Re: Restated: Where Is Anna, on the Mac?

2010-04-20 Thread Rob Lambert
Steve Jobs did a little thing on TTS prior to the release of Leopard at the Apple keynote. He demoed TTS engines, including Alex. When Anna read through the file he put up, she couldn't pronounce things like iPod or iTunes properly, and instead of "web page", it almost sounds like "webbage" so...I

Restated: Where Is Anna, on the Mac?

2010-04-20 Thread M. Taylor
Ah! Thank you, Rob. I see that the digital mistress to which I have grown so fond is called by another name? Hmmm!! I wonder where I got the name Samantha from? Perhaps in a dream? Regardless, now that I am aware of her true title, I ask, yet again, how may I hear her sweet voice on my M

Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?

2010-04-20 Thread Rob Lambert
That's what I just said (l o l - smiles) - I'm thinking you meant Microsoft Anna. (smiles) On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 11:34 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > Thank you for your response. > > But how can this be? Is she not the beloved voice of the iPhone, iPod > Touch, and iPad? > > Perhaps I refer to her b

RE: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?

2010-04-20 Thread M. Taylor
Thank you for your response. But how can this be? Is she not the beloved voice of the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad? Perhaps I refer to her by the wrong name? Mark Get to know yourself as you get to know me on The Secret Life of Mark Marcus Live Talk Show http://candleshore.com/secrets

Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?

2010-04-20 Thread Rob Lambert
Are we talking Samantha or Anna? I always thought Samantha was primarily on mobile book players & the iPod. On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 11:11 PM, gkearney wrote: > I fear you shall not find symmetry in your world...Samantha is a > Microsoft Windows SAPI voice and is not an option for Macintosh users

Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?

2010-04-20 Thread gkearney
I fear you shall not find symmetry in your world...Samantha is a Microsoft Windows SAPI voice and is not an option for Macintosh users. Gregory Kearney Manager Accessible Media Association for the Blind of Western Australia 61 Kitchener Ave Victoria Park, WA 6100' AUSTRALIA +61 08 9311 8246 On Ap

Re: the apple user?

2010-04-20 Thread Maurice Mines
dly staff. >>> I have my own personal sales representative since I have mac book pro on >>> the drawing board. >>> What I enjoy most of all, is that I can go to an appelstore, and with the >>> exception of a couple of products, there is accessibility right out of the >>&

Re: the apple user?

2010-04-20 Thread Sarah Alawami
here is accessibility right out of the >> box, with no extra costs or smas to worry about. >> I’m seeking opinions from those of you who use these computers with voice >> over. The biggest criticism I’ve heard that if you’re conducting a business >> or doing a seriou

Re: the apple user?

2010-04-20 Thread olivia norman
gt;>>> extensions and account numbers once the number is connected. >>>> But having said this, I seriously doubt whether I will ever buy another >>>> phone, where I don’t have accessibility built in. >>>> There is an applestoe here in Chicago, and w

Re: the apple user?

2010-04-20 Thread olivia norman
ted. >>>> But having said this, I seriously doubt whether I will ever buy another >>>> phone, where I don’t have accessibility built in. >>>> There is an applestoe here in Chicago, and when I’ve had any problem of >>>> any kind, the sales staf

Re: App store question

2010-04-20 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Oh yeah, you sure could do that. I did that for a while, before I got used to typing on the device. On Apr 20, 2010, at 8:22 PM, Courtney Curran wrote: > Hi, > I was wondering if I can buy an app for my Ipod Touch on the computer and > transfer it that way. It's way too frustrating trying to

Re: the apple user?

2010-04-20 Thread John J Herzog
th. >>> Even when I call on the telephone, I find a very friendly staff. >>> I have my own personal sales representative since I have mac book pro on >>> the drawing board. >>> What I enjoy most of all, is that I can go to an appelstore, and with the &g

Re: Article from the RNIB about the IPad

2010-04-20 Thread olivia norman
I guess. The only problem with that potential set up is how would you know which function to have the triple click button turn on? Some users might want VO, while others might prefer zoom. Typically, apple store staff are great about their products, I have always had wonderful experiences with

Re: Article from the RNIB about the IPad

2010-04-20 Thread Vic
I guess, the point they were trying to make is that, just like on the Mac COMMAND+F5 toggles Voiceover screen reader, iPad could have a tripple+home set up by default to perform "ask", "zoom" or "voiceover" function. But I don't really think it's that big of a deal considering that Apple store staf

Re: More Itunes problems

2010-04-20 Thread Sarah Alawami
Ok I don't really see the poinkt of switching libraries. Maybe I don't use itunes enough but what's the point in doing this? Take care. On Apr 20, 2010, at 7:13 PM, Jessica and Goldina wrote: > hey > it doesn't matter whether you open it from the dock or the applications > folder. to switch lib

Re: the apple user?

2010-04-20 Thread Sarah Alawami
k pro on >>> the drawing board. >>> What I enjoy most of all, is that I can go to an appelstore, and with the >>> exception of a couple of products, there is accessibility right out of the >>> box, with no extra costs or smas to worry about. >>> I’m see

Re: the apple user?

2010-04-20 Thread Courtney Curran
pelstore, and with the >> exception of a couple of products, there is accessibility right out of the >> box, with no extra costs or smas to worry about. >> I’m seeking opinions from those of you who use these computers with voice >> over. The biggest criticism I’ve heard tha

Re: the apple user?

2010-04-20 Thread olivia norman
ice aps are not accessible > with vo, and iwork9 acts strangely sometimes. > Basically, one person, who doesn’t use the mac, but is familiar with the > product line, told me that the operating system was those who wanted to > “play.” > Can those you have used the macbooks or other

Re: the apple user?

2010-04-20 Thread Sarah Alawami
couple of products, there is accessibility right out of the >> box, with no extra costs or smas to worry about. >> I’m seeking opinions from those of you who use these computers with voice >> over. The biggest criticism I’ve heard that if you’re conducting a business >> or d

adding a download to the downloads list in safari

2010-04-20 Thread Sarah Alawami
Hello. How do I add a download to the downloads list in safari. Example someone gave me a download link in skype to a direct file, that is a direct download link. If I past that in to the command l location bar it streams. I can't download the file as that is not one of the right click options i

Re: A Syrinx Question

2010-04-20 Thread Sarah Alawami
don't htink you can. I think you still need to go to www.twitter.com and do it from there. Take care. and correct me if I'm wrong. On Apr 20, 2010, at 5:50 PM, Courtney Curran wrote: > Hi, > I was wondering how I can search for and follow a user on Syrinx? > Thanks, > Courtney > > -- > You rec

Re: More Itunes problems

2010-04-20 Thread Jessica and Goldina
hey it doesn't matter whether you open it from the dock or the applications folder. to switch libraries, hold down the option key when you open it. it will then bring up the dialog where you choose your library. peace and positivity Jessica and Goldina follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com

Re: A question about the Speak It App

2010-04-20 Thread Courtney Curran
Well then, is there any way I can buy more voiceover voices for the Ipod touch. I really would like a male voice to use on the Ipod touch. Thanks On 20/04/2010, at 9:52 in the Afternoon, marie Howarth wrote: > No it will not work as voice over voices on the touch or IPhone or IPad. > > On 21 Ap

Re: A question about the Speak It App

2010-04-20 Thread marie Howarth
No it will not work as voice over voices on the touch or IPhone or IPad. On 21 Apr 2010, at 02:21, Courtney Curran wrote: > Is the Speak It app actually a voice that can be used instead of the default > voiceover voice? > Thanks > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to

A question about the Speak It App

2010-04-20 Thread Courtney Curran
Is the Speak It app actually a voice that can be used instead of the default voiceover voice? Thanks -- 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 thi

Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?

2010-04-20 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, Call me slow but I only just now realized that my beloved Samantha is not on my Mac. All I have, of any quality anyway, is Alex. Where is she? Please tell me that I can download her to my Mac so I can achieve perfect symmetry in my world. (Smile) Mark** ANNOUNCING THE SE

Re: webkit? (was Mac OS 10.6.3 speed, Voiceover and browsing with Safari)

2010-04-20 Thread Jim Gatteys
Hi James! I'm probably not the best person to answer this but I just download a nightly build when I think of it and its no problem. And there's an option for it to check for updates under the safari menu. You'll probably forget you're running webkit. Jim On Apr 20, 2010, at 6:59 PM, James &

A Syrinx Question

2010-04-20 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, I was wondering how I can search for and follow a user on Syrinx? Thanks, Courtney -- 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 e

Re: the apple user?

2010-04-20 Thread John J Herzog
r doing a serious project, the mac is not for the blind user. This > apparently has to do with the fact that the office aps are not accessible > with vo, and iwork9 acts strangely sometimes. > Basically, one person, who doesn’t use the mac, but is familiar with the > product line, told

Re: messages appear twice in some cases in apple mail

2010-04-20 Thread Sarah Alawami
actually I notice this if I am booted in to windows and don't check my mail and boot back in to mac after about 24 hours. call me crazy but yeah most of my messages appear twice with the same time stamp and everything. On Apr 20, 2010, at 12:30 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > Sometimes, this might ju

Re: the apple user?

2010-04-20 Thread Sarah Alawami
“play.” > Can those you have used the macbooks or other appel operating systems address > these issues. Thanks. > > > > __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature > database 5045 (20100420) __ > > The message was checked by ESET Sma

Re: App store question

2010-04-20 Thread Courtney Curran
Yay! That's a relief. Thanks On 20/04/2010, at 8:28 in the Afternoon, marie Howarth wrote: > Of course you can. :) > If your touch is linked to your itunes account, simply go to the store in > itunes, search for what you want, once you find it, hit get and when its > downloaded sync your Touch a

Re: App store question

2010-04-20 Thread marie Howarth
Of course you can. :) If your touch is linked to your itunes account, simply go to the store in itunes, search for what you want, once you find it, hit get and when its downloaded sync your Touch and your app will appear. On 21 Apr 2010, at 01:22, Courtney Curran wrote: > Hi, > I was wondering

RE: the apple user?

2010-04-20 Thread denise avant
e mac, but is familiar with the product line, told me that the operating system was those who wanted to "play." Can those you have used the macbooks or other appel operating systems address these issues. Thanks. __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus si

App store question

2010-04-20 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, I was wondering if I can buy an app for my Ipod Touch on the computer and transfer it that way. It's way too frustrating trying to even type on that thing. Thanks Courtney -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this g

Re: the apple user?

2010-04-20 Thread Kaare Dehard
, told me that the operating system was those who wanted to > “play.” > Can those you have used the macbooks or other appel operating systems address > these issues. Thanks. > > > > __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature > database 5045

Re: the apple user?

2010-04-20 Thread John J Herzog
ave used the macbooks or other appel operating systems address > these issues. Thanks. > > > > __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature > database 5045 (20100420) __ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security.

Re: More Itunes problems

2010-04-20 Thread marie Howarth
It's option key not command I believe. At least that's what I use.. :) On 21 Apr 2010, at 00:49, Courtney Curran wrote: > I'm still having trouble switching libraries in Itunes. When you open it, do > you open it throught the dock or the applications folder, or does it not > matter? When I try

Re: the apple user?

2010-04-20 Thread marie Howarth
, but is familiar with the > product line, told me that the operating system was those who wanted to > “play.” > Can those you have used the macbooks or other appel operating systems address > these issues. Thanks. > > > > __ Information from ESET Smart Securi

Re: webkit? (was Mac OS 10.6.3 speed, Voiceover and browsing with Safari)

2010-04-20 Thread James & Nash
How can I go about updating WebKit without downloading a new build every night please? Do i need to run a command from Terminal? if so, does anyone have any idea what it is please? Thanks TC james, Lyn, Nash & Twinny On 21 Apr 2010, at 00:55, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > Hi, > > You have to run

Re: webkit? (was Mac OS 10.6.3 speed, Voiceover and browsing with Safari)

2010-04-20 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, You have to run the Webkit.app. This becomes second nature though. You can also set it as the default web application, so that every time you click a link in any application, it will use Webkit. Regards, Nic Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk AIM:

the apple user?

2010-04-20 Thread denise avant
Hello all, Please forgive the length of this message. In researching the issue of whether to purchase an apple mac or not, I've come across a few people who have expressed criticism if not concern about the mac computers themselves. I own the iphone, and have enjoyed it tremendously. I've been ab

More Itunes problems

2010-04-20 Thread Courtney Curran
I'm still having trouble switching libraries in Itunes. When you open it, do you open it throught the dock or the applications folder, or does it not matter? When I try pressing command as I open it, it worked the first time, but it didn't work when I tried to switch back. Thanks, Courtney --

Re: Article from the RNIB about the IPad

2010-04-20 Thread Kaare Dehard
Aggreed Nick. When voiceover is on it alters the gestures required, and would not fit the majority of the users which aren't us... I really think that it is nit-picking critisism, as I own a touch, and my lady owns an iphone and there isn't any difficulties turning on the feature from itunes. O

Re: webkit? (was Mac OS 10.6.3 speed, Voiceover and browsing with Safari)

2010-04-20 Thread Kimberly thurman
So, does this mean that I am running web kit either by choosing web kit from the applications menu or by opening Safari? I have downloaded and installed webkit, and I do see better performance, but I am still a little confuse by the whole thing. I'm a newby Mac user, in case you didn't notic

Re: Speak It! app to use Infovox voices on the iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad

2010-04-20 Thread Courtney Curran
That's absolutely awesome, I wanted a male voice for my Ipod touch, I'm going to go buy the app now. I can't wait! On 20/04/2010, at 4:29 in the Afternoon, Esther wrote: > Hi All, > > "Speak It!" is an app that lets you use the Acapela group's Infovox voices on > the iPhone or iPod Touch, and s

Re: question about extracting audio

2010-04-20 Thread Courtney Curran
Does Ripit rip Dvds to Mp3? Thanks On 20/04/2010, at 11:12 in the morning, Chris Blouch wrote: > You could use RipIt to extract the DVD to files first. It's commercial ($20) > but works well. They have actually tested it with about 250,000 DVDs. > > http://thelittleappfactory.com/ripit/ > > CB

Re: malwear and macs

2010-04-20 Thread John J Herzog
The key language from this article is the following line. But security experts feel that since the ‘Backdoor’ would need to be installed by the user himself in order to physically access the machine, the threat from the malware is quite low. Bottom line is this. Don't install any cracked progra

Re: HTML5 and youtube

2010-04-20 Thread Sarah Alawami
If you want to test my youtube channel to see if anything is broken go to http://youtube.com/marrie125 I don't now how to fix something if it is broken but yeah. good luck. On Apr 20, 2010, at 9:47 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: > Hmm. So I went to this video (nice Acapella medley piece by Sam Tsui sin

for moderator: someone needs aproval

2010-04-20 Thread William Windels
Hello, A friend of me asks for approval since a long time on this list. Who is responsible for this? His adres is: peter.durieux1...@gmail.com thanx for your help best regards, William -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post

Re: malwear and macs

2010-04-20 Thread marie Howarth
thought you guys maybe interested in this article. http://technology.globalthoughtz.com/index.php/a-potential-backdoor-malware-for-mac-identified007/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+globalthoughtzHome+(Global+Thoughtz) On 20 Apr 2010, at 22:27, James & Nash wrote: > Nothi

Re: Article from the RNIB about the IPad

2010-04-20 Thread James & Nash
And surely, this is the point. Apple does not tout Accessibility in their products as being a huge deal because their philosophy can be summed up in two words "universal access", meaning that accessibility is an integral part of any of their products. TC James, Lyn, Nash & Twinny On 20 Apr 2010

Re: Article from the RNIB about the IPad

2010-04-20 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, I can see that as a possibility. Expanding voice control would definitely be a good idea, especially because the speech will confirm what you just said. Regards, Nic Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk AIM: cincinster yahoo Messenger: cin368 Faceboo

Re: Article from the RNIB about the IPad

2010-04-20 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, I'm just a bit sad about the fact they seem to dismiss that it is a mainstream product, and thus, nothing will actually be turned on. The thing I love about Apple, is that Apple does not presume to know what the end-user wants. This is the benefit. You can customize everything to your liki

Re: Article from the RNIB about the IPad

2010-04-20 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hello, I don't think turning on VO the way the iPhone/iPod touch/iPad is a great struggle for most the way it's currently configured but, I do think Apple should allow Voiceover to be turned on via the voice control. I wouldn't think this would be very difficult to implement. There are some p

Re: Article from the RNIB about the IPad

2010-04-20 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, Vo doesn't kick in. You have to activate that as well when turning on any Mac. Which is the point. Regards, Nic Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk AIM: cincinster yahoo Messenger: cin368 Facebook Profile My Twitter On Apr 20, 2010, at 10:39 PM, Dó

Re: Article from the RNIB about the IPad

2010-04-20 Thread Pete Nalda
FWIW, they didn't talk about getting content (books) much, but I did like the fact they mentioned pinch to zoom, which iirc works even with voiceover turned on, thus allowing for zooming in text apps, along with VO. Again I might be wrong on using pinch to zoom with vo but pinch to zoom is real

Re: Article from the RNIB about the IPad

2010-04-20 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Nic, Yes, it was a pretty good article for the RNIB, but I had the same reaction as you did about it being a pity it wasn't accessible out of the box. They just can't admit that Apple has really got it right! Cheers, Anne On Apr 20, 2010, at 10:19 PM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > Hi, >

Re: malwear and macs

2010-04-20 Thread James & Nash
Nothing - even UNIX is invulnerable. and as Chris has said, the web is the big and future target. Perhaps the most dangerous application/opening on a computer is the system's web browser. TC James, Lyn, Nash & Twinny On 20 Apr 2010, at 22:02, Chris Blouch wrote: > OSX being Unix doesn't make it

Re: Article from the RNIB about the IPad

2010-04-20 Thread marie Howarth
I see why you would say this about the article, the low vision users aspect at least. Although they do say a low vision and a blind user. Seems to me the blind user didn't have much to comment on. On 20 Apr 2010, at 22:05, Esther wrote: > Hi Marie, Nic, and Others, > > I'd like to point out th

Re: Article from the RNIB about the IPad

2010-04-20 Thread Esther
Hi Marie, Nic, and Others, I'd like to point out that the earlier iPad podcast review by Shelly and the RNIB article seemed mostly done by low vision users. Although weight is a factor (1.5 pounds), may I remind list members that a totally blind person does not have to worry about holding

Re: malwear and macs

2010-04-20 Thread Chris Blouch
OSX being Unix doesn't make it impervious, as recent security updates from Apple attest to, but it does make it harder. Throw in the small market share and most malware developers will move on to easier/broader targets (Windows). That said, an even bigger target is the web which, by design, is

Re: Speak It! app to use Infovox voices on the iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad

2010-04-20 Thread marie Howarth
Thanks for this Ester. You helped me understand the app a lot more and I can see how it may be useful to some. On 20 Apr 2010, at 21:56, Esther wrote: > Hi Marie, > > The Mac voices are more expensive than the extra voices for the iPhone/iPad > because the iPhone/iPad voices are only being use

Re: Article from the RNIB about the IPad

2010-04-20 Thread marie Howarth
hahaha glad someone else spotted that. On 20 Apr 2010, at 21:49, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: > Should I mention the "Really Not Interested in Blind" > interpretation of their acronym? Oops I just have, sorry... > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macv

Re: Speak It! app to use Infovox voices on the iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad

2010-04-20 Thread Esther
Hi Marie, The Mac voices are more expensive than the extra voices for the iPhone/ iPad because the iPhone/iPad voices are only being used for text to speech. What makes it expensive to get a good voice that will work with a Screen Reader is the extra configurability that will let this ope

RE: Article from the RNIB about the IPad

2010-04-20 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Should I mention the "Really Not Interested in Blind" interpretation of their acronym? Oops I just have, sorry... -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of marie Howarth Sent: 20 April 2010 21:46 To: macvisionaries@goo

Re: Article from the RNIB about the IPad

2010-04-20 Thread marie Howarth
Sadly, I don't think that was the point. Knowing the organisation, they probably don't even know that happens with macs as they are quite quiet when it comes to anything that is not strictly "blind specific". On 20 Apr 2010, at 21:39, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: > Hi, > > Nick while I agree with

Re: Article from the RNIB about the IPad

2010-04-20 Thread marie Howarth
yes Nick, agreed. Until I get my hands on one, the weight question is something I can't comment on. The low vision stuff I can't either. But as an initial review its not too scathing and yet not too promoting either. On 20 Apr 2010, at 21:19, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > Hi, > > I'm a bit confuse

RE: Article from the RNIB about the IPad

2010-04-20 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Hi, Nick while I agree with you entirely, I think the point they were trying to get across is this. When one turns on any kind of mac desktop or laptop, if no interaction takes place for a specific time VO kicks in. I think that this might be the kind of thing they wanted to happen with the iPad

Re: Article from the RNIB about the IPad

2010-04-20 Thread marie Howarth
Exactly what I think Olivia. Clearly they are struggling to find issues with it and so resorted to one issue they deemed potentially off putting. It's 100 times more accessible out of the box than nokia phones or windows computers. On 20 Apr 2010, at 21:28, olivia norman wrote: > I'm a bit c

Re: Speak It! app to use Infovox voices on the iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad

2010-04-20 Thread marie Howarth
Thanks for this information Ester. I have two questions. 1. Why are the mac voices so expensive compared to the extra voices on the IPhone/IPad? 2. Other than it being able to read books what else do you think this app could be useful for? On 20 Apr 2010, at 21:29, Esther wrote: > Hi All, >

Re: Speak It! app to use Infovox voices on the iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad

2010-04-20 Thread william lomas
shame can't use them as voiceover voices On 20 Apr 2010, at 21:29, Esther wrote: > Hi All, > > "Speak It!" is an app that lets you use the Acapela group's Infovox voices on > the iPhone or iPod Touch, and supposedly also for the iPad, on text that you > type or paste into the app, and create a

Speak It! app to use Infovox voices on the iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad

2010-04-20 Thread Esther
Hi All, "Speak It!" is an app that lets you use the Acapela group's Infovox voices on the iPhone or iPod Touch, and supposedly also for the iPad, on text that you type or paste into the app, and create audio files with these voices that you can either play back or mail. This is absolutel

Re: Article from the RNIB about the IPad

2010-04-20 Thread olivia norman
I'm a bit confused here. Voiceover can easily be turned on independently through iTunes, or by a sighted user using the settings menu. How is this not easily accessible? When I got my iPad an apple store employee simply turned on voiceover for me. He knew exactly how to do it, and we also en

Re: Article from the RNIB about the IPad

2010-04-20 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, I'm a bit confused here. "It is just a shame that VoiceOver is switched off by default, meaning it has to be activated before the iPad can be used." and "It would have been a real bonus had the iPad been accessible out of the box. Unfortunately, this was not quite the case." These views

Re: Article from the RNIB about the IPad

2010-04-20 Thread marie Howarth
Hi, under the heading where it says IPad, there's a file in word format, vo-space on that. If you're still having problems, I'd be happy to email you my copy off list. HtH On 20 Apr 2010, at 20:33, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hi, > > When I tried to get the article, it said no file exist at the ad

Re: Article from the RNIB about the IPad

2010-04-20 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, When I tried to get the article, it said no file exist at the address On Apr 20, 2010, at 12:18 PM, marie Howarth wrote: > Hi guys, > Thought I'd put this article out there for everyone to discuss. I will be > writing a blog on my opinions of this article shortly. But here it is for you >

Re: messages appear twice in some cases in apple mail

2010-04-20 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Sometimes, this might just occur because of server issues. There is a period of time, between when a computer receiving your e-mail and a computer sending your e-mail might not fully agree about if the e-mail was sent. Consider for example, if the computer receiving your e-mail is working very ha

Re: Braille contractions

2010-04-20 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, I agree with that, to some extent. I think what is worse, however, is that even if you create your own braille tables, it will not accept their output. That kind of contradicts localization quite a bit. Of course, they don't have multilingual speech, either, but hopefully we'll see both of

Re: Braille contractions

2010-04-20 Thread william lomas
the fact apple haven't done their own tables is bad, considering they support multilingual OS versions On 20 Apr 2010, at 20:18, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > Hi, > > Ah, thanks a lot for the response. > > I know the contracted braille, but unfortunately, I'll be unable to help if > it crashes ev

Re: Braille contractions

2010-04-20 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, Ah, thanks a lot for the response. I know the contracted braille, but unfortunately, I'll be unable to help if it crashes every time it excepts other braille output than American. Regards, Nic Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk AIM: cincinster yah

Re: Are Hp Photosmart printer/copier/scanners with Touch screens a no go?

2010-04-20 Thread marie Howarth
I have a 3 in one printer, scans, copies and prints. it's an HP photosmart and I can't remember the code off the top of my head. there are physical buttons on the printer and I can print, not tried the photo print yet or scanning yet but printer works great. On 20 Apr 2010, at 19:19, Krister Ek

Are Hp Photosmart printer/copier/scanners with Touch screens a no go?

2010-04-20 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi, i was out shopping for a printer today and found a Hp Photosmart with both printing, scanning and copying in it. Problem was that you had touch buttons all over the place. Has anyone had experiences with multi-function printers and the Mac and what should one choose? I want the lists opinion

MobileMe 24/7 LiveChat Link for Problems Re: [was Mobileme - problem solved]

2010-04-20 Thread Esther
Hello Krister, I'm glad to read your note that you could successfully renew your MobileMe account. I was just about to post this link to the page announcing 24 hour/7 days a week Live Chat support (in English) for MobileMe problems. You may want to note it down: http://www.apple.com/mob

Mobileme - problem solved

2010-04-20 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi folks. Suddenly, the hostile site became as friendly as ever and let me renew my mobileme account, so now i'm a full member of Mobileme for the first time. Thanks as always to the list for the good help i got. /Krister -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Gro

Re: Apple to go with AMD next?

2010-04-20 Thread Cody
AMD runs hot anyway and it would seriously decrease the quality also lifespan of apple computers. I've had AMD machines before and never ver liked them because of that fact. I could litterally burn myself on the first laptop I had back in 06 and also the Compaq I had which also ran extremely ho

Re: Apple to go with AMD next?

2010-04-20 Thread Shen
This is purely speculation on my part. As I'm sure it is on yours and others. Remember, it's all about profit margin. Apple has no reason to switch to AMD if their profit margin is lower or the same. Perhaps Apple will consider AMD if they believe their profit margin will be higher than continuing

Re: Interesting take on the iPad in Education

2010-04-20 Thread Chris Blouch
You can find out more about him at Chris.Pirillo.com. He's been around a while and hosts a tech broadcast on radio and a number of websites. Has about 80K followers on twitter and 40K readers on his primary site. http://chris.pirillo.com/about/ As far as textbooks go, the cost of the pounds of

Re: Braille contractions

2010-04-20 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Nic, My husband, Archie, is responsible for the CeciMac Braille package. He would like to offer contracted Braille but there are two problems. First of all, he has no list of the contractions used in Danish Braille, and secondly, he has yet to find out how to prevent the Braille output ro

Re: HTML5 and youtube

2010-04-20 Thread Chris Blouch
Hmm. So I went to this video (nice Acapella medley piece by Sam Tsui singing all six parts) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R12QVtuB0_Q In DOM mode, after the click to be notified button comes the unlabeled play button, by another unlabeled button which does nothing, then the current and total

Re: Article from the RNIB about the IPad

2010-04-20 Thread marie Howarth
I would agree with you John. as a total VI user of an IPhone, I don't think they praised the screen reader enough. And its that point of the accessibility out of the box that has wound me up. I think that could put users off entirely and let's see, how many products are accessible out of the box

Re: Help! Can't renew my Mobileme account

2010-04-20 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi, I tried that too, only problem was i couldn't route the mouse cursor to VO it said that nothing was under the mouse and vo-shift-spacebar only opened the apple menu. I'll try again. /Krister 20 apr 2010 kl. 18.10 skrev John André Netland: > Hi Krister, > > Try doing control-option-shift-s

Re: webkit? (was Mac OS 10.6.3 speed, Voiceover and browsing with Safari)

2010-04-20 Thread Sarah Alawami
Ah I see. I was hoping it would be linked but yeah the webkit is working pretty good. Take care. S On Apr 20, 2010, at 8:04 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: > After installing webkit you will have a second app called webkit. There is no > effect on Safari. So if you want the officially supported versio

Re: Apple to go with AMD next?

2010-04-20 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Shen, the cpu in the iPad has very little to do with apple choosing to switch to amd. The cpu in question is probably the product of a company that apple purchased a few years ago that makes high quality low power mobile processors. The reason why the info on the cpu is so vague is because apple do

Re: Article from the RNIB about the IPad

2010-04-20 Thread John J Herzog
Thanks for passing this article along. I think that, for the most part, this article was fair. They seem to point out both positives and negatives of the product which is good. The only area where I have some problems with the article, is that they made to big of a deal about activating voiceov

Article from the RNIB about the IPad

2010-04-20 Thread marie Howarth
Hi guys, Thought I'd put this article out there for everyone to discuss. I will be writing a blog on my opinions of this article shortly. But here it is for you all to read. It's an article done by the RNIB which is the national charity for the blind in the UK. You need to download the article,

Re: Help! Can't renew my Mobileme account

2010-04-20 Thread John André Netland
Hi Krister, Try doing control-option-shift-space on all items you are about to click For now, this is the expected procedure many places at me.com ... HOpe this helps, John André On 20. apr. 2010, at 17.55, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > Problem was that if i clicked on the clickable item, noth

Re: itunes store update

2010-04-20 Thread marie Howarth
you can register without a account. This can be done one of two ways. Either, search for a free app and click get, then when it asks you to register, go through the process. There will be a none, selection visible on the credit card page, you need to select it. Or, use a redeeming itunes voucher

Re: Help! Can't renew my Mobileme account

2010-04-20 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Problem was that if i clicked on the clickable item, nothing happened. Wonder if i did something wrong oh and the confirmation that i agreed to the terms of service wasn't clickable. Did that make any sence at all? /Krister 20 apr 2010 kl. 16.59 skrev Nicolai Svendsen: > Hi, > > Mine was a cl

Re: webkit? (was Mac OS 10.6.3 speed, Voiceover and browsing with Safari)

2010-04-20 Thread marie Howarth
I really can't say I'm having any problems with safari at the minute. If anything, its improved since the last update. On 20 Apr 2010, at 15:56, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Webcit is the backbone of safary. I use it and it runs well most of the time. > It does not solve all the problems I'm ahving wi

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