Re: Eclipse with Cocoa

2009-04-20 Thread Jonathan Chacón
Hello I used Cocoa version for 4 days and it is better than carbon version... It is slower if you use macbook with batteries. I think it happends because of Java runtime. You can jump between views using the shortcuts and voiceOver detect the jump. There are a few problems in editor area.

Re: Sound Studio Issues

2009-04-20 Thread Søren Jensen
Thanks a lot. It seems to work now. I'll ask a few more questions later on. Again, thanks a lot. Best regards Søren Jensen Mail & MSN: s...@coolfortheblind.dk Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ On 20/04/2009, at 18.34, Ryan Dour wrote: > > Hello, > > Your issue is entirely related to the

Re: Eclipse with Cocoa

2009-04-20 Thread Mitchell Smith
I have been using the Eclipse 3.5 nightly builds which use a native Cocoa UI rather than the Carbon one used by 3.4. They seem to be working exceptionally well with the latest build of Snow Leopard after a bug got resolved by Apple where screenreaderd would keep crashing and restarting every t

Re: Self voicing e-mail for iPhone

2009-04-20 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, I have no idea but what I've posted in my previous two posts. Thanks, Alex, On 20-Apr-09, at 2:34 PM, Brandon Misch wrote: > > will these voices also be in english or will we have hte same voices > in Leopard? know this may be a little late but kind of behind in e- > mail so, sorry if thi

Re: Self voicing e-mail for iPhone

2009-04-20 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, Just wait, My university rep is currently helping me make the Android platform accessible. I don't know when I'll finish bbut for the sake or privacy I can't give you the name of the Apple Rep I spoke to, however he did not give me a timeline. Java help is greatly appreciated. Thank

Re: Accessible Version Of Office

2009-04-20 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hi, there are actually 2 office products that are accessible, open office which is free, and apple's office suite, called i work version 9. From what I have heard, i work actually works a bit better, but you can get a 30 day trial and compare the 2. On Apr 20, 2009, at 3:43 AM, M AUSTEN wrot

Re: iPhone accessibility, was Self voicing e-mail for iPhone

2009-04-20 Thread E.J. Zufelt
Good afternoon, I haven't heard of any plans for VO support in iPhone 3.0, due out later this year. It is possible that it hasn't leaked yet, but y best gues would be that it won't be until the next update to the iPhone platform. HTH, Everett Follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/ezufe

Re: Self voicing e-mail for iPhone

2009-04-20 Thread Tasha Raella Chemel
Hi Alex, DO you have any idea when the iphone will be accessible, or do you have contact info for the rep who gave you this information? I really want to know because I'm about to get a new phone, and I'd hate to buy something now only to find out that I could have gotten an iphone if I'd waite

Re: Self voicing e-mail for iPhone

2009-04-20 Thread Brandon Misch
will these voices also be in english or will we have hte same voices in Leopard? know this may be a little late but kind of behind in e- mail so, sorry if this question has been brought up. On Apr 19, 2009, at 5:20 PM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > > Hi, > > An Apple representative who by the sound

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-20 Thread Jessi Rathwell
haha. well, you try it and let me know how it is and then I'll think about it lol. I wanna make sure it works first though!! peace and positivity Jessi follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/canadian_diva On 20-Apr-09, at 6:20 AM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > > Hi, > > Jessi, > > I'll try to see if I

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-20 Thread Chris Blouch
Just checked and the apple USB modem is $49 http://store.apple.com/us/product/MA034Z/A of course there are lots of 3rd party USB modems for cheaper but who knows how well they work. Here's one for under $25 http://www.macmall.com/macmall/shop/detail.asp?Redir=1&description=Zoom%2DV92+USB+MINI+5

Re: Tweetie for Mac

2009-04-20 Thread Jessi Rathwell
hey, try twitteriffic. it's an awesome twitter client that's accessible! probably doesnt have as many features as tweetie, but it's cool!! peace and positivity Jessi follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/canadian_diva On 20-Apr-09, at 8:39 AM, Larry Wanger wrote: > > Hi, > > FYI, I just tested

Re: Accessible Version Of Office

2009-04-20 Thread Jessi Rathwell
I think open office is the one you were thinking of. it's free and somewhat accessible. peace and positivity Jessi follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/canadian_diva On 20-Apr-09, at 8:12 AM, M AUSTEN wrote: > > > Thanks EVERYONE. Mainly need to replace Word. > > Mark > > > --- On Mon, 20/4/09

Re: zMachine interpreter

2009-04-20 Thread Chris Blouch
Lots of previous discussion about this can be found here: http://www.mail-archive.com/search?q=zmachine&l=discuss%40macvisionaries.com but the short answer is yes. CB Jonathan Chacón wrote: > Hello > > is there any zMachine interpreter compatible with voiceOver? > > > thanks and regards >

Re: Flash and VO alternative

2009-04-20 Thread Chris Blouch
If something was happening, a Google search on adobe flash apple voiceover would actually give some relevant results. CB Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis wrote: > On 19/4/09 22:34, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > >> If we could make GNash accessible on the Mac, it is an implimentation >> of Flash that we can m

Open Office 3.01 spell checking problems

2009-04-20 Thread Mike
Hi all: Just downloaded Open Office 3.01 to give it a try. I'm having problems selecting a suggested spelling correction in the spell checker. All I'm seeing next to the suggestions, is "English Canada Menu" but can't interact with it or anything. Any Suggestions: Mike --~--~-~--~~

Re: Sound Studio Issues

2009-04-20 Thread Ryan Dour
Hello, Your issue is entirely related to the keyboard focus not being on the waveform display. You'll need to find the "scroll area" and force your mouse there with VO-Comman-F5. Then, you'll click the mouse. If you're lucky, the keyboard focus will return to the waveform. Otherwise, clos

Tweetie for Mac

2009-04-20 Thread Larry Wanger
Hi, FYI, I just tested a new Mac desktop app called Tweetie. Its made by the same peeps who make the Tweetie application for the iPhone. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work well with VO. It looks like a terrific program but I can not get VO to interact with the program. Just thought I'

Re: Accessible Version Of Office

2009-04-20 Thread M AUSTEN
Thanks EVERYONE. Mainly need to replace Word. Mark --- On Mon, 20/4/09, Jane Jordan (GMail) wrote: > From: Jane Jordan (GMail) > Subject: Re: Accessible Version Of Office > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Date: Monday, 20 April, 2009, 2:25 PM > Open Office > www.openoffice.org > > J

Re: Accessible Version Of Office

2009-04-20 Thread Jane Jordan (GMail)
Open Office www.openoffice.org Jane - Original Message - From: "M AUSTEN" To: Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 4:43 AM Subject: Accessible Version Of Office Good Morning, I need to replace MS Office on my Mac with a VO friendly package. A little while ago I read about a VO friendly a

Re: Accessible Version Of Office

2009-04-20 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Pages/Keynote/Numbers is from Apple for $78 or $98 for a five user lisence. Thanks, Alex, On 20-Apr-09, at 1:43 AM, M AUSTEN wrote: > > > Good Morning, > > I need to replace MS Office on my Mac with a VO friendly package. > > A little while ago I read about a VO friendly accessible Office

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-20 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, Jessi, I'll try to see if I can bring it up under USB using the onboard and offboard adapters. If I can, YOu are welcome to it. I hate seeing people struggle with PCs. Just pay shipping and handleing or alternatively my time going to Abisford, depending which is cheaper. Lol. Just k

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-20 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, No. Sheep Shaver is the only PPC emulator. Also, Qemu may be able to do so. Thanks, Alex, On 20-Apr-09, at 2:02 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > > Speaking of emulators, i wonder if it would be possible to run Os 7 > or earlier with outspoken as a virtual machine with Vmware Fusion > under

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-20 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, No idea. Thanks, Alex, On 19-Apr-09, at 2:49 PM, Jessi Rathwell wrote: > > was it accessible? cuz I'm thinking, if they've got the engine built > and customized for mac, wouldn't it be easy to tweek it a little and > integrade accessibility to firefox? > peace and positivity > Jessi > fol

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-20 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, It wasn't anything personally. Thanks, Alex, On 19-Apr-09, at 2:48 PM, Jessi Rathwell wrote: > > hey now!!! I'm much more than a number. lol. my student number does > not define me. lol. and nor should these numbers of these old OS's. > they should stand up for their rights to be named! l

Sound Studio Issues

2009-04-20 Thread Søren Jensen
Hi all. I have some weird Sound Studio issues which I've wrote about for a while ago. My issues are as follows: Some of the keyboard shortcuts which are not displayed in the menu bar doesn't works for me. This includes shortcuts like the spacebar for play, escape for stop and the arrow keys

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-20 Thread Scott Howell
Ah, you may be right I'm having a senior moment. I know the old AirPort Extreme had a modem built-in. THis was the model that looked like a UFO. On Apr 19, 2009, at 9:52 PM, Justin Harford wrote: > > Wow back in my day it was like 40 US. > > "Don't worry about the world coming to an end today

Re: Accessible Version Of Office

2009-04-20 Thread Scott Howell
Well there is Open Office at http://www.openoffice.org and although iWOrk is not free, it is quite accessible and a trial version can be had from Apple at http://www.apple.com. On Apr 20, 2009, at 4:43 AM, M AUSTEN wrote: > > > Good Morning, > > I need to replace MS Office on my Mac with a VO

Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-20 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Speaking of emulators, i wonder if it would be possible to run Os 7 or earlier with outspoken as a virtual machine with Vmware Fusion under Leopard? Sounds like a long way of doing things, but just out of curiosity... /Krister 20 apr 2009 kl. 04.39 skrev chantel cuddemi: > > Yeah, there's

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-20 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Dan and everyone, We have an Apple modem on the Mac Mini we keep in the office. It's used for faxes and hasn't given any trouble so far (about 6 months). Cheers, Anne --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Goog

Accessible Version Of Office

2009-04-20 Thread M AUSTEN
Good Morning, I need to replace MS Office on my Mac with a VO friendly package. A little while ago I read about a VO friendly accessible Office application which could replace MS Office on my Mac. It was available as a free download. I can't remember the name of the software or where to fi

Re: Flash and VO alternative

2009-04-20 Thread Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis
On 19/4/09 22:34, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > If we could make GNash accessible on the Mac, it is an implimentation > of Flash that we can modify. Sure it isn't full blown Flash support, > but better than what we have now. > > What do you think? Short of a change of approach by Adobe, I think Gnash r