Re: To Mary, more on relation between computer and i-device in iBooks

2014-09-19 Thread Mary Otten
Thank you for that information, Donna. I am not going to upgrade to I OS 8 anytime soon, at least not until there is an update that fixes some of the bugs. But it is good to know that when Yosemite comes, I will be able to try iBooks on the Mac without adversely affecting other devices. Mary

Re: using multiple languages on the mac

2014-09-27 Thread Mary Otten
Download one of the available Spanish voices for VO onyour Mac. Once you have that, you should be able to switch between your preferred English voice and your preferred Spanish voice by using the VOhot keys for that, which I don't remember right now. I've been away from my Mac for a couple of w

Re: Replacement for Open Book on the MacBook Air?

2014-10-04 Thread Mary Otten
in the Mac app store. There is a learning curve with that. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 4, 2014, at 7:54 AM, George Cassell wrote: > > I've lost my Windows computer with Open Book for scanning and reading my mail > and documents. How can I accomplish the same thing on my

Re: adobe reader for the mac

2014-10-04 Thread Mary Otten
will do that. But it cost $300, so perhaps people wouldn't want to spend that kind of money. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 4, 2014, at 7:58 AM, Christine Grassman > wrote: > >I never downloaded it. Just read it on-line. I'll have to check the Safari > settings

Re: Apple presentation seemed to offer nothing

2014-10-16 Thread Mary Otten
Ray, Sadly, in terms of market, the answer to your question is glaringly obvious. I candy wins each and every time. Why else the continual change to the look of things? They want you to buy more and more because it looks different and it looks cool. Never mind whether it works well or not. Mary

Re: Apple presentation seemed to offer nothing

2014-10-16 Thread Mary Otten
his or her own. I have a mini, and it works fine. Happy to see the price drop. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 16, 2014, at 12:12 PM, Sandi Jazmin Kruse wrote: > > I am not agreeing there, i got my next Mini. > >> On 10/16/14, Ray Foret Jr wrote: >> Hi, >>

Re: Apple presentation seemed to offer nothing

2014-10-16 Thread Mary Otten
grade when it comes to reliability, wouldn't they? It is not just Apple. It's all of them. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 16, 2014, at 3:01 PM, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > > I don't frankly think the "mever mind whether it works well or not" is > justifie

Re: Yosemity & Itunes

2014-10-17 Thread Mary Otten
buying new hardware. But it still makes no sense and it is not sustainable. As we age it becomes harder to change. That is a well-known fact. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 17, 2014, at 2:01 PM, David Chittenden wrote: > > Well, I personally found Windows Ribbon to be even more f

iBooks on Yosemite

2014-10-17 Thread Mary Otten
recipe titles. And to my dismay, when I went back and looked at my list of bookmarks, all I had were useless page numbers. I am hoping that there has been an update which will give me text, not a meaningless number, for a bookmark. Any comments from anyone? Thank you. Mary Sent from my iPhone

Re: iBooks on Yosemite

2014-10-17 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Joseph, When you say "bookmarks work" do you mean that you actually get text with the bookmark? Or when you go through your bookmark list, do you just get page numbers? Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 17, 2014, at 7:10 PM, Joseph wrote: > > ello, > I almos

Re: switching from mac to windows 7 bootcamp faster?

2014-10-20 Thread Mary Otten
This book champ looks like a very interesting app. I note that it does not say it works under Yosemite. Has anybody tried that? And, while I'm at it, are there issues if you upgrade to Yosemite and you have a Boot Camp partition running Windows 7? Thanks in advance for help. Mary Sent fr

Re: yosemite and spotlight search

2014-10-20 Thread Mary Otten
Has that "take control" book been updated for Yosemite? Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 20, 2014, at 4:24 PM, John Panarese wrote: > > Actually, this was another feature that was focused on during the beta > cycle. Realistically, Spotlight is designed to give

Copying the text from iBooks

2014-10-20 Thread Mary Otten
Is it possible under Yosemite to copy some text from an iBook? I am thinking about cookbooks in particular, where I might want to copy a recipe, pasted into an email message or a wordprocessing document, and save it. Mary Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are

Re: Showing sources list view in latest itunes

2014-10-23 Thread Mary Otten
issue of iTunes, as they did with the camera roll. They're not infallible. Maybe they will admit it and bring it back as an option. Happy memorizing. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 23, 2014, at 6:42 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > > Hi, > > Just to the left of the Scroll are

Re: All the new features in Lion

2011-06-06 Thread Mary Otten
voice over. I still use Word and Windows for word processing. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe

Re: All the new features in Lion

2011-06-06 Thread Mary Otten
of course, the occasional production of hard copy braille from the MS Word documents. mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@google

Re: transition from pc to mac

2011-06-08 Thread Mary Otten
rotor? Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@g

Re: transition from pc to mac

2011-06-08 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Zach, Yes, I can interact with text and get word by word, but I can't get character by character Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: transition from pc to mac

2011-06-09 Thread Mary Otten
ac Mini; I do have a magic track pad, but of course, it is an add on. mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To u

automatic download of books in Ibooks

2011-06-11 Thread Mary Otten
at the instant the book is purchased on one of them in order that the downloads happen? Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisiona

Re: automatic download of books in Ibooks

2011-06-11 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Riuucardo, I didn't actually see a synch ibooks choice. I did see automatic download of books as a choice, but that's to auto download stuff I buy on anothert device to the Mac, I think. I checked it anyway. We'll see what happens. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- Yo

Re: I Book app on the mac?

2011-06-13 Thread Mary Otten
The books are in the store in ITunes, but the IBook app to read the books is not available on the Mac, and there is no indication that I am aware of that it will be. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: ITunes navigation

2011-06-20 Thread Mary Otten
mmand h and see if you get to the first heading within the html area. It works most of the time for me. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to

weird problem with airport extreme

2011-06-26 Thread Mary Otten
he recommended change for fear of screwing something up. Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this g

Re: weird problem with airport extreme

2011-06-27 Thread Mary Otten
Thanks to the couple of you who replied about my strange airport extreme problem. It has gone away as mysteriously as it came. Go figure. I guess that's a good problem to have, one that fixes itself. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subsc

Re: a macbook pro question?

2011-07-05 Thread Mary Otten
e the one from Mac Ally. Apple managed to do what so many makers of laptop keyboards do, i.e. leave out the full compliment of keys we've grown use to on standard keyboards. Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "

Re: a macbook pro question?

2011-07-05 Thread Mary Otten
short supply in that instance? Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

Re: a couple of trackpad commander questions

2011-07-12 Thread Mary Otten
always to move the physical mouse just a bit, but the pad makes this easier to do for me. I'd be curious how those of you who think the pad shines on the web use it there. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: lion is now on the app store

2011-07-20 Thread Mary Otten
move through a ton of messages, many of which get deleted without reading, based on their subject line. Is it still possible to set things up such that the column you're on when you arrow is the only thing that is read as you move down? Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You rec

VO documentation for Lion?

2011-07-20 Thread Mary Otten
the os, no? Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to mac

Re: VO documentation for Lion?

2011-07-20 Thread Mary Otten
The SL guide is still up on the Apple site itself; I guess the other one's not out yet. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to

updates for Itunes and Iwork

2011-07-20 Thread Mary Otten
In all the Lion excitement, people may have missed the updates to ITunes and IWork that came out today. Both applications can now be run full screen if you have Lion. No clue what bugs might have been fixed. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are

Re: Launchpad

2011-07-21 Thread Mary Otten
an on an I-device touch surface, that is, have a truly talking mouse. Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubsc

Re: Launchpad

2011-07-21 Thread Mary Otten
Daniel, There was a post on this list from someone who said that launchpad doesn't seem to be a very useful tool for blind folks, and then he detailed some of his reasons. Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google G

Re: Launchpad

2011-07-21 Thread Mary Otten
the launch pad except by choosing an app no way to move applications around Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubs

Re: Launchpad

2011-07-21 Thread Mary Otten
move apps? Also, have you found that the launch pad gives you access to those troublesome apps whose icons don't show up for voice over in the apple menu bar? Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisiona

Re: helpful VO MP3 files

2011-07-21 Thread Mary Otten
n the I-devices or even the Kindle for pc. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from

Lion vo documentation?

2011-07-22 Thread Mary Otten
for Lion and VO yet? Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionarie

searching in Safari on Lion

2011-07-22 Thread Mary Otten
ow you actually move to the various occurrences of the term. Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from

Re: Lion vo documentation?

2011-07-22 Thread Mary Otten
I don't have Lion. I'm looking for a getting started guide that I can access from the web, and when I did that earlier today, I got the SL one. I mean just a couple hours ago, but will try again in case they made the change in that time. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- Yo

Re: updates for Itunes and Iwork

2011-07-22 Thread Mary Otten
Will ITunes 10.3 work with Lion? Or does Lion come with 10.4? I'm thinking about upgrading, but I'm not willing to lose my ITunes while Apple sorts the bugs in 10.4 with VO. So if I can't have 10.3 under Lion, then it will be a no go until that gets fixed. Mary Mary Otten mot

Re: updates for Itunes and Iwork

2011-07-22 Thread Mary Otten
David, I don't want ITunes 10.4. I want to keep my 10.3, and if that's not possible when upgrading to Lion, then I'll wait until the bug has been fixed. Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisiona

Re: Great new features in Lion

2011-07-23 Thread Mary Otten
Dave, somebody reported on this list that having "live regions" checked in the vo utility web navigation area caused them to have "safari busy" messages all the time. At least, that is what I thought they said. Are you finding then, that this is not the case? Mary Mary Otte

Re: Voice over lag and other lion issues

2011-07-23 Thread Mary Otten
would make that conversation view kind of a pain. anyway, my basic question is, what changes did you make and what do you like better about it? Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" gro

strange ITunes airplay behavior

2011-07-23 Thread Mary Otten
any attempt to mess with the airplay results in the volume moving to 0 and my attempts at checking do nothing. It is almost like I'm hitting the mute button instead of the checkbox or menu item for one of my devices. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message bec

Re: Why use a TrackPad?

2011-07-25 Thread Mary Otten
aditional mouse. But for voice over, it really hasn't proven all that useful, as I don't see any reason to take my hands off the keyboard. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" gro

Re: Why use a TrackPad?

2011-07-25 Thread Mary Otten
p the full range of num pad commander keys to you. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this

Re: Reading ebooks on the Mac

2011-07-29 Thread Mary Otten
een out of town for a few days and could not believe the number of messages I just went through, so it is possible this has been answered and I missed it in the flood. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVis

adobe digital editions preview: how to find the text to read?

2011-07-29 Thread Mary Otten
. a scroll area or whatever. The only unlabeled control in this whole application is just one unlabeled button. So the question: how can you actually start reading text? Where is it? And what does that slider do? I tried advancing it to 100% from the 0 it started at. It seemed to make no dif

Re: adobe digital editions preview: how to find the text to read?

2011-07-29 Thread Mary Otten
er the Mac will be smart enough to pick digital additions if I click on an Overdrive e-book, or there will be some means of adding those books to my digital editions bookshelf. I'll have to give Kobo another look as well. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message

Re: adobe digital editions preview: how to find the text to read?

2011-07-29 Thread Mary Otten
eract with the text, nor did plain arrows with no QN have any affect at all. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com.

rolling back safari

2011-08-01 Thread Mary Otten
benefits of the new one, especially since I'm using SL still. So, should I just be able to use time machine and find an old version of safari and copy that over? I've never downgraded an app before. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscri

Re: ugh, darn latest update for safari and sl

2011-08-03 Thread Mary Otten
webkit and am using that instead of Safari. It greatly reduced the "busy" problem and the tabbing problem has also almost gone away. There is one site that still seems to have problems, but even it is not consistent. So I'd say try webkit and see if that makes things better. M

cannoscan lide 600f and Mac ocr programs

2011-08-03 Thread Mary Otten
s? He had poor luck with these programs on an older Mac. I'm hoping this scanner with the up to date os n the new Mac will work better. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post

Re: cannoscan lide 600f and Mac ocr programs

2011-08-04 Thread Mary Otten
he's looking for the most efficient way to get that done on the Air, using Pages as the word process/publisher program and hopefully just one scanning app that will provide both the image and, when needed, the ocr. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because yo

Re: Mac mini

2011-08-04 Thread Mary Otten
Forget parallels. It is not accessible. Fusion is what you want to use if you want to run a virtual windows machine on your Mac. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this g

Re: Mac mini

2011-08-04 Thread Mary Otten
e truth of that statement. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

Re: cannoscan lide 600f and Mac ocr programs

2011-08-04 Thread Mary Otten
surprising there isn't at least one full featured scanning program for the Mac. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups

Re: cannoscan lide 600f and Mac ocr programs

2011-08-05 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Anne, Is Prismo for the Mac a separate scanning program like vuescan or Abbyy Or is it an add on? Showing my ignorance here, and thanks for the additional info. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVision

Re: Okay, what happened? VoiceOVer and the new mail

2011-08-05 Thread Mary Otten
viewing turned on and that makes a difference? Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, sen

checkup for Mac

2011-08-06 Thread Mary Otten
their associated settings and data. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, sen

checkup addendum

2011-08-06 Thread Mary Otten
Oops. The discount is 39% not half off, but that's still pretty hefty. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com.

double reading of linked text in safari reader

2011-08-07 Thread Mary Otten
n fixed, I hope people will write to the accessibility folks. Maybe it requires more noise to get something done about it. I haven't any idea why this happens, of course, but I've never seen it with other screen reading situations, and it really is irritating. Mary Mary Otten mot

Re: double reading of linked text in safari reader

2011-08-07 Thread Mary Otten
xt is read with the word "link". I hope this link doesn't wrap. http://www.macworld.com/article/161583/2011/08/macalope_google_bomb.html Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. T

Re: double reading of linked text in safari reader

2011-08-07 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Randy, I'm definitely in dom mode. I never have found a lot of use for groups mode, possibly because I came from Windows and am very use to that way of doing things. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google G

Re: double reading of linked text in safari reader

2011-08-07 Thread Mary Otten
reader feature. The double text is the only irritating thing about it. This double reading does not occur for me if I find the beginning of an article not in the reader and just do a vo a to start reading from the cursor down. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this mes

Re: double reading of linked text in safari reader

2011-08-07 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Colin, Once in the reader, you should not have to start with vo a. It should just read out to you. That's the cool thing about the reader. It doesn't always find the article, but if it does, it should just read straight through, no vo A or any other intervention required. Mary

Re: double reading of linked text in safari reader

2011-08-07 Thread Mary Otten
at makes a difference. I don't see why it should, and if it does, then why isn't the problem consistent regardless whether you're in or out of the reader when reading the block of text? Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscr

Re: double reading of linked text in safari reader

2011-08-08 Thread Mary Otten
topped the reading but did not exit the reader and resumed reading with vo A, the text read as normal with no doubles, just the straight reading of text with "link" announced prior to any text links. I hope that makes sense. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this mes

Re: double reading of linked text in safari reader

2011-08-08 Thread Mary Otten
. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionarie

Re: double reading of linked text in safari reader

2011-08-08 Thread Mary Otten
Ok, sounds like this item is fixed in Lion. Excellent. Dan, I'm not sure what you meant in your comment that it is time to consider the Apple tv. What would the Apple tv have to do with reading an article on the web usiig a Mac? Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received

Re: radio app for macbook air

2011-08-11 Thread Mary Otten
with it, and you can search for stations. I don't know how accessible it is on a Mac. All I've done there is search for individual stations on a pc some while back. then I got my IPod apps and don't use the pc or the Mac for that purpose any longer. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmai

Re: radio app for macbook air

2011-08-11 Thread Mary Otten
Esther, I was not familiar with Radium, but from your description, I am impressed. The fact that they managed to make that fix for VO users to access the status bar icon is impressive. Dropbox, listen up! I will definitely give this one a look. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You

lion tweaks, application

2011-08-11 Thread Mary Otten
accessible and am not running Lion myself. I'm posting as an fyi for those who might like the ease of a one stop shop for making changes to some of the "features" in Lion that have not been pleasing to everybody. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message

Re: Radio tuner aps for the Mac

2011-08-14 Thread Mary Otten
their way to do that and then comment on it! Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, sen

Re: VoiceOver 4.0

2010-06-28 Thread Mary Otten
something in keyboard commander or a keypad gesture if using the Macbook, to accomplish that task I believe. Mary -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com.

using a hard drive for multiple back ups?

2010-07-02 Thread Mary Otten
s. is that correct? Mary -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.c

braille connect 32 and the Mac

2010-07-06 Thread Mary Otten
between the device and my Mac, just the cells going up and down flashing the name of the device. Has anybody seen this and have a suggestion? Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To po

pairing braille connect 32 with a Mac

2010-07-06 Thread Mary Otten
in to usb for charging purposes but the display is set for a bluetootn communication channel. Anybody got any ideas? I did eventually just go and unpair, since the pairing wasn't working. but before doing it again, I'd like to hear of others' experiences. Mary M

Re: converting audible books .aa files

2010-07-10 Thread Mary Otten
, you use Itunes as your audible manager software. there is no separate audible manager software for the Mac. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to m

double duty for an airport express?

2010-07-11 Thread Mary Otten
extreme router to replace an aging linksis that still works but does not support newer protocols. But even if I don't do that, I'd really like to have one of these 2 airport expresses do double duty. thanks for relating your experiences in this area, if any. Mary Mary Otten mot

navigating images o websites

2010-07-12 Thread Mary Otten
y alt text associated with these images, in accordance with the 508 guidelines. And when I read this site on a pc using a screen reader, the vertical lines are nowhere to be heard. So with that long explanation, can somebody please clarify for me what the image navigation in vo is all about? mar

Re: shortcut key for opening documents folder

2010-07-14 Thread Mary Otten
Is there a special setting to enable command shift d to go to the desktop? It doesn't work here. Of course, command shift d is the "send again" when in mail, but I just tried it while in ITunes and while in the doc and it didn't do anything. Mary Mary Otten motte...

IBraille

2010-07-21 Thread Mary Otten
ny or their software much. Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send ema

Re: introduction and questions about switching to mac

2010-07-21 Thread Mary Otten
application that lets you emboss using index embossers, and its primitive compared with Duxbury, or even with its Windows counterpart. It hasn't been updated in 3 plus years. Mary including Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: IBraille

2010-07-21 Thread Mary Otten
just let it go with no effort at improving it at all. mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from t

Re: IBraille

2010-07-22 Thread Mary Otten
I was just on the Index website, and it looks like they are closed until some time in august; I forget the exact date; the 6th maybe? So calling or writing isn't going to yield much if their notice on the home page is to be believed. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received

Re: IBraille

2010-07-22 Thread Mary Otten
rade their product. Its kind of embarrassing to have them advertising this as such a breakthrough, and here it is going on 4 years old and has some pretty glaring deficiencies. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "

Re: Alert: Do not update to new version of Dragon Dictation app -- accessibility issues

2010-07-22 Thread Mary Otten
Thank you, Esther. Yet another example of lack of commitment to accessibility. what on earth did they gain by changing buttons to the ever popular var mobile applicat? Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: Magic Trackpad

2010-07-27 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Kev, Did you get the magic Track Pad at the Apple store? Or are they available at other places as well? It sounds intriguing. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this g

track pad gesture questions

2010-07-30 Thread Mary Otten
beyond my abilities at this point. Clarification would be great. mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe f

Re: Bluetooth keyboards and the IPhone

2010-07-31 Thread Mary Otten
x27;t move from app to app, control to control within an app etc. mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscr

magic rackpad commands

2010-08-02 Thread Mary Otten
lving getting access to the linked item equivalent of vo plus j, I would guess, and I don't remember it or any of the others, some of which are undoubtedly the same as those on the I-devices. thanks for the pointer to the list., Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this messa

getting bookmarks from a friend's mac to mine

2010-08-03 Thread Mary Otten
copy them to a thumb drive and paste them in to another mac somewhere else. mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com.

Re: How do you perform a command click on the multi gesture trackpad?

2010-08-03 Thread Mary Otten
Along with the questions about how to perform command click etc, what is a secondary click? I saw it referenced and haven't a clue what it might be. mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries&

Re: How do you perform a command click on the multi gesture trackpad?

2010-08-04 Thread Mary Otten
Hi ricardo, If you press on the track pad towards its front edge, where you'd tap if you wanted to go to the doc, it will click. Its got little mechanical parts in the feet or something. I forget exactly the description. mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this me

Re: How do you perform a command click on the multi gesture trackpad?

2010-08-05 Thread Mary Otten
Thanks, Brian, for that info on the secondary click. It seems there would be conflicts between secondary tap and track pad commander. Same for the two finder single tap. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: getting bookmarks from a friend's mac to mine

2010-08-06 Thread Mary Otten
ldn't have wondered how she'd get me her links collection. silly me. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com.

Re: Mini or MacBookPro?

2010-08-07 Thread Mary Otten
thought I was going to run Windows and fusion or bootcamp at the time I bought the mini. Unless you need portability or have limited desktop real estate that would make a notebook more attractive than mini plus keyboard plus monitor and possible magic trackpad, I'd get the Mini. Mary

Re: Mac vs. Windows Accessibility was Re: Reopen office

2010-08-07 Thread Mary Otten
Has something changed such that there is now a full version of fine reader for the Mac? last I knew, it was the express version which isn't as good as the Windows version in terms of features. Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the G

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