Re: Data detector present

2009-09-09 Thread Christina
Oh, that's really cool. I'm so glad to know what that is. Funny, I thought maybe voice over was letting me know there was someone watching my activity on my computer. :) How would you add it to address book or ical? Would you select the e-mail address or date and then use a context

Re: getting an individuals email address

2009-09-09 Thread Christina
Hi, I miss the menu button. However, if you select the text with the name/ e-mail address in the from area then you can use vo plus shift plus m. At least that worked for me. I do not know of an easier way to select the text other than to use vo plus enter to start highlighting/

Re: Victor Reader Soft Macintosh

2009-09-09 Thread Justin Harford
Haha you *are pretty naive. We have to remember that RFBD don't just serve the blind, but also people with other print disabilities. J On Sep 8, 2009, at 3:51 PM, Chris Gilland wrote: If RFBD made it, and it's for the blind and disabled, wouldn't that naturally probably mean it's

Re: A solution for stopping voiceover from saying empty in the contacts table in Adium

2009-09-09 Thread Justin Harford
Awesome thank you so much. J On Sep 8, 2009, at 8:37 PM, Dan Eickmeier wrote: Hi all,a friend of mine who's not on this list, was playing with verbosity settings, and we found that if you go under list, and customise it so that the status isn't spoken, this will fix the problem of

Fwd: Spaces keyboard shortcuts

2009-09-09 Thread william lomas
surely this is not right see my original message to accessibility Begin forwarded message: From: Accessibility accessibil...@apple.com Date: 9 September 2009 07:27:26 GMT+01:00 To: william lomas lomaswill...@googlemail.com Subject: Re: Spaces keyboard shortcuts Hi

Re: A solution for stopping voiceover from saying empty in the contacts table in Adium

2009-09-09 Thread william lomas
if you uncheck status though would that mean it would not say list has seven items? What we need now is application specific settings On 9 Sep 2009, at 07:39, Justin Harford wrote: Awesome thank you so much. J On Sep 8, 2009, at 8:37 PM, Dan Eickmeier wrote: Hi all,a friend of mine

lists was : A solution for stopping voiceover from saying empty in the contacts table in Adium

2009-09-09 Thread James Nash
Justa question in the lists does VO VO say 1 of seven etc if there are seven items and if so can this be changed? Thanks James - Original Message - From: william lomas lomaswill...@googlemail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 7:42 AM Subject:

Re: My MacBook Has Arrived

2009-09-09 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Cool, glad to hear thatyou got your Mac. I'm assuming it has Snow Leopard installled on it. If so,you can hit control-option-h, and go down to the getting started guide, hit return on it, and you'll be taken to a nice HTML version of that. . It's worth looking at for you, since

Re: My MacBook Has Arrived

2009-09-09 Thread anouk radix
Nice, all the new blind mac owners. I recently spoke with another dutch blind mac owner, who is not on any list but also uses voicover at work. I am glad I am not the only blind dutch person that uses the mac after all and its nice that the general blind mac community seems to be

Re: Migration Assistant not recognizing External Hard Drives

2009-09-09 Thread Justin Kauflin
Hey thanks for that. Good to know. One question, has anyone been successful in partitioning a hard disc with the disc utility and Voice Over? I can't seem to get too far with partitioning a disc. I am having a hard time selecting a partition in order to name it and set a size etc... If

Re: Spaces keyboard shortcuts

2009-09-09 Thread Scott Chesworth
Hmm, imho it makes no sense, but perhaps there's something that I, you, and every other list veteran I can think of has overlooked lol. Seeing as you've got the convo rolling with them this time, perhaps it's worth an email back asking them how you're supposed to efficiently cycle through

Re: Initial Experience

2009-09-09 Thread Scott Howell
Less, you should have received two DVDs with your system and one is a SL restoration disc and the other should contain the optional install software such as iLife. On Sep 9, 2009, at 4:51 AM, Les Kriegler wrote: Hi Mike, I got the impression from Apple that if it was pre-installed, I

Re: Initial Experience

2009-09-09 Thread Scott Howell
That is correct, if you want to change this behavior, go to system preferences, keyboard, and check the box that says use f1, f2, etc. as function keys or something to that affect. additionally, you can easily determine if you are running SL by pressing vo-m and choose About this Mac and

Re: trackpad application for iphone and IPod

2009-09-09 Thread Chris Hofstader
Has anoyone tried this? On Sep 8, 2009, at 3:00 AM, william lomas wrote: hi use your iphone and ipod touch as your trackpad for your mac Edovia today is proud to announce TouchPad 1.0, its 7th app for iPhone and iPod touch. TouchPad is a remote trackpad and keyboard

Re: Voice Over with Apple Scripts, must get this off my chest

2009-09-09 Thread Chris Hofstader
Following on the training elders at the VA: I couldn't agree more. I have seen far too many smart people walk away from computing because JAWS and/or Window-Eyes require far too much memorization. Having lots of very specific commands is great for the advanced user but having the

Re: jamochamud (java program)

2009-09-09 Thread J. Robinson
Thanks for writing back. I wasn't certain if there was something I had to do directly to make JamochaMUD usable by screen readers and the like, but a little poking around shows that there is indeed a Java Accessible programming interface. This implies to me that if I implement the accessible

Re: Looking for Garage Band users

2009-09-09 Thread Mark Phillpot
hi i've started using garage band and can only record me playing guitar, can anyone tell me how to get the drums to work. thanks --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this

Re: snow leopard and fusion

2009-09-09 Thread Scott Howell
Yes it does or at least the little I've done so far which isn't much appears to work just fine. On Sep 9, 2009, at 7:20 AM, dannyboy wrote: Will vm ware's fusion work with snow leopard? There were some on a forum claiming it might not.

OSM Screen Reading was: Re: Voice Over with Apple Scripts, must get this off my chest

2009-09-09 Thread Chris Hofstader
Hi, Yes, it is indeed true that NVDA is the only Windows based screen access utility that has no Off Screen Model (OSM) in any traditional sense of the word. On GNU/Linux, orca functions without an OSM but mouse cursor (review cursor) mode using a simulated OSM acts kind of strange

Re: Voice Over with Apple Scripts, must get this off my chest

2009-09-09 Thread Chris Hofstader
Quite the contrary, the existence of a scripting language takes away the excuse from mainstream developers as they can now manipulate their program via scripts and cannot tell the Access Board that they cannot do Section 508 compliance. At FS, we forced a number of big players to either

Re: apple ii emulator for sl?

2009-09-09 Thread erik burggraaf
I did try several, but they stunk. That was almost a year ago though, so there might be something better now... hopefully. Best, erik burggraaf A+ sertified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com On 8-Sep-09, at 7:59 PM, anouk radix wrote:

arrowing through songs

2009-09-09 Thread william lomas
Hi all has anyone else noted under snowleopard one can't arrow through their songs as they are playing in iTunes with left arrow and right arrow? Will --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

silly me

2009-09-09 Thread william lomas
hi i left quicknav on lol that's why can't arrow through itunes --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: A solution for stopping voiceover from saying empty in the contacts table in Adium

2009-09-09 Thread Søren Jensen
Thanks for this awesome tip. Best regards Søren Jensen Mail MSN: s...@coolfortheblind.dk Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ On Sep 9, 2009, at 5:37 AM, Dan Eickmeier wrote: Hi all,a friend of mine who's not on this list, was playing with verbosity settings, and we found that if you

New Blog Entry

2009-09-09 Thread Chris Hofstader
Hi, I just put up a new blog post about the iPhone, ATT, coolness and weirdness. It's at: http://www.blindconfidential.blogspot.com. Enjoy, cdh --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries

Re: OSM Screen Reading was: Re: Voice Over with Apple Scripts, must get this off my chest

2009-09-09 Thread James Nash
How would we know if JFW was reading in the Desktop user area and what is it? Also, where would JFW write the file? - Original Message - From: Chris Hofstader c...@hofstader.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 1:07 PM Subject: OSM Screen Reading

Re: media event

2009-09-09 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi, I've never used the following site before, but they promise to have live blogging and links to video streams of today's Apple event if there are any. http://www.businessinsider.com/alleyinsider Best, Anna --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message

returning to the last read sentence in preview

2009-09-09 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi all, I was wondering why when i switch applications from preview and back the page i was reading starts from the beginning. Instead of hotspots, is there a way to leave the mouse cursor on the ast word which was read in preview and then when back to reading, get the mouse cursor to

Re: My MacBook Has Arrived

2009-09-09 Thread May and Wynter
Oh thank you very much. That's definitely something I will need. May, it's time for school and goalball blog: www.true-friends2009.com - Original Message - From: Dan Eickmeier va3...@yahoo.ca To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 12:58 AM Subject: Re:

Re: arrowing through songs

2009-09-09 Thread Howard Dupuis
I'll betcha that this -- and many other iTunes problems -- will be fixed later today with the release of iTunes 9. Here's hoping ... On Sep 9, 9:53 am, william lomas lomaswill...@googlemail.com wrote:                 Hi all has anyone else noted under snowleopard one can't arrow   through

Re: jamochamud (java program)

2009-09-09 Thread anouk radix
Hi there, I would be very glad to help in any way I can. I can of course run windows virtually via vmware but I would rather do stuff natively on the mac. I did hear from some people that you have to label the buttons if this is at all possible in java. I did get initial text, the buttons

Switching between virtualization software

2009-09-09 Thread Claude Renaud
Hello all, Currently I'm still under windows vista. I am working with virtual box the only accessible and affordable (because free) virtualization software I know on this platform. I soon plan to create a windows xp virtual machine. As I also plan during the coming months to switch

wireless connections

2009-09-09 Thread May and Wynter
Good morning. How do I get my Mac to find wireless connections? I would like to use the help that's in HTML but I won't be home during the day so need the wireless, thanks. May, I finally have my MacBook, yay!! blog: www.true-friends2009.com

Re: getting an individuals email address

2009-09-09 Thread Jessi and Goldina
hmm, this doesn't seem to work in snow leopard. I've just been trying to read the email address and remember what it is, but there has to be an easier way in sl! On 2009-09-09, at 2:22 AM, Christina wrote: Hi, I miss the menu button. However, if you select the text with the name/

directory utility ldap authentication

2009-09-09 Thread John G. Heim
I've been trying unsuccessfully to get the Macs in my department to authenticate versus our ldap database. It works with ldap but not ldaps. I upgraded one machine to snowleopard hoping it would work better. But now I can't get into the ldap configuration at all. On google I've seen messages

Re: My MacBook Has Arrived

2009-09-09 Thread May and Wynter
Do I need to be on the internet for this command to work? I've tried it from the finder window and it just tells me this item has no help tag. If so, how to I get on the net and how do I find out if I have sl, thanks. May, I finally have my MacBook, yay!! blog: www.true-friends2009.com -

Re: getting an individuals email address

2009-09-09 Thread John André Netland
Hi Jessi, If you focus on the header, interact with it and focus on the from address, and press VO-shift-space, you will hear menu and can arrow down to copy the address etc. etc. Just remember to route the mouse to your VO cursor with VO-command-F5 before you click, since I suppose you

Re: wireless connections

2009-09-09 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi May, Go to the status menu with Control-F8. One of the options is Airport. Press Down Arrow to go into that menu. One of the options should be Turn Airport On. Press Return. At that point, the Mac will search for networks and let you try to connect with what it finds. Best, Anna

Re: wireless connections

2009-09-09 Thread May and Wynter
Smile, thank you very much. May, I finally have my MacBook, yay!! blog: www.true-friends2009.com - Original Message - From: Woody Anna Dresner wadres...@att.net To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 9:04 AM Subject: Re: wireless connections Hi May,

Re: wireless connections

2009-09-09 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
You might use a program like IP Scanner, http://10base-t.com/macintosh-software/ip-scanner/ I'm not sure if this will work; it will only work if the FSID is being broadcast by the network. Course, if you're mostly looking for free WIFI, it might just do the trick. Enjoy. Mark BurningHawk

Re: Data detector present

2009-09-09 Thread Christina
Thanks :) On Sep 9, 2009, at 1:56 AM, John André Netland wrote: Hi Christina, I suppose that if someone was watching your activity, VoiceOver would announce Data detectives present instead, or what? Smiles. You are correct about the VO-shift-M shortcut; focus Voiceover on the item and

Re: Working with more than one acount

2009-09-09 Thread Chris Blouch
I didn't notice any replies to your email so I'll take a crack at it. If software update does the update it should apply to all accounts. If the account has insufficient privileges to complete the update it should either fail and tell you or ask for the admin account to authenticate. While you

Re: My MacBook Has Arrived

2009-09-09 Thread Brandon Misch
you have leopard on it On Sep 9, 2009, at 11:52 AM, May and Wynter wrote: Do I need to be on the internet for this command to work? I've tried it from the finder window and it just tells me this item has no help tag. If so, how to I get on the net and how do I find out if I have sl,

Re: OSM Screen Reading was: Re: Voice Over with Apple Scripts, must get this off my chest

2009-09-09 Thread Chris Hofstader
If JAWS or any other Windows screen reader is speaking at the login screen it has effectively been given privileges to run anywhere in a Windows XP, Vista or 7 system. Rumor says that MS has stopped this possibility in Windows 7 but I've only gossip to cite as a source and probably won't

Re: coe 2 duo?

2009-09-09 Thread Chris Blouch
You have one processor chip with two processor cores inside. I think it's pretty much the functional equivalent of having two distinct processors but it shares packaging and maybe some circuitry. For all intents and purposes you have two processors. While not everything takes advantage of

Re: OSM Screen Reading was: Re: Voice Over with Apple Scripts, must get this off my chest

2009-09-09 Thread James Nash
Thank you for the clarification Chris Take care James - Original Message - From: Chris Hofstader c...@hofstader.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 5:50 PM Subject: Re: OSM Screen Reading was: Re: Voice Over with Apple Scripts, must get this off

Re: Working with more than one acount

2009-09-09 Thread James Nash
Thanks Chris Take care James - Original Message - From: Chris Blouch To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 5:37 PM Subject: Re: Working with more than one acount I didn't notice any replies to your email so I'll take a crack at it.

Re: copying from itunes

2009-09-09 Thread Esther
Hi Donna, Donna Goodin wrote: Hi all, I'm attempting to follow Simon's instructions for creating ringtones. But I am unable to copy anything out of my itunes songs table, not the new file I've created and not any other files either. This seems to be new behavior with Snow

New Nano

2009-09-09 Thread Brett Campbell
From the reporting of Mac World. 11:01 PT - JS: Adding voiceover to the nano, adding Genius Mixes. FM Radio tuner built in as well. And built-in voice recorder app using the built-in microphone, and a built-in pedometer. You can even sync your steps to Nike plus for long-term goals.

[Mac-cessibility News] Apple Media Event 9/9/09

2009-09-09 Thread Maccessibility
Apple Media Event 9/9/09 Today, Apple announced details of iPhone OS 3.1, iTunes 9, and new models in their iPod lineups. The iPhone OS 3.1 details are scarce as yet, but the update includes pre-cut ring tones from the major record labels. iTunes 9, the latest version of Apple's popular media

apple event

2009-09-09 Thread william lomas
hi I followed macworld on twitter. 1. The nano has been updated with video camera, microphone, and voice over 2. so has the touch but no mention of voiceover? surprising? 3. itunes nine out 4. no beatles back catalog --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You

Re: [Mac-cessibility News] Apple Media Event 9/9/09

2009-09-09 Thread Jessi and Goldina
I dunno why everyone is talking about voiceover on the nano as if it's a new thing lol. I wonder what upgrades are made to voiceover on the nano? On 2009-09-09, at 2:13 PM, Maccessibility wrote: Apple Media Event 9/9/09 Today, Apple announced details of iPhone OS 3.1, iTunes 9, and new

Re: [Mac-cessibility News] Apple Media Event 9/9/09

2009-09-09 Thread william lomas
on the previous nano the computer generated the menus and speech whereas now the product has tts to do that job On 9 Sep 2009, at 16:17, Jessi and Goldina wrote: I dunno why everyone is talking about voiceover on the nano as if it's a new thing lol. I wonder what upgrades are made to

Re: [Mac-cessibility News] Apple Media Event 9/9/09

2009-09-09 Thread Esther
Hi, I imagine since they said it would be like on the Shuffle, there will be international voices included. Also, although the Mac-cessibility News didn't mention it, along with the video recording camera and voice recording with built in mic, the new nano is supposed to have FM radio.

RE: copying from itunes

2009-09-09 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Esther, I finally copied the file, by just opening up Macintosh HD and finding the folder and manually copying it. So, now it's on my desktop. But, When I do Command-O in Itunes, it won't let me go to my desktop to select a file. I can go to Contacts, users, my account folder, and

Re: Victor Reader Soft Macintosh

2009-09-09 Thread Melinda Pethel
It is accessible but won't work on any system running later that OS 10.4. As I have heard from HumanWare, there were not enough sales of the initial Mac version to warrant making a new version compatible with Leopard. Melinda On Sep 8, 2009, at 7:37 PM, michael A. Babcock wrote: hi

Re: copying from itunes

2009-09-09 Thread Esther
Hi Donna, Have you already renamed the file to the .m4r extension? If so, you should be able to just double click on the file with VO-Shift-Space (hold down Control, Option, and Shift keys and tap the space bar twice) to add the file to iTunes. It should show up in the Ringtones list.

Re: Victor Reader Soft Macintosh

2009-09-09 Thread michael A. Babcock
damn it mike On Sep 9, 2009, at 10:26 AM, Melinda Pethel wrote: It is accessible but won't work on any system running later that OS 10.4. As I have heard from HumanWare, there were not enough sales of the initial Mac version to warrant making a new version compatible with Leopard.

Re: [Mac-cessibility News] Apple Media Event 9/9/09

2009-09-09 Thread Jessi and Goldina
oh, okay. I gotcha. the nano has a built in TTS engine. what voice is it? I suspect it's the same one as on the iPhone? and then the international ones are probably the same as the shuffle? that's really cool!! I'd really like to see one of these! i'm curious how the video camera fits in

voiceover on ipodt touch

2009-09-09 Thread william lomas
voiceover is on the new ipod touch! http://www.apple.com/accessibility/itunes/ipodtouch.html --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email

RE: copying from itunes

2009-09-09 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Esther, Well, double-clicking on the file didn't do anything. So I tried pressing Command-O with the file on my desktop selected--and yes, renamed with the M4R extension. That did cause it to be imported into itunes, at least I can see it in the ringtones playlist. But, when I try to play

Re: copying from itunes

2009-09-09 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi Donna, Once you rename the extension, try moving the file from your desktop to your iTunes folder. Then open it in itunes by pressing Control-O. Best, Anna On Sep 9, 2009, at 1:26 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: Hi Esther, I finally copied the file, by just opening up Macintosh HD and

RE: copying from itunes

2009-09-09 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Anna, Do you know what the time limit for ringtones is? I've heard both 30 and 40 seconds. My file is 37 secs, so want to make sure it isn't too long. Thanks, Donna -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of

cut copy and paste comes to ipod touch and this is in the 3.1 iphone firmware as well

2009-09-09 Thread william lomas
Cut, copy, and paste comes to iPod touch. To bring up cut, copy, and paste options, use the rotor and choose Edit. Flick up or down to choose between the Select and Select All functions, then double tap. If you choose Select, the word closest to the insertion point is selected

Re: copying from itunes

2009-09-09 Thread Esther
Hi Donna, How odd that double-clicking didn't open the file by default into iTunes. And your track should play when you select it and press Return. OK, a few thoughts: 1. If you select the track in the ringtones playlist, can you check that the time is under 40 seconds? Look in the songs

Re: getting an individuals email address

2009-09-09 Thread Christina
Hi, I'm sorry my instructions were not clear. I believe there are a few ways you can accomplish this task. Before the upgrade it was much easier to just focus on the message headers, interact with it then move to the senders address and press vo + spacebar because the sender's

RE: copying from itunes

2009-09-09 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Esther, Thanks for the Command-R shortcut! That's *very cool! Donna -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Esther Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 2:06 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject:

Re: copying from itunes

2009-09-09 Thread Esther
Hi Anna, Good thought about moving this to the iTunes Music folder before adding it. I forgot that Donna may have her preferences set so that Copy files to iTunes Music Folder when adding to Library is unchecked on the Advanced pane of the iTunes preferences menu. Of course, iTunes

unsubscribe

2009-09-09 Thread James Dietz
unsubscribe --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

Recording capabilities of the new iPod Nanos and Touches

2009-09-09 Thread Scott Chesworth
Hi all, These iPod releases come at an interesting time for me, as my field recorder has popped it's cloggs and I'm due a new toy. So far I'm not having much luck turning up specifics of the new recording functionality, but I'm wondering whether this new line of iPods might be a quick and dirty

RE: copying from itunes

2009-09-09 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Esther, The bit rate is the same as your sample, 256 KBPS, and the length of the ringtone is 32 seconds. I tried to copy all the info, but didn't have options to select and copy in the info table. When I press space, it says it's playing, but there's no sound. Also, I can play the file

RE: copying from itunes

2009-09-09 Thread Donna Goodin
Good thought, but no, that option is checked. Thanks, Donna -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Esther Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 3:18 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: copying

RE: copying from itunes

2009-09-09 Thread Donna Goodin
You guys won't believe this! When I came back to write my last message, I closed out itunes. I just went back over to the mac and reopened it to double-check that the copy to Itunes library option had remained checked. When I reopened Itunes, it told me that the volume was turned all the way

itunes 9 available

2009-09-09 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Just downloading it now, after an update of the quicktime player. Can't wait to see if the app order application is accessible :) best Yuma --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To

Re: copying from itunes

2009-09-09 Thread Esther
Hi Donna, Glad this worked, I was just about to tell you to check the volume slider setting in iTunes. This happened once to me. There's a separate volume control for iTunes, and if you VO-Right arrow past the LCD section you'll get the buttons for Mute, Slider, and Full Volume. If

Re: itunes 9 available

2009-09-09 Thread william lomas
it still says the old eye eye eye eye eye eye eye tunes stores thing lol but good how they do the menu now for your account etc On 9 Sep 2009, at 20:51, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: Just downloading it now, after an update of the quicktime player. Can't wait to see if the app order

Re: wireless connections

2009-09-09 Thread May and Wynter
Uh, for now I'd like to keep it simple, smile. Just until I get use to Mac. Playing on the web I haven't gotten to yet. May, I finally have my MacBook, yay!! blog: www.true-friends2009.com - Original Message - From: Mark BurningHawk Baxter markbaxte...@gmail.com To:

Re: wireless connections

2009-09-09 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
M twice, then VO right arrow until you hear the airport menu; Down arrow at that point to hear a list of all the wireless networks your Mac sees; there's a join other networks, option if you know the FSID of the network you want and it's not being broadcast. That's simpler. :) VO Mark

Wondering about convertion of Aiff files to compressed files for ipod

2009-09-09 Thread Jesper Holten
Hi everybody. With the release of Ipod touch, I now have to face the issue of converting my itunes library to something that is handled nicely on the Ipod. My itunes Library files are uncompressed Aiff files, and I will have to convert that into e.g. Aac compressed audio that plays on the

Re: ftpclients on the mac?

2009-09-09 Thread Mike Reiser
I'd also like to recommend filezilla which is free. It might be familiar to some formal windows users on this list but it's accessible with vo also. MikeÎ On Sep 4, 2009, at 2:32 AM, anouk radix wrote: Thanks Erik I had already dowloaded unison not knowing it was by panic. When i just

purchased book from itunes

2009-09-09 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi everyone, I can't find the book i purchasedfrom itunes in the sources table. And there is no checkbox in the prefs. Even on the new itunes i can't find it. I really like the new menu on the itunes store though :) Oh, before i digressed: does anyone know where i can find book files?

Re: getting an individuals email address

2009-09-09 Thread Thomas McMahan
Doesn't comand Y not work? Does here in tigerland.Would be faster at least to get the address in book. Of course if you want to hear the actual address, back to interaction again *lol.* On Sep 9, 2009, at 11:35 AM, Jessi and Goldina wrote: thanks!! :) I'm so glad I know how to do this

Re: voice over menu script

2009-09-09 Thread Jonathan Cohn
OK, I looked at this a bit. The way to start an application is to use tell for it... So the below worked for me. tell application VoiceOver Utility activate end tell On Sep 8, 2009, at 2:01 PM, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: Hi everyone, After reading quite a few things and testing

Re: Working with more than one acount

2009-09-09 Thread Scott Howell
Chris, sorry I must have missed the initial message on this thread, but you are correct. On Sep 9, 2009, at 12:37 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: I didn't notice any replies to your email so I'll take a crack at it. If software update does the update it should apply to all accounts. If the

Re: copying from itunes

2009-09-09 Thread Donna Goodin
Ah, that makes sense. I didn't realize that ITunes is basically an interface with Quicktime. Best, Donna On Sep 9, 2009, at 5:17 PM, Esther wrote: Hi Donna, I'll post a longer answer about copying for Ringtones later, but as a quick answer to your question, the difference in your being

mobile me account

2009-09-09 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi all, I've been trying to register for the free trial to mobile me, and went to fill in my billing info, but when i press on the unlabelled button, i keep getting back to the same page. I've noticed thatthere is no radio button or anything to say that i agree to terms of service,

FTP Server was RE: ftpclients on the mac?

2009-09-09 Thread Blake Sinnett
If they'd make their server available on the Mac, I'd be very happy. Anyone know of a good FTP server with a comparable feature set of FileZilla Server? I'd prefer it to be free, but if it's cheap that's fine too. Thanks, Blake Subject: Re: ftpclients on the mac? From:

Re: voice over menu script

2009-09-09 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi John, I thought voiceover utility couldn't be openend directly from the tell command as it wasn't in the suites in the library...lol Well, that does clear it up, got much more to read :) Best Yuma --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because

EFI Mac Mini Firmware update

2009-09-09 Thread Rich Ring
Does anyone know what this is? Haven't got a clue. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this

Connecting with Mac to wireless network

2009-09-09 Thread James Nash
Hi folks, I have a slight problem. I can connect to my wireless network on my Windows machine and my MacBook can locate other networks but it cannot locate or connect to my own wireless network. It does connect when via the Ethernet cable connecting directly to my Router/moden. Can anyone

Re: jamochamud (java program)

2009-09-09 Thread J. Robinson
Excellent; I'll let you know when I've worked on the accessibility issues in JamochaMUD. According to the documentation I've found Java has a lot of built-in accessibility features so it may be relatively trivial to get things set-up (everything from tool-tips and keyboard navigation to binding

Re: Connecting with Mac to wireless network

2009-09-09 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
1. can your mac see the network but not connect? 2. Is your wireless router configured by you or another party. 3. Which MacOS are you running? On Sep 9, 2009, at 6:24 PM, James Nash wrote: Hi folks, I have a slight problem. I can connect to my wireless network on my Windows machine

Re: Connecting with Mac to wireless network

2009-09-09 Thread James Nash
I'm currently running Mac OS X leopard. No the Mac cannot see the network and I have not changed any settings that my ISP sent me. I do have Snow Leopard, but I don't want to upgrade yet. Thanks Take care James - Original Message - From: Jonathan C. Cohn jon.c.c...@gmail.com To:

Re: Connecting with Mac to wireless network

2009-09-09 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Is the wireless turned on? I assume you have a relatively new mac that supports 802.11N? Older macs with 802.11G or 802.11B can not see 802.11A networks. So that might also be a problem for you. Write me at jonc...@cox.net and I will try to get back with you directly. Jonathan

itunes busy when skipping through songs?

2009-09-09 Thread Jessi and Goldina
hey guys noticed a little thing with iTunes nine. when I try to skip quickly through my library, iTunes seems to be busy for a few seconds before skipping through to the next song. it's not a huge deal, but kind of annoying when skipping through songs! anyone else notice this?

Re: EFI Mac Mini Firmware update

2009-09-09 Thread Scott Chesworth
Hi Rich, The simplest comparrison to make as a new switcher is to think of it as a bios update, efi is pretty much the mac's equivillent. Downloading them usually means good news. Just be sure to take care to read the update instructions that come up before it restarts, because they usually

iWeb files

2009-09-09 Thread Mike
Hi list: Just wondering where iWeb keeps it's files? Last thing to back up before I install SL. Thanks: Mike --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email

two more questions

2009-09-09 Thread May and Wynter
Ok, I'm not doing to bad over here, smile. 1. Is there a quick way to start safari? 2. Can someone send me instructions on how to use IWorks? I need to do an assignment for class and I'd like to try doing it on my Mac. May, I finally have my MacBook, yay!! blog: www.true-friends2009.com

RE: Initial Experience

2009-09-09 Thread Les Kriegler
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Re: EFI Mac Mini Firmware update

2009-09-09 Thread matthew Dyer
It appears to be a fermware to the hardware internal of some kind. I did install it and it seems to be. Matthew On Sep 9, 2009, at 6:20 PM, Rich Ring wrote: Does anyone know what this is? Haven't got a clue. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this

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