nano goodness?

2009-09-10 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi, I was thinking of a splurge at the apple store and get myself a new nano. What's the word on that? Is it actually a voice over integrated into the core or a lip-synch affair? In that i mean are the menu and song titles a pre-record from itunes when synching? If they crammed a video c

leopard security update 5 out

2009-09-11 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Yep, for those still lagging behind :) --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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: Setting Up Access to the Hard drive and Applications

2009-09-11 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi Les, To access your applications folder, press command shift A, then go down to text edit, then open it. To place it in the dock, press VO D as in control option D, then find the open text edit icon. once there, just press the down arrow and a contextual menu will come up, from which yo

trackpad commander testout and comments

2009-09-12 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi Mackers andslackers, I just installed Snow leopard through an upgrade process, and i have to say it was quick and easy. When getting into SL, nothing was bugging in terms of old apps. or maybe all the apps i use are compatible. I do have a problem when writing mails, as in not all the k

Re: Voice Over and Arabic?

2009-09-12 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi, There is an infovox ivox arabic language voice pack in theworks. The developer has recently asked for beta testers, but i guess youwouldn't beable to do it since, i aussme, you do not own a mac yet. Or do you> Here is the link anyway to the third party voice developer. They give you a

Idea for functionality

2009-09-12 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi everyone, Just been playing around with the gesture commander. I meant the multitrack commander. No, wait, trackpad commander :) The rotor stuff is very sensitive, as the default command rotate actions are to turn the volume down. To keep it in the audio context, anyone say track scrubbi

mail and reading messages

2009-09-12 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi everyone, There's a few changes in Snow Leopard, and i've sort of gotten all the custom verbosity i want. Fun stuff. I wanted to know though, is the inability to automatically read new messages through the VO J command due to one unchecking the automatically read webpage when loaded fea

multitrackpad gesture correction

2009-09-12 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hey everyone, Scratch the bug about the vo going all overthe place. I found out that i inadvertently switched the quick menu on. As a matter of fact, besides reading and the web, i see less of a use with it, or less potential than all that multitrack experience i'm going through. some com

double speaking in syrinx

2009-09-14 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi guys, Someone has posted about double speaking in syrinx, but i didn't have snow leopard at that time and thought it was for both old and new platforms. Can someone orient me to the right paremeter to get rid of that? Thanks, and best Yuma --~--~-~--~~~---~

Re: How can I turn that frustrating trackpad of.

2009-09-14 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi, just press control and make a counter clockwise rotation with your thumb and index. if you want to turn it back on, do the opposite. best Yuma --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries"

32 bit versus 64 bit

2009-09-16 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi everyone, I was wondering if any of you felt any change when booting SL with 64 bit. I can feel a slight increase in performance with sl in default mode, and strangely, voice over gets better and better as i use the computer, in terms of lag after hitting a key. go figure why. I wanted

Re: Applescript Editor help

2009-09-16 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi James, You can go to the following for a full guide on applescripting http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/AppleScript/Conceptual/AppleScriptLangGuide/introduction/ASLR_intro.html If you want to dabble a bit on some scripting with a tutorial starting from the basics: http:

ipod nano

2009-09-22 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi everyone, Went out for lunch and got myself a nano. This is after having heard about it through the threads in this group, so i guess will start playing around with it after work :) Is there anything i shouldn't do, or perhaps something important i should? The actual thing i wonder abo

nano micro-management

2009-09-22 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi everyone, Just took the nano out of its box, and i'm worried for a lot of things that might happen to it. It scratches against my keys, it slips through my big hands, it flies through the room when i take the earbuds out, and a lot of other unexpecteds. Does anyone else feel like i do

Re: nano micro-management

2009-09-23 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi, thanks for the response. I don't get why though the voice over menu options to speak more than just artists and playlists is dimmed. Is it because i told itunes to manually manage the music and rest? best Yuma --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this mess

Re: Another query about scripting VO

2009-09-23 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi, For the first question i can't be sure, but there are commands to get into processes. As for the limitations of applescript, since there is a large library of commands, and this being object oriented, you can display or list various objects within objects, their elements and properties

Re: load of rubbish!

2009-09-23 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Makes you realize that lobbying goes a long way to put forth technologies created by government funded or associative companies to favor their products. It can also have to do with certain agreements made between insurance companies and those bulkware providers. Its all a business at the e

Re: next table command useful navigation tool

2009-09-23 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi Anna, Thanks for that bit of info. Mkes things much easier :) best Yuma --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.c

nano thoughts

2009-09-23 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi everyone, I got home yesterday and decided to fully test the nano, and i'm quite pleased by the experience, apart from the fear of loosing this thing when i wear slacks or office pants. I included the bruno infovox voice as my nano navigator, and funny enough, i played a few song from t

Re: Bonjour de Paris

2009-09-24 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Salut Jp, I have recently switched to the mac, and i can tell you that i am glad for having done it on many fronts. First, VO, especially in Snow Leopard, is contextual, meaning that the way you navigate is very close to a graphic based navigation. Voice over tells you where you are on a w

Re: Bonjour de Paris

2009-09-24 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi Kevin, It's a solution i hope they will implement for the audio multi track programs. Since it is already used for volume setting ( command rotor), and the volume goes up and down by increments, i don't see why they couldn't do it for other functions. best Yuma --~--~-~--~

load of rubbish

2009-09-26 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi all, I've listened to the stereotypically high nose sounding reviewer of the iphone on BBC, and there are two things i've noticed: -He praises the web very much, and his experience is to that level because he is low vision, not totally blind. -He also congratulates Apple's efforts for a t

Re: Bonjour de Paris

2009-09-27 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi Claude, Good to know there are other froggs in this list. I've been on the mac boat for a bit over 2 months now, and i don't think i will boot up windows for a while, at least until they make win screenreaders more intuitive and add the multitrack pad. Just can't praise this enough. We

Re: Accessibility of Garage Band

2009-09-28 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi everyone, Thanks for the piece of info on accessible/non accessible features in Garage Band. As i said earlier on this list, i believe using certain trackpad gestures such as rotor movements for placing and moving track loops would be a very intuitive way to edit for visual impaired ind

developement tool for the iphone

2009-09-29 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi everyone, As i have spoken about our new iphone developement cell, i would like to make an addendum: I have purchased the shiva 3D engine tool for iphone which includes features such as voice over integration. Here is the link: http://www.stonetrip.com/new-features.html My original pro

Re: New navigation device with accessibility in mind

2017-03-09 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hey john and others, This is a take on how you can use the macaron. Please take it light heartedly :)) https://www.facebook.com/yuma.decaux/posts/10154525305554436 Sent from sputnik7 > On 10/03/2017, at 12:59 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: > > So could I confidently walk on my roof with this

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