How to add to new contacts to the address book
Can someone please tell me how I can add a new contact to my address book on my macbook pro in mail. Margaret Sent from my iPhone --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/
Re: How to add to new contacts to the address book
If you're setting on the e-mail itself from the person, then command shift y it's also in the apple menu under message I believe. If you don't have an existing e-mail, try setting up a new message, and typing the e-mail in the to field, then try the command shift y If that doesn't work then do control click and see if there's a function to copy to address book. Doing command shift y will add the address into your e-mail's address panel don't know if it will actualy put it in the main address book. Think it will, but haven't actually played with the address book much since getting the new computer, have played with Tiger so long that I learned to just live without it because in Tiger the address book was a nightmare. But those are some options for you. On Jan 15, 2012, at 4:22 AM, Margaret Booth wrote: Can someone please tell me how I can add a new contact to my address book on my macbook pro in mail. Margaret Sent from my iPhone --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/
Connect to wifi on mac
Hello all. As you know, I am researching the possibility of getting a mac in the future. This may not happen until a few months or more, but still, I want to ask a question. How would I go about connecting to wifi networks? I was able to connect to my Sky wifi with no problems on both the iPhone and iPod Touch, once I changed the WPA key anyway, but that was down to user error. Is it a similar technique on the mac? If for some reason I cannot connect to my wifi network, can I just plug the ethernet cable into the appropriate port and it will just connect? Please advise. Thanks! --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/
RE: Switching to a mac
I have had no need to use anything else but Preview, and reading has been easy with this, but on the Mac you are spoilt for choice with PDF reading. There are several programs available. So much so that PDF, which is a real pain on the Windows side is a very reasonable format on the Mac side. Of course if the PDF is graphic based and has no text then VO will struggle. The robobraille file conversion can handle most of these graphics based documents but I tend to duck back into Fusion and Kurzweil for these. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of chris hallsworth Sent: 15 January 2012 00:29 To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Switching to a mac So David, can you read PDFs fine on the mac? If so what app do you use? I have heard of Preview, does this work well with VoiceOver? I suspect it does since it is built in, but no harm in asking is there. On 14/01/2012 23:18, David Griffith wrote: I am sure that the Mac will provide a good experience for all the things you mention. I take the approach of using VM fusion with my Mac and I consider that I therefore have the best of both worlds. If I need to study a table I switch very quickly to Windows, Word and Jaws. If I need to read a PDF I use the Mac. I set up a boot camp partition but, if starting again from scratch, I would not now bother as fusion is a far better solution , including the capacity to install and set up Windows without sighted help. Once you get used to it file management is far easier on the Mac. There are differences but whenever I am in Windows I find myself wanting to use column view . Downloading files is very efficient and fast on the Mac in my experience but again it is completely different from Windows and you will need to learn different techniques if you want to monitor downloads. The main problem with picking up the Mac is that there are lots of information out there which is useful for visually impaired people but it tends not to be centralised as much as for the commercial Windows screen readers. However lists like this are invaluable as a learning assistant. A big learning curve is ahead but I am sure you will enjoy it. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of chris hallsworth Sent: 14 January 2012 17:15 To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: Switching to a mac Hello all. Well, I have been using the other operating system PCs since 1997, and it's time I now fancy a change of scenary. So in the future I am considering switching to a mac. It should allow me to do the following: 1. Browse websites such as Facebook. 2. Manage my e-mail. 3. Listen to and manage music. 4. Buy music from iTunes or other online stores like Play.com. 5. Do a very small amount of Word Processing, and I mean very small, with hardly any formatting or other complex requirements. I am looking into a laptop style mac. 6. I am willing to use the other operating system where necessary, either via bootcamp or a VM. So no issues there on that front. I am going to take my time with this research, so please comment with no rush necessary. Again, I just fancy a change since I have been using Windows PCs since 1997. It kind of also makes sense since I have both an iPhone and iPod Touch. Thanks for any comments, good or bad, on this. It will be much appreciated. --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at:
RE: Connect to wifi on mac
I plugged a cable into my Ethernet port and it just connected. Before I used the cable a Wi Fi wizard came up asking for my password and again this was pretty seamless. Not everything on the Mac is straightforward but some things are a joy. I plugged in my printer and the Mac instantly recognised it and asked me if I wanted to use it - I clicked yes and that all that was needed. If you want a backup solution just plug in an external drive, the Mac will ask you if you want it to be a time machine backup, say yes and that pretty much it. To back up your windows images just include the VM Fusion virtual machine file in any backup. No more worrying about imaging solutions. Use the free and easy Carbon Copy cloner to create a complete bootable image of your Mac on an external drive. The side affect of this is that you can effectively using this method have a bootable solution for Windows via Fusion on a USB drive. Using Apple Mail is pretty easy and it is my preferred mail client. I think all I needed to do was give my email address and password and the Mac intelligently inserted all the other settings for me. I use Mail in modern view . The only downside of this is that for some reason apple has forgotten to enable letter navigation when mailed is sorted by sender in modern view. However, If you switch to classic view then letter based sorting is available. That is start typing the name of the sender and you will jump there. Command comma will bring up the view preferences for this. Finally I would recommend not spending money on word processors unless you are absolutely convinced you need one. Text Edit is a fully fledged word processor, despite its name, and Beam is a good free alternative. I am tending to standardise all my documents as RTF now which are usable pretty much on all platforms. Regards David Griffith. -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of chris hallsworth Sent: 15 January 2012 11:50 To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: Connect to wifi on mac Hello all. As you know, I am researching the possibility of getting a mac in the future. This may not happen until a few months or more, but still, I want to ask a question. How would I go about connecting to wifi networks? I was able to connect to my Sky wifi with no problems on both the iPhone and iPod Touch, once I changed the WPA key anyway, but that was down to user error. Is it a similar technique on the mac? If for some reason I cannot connect to my wifi network, can I just plug the ethernet cable into the appropriate port and it will just connect? Please advise. Thanks! --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/
Re: Switching to a mac
Chris a useful resource that I recommend checking out is www.macfortheblind.com Hopefully you should enjoy that site. I love my Mac and I would love to get an iPhone but the voices i just don't simply understand them and the touch screen doesn't really appeal to me. The only thing I wish I could have on the Mac and IOS is elquance. If I had this I wouldn't go back to windows and before anyone asks this is not a blindness desire but is more needed for my hearing impairment. So if that day comes around I will be jumping around like crazy. So for now I use both platforms because of the above situation I have. Good luck with your research. Oh and by the way I brought a 13 inch Mac Book Pro. Just as a side note when I went the Apple store in blue water I noticed that the Mac Book Air has two USB ports which is the same as the Mac Book Pro. so all you need to think about is do you want a CD-ROM drive or not. Obviously I chose that but I don't know how much they are going to be around in Apple's line up of computers. Just so you know that. Thanks Daniel On 15 Jan 2012, at 13:00, David Griffith wrote: I have had no need to use anything else but Preview, and reading has been easy with this, but on the Mac you are spoilt for choice with PDF reading. There are several programs available. So much so that PDF, which is a real pain on the Windows side is a very reasonable format on the Mac side. Of course if the PDF is graphic based and has no text then VO will struggle. The robobraille file conversion can handle most of these graphics based documents but I tend to duck back into Fusion and Kurzweil for these. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of chris hallsworth Sent: 15 January 2012 00:29 To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Switching to a mac So David, can you read PDFs fine on the mac? If so what app do you use? I have heard of Preview, does this work well with VoiceOver? I suspect it does since it is built in, but no harm in asking is there. On 14/01/2012 23:18, David Griffith wrote: I am sure that the Mac will provide a good experience for all the things you mention. I take the approach of using VM fusion with my Mac and I consider that I therefore have the best of both worlds. If I need to study a table I switch very quickly to Windows, Word and Jaws. If I need to read a PDF I use the Mac. I set up a boot camp partition but, if starting again from scratch, I would not now bother as fusion is a far better solution , including the capacity to install and set up Windows without sighted help. Once you get used to it file management is far easier on the Mac. There are differences but whenever I am in Windows I find myself wanting to use column view . Downloading files is very efficient and fast on the Mac in my experience but again it is completely different from Windows and you will need to learn different techniques if you want to monitor downloads. The main problem with picking up the Mac is that there are lots of information out there which is useful for visually impaired people but it tends not to be centralised as much as for the commercial Windows screen readers. However lists like this are invaluable as a learning assistant. A big learning curve is ahead but I am sure you will enjoy it. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of chris hallsworth Sent: 14 January 2012 17:15 To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: Switching to a mac Hello all. Well, I have been using the other operating system PCs since 1997, and it's time I now fancy a change of scenary. So in the future I am considering switching to a mac. It should allow me to do the following: 1. Browse websites such as Facebook. 2. Manage my e-mail. 3. Listen to and manage music. 4. Buy music from iTunes or other online stores like Play.com. 5. Do a very small amount of Word Processing, and I mean very small, with hardly any formatting or other complex requirements. I am looking into a laptop style mac. 6. I am willing to use the other operating system where necessary, either via bootcamp or a VM. So no issues there on that front. I am going to take my time with this research, so please comment with no rush necessary. Again, I just fancy a change since I have been using Windows PCs since 1997. It kind of also makes sense since I have both an iPhone and iPod Touch. Thanks for any comments, good or bad, on this. It will be much appreciated. --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive:
RE: Switching to a mac
well, not trying to start an argument but will say to me PDF files on the Windows side is very easy to use to read files and convert files from a picture file to text with it OCR built in. I would think it would be the same for the Mac if Vo support Adobe Reader ! But don't know since Apple does not like Adobe Flash they might be the same with all Adobe products? Bubba bubbatheg...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of David Griffith Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 8:01 AM To: 'Mac OSX iOS Accessibility' Subject: RE: Switching to a mac I have had no need to use anything else but Preview, and reading has been easy with this, but on the Mac you are spoilt for choice with PDF reading. There are several programs available. So much so that PDF, which is a real pain on the Windows side is a very reasonable format on the Mac side. Of course if the PDF is graphic based and has no text then VO will struggle. The robobraille file conversion can handle most of these graphics based documents but I tend to duck back into Fusion and Kurzweil for these. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of chris hallsworth Sent: 15 January 2012 00:29 To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Switching to a mac So David, can you read PDFs fine on the mac? If so what app do you use? I have heard of Preview, does this work well with VoiceOver? I suspect it does since it is built in, but no harm in asking is there. On 14/01/2012 23:18, David Griffith wrote: I am sure that the Mac will provide a good experience for all the things you mention. I take the approach of using VM fusion with my Mac and I consider that I therefore have the best of both worlds. If I need to study a table I switch very quickly to Windows, Word and Jaws. If I need to read a PDF I use the Mac. I set up a boot camp partition but, if starting again from scratch, I would not now bother as fusion is a far better solution , including the capacity to install and set up Windows without sighted help. Once you get used to it file management is far easier on the Mac. There are differences but whenever I am in Windows I find myself wanting to use column view . Downloading files is very efficient and fast on the Mac in my experience but again it is completely different from Windows and you will need to learn different techniques if you want to monitor downloads. The main problem with picking up the Mac is that there are lots of information out there which is useful for visually impaired people but it tends not to be centralised as much as for the commercial Windows screen readers. However lists like this are invaluable as a learning assistant. A big learning curve is ahead but I am sure you will enjoy it. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of chris hallsworth Sent: 14 January 2012 17:15 To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: Switching to a mac Hello all. Well, I have been using the other operating system PCs since 1997, and it's time I now fancy a change of scenary. So in the future I am considering switching to a mac. It should allow me to do the following: 1. Browse websites such as Facebook. 2. Manage my e-mail. 3. Listen to and manage music. 4. Buy music from iTunes or other online stores like Play.com. 5. Do a very small amount of Word Processing, and I mean very small, with hardly any formatting or other complex requirements. I am looking into a laptop style mac. 6. I am willing to use the other operating system where necessary, either via bootcamp or a VM. So no issues there on that front. I am going to take my time with this research, so please comment with no rush necessary. Again, I just fancy a change since I have been using Windows PCs since 1997. It kind of also makes sense since I have both an iPhone and iPod Touch. Thanks for any comments, good or bad, on this. It will be much appreciated. --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply
Re: Switching to a mac
Interesting Daniel, I am hearing impaired as well and it appears I can understand Alex very well. Of course speech synthesis is very subjective, so what may suit one may not necessarily suit the other. On 15/01/2012 15:09, Daniel McGee wrote: Chris a useful resource that I recommend checking out is www.macfortheblind.com Hopefully you should enjoy that site. I love my Mac and I would love to get an iPhone but the voices i just don't simply understand them and the touch screen doesn't really appeal to me. The only thing I wish I could have on the Mac and IOS is elquance. If I had this I wouldn't go back to windows and before anyone asks this is not a blindness desire but is more needed for my hearing impairment. So if that day comes around I will be jumping around like crazy. So for now I use both platforms because of the above situation I have. Good luck with your research. Oh and by the way I brought a 13 inch Mac Book Pro. Just as a side note when I went the Apple store in blue water I noticed that the Mac Book Air has two USB ports which is the same as the Mac Book Pro. so all you need to think about is do you want a CD-ROM drive or not. Obviously I chose that but I don't know how much they are going to be around in Apple's line up of computers. Just so you know that. Thanks Daniel On 15 Jan 2012, at 13:00, David Griffith wrote: I have had no need to use anything else but Preview, and reading has been easy with this, but on the Mac you are spoilt for choice with PDF reading. There are several programs available. So much so that PDF, which is a real pain on the Windows side is a very reasonable format on the Mac side. Of course if the PDF is graphic based and has no text then VO will struggle. The robobraille file conversion can handle most of these graphics based documents but I tend to duck back into Fusion and Kurzweil for these. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of chris hallsworth Sent: 15 January 2012 00:29 To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Switching to a mac So David, can you read PDFs fine on the mac? If so what app do you use? I have heard of Preview, does this work well with VoiceOver? I suspect it does since it is built in, but no harm in asking is there. On 14/01/2012 23:18, David Griffith wrote: I am sure that the Mac will provide a good experience for all the things you mention. I take the approach of using VM fusion with my Mac and I consider that I therefore have the best of both worlds. If I need to study a table I switch very quickly to Windows, Word and Jaws. If I need to read a PDF I use the Mac. I set up a boot camp partition but, if starting again from scratch, I would not now bother as fusion is a far better solution , including the capacity to install and set up Windows without sighted help. Once you get used to it file management is far easier on the Mac. There are differences but whenever I am in Windows I find myself wanting to use column view . Downloading files is very efficient and fast on the Mac in my experience but again it is completely different from Windows and you will need to learn different techniques if you want to monitor downloads. The main problem with picking up the Mac is that there are lots of information out there which is useful for visually impaired people but it tends not to be centralised as much as for the commercial Windows screen readers. However lists like this are invaluable as a learning assistant. A big learning curve is ahead but I am sure you will enjoy it. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of chris hallsworth Sent: 14 January 2012 17:15 To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: Switching to a mac Hello all. Well, I have been using the other operating system PCs since 1997, and it's time I now fancy a change of scenary. So in the future I am considering switching to a mac. It should allow me to do the following: 1. Browse websites such as Facebook. 2. Manage my e-mail. 3. Listen to and manage music. 4. Buy music from iTunes or other online stores like Play.com. 5. Do a very small amount of Word Processing, and I mean very small, with hardly any formatting or other complex requirements. I am looking into a laptop style mac. 6. I am willing to use the other operating system where necessary, either via bootcamp or a VM. So no issues there on that front. I am going to take my time with this research, so please comment with no rush necessary. Again, I just fancy a change since I have been using Windows PCs since 1997. It kind of also makes sense since I have both an iPhone and iPod Touch. Thanks for any comments, good or bad, on this. It will be much appreciated. --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an
Re: How to add to new contacts to the address book
You can either hit cmd y or control click either from or 2 in the headers section and click add to address book. I can't remember which one brings up the dialogue from which you can edit but both methods work. On Jan 15, 2012, at 2:22 AM, Margaret Booth wrote: Can someone please tell me how I can add a new contact to my address book on my macbook pro in mail. Margaret Sent from my iPhone --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/
Re: Switching to a mac
Indeed Chris, for the most part I find Alex nice to listen to but now and then I get a word that he doesn't pronounce promptly. Where as eloquence just seems more natural sounding in saying words correctly. Chris I am curious since you have and I device which voice do you use for it. See when I got one a couple of years ago I simply didn't understand and still possibly won't the nuance english voices which frustrates me because I really want to use an I device but can't because of this voice problem. Daniel On 15 Jan 2012, at 17:15, chris hallsworth wrote: Interesting Daniel, I am hearing impaired as well and it appears I can understand Alex very well. Of course speech synthesis is very subjective, so what may suit one may not necessarily suit the other. On 15/01/2012 15:09, Daniel McGee wrote: Chris a useful resource that I recommend checking out is www.macfortheblind.com Hopefully you should enjoy that site. I love my Mac and I would love to get an iPhone but the voices i just don't simply understand them and the touch screen doesn't really appeal to me. The only thing I wish I could have on the Mac and IOS is elquance. If I had this I wouldn't go back to windows and before anyone asks this is not a blindness desire but is more needed for my hearing impairment. So if that day comes around I will be jumping around like crazy. So for now I use both platforms because of the above situation I have. Good luck with your research. Oh and by the way I brought a 13 inch Mac Book Pro. Just as a side note when I went the Apple store in blue water I noticed that the Mac Book Air has two USB ports which is the same as the Mac Book Pro. so all you need to think about is do you want a CD-ROM drive or not. Obviously I chose that but I don't know how much they are going to be around in Apple's line up of computers. Just so you know that. Thanks Daniel On 15 Jan 2012, at 13:00, David Griffith wrote: I have had no need to use anything else but Preview, and reading has been easy with this, but on the Mac you are spoilt for choice with PDF reading. There are several programs available. So much so that PDF, which is a real pain on the Windows side is a very reasonable format on the Mac side. Of course if the PDF is graphic based and has no text then VO will struggle. The robobraille file conversion can handle most of these graphics based documents but I tend to duck back into Fusion and Kurzweil for these. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of chris hallsworth Sent: 15 January 2012 00:29 To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Switching to a mac So David, can you read PDFs fine on the mac? If so what app do you use? I have heard of Preview, does this work well with VoiceOver? I suspect it does since it is built in, but no harm in asking is there. On 14/01/2012 23:18, David Griffith wrote: I am sure that the Mac will provide a good experience for all the things you mention. I take the approach of using VM fusion with my Mac and I consider that I therefore have the best of both worlds. If I need to study a table I switch very quickly to Windows, Word and Jaws. If I need to read a PDF I use the Mac. I set up a boot camp partition but, if starting again from scratch, I would not now bother as fusion is a far better solution , including the capacity to install and set up Windows without sighted help. Once you get used to it file management is far easier on the Mac. There are differences but whenever I am in Windows I find myself wanting to use column view . Downloading files is very efficient and fast on the Mac in my experience but again it is completely different from Windows and you will need to learn different techniques if you want to monitor downloads. The main problem with picking up the Mac is that there are lots of information out there which is useful for visually impaired people but it tends not to be centralised as much as for the commercial Windows screen readers. However lists like this are invaluable as a learning assistant. A big learning curve is ahead but I am sure you will enjoy it. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of chris hallsworth Sent: 14 January 2012 17:15 To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: Switching to a mac Hello all. Well, I have been using the other operating system PCs since 1997, and it's time I now fancy a change of scenary. So in the future I am considering switching to a mac. It should allow me to do the following: 1. Browse websites such as Facebook. 2. Manage my e-mail. 3. Listen to and manage music. 4. Buy music from iTunes or other online stores like Play.com. 5. Do a very small amount of Word Processing, and I mean very small, with hardly any
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Yeah you do. I would give the hq voices a try in the mac side of things. I wish there were a way to uninstall the hq voices you don't use though. Take care. On Jan 15, 2012, at 12:33 PM, william lomas wrote: you get the high quality voices now in IOS On Jan 15, 2012, at 8:28 PM, Daniel McGee wrote: Indeed Chris, for the most part I find Alex nice to listen to but now and then I get a word that he doesn't pronounce promptly. Where as eloquence just seems more natural sounding in saying words correctly. Chris I am curious since you have and I device which voice do you use for it. See when I got one a couple of years ago I simply didn't understand and still possibly won't the nuance english voices which frustrates me because I really want to use an I device but can't because of this voice problem. Daniel On 15 Jan 2012, at 17:15, chris hallsworth wrote: Interesting Daniel, I am hearing impaired as well and it appears I can understand Alex very well. Of course speech synthesis is very subjective, so what may suit one may not necessarily suit the other. On 15/01/2012 15:09, Daniel McGee wrote: Chris a useful resource that I recommend checking out is www.macfortheblind.com Hopefully you should enjoy that site. I love my Mac and I would love to get an iPhone but the voices i just don't simply understand them and the touch screen doesn't really appeal to me. The only thing I wish I could have on the Mac and IOS is elquance. If I had this I wouldn't go back to windows and before anyone asks this is not a blindness desire but is more needed for my hearing impairment. So if that day comes around I will be jumping around like crazy. So for now I use both platforms because of the above situation I have. Good luck with your research. Oh and by the way I brought a 13 inch Mac Book Pro. Just as a side note when I went the Apple store in blue water I noticed that the Mac Book Air has two USB ports which is the same as the Mac Book Pro. so all you need to think about is do you want a CD-ROM drive or not. Obviously I chose that but I don't know how much they are going to be around in Apple's line up of computers. Just so you know that. Thanks Daniel On 15 Jan 2012, at 13:00, David Griffith wrote: I have had no need to use anything else but Preview, and reading has been easy with this, but on the Mac you are spoilt for choice with PDF reading. There are several programs available. So much so that PDF, which is a real pain on the Windows side is a very reasonable format on the Mac side. Of course if the PDF is graphic based and has no text then VO will struggle. The robobraille file conversion can handle most of these graphics based documents but I tend to duck back into Fusion and Kurzweil for these. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of chris hallsworth Sent: 15 January 2012 00:29 To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Switching to a mac So David, can you read PDFs fine on the mac? If so what app do you use? I have heard of Preview, does this work well with VoiceOver? I suspect it does since it is built in, but no harm in asking is there. On 14/01/2012 23:18, David Griffith wrote: I am sure that the Mac will provide a good experience for all the things you mention. I take the approach of using VM fusion with my Mac and I consider that I therefore have the best of both worlds. If I need to study a table I switch very quickly to Windows, Word and Jaws. If I need to read a PDF I use the Mac. I set up a boot camp partition but, if starting again from scratch, I would not now bother as fusion is a far better solution , including the capacity to install and set up Windows without sighted help. Once you get used to it file management is far easier on the Mac. There are differences but whenever I am in Windows I find myself wanting to use column view . Downloading files is very efficient and fast on the Mac in my experience but again it is completely different from Windows and you will need to learn different techniques if you want to monitor downloads. The main problem with picking up the Mac is that there are lots of information out there which is useful for visually impaired people but it tends not to be centralised as much as for the commercial Windows screen readers. However lists like this are invaluable as a learning assistant. A big learning curve is ahead but I am sure you will enjoy it. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of chris hallsworth Sent: 14 January 2012 17:15 To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: Switching to a mac Hello all. Well, I have been using the other operating system PCs since 1997, and it's time I now fancy a change of scenary. So in the future I am
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Daniel why not try an iDevice now as it comes preloaded with iOS 5. The high quality voices can now be downloaded and used on iOS 5 on all iDevices. On 15/01/2012 20:28, Daniel McGee wrote: Indeed Chris, for the most part I find Alex nice to listen to but now and then I get a word that he doesn't pronounce promptly. Where as eloquence just seems more natural sounding in saying words correctly. Chris I am curious since you have and I device which voice do you use for it. See when I got one a couple of years ago I simply didn't understand and still possibly won't the nuance english voices which frustrates me because I really want to use an I device but can't because of this voice problem. Daniel On 15 Jan 2012, at 17:15, chris hallsworth wrote: Interesting Daniel, I am hearing impaired as well and it appears I can understand Alex very well. Of course speech synthesis is very subjective, so what may suit one may not necessarily suit the other. On 15/01/2012 15:09, Daniel McGee wrote: Chris a useful resource that I recommend checking out is www.macfortheblind.com Hopefully you should enjoy that site. I love my Mac and I would love to get an iPhone but the voices i just don't simply understand them and the touch screen doesn't really appeal to me. The only thing I wish I could have on the Mac and IOS is elquance. If I had this I wouldn't go back to windows and before anyone asks this is not a blindness desire but is more needed for my hearing impairment. So if that day comes around I will be jumping around like crazy. So for now I use both platforms because of the above situation I have. Good luck with your research. Oh and by the way I brought a 13 inch Mac Book Pro. Just as a side note when I went the Apple store in blue water I noticed that the Mac Book Air has two USB ports which is the same as the Mac Book Pro. so all you need to think about is do you want a CD-ROM drive or not. Obviously I chose that but I don't know how much they are going to be around in Apple's line up of computers. Just so you know that. Thanks Daniel On 15 Jan 2012, at 13:00, David Griffith wrote: I have had no need to use anything else but Preview, and reading has been easy with this, but on the Mac you are spoilt for choice with PDF reading. There are several programs available. So much so that PDF, which is a real pain on the Windows side is a very reasonable format on the Mac side. Of course if the PDF is graphic based and has no text then VO will struggle. The robobraille file conversion can handle most of these graphics based documents but I tend to duck back into Fusion and Kurzweil for these. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of chris hallsworth Sent: 15 January 2012 00:29 To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Switching to a mac So David, can you read PDFs fine on the mac? If so what app do you use? I have heard of Preview, does this work well with VoiceOver? I suspect it does since it is built in, but no harm in asking is there. On 14/01/2012 23:18, David Griffith wrote: I am sure that the Mac will provide a good experience for all the things you mention. I take the approach of using VM fusion with my Mac and I consider that I therefore have the best of both worlds. If I need to study a table I switch very quickly to Windows, Word and Jaws. If I need to read a PDF I use the Mac. I set up a boot camp partition but, if starting again from scratch, I would not now bother as fusion is a far better solution , including the capacity to install and set up Windows without sighted help. Once you get used to it file management is far easier on the Mac. There are differences but whenever I am in Windows I find myself wanting to use column view . Downloading files is very efficient and fast on the Mac in my experience but again it is completely different from Windows and you will need to learn different techniques if you want to monitor downloads. The main problem with picking up the Mac is that there are lots of information out there which is useful for visually impaired people but it tends not to be centralised as much as for the commercial Windows screen readers. However lists like this are invaluable as a learning assistant. A big learning curve is ahead but I am sure you will enjoy it. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of chris hallsworth Sent: 14 January 2012 17:15 To: Mac OSXiOS Accessibility Subject: Switching to a mac Hello all. Well, I have been using the other operating system PCs since 1997, and it's time I now fancy a change of scenary. So in the future I am considering switching to a mac. It should allow me to do the following: 1. Browse websites such as Facebook. 2. Manage my e-mail. 3. Listen to and manage music. 4. Buy music from iTunes or other online stores like
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eloquence is no where as clear a alex. I can't believe someone may think that. Eloquence to me is so computer sounding and unreal. On Jan 15, 2012, at 2:28 PM, Daniel McGee wrote: Indeed Chris, for the most part I find Alex nice to listen to but now and then I get a word that he doesn't pronounce promptly. Where as eloquence just seems more natural sounding in saying words correctly. Chris I am curious since you have and I device which voice do you use for it. See when I got one a couple of years ago I simply didn't understand and still possibly won't the nuance english voices which frustrates me because I really want to use an I device but can't because of this voice problem. Daniel On 15 Jan 2012, at 17:15, chris hallsworth wrote: Interesting Daniel, I am hearing impaired as well and it appears I can understand Alex very well. Of course speech synthesis is very subjective, so what may suit one may not necessarily suit the other. On 15/01/2012 15:09, Daniel McGee wrote: Chris a useful resource that I recommend checking out is www.macfortheblind.com Hopefully you should enjoy that site. I love my Mac and I would love to get an iPhone but the voices i just don't simply understand them and the touch screen doesn't really appeal to me. The only thing I wish I could have on the Mac and IOS is elquance. If I had this I wouldn't go back to windows and before anyone asks this is not a blindness desire but is more needed for my hearing impairment. So if that day comes around I will be jumping around like crazy. So for now I use both platforms because of the above situation I have. Good luck with your research. Oh and by the way I brought a 13 inch Mac Book Pro. Just as a side note when I went the Apple store in blue water I noticed that the Mac Book Air has two USB ports which is the same as the Mac Book Pro. so all you need to think about is do you want a CD-ROM drive or not. Obviously I chose that but I don't know how much they are going to be around in Apple's line up of computers. Just so you know that. Thanks Daniel On 15 Jan 2012, at 13:00, David Griffith wrote: I have had no need to use anything else but Preview, and reading has been easy with this, but on the Mac you are spoilt for choice with PDF reading. There are several programs available. So much so that PDF, which is a real pain on the Windows side is a very reasonable format on the Mac side. Of course if the PDF is graphic based and has no text then VO will struggle. The robobraille file conversion can handle most of these graphics based documents but I tend to duck back into Fusion and Kurzweil for these. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of chris hallsworth Sent: 15 January 2012 00:29 To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Switching to a mac So David, can you read PDFs fine on the mac? If so what app do you use? I have heard of Preview, does this work well with VoiceOver? I suspect it does since it is built in, but no harm in asking is there. On 14/01/2012 23:18, David Griffith wrote: I am sure that the Mac will provide a good experience for all the things you mention. I take the approach of using VM fusion with my Mac and I consider that I therefore have the best of both worlds. If I need to study a table I switch very quickly to Windows, Word and Jaws. If I need to read a PDF I use the Mac. I set up a boot camp partition but, if starting again from scratch, I would not now bother as fusion is a far better solution , including the capacity to install and set up Windows without sighted help. Once you get used to it file management is far easier on the Mac. There are differences but whenever I am in Windows I find myself wanting to use column view . Downloading files is very efficient and fast on the Mac in my experience but again it is completely different from Windows and you will need to learn different techniques if you want to monitor downloads. The main problem with picking up the Mac is that there are lots of information out there which is useful for visually impaired people but it tends not to be centralised as much as for the commercial Windows screen readers. However lists like this are invaluable as a learning assistant. A big learning curve is ahead but I am sure you will enjoy it. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of chris hallsworth Sent: 14 January 2012 17:15 To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: Switching to a mac Hello all. Well, I have been using the other operating system PCs since 1997, and it's time I now fancy a change of scenary. So in the future I am considering switching to a mac. It should allow me to do the following: 1. Browse websites such as Facebook. 2. Manage my
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I prefer Eloquence to the more human sounding synths, as they perform better at faster rates, and it allows me some privacy, as most sighted folks don't learn to understand the speech at a faster rate. Glenn - Original Message - From: michael maslo mmaslo1...@swbell.net To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 9:27 PM Subject: Re: Switching to a mac eloquence is no where as clear a alex. I can't believe someone may think that. Eloquence to me is so computer sounding and unreal. On Jan 15, 2012, at 2:28 PM, Daniel McGee wrote: Indeed Chris, for the most part I find Alex nice to listen to but now and then I get a word that he doesn't pronounce promptly. Where as eloquence just seems more natural sounding in saying words correctly. Chris I am curious since you have and I device which voice do you use for it. See when I got one a couple of years ago I simply didn't understand and still possibly won't the nuance english voices which frustrates me because I really want to use an I device but can't because of this voice problem. Daniel On 15 Jan 2012, at 17:15, chris hallsworth wrote: Interesting Daniel, I am hearing impaired as well and it appears I can understand Alex very well. Of course speech synthesis is very subjective, so what may suit one may not necessarily suit the other. On 15/01/2012 15:09, Daniel McGee wrote: Chris a useful resource that I recommend checking out is www.macfortheblind.com Hopefully you should enjoy that site. I love my Mac and I would love to get an iPhone but the voices i just don't simply understand them and the touch screen doesn't really appeal to me. The only thing I wish I could have on the Mac and IOS is elquance. If I had this I wouldn't go back to windows and before anyone asks this is not a blindness desire but is more needed for my hearing impairment. So if that day comes around I will be jumping around like crazy. So for now I use both platforms because of the above situation I have. Good luck with your research. Oh and by the way I brought a 13 inch Mac Book Pro. Just as a side note when I went the Apple store in blue water I noticed that the Mac Book Air has two USB ports which is the same as the Mac Book Pro. so all you need to think about is do you want a CD-ROM drive or not. Obviously I chose that but I don't know how much they are going to be around in Apple's line up of computers. Just so you know that. Thanks Daniel On 15 Jan 2012, at 13:00, David Griffith wrote: I have had no need to use anything else but Preview, and reading has been easy with this, but on the Mac you are spoilt for choice with PDF reading. There are several programs available. So much so that PDF, which is a real pain on the Windows side is a very reasonable format on the Mac side. Of course if the PDF is graphic based and has no text then VO will struggle. The robobraille file conversion can handle most of these graphics based documents but I tend to duck back into Fusion and Kurzweil for these. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of chris hallsworth Sent: 15 January 2012 00:29 To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Switching to a mac So David, can you read PDFs fine on the mac? If so what app do you use? I have heard of Preview, does this work well with VoiceOver? I suspect it does since it is built in, but no harm in asking is there. On 14/01/2012 23:18, David Griffith wrote: I am sure that the Mac will provide a good experience for all the things you mention. I take the approach of using VM fusion with my Mac and I consider that I therefore have the best of both worlds. If I need to study a table I switch very quickly to Windows, Word and Jaws. If I need to read a PDF I use the Mac. I set up a boot camp partition but, if starting again from scratch, I would not now bother as fusion is a far better solution , including the capacity to install and set up Windows without sighted help. Once you get used to it file management is far easier on the Mac. There are differences but whenever I am in Windows I find myself wanting to use column view . Downloading files is very efficient and fast on the Mac in my experience but again it is completely different from Windows and you will need to learn different techniques if you want to monitor downloads. The main problem with picking up the Mac is that there are lots of information out there which is useful for visually impaired people but it tends not to be centralised as much as for the commercial Windows screen readers. However lists like this are invaluable as a learning assistant. A big learning curve is ahead but I am sure you will enjoy it. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net
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agree with you Michael. I personally hope Apple will never bring Eloquence into the Mac, it's just an awful sounding voice and as you rightly say, so computer sounding. But then again, it's just a matter of taste I suppose. Take care, Lyn, Canelle Epi On Jan 16, 2012, at 4:27 AM, michael maslo wrote: eloquence is no where as clear a alex. I can't believe someone may think that. Eloquence to me is so computer sounding and unreal. On Jan 15, 2012, at 2:28 PM, Daniel McGee wrote: Indeed Chris, for the most part I find Alex nice to listen to but now and then I get a word that he doesn't pronounce promptly. Where as eloquence just seems more natural sounding in saying words correctly. Chris I am curious since you have and I device which voice do you use for it. See when I got one a couple of years ago I simply didn't understand and still possibly won't the nuance english voices which frustrates me because I really want to use an I device but can't because of this voice problem. Daniel On 15 Jan 2012, at 17:15, chris hallsworth wrote: Interesting Daniel, I am hearing impaired as well and it appears I can understand Alex very well. Of course speech synthesis is very subjective, so what may suit one may not necessarily suit the other. On 15/01/2012 15:09, Daniel McGee wrote: Chris a useful resource that I recommend checking out is www.macfortheblind.com Hopefully you should enjoy that site. I love my Mac and I would love to get an iPhone but the voices i just don't simply understand them and the touch screen doesn't really appeal to me. The only thing I wish I could have on the Mac and IOS is elquance. If I had this I wouldn't go back to windows and before anyone asks this is not a blindness desire but is more needed for my hearing impairment. So if that day comes around I will be jumping around like crazy. So for now I use both platforms because of the above situation I have. Good luck with your research. Oh and by the way I brought a 13 inch Mac Book Pro. Just as a side note when I went the Apple store in blue water I noticed that the Mac Book Air has two USB ports which is the same as the Mac Book Pro. so all you need to think about is do you want a CD-ROM drive or not. Obviously I chose that but I don't know how much they are going to be around in Apple's line up of computers. Just so you know that. Thanks Daniel On 15 Jan 2012, at 13:00, David Griffith wrote: I have had no need to use anything else but Preview, and reading has been easy with this, but on the Mac you are spoilt for choice with PDF reading. There are several programs available. So much so that PDF, which is a real pain on the Windows side is a very reasonable format on the Mac side. Of course if the PDF is graphic based and has no text then VO will struggle. The robobraille file conversion can handle most of these graphics based documents but I tend to duck back into Fusion and Kurzweil for these. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of chris hallsworth Sent: 15 January 2012 00:29 To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Switching to a mac So David, can you read PDFs fine on the mac? If so what app do you use? I have heard of Preview, does this work well with VoiceOver? I suspect it does since it is built in, but no harm in asking is there. On 14/01/2012 23:18, David Griffith wrote: I am sure that the Mac will provide a good experience for all the things you mention. I take the approach of using VM fusion with my Mac and I consider that I therefore have the best of both worlds. If I need to study a table I switch very quickly to Windows, Word and Jaws. If I need to read a PDF I use the Mac. I set up a boot camp partition but, if starting again from scratch, I would not now bother as fusion is a far better solution , including the capacity to install and set up Windows without sighted help. Once you get used to it file management is far easier on the Mac. There are differences but whenever I am in Windows I find myself wanting to use column view . Downloading files is very efficient and fast on the Mac in my experience but again it is completely different from Windows and you will need to learn different techniques if you want to monitor downloads. The main problem with picking up the Mac is that there are lots of information out there which is useful for visually impaired people but it tends not to be centralised as much as for the commercial Windows screen readers. However lists like this are invaluable as a learning assistant. A big learning curve is ahead but I am sure you will enjoy it. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of chris hallsworth Sent: 14 January 2012 17:15 To: Mac OSX iOS
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Does anyone know if there is a VO accessible emoticon app to insert emoticons into sms messages? Thanks, Karen --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/
Phone Amego accessibility?
Greetings all, Today, the MacUpdate site is discounting PhoneAmego by 40%. I will list there brief description below. I thought before blowing the fifteen bucks and playing ginny pig I'd ask if anyone here has tried it? Phone Amego (Family Pack) provides Caller ID, click-to-dial, Address Book, Google Voice, and phone integration for up to 5 Macs. Features: a.. On screen caller ID with optional voice announcement. b.. Dial calls directly from your Address Book or selected text. c.. Works with popular Bluetooth phones including iPhone. d.. Works with landline phones connected through a USB modem. e.. VoIP caller ID with Linksys/Sipura VoIP telephone adaptors. f.. Caller ID sharing and remote dialing with other hosts on your LAN. g.. Keep notes about each caller in a distributed database and pull them up anywhere. h.. Send SMS to multiple recipients using Google Voice. i.. Shows inbound and outbound call progress. j.. Thoughtful, uncluttered user interface. TIA for any input and best regards. Geoff --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/
