Re: the apple user?

2010-04-21 Thread Dan Roy
I love the mac too, really though, the spreadsheet entry stuff is a part of my job. Also, spreadsheets do come in handy for performing mathemitcal calculations etc. I am not particularly crazy about spreadsheets either, but, it's a necessary tool for me. On Apr 21, 2010, at 8:26 AM, Nicolai

Re: the apple user?

2010-04-21 Thread Dan Roy
Buddy: yes, I did try tables, and, yes, it will read the contents of a cell, however, I had 1 heck of a time with it reading formulas, the type of column I was in etc. Also, I could find no easy way to have it read the row and column at the same time. yes, it's somewhat usable in a pinch. Ho

Re: Can a mini be connected to a TV and work with VoiceOver?

2010-04-21 Thread Brett Campbell
Awesome, thanks to you both. Brett C. On Apr 21, 2010, at 9:14 PM, Charlie Doremus wrote: > You can get the connectors @ the Apple store for $29 & you should be able to > find connecting instructions online. > > A little humor never hurts besides maybe some rich lister will see my plea > an

Re: Can a mini be connected to a TV and work with VoiceOver?

2010-04-21 Thread Charlie Doremus
You can get the connectors @ the Apple store for $29 & you should be able to find connecting instructions online. A little humor never hurts besides maybe some rich lister will see my plea and feel sorry for me. (I got dreams) Sent from the iPad I wish I had On Apr 21, 2010, at 4:49 PM, Brett

Re: Can a mini be connected to a TV and work with VoiceOver?

2010-04-21 Thread Wes
VGA to HDMI, I think./ On 4/21/2010 7:49 PM, Brett Campbell wrote: Thanks Wes and Charlie. Forgive my ignorance, obviously I require a HDMI cable, how do I connect it to the mini, does it have a HDMI connection on it. I have next to know experience with cable connections. PS, I really like

Re: Can a mini be connected to a TV and work with VoiceOver?

2010-04-21 Thread Brett Campbell
Thanks Wes and Charlie. Forgive my ignorance, obviously I require a HDMI cable, how do I connect it to the mini, does it have a HDMI connection on it. I have next to know experience with cable connections. PS, I really like your signature Charlie. Brett C. On Apr 21, 2010, at 8:42 PM, Char

Re: A mobile Me question

2010-04-21 Thread Brett Campbell
Yes, it is a service. When you purchase from the Apple site, or Amazon, you are sent a code in the mail. When you receive the code, you enter it on your mobile me account. I don't know why it's less expensive on amazon, but I have purchased it myself with success. You can also get the $69 pr

Re: Can a mini be connected to a TV and work with VoiceOver?

2010-04-21 Thread Wes
Yup, that's right. On 4/21/2010 7:42 PM, Charlie Doremus wrote: Yes as long as you have an HDMI connection. Am very happy with my 46in. Monitor. Sent from the iPad I wish I had On Apr 21, 2010, at 4:36 PM, Brett Campbell wrote: Is it possible to connect a Mac mini to a HD TV, and have t

Re: Can a mini be connected to a TV and work with VoiceOver?

2010-04-21 Thread Charlie Doremus
Yes as long as you have an HDMI connection. Am very happy with my 46in. Monitor. Sent from the iPad I wish I had On Apr 21, 2010, at 4:36 PM, Brett Campbell wrote: > Is it possible to connect a Mac mini to a HD TV, and have the mini recognize > the TV as a monitor, so VoiceOver will be happy

Re: Can a mini be connected to a TV and work with VoiceOver?

2010-04-21 Thread Wes
Yes.that's how I do it now. HTH On 4/21/2010 7:36 PM, Brett Campbell wrote: Is it possible to connect a Mac mini to a HD TV, and have the mini recognize the TV as a monitor, so VoiceOver will be happy? The TV has a VGA and a HDMI connection. It may have others, but I'm not sure what the

Can a mini be connected to a TV and work with VoiceOver?

2010-04-21 Thread Brett Campbell
Is it possible to connect a Mac mini to a HD TV, and have the mini recognize the TV as a monitor, so VoiceOver will be happy? The TV has a VGA and a HDMI connection. It may have others, but I'm not sure what they are yet. Brett C. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

Re: A mobile Me question

2010-04-21 Thread Charlie Doremus
$99 for a year, but I think you can get a 30 day free trail from Apple's site. Sent from the iPad I wish I had On Apr 21, 2010, at 4:02 PM, Courtney Curran wrote: > Hi, > I heard that Mobile Me is a really great service. I was wondering how much it > costs? > Thanks so much, > Courtney > >

Re: A mobile Me question

2010-04-21 Thread Courtney Curran
Hang on, I thought it was a service, am I wrong? On 21/04/2010, at 10:14 in the Afternoon, Brett Campbell wrote: > If you purchase Mobile Me from the Apple site, it costs $99 U.S. > You can find it on amazon.com for $69 U.S. > > > Brett C. > > On Apr 21, 2010, at 8:02 PM, Courtney Curran wrote

Re: A mobile Me question

2010-04-21 Thread Brett Campbell
If you purchase Mobile Me from the Apple site, it costs $99 U.S. You can find it on amazon.com for $69 U.S. Brett C. On Apr 21, 2010, at 8:02 PM, Courtney Curran wrote: > Hi, > I heard that Mobile Me is a really great service. I was wondering how much it > costs? > Thanks so much, > Courtney

A mobile Me question

2010-04-21 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, I heard that Mobile Me is a really great service. I was wondering how much it costs? Thanks so much, 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 unsubs

Re: Article from the RNIB about the IPad

2010-04-21 Thread Sarah Alawami
and now my bf's phone won't even sink with itunes on windows side. he can't remove itunes or nothing. I"ve been trying to help him solve that problem but my knoledge is very limited when it domes to stuff like this. As to my other friens phone his was connected correctly but itunes never saw it

Re: the apple user?

2010-04-21 Thread Sarah Alawami
I did 2 gigs for 7 and it still chocked the the vm. something definatly is not right. On Apr 21, 2010, at 5:07 PM, Bryan Smart wrote: > Sarah, > > Windows runs best on a VM when you give it the total 3GB of memory that 32 > bit Windows can access, but 3GB is way too much memory to reserve when

Re: the apple user?

2010-04-21 Thread Sarah Alawami
macbook pro 13 inch On Apr 21, 2010, at 4:22 PM, Kimberly thurman wrote: > Sara, what system are you using; i.e. Macbook, Macbook Pro, Mac Mini, and how > much ram? I'm looking to running windows on my Macbook Pro, but I think I'll > need more ram. I only have 2 gigs. > On Apr 21, 2010, at 12:

Re: the apple user?

2010-04-21 Thread Sarah Alawami
I alocated 3 gigs to the vm and jhaws and nvda still studdered to the point that it sounded like static. drove me nuts! and still drives me nuts! S On Apr 21, 2010, at 4:16 PM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > Hi, > > I'd be curious to know how much ram you allocated? This doesn't sound right > with

Accessible p2p client

2010-04-21 Thread David Hathaway (Teruko Ikeda ICT)
Hi. uTorrent is very accessible. You can find it at http://www.utorrent.com/downloads/mac Best wishes, David -- 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 f

Re: accessible p2p applications

2010-04-21 Thread Justin Thornton
hello could someone kindly do a short demo search as a podcast with acqlite or contact me off list email is drummer060...@gmail.com skype is drummer0608 aim is drummer0608 and msn is hawkeye_1...@yahoo.com thanks for reading On Apr 21, 2010, at 9:25 AM, John J Herzog wrote: > Hi > Try acqlite. It

RE: the apple user?

2010-04-21 Thread Bryan Smart
Sarah, Windows runs best on a VM when you give it the total 3GB of memory that 32 bit Windows can access, but 3GB is way too much memory to reserve when you only have 4GB total in your computer. That leaves only 1GB of memory for running OSX, the VMware application itself, plus any other Mac ap

Re: Another Itunes question

2010-04-21 Thread Courtney Curran
Thanks, but I'd also like for it to eject the disk after I burn a Cd. On 21/04/2010, at 7:02 in the Afternoon, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hello, > > You aren't looking for the import settings button actually. Under the > general tab in preferences, VO right arrow until you come to "when you inse

Re: the apple user?

2010-04-21 Thread Kimberly thurman
Sara, what system are you using; i.e. Macbook, Macbook Pro, Mac Mini, and how much ram? I'm looking to running windows on my Macbook Pro, but I think I'll need more ram. I only have 2 gigs. On Apr 21, 2010, at 12:51 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > You can set up a bootcamp partition so you can use

Re: the apple user?

2010-04-21 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, I'd be curious to know how much ram you allocated? This doesn't sound right with those specs. 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 21, 2010, at 11:10 PM, Buddy B

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

2010-04-21 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, *grins* True. But Sam sounds clearer though. And what's up with her volume? It always sounded really low to me, compared to everything else even if I changed specific volumes. Never mind that. Regards, Nic Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk AIM:

Re: Office may be written in coco was Re: the apple user?

2010-04-21 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, Well, same price though, just different currency. Even if you pay more dollars, Marie is still paying the same amount. Of course, if the exchange rate changed slightly, she could be paying more or less than Americans might. Unless, of course, it is a set price for all countries, in which ca

Re: Another Itunes question

2010-04-21 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hello, You aren't looking for the import settings button actually. Under the general tab in preferences, VO right arrow until you come to "when you insert a CD:". Right after that there will be a pop up button. I believe by default it is set to "ask to import CD". You can change this to "i

itunes questions

2010-04-21 Thread denise avant
Hello, I am running the latest version of itunes on my windows pc. Is there a way to change my files types when I download music from mp4 to mp3? Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: Article from the RNIB about the IPad

2010-04-21 Thread Kaare Dehard
Hi Sarah, this was an exception, not the rule. I am mac and my lady is pc and no sinc issues or any of that. On 2010-04-21, at 5:03 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > actually someone needed sightee asistence to set up there iphone as itunes > kept giving them an error and it could not sybc thre device

Re: Another Itunes question

2010-04-21 Thread Courtney Curran
I went to preferences, but I did not see anything that said export preferences. Thanks On 21/04/2010, at 5:01 in the Afternoon, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Yes you can. visit the preffences command cama thing and go to the export > preffences. it is a few vo rights from the main catagory when you fir

Re: New Tech Doctor Podcast

2010-04-21 Thread Kimberly thurman
I highly recommend this podcast. Good job guys! Keep it up! Very professionally done. On Apr 20, 2010, at 9:26 AM, Robert Carter wrote: > Hi All, > > I just wanted to announce that Jenny Axler and I have just published our > second Tech Doctor podcast. > > This podcast is entitled "Does Siz

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

2010-04-21 Thread Bryan Smart
Don't beat up on Anna too much. Anna is a freakin' leap of epic proportions beyond her predecessor, Sam. I'm so happy that I'll never have to listen to him again on new Windows systems. Bryan -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.co

RE: remote access / desktop support

2010-04-21 Thread Bryan Smart
I kind of made it work with IChat, but it was a real hack. First, you can't just connect in to any Mac that you own. Someone has to be sitting at it, logged in to IChat, and approve your connect request and your screen sharing (remote control) request Then, you can control the other computer th

Re: the apple user?

2010-04-21 Thread Maurice Mines
the same with my 2.4 ghz custem mac book from 2008. my imac is a 2.6 ghz box and I don't expted eny problems whin I get my vm put on this box. Maurice ham call kd0iko, unco ta phonenumber 1-970-353-1044, nfbco newsline local numbers admin 1-970-373-3076. On Apr 21, 2010, at 3:10 PM, Buddy Branna

Re: the apple user?

2010-04-21 Thread Buddy Brannan
I blame JFW then. My processor is a 2.53GHz, not that much faster, and System Access and Window-Eyes both run fine. -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY On Apr 21, 2010, at 4:57 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > I ahave a 4 gig dool cor 2.3ghz processer with 4 gi

Re: Article from the RNIB about the IPad

2010-04-21 Thread marie Howarth
sarah, many, many users here and else where who are VI have set up their IPhones. It is really easy. Chances are the connector may not have been correctly attached or there may have been other things going on. The truth is, most of us who have the IPhone have gone through all of this with little

Re: Article from the RNIB about the IPad

2010-04-21 Thread Sarah Alawami
actually someone needed sightee asistence to set up there iphone as itunes kept giving them an error and it could not sybc thre device or something like that so I'm kind of nervous about doing this when it come stime for me to get mine. This was on a windows machine btw. On Apr 21, 2010, at 3:

Re: Another Itunes question

2010-04-21 Thread Sarah Alawami
Yes you can. visit the preffences command cama thing and go to the export preffences. it is a few vo rights from the main catagory when you first land on it. Tc..S On Apr 21, 2010, at 6:53 AM, Courtney Curran wrote: > Hi, I was wondering if I rip or burn a CD on Itunes, can I have the CD be >

Re: Help with audacity

2010-04-21 Thread Sarah Alawami
and it won't even export to ogg for me eather. odd eh? Tc/ On Apr 21, 2010, at 7:46 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hi, > > How did you get audacity to export files in mp3? I've been trying to install > the encoder and do it for a week now. No dice. > On Apr 21, 2010, at 9:24 AM, Frank Ventura wr

Re: character pallet

2010-04-21 Thread Sarah Alawami
He was specific. it happened when he started up his mac so how can apps be open when you do that. sure you land on the finder but yeah the instructions that were given by the prior poster were accurate. Ttake care. On Apr 21, 2010, at 7:58 AM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > Hi Chad, > > In the futu

Re: Any way to delete tweets in Syrinx?

2010-04-21 Thread Sarah Alawami
Yes command shift delete will del your tweet just yourse though. Take care. On Apr 21, 2010, at 9:30 AM, Jess wrote: > Hi all, > Is there any way to delete tweets using Syrinx? I've heard Qwitter can do it, > but like using Syrinx, so can this be done? IF not, how can I get rid of old > tweets?

Re: the apple user?

2010-04-21 Thread Sarah Alawami
I ahave a 4 gig dool cor 2.3ghz processer with 4 gigs of ram. jaws and nvda studder and are so chopy it missed words and sounds like diao up connection. On Apr 21, 2010, at 1:27 PM, Buddy Brannan wrote: > Huh. What Mac do you have? There's clearly some problem here; I'm running it > fine on a M

Re: Office may be written in coco was Re: the apple user?

2010-04-21 Thread Sarah Alawami
and about twice that in the us. so about 190 to 200 dollars. Take care. S On Apr 21, 2010, at 7:13 AM, marie Howarth wrote: > I am not certain, around £80 or £90 here in the UK, so around the same in > Euros I'm guessing with current exchange rates. > > On 21 Apr 2010, at 15:05, Nicolai Svends

Re: the apple user?

2010-04-21 Thread Sarah Alawami
I've used them to organise stuff like my bujet. it helps good. and I can write if then statements in to excel and it will calculate stuff for me. Take care. S On Apr 21, 2010, at 6:41 AM, marie Howarth wrote: > I'm with you Nick. > > I don't use spread sheets nor do I ever intend to use them

Re: the apple user?

2010-04-21 Thread Buddy Brannan
Huh. What Mac do you have? There's clearly some problem here; I'm running it fine on a Macbook Pro, 4GB RAM and my VM only has 2GB allocated to it. -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY On Apr 21, 2010, at 3:45 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > vms though apparen

Re: the apple user?

2010-04-21 Thread Sarah Alawami
vms though apparently cannot run on my mac as the speech gets very choppy. I've given it all I can and still no go. Ah well. Take care. S On Apr 20, 2010, at 9:56 PM, Maurice Mines wrote: > hi I can't just can't use bootcamp, I must use a vm. I am a edtech ta so i > don't to confeuze techer

Re: Acapela voice purchasing [was Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?]

2010-04-21 Thread Esther
Hi Mark, Brett's answered about the Acapela Group's offerings for the Mac, which are sold as Infovox voices. What's a bit more confusing are some of the package options and how the actual purchasing gets done. You purchase the voices by package (U.S. English, U.K. English, French, Canad

RE: Acapela voice purchasing [was Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?]

2010-04-21 Thread M. Taylor
Thank you, Brett; thank you. 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 -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Brett Campbell Se

Re: Acapela voice purchasing [was Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?]

2010-04-21 Thread Brett Campbell
Mark, I'm certainly not Esther, but here is a link, in case you don't wish to wait. You're looking for Infovox. In my opinion, Heather is the best of the U.S. voices, but they require you to purchase multiple voices as a package. http://assistiveware.com/ Brett C. On Apr 21, 2010, at 11:39 A

RE: Acapela voice purchasing [was Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?]

2010-04-21 Thread M. Taylor
Esther, et al, >From where may I purchase Acapela Voice Packages? Or any other voice packages that will work on my Mac? Thank you, 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 -Original Message- Fr

Re: the apple user?

2010-04-21 Thread olivia norman
Correct. I actually did state this yesterday, but you might have missed the message. Olivia "Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower", Steve Jobs On Apr 21, 2010, at 1:11 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: > greetings, > One thing I have not seen in this thread, likely because it is a g

Re: the apple user?

2010-04-21 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Hi Karen, Yes indeed documents can be successfully exported to formats which can be used by applications such as MS. Office running on windows. Cheers Dónal On 21 Apr 2010, at 18:11, Karen Lewellen wrote: > greetings, > One thing I have not seen in this thread, likely because it is a given. I

Re: the apple user?

2010-04-21 Thread Karen Lewellen
greetings, One thing I have not seen in this thread, likely because it is a given. I take it you can save your documents and spreadsheets in formats that can be used by those still stuck in windows office programs? Karen On Wed, 21 Apr 2010, olivia norman wrote: Very true. The mac makes pr

Re: Any way to delete tweets in Syrinx?

2010-04-21 Thread marie Howarth
You can only delete your own tweets I believe. cmd-shift-D. Hope that helps :) On 21 Apr 2010, at 17:30, Jess wrote: > Hi all, > Is there any way to delete tweets using Syrinx? I've heard Qwitter can do it, > but like using Syrinx, so can this be done? IF not, how can I get rid of old > tweets?

Any way to delete tweets in Syrinx?

2010-04-21 Thread Jess
Hi all, Is there any way to delete tweets using Syrinx? I've heard Qwitter can do it, but like using Syrinx, so can this be done? IF not, how can I get rid of old tweets? Thanks Jes -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to

Using Numbers (was Re: the apple user?)

2010-04-21 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Hello Olivia, Delighted, and very interested to discover you've managed to crack Numbers. It frustrates the hell out of me I have to say. For example, when I used Excel, and I wanted to input a grade for a specific student, I could do the following: 1. use ctrl+f (written like this in windows)

Re: Office may be written in coco was Re: the apple user?

2010-04-21 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, I just don't care much for it myself. I already have something that works, so why pay an even higher price? Regards, Nci Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk AIM: cincinster yahoo Messenger: cin368 Facebook Profile My Twitter On Apr 21, 2010, at 5:0

Re: the apple user?

2010-04-21 Thread olivia norman
Very true. The mac makes productivity a pleasure. Olivia On Apr 21, 2010, at 9:26 AM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > Hi, > > I'm still a bit confused here. What do you guys want in spreadsheets, > exactly? I don't get it. I was never a big fan of them, so I wouldn't really > know. Why did I not use

Re: Office may be written in coco was Re: the apple user?

2010-04-21 Thread olivia norman
That would be great, we'll have to wait and see what microsoft does. I think I might stick to iWork myself, as well. Olivia On Apr 21, 2010, at 9:37 AM, marie Howarth wrote: > Well, this article may release some new light on the office on the mac > situation for us all. It is not in black and w

Re: Office may be written in coco was Re: the apple user?

2010-04-21 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, God. I think I'll stick to iWork. *grins* 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 21, 2010, at 4:13 PM, marie Howarth wrote: > I am not certain, around £80 or £90 h

Re: the apple user?

2010-04-21 Thread olivia norman
I use spreadsheets in numbers all the time for a statistics class I am taking this semester. It works very well, and is the best means of information for charts, tables, etc. I, too, constantly struggled with spreadsheets and jaws, but with numbers, I find them easy to work with. Numbers is p

Re: character pallet

2010-04-21 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi Chad, In the future, please be more specific when asking questions, or it is very difficult to help you. Helpful information would be how you came to have the character viewer in the first place, whether it shows up permanently in an application such as Text Edit, or if you press something

Re: character pallet

2010-04-21 Thread marie Howarth
Hi, Try this. go to system prefs. select Keybarod and ensure the keyboard tab is highlighted. then uncheck the box where it says show character viewer. HTH On 21 Apr 2010, at 15:26, chad baker wrote: > Hi lately when i start up my macbook i get the character pallet toolbar. > Is there a way to

Re: Help with audacity

2010-04-21 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, How did you get audacity to export files in mp3? I've been trying to install the encoder and do it for a week now. No dice. On Apr 21, 2010, at 9:24 AM, Frank Ventura wrote: > Hi, thanks I finally got the Mac version of Audacity to work correctly. The > stumbling block was getting it to e

character pallet

2010-04-21 Thread chad baker
Hi lately when i start up my macbook i get the character pallet toolbar. Is there a way to get rid of it? 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 unsubscri

Re: Office may be written in coco was Re: the apple user?

2010-04-21 Thread marie Howarth
I am not certain, around £80 or £90 here in the UK, so around the same in Euros I'm guessing with current exchange rates. On 21 Apr 2010, at 15:05, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > Hi, > > What does MS Office actually cost for the Mac? > > Regards, > Nic > Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com > Skype: Kvalme >

Re: Office may be written in coco was Re: the apple user?

2010-04-21 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, What does MS Office actually cost for the Mac? 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 21, 2010, at 3:37 PM, marie Howarth wrote: > Well, this article may release s

Another Itunes question

2010-04-21 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, I was wondering if I rip or burn a CD on Itunes, can I have the CD be ejected automatically after it's done? 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

Re: the apple user?

2010-04-21 Thread marie Howarth
I'm with you Nick. I don't use spread sheets nor do I ever intend to use them but I do believe some people do use tables and with increasing releases I'm sure Apple will do more to improve accessibility. I struggled with excel when I had to use jaws, and so can't imagine why there's such prai

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

2010-04-21 Thread Brandon Misch
samantha is a nuance realspeak voice. On Apr 21, 2010, at 2:41 AM, M. Taylor wrote: > 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? > > Rega

Re: Article from the RNIB about the IPad

2010-04-21 Thread marie Howarth
I like that analogy lol. On 21 Apr 2010, at 14:19, Kaare Dehard wrote: > They from what I've read are like a lot of other organizations, You need > accessible toilet paper to work off of the role before it can be deemed safe > to do it's primary function for a blind person:) > On 2010-04-21, at

Office may be written in coco was Re: the apple user?

2010-04-21 Thread marie Howarth
Well, this article may release some new light on the office on the mac situation for us all. It is not in black and white yet but this article suggests that office may just be written in Coco. Outlook will be coming to the office suite and it will be written in coco. I am hoping the rest of the

Re: the apple user?

2010-04-21 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, I'm still a bit confused here. What do you guys want in spreadsheets, exactly? I don't get it. I was never a big fan of them, so I wouldn't really know. Why did I not used to be a fan of spreadsheets? I really don't know. I guess I couldn't be bothered using Excel. As for the rest of it, I

RE: Help with audacity

2010-04-21 Thread Frank Ventura
Hi, thanks I finally got the Mac version of Audacity to work correctly. The stumbling block was getting it to export files in .MP3 format. After installing the .MP3 encoder and restarting the Mac I was finally able to get it to work. Editing is fairly straightforward in Audacity. Thanks for the

Re: accessible p2p applications

2010-04-21 Thread John J Herzog
Hi Try acqlite. It is accessible. To see the results after performing a search, arrow right to the last column, and you will be read all the others. For some reason, the other columns in the table appear blank to voiceover, except for the last column which summarizes information from all the oth

Re: Article from the RNIB about the IPad

2010-04-21 Thread Kaare Dehard
They from what I've read are like a lot of other organizations, You need accessible toilet paper to work off of the role before it can be deemed safe to do it's primary function for a blind person:) On 2010-04-21, at 6:20 AM, marie Howarth wrote: > Neither can I Nick. As someone who has never ev

Re: Samantha/anna/pronunciation was Where Is Anna, on the Mac?

2010-04-21 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, I hear iTunes. Samantha is a Scansoft voice, along with voices such as Emily, Sabrina (I believe is the British one for the iPhone), and Carol, which is Australian. They are referred to as vocalizer in mobile products. They really are the RealSpeak Solo voices which you can either get with

Re: the apple user?

2010-04-21 Thread Kaare Dehard
It comes down to what I've said choose the tools. Ms spreadsheet access is still better, and we can harrang apple in a kindly way til this changes, but I'm greedy, and do have bootcamp installed for these eventualities. It really is about chosing toools that fit the task even if in general terms

Re: Samantha/anna/pronunciation was Where Is Anna, on the Mac?

2010-04-21 Thread Carolyn
SoOk, so here's an interesting question. I'm hearing impaired, and have long wondered about the voice of the iPhone's pronunciation of the word "itunes." To me, it sounds like "iTools." There was a sentence recently in a post, and I would have sworn she spoke the Itunes" word properly, but re

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

2010-04-21 Thread Carolyn
Mark: Now I'm confused. I thought Samantha was the apple iphone voice, and also the female in the Victor Reader Stream. Will the real Samantha please make herself known to us all? - Original Message - From: M. Taylor To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, Apri

Re: the apple user?

2010-04-21 Thread Buddy Brannan
Have you tried tables? -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY On Apr 21, 2010, at 8:15 AM, Dan Roy wrote: > I love my Mac and would never go back to using windows as my main machine. > However,the point about spreadsheets is, unfortunately, a good 1. I am

Re: the apple user?

2010-04-21 Thread Dan Roy
I love my Mac and would never go back to using windows as my main machine. However,the point about spreadsheets is, unfortunately, a good 1. I am forced to use windows for spreadsheet work, for now anyway! On Apr 21, 2010, at 3:38 AM, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: > good morning Denise, > > I wo

Acapela voice purchasing [was Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?]

2010-04-21 Thread Esther
Hi Marie, I've changed the subject line, since we're talking now about the Infovox voices from Acapela. One additional piece of information is that you get the Heather voice with every voice pack you purchase. So, if you purchased the Spanish voices or the U.K. English voices, you'd als

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

2010-04-21 Thread Dan Roy
Esther: I take it you don't have an iPad to test this out on, but, I will throw this out to the list. I am wondering if it would be possible to capture an entire ibook and have it read out by this speakit software? that would be an interesting concept indeed! On Apr 20, 2010, at 3:29 PM, Est

RE: malwear and macs

2010-04-21 Thread Joe Plummer
This is what I have been trying to say all along. Sign, JP ( Joe Plummer) joeplum...@tds.net -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Blouch Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 5:02 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.

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

2010-04-21 Thread James & Nash
Thanks Jim, TC James, Lyn, Nash & Twinny On 21 Apr 2010, at 01:53, Jim Gatteys wrote: > 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 safa

Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?

2010-04-21 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, We'll just break down their doors and demand they cater to our needs. Sounds like organizations you know? I don't really mind the space, I guess. Just the fact that, if I never use them, it's a silly idea to pay more if I only use two of them. I guess I can understand their point. I will p

Re: Article from the RNIB about the IPad

2010-04-21 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, Well, it just has to fit the little tray that pops out of the iPhone. It can be a little difficult at first, but if you just take it slow, it'll pop in just fine. The sim-card, of course. It's pretty small though. I could never insert the sim-cards into the other mobile phones, so I'm glad

Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?

2010-04-21 Thread marie Howarth
yes, i think there should be an option to buy individual voices. I like heather and I think its Emily. Ryan's OK too but one or two voices doesn't justify me buying a whole bunch of voices, like you said, taking up room. Maybe if enough people email them they might consider it an option. haha, a

Re: accessible p2p applications

2010-04-21 Thread Philippe Brun
Hi, microTorrent is accessible. Regards, Philippe Le 21 avr. 2010 à 12:15, Nicolai Svendsen a écrit : > Hi, > > Well, despite Acquisition looking like development was canceled in 2007, I'll > try to write the developer of that anyway. > > Regards, > Nic > Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com > Skype: Kval

Re: Article from the RNIB about the IPad

2010-04-21 Thread marie Howarth
Neither can I Nick. As someone who has never even looked at my sim card in the IPhone, I couldn't comment but I think some users may find it difficult to know which way around the simcard goes. I know I used to always get my dad to change simcards in my old phones. But they don't even mention th

Re: Article from the RNIB about the IPad

2010-04-21 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, Hmm. I'm going to be interested in that. Inserting the sim in the iPhone is ridiculously easy. I want to do it on the iPad now. I can't imagine it being any different. Regards, Nic Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk AIM: cincinster yahoo Messenger

Re: accessible p2p applications

2010-04-21 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, Well, despite Acquisition looking like development was canceled in 2007, I'll try to write the developer of that anyway. 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 21,

accessible p2p applications

2010-04-21 Thread chad baker
Hi is there any accessible p2p applications? I tried acquisition not to accessible. When i searched for something the tables were blank. I tried soulseek but the interface wasn't accessible. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To p

Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?

2010-04-21 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, See, I asked them about this. APparently, Acapela does not permit sales of separate voices. THis is apparently because of agencies. They seem to find it a better solution to just buy a package that suits your needs so you can choose, rather than agencies and such having to buy multiple time

Re: Article from the RNIB about the IPad

2010-04-21 Thread marie Howarth
I don't know if the tripple click of the home button is set to a default but Apple try to not second guess their customers so I think this would be kind of counter Apple. And not to mention, they would still complain if the triple tap brought up voice over when it was a low vision user who was u

Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?

2010-04-21 Thread marie Howarth
I love Alex too and use him pretty much all of the time. I trialled other voices from infovox and such but could not bring myself to pay $99 for one set of voices. I understand now why they cost so much but even still I just can't justify that much money for 4 or 5 voices and I like a mix of the

Re: acquisition

2010-04-21 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, More on this one. It might look promising, but according to the site, it is only copyrighted from 2002-2007. There doesn't seem to be a link, so I'm wondering if it is not being developed anymore. Regards, Nic Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk AI

Re: acquisition

2010-04-21 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi Chad, It'd be nice to explain what Acquisition is. For now, though, I'll assume you mean the P2P from http://www.acquisitionx.com Everything is accessible, except the tables that you need to look at files, check completed downloads, etc. However, before abandoning the program, it might be a

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