mac updates

2012-11-02 Thread michael weaver
i go to updates on my mac and i am told there are two updates for safari only i keep getting some server error. is anyone else having this problem while trying to download the latest updates for the mac software? i thought it might have had something to do with me not using my ac adapter for my

Re: Coda 2, Taco HTML edit and accessibility

2012-11-02 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Dónal I use Taco HTML Edit all the tine, although I really wish we could find some way of having it insert elements for us other than those we know how to hand-code. For example, Lynne spent hours hand-coding all of the accessible Take Control catalogue and I have to say I take my hat off t

Re: Accessible Version Of Take Control Catalogue

2012-11-02 Thread Gordon Smith
Phil Just ask anybody who has bought from Mac Access whether it is fraud with problems. If their experience was painful we would like to know about it. When you buy from us you get your books from us, via a totally accessible bookshelf. I guess you haven't researched this experience too well

Re: Accessible Version Of The "Take Control" Catalogue Now Available

2012-11-02 Thread Gordon Smith
You get the book in PDF, ePub and sometimes Mobi-Pocket format as well. The choice is yours, we put them all into your bookshelf. The PDF documents are zipped so that your web browser won't try and open them on the fly. On 1 Nov 2012, at 19:35, Phil Halton wrote: I'm just curious, do we reci

Re: New Apple Wireless Keyboard

2012-11-02 Thread Gordon Smith
Is this a full size keyboard? On 1 Nov 2012, at 21:34, Chris wrote: I received this today after only ordering it yesterday. I got it directly from Apple. It was very easy to set up. Just press the one and only large round button on the top right hand side to put it in pairing or discovery mode

Re: Accessible Version Of Take Control Catalogue

2012-11-02 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Phil No offence taken. :) I just wanted you to be aware that there is an alternative to all the inaccessible stuff. Mac Access have gone out of our way to make this process easy and accessible, not to mention affordable to everybody. If you read Lynne's catalogue,

Re: Accessible Version Of The "Take Control" Catalogue Now Available

2012-11-02 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi If you're entitled to an update, all you have to do is write to us to make us aware of the fact and if you are, you get it, no problem at all. On 2 Nov 2012, at 12:08, Rodney Haynie wrote: Thanks for the easy to read list. Do you also provide the book updates when they come out, much like

Re: Coda 2, Taco HTML edit and accessibility

2012-11-02 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Hi Gordon, Good lord of course, write me on this or other topics offlist any time you like, you don't need permission. have you tried Coda at all? It does look very good. If we could get panic (possibly spelled incorrectly, apologies) to address some accessibility issues it might be worth a

IOS 6.1 beta now available for devs.

2012-11-02 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Folks, Before anyone starts asking questions on the new Beta I'm not going to answer any. This mail is simply to alert developers that IOS 6.1 beta has been posted to the IOS developer centre. I didn't get the seed notice by mail and only discovered it by chance this morning which is why I'm

Re: Coda 2, Taco HTML edit and accessibility

2012-11-02 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Dónal I tried it a couple of years back, couldn't find a way to make it effective so I stuck with Taco HTML Edit. I'm trying to find out how to embed icons into our website links without the icon itself being the link. So for instance, VoiceOver would say something like "Link Image, Brea

Re: Coda 2, Taco HTML edit and accessibility

2012-11-02 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
I'm not sure I follow you Gordon. If voiceover says "link image" then the link is actually the image. you could try: Dónal On 2 Nov 2012, at 12:51, Gordon Smith wrote: > Hi Dónal > > I tried it a couple of years back, couldn't find a way to make it effective > so I stuck with Taco HTML Ed

iOS6.1

2012-11-02 Thread Gordon, Lynne & Tracy
Hi all I probably don't need to post this, but I'm going to do so just to cover our backs. :) The topic of iOS6.1 is not open for discussion or debate within this forum until Apple sees fit to release the product and or information into the public domain. I'm not interested in how many people

Re: Coda 2, Taco HTML edit and accessibility

2012-11-02 Thread Gordon Smith
Thanks - that's exactly what I was looking for. A way to embed an icon into a link and that is it! Obvious really when you see it written like that, and I don't quite know why I didn't figure it out. Thanks again. On 2 Nov 2012, at 12:56, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: you could try: <--- Mac

Re: Coda 2, Taco HTML edit and accessibility

2012-11-02 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
No bother. Glad to help. On 2 Nov 2012, at 13:04, Gordon Smith wrote: > Thanks - that's exactly what I was looking for. A way to embed an icon into > a link and that is it! Obvious really when you see it written like that, and > I don't quite know why I didn't figure it out. > > Thanks again

Re: New Apple Wireless Keyboard

2012-11-02 Thread Sarah Alawami
If it's like mine I have where you have a button on the right side of the keyboard it is not. It is about the size of a mac book pro's keyboard. Be careful as if it is like the one I have it will love to turn on on you. I dunno how apple failed to implement a hold switch or something. to preven

Re: mac updates

2012-11-02 Thread Paul Hopewell
Hello Michael, I also get the error you describe so it is not just you! I recall having a similar error for the update to Mountain Lion 10.8.2. I tried again late in the evening after the folks at Apple had been at work for a while and it all worked OK then. SO hopefully the problem will go awa

Re: mac updates

2012-11-02 Thread Sarah Alawami
Hmm. I checked yesterday and there were no updates but I guess a lot happens when you sleep for 8 hours. Will have to check cnet to see, or wait until apple's servers calm down. Be blessed. On Nov 2, 2012, at 3:49 AM, michael weaver wrote: > i go to updates on my mac and i am told there are tw

Question About an Application

2012-11-02 Thread Kristeen Hughes
I bought a new router and when I open the Mac application that comes with it to set it up, the program says it has no windows, and there's nothing that appears to me. However, when I look up information on the Internet about this app, it talks about the main menu and the items that I should see.

Re: Question About an Application

2012-11-02 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Hi, I've had this happen with netgear routers. Basically the developers haven't built accessibility into the app so voiceover can't recognise the various controls on the screen. To explain further. Apple has several things pre-defined. So if I, as a developer, want a menu bar, text box etc

Re: Question About an Application

2012-11-02 Thread Mickey Quenzer
What kind of router do you have that might help us help you routers using need to be set up for the first time in the Eucie come up with a set us free but don't know why you're not getting the HTML sounds like you to enter in the am I Piugattuk Router that would help us know more about it Sent

data recovery programs that work with mountain lion

2012-11-02 Thread stuart young
Hello all. does anyone know of a data recovery program that works with Mountain lion and is usable with voice over?. Many thanks for your help, the reason why i ask is because the program that i am currently using is not able to recover data, because of some new changes brought in by Apple i thi

Re: Accessible Version Of Take Control Catalogue

2012-11-02 Thread Phil Halton
I guess I don't know what a "bookshelf" is. - Original Message - From: "Gordon Smith" To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" Sent: Friday, November 02, 2012 8:25 AM Subject: Re: Accessible Version Of Take Control Catalogue Phil Just ask anybody who has bought from Mac Access whether it

More NiceCast Queries

2012-11-02 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi all OK, I know how to bring up the NiceCast server windows now. But I don't see where you configure the actual server type. We need it set to Shoutcast. Any tips pleasE? <--- Gordon Smith ---> If you wish to contact me privately, please use E-Mail in the first instance, before you try t

Re: data recovery programs that work with mountain lion

2012-11-02 Thread Gordon Smith
Have you tried Disk Worrier? On 2 Nov 2012, at 17:51, stuart young wrote: Hello all. does anyone know of a data recovery program that works with Mountain lion and is usable with voice over?. Many thanks for your help, the reason why i ask is because the program that i am currently using is not

Re: Accessible Version Of Take Control Catalogue

2012-11-02 Thread Gordon Smith
In this context, a "Bookshelf" is merely a page or directory where their books are stored on our server. They log in, download their books and are usually, or actually I am proud to be able to say, always happy. Since we started this project in August 2010, we have never had a dissatisfied cus

Re: More NiceCast Queries

2012-11-02 Thread Sarah Alawami
After adding the server wit the first button in the drawer select it in the table using its radio button. then stop interact with table and drawer. Next, move to the tab that will be called untitled, give the server a name and configure it to be set to shout cast. I don't think V2 is in there bu

Re: Hearing Apple Menu when typing in ML or Lion.

2012-11-02 Thread Sean Murphy
Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I do not use the trackpad. I will start taking more notes on when the issue occurs and does not. I do not want to go through the process of rebuilding the laptop. Since it is my work laptop and will cause me major headaches. Sean On 01/11/2012, at 10:37 AM,