, and wish I had more
> information.
> Best,
> Zack.
> On Thu, 3 Feb 2011 01:12:01 -0700, Chris Snyder wrote:
>
>
>> Hello my fellow Mac users, it seems that for no good reason in the middle of
>> browsing in the finder or switching betwee
Hi folks,
For some reason, I am all of a sudden having voiceover crashes multiple times a
day and have to stop to reset voiceover. By crashes, I mean the sound simply
cuts out. Also, my Safari randomly goes busy busy busy with a much greater
frequency than I've experienced before. I've repaired
Man, why does this continue to happen.
I don't understand how or why breaking accessibility happens. I thought that if
the programmers coded the app incorporating Apple's accessibility guidelines,
it would simply work. For that matter, I thought that if the programmer simply
used Cocoa as the pr
Hi folks,
Sorry for the crosspost, but I really need some help with this one.
I have an older 32gb iPod Classic that has a lot of my older music on it. I'd
like to get that to transfer off that iPod and into my iTunes library so I can
put it on my iPhone. Is there any way to do this? I'm kinda at
I have looked through my messages on the list, and I don't even see the links
for such podcasts.
Friendly,
Chris
On Feb 23, 2011, at 10:38 AM, Oriol Gómez wrote:
> Hi, all.
> I know that some days ago Ricardo Walker made some garage band
> podcasts. Now I'm just beginning to mess with garage ban
Well said.
As one of my favorite fictional characters said:
You can get more with a kind word and a 2 by 4 than you can with just a kind
word.
:D
Ricardo, you are absolutely right about standing up and saying what needs
saying in spite of any perceived futility. Drop Box needs to hear us all. Of
Hi all,
Just got a note from Apple that the iPad 2 will be released on March 11 in the
US. The new iPad is thinner, lighter, faster processor and has both a front and
back facing camera. They've even kept the battery life at 10 hours.
Learn more at and watch the really cool keynote at:
http://www
Hi all,
Just got a note from Apple that the iPad 2 will be released on March 11 in the
US. The new iPad is thinner, lighter, faster processor and has both a front and
back facing camera. They've even kept the battery life at 10 hours.
Learn more at and watch the really cool keynote at:
http://www
I use Cute FTP. It has a 30 day free trial, and then you must pay for it. It is
totally accessible so far as I can tell. It works very well.
Friendly,
Chris
On Mar 5, 2011, at 12:38 AM, Victor Tsaran wrote:
> Hello,
> For some reason, Snow Leopard's built-in "Connect to server" command, CMD+K,
Personally, I'm fond of RipIt. It does a great job. You can choose to rip the
disc into an image file or mp4 files. Because I prefer the Xvid avi format to
the mp4 format, I then use iSkysoft iMedia Converter to turn a ripped disc into
avi files. The only part of iMedia Converter that isn't acce
Tyler,
If I'm remembering your past messages to the list correctly, you use a Mac
Mini, right?
Until I hooked a monitor to mine, Safari was always bloody busy! Hooking up the
monitor made everything run so much more smoothly including Safari.
The only thing I do now with Fusion is pop onto VIPMud
You know, I never ever had issues with Alex randomly stopping speech in the
middle of something until I downloaded this new Audio Hijack update. I wonder
if it actually has something to do with the reason that at random times, I have
to hit Command+F5 four times to make Voiceover return to norma
Hi Jes,
I have looked everywhere in the preferences, and I have not found that option.
It seems as though they think the buttons to the right of the contact name are
sufficient for deciding what to do with them. It's a bit of a shame since I too
enjoyed pressing enter to call, but it's only an e
A post on another list made me think of this. I truly hope that in the
development of OS10 Lion, Apple will take into consideration that while being
able to pick up where you left off in an app is often very nice, it is
sometimes necessary and desirable to make a fresh start with an app. I reall
Hi all,
I have recently realized that my iTunes library is taking up way too much space
on my primary hard drive. I'd like to move all of the content to my portable
hard drive and have iTunes access the files from there. Is there an easy way to
do this without losing all my playlists and such?
F
gs. They will remain independent of each other, that is, if you
> delete something in one, it will not delete in the other and similarly if you
> add to one, you'll need to add it to the other if you wish it in both.
>
> Hope this is clear enough.
>
> Later...
>
> On
Hi Guys,
The FCC is holding a meeting on the 21st Century Communications and Video
Programming Accessibility act of 2010 tomorrow. Is there anyone at CSUN who can
go to this and record it for me? I'd really like to hear how it goes.
Info below.
Please let me know if you can and will record it.
F
Wow Ray,
I remember Bex. I loved the Echo speech synthesizer and the games we could
play. Space Invaders, Blackjack and my favorite, the Eamon Adventure series. I
think it would be great to make the Eamon games work on the modern Apple
computer. Sort of bring them full circle. Maybe even add som
I hope this isn't a dumb question, but I don't recall seeing a message on this
list about whether or not XCode is accessible for programming to totally blind
people. When I was a little kid and had an Apple 2E, I used to program choose
your own adventure games for friends in Basic. I have this d
Hi gentlebeings,
For some reason, when I restart my Mac Mini, mail comes up automatically. I
haven't been able to find a way to turn off that...feature. I've looked in
preferences, in the menus and even system prefs. No joy. Any ideas?
Friendly,
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> is pretty much the correct wording for that option. If it is not there, I can
> think of one other possibility, but let's cross that bridge when and if we
> come to it.
> Good luck,
>
> HTH,
>
> Scott
> On Apr 21, 2011, at 2:16 AM,
There's an Ios mud client that works really well with VoiceOver called, TMC
Game Client. Of course, there are no sfx for it, but it's really easy to read
the output and keep up. I heard something like Atlantis or something like that
was the name of the Mac one. It does kinda work from my vague m
Um, socialists in DC, try corporatists. See, despite what some media figures
tell us, the fusion of the corporation with the state is actually defined as
fascism. Sorry, but it does matter to get the definitions right.
Now, in order to get this back on topic, I'm sure that now they've been caught
Um, socialists in DC, try corporatists. See, despite what some media figures
tell us, the fusion of the corporation with the state is actually defined as
fascism. Sorry, but it does matter to get the definitions right. So those who
would see our government in the states meld with big business an
> Hi Denise,
> It doesn't matter if the program says it's in beta. It works well.
> The results are great.
>
> Friendly,
> Chris
>
> On Apr 30, 2011, at 1:47 PM, Caitlyn Furness wrote:
>
>> Denise,
>>
>> Not sure, but you can convert things into epub with pages, if you've got i
>> work.
>>
>
Hi Matthew and Eric,
I've found that if you go to m.okcupid.com, it works better for both the Mac
and the iPhone.
Of course, as with all dating sites, results may vary. :D I've found that
mentioning that I'm blind in my profile tends to improve the quality of guys
who respond. Fewer guys respo
Hi folks,
First, I want to thank Ricardo Walker for his wonderful tutorials on getting
started with GB. They really helped get me going.
Now I have a situation. I bought Logic Studio last year in the hopes that it
would be accessible. It wasn't terribly, so I forgot about it. I noticed that
on
Hi folks,
Well, I just finished the instrumental mix of my first song with GarageBand. It
has been about 10 years since I sequenced anything with Midi. I'd been doing it
all analog with a multitrack editing program. I decided to share this with you
all now before the vocals are mixed since it is
Hi Ed,
Thanks for the feedback. :D Sadly, I can't claim ownership of the song. The
music is for a song called F**k You by Cee Lo Green. The words that I am going
to add to it are parody words.
Friendly,
Chris
On May 22, 2011, at 8:33 AM, Ed Worrell wrote:
> Hello, I really like it. I love usin
Hi Doug,
I just checked my activity monitor, and it says my voiceover is using between 5
and 13 percent of my CPU. It seems to vary from moment to moment, but it hasn't
yet gotten over 12.8 percent. I can't imagine what's making it go as high as
100 plus. Yikes!
Friendly,
Chris
On May 22, 2011
synth in the Apple hardware are pretty good from what I've
> heard through your project.
> Jes
>
> On May 22, 2011, at 1:40 AM, Christopher Peppel wrote:
>
>> Hey Chris,
>>
>> Just to let you know that you did a great job!
>> On May 22, 2011, at 12:19 A
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