Re: Renaming a File Type

2012-06-14 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Sarah This isn't quite what I need. Labels only work on individual files so that isn't a solution. As for editing the VO dictionary, that didn't work either for a couple of reasons. One is that, as people often seem to forget, we're dealing with somebody with vision here not just a blind

Re: Awareness

2012-06-14 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Chris I gave up on this app some time ago because it introduces a slight delay in the audio which, I am sure, is unavoidable. Besides which, to be honest, I found better solutions which don't depend upon software. I won't discuss them here because it would take me way off topic. Gordon

Re: Messaging On iPhone

2012-06-14 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi No, we're not talking about creating messages here. I'm maybe not explaining thing too well, but I was referring to deleting existing messages specifically. Gordon On 13 Jun 2012, at 10:49, Terry Clasper terry.clas...@btinternet.com wrote: Hi. No never had these kinds of problems with

Re: Messaging On iPhone

2012-06-14 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Ian Maybe that's where I'm going wrong. I'll try that. Thanks. Gordon On 13 Jun 2012, at 11:20, Ian McNamara ianandri...@googlemail.com wrote: I just delete the messages in the main window. You do this by double tap and holding till it makes the sound as if you want to move the app. then

Re: Messaging On iPhone

2012-06-14 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Chris Again, maybe I need to explore this more but I didn't see any Delete button. I get a lot of SMS and MMS traffic, so I'll try this. Gordon On 13 Jun 2012, at 12:35, chris hallsworth chris.hallswo...@techno-chat.net wrote: Hello Gordon not at all. Go into the main messages app,

Text Edit questions

2012-06-14 Thread Kristeen Hughes
I am using a bluetooth keyboard. It's the only Apple keyboard I have currently. Is there a way to move to the top and/or bottom of a text edit document with this keyboard? I've tried to press several combinations and none of them work. Also are there any commands for moving through the document

Anyone using unison, a usernet reader?

2012-06-14 Thread Gordon Keen
Hi Having managed to download a few days worth of posts I would like to be able to browse backwards in a group but haven't managed to find any help with navigation commands. Can anyone help? I am subscribed to giganews, if that makes a difference. G From Bridgerule in glorious Devon,

Re: What are Press and Hold Buttons in Mac OS?

2012-06-14 Thread Red.Falcon
Hi there! I suppose that will work on the track pad like on the Iphone you can do a double tap and hold the second tap! So they could be adding it to Trackpad controls! hth Colin On 14 Jun 2012, at 15:31, Bryan Jones wrote: In Apple's official list of new features coming in Mountain Lion, they

Re: Anyone using unison, a usernet reader?

2012-06-14 Thread Lyn her faithful furry friends
Hi Gordon, I also use unison and subscribed to usenetserver. However, when I bought the program, I found out that unison 2 was not all that accessible. The developper was kind enough to give me a unison 1 code so now I am using unison version 1 which is fully accessible. I hope they will

Re: Text Edit questions

2012-06-14 Thread Bryan Jones
Hi Christine, The following keystrokes are based on the current generation Apple BT keyboard in combo with OS X Lion. Results may vary with keyboard and OS. These assume you're interacting with the text. The Fn key, which is the key located in the bottom leftmost corner of the keyboard, is

Re: Messaging On iPhone

2012-06-14 Thread Andrea Breier
Hi Gordon, If I understand you correctly, Yes I find it slow to delete if you really just want to delete all or most of the messages. What I do, is double tap the edit button in the top left corner, then double tap on all of the messages I want to delete then when I reach the end of the list

Re: Messaging On iPhone

2012-06-14 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Andrea I'm obviously going to have to play with this some more, since what people are describing doesn't seem to be how things work here, unbelievable as it sounds. Gordon On 14 Jun 2012, at 16:25, Andrea Breier abre...@kc.rr.com wrote: Hi Gordon, If I understand you correctly, Yes I find

Re: What are Press and Hold Buttons in Mac OS?

2012-06-14 Thread Sarah Alawami
Actually I heard if you press and hold vo space bar you can do that as well, but I don't know. I'm just saying on what I heard. we'll find out when it updates in the app store when ever they said it would. On Jun 14, 2012, at 7:42 AM, Red.Falcon wrote: Hi there! I suppose that will work on

Re: Renaming a File Type

2012-06-14 Thread Sarah Alawami
Then I don't think there is a way unless you edit the spot light comments and I believe you can do this in the inspector when you select multiple file. Again I'm really not sure if there is a way to accomplish what you are wanting to do. Perhaps check the apple support forms and come back to us

Re: Calling for beta testers - typing application for blind -

2012-06-14 Thread Sarah Alawami
I really don't knwo yet. but I've seen some amazing results wiht it as people use and tweet with this app. It is hard to describe but I hope I can do a podcast on it at some point when it becomes public. Take care all. On Jun 13, 2012, at 10:53 PM, Ian McNamara wrote: Hello, applied to join

Re: What are Press and Hold Buttons in Mac OS?

2012-06-14 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, Press and hold buttons are items which you can adjust by holding them down. This applies to sliders, splitters, steppers and even regular buttons. This is very useful, for instance, when you want to go forward in a track in iTunes. Another example is that holding the Add event button will

New Take Control Title Available; Plus An Offer For All TC Title Owners

2012-06-14 Thread Gordon, Lynne Tracy
Hello everybody Firstly, my apologies if this message is a repeat posting. I cannot remember whether we did post this to the group, nor can I find any record of us doing so. On 6 June 2012, Tidbits Publishing Incorporated released a new Take Control title; Take Control Of Apple Mail In Lion.

Three great folder actions | Macworld

2012-06-14 Thread Sarah Alawami
I've never taken advantage of any of this but here ya go for those of you who use them. Take care. http://www.macworld.com/article/1167277/three_great_folder_actions.html#lsrc.rss_howto --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to

Re: Messaging On iPhone

2012-06-14 Thread Thomas McMahan
Hi Gordon, are you reading messages in the messages app or from the notifications? If from where the phone says messages, then once opened if it's showing the table of messages, in the upper left should be an edit button, double tap, and then the messages table is still there, and on the far

Re: Messaging On iPhone/thanks For Tip.

2012-06-14 Thread Thomas McMahan
Oh this is interesting, didn't know there was a final one. Just see the ones at the left of the messages and tap the delete by the message, but I don't get a lot of messages actually. Thanks for the tip though. Thanks for the tip. On Jun 14, 2012, at 10:25 AM, Andrea Breier wrote: Hi

using iPhone for trackpad Gestures on Mac

2012-06-14 Thread Chris Johnson
Is anyone having success with using iPhone for as a trackpad for VO gestures on a mac or mac mini? I've tried an app called Touchpad ($5) but didn't find it to work with VO gestures (very possible to be user error)? But.. is anyone having success with an app for this connection? Chris

Re: using iPhone for trackpad Gestures on Mac

2012-06-14 Thread Sarah Alawami
I don't think it can be done unless there's an app I don't know about. I'm willing to maybe get one if there is so I can maybe scroll through documents on the mac whilst I'm far from the computer. Take care. On Jun 14, 2012, at 9:54 PM, Chris Johnson wrote: Is anyone having success with using