Re: Add to itunes as a spoken track

2013-03-30 Thread Esther
Hi George, If your test showed that 10 pages converted into 14 minutes of playing time, then you probably did just hit the 2 GB limit. Rough calculation is that your 160 pages would take 224 minutes, and take up about 2.2 GB.for the uncompressed sound file. (This is a crude estimate, so don't

Re: Add to itunes as a spoken track

2013-03-30 Thread George Cham
I did a test on smaller documents. Total time was 14minutes. Thanks for your help. U George, Sent from my iPad On 31/03/2013, at 2:41 PM, "Esther" wrote: > Hi George, > > Did you try doing an initial test with a smaller document first, such as one > of only 10 pages? If so, do you kno

Re: Configuring SoundFlower

2013-03-30 Thread Sarah k Alawami
Here is the method I take. Note that I said broadcast here but it works for a skyep thing as I've done this. If you want to talk at the same time you can or might be able to use audio hi jack pro but here's how I do this and it works nicely. to broadcast from the mac with out too much haste if

Re: Add to itunes as a spoken track

2013-03-30 Thread Sarah k Alawami
YOu can use the say command to accomplish this. As it reads everything use txt instead of rtf. say -f filename.txt --progress -v voice name -r 250 -o filename.aiff f is file name --progress if you want that will give you a progress of what's happening -v is voice. I use tom -r is rate. I use

Re: Add to itunes as a spoken track

2013-03-30 Thread Esther
Hi George, Did you try doing an initial test with a smaller document first, such as one of only 10 pages? If so, do you know roughly how many minutes of track time that came out to? Are you using any embedded commands to change the speaking rate? It's possible that you hit the 2 GB limit for t

Configuring SoundFlower

2013-03-30 Thread John Gunn
Hellow Finally downloaded SoundFlower and have a few questions. While on Skype I want the other person to hear my iTunes, and have the ability to talk at the same time as well the other person talk as well. I need step by step instructions setting input/output and how to assign chhannels ETC.

adding songs to a preexisting playlist in VLC

2013-03-30 Thread Moop Curran
Hi, I have a playlist with all of my favorite songs in VLC. Can I add to that playlist without redoing it? If so, how can I do this? Thanks, Courtney Sent from my iMac <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net Yo

Add to itunes as a spoken track

2013-03-30 Thread George Cham
I'm in the process of adding documents to itunes as a spoken track. I'm in a document with 161pages. The conversion starts. Then I get an error saying that import encounted an error. Is this because the document is too large? And how can I overcome this problem? Typed with Fleksy reply://ge

Getting the old AirPort Utility version 5.6 for Mountain Lion [was Re: wifi help please.]

2013-03-30 Thread Esther
Hi All, In light of the earlier discussion about the more limited functionality of the current version 6 of AirPort Utility for troubleshooting and diagnosing Wi-Fi network problems, compared to version 5, I thought I'd post a link to this web page: • Installing the Old AirPort Utility (Version

Re: wifi help please.

2013-03-30 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Lovely, I'll ad it back in. Here's hoping. Thanks a lot, Dónal On 30 Mar 2013, at 23:01, Anne Robertson wrote: > I just left it there but further down the list. We have two older Airport > devices elsewhere in the house which can't handle 802.11n. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > On 30 Mar 2013

Re: wifi help please.

2013-03-30 Thread Anne Robertson
I just left it there but further down the list. We have two older Airport devices elsewhere in the house which can't handle 802.11n. Cheers, Anne On 30 Mar 2013, at 23:54, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: > Hi Anne, > > Did you keep the 2.4GHZ network in there as well or did you "forget" that > ne

Re: wifi help please.

2013-03-30 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Hi Esther, No you're grand thanks I have instructions to do it I just wanted to check if there were another way. Cheers, Dónal On 30 Mar 2013, at 22:49, Esther wrote: > Hello Dónal, > > I hope that Anne's instructions work for you, because the only way that I > know to get the device logs i

Re: wifi help please.

2013-03-30 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Hi Anne, Did you keep the 2.4GHZ network in there as well or did you "forget" that network? I've removed it completely from the list of preferred networks. Dónal On 30 Mar 2013, at 22:38, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Dónal, > > I went into System Preferences, Networks, and clicked on Advanc

Re: wifi help please.

2013-03-30 Thread Esther
Hello Dónal, I hope that Anne's instructions work for you, because the only way that I know to get the device logs is with the version 5.6.1 of AirPort Utility that I still run. (Can give you instructions for that, if you like.) Cheers, Esther On 30 Mar 2013, at 12:38, Anne Robertson wrote:

Re: wifi help please.

2013-03-30 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Dónal, I went into System Preferences, Networks, and clicked on Advanced. I went to the table and dragged the 5G network to the top of the list so that my MacBook Air would connect to that network first. Cheers, Anne On 30 Mar 2013, at 23:12, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: > Hi Anne, > >

Re: wifi help please.

2013-03-30 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Hi Anne, Can you ask him what he means by using "drag and drop" in the network pane to make it the preferred network? I've done everything else you have (which makes me feel better). Thanks, Dónal On 30 Mar 2013, at 22:09, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Dónal, > > We've had similar problem

Re: wifi help please.

2013-03-30 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Dónal, We've had similar problems with a similar setup. Here's what we did: 1) Change the channel from the default of 11 to the new value of 13 using the Airport Utility. 2) Activate the 802.11n (5GHz) network on both devices and use drag&drop in the Network pane of System Preferences to m

track pad

2013-03-30 Thread Rudolph, Douglas
hey guys, i just purchased a magic mouse, and was wondering, when the magic mouse is in use, can i turn track pad off? if so, how do i do this, NOTICE Contents of this email may be confidential or personally identifying. redistribution of this email message is strictly prohibited. If you have re

wifi help please.

2013-03-30 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Hi folks, I'm tearing my hair out over my Airport extreme (extended by an express) dropping connections. Does anyone know how I can access the device logs to see what's actually going on? Is downloading and installing an old version of the Airport utility the only way? I use an application ca

Re: New Tech Doctor podcast "What's New in iOS 6"

2013-03-30 Thread Phil Halton
This was a great help. I bought the IOS6-update book in Word document format and got re-aquainted with braille as well. - Original Message - From: "ROBERT CARTER" To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2013 10:12 AM Subject: New Tech Doctor podcast "What's New in

New Tech Doctor podcast "What's New in iOS 6"

2013-03-30 Thread ROBERT CARTER
In this podcast, we visit with Woody Anna Dresner who tells us about her new book published by The National Braille Press called "iPhone iOS 6 Update." The podcast is available from iTunes, iBlink radio, on Downcast (or your favorite pod catcher.) You can access it directly at http://www.dr-cart

Re: Deleting archive folder

2013-03-30 Thread Josh Gregory
Press command backspace on the folder and it should move to the trash. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 30, 2013, at 5:53 AM, George Cham wrote: > Ok , > Ive created a archive folder on the mac in mail, and can't rename it. > So I want to delete it. > But i can't . > Anyone know how this is done? >

Deleting archive folder

2013-03-30 Thread George Cham
Ok , Ive created a archive folder on the mac in mail, and can't rename it. So I want to delete it. But i can't . Anyone know how this is done? George Cham george.c...@outlook.com <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-a

Re: Tabbing to navigate in apps [was Re: Mail problems]

2013-03-30 Thread fred smith
Thanks for your help. I also noticed some strange things happening when I used Control F7. As you say, it sometimes appears to tab you to the next control. Anyway, deleting the preferences file appears to have fixed things. And to answer your question, about VoiceOver reading message content vs. h