I can think of 3 things. 1. check if you running low in your hard drive space. If I get less than 50 Gb of hard drive my VO gets slow because I use loads of applications running at once. 2. turn your activity monitor on and ask somebody to check who is taking the most of your ram when vo gets quiet. 3. this must be really far off, but once I had so many attachments that when I turned my mail on my vo got really slow. I had to clean like 20 gb of attachments on my mail, but you are probably not data horder like me. But just in case. HTH, Rachel
On Nov 29, 2011, at 7:44 PM, Becky Knaub wrote: > Hi all, > VO is acting really odd on my MBP today. It has stopped talking all the > sudden three different times. I had to restart it and then it was fine. > Anyone got any suggestions? Also does anyone know why Safari often keeps > saying busy? > > Becky and C > On Nov 29, 2011, at 7:29 PM, macvisionaries@googlegroups.com wrote: > >> Today's Topic Summary >> Group: http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries/topics >> >> YoruFukurou and lists. [3 Updates] >> solved safari extensions question posted previously [1 Update] >> Little Mac Victories [1 Update] >> making sure safari extension are installed? [1 Update] >> interesting bug in voiceover with numbers and apostrophes [5 Updates] >> Looking for a monitor to connect to my mac mini [1 Update] >> Growl Notifications readout [4 Updates] >> Sorry but I gotta ask again | VMWare Key Mapping [1 Update] >> Burning Itunes purchases to CD? [6 Updates] >> iphone4s and triple home [1 Update] >> Questions about sound check [1 Update] >> YoruFukurou and lists. >> Ricardo Walker <rwalker...@gmail.com> Nov 29 05:31PM -0500 >> >> Hi, >> >> I have a feeling I'm missing something really obvious but, how do you view >> your lists in YoruFukurou? >> >> Thanks. >> >> Ricardo Walker >> rwalker...@gmail.com >> Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 >> www.mobileaccess.org >> >> Kevin Mattingly <kdmattin...@gmail.com> Nov 29 06:01PM -0500 >> >> When you say list, what are you refering to? >> >> Kev >> On Nov 29, 2011, at 5:31 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: >> >> >> Ricardo Walker <rwalker...@gmail.com> Nov 29 07:29PM -0500 >> >> You know, lists of people you follow but keep separate from your main >> timeline? For example, one might creat a list for sports and just add the >> athletes they care to follow on twitter? >> >> Ricardo Walker >> rwalker...@gmail.com >> Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 >> www.mobileaccess.org >> >> On Nov 29, 2011, at 6:01 PM, Kevin Mattingly wrote: >> >> >> solved safari extensions question posted previously >> Ioana Gandrabur <igandra...@gmail.com> Nov 29 06:53PM -0500 >> >> Hi all, >> >> Found extensions under preferences so problem solved. Thanks! >> >> Ioana >> >> Little Mac Victories >> Traci <our4p...@gmail.com> Nov 29 03:46PM -0800 >> >> Hope y'all don't mind me sharing such an email… >> >> >> I was on a music site I like to buy from, from time to time. I went there on >> my Mac and hesitated, thinking I should wait to hop onto my windows. *Grin,* >> I decided to give it a whirl on my Mac. >> >> Looky there! There was a bit of struggle navigating the website, but for the >> most part it was a more pleasant experience than on my windows machine. I >> was tickled to search for a track, log in, and purchase said track. >> >> The song is now nicely inside iTunes, inside a playlist. :) Loving it! >> >> A side note here: ever since I reformatted my iPod Nano to Mac, syncing has >> been lightning faster. >> >> It's a good Mac Day! >> Traci >> Sent by Macbook Air Mail >> >> making sure safari extension are installed? >> Ioana Gandrabur <igandra...@gmail.com> Nov 29 06:41PM -0500 >> >> Hi all, >> >> I downloaded the youtube 5 safari extension talked about on the list and >> pressed open on the file. Got some dialog about asking if I want to install >> this extension but I don't know if it was successful. Is there a way to see >> the list of installed extensions? >> Thanks, >> >> Ioana >> >> interesting bug in voiceover with numbers and apostrophes >> Paul Erkens <paul.erk...@gmail.com> Nov 29 10:52PM +0100 >> >> Dear listers, >> Before I start bugging Apple with what I think is a bug, I would like to ask >> you listers about the following. I found the bug while working in Amadeus >> pro. In this sound editor, for some reason, you have to enter time in a >> strange way. Let's say I have a file open that is 30 minutes long, but I >> would like to jump right to 10 minutes, 3 seconds and half a second more. So >> 10 minutes, 3 seconds and 500 milliseconds. In Amadeus pro, I have to enter >> this, using apostrophes as time separators, and 2 apostrophes to separate >> the seconds from the milliseconds. Does this sound weird? I don't know why >> amadeus wants me to use 2 apostrophes in a row, even though that works fine >> if you obey, although this is not important for this voiceover bug, but here >> I found something strange happen with voiceover. >> Here's the test. For ten minutes 3 seconds and 500 milliseconds, here's what >> I type in inside amadeus pro. I'll type it literally, so let's see what your >> voiceover says here. >> 10'3''500 >> With my current voiceover punctuation set to some, I hear: >> ten, thirty nine one one five hundred. This is strange, because what I type >> was: >> 1 0 apostrophe 3 apostrophe apostrophe 5 0 0. >> What the heck is happening here with voiceover? Where does that thirty nine >> come from? I didn't type it, but if you omit the last apostrophe, so that >> the 3 seconds are now only separated from the milliseconds by just one >> apostrophe, then everything speaks just fine. In other words, try typing >> this. >> one zero apostrophe 3 apostrophe 5 0 0 >> If you do this, then you hear what is on the screen. With 2 apostrophes in a >> row though, voiceover screws up. Can anyone confirm this? >> 10'3'500 against 10'3''500. >> Isn't that interesting? Hmm. >> >> "Red.Falcon" <velocity.focu...@virginmedia.com> Nov 29 10:02PM >> >> Hi Paul! >> I'm on snowy kitty! >> And I've got my punctuation set to most! >> What I here is 1 hundred 3 thousand 5 hundred! >> From the one you gave as an example no 39 here! >> hth Colin >> On 29 Nov 2011, at 21:52, Paul Erkens wrote: >> >> >> Paul Erkens <paul.erk...@gmail.com> Nov 29 11:03PM +0100 >> >> Hi Colin, >> Yes I forgot to mention that I am using Lion indeed. So, any Lion users >> experiencig this voiceover bug? >> On Nov 29, 2011, at 11:02 PM, Red.Falcon wrote: >> >> >> Cody <cdog2...@gmail.com> Nov 29 05:04PM -0500 >> >> I hear the 39 1 1 500 as well, I hav emy punc level set to some >> On Nov 29, 2011, at 5:02 PM, Red.Falcon wrote: >> >> >> Anne Robertson <a...@anarchie.org.uk> Nov 30 12:10AM +0100 >> >> Hello Paul, >> >> It's definitely a bug in Lion. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Anne >> >> >> On 29 Nov 2011, at 22:52, Paul Erkens wrote: >> >> >> Looking for a monitor to connect to my mac mini >> Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> Nov 29 05:43PM -0500 >> >> So you'll need two adapters. One is the HDMI or DVI to VGA and the >> second is the VGA to NTSC box to trick your Mac into thinking there is a >> monitor hooked up. >> >> Nope. Not accessible at all. This is the same problem with Firefox. The >> Mozilla folks support the open Iaccessible2 API which is not implemented >> on OSX. Apple already has a perfectly dandy accessibility API but >> Mozilla has no intention of supporting a second platform-specific API >> since iAccessible2 works on both Windows and Linux. So the standoff >> leaves all Mozilla apps unusable on OSX for now. Different story on >> Windows as FF with IAccessible2 and NVDA or Jaws is somewhat the gold >> standard for good web accessibility support such as ARIA. >> >> CB >> >> On 11/29/11 3:30 PM, matthew Dyer wrote: >> >> Growl Notifications readout >> Traci <our4p...@gmail.com> Nov 29 01:47PM -0800 >> >> Those of you that use growl, how do you have voiceover set up to handle the >> system dialogues that pop up? >> >> It annoys me how every time growl notifies me, I'm pulled from my current >> application, and then I have no idea what I'm being notified about. >> >> Am I missing some setting here? >> >> Thanks, >> Traci >> Sent by Macbook Air Mail >> >> Cody <cdog2...@gmail.com> Nov 29 05:03PM -0500 >> >> am I wrong or does growel now cost $1.99? where can one get this from? I >> tried getting it from google but didn't really try all that hard, but only >> found some sort of frame work. I found a few growel things in the app store, >> but I wasn't sure what to select. This would be nice to have skype read >> messages automatically >> On Nov 29, 2011, at 4:47 PM, Traci wrote: >> >> >> Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> Nov 29 05:33PM -0500 >> >> Yup, Growl has decided to start charging. I questioned this because some >> apps avoid implementing accessible notification by just pointing folks >> to Growl. While not expensive, it does mean that VO users will have to >> shell out and set up more to gain the same access. I has asked for >> comments on this but apparently it bothered me more than most others :) >> >> CB >> >> On 11/29/11 5:03 PM, Cody wrote: >> >> Traci <our4p...@gmail.com> Nov 29 02:38PM -0800 >> >> I'm still using growl for free. I'm assuming it is because I haven't updated. >> >> Any feedback on growl notifications and voiceOver? >> >> Traci >> Sent by Macbook Air Mail >> >> On Nov 29, 2011, at 2:33 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: >> >> >> Sorry but I gotta ask again | VMWare Key Mapping >> "Shawn Krasniuk" <bigbigshawn....@gmail.com> Nov 29 04:28PM -0600 >> >> Hey all. I'd like to know this information too since none of the keys that >> I've tried to remap work. I need to have a key that works as the System >> Access modifier key which is pretty much the same as the Jawskey. I know >> that I'll be going back to Lion soon so I won't need the version of Fusion >> that I have which is version 2, but that won't be until a few weeks when my >> computer exam is done. So until then, it would be nice if I could use my >> screen reader properly. >> >> Shawn >> >> Burning Itunes purchases to CD? >> Ricardo Walker <rwalker...@gmail.com> Nov 29 04:40PM -0500 >> >> Hi, >> >> This isn't exactly true. that purchases online will pass CD purchases. >> Online sales has already surpassed CD sales for a year or 2. Its more that >> the revenue from online sales will surpass that of CD sales. You must also >> keep in mind the price of a CD over the years. I remember in the 1990s, it >> was common place to get a new album for $16, $17, or $18 before tax. These >> prices have gone down tremendously to entice people to pick up CDs. That >> accounts for much of the lost revenue from this media format. Its hard to >> over inflat your prices when people can just get the album at home, with no >> physical media for like $10. And if they want, just by a song for for a >> dollar or a little more. >> >> Ricardo Walker >> rwalker...@gmail.com >> Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 >> www.mobileaccess.org >> >> On Nov 29, 2011, at 3:15 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: >> >> >> Ricardo Walker <rwalker...@gmail.com> Nov 29 04:41PM -0500 >> >> Hi, >> >> just send it to the e-mail at the end of this message. >> >> hth >> >> Ricardo Walker >> rwalker...@gmail.com >> Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 >> www.mobileaccess.org >> >> On Nov 29, 2011, at 4:40 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: >> >> >> "Mr. L. Alexander" <turningbyto...@gmail.com> Nov 29 09:42PM >> >> that's why I left the music business. >> >> On 29 Nov 2011, at 21:40, Ricardo Walker wrote: >> >> > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> Mr. L. Alexander. >> Free Macs For The Blind. >> E-Mail: freemacsfortheb...@mac-access.net >> Direct line: 07936 877500 >> >> Free Macs For The blind is a charity project supplying older but working >> apple macs for blind and visually impaired people throughout the UK FOR FREE! >> >> Do you have an old unwanted mac, any hardware, software, old PC's, etc or a >> copy of outspoken 9.2 you would be willing to donate? please get in touch. >> >> Mac Access Dot Net; The British Mac Accessibility Network, we're here to >> help anybody disabled with anything Apple! >> http://www.mac-access.net >> >> Ricardo Walker <rwalker...@gmail.com> Nov 29 04:43PM -0500 >> >> You left it because its harder to rip people off? lol >> >> Ricardo Walker >> rwalker...@gmail.com >> Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 >> www.mobileaccess.org >> >> On Nov 29, 2011, at 4:42 PM, Mr. L. Alexander wrote: >> >> >> "Mr. L. Alexander" <turningbyto...@gmail.com> Nov 29 09:45PM >> >> no. because the way the music industry is these days, you get dodgy media >> companies, managers who rip you off and then there's technology. don't get >> me started. I'm a long retired musician. better off to be honest. >> >> lew >> >> On 29 Nov 2011, at 21:43, Ricardo Walker wrote: >> >> > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> Mr. L. Alexander. >> Free Macs For The Blind. >> E-Mail: freemacsfortheb...@mac-access.net >> Direct line: 07936 877500 >> >> Free Macs For The blind is a charity project supplying older but working >> apple macs for blind and visually impaired people throughout the UK FOR FREE! >> >> Do you have an old unwanted mac, any hardware, software, old PC's, etc or a >> copy of outspoken 9.2 you would be willing to donate? please get in touch. >> >> Mac Access Dot Net; The British Mac Accessibility Network, we're here to >> help anybody disabled with anything Apple! >> http://www.mac-access.net >> >> Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> Nov 29 05:25PM -0500 >> >> Agreed. You would think the profit margin from downloading a $10 album >> would be greater than CDs after the cost of duplication, shipping and >> store frontage/reselling is accounted for. What has changed is the >> labels can't stuff a bunch of junk on an album which you bought for the >> two 'good songs'. If the do you'll give them the $2 it's worth by just >> buying those two tracks. I think they also benefited from the media >> conversions as folks migrated from LPs to tapes to CDs. That migration >> over time generated a lot of revenue, which has pretty much dried up at >> this point. I remember dubbing LPs to casette and later re-buying some >> of those LPs on CD. At this point the quality is 'good enough' that most >> will never upgrade again. As has been pointed out on this list before, >> imperical studies found that more people chose the mp3 version of a >> track over the uncompressed version so something about that codec makes >> your iTunes library more appealing to listen to. The other great thing >> is portability. I used to carry a good sized "wallet" of CDs around and >> a portable CD player etc. which is now replaced by an iPhone. The >> iPhones now have enough capacity that most people just dump their whole >> library or, at a minimum, don't have to whittle the list down much. With >> more ubiquitous wireless access, even that need will go away over time. >> Why store it all when I can just play anything via the internet on >> demand. I'm not sold on that yet as I still like the idea of 'ownership' >> of my media. I still have the first Rush Moving Pictures CD I bough back >> in the early 80s. >> >> CB >> >> On 11/29/11 4:40 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: >> >> iphone4s and triple home >> Paul Erkens <paul.erk...@gmail.com> Nov 29 11:02PM +0100 >> >> To add to this: I remember reading somewhere, that if set up a new iphone >> with ios 5, the 4 s will have it, if you don't hear anything and you wait 1 >> or 2 minutes, then voiceover would come on automatically. Maybe Kevin Ciao >> will know this for sure. >> >> On Nov 29, 2011, at 5:03 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: >> >> >> Questions about sound check >> Traci <our4p...@gmail.com> Nov 29 01:44PM -0800 >> >> Thanks all, >> >> I'll have to play with this sound check further. I'm looking forward to see >> how it is handled with the Nano docked. 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