Re: Maqc equivalent of the WIndows System Tray?

2011-11-27 Thread Sarah Alawami
But since voice over does not have the feature wherein you can get to all the status icons including programs you put there via installing apps it is of litle use then to check the time and date lol! They broke it in os lion and I guess will not bother to fix it enev though I submitted to the a

Re: Maqc equivalent of the WIndows System Tray?

2011-11-27 Thread Mike Arrigo
The closest thing is the status menus, this is what shows your volume, battery, etc. You get to it by pressing control F8 or in voiceover, press control option m twice. On Nov 27, 2011, at 11:43 AM, Paul Hopewell wrote: > Hello, > Is there a Mac OS 10.7 facility similar to the Windows System Tr

RE: VMWare Fusion, anybody want help with download?

2011-11-27 Thread David Griffith
I am not sure that it is on topic for this list but it is perfectly possible to install without sighted help windows 7 with vm fusion and get up and running with NVDA. Probably a topic for the tech list though. -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access

Re: Copy Filename

2011-11-27 Thread Sarah Alawami
Nice. I am in list view but will have to try the column view or what ever you called in in cse I need to list stuff lol! Take care. On Nov 27, 2011, at 10:31 AM, David Griffith wrote: > Brilliant > > As you say you have to ensure that Text Edit is in plain text mode otherwise > the paste come

Re: Maqc equivalent of the WIndows System Tray?

2011-11-27 Thread Sarah Alawami
Huh? I don't cmd tab rhough the doc I just use my arrows. i don't think there is a way but I could be wrong. You could remove them from the doc I think if you have it there and the app is not running. On Nov 27, 2011, at 11:04 AM, Paul Hopewell wrote: > Hi Sarah, > I use the dock as a good plac

Re: VMWare Fusion, anybody want help with download?

2011-11-27 Thread Lewis Alexander
Without any knowledge on this, windows 7 as I understand is GUI based so it would be easier for sighted people. there's no screen reader support for windows installations so at the moment you'd need sighted assistance to help you through this. sorry I can't be of any further help on ths. Lew

Re: VMWare Fusion, anybody want help with download?

2011-11-27 Thread Amber Harmon
oh ok now I wish I had a version of windows seven to install I wonder if its easier to install without sights assistance. On Nov 27, 2011, at 2:19 PM, Lewis Alexander wrote: > Sorry, I can't really help. I'm working on an XP system so that it goes out > in the morning and believe me, windows XP

Re: VMWare Fusion, anybody want help with download?

2011-11-27 Thread Lewis Alexander
Sorry, I can't really help. I'm working on an XP system so that it goes out in the morning and believe me, windows XP installation without sight is a pain in the neck. You're best off trying to find an unattended version. however this is straying off topic there maybe other users on here who ca

Re: VMWare Fusion, anybody want help with download?

2011-11-27 Thread Amber Harmon
Hi I have it installed but need help creating a verbal machine. I have an xp iso but need some help. On Nov 25, 2011, at 11:33 AM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > Hello > > OK, here is a place where you can find the VMWare Fusion installers. If you'd > rather a direct web link, please let

Re: Maqc equivalent of the WIndows System Tray?

2011-11-27 Thread James AUSTIN
Hi Paul, As far as i am aware, there is no in-built method of doing this. If the "Spaces" feature of OS X worked as it should, then you would be able to do what you wanted. There might be athird-party app though. have you tried Google? TC :) J On 27 Nov 2011, at 19:04, Paul Hopewell wrote:

Re: Maqc equivalent of the WIndows System Tray?

2011-11-27 Thread David Griffith
I would suggest that as well as the Dock you investigate the status items. I am not sure what the OS command for bringing these up are but the Voiceover way is to press VO M twice. When I do this I bring up the following items. These are universal access, the status of my time Machine backups, m

Re: Maqc equivalent of the WIndows System Tray?

2011-11-27 Thread Paul Hopewell
Hi Sarah, I use the dock as a good place to access frequently used applications. However I have not discovered a way to avoid ann active application in the dock being announced when I cycle round my active applications using Command+Tab. It would be good if I could mark selected applications in

Re: Copy Filename

2011-11-27 Thread David Griffith
Brilliant As you say you have to ensure that Text Edit is in plain text mode otherwise the paste comes across as embedded images. however if the document is in text format then everything worked as a dream. As I am in volume view only the track names came across which is precisely what I want

Re: Fusion 4.1

2011-11-27 Thread Sarah Alawami
lol. We'll see what happens when my dvd gets here. I might have to update anyway. lol! It shoudl be here by tuesday or wednesday. nO later then thursday. Take care all. On Nov 27, 2011, at 12:24 AM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > Hello Sarah > > There's a radio button on the website that

Re: transferring music folders to the iphone

2011-11-27 Thread Sarah Alawami
Try selecting album or artist. Trhey will appear as playlists. this you do in the music app. On Nov 27, 2011, at 3:36 AM, Terry Cooper wrote: > Hi all > > Thanks to Bubba and Sarah who both replied to my previous posts regarding > transferring music from my pc to the iphone, I managed to do it o

Re: Copy Filename

2011-11-27 Thread Sarah Alawami
Try select all then copy on the files in the finder. Now go in to text edit and paste the file names in to the document. I think it has tobe in plain text for thsi to work. this was a tip a friend fo mine gave several months ago and it worked under the 10.7.1 update. I hafe not yet tesed it out

Re: Maqc equivalent of the WIndows System Tray?

2011-11-27 Thread Sarah Alawami
sort of. think of the doc as the system tray. Tehre you can access programs you use often or sometime sin my case not at all. lol! I mgiht be wrong about that answer but tha'ts what I use the doc for lol! sort of like the system tray. Hehaa. Take care. On Nov 27, 2011, at 9:43 AM, Paul Hopewel

Maqc equivalent of the WIndows System Tray?

2011-11-27 Thread Paul Hopewell
Hello, Is there a Mac OS 10.7 facility similar to the Windows System Tray? On Windows you can move applications to the System Tray (aka Notification Area). If such a facility were available on Mac OS it would mean that the selected applications would not appear if you cycle round your windows u

Sandvox Web Publishing tool, accessibility and a missunderstanding

2011-11-27 Thread Dane Trethowan
Hi folks! Several weeks ago I think it was Kynne, myself and perhaps others were involved in a discussion on accessible web publishing tools. I maintained that Sandvox was perfectly accessible and indeed I had used it. Lynne maintained that the software was not. So today I updated and ran Sand

Copy Filename

2011-11-27 Thread David Griffith
Is there a utility which will enable me to copy filenames into a document. I know that I can do this with individual files but would like to copy the filenames from an entire folder. I am making some compilation discs for my family this christmas, for example as I am on the waiting list for a d

Re: transferring music folders to the iphone

2011-11-27 Thread G.E.
Hi Terry, I had this trouble too, and here's how I fixed it. Remove all the stuff on your phone from iTunes, the playlist stuff that is. You will need to go to the device list, and select your iPhone while it is connected, and arrow to the various playlists, and delete them. Then recreate empty pl

Downloading samples of Books to the iPad

2011-11-27 Thread Jane
I saw tha ttoday you can get the first 3 chapters of Stephen King's latest, and so I clicked on the link and hit the Get Sample button, but it said I couldn't. It said my iPad has to be running the latest OS--it is. It also says I have to have automatic downloads on. How do I turn that on? He

RE: transferring music folders to the iPhone

2011-11-27 Thread Bubba
Yes, create some playlist and import the playlist not just the music to the device and you can even have sub playlist. HTH Bubba bubbatheg...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Terry Cooper Sent: S

transferring music folders to the iphone

2011-11-27 Thread Terry Cooper
Hi all Thanks to Bubba and Sarah who both replied to my previous posts regarding transferring music from my pc to the iphone, I managed to do it okay. The problem I have now though, is that I transferred lots of music folders and sent them over to the phone, b but they all appear as individual m

Re: Fusion 4.1

2011-11-27 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Sarah There's a radio button on the website that gives you the option of whether to run the download manager or just use your browser. We did the latter, no problem at all. Lynne On 27 Nov 2011, at 01:17, Sarah Alawami wrote: Usually tha'ts the case but this time I guess they wanted t