Re: [Mac-access]: does any one know how i can add custom sounds toSkype?

2015-04-04 Thread Colin Matthews
Hi! OK in Skype open Command+Comma and in the tool bar select notifications and then the details tab! 1, go to the event button and find the event you wish to add your own sound to! 2, Then make sure the check box is checked to play sound! 3, Next to that is a menu of the sounds you can pick from

Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac

2015-04-04 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Yeah. Neh. You'll be fine. I'm not saying you won't! have to enable the midi capability, but most likely you won't. Chris. - Original Message - From: "Dane Trethowan" To: "OS X & iOS Accessibility" Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 10:22 PM Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard u

Re: [Mac-access]: does any one know of a way of un zipping things onthe mac?

2015-04-04 Thread Colin Matthews
Hi! OK if you get the sounds unzipped then copy them and add them to the sounds folder in your home directory! In finder hit either VO+m or Control+f3! Then press g to go to the go menu and with either vo keys or Quicknav on arrow down to Library and hit enter! In list view interact and type s o

Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac

2015-04-04 Thread Dane Trethowan
Ah okay, I thought a menu option had to be set on the synth itself to enable the MIDI interface. As for the sound from the Synth? The MX49 is not equipped with internal speakers so no problem there . On 5/04/2015 11:55 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: Not really, Dane. The only thing re

Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac

2015-04-04 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Not really, Dane. The only thing really that you may have to really do in the keyboard menus would be to turn off local mode. and even that's technically optional. In the meantime, if you dont' want to hear things out of sync coming out the keyboard's audio output, just turn the volume of the

Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac

2015-04-04 Thread Dane Trethowan
Yep, I gathered I had to set something and I'm going to have to get some sighted assistance to go through the menu system to find that but again, all detailed in the manual if details are required, thanks again. On 5/04/2015 11:09 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: Dane, as I said in my e-ma

Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac

2015-04-04 Thread Dane Trethowan
Thanks for that and its appreciated far more than you realise, makes me fully appreciate why I bothered banging on about Reaper for the last 3 years . On 5/04/2015 10:58 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: Oh my God! it's so funny you'd mention that about Reaper. I just! literally! just! l

Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac

2015-04-04 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Dane, as I said in my e-mail, that's perfect. That will work flawlessly. Just plug the cord from the keyboard to your USB port, and boom. You're done. Obviously, you'll have to go into GB or whatever and set your midi in and out device to your keyboard/controller, but that's easy enough to do

Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac

2015-04-04 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Oh my God! it's so funny you'd mention that about Reaper. I just! literally! just! like not even 3 minutes, literally! ago wrote the Reapers Without Peapers e-mail list to let them know that I tried Reaper just now on the Mac, and oh?... my... God! Ab, suh, lootly? beautiful! I honestly on

Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac

2015-04-04 Thread Dane Trethowan
What you said wasn't too detailed, its exactly how MIDI works, even the manual of my Yamaha MX49 says nearly as much as you've said, enough for the user to know - if they could be bothered reading the Introduction to the user manual - that output of sound from the keyboard and MIDI I/O are 2 di

Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac

2015-04-04 Thread Dane Trethowan
I wonder if Reaper would be any help? I'm not up with MIDI stuff. On 5/04/2015 10:12 AM, Devin Prater wrote: Yes, I just need to know of a program that is like Quick Windows Sequencer for the mac, if you’re familiar with QWS. On Apr 4, 2015, at 6:42 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: Sor

Re: [Mac-access]: does any one know of a way of un zipping things onthe mac?

2015-04-04 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
So, try this then. Find the zip file in your finder, and hit command+O on it. Then explore the same directory with the zip file. Does it not on your end create a folder right there along with the zip file of the extracted content? It definitely should. If it doesn't, then tell us what it's

Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac

2015-04-04 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Yeah, aside from Garageband, I really don't know of anything that is just midi that could do only basic midi functions as what I use obviously, with ProTools is a full fledged DAW. Plus, for what it sounds like you need, it would not only ouch your wallet, but would be way! and I mean escrutiat

Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac

2015-04-04 Thread Devin Prater
Yes, I just need to know of a program that is like Quick Windows Sequencer for the mac, if you’re familiar with QWS. > On Apr 4, 2015, at 6:42 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland > wrote: > > Sorry for being so detailed. I just wanted to be sure that you understood. > You said you wanted to use the

Re: [Mac-access]: putting music folders on iPhone 4

2015-04-04 Thread Dane Trethowan
Well again, just because an App hasn't been updated doesn't mean much either, I have several here which I still use, "If It Ain't Broke Then Don't Fix It". On 5/04/2015 7:03 AM, Diane Bomare wrote: I find that reading the reviews is important, because, sometimes they point out workarounds,

Re: [Mac-access]: does any one know of a way of un zipping things onthe mac?

2015-04-04 Thread wui chin Leong
yep it is a unzip file with Skype sounds in it <--- 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 Mac-Access forum at the list's public Mail Archive:

Re: [Mac-access]: does any one know of a way of un zipping things onthe mac?

2015-04-04 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
What do you mean? Is this basically like a zip file which has various sounds you need to unzip to use within Skype? Sorry, I just don't totally get your dilimma. Nevertheless, The Unarchiver should be able to do it no problem. Realize though that if it's simply just a .zip file, OSX already

Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac

2015-04-04 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Sorry for being so detailed. I just wanted to be sure that you understood. You said you wanted to use the built in sounds. A lot of people don't understand that midi in and of itself won't produce sounds out the keyboard. I have a real bad habbit of doing this and giving far more detail than

Re: [Mac-access]: does any one know how i can add custom sounds toSkype?

2015-04-04 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
I'd need to check, as I know with the Windows version, you definitely can, but I can't recall if the option is also there on the Mac version. I seem to remember that it was. Basically, it's going to be in one of two places, if it's there. Actually, no, excuse me. One of three places. Go int

Re: [Mac-access]: does any one know of a way of un zipping things onthe mac?

2015-04-04 Thread wui chin Leong
i need help unzipping Skype sounds <--- 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 Mac-Access forum at the list's public Mail Archive:

Re: [Mac-access]: does any one know of a way of un zipping things onthe mac?

2015-04-04 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Awesome, let me know how you turn out. Oh wait, we're not cooking you, that sounds like we are. LOL! Just kidding. Sorry, I couldn't resist. Seriously though, Hahaha, let me know if you need any further assistance. Chris. - Original Message - From: "wui chin Leong" To: "OS X & i

[Mac-access]: How do you all use Amazon?

2015-04-04 Thread Diane Bomare
Please write to me privately, especially if the moderators believe this discussion is off topic. My address is at the bottom if this message. I am collecting information about how VoiceOver users, either on IOS or OSX, use Amazon. This is not a money making, or officially endorsed, endeavor. On

Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac

2015-04-04 Thread Devin Prater
Well, goodness. I didn’t mean anything that detailed. I simply want a program that uses pure midi, can export and import midi, and could optionally save the midi as mp3. I’ve heard that GarageBand on OS X 10.10 is inaccessible in some ways, so I simply want a simple, easily learned and accessibl

[Mac-access]: does any one know how i can add custom sounds to Skype?

2015-04-04 Thread Adrian Leong
does any one know of a way i can add custom sounds to skype <--- 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 Mac-Access forum at the list's public Mail Archive:

Re: [Mac-access]: does any one know of a way of un zipping things onthe mac?

2015-04-04 Thread wui chin Leong
cool i will look for that. <--- 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 Mac-Access forum at the list's public Mail Archive:

Re: [Mac-access]: does any one know of a way of un zipping things onthe mac?

2015-04-04 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
It should automatically do this. Just hit command+O on the zip file, and it will extract to it's own folder within the same folder as the .zip file. Now, this said, there are! yes, apps to do this that are really really good. I personally love "The Unarchiver." As far as I know, yes, it is in

Re: [Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac

2015-04-04 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
You're talking two totally different things here. Let's get one thing totally straight. Midi isn't audio. All that midi basically is are different numerical values for certain triggered events, with 1's and 0's attached to it. Basically 0 means the event is off, while 1 means it is on. Eve

Re: [Mac-access]: does any one know of a way of un zipping things on the mac?

2015-04-04 Thread Diane Bomare
Have you tried just opening the file? cmd-O Have you tried cmd-m, and right arrow to file, and down arrow to "open with" to see what options are listed? Have you tried cmd-shift-m? or cmd-M, M? The Mac should recognize the .zip and associate that with the program that will open it. Diane Bomar

[Mac-access]: does any one know of a way of un zipping things on the mac?

2015-04-04 Thread Adrian Leong
does any one know of a app that will unzip tthings to the mac? <--- 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 Mac-Access forum at the list's public Mail Archive: <

Re: [Mac-access]: putting music folders on iPhone 4

2015-04-04 Thread Diane Bomare
I find that reading the reviews is important, because, sometimes they point out workarounds, you can find out if any problems you are having are mainstream issues. But, the last date that an app was updated, tells a whole lot. I saw an app on the app store, recently, that cost $19.95, but had

[Mac-access]: midi keyboard usage within the mac

2015-04-04 Thread Devin Prater
Hi all. I mac a lovely midi keyboard… Well it will be when I find the midi -to-usb cable… Its a Yamaha keyboard with its own built-in instruments. I really would rather use its instruments instead of the garageband ones, and would rather have a program that simply makes midi files, like QWS on W

Re: [Mac-access]: EZmp3Player help

2015-04-04 Thread Diane Bomare
It hasn't been updated since November, 2013. Leedy Diane Bomar Sent from my iPhone On Apr 4, 2015, at 13:48, Glenn / Lenny wrote: When I looked at it, it was 4.5 stars, that is why I got it. Glenn - Original Message - From: "Diane Bomare" To: "OS X & iOS Accessibility" Sent: Satu

Re: [Mac-access]: EZmp3Player help

2015-04-04 Thread Glenn / Lenny
When I looked at it, it was 4.5 stars, that is why I got it. Glenn - Original Message - From: "Diane Bomare" To: "OS X & iOS Accessibility" Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 2:07 PM Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: EZmp3Player help Did you read the reviews? 42% 3 stars and below. Lots of p

Re: [Mac-access]: EZmp3Player help

2015-04-04 Thread Diane Bomare
Did you read the reviews? 42% 3 stars and below. Lots of people having the same issue. No solutions described. Did you notice when the app was last updated? There is lots of criticism of no tech support. Leedy Diane Bomar Sent from my iPhone On Apr 3, 2015, at 21:46, Glenn / Lenny wrote: Hi,

Re: [Mac-access]: Video apps for iOS

2015-04-04 Thread George Cham
I'm using oplayer, but what I want to know how do I delete multiple files from the app? George, Sent from my iPad > On 4 Apr 2015, at 9:08 am, Dane Trethowan wrote: > > I’m about to have a play with oPlayer, have some video files I want to > experiment with using Android so may as well u

[Mac-access]: anyone going to see the apple watch please?

2015-04-04 Thread william lomas
Hi is anyone going to see an apple watch next week? i would like to pre-order one but wish we could read up on how voiceover works. all we know is 2 fingers to scroll and a double tap on the watch display and a raise of the wrist (i think either will work) activates VO however will this make navi