Re: Trackpad commander and Zoom. Possible to use both at the same time?
It sure is. The trackpad commander performs just as it would if Zoom were not enabled. When Zoom is enabled and you place a finger on the trackpad, the voiceover cursor moves to the item at that position and Zoom tracks to it. Normally Zoom would primarily follow the mouse cursor. With the trackpad commander, the cursor is generally hidden, and the VO cursor takes the lead so to speak. The limitation, and it is to be expected, is that you cannot pan the viewing area to view a different part of the screen without also moving the VO cursor there as well. For that it is easiest to turn the trackpad commander off for a second, glance at what you want to see, and then re-enable it. Note that I generally have the mouse cursor follow the VO cursor, so I can't really comment on the finer details when manipulating them separately using VoiceOver commands. Hope this answers your question. Let me know if you want more specifics. On Sep 14, 2009, at 10:36 PM, Pete Nalda wrote: I wanted to know as I'm not going to take the time to study the commander if no. TIA. Egun On, Lagunak! (Basque for G'day, Mates) Pete Nalda http://www.myspace.com/musikonalda --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Accessible iPhone 3GS Application: A VoiceOver Accessible Microsoft Office And PDF Document Viewer, Text Editor, And More Now Available For The iPhone 3GS Smartphone
[As posted on the Candle Shore BLOG on Wednesday, September 16, 2009] APP: A VoiceOver Accessible Microsoft Office And PDF Document Viewer, Text Editor, And More Now Available For The iPhone 3GS Smartphone Hello My Fellow Velveteen Valets, If you want to use VoiceOver to read Microsoft Office and PDF documents as well as create and edit plain text files from the portable comfort of your iPhone 3GS, I strongly recommend that you purchase, for $11.99, Text Editor Pro from the iTunes App Store. APPLICATION DESCRIPTION Text Editor Pro is an easy-to-use iPhone plain text editor for writing articles, memos, outlines, papers, scripts, and speeches while anywhere. It also provides the capability for storing thousands of PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, photos, videos, and plain text files on the iPhone in a hierarchical folder system for mobile class notes, meeting notes, reminders, and bibliography. Text Editor Pro also includes a built-in Wi-Fi web server for viewing, downloading, or uploading files from any local Mac or PC web browser with password protection. You can also edit the cached documents online or offline, and e-mail any plain text document instantly. With Text Editor Pro, you can experience the freedom of having instant access to thousands of important articles, memos, papers, photos, videos, and notes right in your pocket. Text Editor Pro runs on both the iPhone and iPod touch. Features: Advanced easy-to-use interface View and edit multiple plain text files at the same time Cut, copy, and paste text (requires iPhone OS 3.0) Undo text edits by shaking the phone (requires iPhone OS 3.0) View multiple PDF, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents at the same time View multiple JPEG, GIF, PNG, and TIFF photos at the same time Ability to play MPEG4 videos (.mp4, .mov, .mpv, .3gp) Adjust the viewing font and size for any text document Adjust the saturation, luminosity, temperature, and color balance of any image Automatically caches all opened documents for resuming at any time On-line user guide with step by step screenshots Create an unlimited number of folders and subfolders Delete any folder or document by sliding over left to right Browse thousands of documents on the iPhone hard disk Download and upload documents with the built-in Wi-Fi web server Edit text in portrait or landscape mode Loads large PDF files with sizes up to 40,000 KB in a few seconds Enter full screen mode by double tapping the title bar Easily switch between documents by sliding over the title bar Tap on the HD, W, or G button to display the file's location in the file browser E-mail any plain text document instantly Works anywhere online or offline Works with all international text Compress or rename a folder by tapping its icon Backup thousands of files with the built-in zip compression Upload hundreds of files at a time with zip uncompress Sample Documents That Are Included With The Installation: Bill of Rights Declaration of Independence Gettysburg Address Sample Beach Photos Sample Excel Spreadsheet Sample PowerPoint Presentation Sample PDF Research Paper Sample Word Document Included Sample Folders: Documents (Articles, Memos, Outlines, Papers, Scripts, Speeches) Bibliography (Anthology, Articles, Books, Dissertations, Interviews, Journals, Periodicals, Research Papers) - Class Notes (Arts, Business, Economics, Education, Engineering, Government, History, Language, Law, Math, Medicine, Philosophy, Public Service, Science) Meeting Notes (Accounting, Board of Directors, Customer Service, Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology, Management, Marketing, Operations, Production, Public Relations, purchasing, Research and Development, Sales) Reminders (Birthdays, Favorite Books, Gifts, Shopping Lists, To Do Lists, Upcoming Events) http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=316815447 mt=8 Click Here To Get This Application Now! http://impactfinancials.com/text_editor_pro/user_guide/index.html Click Here to view the online User's Guide. Enjoy, Mark --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: MacOS RFBD Downloader
When finished Olearia http://www.cucat.org/project/olearia/ will be able to play RFDB books. For now this is meant as a way to download the books and get them into devices such as the VicrtorReader Stream or onto CD's Gregory Kearney Manager - Accessible Media Association for the Blind of Western Australia 61 Kitchener Avenue, PO Box 101 Victoria Park 6979, WA Australia Telephone: +61 (08) 9311 8202 Telephone: +1 (307) 224-4022 (North America) Fax: +61 (08) 9361 8696 Toll free: 1800 658 388 (Australia only) Email: gkear...@gmail.com On 15/09/2009, at 1:34 PM, Justin Harford wrote: Right I was about to say the same thing. This is great that we have a way to download RFBD books to our macs, but still annoying that we haven't got a way to play them. Do you have any suggestions Greg? This is a really great idea. Justin Harford On Sep 14, 2009, at 10:19 PM, michael A. Babcock wrote: hi; very good, now, if we could get .wma protected files, to play on the mac, smile mike On Sep 14, 2009, at 9:07 PM, Greg Kearney wrote: This AppleScript application will ask you to find a .rfbd file and will then download that book into your downloads directory in the background. You will find your completed book in your downloads directory of your home directory. If you have Growl installed you will get a notification when the process is completed. NOTE: This application will quit after it starts the download. The Download itself will continue and may take a considerable amount of time depending on the title and the speed of your internet connection. If you find this program useful please consider making a donation to the Association for the Blind of Western Australia at the address below: Association for the Blind of Western Australia 61 Kitchener Avenue, PO Box 101 Victoria Park 6979, WA Australia Gregory Kearney Manager - Accessible Media Association for the Blind of Western Australia 61 Kitchener Avenue, PO Box 101 Victoria Park 6979, WA Australia Telephone: +61 (08) 9311 8202 Telephone: +1 (307) 224-4022 (North America) Fax: +61 (08) 9361 8696 Toll free: 1800 658 388 (Australia only) Email: gkear...@gmail.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Zoom in Mail wierdness.
Ok, I'm having trouble with Zoom wherein if Im typing at the end of a line it jumps back and forth between that location and the middle of the next line. Anyone else? Very annoying. It didn't do this in 10.5 aaik. Egun On, Lagunak! (Basque for G'day, Mates) Pete Nalda http://www.myspace.com/musikonalda --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Zoom Wierdness in Mail has to do with VO being on.
Ok, now I've turned VoiceOver off, and now all is normal with zoom in mail. So anyone here using both know what I have set wrong? TIA. Egun On, Lagunak! (Basque for G'day, Mates) Pete Nalda http://www.myspace.com/musikonalda --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Using Voice Over with Web Roter in Safari
Hi folks, Has anyone noticed that Voice over occasionally restarts at least the first time you use the Web Roter function? This happens regardless of whether you are in Group mode or DOM mode. Has anyone found a work around for this. I will report this to Apple but I just anted to know what others thought too. Thanks Take care James --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
iPod Nano Charity Auction
Hi Everyone, Sorry for the cross post but I wanted to get this out to the broadest audience possible. Sitting on my desk beside me is my one year old iPod Nano. It has 8gb, is silver and, of course, synchronizes with the synthesized voice on Macintosh and, I'll assume, Windows but I haven't tried the latter. It was around $150 new but has been obsoleted by the new units announced last week. Since switching to iPhone, I have little use for the Nano (although I really like its super sleek form factor). I thought of giving it to a niece or nephew but they all already have iPods or Zunes (my brother works for MS) so they don't have any use for it either. So, I figured I'd run an auction for the device with the proceeds going to Southeastern Guide Dogs, where my X-Celerator came from. I'll give approximately two weeks (until 9/28) to get the highest bid and will accept a receipt for the donation plus shipping as payment. I may have lost its earbuds but will make a concerted effort to find them but you may need to furnish your own. Happy Doggie Day, cdh --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Accessing MacVisionaries archives
Hi folks, How do I access the MacVisionaires archive. I would like to know, so that I do not duplicate questions and answers that have already been posted. Thanks Take care james --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: MacOS RFBD Downloader
Hi justin, RFBD offers their books in DAISY as well as protected WMA, and you can connect a Victor Stream or Book Sense to the Mac, so you can play RFBD books without needing protected WMA. Best, Anna --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: MacOS RFBD Downloader
the victor reader stream doesn't play protected wma files yet. On Sep 15, 2009, at 3:24 AM, Greg Kearney wrote: When finished Olearia http://www.cucat.org/project/olearia/ will be able to play RFDB books. For now this is meant as a way to download the books and get them into devices such as the VicrtorReader Stream or onto CD's Gregory Kearney Manager - Accessible Media Association for the Blind of Western Australia 61 Kitchener Avenue, PO Box 101 Victoria Park 6979, WA Australia Telephone: +61 (08) 9311 8202 Telephone: +1 (307) 224-4022 (North America) Fax: +61 (08) 9361 8696 Toll free: 1800 658 388 (Australia only) Email: gkear...@gmail.com On 15/09/2009, at 1:34 PM, Justin Harford wrote: Right I was about to say the same thing. This is great that we have a way to download RFBD books to our macs, but still annoying that we haven't got a way to play them. Do you have any suggestions Greg? This is a really great idea. Justin Harford On Sep 14, 2009, at 10:19 PM, michael A. Babcock wrote: hi; very good, now, if we could get .wma protected files, to play on the mac, smile mike On Sep 14, 2009, at 9:07 PM, Greg Kearney wrote: This AppleScript application will ask you to find a .rfbd file and will then download that book into your downloads directory in the background. You will find your completed book in your downloads directory of your home directory. If you have Growl installed you will get a notification when the process is completed. NOTE: This application will quit after it starts the download. The Download itself will continue and may take a considerable amount of time depending on the title and the speed of your internet connection. If you find this program useful please consider making a donation to the Association for the Blind of Western Australia at the address below: Association for the Blind of Western Australia 61 Kitchener Avenue, PO Box 101 Victoria Park 6979, WA Australia Gregory Kearney Manager - Accessible Media Association for the Blind of Western Australia 61 Kitchener Avenue, PO Box 101 Victoria Park 6979, WA Australia Telephone: +61 (08) 9311 8202 Telephone: +1 (307) 224-4022 (North America) Fax: +61 (08) 9361 8696 Toll free: 1800 658 388 (Australia only) Email: gkear...@gmail.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: MacOS RFBD Downloader
Hi Brandon, It doesn't have to. RFBD offers all their books in DAISY as well as WMA. Thank goodness, as the DAISY books are much easier to navigate. Best, Anna On Sep 15, 2009, at 8:38 AM, Brandon Misch wrote: the victor reader stream doesn't play protected wma files yet. On Sep 15, 2009, at 3:24 AM, Greg Kearney wrote: When finished Olearia http://www.cucat.org/project/olearia/ will be able to play RFDB books. For now this is meant as a way to download the books and get them into devices such as the VicrtorReader Stream or onto CD's Gregory Kearney Manager - Accessible Media Association for the Blind of Western Australia 61 Kitchener Avenue, PO Box 101 Victoria Park 6979, WA Australia Telephone: +61 (08) 9311 8202 Telephone: +1 (307) 224-4022 (North America) Fax: +61 (08) 9361 8696 Toll free: 1800 658 388 (Australia only) Email: gkear...@gmail.com On 15/09/2009, at 1:34 PM, Justin Harford wrote: Right I was about to say the same thing. This is great that we have a way to download RFBD books to our macs, but still annoying that we haven't got a way to play them. Do you have any suggestions Greg? This is a really great idea. Justin Harford On Sep 14, 2009, at 10:19 PM, michael A. Babcock wrote: hi; very good, now, if we could get .wma protected files, to play on the mac, smile mike On Sep 14, 2009, at 9:07 PM, Greg Kearney wrote: This AppleScript application will ask you to find a .rfbd file and will then download that book into your downloads directory in the background. You will find your completed book in your downloads directory of your home directory. If you have Growl installed you will get a notification when the process is completed. NOTE: This application will quit after it starts the download. The Download itself will continue and may take a considerable amount of time depending on the title and the speed of your internet connection. If you find this program useful please consider making a donation to the Association for the Blind of Western Australia at the address below: Association for the Blind of Western Australia 61 Kitchener Avenue, PO Box 101 Victoria Park 6979, WA Australia Gregory Kearney Manager - Accessible Media Association for the Blind of Western Australia 61 Kitchener Avenue, PO Box 101 Victoria Park 6979, WA Australia Telephone: +61 (08) 9311 8202 Telephone: +1 (307) 224-4022 (North America) Fax: +61 (08) 9361 8696 Toll free: 1800 658 388 (Australia only) Email: gkear...@gmail.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
RSS reader accessible via VO under SL
Is there a good feature packed RSS reader that is totally accessible under SL with VO? I have been trying the RSS reader in Apple Mac Mail and I find it quite lacking. 1) One cannot delete article headers in the message table they keep reappearing. 2) The RSS reader will only check for updates every half an hour. 3) I have tried following Twitter RSS Feeds with varying success. The RSS mechanism in Twitter is working fine because I have used RSS Popper and followed them without a hitch. -Kevin --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: How can I turn that frustrating trackpad of.
Annie, Try plugging in a mouse and then check Disable Trackpad if Mouse is present in the Universal Access system preference. HtH Marshall On Sep 14, 2009, at 5:09 PM, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: Hi. The trackpad is frustrating me, suddenly it starts up in text edit or in nisus writer. I have tried to turn it of under voiceover setting, it helps, but sometimes it turns itself on again. I would like to use the trackpad, but I am in doubt about, what the advantage could be. I do not feel that I can control my keyboard, when the trackpad is turned on. If anybody can help, I would be glad. Best regards Annie. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: MacOS RFBD Downloader
HI; a question regarding that. At this time is there any way to play dasi books on the mac from rfbd. Second question, can you burn the wma files onto cd, or even an audio dvd? mike On Sep 15, 2009, at 5:25 AM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: Hi justin, RFBD offers their books in DAISY as well as protected WMA, and you can connect a Victor Stream or Book Sense to the Mac, so you can play RFBD books without needing protected WMA. Best, Anna --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Nisus Writer
I have my mouse cursor following my VO cursor and my VO cursor following keyboard focus so the mouse is on top of the word but control-command-d did not invoke the dictionary. Interestingly enough I tried apple-space to bring up spotlight and then typed in a world such as soup and the third item was the definition. Hitting enter on the definition brought up an application called Dictionary which gave a full definition. Dictionary also has a button bar where I could change my search from Dictionary to Thesaurus and also Apple or Wikipedia. I had never noticed this app in the applications folder before. Would still be nice to pull this up contextually within a document. If I pull up the contextual menu I do get an option to look it up in the dictionary but not the Thesaurus. So at least I can pop it to the dictionary then switch to the Thesaurus. That's somewhat faster. CB James Nash wrote: Could you not find the word you're after in the text and then root your mouse pointer to the word? - Original Message - *From:* Chris Blouch mailto:cblo...@aol.com *To:* macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com *Sent:* Thursday, September 10, 2009 10:02 PM *Subject:* Re: Nisus Writer There is a dictionary and thesaurus built into OSX but I couldn't figure out how to activate it as it appears to require a mouse over. I was following the tip directions from here: http://email.about.com/od/macosxmailtips/qt/et090305.htm CB Dane Trethowan wrote: The Thesaurus is an extremely handy tool, I don't know of any other Thesaurus actually come to think of it, i suppose that Office from Microsoft has one though that's next to useless for us smile. On 06/09/2009, at 6:03 PM, James Nash wrote: Yes, and you can also install the Thesaurus as a stand-alone application. - Original Message - *From:* Dane Trethowan mailto:grtd...@internode.on.net *To:* macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com *Sent:* Sunday, September 06, 2009 1:05 AM *Subject:* Nisus Writer Hi! I meant to mention that both Nisus Writer Classic and Pro come with a Thesaurus. ** Dane Trethowan From Melton Victoria Australia mailto:grtd...@internode.on.net mailto:grtd...@internode.on.net Twitter: http://twitter.com/grtdane blog: http://www.grtdane.wordpress.com Phone United Kingdom 02032874641 Phone Australia 0390058589 Phone United States 8159261869 Fax: +61 3 9743 7954x MSN grtd...@dane-trethowan.net mailto:grtd...@dane-trethowan.net skype:grtdane12 ** --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: iPhone VO home button oddity
As suual I'm behind on my email. I verified that triple click currently has no default action. Double-clicking home goes to favorites and a triple just goes back home again. Only after enabling the triple-click in preferences does it do anything useful. I guess I can understand Apple not wanting to make this a default as some percentage of users would stumble upon it and then not know how to get out of it. Maybe something more obscure like a three finger touch while triple-home clicking. Something doable without sighted assistance but not easily stumbled upon. For those not familiar with VO on an iPhone accidentally enabling VO would be quite a bad experience. CB John JD Denning wrote: Is there a tripple click cmd for non VO users? I have a sighted friend who uses VO while driving. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 11, 2009, at 9:36, peter apgar pap...@gmavt.net wrote: I would have to disagree. The I phone is designed for the general population. by removing one of the gestures you are there by removing some of the sighted users accessability. we are a limited population and by making voiceover available by means of I tunes it maximizes accessability with out anoying the majority of their sales. could you picture a sighted person haveing all of their gestures respond differently? WTF would probably be the first words out of their mouths. On Sep 11, 2009, at 2:48 AM, Maxwell Ivey Jr. wrote: great question and suggestion. tell apple through their accessibility section. Take care, Max On Sep 10, 2009, at 11:59 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: So I upgraded my iPhone to the 3.1 OS which now has the option to have a triple click of the home button toggle VO on or off. Great if you want to quick set an iPhone back to the regular gesture system for somebody else to use and then get VO back on again. What seems odd to me is that this feature isn't enabled by default. So that means the out of the box experience still requires sighted assistance to turn on VO the first time. From there the triple home click preference can be set to toggle VO. Why not ship it that way from the factory for a truly self- service experience? CB --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: RSS reader accessible via VO under SL
Hello Kevin, Is there a good feature packed RSS reader that is totally accessible under SL with VO? Check out: http://www.opensourcemac.org There is a heading called RSS and there is a nice little client called Vienna. This was very accessible under Leopard and I would think, if they have updated it that it will be even moreso under Snow Leopard. HTH Take care James On 15 Sep 2009, at 15:05, Kevin Fjelsted wrote: Is there a good feature packed RSS reader that is totally accessible under SL with VO? I have been trying the RSS reader in Apple Mac Mail and I find it quite lacking. 1) One cannot delete article headers in the message table they keep reappearing. 2) The RSS reader will only check for updates every half an hour. 3) I have tried following Twitter RSS Feeds with varying success. The RSS mechanism in Twitter is working fine because I have used RSS Popper and followed them without a hitch. -Kevin --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: access keys on websites
Usually it's control plus the access key in Safari. So if you go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/home/d/ you can hit control+0 to get to the access key shortcut list and control+1 to go back to the home page. CB Woody Anna Dresner wrote: Hi, When a website reports an access key, such as 0 for Home on Facebook, what do you have to press with the access key to get it to work? The VO help tags don't say. Thanks, Anna --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
How to use unison
Hello all, Based on recommendations, I am trying out the unison usenet newsreader. I would like some instructions on using it as the interface seems very non standard. For example in the groups view when interacting with the browser, I hear all these column and row numbers along with music, audiobooks and other things. I can only right arrow so far and can't examine the content of these categories. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Mike --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: MacOS RFBD Downloader
Except one problem, I don't want to buy a victor stream or booksense. :) Regards Justin On Sep 15, 2009, at 6:25 AM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: Hi justin, RFBD offers their books in DAISY as well as protected WMA, and you can connect a Victor Stream or Book Sense to the Mac, so you can play RFBD books without needing protected WMA. Best, Anna --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: iPod Nano Charity Auction
$50 is my bid... Best Regards: Dave Wright Work Phone: 347-422-7085 Email: dwri...@gmail.com WebPage: http://www.knfbreader.com - Original Message - From: Chris Hofstader c...@hofstader.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com; macvoiceo...@freelists.org; viph...@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 7:32 AM Subject: iPod Nano Charity Auction Hi Everyone, Sorry for the cross post but I wanted to get this out to the broadest audience possible. Sitting on my desk beside me is my one year old iPod Nano. It has 8gb, is silver and, of course, synchronizes with the synthesized voice on Macintosh and, I'll assume, Windows but I haven't tried the latter. It was around $150 new but has been obsoleted by the new units announced last week. Since switching to iPhone, I have little use for the Nano (although I really like its super sleek form factor). I thought of giving it to a niece or nephew but they all already have iPods or Zunes (my brother works for MS) so they don't have any use for it either. So, I figured I'd run an auction for the device with the proceeds going to Southeastern Guide Dogs, where my X-Celerator came from. I'll give approximately two weeks (until 9/28) to get the highest bid and will accept a receipt for the donation plus shipping as payment. I may have lost its earbuds but will make a concerted effort to find them but you may need to furnish your own. Happy Doggie Day, cdh --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Itunes 9 and the Command Browser
Hi to the list. Using Itunes 9, after turning on the store browser with Command B, it's fairly straight forward to choose categories and interact with all of the various artists and titles. It seems very responsive. I'm wondering though if anyone has found a way to jump to specific entries beginning with a specific letter by typing that letter, as it is quite tedious to VO keys plus down arrow dozens of times to get to a specific place in the browser. Thanks a lot for any suggestions. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: MacOS RFBD Downloader
RFBD offers a download manager for windows in order to download their daisy books. Do they have one for the mac yet? I have not heard that they have a mac compatible download manager. So, is this program provided by this link made so that one can bypass the rfbd download manager in order to download their daisy books? I'm confused as to exactly what this program will do and how it works. I'm even confused as to if it's software or an apple script or what. LOL! I don't even know what an apple script is. :) Also, is RFBD offered outside the U.S.? Thanks, Christina On Sep 15, 2009, at 10:07 AM, Justin Harford wrote: Except one problem, I don't want to buy a victor stream or booksense. :) Regards Justin On Sep 15, 2009, at 6:25 AM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: Hi justin, RFBD offers their books in DAISY as well as protected WMA, and you can connect a Victor Stream or Book Sense to the Mac, so you can play RFBD books without needing protected WMA. Best, Anna --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
could someone try zoom?
Hello, the tityle says it all, could someone try this program? especially the open saved games feature because for some reason I just dont get this to work, i can select the saved game file, at least voiceover says its selected but then i cant open it. I thought that saved game files ware not dependant on the interpreter used, i could be wrong osf course. I saved my game with frotz2000 under windows and now want to use it with zoom. I thought this would work because the game files are not dependant on the interpretter hou use... This is just very irritating and frustrating to me because the interpretter itself works well, it can open a lot of different games and it seems the only thing that works on the mac with interactive fiction. I really like playing game son occasion and I would hate it if I would have to use windows for this while its only the opening saved games feature that I am having problems with. Greetings, Anouk, --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: MacOS RFBD Downloader
I agree. How do we install and use this application? Peggy Fleischer peggyfleisc...@bellsouth.net Psalm 90 12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. On Sep 15, 2009, at 2:21 PM, Christina wrote: RFBD offers a download manager for windows in order to download their daisy books. Do they have one for the mac yet? I have not heard that they have a mac compatible download manager. So, is this program provided by this link made so that one can bypass the rfbd download manager in order to download their daisy books? I'm confused as to exactly what this program will do and how it works. I'm even confused as to if it's software or an apple script or what. LOL! I don't even know what an apple script is. :) Also, is RFBD offered outside the U.S.? Thanks, Christina On Sep 15, 2009, at 10:07 AM, Justin Harford wrote: Except one problem, I don't want to buy a victor stream or booksense. :) Regards Justin On Sep 15, 2009, at 6:25 AM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: Hi justin, RFBD offers their books in DAISY as well as protected WMA, and you can connect a Victor Stream or Book Sense to the Mac, so you can play RFBD books without needing protected WMA. Best, Anna --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
What about Postbox e-mail client accessibility
Hi all, Unfortunately I have not a mac yet so I can not test Postbox an e-mail client based on Thunderbird engine available at http://www.postbox-inc.com is available for windows and mac. AS someone already tried it or plan to test it soon ? As this one is not a free product (it can be trialled but this is a shareware) it is probably no accessible yet but I think we can make a request for it for a future version... So if someone tested it, could he/she give us its impressions ? This software is a paid one but have very interesting features not present in the regular thunderbird product... Cordialement, regards, -- Claude Renaud --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
RE: could someone try zoom?
Hi, What type of game extension are you trying to open ? What OS are you running ? I also have Zoom and enjoy playing interactive fiction games. Normally if you type load in the main window after all the introductory stuff at the beginning of a game, you can then choose the saved game you want. Best, Claire From: anou...@home.nl Subject: could someone try zoom? Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:32:34 +0200 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Hello, the tityle says it all, could someone try this program? especially the open saved games feature because for some reason I just dont get this to work, i can select the saved game file, at least voiceover says its selected but then i cant open it. I thought that saved game files ware not dependant on the interpreter used, i could be wrong osf course. I saved my game with frotz2000 under windows and now want to use it with zoom. I thought this would work because the game files are not dependant on the interpretter hou use... This is just very irritating and frustrating to me because the interpretter itself works well, it can open a lot of different games and it seems the only thing that works on the mac with interactive fiction. I really like playing game son occasion and I would hate it if I would have to use windows for this while its only the opening saved games feature that I am having problems with. Greetings, Anouk, _ Tchattez en direct en en vidéo avec vos amis ! http://www.windowslive.fr/messenger/ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
music distorting in vlc.
Hello, first of all I want to confirm what others hve already said, vlc works fine in sl. It crashes on me on occasion if i leave it open for hours on end without using it but if i keep it in active use when working on the mac everything is fine. There is a strange thing happening though. Because I have my computer connected to an external dac/preamp i have my computers volume set at 100percent and i have the vlc volume to max as well. This approach worked fine in winbdows with foobar and i could control the voolume of my headphones on my external dac. Here though the sound is distorting a lot while the volume is not high at all. Is vlc applying extra gain or something? I use command-up arrow to set volume in vlc to maximum but as i said even though the osund is not high at all and the volume on my external usb dac/amp is uite low, still a lot of distorting is going on. Can someone explain? I know that the system volume is not to blaim because voicover alex is fine, alex is set to max volume and so is system volume and still no problems, so i know the problem is with vlc. Greetings, Anouk --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: MacOS RFBD Downloader
That this program will do is to read the .rfbd file that you get from the RFBD download website and will then download and combine the files for the book from RFBD in much the same way as the RFBD Downloader application does for Windows. THis software will not play the books. For that you will need an RFBD authorised player. Until we finish Olearia here in Australia there is no software playback for RFBD books that will run on modern Macs. Gregory Kearney Manager - Accessible Media Association for the Blind of Western Australia 61 Kitchener Avenue, PO Box 101 Victoria Park 6979, WA Australia Telephone: +61 (08) 9311 8202 Telephone: +1 (307) 224-4022 (North America) Fax: +61 (08) 9361 8696 Toll free: 1800 658 388 (Australia only) Email: gkear...@gmail.com On 16/09/2009, at 2:21 AM, Christina wrote: RFBD offers a download manager for windows in order to download their daisy books. Do they have one for the mac yet? I have not heard that they have a mac compatible download manager. So, is this program provided by this link made so that one can bypass the rfbd download manager in order to download their daisy books? I'm confused as to exactly what this program will do and how it works. I'm even confused as to if it's software or an apple script or what. LOL! I don't even know what an apple script is. :) Also, is RFBD offered outside the U.S.? Thanks, Christina On Sep 15, 2009, at 10:07 AM, Justin Harford wrote: Except one problem, I don't want to buy a victor stream or booksense. :) Regards Justin On Sep 15, 2009, at 6:25 AM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: Hi justin, RFBD offers their books in DAISY as well as protected WMA, and you can connect a Victor Stream or Book Sense to the Mac, so you can play RFBD books without needing protected WMA. Best, Anna --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: MacOS RFBD Downloader
Download and unzip the file. Inside there is both an AppleScript and Application version. Run either one and select the .rfbd file that is downloaded from RFBD website when you request to download a book. It will then start up a download job in the background and place the downloaded book into your Downloads directory of your home directory. I can take quite some time for the download to finish depending on the size of the book. Gregory Kearney Manager - Accessible Media Association for the Blind of Western Australia 61 Kitchener Avenue, PO Box 101 Victoria Park 6979, WA Australia Telephone: +61 (08) 9311 8202 Telephone: +1 (307) 224-4022 (North America) Fax: +61 (08) 9361 8696 Toll free: 1800 658 388 (Australia only) Email: gkear...@gmail.com On 16/09/2009, at 2:45 AM, Peggy Fleischer wrote: I agree. How do we install and use this application? Peggy Fleischer peggyfleisc...@bellsouth.net Psalm 90 12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. On Sep 15, 2009, at 2:21 PM, Christina wrote: RFBD offers a download manager for windows in order to download their daisy books. Do they have one for the mac yet? I have not heard that they have a mac compatible download manager. So, is this program provided by this link made so that one can bypass the rfbd download manager in order to download their daisy books? I'm confused as to exactly what this program will do and how it works. I'm even confused as to if it's software or an apple script or what. LOL! I don't even know what an apple script is. :) Also, is RFBD offered outside the U.S.? Thanks, Christina On Sep 15, 2009, at 10:07 AM, Justin Harford wrote: Except one problem, I don't want to buy a victor stream or booksense. :) Regards Justin On Sep 15, 2009, at 6:25 AM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: Hi justin, RFBD offers their books in DAISY as well as protected WMA, and you can connect a Victor Stream or Book Sense to the Mac, so you can play RFBD books without needing protected WMA. Best, Anna --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: MacOS RFBD Downloader
hi; do you have an estimated release date for that software your working on? On Sep 15, 2009, at 2:12 PM, Greg Kearney wrote: That this program will do is to read the .rfbd file that you get from the RFBD download website and will then download and combine the files for the book from RFBD in much the same way as the RFBD Downloader application does for Windows. THis software will not play the books. For that you will need an RFBD authorised player. Until we finish Olearia here in Australia there is no software playback for RFBD books that will run on modern Macs. Gregory Kearney Manager - Accessible Media Association for the Blind of Western Australia 61 Kitchener Avenue, PO Box 101 Victoria Park 6979, WA Australia Telephone: +61 (08) 9311 8202 Telephone: +1 (307) 224-4022 (North America) Fax: +61 (08) 9361 8696 Toll free: 1800 658 388 (Australia only) Email: gkear...@gmail.com On 16/09/2009, at 2:21 AM, Christina wrote: RFBD offers a download manager for windows in order to download their daisy books. Do they have one for the mac yet? I have not heard that they have a mac compatible download manager. So, is this program provided by this link made so that one can bypass the rfbd download manager in order to download their daisy books? I'm confused as to exactly what this program will do and how it works. I'm even confused as to if it's software or an apple script or what. LOL! I don't even know what an apple script is. :) Also, is RFBD offered outside the U.S.? Thanks, Christina On Sep 15, 2009, at 10:07 AM, Justin Harford wrote: Except one problem, I don't want to buy a victor stream or booksense. :) Regards Justin On Sep 15, 2009, at 6:25 AM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: Hi justin, RFBD offers their books in DAISY as well as protected WMA, and you can connect a Victor Stream or Book Sense to the Mac, so you can play RFBD books without needing protected WMA. Best, Anna --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: PeachPit press and training.
Hi Jonathan. Personally I've not had much luck with Peach Pit Press titles. I tried to get their apple script book. I bought it, but it was in adobe digital editions format, which is not accessible as far as I know. The book is also on safari books, but it isn't readable there either. It's only available in their print fidelity mode, which is not accessible either. This may not be the case with all peach pit titles, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was. Darcy On 2009-09-14, at 5:19 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: Does anybody know if the PeachPit books used for Apple certifications are available in a Daisy or audible format? I have been thinking about getting some official training, and I saw that Apple uses books from the PeachPit press. A few years ago, I would have just gone out and bought the book and struggled with it page every 1/2 hour. But I don't think I could even accomplish that now. Jonathan --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: MacOS RFBD Downloader
Thank you. I appreciate the clarification. I couldn't figure out why there were two files. Peggy Fleischer peggyfleisc...@bellsouth.net Psalm 90 12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. On Sep 15, 2009, at 6:15 PM, Greg Kearney wrote: Download and unzip the file. Inside there is both an AppleScript and Application version. Run either one and select the .rfbd file that is downloaded from RFBD website when you request to download a book. It will then start up a download job in the background and place the downloaded book into your Downloads directory of your home directory. I can take quite some time for the download to finish depending on the size of the book. Gregory Kearney Manager - Accessible Media Association for the Blind of Western Australia 61 Kitchener Avenue, PO Box 101 Victoria Park 6979, WA Australia Telephone: +61 (08) 9311 8202 Telephone: +1 (307) 224-4022 (North America) Fax: +61 (08) 9361 8696 Toll free: 1800 658 388 (Australia only) Email: gkear...@gmail.com On 16/09/2009, at 2:45 AM, Peggy Fleischer wrote: I agree. How do we install and use this application? Peggy Fleischer peggyfleisc...@bellsouth.net Psalm 90 12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. On Sep 15, 2009, at 2:21 PM, Christina wrote: RFBD offers a download manager for windows in order to download their daisy books. Do they have one for the mac yet? I have not heard that they have a mac compatible download manager. So, is this program provided by this link made so that one can bypass the rfbd download manager in order to download their daisy books? I'm confused as to exactly what this program will do and how it works. I'm even confused as to if it's software or an apple script or what. LOL! I don't even know what an apple script is. :) Also, is RFBD offered outside the U.S.? Thanks, Christina On Sep 15, 2009, at 10:07 AM, Justin Harford wrote: Except one problem, I don't want to buy a victor stream or booksense. :) Regards Justin On Sep 15, 2009, at 6:25 AM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: Hi justin, RFBD offers their books in DAISY as well as protected WMA, and you can connect a Victor Stream or Book Sense to the Mac, so you can play RFBD books without needing protected WMA. Best, Anna --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
a way to OCR images on wep pages
Hello list members. I'm wondering if there is a way to OCR text in an image on web pages. Thanks for any feedback. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: a way to OCR images on wep pages
Unless the image was saved at a very high resolution, over 300 dpi it is unlikely that you would be able to OCR it. Gregory Kearney Manager - Accessible Media Association for the Blind of Western Australia 61 Kitchener Avenue, PO Box 101 Victoria Park 6979, WA Australia Telephone: +61 (08) 9311 8202 Telephone: +1 (307) 224-4022 (North America) Fax: +61 (08) 9361 8696 Toll free: 1800 658 388 (Australia only) Email: gkear...@gmail.com On 16/09/2009, at 7:40 AM, Matthew Campbell wrote: Hello list members. I'm wondering if there is a way to OCR text in an image on web pages. Thanks for any feedback. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
RE: iPhone VO home button oddity
When I was having some trouble with my iPhone and called tech support, one of the comments the guy made was that they get a lot of people who call in because they've turned VO on by accident, and this was *before* the tripple-tap thing. He was glad to see someone was actually using VO and enjoying it. err Original Message Subject: Re: iPhone VO home button oddity From: Chris Blouch cblo...@aol.com Date: Tue, September 15, 2009 7:33 am To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com As suual I'm behind on my email. I verified that triple click currently has no default action. Double-clicking home goes to favorites and a triple just goes back home again. Only after enabling the triple-click in preferences does it do anything useful. I guess I can understand Apple not wanting to make this a default as some percentage of users would stumble upon it and then not know how to get out of it. Maybe something more obscure like a three finger touch while triple-home clicking. Something doable without sighted assistance but not easily stumbled upon. For those not familiar with VO on an iPhone accidentally enabling VO would be quite a bad experience. CB John JD Denning wrote: Is there a tripple click cmd for non VO users? I have a sighted friend who uses VO while driving. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 11, 2009, at 9:36, peter apgar pap...@gmavt.net wrote: I would have to disagree. The I phone is designed for the general population. by removing one of the gestures you are there by removing some of the sighted users accessability. we are a limited population and by making voiceover available by means of I tunes it maximizes accessability with out anoying the majority of their sales. could you picture a sighted person haveing all of their gestures respond differently? WTF would probably be the first words out of their mouths. On Sep 11, 2009, at 2:48 AM, Maxwell Ivey Jr. wrote: great question and suggestion. tell apple through their accessibility section. Take care, Max On Sep 10, 2009, at 11:59 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: So I upgraded my iPhone to the 3.1 OS which now has the option to have a triple click of the home button toggle VO on or off. Great if you want to quick set an iPhone back to the regular gesture system for somebody else to use and then get VO back on again. What seems odd to me is that this feature isn't enabled by default. So that means the out of the box experience still requires sighted assistance to turn on VO the first time. From there the triple home click preference can be set to toggle VO. Why not ship it that way from the factory for a truly self- service experience? CB --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
apple id invalid?
for some reason my apple id isn't working with my mini. where do I go to reenter it? is there some sort of thing in system preferences or something? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: MacOS RFBD Downloader
the booksense doesn't yet support rfbd yet. On Sep 15, 2009, at 1:07 PM, Justin Harford wrote: Except one problem, I don't want to buy a victor stream or booksense. :) Regards Justin On Sep 15, 2009, at 6:25 AM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: Hi justin, RFBD offers their books in DAISY as well as protected WMA, and you can connect a Victor Stream or Book Sense to the Mac, so you can play RFBD books without needing protected WMA. Best, Anna --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Just upgraded to Snow Leopard!
Hey Guys! I just installed SL on both my laptop and my iMac and so far have a few questions about VO. I read somewhere that the new version has features like shortcut keys to switch from dom to group mode and sounds when entering a password. it does enter the sound when typing a password on some stuff but not on others. Is there a way to fix it? also I read about quick nav but don't see any options in the VO utility to even switch to that mode. Is there anywhere I can find a list of the new shortcut keys and things? Thanks --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Just upgraded to Snow Leopard!
Hello. You hold down the left and right arrow keys to turn Quick nav on or off. Ryan Mann Follow me on twitter as profreedom sOn Sep 15, 2009, at 8:26 AM, Angel wrote: Hey Guys! I just installed SL on both my laptop and my iMac and so far have a few questions about VO. I read somewhere that the new version has features like shortcut keys to switch from dom to group mode and sounds when entering a password. it does enter the sound when typing a password on some stuff but not on others. Is there a way to fix it? also I read about quick nav but don't see any options in the VO utility to even switch to that mode. Is there anywhere I can find a list of the new shortcut keys and things? Thanks --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Barcode Experiment Audio Webcast
Ryan, I have the Metrologic Voyager Bt. It scans well but on bar codes it reads the leading character (prefix) and then tries to look it up in the UPS table as if it had 12 characters but the table only has 11, which does not have the prefix. How do I tell the BT to mask or leave off the prefix on the 12 digit upc A bar code? I have the Metrologic single line configuration guide but dont know what bar code to scan to configure the scanner to not transmit the prefix. Vickie Weir Ryan Dour wrote: I'm using the WASP wws500. I'm going to return it and get the MetroLogic Voyager BT. I used the Voyager BT at work, and on the same physical objects I had much better accuracy. RYan On Feb 23, 2009, at 1:00 AM, John Weir wrote: Ryan, Just listened. IT is great!! What bar code reader were you using and what is thename of the laser one so I can look eachup. I didnt get the script you mentioned. Certainly worth going further, maybe a small program on a disk we could enter into the mac to run with Alex and VO. and eventually an IPHONE app that we could download from tunes. Vickie Weir Ryan Dour wrote: Hello, I borrowed a neat condenser mic from work called the Blue Bird. Blue makes really interesting mics. So, I thought, what a great opportunity to make a quickie demo of my use of the barcode reader? It should help explain this a bit more for those of you who may have been wondering what exactly we were getting at here on the list with the crazy UPC talk. http://ryandour.com/audio/other/barcode-experiment.mp3 Click the link above, if you're using Safari the file should just play. Send me your feedback and let me know if this clears up any confusion the thread may have introduced. Also, let me know if you think this is as exciting a possibility as I think it may be. The first time I scanned a barcode into google I knew this was going to be a life changing thing for me. Thanks, Ryan --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Question on Using the Digital Coax Output with the Mac Mini
Right. The digital output is optical while the electrical output is analog. So you can't just plug in a mini headphone to RCA and get 5.1 audio out of a DVD playing on your Mac. You'll need the mini toslink cable as Blake suggests and then something that can decode the optical digital audio stream like a typical AV receiver with optical hookups. Probably something like this cable from newegg for $8 would do the trick: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882339090cm_re=toslink_mini-_-82-339-090-_-Product CB Blake Sinnett wrote: Actually, the connection is a bit odd. They use a Mini Tosslink optical plug. I've used this to transfer to my PCM-D50 digital recorder with success. From: david.mcl...@cox.net To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Question on Using the Digital Coax Output with the Mac Mini Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:12:13 -0400 Hello, According to the Apple website the mac mini shares digital and analog output and inputs which I would assume means you can plug a one eighth inch coax digital output cable from the mini into a device that supports digital. However when I try that it still seems to think I am using headphones according to the systems preferences menu and I don't get any sound from my digital device. Has anyone done this and if so how? Thanks in advance. Dave --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: podcasts on your iPod?
Hi, In the podcasts tab, when your iPod is connected, you can select to download all or for example the latest 10 unplayed. I've never tried this with VoiceOver though, only Zoom, so YMMV On Sep 13, 2009, at 6:52 PM, Jessi and Goldina wrote: hey guys do any of you use your iPod to listen to podcasts? I decided I'd like some of mine to be synced to there so I can listen to them when I'm on the go but I can't figure out how to only select certain ones. right now I've got it set to put all of them on, and there are some that I care aboutmore than others and don't really want all of them. how do I only select certain ones? and is there a way to have the iPod automaticly delete them once they've been played or do I have to do that manually? if so, is there a way to get to them faster in the iPod playlist in iTunes? thanks Jessi and Goldina Egun On, Lagunak! (Basque for G'day, Mates) Pete Nalda http://www.myspace.com/musikonalda --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
RFBD Downloader for the Mac
I have made a few interface improvements in the RFBD Downloader application and have posted it at the project site: http://www.cucat.org/projects/rfbd/index.php I have added a notice when the process finished and it will also bounce the icon in the Dock as well. I had to remove for now the background downloading as it was creating interface issue that I will have to deal with in a future version. I have moved some support file to where they should have been in the program's file structure. Gregory Kearney Manager - Accessible Media Association for the Blind of Western Australia 61 Kitchener Avenue, PO Box 101 Victoria Park 6979, WA Australia Telephone: +61 (08) 9311 8202 Telephone: +1 (307) 224-4022 (North America) Fax: +61 (08) 9361 8696 Toll free: 1800 658 388 (Australia only) Email: gkear...@gmail.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
