lion and voiceover's drag and drop

2011-07-21 Thread John J Herzog
Hi listers, Has anybody running Lion gotten drag and drop to work correctly using voiceover? I opened the keyboard commander and assigned a command to mark an item for dragging. I then assigned another command to drop an item on the voiceover cursor. Whenever I select a document in a folder and

marked item is no longer available. Cannot figure out drag and drop.

2011-07-21 Thread John J Herzog
Hi listers, I followed directions, but voiceover continues to exhibit quirky behavior regarding drag and drop. When I hit VO comma to mark something, and then change folders, I hear the words selection replaced. When trying to hit VO period, I get the message that the marked item is no longer a

Re: How do you drag a file or folder from one location to another?

2010-06-30 Thread John J Herzog
Hi Teresa, I wanted to comment on your suggestion that it is easier to copy and paste versus drag and drop. I'm afraid that, for time reasons alone, drag and drop would be far more useful than copying and pasting currently is. When you drag and drop something from one place to another, it is al

FYI: clamxav is a free and accessible anti virus program for mac

2010-06-30 Thread John J Herzog
Hi all, I know we don't have to worry just yet, as most viruses are for windows. However, my school requires all macs to run a virus program, and in my searching the internet, I found something which I think is pretty useful. The program is called clamxav, and with the exception of 2 unlabeled

Re: vmware player files in fusion?

2010-07-04 Thread John J Herzog
Vmx files will work in fusion. I have tried this before and there's no problems at all. hth John On Jul 4, 2010, at 8:46 AM, Kevin Mattingly wrote: > Scott, > > vinux is pretty awesome. It is the ready orca (speech on) version of linux. I > haven't tried the vmx option yet as I just got the

is kapten GPS for Iphone accessible?

2010-08-30 Thread John J Herzog
so stores the maps locally, so there wouldn't be any outrageous data charges. It also means IPod touch owners can use this too. Any thoughts are appreciated. Sincerely, John J Herzog -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries&quo

Re: have any of you used quick books with Voiceover?

2009-10-04 Thread John J Herzog
Hi Ben, quickbooks 2009 is almost accessible. I say almost, because although you can view reports successfully, and view when transactions were made, you cannot write checks on your own. Voiceover does not recognize the different fields in which you are supposed to type material. I was goi

Re: have any of you used quick books with Voiceover?

2009-10-04 Thread John J Herzog
trying to write a check, you will not hear it say edit text even once. On Oct 4, 2009, at 9:41 PM, hank smith wrote: > > can't some one lebel the edit fiels in snow leopard? > - Original Message - > From: "John J Herzog" > To: > Sent: Sunday, October 04,

Re: skype on the itouch

2009-10-11 Thread John J Herzog
Hi Use nimbuzz instead. Nimbuzz can log into facebook, AIM, yahoo, google talk, and skype. It even lets you use your skype out call plan to dial phone numbers. Perfectly accessible, except the dial pad buttons are not labeled. But if you know the layout of a telephone, its completely useab

Re: skype on the itouch

2009-10-11 Thread John J Herzog
Look for Nimbuzz in the app store. You can find it there. Also check out www.nimbuzz.com On Oct 11, 2009, at 10:30 PM, Simon Cavendish wrote: > > Where do you get Nimbuz from? > On 12 Oct 2009, at 03:13, John J Herzog wrote: > >> >> Hi >> Use nimbuzz instead. Nimb

vmware fusion question regarding internet

2009-10-12 Thread John J Herzog
Hi listers, I have a question about Vmware fusion. Long story short, I want to play a windows game online with my friends. However, it requires one of our machines to be the server. I usually use my machine to do this, and I just put fusion in bridge mode. Bridge mode means that two diffe

Re: skype and voiceover

2009-10-13 Thread John J Herzog
Hi I am running skype 2.8, and some of the unlabeled buttons have been fixed. hth John On Oct 13, 2009, at 4:08 PM, Christina wrote: > > Hello List, > > How accessible is Skype? I am running version 2.7.0.330. I need to > be able to video chat with someone in Germany. I have had this > ver

Re: Vuscan and OCR software was Vuscan free?

2009-10-14 Thread John J Herzog
Hi all, Has anybody tried Kurzweil 3000 for the mac? I know that K 3000 and k 1000 are closely related, so that program should have both good OCR and good scanning in one interface. Is this VO accessible at all? And, other than price, are there any show stopping bugs that would prevent thi

Ipod touch users. There's a better voice than Samantha

2009-10-15 Thread John J Herzog
Hi listers, For english speaking Ipod touch owners, there are actually two voices to choose from. One is Samantha, who starts speaking by default. However, there is another more pleasant sounding Australian female voice. I think its Karen. To utilize this voice, without changing much else, d

cannot quit applications on macbook

2009-10-16 Thread John J Herzog
Hi listers, Twice today, I had something odd occur. First, when using textedit, I was unable to quit the program. It was still responding, and would let me manipulate text, but I was unable to press command Q. Also, the quit option was dimmed in the menu bar. The same thing just happened wit

Re: games

2009-10-17 Thread John J Herzog
Hi May, Unfortunately, your best bet for games is still windows. In my case, I use Vmware fusion, and boot into windows. Note that if you do this with snow leopard, you may want to turn voiceover off completely. In games such as top speed, shades of doom, and technoshock, your arrow keys w

google documents on safari?

2009-10-23 Thread John J Herzog
Hi listers, Can I edit spreadsheets on google docs with safari? I have tried to do so, but when I type in text, it does not appear in correct fields. For instance, I can highlight the cell I want to edit, but somehow when I type, it appears up in the headers of the sheet and not the correct

slight accessibility issue with fusion 3

2009-10-27 Thread John J Herzog
Hi listers, Having just acquired fusion 3, I thought I would pass my experiences along with voiceover. For the most part, everything remains accessible. However, when running and using your virtual machine, there is no longer a scroll area. Thus, you cannot VO to the area and start using t

not spam, possibly helpful? : was: Re: -- SPAM -- slight accessibility issue with fusion 3

2009-10-27 Thread John J Herzog
hlight the window do you mean go to it with > vo or something else? > On Oct 27, 2009, at 6:32 PM, John J Herzog wrote: > >> >> Hi listers, >> Having just acquired fusion 3, I thought I would pass my experiences >> along with voiceover. For the most part, everythi

open SUSE 11.1 on macbook?

2009-10-29 Thread John J Herzog
Hi listers, Has anybody had success getting the Open suse live CD running on the macbook? Specifically, has anybody gotten the talking boot menu to work? Supposedly there is an initial screen that lets you configure accessibility options of suse, including starting the desktop with orca, b

Re: burning isos on the mac?

2009-10-29 Thread John J Herzog
Hi, To burn an ISO image on the mac, go to your applications folder. Then, select utilities, and open disk utility. When in disk utility, first select a disk in the first table, as if you don't, you will not see any of the dialogue boxes in the next step. After having selected a disk, unrelated

Re: slight accessibility issue with fusion 3

2009-10-31 Thread John J Herzog
ge- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John J Herzog > Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 5:32 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: slight accessibility issue with fusion 3 > > > Hi listers, > Ha

open SUSE cannot be auto installed in fusion. Different linux distro needed.

2009-10-31 Thread John J Herzog
Hi list, I found out how to get audio working in SUSE, but first this requires that it be installed. I have nobody sighted around, and there is no easy install option via fusion. Thus, I must choose another distribution. Are there any distros with working sound and the latest version of gn

Re: Installing Windows 7 With VmWare

2009-10-31 Thread John J Herzog
Deborah, I have installed windows multiple times under fusion 2. The process has remained exactly the same for fusion 3. After the DVD stops spinning, you need to give it some time. The way the windows install works is that it first copies many files to your hard drive via the DVD. Then, it

simple mail question

2009-11-06 Thread John J Herzog
Hi list, I have an email with several peoples email addresses in it. THey show up as links, but strangely, I cannot highlight them and press command C to copy them. When I do this, I get an error tone. Since this method is not available, how do I add all of the addresses to a new message?

Re: simple mail question

2009-11-07 Thread John J Herzog
and >> Subject fields. I thought that would have worked also. >> >> Les >> James & Nash wrote: >> >>> >>> Can't you do a command A to select them all? >>> - Original Message - >>> From: "John J Herzog" >>>

is the busy, ready, busy, ready, bug gone?

2009-11-09 Thread John J Herzog
Hi listers, I have just installed the latest mac update on my system. One thing I have noticed immediately is that safari seems much more stable. I have not been getting the safari busy nonsense as I navigate through web pages. Can anybody else confirm that this bug has been squashed? Or have

anyone else having trouble with ebay and safari?

2009-11-11 Thread John J Herzog
Hi all, Lately, whenever I go to www.ebay.com safari immediately crashes. Is anybody else experiencing this? Thanks, John --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this

accessible dvd converter?

2009-11-19 Thread John J Herzog
Hi listers, I want to take some dvds I own, and convert them to avi files. Are there any accessible programs that do this? I have tried a few, but they do not appear to be compatible with voiceover. Thanks, John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "

Re: Read: question on how to be able to play ogg streams and files in Itunes.

2009-12-04 Thread John J Herzog
Esther and list, I am using the XIPH plugin for ogg vorbis files. It does work with snow leopard, even though there is no documentation about it. hth, John On Dec 4, 2009, at 1:46 PM, Esther wrote: > Hi Mike, > > Michael Huckabay wrote: > >> I am righting to see if enny one knows how to ge

question about external hard drive permissions

2009-12-12 Thread John J Herzog
Hi listers, I have a question about external hard drives and permissions. As a backup, I would normally copy the folders from my user on the mac, i.e. documents, videos, etc. to the external hard drive. When attempting to transfer my files to another computer, I was told I did not have the perm

Re: question about external hard drive permissions

2009-12-12 Thread John J Herzog
> information in your originally posted question to give a detailed > answer, since we don't know about the operating system, your original > external drive format, and your account access status on the two > machines, just as a starter. > > HTH > > Cheers, > &

Re: System access to go on a mac

2009-12-13 Thread John J Herzog
On 12/13/2009 7:35 PM, Joe Plummer wrote: > What I understand it will not work on Mac OS. > > > > > Sign, > JP ( Joe Plummer) > joeplum...@tds.net > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of .dan. > Sent: Sunday, Dec

Re: DVD

2009-12-21 Thread John J Herzog
Hi Handbreak will do this job just fine. Just set the video output to none. John On Dec 21, 2009, at 2:12 PM, louie wrote: > Hi all, > What program are you using to rip audio from a DBD? > Thank you. > > louie > louiem...@wavecable.com > > > > -- > > You received this message because you

disk utility and image creation problem

2009-12-23 Thread John J Herzog
Hi listers, I have a problem with the disk utility, and I was hoping to get some assistance. Long story short, I want to make images of some old program CDS I have in my collection. These disks date back to the nineties and are no longer sold. I want to make images I can use for my windows XP v

how to make ISO files of a hybrid cd?

2009-12-23 Thread John J Herzog
Hi listers, I was interested by my odd disk utility problem, and have done research. It turns out that the cd shows different things on the PC versus the mac because it is a hybrid. The concept of a hybrid is that it shows only the files appropriate to ones operating system. The others for diff

Re: how to make ISO files of a hybrid cd?

2009-12-24 Thread John J Herzog
of such a CD and then allow you to burn copies > from this master. While other products may handle these kind of edge > cases as well I know Toast in the past did all this but haven't had the > need for it recently. > > CB > > John J Herzog wrote: >> Hi listers, &g

Re: how to make ISO files of a hybrid cd?

2009-12-24 Thread John J Herzog
he > volumes shown underneath it. Highlighting the named volume will give > you the issue you are getting where the hybrid image is not saved, as > it will only image that volume rather than the entire disk. Also, this > is with Snow Leopard, with Leopard the menu items in disk utility are &

how do I share my ethernet connection securely?

2009-12-28 Thread John J Herzog
Hi listers, How can I share my mac's ethernet connection to the airport with security enabled? Whenever I go into system preferences and enable internet sharing, it creates a base station with no WEP security. Alternatively, when I try to create a network by going into the airport menu, I can g

Re: how do I share my ethernet connection securely?

2009-12-28 Thread John J Herzog
Hi all, Actually, there is a simple and elegant way to share ethernet connections securely. Basically, go into system preferences, and then click on sharing. Next, highlight the service of internet sharing in the table, but do not check the box yet. VO right, and you can choose where your conne

how to change the speed and pitch of playing audio at the same time?

2010-01-08 Thread John J Herzog
Hi listers, I have recently gotten my hands on some audio tracks from described videos. They're cool, but because they are from Britain, and were converted from different video standards, the audio plays at a slightly faster rate than it should, making voices and music sound weird. Is there an

Re: how to change the speed and pitch of playing audio at the same time?

2010-01-09 Thread John J Herzog
p;ct=clnk&gl=us&client=safari > That is a really long URL and may not work. > > hth, > > On Jan 9, 2010, at 2:03 AM, John J Herzog wrote: > >> Hi listers, >> I have recently gotten my hands on some audio tracks from described videos. >> They're

Re: New to mac

2010-05-01 Thread John J Herzog
Edward, For a great demo of voiceover and the mac's web browser, head over to the blind cool tech web site. Then, search for the words mac demo. I don't want to spoil it, but one of the really cool things about no buffers is that you get to see information change on the page dynamically as it h

Re: how install windows 7

2010-05-03 Thread John J Herzog
William, If you download windows images from torrents, they are usually modified in some way. They are not the original windows image, either because they have more drivers/features added to them, or they are a recovery disk for a certain type of computer. This messes with fusions ability to au

Re: Accessible iPhone/iPad apps and refunds

2010-05-06 Thread John J Herzog
I see a problem with this philosophy. Different people view accessibility in different ways. For instance, some people would not consider the workout application posted to this list accessible because of a few unlabeled buttons. Others would be fine with it. Similarly, I have a few games on the

Re: Why can't I copy anything to my external hard drive it's not even half full?

2010-05-09 Thread John J Herzog
Hi Nick and all, There is a free program that ads NTFS read and write support to mac. It is called NTFS 3g. You can get this program and it costs nothing. The coolest part about it is that, in your disk utility, you have the option to format drives in NTFS if you so desire. hth John On May

Re: Why can't I copy anything to my external hard drive it's not even half full?

2010-05-10 Thread John J Herzog
As said before, NTFS 3g is free software for the mac. It allows you to both read and write in NTFS. Due to technical limitations in the fat 32 format, this is no longer recommended for hard drives. I will briefly explain why. 1. Fat 32 does not allow a file to be stored that is larger than 4 gigs

deauthorizing computers for Itunes?

2010-05-11 Thread John J Herzog
Hi listers, I am having a strange problem. I got my mac serviced today, and as part of the repairs, they replaced the logic board. Now, however, my mac is saying that it is not authorized for some of my apps on my Ipod touch. It told me if I did not authorize the machine the apps would be delet

Re: Best App for Streaming Sirius?

2010-05-31 Thread John J Herzog
Albert, Keep in mind that starplayr is no longer being updated. This means that, while you can stream some of sirius's channels, you do not have access to their online only content, which was added after starplayr's developers moved on to other things. This also applies to channels updated in r

safari 5 skipping large blocks of text. Any work arounds?

2010-06-07 Thread John J Herzog
Hi all, To experience the following bug, visit a site like www.engadget.com. Go to one of the story headings and VO right to read it. You will notice that part of the story reads, but it cuts off and the next thing you see are links that come at the end. When you VO left arrow, you realize that

Re: Pocket tunes

2010-06-10 Thread John J Herzog
As an owner of pocket tunes, I must say that they have an outstanding station catalogue. It's the best 7 dollars I ever spent on an application. It also has a really cool feature that prevents the screen from locking when you are playing a station. The Ipod turns wireless off half an hour after

ipad: how to enable new touch typing feature

2010-06-16 Thread John J Herzog
Hi listers, I went to my apple store today to check out the IPad. I liked it over all, but I have a question. How do I enable the new form of touch typing? I really wanted to try this out, but when I put my fingers on the keyboard, found the letter I wanted, and then lifted them, nothing happen

IPad question # 2: find feature in Ibooks?

2010-06-16 Thread John J Herzog
Hi listers, I have a lot of IPad questions after todays apple visit, but I won't flood the list with them. I'll stop after this one. Does Ibooks have a find feature, so that you can find particular words and phrases in books? Also, can you quickly and easily find the next instance of a phrase o

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread John J Herzog
Hello, I am in the same boat. I have a lot of scanning to do, and started law school 2 years ago. There wasn't any great OCR solution for the mac, so I decided to install windows XP and kurzweil via fusion on my machine. I still use it to this day just for that purpose, but have replaced window

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread John J Herzog
Hello Mary, The scanner I'm using is a fujitsu fi-6230. I like the scanner because of its super fast document feeder. You can get that bad boy going at sixty pages per minute. The other nice thing is that the document feeder supports double sided scanning, so where applicable you get both pages

how to add voices to language rotor.

2010-06-21 Thread John J Herzog
Hi list, I have a question about the language rotor in voiceover. I want to have the option to choose between the US english, australian english, and UK english voices. However, right now it is only showing the US and australian voices. How do I add the UK english one to the mix as well? I trie

saytext: new OCR app for IPhone

2010-06-25 Thread John J Herzog
Hi all, I just got this link from a friend of mine. Apparently, this app is free, and it performs OCR using the new IPhone. It's different from the one that emails your image to a server and then gives you back text. This one actually performs OCR on the phone. Furthermore, it automatically tak

Re: how to change the speed and pitch of playing audio at the same time?

2010-01-11 Thread John J Herzog
ple-K > to bring up the AV controls. Towards the end of the left column you'll find a > slider for pitch shift and at the bottom right of the window is another > slider for playback speed. > > CB > > John J Herzog wrote: >> >> Hi Scott, >> I may be m

windows 7 painfully sluggish in fusion 3

2010-01-18 Thread John J Herzog
Hi listers, Do any of you have tips on how to speed up windows 7 performance in fusion 3? I have a macbook with a 2.4 GHZ core2 DUO processor, and 2 GB of ram. I gave windows 7 1 GB, which most people say is sufficient. All I can say is that I'm not impressed. I get lots of choppy sound and stu

using mac's bluetooth, microphone, and camera under fusion?

2010-02-07 Thread John J Herzog
Hi listers, I want to use my mac's microphone and bluetooth in my windows XP virtual machine. However, I'm having a rather odd problem. First, I install the drivers in XP by inserting the snow leopard DVD. Then, I restart the virtual machine and try connecting the hardware. I get the warning fr

Re: Is there enough VO support in I Work to justify the cost

2010-02-12 Thread John J Herzog
James, I wanted to add one more remark about pages accessibility. Comments are also inaccessible. So if you have a document where someone has inserted comments, you cannot see them in pages. John On Feb 12, 2010, at 3:15 PM, James & Nash wrote: > Hi, > > Well from what I have seen so far,

need help: windows 7 very sluggish in fusion

2010-02-23 Thread John J Herzog
Hi listers, I'm having problems running windows 7 under vmware fusion 3.0.1, the latest version. Specifically, when it's running, windows 7 slows my mac down considerably. My mac is a 2.4 GHZ core2 duo from 2008 with 2 gigs of ram. Even with a gig of ram allocated to each system, the performanc

voiceover working with Ebooks on IPad

2010-03-12 Thread John J Herzog
Hi listers, Check out this exciting article from engadget. They start talking first about a switch on the IPad, but then they mention voiceover. The article states that voiceover will read the pages of Ebooks out loud. Click here for this awesome news. http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/ipad-m

Re: virtual box for mac

2010-03-16 Thread John J Herzog
Hi all, Since when did virtual box become accessible? Last time I tried it, nothing could be read by voiceover. What version did this change in? John On Mar 16, 2010, at 5:23 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: > I know on VMWare when there is a USB device inserted it prompts asking if you > want to giv

Re: Accounting software for the Mac that works with VoiceOver

2010-04-08 Thread John J Herzog
Hi all, I played with the actual quickbooks for the mac last summer. Most of it is accessible with VO, but it's not quite useable. You can see all the different transactions, and you can review all their details with voiceover. However, the portion where you actually write checks is inaccessibl

Re: MLB at bat app closing

2010-04-19 Thread John J Herzog
Hi listers, I have the at bat application, and it also keeps closing for me. Interestingly, I have found a workaround. If you click on the audio stream you want, and it starts playing, you can then click the hide button. Next, click back, so that you get into the main screen of the at bat app

Re: Article from the RNIB about the IPad

2010-04-20 Thread John J Herzog
Thanks for passing this article along. I think that, for the most part, this article was fair. They seem to point out both positives and negatives of the product which is good. The only area where I have some problems with the article, is that they made to big of a deal about activating voiceov

Re: malwear and macs

2010-04-20 Thread John J Herzog
The key language from this article is the following line. But security experts feel that since the ‘Backdoor’ would need to be installed by the user himself in order to physically access the machine, the threat from the malware is quite low. Bottom line is this. Don't install any cracked progra

Re: the apple user?

2010-04-20 Thread John J Herzog
Hello, As a macbook user, who has to write substantial papers for law school, and who has used his computer at a summer internship with Pepsico, I feel I can helpfully answer your questions. Forgive the length of this email. First, the idea that macs are only play toys is complete and utter no

Re: the apple user?

2010-04-20 Thread John J Herzog
new about the fusion program, as I have spent time talking to others about > the program. I didn’t know about the snap shot. > So thanks. > > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John J Herzog > Sent: Tuesday, Ap

Re: the apple user?

2010-04-20 Thread John J Herzog
rly since I am a lawyer with the public defenders office. And >>> my primary role as an appellate and post-conviction attorney is to write >>> briefs, with case citations. >>> I knew about the fusion program, as I have spent time talking to others >>> about t

Re: accessible p2p applications

2010-04-21 Thread John J Herzog
Hi Try acqlite. It is accessible. To see the results after performing a search, arrow right to the last column, and you will be read all the others. For some reason, the other columns in the table appear blank to voiceover, except for the last column which summarizes information from all the oth

Re: malwear and macs

2010-04-24 Thread John J Herzog
Guys, One of the tips in the malware article is to protect yourself by preventing safari from opening safe files after download. This setting can be changed in Safari's preferences. Basically, it means that disk images are not automatically mounted, zip files are not unzipped, etc. This makes s

mail problem with voiceover.

2009-03-02 Thread John J Herzog
Hi listers, I am having a problem with mail that just started occurring. Whenever I interact with a message using voiceover, I lose the ability to type any more text into the message body. This is especially true when I am sending a reply to someone. Here's what happens. I can write in the m

Re: Safari 4, and mail

2009-03-05 Thread John J Herzog
Hi Simon, The problem with mail and safari is this. Often times, you will lose the ability to type in a message with voiceover. To reproduce this problem, do the following. 1. Provided you have safari 4 installed, create a new message, or reply to an existing message in mail. 2. Now, write s

macbook question about Reading large amounts of text on a web page

2009-03-05 Thread John J Herzog
Hi all, I have tried the commands to read text given by Anne on a macbook. Unfortunately they are not working for me. Here's what happens. First, I find the spot I want to start from on a web page. I click three times with the mouse, and all is fine. Next, however, comes the problem. When I

VMware fusion and orca on a macbook?

2009-03-05 Thread John J Herzog
Hi all, This might be slightly off topic, but I'm having a hard time running ubuntu and orca in fusion from a macbook. The problem is, that caps lock is the only option for orca's modifier key, and this does not work correctly. Also, there is no sharp keys equivalent for linux, allowing me

Re: VMware fusion and orca on a macbook?

2009-03-06 Thread John J Herzog
If I find something in the meantime that solves my problem, I'll let you know. On Mar 6, 2009, at 11:11 AM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > > Hi, > > I'll help you. I'm current really busy though, so can you hang in > there until March 14, 2009, wink? > > Thanks, > A

Re: Understanding Blind User's Needs

2009-03-08 Thread John J Herzog
Hi Martin, First, thank you for making your programs accessible. Second, I would like to share my brief thoughts on the subject. I like your five objectives a lot. I think that if you can achieve all five of them, no further work will be necessary on your part. Some others have encouraged you t

Re: Understanding Blind User's Needs

2009-03-09 Thread John J Herzog
Hi Martin, Have you tried putting on headphones, and using the voiceover sounds as you move around the screen? Voiceover has different audio queues as you move from line to line. Also, as you go from left to right on a single line, the effects for buttons and objects move from left to right

improving OCR with vuescan?

2009-03-23 Thread John J Herzog
Hi list, I am using the latest version of vuescan with my mac. I have tried OCR, and the results, though generally readable are nothing to brag about. What settings should I try adjusting for better results? I don't really understand where all the appropriate settings are, as the program i

vuescan question

2009-03-24 Thread John J Herzog
Hi listers, What are some settings I can change for better text recognition in vuescan? Also, just curious, is there an automatic page orientation feature somewhere?Vuescan just gives me gibberish if I put the page on the scanner backwards. Thanks for any help and answers, John --~--~--

VMware fusion and screen readers for windows 95/98?

2009-03-24 Thread John J Herzog
Hi listers, I know that fusion can run older versions of windows. My question is, can it also run the older corresponding screen readers? I have some old games I really want to play that require windows 95 or 98, and they don't work under XP's compatibility mode. Can I run something like J

Re: Upgrading VMWare Fusion

2009-03-24 Thread John J Herzog
Hi Dave, You do not have to do anything special before upgrading. When you run the version 2 installer, it automatically removes version 1. Also, after installing version 2, you may get a message from within windows to install a newer version of vmware tools. Aside from that, everything shoul

Re: Upgrading VMWare Fusion

2009-03-24 Thread John J Herzog
> Thanks John, > Also just out of curiosity, what are the basic advantages of > upgrading? > > >Best Regards: >David Wright > Email: dwri...@gmail.com > Mobile: (832)518-0707 > Webpage: http://www.knfbreader.com > ----- Original Message - > From: John J

Re: Raspberry Reader set to launch after the summer

2009-03-26 Thread John J Herzog
Hi Alex, Will raspberry reader have drivers from the twain sane project incorporated into it? For those that don't know, twain sane is an effort to get most compatible twain scanners working on mac, even if there is no official driver. It sounds cool, but I have no clue how to compile thi

Iwork and document formatting question

2009-03-26 Thread John J Herzog
Hi listers, I have a question about Iwork 2009. How can you apply certain formatting attributes to text that do not have a keyboard shortcut? Take double spacing for example. I can highlight any text I want with voiceover, but double spacing does not have a specific keyboard shortcut. Furt

Re: easy way to run orca in fusion. was: VMware fusion and orca on a macbook?

2009-03-28 Thread John J Herzog
; > http://46dogs.blogspot.com/2008/05/remap-keys-in-ubuntu-804-hardy-heron.html > > Thanks, > Alex, > > > On 6-Mar-09, at 6:27 PM, John J Herzog wrote: > >> >> Hi Alex, >> Thanks for your offer to help. I'm not in a rush by any means, as I >&g

Re: easy way to run orca in fusion. was: VMware fusion and orca on a macbook?

2009-03-29 Thread John J Herzog
second Option/Enter. > > Thanks, > Alex, > > > On 28-Mar-09, at 7:52 PM, John J Herzog wrote: > >> >> Hi listers, >> When running orca in fusion, there is an easy way to change its >> modifier key without going into a terminal in ubuntu. Since this is >

can atlantis mud client read incoming text?

2009-04-12 Thread John J Herzog
Hi listers, I have just downloaded the newest version of the atlantis mud client. Is there a way to make it read incoming text using growl or something similar? Voiceover does not automatically do so, and I don't see a relevant option in atlantis's preferences. Any help would be greatly appr

Re: CapsLock key in virtual machine

2009-04-15 Thread John J Herzog
Hi David, Unfortunately, fusion does not pass caps lock through to the virtual machine correctly. To get around this, you can remap the caps lock key to a different key, and then use it for JAWS, etc. I remapped my caps lock key to the grave/accent key from within windows. I use the program

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-18 Thread John J Herzog
Hi all, I know that mac OS 9.1 was named limelight and 9.2 was named moonlight. I don't know what the others were before that. Also, here is a great web site that talks about old school macs and their current uses today. There's also a lot of older articles you can click through and read. h

Re: Watching and recording tv on the mac.

2009-04-23 Thread John J Herzog
Alex, Where do we find all of the projects you speak about? When I go to www.vipbc.org , I find only I-speak, and an X-chat program that says it was released in 2006. Is there a special URL to check out the progress of things like raspberry reader, tangereen theater, your alarm program, etc?

podcasts and Itunes?

2009-05-01 Thread John J Herzog
Hi list, I have a question about Itunes and unplayed podcasts. Whenever I go and view the podcasts I subscribed to, I see all the available episodes from the archives. Is there a way just to see the podcasts Itunes has already downloaded to my hard drive? Thanks, John --~--~-~--~--

Re: Installing mobile speak on nokia 6210 using mac

2009-05-02 Thread John J Herzog
Hi Simon, You can install mobilespeak from the mac, but you'll need sighted assistance. First, turn on bluetooth from within your phone. Next, make sure bluetooth is on in your mac. Hit VO keys plus M twice, and arrow to where it says bluetooth menu. Turn it on from there if it's not already

how to drag and drop to an external hard drive?

2009-05-05 Thread John J Herzog
Hi list, I wanto to drag and drop something from my mac to an external hard drive. In this case, it is my Itunes folder. Here's the problem I'm having though. When I find the Itunes folder, I turn cursor tracking off, and hit VO command shift space. I hear the one click of the mouse. Next, I

Re: how to drag and drop to an external hard drive?

2009-05-05 Thread John J Herzog
? The lioncourt directions seem not to be working. Thanks, John On May 5, 2009, at 7:15 PM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > > Hi, > > At some point you have to turn Cursor Tracking on. > > Thanks, > Alex, > > > On 5-May-09, at 3:00 PM, John J Herzog wrote: > >> >> H

quickbooks 2009 appears to be accessible with voiceover.

2009-05-21 Thread John J Herzog
Hi listers, I was playing around with quickbooks 2009, which is a money management/ account management program for small businesses. To my surprise, it appears to be entirely accessible. The only small problem is that when you open a company file, you are placed on a homepage that voiceover

Re: quickbooks 2009 appears to be accessible with voiceover.

2009-05-22 Thread John J Herzog
Michael Babcock wrote: > > hi john; > wow, simply remarkable, do you know of a place one can download a demo > of it at all? > with best regards > Michael > On May 21, 2009, at 3:00 PM, John J Herzog wrote: > >> >> Hi listers, >> I was playing around with qu

Re: Pages and VoiceOver

2009-06-07 Thread John J Herzog
Hi, I recently have also noticed some bugs with Iwork and voiceover. Upon submitting them to apple accessibility, they said that this info was helpful, and they would work on it in future releases of the product. The bugs I have reported are as follows. 1. no way to read comments in document

  1   2   >