Re: a few more questions about the Mac

2014-01-22 Thread Shawn AKA BBS
Hi Scott. If it's a MacBook pro, like every other Mac laptop the power button is located on the top right. To make it go to sleep, either close the lid or press the power button. Finally, I don't turn my Mac off as I heard from a friend that knows computers very well that turning it off and on

Re: Keyboard commands in Mavericks

2014-01-22 Thread Shawn AKA BBS
Hi David and others. I think what Richard was asking for is keyboard shortcuts for Mavericks in general, not just Voiceover. Richard, if I'm mistaken, please correct me. -- Shawn Sent From My White MacBook -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVision

Re: Advantages and dis-advantages of the compact and HQ voices of Voiceover

2013-12-23 Thread Shawn AKA BBS
Hi Daniel. For me when I use the Nuance voices, I use the premium version of the Australian Karen voice. I love the way Nuance tweeked her voice to sound more human with Vocalizer Expressive. I wish they would do the same for the male Australian voice, Lee, or if since Nuance is adding Loquendo

Re: downloading videos from Mac Tubes

2013-12-28 Thread Shawn AKA BBS
Hi Sarai. What I do if I want to download a video is press VO+Shift+M on the button that says player menu to open a context menu. The first option I see is download. I then select MP4 and a window appears with my download. I interac with the table inside the window and do a VO+right arrow to ch

Re: Anyone else Notice Gmail Acting Funky, no Matter the Mail App?

2013-12-28 Thread Shawn AKA BBS
Hi. I can confirm what Theresa said about the weirdness with Gmail because I experienced this as well on Windows. For this reason I've stopped using Gmail because like I said before, it has become unreliable. -- Shawn Sent From My White MacBook -- You received this message because you are subs

Re: virtualization solutions

2013-12-28 Thread Shawn AKA BBS
Hi Tyler. Email me off list and I may be able to help you with Fusion. -- Shawn Sent From My White MacBook -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mac

Re: InstallingApplications not in the Ap Store on Mavericks

2014-01-05 Thread Shawn AKA BBS
I went ahead and turned off Gate Keeper. It's just easier that way because if you downloaded some more apps not in the app store, you'd have to do what Ray and Phil said to do. Although I guess it could be personal preference. If you're that worried and paranoyed that something may go wrong wit

Re: Today's 30 minutes with VoiceOver

2014-01-12 Thread Shawn AKA BBS
Hi April. I may be of some help. I have two options for you because you say you want one-on-one training. If you have Skype, you can add me to Skype and I'll be happy to teach you the basics to Voiceover. I have a friend on here that I've taught how to use the Mac and it helped her greatly. The

Re: Today's 30 minutes with VoiceOver

2014-01-13 Thread Shawn AKA BBS
Hi April. Well if you feel comfortable, you can add me to Skype and I'll do my best to help you as well. My Skype name is bbstheblindrapper. -- Shawn Sent From My White MacBook -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe f

Re: Today's Plan

2014-01-13 Thread Shawn AKA BBS
Good luck with that April. And don't forget I'm here to help if you need it. -- Shawn Sent From My White MacBook -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email

Re: Today's Plan

2014-01-13 Thread Shawn AKA BBS
April, if you're still with us, I think I know why your computer beeps or bonks whenever you try to do a Voiceover command. There's a setting in the system preferences under the keyboard section that you should check out. In that keyboard section, you should see something that says use all F1,

Re: Voices, setting them?

2014-01-13 Thread Shawn AKA BBS
Hi Regina. If your wanting Voiceover to read numbers at full words, in the Voiceover utility, interact with the list of VO utilities and go down to verbosity. Stop interacting with the utility categories and select the text tab. I can't remember where in the text tab it is, but I know it's ther

Re: using skype

2014-01-15 Thread Shawn AKA BBS
Hi Andrew and others. There is an easier way to have incoming messages read out to you in Skype. If you purchase Growl, you can configure it to speak alerts for various applications such as Skype. The only catch is that you can't be in the chat window. Just command+Tab to somewhere else and the