Re: siriusxm

The app used to work well on IOS, I guess they've changed it. It does work well on Android, was listening to it the other day on my phone. There is a mac app called pulsar, though some people have had problems with it recently. Hopefully the site will switch to html 5 since flash is reaching th

Re: vmware and 8 gb ram

Since you are running a virtual machine, it will probably never be as responsive as boot camp, however, if you can afford to get more memory, it certainly won't hurt anything. Original message: Hi all. If i upgrade to 8 gb of ram, will vmware fusion run a bit faster and more stable? WIll it f

Re: siriusxm

They used to offer just an on line subscription, guess they discontinued that. On Oct 12, 2012, at 7:22 PM, David Tanner wrote: > You cannot get just an on-line subscription. I tried to drop down to that > from having a radio, but I was told that you must have at least 1 radio. So > that is wh

Re: Rogue Amoeba | Pulsar is no longer being developed

That's a shame since the web player is totally inaccessible. Pulsar still works but when it no longer does, I will probably discontinue my on line access On Oct 13, 2012, at 12:07 PM, Matthew Campbell wrote: > Hello everyone. > This message is slightly off topic, but I know that some of you proba

Re: QT Applications revisited: A Partial Solution

Interesting that enabling access for accessible devices would make a difference here, you would think that would be for hardware devices not for tool kits. On Oct 14, 2012, at 7:45 PM, Jacob Schmude wrote: > Hi all, > A while back I posted a question on this list about applications written with

Re: QT Applications revisited: A Partial Solution

ion works was a time-consuming search, and it was finding said documentation that clued me in to the problems with QT. On Oct 14, 2012, at 7:32 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: Interesting that enabling access for accessible devices would make a difference here, you would think that would be for hardw

Re: system cleaner for mac?

There are defragmenters for the mac but it's debatable whether they make a difference. Personally I don't use one and have never had any slow down. The mac file system is very good about avoiding fragmentation in the first place, and, since many of the macs are moving to SSD drives, this matter

Re: Booting from an External HD

First, have you created a bootable clone of your external drive? You can use a program such as super duper or carbon copy cloner to do this. For me at least, pressing the right arrow twice does the trick. On Oct 20, 2012, at 10:52 PM, Nicholas Parsons wrote: > HI List, > > If I have an external

Re: Best GPS for me?

For money identification, check out look tell money identifier, I think that's what it's called. For GPS, check out sendero look around and ariadne GPS, I may not be spelling that right. For GPS navigation, there are several main stream choices, my favorite is motionx GPS On Oct 21, 2012, at 3:0

Re: Best GPS for me?

One thing about navigon, unless they have changed this, entering addresses is much more complicated than it needs to be. You must go through several screens, the first for the state, then the city, and finally the street and house number. With motionx GPS, just type in the address on one screen

Re: Best GPS for me?

This does sound like an awesome app, have you thought about developing an android version as well? One advantage there is that you would not need to provide a TTS voice because, unlike IOS, developers have full access to android's TTS services. Original message: OK, i just want to say that it i

Re: samnet on a Mac?

You can use most sam net features with any browser, and you can play protected content if you use the chrome browser. Original message: I just saw a note on the vi-phone list sent by a guy who said he was using his Macbook and sending from Samnet. I didn't think it was possible to use samnet on

Re: Best GPS for me?

Hopefully that could happen, an android version of this would be awesome. As you said, the newest version of android usesthe same gestures as the iphone and provides the same level of accessibility. Acapela has just released their voices for android and they can be used system wide, for screen

Re: playing music outside of iTunes on the Mac ...

I use vlc to play my media here, works great, I'm using the newest version. On Oct 28, 2012, at 11:56 AM, Jeff Bishop wrote: > Have you upgraded to the latest version of VLC and if so do you still find it > as accessible? > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googl

Re: Discovered New Voices For Mac

Yes, those voices are really good. Admitedly, I think the nuance voices are a bit better, but speech is a very subjective thing. On Nov 4, 2012, at 7:58 PM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: > Hi guys. Well, it's been two years now with my Mac and I've loved every > moment of it, including the frustrating o

Re: Picking the brains of you Mac veterans

If that's a power PC laptop, 10.5 is as far as it will go. Starting with snow leppard, it only works on Intel processors. Yes, voiceover has come a long way since then. Actually, I think snow leppard was the biggest set of improvements. That's when the track pad commander, table reading, web sp

Re: Running TCConference on the Mac with Mountain Lion

The best thing to do is probably to develop a native mac application the same way they developed a windows application. Original message: Hi there! Well the bad news is that TC is not working because of the problems Apple have been having with Java! TC are working to see what they can come up w

Re: Accessing SiriusXM content on the Mac

You probably will not be able to access it. The web based player is completely flash based, and flash is not accessible on the mac. Using something such as click to flash will not work either since they prevent flash content from loading which the player requires. On Nov 9, 2012, at 5:38 PM, ROD

Re: Downloading a file when Pressing on the file opens said file in safari

Sure, hold the option key and press enter, I use this all the time to download mp3 files. Original message: Hi, I know that's a long subject title, but I was wondering if anyone knew what the keystroke was to download a file in safari if the file opens when you do a VO space on it? Thanks.

mountain lion impressions

Hey everyone, been meaning to update to mountain lion for a while, and finally had some time to do it this weekend. Over all I'm very impressed. I think the best thing is that the safari busy messages are totally gone and you no longer have to turn voiceover off and back on again to get around

Re: Mail Busy ...

The pram is the mac equivalent of cmos set up on a pc. Once this is reset, the settings are automatically refreshed on the next boot. Original message: I would sincerely appreciate if you would tell me what resetting pram is. Thanks. Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com

Re: Is web browsing really this clunky ith Safari or am I missing something?

Usually it does start you back at the top of each page. One thing you could do, if you think you are going to return to a certain page, open the link in a new window, then close that window to return to the previous page. Original message: Hi. I am by no means proficient with VO, but I can't b

Re: mountain lion impressions

i, it doesn't have that issue. Original message: This is so true, Safari busy messages really drove me crazy, and now, they are gone. Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com <mailto:richr...@gmail.com> On Nov 19, 2012, at 9:13 AM, Mike Arrigo <mailto:n0...@charter.net>&g

Re: Mail Busy ...

from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com <mailto:richr...@gmail.com> On Nov 19, 2012, at 9:38 AM, Mike Arrigo <mailto:n0...@charter.net>> wrote: The pram is the mac equivalent of cmos set up on a pc. Once this is reset, the settings are automatically refreshed on the next boot. O

Re: mountain lion impressions

putting it off. :) Who knows, maybe I'll have extra time during this long, cold winter, and just do it and get it over with. I'm liking what I'm hearing about ML so far. Kim On Nov 19, 2012, at 10:13 AM, Mike Arrigo wrote: Hey everyone, been meaning to update to mountain lion

Re: Voiceover in mountain lion

The biggest area of improvement is in web access, you no longer get the safari busy messages. There are a few other improvements such as with drag and drop, I never have a need to use that though so can't say how big of a difference it is. Original message: Well, my question is: has improve Mou

Re: mountain lion impressions

>>> wrote: >>> >>>> A lot of good features I agree. >>>> But have a look at Preview. That's a catastrophy. Navagating pdf files is >>>> practically impossible. >>>> Am 19.11.2012 um 16:13 schrieb Mike Arrigo : >>>>

Re: mountain lion impressions

to do a USB install if mountain lion was pre installed. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 22, 2012, at 3:13 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > >> No, the image won't fit on a DVD. I sort of had to go the long way around. I >> let it install as an upgrade, then I boot

Re: a note on running a Mini with no monitor

With the older minis, there was an adapter you could get that allowed the mini's dvi port to connect to a regular TV. If this adapter was connected, the mini would work fine. That doesn't work on the newer minis though. Depending on what mini you have, it probably has a mini display port, and ei

Re: a note on running a Mini with no monitor

oups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mike Arrigo > Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 19:06 > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: a note on running a Mini with no monitor > > With the older minis, there was an adapter you could get that allowed the &g

Re: a note on running a Mini with no monitor

Give this a try if you can. Some of this does sound like the computer is not connected to a monitor. What port are you using for the monitor connection? Open the utilities folder and open the system information or system profiler application, whatever you have. In the list of components, go down

Re: a note on running a Mini with no monitor

Ok, let's try this. Again, go to your utilities folder and open activity monitor. Is anything in there consuming a large amount of processor resources? Sometimes left over print jobs can do this. On Nov 26, 2012, at 3:29 PM, Kristeen Hughes wrote: > Hello Mike and all, > As you suggested, Mike,

odd thing with voice over in mountain lion

Hey everyone, noticed something strange in mountain lion, wondering if anyone else is noticing this. When I start up my mac and get to the desktop, pressing control option F1 says that there are 2 running applications, yet if I press it again, it only shows the finder in the menu. I have nothin

Re: odd thing with voice over in mountain lion

I've always recieved weird app and window counts like the one you mention from ML using the VO F1 and VO f2 keys. I've just chalked it up to non-critical VO and Mac shortcomings, and let it go at that. ----- Original Message - From: "Mike Arrigo" <mailto:n0...@charter

figured out the issue with voice over saying the wrong number of apps in mountain lion

If anyone is curious, I was able to figure this out. Even when I only had finder running, voiceover would still say there were 2 running apps. The notification center is considered an app, even though you cannot command tab to it, or select it from the dock. Since I never use this feature, I use

Re: figured out the issue with voice over saying the wrong number of apps in mountain lion

It doesn't come with the mac, go to http://maintain.se Original message: Hi, How can I find that application called cocktail in my system? I am using macbook pro 13. Thank you. Nene - Original Message - From: "Mike Arrigo" To: Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012

Re: figured out the issue with voice over saying the wrong number of apps in mountain lion

more about the processes on the Mac and what they do. I am curious about the comparisons between the PC processes, which I know like the back of my hand, and the Mac side of the coin, which is all still very new to me. Kristeen On Nov 28, 2012, at 11:35 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: If anyone is

Re: ZoomText on the Mac Coming Soon

Should be interesting to see if that sells at all, the mac already includes zoom for magnification and voice over for reading, these can also be used at the same time. If people buy it, great, but they're taking a huge gamble. Original message: Just to let everyone know, Ai Squared is close to

Re: itunes 11 is out

One thing I don't like about the new version, and perhaps there is a way to change this, it groups your tv shows by season now, there's no way that I can find to just get a list of all shows in a nice long list. On Nov 29, 2012, at 2:14 PM, "Daniel Miller" wrote: > If you don’t want to use the

Re: itunes 11 is out

, at 5:11 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: One thing I don't like about the new version, and perhaps there is a way to change this, it groups your tv shows by season now, there's no way that I can find to just get a list of all shows in a nice long list. On Nov 29, 2012, at 2:14 PM, "Daniel

Re: figured out the issue with voice over saying the wrong number of apps in mountain lion

e hardware. It seems very sudden, but it's the only conclusion I have left. Kristeen On Nov 29, 2012, at 2:01 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: Cocktail is an app that allows you to tweak some things, it will also do things like clear your cache. You can look at the processes on your mac by go

Re: Found this GPS enhancing buetooth device for apple products

The iblue 737 is good, so is the qstarz 818 On Sep 29, 2010, at 1:30 PM, Scott Granados wrote: > What's the best most recent receiver to use these days. I know the Holux > M1000 was good but what's the current equivalent with more channels? > > Thanks > Scott > > - Original Message - F

Re: Safari frusterations!

Google works fine here, that site that ses the mouse over stuff is doable, but you have to root the mouse to the element, then read with the VO keys to see whathas changed, the best solution here is to email the web master and ask them to use something more accessible, using mouse over events ca

Re: Speaking of Safari and Google

Are you using dom or group mode? This could make a difference. On Oct 2, 2010, at 7:53 PM, Jenny Wood wrote: > Hi Nic, > > Well, the odd thing is, the headers never say "link." They do announce > themselves as headings, but nothing more. That is to say, it will say > "heading level 3", follow

Re: jumping to next line of text with voiceover?

Try control option command p to go to the next occurance of plain text. On Oct 2, 2010, at 8:20 PM, Blake Hardin wrote: > Hi all, when on the web is there a way you can jump to the next line > of text with a key like you can with jaws and windows? This would be > very handy. > > -- > You receive

Re: Speaking of Safari and Google

I remember in 10.5, voice over would work that way. You would interact with the heading to see the link. In 10.6, you can simply click the link. On Oct 2, 2010, at 8:28 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: > that's weird. > mine does the same thing, but all are clickable. of course, I am using SL > 10.6.4. > >

Re: Speaking of Safari and Google

If she is still running 10.5, it's definitely worth the upgrade to 10.6, that will solve the problem. On Oct 2, 2010, at 8:31 PM, Justin Ekis wrote: > Hi Genny, > > I don't know what might be different in OSX10.5, but here are some things you > can try. This is all totally guesswork though. >

Re: jumping to next line of text with voiceover?

Voice over doesn't really move through lines the way a windows screen reader does, here is one of those times where voice over works differently, and it's good to set aside what you were used to in windows. Voice over moves item by item through a web page, with links and controls, it's very simi

Re: jumping to next line of text with voiceover?

When doing continuous read in a word processor or similar application, you need to interact with the text first, then it will do what you want. On a web page, when doing a continuous read, it will move to the item that is being read. On Oct 2, 2010, at 11:16 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > You can move

Re: Safari searches

Command l will open the address field. You can then type in the address and press enter. On Oct 3, 2010, at 10:52 AM, Brian Miller wrote: > Good morning everyone, > > This is my first post to this list, and I am very excited about engaging > with other blind people who are MAC users. I just bou

Re: jumping to next line of text with voiceover?

There is no way to move forward and back a line at a time when doing a continuous read. I thought you meant that when you stop reading, your cursor is close to the last thing spoken. That wrks in a word processor if you interact with the text first. On the web, there really is no concept of line

Re: help with navigation in html tables

Usually, once in the table, you use the VO left, right, up and down keys to move in the expected direction. There is a voice over setting that determines whether you need to interact with a table, usually you would want that disabled. On Oct 3, 2010, at 3:44 PM, Claus Thøgersen wrote: > Hi, > >

Re: #ot configuring network settings with D-Link Extreme?

You need to find out what the default ip address is fr the router, different routers have different default ip addresses. Google should be able to help here. Once you know the address, enter that in your browser and it should work. On Oct 3, 2010, at 4:23 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > Hi all, > > O

Re: Safari frusterations!

te and the sttpgoogle sight work > fine. I have problems with radio buttons though if I am trying to fill out a > form. That's my biggest bugaboo with Safari. > > > On Oct 2, 2010, at 6:24 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > >> Google works fine here, that site that ses the mo

Re: java in safari on or off for different sites

You should not have to disable java for pages to work, this could indicate a problem with something else. Are you talking about java itself or java script, they are 2 different things. Many pages use java script, but very few pages that I know of actually use java, as in a java application. On O

Re: jumping to next line of text with voiceover?

skip past all the links to the next block of text your saying > i can't do that? So i have to go through all the links and stuff to > find the next line of text? This would be helpfull when reading a > forum or something or comments on youtube videos > > On 10/3/10, Mike Arrig

Re: reading and writing to NTFS partitions

The way I would handle that is to format the drive as a fat32 drive. That way, both the mac and windows can read and write to it, without introducing any extra software on either platform. On Oct 3, 2010, at 9:23 PM, Robert Hooper wrote: > Hello allJ > > I recently acquired an

Re: Navigating mail and Safari

Hi Linda, though it may be a bit difficult for you to get used to at first voice over and the mac do things a bit differently than the windows screen readers, so you will find that things do not work exactly the same. For example, on the web, you move item by item rather than line by line. Thing

Re: Navigating mail and Safari

For a laptop, by far the best way to navigate in my opinion is to use the track pad. On Oct 5, 2010, at 12:42 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Actually you can use the number commander with a laptop keyboard. Just hold > down one of the arrow keys, actually I think it's the right arrow and use the >

Re: Pondering the switch to a Mac (blind but with residual vision)

Hi there. I don't use magnification so can't help much there. Regarding the mac mini, I would say that it's a pretty powerful machine, especially the newest model. I'm typing this message on one that is about 2 years old, and it still easily meets my needs. The mini would be a great first mac fo

Re: Can keyboard only navigation ever be...

Hi, if you have a desktop computer, you can use the numpad commander, and this allows you to use the numpad for most commands. Also, you can turn on the quick nav feature and this will allow you to use the regular arrow keys for navigation. I actually enjoy navigating with the track pad, true, I

Re: Can keyboard only navigation ever be...

I guess when it comes to productivity, I think they both involve the same amount of keystrokes. As screen reader users, whether it's using the mac or windows, there's going to be a lot of keystrokes involved, there's simply no way around it. However, what I like about voice over is, if I navigat

Re: Can keyboard only navigation ever be...

This is one area where I like the way voice over handles things. You never have to worry about accidentally typing characters in to a form field, because pressing just the letters always types them, and there are different commands for navigating elements. And no forms mode to deal with, move to

Re: Can keyboard only navigation ever be...

There is also a setting in the keyboard preferences that sets whether tab and shift tab move to every control, or just lists and text boxes I think. Obviously, most of us will probably want to set this so that the tab key moves to all controls. On Oct 11, 2010, at 7:08 AM, David Taylor wrote: >

Re: Can keyboard only navigation ever be...

Yes, that's a great feature, it's great for getting around a web page also, I often use that instead of the voice over find command. On Oct 11, 2010, at 9:01 AM, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav wrote: > David, > > without a doubt, the item chooser is amazing, I do love it a lot. > > Twitter @neilbarn

Re: Can keyboard only navigation ever be...

I can't remember a site that doesn't work well with safari, the one case where this happens is with flash, because Adobe refuses to make it accessible on the mac. Other than that, the real key is to know how voice over works, once you have learned that, getting around on the web with the mac is

Re: Can keyboard only navigation ever be...

You might check out my pod casts on blind cool tech, I cover this, I'm a fan of using operating system commands when possible. On Oct 11, 2010, at 9:11 AM, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav wrote: > Scott H, > > smile, I have enjoyed it to, and in part it has made me think that it might > be possible

Re: Making My Mac Tick Again

The one time I've heard this is when your caps lock is turned on and you begin to type, not sure if there are other clicking features. On Oct 20, 2010, at 7:15 AM, M. Taylor wrote: > Hello All, > > Yesterday, while exploring my Mac, I inadvertently pressed a keyboard > combination that caused m

Re: continuous reading in text edit

Hi Mary, interact with the text area first, then do the say all command. On Oct 24, 2010, at 9:10 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > A friend just sent me a 9-page document, an rtf file that came up in text > edit when I clicked on the attachment. If I press vo-a the first page is > read, and then reading

Re: continuous reading in text edit

This is just a thought, try going in to the view menu and hiding things like the tool bar, basically hide everything you can in this menu and see if that makes a difference. Sometimes these elements can draw the focus away from the main text. On Oct 25, 2010, at 11:05 AM, Mary Otten wrote: > Hi

Re: getting preferences menus to open after finding them with mouse

The few times I've dne this, pressing VO shift space has worked. On Oct 26, 2010, at 12:04 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > subject line almost says it all. I can find the special preference menus of > both Drop Box and the Type writer keyboard, but, can't open them. Any > suggestions? Tried using t

Re: Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac?

Unfortunately, it's not accessible, go with open office or iwork instead. On Oct 26, 2010, at 12:33 PM, Martin Kirchner wrote: > Hi folks, > > are there already half way certain informations about Microsoft Office 11 for > Mac and its compatibility to apple's accessibility features? > > Martin

Re: Mac Mail order of items etc

Hey Neil, congradulations on switching to the mac, glad it's working for you. On my macbook, I have defined 2 custom gestures for moving to the beginning and end of a list. Actually it works for going to the beginning or end of just about everything. The gestures I set up are option flick up on

Re: hidden SSID

Hi, yes, In the wireless network window, there's an item that says other network or something like that. Select that, and enter the network name, choose the security type and enter the password. Once this is done, the device should connect automatically whenever wifi is turned on and you're in r

Re: hidden SSID

Once a evice is aware of the network and knows the password, it should still be able to connect. My ipod touch, iphone and macbook connect without problems, and I have my broadcast disabled. On Nov 2, 2010, at 10:22 AM, Scott Howell wrote: > Just curious, will this allow the iPhone to auto conne

Re: set a function key to move VO to the dock?

Try just using the built in mac keyboard command for this, if your function keys are set for software, control F3 will do the trick. On Nov 2, 2010, at 2:29 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: > Is there a way to do this in SL, so that I don't have to cross my hands at > the wrists to type VO D?

Re: ITunes and CD's?

Check out the cd/dvd section of system preferences. On Nov 2, 2010, at 3:03 PM, erik burggraaf wrote: > Hi guys, This may be a longshot, but is there any way to tell ITunes not to > open when a cd is inserted? In the general preferences theres a setting that > says Show CD, play CD, ask to im

Re: 64 bit processors

This is a 64 bit processor, most recent processors are all 64 bit. On Nov 2, 2010, at 5:59 PM, Joshua Loya wrote: > Hi, > I am unable to tell whether the processor in my Macbook Pro is 32 or 64 bit. > I have a 15" Macbook Pro with an I7 processor. In the system profiler, is > says that there is

Re: some newbie mac questions

Hi, can't help you much with the calendar and address book, since I don't use those, but I can help with selecting text on a web page. Interact with the text, and move to where you want to start the selection. Press control option enter. Now move to the end of the text and press control option e

Re: vm ware fusion

Fusion allows you to run windows on your mac in a virtual machine. On Nov 4, 2010, at 10:15 AM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: > I have a BookSense; please tell me what VM ware fusion is? > - Original Message - > From: "denise avant" > To: > Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 5:43 AM > Subject:

Re: Skype 5 Beta and listening to voice mails

Unless it's changed, it's in the history list. There should be an item there indicating you have a message, press control option shift m on this item, and one of the choices should be to listen to the message. On Nov 4, 2010, at 12:25 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: > I called my skype phone

Re: some newbie mac questions - addressbook and checkbox statuses

Are you running snow leopard? This was majorly improved with the release of 10.6 On Nov 4, 2010, at 7:28 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: > Thank you Tim. I will try this as well. One thing I find is that vo > doesn't tell me if a box is checked or unchecked. I sometimes have to press > vo space j

Re: Selecting non contiguous items

Hi, this one is a bit interesting. Turn off cursor tracking with control option shift F3, this turns off the voice over cursor and system focus following each other. Now move to each item you want to select and press control option command space. Once everything is selected that you want, you ca

Re: iMac VS Mac Mini

The mac mini does require a monitor to be connected for voiceover to work right, other than that, it would definitely be cheaper than an imac, there's no sense paying for a big beautiful screen that you won't use. On Nov 5, 2010, at 2:32 AM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: > All: > I''ll eventually rep

Re: iMac VS Mac Mini

You would pay quite a bit more for the imac, I would say go for the mini, I have 2 of them here, and unless you're doing something that requires the top of the line latest and greatest hardware, the mini should easily suffice. On Nov 5, 2010, at 8:53 AM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: > Hi: > I do hav

Re: iMac VS Mac Mini

On Nov 5, 2010, at 6:40 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > >> You would pay quite a bit more for the imac, I would say go for the mini, I >> have 2 of them here, and unless you're doing something that requires the top >> of the line latest and greatest hardware, the mini should easi

Re: iMac VS Mac Mini

That's the issue, it's sluggish without the monitor connected. On Nov 5, 2010, at 10:24 PM, Antonio M. Guimaraes Jr. wrote: > I didn't have a monitor for the Mini I used for a few days, and it worked, > though ever so sluggishly. > On Nov 5, 2010, at 9:49 AM, Nektarios Mallas wrote: > >> Hello t

Re: iMac VS Mac Mini

t;> but two Minis surprise me. Do you have 1 hooked up to your TV? >> On Nov 5, 2010, at 6:40 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: >> >>> You would pay quite a bit more for the imac, I would say go for the mini, I >>> have 2 of them here, and unless you're doing someth

Re: iMac VS Mac Mini

t;> helps a bunch. >>> Hth, >>> James. >>> On 06/11/2010, at 1:24 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: >>> >>>> Why do you have two of them? I could see having a desktop, and a lap top, >>>> but two Minis surprise me. Do you have 1 hooked up to

Re: iphone 4g and 3gs

Neither one has the Alex voice, it uses the Nuance vocalizer voices. On Nov 7, 2010, at 10:03 AM, M AUSTEN wrote: > Hello, > > I'm thinking about getting one of the new iPhones. Does anyone know if you > can use the voice of Alex on either the iPhone 3gs or 4g? > > Thanks, > > Mark > > -- >

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

Yes, with something like that, it's hard to think why anyone would spend so much more on the blindness note takers, they cost more and do less. On Nov 7, 2010, at 4:07 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: > I am typing this message on a MacBook Air while flying home from Reno, NV > where yesterday, I use

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

You may already know this, but, if you turn the brightness down all the way your battery may last even longer, you will need to do this each time, since it won't let you save a screen brightness of zero percent, but, each time you fire up, press either F1 or function F1, depending on if your fun

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

You can use an external DVD drive, they're not that expensive. Once you have one of those, it's done the same way, and it comes with a USB flash drive with the current operating system. On Nov 7, 2010, at 7:32 PM, Ryan Mann wrote: > Since you don't have a CD drive, how would you upgrade the oper

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

Out of the 2, I think I would choose the macbook air, for lots of writing, it would be a better choice. On Nov 7, 2010, at 7:52 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > Marlaina, > Your comment about the IPad was interesting. I've been pondering the possible > purchase of an IPad or the Air and seeing pluses and

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

You can share the DVD drive of the macbook pro, and the macbook air can use the shared drive. On Nov 7, 2010, at 8:11 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: > Mary, > > I got the fattest 11 inch air I could get with 128 gb storage and 4gb memory. > Apple makes a great product, but you pay for it but then

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

I wonder then, for 10.7 if they will make it downloadable, or if it will just come on a USB flash drive for everyone? On Nov 7, 2010, at 8:16 PM, Buddy Brannan wrote: > Apple is declaring the CDROM/DVD dead, or at least dying, very like it did > with the floppy drive back when the iMac first cam

Re: Some Apple Mail Questions using voiceover

You shouldn't have to press command 1 each time go back to the in box, ah, I wonder if you have the mail boxes showing? Try going to the in box, then press command shift m, and see if it says hide mail boxes. Now when you press command w, it should take you back to the in box. There's no way tha

Re: Some Apple Mail Questions using voiceover

Oh sure, there's more to think about than just money, but a main stream computer will do more than a specialty note taker, and it costs less. On Nov 7, 2010, at 9:20 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > I can think of at least two reasons why somebody would want a blindness > notetaker rather than a Macbook

Re: Some Apple Mail Questions using voiceover

If you're still having problems, perhaps we can hop on skype, and I'll see what I can do to help you. On Nov 7, 2010, at 10:03 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: > Ok, that works but once I hear it say to macvisionar...@gmail.com, I can't vo > space because it just beeps; if I add the shift, as I've sa

Re: Some Apple Mail Questions using voiceover

You'll get there, take your time, you don't ahve to everything in one day, make the switch a little at a time, and eventually it will become second nature. The mac and voice over do things differently than windows and the windows screen readers. On Nov 7, 2010, at 10:08 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrot

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