Hi all, I want to listen to black books on my Mack how do I go about doing that?. Thanks so much for your help. Sincerely, chenelle
Sent from my iPhone On Mar 15, 2012, at 5:09 PM, macvisionaries@googlegroups.com wrote: > Today's Topic Summary > Group: http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries/topics > > National Express [1 Update] > Using your air in public. [2 Updates] > Netflix forIPhone [3 Updates] > Chrome has become unusable [1 Update] > Games for Mac and MUD Clients and other little questions of new Apple Eater > [1 Update] > Hi [1 Update] > National Express > chris hallsworth <christopher...@gmail.com> Mar 15 09:00PM > > For all UK members, does anyone know of an accessible app to book > national express coaches? Please advise. Thanks! > -- > > Christopher H > > > Using your air in public. > Esther <mori...@mac.com> Mar 15 10:08AM -1000 > > Hi Vivianna, Alex, Ricardo, Chris, Jane, Garth, Gigi, Emrah, Kawal, and Marc, > > First off, there is a "Find My Mac" program that is like "Find My iPhone" for > iOS devices. You can register your machine for it if you are running Lion, > and also have enabled iCloud services. Since I've only migrated to Lion about > a month ago, and still need to keep my MobileMe services active for a while > more, I can't speak directly about this program. However, I can run "Find My > iPhone" even from the MobileMe pages with VoiceOver. It's not as simple as > it was with VoiceOver and Safari not upgraded under Snow Leopard, but it's > workable for me, so I assume this is also possible for "Find My Mac". (The > truly bizarre aspect of this is how much easier it was to use "Find My > iPhone" with VoiceOver on version of Leopard -- two versions back -- on a > system with OS X 10.5.8 and the latest version of Safari at that time. I > switched to one of these machines just to contrast the "Find My iPhone" web > experience with VoiceOver, latest Safari, and Lion.) > > Here's a link to an old New York Times article about "Find My Mac" from last > November: > http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/25/using-apples-find-my-mac-feature/ > Use Command-Shift-R to read this in Safari Reader. > > Secondly, I highly recommend that everyone register their Apple products > using the MySupportProfile page: > https://supportprofile.apple.com/MySupportProfile.do > > This is a personal service that has been around for at least 8 years, and is > designed as a way for customers to keep track of their Apple products. It's > not the same as warranty registration, although I think you can register > products through the MySupportProfile page. This is meant to be a convenient > record for you, the customer, so you can input this information at any time. > Although it's obviously easiest to put in this information soon after > purchase. You log in with your Apple ID and enter the serial numbers for > products you own. Once this is in place, you have a permanent record of your > serial numbers and product descriptions all in one place. Items can include > your Mac computers, iPhones, Apple TVs, AIrport Express units, Time Capsules, > etc. What makes this page useful, in addition to keeping a record of your > serial numbers, is that there are related support resources. So you can read > about the technical specifications for your model of device, find out whether > there are firmware updates, find related articles, and also track service > case issues. If you give your Mac or iOS device to a relative, or sell it, > you can remove the item from the devices that are registered to you, but you > can also provide them with details about the exact product they are getting > from you. And, if worst comes to worst, and one of your items is misplaced or > stolen, you have an accurate record of the serial number and the detailed > product description. > > Understand that the MySupportProfile page is not meant to be a way to make > Apple track lost or stolen items. It's a convenient resource for you, the > user. The only information that gets added to the pages are for devices whose > serial numbers you add. You can find these in your purchase receipts from > Apple, or by using the "About this Mac" entry of the Apple menu. (VO-M or > Control-F2 to the Apple menu, arrow down to About this Mac, and Navigate with > VO-Right arrow to the Version number (e.g. 10.7.3), then VO-Space to cycle > through the build to the serial number. You can copy the last phrase to the > clipboard with VO-Shift-C, then paste in information anywhere with > Command-V.) For those of you using QuickNav, just press Right arrow instead > of VO-Right arrow, and select by simultaneously pressing Up and Down arrow > keys instead of using VO-Space. And for those of you using TrackPad > Commander, use a two-finger double tap near the top of your TrackPad to move > to the Apple menu on the menu bar, flick down into to the submenu, then flick > down again to "About this Mac" and double tap. In the "About this Mac" > window, flick right to the OS version number and double tap until you cycle > through to the serial number, Then use VO-Shift-C to copy the serial number > information to the clipboard, and paste with Command-V. > > Keep a bookmark set to the "MySupportProfile" page for easy access. At > present, "MySupportProfile" supports entries from the US and Canada, the UK, > Germany, Italy, France, and Spain. > > And in answer to Marc's question, you can use FileVault to encrypt your disk. > Here's a link to an Anandtech article about FileVault in Lion. Again, use > Command-Shift-R for Safari Reader: > http://www.anandtech.com/show/4485/back-to-the-mac-os-x-107-lion-review/17 > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > > On Mar 14, 2012, at 1:16 PM, Marc Sutton wrote: > > > > Kawal Gucukoglu <kawa...@me.com> Mar 15 08:29PM > > Thank you very much esther I did not know about the profile and will register > my products. > > Kawal. > > > > Netflix forIPhone > Scott Howell <scottn3...@gmail.com> Mar 15 05:53AM -0400 > > I cannot think of when Netflix acknowledged they broke the app in the past, > so I'm not so sure this is "typical." > > On Mar 14, 2012, at 8:35 PM, Jamie Tachiyama wrote: > > > > Jamie Tachiyama <jathlet...@gmail.com> Mar 15 08:51AM -0700 > > Very true. What I meant was that is the typical corperate answer. We messed > up, and we will fix it soon with no date for a fix. > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > Scott Howell <scottn3...@gmail.com> Mar 15 02:51PM -0400 > > ANd that probably is somewhat a true statement. Assuming they get the fix > then they have to wait for Apple to approve. I imagine like most larger > organizations it will take them time to affect a fix. > On Mar 15, 2012, at 11:51 AM, Jamie Tachiyama wrote: > > > > Chrome has become unusable > Tim Hornik <timothy.hor...@gmail.com> Mar 15 08:52AM -0700 > > I am using Chrome with little issues with most websites. However, > there are some sites that using Chrome with VO is not an option Maybe > this is just one of those cases. At times I find buttons on pages that > no matter what, neither VO or Vox works. Chrome, like most of Google's > products, still has some issues with accessibility, and going to > Google's help desk is the only way to solve it. > > I know this does not add much, so good luck and it will be interesting > to hear the cause and solution. > Tim H. > > > Games for Mac and MUD Clients and other little questions of new Apple Eater > "Missy Hoppe" <mitmee....@gmail.com> Mar 15 08:39AM -0400 > > I tried TinTin, but it just didn't impress me. How would it be different if > the cursors followed each other? For now, I just > use Gmud and if I want to play on the mac, I use my bootcamp partitian with > windows 7. I did keep tintin around, but it just > isn't practical. Atlantis is supposedly accessible, but so far, I haven't > heard it say a word. I do like its approach, but it > needs to read the output automatically or it just isn't useable. > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Greg Aikens > Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 12:52 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Games for Mac and MUD Clients and other little questions of new > Apple Eater > > I use TinTin mud client to access muds. It's not the best thing in the world > but gets the job done, especially if you play > with the cursors so they do not follow each other. Also tintin has a nice gag > feature so you can easily eliminate > unnecessary lines, such as blank lines. It has been a decent alternative to > windows mud clients. > > -Greg > On Mar 14, 2012, at 3:53 PM, BUCHERIE Volcy wrote: > > > I'm very happy to have my new Apple she is so delicious! > > > But, I would like to know if you know some accessible games for the blind ? > > I play too a multi users dungeons in french and I look for too an > > accessible way to play this kind of game interacting by > text and typing commands. > > > Like a new user, if someone would like give me some advices to use Skype > > for Mac I feel it very different from one for PC > and I don't yet used to do with it as well. > > Would it exist a free program to make OCR friendly with VoiceOver? > > > I am a worker in the mixing sounds. I would wish some tracks or a peace of > > advise to know which programs are interesting > with Mac... > > -- > 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. > > > Hi > Luke Henson <henso...@gmail.com> Mar 15 11:38PM +1300 > > How is it going? > > Just wondering if anyone knows the best way to tick a box just like clicking > a mouse, when I read over it voice over seems to read it like a button > > > thanks > > luke > > > 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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