Re: question about home, end, page up page down

2010-02-06 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello everyone, The situation with Home, End, Page up and Page down is this. When you use these commands, the visual focus moves but the VO focus does not. So, for totally blind users, it appears as though they don't work. Cheers, Anne -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: A question about max and musicbrainz

2010-02-06 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi. I want to use 320 kb/s mp3 and stereo. There is a problem with ITunes, so I can only get 160 kbp/s and joint stereo, if I use custom. Best regards Annie. 2010/2/6, Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com: Hi, What quality did you want to use in iTunes? I never had a problem changing the

RE: creating ringtones from my own mp3's

2010-02-06 Thread Simon Fogarty
If you jail break your IPhone, I believe you can then use your own mp3 files as ring tones. But I'm not sure how much jail breaking the device screws up the workings for VO. It does in a few cases at least it did on a friend of mines device. Some of his apps no longer worked correctly .

RE: creating ringtones from my own mp3's

2010-02-06 Thread Joe Plummer
You can use your own ringtones for your IPhone with out jail breaking it. I recommend you use gold wave or what ever on the Mac side of things to get the ring tone like you want it and then use a program like iringer to convert it to the format you need to put it on your IPhone. This converter

Re: A question about max and musicbrainz

2010-02-06 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi, The settings are perfectly accessible, they just dont trucking change when you hit the OK buttons. Or at least that was my experience here. besides, I'm going lossless now, and I'm sure ITunes won't let me rip to flac even with fluke installed, wonderful add-on that it is. Max is way

RE: creating ringtones from my own mp3's

2010-02-06 Thread Dean Adams
Hey Joe, Please send me the info on the iringer and the Iphone email list thanks I have goldwave and tried to convert the mp3 which I cut down to 30 seconds but it said that it was not able to convert it to a ringtone for some reason even though it was in acc format for the apple

Wireless issue

2010-02-06 Thread Chris G
Hello, I currently run my network on channel 9. I have been messing around with the channels and changing the router to channel 1 or 5 the mac will not see the wireless network. changing to channel 9 or 11 it will. Any ideas. Running a netgear router with a Mac mini with snow leopard 10.6.2.

braille display layouts?

2010-02-06 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi guys, I have a brailliant here for testing and since I have to play with it for a few days to make sure it works, I went looking around at the command lay out. By default there are only 13 commands set up for brailliant which seems a bit sparton, even considdering the limitations of the

Re: braille display layouts?

2010-02-06 Thread Søren Jensen
Hi Erik. yeah this is possible, but this setting is pretty much hidden. You can do the following: 1: Open up the Voiceover Utilities 2: Go to the menu bar and choose File 3: Choose Export settings 4: A save window comes up where you can save your settings to a file. Move your Vo cursor next to

Re: question about home, end, page up page down

2010-02-06 Thread Donna Goodin
Oh, weird. It'd be nice if they fixed that in a future upgrade. Cheers, Donna On Feb 6, 2010, at 3:47 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: Hello everyone, The situation with Home, End, Page up and Page down is this. When you use these commands, the visual focus moves but the VO focus does not. So,

Re: A question about max and musicbrainz

2010-02-06 Thread Donna Goodin
OK, I may sound like an idiot, but what is Max, and where do I get it? I, too, would be interested in ripping cds in a higher quality. Oh, and what do you mean I'm going lossless? Thanks for your patience if these are simplistic questions. Best, Donna On Feb 6, 2010, at 7:04 AM, erik

Re: A question about max and musicbrainz

2010-02-06 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi Donna. Max is a cdripper program. And It is freeware. You can download it from: http://sbooth.org/max/ It can be a bit tricky to set up in my opinion. But you are wellcome to write again if neccesarry. Best regards Annie. 2010/2/6, Donna Goodin goodi...@msu.edu: OK, I may sound like an

Re: A question about max and musicbrainz

2010-02-06 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi Donna, When we talk about mp3 we're dealing with a lossie format. In other words, it makes your files smaller by throwing away pieces of the sound that it thinks you can't hear. Often the result is comfortable to listen to and portable to cary around, and the trade off of quality vs space

Re: creating ringtones from my own mp3's

2010-02-06 Thread Thuy
No the ringtone has to have a file extention of .m4r for it to be recognised as a ringtone I think. Hope this helps? Thuy On 06/02/2010, Dean Adams d...@internode.on.net wrote: Hey Joe, Please send me the info on the iringer and the Iphone email list thanks I have goldwave and tried

Re: A question about max and musicbrainz

2010-02-06 Thread Esther
Hi Erik, Annie, Ricardo, and Others, Another accessible alternative for lossless rippling is X Lossless Decoder: http://tmkk.hp.infoseek.co.jp/xld/index_e.html which supports cue sheets. If I want the best quality mp3 ripping, I use the iTunes LAME plug-in that was described in this

Re: Additional help needed with Reading line by line

2010-02-06 Thread John JD Denning
Is there a new VO user document that covers this, and more? A tutorial where a newbie can turn? I'm an old Mac user, but want to start using VO more and more. I prefer some kind of tutorial over just lists of commands. Some of the reasons I'd like to use VO is that Zoom has so many focus

Re: airfoil and soundflower

2010-02-06 Thread Mary Otten
MaryThanks, Darcy, for this advice. I will experiment with it. I'm thinking it could at least be useful for selecting music sources when not at the Mac, when a delay in hearing VO response might be a little inconvenient but not a show stopper. Wouldn't want to do word processing or anything

Re: airfoil and soundflower

2010-02-06 Thread Mary Otten
Hi again Darcy, I just checked and system audio is dimmed as an audio source. I definitely did install sound flower. The first time I tried it, I got an error, so had to retry and then it installed ok. Any ideas why system audio should be dimmed? Mary -- You received this message because you

Re: airfoil and soundflower

2010-02-06 Thread Mary Otten
Well, maybe I spoke too soon. I see two system audios in the audio sources listing, and the first one is dimmed, but the second is not. That leads to the question of why this choice should appear twice in the audio sources menu. Interesting. Mary -- You received this message because you are

Trouble with Safari on Amazon

2010-02-06 Thread James Nash
Hi list, Is anyone finding the old busy problem with Safari on Amazon please? I have repaired permissions, blown out the system and Safari caches, reset Safari and now I am emptying the Trash. Short of this, all I can think to do is to restart the machine when the Trash has finished being

Re: A question about max and musicbrainz

2010-02-06 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Erik and all, Wow this has been interesting. I understood the issue of losing quality with mp3s, but I guess where I was confused, is that I assumed that CDs were imported into Itunes in M4a format, just like the songs we purchase (though I had had concerns about quality on more than one

Re: creating ringtones from my own mp3's

2010-02-06 Thread Carolyn
Dean: You can create ringtones using itunes for any song you purchased there. There may, however be a restriction on creating them from your own music. Perhaps someone will correct me if I'm mistaken. Carolyn - Original Message - From: Dean Adams To: macvisionaries list

Re: creating ringtones from my own mp3's

2010-02-06 Thread Charlie Doremus
One can create ring tones from music you own by using garage band's ring tone feature. Just make sure that the music you use in no longer then 30 - 40 seconds long. On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 8:38 AM, Carolyn ch...@q.com wrote: Dean: You can create ringtones using itunes for any song you

Re: A question about max and musicbrainz

2010-02-06 Thread Ricardo Walker
Yup, If your preferences are set to do so , it will import your CD'sinto the desired format. Under general, press the import settings button. On Feb 6, 2010, at 1:33 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: Hi Erik and all, Wow this has been interesting. I understood the issue of losing quality with

Re: A question about max and musicbrainz

2010-02-06 Thread Ricardo Walker
So it won't let you choose 320kbps? I just tried it out and it worked as advertised for me. On Feb 6, 2010, at 4:14 AM, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: Hi. I want to use 320 kb/s mp3 and stereo. There is a problem with ITunes, so I can only get 160 kbp/s and joint stereo, if I use custom.

Re: A question about max and musicbrainz

2010-02-06 Thread Donna Goodin
Oh! Well, if it's that simple, what are the advantages of messing with these other rippers? Thanks, Donna Dn Feb 6, 2010, at 2:02 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Yup, If your preferences are set to do so , it will import your CD'sinto the desired format. Under general, press the import

Re: A question about max and musicbrainz

2010-02-06 Thread Ricardo Walker
I'm not sure? I've never used them. I'm sure someone can shed some light on this. lol On Feb 6, 2010, at 2:18 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: Oh! Well, if it's that simple, what are the advantages of messing with these other rippers? Thanks, Donna Dn Feb 6, 2010, at 2:02 PM, Ricardo Walker

question about IPhone applications

2010-02-06 Thread Amber Pearcy
Good afternoon listers, I have a few questions about arranging IPHone applications on the home screen. First, is there a way to delete applications from the phone?I have connected the phone to the computer and entered the applications folder, but I can't seem to find any options for

Re: A question about max and musicbrainz

2010-02-06 Thread Donna Goodin
Thanks, Ricardo. Glad I'm not the only one in the dark. :) Donna On Feb 6, 2010, at 2:23 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: I'm not sure? I've never used them. I'm sure someone can shed some light on this. lol On Feb 6, 2010, at 2:18 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: Oh! Well, if it's that simple, what

Re: question about IPhone applications

2010-02-06 Thread Ricardo Walker
HI, To delete apps using your computer. just go into the apps list in iTunes and remove the apps you don't want. The next time you sync, a dialog should pop up asking if you want to remove the application from your iPhone, or copy the app back on to your computer. You can also delete apps

Scanner recommendations for Abbey Fine Reader

2010-02-06 Thread James Nash
Hi everyone, Can anyone please recommend a scanner that is compatible with Abbey Fine Reader please? I am looking for a decent scanning solution for myself and Lyn. Thanks TC James, Lyn, Nash Twinny -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: question about IPhone applications

2010-02-06 Thread Daniel Rowe
Regarding moving apps around on the home screen, double tap an app, hold your finger down till VO says either moving on an app that came preinstalled on the phone, or delete on an app you've installed. While still keeping your finger on the screen, move it to where you'd like the app to be.

Re: Trouble with Safari on Amazon

2010-02-06 Thread Jim Gatteys
Hi James! I just went to Amazon and checked my previous orders and looked around a bit and didn't get any busy stuff. Sorry to tell you that! Jim On Feb 6, 2010, at 12:00 PM, James Nash wrote: Hi list, Is anyone finding the old busy problem with Safari on Amazon please? I have repaired

Re: Trouble with Safari on Amazon

2010-02-06 Thread Barry Hadder
Hi, I can't use Amazon at all unless I disable java script. I disable it through the develop menu. It works for me. On Feb 6, 2010, at 12:00 PM, James Nash wrote: Hi list, Is anyone finding the old busy problem with Safari on Amazon please? I have repaired permissions, blown out the

Re: Trouble with Safari on Amazon

2010-02-06 Thread James Nash
Ah thanks, I'll try that Tc James, Lyn, Nash Twinny On 6 Feb 2010, at 21:07, Barry Hadder wrote: Hi, I can't use Amazon at all unless I disable java script. I disable it through the develop menu. It works for me. On Feb 6, 2010, at 12:00 PM, James Nash wrote: Hi list, Is

scanner for abby fine reader

2010-02-06 Thread Josh
Hi I recommend the epson workforce scanner with automatic document feeder from amazon, you can take off the document feeder and it becomes a flatbed also. it scans 20 some pages a minute. Josh Kennedy jkenn...@gmail.com my blog is at http://jkenn337.klangoblog.net (updated frequently). Tired

Re: A question about max and musicbrainz

2010-02-06 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi donna, it is possible. I know people who do it successfully all the time. My issues were that I was already familiar with flac because of trading lossless live consert recording. Since I already have hundreds of these in flac and need the support anyway, I decided to stick with it for my

Re: A question about max and musicbrainz

2010-02-06 Thread Maxwell Ivey Jr.
hello; I want to concur with this opinion of max. I would only recommend it if you will be happy with setting the quality and output locations and leaving them because every time I have to make changes it drives me crazy. I only keep using it because its a free program available on the

Re: scanner for abby fine reader

2010-02-06 Thread Mary Otten
MaryJosh, Have you used this scanner on a Mac running fine reader? I ask because the blurb about the Mac version says that FR express supports only scanners that don't use emulated drivers. If its not directly supported, you have to use something like viewscan and then do ocr on the images

RE: question about home, end, page up page down

2010-02-06 Thread Linda Adams
Carolyn, I feel the same way. I've had my Mac Book for about 6 weeks and have a long way to go. Linda -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Carolyn Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 2:34 PM To:

RE: question about home, end, page up page down

2010-02-06 Thread Linda Adams
Anne, Is this the case even when tracking is on? TIA, Linda -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Anne Robertson Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 3:47 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: question

Re: scanner for abby fine reader

2010-02-06 Thread James Nash
Hi Mary, I would not find this acceptable, but I would do it that way if it was the only way to scan successfully on the Mac. TC James, Lyn, Nash Twinny On 6 Feb 2010, at 23:18, Mary Otten wrote: MaryJosh, Have you used this scanner on a Mac running fine reader? I ask because the

Re: scanner for abby fine reader

2010-02-06 Thread Carolyn
Josh: What kind of ocr do you use for that and the Mac, please? Carolyn - Original Message - From: Josh To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 2:13 PM Subject: scanner for abby fine reader Hi I recommend the epson workforce scanner with

Re: A question about max and musicbrainz

2010-02-06 Thread Donna Goodin
Hey Eric, Thanks for the info. After seeing your last message, I configured my preferences to import as M4A and it seems to be working well. So, I think that'll do for me for now. :) Cheers, Donna On Feb 6, 2010, at 3:54 PM, erik burggraaf wrote: Hi donna, it is possible. I know people

Re: A question about max and musicbrainz

2010-02-06 Thread Donna Goodin
Thanks for explaining this, though. I may check out Max at some point, but I'm kind of inundated just now--we're moving--so I'll put it on the back burner for the time being. I do appreciate the info, though. Cheers, Donna On Feb 6, 2010, at 4:07 PM, erik burggraaf wrote: Well, as you know,

games for the mac

2010-02-06 Thread May McDonald
Hi, are there any games that work on the mac with voice over? I need some games to play. skype and aim: CanadianLynx2010 windows messenger: mcdonald@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send

RE: creating ringtones from my own mp3's

2010-02-06 Thread Joe Plummer
Yes, see links below for site to iringer and site to the site dedicated to the IPhone and blind community. This is to iringer site below: http://www.iringer.net/ This is a site to the dedicated email list for the blind and the IPhone, see link below. I also can give you away to sign up for this