Vlc and eye tv question once again.

2009-04-06 Thread Jesper Holten
Sorry the first posting was without the text intended but here we go again! Hi all. Apple states that voiceover supports vlc player, and I recall that vlc player has been discussed some time ago on this list. Which versions of vlc player do work with voiceover? Another question is if any of you

Re: Twitter client

2009-04-06 Thread Scott Howell
Well apparently I did because if I send myself a twit or tweet (whatever it's called), it chirps at me as though it was received. tnx On Apr 5, 2009, at 6:43 PM, Jessi Rathwell wrote: unknowns? really really weird!! I've never seen unknown. dumb question, but you logged in with your

Re: Twitter client

2009-04-06 Thread Eliza Cooper
Is twitteriffic free? On the site, it seemed to indicate that it wasn't? Thanks, Eliza On Apr 6, 2009, at 5:27 AM, Jessi Rathwell wrote: haha wow. well, your days of having to go to the profile and hit the follow button are over!!! twitteriffic makes it easy to follow all the

Re: Twitter client

2009-04-06 Thread Scott Howell
Hey are there any special settings etc. to read the table? I put in follow canadian_diva and was told there were 20 new tweets. I tried arrowing up/down and even interacting with the table, but all I find are the unknowns in the table. Also and I wonder if this has anything to do with it,

Re: Twitter client

2009-04-06 Thread Jessi Rathwell
hmmm. if you're hearing that sound, then the tweets were received, and you should be able to interact with the table and read them. :) On 6-Apr-09, at 2:33 AM, Scott Howell wrote: Well apparently I did because if I send myself a twit or tweet (whatever it's called), it chirps at me as

Re: Twitter client

2009-04-06 Thread Jessi Rathwell
haha wow. well, your days of having to go to the profile and hit the follow button are over!!! twitteriffic makes it easy to follow all the people you want!!! uh...my twitteriffic infomercial is over. lol. go download your copy of twitteriffic today!!! lol. On 5-Apr-09, at 7:46 PM, Dan

atx pc psu in a quicksilver?

2009-04-06 Thread ben mustill-rose
Hey all. I am in a position where I am able to purchase a g4 933mhz quicksilver with a faulty psu for next to nothing. Whilst said machine only comes with the case, board, cpu and optical drive, it would be a good place for me to put to use some of my redundant but perfectly good components like

Re: Twitter client

2009-04-06 Thread Michael Babcock
hi; saw this a while ago, please go to the website and be sure you have the latest beta. If you need it let me know and i'll send it to you On Apr 6, 2009, at 1:43 AM, Scott Howell wrote: Hey are there any special settings etc. to read the table? I put in follow canadian_diva and was told

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2009-04-06 Thread L. T. Reed
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Re: Twitter client

2009-04-06 Thread Scott Howell
Josh, you are da man. I apparently grabbed the wrong version and I swear I didn't even see a 3.X version. So, I'll go and track that down and I'm sure my problems will be resolved. tnx, On Apr 6, 2009, at 10:44 AM, Josh de Lioncourt wrote: Scott, It sounds like you're using an older

TweetDeck

2009-04-06 Thread E.J. Zufelt
Good afternoon, Has anyone tried using TweetDeck with Voiceover? Could you provide your experience? http://www.tweetdeck.com/beta/ Thanks, Everett Information Accessibility and Disability Rights Advocacy http://twitter.com/ezufelt LinkedIn Profile http://www.linkedin.com/in/ezufelt

Re: just got my mac today

2009-04-06 Thread chantel cuddemi
Well, for starters, you will need to remember to interact with tables and such when you move around with the voiceover cusor. Also, be sure to remember that windows and mac commands are totally different, although, the menu structure for both operating systems is similar. Hth, Chantel. On

Re: Changing voice of login window

2009-04-06 Thread Esther
Hello Pierre, Pierre Heim wrote: is it possible to change the voice for the login window? Alex sounds fine but not for German localization *g* To change the voice (for example, to Klaus or Sarah from the Infovox iVox German voices), bring up the VoiceOver utility with VO-F8, press 's'

Re: Changing voice of login window

2009-04-06 Thread Pierre Heim
Hi Esther, I know this already (all voices are set to Klaus from the iVox package) but the problem is that these settings become only active after user login. I can activate VO for the login window but I cannot find an option to change the voice used for this window. After login everything

Re: just got my mac today

2009-04-06 Thread Jessi Rathwell
hey Peninnah welcome to the wonderful world of Mac!!! I grew up on windows too and didn't find it too hard to adjust. when you're learning, try to throw away a lot of what you learned about windows and pretend this is the first computer you've ever used. some stuff is the same, but a lot of

Re: Vlc and eye tv question once again.

2009-04-06 Thread Jesper Holten
Hi Søren. Which version of vlc player is the newest? 0.9.8a or? Cheers, Jesper. - Original Message - From: Søren Jensen To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 4:18 PM Subject: Re: Vlc and eye tv question once again. Hi Jesper. I'm using the

Re: Vlc and eye tv question once again.

2009-04-06 Thread Mark Baxter
Are these TV applications for the Mac that get regular cable channels, E.G. are you using a cable? I'm looking for a VO-friendly app that will replace my TV set, so to speak. Is there such a beastie? Mark BurningHawk Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com

iTunes 8.1.1 available

2009-04-06 Thread Pierre Heim
Hi folks, a new version of iTunes is available: http://support.apple.com/downloads/iTunes_8_1_1_for_Mac. Apple says Includes many accessibility improvements so let's hope... Greetings, Pierre -- VfB ein Leben lang! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received

Re: iTunes 8.1.1 available

2009-04-06 Thread Mark Baxter
Hope no more; instead, believe! The tab key now works in the new release\e. You want it. Do software updates now. Resistance is just plain foolish. Mark BurningHawk Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com My home page: http://MarkBurningHawk.net/

Re: Changing voice of login window

2009-04-06 Thread Esther
Hi Scott and Pierre, I remember that with the Leopard upgrade the default voice (until you actually finished the upgrade) was Fred. I've only used the different voice options earlier with VisioVoice (in French) and Tiger, and I don't run my Leopard account with a different language

Re: Changing voice of login window

2009-04-06 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Pierre, Have you changed your System voice to Klaus, too? If not, go to the Speech pane in System Preferences and change it there. I've not had the problem you describe with French. Cheers, Anne On Apr 6, 2009, at 9:30 PM, Pierre Heim wrote: Hi Esther, I know this already (all

Re: just got my mac today

2009-04-06 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Yes, i'd think you'd have to restore your iPod, if you're going to be using it on the mac now. I don't have any type of iPod at all, , but that's what I assume you'd have to do, so that it can be used on a mac. On Apr 6, 2009, at 3:50 PM, Jessi Rathwell wrote: hey Peninnah welcome to

Re: Vlc and eye tv question once again.

2009-04-06 Thread Jesper Holten
Hi. What will be my setup as it looks now: Imac 24 FIREDtV firewire external digital tv reciever that hooks up to my cable provider using db c codec. software might be eyetv 3 either as stand alone, or in conjunction with front row via Pye tv plugin. I plan to connect the imac to my hifi

Re: iTunes 8.1.1 available

2009-04-06 Thread Cara Quinn
This version is MUCH more responsive for me, so hopefully you'll like it! It's also possible (as Mark says) to again, tab between controls! OMG! this is a time saving relief! feeew! Smiles, Cara :) --- Follow me on Twitter! https://twitter.com/ModelCara View my Online Portfolio at:

Re: TweetDeck

2009-04-06 Thread Slau
TweetDeck is utterly unuseable with VoiceOver. Not only is the Adobe AIR installation a problem, once the installation is completed with sighted assistance, the application itself reveals nothing to a VoiceOver user while a sighted person sees a bunch of information on screen. Huge bummer.

Re: vo not seeing all the page

2009-04-06 Thread Yvonne Thomson
On 07/04/2009, at 2:05 AM, ben mustill-rose wrote: Hey all. I'm incountering a situation where when trying to navigate a pae voice over will only see around half of it. After a few lines, vo will simply go to the top of the page and let me get up to the exact same point again. Hi. If

Re: iTunes 8.1.1 available

2009-04-06 Thread Scott Howell
Curious, I did the upgrade and noticed no improvement. Ah, got to figure out why this is. On Apr 6, 2009, at 4:39 PM, Mark Baxter wrote: Hope no more; instead, believe! The tab key now works in the new release\e. You want it. Do software updates now. Resistance is just plain foolish.

Re: iTunes 8.1.1 available

2009-04-06 Thread Scott Howell
Well I lied, I must have been in a weird place because yes, the new version works perfectly. On Apr 6, 2009, at 5:00 PM, Jessi Rathwell wrote: yay!!! I hope this release is a bit more responsive, too! I found 8.1 a bit sluggish when quickly skipping through my library. it would often

Re: iTunes 8.1.1 available

2009-04-06 Thread Dan Eickmeier
I found i had to restart VO, and then it worked perfectly. On Apr 6, 2009, at 7:35 PM, Scott Howell wrote: Curious, I did the upgrade and noticed no improvement. Ah, got to figure out why this is. On Apr 6, 2009, at 4:39 PM, Mark Baxter wrote: Hope no more; instead, believe! The tab key now

Re: just got my mac today

2009-04-06 Thread Brandon Misch
good reply. On Apr 6, 2009, at 2:48 PM, chantel cuddemi wrote: Well, for starters, you will need to remember to interact with tables and such when you move around with the voiceover cusor. Also, be sure to remember that windows and mac commands are totally different, although, the menu

Re: just got my mac today

2009-04-06 Thread Peninnah
Yes, I have been reading the voiceover user guide and I have downloaded and listened to all of Mike's podcasts from blindcooltech and am getting a handle on the differences between the mac and windows. The setup went very well with VO enabled and that is as far as I have gotten for today. I

Re: just got my mac today

2009-04-06 Thread Peninnah
Thank you: This is a comforting post. I am doing just as you say, pretending I am a new computer user and not comparing anything to my windows experience. So far I am very impressed. In some ways the Mac seems easier for a blind person than windows. The commands make more logical sense

RE: Installing Leopard on a Netbook

2009-04-06 Thread Peg Jolene
Hi! My NetBook which has Leopard fits fine in my purse, and I still have room for the other necessities - and I carry a small purse! -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Cara Quinn Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009

Re: just got my mac today

2009-04-06 Thread Jessi Rathwell
I found that too. they really do. and I like that you really only need to know a few commands before you can pretty much use it. and it works the same in every program. you don't have to worry about routing the jaws cursor to the pc cursor in this or that place. even the voiceover cursor

Re: Vlc and eye tv question once again.

2009-04-06 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, I don't think eye TV is accessible. If it isn't Mythtv is cheaper though it too lacks VO support. Thanks, Alex, On 6-Apr-09, at 2:04 PM, Jesper Holten wrote: Hi. What will be my setup as it looks now: Imac 24 FIREDtV firewire external digital tv reciever that hooks up to my

RE: Installing Leopard on a Netbook

2009-04-06 Thread Peg Jolene
Cara and others - I have a NetBook with Leopard installed. It's trimmed down, Leopard that is. However, I'm using SlingPlayer, TextEdit, Safari, etc. I'm using the Dell Mini9. It's my favorite computer, especially for entertainment, surfing, etc. And my braille display works great with it, should

Re: iTunes 8.1.1 available

2009-04-06 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, Jessi, Just launch it from the Apple menu. I ain't waiting. Thanks, Alex, On 6-Apr-09, at 2:00 PM, Jessi Rathwell wrote: yay!!! I hope this release is a bit more responsive, too! I found 8.1 a bit sluggish when quickly skipping through my library. it would often become busy and

Re: iTunes 8.1.1 available

2009-04-06 Thread Jessi Rathwell
oh, that's totally what I did!!! lol. I got my new itunes version...yay!!! it's awesome On 6-Apr-09, at 8:19 PM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: Hi, Jessi, Just launch it from the Apple menu. I ain't waiting. Thanks, Alex, On 6-Apr-09, at 2:00 PM, Jessi Rathwell wrote: yay!!! I hope

Re: Vlc and eye tv question once again.

2009-04-06 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, Yes and No. They are TV applications for the Mac. Mythtv is the better in my oppinion, but Tangerine Thetre is actually the first to include VO support even though it is in planning stages not production yet, a lot of the work is done. We do need some developers though. Thanks, Alex,

Re: Installing Leopard on a Netbook

2009-04-06 Thread Tiffany D
Thanks so much for this wonderful post. In what ways is it trimmd down? Is it something you notice or more on the technical end. Btw, I bought the Acer Aspire One (model AOA150-1635 Safire blue) Here's a very good review of it though it does have constant images.

Re: Installing Leopard on a Netbook

2009-04-06 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, How much cheaper do the Netbooks get. I think we can all agree that we can save some money on things and I really could, concidering this netbook is for construction use. thanks, Alex, On 6-Apr-09, at 8:46 PM, Tiffany D wrote: Thanks so much for this wonderful post. In what ways

Re: Oops, zohol online applications

2009-04-06 Thread Chris Blouch
That link didn't work for me. I think it was supposed to be http://www.zoho.com/ That said, the first thing I hit was an image captcha with no audio alternative. Once you're past that the actual web app says it's best used with IE6 or FireFox 2. I couldn't do much of anything in Safari with

Re: Vlc and eye tv question once again.

2009-04-06 Thread Brandon Misch
o that's cool. are you making that application? On Apr 6, 2009, at 11:26 PM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: Hi, Yes and No. They are TV applications for the Mac. Mythtv is the better in my oppinion, but Tangerine Thetre is actually the first to include VO support even though it is in planning