Hi Rachel, I realized I hadn't restarted in a while, so thought I might do that and see if it works. How do you bring up the activity monitor? Does VO not read it? My MBP is only a few months old so can't imagine I used that much hard drive space. Probably just a lot of ram.
Becky On Nov 30, 2011, at 12:22 PM, macvisionaries@googlegroups.com wrote: > Today's Topic Summary > Group: http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries/topics > > how to work with facebook? [2 Updates] > where can I tips on general usage of safari bookmarks with vo [1 Update] > Update to my monitor question [2 Updates] > Looking for a monitor to connect to my mac mini [2 Updates] > Little Mac Victories [2 Updates] > Lastpass on the Mac [1 Update] > where to start i I want to automate terminal commands [2 Updates] > Burning Itunes purchases to CD? [2 Updates] > Voice Over acting Odd [3 Updates] > Clearing my question [1 Update] > Google Chrome tutorial was off topic [1 Update] > safari refuses to launch. [1 Update] > Avout Voice Settings on Mac [1 Update] > GarageBand Questions [4 Updates] > how to work with facebook? > Paul Erkens <paul.erk...@gmail.com> Nov 30 05:19PM +0100 > > Dear listers, > > What is the best way for a voiceover mac or an iphone user to work with > facebook? I have a small app on my phone but its accessibility is not what > you would wish for, to say it carefully. I just don't get the hang of it with > all those unlabeled things that say image image button button button. The > normal facebook site is big. I don't find my around there easily. There's > also a mobile version, but is there an alternative? For example, another > facebook app, not from the facebook team, an app that is accessible to > voiceover? If we have to use either the regular or the mobile facebook site, > do you have any information on what to ignore? > > Paul. > > "Mr. L. Alexander" <turningbyto...@gmail.com> Nov 30 05:01PM > > the problem with facebook extends to many thousands of sites across the world > who do not properly code or object label their sites. each part of a site > contains graphical links, etc which in cases are not labeled or if ar then > left as numbers, making life EXTREMELY difficult for us all. > > it's not a case of an app in most cases to make a website accessible, it's a > question of the developers listening to website accessibility requirements > and documentation which is widely available and in many cases, developers > comply with these rules and development requirements. > > that's the sad fact of it. I've lost count of sites I've had to work with > where I've had to have sighted help even to get a bloomin phone number. > > the other ridiculous issue is CAPTCHA. don't get me started on this > nightmare, then adding inaudible translations which are poorly recorded and > distorted. an absolute joke. > > sorry. it's one of those days for Free Macs For The Blind where things aren't > looking too good. > > lew > > > On 30 Nov 2011, at 16:19, Paul Erkens 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 > > where can I tips on general usage of safari bookmarks with vo > Paul Erkens <paul.erk...@gmail.com> Nov 30 05:08PM +0100 > > Iona, > I saved one of Esther's many useful posts on this topic. She answered Linda > Adams and me. Here's the post, below. > Hi Paul, > > Ricardo has given you the quick answer to using bookmarks. You can > read a more detailed description about general navigation of your > bookmarks in my archived post: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/msg21962.html > (Re: moving and deleting bookmarks) > > I'll just briefly remark here that there is a general page for your > bookmarks that you access with Command-Option-B, which is the shortcut > for the "Show All Bookmarks" entry in Safari's Bookmarks menu. You'll > greatly simplify your navigation of that page, and improve your > understanding of its organization if you first hide your toolbar, > bookmarks bar, and tab bar -- all options that toggle between show and > hide with shortcuts listed in the View Menu on the menu bar (Command- > Shift-Backslash, Command-Shift-B, Command-Shift-T). At that point, > after you interact with the scroll area, pressing tab will move you > between three areas: a table of different collections of bookmarks > such as your navigation history, your Bookmarks Bar, your Bookmarks > Menu, and any folders you may have created to organize your bookmarks > on this page; a search text field that you can also move to directly > with Command-F, and a table listing individual bookmarks in your > selected bookmark collection by bookmark name and address. The > general action will be to interact with the table of collections and > select a bookmark collection or folder and then to tab to the table > listing the individual bookmark entries and interact, then navigate to > the bookmark of interest and activate it by pressing space bar. You > can also reduce the list of entries to navigate through in that second > table by using the search field to type in Bookmark names or parts of > bookmark names, and then only matching entries will be shown in the > second table. The usual navigation options of typing the first few > letters in the name of a bookmark to move to it and/or using your up > and down arrow keys will work here. There are also context menu > options for editing bookmark name or address, copying or deleting, etc. > > As Ricardo mentioned, the first nine bookmarks saved to the Bookmarks > Bar on your Bookmarks page have the special property that they can be > launched by pressing the Command key together with the number of the > bookmark. (You can hide your bookmarks bar and still activate the > first nine bookmarks by pressing Command and the number from 1 to 9 > for the bookmark you want.) However, note that whenever you save a > new bookmark to the Bookmarks Bar, it becomes bookmark number 1, and > displaces the previous first bookmark, which is now number 2, etc. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > On Nov 28, 2011, at 9:10 PM, Ioana Gandrabur wrote: > > > Update to my monitor question > matthew Dyer <ilovecountrymusic...@gmail.com> Nov 30 09:56AM -0500 > > Hi all, > > I managed to connect my vga addapter. My question is this. How can I tell if > it is working. I don't have a monitor as of yet as I am still trying to find > one, but I was under the empression that it is supposed to make the machine > act as if a display is connected.Is there a way to find out if it is working? > Thanks. > > Matthew > > Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> Nov 30 10:22AM -0500 > > Without a VGA monitor or the NTSC contraption attached your Mac will > endlesly scan for a non-existant monitor which will bog it down. Not > sure how to tell if the Mac thinks there is a display hooked up at the > moment but if you're getting a lot of voiceover busy messages that's > usually a symptom. > > CB > > On 11/30/11 9:56 AM, matthew Dyer wrote: > > Looking for a monitor to connect to my mac mini > matthew Dyer <ilovecountrymusic...@gmail.com> Nov 30 10:06AM -0500 > > Thanks. I only asked about t bird because yyou were using the mac version to > responde to my message. as for this box device you were refering to, can you > get this localy. If any how I could get this work it would be nice for now. > > Matthew > > > On Nov 29, 2011, at 5:43 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: > > > Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> Nov 30 10:14AM -0500 > > Dunno about finding the box locally. Might try the usual suspects like > Radio Shack or Best Buy. Best buy has one for $64 here: > > http://www.bestbuy.com/site/StarTech.com+-+VGA-to-TV+Video+Converter/Scaler/9682896.p?id=1218265849967&skuId=9682896&st=ntsc%20vga&cp=1&lp=1 > > Radio Shack as one for $85 here: > > http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2486440 > > Might be others around where you live. > > CB > > On 11/30/11 10:06 AM, matthew Dyer wrote: > > Little Mac Victories > Sarai Bucciarelli <sarai.bucciare...@gmail.com> Nov 29 08:17PM -0600 > > We told you so! Nice job. Keep fighting the urge to use Windows. > On Nov 29, 2011, at 5:46 PM, Traci wrote: > > > Teresa Cochran <vegaspipistre...@gmail.com> Nov 30 07:13AM -0800 > > Isn't that fun? :) > > Teresa > > "We are made of star-stuff"--Carl Sagan, Cosmos > > On Nov 29, 2011, at 6:17 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: > > > Lastpass on the Mac > Teresa Cochran <vegaspipistre...@gmail.com> Nov 30 07:10AM -0800 > > Quite usable. > > Teresa > > "The Golden Age of science fiction is twelve."--Pete Graham > > On Nov 29, 2011, at 1:09 PM, agent086b wrote: > > > where to start i I want to automate terminal commands > Ioana Gandrabur <igandra...@gmail.com> Nov 29 08:52PM -0500 > > Hi all, > > I would love to create a script or what ever that I can call up to perform a > series of terminal commands. I had a look at the automator and found a record > option to type in all the steps. I performed the actions but when I tried to > run the action got an error. I suspect that the key sequence goes to fast > since it is saying that terminal is not running when it was expected to. > Any ideas how to do this or where to look for prewritten scripts I can modify? > Is the script editor a better option than automator? > > I have no formal scripting experience but have read and written jaws scripts > using their manual but really nothing fancy. > > Thanks for any suggestions. > > Ioana > > Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> Nov 30 10:03AM -0500 > > You could just do the script in the shell as well and skip automater. > Just put each command line by line in a text file and then modify the > text file to be executable with > > chmod a+x > > after that you can just run that text file and it will execute all the > commands inside as though you had typed them. I often use this for > repetitive tasks and just name the file "g" for "Go". One tricky bit is > the shell will look in certain places (directory paths) for files to run > and often times this is not your present directory. So unless I add the > present directory (usually denoted as a dot or period) to my path I have > to specify it when doing my "g" command: > > ./g > > If you want I can give you the commands to add . to your path and avoid > the ./ nonsense. > > CB > > On 11/29/11 8:52 PM, Ioana Gandrabur wrote: > > Burning Itunes purchases to CD? > Sarai Bucciarelli <sarai.bucciare...@gmail.com> Nov 29 08:13PM -0600 > > Hi: > I don't think you need to backup your iTunes purchases anymore because you > can just redownload them. > On Nov 29, 2011, at 2:15 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: > > > Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> Nov 30 09:59AM -0500 > > True, but there is still something about having it permanently on the > shelf. Not that Apple is going away any time soon but it certainly has > happened with other online music services. For a large library, > re-downloading can also take a while. Of course everybody now days has > local backups with Time Machine, right? > > CB > > On 11/29/11 9:13 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: > > Voice Over acting Odd > Becky Knaub <becnc...@embarqmail.com> Nov 29 08:44PM -0500 > > 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 > > Rachel Magario <maga...@gmail.com> Nov 29 07:54PM -0600 > > 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: > > > Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@sbcglobal.net> Nov 30 08:35AM -0600 > > Hi y'all. > My computer was being a really naughty computer yesterday. I updated it late > yesterday afternoon, and I sure hope Apple has now fixed it. My speech froze; > I turned speech off and back on, but it wasn't always fine. Sometimes it > killed the speech altogether and kept running the braille display. I know > this is going to sound weird, but it seemed to me that it behaved better when > I changed voices from Alex to Samantha. I decided I'd rather put up with the > changes in pitch occasionally than have to restart all the time. I also > noticed that sometimes quitting TextEdit worked to restore things. > > Regards, > Gigi, who is hoping my Mbp behaves better today > > On Nov 29, 2011, at 7:44 PM, Becky Knaub wrote: > > > Clearing my question > Francisco Salvador Crespo <crespofranciscosalva...@gmail.com> Nov 29 11:37PM > -0300 > > Hi, > > My question is: what shortcut can i use to change voice attributes for > content, status or the default voice, can you understand me now? > > Thanks a lot, > > Francisco > > Google Chrome tutorial was off topic > Barry Abbott <bpabbo...@gmail.com> Nov 29 10:24PM -0400 > > Hello Hank. If you have Google Chrome installed and have added the Google > Chrome speech extension from the google web store. > > Press the Google Chrome key (control+option)+h which puts you in chrome help. > One of the links there is the interactive tutorial. > > Barry > > > On 2011-11-27, at 1:16 PM, Hank Smith wrote: > > > safari refuses to launch. > "Jessica" <stevies...@gmail.com> Nov 29 08:47PM -0800 > > I've just recently tried to launch safari, only to have voiceover tell me > "open," like it normally does when I perform the "open," command, only it > just sits there and refuses to do anything. I've tried to launch other aps, > and they've opened perfectly fine, so don't understand what the problem is, > and have restarted the computer, and nothing has helped. > Has anyone ever had this issue? > Are you looking for a free home based business that will also pay you a good > income? Most likely, the answer is "yes," so if that is the case then come > check out Tmi wireless! > We're an internet sales and marketing company that sells a variety of items > including cel phones and plans with carriers you already know, and you're > payed a comission from every sale you make! > Check out > <http://www.mypowermall.com/biz/home/164753> > and learn how to make money doing something you already do daily! > to learn more, visit: > <http://www.tmiwireless.com/affiliate/?aid=43270> > > Avout Voice Settings on Mac > Francisco Salvador Crespo <crespofranciscosalva...@gmail.com> Nov 29 09:57PM > -0300 > > Dear friends, > > Today i have a question for you: > How to change the voice parameters that VO uses when it's reading a text? for > example, my first language is spanish, i want to change de language of the > speech. I press VO + command + the arrow keys and i get change it but only it > changes with the buttons and the commands but not in the reading > How can i do that? > > Thanks a lot and i with your answer > > GarageBand Questions > Gavin Grundlingh <g.batw...@gmail.com> Nov 29 11:12PM +0200 > > Hi Ricardo, > > Thanks for the tip on extending loops. The reason I originally asked > the question was because the song I'm trying to create consists of > several different loops, one after the other. I'd like to then take > tha multi-looped section and repeat the whole thing a certain number > of times. I planned to put all the bass on 1 track, all the piano on 1 > track, all the drums on 1 track, and so on. Perhaps what I want to do > would be better explained if I sent you the file. Is there a way I can > get it to you? > > Regards, > > Gavin > > > Ricardo Walker <rwalker...@gmail.com> Nov 29 04:26PM -0500 > > Hi, > > What your trying to do is certainly doable. I do this in my projects all the > time. Do you have dropbox? This would probably be the easiest way to get me > your track. > > Ricardo Walker > rwalker...@gmail.com > Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 > www.mobileaccess.org > > On Nov 29, 2011, at 4:12 PM, Gavin Grundlingh wrote: > > > Gavin Grundlingh <g.batw...@gmail.com> Nov 29 11:33PM +0200 > > Hi Ricardo, > > Yes, I have dropbox. I'll upload the project to my public folder now. > Where should I send the link to? > > Regards, > > Gavin > > > Ricardo Walker <rwalker...@gmail.com> Nov 29 04:42PM -0500 > > Just send it to the e-mail address at the end of this message. > > Thanks. > > Ricardo Walker > rwalker...@gmail.com > Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 > www.mobileaccess.org > > On Nov 29, 2011, at 4:33 PM, Gavin Grundlingh wrote: > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Group > macvisionaries. > You can post via email. > To unsubscribe from this group, send an empty message. > For more options, visit this group. > > -- > 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, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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