Re: Is Piezo Accessible?

2012-03-27 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Yes, Piezo is very very accessible. I've had no problems with it. Take care. On 2012-03-20, at 4:38 PM, Ezzie Bueno wrote: Hello List: Is the Piezo app accessible? If not, which app could I use as an alternative? I am trying to record activities from other apps, such as Radium. Thank you,

Re: No Carbonite on the Mac

2012-04-03 Thread Dan Eickmeier
My experience with carbonite is that it actually is fairly accessible. ONe issue I do have, is when I attempt to look at my backup, I can't drill down into my backup, like I can any folder that has sub-folders in finder, I seem to get taken back to the top level of my backup when attempti

Re: can't rewind or fast forward in iTunes.

2012-06-12 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Maria, I find this happens to me, particularly when listening to podcasts. One that it consistently seems to happen with is Tech Access weekly. Are you finding that this is happening with podcasts? Music or what? If podcasts, and if you are subscribed to TAW, let me know if you can r

Re: completely removing mail accounts from the computer

2012-06-12 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi May, go to mail, preferences, , accounts. Once in there you can remove any accounts that you have set up so you can set up new ones. Take care, hope this helps. Sent from my iPhone On 2012-06-12, at 2:02 PM, May McDonald wrote: > Hi there. Can someone tell me where I go to remove all info

Re: is a paid screenreader for the mac a option?

2012-06-27 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi all, I think a paid screenreader would create an environment like we have in the Windows world, relying on third parties to develop scripts for apps that don't work well out of the box, having to wait for those scripts to be updated if something is broken in an app update, OS update etc. I g

Re: accessibile blogspot client?

2012-06-29 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Eric, I would definitely recommend Mars edit. This is an awesome app for posting to any kind of blog. It is totally accessible with VO. On 2012-06-29, at 4:10 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: I have been looking around for an accessible blogging client for the mac for a while. I post on bloodspot and

Re: most accessible anti virus app out there for Macs

2012-07-05 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Ray, I really like, and have used clamxav for quite a while now. Hope this helps. Sent from my iPhone On 2012-07-05, at 1:16 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Hi, > > I know this has come up before; but, who out there can tell me the most > accessible anti virus app for the Mac; or, at least, an

Re: Accessible newsreader similar to Agent.

2012-07-07 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi, not sure who the developer is, but I believethere's an app called unison, that you can use for this. I don't subscribe to any of these news groups, so have not tried it for accessibility. On 2012-07-07, at 5:38 AM, Allison Mervis wrote: Hi everyone. I am interested in downloading

Re: Drop Box issues

2012-07-26 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Ray, running the latest version of the dropbox client, and am having that same issue with the loss of the dropbox sub menu when hitting VO-shift-m on a file in my dropbox folder. . I was having that earlier in Lion, and I figured a clean install of Mountain Lion might give me that back, b

Re: Drop Box issues

2012-07-26 Thread Dan Eickmeier
THat's good, that the issue of not seeing the dropbox submenu is also something that you've seen on Windows as well Jeff. Was looking in the dropbox forums when I was first experiencing that, particularly for some way to fix that on the mac, and there were some suggestions, but none of them wor

Re: Drop Box issues

2012-07-26 Thread Dan Eickmeier
ut only after interacting with the filename. >> >> HtH, >> Teresa >> >> On Jul 26, 2012, at 10:42 AM, Dan Eickmeier wrote: >> >>> Hi Ray, running the latest version of the dropbox client, and am having >>> that same issue with the loss of

Re: Braille Support Broken in Mountain Lion!

2012-07-26 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Cool, when you pair a bluetooth display on the mac, do you have to do it through system preferences, bluetooth, ? Like you would with a keyboard, headset or any other device like that first? And then go into VO utility under Braille, and set it up there? Or is it all done in VO utility? Was

Re: Braille Support Broken in Mountain Lion!

2012-07-26 Thread Dan Eickmeier
mentation to be sure the pairing code is > right. > > On 7/26/12, Dan Eickmeier wrote: >> Cool, when you pair a bluetooth display on the mac, do you have to do it >> through system preferences, bluetooth, ? Like you would with a keyboard, >> headset or any other device li

Re: Drop Box issues

2012-07-26 Thread Dan Eickmeier
o that, you will find that you will be able to see the dropbox menu for >>>> many foggy Jews in the public folder. Just thought that might help. This >>>> message has been dictated >>>> Sincerely, >>>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! >>>> >>&g

Re: The drop box issue has apparently been solved

2012-07-26 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Very cool. THey must've updated it in the last couple days or so. At the release of ML, the latest dropbox version was 1.4.11, and now it's 1.4.12. It's been fixed for me too, in 1.4.12. Cool. THat was so frustrating, to not have that submenu off of a file. NOw with the update to 1.4.12, i

Re: Can't find gatekeeper settings

2012-07-28 Thread Dan Eickmeier
They're on the general tab of security and privacy. What you're looking for, is something that'll say, "Allow applications downloaded from," and then there will be three radio buttons. Hope that helps. On 2012-07-28, at 9:57 PM, Allison Mervis wrote: > Hi everyone! > Where do I go to chan

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-31 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Agreed, and If you're outside the US, like I am, bookshare in my opinion, isn't really any use. On 2012-07-31, at 7:54 PM, Chris Gilland wrote: > Not everyone can aford Bookshare though. > > Chris. > > On Jul 31, 2012, at 10:17 AM, "David Tanner" > wrote: > >> I would definately agree,

Re: + Skype has new window!

2012-08-03 Thread Dan Eickmeier
I was getting this at first, and I disabled visual notifications entirely, and am now not getting any announcements that Skype has a new window. On 2012-08-03, at 5:30 PM, Rachel Feinberg wrote: > Is there a way to use the system voice with Skype to announce who comes > online? Perhaps that

Re: Microsoft Outlook web access and Safari

2012-08-03 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Apple mail does support exchange. I'm assuming that your work account is probably an exchange account, so you could probably set it up in Apple mail, if they're using exchange 2007 or later. I'd do that, to avoid the head aches of dealing with any kind of web mail On 2012-08-03, at 5:18 P

Re: Mac mail help

2012-08-03 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi kirsten, i'd say that Apple mail is one of the best mail clients i've used. I'd used outlook 2003 for a while, but didn't really like it, that was back when i was on Windows though. WHat it sounds like to me, from what you're describing, is that you have two accounts set up in mail, or t

Re: Mac mail help

2012-08-03 Thread Dan Eickmeier
the one which says btinternet and is > apparently an imap and says yahoo in the description > I am fairly certain this is different to before Tuesday, but there is > definitely only one account in the accounts table. > Should I be using pop3? > Thanks. > Kirsten. > > O

Re: Preview versus skim?

2012-08-05 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Skim is no better as far as access to things like tables in PDF's, compared to preview is it? On 2012-08-05, at 1:16 AM, Esther wrote: > Hi Chris, > > Skim has been referred to as "Preview on steroids". It's free and open > source with a creative commons license, and gets frequent updates.

Re: Voice Changer that Works Through Skype

2012-08-07 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Kevin, what your friend could do after the call is initially recorded, is to edit the call in an audio editor, dropping the voice of the interviewee in pitch. I'd say that'd be their best bet. On 2012-08-07, at 11:46 PM, Harry Hogue wrote: > Kevin, > > I know there is an iPhone app ca

Re: Exceedingly scary and confounding problem with on-line banking account

2012-08-14 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Anohter thing you could try, is the Reset safari option, which is found in the safari menu. In there, you can do things like clear history and other things. Try that, and then try going to your bank's site again. On 2012-08-14, at 10:00 PM, Christine Grassman wrote: > I looked in Safari p

Re: are they joking with us

2012-08-20 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi William, , not sure what issues you're exactly having when it comes to importing VO preferences. To test it, I exported mine, saved the exported file onto my external Hharddrive, then reset all VO preferences back to defaults, and then imported the file that I'd saved previously, and it work

Re: program to convurt *.ogg files to *.mp3 files?

2011-11-26 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi, the batch converter in Amadeus pro will do this very nicely. Hth Sent from my iPhone On 2011-11-26, at 5:31 AM, trahern culver wrote: > hey all i have some *.ogg files that i want to convert to *.mp3 files > please can some one recommend a program to do this with? > > your help with this q

Re: Autologin and auto start VO?

2011-11-26 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Bill, those options are under the users and groups preference pane in system preferences. ONce you click the users and groups button, you'll find an item that'll say Users, groups, and log in options, list. Interact with that, and go down to log in options. Stop interacting, then if you

Re: Still having dropbox issues

2011-11-26 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi, This menu bar icon that he's referring to, is on the status menu where you have your wifi status, the clock, your bluetooth status, etc. A lot of apps will put status icons up there. Unfortunately, we do not have access to those which are put there by third-party developers with VoiceO

Re: Experience Switching to Mac

2014-04-06 Thread Dan Eickmeier
I've been using a Mac here since February of 2008, and have not had any reason to switch back to Windows. Like a lot of people on this thread, , I got tired of having to pay to keep a JAWS SMA updated, and I also had it with their system of ILM authorizations. I too, had to have my activa

Re: Alternative to Skype

2014-06-28 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Teamtalk which is widely used, has a Mac client, but the Mac client is unfortunately not all that accessible. The best one of those apps like that, where people can just connect to a server, has to be Ventrilo. If you want a server with a lot of slots, darkstarllc, at http://www.darkstarllc.co

Re: Alternative to Skype

2014-06-28 Thread Dan Eickmeier
> On Jun 28, 2014, at 1:09 PM, Dan Eickmeier wrote: > >> Teamtalk which is widely used, has a Mac client, but the Mac client is >> unfortunately not all that accessible. The best one of those apps like >> that, where people can just connect to a server, has to be Ventr

Re: BusyCal Support

2013-10-30 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Good that you’d emailed busy cal support. Hopefully they’ll respond, and implement better accessibility. I’d tried the app a couple years ago, and I found the same thing, the actual calendar area wasn’t visible to VO at all. And when I went to switch back to what was iCal at the time, this

Re: Getting Rid Of A Password.

2011-06-08 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi George, actually. IT's a good idea to have it. If you left it blank, don't know how you could authenticate, for anyhting that mayprompt for an admin password. On Jun 8, 2011, at 10:47 AM, Georges Zaynoun wrote: > Hello! > > I happened to type a password when I went through the setup proc

Re: Getting Mail to behave the way it used to

2010-06-30 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi mIke, this happened since 10.6.4. What you could try doing is shift-tabbing away from the message content area, , and then tabbing back to it. Like some here, I don't like using the preview pane, mainly because of the fact that when I'm going through messages in the messages table, th

Re: Keyboard issues with fusion, suggestions?

2010-07-02 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Christy, I'd used Fusion with Windows before, and SA. In my experience, iwth hte latest version of fusion, which is I believe 3.0.1, hitting command-g with Voiceover on, while in the VM window, worked pretty consistently to bring keyboard input to the VM. Took fusion, and my VM off though,

Re: Drag&drop&keyboard support

2010-07-02 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Or how about this. HTere's an app from cocotech, called Pathfinder, which is a finder replacement. I've got that here, wonder if that has functionality for moving files via the keyboard? Still trying to figure it out here. On Jul 2, 2010, at 5:37 AM, Scott Howell wrote: > There is no reason

Re: webkit and signature in email

2010-07-02 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Yeah, you can create signatures. Josh, I'm curious as to how you got around the bug, of mail crashing, when attempting to create/edit a signature. For me as of late, it consistently crashes, when attempting to do anything at all with signatures. On Jul 2, 2010, at 6:57 PM, Allison Manzino w

Re: webkit and signature in email

2010-07-02 Thread Dan Eickmeier
d drop it in so it can be used with that specific account. If put under all signatures, I don't get why it wouldn't be available for all accounts. It's kind of strange. On Jul 2, 2010, at 6:59 PM, Dan Eickmeier wrote: > Yeah, you can create signatures. Josh, I'm

Re: shortcut for finder?

2010-07-02 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Josh, i believe command-up arrow, will do what you're after. Dan Eickmeier, Brantford Ontario Canada. MSN and email: va3ets2...@me.com, skype:va3ets. Follow me on twitter at http://twitter.com/va3ets On Jul 2, 2010, at 10:31 PM, Josh Kennedy wrote: > Hi > > Is there a sh

Re: Just saw this on mac voices

2010-07-02 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hmmm, interesting harticle. Where can you get these voices? It doesn't seem to say. Dan Eickmeier, Brantford Ontario Canada. MSN and email: va3ets2...@me.com, skype:va3ets. Follow me on twitter at http://twitter.com/va3ets On Jul 2, 2010, at 9:36 PM, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: &

Re: just downloaded and installed my first apple program yay!

2010-07-02 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Superduper is a program with which you can clone your harddrive to an external for example, and then actually boot from the external. Dan Eickmeier, Brantford Ontario Canada. MSN and email: va3ets2...@me.com, skype:va3ets. Follow me on twitter at http://twitter.com/va3ets On Jul 3, 2010

Re: Just saw this on mac voices

2010-07-03 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Ah ok. It didn't really say in the article that they were the cepstral voices that it was referring to. Dan Eickmeier, Brantford Ontario Canada. MSN and email: va3ets2...@me.com, skype:va3ets. Follow me on twitter at http://twitter.com/va3ets On Jul 3, 2010, at 1:32 PM, Allison Ma

Re: iTunes

2010-07-05 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Jeff, try VO-shift-fn-right arrow. THis should do what you want. Dan Eickmeier, Brantford Ontario Canada. MSN and email: va3ets2...@me.com, skype:va3ets. Follow me on twitter at http://twitter.com/va3ets On Jul 5, 2010, at 4:25 PM, Jeff Berwick wrote: > Hi All, > > Is there a

Re: MOVEADDICT

2010-07-06 Thread Dan Eickmeier
In the version that I've downloaded , voiceover is not seeing anything in the status menus pertaining to this app. Dan Eickmeier, Brantford Ontario Canada. MSN and email: va3ets2...@me.com, skype:va3ets. Follow me on twitter at http://twitter.com/va3ets On Jul 5, 2010, at 5:01 AM,

Re: Experiences with iBank?

2010-07-17 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Al, , is iBank, a Mac app, or an iOS app? WIll have a play with it to see how it is, if my bank is supported. Not sure if it is, but will see. ? On Jul 16, 2010, at 10:19 PM, Alfred Puzzuoli wrote: > Hi, > Just wondering whether anyone has had experience with iBank Financial > Managemen

Re: audacity question

2010-07-19 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Yeah, I'm noticing the same thing here as well Matt. On Jul 19, 2010, at 12:41 PM, Matthew Campbell wrote: > Hello list members. > Which version of audacity for mac was supposed to be accessible? > I got the latest beta and all I can see is unknowns everywhere. > Thanks. > Matthew Campbell. > >

Re: VMWare issue

2010-07-31 Thread Dan Eickmeier
John, is this Disc a full install of XP? OR just an upgrade disc? THat could be your issue right there, as a full instalation disc is required. On Jul 30, 2010, at 3:00 PM, John D. Lipsey wrote: > Hi list. > > I recently installed VMWare fusion on my MacBook so I can run Windows XP if I >

Re: mail and contacts

2010-08-02 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hey John, there is an add sender to address book command, which has a shortcut key of command-shift-y. HTH. On Aug 2, 2010, at 1:37 PM, John D. Lipsey wrote: > I'm confused! > > I want to add someone who sent me an email to my address book, but I've > brought up the context menu for the mess

Re: diffrent accsesible mail cliants from mac os10 mail

2010-08-02 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Eudora for one, is a power PC app, and hans't been updated in a long while. What is it specifically you odn't like about mail? If it's the sort order of messages, you could always change that. HTH On Aug 2, 2010, at 1:06 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > I believe someone has reported Eudora is acce

Re: playlists in itunes

2010-08-05 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Sonia, you certainly can add tracks to playlists, it's just a matter of selecting them, doing a VO-shift-M, and in that contextual menu, there'll be an add to playlist submenu, and in there, you can select the playlist you created, and then hit VO-space on that. As far as deleting tracks fr

Re: mail question

2010-08-05 Thread Dan Eickmeier
I usually just select that contents in the body of the email, and hit delete. On Aug 3, 2010, at 10:11 PM, Chantel Cuddemi wrote: > Hey, all, > When I want to forward something, how do I delete the email address of the > sender of the forward from the email? > Thx, > Chantel. > > -- > Yo

Re: Keeping a folder synchronized with an SD card?

2010-08-05 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Not sure how accessible this app is, but i've heard of an app called Chrono sync from Leo Laporte, and I guess it essentially uses RSync to do what it does, but. you'd get a GUI instead. On Aug 5, 2010, at 11:09 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > would RSync work? I dont' use the command line but ju

Re: skype question

2010-08-06 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Greg, if you tab around in there, you'll find areas where you can enter your skype name, and password. It requires use of the tab key to get around that. HTH. On Aug 6, 2010, at 2:28 PM, Greg Aikens wrote: > Hello all, > I just got my mac last saturday and I'm really liking it so far. The

Re: Keeping a folder synchronized with an SD card?

2010-08-06 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Tried Chrono sync very briefly, and it looks very accessible. On Aug 6, 2010, at 2:46 AM, Alfredo wrote: > If chrono syncs works for you, can you please let me know. If it is > not accessible please let us know so taht we can all ask the developer > of chrono sync to make accessible. > Alfredo

Re: getting status of skype contacts

2010-08-06 Thread Dan Eickmeier
As far as changing the mood message, what you can do, is use your VO keys to go to the edit profile button, and then hit tab. After you hit tab, you'll be put into an edit box where you can type your mood text and hit return. On Aug 6, 2010, at 4:36 PM, Allison Manzino wrote: > Hi Chris, >

Re: External HD

2010-08-06 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Was going to suggest the same thing, since storage is getting cheaper and cheaper, even though there are ways that you could get a mac to both read and write to NTFS formatted drives. On Aug 7, 2010, at 2:36 AM, Justin Kauflin wrote: > The Mac can read NTFS partitions, but out of the box, it

Re: Iphone and braille note apex

2010-08-06 Thread Dan Eickmeier
In that case, I'd think that the Braillenotes aren't supported by iOS 4 to be used as braille displays. Best idea though to be sure, is to check the apple accessibility page at http://apple.com/accessibility. On Aug 7, 2010, at 1:37 AM, Sonnia wrote: > I found the iphone by searching for i

Re: Logging On to My College's Wi-Fi

2010-08-21 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Kimberly, do you have cursor tracking turn on? And your keyboard focus set to follow where you are with Voiceover in VO utility? THat's what it sounds like is happening for you there. . On Aug 20, 2010, at 12:53 PM, Kimberly thurman wrote: > Hi Folks: > > As the subject states, I am h

Re: Saving VO Preferences

2010-08-27 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi linda, it shouldn't matter where you save this file. HOpe this helps. On Aug 26, 2010, at 12:23 PM, Linda Adams wrote: > Hi, > > I haven't had any problems with Voiceover but after reading some recent > messages, I decided I should save my preferences which I haven't done since > buying

Re: mail cliant.

2010-09-05 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Ian, this is what I think you're wanting here. YOu can go into the mailbox menu, select the new mailbox item, and setup what Mail refers to as a mailbox, and then move messages into there. Hope this helps. On Sep 5, 2010, at 5:22 PM, Ian McNamara wrote: > hi all how do i create a folder

Cannot get an Apple bluetooth keyboard to pair with my Mac, but it'll pair with my iPod touch?

2010-09-09 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hey all, got an Apple bluetooth keyboard today, so I could use the bluetooth keyboard support in iOS on my iPod touch. I was able to pair it successfully with my touch, and it worked well. However I cannot seem to pair it with my Mac, as i want to use it with my iMac as well. I turned off

Re: Cannot get an Apple bluetooth keyboard to pair with my Mac, but it'll pair with my iPod touch?

2010-09-09 Thread Dan Eickmeier
if nothing connects to it right away. >> >> Regards, >> Nic >> Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com >> GoogleTalk: chojiro1...@gmail.com >> Facebook >> Twitter >> Skype: Kvalme >> MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk >> Yahoo! Messenger: c

Re: Cannot get an Apple bluetooth keyboard to pair with my Mac, but it'll pair with my iPod touch?

2010-09-09 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hey Ricardo, thanks a bunch. THat totally helped. On Sep 9, 2010, at 6:20 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > No. > > Double tap on more under the name of the BT keyboard and delete the info from > the touch. > > hth > On Sep 9, 2010, at 6:18 PM, Dan Eickmeier wrote: > &

Re: dvd ripping software

2013-01-04 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi May, I'd say Handbrake would probably be the best choice to go with. It's available from handbrake.fr On 2013-01-04, at 10:28 AM, May and Noah wrote: > Hi. > > Sorry if this thread was talked about before. > > What is the best dvd ripping software that works with voiceover that allows > m

Re: Braille Display Questions

2013-01-04 Thread Dan Eickmeier
I have a Brailliant BI 40, and it works nicely on the MAc, and iOS as well. On 2013-01-03, at 2:35 PM, Chris Bruinenberg wrote: > I have a Braille conect and it works great with iOS windows and Mac. > Best of luck deciding on one! > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jan 3, 2013, at 11:29 AM, Les

Re: how to view the source contents of a page

2012-09-12 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Timothy, the command you're looking for, is command-option-u. On 2012-09-12, at 5:06 PM, Timothy Clark Music wrote: > hello - anyone remember the command to view the source contents of a webpage? > thanks. > Timothy > Your Friend in the music industry > http://www.timothyclarkmusic

Re: MacBook Pro changing timezones

2012-10-07 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi, inn the past, under previous versions of the OS, you could type in the name of the city you're in, and hit return. On 2012-10-07, at 10:01 AM, Shen wrote: > Hi, > I just tried this week and found that VoiceOver is unable to interact with > the world map in the timezones tab under System P

Re: password protecting documents

2010-10-02 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Laura, what you could do, if you wanted to password protect a document, or a set of documents, is use disk utility to created an incripted .dmg file. Disk utility is foun under /applications/utilities. Open it, and you'll find options under a new submenu uner hte file menu for createing dis

Re: messengers

2010-10-13 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Damon, yep, Adium works really well, with MSN messenger, AOL messenger, and a whole bunch of other IM services. If you need help feel free to email off-list. On Oct 13, 2010, at 5:48 PM, Damon Fibraio wrote: > OK, so I realize that I can do mail on my mac, but what can I do about > ac

Re: Conversations View

2010-10-15 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Yes it certainly is. SImply go to the view menu, and check organize by thread. On Oct 15, 2010, at 7:10 AM, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav wrote: > > > All, > > is it possible in Mac Mail to have mail items sorted into conversation view, > in OutLook what this does is thread each set of messages

Re: [Bulk] skype 5 pretty nice though

2010-11-05 Thread Dan Eickmeier
I've found this as well Ray, with the alerts. Even though i have them set up, I'm getting no sounds, or no spoken notifications when people are coming online, or going offline. On Nov 5, 2010, at 4:05 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > the thing I have found is that none of the alerts work. conta

Re: Skype 5.0 Beta and conference calling

2010-11-05 Thread Dan Eickmeier
You can use command-option-left and right arrow to switch conversations. HTH. On Nov 5, 2010, at 9:28 AM, Brandon Misch wrote: > has anyone figured out how to move from one conversation to another when you > have more than one or how to get skype to behave like it does in the release > vers

Re: Skype 5

2010-11-07 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Not hearing any sounds when people come online, or go offline, even though I have those set. I've got the speak text checkbox also checked for both of those events, and am getting no spoken notifications either for contacts coming online, or going off. On Nov 6, 2010, at 7:01 PM, Mark Bu

Re: Getting rid of DropBox

2010-11-09 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Dropbox is an absolute hastle to work with on the Mac, And it's a shame, but the dropbox people do not seem to be the most responsive when it comes to accessibility of the mac client. On Nov 8, 2010, at 5:36 PM, Daniel K. Gartmann wrote: > > Hi, > > Has anybody tried deleting the DropBox

Re: Been away too long from Yurufukuru - a couple of stupid questions

2010-11-14 Thread Dan Eickmeier
I've also disabled auto complete, as I found it to get in the way, rather than help me to use the client the way I wanted. . On Nov 13, 2010, at 2:59 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Hello. contact the dev about the auto complete issue. As far as your first > question I hit cmd n and hit follow @us

Re: selling old macbook?

2010-11-15 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Erik, not sure if the site is US only, or whehter it's a golobal site, but to get a good idea on what she should sell it for, try putting information about it into gazelle.com On Nov 15, 2010, at 11:03 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: > Hi guys, > > one of my clients bought a macbook in 2009 and t

Re: Doing a put in the land of ftp

2010-11-15 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi marlaina, I'm assuming you're trying to do this via the , finder, don't think you can upload this way, think you can only download. I'd highly recommend checking out Transmit from http://panic.com It's an absolutely excellent client. Hope that helps. If you need help with Transmit i

Re: problems saving using save as in text edit and pages

2010-11-29 Thread Dan Eickmeier
H, interesting. Can't say I've experienced this in either app. Maybe try a permissions repair? Don't know for sure , but maybe something is screwed up with permissions somehow? To do this do the following: 1. Go to the finder, 2. HIt command-shift-U to go to your utilities folder, whic

Re: Itunes and VO: a possible bug?

2009-10-08 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi, this has been a bug for as long as I can remember. It was back in iTunes 8, and is obviously still a bug in 9. On Oct 8, 2009, at 4:06 PM, Donal Fitzpatrick wrote: > > Hi all, > > I just came across something and I'm wondering if anyone else has > noticed this. I tried to import an audio

Re: MacBook Pro suggestions wanted

2009-10-18 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Bob, right now as it is, the best app for doing audio work would have to be Amadeus pro. On Oct 14, 2009, at 9:32 AM, Bob Hill wrote: > > Hi all, > > I am going to be starting with a new job, and will be advising and > demonstrating access using VoiceOver and the Macintosh. > We're thinking

Re: mac vs windows

2009-10-19 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Does Echo Mac work ok under Snow Leopard? I was aware that it hadn't been updated in quite some time. I'd had it when I was running Leopard, but haven't put it on since installing Snowy. 73 de Dan VA3ETS. On Oct 19, 2009, at 10:09 AM, May McDonald wrote: > > Hi, I just found echomac and

Re: logic

2009-10-20 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Is Logic at least sort of accessible? Or totally not at all? On Oct 20, 2009, at 4:21 AM, Justin Kauflin wrote: > > I'd also like to express my interest in any developments concerning > Logic and any other music production software being made accessible. > It would certainly be nice to actually

Re: Checking VoiceMail on Skype

2009-10-21 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi, I'm assuming the voicemail that you're talking about is your Skype voicemail. What usually works for me, is to go to the history window in Skype, with command-4, and then I can interact with the table there, and go through anything I may have missed, such as calls, chats, and voicemai

Re: scanning wasRe: my 2 months with a mac

2009-10-23 Thread Dan Eickmeier
There's an application called PDF pen from smileonmymac.com. THis is good for doing stuff with PDF's, but from what I've heard about it, it also has scanning, and OCR capibilities. If it were accessible, maybe it would illiminate the need to use two applications to do scanning and OCr,

Re: hard drive and desktop

2009-10-23 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Go into finder preferences with command-coma, and check the hard discs checkbox so that they'll show on the desktop. By default, if you do a clean install of SL, harddiscs are not set to show on the desktop, like they were in Leopard. Hope this helps. On Oct 23, 2009, at 7:04 PM, May McDon

Re: safari help

2009-10-24 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi May, on the advancedtab of Safari preferences, you'll find a checkboxthat says press tab to highlight each item on a web page. Check that, and hit command-w to close safari preferences. On Oct 24, 2009, at 2:35 AM, May McDonald wrote: > > Hi everyone. I have discovered another problem.

Re: recording video on the Mac

2009-10-24 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Donna, if you're looking for audio recording and editing software, which sounds more along the lines of what you're looking for, , right now I think your best choicewould be Amadeus pro from http://www.hairersoft.com . The developer has really made efforts to support us voiceover use

Filling out PDF forms on the Mac?

2009-10-25 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi, is it possible to fill out a pdf form on the Mac with Preview? Thanks. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegrou

Re: garageband accessibility

2009-11-04 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Ginny, to export your labels, go into voiceover utility, hit command-shift-E, in the dialogue that comes up, there'll be a pop-up button from which you can select to export your labels, and then like any other save dialog, you can select where to save the exported file. HTH. On Nov

Re: apple warranty

2009-11-04 Thread Dan Eickmeier
I think what you're paying for more in the cost of a mac is better support. I'd heard some stats suggesting that the tech support that companies like Del, HP, and other PC manufacturers provided was lower in quality to that of Apple. On Nov 4, 2009, at 3:49 AM, anouk radix wrote: > > Hell

Re: Time capsule configuration

2009-11-09 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Frank, time capsules, or any airport base station for that matter, are configured through the airport utility application, which you'll find in /applications/utilities. Hope this helps. THis is what I like about them, as I've found some routers' web interfaces to be accessibility challenge

Re: Abbyy FineReader works well

2009-11-10 Thread Dan Eickmeier
I think there's been discussions about FIne reader in the past on this list. And some people had thought that it wasn't worth it compared to Read Iris at the time. Has the overall accessibility of it now, if it's had updates since this was last discussed on this list, which i think it was, o

Re: Time capsule configuration

2009-11-10 Thread Dan Eickmeier
s@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Dan Eickmeier > Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 9:01 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Time capsule configuration > > > Hi Frank, time capsules, or any airport base station for th

Re: anyone else having trouble with ebay and safari?

2009-11-12 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Yep, same here in trying to go to ebay.ca here in Canada. On Nov 12, 2009, at 2:28 AM, John J Herzog wrote: > > Hi all, > Lately, whenever I go to www.ebay.com safari immediately crashes. Is anybody > else experiencing this? > > Thanks, > > John > > > > --~--~-~--~~

Re: adem, and msn, ipodtuch?

2009-11-12 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Maurice, Adium is definitely very useable. If you interact with the area that Voiceover is reporting as an unknown in the chat window, ou hsould be able to read your chats just fine. On Nov 11, 2009, at 6:34 PM, Maurice Mines wrote: > > HI ALL I AM TRAYING TO USE ADEM WITH MY FREND WHO

Re: Major Problem with macbook, Need Help ASAP

2009-11-12 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi, I'd say try that external keyboard when you can find it. On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:43:01 -0500, Eleni Vamvakari wrote: > > *Sending to The Zone BBS and Mac Visionaries.* > I'm having a major problem with my Macbook and have no clue what's > going on. I was writing something in Text Edit and t

Re: How Much is My Macbook Worth?

2009-11-12 Thread Dan Eickmeier
If you got Apple care with it, I'd think that they'd be able to fix your problem with the built in keyboard. Or has your Apple care already run out? On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:37:46 -0500, Tiffany D wrote: > > Oh boy. I'm an idiot. I forgot that I already told you guys when I > got my machine e

Re: Safari Question

2009-11-12 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Dave, in most cases, you should be able to VO-shift-M on a link, and go to the download linked file option in that contextual menu. On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:48:30 -0500, David McLean wrote: > > Hello, Is there a way to save an mp3 file that a link points at in > Safari instead of opening it

Re: yojimbo

2009-11-14 Thread Dan Eickmeier
I've heard a lot about this App from mainstream Mac podcasts. How is it for accessibility? On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:02:56 +0700, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: > > Hi list, > > Has anyone of you tried yojimbo? > So far i love it. Since i have loads of tweets from public feeds, and > also use netn

Re: music downloads

2009-11-14 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Ah, Audio Hijack is awesome. I use it for recording stuff especially that I can only listen to in embedded web players. On Nov 14, 2009, at 3:29 PM, May McDonald wrote: > > Have no clue how to use that program. > On 2009-11-14, at 12:23 PM, Thomas McMahan wrote: > >> >> Maybe then utube it

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