Re: My Mac Mini

2010-03-31 Thread Dan Roy
Yes, that's definitely true, I wish I had known that before I purchased the mini, but, live and learn. On Mar 31, 2010, at 8:35 AM, M BROWN wrote: > Several months ago I bought a Mac Mini without a monitor. Everything went > well until I tried to use Safari to browse the web. To say the least,

Re: My Mac Mini

2010-03-31 Thread Dan Roy
rth sending a quick message. > > > Everett Zufelt > http://zufelt.ca > > Follow me on Twitter > http://twitter.com/ezufelt > > View my LinkedIn Profile > http://www.linkedin.com/in/ezufelt > > > > On 2010-03-31, at 8:31 PM, Dan Roy wrote: > >> Yes, t

Re: Mac OS X 10.6.3 has not fixed the VO speech issue

2010-04-01 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Another issue I'm having with VO is particularly in mail, and I can't seem to pin down whether it's with emails from people using certain fonts or what. It's where VO will speak the first letter of a capitalized word, just the letter by itself, pause, and then speak the rest of that word. An

Re: Mac OS X 10.6.3 has not fixed the VO speech issue

2010-04-02 Thread Dan Roy
ite happy if it could be fixed. On Apr 1, 2010, at 10:58 AM, Dan Eickmeier wrote: > Another issue I'm having with VO is particularly in mail, and I can't seem > to pin down whether it's with emails from people using certain fonts or > what. It's where VO will

Re: Mac OS X 10.6.3 has not fixed the VO speech issue

2010-04-02 Thread Dan Roy
Changing the compose does help a lot, but, there are still some weird things with certain HTML emails. The thing is, it isn't with all of them, just certain ones. On Apr 1, 2010, at 11:53 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Dan, > > Speaking an initial capital letter separately

Re: My Mac Mini

2010-04-02 Thread Dan Roy
t;>> I myself have not reported but I might even though I own a macbook. >>> >>> Take care. >>> On Mar 31, 2010, at 5:34 PM, E.J. Zufelt wrote: >>> >>>> Good evening, >>>> >>>> Has this issue been reported to accessibil...@ap

Re: Query about MP3 and OGG files

2010-04-02 Thread Dan Roy
Well, unfortunately, many of the portable players simply don't support .ogg. I have no idea why, because, as you pointed out, it's open source. However, it might be a memory thing or, whatever. I am not that knowledgeable about encoders, but, I do know that a lot of portable players lack .ogg

Re: My Mac Mini

2010-04-02 Thread Dan Roy
I stand corrected, well, that's even better, isn't it! On Apr 2, 2010, at 8:33 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > Actually you can get a Mini with a 2.53Ghz processor and 4Gb of DDR 3 ram. > So, they are comparable to a Macbook. > > On Apr 2, 2010, at 9:17 PM, Dan Roy wrote: >

Re: My Mac Mini

2010-04-03 Thread Dan Roy
f memory > instead of 4GB, and you have a tini tiny 160GB hard drive. To me, that's > pretty much cutting the Mini's performance to half the level of the cheapest > iMac, and only saving $400. Not a deal at all. > > Of course, if your goal is to spend as little as p

Itunes and Equalizer Problem

2010-04-03 Thread Dan Roy
I am having the same problem with Itunes crashing when accessing the equalizer. I did already try telling VO to ignore the not to move the mouse pointer with the VO cursor. This did nothing to solve the problem I don't undersand why some people are having this problem and others are not, it's

Re: Itunes and Equalizer Problem

2010-04-04 Thread Dan Roy
t more reports will be helpful. > > tnx, > On Apr 3, 2010, at 10:38 PM, Dan Roy wrote: > >> I am having the same problem with Itunes crashing when accessing the >> equalizer. I did already try telling VO to ignore the not to move the mouse >> pointer with the VO cu

Re: iTunes changing mp3 bitrate

2010-04-13 Thread Dan Roy
Yes, I have, and, if there's a solution, I will keep on reading, grins! On Apr 10, 2010, at 3:19 AM, Shen wrote: > Hello, > For some strange reason, I cannot seem to change the mp3 bitrate for > importing settings in iTunes. If I change it, VoiceOver will say the > bitrate I had changed it to, b

Re: an update on my new macbook pro

2010-04-15 Thread Dan Roy
Do you have a link for that video? On Apr 15, 2010, at 5:04 PM, Rob Lambert wrote: > Hey congrats. :) This needs to be forwarded to all voc rehab agencies around > the nation, along with Apple's accessibility webpages, so they can see what > using a Mac for us is like. I put up a video on PC v

Re: iPad - When to Buy

2010-04-15 Thread Dan Roy
I could see myself using a camera if and when there is scanning software for the Iphone sort of like NFB reader. I would assume that if they do put a camera in the iPad, It would be more than 3MP's and would allow enough resolution for scanning. Other than that, I don't care about a camera eit

Using OS10 and Windows: was, New User

2010-04-15 Thread Dan Roy
While I do agree that will see them in schools and so on, it will be a long while before you see them in most businesses. That's the sad part. A lot of people who are seeking employment can certainly learn and use the mac, and, hopefully they do. However, they will also have to learn windows,

Re: remote access / desktop support

2010-04-20 Thread Dan Eickmeier
THere is back to my mac, that you'd get with MObile me, but not sure how that is from an accessibility prospective. On Apr 19, 2010, at 3:16 PM, Bryan Smart wrote: > Yes, it would be great if we could remotely connect to other Macs with > speech. However, my main need is to be able to conne

Re: App store question

2010-04-20 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Oh yeah, you sure could do that. I did that for a while, before I got used to typing on the device. On Apr 20, 2010, at 8:22 PM, Courtney Curran wrote: > Hi, > I was wondering if I can buy an app for my Ipod Touch on the computer and > transfer it that way. It's way too frustrating trying to

Re: Article from the RNIB about the IPad

2010-04-21 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Yeah, agreed there Anne. Apple does have it right, and obviously these blindness organizations expect VO, and any accessibility features to be turned on by default. The iPod touch, iPhone, and iPad are accessible out of the box in my opinion, because with those devices, you have to hook them

Re: Speak It! app to use Infovox voices on the iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad

2010-04-21 Thread Dan Roy
Esther: I take it you don't have an iPad to test this out on, but, I will throw this out to the list. I am wondering if it would be possible to capture an entire ibook and have it read out by this speakit software? that would be an interesting concept indeed! On Apr 20, 2010, at 3:29 PM, Est

Re: the apple user?

2010-04-21 Thread Dan Roy
I love my Mac and would never go back to using windows as my main machine. However,the point about spreadsheets is, unfortunately, a good 1. I am forced to use windows for spreadsheet work, for now anyway! On Apr 21, 2010, at 3:38 AM, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: > good morning Denise, > > I wo

Re: the apple user?

2010-04-21 Thread Dan Roy
gt; Have you tried tables? > -- > Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA > Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY > > > > On Apr 21, 2010, at 8:15 AM, Dan Roy wrote: > >> I love my Mac and would never go back to using windows as my main machine. >> However,the p

Re: the apple user?

2010-04-21 Thread Dan Roy
ng it on a Windows machine. > > Regards, > Nic > Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com > Skype: Kvalme > MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk > AIM: cincinster > yahoo Messenger: cin368 > Facebook Profile > My Twitter > > On Apr 21, 2010, at 2:15 PM, Dan Roy wrote: > >

Re: Using Numbers (was Re: the apple user?)

2010-04-24 Thread Dan Roy
t used to be a fan of spreadsheets? I really >>>>>> don't know. I guess I couldn't be bothered using Excel. >>>>>> >>>>>> As for the rest of it, I love my Mac. The Mac is not a machine to "play" >>>>>> with. It

Re: Links that read two different things one after the other on the same link?

2009-02-28 Thread Dan Eickmeier
I'm using dom mode. On Feb 28, 2009, at 7:59 PM, Randy Stegall wrote: Are you using group or dom mode? Randy On Feb 28, 2009, at 10:17 AM, Dan Eickmeier wrote: > > Hi, experiencing this with the Safari 4 beta on the livejournal.com > site, when I log into my account, the fir

Re: Battery Display Seems Reversed?

2009-03-01 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Yeah, noticed the same thing with the mac laptops as well. I was wondering that too, and found that a little weird. why this is, i have no idea, and I'm curious too. On Mar 1, 2009, at 4:28 PM, Kelly Ford wrote: Hello, Am I missing something or is there some sort of issue with t

Re: Battery Display Seems Reversed?

2009-03-01 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Nope it's not just yours Jessi, maybe it's a voiceover thing that VO is reporting the opposite of what's checked? Not sure though, , it's a weird one. On Mar 1, 2009, at 10:26 PM, Jessi Rathwell wrote: lol. I thought it was just mine that did that!!! On 1-Mar-09, at 1:

Re: PROBLEMS WITH ADIUM AND ACCOUNTS

2009-03-01 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Tiphany, when you get that menu to select what you want to add an account for, arrow to whatever it is that you want to add one for, facebook for example, hit VO space on that, then you should be able to fill in the login details for that particular account. Hope this helps you.

Re: selecting text

2009-03-02 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Will, just use VO down arrow to do that. On Mar 2, 2009, at 6:13 PM, william lomas wrote: hi all when one interact with a scroll area and does voice over enter to start selection how can they highlight lines at a time rather than word by word? selecting in voice over seems so cumberso

Re: Gmail notifier, anyone use?

2009-03-04 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Even though Idon't use my gmail account that I have for all my emails, I do have it set up in apple mail, and I jsust get the new mail sound that's set up in apple mail. On Mar 4, 2009, at 9:04 PM, rayna424 wrote: Oh so it must be something I need to set in settings or something. But since

Re: The new iTunes, accessibility issues?

2009-03-12 Thread Dan Eickmeier
I'm having this issue as well, when I tab, I'm getting the search field, and nothing else. I've tried selecting different sources, and other things such as having the browser on as well, and if I hit tab multiple times, I still remain in the search field. On Mar 12, 2009, at 7:18 AM, Jacob

Re: The new iTunes, accessibility issues?

2009-03-12 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hmmm, ok. Interesting. will report this to apple and see what they say. On Mar 12, 2009, at 7:50 AM, Jacob Schmude wrote: Hi Dan The interesting thing as that you do not actually remain in the search field. iTunes itself behaves as expected, but for some reason VO gets completely

Re: VoiceOver doing the deep six

2009-03-13 Thread Dan Eickmeier
I'm using an intel machine here, and sometimes i find after my mac has been up for a ong time, like over a week or so, that Voiceover will do this. Not sure why. Just upgraded the ram in this iMac, so we'll see if that makes a difference. On Mar 13, 2009, at 12:03 AM, Greg Williams wrote:

Re: The new iTunes, accessibility issues?

2009-03-14 Thread Dan Eickmeier
ar 14, 2009, at 1:06 AM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > > > Hi, > > I found the answer. Press "CMD" + "T" to hide the visualizer. > > Thanks, > Alex, > > > On 12-Mar-09, at 4:43 AM, Dan Eickmeier wrote: > >> >> I'm having this iss

Re: VO and MSN messenger 702 for Mac

2009-03-15 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Maurice, for access to msn, I mostly use Adium, from www.adiumx.com. It works nicely, and you can use multiple messenger services with it On Mar 11, 2009, at 7:17 PM, Maurice Mines wrote: > > For the most part VO works except for when you are in a conversation. > The conversations appea

Re: Zoom Text on Mac Question [was Re: iTunes/iPod Shuffle Problem]

2009-03-17 Thread Dan Eickmeier
I'm not a low vision mac user, but would anybody that is, for Linzy's benefit, say that the magnification offered just in Voiceover alone, would be enough for low vision users in general? assuming that she wants to avoid putting Windows on her mac when she does get one? Or do a lot of l

Re: reading pdf files on the mac usingvo?

2009-03-17 Thread Dan Eickmeier
On this subject, I currently do not have a scanner which is supported on the mac, but is the only way to get readable text out of a PDF document which has been scanned and put into a pdf file, to run it through OCR software? I have a manual for a yamaha keyboard which I recently got, a

Re: Poll Results

2009-03-18 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Cara, what I think you should do is just copy all subscribers over, that's my thought on that. On Mar 18, 2009, at 7:20 PM, Cara Quinn wrote: Hey All; Thanks to all of you who voted!… YOU ROCK!!! :) The poll is now officially closed, and here are the results… Moderate all posts t

Re: Second Time with Adium Question

2009-03-20 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Tiphany, not exactly sure where the files themselves are stored, but what you can do in Adium, is do a command shift L, and it'llbring up the chat transcripts window. Hope this helps. On Mar 20, 2009, at 11:46 AM, Tiffany D wrote: Okay, I'm hoping that my first message got lost or somet

Re: Restoring with Time Machine

2009-03-21 Thread Dan Eickmeier
I haven't figured out a way to use the restore features of time machine as described in help either. Although maybe there are tricks to it that i'm not aware of? not sure. On Mar 21, 2009, at 4:15 PM, Dan wrote: Hello, If you mean running Time Machine from the desktop and s

Re: trying to get the mail program to work with yahoo

2009-03-22 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Yep, I'm in canada, and do not have to pay for that. I'm using mail just fine here. On Mar 21, 2009, at 10:11 PM, Victor Tsaran wrote: If you live in the U.S., then you cannot use POP to retrieve your Yahoo! Email. I think it works differently in different regions of the world. On 3/21/2009

Extremely slow file transfer rates in Adium?

2009-03-22 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi, when transfering files in adium, I notice that the file transfer rates are extremely slow. Is there any ports that I could open, or something like that to speed them up? I'm on a broadband connection, and they definitely shouldn't be as slow as they are. --~--~-~--~~-

Re: Extremely slow file transfer rates in Adium?

2009-03-22 Thread Dan Eickmeier
noticed, but have never bothered to look into. Even with a cable connection, transferring files in Adium sometimes is like my days of dial up. On Mar 22, 2009, at 12:30 PM, Dan Eickmeier wrote: > > Hi, when transfering files in adium, I notice that the file transfer > rates are extremely

Re: creating filters in mail

2009-03-25 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Dean, in the mail preferences, whcih you can get to with command comman, there is a rules section, which you can get to by interacting with the tool bar, and hitting VO shift end to get to the rules button, there, you can add rules for the various mailing lists that you're on. And in o

Re: iniciate links menu causes VO to crash

2009-03-25 Thread Dan Eickmeier
I'm using the Safari 4 beta, and it worked fine here. Although the weird thing was, VO said interact with group, and I'm not even in groups mode. On Mar 25, 2009, at 8:47 PM, Justin Harford wrote: Strage thing for you guys to try. Go to http://www.universia.net/ Interact with the HTML cont

Re: firefox

2009-03-26 Thread Dan Eickmeier
No, firefox is unfortunately not accessible at this current time . Hopefully, developers are working to make it accessible. A friend of mine that attended the CSUN conference this year, and who is on this list as well, I believe spoke with somebody involved with the development of firefo

Re: extracting audio from .avi files?

2009-03-26 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Yeah, AHP isawesome! . I love it. On Mar 25, 2009, at 11:15 AM, Jessi Rathwell wrote: Alex, thanks. I've heard so much about audio hijack pro and have never checked it out yet. maybe I'll grab a demo and do this. that seems like the easiest way to do it! and thanks for the belated BDay wishes,

Re: Restoring with Time Machine

2009-03-26 Thread Dan Eickmeier
. Similar problem when I try to interact with the time slider. My focus keeps getting yanked to to finder window. That said, I was able to set a VO hotspot on the back button and sort of pound it into submission, but going back any significant distance in time this way was painful. CB Dan

Re: Creating a Signature in Mail

2009-03-31 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Ester, it would make sense to me that if you selected all accounts, that a signature which you'd created, would be available for any account? Any idea why this isn't the case? On Mar 31, 2009, at 4:38 PM, Esther wrote: Hi Everett, You asked: > I was trying to create a signature in Mail an

Re: Logging into time capsil?

2009-04-01 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Erik, unlike other routers, , like Linksys routers, DLink routers, etc, there isn't a web based interface. All administration is done through airport utility, located in /applications/utilities. So if you launch it, it should find the time capsule. ifyou want to set things up the

Re: Mac-cessibility Round Table Podcast #001 now available

2009-04-02 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hey nice podcast, hope there'll be more to come in the coming months. On Apr 2, 2009, at 6:42 AM, Søren Jensen wrote: Nice podcast. Pretty long, but really nice. Keep up the good work guys. Best regards Søren Jensen Mail & MSN: s...@coolfortheblind.dk Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ On

Re: Huge Problem with Keys

2009-04-03 Thread Dan Eickmeier
HI, in order to get the mac to boot from the cd, when you hear the chime at startup, hold down the c key and it should boot to the install. WHen the disc stops spinning, you can hit command f5, or command fn f5 if you're on a laptop to bring of VO. Although really I highly doubt that

Re: Installing Leopard on a Netbook

2009-04-04 Thread Dan Eickmeier
When apple came out with the air, I was surprised that they didn't come out with a netbook. I figured that they would come out with a netbook. On Apr 4, 2009, at 3:32 PM, Cara Quinn wrote: Hey All, I'd just like to ask if we might take care to sort of veer this topic back to the subject

Re: Twitter client

2009-04-05 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi, an excellent twitter client which a lot of us use is Twitterrific from http://iconfactory.com/software/twitterrific Hope this helps. On Apr 5, 2009, at 1:10 PM, E.J. Zufelt wrote: Good afternoon, This may have been discussed here in the past. But, I am looking for current recommendatio

Re: Twitter client

2009-04-05 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Ah cool thanks for that tip Jessi,wasn't aware of that one. i was always going to peoples' twitter pages, and hitting the follow button On Apr 5, 2009, at 7:56 PM, Jessi Rathwell wrote: oh yeah, duh, lol. I just assued you were following people!! haha. you can also follow people right throu

Re: just got my mac today

2009-04-06 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Yes, i'd think you'd have to restore your iPod, if you're going to be using it on the mac now. I don't have any type of iPod at all, , but that's what I assume you'd have to do, so that it can be used on a mac. On Apr 6, 2009, at 3:50 PM, Jessi Rathwell wrote: hey Peninnah welcome to th

Re: iTunes 8.1.1 available

2009-04-06 Thread Dan Eickmeier
I found i had to restart VO, and then it worked perfectly. On Apr 6, 2009, at 7:35 PM, Scott Howell wrote: Curious, I did the upgrade and noticed no improvement. Ah, got to figure out why this is. On Apr 6, 2009, at 4:39 PM, Mark Baxter wrote: > > Hope no more; instead, believe! The tab key no

Re: just got my mac today

2009-04-08 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi, just hit return, and it'll send. On Apr 8, 2009, at 10:57 AM, Peggy Fleischer wrote: Okay, now I have a question about Adium, When typing a message to someone how do you cause the message to send? On Apr 8, 2009, at 8:30 AM, kaare dehard wrote: > > My recommendation is adium from http://ww

Re: just got my mac today

2009-04-08 Thread Dan Eickmeier
users can be?! lol! În Apr 8, 2009, at 11:42 AM, Dan Ewkmeier wrote: > > Hi, just hit return, and it'll send. > > On Apr 8, 2009, at 10:57 AM, Peggy Fleischer wrote: > > > Okay, now I have a question about Adium, When typing a message to > someone how do you cause the

Re: SKYPE QUESTION

2009-04-08 Thread Dan Eickmeier
That's my experience as well with the mac version of Skype. On Apr 8, 2009, at 3:01 PM, Doug Lee wrote: In my experience, an incoming call pops up a window, so all I have to do is find the Answer button. I don't have to find the window. If I'm not in Skype at the time the call comes in, I do h

Re: just got my mac today

2009-04-08 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Yep, that's whatyou have to do. On Apr 8, 2009, at 8:21 PM, Brent Harding wrote: It's under the preferences under events. I think you have to interact with the table to choose an event and hit add to add the speech to it. - Original Message - From: "Mark Baxter" To: Sent: Wednesday

Re: mars edit

2009-04-09 Thread Dan Eickmeier
I thought it was too, because I didn't see anywhere to enter a key. Although I guess it is trial software. LOL. On Apr 9, 2009, at 3:35 AM, Jessi Rathwell wrote: hey, it's free. On 9-Apr-09, at 12:30 AM, william lomas wrote: > > Hi, is mars edit, for blogging a free or paid for appli

Re: Firefox

2009-04-09 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Arthur, how have you been using Firefox under Tiger successfully? As far as I know, even with that firevox add-on that you can install, that's not the greatest accessibility compared to Safari. On Mar 26, 2009, at 8:26 PM, arthur gindin wrote: Wendy I've been using firefox on OS10.4 for y

Go to time in Amadeus pro?

2009-04-10 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi, in SoundForge under Windows, if you were wanting to go to a specific time in a file, you could just hit control g, and enter the time that you wanted to go to. Does anyone know if there's something similar in Amadeus pro? It would be good if I'm working with long files. --~--~--

Re: just got my mac today

2009-04-10 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hey it's ok. that's what this list is here for. WHat you want to do is open the dmg file, and find the Skype.app file, copy it with command +c, and then I would close out of that to do back to your desktop, hit command shift A to get to your applications folder, and then hit command +

Re: just got my mac today

2009-04-10 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Yeah, last I checked, Skype didn't have an installer. On Apr 10, 2009, at 3:55 PM, Mark Baxter wrote: Hmmm. Okay. Once you download the disk image onto your pendrive, and open it, you should see a volume called Skype. In that volume there is a Skype allocation. Copy the skype application wit

Re: syncing my nokia phone

2009-04-13 Thread Dan Eickmeier
WOuldn't using an application like sincmate possibly work? Or is that only for Windows MObile phones? On Apr 13, 2009, at 9:07 PM, Matthew Campbell wrote: Hi list. I found a page on nokia's website about a plugin for isync that will let me sync my nokia e71 with my mac. How do I get this to d

Re: Can't register at mlb.com

2009-04-15 Thread Dan Eickmeier
There is a button that just says button, I'd assume that's the one you're looking for. On Apr 15, 2009, at 1:12 PM, rayna424 wrote: Hi guys. I want to register on mlb.com so I can purchase the Gameday audio. Problem is, I can't access the register button. I called and the lady on the phone sai

Re: Can't register at mlb.com

2009-04-15 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Right after the checkbox to receive news and updates via email On Apr 15, 2009, at 1:23 PM, rayna424 wrote: I don't even hear button. Where did you hear button? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "M

Re: Can't register at mlb.com

2009-04-15 Thread Dan Eickmeier
It should be right before where it says the server will incript your information. Not sure why you're not coming across it . weird. I'm running the Safari 4 beta here. On Apr 15, 2009, at 2:01 PM, rayna424 wrote: Yeah, I went back. And I don't get the word button. There's the checkbox

Re: Program clean up

2009-04-17 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Ester, which of the 6 choices mentioned on that website is the most useable with VO? On Apr 17, 2009, at 3:14 PM, Esther wrote: Hi, Here's an article that describes six programs that will clean up after applications: http://mac360.com/index.php/mac360/comments/6_best_ways_to_delete_applicat

Re: Accessible file sharing client

2009-04-18 Thread Dan Eickmeier
And also there's a mac version of utorrent out there which is pretty good as well. On Apr 18, 2009, at 2:04 AM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: Hi, Tomato Torrent, Transmition, Bitrocket. These are some of them. Thanks, Alex, On 17-Apr-09, at 10:47 PM, Brett Campbell wrote: > > Has anyone found

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-18 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Yeah, maybe you can convince them to get macs as well? On Apr 18, 2009, at 5:04 AM, Jessi Rathwell wrote: just thought I'd make the subject more relevent lol. Alex, you got me beat lol! I have no idea how old mine was when I got it and I sho have no clue where it is now!! lol. I remember the day

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-18 Thread Dan Eickmeier
lol seriously? Hahahahaa. On Apr 18, 2009, at 10:18 PM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: Hi, Oops, that is right. A goldy Black Lab. Well, OS 9.2.2 was actually given a funeral with Steve Jobs and a coffin and everything to symbolize the end of OS 9.2.2 and the classic apps and the beggining of OS X. T

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Yeah they do have a USB modem available, however, in reading reviews on it, I'm not too sure about it. Does anyone on this list here have it, and if so have they had good luck with it? Some of the reviews, make the product seem like it's not even worth the money. On Apr 19, 2009, at 6:2

Re: Anyone see System Profile or Skype 2.8 beta crashes?

2009-04-21 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Doug, I'm using 2.8 on my iMac ok here. And as far as the system profiler thing, maybe you at least need to hook up some sort of desplay adapter so that the mini thinks there's a desplay there? On Apr 21, 2009, at 9:19 AM, Scott Chesworth wrote: Hi Doug, 2.8 has the same behaviour here

Re: getting rid of Mobileme trial

2009-04-23 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Yeah I agree,don't think Mobile Me is worth it now, due to the current state of accessibility of me.com. Like you, when it becomes more accessible, I'd maybe consider it. On Apr 23, 2009, at 5:45 PM, Brent Harding wrote: Cool. I really don't want to end up getting billed for this thing. I

Accessibility of services at talkshoe.com

2009-04-27 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi all, Found this service because one of the podcasts that's available form macobserver.com the mac Geek gab, is going to use it to hold their 200th show on. Anybody tried this, and if so is it accessible? In looking at the information on what it's about, it sounds pretty cool. --

Re: Accessibility of services at talkshoe.com

2009-04-28 Thread Dan Eickmeier
04/2009, at 4:53 AM, Orin wrote: > >> >> Sadly, I think this is inaccessible. I did a show once, but I had to >> have a sighted friend manage the software, etc he had to host it. It >> may be better now though. >> On Apr 27, 2009, at 1:53 PM, Dan Eickmeier wrote: >

Re: Remote Voiceover Technology Assistance

2009-04-28 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Alex, is this any different then using the screen sharing in iChat? I've done that quite a few times, and totally love it. It's really nice that we can do that through iChat. On Apr 27, 2009, at 4:16 AM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: Hi, All, Many of us know that we can use Skype to assist fellow

Re: Inflated drafts folder... help?

2009-05-03 Thread Dan Eickmeier
H, that's a weird one. Don't have that happening every time i send a message, unless I do actually save it as a draft and go back to it later. On May 3, 2009, at 1:54 PM, erik burggraaf wrote: Hi friends, Apple mail is saving meriads of coppies of messages as I compose them and inflat

Re: Help with iTuenes

2009-05-09 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi,if you want to get to the store, go to the sources table, interact with it, and select iTunes store. HTH. On May 9, 2009, at 12:26 PM, rayna424 wrote: Ok I just downloaded and installed the latest itunes and there still isn't an obvious way of getting to the store and downloaded anything

Re: canceling Mobile Me account

2009-05-09 Thread Dan Eickmeier
This is totally why I wouldn't get Mobile me as of now, and don't think it's worth it. I'd set up a MObile me trial, and Couldn't cancel it on the mac. So I ended up having to do it with Windows, and that seemed to work. Ever since then, I've figured that Mobile me isn't really wirth it

Re: Can't get to latest messages in thread

2009-05-11 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Randi, why not set up your gmail account in Apple mail? If you're using a gmail account that is? Gmail works nicely with mail, and it's a lot easier than having to deal with the webmail. It's your preference and choice of course, but I'm just saying that in my opinion it'd be a lot

Re: speed test

2009-05-12 Thread Dan Eickmeier
In trying this here, I can't find the start button on this site. I've checked to make sure java is enabled,and it is. COuld there be a plugin or something that I don't have, and have to get? On May 12, 2009, at 12:16 PM, Esther wrote: Hi Chris, What you can do is run a Google search fo

Re: VO Helpdesk now publically available

2009-05-17 Thread Dan Eickmeier
All i see in that dmg file is a soundflower folder, and an empty folder called VO helpdesk. Since I already have soundflower since i've got Audio hijack pro, what do i want to install from this disc image then? On May 17, 2009, at 5:16 AM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: Hi, Louis, Helpdesk i

Re: Ghost in my Mail program? This is odd.

2009-05-17 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Not sure how that could've happen, maybe you'd set this gmail address to forward to that old address as well? But anyway, If you want to close windows in any app, mail included, rahter than just closing the entire application, command W is the keystroke you want. Mail is awesome, and

Re: Ghost in my Mail program? This is odd.

2009-05-17 Thread Dan Eickmeier
call Apple and ask them. I think I'll like mail too, but for right now I'm not quite understanding it.There aren't buttons for send and stuff, so I assume I need ommands. I'm sure I'll learn it quickly. Thanks, Randi Dan Eickmeier wrote: > Not sure how that could&

Re: issue with mail and new safari 4 beta

2009-05-21 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Jessi, what i usually do is have my preview pane turned off, and instead of hitting VO J to read my messages, I can simply hit return, and VO will start reading the message which I've selected. In WIndows back when I used it, I heard that having the preview pane on in a mail client ca

Re: quickbooks 2009 appears to be accessible with voiceover.

2009-05-22 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Yes, would be very interested in that as well. On May 22, 2009, at 12:19 PM, John J Herzog wrote: > > Hi Michael, > To get my demo, I just typed in quickbooks demo for mac into google. I > remember the web site not being very straight forward on how to obtain > the demo, but I'm glad I installed

appending to a recording in Amadeus pro?

2009-05-24 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi all, in Amadeus pro, if I start recording a file, and hit enter to totally stop recording, I've tried playing the file, until the end of that, and then moving the insersion point to the play head with command Y, and then hitting command r, to hopefully append to the file, but unfortunat

Re: Adding e-mail addresses in address book?

2009-05-24 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Arthur, there is certainly a field there for email, but it's not really labeled well. And those pop-up buttons are to select home, work, etc. Those edit fields that aren't labeled, do have VO help tags though, so you can use VO H to tell what they are. I found this to be a little tri

Re: wonderful news about apple care

2009-05-25 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Yeah well said Jenni, I totally agree. I'd used WIndows,and a PC for a long time, and just got tired of it. I'd heard so many horror stories about Vista, and to be honest, I was tired of constantly having to pay every couple years to keep JAWS updated. I've been using macs now, since

Re: Is there a Safari work around?

2009-05-26 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Bret, here's something you can try. Go into the develop menu, and change the user agent tosomething like Internet explorer. If you don't see the develop menu,it can be enabled under the advanced section of Safari's preferences. This should hopefully do the trick. On May 26, 2009, at

setting up another user account in another language.

2009-05-27 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hey all, I'm aware that it is possible to set up another user account in another language if you wanted to, even if you've installed MacOS in English. A friend of mine is considering possibly getting a mac, and even though she can speak English very well, I think her first language is Spa

Re: Clarification of legal agreements related to VoiceOver

2009-05-27 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hasn't Apple localised Mac os as a whole in multiple languages already though? On May 27, 2009, at 2:21 PM, Søren Jensen wrote: > Hi. > > I'll follow these rules because I might get into trouble if I brake > them, but I think it's very sad that it's not allowed to modify > Voiceover and othe

Re: time

2009-06-01 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Or what you could do as well, is hit control f8 to get to those status menus, and then you and simply arrow across without even using the VO keys. , What I usually do here, is hit control f8, and hit my left arrow, and I can get the current time that way. On Jun 2, 2009, at 12:17 AM, Jessi

Re: Voiceover and Braille update in Snow Leopard was Re: voice over comes to the I phone

2009-06-09 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Wow, that's going to be totally awesome. Especially the web stuff in there. Sweet On Jun 8, 2009, at 10:23 PM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > > HI, > > Note: I do not have a Snow Leopard build. However, here is a link my > LAn tech gave me for a good article from Apple about Voiceover and > Snow

Re: voice over comes to the I phone

2009-06-09 Thread Dan Eickmeier
And what about that gps application that was demonstrated as part of the WWDC keynote. All the developer of that would have to do is make that accessible with VO on the iPhone? I'm assuming? On Jun 9, 2009, at 8:44 AM, Larry Wanger wrote: > > And, you've made the point. You have more choice

Re: safari 4 issue

2009-06-09 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Wasn't it always command [? I've used that keystroke ever since Safari 3 actually, noticed that was the shortcut for going back that was announced by VO in going through the menus. So I've always used that since Safari 3. On Jun 9, 2009, at 8:35 AM, kaare dehard wrote: > > yep try command

Re: voice over comes to the I phone

2009-06-09 Thread Dan Eickmeier
opers of the > third party apps that will diside if the i phone has a strong > following in the blind communitty or not. > > > On 09/06/2009, Dan Eickmeier wrote: >> >> And what about that gps application that was demonstrated as part of >> the WWDC keynote. All the

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