Re: a little OT - selling my old Mac. Any sites?

2011-09-30 Thread Eric Oyen
you can try to google for certified used macs. there is a good site that can probably help here is a place I go: http://www.powermax.com/ -eric On Sep 30, 2011, at 9:13 AM, Matthew Campbell wrote: > Hi Listers. > I'm wondering if anyone has found a good site where you can put in the specs > of

mail.app returning to previous mail after delete

2011-10-02 Thread Eric Oyen
ok, this is getting veryannoying... I use mail.app in amap mode with goole.com and it is starting to get hard to use. the problem is that after I delete one email, the client goes to the next one. after I delete that one, it returns to the previously deleted item. it bounces back and forth like

Re: apology to the list. sorry!

2011-10-31 Thread Eric Oyen
I didn't see the original message, but I thought I should comment. offering to help with software or offering to acquire software is not a copyright offense UNLESS there is an offer to acquire it illegally or crack it to bypass copyright protections. also, US copyright laws are usually not enfo

changing the user-agent property in webkit

2011-11-05 Thread Eric Oyen
is there a means to change the user-agent string that safari sends to websites? I find that some sites that see safari as a user-agent turn out to be very messy. if I use another browser (such as mozilla firefox on linux or windows) I can get a webpage that is far better laid out. mostly, this i

Re: impossible anymore to like or comment on people's Facebook posts

2011-11-05 Thread Eric Oyen
do any of you have the instructions to change the user-agent string in safari so that it reports as internet explorer 8? I am on OS X using safari and my problems with its user-agent go far beyond Facebook. -eric On Nov 5, 2011, at 1:04 PM, Maxwell Ivey Jr. wrote: > hello; I've been using the

Re: impossible anymore to like or comment on people's Facebook posts

2011-11-05 Thread Eric Oyen
t;. Then > go into the "develop" menu, the user agent submenu, and you can choose IE 8 > or 9 from there. > > HTH, > Teresa > > "We are made of star-stuff"--Carl Sagan, Cosmos > > On Nov 5, 2011, at 1:21 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: > >> do any of

Re: pdf, captcha, eba/paypal, and access.

2011-11-09 Thread Eric Oyen
Karon, I have found that most PDF files are not readable using voiceover in OS X. this doesn't mean all of them are inaccessible, but it appears that a vast majority are imported graphic files in a container. as for captchas, I find them nearly impossible to solve, and some sites that have aud

some random crashing with voiceover

2017-07-11 Thread Eric Oyen
hello all, I have been seeing increasingly random crashes with voiceover on my old mac system here over the last few months. It's an older whitebook using OS X Lion (no I don't have anything newer here and couldn't afford it if I wanted to). here are the relevant lines from console: 7/11/17 1:

Re: some random crashing with voiceover

2017-07-11 Thread Eric Oyen
btw, I checked and it does appear that spotlight is actually up and working, so I don't know why its being reported otherwise. -eric On Jul 11, 2017, at 1:45 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: > hello all, > > I have been seeing increasingly random crashes with voiceover on my old mac >

Re: some random crashing with voiceover

2017-07-11 Thread Eric Oyen
t clear > things out. > > These are located in Library/references under your home directory > > You should also be able to find the crash files in your Library folder. > > > > Best wishes, > > Jonathan Cohn > > > >> On Jul 11, 2017,

Re: some random crashing with voiceover

2017-07-11 Thread Eric Oyen
> Best wishes, > > Jonathan Cohn > > > >> On Jul 11, 2017, at 4:49 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: >> >> btw, I checked and it does appear that spotlight is actually up and working, >> so I don't know why its being reported otherwise. >&

Re: some random crashing with voiceover

2017-07-12 Thread Eric Oyen
ac you have why not upgrade to Yosemite 10.10 and see if the upgrade > corrects things, > > It's also a better os than mountain goat. > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Eric Oyen

unable to get to the iCloud mail page on safari on iphone

2017-07-29 Thread Eric Oyen
Hello folks, I seem to be having some issues with the iCloud.com site. I can't seem to get to the web interface for email (including changing filters and other items). I would ordinarily do this from my mac, but this machine is very old and the iCloud.com site is no longer supported in the vers

Re: unable to get to the iCloud mail page on safari on iphone

2017-07-30 Thread Eric Oyen
ld be good to go from there. > > HTH. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Jul 29, 2017, at 11:51, Eric Oyen wrote: > > Hello folks, > > I seem to be having some issues with the iCloud.com site. I can't seem to get > to

Re: I’m worried that FaceID is going to suck—and here’s why

2017-09-13 Thread Eric Oyen
there is one additional issue: what happens if VO is not turned on? how are you supposed to know that your face is on screen? I am totally blind and even with VO turned on and the camera aimed at my face, I can never get it centered. so, facial recognition might not be a disable thing for me. A

Re: I’m worried that FaceID is going to suc k—and here’s why

2017-09-14 Thread Eric Oyen
depends on what features you want. My room mate has an android phone (its a samsung) and it has accessibility. it also cost him about $300 without contract or financing. sure, its not a galaxy note or other high end device, but for what it can do, its good enough. now, as it is, I am paying off

Re: This simple hack using aluminium foil could improve your home Wi-Fi

2017-11-14 Thread Eric Oyen
HAHAHAH. took them long enough to catch up to where us real hardware hackers (ham radio operators) have long since been. :) -eric On Nov 14, 2017, at 7:37 AM, dan d. wrote: > > I do this to good effect. Read the article link below for why it works. > > Place the foil a few inches away from t

Re: Illegal Student Labor Used To Assemble iPhone X, Apple Admits | HuffPost

2017-11-24 Thread Eric Oyen
see, the is interesting. firstly, you have the chinese communists who are trying to incorporate capitalism into the mix. this means that profit has become number 1 priority and anyone who can't make a profit gets executed. this also means that local chinese laws may be ignored, especially if lo

Re: Illegal Student Labor Used To Assemble iPhone X, Apple Admits | HuffPost

2017-11-24 Thread Eric Oyen
well, the problem with the statement of jobs going wanting because citizens don't want to do them is this: there are citizens willing to do a lot of those jobs. it is getting to the point where some of the homeless are willing to take those jobs. sure, they are back breaking, but they will get p

Re: Why I'm selling my iPhone 10

2017-11-24 Thread Eric Oyen
thats a lot like what I do here. I use a piece of tech until it is no longer usable. only then will I take an upgrade (and never to the latest and greatest). my last upgrade was from an iPhone 5s to a 7S (the store was out of any model 6 devices). I still have a working 5 on the desk hereacquire

Re: Apple's iPhone slowdown sparks fraud lawsuit - CNET

2017-12-23 Thread Eric Oyen
the problem is that when the CPU is under full load, it draws the most current. That usually happens in spikes of load and duration depending on what application is running. btw, the Facebook app happens to be one of the most battery intensive apps in the iOS ecology. There are perhaps about a d

Re: Apple Apologizes After iPhone Battery Slowdown Controversy | Time

2017-12-29 Thread Eric Oyen
well, I consider it rather interesting that Apple didn't make this public. It was in some of the technical data for beta testing. In fact, they have had an algorithm in place since iOS 9.x called low power mode (which is essentially the same type of protection, except it is triggered at 20% batt

Re: A Host of Recurring, Annoying Issues: Related or Not?

2018-01-05 Thread Eric Oyen
it sounds like some process that voiceover depends on is going defunct and finally resulting in voiceover resetting. I see that here a lot with chrome on my OS X Lion system. It turns out to be another process that depends on spottily and when that goes non-compus menus, voiceover locks up and e

Re: Question about installing jaws on my Mac

2018-01-07 Thread Eric Oyen
well, so that is how VFO is trying to play the game. If you make money on a paid for product (like jaws), they demand what? A percentage or an extra fee? btw, I am still on Jaws 16 here (the pro version) and there was no such clause in that user agreement then. -eric On Jan 6, 2018, at 5:18 PM,

Re: Question about installing jaws on my Mac

2018-01-08 Thread Eric Oyen
the remote client services for the home version > which was not true for v15. > > Best wishes, > > Jonathan Cohn > > > >> On Jan 7, 2018, at 2:20 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: >> >> well, so that is how VFO is trying to play the game. If you m

Re: Erasing everything from a USB flash drive

2016-12-09 Thread Eric Oyen
Paul, if you have no useful vision at all I suggest you read this >> message character by character so that you will realize that the command >> line options in Eric's message are actually symbols rather than spelled out >> words. >> >> - Sent from B

Re: Problems posting to Facebook from iOS

2017-01-14 Thread Eric Oyen
well, I am still on a 5S here and it's been doing something like this for the last several revisions of the FB app. Either the post gets buried (even though you made it less than a minute ago) or the app doesn't update often enough. THere is also a scroll bug when listing long lists (like your f

Re: Extremely dissatisfied with the developers of tweetbot in regards to accessibility improvement promises on mac

2017-02-09 Thread Eric Oyen
hmmm. it sounds to me like you need to start a review campaign on the appstore review link. get all your friends and their friends, etc to write a review pointing out these difficulties. If you start getting enough folks to do this and then hound them once a week with all the reviews, they just

Re: Accessible bitcoin wallet?

2017-03-30 Thread Eric Oyen
you aren't the only one that's been looking. in the last 3 years, I have found no such animal for any platform. You would think that this wouldn't be the case in Linux (or the mac), but there it is. I have even tried contacting the developers of the various wallet type packages. Most of the tim

Re: Accessible bitcoin wallet?

2017-03-31 Thread Eric Oyen
are > any skilled blind coders (your self maybe) or someone else that would take > this on as a project. I myself am not a coder at least not on this level, I > script for various things but that’s about it. Seems like a problem that > should be able to be solved. > >>

Re: Accessible bitcoin wallet?

2017-04-01 Thread Eric Oyen
. I wonder if there are any >>> skilled blind coders (your self maybe) or someone else that would take this >>> on as a project. I myself am not a coder at least not on this level, I >>> script for various things but that’s about it. Seems like a problem that &g

Re: VPN questions

2017-04-09 Thread Eric Oyen
well, depending on whether you use a free or paid service will make a difference in both service quality and setup. I use a paid service myself. It's $7 a month and is fairly reliable. I have tried some free services, but they are mostly hit and miss and are not always as secure. the service I u

Re: VPN questions

2017-04-09 Thread Eric Oyen
this post, I am going off of > materials I read in tidbits.com and severalpodcasts that I listened to over a > week ago. > > Best wishes, > > Jonathan > > > >> On Apr 9, 2017, at 12:31 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: >> >> well, >> de

Re: VPN questions

2017-04-09 Thread Eric Oyen
. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . > "God for you is where you sweep away all the > mysteries of the world, all the challenges to > our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off > and say God did it." --Carl Sagan > E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com > > On 4/

Re: VPN questions

2017-04-10 Thread Eric Oyen
you’ll be very secure. > >> On Apr 9, 2017, at 10:56 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: >> >> well, when I turned off SSID broadcast, it was a little harder to get new >> devices to connect. basically, it takes inputting the SSID and other >> particulars manually. once conn

Re: VPN questions

2017-04-10 Thread Eric Oyen
gt;> >> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . >> "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, >> all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off >> and say God did it." --Carl Sagan >> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.

Re: VPN questions

2017-04-11 Thread Eric Oyen
;>>>>>> On Apr 10, 2017, at 5:41 AM, Simon Fogarty >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> And if your like me and want to P off the neighbourhood, Get an >>>>>>

Re: VPN questions

2017-04-11 Thread Eric Oyen
. > > The automatic selection on routers is better on some than others. Some > reselect through out the day, others pick once and stick with a channel and > still others just randomly select. On the low band most routers default to > channel 6 so avoid 6 if possible or use it in Eric

Re: VPN questions

2017-04-11 Thread Eric Oyen
ise to be careful. > > I ran point to point in Florida on the 5 GHz band encrypted over a 50 mile > range with no complaints. That could be luck however but I was running as a > commercial enterprise, not as an individual or a ham. > >> On Apr 11, 2017, at 1:45 AM, Eric

Re: 4 tb hd, what is the best backup plan?

2018-12-20 Thread Eric Oyen
or a > striped mirror, you're getting the space from only half the disks used. > Choose RAID 5 instead; then you'll be getting the disk space from n-minus-1 > times the size of the smallest disk (see above), and you can always add more, > one at a time, unlike a mirrored strip

Re: The End Of Apple, Forbes Magazine

2019-01-24 Thread Eric Oyen
Well, Even if apple were to dispense with their computer/datapad/idevice lines, they would still be profitable as a cloud storage and electronic publisher with at least $150 billion annually in sales. One other thing they could do, bring back licensed OS X on third party hardware and then just p

Re: Mac OS Accessible DVD Ripper Recommendation Request

2019-02-11 Thread Eric Oyen
handbrake. It’s available via the App Store I think. If not, it is still an open source project. -Eric > On Feb 10, 2019, at 9:38 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > I need to rip a DRM-free, home video from a DVD. > > What is the name of a good, free if possible, VoiceOver accessi

Re: best harddrive cloning software?

2019-03-06 Thread Eric Oyen
Well, If both drives are the same size in amount of available storage space, then a simple command line tool called dd will work just nicely. You can clone the entire drive (including boot sector, partition tables and even the partitions themselves) in one fell swoop. This command should do the

Re: Got my space on the harddisk back.

2019-03-09 Thread Eric Oyen
Onyx is nice, but how does one get passed the stupid initial opening screen that presents no content? I try to navigate in that pane using tab, or VO+right or left arrow and all I get for my troubles is the silly bonk. I suspect it’s waiting on permissions to be given, but the password dialog th

How to work around edit boxes that refuse input?

2019-03-31 Thread Eric Oyen
Ok, I seem to be running into this more and more on various websites of late: edit boxes that won’t accept input and won’t provide feedback to the screen reader. The latest, interestingly enough, is on google.com and their account verification dialog. I had to recover an email account today, but

Re: How to work around edit boxes that refuse input?

2019-03-31 Thread Eric Oyen
> enter. But VO is no good if I need to edit the information. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard... > ancient.ali...@icloud.com > Many believe that we have been visited > in the past. What if it were true? > > On 3/31/2019 5:40 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: >> Ok, >> I s

Re: How to work around edit boxes that refuse input?

2019-03-31 Thread Eric Oyen
type in my email address or >> password. Strangely, I can VO left then right again and VO will speak what I >> enter. But VO is no good if I need to edit the information. >> >> From E.T.'s Keyboard... >> ancient.ali...@icloud.com >> Many believe that w

Re: How to work around edit boxes that refuse input?

2019-04-01 Thread Eric Oyen
ing to type with the bt > keyboard > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On > Behalf Of Eric Oyen > Sent: Monday, 1 April 2019 2:34 PM > To: [MacVisionaries] > Subject: Re: How to work around edit boxes that refuse input? > > nope. No such luck h

Re: How to work around edit boxes that refuse input?

2019-04-02 Thread Eric Oyen
But VO is no good if I need to edit the information. >>> >>> From E.T.'s Keyboard... >>> ancient.ali...@icloud.com >>> Many believe that we have been visited >>> in the past. What if it were true? >>> >>> On 3/31/2019 5:40 PM,

Re: Linux [Was: How to work around edit boxes that refuse input?]

2019-04-04 Thread Eric Oyen
t's a third boot option for me on my > Macbook, in addition to native OS X or Windows via Bootcamp. It works well. > If you'd like details, I'll happily > provide those. > > Best, > > Janina > > Eric Oyen writes: >> Right now, I don’t happ

Re: Skype

2010-12-07 Thread Eric Oyen
I use Skype 2.8 on my snow leopard setup. I also use growl for all the chat functions in Skype. other than that, its pretty easy to use. without growl, however, the live chat windows become a real PITA to use. I haven't tried out 5 beta yet, but from what I hear, its buggy as hell and still has

does anyone else use t-mobile and have problems with their site?

2010-12-08 Thread Eric Oyen
ok, I have been pestering t-mobile to correct some issues on their website, not notably: 1. extensive use of flash video to display amount information and payment methods 2. use of a visual only captcha to even log in to the website. I was wondering if any of you use t-mobile as a cellular provi

Re: mudding on the mac

2010-12-09 Thread Eric Oyen
for the most part, irc and mac with voiceover isn't very good either. I have had some success with Xchat aqua and voiceover using growl, but join more than one chan or be in a busy chan and forget it. too much noise and no intelligibility. I have yet to find a way to get growl to use a faster re

Re: does anyone else use t-mobile and have problems with their site?

2010-12-13 Thread Eric Oyen
eOver, it doesn't work optimally with > Mac. Sighted members of my household sometimes have to clear the dust from > the Windows machine to perform certain tasks within our account on their site. > > > > Brett C. > > On Dec 8, 2010, at 1:50 AM, Eric Oyen wrote: >

Re: My Eyepal demo is here.

2010-12-13 Thread Eric Oyen
ok, I seemed to have missed something. youma? which Eric are you talking with here? I ask only because I am a bit confused. I've been gone since last friday on a trip to San Francisco and I have been no mail until about 2 hours ago. -Eric On Dec 13, 2010, at 8:06 PM, Yuma Decaux wrote: > Eric,

Re: My Eyepal demo is here.

2010-12-14 Thread Eric Oyen
heh. ok, I get confused when the full name is not used. anyway, at least you are trying to bring some light into the lives that would otherwise have none. -Eric On Dec 13, 2010, at 6:23 PM, Yuma Decaux wrote: > Hi Eric Oyen, > > No worries, i wasn't addressing

Re: Virtual Box

2010-12-14 Thread Eric Oyen
short answer: no longer answer, some of the controls and not intractable with voiceover. I can tab between some of the "unknown" buttons and get a machine running, but setting one up? forget it. -Eric On Dec 14, 2010, at 9:25 AM, Kevin Mattingly wrote: > It may have been discussed on here befo

Re: Virtual Box

2010-12-14 Thread Eric Oyen
I have never used parallels so I cannot exactly comment on that one. -Eric On Dec 14, 2010, at 12:11 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Can't you run it via the terminal or am I thinking parelells? > On Dec 14, 2010, at 10:16 AM, Eric Oyen wrote: > >> short answer: no >>

Re: Nokia Expands Patent Claims Against Apple With New European Lawsuits

2010-12-16 Thread Eric Oyen
I really wish they'd cut out all the nonsense. we've got better things we could be doing. -Eric On Dec 16, 2010, at 1:24 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Will these suits if they go through make touch screens harder to use? read > more: http://goo.gl/yZ0TQ > > > -- > You received this message bec

Re: just a thought, might be interesting for the future

2010-12-16 Thread Eric Oyen
Yuma, I played that game for a better part of 3 years before I lost my remaining sight 5 months ago. even for a low partial, it was hard, but fun. unfortunately, it is no longer playable for me (unless they can fix the sound environment). -Eric On Dec 16, 2010, at 2:50 PM, Yuma Decaux wrote:

Re: Nokia Expands Patent Claims Against Apple With New European Lawsuits

2010-12-16 Thread Eric Oyen
t; > > > > On Dec 16, 2010, at 6:06 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: > >> I really wish they'd cut out all the nonsense. we've got better things we >> could be doing. >> >> -Eric >> >> On Dec 16, 2010, at 1:24 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: >>

Re: Nokia Expands Patent Claims Against Apple With New European Lawsuits

2010-12-16 Thread Eric Oyen
5:09 PM, Scott Granados wrote: > Like? > > > On Dec 16, 2010, at 3:06 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: > >> I really wish they'd cut out all the nonsense. we've got better things we >> could be doing. >> >> -Eric >> >> On Dec 16, 2010, at 1:24

Re: Nokia Expands Patent Claims Against Apple With New European Lawsuits

2010-12-16 Thread Eric Oyen
ing everyone, just imagine the products that could be brought to market. >>> Of course think of the jobs that could be created. You know of course who >>> is really making the money right? Yep, lawyers that who is making the money. >>> Scott >>> >&

Re: just a thought, might be interesting for the future

2010-12-17 Thread Eric Oyen
I can tell you this: VO will not work with the client at all. once you start the client to log-in, you get no voice out of VO. The way I played before involved a very large screen and my being very close (less than a foot). made for some very hard raiding, but it was doable, just. as for the sou

Re: Nokia Expands Patent Claims Against Apple With New European Lawsuits

2010-12-17 Thread Eric Oyen
given that, it may appear that nokia might be on the losing end of this argument. I sent a brief note off to nokia telling them that their actions are jeopardizing accessibility for millions of visually impaired users of mobile phone technology. all I have seen back thus far has been a form lett

kindle for mac? not accessible

2010-12-19 Thread Eric Oyen
well, I downloaded a fresh copy of kindle for mac (I have an amazon account) and the first thing I discovered is that the book space listing the titles is not accessible. then I tried to get to the application menu for kindle and all I get is a chirp when hitting ctrl-option-M. this type of beha

Re: A Very lack-sessible website

2010-12-20 Thread Eric Oyen
I might do a screen capture of that with VO running and post it on youtube. if anything, it'll certainly get their attention. more than likely, youtube would be asked to remove the content. still, if it gets that level of attention, then it was worth it. let me see what I can do from here. -Er

Re: A Very lack-sessible website

2010-12-20 Thread Eric Oyen
ven been able to change the state I wanted! >> But unlucky me no West Midlands UK! >> Thats fantastic I can use the site but cannot get anything! >> And you want to get stuff but cannot access the site! Why you cannot I do >> know! >> If I was able to I would put an order

Re: skype

2010-12-23 Thread Eric Oyen
working here in arizona -Eric On Dec 23, 2010, at 1:31 PM, louie wrote: > Any one got skype back? > > louie > louiem...@wavecable.com > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macv

Re: help with itunes and syncing podcasts please?

2010-12-25 Thread Eric Oyen
Sarah, I am not sure if this relevant or not. one of the recent updates to itunes may have broken a few things. however, from what it looks like, there may be a permissions issue with the file/stream in question. I wouldn't be able to determine that from here anyway and I have yet to listen to y

Re: help with itunes and syncing podcasts please?

2010-12-25 Thread Eric Oyen
ok, it still sounds like your file permissions on your originating machine may be a little off. I don't blame you for not wanting to restart your phone. too bad there isn't a time machine backup for your phone. you might try e-mailing a support rep at apple or hit their support forums. not sure

Re: help with itunes and syncing podcasts please?

2010-12-25 Thread Eric Oyen
I know the feeling, only with windows. -Eric On Dec 25, 2010, at 3:07 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Yeah this is frustrating and I don't know if I broke something or if it is > apple's fault! Grown! but this is quite frustrating! > > S > On Dec 25, 2010, at 2:02 PM, Eri

Re: Strange Issue with Macbook Pro

2010-12-26 Thread Eric Oyen
the pram may need to be reset. there should be a recessed reset button somewhere on the back of that machine. mind you, I am operating from the old powerbook instructions so it might not be correct. you might also see if there is anyone in your area with the same model and see if their charger

Re: Strange Issue with Macbook Pro

2010-12-26 Thread Eric Oyen
I hope you have one close by. -Eric On Dec 26, 2010, at 4:11 PM, dan wrote: > No reset button on this 1, thanks anyway! It looks like a trip to the apple > store for sure! > > > On Dec 26, 2010, at 1:59 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: > >> the pram may need to be reset. th

Re: PDF's on Safari

2010-12-28 Thread Eric Oyen
I use preview. some pdf's are very accessible. other may just be jpeg's saved in pdf format. with those you will need an OCR program to break the text out into usable form. -Eric On Dec 28, 2010, at 12:18 PM, VaShaun Jones wrote: > Listers, > > How do you all handle reading PDF's in Safari? Th

Re: VoiceOver and Opera

2010-12-30 Thread Eric Oyen
I have and no, its not very accessible. the most I've been able to get out of opera is "webspace" nothing else talks. -Eric On Dec 30, 2010, at 10:39 PM, Rob Lambert wrote: > I'm not sure if anyone has tried the Opera browser with the Mac and > VoiceOver? Well I just downloaded Opera 11. It w

Re: VoiceOver and Opera

2010-12-30 Thread Eric Oyen
c 30, 2010 at 10:48 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: > I have and no, its not very accessible. > the most I've been able to get out of opera is "webspace" > > nothing else talks. > > -Eric > > On Dec 30, 2010, at 10:39 PM, Rob Lambert wrote: > > > I'm not

Re: VoiceOver and Opera

2010-12-30 Thread Eric Oyen
> I just tried it to be sure. It works, but as I said, it's slow. Opera will > come up as busy, and VoiceOver may restart itself, but it works. I'm > primarily a magnifier user, and could see the VoiceOver cursor move - though > audio feedback was at a lag. > > On Th

Re: VoiceOver and Opera

2010-12-30 Thread Eric Oyen
according to one of my room mates: 10.63 -Eric On Dec 31, 2010, at 12:43 AM, Rob Lambert wrote: > What version are you running at the moment? I was doing 9.4 didn't use it > much, then saw there was an update for 11, and took it. LOL > > On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 11:39 PM,

Re: Hackintosh, is it legal?

2010-12-30 Thread Eric Oyen
in the strictest sense: no. However, apple only states that they cannot support the use of their OS on unsupported hardware. as for this being the purview of the list, thats probably up to the list owners to decide. -Eric On Dec 31, 2010, at 12:50 AM, brandt wrote: > Hi there folks, > > I

Re: Hackintosh, is it legal?

2010-12-31 Thread Eric Oyen
lashing, it took a lot of hours to get the system marginal... Vo worked very > poorly and if hackintosh was to be the representation that you get as a first > impression, you'd be disapointed. > On 2010-12-31, at 2:53 AM, Eric Oyen wrote: > >> in the strictest sense: no. Ho

Re: Hackintosh, is it legal?

2010-12-31 Thread Eric Oyen
Mike, they may call it against their license agreement, but they cannot hope to force someone to use it that way. However, it is not against any law that I know of. if you can make it work, you should be able to support it. Apple won't support it and they are within their rights not to. for th

Re: Free Data Recovery Tool for Today

2011-01-03 Thread Eric Oyen
judging by their welcome screen in the app, its not going to free for long. they already have a greed out lic. code area. -Eric On Jan 3, 2011, at 9:29 AM, Jane wrote: > I haven't tried it ytm but I saw this link on Twitter today and am grabbing > the app; it's only free for today. > > http:/

Re: VO+main Facebook accessibility Re: Having trouble sharing a link on FB

2011-01-06 Thread Eric Oyen
hey Sarah, do you happen to have the subscribe e-mail for that blind Facebook list? I haven't really liked how the mobile site presents itself here at all. I have to go to the full site to change some settings because the mobile site either won't present them, or the links are invisible. -Eric

Re: Using Emusic on a mac.

2011-01-06 Thread Eric Oyen
it might not be a bad idea to get the NFB and the ACB in on this and have them start a campaign. it may not seem like much, but the more that we get involved in this, the faster this company will take things seriously. -Eric On Jan 6, 2011, at 5:24 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: > Hi, That stupid

Re: New Mac User with Questions

2011-01-06 Thread Eric Oyen
try growl its what I use for adium, Skype and even Xchat IRC. -Eric On Jan 6, 2011, at 10:42 PM, Zachary Kline wrote: > Hi All, > I'm a new Mac user who was convinced to jump in thanks to Mike's > excellent podcasts on BlindCoolTech. > I have considerable Windows and Linux experience already, b

Re: VLC app removed from App Store

2011-01-08 Thread Eric Oyen
and so it begins... -Eric On Jan 8, 2011, at 2:05 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > I knew this would happen eventally. Read more: > > http://aol.it/eciD8i > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send ema

Re: My Mac ate my Victor Reader folder Please HELP!!!!!!

2011-01-09 Thread Eric Oyen
don't forget the control-command-option-shift-M then select restore. saves having to go through the menu. -Eric On Jan 9, 2011, at 11:18 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > go to your doc and go to trash. it should be there. the VrStream folder I > mean. > On Jan 9, 2011, at 10:10 PM, Carolyn Haas wrot

Re: sometimes the reader is dimmed

2011-01-10 Thread Eric Oyen
Sarah, I was able to get to the primary article by looking for the headers (command-option-control-H). I had about 9 objects to go through between the header title and the main body of the article. not sure what 8 of those objects are though. -Eric On Jan 10, 2011, at 3:46 PM, Sarah Alawami wr

Re: sometimes the reader is dimmed

2011-01-10 Thread Eric Oyen
add fraim in the middle of the rticle. good read it is > btw but yeah there were adds all over the place. I don't know why the reader > is dimmed onsome sights but it drives me nuts! > On Jan 10, 2011, at 3:23 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: > >> Sarah, >> I was able to get to th

Re: VLC iOS developers respond to app's removal:

2011-01-10 Thread Eric Oyen
wow. sounds a lot like "he said, she said". no real facts in that article other than both parties couldn't agree. I am still waiting for the real story to come out. -Eric On Jan 10, 2011, at 11:45 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > yeah really. I was a bit confused as well. > > S > On Jan 10, 2011,

Re: VLC iOS developers respond to app's removal:

2011-01-11 Thread Eric Oyen
Ricardo, the point is, there is some problem with apple's app store policy and opensource software (which VLC is supposed to be). believe me, I have read the gpl up and down more times than I would ever want to, and there is a clear conflict with apple's app store policy (specifically placing D

Re: =What the Verizon phone means for Apple

2011-01-11 Thread Eric Oyen
well, I had my moments with t-mobile. However, they are still the lowest price point for cell service. They also worked with me on my current contract. Even though the phone I have requires a data plan, they waived that requirement because of my blindness. This clinches it for me. unless AT&T, S

Re: bad language was Re: =What the Verizon phone means for Apple

2011-01-12 Thread Eric Oyen
I have used course language myself at times. The problem remains though, we are singling out others in our own community for being too abrasive when they are mild by comparison to some sighties. now I realize that the mods here have specific rules and ethics to which the adhere. We need to trus

Re: Apple Seeds iOS 4.3 Beta to Developers

2011-01-12 Thread Eric Oyen
I have a dev account with apple. in fact, I think I have all the tools installed here. However, I am not a coder. I like to compile linux based tools for use in OS X. -Eric On Jan 12, 2011, at 9:07 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Yep we'll see. I can't test the thing as I don't have a beta testing

Re: bad language was Re: =What the Verizon phone means for Apple

2011-01-12 Thread Eric Oyen
om: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Eric Oyen > Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 6:59 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: bad language was Re: =What the Verizon phone means for Apple > > I have used cour

Re: bad language was Re: =What the Verizon phone means for Apple

2011-01-12 Thread Eric Oyen
I really wish I was working for the SEC at that time. I'd probably be the only one in that office actually earning his paycheck. -Eric On Jan 12, 2011, at 9:26 PM, Scott Granados wrote: > Andy, you're the best! > > :) well said > > Nobody and I mean Nobody will ever or has never been fired by

Re: they're at it again but with new twist

2011-01-13 Thread Eric Oyen
change your online presence on the Skype website. also, change your privacy settings to "requires approval" and the other setting to "only accept message from users on your contact list". those changes often cut spam to nothing. I have yet to see one of those here in the last 5 years of being o

Re: they're at it again but with new twist

2011-01-13 Thread Eric Oyen
you would be surprised at how many DO fall for it (and of course, how many call me for on-site tech support to resolve the issue). -Eric On Jan 13, 2011, at 7:35 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > I've gotten this too, I just close the window, hopefully no one has fallen > for that. > On Jan 13, 2011, a

Re: web browser speed

2011-01-13 Thread Eric Oyen
I found the original website for the OS X app unresponsive. However, you can download it here: http://www.brothersoft.com/esperance-dv-112157.html -Eric On Jan 13, 2011, at 9:14 PM, Yuma Decaux wrote: > Hi list, > > I found this interesting bit about speeding web browsers to about 10x speeds

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