Re: iTunes Match

2012-12-05 Thread Shen
Even if you have iTunes Match, you are not forced to stream music over the internet. You can have iTunes Match turned on in iTunes in your computer, but have them turned off in your devices. If they are turned off in your devices, you will still sync them from your iTunes just like you normally

Re: please can some one recommend an accessible alternative to iTunes that will allow me to mannege my current iTunes libary and iPod?

2012-12-11 Thread Shen
I agree. I don't think it's a bad question at all. Also, many people get accessibility confused with personal choice. If my personal choice is something that is not Apple, it doesn't mean I'm a hater. It's a personal choice. I too am not very happy with iTunes. This has been the case from day one

Re: Fleksy is now free

2013-02-18 Thread Shen
s.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. &

Re: iPhone Manual Question

2013-04-21 Thread Shen
Hi there. The Item Chooser is two-finger triple tap. I work for the San Francisco LightHouse and am sorry to inform you, Apple did not request iOS6 to be transcribed in Braille. Not sure why, but guessing that perhaps iOS 5 is similar enough to 6. On Apr 16, 2013, at 4:01 AM, Eugenia Firth wro

Re: Fleksy

2012-08-25 Thread Shen
gt; On Aug 18, 2012, at 10:52 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Interesting, I didn't see an option other than the free version. >>>>>>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>>>>

FaceTime on the Mac

2012-08-27 Thread Shen
Hi, Ever since I installed Mountain Lion, I am having a lot of trouble adding and removing favorites in FaceTime. Has anyone been successful removing contacts from favorites in FaceTime? There is an Edit button, but as far as I can tell, it doesn't make any difference. I still cannot remove from

Re: American HQ voice not working

2012-09-06 Thread Shen
Hi, When you said even though it is not enabled, do you actually have the checkbox under VoiceOver that says "use compact voice"? Any iOS device needs to connect to iTunes once in order to get the high quality voice. Not sure why that is. But you did say you reset your phone. So I would connect

Re: problems playing OGG files with VLC

2012-10-01 Thread Shen
Hi, Most likely not. It's due to a decoding problem. You might try updating VLC to the latest version and see if the problem goes away. I'm playing ogg files in using VLC and have no problems. The VLC version I have is 2.0.3 64-bit. Interesting it says 64-bit, but I have a 32-bit Mac. Anyways, t

MacBook Pro changing timezones

2012-10-07 Thread Shen
Hi, I just tried this week and found that VoiceOver is unable to interact with the world map in the timezones tab under System Preferences. Because I have a MacBook Pro, I don't have location services. So when I tried changing the timezone, VoiceOver tells me "no visible title to interact". I em

Re: MacBook Pro changing timezones

2012-10-07 Thread Shen
is right about this even though they didn't give you specific > instructions. > > > > -- > Cheryl > > May the words of my mouth > and the meditation of my heart > be acceptable to You, Lord, > my rock and my Redeemer. > (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) > >

Re: Please teach me how to... legally!... copy a DVD

2012-10-16 Thread Shen
I'm a bit surprised the moderator of the list has not piped up yet. The simple act of copying in itself makes it illegal. There is no such thing as making a legal copy. That's why they have copy encryption, to prevent people from making copies. Having said that, there are lots of ways of getting

Re: Changing the order messages are read

2012-10-17 Thread Shen
Hi, There are 2 ways of doing this. The first is the easier way. 1. Use classic view in Mail. Your list of messages will be in a table. Interact with the table and move to the subject column. As you move up or down the table, only the subject is read. This may be enough for you.But if you do want

Re: New Google Groups Interface

2012-10-23 Thread Shen
First, make sure you are signed into Google. Then copy and paste the following URL: http://groups.google.com/?noredirect=true This will give you the classic Googlegroups view. I don't know how long this will be available. On Oct 21, 2012, at 11:24 AM, Emilio Hernandez wrote: > Hello everyone,

Re: Blind Mice Mart Movie Vault

2012-10-31 Thread Shen
Hi, This is what I do with these movie files. First, make sure they are mp3 files. Most of them are, but I think they used to give ogg files. Add these mp3 files to your iTunes library. They will appear under your Music category. You might want to change the ID3 tags such as artist and album to m

Re: Please help with extracting audio from AVI file

2012-11-05 Thread Shen
Hi, Just saw your post. This is what you need. It's a QuickTime plugin that will allow your QuickTime player to play avi files. There is also an option in QuickTime player to export as audio only. Enjoy. http://perian.org On Nov 5, 2012, at 5:25 PM, Ioana Gandrabur wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a

Re: Voiceover Jumping Around in Contacts on iPhone 3GS

2012-11-05 Thread Shen
Go to Settings, then Mail, Contacts and Calendar. There are 2 options to look for. One is sort contacts by, this is sorting your contacts alphabetically by either first or last name. The other is display by. You can choose to have your contacts displayed by first name first or last name first. My

VoiceOver behaviors in Safari

2012-11-10 Thread Shen
Hi everyone, I recently decided to take on the task of erasing my hard drive and install a clean copy of Mountain Lion. Even though it had been installed over Lion, the performance was not bad. But there were just the few little things that made enough of a difference to make me wonder. So I dec

suggestion for YouTube app for iPad?

2012-11-12 Thread Shen
So I recently discovered the YouTube app from Google is for iPhones and iPods, but not iPads. Of course I can still install it, but it would look and feel strange. Anyone has any suggestions for an accessible 3rd-party app to access YouTube? I tried Jasmine, not even close. I am now trying McTub

battery low message freezing VoiceOver

2010-10-17 Thread Shen
Hello everyone, Wondering if anyone is having the same problem with VoiceOver using their MacBook. If the battery gets below a certain level, a message will popup. It says, "System Wide Server: You are running on reserved power ...", blah blah blah. Everrytime when this message comes up, VoiceOv

Apple Buys Intrinsity, a Maker of Fast Chips

2010-04-29 Thread Shen
For those of you who still think Apple might one day switch to AMD, here is an article from the New York Times that should put to rest any speculations. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/28/technology/28apple.html?partner=rss&emc=rss -- Shen goalb...@gmail.com -- You received this mes

status on Skype

2010-05-05 Thread Shen
Hello, In Skype, how can I find out the status of my contacts? As of now, arrowing up and down, I just hear the contact names, but not the status. How do I get VoiceOver to tell me? Thanks. -- Shen goalb...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

alternative media player to iTune

2010-05-10 Thread Shen
Hello, Wondering if anyone has any recommendations for an alternative media player to iTunes? Something less complicated, has all the keyboard shortcuts, and does not have a library. I just want something to play music. A Mac version of Winamp. -- Shen goalb...@gmail.com -- You received this

Re: QUESTIONS CONCERNING MAC PRO AND A FEW ISSUES.

2010-05-14 Thread Shen
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Re: google

2010-05-15 Thread Shen
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looking for DAISy player

2010-06-01 Thread Shen
Hello, What accessible DAISy player is everyone using on the Mac? I'm looking to test a few to see what is accessible. Thanks. -- Shen goalb...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group

Re: Sorting music in iTunes

2010-06-07 Thread Shen
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Re: DAISY players and DAISY books on the Mac [was Re: looking for DAISy player]

2010-06-07 Thread Shen
ftware you said. Thanks very much. On 6/3/10, Esther wrote: > Hi Shen, > > For a free, open source DAISY player for the Mac, take a look at > Olearia at the Curtin University site: > <http://www.cucat.org/projects/olearia/> > The main Curtin University page has a number

iTunes changing mp3 bitrate

2010-04-10 Thread Shen
Hello, For some strange reason, I cannot seem to change the mp3 bitrate for importing settings in iTunes. If I change it, VoiceOver will say the bitrate I had changed it to, but when I select OK, and go back, the change does not stick. Has anyone encountered this problem before? If so, how can this

Re: weird ITunes problem

2010-04-14 Thread Shen
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Re: changing bit rate when extracting with i-tunes

2010-04-15 Thread Shen
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Re: Apple to go with AMD next?

2010-04-18 Thread Shen
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Re: Apple to go with AMD next?

2010-04-20 Thread Shen
argin is the same if the iPad uses an Intel Atom processor? Keeping in mind how much Apple likes to guard its products and maintain a level of secrecy. Apple can do that even more if they don't have to depend on another company for processors. Just speculating! On 4/20/10, Ben Mustill-Ros

East Asian voices for VoiceOver

2010-04-23 Thread Shen
Hello, Does anyone know where I can get Japanese and Mandarin voices to use with VoiceOver. Thanks. -- Shen goalb...@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

Re: google chrome

2011-08-18 Thread Shen
Hi, The problem with edit boxes is that VoiceOver does not read what you typed. Basically, text is being typed into the box. VoiceOver just doesn't read it. For example, google.com. If you type something in the search field, you cannot back space or arrows. But if you VO away then back, you will

Re: Voiceover stops for no reason

2011-08-21 Thread Shen
Hi, I am having the same issue even with Lion. I've found that most of the time, if I press the keyboard shortcut for going to desktop VO-Shift-D, VoiceOver comes back speaking. Give that a try. Also, a lot of times, it's because I have Safari running. If I quit Safari, this problem doesn't happ

Re: time script

2011-08-23 Thread Shen
I have also noticed a lag in Lion as well. When I was using Snow Leopard, VoiceOver responds instantly when I press the keyboard commander for the time script. Now in Lion, I've experienced at least a 1.5 second lag. And yes, I have checked allow VoiceOver to be controlled by Apple Script. On A

Re: time script

2011-08-24 Thread Shen
seems more the case in 10.71 than 10.7. > > Ricardo Walker > rwalker...@gmail.com > Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 > www.mobileaccess.org > > On Aug 24, 2011, at 1:47 AM, Shen wrote: > >> I have also noticed a lag in Lion as well. When I was using Snow Leopard, >&

Re: question about downloading in Saphari

2011-08-31 Thread Shen
Hello, I'm sorry. What is Option Enter suppose to do? I opened Safari to a podcast page and moved over to a link that says "download today's podcast". Most of the time, VO-Shift-M will open the correct menu and let me download it. But whatever Option Enter is suppose to do, it does nothing for me

Re: Battery life on Macbook pro if running Windows

2011-09-21 Thread Shen
I have a MacBook Pro purchased in mid 2010. It has a solid state drive. Running Snow Leopard, I can get 10 hours of usage. For the short time I had Windows 7 installed on a BootCamp partition, I kept getting the message that my battery has around 4 hours from a full charge. I never got the chance

Re: using the dash board

2011-09-24 Thread Shen
I would like to know too. Whenever I open the Dashboard, I just get the calculator. I'd like to know how to add and remove widgets. On Sep 24, 2011, at 6:45 AM, Justin Thornton wrote: > hi > could some one please explain how I can find and use the dash board wigits? > I would love to know how a

Re: For those who use two or more languages

2011-09-29 Thread Shen
I've always wanted to have VoiceOver use English when reading elements on a webpage such as headings, edit text, lists, but use the appropriate language for the main content. This method is somewhat successful. I've been able to get the content of a Mandarin website to read using the Mandarin vo

Re: Is the blindmicemart site no longer mac accessible?

2011-10-03 Thread Shen
Hi, No, you don't need to be a member to use the movie vault page. The movie vault page is not part of the main site under construction. The movie vault page is up and running. I just downloaded a movie a couple of weeks ago. The reason Safari and Chrome are not displaying the page is because the

Re: I can't download anything all of a sudden

2011-10-03 Thread Shen
Hi, I've had the same problems too. I never had this issue with Snow Leopard, so this is definitely a VoiceOver and Lion thing. Here is my workaround. You can try this too. If you don't get the correct menu when pressing VO-Shift-M, then first put the mouse on the link by pressing VO-CMD-F5. Next

Re: Is the blindmicemart site no longer mac accessible?

2011-10-03 Thread Shen
also suspect that the html code for the movie vault page is hand-written. I tried looking at the codes myself and it was a mess. On 10/3/11, Shen wrote: > Hi, > No, you don't need to be a member to use the movie vault page. The movie > vault page is not part of the main site unde

controlling the cpu fan

2011-10-03 Thread Shen
cBook much warmer than it has ever been. Thanks. -- Shen goalb...@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

iTunes column browser

2011-10-19 Thread Shen
I just downloaded and installed the latest iTunes version 10.5 in my Mac. I usually like to use the column browser to go through my music. It didn't take long, I realize that VoiceOver is giving the opposite message of what the column browser is doing. Essentially, VoiceOver says show column brow

Re: iTunes column browser

2011-10-19 Thread Shen
is being hidden, and "remove iTunes sidebar" it is being shown. Very strange. On Oct 19, 2011, at 6:56 AM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: > Hi: > I'm not seeing this. Have you gone to double check your view settings? > On Oct 19, 2011, at 2:04 AM, Shen wrote: > >> I

insertion point

2011-02-07 Thread Shen
Hello, Whenever I enter a text area such as a text box on a website, or the text area in TextEdit, VoiceOver tells me where the insertion point is. For example, "insertion at beginning of text". I can't find where to turn that off. Can someone tell me how to get VoiceOver not to tell me where th

Re: insertion point

2011-02-08 Thread Shen
> will in a stream of entry. I feel still as though I am being swept along by > a river when I type in a VoiceOver driven feedback situation and can't break > the flow to maneuver. > > > Regards, > Cheree Heppe > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 07/02/

Re: insertion point

2011-02-08 Thread Shen
ybe this is because my verbosity is set to > medium, and not high? > > Ricardo Walker > rwalker...@gmail.com > Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 > Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 > > > > On Feb 8, 2011, at 2:00 AM, Shen wrote: > >> Hello, >> Whenever I en

Re: insertion point

2011-02-09 Thread Shen
ld do without that. But since I subconsciously ignore it, it has never bothered me enough to find a way to turn it off. But like I said, I was asked this question and didn't have the answer. Obviously, someone wants it turned off. On 2/9/11, Carolyn Haas wrote: > Hi Shen: > I don&

sounds in Bootcamp

2011-04-27 Thread Shen
Hi everyone, I have a MacBook Pro with a BootCamp partition. It is installed with Windows 7. I am having a problem where the headphones is not working in Windows. The speakers are working just fine giving me all the sounds. But as soon as I plug in the headphones, sounds disappear. I verified tha

Re: m.facebook.com some attempts to get sanity...

2011-05-24 Thread Shen
Changing the User Agent doesn't do it for me. The mobile site is still not readable. Actually, the main facebook site is more accessible at the moment. But the sad thing is that the logout link is only in the mobile site so at this moment, I can't logout of facebook. On May 23, 2011, at 7:57 PM,

Re: m.facebook.com some attempts to get sanity...

2011-05-24 Thread Shen
Thank you. That worked. On May 24, 2011, at 4:16 AM, Colin M wrote: > Hi Shen! > You can log out of the main site! > When your on the account button press it then wait about half a second then > right arrow then you'll have your items like settings and edit profile if you

Re: m.facebook.com some attempts to get sanity...

2011-05-24 Thread Shen
it is necessary for me since I am sharing my MacBook with my girlfriend and we each have an account. And I must say, the Internet Explorer layout is a little easier to navigate. VoiceOver is more responsive as well. On May 24, 2011, at 10:32 PM, Shen wrote: > Thank you. That worked. > >

Re: itunes radio playing?

2011-06-05 Thread Shen
Hi, No, you are not expected to do anything at all. The short answer is that iTunes has to retrieve information about the station you just selected before playing. The longer answer is that it is a routing message, iTunes retrieves the station's streaming URL from its database and occasionally, t

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