Re: Shazam for ipad is free

2011-02-16 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Ed, Just FYI, Shazam does not work well with Voiceover. Not sure if it's available for the iPad, but better options would be MusicID or SoundHound. I've used the former not the latter, and can say MusicID works quite well on my iphone. Cheers, Donna On Feb 15, 2011, at 11:44 PM, Ed

Re: Send/Receipt requests in Mail

2011-02-16 Thread Michael Busboom
This is very helpful, Jim, and I will certainly read the documents to which you referred. However, in order to not make waves here at work, I will use Outlook. Most definitely not what I would have wanted, but it's probably for the best, politically. Thanks to everyone, Mike On

solona.net — tactile screen protectors

2011-02-16 Thread Brandon Olivares
Hi, I recently came across solona.net. I had heard of their tactile screen protectors. My fiance just got an iPhone and is having some trouble texting and such, so I thought it'd be useful for her, so I ordered us both one. I even tried to get expedited shipping. However, I've not heard a word

Re: scanning and the mac

2011-02-16 Thread Dane Trethowan
Would you be prepared to consider an off the shelf scanning system for your Mac? Meaning something like Abey Fine Reader? No, its not self voicing but you can get around it with Voiceover so some knowledge of how Voiceover works will be a must before you use it but that will come anyway if

Re: scanning and the mac

2011-02-16 Thread Josh de Lioncourt
I agree with Dane. I recently started using Abby FineReader, and have found it to be an excellent solution on the Mac. It's not tailored to the visually impaired specifically, but it does work quite well. The US retail price of Abby FineReader is $99, and there is a trial available from their

Re: [Bulk] Re: [Mac-cessibility News] Twitterific for Mac 4.0 Is Released Sans VoiceOver Accessibility

2011-02-16 Thread Josh de Lioncourt
On Feb 16, 2011, at 11:52 AM, Michael Thurman wrote: just post t he text if you want to post stuff here these stes are rediculous anywayif you can't copy and paste the text into the E mail why bother these sites take forever and are almost universally porly written 1. These messages

Re: scanning and the mac

2011-02-16 Thread Earle M. Harrison
Hello, My company is a Apple value add reseller and not only do we sell Apple computers, but we custom configure them for no additional charge. This means if you want a VMWare fusion set-up we will install the version of Windows that you want and custom configure using some tricks that we've

Re: [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Re: [Mac-cessibility News] Twitterific for Mac 4.0 Is Released Sans VoiceOver Accessibility

2011-02-16 Thread Ray Foret Jr
For my part, I'm going only to say this. I suspect that what we're dealing with here is a fundamental misunderstanding. Seems to me to be the case that, if we had this explanation earlier, (perhaps at the point of first criticism), it would never have gone to this level. I myself have found

configuring outgoing mail server

2011-02-16 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, Can someone tell me where I can find the checkbox that indicates whether an outgoing server requires authentication? I've looked under account info, but I'm not seeing it there. Thanks, Donna -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries

RE: configuring outgoing mail server

2011-02-16 Thread Heather
Which client are you using? The setting are different in each! Heather -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 12:50 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject:

RE: scanning and the mac

2011-02-16 Thread Caitlyn and Nickels
Hi Dane, As long as Ihad something which I could scan a book into the computer accurately, get it recognized, and do what needed done, yes, I wouldn't see any problems with using an off the shelf product, as long as it worked with vo. I just use the book mark features, for example that are in

Re: configuring outgoing mail server

2011-02-16 Thread Donna Goodin
Apple Mail. thanks, Donna On Feb 16, 2011, at 1:54 PM, Heather wrote: Which client are you using? The setting are different in each! Heather -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin Sent:

Re: [Bulk] Re: [Mac-cessibility News] Twitterific for Mac 4.0 Is Released Sans VoiceOver Accessibility

2011-02-16 Thread Søren Jensen
Hi Josh. The only thing most of us don't like is that the server only send a part of the articles instead the whole articles. Personally I like the website and really like the way you write the articles and explains how things works, but the way the news is being sended to the lists is very

request for people in the UK using Voiceover

2011-02-16 Thread DJ Nezumi
hi to all i was wondering if anyone could help at all. i'm wanting to find people in the UK who use mac and voiceover for practically everything and if they are willing to discuss and maybe help me with a few questions. e.g. going into more depth about voiceover and certain apps with VO. i was

Re: request for people in the UK using Voiceover

2011-02-16 Thread Esther
Hello Liam, May I suggest that you might want to join the mac-access list? The list owners are UK based, and as for using Mac and VoiceOver for practically everything they migrated their entire server system over to the Mac about a year and a half ago, removing the last of their Windows-based

Re: configuring outgoing mail server

2011-02-16 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Under the accounts pane there is a menu box for outgoign mail server. The bottom item of this menu is an edit SMTP servers. This will bring up a new window and from there I think you will find what you want. jon On Feb 16, 2011, at 1:50 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: Hi all, Can someone tell

Re: configuring outgoing mail server

2011-02-16 Thread Donna Goodin
Jonathan, sorry to be a dolt. You're talking about the very thing I'm looking for but I can't find it. Can you give me step by step directions for getting their? Ugh, I'm having the tech day from hell! Donna On Feb 16, 2011, at 4:11 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: Under the accounts pane there

Re: configuring outgoing mail server

2011-02-16 Thread Esther
Hi Donna, I'm not Jonathan, but if I understand, you are in Mail, and you brought up the Preferences pane with Command+Comma, then navigated to the Accounts pane and selected it with VO-Space. On the Accounts pane, you went to the Accounts Table, interacted, and selected the account you

Is there some way one can accidentally block a website?

2011-02-16 Thread Donna Goodin
I am trying to access a website, and I keep getting an error message that my Mac can't connect to the server. The owner of the site says the server's been up all day, and a friend from another location has been able to connect to the site. Also, I can connect to other sites, so I know my

Re: request for people in the UK using Voiceover

2011-02-16 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hi. I live in the UK and happy to help although I don't know everything but am happy to help if you wish. Skype is kawalgucukoglu. At work during the day but am happy to talk of an evening or weekend. Kawal. P.s. Female by the way just in case you accept my offer of help. On 16 Feb 2011, at

Re: scanning and the mac

2011-02-16 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi, the only real viable solution I've seen is the Eyepal. While I'm not overwhelmed with the product it's fast and accurate, supports braille at least for now, batch scans, saves to mp3, and otherwise does more or less what the literature says it does. Many people have gotten off the shelf

Re: solona.net — tactile screen protectors

2011-02-16 Thread Carolyn Haas
Hi Brandon: I haven't used Salona, but simply want to suggest the Apple wireless keyboard. It makes texting a dream, and just so much easier.:) I've also heard that the screen protectors can take a long time to be sent. Good luck whatever you guys decide to do. Carolyn H On Feb 16, 2011, at

Re: scanning and the mac

2011-02-16 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi. I understand it so far that braille support will stop in both zoom-ex and eyepal, is that correct. To me it is not an option to have a scanning solution that can not be used with braille. If eyepal/zoom-ex will run in a way so it could work together with voiceOver it would be great, easy

Re: solona.net — tactile screen protectors

2011-02-16 Thread Carin Headrick
I'm really worried that those who have paid may not receive their screen protectors. It seems Bernard has taken ill, and I think Solona was pretty much a one-man show. So, I hope you will be able to contact someone who knows something. Carin On 16/02/2011 5:34 PM, Carolyn Haas wrote: Hi

Re: scanning and the mac

2011-02-16 Thread erik burggraaf
Yes this is true I've strongly discouraged this since I work for a fair few deaf-blind, but I suspect it's a done deal. On the other hand, I've been told that a true voiceover compatible mac solution is in the works. In that case, braille support will be leaps and bounds ahead of where eyepal

Re: request for people in the UK using Voiceover

2011-02-16 Thread Stuart Young
Hi Liam I have A macbook pro if you need any help give us a shout. Regards. -- You can contact me in one of the following ways: Skype: youngstuart70 MSN: stuartyo...@samobile.net Phone:. (Mobile) 07814796821 (Home) 01392 273445 Thank you!. Regards, Stuart Young. Email services provided by the

Re: [Bulk] Re: [Mac-cessibility News] Twitterific for Mac 4.0 Is Released Sans VoiceOver Accessibility

2011-02-16 Thread Laura M
I guess my problem whenever this topic comes up--and it comes up kind of a lot--is that Josh and the other mods don't owe us anything. If they feel their services aren't appreciated enough, they're perfectly within their rights to stop providing them. If we feel we aren't getting enough out of

Re: [Bulk] Re: [Mac-cessibility News] Twitterific for Mac 4.0 Is Released Sans VoiceOver Accessibility

2011-02-16 Thread Ricardo Walker
Please. Can we all spend a few seconds to proof read and spell check our messages before sending them off? Especially when you are attacking someone for poorly written content. lol. The irony is dripping all over this. An no. I'm not a list mod. I just like to be able to get through a 2

Re: solona.net — tactile screen protectors

2011-02-16 Thread Brandon Olivares
Hi Carolyn, Thanks a lot. Can you give more information on the wireless keyboards? That sounds realy interesting. Is that a portable solution? Brandon On Feb 16, 2011, at 5:34 PM, Carolyn Haas wrote: Hi Brandon: I haven't used Salona, but simply want to suggest the Apple wireless

RE: Is there some way one can accidentally block a website?

2011-02-16 Thread Jonathan Cohn
There are quite a few things that could occur. 1 general routing issues. The easiest way to check this is with traceroute. This can be run from the terminal, but the network utility in the utilities folder has a tab for this. If you run this with ahost name like maps.google.com then a line is

Re: Garag Band Question, Possible Screw-Up?

2011-02-16 Thread Phantom.Vader
LOL Thanks! That'll save me a lot of keystrokes! Still wondering what's with the loop though. As I said above, it's actually reading as re-sized. I'm just not hearing the new size in playback. What gives? I copied and pasted my loop from the loop-browser into my arrange lay-out area, but now

Re: request for people in the UK using Voiceover

2011-02-16 Thread Chris Moore
Liam, Try mac-access.net mailing list, although it is international, it is based in the UK and attracts a great number of UK contributors like myself. Kind regards Chris On 16 Feb 2011, at 20:08, DJ Nezumi wrote: hi to all i was wondering if anyone could help at all. i'm wanting to find

Re: scanning and the mac

2011-02-16 Thread Mary Otten
There is no solution for the Mac equal to K1000 if you use things like the bookmark and other features of that application. The k3000 for Mac is old and not vo-compatible and not appropriate for blind folks. Stick with k1000 and never mind native Mac solutions if you're a power user, which it

Itunes beginner's questions.

2011-02-16 Thread Phantom.Vader
Hi again everyone! These are some questions I've been meaning to ask for a while now, because I haven't yet been able to figure them out on my own yet. Excuse me if they're dumb! Relative Mac newby. What can I say? Anyway, my questions are as follows: 1. How do you import a song into Itunes

Re: scanning and the mac

2011-02-16 Thread Antonio M. Guimaraes Jr.
The iPal now works on a Mac. It is self-voicing. I never considered one, but just heard from a doctoral student friend of mine who swears by it, and its speed. Antonio Guimaraes On Feb 16, 2011, at 11:11 AM, Caitlyn and Nickels wrote: Hi, We have been kicking around the idea of getting a

Re: Itunes beginner's questions.

2011-02-16 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Sounds like you've got a add to library question. Sure. Just press command+o and a standard file browse dialog will pop up. In which dialog, you can add either individual files or folders as you wish from anywhere on your drive. Personally, I don't use ITunes all that much at all. For

Re: Itunes beginner's questions.

2011-02-16 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, Importing content is very easy. Just press command O and the file browser will open. Just press return on the file or folder you wish to add. Moving content around playlists is pretty easy too. You have a few options here. For your audiobooks. You can just select them from your music

Re: scanning and the mac

2011-02-16 Thread Antonio M. Guimaraes Jr.
iPal is now working in conjunction with K-1000. If you are okay with buying yet another expensive software solution, check directly with the ipal people as I believe they are soon anouncing a pricing deal for K-1000 users. Antonio Guimaraes On Feb 16, 2011, at 10:54 PM, Mary Otten wrote: