Re: itunes sorting shortcuts

2013-07-30 Thread Esther
Hi Ian, VO-Shift-backslash works to sort any column of a table, whether you're in Finder or in iTunes. If you use it again, it will reverse the order of sort. (On English language keyboards the backslash key is under the delete key.) Remember to interact. Cheers, Esther On Jul 30,

Re: Re-installing the OS on a MacBook Air

2013-07-29 Thread Esther
ibed in the MacWorld article. They include using disk utility, Carbon Copy Cloner, and Lion Disk Maker. I did this for Mountain Lion with Carbon Copy Cloner, which is a paid app I have for doing backups. Lion Disk Maker is a free app. At present the dev is working on version 3 which will support Ma

Re: Looking for a useable firewall or a networkmonitor for the Mac

2013-07-27 Thread Esther
r is a graphical front end that lets you configure options in the default firewall. Thanks for finding and reporting this, Christian. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Jul 27, 2013, at 7:30 AM, Sarah k Alawami wrote: > I personally would stick with the default firewall as it works and you do

Re: Issues with TeXShop

2013-07-26 Thread Esther
automatically change the formatting of output. And you can read the tables and lists. Dónal, I thought that Nicolai Svendsen on this list was also using TeXShop. Maybe he'll weigh in with some suggestions. Cheers, Esther On Jul 26, 2013, at 8:39 AM, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: > The proble

Re: saving the file pointed to by a dropbox link

2013-07-26 Thread Esther
nd then all the information on size, creation date, etc. is updated. Dónal knows all this, but the business about remembering what gets reported depending on where you are looking is a completely different issue. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Jul 26, 2013, at 10:03 AM, Sarah k Alawami wrote: > lol. I&

Re: Using the say command?

2013-07-24 Thread Esther
m/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/SpeechSynthesisProgrammingGuide/index.html> Embedded commands are described in the section titled "Techniques for Customizing Synthesized Speech" > "Use Embedded Speech Commands to Fine-Tune Spoken Output". HTH. Cheers, Esther O

Re: i found it with keyboard help LOLRE: volume

2013-07-24 Thread Esther
Good for you, Linda! Ignore my belated reply. Cheers, Esther On 24 Jul 2013, at 11:46, Linda C. Knight wrote: > > Sarah and all, > > No, I am using a beautiful iMac 21.5. > I found it using keyboard help. LOL! > > There is a key on the wired keyboard under the f13

Re: volume

2013-07-24 Thread Esther
additional keys, and I checked the position of the "Fn" key this way. (For those list members familiar with the Type2Phone app that has a similar function, this is different from the way that app Type2 just records your keystrokes when you type.) HTH. Cheers, Esther On 24 Jul

macfortheblind resources [was Re: State of Apple Accessibility (was: Re: Logic Pro X accessibility: the view from Cupertino)]

2013-07-23 Thread Esther
n does record a lot of useful tips and tricks from the various mailing lists on his web site. Have a look at his tips and tricks page links for Mac OS X and iOS: http://macfortheblind.com/Tips-and-Tricks It's a nice site to browse through. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Jul 23, 2013, at 10:01 A

Groups vs DOM mode [was Re: Reading to the end of a document]

2013-07-23 Thread Esther
mong long time Mac users, it's by no means a given that all long time Mac users prefer to use Groups mode over DOM mode. HTH. Cheers, Esther On 23 Jul 2013, at 05:44, Andy Collins wrote: > Thanks - I will indeed do that - > > Andy > - Original Message - From: &quo

Re: Airport Express

2013-07-23 Thread Esther
nosis, and troubleshooting. It still runs under Mountain Lion, but the Airport Utility tools that come with Mountain Lion are stripped down a lot. See the archived list discussion comments from Dónal and John Panarese from this April. Cheers, Esther On 23 Jul 2013, at 03:29, Dane Tre

Re: Using the say command?

2013-07-23 Thread Esther
e standard voices available, or have not updated them. Cheers, Esther On 23 Jul 2013, at 07:20, Sarah k Alawami wrote: > I see that error when I try and do wave or mp3 or m4a files so try the aiff > files as I don't think Im getting the error with those. I have not tried > anything i

Typing accented characters in iOS on the virtual keyboard

2013-07-23 Thread Esther
h typing rather than standard typing setting.) Cheers, Esther <--- 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 either the list's own de

Re: Using the say command?

2013-07-23 Thread Esther
in 10.8.4 (not just with the "say" command). Try using a different voice. I don't have any problems with the say command. I think that if you had tried your test in earlier versions of the OS, you wouldn't have gotten that error message. HTH. Cheers, Esther On 23 Jul 2

Re: Airport Express

2013-07-22 Thread Esther
Hi Dane, Yes, if you add these remote locations for your other speakers with the Airport Express, you can use the Apple Remote app on your iOS device to control the location where the sound gets directed to, and to play/pause, change tracks, etc. Cheers, Esther On 22 Jul 2013, at 11:54

HTML coding [was Re: State of Apple Accessibility (was: Re: Logic Pro X accessibility: the view from Cupertino)]

2013-07-22 Thread Esther
devices, too. I suspect Dónal needs and uses some other formatting options, but this is an option. Cheers, Esther On 22 Jul 2013, at 11:21, John Panarese wrote: > I think that is one. To be honest, I don't have the time right now to > start searching archives and list serves, but I

Re: Airport Express

2013-07-22 Thread Esther
power brick or iPad charger into the plug adapter location. Cheers, Esther On 22 Jul 2013, at 11:06, matthew Dyer wrote: > Hi, > > Are thees airport express units like routers with extra features? I am > consittering getting one. I thought they have the abblility to play music as

Re: Using the say command?

2013-07-22 Thread Esther
Hi All, I could be wrong about this, but I think that Gena is asking about using the say command in the Terminal environment, since she's coming from a linux background with command line use. Gena, welcome to the mac-access list Cheers, Esther On 22 Jul 2013, at 11:00, Sarah k Alawami

Re: can we make the language rotor be quiet

2013-07-22 Thread Esther
just multiple regional voices for English. Cheers, Esther On 21 Jul 2013, at 21:22, Chris H wrote: > Go to settings, general, accessibility, VoiceOver, language rotor and > deselect any that's in there by double tapping on the selected ones. > > On 22/07/2013 07:23, mead

Re: Using the say command?

2013-07-22 Thread Esther
to iTunes", and "Text to Speech parameters" for details. Sarah like to send the output of the say command to a file from the command line, in preference to using the services option of "Add to iTunes as a spoken track", so she can run this separately in background. HTH.

Re: iTunes media external drive

2013-07-22 Thread Esther
on your external drive, since they contain the information on where to locate your music and other media files (whether the tracks for your music files, etc. are on your laptop hard drive or on an external hard drive.) HTH. Cheers, Esther On 21 Jul 2013, at 23:40, ANDY COLLINS wrote: >

Re: The insertion point when working with text

2013-07-19 Thread Esther
"G l e n n", from left to right, and heard the final "n", and then pressed the delete key, I would have "Glen" spelled with one "n", or "G l e n". HTH. Cheers, Esther On 19 Jul 2013, at 16:39, Glenn wrote: > Okay, but on an iPhone, and usin

Re: iShare app for sendspace for iPhone

2013-07-19 Thread Esther
your computer I would buy PhoneView while it's on sale from the MacUpdate site. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Jul 19, 2013, at 1:22 PM, wrote: > Hello all, > >If I get the iShare app on sendspace for iPhone, can I then, transfer > the files back to my computer? > > Tha

Re: iPhone does not charge

2013-07-19 Thread Esther
nless there's an obvious source of problems -- like dropping the iPhone into water. Even then, it often survives. HTH. Cheers, Esther On 19 Jul 2013, at 11:49, David Griffith wrote: > I have just turned my iPhone off for a couple of hours and have just started > it up again. This

Re: iPhone does not charge

2013-07-19 Thread Esther
there has been water damage to the connector port. Usually the problem is a bad cable. It sounds as though this is a faulty part in the hardware that should be replaced under warranty. Mike's questions are to the point here. HTH. Cheers, Esther On 19 Jul 2013, at 11:12, David Griffi

Re: The insertion point when working with text

2013-07-19 Thread Esther
arrow key, then pressing the delete key. HTH. Cheers, Esther On 19 Jul 2013, at 03:50, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Andy, > > You can change the way the insertion point works to be more like JAWS in > VoiceOver Utility, Verbosity, Text, When moving the cursor: click the button

Re: The insertion point when working with text

2013-07-19 Thread Esther
, though, if in between you've gone off to work in some other application and issued lots of other commands, then suddenly decide that you want the file back. At that point you'd have to actually move to your Trash file to copy or move the deleted file out. HTH. Cheers, Esther On 19

PhoneView app is on sale for 50% off ($14.95) as today's MacUpdate Promo

2013-07-19 Thread Esther
rack", "play/pause", and "next track" if you want to review the audio content of individual tracks that you select in the PhoneView table before copying or moving. HTH. Cheers, Esther <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address yo

Re: TextEdit Question

2013-07-18 Thread Esther
and if you're using plain text format you can change to rich text. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Jul 18, 2013, at 6:05 AM, Desi Noller wrote: > Hi Zack, > > Thank you so much! It never occurred to me to look there! This is totally > helpful to me! Have a great day! > > Desi

Re: iTunes media on external drive

2013-07-16 Thread Esther
cate your music onto a different hard drive. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Jul 16, 2013, at 1:15 PM, "Rudolph, Douglas" wrote: > Hey guys. I am stumped. I was able to put most of my iTunes music library,.. > or media onto an external hard disk. Where i am having the problem is it

Re: AudioShare - audio document manager iOS app is free today (July 15, 2013)

2013-07-15 Thread Esther
laying you'll recover VoiceOver at the normal volume, so just do another two finger double tap to stop the player playing, and go ahead and navigate through the FiRe 2 screens as usual. I got this simple workaround from someone on the viphone list. HTH. Cheers, Esther On 15 Jul 2013,

AudioShare - audio document manager iOS app is free today (July 15, 2013)

2013-07-15 Thread Esther
le apps! "If you make music with an iDevice, you need this app. It just makes sense." - smitematter.com "AudioShare is a Must Have App for musicians, a Killer App!" - apps4idevices.com "App of the week" - palmsounds.net "App of the week" - idesignsound.com

Re: How do I show the side bar in finder?

2013-07-14 Thread Esther
navigate to the View menu on the menu bar (Control+F2 or VO+M to move to the menu bar, then press "V" to move to the "View" menu and arrow down), and select the "Show sidebar" menu option." HTH. Cheers, Esther On 14 Jul 2013, at 09:33, ANDY COLLINS wrote:

Re: chess on the mac

2013-07-11 Thread Esther
s-chess-clock/id347870076?mt=8 I bet that if there are any features you want added, you could get them put in by sending an email to the developer, Mat Merkow, at: supp...@merkmatics.com HTH. Cheers, Esther On 11 Jul 2013, at 01:58, John Gallagher wrote: > Hi there yes I got the one but I

Re: A couple of internet questions

2013-07-11 Thread Esther
the position of that control. You still have to activate it. And with item chooser menu you can parse out links by pausing between typing your search terms. For example, you could quickly type "s c h" and then type "l i n" to find links that match "s c h", but you

Re: Cd won't eject

2013-07-10 Thread Esther
at I think it's relevant to your getting a useful answer. It would help to know what kind of hardware you are using for your Mac and for your CD burner, and how they're connected. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Jul 10, 2013, at 2:27 PM, "Red.Falcon" wrote: > Hi! > Sorry

Training podcasts for VoiceOver on the Mac [was Re: the url for the podcast]

2013-07-10 Thread Esther
rch for earlier list posts by using the link to the public Mail Archive from this list that appears at the bottom of every post: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/ Just type your search terms and press "Return". Cheers, Esther On Jul 10, 2013, at 1:40 AM, Joh

MBraille app podcast links [was Re: the url for the podcast]

2013-07-10 Thread Esther
space.com/file/zrtmle MBraille Podcast Part2 on Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/s/4eazyjiul11qr6g/MBraille%20Podcast%20Part2.mp3 MBraille Podcast Part2 Update on Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/s/fpe9cfmicn9gkge/MBraille%20Podcast%20Part2%20Update.mp3 HTH. Cheers, Esther On Jul 10, 2013, Jo

Re: several free apps.

2013-07-08 Thread Esther
oes have lots of recipe content, and is normally $9.99. I just don't want anyone to be frustrated with this because of high expectations. The "Traktor DJ" app doesn't give any feedback with VoiceOver. I haven't had much success with Day One (Journal/Diary), either.

Re: it's talking

2013-07-07 Thread Esther
;s also a way to force a reinstall from the network, I think, with Command-Option-R on the new machines, but I'm not sure of those details. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Jul 7, 2013, at 8:16 AM, John Gallagher wrote: > Hi all the machine after command r then command f 5 it is in a menu not sur

Re: no joy with my new mac

2013-07-07 Thread Esther
Utility, so you can repair permissions. I haven't used this, but I recall that Sarah used the "Reinstall OS X" option recently. Sorry not to be able to provide first-hand details. Hope this explanation helps. Cheers, Esther On Jul 7, 2013, at 7:56 AM, John Gallagher wrote: &

Re: macros and question about typing

2013-07-06 Thread Esther
tions to Enter Text Snippets, Automatically Correct Misspelled Words, and More: http://bit.ly/115xfRs HTH. Cheers, Esther On 6 Jul 2013, at 06:02, Sarah k Alawami wrote: > Try the text thing in system prefs, Language & Text and select the text tab. > Click add after the substitutions

Re: Turning Off Preview In Apple Mail

2013-07-05 Thread Esther
w and the message content because that window (i.e., the Preview pane) is no longer being displayed. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Jul 5, 2013, at 8:29 AM, Jim Noseworthy wrote: > Hi Folks: > > I must be having a senior's moment: how does one find the splitters that are > under discus

Re: refunds, Re: FiRe - Fire Field Recorder

2013-07-04 Thread Esther
the (free) LE light edition version some months ago, mainly because their new hardware microphone for the iPhone sounded as though it might be an interesting option. VoiceOver cuts out when you start to record in that app. Cheers, Esther On 4 Jul 2013, at 15:39, Dane Trethowan wrote: >

Target disk mode from Firewire to Thunderbolt [was Re: A Nice Mid Year Surprise]

2013-07-04 Thread Esther
connect to external hard drives. HTH. This is just from a web search on your question topic, not from direct knowledge. Cheers, Esther On 4 Jul 2013, at 15:32, Dane Trethowan wrote: > The new Mac Mini machine will replace the 2009 Mac Mini model I'm using, the > primary use of thi

Re: refunds, Re: FiRe - Fire Field Recorder

2013-07-04 Thread Esther
you can also try contacting accessibil...@apple.com. But they really can't handle the App Store issues and sales, so the most they can probably do is route you to a number or contact you can speak with directly. HTH. Cheers, Esther On 2 Jul 2013, at 18:16, wrote: > Yeah, I'

Papa Sangre and The Nightjar iOS game apps on sale for $0.99 this Independence Day

2013-07-04 Thread Esther
nce/id446275675?mt=8 Hold you iPad in portrait mode, toggle VoiceOver off, and tap anywhere on the screen to generate your own fireworks and rockets on the screen, which will burst where you touch. Neat sound effects for fireworks that light up a copy of the Declaration of Independence. Cheers,

Re: Turning Off Preview In Apple Mail

2013-07-04 Thread Esther
Fn+i key for clicks. And to answer Chris, you can get the Preview pane back by double clicking on the same horizontal or vertical splitter. Cheers, Esther On Jul 4, 2013, at 8:12 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote: > Yes, that used to work but it doesn't seem to now. > > > On 05

Re: FiRe - Fire Field Recorder

2013-07-03 Thread Esther
for starting up a recording. You can work around it if you've used the app before, and are willing to use the same settings, but this isn't something a new user would be able to deal with. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Jul 2, 2013, at 8:00 AM, Sarah k Alawami wrote: > Actually, it wa

Re: Voiceover Died On My Mac Mini

2013-06-28 Thread Esther
le finger or forefinger of my right hand.) HTH. What worked for Matthew was booting into Safe mode. Cheers, Esther On Jun 28, 2013, at 6:38 PM, John Gunn wrote: > Dane, > > Have you tried zapping the PRAM and reset SMC? > > John > > > On Jun 28, 2013, at 10:52 PM, D

Re: Voiceover Died On My Mac Mini

2013-06-28 Thread Esther
about Safe Boot mode and what happens when you boot into Safe mode, see the Apple Knowledge Base document: • Mac OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode? http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1564 HTH. Cheers, Esther On Jun 28, 2013, at 5:52 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: > It seems that none of those comman

Re: Voiceover Died On My Mac Mini

2013-06-28 Thread Esther
r account. Another option, if you've set up your Mini to permit remote login, and are comfortable with using Terminal, is to remote login with SSH using Terminal from another Mac. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Jun 28, 2013, at 5:07 PM, Zachary Kline wrote: > Hi Dane, > Have you tried

Free app to remove duplicate contacts for iOS devices

2013-06-25 Thread Esther
s.apple.com/app/cleaner-remove-duplicate-contacts/id519077149?mt=8 I caught this late, so it may not be available for long. Cheers, Esther <--- 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 o

Nisus Writer Pro on sale today for $39 as MacUpdate Promo [was Re: Questions regarding Nisus Writer Pro]

2013-06-24 Thread Esther
ari Reader with Command-Shift-R) HTH. Cheers, Esther On Jun 22, 2013, at 3:03 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Christian, > > You can do everything you mentioned in Pages. You can calculate the position > of any item on the page using the Metrics inspector, and you can create an

Re: Followup on Easy Music Converter [was Re: Converting mpeg II files to m4a or mp3?]

2013-06-23 Thread Esther
Sorry, please ignore the post on Easy Music Converter -- it was an old draft that was sent by mistake. Esther <--- 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 posted

Followup on Easy Music Converter [was Re: Converting mpeg II files to m4a or mp3?]

2013-06-23 Thread Esther
s very very > quickly. 50 Mp4 files got converted in about 20 minutes. Maybe I was lucky > but It works very well. and one of them was about an hour long mp4 file to. > lol! > > > On Apr 27, 2013, at 4:27 PM, Esther wrote: > >> Hi Sarah and Christian, >> &

Re: preview in oSX 10.8.4

2013-06-20 Thread Esther
column followed by all the entries in the next column. I really don't want to fire up my old PowerBook G4 laptop to read these correctly using Preview in Tiger! Cheers, Esther On Jun 20, 2013, at 11:21 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Dónal, > > The only improvement I'm aw

Re: using an ios device as a trackpad for mac, and something I'm proud of

2013-06-19 Thread Esther
out to check, but I think this works via a Wi-Fi connection. This is only a vague recollection, from a post about a year ago, before the viphone list started using the Mail Archive. You have to install a setup program on your computer that works with the app. It's not something I've t

Re: Text Expander was Bosjock IOS App

2013-06-19 Thread Esther
it doesn't get the "wow" of the other audio creation apps, using its support for importing and exporting to Dropbox, uploading to SoundCloud, zipping and unzipping files, using AudioCopy, importing from iTunes, and support for playback in the app can be pretty handy. Cheers, Esthe

Re: Bossjock IOS App

2013-06-19 Thread Esther
d in an earlier thread about transferring voicemail, contacts, and text messages from your iPhone. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Jun 19, 2013, at 2:51 PM, wrote: > Alright. Sounds good to me. I appreciate that. > > Take care, > > Brenda > > mailto:meadowlar...@cox.net >

Re: Prizmo and Accopella voice

2013-06-17 Thread Esther
7;t tell you what notifications you get when downloading voices in Prizmo 2 on the iPhone, but maybe some other list member can help with that information. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Jun 17, 2013, at 7:20 PM, Glenn wrote: > Hi, > I bought Prizmo last night, and today I tried some voices,

Re: Mail verbosity, improving productivity

2013-06-15 Thread Esther
e top or bottom of the message list. That went away in Lion. You have to go back to using the standard VO+Home or VO+End shortcuts for navigating to the top or bottom of tables. Cheers, Esther On Jun 15, 2013, at 4:38 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Mary, > > In ML, threads are c

Re: PDF files will not open in Safari

2013-06-15 Thread Esther
ile you want to get rid of may have a name like: /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/AdobePDFViewer.plugin You may also need to restart Safari for the new behavior to take effect. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Jun 15, 2013, at 4:38 PM, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: > it doesn't put the file in the downl

Re: Take Control Books from mac-access list [was Re: troubleshooting the mac procedure]

2013-06-08 Thread Esther
Control of Networking & Security in iOS 6". HTH. Cheers, Esther  On 6 Jun 2013, at 12:09, Cathy wrote: > hi Ester, > > wow what a gold mine of information! I probably did read about the books when > I first joined, but I did not remember it and appreciate you sharing this

Re: help makeing workflow to extract text from PDF files using Automator

2013-06-08 Thread Esther
up in the context menu of files you select in Finder when you use VO-Shift-M, navigate to the "Services" menu option, then right arrow to the submenu to find the name of the service you want to apply (e.g., "batch_pdf_to_text"). Try this service on a single file that you ha

Re: Identifying The Generation Of My iPod Touch

2013-06-06 Thread Esther
number. Once you enter a serial number for your Apple product at the My Support Profile web address, you can check the full hardware specifications of the item and the model at that site. HTH. Cheers, Esther On 6 Jun 2013, at 13:49, Desi Noller wrote: > Hi Everybody, > > I am

TextGrabber + Translator iOS app is on sale for $1.99

2013-06-06 Thread Esther
=8 Cheers, Esther <--- 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 either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co

Take Control Books from mac-access list [was Re: troubleshooting the mac procedure]

2013-06-05 Thread Esther
r a mobi format for the Kindle app, or a PDF version.) An advantage of buying from the Mac-Access list (apart from the discount), is that they will manage a more accessible site for you to download your different versions. And Gordon and Lynne know who the list members are! HTH. Cheers, E

Re: New iPhone 5 no sound affects

2013-06-05 Thread Esther
you don't have sound effects. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Jun 5, 2013, at 4:28 PM, David Griffith wrote: > Hello > > Today I got my new iPhone 5 but whilst voiceover is working there are no > sound effects. This is particularly difficult when typing in passwords as I > have lo

Re: troubleshooting the mac procedure

2013-06-05 Thread Esther
in addition to running Disk Utility repairs of permissions. The main point is that many of these solutions and information resources are not expensive; they just require some action on the user's part. Trial versions of SuperDuper! and Carbon Copy Cloner can also be used to create a boota

Re: Problem with my gf's MBA please help

2013-06-04 Thread Esther
often work to fix problems. Cheers, Esther On 4 Jun 2013, at 10:34, matthew Dyer wrote: > Hi Ester, > > Just as an updqaate, Her machine is now working with no problems. It turns > out after calling apple thety had her holding dowbn the shift key while > boting and doing as you

Re: Problem with my gf's MBA please help

2013-06-04 Thread Esther
check whether there are any unusually large files (using units larger than KB). If none of that works, then try booting into the recovery partition, as Sarah suggests. HTH. Cheers, Esther On 4 Jun 2013, at 07:04, Sarah k Alawami wrote: > Before you do that see if you can boot in to th recovery

Re: macintalk pronounciation

2013-06-02 Thread Esther
Here's a shortened link to the long URL listed just above, with the table of phonemes: http://bit.ly/ZF2hDB The sound in "measure" is represented by "Z". There are some examples of modified pronunciations given elsewhere in the linked guide on speech synthesis. HTH.

Radium 3 on sale today (Sunday, June 2, 2013) for $2.99 in the Mac App Store; also Ultralingua iOS dictionaries

2013-06-02 Thread Esther
ionary and thesaurus apps that are not so expensive. HTH. Cheers, Esther <--- 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 either the list

Re: Editing a contact in Mail

2013-06-02 Thread Esther
mail address that is no longer in use, simply because it's listed under your "Previous Recipients" list. You can navigate to this list in your menu bar and either clean out old entries or add some of these to your Address Book. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Jun 2, 2013, at 12:00 PM, Josh

Re: an accessible way to manage b ooh marks and folders in safari

2013-05-31 Thread Esther
t would go through and check for duplicates, I doubt that it would be as simple to optimize and check for broken links, etc. as simply asking the developer of an existing app that was accessible with VoiceOver in an earlier incarnation to fix the accessibility issues. Cheers, Esther On May 31

Re: Video adapter for the Mac Mini Question.

2013-05-31 Thread Esther
adapter, this should work as though you had connected your Mini to a monitor that is turned off. I think the Mini tries to detect whether a monitor is present when it starts up, so you might need to have this adapter combination in place when you start up your Mini. HTH. Cheers, Esther On May

Re: an accessible way to manage b ooh marks and folders in safari

2013-05-31 Thread Esther
pdate web page, although in this case I would go to the developer's web site. MacUpdate page for BookMacster: https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/34011/bookmacster Remember to save a copy of your Bookmarks plist file before you try it. HTH. Cheers, Esther On May 30, 2013, at 12:09 PM, Sarah k Al

Re: an accessible way to manage b ooh marks and folders in safari

2013-05-30 Thread Esther
so you can try it out. It's $6.00 if you want to purchase it. Remember to save a copy of your Bookmarks plist file first. HTH. Cheers, Esther On May 30, 2013, at 11:30 AM, Sarah k Alawami wrote: > hello. I have a mess of a book mark folder. My book marks folder some how has >

Free Audiobook summer 2013 listening from SYNC YA

2013-05-30 Thread Esther
non-expiring personal use token files for the books, within the week that the books are offered. At any time after that you can transfer the files to another device for listening. If you want email or text reminders of when new offerings will be available each week (on each Thursday in the

Re: Using finder in date view

2013-05-27 Thread Esther
X. It may be overkill, though. HTH. Cheers, Esther On May 27, 2013, at 1:06 PM, David Griffith wrote: > Thanks for tips from Ann and Sarah. > > Switching to list view I can achieve what I need to do. > I still much prefer column view for ease of use but switching to list view

Re: bookmarks

2013-05-26 Thread Esther
Left arrow keys from the search box, I'll hit other checkboxes. For example, "Bookmarks Bar" (my selected collection), then "All" as checkboxes. Doing a VO-Space on "All" will apply my search to all bookmarks categories. If I tab to the table of matching

Re: bookmarks

2013-05-26 Thread Esther
bookmarked page location. Pressing VO-J jumps you back to the table of bookmark collections, where you can arrow up or down to another selection such as your browsing "History" or the "Bookmarks Menu". HTH. Cheers, Esther On May 26, 2013, at 4:09 PM, Sarah k Alawami wrote:

Re: can we save visual voice mails

2013-05-23 Thread Esther
so I decided to install it after this discussion came up . It seems to work pretty well. You can also use it to extract files, documents, or recordings that you've created within iPhone apps. It's probably not something that I would separately purchase, though it does a very good

Re: Getting rid of vip mail box

2013-05-20 Thread Esther
your home directory.) Once in that folder remove the "VIPSenders.plist" file. Then restart mail. HTH. Cheers, Esther On May 20, 2013, at 9:30 AM, Paul Hopewell wrote: > Hello, > I am running Mac OS 10.8.3. I seem to have somehow acquired a vip mail box in > Apple mail. The

Voice Dream Reader on sale for $4.99 today (May 20, 2013)

2013-05-20 Thread Esther
oice-dream-text-speech HTH. Cheers, Esther <--- 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 either the list's own dedicated web archive:

Re: recorder for iPhone5 that will record and let you tranfer fiels to computer

2013-05-16 Thread Esther
d educational license program: http://www.digidna.net/products/diskaid/educational-licenses HTH. Cheers, Esther On May 6, 2013, at 12:40 PM, wrote: > hello all, > >Is there a recorder for the iPhone5 that will let you record and > transfer files to the computer? Is there something ou

FlashCards++ iOS App is free today (but with a warning that current app owners not upgrade)

2013-05-16 Thread Esther
different language for the front and back of each card and, if you don't want to rotor between VO voices to hear correct pronunciation, a button is provided to speak the words via a TTS engine hosted somewhere on the Internet. Cheers, Esther <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net

Re: Prizmo version 2 iOS app is released and on sale for $5.99

2013-05-15 Thread Esther
available in VoiceDream reader, along with a few Neospeech English voices.). Originally, I couldn't figure out why the Chinese and Japanese voices were added to version 2 of Prizmo when the app doesn't OCR these languages (unlike TextGrabber), but then I realized it was for translation

Re: Prizmo version 2 iOS app is released and on sale for $5.99

2013-05-14 Thread Esther
oice support on the Mac, and that's one of the text languages Prizmo can OCR, and that Google Translate can read aloud. I'll have to fool around with the Russian language download for Prizmo and try it out. Cheers, Esther <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To rep

Re: Prizmo version 2 iOS app is released and on sale for $5.99

2013-05-14 Thread Esther
On May 14, 2013, at 8:54 AM, Esther wrote: > Hello All, > > The new version 2 update of the Prizmo iOS OCR app is out, and the > developers, Creaceed, have put this app on sale as part of its launch. Prizmo > 2 is a free update for anyone who already bought the Prizmo iO

Re: anyone know of a good DVD ripper for mountain lion?

2013-05-14 Thread Esther
them tested Mac DVD Ripper Pro along with DVDRemaster when both apps were part of a Metakine bundle sale as a Macupdate promo for one week last September. I haven't come across any bundle deals like that this year. HTH. Cheers, Esther On May 14, 2013, at 3:57 PM, Courtney Curran wr

Re: anyone know of a good DVD ripper for mountain lion?

2013-05-14 Thread Esther
page.) HTH. Cheers, Esther >>>> On May 13, 2013, at 4:19 PM, Michael Marshall >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> hey, >>>>> i would use handbrake but it's not great on ML and it can't brake a lot >>>>> of incription. &g

Re: Ejecting a cd or dvd

2013-05-14 Thread Esther
and CD drives, but you might have to check these options in the Advanced pane of the application's preferences (accessed with Command-comma). HTH. Cheers, Esther On May 14, 2013, at 11:01 AM, Josh Gregory wrote: > There should be an eject button on your keyboard, or you can go to t

Prizmo version 2 iOS app is released and on sale for $5.99

2013-05-14 Thread Esther
Phone support, they state that the cameras of the iPad 3, iPad 4, and iPad mini, and the 5th generation iPod Touch can be used. The built-in cameras of the 2nd generation iPad and the 4th generation iPod Touch are 1 megapixel or less. HTH. Cheers, Esther <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot

Re: Un-eject utility

2013-05-13 Thread Esther
Hi George: Here's the URL for the Mac App for mounting and unmounting devices that was being discussed: * Mountain by appgineers ($1.99) https://itunes.apple.com/app/mountain/id528726140?mt=12 HTH. Cheers, Esther On May 13, 2013, at 10:45 AM, George Cham wrote: > Can someone post

Re: using fined in text edit

2013-05-13 Thread Esther
earch this way. Sarah, I wasn't aware you were using TeXShop. Is this for music scores (e.g. muTeX?) If so, how does that work out? I only use TeX for regular word processing and layout. Cheers, Esther On May 13, 2013, at 4:37 AM, Chris Gilland wrote: > Hey Sarah, > > Th

Re: extending a wifi network using airport extreme or express.

2013-05-12 Thread Esther
t know how to configure a wireless network. Of course, as it turned out, I didn't need to use any of this information, because all I had to do was plug it in, and it worked. HTH. Cheers, Esther On May 12, 2013, at 7:44 AM, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: > Hey John, > > The

Re: kindle on mac

2013-05-10 Thread Esther
rd of how long that will take. Esther On May 10, 2013, at 8:53 AM, William Lomas wrote: > hi does anyone know if kindle will now be usable on 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 f

Re: formatting in Nisus Writer pro

2013-05-08 Thread Esther
ded file and interact. This will be a group with 4 elements. Then navigate to the "icon" and VO-Space to open and expand the zipped file. If I switch applications to Finder with Command-tab, the file "Nisus Writer Pro 2.0 User Guide.pdf" will be highlighted. You can rea

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