RE: changing tab group in java preferences using Voiceover

2012-07-21 Thread Paula Hobley
Hi Esther Thanks so much for your instructions. I was able to delete the files it said to delete. Lets hope I can actually get ELive to work again now. Thanks again Paula -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf O

Re: changing tab group in java preferences using Voiceover

2012-07-21 Thread Esther
Hi Paula, Hang on there. I now remember that there are some accessibility issues in navigating Java Preferences. I reported this to Apple the last time I had to look here. You're going to have to use your trackpad to move to the radio button for network and click it. Set up VoiceOver Utilit

RE: changing tab group in java preferences using Voiceover

2012-07-21 Thread Paula Hobley
Hi Sarah When I do VO shift and space, it takes me in to the finder window. Thanks anyway *smile* Take care Paula -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Sarah Alawami Sent: Sunday, 22 July 2012 2:30 PM To: Mac

RE: Blackboard & Java authentication problems after updates [was Re:technical help]

2012-07-21 Thread Paula Hobley
Hi Esther Thank you very much for your help. I think I may have also stumbled upon a similar article. I am trying to follow the instructions to clear out stored certificates, but can't move away from the general tab in java preferences. Could you please give me any tips on how to do this? Any h

Re: changing tab group in java preferences using Voiceover

2012-07-21 Thread Sarah Alawami
Can you do a vo shift space on the tab using voice over? Since I don't play with the java prefs I won't be of much help but hopefully it's a push in the right direction. On Jul 21, 2012, at 9:22 PM, Paula Hobley wrote: > Hi there > > > > Can somebody please tell me how to change the tab grou

Blackboard & Java authentication problems after updates [was Re: technical help]

2012-07-21 Thread Esther
Hi Paula, You probably need someone who is actually running Blackboard currently to help troubleshoot this, but I did a web search and found this support page titled, "Troubleshooting Blackboard Java Issues": https://elearn.usu.edu/java/java_tutorial.html >From the section of the error message

changing tab group in java preferences using Voiceover

2012-07-21 Thread Paula Hobley
Hi there Can somebody please tell me how to change the tab group in java preferences? I am stuck on general and can't figure out how to get to network. Any help is greatly appreciated. Cheers Paula <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address

RE: technical help

2012-07-21 Thread Paula Hobley
Thanks Sarah, ELive has been a huge pain so far! Take care Paula -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Sarah Alawami Sent: Sunday, 22 July 2012 11:25 AM To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: technical he

Re: technical help

2012-07-21 Thread Sarah Alawami
Hmm. I'll let someone on list handle this. so far you did take the right troubleshooting steps, they just barfed. Now we have to figure out how to fix that. good luck. and hope the problem is fixed so you can finish your assignment. Take care. On Jul 21, 2012, at 6:22 PM, Paula Hobley wrote: >

RE: technical help

2012-07-21 Thread Paula Hobley
Hi there Bear with me, because I'm not too technically savvy at times. On Friday, I did some updates to my system. I'm running Lion on my Macbook Pro. Since then, when I go to the ELive room in Blackboard and go to run a recording of a lecture that is available, it gives me the following error

Re: mountain lion features was: Re: mountain lion release was: Re:Eyepal?

2012-07-21 Thread Arthur Barney
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Re: technical help

2012-07-21 Thread Sarah Alawami
You're on it. What do you need help with regarding your mac? Any error messages, and specks of the machine would be helpful. On Jul 21, 2012, at 5:05 PM, Paula Hobley wrote: > Hi there > > > > I need technical help for my mac. Can somebody please give me the subscribe > email for the technica

technical help

2012-07-21 Thread Paula Hobley
Hi there I need technical help for my mac. Can somebody please give me the subscribe email for the technical help list? Thanks Paula <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive

Re: mountain lion features was: Re: mountain lion release was: Re:Eyepal?

2012-07-21 Thread josh gregory
Zach, with all due respect, I was curious about a feature. On 7/21/12, Paula Hobley wrote: > I think I got the date off the Apple web site. > > Cheers > > Paula > > > -Original Message- > From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net > [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Zac

RE: mountain lion features was: Re: mountain lion release was: Re:Eyepal?

2012-07-21 Thread Paula Hobley
I think I got the date off the Apple web site. Cheers Paula -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Zachary Kline Sent: Sunday, 22 July 2012 7:45 AM To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: mountain lion feat

Re: mountain lion features was: Re: mountain lion release was: Re: Eyepal?

2012-07-21 Thread Zachary Kline
Respectfully, Apple never actually gave us a date. They just said "July," which is nice and vague. I doubt discussing features, accessibility-related or not, is something Apple would appreciate until the release actually arrives. Yours, Zack. On Jul 21, 2012, at 2:41 PM, josh gregory wrote: > S

mountain lion features was: Re: mountain lion release was: Re: Eyepal?

2012-07-21 Thread josh gregory
So they've again changed the date, originally it was supposed to be today. Will iOS alert-style popups now appear, with the new notification center? On 7/21/12, Paula Hobley wrote: > It comes out on the 25th July. > > Does anybody have any thoughts, will upgrading to Mountain Lion affect > VoiceO

RE: mountain lion release was: Re: Eyepal?

2012-07-21 Thread Paula Hobley
It comes out on the 25th July. Does anybody have any thoughts, will upgrading to Mountain Lion affect VoiceOver's java access with programs like ELive that are offered through Blackboard? Thanks for any help with this. Cheers Paula -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-acces

Re: Magnification on iPad and applications

2012-07-21 Thread Esther
Hi James, Since you haven't had an answer yet to your question about magnification on the iPad for low-vision users, I thought I would just mention that if you add the "zoom" function setting to the web rotor on the iPad, as well as to the iPhone, you can flick to an 11 times zoom magnification

RE: Setting up VM of Lion

2012-07-21 Thread David Griffith
Well what I found was that the app store refused to let me re-download Lion until I had paid for it again, even though it arrived installed on my IMac when I bought it. However having purchased it again I am still no further forward. After a while the authentication box came up which I cancelled a

Re: Setting up VM of Lion

2012-07-21 Thread Sarah Alawami
Actually I had to option click the mac app store in the doc, option click the purchases radio button, option click the lion heading, option click the download button and it went. Failing that I could create a new account and download that way. Then del the new account when I'm done. Take care.

Re: Voiceover on the Apple TV Optical digital audio port

2012-07-21 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Jim This should work for you. We have a second generation Apple TV but the only differences between your model and ours are a slightly faster dual core processor with one core disabled, and twice the internal RAM. The rest of the design is identical. I use VO like that all the time and it

Re: Setting up VM of Lion

2012-07-21 Thread Gordon Smith
Open the App Store, highlight the "Purchases" radio button and then click on "Download" for your purchased copy of Lion. When it executes following the download, simply copy the "Install Lion.app" to another location and quit the installer. Gordon On 21 Jul 2012, at 15:01, David Griffith wr

Re: blackboard and vo?

2012-07-21 Thread Sarah Alawami
Ah for me I only saw the check box then the message then the s sender and stuff. I'd do a demo but I don't have any online classes yet lol! but yeah I clicked the text where the message was and nothing I did this in my vm and the text was actually a link so that part did not render well at all i

Re: Screen Curtain

2012-07-21 Thread Sarah Alawami
lol. Yeah I do every time my sis needs my phone or one of our family friends needs to borrow mine. it's quick and almost painless. lol! Take care and be blessed. On Jul 21, 2012, at 5:42 AM, Gordon Smith wrote: > Hi > > I think I must have had a mental blackout there or something. Yeah, that's

Re: mail problem

2012-07-21 Thread Sarah Alawami
The messages have to download first. I would try waiting a few minutes and seeing if that helps. if not quit and relaunch mail and usually that works On Jul 21, 2012, at 7:09 AM, Timothy J. Meloy wrote: > Hi everyone, > I am using the mail program on the mac and when I look at a message and go to

Voiceover on the Apple TV Optical digital audio port

2012-07-21 Thread Jim Noseworthy
Hello Folks: I am unable to hear voiceover on the Optical digital audio port on my Apple TV (third generation.) Any thoughts? Thanks all over the place gang. Optical digital audio port <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your messa

mail problem

2012-07-21 Thread Timothy J. Meloy
Hi everyone, I am using the mail program on the mac and when I look at a message and go to interact with the text, the messages are blank. I've checked the same messages on my iPhone and windows PC and they have all had text. I have tried quitting mail and stopping and strating voice over, and

Re: daisy book creator for mac?

2012-07-21 Thread Gordon Smith
The only way I know to do this is using the OpenOffice plug-in and it's really clunky and messy. I tried it once and gave up because of the huge holes in the plug-in and the severely restricting way that it's been implemented. It's possible to create a DAISY book using synthetic audio based on

Re: Eyepal?

2012-07-21 Thread Gordon Smith
I don't have the hardware, so can't test. Gordon On 20 Jul 2012, at 19:21, David Griffith wrote: Are we talking about running a Virtual Machine of Lion under Mountain Lion to continue running Eyepal under X11 then? If so I am interested in testing this out before taking the plunge to mountain L

Re: Screen Curtain

2012-07-21 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi I think I must have had a mental blackout there or something. Yeah, that's what was wrong. We turned off speech yesterday so that Lynne could use the iPhone without having to listen to all that stuff as she's very quick at navigating. I should probably just triple clicked the home button