Re: navigating dvds on the mac

2010-11-24 Thread erik burggraaf
yer and started to play. Since dvd player works more or less exactly like power dvd on windows I never even thought to question it. Someone else may be able to offer up a benefit of using ITunes for dvd's, but I'll take dvd player for the straightforward interface. Best, Er

Re: selecting to end of document

2010-11-25 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi, that would be command shift down arrow to select from curser to end, and command shift up arrow to select from curser to beginning. Hope this helps. Erik Burggraaf User support consultant, Now posting occasionally on twitter at eburggraaf, 1-888-255-5194 http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On

Re: Mac Book Pro

2010-11-25 Thread erik burggraaf
That's my next purchase. My apple care runs out in February and they've just introduced ssd option on the 13 inch. My eyes have been growing increasingly beady as my applecare draws to it's close. Best, Erik Burggraaf User support consultant, Now posting occasionally on twitte

Re: Mac Book Pro

2010-11-25 Thread erik burggraaf
n the past. I'm hoping work will get too busy for me to sit at home keeping books and preping lessons, smile. Best, Erik Burggraaf User support consultant, Now posting occasionally on twitter at eburggraaf, 1-888-255-5194 http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On 2010-11-25, at 6:07 PM, Kimberly thu

Re: Convert text files to audio for Itunes and Ipod.

2010-11-25 Thread erik burggraaf
ystem trying to stretch the syllables. Thanks, Erik Burggraaf User support consultant, Now posting occasionally on twitter at eburggraaf, 1-888-255-5194 http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On 2010-11-02, at 2:33 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > hello. why not just set something in the services from with in t

Re: Mac Book Pro

2010-11-25 Thread erik burggraaf
other for network serving, another for file serving, a couple that just burn cd's and dvd's... These days my one beleaguered laptop not only does all of that except for network serving, but it does so with four operating systems. I just don't see the air taking that kind of ab

Re: selecting to end of document

2010-11-26 Thread erik burggraaf
sweep up whole articles, product descriptions and so on with a push of a button this way. All depends on the layout of the content. Best, Erik Burggraaf User support consultant, Now posting occasionally on twitter at eburggraaf, 1-888-255-5194 http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On 2010-11-26, at 1:

Re: ESpeak for the mac

2010-11-26 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi, I have it installed here on my mac, but it's not intergrated with the rest of the apple speach features, so voiceover won't use it. There's an espeak list if you want to bug them about it or check to see if it's been developed further. Best, Erik Burggraaf User sup

Re: abisee eyepal now works with Mac and is on sale today only for $1275

2010-11-26 Thread erik burggraaf
x27;ll be addressing that in the podcast. unless that is , I get the thing and hook it up and it turns out to be a piece of crap. Best, Erik Burggraaf User support consultant, Now posting occasionally on twitter at eburggraaf, 1-888-255-5194 http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On 2010-11-26, at

Re: Is there an accessible Usenet client

2010-12-01 Thread erik burggraaf
It's really unfortunate. Older versions of unison were amazing, but they have really broken it. best, Erik Burggraaf User support consultant, Now posting occasionally on twitter at eburggraaf, 1-888-255-5194 http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On 2010-12-01, at 1:56 PM, Massimo Vettoretti

Re: bootcamp windows xp

2010-12-03 Thread erik burggraaf
No, as far as I know, you can not use an answer file. It's a limitation of answer files from what I understand and they just won't play. I've tried it myself and it didn't work, even with the set particians flag turned off. Best, Erik Burggraaf User support con

Re: Can't Get Home Sharing Working

2010-12-03 Thread erik burggraaf
Did you go to finder and press command shift K? That should open network and then you can see your shares with the arrow keys. Best, Erik Burggraaf User support consultant, Now posting occasionally on twitter at eburggraaf, 1-888-255-5194 http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On 2010-12-03, at 2:42 AM

Re: mac vs jfw

2010-12-04 Thread erik burggraaf
coffee and listen to the cd hum in the drive basicly, smiles. Best, Erik Burggraaf User support consultant, Now posting occasionally on twitter at eburggraaf, 1-888-255-5194 http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On 2010-12-04, at 6:59 AM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > Hi! > > Definitely agree

Re: hhow to separate your audio books and your music using vo within itunes?

2010-12-05 Thread erik burggraaf
As far as the harry potter books go, I've got connections in northern Ireland and they grabbed me a gorgeous mp3 cd box set in nice amaray packaging. It's like the pride of my audiobook collection. Best, Erik Burggraaf User support consultant, Now posting occasionally on twitter at

Re: Playing a DVD

2009-10-03 Thread erik burggraaf
with dvd player, which should pop up when you insert your dvd. Press enter to play the first title, and off you go. DVD player is a 100% accessible app. I used it to learn menu bars and other simple consepts on the mac and have a bit of a soft spot for it. Best, erik burggraaf A+ sertified

rockbox on the mac?

2009-10-06 Thread erik burggraaf
appreciated. Best, erik burggraaf A+ sertified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group.

Re: Slightly off topic

2009-10-07 Thread erik burggraaf
n, and it would save me a lot of effort if a transaction needed to be disputed or something. Bst, erik burggraaf A+ sertified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com On 2009-10-06, at 12:53 PM, Sean Tikkun wrote: > I wanted to ask the indi

Re: Need help from someone who have a Canon scanner

2009-10-20 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi assistive computing is selling the lide200 which ships with very nice mac drivers. My Lide90 works as well if not as nicely but I had to scrounge drivers for it from the cannon website. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email

Re: installing sl

2009-10-20 Thread erik burggraaf
y all went without a hitch. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com On 2009-10-20, at 9:34 AM, May McDonald wrote: > > Good morning everyone. I will be getting my copy of sl this afternoon > and was wonde

Re: logic

2009-10-20 Thread erik burggraaf
uts and an accessible menu bar. You could also further simplify logic by adding a surface controller to make mixing and EQ'ing easier. It's far from perfect, but there's good potential there. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-

tutorials on trackpad commander?

2009-10-23 Thread erik burggraaf
if I fight with it long enough. There's just something about the whole setup I'm missing. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You receive

Re: need help

2009-10-26 Thread erik burggraaf
Press command W to close the file information window. Hope this helps. erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com On 2009-10-26, at 9:33 AM, May McDonald wrote: > > Hi all. How do I get vlc to show up in applicati

Re: Reading Braille files with the Mac

2009-10-26 Thread erik burggraaf
But just to read BRF's that seems a bit over the top. I back translate my brf's with louis, and that works out quite well. I think you can also cheet and switch the extention to html. Then you can view them in safari or text edid, but I think my roommate had tracking issues when

Re: my 2 months with a mac

2009-11-01 Thread erik burggraaf
up for the keyboard all the time. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com On 2009-11-01, at 4:23 AM, a radix wrote: > Hello, In adium is there a way to delete all the previous messages > that it is s

braille not working in mail

2009-11-02 Thread erik burggraaf
have this problem? Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries&

question about the log on screenq

2009-11-02 Thread erik burggraaf
ne. Thanks for you help as always. erik burggraaf +A certified technician and user support consultant.Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVi

Re: question about the log on screenq

2009-11-02 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi, I got this far on my own. I'm just looking around my own macbook. In the user accounts table I have my user and I have a group that says log in options. When I select this I get automatic log in. Mine was set to off. I changed it to erik burggraaf, filled in my password, an

Re: alternative to finder

2009-11-03 Thread erik burggraaf
personally. It makes it much easier to get to any file or folder by pressing it's first few letters. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com On 2009-11-03, at 8:50 AM, anouk radix wrote: > > Hello

speech muting

2009-11-03 Thread erik burggraaf
ike more trouble than it's worth. Unfortunately I might have to teach it and so I need to hang in there for a while yet and see if I can make it happen. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com --~--~-

rockbox on the mack.

2009-11-03 Thread erik burggraaf
peak would be preferable to what I've got, and I see there is an option for it in the rockbox utility but it's not installed. What can I do to get a deacent voice onto here so I can use talk clips? Thanks, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 8

Re: speech muting

2009-11-04 Thread erik burggraaf
trackpad. Well I don't know how I keep managing to do this by accident, but at least thanks to you I know how to take care of it more easily. Now back to trying to make the rest of the track pad work... Sighs. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 88

Re: finding files in finder

2009-11-04 Thread erik burggraaf
and highlighght beachboys files. then you can just go back up to the beach boys folder and paste them in. It's a lot nicer having files and folders grouped together IMHO. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraa

Re: addition to webrotor

2009-11-04 Thread erik burggraaf
ing else. It's fantastic, and it made my browsing experience for me back when element navigation wasn't as good as it is now. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com On 2009-11-04, at 5:12 AM, anou

Re: alternative to finder

2009-11-04 Thread erik burggraaf
D GOT NOTHIN. I must be missing something. Thanks for the tip though. If I can get it working I'll be a very happy guy. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com On 2009-11-03, at 3:33 PM, Esther wrote:

Re: apple warranty

2009-11-04 Thread erik burggraaf
ing windows on these products and providing jaws or window-eyes any way because many of our people already have so much money invested that they don't want to just ditch their abominably high priced windows kit. So that kind'a defeats the purpose a bit but it will get there. Bes

Re: speech muting

2009-11-04 Thread erik burggraaf
, I'm getting the feel of it slowly but I'm still not very happy. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com On 2009-11-04, at 8:47 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Hi Erik, > > Odd that the c

Re: apple warranty

2009-11-04 Thread erik burggraaf
ey shouldn't have, but I can always find something uplifting to say, even if it is a bit awkward. Yeh,, so I complain about my job a lot, but at the end of the day, it really suits the hell out of me, and now that I'm getting good at it, I'm enjoying it not too bad. Have fun

Re: addition to webrotor

2009-11-04 Thread erik burggraaf
g to begin with in my experience. Also, your adium chats won't display properly in group mode, a situation which I very much hope will be fixed at some point because group mode is my friend and I'd like to keep him with me always. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technic

Re: apple warranty

2009-11-04 Thread erik burggraaf
were a piece of crap. When comparing high end notebooks to eachother, Macbooks more than hold their own on price, quality and service. Best, Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com On 2009-11-04, at

Re: realspeak voices on the mac

2009-11-04 Thread erik burggraaf
if it doesn't sound anything like a human voice. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com On 2009-11-04, at 11:56 AM, anouk radix wrote: > > Hello I got this question from another Dutch blind person

Re: realspeak voices on the mac

2009-11-04 Thread erik burggraaf
I'm not sure. I have it here and it says it's compiled, but the instructions are kind'a sketchy and I haven't had time to play with it. I don't see why it wouldn't work with voiceover though. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consult

Re: apple warranty

2009-11-04 Thread erik burggraaf
but they took my laptop for 6 weeks and sent it back still broken, so I'm disinclined to recomend them to anyone. Apple just blows most of these people out of the water on service though. You hear of the ocasional bad experience, but over all it's just amazingly good. Best, erik bu

Re: Rockbox on a mac.

2009-11-04 Thread erik burggraaf
up and running. If you make any headway, I'd love to know. Right now my sansa is saying, "this voice is not licenced. Please go to www.cepstril.com to purchase a licence." It's doing that every time I press a control on my player and as you can imagine, it's rea

Re: realspeak voices on the mac

2009-11-04 Thread erik burggraaf
d want to pay for them, but still, far from terrible. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com On 2009-11-04, at 2:23 PM, anouk radix wrote: > > Hello Erik maybe this is because i did not use speechoften

Re: realspeak voices on the mac

2009-11-04 Thread erik burggraaf
om any day. I just think alex has way better pronounsiation, especially in sl. I'm using ralf right now and thinking he doen't sound all that bad. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com On 2

Re: transmit, resume???

2009-11-04 Thread erik burggraaf
find them right away on the first page of settings. Hope this helps. erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com On 2009-11-04, at 7:50 PM, anouk radix wrote: > > Hello, I was downloading a rather big file of abo

ivox is not recognized by the rockbox utility

2009-11-04 Thread erik burggraaf
Yep, subject says it all. I just installed ivox 2, and rockbox won't see it. Crap I'd love to stick ryan or heather onto my sansa. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-bur

Re: I've done it.

2009-11-08 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi, see the quoted message below. erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com On 2009-11-08, at 5:50 PM, Daniel Rowe wrote: > > one thing I can't get to work is e-mail. I've switched both my phone >

Re: audio books with multiple discs

2009-11-11 Thread erik burggraaf
S FOR SOME STRANGE REASON, MAX WILL DO THAT FOR YOU TOO. FEEL FREE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS ONCE YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE PROGRAM. BEST, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com On 2009-11-10, at 9:40 PM,

Re: Abbyy FineReader works well

2009-11-11 Thread erik burggraaf
HIM, I DON'T SCAN THAT OFTEN, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER HAVING TROUBLE WITH SCANGEAR ON MY CANNON LIKE9-. CANNON TENDS TO MAKE REASONBLY GOOD SOFTWARE IMHO, SO IF YOU'RE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH IT MAYBE I CAN HELP. BEST, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support co

OPEN OFFICE AND SPREADSHEETS?

2009-11-11 Thread erik burggraaf
MAYBE IT'S NOT FULLY SL COMPADIBLE YET? THANKS, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Group

Re: Abbyy FineReader works well

2009-11-11 Thread erik burggraaf
ARK ALL IN ONES HAVE AN ACCESSIBLE WEB INTERFACE FOR ADJUSTING SETTINGS AND PERFORMING JOBS DIRECTLY ON THE ALL IN ONE. I'M JUST NOT SURE THEY ARE MAC COMPADIBLE, THOUGH I DON'T SEE WHY THEY WOULDN'T BE. BEST, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant.

Re: Abbyy FineReader works well

2009-11-11 Thread erik burggraaf
. WE STILL HAVE IT AND AS FAR AS I KNOW, IT STILL WORKS, BUT WE WERE MORE THAN READY FOR IT TO GO BYTIME WE STOPPED USING IT. BEST, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com On 2009-11-11, at 8:51 AM, hank smith wrote

Re: audio books with multiple discs

2009-11-11 Thread erik burggraaf
HI, IT IS IN FACT FREE. BEST, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com On 2009-11-11, at 3:24 PM, Christina wrote: > > Hi, > > I went and checked it out at http://sbooth.org/Max/ > > Is this t

Re: newsgroups on the mac (hogwasher or unison)

2009-11-14 Thread erik burggraaf
ldn't use up my 20 gb for the longest time and ended up with over 500 gb that I could download with beofre I had to cansil so I could fix my bills. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com On 2009-11-14

Re: newsgroups on the mac (hogwasher or unison)

2009-11-15 Thread erik burggraaf
be able to answer questions. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com On 2009-11-14, at 11:04 AM, Mike Reiser wrote: > > I couldn't figure out unison's interface, any tips on using it would >

Re: first steps with unison

2009-11-16 Thread erik burggraaf
own folder, making sorting completed downloads very easy. I wish I could be more help with the problems you are having, but my easynews account is dead, so I have nothing to test with. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@er

Re: first steps with unison

2009-11-16 Thread erik burggraaf
piece of hardware like my macbook. I'd prefer to grab what I want and sort it later when I can devote all the computer's resources to it. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com On 2009-11-16, at

Re: Automator procedure for moving files, translated from Theaud Wagner's post

2009-11-17 Thread erik burggraaf
ed in? I've tried restarting finder but that did no good. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com On 2009-11-17, at 11:08 AM, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: > Hi List, > > I was asking about a solutio

Re: disclosure?

2009-11-20 Thread erik burggraaf
ed or disclosed. You also see this in tree or table controls sometimes when you can expand or colapse an item to disclose or hide items inside it. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com On 2009-11-19, at 9:09 AM,

Re: ebay problem spreading

2009-11-25 Thread erik burggraaf
Oddly enough, if I use google to do an ebay search, I can view products and searches no broblem, but if I try the home page, it takes a complete crap. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com On 2009-11-24, at

Re: extracting audio from a dvd?

2009-11-25 Thread erik burggraaf
t, so you'll need another program to do > something meaningful with that. I've used quicktime pro with perian > installed, but I'm sure there are other solutions. > Darcy > On 2009-09-25, at 10:36 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: > >> >> Hi guys for some reason

Re: extracting audio from a dvd?

2009-11-26 Thread erik burggraaf
f it's own. In that case I'll just go back to dvd audio extracter on windows for the time being. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com On 2009-11-25, at 6:07 PM, Darcy Burnard wrote: > When you

Re: Read: a question on ftp servers and ftp server software for the mac.

2009-11-27 Thread erik burggraaf
Is there a filezilla server for the mac? That would be worth checking out. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com On 2009-11-27, at 12:30 AM, Michael Huckabay wrote: > Yes thanks. I may of not made my s

Re: Getting VLC to play folders

2009-11-27 Thread erik burggraaf
Well my vlc is old and decrepit now, but I just go command O and choose the folder I want and off it goes. Theres' no guess work. If you have random turned on by accident, press command Z and your files will play in order. Hope this helps. erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and

Re: Mac Useless for low vision users?

2009-12-01 Thread erik burggraaf
rd to troubleshoot vision issues when you can't see. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com On 2009-12-01, at 7:23 AM, Declan wrote: > I am wondering if the mac is realy useful for low vision users I was > un

installing espeak?

2009-12-04 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi, has any one ever done this. I read the readme file and it was like another language. I'm not even sure the folder paths they were referring to exist on my mack. I think the readme is for linux installations even though I got the mac package. I'd be greatful for any help. Tha

Re: installing espeak?

2009-12-04 Thread erik burggraaf
asard mess this thing is. I thought I left crap like this behind in the windows world. Whatever, my mp3 player talks properly now which is all I really cared about in the first place. Thanks as always for your indulgence. If not for you I never would have gone back at this project. Best, e

Re: Introduction and Newby Questions

2009-12-05 Thread erik burggraaf
Actually, I'm having good luck with openoffice.org for spreadsheeting. I don't have to do complex formulas with it or anything. I just use it for filling out my time sheets for work. I get the impression there can be more too it than what I use it for though. Best, erik b

Re: installing a vm of windows without sighted help?

2009-12-06 Thread erik burggraaf
sited help, because part of the win7 install is not there in vista. Hope this helps. erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com On 2009-12-06, at 5:38 AM, anouk radix wrote: > Hello, I did install a version of w

Re: new member intro

2009-12-07 Thread erik burggraaf
Only one of the codeks works in the mac vt though unfortunately. So we're still stuck going to windows for ventrilo once in a while. It is a nice and accessible client on the mac though Daniel. If you haven't tried it you should give it a look. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified

Re: ebay and safari

2009-12-09 Thread erik burggraaf
but there does seem to be a relationship between some particularly rich content sites and the new safari in sl not playing nice. erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com On 2009-12-09, at 9:06 AM, May McDonald wrote: &

Re: questions about NVDA

2009-12-09 Thread erik burggraaf
oices comes close to soundind as good as that thing in my book. NVDA is not for high profile job aplications yet, but the development has been steady and they've got a really viable product for common computer tasks. Many of my clients could use it very happily and never miss jaws. Best, er

Re: questions about NVDA

2009-12-10 Thread erik burggraaf
although I prefer it over jaws. I just don't see the justification for spending top dollar on people who don't need powerfull software for school or work when solutions like nvda and even system access allow users to access the basics of a pc for a fraction of the cost. Best, erik bu

Re: questions about NVDA

2009-12-10 Thread erik burggraaf
Proof that not all monopolies are tiranical, or that sometimes one person stepping up and taking charge is better than a motly collection of competing factions clawing their way over every one else. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email:

Re: mac mini's

2009-12-15 Thread erik burggraaf
You couldn't ask for a better media senter than the mini, though I have to disagree. Windows 7 should run quite happily on the new minis, but if it's media center applications you want then Mac OS is the way to go, especially since you're bying an apple. Best, erik burggra

Re: mac mini's

2009-12-16 Thread erik burggraaf
le.com for more info. Sorry I couldn't be more help, other than to assure you that it's really possible. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com On 2009-12-15, at 1:22 PM, Jim Fettgather wrote: >

Re: We better keep this going!

2009-12-23 Thread erik burggraaf
-paq. If the IPhone is ready in all these particulars, I'll buy one in April, but last I heard, the product was still new, and although it works right enough, it doesn't stack up yet. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email:

Window-eyes mobile helper Re: We better keep this going!

2009-12-23 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi Friend, You seem like a good candidate for window-eyes mobile helper. This is a tool that automates the video intersept install and allows you to cary a working instalation of window-eyes, replete with settings on a usb flash drive. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user

Linux was Re: We better keep this going!

2009-12-23 Thread erik burggraaf
failures. You could then boot off the flash drive, get speech, and run tests, recover data, repair system files, and perform updates on the base system even if it were something other than ubuntoo. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5

Re: We better keep this going!

2009-12-23 Thread erik burggraaf
many enemies here with it's nondesclosure, heavy fees and bad contracts. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com On 2009-12-23, at 10:26 AM, Matt Roberts wrote: > > On Dec 23, 2009, at 9:01 AM, er

Re: Mac VO Tandem mode?

2009-12-23 Thread erik burggraaf
This is possible. It's not called tandom, But the idea is if you are on some one elses mac you can log on to your own mac remotely and do what needs doing. I'd be really interested in how this works, and I'm sure some one has done a tutorial. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certi

Re: We better keep this going!

2009-12-27 Thread erik burggraaf
ents go out and get one without looking really closely at their needs and how it stacks up to the offerings of windows mobile and simbian. Even among those two platforms we have so much choice now it's rediculous, and a phone that feels really good in one man's hand might not in another

Re: We better keep this going!

2009-12-27 Thread erik burggraaf
ddering there's what a 550 mhz processer in there or something I wasn't really all that surpriced. But the touch pro two offers about 6 days of non talk battery life, 12 or 13 hours talk time and has a 550 mhz processer which blew me right away. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified te

Re: changing settings in max ripping application

2009-12-27 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi Anouk, VO shift space should do the trick. If not, try VO command f5 to force the mouse to jump to the voice over curser and then do the vo shift space. Hope this helps, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com

Re: converting Flac to Apple Lossless and AAC

2010-01-01 Thread erik burggraaf
That would be Max from www.sbooth.org. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com On 2009-12-31, at 3:49 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > What is the best method and/or utility for converting flac files to Ap

Re: wild idea?

2010-01-06 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi Mary, I bought an exceptionally nice one of these devices for my brother for christmas. It was $15 on Ebay. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com On 2010-01-05, at 2:03 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > Hi fo

Re: BrailleSense and VoiceSense

2010-01-08 Thread erik burggraaf
Congrads to you friend. I haven't tried since snow leopard, but hooking the bs up to a mack on leopard was an absolute beast and I never got my company demo unit to work. When I put feelers out for help, all I got back were reports of failure on both the bs+ and the cb. Best, erik burg

Re: Finally got my Mac Book Pro, and, freeware recommendations anybody?

2010-04-28 Thread erik burggraaf
Simply burns for your dvd burning and possibly max for ripping. I also like vlc over ITunes. Many will disagree. Best, Erik Burggraaf APlus certified technician and user support consultant Call toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 Visit my all new website: http://www.erik-burggraaf.com Email: e...@erik

Re: iPad and bluetooth refreshable braille

2010-04-28 Thread erik burggraaf
one man's hand doesn't necessarily feel good in another's. I suggest you let your student hold and use both of these displays and pick the one that feels good in his hand. Otherwise, you might buy something he's not comfortable with and it will go into a closet. Best, Erik B

Re: iPad and bluetooth refreshable braille

2010-04-30 Thread erik burggraaf
might steer you towards an alva depending on what you like. I really should do a podcast on some high end braille displays soon. It seems to be coming up a lot lately. Best, Erik Burggraaf APlus certified technician and user support consultant Call toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 Visit my all ne

why is everything disabled in fine reader

2010-05-01 Thread erik burggraaf
the options in the menu bar are disabled. Is this normal? I'm going to reboot and see if that helps, but I've gottn it to present me a properly ocr'd scan before just on a different setup. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks, Erik Burggraaf APlus certified technici

Re: why is everything disabled in fine reader

2010-05-01 Thread erik burggraaf
get to the scan icon, which is the last object on the window. Then I place my right thumb on the track pad button and my right middle finger on the f5 and press vo+command+f5. Then I press the track pad button twice quickly with my thumb. It's inelegant, but it works. Hope this hel

Re: why is everything disabled in fine reader

2010-05-01 Thread erik burggraaf
even as I recall a minimize or close button. Just a totally blank window. Maybe that is the experience Anne is having. Best, Erik Burggraaf APlus certified technician and user support consultant Call toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 Visit my all new website: http://www.erik-burggraaf.com Email: e

Re: why is everything disabled in fine reader

2010-05-01 Thread erik burggraaf
I'd rather have one program myself, and I'd definitely rather teach one program if it will do the job. I'm settling in with fine reader now. It's clunky, but I don't want to read novels with it or anything. Best, Erik Burggraaf APlus certified technician and user sup

Re: fusion or bootcamp

2010-05-03 Thread erik burggraaf
Well there are advantages and disavantages to each one, but if you already have fusion, why not make up a bootcamp partition and virtualize it? Then you could try both ways and use which one you like, or either or depending on the situation. Best, Erik Burggraaf Join me Wednesday, May 26th

Re: fusion or bootcamp

2010-05-03 Thread erik burggraaf
Laughs. No man, you have it backwards. Install it under bootcamp, then it will appear as a virtual machine in vmware fusion. Best, Erik Burggraaf Join me Wednesday, May 26th at CNIB Tech Aids fair in Toronto. I'll be at the assistive computing booth from 2 to 4 in the afternoo

Re: Bringing Alison On Board My MacBookPro

2010-05-04 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi, they did not support sl last time I checked, although that was right around christmas time. Best, Erik Burggraaf Join me Wednesday, May 26th at CNIB Tech Aids fair in Toronto. I'll be at the assistive computing booth from 2 to 4 in the afternoon and circulating for the rest of th

Re: Bringing Alison On Board My MacBookPro

2010-05-04 Thread erik burggraaf
mp3 player and while I'm happy with the espeak voice, it doesn't go over well in a showing. Best, Erik Burggraaf Join me Wednesday, May 26th at CNIB Tech Aids fair in Toronto. I'll be at the assistive computing booth from 2 to 4 in the afternoon and circulating for the rest of

braille assigning enter and back space?

2010-05-04 Thread erik burggraaf
27;ll stop reaching up to the computer for corrections and my emails will come out looking like they're in another lamguage. so, is there some way i can aisign enter to dot 7 and backspace to dot8? thanks, Erik Burggraaf Join me Wednesday, May 26th at CNIB Tech Aids fair in Toron

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