iPhone 4 and iPhone 4s Questions

2011-12-01 Thread Matthew Chao
Hi, Folks! Have a few questions on the iPhone 4 series. Can the iPhone 4 (AT&T branded) be unlocked? The folks there tell me no; Apple has the codes. Apple not clear on that when I tried to talk with them. For those of you who have the iPhone 4s, have you had any problems with VO and usi

Re: programming on the mac

2011-12-01 Thread Sean Murphy
Hi, Perl, ruby, Apple script are all good languages to learn basic programming from. Apple Script is quite unusual compared to any other language I have played with. I would suggest Ruby or Perl. The biggest issue with programming. You have to find a project that is easy enough to do, but not

Re: iPhone 4 and iPhone 4s Questions

2011-12-01 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi! I find that Siri tends to break a lot. Granted, it is beta, but I find that if I have to perform various different tasks very rapidly Siri breaks. Either Siri won't listen, or it just keeps searching without stopping to find answers for me. Other times though, I have no issues, but it's pre

Re: Accessible Bar Code Scanning Apps

2011-12-01 Thread Sandy Tomkins
try red laser Sent from my iPhone On 30 Nov 2011, at 18:45, "Bubba" wrote: > Well, there is accessible barcode apps but I have not found one I really > like the way it works! The best one out there is called I think Digit Eyes > or something like that . But I just use VizWiz or OMoby to do my

Re: Accessible Bar Code Scanning Apps

2011-12-01 Thread Stephanie Mitchell
Will this work on Australian products? Steph - Original Message - From: Sandy Tomkins wrote: Well, there is accessible barcode apps but I have not found one I really like the way it works! The best one out there is called I think Digit Eyes or something like that . But I just use Vi

Re: Accessible Bar Code Scanning Apps

2011-12-01 Thread Sandy Tomkins
do not know vut it is free Sent from my iPhone On 1 Dec 2011, at 10:57, Stephanie Mitchell wrote: > Will this work on Australian products? > Steph > > > - Original Message - > From: Sandy Tomkins To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Date sent: Thu, 1 Dec 2011 10:55:10 + > Subject: Re

RE: iPhone 4 and iPhone 4s Questions

2011-12-01 Thread Bubba
It can but it would be easier just to get factory unlock one from apple . JMT Sign, Bubba bubbatheg...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Matthew Chao Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 4:42 AM To

speech synthesis dialog on start up

2011-12-01 Thread Roger Woolgrove
Hi all, Whenever I boot up my mac book, a dialog box opens which is called something like speech synthesis server and I have no idea why or what it is for. I am unable to interact with the item and once I've switched to desktop or doc, the item disappears and I am unable to retrieve it. Have tri

Re: giving someone access to a file on another drive using ftp

2011-12-01 Thread Travis Siegel
You can try a sim-link to the file, but I'm not sure if that will work or not, since the ftp folder usually doesn't follow sim-links. However, if you want to try it, you'll need a terminal prompt, then change to the folder where the user's home folder is located, and type something like:

Re: Maqc equivalent of the WIndows System Tray?

2011-12-01 Thread Paul Hopewell
Hi Mike, The items in the status menu behave just as I want them to. However can I add my own arbitrary apps to the status menu? Paul Hopewell On 28 Nov 2011, at 00:10, Mike Arrigo wrote: > The closest thing is the status menus, this is what shows your volume, > battery, etc. You get to it b

Re: speech synthesis dialog on start up

2011-12-01 Thread Lewis Alexander
speech synthesis server is a hidden item loading at startup. it will announce it self on login to desktop but it isn't something you need to interact with. it's just how OS X behaves. lew On 1 Dec 2011, at 15:13, Roger Woolgrove wrote: > Hi all, > > Whenever I boot up my mac book, a dialog bo

Re: Accessible Bar Code Scanning Apps

2011-12-01 Thread Lyn & her faithful furry friends
Glen, Can you please tell me more about digitize, how does this work, what kind of info do you get from scanning the barcode other than the name of the product? I would be interested in it but I'd love to have some feedback from users before investing money in the app. I have an Iphone 4 and

Re: finding text

2011-12-01 Thread Lovette Yewchan
thanks. On 2011-11-30, at 11:02 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > sometimes the item chooser works. Hit vo I. sometime sthe vo find works and > hit fVO f and type what you want then hig vo G and vo shift G to move through > your choices. > On Nov 30, 2011, at 10:30 PM, Lovette Yewchan wrote: > >> som

Cases For iPod Touch?

2011-12-01 Thread Desi Noller
Hi Everyone, Is it true that you can get a case for the iPod Touch that will actually charge the iPod Touch? If so, what cases would you recommend, and how do they work? Thanks so much in advance for any light you can shed on this? Desi <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply

moving mail boxes Lion

2011-12-01 Thread Mark Furness
I tried cut and paste, but this does not work. I need to put several mail boxes under another mail box. How does one do this? Thank you for all your help! Mark I thought I was a god, but then found out I'm only dyslexic.

Re: moving mail boxes Lion

2011-12-01 Thread Sarah Alawami
You have torecreate the mail boes and then move the messages to that particular mail bux. There is no way I know of to do this. Take care. On Dec 1, 2011, at 9:39 AM, Mark Furness wrote: > I tried cut and paste, but this does not work. > I need to put several mail boxes under another mail box. >

Re: giving someone access to a file on another drive using ftp

2011-12-01 Thread Sarah Alawami
I have an action that will do that, or at least I had an action that would do that. Yee for automator if the fix the compatability issues with lion. I hear that it won't work but I'll give it a try. There wa ssomeone that did this but I really dunno how they did it. On Dec 1, 2011, at 7:24 AM, T

Re: Cases For iPod Touch?

2011-12-01 Thread Lyn & her faithful furry friends
Yes for sure, it's the mofy juice pack, I've got it and it works great. It doubles the battery life of the iPod. The device has a slide button to turn the device on and off. When you turn it on, you get the charging sound and the ipod is charging up. The juice pack comes with a mini usb cable

Mac App Store 1 Day $0.99 App "Bundle" deals

2011-12-01 Thread Esther
Hi All, I'm posting the link to "The First Mac App Store Bundle": http://zeroninetynine.com/ This lists 11 apps that normally go for prices up to $19.99 that are on sale today, only, for $0.99. This isn't really a "bundle", in that any of these apps can be individually purchased for $0.99. So

Nisus Writer Pro is part of $49.95 MacLegion Winter Bundle

2011-12-01 Thread Esther
Hi All, There's been some recent discussion and interest in Nisus Writer Pro.  This application is being offered as part of the MacLegion 2011 Winter Bundle of 10 apps for $49.95.  It regularly lists for $7900, and these apps entitle you to the full support of regular purchases and updates, so

Re: Nisus Writer Pro is part of $49.95 MacLegion Winter Bundle

2011-12-01 Thread Dane Trethowan
Gee! that's a giveaway price concerning Nisus Writer pro, I thoroughly recommend it for a word processor, have been using it here for over 5 years now. Its only real downside is that you can't access tables, developers are aware of this. Having said that I just downloaded the latest update thi

Unmuting system sound

2011-12-01 Thread Sunil Peck
Hi, Just got an iMac. Turned it on for the first time and had sighted help so when the set-up process for accounts and internet connection etc started it didn't matter that I hadn't started VoiceOver. When I did try to start it though I couldn't hear anything even though on the screen it says

Re: Unmuting system sound

2011-12-01 Thread Sarah Alawami
Hello. try I think it' sf10. I am on a laptop so dunno how similar the keystrokes are. Take care. Make sure vo is not muted by going to the vo utility and checking to see if the mute is checked under speech tab. Sarah Alawami If you need an edit done on a small project go to http://music.m

Re: Unmuting system sound

2011-12-01 Thread Lewis Alexander
depending on your configuration, it's F10 on it's own, or if you've set your keyboard to use normal function keys (F1-F12) then it's FN-F10 lew On 1 Dec 2011, at 22:29, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Hello. try I think it' sf10. I am on a laptop so dunno how similar the > keystrokes are. > > Take car

djay 4

2011-12-01 Thread Stuart Young
Hi all. I have just purchased Djay version 4, and I am currently deciding which USB controller to purchase. I need some advice, e.g. which one would work the best for a blind person, as i am planning to dj at clubs/bars/party's. and I will need something really reliable. many thanks for all of

Re: Unmuting system sound

2011-12-01 Thread Sarah Alawami
She's on an Imic. Given that I have never seen the IMac keyboard I can't tell her which ine it is but hopefully one of those will work. *smiles* If not I really don't know. On Dec 1, 2011, at 2:31 PM, Lewis Alexander wrote: > depending on your configuration, it's F10 on it's own, or if you've se

Re: giving someone access to a file on another drive using ftp

2011-12-01 Thread Travis Siegel
Well, you could try a hard link instead of a sim-link, but I don't think it would work any better, but it's always worth a try. To do a hard link, use a -h instead of a -s in the ln command. Hard links work well in cases where it's desirable to have direct access to a file (generally where f

Re: giving someone access to a file on another drive using ftp

2011-12-01 Thread Sarah Alawami
lol. I did the sim link via the action in automater and wrote a work flow to do this. the cmd line failed as it never could change to where I was going to put the file. but the work flow went good. We'll see if my friend can access this thing. On Dec 1, 2011, at 4:59 PM, Travis Siegel wrote:

Voice over at start up

2011-12-01 Thread michael maslo
Hi list: Was wondering if anyone had ideas on how to fix this problem? I turn off my laptop so we are working with a macbook pro and it goes to I guess the desktop. The problem is sometimes voice over does not turn on at all. I have to play around with it to make it turn on. It did not do this

Re: Accessible Bar Code Scanning Apps

2011-12-01 Thread G.E.
Hi Lyn, I sold my iPod 4G, shortly after I got it, so I could buy an iPhone 4G. It did not work well with the iPod unless I had it under perfect scanning conditions, i.e., light and an easy to locate barcode. I use it on my iPhone, and it works well on that, but if the light is not good, it too