Re: making dvd player in the newest incarnation of the mackbook pro region free

2010-05-06 Thread Darcy Burnard
Hi. I have no first hand experience with this, but I've heard that vlc ignores region coding on DVDs. I heard that a long time ago, so it may not still be the case. Worth a try though. Darcy On 2010-05-06, at 8:15 PM, DJ Nezumi wrote: > hi all > i was wondering does anyone have any advice on

Re: Accessible iPhone/iPad apps and refunds

2010-05-06 Thread olivia norman
Also, I wonder who's responsibility it is to intigrate access into apps? Is it Apple's? The developers? John also makes great observations about defining accessibility and what apple should do regarding this! Olivia On May 6, 2010, at 11:06 PM, John J Herzog wrote: > I see a problem with this ph

Re: Accessible iPhone/iPad apps and refunds

2010-05-06 Thread John J Herzog
I see a problem with this philosophy. Different people view accessibility in different ways. For instance, some people would not consider the workout application posted to this list accessible because of a few unlabeled buttons. Others would be fine with it. Similarly, I have a few games on the

Re: Amadeus Pro and merging files?

2010-05-06 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, it looks like it's working, but where does the one joined file save once it's done? Thanks, Courtney On 06/05/2010, at 9:54 in the Afternoon, eric wrote: > > Hi Courtney, > If you have two files you want to join in Amadeus Pro you should be > able to go to the Sound menu and then go to the j

Re: Amadeus Pro and merging files?

2010-05-06 Thread Courtney Curran
I have about 87 files I want to join, I bought a book on CD and I want to listen to it all as one file. I'll try it. Thanks, Courtney On 06/05/2010, at 9:54 in the Afternoon, eric wrote: > > Hi Courtney, > If you have two files you want to join in Amadeus Pro you should be > able to go to the So

Re: Amadeus Pro and merging files?

2010-05-06 Thread eric
Hi Courtney, If you have two files you want to join in Amadeus Pro you should be able to go to the Sound menu and then go to the join sub menu. I think it pretty much walks you through it from there. I have not done this in some time but remember being surprised that it was fairly easy. try open

Re: Accessible iPhone/iPad apps and refunds

2010-05-06 Thread Charlie Doremus
I second the motion Olivia Sent from the iPad I wish I had On May 6, 2010, at 2:55 PM, olivia norman wrote: > I just wanted to second what Cara says here and agree. This is also a > problem I have with some, not all, in the blindness community, and Cara's > thoughts are right on track! :) >

Re: Accessible iPhone/iPad apps and refunds

2010-05-06 Thread olivia norman
I just wanted to second what Cara says here and agree. This is also a problem I have with some, not all, in the blindness community, and Cara's thoughts are right on track! :) Olivia On May 6, 2010, at 7:41 PM, Cara Quinn wrote: > To be fair here, I'm not trying to help rouse the troops as it

RE: making dvd player in the newest incarnation of the mackbook pro region free

2010-05-06 Thread Bryan Smart
Sorry, but that isn't possible, by design. You're supposed to be locked to one region. That's so, for example, that Japanese publishers can overcharge people in the U. S. for imported DVDs, and so that Hollywood can make Europeans wait months after a U. S. release before they can buy a playable

Re: Charging devices from Computer USB ports & Additional comments on iPhone and iPad charging [was Re: A USB device is drawing too much power]

2010-05-06 Thread Esther
Hi Nic, I've never used resetting the PRAM to fix a USB port issue before on a Mac -- only used it for audio sound repairs. However, the part about removing a battery and holding down the power button with the battery out (to discharge the capacitor) is something I've had to do before wi

Re: Charging devices from Computer USB ports & Additional comments on iPhone and iPad charging [was Re: A USB device is drawing too much power]

2010-05-06 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi Esther, Thank you. I'll try this. Resetting the PRAM has been tried before, but I'm supposing holding down the power button when battery is removed is some sort of cycle? I'll add it to resetting the PRAM again and let you know how it works out. Regards, Nic Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com Skype:

Charging devices from Computer USB ports & Additional comments on iPhone and iPad charging [was Re: A USB device is drawing too much power]

2010-05-06 Thread Esther
Hi Nic, I'll cc this to the viphone list, since the last part of this post is about USB power usage and charging for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. I'm not sure I qualify with respect to knowing a lot about hardware, USB devices, and electricity, but I'll try to answer your question, al

making dvd player in the newest incarnation of the mackbook pro region free

2010-05-06 Thread DJ Nezumi
hi all i was wondering does anyone have any advice on how to make my dvd player region free? i have both dvds from the UK and US and at the moment i can't watch say for example dvds from the UK because my drive region has to be changed but i can only do this a number of times i would be vary greatf

Re: Rewind and forward on Blind Cool Tech Pod casts

2010-05-06 Thread Sarah Alawami
Oh yeah. Ok. if I remember correctly the button to the left of the time area is pause and the next one to the left is fast forward if I remebjejr correctly. the next one to the left if i remember correct should be rewind but it has been a while since I've done this. Tak ecare. On May 6, 2010, a

Re: A USB device is drawing too much power

2010-05-06 Thread Sarah Alawami
the headset getting hot worries me. I don't kpw anything about electricioty or drivers but have you contacted the company to see if they an give you advice? On May 6, 2010, at 4:06 PM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to think that was the issue, if I haven't used SNow Leopard with it

Re: Accessible iPhone/iPad apps and refunds

2010-05-06 Thread Cara Quinn
To be fair here, I'm not trying to help rouse the troops as it were. I completely agree with you, but I'd really encourage people to simply voice these concerns in a polite and amicable way, rather than complaining. I say this, as (no offense to anyone in particular) in my opinion, the blin

Re: creating audio books from text

2010-05-06 Thread William Windels
He all, I was plaing with audacity in combination with the daisy pipeline project. The daisy pipeline should have a plugin for audacity to convert it to a daisybook but, the setup and the corresponding settings are not easy to setup. If someone else has experiences with this, it would be nice if y

Re: Mack Mini and Monitor?

2010-05-06 Thread Courtney Curran
Thanks, I'll go on Amazon now,That's going to help me a lot. Thanks so much, Courtney On 06/05/2010, at 7:03 in the Afternoon, Frank Carmickle wrote: > Hi Courtney > > On May 5, 2010, at 2:40 PM, Courtney Curran wrote: > >> Hi, >> Since a new Mack mini apparently must have a monitor, are there

Re: A USB device is drawing too much power

2010-05-06 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, I'd like to think that was the issue, if I haven't used SNow Leopard with it just fine as well. The thing that makes it look odd as well is that I can use it for some time when I haven't used it in a while. DOing all kinds of stuff with the wire would usually show where the broken part is,

Amadeus Pro and merging files?

2010-05-06 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, I was wondering if there is a way to merge or join files with Amadeus Pro? If so how? Any help would be appreciated. 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...@goog

Re: Mack Mini and Monitor?

2010-05-06 Thread Frank Carmickle
Hi Courtney On May 5, 2010, at 2:40 PM, Courtney Curran wrote: > Hi, > Since a new Mack mini apparently must have a monitor, are there any portable > monitors like USB monitors or something. I take my Mack mini to work a lot. > I'm not using any monitor now, Safari seems busy a lot, but is stil

Re: A USB device is drawing too much power

2010-05-06 Thread marie Howarth
I had the same issue for a long time. If your headset is old, it's likely the drivers are not working well with your system. Simple solution, get a new headset. On 6 May 2010, at 22:37, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > Hi guys, > > So, I'm looking for someone here who knows a lot about hardware, spe

Re: Mack Mini and Monitor?

2010-05-06 Thread Courtney Curran
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RE: Mack Mini and Monitor?

2010-05-06 Thread Bryan Smart
; >>http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > > 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: Accessible iPhone/iPad apps and refunds

2010-05-06 Thread Bryan Smart
Absolutely. Anyone on the list with an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch, please write to complain. It isn't write for Apple to not give us info about an app's accessibility, give us no way to evaluate that accessibility for ourselves, force us to buy the app in order to find out, and then deny us a

Re: Accessible iPhone/iPad apps and refunds

2010-05-06 Thread Cara Quinn
Hi Bryan; I for one, agree with you whole-heartedly. I've actually been in touch with Apple about this in the past, and my contacts also felt it would be a good idea, however, as yet nothing has seemingly happened with it. I'd encourage you and anyone else interested to email accessibil.

Re: macspeech

2010-05-06 Thread ben king
Dear Phil, Ifyou have sl, you can press control option u and bring up the web item rotor. You navigate to archives. Than you find the podcast you are looking for. In the title of the show you should see mac speech. I hope this helps. Blessings, Ben from my iPod On May 6, 2010, at 1:

Re: creating audio books from text

2010-05-06 Thread William Windels
Hello Rossy, I had tried it before but I test again now and it's not a solution. It can convert them to mp3 but the result is still one big file. There is a kind of bookmark for aca-files or acc files that saves the position where you stopped with reading but this don't work on other devices outs

A USB device is drawing too much power

2010-05-06 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi guys, So, I'm looking for someone here who knows a lot about hardware, specifically on the Mac-side and someone who knows a lot in particular about USB-devices. Oh, and electricity, perhaps. Here's the deal. I've got a Skype Wireless Freetalk Headset, the old model. I've been using it for

Re: Accessible iPhone/iPad apps and refunds

2010-05-06 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, I had recommended a five point accessibility scale on another list. I believe this is the most practical solution. Being that accessibility is so subjective, I think some kind of rating system would work the best. Instead of just choosing a rating for an app like it is now, maybe their c

Re: macspeech

2010-05-06 Thread ben king
Dear Phil, You are wellcome . I love helping other vo users out. Have a wonderful day. Blessings, Ben King Sent from my iPod On May 6, 2010, at 11:37 AM, william lomas wrote: get it here Phil http://www.sendspace.com/file/ec1cqi highlighted On 6 May 2010, at 19:33, phil stephenson w

Re: Mack Mini and Monitor?

2010-05-06 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello, On May 6, 2010, at 10:46 PM, Romack wrote: > For the sake of this thread, and the notion that Ben may explode in a > fiery ball of rage with what I am about to propose - what if an > adapter was plugged into the display port of the Mini, but no display > was actually attached? Could one pur

Re: Rewind and forward on Blind Cool Tech Pod casts

2010-05-06 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Linda, A few useful tips about Mac applications. To get to the menu bar for any application, press VO-m and navigate right. The first menu will be headed by the name of the application. Thereafter, you'll have the standard menus plus any extras specific to that application. To open the P

Re: macspeech

2010-05-06 Thread phil stephenson
Hi Will, Thanks for direct link, sorry should've read to end of the thread before replying. Cheers, Phil On 6 May 2010, at 19:45, Justin Thornton wrote: > thanks for the DL link > On May 6, 2010, at 2:37 PM, william lomas wrote: > >> get it here Phil >> >> http://www.sendspace.com/file/ec1

Re: macspeech

2010-05-06 Thread phil stephenson
Hi Ben, have had a look at the site but struggling to find the Archive section, will take a look again later I guess. Cheers, Phil On 6 May 2010, at 18:30, Ben King wrote: > Dear Phil, > The podcast is on www.atmaine.com. > Go to the archives section and look for May 2009. I hope this helps.

Re: Mack Mini and Monitor?

2010-05-06 Thread Romack
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Re: Rewind and forward on Blind Cool Tech Pod casts

2010-05-06 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi Linda, What you are probably referring to is the playback wen clicking an MP3 link or other audio link. That's not iTunes that opens up. You can have it open with iTunes, however that is never the default. There might be some way to fast forward and rewind here, I'm sure there is. But the w

Accessible iPhone/iPad apps and refunds

2010-05-06 Thread Bryan Smart
Hi. There are so many apps available. As we know, some are completely accessible, some are accessible with some workarounds, and some not at all. With free apps, this isn't a problem. You install them, check them out, and, if they aren't accessible, you can just delete them. With paid apps, th

RE: Rewind and forward on Blind Cool Tech Pod casts

2010-05-06 Thread Linda Adams
This will probably astound most of you on this list but I am not familiar with I-Tunes yet. I've had no luck locating the I-tunes menu bar Sarah mentioned so I'm still at square 1, trying to rewind and fast forward on podcasts. Option-command right/left arrow didn't work. When I pause the podcast

Re: creating audio books from text

2010-05-06 Thread rossy
hi maybe you can try ghost reader from www.assistiveware.com even stanza makes audio files but i don't know about daisy . let us know if you find some valid solutions . rossy Il giorno 06/mag/2010, alle ore 01.34, William Windels ha scritto: Hi all, I have some troubles to create spoken text fr

Re: macspeech

2010-05-06 Thread Justin Thornton
thanks for the DL link On May 6, 2010, at 2:37 PM, william lomas wrote: > get it here Phil > > http://www.sendspace.com/file/ec1cqi highlighted > > > On 6 May 2010, at 19:33, phil stephenson wrote: > >> Thanks Ben, will certainly take a listen, >> >> Cheers, >> >> Phil >> >> >> Sent from m

Re: macspeech

2010-05-06 Thread Justin Thornton
afterI get to the archives and click may 2009 there is a table how can I use voiceover to navigate that talbe correct all I see it letters and numbers On May 6, 2010, at 2:33 PM, phil stephenson wrote: > Thanks Ben, will certainly take a listen, > > Cheers, > > Phil > > > Sent from my iPhone

Re: macspeech

2010-05-06 Thread william lomas
get it here Phil http://www.sendspace.com/file/ec1cqi highlighted On 6 May 2010, at 19:33, phil stephenson wrote: > Thanks Ben, will certainly take a listen, > > Cheers, > > Phil > > > Sent from my iPhone > > Find me on Twitter at www.Twitter .com/stepphil > Skype me via philstephenson >

Re: macspeech

2010-05-06 Thread phil stephenson
Thanks Ben, will certainly take a listen, Cheers, Phil Sent from my iPhone Find me on Twitter at www.Twitter .com/stepphil Skype me via philstephenson On 6 May 2010, at 06:30 PM, Ben King wrote: Dear Phil, The podcast is on www.atmaine.com. Go to the archives section and look for May 2009

Re: macspeech

2010-05-06 Thread Ben King
Dear Phil, The podcast is on www.atmaine.com. Go to the archives section and look for May 2009. I hope this helps. Blessings, Ben King On May 5, 2010, at 11:21 PM, william lomas wrote: > where is the podcast? > > On 6 May 2010, at 03:24, Ben King wrote: > >> Dear Phil, >> >> I have heard that

Re: Accessible iPhone / iPod touch / iPad app: AnywhereAbs

2010-05-06 Thread olivia norman
This will be awesome for me during guide dog training! Thanks, as always for the help and wisdom! :) Olivia On May 6, 2010, at 3:23 AM, Cara Quinn wrote: > Hey All; > > I dig this app and wanted to share it with you! It's called AnywhereAbs and > it's 99 cents. > > I like it because it'

Re: Fusion/boot camp thread

2010-05-06 Thread Sarah Alawami
I did need sighted asistence to install 7 on to boocamp just to make sure everything went smoothly and I did not have any drovers installed so I did need sighted asistence. Take care. On May 6, 2010, at 5:19 AM, Blake Sinnett wrote: > Hello, > > You do not necessarily need sighted assistance

Re: Rewind and forward on Blind Cool Tech Pod casts

2010-05-06 Thread Sarah Alawami
Hello. I believe the command is command option left and right arrow to rewind and fast forward. I'm just about dead to the world at the moment so if tha'ts wrong someone correct me. Oh look under controls under the itunes menu bar. Take care. On May 6, 2010, at 6:43 AM, Linda Adams wrote: > H

Rewind and forward on Blind Cool Tech Pod casts

2010-05-06 Thread Linda Adams
Hi, After reading a couple of messages about checking out the Mac Demo on Blind Cool Tech, I took a look at it. I was pleased to see that I could use VO and the arrow keys to see how much time had elapsed, how much time remained and I could pause and unpause the pod cast. I couldn't find out h

Re: Fusion/boot camp thread

2010-05-06 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, yes, but how would you get to them before actually installing? With any accessibility, that is. Unless, of course, you can access the part of the partition that already exists with the Mac. But then you'd have to shut everything down, check the logs, then start it up again. The error might

RE: Fusion/boot camp thread

2010-05-06 Thread Blake Sinnett
Sure you would. There are log files that get generated in %systemdrive%\$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\Panther. From: chojiro1...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Fusion/boot camp thread Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 15:00:09 +0200 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Hi, I'm still going to worry about the fact of err

Re: Mack Mini and Monitor?

2010-05-06 Thread Neil James
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Re: Fusion/boot camp thread

2010-05-06 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, I'm still going to worry about the fact of errors. IF they happen, you'll never know. 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 May 6, 2010, at 2:57 PM, Blake Sinnett wro

RE: Fusion/boot camp thread

2010-05-06 Thread Blake Sinnett
It involves using Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK) to generate an XML file with the answers that are needed for propper setup of Windows Vista and 7. You can choose the correct partition, create user accounts and much more. XP is not quite as simple. . Subject: Re: Fusion/boot camp

Re: Fusion/boot camp thread

2010-05-06 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, Can you please go into detail? The only way I recall installing Windows on a Bootcamp partition is actually by sighted help. You need to get someone to select the right partition, then go through part of the setup before you can bring up Narrator at the setup screen. Unless you are very dar

RE: Fusion/boot camp thread

2010-05-06 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hello, You do not necessarily need sighted assistance when installing Windows on Boot Camp, and you definitely don't need it when booting to Windows. HTH, Blake From: mbrown...@btinternet.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Fusion/boot camp thread Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 1

Fusion/boot camp thread

2010-05-06 Thread M BROWN
I have been following the fusion verses Boot Camp thread to running Windows on a Mac. There are obviously positive and negatives which either path one tends to go down. As I am going to install Windows 7 on my Mac perhaps someone could clarify the following few points. Am I to believe that using

Re: status on Skype

2010-05-06 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, The problem is that the status is actually a graphical icon, and not text. Most screen readers have these scripted, which is the downside. However, you can easily get around this by using a tool called CLISK from http://www.dlee.org/skype/clisk It is a command line interface. Regards, Nic

Re: macspeech

2010-05-06 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, You just need to know how to use it. IF you go through the training with announcement of attributes on, you'll easily know what to repeat without going through words manually. I'm really glad it doesn't echo back when I'm dictating into an application. I'd find that really annoying. Regard

podcast of dictate

2010-05-06 Thread william lomas
hi all where can i hear a podcast showing how macspeech works with voiceover particularly when dictating? william lomas follow me on twitter: billbow_baggins -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, se

Accessible iPhone / iPod touch / iPad app: AnywhereAbs

2010-05-06 Thread Cara Quinn
Hey All; I dig this app and wanted to share it with you! It's called AnywhereAbs and it's 99 cents. I like it because it's quite simple, very accessible, and gives you quite a passible workout when traveling and / or on a tight schedule. I'll first post the app's description and link