Hi list,
This twitter client has just become totally accessible. Its very clean and i
really liked the fact that they replied straight away in terms of accessibility
issues and i dont think i caused it but 3 days later they issued an update just
for the request i had.
Here is their link
http
Try doing command+shift+m and choose save download link as
Should work fine
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I think that theres a big movement for accessibility and standardization moreso
with apple products.
I've come across quite a few developers now who are more than interested in
knowing how to make their products more if so totally accessible. And its a
great way to communicate the differences i
Syrinx is already dumped for me. When you check its definition, its a nero
spinal disorder... I much prefer using a night owl for my tweets than a
nevrosis
In general, i'd like images and stuff to go if we choose to. It could be a
great addition to some future voice over settings option
Che
I think i'm gonna tell the guys to change the name cuz in reality night owl
would be yorubukuro in Japanese. Not yorufukaru
Lol
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I am trying to figure out the tabs thing too. For the DM thing its written in
the menu system
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Oh right thats pretty cool.
Might be good if those commands can be bound to two track pad gestures
Applescript time :)
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For Direct Messagin its command D
If you haven't checked or made tabs configurations yet you will have to through
menu/Tools
But i believe going between tabs is command 1 or 2 or 3 etc
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Hi esther,
I left text expander in the closet for a month due to a lot of work going on,
but just got back to it as i was tired of always changing layouts or opting for
the option key. It took me a while to get it going but i now all my french
accents as snippets and on the ticket also found s
Hi list,
I got a few problems here with some VO labeling.
Just 5 minutes ago, some of my skype buttons have lost their labels, those add
contacts and call anyone anywhere ones.
I can label them back but its a bit annoying to know that every blue moon VO
decides to strip the applications of lab
Hi list,
Anyone know how to put a bookmarklet on the bookmarks bar?
I'm trying to get the instapaper one on my favorites bar or somewhere easy to
access but i'm not sure whats best. Since its a link in safari that people
normally drag into some other place, it should be straight forward. But dr
Hi Esther,
As usual, i get at least five new things in my bag of tricks with one question
:)
THanks for the sunday morning illumination Esther
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I was thinking, besides the awful dread of loosing my japanese proficiency
because of no acapella voice available until sometime in 2011, i want to keep
fresh and alive my fluency in various languages and thought of having different
news sites in different languages.
Of course,
http://bit.ly/aR9jbL
This one sounds good. I've exhausted my current list of gestures for various
tasks and this one is definetely going to be a time saver provided the pref
pane is accessible
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Ok, so i just had to move my arse a bit on this subject, seek and thou shall
find i guess :)
For those who might want this option in their dictionary app here is the link
http://bit.ly/bbItQI
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I like the ultra lingua link, but is it something that goes with the mac
application or is it standalone?
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Hi Esther,
Ultra lingua does work fine when you open it and make queries through their
interface but their hotkey isn't accessible in the preferences and when i
worked around it, and tried using it on a text the pop pup is actually not
accessible so its a few steps back from what i really want
http://bit.ly/bQtFwb
They are the inventors of the E-sense, the thin film which allows for haptic
interaction through low frequency electric modulation.
I spoke to one of their guys who said that developement and SDK phase aren't
entirely mapped out yet as they are negotiating with various
Hi listers,
I am starting a multi lingual mac experience apart from the two main idioms i
use for the sake of keeping every one of my languages alive, and wondered if
someone could point me to some sites in Italian Spanish and Portuguese which
discuss accessibility, the mac and perhaps sound ed
Hi William,
It works. The only thing which is not accessible is the list of your logins
profiles etc. Its a list of unknowns but if you type the first letters of the
login name you want, and VO right twice you are in the details window of that
login/account/etc.
I have been using 1password for
Hi list,
I've got a logitech cordless numeric keypad which i believe i've improperly set
up when i connected it and would like to know how to reset to defaults so that
my system reinitializes the recognition process of the keypad.
Do i have to go through terminal to find the right plist Or is t
Hi listers,
I went rapidly through the motion needed for dragging a highlighted loop into
the timeline.
Here is the script snippet:
ttell application "Extra Suites"
ES mouse down
ES move mouse to scroll area 2 of window 1 of application "Garage Band"
Es mouse up
end tell
I used the Extra suit
No you are not stupid, and just as you are entitled to your opinion, i am
entitled to try and find a solution. It's only advantageous to me as it allows
me to learn the intricacies of not only the garage band workflow but also of
applescript, which itself will lead me to figure a mental map on o
Honestly, sincerely, from the bottom of my heart and soul which have both seen
heard and experience many horrid things in life, this whole freedom scientific
thing is monstrous.
I was sighted not long ago, and believed that accessibility tech and other
handicap related accessories were subsidiz
Applescript is object oriented just as objective c is.
This is how i could progress, from simple English understanding the concept of
countenance and in parallel explore objective c.
So yes, they are actually related to what i do, since i work on automating
things at my work place and learn pro
I know i like confusion, it allows me to put order in it :)
Cnsidering that i know 7 languages fluently, written and read, having
applescript and objective c as my night table books or ipad in my case, is like
strolling through another set of idions to decipher
I'm sure there are myriads other
They've updated it and folowed my suggestion on getting rid of the image
annoucements in the timeline.
I really like these guys :)
Best
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Hi list,
I've seen quite a few threads on bugs relative to the recent installation of
safari 5. Sorry to read about that, but sometimes clearing display on the
console can help a lot. though limited to busy busy or other smaller bugs
Otherwise, just installed the youtube safari extension and i'
Hi Allison,
Its DJ3 from algoriddim software.
The application is very accessible as all the functions are mapped to keys.
The layout in terms of keys is as such that left and right of the vertical line
that makes the keys y h and b are left and right turntables. All the number
keys represent m
Hi GF,
The unknown table is the playlist table. I have been in contact with algoriddim
to get them to fix this issue as well as figure a way to give us the capability
of scratching with our trackpads By setting up bounded hotspots.
But back to the unknown. The playlists, if you have them, can b
You can hook up any digital jogwheel to the dj software
I've been playing with my vci100 for a while now and it works like a charm
You can also plug in audio units for extra effects.
The scratch thing is just for the guys to label more of the buttons and
checkbvoxes
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all EQ up and down or reset keys are on the keyboard
Check the dj help for the key shortcut page
and auto play is command a i think
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Hi,
My itunes shows the books source so its probably a question of having a system
or device which is ibooks compatible. Is4 is ibooks compatible so expect the
update on your ipod touch to reflect that possibility.
Cheers
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Somehow i always bug people i know around the globe to get it first. The ipad
and now the latest iphone 4. Unlocked and all which is awesome :)
Can't wait to start playing with the gyrometer functions in the sdk for some
fun audio play
Vive la France for its laws on phone locks
Yuma DX®
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Apart from a placebo feeling that things are running smoother, i just got my
first contacts group created without a problem :)
Now going to check if any new commands have been added to the voice over
applescript library as well as in voice over preferences.
Yuma DX®
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Hi list,
Here is the list of applications affected by the update. They come usually when
their sizes change and my optimizer picks them for slimming.
bluetooth file exchange
Calculator
Dashboard
Disk Utility
Exposé
Front row
Ical
Ichat
Keychain access
Mail
Quicktime player
Raid utility
Sagari
Sp
Hi listers,
I really like my drop box as it allows me to synch all my dev projects with my
team 4000 clicks away, and i have been looking at other ways to increase
porductivity.
In this case, wordpress 3 which has just come out allows one to manage his
blogs from one central blog.
This is a p
Hi list,
I checked into the mailing list archives for an OCR solution for the mac but i
only found Abbey fine reader which itself seems to be a windows application.
Anyone know of an accessible and good quality OCR reader on the mac?
Best regars,
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Yep thanks, i was checking the site afterwards and found it
Thanks anyway
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Hi,
Currently there is no accessibility with the magic mouse. There are rumors of a
magic trackpad coming out which is probably a better tool but till then magic
mouse is useless
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Hi list,
My mobility trainer just told me that soon i will start using a gps for going
around the city, and i was loking around the list's archives for an alternative
to the standalone devices since i proudly own an iphone.
So what are the choices for new zealand? I tried Navigon but they only
And it seems as though showing and hiding the address bar which is normally
command shift backslash doesn't work.
Has the shortcut changed?
Weird
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Bag,
It was just a contextual menu away :)
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I think, but am not sure, that it should be specified in automator, or that the
file itself should reside in the services folder somewhere in your home folder
so that it appears correctly in the mail menu.
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Hi,
If you try opening the voice over dictionary in the applescript editor *command
shift o*, you will find approximately 22 commands which are voice over
specific. These are for now quite sufficient to do what you want, though
external sources on the net are sparse. I believe this is because n
Hi,
When i download files from safari links that normally redirect before
downloading, i don't get the file in a download list box, but in an new safari
tab. And the result is that i don't get the file. Is there a preference i have
to change for this not to happen, and for the file to correctly
Hi,
Keynote is the only app in my iwork suite which i haven't touched so i gave it
a spin, and everything seems to be accessible. You see the slideshow,
thumbnails, there are no inaccessible or unlabelled buttons.
I haven't gone as far as making a presentation but it seems fine.
Hope it helps
Hi,
I've got a serious problem with adress book, and its only getting worse as my
contacts grow.
I'm trying to create calendar events where i send an e-mail with an attachment
to specific recipients, and its really all easy, but ical tells me i have to
add my email and card in address book.
I create an event in Ical, the within the event details, i go to alarm. There
will be a popup from which you have a list of choices. When you choose e-mail,
a dialog comes up saying that you have to add your e-mail and card in adress
book to make this possible, with a button for opening adress b
Thanks nic,
I think sometimes that certain applications will be accessible and get all
excited, but as you have noticed, i guess this one is still a no go.
Thanks again
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Hi, just dropping in here.
I've set up my multitrack pad to do the mouse to voice over, mouse up/down and
cursor tracking off as a first step.
I would like to use this for drag n dropping tracks/loops/samples in garage
band, and have heard the washy sound, but i'm waiting for my gf to bring me
Hi Nick,
Thanks for testing it out. Will go to it now
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Hi,
I just finished checking all the options in xupport, and i'd like to
repartition my disk 0 which had previously been running windows which i deleted
and merged with my mac partition.
I've looked into disk utility for creating new partitions, but i only get new
image from disk 0 option. Is
Here's hoping for the debugging of address book in VO for the next 10.6.3
release.
I've sent a mail to accessibil...@apple.com to ask them to haul butts as
switchers are in a working environment and have responsibilities, and that
these features which are out of the box should be adressed, visu
Hi ,
I have a devver for iphone since this morning, and would like to transfer him
all the podcasts on iphone dev i've downloaded on his computer.
I would like to restrict my transfers to only the podcasts. Do you know where
the files reside in my partition?
Thanks
Yuma Decaux
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Hi Esther,
I can't stress enough your value in this list, and bow before you for all the
inside knowledge you provide us in such short notice.
I think though that i should explore by myself more, but i have this problem of
thinking that i might break something in the process so i move with cat
Hi Chris,
I've had a macbook pro since a few months before you got yours, and my unit is
running just as fast as when i got it.
I do have a lot of applications and my media library is growing steadily, but i
do believe that it is because i keep it clean with cache emptying, using
click2flash,
Hi James,
Just do a google on xupport and it will be there on your first header.
Also, since this one is commercial, you can try tinker tools *same, just google
it* and you will find it.
Both have similar tools for ridding space, optimizing performance especially
for blind people, and xupport
You can't control flash that way as the whole framework is in carbon. Until we
get adobe stuff in coco, it won't help much to do anything. unless you call out
flash buttons from javascript and get safari to read the labels and buttons
extracted from javascript then plug it back in via the same b
Hi James,
I used to be sighted, and a 3D graphist. I know manage a 3D team, i know its
odd, but this is my day in day out activity.
I only baught or even touched a mac last June, as i heard Mike Arrigo's podcast
and thought voice over seemed better than jaws, though the windows platform was
my
Hi May,
Its an excel spreadsheet file.
you have to open it with either the office suite, or with numbers from the
iwork suite.
TheCheers
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Knowing that their event card graphics represent colorful splotches, that they
haven't released OS updates for the iphone, and that the tablet seems like a
hybrid between osx and iphone os, i think we're pretty much slated for the
tablet. Either on the another thing moment so typical of Steve jo
Hi James,
I think its better for you to contact me off list so that i can giv you some
good links and books on programming.
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Still experimental but worth it
http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2010/01/introducing-youtube-html5-supported.html
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Hi list,
I just thought you might be interested in this 3D engine which itself uses 3D
audio and is scripted with java, a not too hard scripting language.
http://unity3d.com/
I know its weird to think that a blind user can create games using a 3D engine,
but if you know euler geometry, some pr
Hi,
If you purchased infovox for version 1.3, all you have to do is download the
snow leopard compatible 2.0 and your license will work on it.
I have purchased french voices before the snow leopard one came into beta
stage, and had no problems upgrading to 2, and at no extra cost.
hope that he
Yep, there's got to be a callback between js and flash, and i don't know which
part of the api is set to open on a per publication basis.
I'm wondering if there isn't a way to access it differently, as in js firs
extracting the labels, and calling applescript's OSAX which is the extended
suite
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/01/22/mac_os_x_10_6_3_to_enhance_quicktime_64_bit_logic_printing.html
It points out apple asking for closer compatibility for voice over. A
standardization of accessibility on the mac 64 bit coco environment?
Here's hoping
Yuma
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Hi,
I know this won't fit the easy way, but:
http://www.apple.com/remotedesktop/remoteadministration.html
it's shell scripting. if you know some unix or have used terminal before, this
might be the ultimate way. But hey
regards,
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I second Chris here,
I think that if flash files aren't refferable on the web, we're pretty much
stuck with trying to get info from it. That's why all metas are in the html/php
which the swf is embedded in. But hey, there always might be something out
there. When my devver finishes his first ip
Just a line on the new possibilities with the ipad. We're currently testing the
unity 3D engine, and the sound source+colision components to see how the
spatial sound respects real physical values.
I just found that in a lot of the VST plugins available for free, there are
meters which can be t
I think the reason why apple still doesn't allow flash in their devices, among
all the speculations of economic cryonism and technical shorthands, is the
simple fact that adobe products aren't in coco on a mac. This means old carbon
framwork, non compatible with 64 bit processes, and therefore n
Hi,
I'd like to have as much controllerism as possible when doing all the things i
do, as well as some handy ways to use garage band, and wondered if anyone knew
of a bluetooth portable keypad for my macbook pro, preferrably from apple but i
doubt the former would venture into it.
THanks
Yum
Hi,
Since i first played with the trackpad commander, i've been really enjoying all
the various shortcuts that are associated with it, and have grown my list of
commands with the gestures,
I thought maybe i could share my current bindings with you, for those not sure
where to start with the po
Yes you are right, some of apple's stuff is also still carbon, but i remember
somewhere saying adobe didn't want to jump the coco bandwagon. Why is what i am
looking for.
best
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Hi list,
This is a bit off topic perhaps, but i was wondering if anyone here lived in
New Zealand. More precisely Auckland.
My Gf just got a job there, and we're pondering on the possibilities for a
newly blind person to go through rehabilitation over there.
Anyone got a link or something i ca
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3678065/BongioviAcousticsDPS.dmg
The difference with this Digital ro System plugin is like night and day.
All my tunes are now seriously clear and each track is separated perfectly.
It works seamlessly with itunes so there's no fuss.
All you have to do is add your lapto
I do agree the loudness makes it difficult to make a sound judgement, but i've
noticed that some tracks i have with multiple soundscapes are very clear and
separated. SO i've tried with a jazz live, and the spectrum of orientation is
something i quite like.
It is however, a bit steep for 30 buc
BALV2010
THe guys over a bon jovi accoustics have made their download pages accessible,
and have added the above coupon code for this list.
Here is their page:
http://www.dpsplugin.com/
A good commercial move i guess
best
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Oh, i did forget to mention the actual discount. its 5 USD off on the original
price.
Best
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Hi,
Here's some preview on quicken essentials, rewritten in coco.
http://www.macworld.com/article/146465/2010/02/mwpodcast189.html?lsrc=rss_main
Here's hoping, again
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Apparently it will be soon
best
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Hi list,
wondering if there's a way to not load images when opening a pdf?
I've gotten an essentials book on the unity 3D engine, and it crashes on me all
the time. ANd this is a pruchased e-book.
So i got shrinkIt which saves a lighter version of pdfs
But not success, the file still crashes t
Hi list,
I read that SSD's increase disk read/write speeds by a 2 multiplier, and
checked some of the options out there so that i can use the SSD for the SL OS,
but found incredibly high prices.
The best though that i found is the OCZ SDD 2.5 drive specially made for the
mac with a speed of 24
Hi List,
I have started being trigger-happy with the spotlight features which i tweaked
for my liking, and though i really like the possibilities, i'd prefer going
through another method which i haven't been able to emulate. Here is the
following method:
When you have a word in text edit or ma
http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/02/19/2031207/The-Blind-Shall-See-Again-But-When?from=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Slashdot%2Fslashdot+%28Slashdot%29
Special notice to the promised resolution within a decade. They talk about VGA.
That's the resolution of a
Hi,
No its actually quicker than that. No context menu or anything. Just a popup
text box like ajax with the definition/synonyms and others i=picked from the
dictionary.
Here is one link pointing to that method, not the most updated but i can't find
the other one i found:
http://www.tech-reci
Hi,
I've posted this as a fragment of what is happening in the bionic research
world. I myself probably have optical nerve damage due to the trauma i've
suffered.
But when you think of the advancements of bio-mechanics and genetics. these
options will create or facilitate techniques for the de
Hi list,
I think there might be some interesting movement coming along the adobe side,
after the news that photoshop and flash will be all in coco (we dont care for
the former, but the latter has been the seat of much debate).
Heres the article:
http://www.kaourantin.net/2010/02/core-animation
Oh, i forgot to mention in the previous thread, on the labels.
The reason why we read button1 everywhere in a lot of flash when using jaws is
because of the instanciation of a button, which then aren't properly named, so
the default button1 residing in the main library is called. There will not
As a previously sighted person, i really liked developing for flash. ANd each
version having gone through loads of enhancements, i think it would be nice for
adobe to adopt an html5 approach that they will layer for the more design
oriented punters.
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I was just lookingat the dictionary for the extended suite applescript
dictionary.
ANd i found two commands which should automate the actual dragging
loops/samples/all the rest onto the track grid without going through 50
manipulations and guess work.
Those two commands are:
esmouse
Hi list,
Just a thought for the rest. of drag n drop operations such as moving folders
or anything that requires dragndrop from different windows.
The applescript registers the first moiuse location with esmouselocation,
places the values in a variable, and creates a new variable to know what t
I have no problem with pessimism, believe me :)
I was talking about putting a loop from the loop library into the track grid.
Or maybe i've been following the wrong tutorial on the you can make it .com
about putting loops/instruments/etc on the track grid.
This is a way to do in 1 manipulation
That was a handful, thanks for that clarification on different DAWs.
I'm personally not sure what can or can't be done in GB yet apart from checking
some loops and other realluy beyond basic tasks, but i'm trying to use these
obstacles as a way to figure what accessibility can be provided via sc
Hey list,
I've looked deeper into the unity 3D engine and it's audio capabilities, and
with my team have thought up a game in multiplayer mode for the iphone which
pits sighted players against blind players, whereas the latter will use full 3D
audio to move and interact around. They will have a
Hi Bryan, and all
I am currently managing a studio for a bigger group, and have personally
financed the iphone dev cell, with sighted developers who work with me in
constructing the first applications commercial and non-commercial for the
iphone and other iterations of the same platform.
I hav
Also,
The reason why i am looking into multiplayer functionality between sighted and
non sighted is to create a richness in storyline and capabilities in a platform
which is used either on the go, between commuting, breaks, before going to
sleep, etc.
I have tried World of Warcraft once during
Hi list,
I've just found a lovely flat near the RSBNZ in AUckland, and am now looking at
the internet options around.
Does anyone know which i should go if i want the biggest data allowance?
THanks, and best
P.S: really cool place here :)
Yuma Decaux
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So i opened it up, thinking that the issue has finally been resolved, and
created a new group. I still can't rename it.
Dissapointed, but oh well.
Best
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