braille embossing with a Mac

2009-12-30 Thread Mary Otten
Hi folks, I recall hearing about a utility from Index called Ibraille. I went looking for info on it, because I own an Index embosser that I've been using on a Windows box, but was interested to learn about Ibraille. The Index website is not the most easily navigated in the world. I didn't find

Re: Possible nez browser replacement for Safari

2009-12-30 Thread Cara Quinn
chris, thanks very much for mentioning this. I completely agree, and would suggest people take heed of your advice. -Just be careful and intelligent. Smiles, Cara :) --- View my Online Portfolio at: http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn Follow me on Twitter! https://twitter.com/ModelCara

Moderator Note -was- Re: Possible nez browser replacement for Safari

2009-12-30 Thread Cara Quinn
To everyone, please don't post notes like the below, advising that there is such software to replace other software until you actually do just a bit of research into it or try it yourself. This is vague at best, and possibly misleading, so please, in future, do your homework first, K?…

Re: Ordered MacBook Pro!!!

2009-12-30 Thread Cody
let me clarify/there are differences but for me, not ones that are show stoppers as far as usage. I mean, I have a toshiba qosmio g55 q804, so I have no need for sd card readers. and it also has firewire. so I'm happy with my model. and we're blind so who needs a backlit keyboard anyway? for the

Re: Possible nez browser replacement for Safari

2009-12-30 Thread Chris Hofstader
Before I would even download Sunrise or any other browser, I'd first check if it was compatible with the Apple Accessibility API as, while it may not have the same bugs one might find in Safari, it may perform terribly with VoiceOver. cdh On Dec 30, 2009, at 4:41 PM, james.austin1...@googlemail

Re: Podcast Help Needed

2009-12-30 Thread Esther
Hi Jane, On a Mac you would simply use the sort option on the "Release Date" column: each VO-Shift-backslash inverts the sort order in that column between ascending and descending. Again, I don't know how this is done with a Windows screen reader in iTunes. A sighted person would move th

Re: Ordered MacBook Pro!!!

2009-12-30 Thread Ricardo Walker
Umm. I think your mistaken. you have the firewire port, and the ability to upgrade to a faster processor, more RAM, and I could be wrong on this point but I don't think the plastic Macbook has a memory card reader. I think there are many differences. On Dec 30, 2009, at 1:57 PM, Cody wrote:

Re: Ordered MacBook Pro!!!

2009-12-30 Thread JEFFREY SHOCKLEY
That's true. My MacBook Pro with 2 GB of WRAM here is pritty fast and works good. I haven't had any problems with it. JeffreyOn Dec 30, 2009, at 1:57 PM, Cody wrote: > I love my mb and it might as well be the mb pro and if you stop and think > there really aren't any differences in either mode

Re: Ordered MacBook Pro!!!

2009-12-30 Thread JEFFREY SHOCKLEY
SAme here, except mine has 2 GB of WRAM. And it came with Leopard, but I upgraded it to SL. Jeffrey On Dec 30, 2009, at 1:23 PM, Cody wrote: > thatis the same one I ordered, except I ordered over the phone. > - Original Message - > From: Portia > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Sen

Possible nez browser replacement for Safari

2009-12-30 Thread james . austin1984
Hi everyone, If you go to: www.opensourcemac.org On the second page, you'll find a web browser called Sunrise. It is an open source browser based on WebKit. I have not had the opportunity to try this as I am not currently on my Mac. I just thought I'd pass it on considering that there have been s

Re: Sirius radio tuner

2009-12-30 Thread Randy Stegall
Pulsar works fine for me with voiceover. Have you been able to set up your account? Randy On Dec 30, 2009, at 12:56 PM, Lauren wrote: > Is there an accessible Sirius radio tuner for the mac? I downloaded > pulsar last night, but it wasn't very friendly. However, I could be > doing something wro

Re: Safari busy poll

2009-12-30 Thread Tom McMahan
I experience it on my ancient I-Mac running tiger, some pages or sites though are a lot worse than others. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe

Re: Podcast Help Needed

2009-12-30 Thread Jane Jordan (GMail)
I have another quick question/ Is there a way to switch the list of podcasts around so that the earliest episode is at the top and the latest is at the bottom? Not switching it by name or date, but by just switching it so that the order is reversed? If so, how do I manage it? Jane On 12/3

Safari busy poll

2009-12-30 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, I do experience this on my Macbook Pro. Cheers, Donna -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+

Re: Podcast Help Needed

2009-12-30 Thread Jane Jordan (GMail)
Hi Esther. There are no buttons, but I sort of found a work-around. If I subscribe to a podcast via a link from the web site, I am able to see a 'download all podcast episodes' choice in the context menu. If I go to iTunesU and find the lectures I want and I hit get all tracks, it will downlo

Re: Podcast Help Needed

2009-12-30 Thread Esther
Hi Jane, Apparently, some of the context menu options for iTunes that we have under VoiceOver don't show up when VoiceOver is not running, and these include "Download podcast episode" and "Download all episodes". Instead, sighted users navigate to a button to the right of the folder name

Re: Ordered MacBook Pro!!!

2009-12-30 Thread Jon Cohn
Well I looked around a bit, and MicroCenter has a $200 off coupon or rebate on the MacBook. I wonder if this applies to other Mac equipment. It would probably be worth looking into. Jon -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To

RE: Ordered MacBook Pro!!!

2009-12-30 Thread Cameron
Hi. well, there's the firewire port. That is one big difference. Unfortunetly, I need that for my job. All my audio gear is firewire 400. So, that means that instead of buying the on sale mac book for $728, I need to drop at least $1099 on the mbp, for a machine with less hard drive space. N

BootCamp help

2009-12-30 Thread Blind Treasures
Hi, I'm hoping that there is someone on the list who is using bootcamp that might be able to help me. I installed Windows 7 using bootcamp and everything went fine with one exception. I can not get it to install the correct display driver. All that will install is a standard VGA driver. I called A

Re: Ordered MacBook Pro!!!

2009-12-30 Thread Cody
I love my mb and it might as well be the mb pro and if you stop and think there really aren't any differences in either model. - Original Message - From: Pete Nalda To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 11:55 AM Subject: Re: Ordered MacBook Pro

Sirius radio tuner

2009-12-30 Thread Lauren
Is there an accessible Sirius radio tuner for the mac? I downloaded pulsar last night, but it wasn't very friendly. However, I could be doing something wrong. It would not be the first time. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To p

Re: Ordered MacBook Pro!!!

2009-12-30 Thread Pete Nalda
That's a good model! Just the right size and price, and with 4 gigs of ram that thing will fly! On Dec 30, 2009, at 1:30 AM, Portia wrote: > Hello all, > > I got the 13 inch, with 4 Gigs of ram, and 2.26 Ghz processor. I am so > excited!!! > > Portia. > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroup

Podcast Help Needed

2009-12-30 Thread Jane Jordan (GMail)
Right now I am using Windows to access podcasts. (Getting a Mac of my own again soon.) Anyhow, I am subscribed to a couple of podcasts and iTunes U lectures which I just discovered, but there is no 'download all episodes' option when I bring up the context menu. There is also no 'download pod

Re: Ordered MacBook Pro!!!

2009-12-30 Thread Cody
thatis the same one I ordered, except I ordered over the phone. - Original Message - From: Portia To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 1:30 AM Subject: RE: Ordered MacBook Pro!!! Hello all, I got the 13 inch, with 4 Gigs of ram, and

Re: new macbook?

2009-12-30 Thread Cody
not worrying about a thing and it seems to hold up jut fine, and yes ddr3. - Original Message - From: "Cameron" To: Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 3:35 PM Subject: RE: new macbook? > How are you finding that four gb of ram vs 2 gb performance wise? And I > assume it's ddr3? > > Than

RE: Ordered MacBook Pro!!!

2009-12-30 Thread Cameron
Wow that sounds like one awesome machine. I'm jealous! Ha. Cameron. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kaare Dehard Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 8:21 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Ordered MacBook Pr

Re: Pdfs

2009-12-30 Thread Esther
Hi Amber and Tom, Tom nicely summarized the coupon code for ABBYY Fine Reader Express. If you want to read more about it in the original post that gave the coupon and link, here's the post from the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/msg05782.html (Re

Daisy Player for Mac

2009-12-30 Thread Pylos
Hello, I am a new mac user and found out that you can get a free daisy reader application for Leopard. How exciting! Where would one download this? Thanks! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: A Quick Poll on the Safari Busy/Safari Ready Problem

2009-12-30 Thread James Fettgather
I have a Mac Mini with a mouse and monitor connected, and do not experience the Safari busy problem. Jim in KC On Dec 30, 2009, at 7:46 AM, David McLean wrote: > Hello, I am curious about which of the Mac machines have this problem and > which do not so I am asking folks which machines they h

Re: Questions about moving through songs and podcasts in itunes

2009-12-30 Thread Esther
Hi Lauren, Welcome to the list and your new Mac. To fast forward and rewind when playing a track in iTunes use Command-Option-Right arrow and Left arrow. I usually hold down the Command and Option keys and tap my arrow keys so I can hear things play. For a list of the various iTunes sho

Re: A Quick Poll on the Safari Busy/Safari Ready Problem

2009-12-30 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello David, Neither my 2007 white MacBook nor my 2006 black MacBook have the Safari Busy problem. Cheers, Anne On Dec 30, 2009, at 2:46 PM, David McLean wrote: > Hello, I am curious about which of the Mac machines have this problem and > which do not so I am asking folks which machines they

Re: Ordered MacBook Pro!!!

2009-12-30 Thread Jake
Very true, but also the iMacs were updated at the same time and so were the MacPros, so all the desktop lines were recently refreshed. Apple does not seem very eager to adopt blue ray in any of their products, not that I blame them. The media licensing, and the DRM the movie studios want for Blue R

A Quick Poll on the Safari Busy/Safari Ready Problem

2009-12-30 Thread David McLean
Hello, I am curious about which of the Mac machines have this problem and which do not so I am asking folks which machines they have and whether or not they have this issue. I have found it interesting that my Mac Mini never seems to have this problem while my Imac seems to have it fairly regula

Re: Ordered MacBook Pro!!!

2009-12-30 Thread Kaare Dehard
Excellent choice light and very portable. I got the 17 inch with 8 and the 3.06 for very different reasons. I wanted a desk top replacement and was of course my usual greedy self:) On 2009-12-30, at 2:30 AM, Portia wrote: > Hello all, > > I got the 13 inch, with 4 Gigs of ram, and 2.26 Ghz pro

Test ignore.

2009-12-30 Thread Nektarios Mallas
Test message. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, v

Re: Ordered MacBook Pro!!!

2009-12-30 Thread Scott Howell
Simon, I have not heard/read any rumors this will happen in the near future. However, one never knows what Apple will do. :) On Dec 30, 2009, at 3:46 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > Can anyone tell me if apple have any plan to bring out a mac mini with blue > ray player in it, at anytime soon? > >

Re: Ordered MacBook Pro!!!

2009-12-30 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, It has been my experience that no one knows what Apples going to do until they do it. lol. I doubt that will be happening anytime soon though if at all. The reason I say that is the new Mac minis came out 2 or 3 months ago. I don't think they will be doing anything to the Mac mini line

megaseg?

2009-12-30 Thread trahern culver
hey all i'm looking to get some dj software so please can any tel me how acsesable megaseg is? your help with this enquiry would be most welcome!! kind regards trahern. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, s

i receive now messages for this list since 2/07/09

2009-12-30 Thread william
Hi all, I hope this message arives on the list. It seems that I receive now new messages on this list since 3 juli 2009. pls, let me know if this message arrives. best regards, William -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to

RE: Ordered MacBook Pro!!!

2009-12-30 Thread Simon Fogarty
Can anyone tell me if apple have any plan to bring out a mac mini with blue ray player in it, at anytime soon? Cheers Simon f From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Dan Eickmeier Sent: Wednesday, 30 December 2009 8:23 p.m. To: macvis

Re: alternative e-mail programm

2009-12-30 Thread Michael Kuhlmann
Hi all, first of all I hope you had a pleasant christmas. Thanks for all answers concerning my questions with an alternative e-mail-programm. There's no particular reason to have the confirming function for example for my work. But I have some friends using outlook express with this function a