Re: OCR software and recommended scanners

2009-03-27 Thread Søren Jensen
I'll say the most accessible OCR program is the HP OCR software which comes with the Hp scanners. Then there is ReadIris and Vue-scan which also works very well with Voiceover. Vue scan won't work with my hp scanner though. I don't know why. Best regards Søren Jensen Mail & MSN: s...@coolfor

Re: OCR software and recommended scanners

2009-03-27 Thread Simon Cavendish
Soren, Is HP OCR softwarre totally compatible with VO? Can you scan multilingual material? Can you save it into text files? Can you scan two pages at the same time, like an open book? Thanks in advance, Simon, e-mail privately if you want or if it violates the rules of the list. On 27 Mar

Re: OCR software and recommended scanners

2009-03-27 Thread Søren Jensen
Hi Simon. I'll answer your questions on the list so the other people who might be interested also would get my answer. I'll say yes to all your questions. When you choose to scan into a text-file, the program ask you if you wanna scan another page when you have scanned the first page. When

Audio playback with speed control

2009-03-27 Thread E.J. Zufelt
Good morning, Is there an audio playback application for OSX that will allow me to adjust the speed of playback? It would be ideal if pitch was not affected by the change in speed, but not altogether necessary. Thanks, Everett --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You rece

Accessing fillable PDFs

2009-03-27 Thread E.J. Zufelt
Good morning again, Is there a way to access and fill in fillable PDFs with Voiceover? Thanks, Everett --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to

RE: Python programming on OSX

2009-03-27 Thread Jonathan Chacón
-Mensaje original- De: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] En nombre de E.J. Zufelt Enviado el: viernes, 27 de marzo de 2009 10:14 Para: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Asunto: Python programming on OSX >Good morning, Hello >If there are any Mac py

Python programming on OSX

2009-03-27 Thread E.J. Zufelt
Good morning, If there are any Mac python developers on the list I'd love to hear what editor you use and how you handle pythons indentation requirements. Thanks, Everett --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Reading digital braille on Mac

2009-03-27 Thread E.J. Zufelt
Good morning, Is there a utility for OSX that will allow me to convert electronic braille, brf, files to text or any other format that can be read with Voiceover? Thanks, Everett --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to

Re: Tables in Pages

2009-03-27 Thread James Dietz
I think Justin himself did one way back on Blind Cool Tech. You can probably find it in the archives page (I think it was published aroune June 2007). Sorry if I stole your thunder. James On 3/27/09, E.J. Zufelt wrote: > > Good evening Justin, > > Can you point us to a resource that may be a g

Re: Audio playback with speed control

2009-03-27 Thread Scott Howell
I don't know of one that works outside Terminal, but there is Mplayer, but you do have to run it from Terminal and in fact you have to compile it. However, I believe there is a way to use iTunes to accomplish the same task, but I only heard it was possible, I have not done it myself. On Ma

Re: Reading digital braille on Mac

2009-03-27 Thread Ryan Mann
Hello. I just found a version of NFBtrans for the Mac. http://w3.wmcnet.org/braille/nfbtrans/ Hope this helps On Mar 27, 2009, at 5:03 AM, E.J. Zufelt wrote: > > Good morning, > > Is there a utility for OSX that will allow me to convert electronic > braille, brf, files to text or any other forma

Re: Reading digital braille on Mac

2009-03-27 Thread Greg Kearney
I did several solutions for this. They can all be found at http://w3.wmcnet.org/braille/ Louis is a free full featured braille translator that can do reverse as well as forward translation. It has a full GUI and can handle many different braille codes including nemeth math. I also Ported bo

Re: Tables in Pages

2009-03-27 Thread Esther
Hi Everett, You asked for a good starting point for LaTeX. Here's what came up from using a search at the Mail Archive site for the old list: http://www.maths.tcd.ie/~dwilkins/LaTeXPrimer/ is a site that Greg Kearney recommended when asked for accessible LaTeX tutorials. Justin's Blind Cool Te

reading digital braille files on mac

2009-03-27 Thread christos hux
well you can also do this with Gregs braille translation program which is totally free and easier. I convert the brf files to text files and then either read then as they are with text edit or convert them into audio files with iSpeakIt --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~

RE: Python programming on OSX

2009-03-27 Thread Bejarano, Rafael P.
Hello, What is Eclipse? Also, have you tried programming a GUI in python? If so, how? Cordially, Rafael Bejarano -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com on behalf of Jonathan Chacón Sent: Fri 3/27/2009 5:14 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Python pro

RE: Python programming on OSX

2009-03-27 Thread Bejarano, Rafael P.
I've done a little programming in python, using smultron as my editor. I indent by using tabs. It's easy once you get used to it. Rafael Bejarano -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com on behalf of E.J. Zufelt Sent: Fri 3/27/2009 4:13 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups

Re: reading digital braille files on mac

2009-03-27 Thread E.J. Zufelt
Good afternoon, Did the followig message cause anyone else to have voiceover crash? When I tab to the preview pane for the following message voiceover crashes and restarts itself over and over until I tab out of the preview pane. Everett On 27-Mar-09, at 1:18 PM, christos hux wrote: > > w

Re: reading digital braille files on mac

2009-03-27 Thread Eliza Cooper
Hi, Yes, I had the same thing happen to me. Very odd. Eliza On Mar 27, 2009, at 12:25 PM, E.J. Zufelt wrote: > > Good afternoon, > > Did the followig message cause anyone else to have voiceover crash? > > When I tab to the preview pane for the following message voiceover > crashes and re

Re: reading digital braille files on mac

2009-03-27 Thread Esther
Hi, I didn't have a problem with this message. I restored my Preview pane and tried tabbing from the messages table. That worked fine. Are you both running the Safari 4 beta? I'm still using Safari 3. Cheers, Esther On Mar 27, 2009, at 6:39 AM, Eliza Cooper wrote: > > Hi, >Yes, I h

Re: reading digital braille files on mac

2009-03-27 Thread E.J. Zufelt
Good afternoon, Yes, I am running the Safari 4 beta. Everett On 27-Mar-09, at 1:48 PM, Esther wrote: > > Hi, > > I didn't have a problem with this message. I restored my Preview pane > and tried tabbing from the messages table. That worked fine. Are you > both running the Safari 4 beta? I'

Re: reading digital braille files on mac

2009-03-27 Thread Greg Kearney
Not sure what version of Safari one is using would have anything to do with reading an email message. Greg Kearney 535 S. Jackson St. Casper, Wyoming 82601 307-224-4022 gkear...@gmail.com On Mar 27, 2009, at 10:50 AM, E.J. Zufelt wrote: > > Good afternoon, > > Yes, I am running the Safari 4

Re: reading digital braille files on mac

2009-03-27 Thread E.J. Zufelt
Good afternoon, The preview pane in Mail, along with many other html user interface controls in OS X are dependent on some aspects of Safari, similar to how some user interface controls in Windows are dependent on Internet Explorer. HTH, Everett On 27-Mar-09, at 1:51 PM, Greg Kearney wro

Re: reading digital braille files on mac

2009-03-27 Thread Esther
Hi Greg, There have been some problems experienced with VoiceOver interactions with mail that are associated with the installation of the Safari 4 beta. See the thread on "mail problem with VoiceOver" at the mail archive site for this list and use Control-n to read down the thread: http:/

Re: reading digital braille files on mac

2009-03-27 Thread Eliza Cooper
I am not using Safari 4 Beta, and read my messages by hitting VO+J from my messages table. I guess that doesn't tell us anything. Eliza On Mar 27, 2009, at 12:54 PM, Esther wrote: > > Hi Greg, > > There have been some problems experienced with VoiceOver interactions > with mail that are as

Re: Problem Purchasing Infovox IVox (please help asap)

2009-03-27 Thread Tiffany D
I went on the XP machine using Internet Explorer and still couldn't do it. I didn't see any image with kagi. I used an old version of JFW and also NVDA. I'm not sure if System Access to Go or hal can handle it but I'm getting very frustrated. This is ridiculous. On 26/03/2009, Simon Cavendish

Re: Problem Purchasing Infovox IVox (please help asap)

2009-03-27 Thread Esther
Hi Tiffanitsa, I sent you a reply off-list yesterday as soon as I read your post but I'll post again here. The problem for U.S. users is that our distribution agent, Origin Instruments, only puts up voices for a few languages on their web site and tells you to email them if you want to pur

Re: Audio playback with speed control

2009-03-27 Thread Esther
Hi Everett, You probably need to say more about what you need in terms of adjusting playback speed, what software you generally use, and what you want to do in terms of adjusting speed in order to get a useful answer. The basic answer is, yes, you can adjust speed of playback with exist

Re: Problem Purchasing Infovox IVox (please help asap)

2009-03-27 Thread Tiffany D
I just called Origin Instruments and ordered. The email should be here some time this afternoon. The woman Cathy who took my order was very nice and helpful. Overall, I had a wonderful experience with them. On 27/03/2009, Esther wrote: > Hi Tiffanitsa, > > I sent you a reply off-list yesterda

Open Office 3.0.1 improvements?

2009-03-27 Thread Chris Blouch
This one slipped past me. Apparently there was a point release at the end of January. Poking through the bug notes I didn't see anything Mac or VoiceOver related. Anyone else find any improvements? I just downloaded it and added a table to a Writer document using Command-F12. the resulting tab

Re: Audio playback with speed control

2009-03-27 Thread E.J. Zufelt
Good afternoon, Thanks for the response. That was exactly what I needed to know. I didn't relize VLC ad this feature. I have an mp3 e-book and wanted to speed it up Everett On 27-Mar-09, at 3:50 PM, Esther wrote: > > Hi Everett, > > You probably need to say more about what you need in te

Re: Audio playback with speed control

2009-03-27 Thread Esther
Hi Everett, I think the shortcuts for adjusting playback speed in VLC have only coarse increments (Command-"+", Command-"="), and as far as I know there isn't another way (e.g. via command line) to achieve finer control. You might want to do some more research on this. In the AppleScri

deleting emails

2009-03-27 Thread Wendy Mitchell
Hi Ok, when I am typing a message and decide I don't want to send it after all, how do i delete it? I've tried everything i can think of and then it ends up in my drafts and i can just delete it from there. Any heop apprecited ad I'm really pleased that my mail is on here now and love the

Re: deleting emails

2009-03-27 Thread Mark Baxter
Comma and W will close the message; you will be prompted, and if you want to save it to work on later, choose save. The message will be stored in a "drafts," folder. If not, hit "don't save," and your message is gone. Mark BurningHawk Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 MSN: burningha

Re: Python programming on OSX

2009-03-27 Thread Yvonne Thomson
On 27/03/2009, at 8:13 PM, E.J. Zufelt wrote: > > Good morning, > > If there are any Mac python developers on the list I'd love to hear > what editor you use and how you handle pythons indentation > requirements. > > Thanks, > Everett Hi. I've done quite a bit of programming Python on OSX, bu

webkit what is it

2009-03-27 Thread Dean Adams
Hey All, Can someone please explain what the webkit is and how it is used for us who VO on a mac as I am only a newby to the mac scene I have never heard of it so any explanation would be much appreciated. Regards Dean !!!Thoughts become things so choose the good ones because Life's to