Kevin, am I correct that you need a Facebook account to use Spotify? I don't
have one, but I'm finding the selection on Pandora a bit lacking these days, so
have toyed with the idea of creating an account on Facebook just for the
purpose of using Spotify.
On Dec 24, 2011, at 12:16 AM, Kevin M
Gigi, if you want commas and periods in your text, just say them. Here is an
example:
Hello comma ,my name is Gigi and I'm learning to use Siri period.
To learn more Siri tricks and techniques, I would suggest a book which you can
purchase and download from the iTunes store called Talking To Si
Hi David. This is precisely the reason I stopped using the official Twitter
app. I could not reliably click on links, so am now using ?Tweetlist.
On Jan 24, 2012, at 4:55 PM, Deamon David wrote:
> Hi folks.
> I try to post this here since I didn't find that much about it in the
> archive.
>
While there are things about the new Lion that I'm working on getting used to,
the one thing I have really come to love is the ability to have so many new
voice options for free. I initially downloaded them just for fun and because I
have always wanted different voices, but couldn't justify plu
As someone who just upgraded to Lion, I would recommend waiting for a while
until some of the bugs are worked out, especially since you are a new user and
are just learning. While I personally have not found the bugs to be
show-stoppers for me, I just think that things will be worked out more a
I think definitely part of the problem is that, with a new OS, we do have to
learn to do things in a different way, but I also wonder if we can isolate
these problems to specific system configurations. I have an iMac with 4 GB
RAM, 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo and I am not having the lag issues pe
Hi Christopher. Have you ever heard of a service called Instapaper?
Basically, it is a way of saving a web page for later reading. Say you are on
Twitter and you see a link to an article you really want to read, but you just
don't have time right now. So, what you would do would be to open t
Hi Mike and others. I totally love some of these new voices. I always thought
Alex and I would have a monogamous relationship, but, well, you know, I have to
confess that I've been cheating on him these days since more exciting things
have come along. LOL. Actually, I love the idea that I ca
Hi Jenny. I use a thumb drive with my NLS DTB player all the time and I do my
file transfers with a Mac, but I recently had a similar sort of thing happen.
It ended up being that I had a bad thumb drive. It was strange because the
drive had been working perfectly for several months, and then
; command+e. You should only take your flash drive out after you do that.
>
> On Aug 3, 2010, at 12:16 AM, Lynn Schneider wrote:
>
>> Hi Jenny. I use a thumb drive with my NLS DTB player all the time and I do
>> my file transfers with a Mac, but I recently had a similar sort o
Andy, this is the reason why I had to buy a Windows netbook. There are some
pages, many of which are very important to me, that you just cannot access. I
love my Mac very much, but the sad truth is that if you have Flash-intensive
pages that you want to access, you will not want to try it with
One thing I found that helped was to sign into Google with my Google ID and
tell it to keep me signed in. I don't know if this will help in the long term,
but it did help when I did that just recently. Of course, if you don't have a
Google ID, that won't help unfortunately.
On Aug 23, 2010,
Hi everyone. Since upgrading to the latest ITunes a few days ago, I have
noticed that I can no longer use VO-J to jump from the sources table to the
list of songs. Arrowing around is a bit tedious, so I was wondering if anyone
out there had another solution for me or could at least explain why
Tedious? You would only have to press VO left or right 2 times to get from
> one table to the other. :). That just one more key press than control J.
> but, you can also press VO command T to jump from sources table to songs
> table.
>
> hth
> On Sep 9, 2010, at 8:12 PM
Hi everyone. While I typically manage my Twitter experience with clients,
there are times when I do use the Twitter web site, mostly to follow people.
Today, I attempted to use the new Twitter web interface and found that I was
unable to click on the follow button in someone's profile. I got
Well, I downloaded the new ITunes today. There is a Ping sidebar that I had to
hide. I still can't use my VO-J to jump to the table. Other than that, it
seems like it is the same. I would use Ping, but honestly, I'm up to my ears
in social media these days and really don't want anymore. LOL.
Hi Jean-Philippe.
I agree with you that typing on the iPhone is not as fast as with a
standard keyboard, but you would be surprised at how proficient you
can become with practice. I have the iPod Touch. I have found that
one of the tricks to becoming really proficient with the touch screen
Hi there. Words cannot express how thankful I am for this list and
the many great podcasts out there which helped me make the transition
to the Mac. I do have a few questions that I cannot find the answers
to in the documentation.
First, is it necessary to periodically restart my Imac? I
Hi everyone. I am a very recent switcher who has tried to install and
use Adium. Upon starting up Adium for the first time, it wanted me to
install something called Growl. I was not sure if this was absolutely
necessary to use Adium, but I said yes. Since then, things look
different on
You know, since both devices have Bluetooth capability, I've been
wondering whether it would be possible to use a bluetooth keyboard
with the Touch or the iPhone? I'm not having a problem entering text
or using the touch screen myself, but it's just something I've been
wondering about.
On
Adium even if I
> turned Growl notifications off, it kept saying "Adium/Skype has new
> dialog", and it annoyed the heck out of me. So yes, you're safe to
> turn it off. The notifications in Adium still work, speaking events
> and all.
>
> Regards,
> Nic
> On O
Hi there. I'm trying to message some of my MSN Messenger friends. I
noticed that for some reason, I'm seeing conversations from totally
unfamiliar people. The people seem nice enough, but I don't know
them. Can you guys explain this and how I can stop it?
Also, are there any good altern
Hi everyone. I have had my iMac for a little over a month now and am
on the latest version of everything. Sometimes, I notice that when I
hit the control key to wake my iMac up, it will be a little unstable
for a while. For example, sometimes the first app I run after the
wakeup process
Hi. You said something that caught my attention and I'm hoping you
can explain further. I have been using my iMac now for a little over
a month. I'm not sure if I would call myself a switcher, since I
still think Windows has a lot of value for me, but the one thing I do
miss is not being
Thanks to everyone for all the great info. I have two questions about
time that I hope you can address.
First, will Snowy be a smart little kitty and update my iMac's clock
to daylight savings tonight or will I have to do it manually?
Secondly, yesterday someone said that if you have the ch
; Nic
> Skype: Kvalme
> MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk
> AIM: cincinster
> yahoo Messenger: cin368
> Facebook Profile
> My Twitter
>
> On Nov 1, 2009, at 12:54 AM, Lynn Schneider wrote:
>
>>
>> Thanks to everyone for all the great info. I have two question
Hi everyone. I like following extreme weather events. In the Windows
world, I accessed the audio stream at hurricanecity.com frequently
when there was an approaching storm. Unfortunately, I cannot seem to
get this stream to play on my Mac. I have VLC, but it does not seem
to grab the s
Hi Maurice. I had trouble with Adium at first too, but just a couple days ago,
I figured it out. To read the chat window, as someone else here said, you have
to VO-arrow around to find the part of the window that Voiceover describes as
unknown and interact with it. Since it seems to keep tra
I like www.amazon.com/mp3. I have not tried it yet on the Mac side, so I hope
it is accessible, but on the Windows side, I used it all the time. You can buy
single tracks or albums, and the prices are quite reasonable.
On Nov 14, 2009, at 7:21 AM, May McDonald wrote:
>
> I'm looking for Ch
Hi Donald. You need something called Flip For Mac. The latest version is
compatible with Snow Leopard. I haven't been able to get it working yet, but
this is the application you need. Try this link:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/flip4macwindowsmediacomponentsforquicktime.html
O
;
> On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 2:33 AM, Donal Fitzpatrick
> wrote:
> Thank you Lynn I'll try this.
>
> From: Lynn Schneider [mailto:canepri...@gmail.com]
> Sent: 26 November 2009 06:38
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: -- installing windows media play
It's not that much different here in the U.S. Typically, if you want a state
agency to pay for your technology, they will have contracts with certain
companies like Humanware and will prefer certain screen readers, typically
Jaws.
On Nov 29, 2009, at 4:59 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote:
>
> 29
Hi everyone. I'm looking for a good OCR program for the Mac. I would like to
scan books and submit them to Bookshare, so quality is very important. I have
been looking at some of the commercial packages out there instead of the
blindness-specific packages, but I need to be able to decolunize
I purchased my first Apple computer about three months ago. I will never
forget the feeling of complete surprise and joy at being able to just turn the
iMac on and get it talking within minutes. Microsoft is not to blame for not
having default Windows access out of the box, blind people are to
I purchased AbyyFine yesterday. It does a great job converting PDF documents
to text, but I've been having a problem when I try to do OCR from a scanned
document. I tell the program that I want it to get the document from my
scanner, and then I think it is the Twain driver window comes up. It
Rick, as a very recent switcher myself, I know what you are dealing with in
learning to use the Mac. Aside from learning a whole new set of commands,
there are also some concepts that need to click in your head to successfully
use the Mac. The more time you spend with it, the faster things wil
Krister, I'm trying to learn Amadeus Pro myself. I'm wondering if we could run
that PDF manual through AbyyFine to get a better rendering? It does a great
job with PDF documents. I'm also looking for any podcasts that might be out
there on Amadeus, but can only find one concerning the batch c
what apps you install and how you
end up using it. In reality, I would guess that most of the things people do
with their Touches and iPhones revolve around entertainment pursuits, but if
you want to, you can also make it a very handy tool for getting things done.
Lynn Schneider
MSN Messenger: ca
Hi Matt. I use VLC and have also installed something called Flip For Mac which
is supposed to play Windows Media files, although I have not been able to get
it to work for hurricanecity.com. It says I don't have some sort of mime
plugin and I don't know where to get it. Windows Media files ha
n the go, and sometimes I need my Mac because I want to
use a wonderful, stable computer system and I have a great deal of respect for
Apple and all they are doing to make technology accessible to everyone. I'm
not sure if that answers your question.
Lynn Schneider
MSN Messenger: canepr
-option-right and
left arrows, but that is very slow. I did see something while poking around in
the information menu that says start time and end time, but I can't quite get
that to work. Any assistance with this would be most appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Lynn Schneider
MSN Messenger ca
d Enjoy,
>
> Mark
>
> -----Original Message-
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Lynn Schneider
> Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009 12:26 PM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Subject: iTunes and time jump,
k playing and
> paused it before you run the script. There's a shortcut sequence that
> used to guarantee the track was selected, but with all the recent
> tweaks in iTunes behavior, I wouldn't want to try running down the
> sequence and checking the circumstances under w
I am very interested in all things Alaska, especially mountaineering in Alaska,
so I really like a public radio station from there at www.ktna.org. Up until a
few weeks ago, I could listen to the audio clips like the news casts and a
program called Nuggets. Now, however, they have apparently c
e at the station directly?
> They may not even know the situation exists.
> Karen
>
> On Sun, 16 May 2010, Lynn Schneider wrote:
>
>> I am very interested in all things Alaska, especially mountaineering in
>> Alaska, so I really like a public radio station from there at www
nswer to your question. When I went to the
> site there was a Listen Online link. I clicked that (VO-space) and it just
> downloaded a file called listen.pls. I opened that and it launched iTunes
> which started playing the audio. Is this not what happens for you?
>
> CB
>
>
Hi everyone. I've been curious about something for a long time and thought I'd
get your input. When I listen to the radio stations that are provided through
iTunes, often I will hear a song I like, but cannot seem to get the title.
Also, I would like to automatically buy these songs in the iT
#x27;s site is the only information available. Some
> stations provide info and others do not.
>
> hth,
> On Jun 19, 2010, at 5:20 AM, Lynn Schneider wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone. I've been curious about something for a long time and thought
>> I'd get your input.
Hi everyone. As you know, I am a fairly recent switcher. I used to make and
print address labels under Windows with MS Word. Now that I don't have that
anymore, what can I use to make and print labels on my Mac? The only word
processing I have is with TextEdit, which I don't think has a labe
Hi everyone. One of my MSN Messenger contacts pointed out to me recently that
my display name is now no longer Lynn, but is showing as
canepri...@hotmail.com, which is my MSN Messenger username. I don't remember
changing that, but how do I get it back to my correct display name again?
Thanks
ebooks and such that I use adium for.
>>> On 2010-01-12, at 3:07 AM, Chris G wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> It seems like this is an issue for users of multi im clients. When you
>>>> change your name you'll need to change it a
Hi everyone. If you are having problems with your system and you want to
repair permissions to try and fix them, is it necessary to close all apps
first? I noticed that last time I repaired permissions, it did fix a bad
Safari problem, but when I looked at the log, it showed that certain files
Oh I would so love to have an alternative to Safari! I'm a fairly recent
switcher and I don't miss Windows at all except that I totally and absolutely
miss the great accessibility I had with IE. I hate the fact that I can't read
line by line or copy web page text to the clipboard and he distur
Hi everyone. I totally love the Pandora service on my iPod Touch. I purchased
a paid account, but cannot seem to get it to play on my Mac. I can find the
links to play the stations, but when I click on those links, I get no music at
all. Is it necessary to download the Pandora player for the
I know this has come up frequently on the list, but I have recently been bitten
by the Twitter bug and want to know what you all think is the best client to
try. I have downloaded Tweetery for the iPod Touch, but I need something for
the Mac and want to know what the latest information is regar
Also, you can add it while the app you want to add is running. Open up the app
you want to add. Now go to the dock and find the app you want to add. For
example, say you want to add mail to the dock. Arrow through the dock items
until you hear it say mail running. Now, hit vo-shift-m and ar
LOL, your message makes me remember back when I first started using a Mac. I
found the power button, pressed it, and that start-up sound just about made me
jump out of my chair it was so loud and it scared me! I thought maybe I had
pressed a system destruct button or something. Yes, I'd like t
Hi everyone. I'm on a cooking list and keep the recipes I like in a mailbox
called Personal. Until recently, I could look at the Personal mailbox on my
Mac. Now, however, it does not appear in the list of mailboxes. It does still
exist because I can view it when I log into Gmail from the web
If it doesn't seem to work, after hitting the command-shift-l combination, try
hitting command-tab to go to your Safari window. I find that sometimes when I
use the command-shift-l, it actually does open the link, but it does not
automatically put the focus on the Safari window so I have to com
I started using Twitter about a month ago. Twitter is very accessible, both
with the main Twitter web site and with Syrinx. Yes, when you get new tweets,
you will hear a sound effect which is nice because it's not too obnoxious but
just loud enough. I really like Syrinx very much and use it a
Personally, I turned the screen autolock completely off in settings, as I am
a new Ipod Touch user and find it annoying to constantly have to unlock
while I'm reading documentation trying to figure things out. If you turn
off the autolock, you can still lock manually if you want.
-Origina
I'd like to find a cloud-based, Mac-accessible, reasonably-priced service for
backing up my recipe collection so I can access my recipes on the go from my
iPhone, PC, etc. I'm thinking these files, which would be plain text files,
shouldn't take up that much space, but I probably have a couple
I really find the reader in Safari, shift-command-r, to be extremely helpful,
but I wonder why about half the time, it does not work at all? When I
encounter a page where it does not work, is there anything I can do to make it
work?
Thanks in advance for any insights.
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Hi guys. How can I cut down on the amount of information I see when going
through the message list in Mail? I am using Lion with the new mail view
instead of the classic, but I find that there is a lot of useless chatter. I'd
really like to get rid of the date stamp column, as I don't care ab
I have a day job right now, but I'm looking to make a few extra bucks
and was wondering about doing jobs using Amazon Mechanical Turk. One problem I
have noticed already is that they have an inaccessible capcha to sign up for
the service, but aside from that, I am just wondering if any
I’ve noticed that I am having trouble with this app also lately. I am glad to
hear that others are having the same experience, but it really makes me sad, as
I depend on this app a lot. I was actually about to reinstall it, thinking
there was just some kind of problem on my end. Honestly, I love
I thought I was opening a container of rice pudding, but instead opened a
container of sour cream. I knew I had some recipes on my Mac that contained
sour cream, so, not wanting to waste the sour cream, thought I'd bring them up
and find one but just cannot figure out how to do it. My recipes
in sour cream.
> Hope that helps.
>
> Carolyn H
> On Jan 12, 2011, at 7:20 AM, Lynn Schneider wrote:
>
>> I thought I was opening a container of rice pudding, but instead opened a
>> container of sour cream. I knew I had some recipes on my Mac that contained
>>
The subject line says it all. I am looking for an online, software, IPhone
app, etc. that will convert a Youtube video to MP3. Your help with this would
be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Lynn
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Hi Allison. This looks like what I need, but does it require a Facebook login?
I tried to convert a video and it wanted Facebook credentials, but I don't
have a Facebook account. Just wondering if I'm doing something wrong.
Thanks.
On Apr 16, 2011, at 12:04 PM, Allison Manzino wrote:
> Hi Ly
Chris, here are a few of my thoughts on this. After you authorized the
program, did you try exiting it and then reopening it? Also, I'm not sure what
you mean when you say you clicked on a file. Were you trying to record
something from the internet or were you trying to convert a file that wa
Hi Frank. I think the one you are referring to is called Imap Weather Radio.
The direct App Store link is:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/imapweather-radio/id413511993?mt=8
I have this app. It costs 10 dollars. While it does do some helpful things,
in my opinion, it is not worth that much mon
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