Re: A VO Bug: IP addresses

2009-09-05 Thread Justin Harford
Yep I reproduced it but it is not in just any old text field like you said it would be. J El Sep 4, 2009, a las 8:27 PM, Chris Polk escribió: > > I can also produce this. weird for sure! > > On Sep 4, 2009, at 8:25 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > >> >> Yep, can reproduce this one for sure, very stran

attn m taylor

2009-09-05 Thread hank smith
hello m taylor can you tell me how to fix the vmware fusion problem with keyboard? Hank --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@google

Re: I'm not so impressed with s l.

2009-09-05 Thread Krister Ekstrom
4 sep 2009 kl. 14.42 skrev Jonathan C. Cohn: > the system is trying to read where the mouse moved to but also the VO > cursor moved too. The solution is to force mouse reading off when > mouse follows VO. Umm how do you do this, and is there a quick way to then let text be read when moving t

Re: A VO Bug: IP addresses

2009-09-05 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Bug confirmed here too. 5 sep 2009 kl. 05.25 skrev Mike Arrigo: > > Yep, can reproduce this one for sure, very strange. > On Sep 4, 2009, at 7:02 PM, Buddy Brannan wrote: > >> >> Hi all, >> >> Wonder who can replicate this? It's sort of important: >> >> Just type in an IP address. Perhaps any IP

Re: A VO Bug: IP addresses

2009-09-05 Thread Scott Howell
Justin, that is true it seems to behave pretty well in Text Edit as far as typing. I've filed an issue on this and I'm sure it will be addressed. On Sep 4, 2009, at 10:52 PM, Justin Harford wrote: > > Howdy > > Maybe give us more details on what to do. I typed > 192.1.8.1.1 > in textedit an

Skype and Voice Over.

2009-09-05 Thread Jesse Bollinger
Hello everyone, I find skype very easy to use with VO but I do have a question. When I am on Windows it causes my screen reader to shut off when I'm in a call. I haven't had a voice chat with anyone using the mac yet. Does VO turn off during the call? Thanks, Jesse --~--~-~--~~-

Re: Skype and Voice Over.

2009-09-05 Thread william lomas
no it doesn't voiceover also has no hang up or answer hotkeys but I guess we can script them. Nor does it tell us, who is online, away in skype me mode, etc Will On 5 Sep 2009, at 11:40, Jesse Bollinger wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > I find skype very easy to use with VO but I do have a questio

Re: Letting Apple Accessibility know when they've done a good job

2009-09-05 Thread James & Nash
You need a monitor, that really sucks. - Original Message - From: "Rich Ring" To: Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 9:50 PM Subject: Re: Letting Apple Accessibility know when they've done a good job I happen to be a member of the NFB. However, when I read that horrible article that w

Re: Macintosh Word Processor Software by Mariner Software

2009-09-05 Thread James & Nash
Well Mac Journal is accessible, but not Mainer Write and nor is Mellel. I've kind of given up with Mellel too. The only options then for word processing would be Nisus Writer and Pages and of course open office. It does depend though on what you want to do. As I said Latex is fantastic, but some

Pages in iWOrks

2009-09-05 Thread Scott Howell
Any of you using iWOrk 09 and can answer a question, I'd appreciate it. Seems when I open the program, I choose the blank document template and neither myself nor my sighted wife can seem to figure out how to start typing into the area. There is something odd going on and even moving the

Re: super duper

2009-09-05 Thread John JD Denning
If you do a smart copy with superduper it only copies the changes. Saves LOTS LOTS of time. It keeps your clone up to date. And you can schedule it to run whenever you want. I checked I have it update 3 times a week. I believe you have to pay for it for those features. But it's well worth

Re: super duper

2009-09-05 Thread william lomas
John if I smart backup now I bought it when I have installed SL, will that bring the backup drive up to date with the new OS files etc? Or should I do a complete clone again when SL is on here? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subs

Re: making java apps accessible with vo?

2009-09-05 Thread Chris Hofstader
I am afraid that Java presents problems that, if Apple has its own Java virtual machine that does not talk to the accessibility API, can be nearly impossible to fix. The twoapproaches on Windows, JAWS and Window-Eyes, take two separate approaches. JAWS, which has had Java for quite a while

Re: Skype and Voice Over.

2009-09-05 Thread Dane Trethowan
No, VO does not turn off during a call. On 05/09/2009, at 8:40 PM, Jesse Bollinger wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > I find skype very easy to use with VO but I do have a question. When I > am on Windows it causes my screen reader to shut off when I'm in a > call. > I haven't had a voice chat wi

Re: Macintosh Word Processor Software by Mariner Software

2009-09-05 Thread Dane Trethowan
I'm using Nisus Writer Pro again now after dumping it for a few months, why did I do that oh why! foolish, very foolish I , that piece of software has gone ahead in leaps and bounds as far as accessibility and usability goes since I used it and I can't wait to see what its like under Snow L

Re: Pages in iWOrks

2009-09-05 Thread Dane Trethowan
Okay, I've never used the templates much but when I have I've just found them to be blank documents and you can use the cursor keys to navigate the template as you would any other document, again this is only from a Leopard users so things may have changed. On 05/09/2009, at 9:11 PM, Scott

Re: super duper

2009-09-05 Thread John JD Denning
I'm not sure. I had to do a new one because I changed drives, so didn't test that. Give it a shot. If you did an upgrade then it's the same drive. I'd assume it would work just have lots more to copy as new. If it doesn't work it will tell you. I'm really impressed with this program. Anyo

Re: Pages in iWOrks

2009-09-05 Thread Scott Howell
Well you may be right and since I have my Leopard system backed up, it's time to drag it out and see what gives. tnx, On Sep 5, 2009, at 7:36 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote: > > Okay, I've never used the templates much but when I have I've just > found them to be blank documents and you can use the

more then one drive?

2009-09-05 Thread william lomas
hi I am considering buying a USB only powered 500 gig external hard disc. My lacey drive has to remain plugged into the wall outlet at all times to drawer power from its firewire or USB interface. Should I keep both drives or is a USB only powered one more convenient --~--~

apple ii emulator for sl?

2009-09-05 Thread anouk radix
Hello, I remember playing eamon games in my dos days about 10 years ago. Are there any apple ii emulators for snow leopard? Greetings, Anouk --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. T

Re: Pages in iWOrks

2009-09-05 Thread Dane Trethowan
Yeah, let us know what you find. On 05/09/2009, at 9:48 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > > Well you may be right and since I have my Leopard system backed up, > it's time to drag it out and see what gives. > > tnx, > On Sep 5, 2009, at 7:36 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote: > >> >> Okay, I've never used the t

dropbox

2009-09-05 Thread william lomas
hi has anyone gotten dropbox to work. All I get when chosing my dropbox size is unkwon unknown --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to m

oh it works

2009-09-05 Thread william lomas
hi i got dropbox working I ust had to press enter on the first radio button which is the free 2 gig one --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this gro

RE: [Mac-cessibility News] FaceBook iPhone Application Updated With Accessibility Fixes

2009-09-05 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, I personally agree with Anna on both points. I'm not on the viphone list, so appreciate that this news gets posted over here. And I think that since the iphone is running a version of VO, Iphone news is appropriate and relevant. I do also agree though that it would be nice if Josh c

Re: more then one drive?

2009-09-05 Thread Scott Howell
Will, I'm not really sure what your asking here. I'd certainly keep any drive no matter how it is powered. I think the question really is what your plans are for the drive. If your looking for a mobile solution, then certainly a drive that only requires usb power is going to provide the

savitar

2009-09-05 Thread anouk radix
Hello Mike and others, i retried savitar, my mouse cursor follows the voicover cursor but when i press control-shift-space on a button or checkbox it is not checked or pressed. Greetings, Anouk, --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are s

dropbox again

2009-09-05 Thread william lomas
hi all how do we know when our files on dropbox, on the amc, have been uploaded to the server? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvision

Vo-shift-space bar is broken

2009-09-05 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi, Can anyone confirm that the actual mouse clicking vo-shift-spacebar is broken under Snow leopard? For example, i can no longer double click to start a virtual machine from the Fusion virtual machines list. There are other places where the clicking won't work either, and this also makes

Re: dropbox

2009-09-05 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Yeah, the drop box setup and program aren't so good accessibility wise i'm afraid. You can interact with the unknowns, and in there there are radio buttons to select if you want f free or paid account, but as i said it's a bit tricky. /Krister 5 sep 2009 kl. 14.08 skrev william lomas: > >

Re: more then one drive?

2009-09-05 Thread James & Nash
Personally, I'd keep both and also back up on DVD - Original Message - From: "william lomas" To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by the blind" Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 12:29 PM Subject: more then one drive? > > hi I am considering buying a

Re: dropbox again

2009-09-05 Thread Krister Ekstrom
In the last step of the installation there's a question to integrate dropbox with Growl, and if your message output in Growl is set to output to speech, then you will hear when files on the server are updated, as well as when they're deleted or otherwise modified. /Krister 5 sep 2009 kl. 14

Re: Macintosh Word Processor Software by Mariner Software

2009-09-05 Thread James & Nash
Hi Dane, does the style sheet work properly now along with the various options - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 12:35 PM Subject: Re: Macintosh Word Processor Software by Mariner Software I'm

Re: Macintosh Word Processor Software by Mariner Software

2009-09-05 Thread Dane Trethowan
Certainly, you can interact with the toolbars and drawers to fine tune it, you can also load a style in from a file. On 05/09/2009, at 11:04 PM, James & Nash wrote: > Hi Dane, does the style sheet work properly now along with the > various options > - Original Message - > From: Dane

Re: dropbox

2009-09-05 Thread Dane Trethowan
Well having some accessibility is far better than none at all , has anyone had any luck with the Sendspace Wizard for the Mac? That's supposed to be accessible now but I've never managed to get it to work correctly. On 05/09/2009, at 10:55 PM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > > > Yeah, the drop b

Re: Macintosh Word Processor Software by Mariner Software

2009-09-05 Thread Dane Trethowan
Nisus Writer and Pages are 2 both extremely well thought out and well written pieces of software but its horses for courses here, try them and see which one you like best, I like them both. I bought Nisus Writer long before Pages was as accessible as it is now. I like Open Office as well and

RE: Macintosh Word Processor Software by Mariner Software

2009-09-05 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Dane, Is there some reason that you think Nisus writer would be preferable over pages? TIA, Donna -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 9:13 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Macintosh Word Processor Software by Mariner Software

Re: Vo-shift-space bar is broken

2009-09-05 Thread John J Herzog
Hi, I have noticed that I cannot click on a machine within fusion as well. I'm not sure if it's completely broken though. John On Sep 5, 2009, at 8:49 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > > Hi, > Can anyone confirm that the actual mouse clicking vo-shift-spacebar is > broken under Snow leopard? For e

Re: Macintosh Word Processor Software by Mariner Software

2009-09-05 Thread James & Nash
That's really good. I mean there's an option in one of the menus. I think it's called style sheet. It was the one major feature that is not accessible. Do you know if it is and also if the header and footers are now accessible with VO? I'm sorry but I don't have a Mac to test it or myself at the

RE: Macintosh Word Processor Software by Mariner Software

2009-09-05 Thread Donna Goodin
OK, thanks. I've not been unhappy with Pages, so we'll see, but I may check it out. Best, Donna -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 9:39 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Macintosh Word Processor Software by Mariner Software Nisu

Clickable

2009-09-05 Thread Mac Cougar
Hello, Snow Leopard is great and sure am glad it is up and running on my computer. When I get on the internet now I keep hearing the word clickable at the end of lines. Any ideas how I can get rid of this. It gets annoying after awhile. Thanks Steve --~--~-~--~~---

Re: Web Pages Loading Slowly

2009-09-05 Thread Rich Ring
Please clarify this message, I am somehow not understanding what you are telling me here. I want to solve this problem if possible, and your help would be greatly appreciated. - Original Message - From: "Kieren" To: "MacVisionaries" Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 10:41 PM Subject:

Re: apple ii emulator for sl?

2009-09-05 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi Anouk, I bug about this once every three to six months or so. Somewhere around my house and two storage locations there is a disk with 250 eamon adventures on apple Ii floppy disk images. It would be finominal to play them again. I have about 20 adventures for dos, but playing them in

Re: Pages in iWOrks

2009-09-05 Thread Barry Hadder
Scot, I'm not having any problems and if anything, it seems to be working a little better. Page and section breaks are now announced, and vo-shft- m works correctly now. It's possible that this was fixed in one of the IWork updates and I didn't notice, but I doubt it. One thing that I've

Re: [Mac-cessibility News] FaceBook iPhone Application Updated With Accessibility Fixes

2009-09-05 Thread Brett Campbell
I'm guessing the link is to increase the hit count to the site. Brett On Sep 5, 2009, at 6:16 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Hi all, > > I personally agree with Anna on both points. I'm not on the viphone > list, so appreciate that this news gets posted over here. And I > think that since t

Re: snowleopard on the way

2009-09-05 Thread matthew Dyer
Thats funny. I also have been notified that my sl is on its way as well. It is in nj at the moment. its very intresting lol! Matthew On Sep 4, 2009, at 1:50 PM, william lomas wrote: > > hi my snowleopard has been shipped today but UPS won't deliver > weekends. HOw daft? lol so have

Re: Vo-shift-space bar is broken

2009-09-05 Thread John Panarese
I do not use any virtual machines, so I don't know if that is part of the issue. However, I have not encountered any problems with the VO keys-shift-spacebar. Take Care John Panarese On Sep 5, 2009, at 8:49 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > > Hi, > Can anyone confirm that the actual mous

Re: Macintosh Word Processor Software by Mariner Software

2009-09-05 Thread Justin Harford
Right that has been an interesting thing about them but I vaguely remember noting that mac journal was by another developer. J El Sep 5, 2009, a las 4:01 AM, James & Nash escribió: > Well Mac Journal is accessible, but not Mainer Write and nor is > Mellel. I've kind of given up with Mellel to

Re: New Mac User having Problems with French Voiceover

2009-09-05 Thread Koumanova Rostislava
i use italian and they go well. rk Il giorno 04/set/2009, alle ore 23.08, claire amoroso ha scritto: > Hi Everyone, > I have recently obtained a French Mac running Leopard 10.5 given to > me by a friend and I have downloaded the trial version of the French > voices from the Acapela Webiste. B

Re: Macintosh Word Processor Software by Mariner Software

2009-09-05 Thread James & Nash
Sory the reason i mentioned Mac Journal is because it is made by the same developer of Mariner Write. - Original Message - From: Justin Harford To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 5:42 PM Subject: Re: Macintosh Word Processor Software by Mari

Re: snowleopard on the way

2009-09-05 Thread Michael Babcock
hi; Mine says it's been delivered, but i know that's a lie, sometimes it sucks living in ak, i should have it tuesday when mail comes to the island. mike On Sep 5, 2009, at 8:59 AM, matthew Dyer wrote: > > Thats funny. I also have been notified that my sl is on its way as > well. It is in

Re: [Mac-cessibility News] FaceBook iPhone Application Updated With Accessibility Fixes

2009-09-05 Thread Chris Hofstader
I think Josh provides an excellent service and I can click on a link now and then to get to it. I don't count clicks on my blog but almost always post a link instead of the article so I don't invade people's mailboxes with a few thousand words of my bs. cdh On Sep 5, 2009, at 12:26 PM, Bre

Re: Clickable

2009-09-05 Thread Mike Arrigo
Actually, you don't want to get rid of this, because it could be important. This indicates that the text you are on can be clicked, much like a link. It's the ame as window eyes calling something an on click, or jaws calling something mouse over. On Sep 5, 2009, at 9:46 AM, Mac Cougar wrote:

RE: [Mac-cessibility News] FaceBook iPhone Application Updated With Accessibility Fixes

2009-09-05 Thread Donna Goodin
Oh, I'm sure that's it. But I tend to agree with a friend on another list, who refers to that practice as "Hi-jacking traffic to one's list". Donna > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Brett Campbell > Sent:

RE: [Mac-cessibility News] FaceBook iPhone Application Updated With Accessibility Fixes

2009-09-05 Thread Donna Goodin
But Chris! Your BS is highly entertaining! *grin* Donna > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Hofstader > Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 1:11 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: [M

Re: Clickable

2009-09-05 Thread Krister Ekstrom
I think it's a wonderful thing that it says "clickable". This means that VO in fact recognizes those kinds of new links that don't look like links. It had trouble with this in Leopard. /Krister 5 sep 2009 kl. 16.46 skrev Mac Cougar: > > Hello, > > Snow Leopard is great and sure am glad it is

sort by kind in snow leopard's finder

2009-09-05 Thread Randy Stegall
In the finder you can press command control 5 to sort by kind. Folders first then files alphabetically. Hope this helps. Randy --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to t

Side bar in Finder

2009-09-05 Thread Nik Petersson
Hey, quick question about VO and using the sidebar in Finder. This is really basic, but since I upgraded to Snow leopard I have found that when I navigate through the side bar in finder the focus automaticlly changes over to the table view on the right hand side of the screen. I have tri

last software update

2009-09-05 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
In one of the last software updates, I seem to have lost every password out of my keychain, and as well, can't connect to Twitter with Syrinx. Anyone else already figure this one out? Thanks a lot! :) Mark BurningHawk Baxter Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 MSN: burninghawk1...

please ignore...

2009-09-05 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
Never mind, it works now. *whacks self in the head with a flounder* Ignore me, I'm of no consequence, none at all. Mark BurningHawk Baxter Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com My home page: http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ --~--~-~--~~~---

Re: [Mac-cessibility News] FaceBook iPhone Application Updated With Accessibility Fixes

2009-09-05 Thread Larry Wanger
I don't mind the updates from the Mac site but would rather get the full posting rather than just a half paragraph. I know that one reason updates come in this way is to encourage people to visit the actual site. But, I think its an extra and unnecessary step myself. On Sep 4, 2009, at 7:

Re: Pages in iWOrks

2009-09-05 Thread matthew Dyer
Hi, When you open a blaank document in pages, there are 3 different areas. One is the header then body and then footer. If you want to type in the body for example, you will need to move to the body with vo then interact with it and you should be able to work with it. HTH. Matthew On

Re: sort by kind in snow leopard's finder

2009-09-05 Thread Søren Jensen
Wow. Thanks for that awesome tip. How did you find this hotkey? And do you know what the other numbers does? First I thought it has something to do with the view options you can show/view by pressing command j, but when I set it to sort by kind, all the applications are shown first. Best reg

Re: [Mac-cessibility News] FaceBook iPhone Application Updated With Accessibility Fixes

2009-09-05 Thread ben mustill-rose
If the email contained the full text of the article I probably wouldn't have minded so much. If a user is going through a list of there emails and only reading the ones that interest them, assuming there not interested in yours, its not going to take any more time to skip over your email if the fu

Re: Clickable

2009-09-05 Thread Justin Harford
but it basically calls things clickable that really are not clickable. J El Sep 5, 2009, a las 10:45 AM, Krister Ekstrom escribió: > > I think it's a wonderful thing that it says "clickable". This means > that VO in fact recognizes those kinds of new links that don't look > like links. It had tr

Re: [Mac-cessibility News] FaceBook iPhone Application Updated With Accessibility Fixes

2009-09-05 Thread Cara Quinn
Okay All, I haven't finished reading this thread yet, but first off, just let me say there's no hijacking going on here at all. Josh and I moderate both this and the VIPhone group as well as administrate Maccessibility.net . So both these lists and the site are a part of eachother.

Re: [Mac-cessibility News] FaceBook iPhone Application Updated With Accessibility Fixes

2009-09-05 Thread Scott Howell
There is also the concern that posting an entire article may very well violate the terms of use or copyright. I don't post entire articles since most generally have a disclaimer that clearly states no reprint, redistribution bla bla etc. and that is why I send the link only. Whether or not

Re: [Mac-cessibility News] FaceBook iPhone Application Updated With Accessibility Fixes

2009-09-05 Thread Cara Quinn
Once again you all really do need to remember here that just because those of us here in America seem to have basically fast, free- flowing internet access, that's just not the case in all areas of the world, or even in this country. (US) There are many people whom pay based on bandwid

Re: Pages in iWOrks

2009-09-05 Thread Scott Howell
Barry, it turns out the preference file was corrupted. I went in to ~/ Library/preferences and tracked down the com.Apple.page.plists or I think it was Com.Apple.iwork.pages plist file and just deleted it. Open Pages, set it up gain and life is once again good. Luckily something simple and

Re: sort by kind in snow leopard's finder

2009-09-05 Thread Randy Stegall
I found that in the finder's view menu. Just vow m and vow right to the view menu. Open the view menu and arrow down and there they are. Randy On Sep 5, 2009, at 4:17 PM, Søren Jensen wrote: > > Wow. Thanks for that awesome tip. How did you find this hotkey? And do > you know what the other

Re: [Mac-cessibility News] FaceBook iPhone Application Updated With Accessibility Fixes

2009-09-05 Thread Michael Babcock
yes, well said, we use starband http://starband.net and we only have 5 gb internet transfer for every seven day roling average, and trust me friends, you don't know how much you use the internet untel you geto n starband:( mike On Sep 5, 2009, at 1:55 PM, Cara Quinn wrote: > > Once again y

Re: Pages in iWOrks

2009-09-05 Thread Barry Hadder
Glad you got it working. I really didn't think that any of the changes would have given you a hard time, but I decided to throw them out there just in case. Take care. On Sep 5, 2009, at 4:56 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > > Barry, it turns out the preference file was corrupted. I went in to

Nisus Writer Pro

2009-09-05 Thread Dane Trethowan
Yep, headers and footers are certainly accessible, you have to interact with the drawer to get to them, Nisus Writer Pro has many pallets which can be brought into the Drawer and that takes a little getting used to, pallets contain buttons, edit boxes and so on which control things like for

Pages and Nisus Writer Pro

2009-09-05 Thread Dane Trethowan
It would seem to me that - if you only want a word processing package - then Nisus Writer Pro may be well worth the buy, more than Iwork 9. On 06/09/2009, at 12:47 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > OK, thanks. I've not been unhappy with Pages, so we'll see, but I > may check it out. > Best, > Donna

Blind Cool Tech Podcast

2009-09-05 Thread Scott Howell
Folks, if any of you subscribe to the BLind Cool Tech podcast via iTunes, I have a question. It seems that iTunes has no longer any interest in BCT and has decided to stop all podcast beyond 2005. I've tried unsubscribing at one point, resubscribing, and even use the context menu and upd

Re: Pages in iWOrks

2009-09-05 Thread Dane Trethowan
I'm glad you sorted that, using templates - though I haven't done it often - seemed to me to be one of the strong points of Pages. On 06/09/2009, at 7:56 AM, Scott Howell wrote: > > Barry, it turns out the preference file was corrupted. I went in to > ~/ > Library/preferences and tracked d

Re: [Mac-cessibility News] FaceBook iPhone Application Updated With Accessibility Fixes

2009-09-05 Thread Scott Chesworth
Cara - Appologies if it came across as less than constructive critique at your end, I thought I made it pretty obvious that I wasn't knocking Josh's efforts at all. Perhaps it was the comparrison that came over wrong, for what it's worth, it was written light heartedly at this end. Not everyone

Re: Blind Cool Tech Podcast

2009-09-05 Thread Dane Trethowan
That's very odd! I'm getting everything as its updated here. On 06/09/2009, at 8:40 AM, Scott Howell wrote: > > Folks, if any of you subscribe to the BLind Cool Tech podcast via > iTunes, I have a question. It seems that iTunes has no longer any > interest in BCT and has decided to stop all pod

Re: [Mac-cessibility News] FaceBook iPhone Application Updated With Accessibility Fixes

2009-09-05 Thread Cara Quinn
Hi Ben, no you didn't spell my name wrong, but thanks for the concern. YOu rock! :) Now, regarding iPhone discussion here; my apologies if I ever made it seem that it was unwelcome. In the list guidelines I continually post, I specifically mention that all Apple content is welcom

Re: [Mac-cessibility News] FaceBook iPhone Application Updated With Accessibility Fixes

2009-09-05 Thread Cara Quinn
Scott, no prob; :) I actually wasn't pointing any fingers on the critique thing but rather suggesting that ppl might begin thinking in the direction you are in the sense of what would benefit the whole rather than a few parts. To address your issue, yes, if someone wanted to read

no longer able to find search results with mobile facebook?

2009-09-05 Thread Jessi and Goldina
hey guys I'm not sure if this is a facebook change or an sl change, but I just tried to search for and add a friend on facebook with the mobile site. it said it showed two search results, but wouldn't let me see them. so I went to the regular facebook site and did the same search and was

Re: Skype and Voice Over.

2009-09-05 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
1. You do not have to script these keys. I was able to assign F9 and F10 to call and hang up. System preferences keyboard and mouse has a pane for keyboard shortcuts of menu items. I went down to the applications area at the bottom (This is in plain old Leopard) and added in skype applicat

Nisus Writer Pro

2009-09-05 Thread Dane Trethowan
Hi! Someone asked if headers were accessible in Nisus Writer Pro? Yes they certainly are and here are some steps to allow the user to access them. first of all, you will not see the header anywhere on the screen unless you're in "Page View", the header is displayed there as an "Edit Box" th

Re: [Mac-cessibility News] FaceBook iPhone Application Updated With Accessibility Fixes

2009-09-05 Thread Scott Chesworth
I see your point, just for some reason, I appear to be making the same one in reverse lol. If this is mainly about the convenience of those on flakey or expensive connections, and every maccessibility post is going to be relevant and of interest to a good number of people, plus the majority of pe

Possible problem with BCT feed for podcast subscriptions [was Re: Blind Cool Tech Podcast]

2009-09-05 Thread Esther
Hello, Scott's correct that there is something odd about the Blind Cool Tech podcast page at the iTunes Store, but I suspect that the source of the problem is with the feed they're mirroring. Some months ago, the BCT podcast page at the iTunes Store stopped showing the most recent episodes

Re: sort by kind in snow leopard's finder

2009-09-05 Thread Søren Jensen
Ah. Now I see it. It's pretty weird that the folders aren't shown at the top of the list if you choose to sort by kinds from the view options. Best regards Søren Jensen Mail & MSN: s...@coolfortheblind.dk Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ On Sep 5, 2009, at 11:56 PM, Randy Stegall wrote

Re: Possible problem with BCT feed for podcast subscriptions [was Re: Blind Cool Tech Podcast]

2009-09-05 Thread Scott Howell
Thank you Esther, I appreciate you answering my concern and at least I'm not crazy. :) I will report the issue to them, just didn't know if it was my issue or iTunes store issue. On Sep 5, 2009, at 7:31 PM, Esther wrote: > Hello, > > Scott's correct that there is something odd about the Blind

Re: [Mac-cessibility News] FaceBook iPhone Application Updated With Accessibility Fixes

2009-09-05 Thread Cara Quinn
Hey again Scott, for the record, I'm actually one of these people who would prefer to read the post in the message, however, this is not something I'd ever advocate for nor sign off on, simply because I truly feel it's not the best way to manage these types of postings to these lists.

RE: Vo-shift-space bar is broken

2009-09-05 Thread M. Taylor
Hello, As yet, I have not been able to get the VO+Shift+Space Bar to work on my MacBook Pro in any Finder window or Mac application. Several times have tried to do the following: 1. Route the Mouse pointer to the VO curser by entering VO+Command+F5. 2. Enter VO+Shif+Space bar. The result

Nisus Writer

2009-09-05 Thread Dane Trethowan
Hi! I meant to mention that both Nisus Writer Classic and Pro come with a Thesaurus. ** Dane Trethowan From Melton Victoria Australia mailto:"grtd...@internode.on.net Twitter: http://twitter.com/grtdane blog: http://www.grtdane.wordpress.com Phone United Kingdom

RE: [Mac-cessibility News] FaceBook iPhone Application Updated With Accessibility Fixes

2009-09-05 Thread Donna Goodin
Nice post, Scott. These are all very good points. donna -Original Message- From: Scott Chesworth Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 6:44 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [Mac-cessibility News] FaceBook iPhone Application Updated With Accessibility Fixes Cara - App

Re: dropbox again

2009-09-05 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hey William, It seems as though all of your messages from the list actually end up in my personal inbox insted of the macvisionaries group i've creat.ed. Can you check to make sure you're not directly sending mesgs to me? Thanks. and enjoy your sunday Yuma --~--~-~--~~-

Re: itunes and past podcast downloading

2009-09-05 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi Anna, I guess i had to interact more within a podcast to get the contextual menu up. All credits to you, thanks! :) Best Yuma --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post t

To Hank: RE: attn m taylor

2009-09-05 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Hank, First, I have reported this issue to V M Ware so it will be interesting how they respond. Second, while I read about several solutions by Esther and on the web, after a while I think I experienced information overload and got very confused on this one. Third, seizing on the inf

A Skype Status Menu Question

2009-09-05 Thread M. Taylor
Hello All, Is there a command or technique that will allow me to read the extended information for my list of current online Contacts such as their local time, assuming of course that they choose to display such details? I know that in the Windows version of Skype, such info is easily accessible

Re: A Skype Status Menu Question

2009-09-05 Thread Cara Quinn
Mark, if you use compact contact view 'say that one three times fast' lol! you can see / follow a user's mood message. To know a user's status, you can set your contacts to be arranged by group by showing / managing contact groups in your contacts menu. Once you click 'show contact gr

Re: Skype and Voice Over.

2009-09-05 Thread JEFFREY SHOCKLEY
Hi, VO doesn't turn off during a call, since there isn't any reason for it too. HTH, Jeffrey On Sep 5, 2009, at 6:40 AM, Jesse Bollinger wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > I find skype very easy to use with VO but I do have a question. When I > am on Windows it causes my screen reader to shut off w

Quick but important list note

2009-09-05 Thread Cara Quinn
Hi All; It's been brought to my attention, as well as being mentioned on- list just today, that some users seem to be responding privately to list posts, thereby causing list responses to go into people's private inboxes. One reason for this, may be that the 'reply all' command is

Re: Clickable

2009-09-05 Thread Mike Arrigo
If it says clickable, it's flagged that way in the code. On Sep 5, 2009, at 4:11 PM, Justin Harford wrote: > > but it basically calls things clickable that really are not clickable. > > J > El Sep 5, 2009, a las 10:45 AM, Krister Ekstrom escribió: > >> >> I think it's a wonderful thing that it sa

Re: Clickable

2009-09-05 Thread Mac Cougar
Hello, Then explain to me why when I first installed Snow Leopard I had one page with clickable after almost every line and now they have all disappeared? On Sep 5, 2009, at 7:20 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > > If it says clickable, it's flagged that way in the code. > On Sep 5, 2009, at 4:11 PM,

Re: Blind Cool Tech Podcast

2009-09-05 Thread dannyboy
You are getting everything? That is good. How did you subscribe? I had to unsubscribe, and subscribe again. When I did, I got only the forty most recent programs. I did this through itunes. Is there another way? On Sep 5, 2009, at 5:45 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: > That's very odd! I'm getting

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