new british voice

2013-02-24 Thread William Lomas
hi to all i note that when i was looking at the voice dream app or whatever it is called, a new british english voice from acapella is out it is an arabic voice that speaks british, too. not sure if he will be available for infovox --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to

Good deal on Apress today.

2013-02-24 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Hi all, In honour of Steve Jobs birthday Apress have 55% off all /apple titles. their home page is www.apress.com Use code JOBS55 Dónal --- 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 of all

iTunes

2013-02-24 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi all OK, this is absolutely creasy. I have totally revamped our iTunes library and iTunes is doing some really stupid things. Firstly, if I add an album to iTunes manually, then turn on iCloud, I end us with every single item on the album duplicated. Not only does it list the tracks

dropbox

2013-02-24 Thread Karen Burgess
hi all just wondering if dropbox works on the mac using voice over? i've downloaded and installed it but although i seem to be logged in i can't see any of my folders etc. kaz --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to

Re: dropbox

2013-02-24 Thread Terry clasper
HI. Yes it works perfectly I use it all the time! On 24 Feb 2013, at 13:45, Karen Burgess karen7...@talktalk.net wrote: hi all just wondering if dropbox works on the mac using voice over? i've downloaded and installed it but although i seem to be logged in i can't see any of my folders

Re: dropbox

2013-02-24 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Karen yes, but there is one thing you might like to know. Instead of doing thje install the way DropBox recommends, run the application for the first time directly from the disk image. In other word, do not copy it to your /applications folder. That will give you access to the setup

Re: dropbox

2013-02-24 Thread Karen Burgess
weird i'll give it another go, must be something i'm missing. kaz On 24 Feb 2013, at 13:46, Terry clasper terry.clas...@btinternet.com wrote: HI. Yes it works perfectly I use it all the time! On 24 Feb 2013, at 13:45, Karen Burgess karen7...@talktalk.net wrote: hi all just wondering

Re: dropbox

2013-02-24 Thread Terry clasper
Actually Gordon I've done it both ways and had no access issue either way round. On 24 Feb 2013, at 13:48, Gordon Smith gor...@mac-access.net wrote: Hi Karen yes, but there is one thing you might like to know. Instead of doing thje install the way DropBox recommends, run the application

Re: dropbox

2013-02-24 Thread Gordon Smith
Looks like that's been fixed as well then. Good to know. --- Gordon Smith --- If you wish to contact me privately, please use E-Mail in the first instance, before you try the below. Please also observe time differences. I prefer telephone calls by prior arrangement where possible. E-Mail:

Re: dropbox

2013-02-24 Thread Karen Burgess
that is the weird thing, it let me install it ok, go through the options to log in, even sent me an email to say i had successfully connected my macbook pro to my dropbox account. when i open up the application though it says dropbox has no windows. how the hell do i view anything lol. On

Re: Good deal on Apress today.

2013-02-24 Thread Gordon Smith
This is fantastic! It's given me access to the two books I've been looking for for about a million years! Absolutely and utterly butterly phantasmagorically brilliant! --- Gordon Smith --- If you wish to contact me privately, please use E-Mail in the first instance, before you try the

Re: dropbox

2013-02-24 Thread Gordon Smith
Press VoiceOver+M twice and you'll be given access to the menu bar where Dropbox lives. --- Gordon Smith --- If you wish to contact me privately, please use E-Mail in the first instance, before you try the below. Please also observe time differences. I prefer telephone calls by prior

Re: dropbox

2013-02-24 Thread Will
Items will be located in the dropbox folder, found in your home directory Sent from my iPhone On 24 Feb 2013, at 13:56, Karen Burgess karen7...@talktalk.net wrote: that is the weird thing, it let me install it ok, go through the options to log in, even sent me an email to say i had

Re: Sandvox 2.7.6

2013-02-24 Thread Gordon Smith
Yes, but more accessible in a strange way than iWeb and actually Apple endorses it as the replacement for iWeb. Personally I cannot figure out how you're supposed to create websites with it using VoiceOver. But there must be a way because I have seen it used. --- Gordon Smith --- If you

Re: Good deal on Apress today.

2013-02-24 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
I'm delighted Gordon. I don't usually pass on those things but this one looked particularly good. Just out of curiosity, and if I may ask, what were the two books? Your opinion is always good so if I haven't got them I may purchase also. Dónal On 24 Feb 2013, at 14:13, Gordon Smith

Re: dropbox

2013-02-24 Thread Marcos Rodrigues
Hi Karen, I have the same problem you described and can't solve it. Regards. Marcos Rodrigues mrodrigue...@hotmail.com Em 24/02/2013, às 10:56, Karen Burgess escreveu: that is the weird thing, it let me install it ok, go through the options to log in, even sent me an email to say i had

Re: Sandvox 2.7.6

2013-02-24 Thread Josh Gregory
Just out of curiosity, is this thing free? It might be a good thing if I ever take a computer class and have to do such a thing. Sent from my iPhone On Feb 24, 2013, at 9:19 AM, Gordon Smith gor...@mac-access.net wrote: Yes, but more accessible in a strange way than iWeb and actually Apple

Re: dropbox

2013-02-24 Thread Karen Burgess
yeah I've just tried again and can't even open the application now. wonder if something went wrong with the installation or something like that. kaz On 24 Feb 2013, at 15:00, Marcos Rodrigues mrodrigue...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi Karen, I have the same problem you described and can't solve it.

Re: Good deal on Apress today.

2013-02-24 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi The books weren't actually Apple titles, but I just couldn't resist them because they are what I have been searching for. They are books on programming in Coco for beginners, and also Objective C++ for absolute beginners. Thanks --- Gordon Smith --- If you wish to contact me privately,

Re: Good deal on Apress today.

2013-02-24 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Yep I have used those. Another good place to look for that type of thing Gordon is www.informit.com It's worth signing up to their special offers newsletter. Cheers, Dónal On 24 Feb 2013, at 16:21, Gordon Smith gor...@mac-access.net wrote: Hi The books weren't actually Apple titles,

Re: Sandvox 2.7.6

2013-02-24 Thread Gordon Smith
No! --- Gordon Smith --- If you wish to contact me privately, please use E-Mail in the first instance, before you try the below. Please also observe time differences. I prefer telephone calls by prior arrangement where possible. E-Mail: gor...@mac-access.net Telephone: United Kingdom:

Re: Good deal on Apress today.

2013-02-24 Thread Gordon Smith
Thanks, I will check that out. --- Gordon Smith --- If you wish to contact me privately, please use E-Mail in the first instance, before you try the below. Please also observe time differences. I prefer telephone calls by prior arrangement where possible. E-Mail: gor...@mac-access.net

Re: Sandvox 2.7.6

2013-02-24 Thread Josh Gregory
I see, do you, or anyone, know of any free alternatives? Sent from my iPhone On Feb 24, 2013, at 11:44 AM, Gordon Smith gor...@mac-access.net wrote: No! --- Gordon Smith --- If you wish to contact me privately, please use E-Mail in the first instance, before you try the below. Please

RE: dropbox

2013-02-24 Thread David Griffith
I find that sometimes Drop Box on the Mac side says it has no Windows but if I leave it and go back to it later the folder is there fine. I conclude that it says that it has no windows whilst it is checking online for the contents of the folder before displaying them locally. Depending on the

Re: iTunes

2013-02-24 Thread Sarah k Alawami
Hello. First of all do not put your thing in grid mode. Put your thing in table mode then select songs, then show the column browser via the view menu. Now hot cmd options to show the side bar if you did not do that already and you should be good to go. Take care. On Feb 24, 2013, at 5:15 AM,

Re: dropbox

2013-02-24 Thread Sarah k Alawami
do not use the app to check the folders. Check the place wherein you put the dropbox folder. or go to the status menu and check in the dropbox menu what it is doing. I'm using the public betas and have been for a while now and they have fixed a bunch of things. Take care. On Feb 24, 2013, at

Show downloads not working

2013-02-24 Thread trevor
When I press command options l, my downloads are not showing up. Anyone any idea why please? Thank you, Trevor --- 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 of all messages postedto the

Re: dropbox

2013-02-24 Thread Karen Burgess
it just says dropbox starting but it doesn't load any folders if i look in the root directory it shows as empty too, its really strange. kaz On 24 Feb 2013, at 18:01, Sarah k Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: do not use the app to check the folders. Check the place wherein you put the

Re: dropbox

2013-02-24 Thread Sarah k Alawami
do yu have your prefs set correctly? that is, did you log in with your credentials and go through the wizard? if not that's probably why. Take care. On Feb 24, 2013, at 11:07 AM, Karen Burgess karen7...@talktalk.net wrote: it just says dropbox starting but it doesn't load any folders if i look

Re: Show downloads not working

2013-02-24 Thread Sarah k Alawami
If you have nothing downloading it will not show the list. What os are you using and browser? Take care. On Feb 24, 2013, at 10:15 AM, trevor trevor.sco...@btopenworld.com wrote: When I press command options l, my downloads are not showing up. Anyone any idea why please? Thank you, Trevor

RE: dropbox

2013-02-24 Thread wayne coles
Hello all you have to do is press vo m twice and the extras menu will come up and I think dropbox will be the first one then press vo space and then cursor down one intill you hear open dropbox and then press vo space and then you will be in your dropbox folder hope this helps s

Re: dropbox

2013-02-24 Thread Karen Burgess
i did yeah and had the email to say i had linked my macbook to my dropbox account successfully so i have no idea. kaz On 24 Feb 2013, at 19:20, Sarah k Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: do yu have your prefs set correctly? that is, did you log in with your credentials and go through the

Re: Show downloads not working

2013-02-24 Thread trevor
Hi Sarah, I am using mountain lion and, I am talking about when I have something downloading. It used to be that when I was downloading, I pressed command options l and Tab and it would show the list of downloads including the one that is currently downloading and when it was finished it say

Re: dropbox

2013-02-24 Thread Karen Burgess
yeah did that and it just says empty table i'm at a loss as to why kaz On 24 Feb 2013, at 15:36, wayne coles wayne...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all you have to do is press vo m twice and the extras menu will come up and I think dropbox will be the first one then press vo space and then

Re: Show downloads not working

2013-02-24 Thread Sarah k Alawami
Hmm. Do you have ti set to clear downloads upon completion. I guess not but just to be sure. if not hopefully someone else can suggest a fix as I'm stumped. I've never had that not work. lol! Take care. On Feb 24, 2013, at 11:36 AM, trevor trevor.sco...@btopenworld.com wrote: Hi Sarah, I am

Re: dropbox

2013-02-24 Thread Karen Burgess
hi paula i'm good thanks, i've done that but it just says empty table its like dropbox is connected but its not downloading anything for some reason. yes i'm on mountain lion. kaz On 24 Feb 2013, at 20:36, Paula Hobley paula.hob...@bigpond.com wrote: Hi Kaz How are you? What operating

Questions About YouTube

2013-02-24 Thread Desi Noller
Hi Everybody, How accessible is YouTube on the iMac? I was sure I had used it before, but my husband sent me a link to a particular performance, and I can't seem to get it to play! Shoot, I can't even find a play button! He blind carbon copied himself on the e-mail message that he sent me

Re: Questions About YouTube

2013-02-24 Thread JAMES AUSTIN
Hi Desi, I'm sure you've checked this, but what web browser is your husband using? As of Lion, I think, Apple stopped shipping Flash with OS X. Quite a few videos still use Flash on Youtube. You can get around this by using Google Crome. Hope this helps Take care James --- Mac Access At Mac

Re: Questions About YouTube

2013-02-24 Thread Desi Noller
Thanks James. We're both using Safari, but now that you mention it, I used to have Adobe Flash Player, but believe I uninstalled it quite some time back! Desi On Feb 24, 2013, at 2:07 PM, JAMES AUSTIN james.aus...@mac-access.net wrote: Hi Desi, I'm sure you've checked this, but what web

Re: dropbox

2013-02-24 Thread Sarah k Alawami
an easier way is just press control f8 to get to the status menu. then navigate with vo and left right to the dropbox menu, then down arrow to what ever you need. Inever use the vo m twice as half the time I forget it's there lol! Take care. On Feb 24, 2013, at 12:36 PM, Paula Hobley

Re: dropbox

2013-02-24 Thread Sarah k Alawami
Yeah hit vo f2 twice and the system dialogue should be there. Take care. On Feb 24, 2013, at 1:50 PM, Karen Burgess karen7...@talktalk.net wrote: i think i've found the problem, i just had to do a restart and when the mac came back on it said in order for dropbox to work properly i needed to

Re: Reading Google Docks

2013-02-24 Thread Sarah k Alawami
Can you zoom in and out by group and line in chrome vox to accomplish this? Since im learning chrome vox I'm not of much gel but figure it's a start. Take care. On Feb 24, 2013, at 1:19 PM, Orin orin8...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Just curious how to read/download Google Docks to read them in

Re: Questions About YouTube

2013-02-24 Thread Sarah k Alawami
Looking at you player: a youtube appActually that's now gone since the release of ios5. I use you player which is a very good app. here is the demo I did on the wonderful app. Ig more the bad internet connection. This thing works on a very goodone as well lol!

Re: Questions About YouTube

2013-02-24 Thread Desi Noller
Thanks so much Sarah! I'll take a listen and definitely give it a try! I truly appreciate your help! Desi - Original Message - From: Sarah k Alawami marri...@gmail.com To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Date: Sunday, February 24, 2013 3:18 pm Subject: Re:

Re: Questions About YouTube

2013-02-24 Thread Sarah k Alawami
Hey any time. I'm trying to help as much as I can before I go back down and drown in this week's work lol! Take care and be blessed. On Feb 24, 2013, at 5:41 PM, Desi Noller desiandca...@q.com wrote: Thanks so much Sarah! I'll take a listen and definitely give it a try! I truly appreciate

Re: Reading Google Docks

2013-02-24 Thread Orin
Not sure, though I'd love to know the answer to that. Orin orin8...@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/orinks Skype: orin1112 On Feb 24, 2013, at 5:24 PM, Sarah k Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: Can you zoom in and out by group and line in chrome vox to accomplish this? Since im

Re: Show downloads not working

2013-02-24 Thread trevor
Hi Randy, How do I do that? Thank you, Trevor On 24 Feb 2013, at 23:03, Randy Stegall randy_steg...@att.net wrote: Do you have your tool bar visible? Randy Randy Stegall Raleigh, NC Sent from my iPhone On Feb 24, 2013, at 2:36 PM, trevor trevor.sco...@btopenworld.com wrote: Hi

New Tech Doctor Podcast

2013-02-24 Thread ROBERT CARTER
In this Tech Doctor podcast, (affectionately called the Hodge-Podge-Cast) Allison and Robert explore several software apps, discuss jail breaking and discuss some new hardware as well. The podcast is available in iTunes, on iBlink Radio and at http://www.dr-carter.com Check the show notes for