Hi
Yes, the legacy kernel is designed specifically for people who's CPUs aren't
support on snow leopard's retail install. The OSX86 boot cd that I'm
thinking of using will in essence allow me to install snow leopard on an MBR
partition. By default, the retail dvd doesn't allow that; I'd have to
re
Hi Rose,
Could you give us the link to your web site where you have the accessible
aps for the Mac? Most appreciated.
Sarah
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Hi Chris,
Hopefully the person I will be working with tomorrow won't feel reluctant
working with me. Hopefully I'll be able to impress them with the bit of
voice over that I know that they will be willing to work with me. I have
had to be a trail blazer and pave the way for other blind peo
Hi Sara,
When I first went to the Apple store, you could feel that they were a little
doubtful as to whether they could do the training or not. Apparently, i
impressed them enough with the little I knew about VO that they were willing to
give it a go. I'm sure they got as much out of the clas
Hi Cheree,
I will tell you how my first session goes after tomorrow. I'm very lucky
that my family paid for a year's worth of this training. If it wasn't for
that I would be learning as I go and from what I would have read from the
list as well. I don't know how expensive the training is,
All,
Just a quick note, and sorry, I suspect its been covered before, but am having
trouble finding the basics to what I need to know online.
Does Apple TV offer Voice Over support, and if so in what manner, i.e. can you
control Apple TV using just a blue tooth Apple keyboard with Voice Over be
Hi Zack,
It should be interesting and fun. I had some formal training from assistive
technology people from my State Services for the Blind when I started using
jaws years ago. I didn't like their style of teaching because a lot of them
would talk or teach so technical. I did a lot better once
I'm very much looking forward to hearing from you about this. I've never had
formal training from any tech company, so it'll be interesting to get your
perspective as you go through the process. I can't wait.
Welcome to the Mac.
Best,
Zack.
On Apr 7, 2011, at 9:21 PM, Sarah May wrote:
>
> Hi
Hi Chris,
I'm located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am very surprised and excited
about how willing the people at my Apple store are willing to work with me
and how friendly and accommodating they seem to be. This past December I
went into the Apple store near my home and looked at voice ov
Hi Carolyn,
I hope my experience with the one-to-one training will be positive like
yours. I like it if the person I work with and myself will be able to
exchange ideas
Like what happened with yours. It seems like Apple really wants to , or is
trying to, make their products ver accessible
Hi Sarai,
When I've encountered these sorts of tables, I've often had to Interact With
the specific cell to activate the radio button. Toyota sends me surveys
occasionally and they work in the manner you're speaking of. Just navigating
across the cells does not tell you that there is a radio
Cheree Heppe here:
Despite the fact that I am learning a ton by reading on the lists, this is
exactly what I ought to do.
I haven't migrated over completely to the Apple platform, but, as things stand,
it's only a matter of time.
Let us know how the classes proceed.
I have also found that the
Hi Sarah:
I just completed a year of one on one instruction. It's an awesome way to
learn. And, if your experience is anything like mine has been, you'll find it
becomes more of an exchange of ideas than a teaching session, and you'll
probably wind up learning from each other.:)
They will pro
Dear Sara,
I have encountered these tables taking customer surveys for Chase's online
banking system. It is cumbersome. What I have found helpful is the FIND NEXT
CONTROL command vo-command-j. this takes me to all the check boxes one at a
time. The other command is vo-F3. this command des
Ooh!
Never throught of interacting with a particular cell. No I can't provide the
URL. You'd need my log in info. I can probably provide a referril link. *smile*
They have Amazon gift cards.
On Apr 7, 2011, at 7:59 PM, Scott Howell wrote:
> WIthout seeing it I can only assume you need to interac
Hi:
I use a Seagate, and a Western Digital drive on both Mac, and Windows.
On Apr 7, 2011, at 8:26 PM, Colin M wrote:
> Hi There!
> In my Imac is a Hitachi hd!
> I got it in 2009!
> Colin
> Qapla!
> Chegh chew jaj Vam jaj Kak
>
> On 7 Apr 2011, at 23:15, Scott Howell wrote:
>
>> That is funny As
i would reccomend adium for any chatting you may need.
On 2011-04-07, at 3:27 PM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote:
> Hey I was trying to see how someone configures Ichat for MSN but couldn't
> figure it out. So how do you do that? You can mail me off list with the steps
> so as this list doesn't get clutte
Hi There!
In my Imac is a Hitachi hd!
I got it in 2009!
Colin
Qapla!
Chegh chew jaj Vam jaj Kak
On 7 Apr 2011, at 23:15, Scott Howell wrote:
> That is funny Ashley, APple uses as far as I can tell Hitachi drives in all
> of their notebooks. So far I have not had any problems with either Mac
> n
Hi,
I am using Stanza ebook reader to read my epub books on my Macbook. However,
there seems to be a problem with the way Voiceover pronounces words. It sounds
as if it is pronouncing either all uppercase letters or spaced characters.
Consequently, the flow of wisdom is disturbed or lose the se
WIthout seeing it I can only assume you need to interact with the cell. Can you
provide the URL?
Scott
On Apr 7, 2011, at 8:43 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote:
> All:
> I could use help. I do these survays, and they are layed out in tables. You
> have a table with several columns, and you have to
Hey I need to know the email address for Apple. I found that AppleSeed program
and I want to try the beta for Lion. I think you have to sign in though but
when I do, it won't let me log in with my ID. So I want to find out why they're
not letting me sign in because I really want to try Lion. Tha
All:
I could use help. I do these survays, and they are layed out in tables. You
have a table with several columns, and you have to select your answers. For
example:
How often do you use the following products? Then you have a table with several
columns. Column 1 will have a list of products in
No, you can do this in windows by connecting it and opening the context menu in
the computer window, choose format and choose fat32 for the format type. You
can do this on a mac using the disk utility, although it calls it erasing the
drive instead of formatting.
On Apr 7, 2011, at 7:04 PM, Sara
Hi Sara,
I hope you enjoy your Mac class. I took them at the Apple store here in
Burlington, MA and enjoyed it very much. I have to give them all the praise in
the world. The fact that they don't know VO and yet were willing to work with
me says a lot about Apple. Good luck.
Chris
On Apr 7
Hi Mike,
Thanks for the information. Now is it difficult to format the drive to the
Fat 32?
Sarah
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To: macvisionaries@googleg
Hi Jim,
On Apr 5, 2011, at 03:05, James Nuttall wrote:
> Is there any was to turn pages or mark your spot so Stanza or Kobo
> will start reading where you left off?
>
> Sent from Jim's iPod Touch
If you're trying to mark pages in Stanza and Kobo, I assume that you have these
ebook reader apps s
Have any of you used xfat as a formatting option? I'm in the same boat as it
were, and according to my research, xfat works as fat32 does, but sans the
file-size limitations. I don't yet have a Mac to try this on, but thought I'd
pass the info along just the same.
Twitter: @IndigoCellist
Sky
-- Hi,
Can anyone recommend a terminal program to use with VO and the mac? I
am looking for something that will work like putty or minicom for
connecting to devices with serial ports.
Any pointers or advice would be appreciated.
Cheers
Bart
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Yes, I've had the very same problem and worked with Apple Tech support on it. I
don't know what the solution is, but I do know Apple is aware of the problem.
I've tried it with Windows and it works fine, so it's probably a software issue
Teresa
On Apr 7, 2011, at 3:03 PM, Jørgen Skov Nielsen wro
Hi Ray,
Thanks a lot. I think it will go well indeed. The person whom I spke with
over the phone this evening was so friendly and helpful. I wish Freedom
Scientific had more people like that. Oops, I think I just said something I
shouldn't. LOL
Sarah
From: macvisionaries@googlegr
A USB hard drive will work with the PC and the mac, just format it with the
fat32 file system, this way, both platforms will be able to read and write to
it.
On Apr 6, 2011, at 12:52 PM, Sarah May wrote:
> Hi List,
>
> I download a lot of books, movies, and music. I want to keep them all in o
Well now, that is very good indeed. I do hope it goes well.
Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!
Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!!
Skype name:
barefootedray
Facebook:
facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1
On Apr 7, 2011, at 6:11 PM, Sarah May wrote:
> Hi List,
>
> If the guy at the Apple
Hi List,
If the guy at the Apple store in my area gets back to me this evening; I
will be starting my first Mac with voice over classes. I will have
one-on-one instruction and am really looking forward to it. Also my niece's
birthday is coming up. She'll be receiving an I-Pod touch. So Aunt
Hi Kawal:
I was of the impression that iChat doesn't work with MSN. HMMM, I'd be glad to
be wrong on this.:)
Carolyn
On Apr 7, 2011, at 3:45 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote:
> if you want help with this, I can give you an e-mail address that you can
> write to and he should help you as you need som
Hi Chris:
I just spent a good portion of my morning trying to get Vuescan to work for me.
It is capable of scanning, and is supposed to be easy to use. However, this
is my third time spending hours with it, and getting very poor results. I
scanned a page, but could not set where it saved to,
Thank you. I just sent the feedback as well. I also left them my e-mail
address, so we shall see what happens, if anything.
Chris.
On Apr 7, 2011, at 5:45 PM, Colin M wrote:
> Hi Chris!
> What I did was to open Skype feedback under the Skype heading in the main
> menu [ vo+m ] and it took me
That is funny Ashley, APple uses as far as I can tell Hitachi drives in all of
their notebooks. So far I have not had any problems with either Mac notebook I
own and my employer provided. I am not sure if they are using them in the
iMacs, but pretty sure my wife's iMac has a WD.
On Apr 7, 2011,
I don't think ichat can be configured to work with MSN. I have looked into it a
few times
On 08/04/2011, at 6:19 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
> I'd like to also know how to do this, if it could be done.
>
> Chris.
>
> - Original Message - From: "Shawn Krasniuk"
>
> To:
> Sent
Hi All
I have a strange problem.
When i use my focus 40 display on bluetooth it works fine.
When i try to connect it with usb, it don't work.
I have tested my usb connection in windows with jaws, and there it works great.
My display is revision 4.53.
My sister have a focus 40 display with a older r
Hi there,
If you go to AccessibleWorld.org and go to the TechTalk Archives Page 9, you
will find a demonstration of the Eye-Pal. Click on the download link and it
will go to your downloads folder and then copy to I-Tunes where it will start
playing automatically. Enjoy.
Chris
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if you want help with this, I can give you an e-mail address that you can write
to and he should help you as you need some software to run if you have a server
which I don't have. The person is my Brother-in-law. His E-mail is
m...@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com
On 7 Apr 2011, at 20:27, Shawn Krasni
Hi Chris!
What I did was to open Skype feedback under the Skype heading in the main menu
[ vo+m ] and it took me to a window that you would fill in as appropriate!
Colin
I'm far too bad for Heaven!
The Devil is afraid I'll take his place!
On 7 Apr 2011, at 22:29, Chris Gilland wrote:
> Collin,
Collin,
That is an excellent idea!
How do I go about making that suggestion.
Chris.
On Apr 7, 2011, at 5:15 PM, Colin M wrote:
> Hi All!
> I've suggested to Skype to make the command [command+shift+c ] to turn on/off
> the Camera whilst in a call!
> What do you think!
> Maybe you could suggest
Hi All!
I've suggested to Skype to make the command [command+shift+c ] to turn on/off
the Camera whilst in a call!
What do you think!
Maybe you could suggest this to Skype as well [only if you want to of course]
All the best everybody
Colin
Qapla!
Chegh chew jaj Vam jaj Kak
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Hi Chris,
I guess some people use Vuscan and Abby Fine Reader. I tried Abby fine reader
and couldn't do anything with it. Apparently, it will work only with certain
scanners. SAMobile is supposed to come out with a Mac version of Docuscan.
Supposedly, you can use any scanner with it.
Chr
command shift H only works from within the main Skype window. You can press
Command 1 to make sure you're in that window. If it still doesn't work again,
I have found that sometimes you have to hit command 1 a few times to get back
there, but it works.
• Mark BurningHawk Baxter
• AIM, Skyp
I hate that too. The only way I've found to work this is before I click on the
link such as the "see more stories" I switch to dom, then click the link.
Then I VO arrow to the right a few times or so so that I know I am in the newly
expanded info. Then I switch back over to groups. If I don
I'd like to also know how to do this, if it could be done.
Chris.
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To:
Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 3:27 PM
Subject: Re: What software comes with Mac OS?
Hey I was trying to see how someone configures Ichat for MSN but couldn't
figure i
As you said, the latest update to snow leopard does support
sandybridge, but since that won't be the same version that your DVD
has, you still have to find a way of installing it. At the end of the
day, if snow leopard doesn't have the correct audio drivers by
default, you won't get speech in insta
Pretty cool! Thanks for passing this on.
Rafael Bejarano
On Apr 7, 2011, at 1:37 PM, Yuma Decaux wrote:
> http://www.cultofmac.com/could-the-ipad-3-use-the-third-dimension-of-pressure/89485?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+cultofmac%2FbFow+%28Cult+of+Mac%29
>
>
> It's
Sorry I can't help you in this case. It's not me it's a friend who uses Lion
beta 2.
Jürgen
Am 07.04.2011 um 21:19 schrieb Shawn Krasniuk:
> Hey how does one go by testing the beta for Lion? And if we want to use Snow
> Leopard again will it still be installed on here?
>
> Shawn
>
> --
> Yo
Hah! They don't. Care about the low vision community either. Every time you
click home you get sent to th touch or mobile site. Neither of which allow for
browser zooming. Whie this isn't an issue on my mbp, it sure is on my android
phone
Egun On, Lagunak! (Basque for "G'day, mates!"
Louie P. "P
Personally I don't have a problem with dynamic content, provided that Safari
and VO recognize it properly. In my experience, it generally does.
On Apr 7, 2011, at 12:33 PM, Maxwell Ivey Jr. wrote:
> I don't get the busy message, but then I'm still running lepard. but i hate
> that when you cli
I don't get the busy message, but then I'm still running lepard. but
i hate that when you click a link it doesn't load a new page just
expands the one you are on. this is especially frustrating when
trying to read through posts from friends or lists of potential
friends or pages. hope th
Hey I was trying to see how someone configures Ichat for MSN but couldn't
figure it out. So how do you do that? You can mail me off list with the steps
so as this list doesn't get cluttered. Thanks.
Shawn
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Hi. I beg to differ on Mobile Facebook with the whole "Safari busy" crap. I
still get that problem on there. I was trying to add a friend and as I was
trying to go through my friend's friend list, it kept locking up with that
whole busy message. So no matter which facebook site you go to, you'll
Hey how does one go by testing the beta for Lion? And if we want to use Snow
Leopard again will it still be installed on here?
Shawn
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Hi Christopher.
Thanks for explaining to me what IPal was. I assume that is a hardware device,
not a software only device? Speaking of which, are there any good OCR
recognition scanner software programs for the Mac?
Chris.
On Apr 7, 2011, at 12:40 PM, Christopher Peppel wrote:
> Glad to kno
Mark,
That worked perfectly. Thanks for the help. I assume that in order for that
keystroke to work though, you obviously have to be in, key word, the skype
window, right? I mean cause that same command is your home folder if you're in
your finder, for example.
Chris.
On Apr 7, 2011, at 12
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It's almost there.
yperboles from android
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After doing some research, the latest snow leopard update does have support
for sandybridge processors and the intel HD graphics 3000 chips.
There are several methods of installing snow leopard alongside windows 7,
but I'm not sure if despite the fact that I am using the retail dvd, whether
I wil
Hi Joel,
sorry for confusing you. That might be because of my lack of english.
Imagine a normal bill for example. There you have normal text of course. But
usually there is also a table with columns and rows in what you find for
example "Name of Article", "Prize", "Tax" and so forth.
Isn't tha
Good point. Perhaps I would need to use the OSX86 mod cd, which includes
legacy colonel. I'm holding off on doing that for now, since I haven't
really seen instructions of installing snow leopard alongside an existing
windows installation using the OSX86 mod cd and the snow leopard retail dvd.
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Standard retail snowy won't though because it won't support sandybridge.
On 07/04/2011, Ashley Cox wrote:
> it will run on that machine.
>
> jestures won't though.
>
> ash
>
> On 07/04/2011 08:44, Dickson Tan wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> Hmm seems that an accessible install of snow leopard under VMWare isn
Glad to know that the software is being rebuilt. To answer another question,
Eye-Pal is a scanner for reading printed material. The speech is excellent and
you get the results within seconds. Well worth the price.
Chris
On Apr 7, 2011, at 7:15 AM, erik burggraaf wrote:
> I have one here, and
it will run on that machine.
jestures won't though.
ash
On 07/04/2011 08:44, Dickson Tan wrote:
Hi
Hmm seems that an accessible install of snow leopard under VMWare isn't a
viable way for me to try out snow leopard and voice over. I'll give
virtualbox a try and hope that I get better results.
I"ll really hate it if lion is distributed in the app store. that will
be going that little bit too far. Personally, I prefer physical discs,
and distributing through the app store would mean no apple stickers
came with it;(
ashOn 07/04/2011 00:32, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote:
Yes the Snow Leopar
The hot key to end a call is Command shift H for Hang up. Unfortunately, there
is no hot key to accept a call, which I think there should be. Hope that makes
it a bit easier to hang up on people.
• Mark BurningHawk Baxter
• AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969
• MSN: burninghawk1...@h
I just sent one. I too can confirm that they're not accessible in lion.
It would really be great to see this fixed.
ash
On 06/04/2011 21:40, Jürgen Fleger wrote:
Hi All,
a friend told me VO still doesn't work with tables in text documents in Lion
beta 2 what came out these days. As you all su
get one of the wd elements drives.
avoid hitatchi or whaterver it's called.
i've not had good luck with seagate iether, though other will probably
argue that one.
samsung seams relyable also.
On 06/04/2011 21:35, Sarah May wrote:
Hi Big Boy,
My PC, Mac, and Braille Sense Plus don't have fire
Hi.
I installed the new version of Skype two or three days ago and must say that's
so much better than the old version of Skype. I did leave someone a message
the other day and thought I might be able to press the tab key to end the call,
but I did VO right arrow as the tab didn't work and fou
Hi,
can you clarify just what you mean about text documents and tables?
As I see it, there are no tables in text documents. there are elements
of text with elements of white space between.
Are you talking about some sort of smart column recognition as in OCR
programs? No Screenreader do
ok, I'll give that a try in a bit and see if that works.
Chris.
On Apr 7, 2011, at 9:27 AM, Colin M wrote:
> Hi there!
> Well Courtney when you've got a call running, you should be in a window with
> that contacts name and stuff!
> If you vo left arrow you should pass a splitter and come to the
Thanks for your input. I've read several reviews and heard from others on this
list, who also have found that saytext doesn't work very well.
Rafael Bejarano
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On
Behalf Of joseph [jose
One other thing you can do is use windows chooser; VO F2 twice quickly, arrow
through the list until you hear "incoming call." That will also bring this
window to the front, and you should have enough time to take the call if you
want.
• Mark BurningHawk Baxter
• AIM, Skype and Twitter: Bu
Hi.
For enableing the cam while in a call, you can just press the video button. It
won't always pop up here. Don't know why.
Best regards:
Søren Jensen
Mail & MSN:
s...@coolfortheblind.dk
Website:
http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/
Den 07/04/2011 kl. 15.27 skrev Colin M:
> Hi there!
> Well Courtney
Hi there!
Well Courtney when you've got a call running, you should be in a window with
that contacts name and stuff!
If you vo left arrow you should pass a splitter and come to the source field
that way!
And Chris in the same name field when you've got a call running, if you scroll
right you sho
Hi,
I also have a question about that same version of Skype, how do you see your
source list when you're in a call with someone?
On Apr 7, 2011, at 12:57 AM, Chris Gilland wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> I'm having one of the most bazaar situations with Skype on my new macbook.
> Yes, for those who re
t accessible, your best bet would be to try garage band accept if you want
to try pro tools which sells for about $600.
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I am using a MacBook with a Core2 2.0ghz and 4GB RAM. I give half of the
memory to Windows 7 and it runs well enough for me. Windows XP is certainly
snappier, but I find that Windows 7 runs reasonably well.
HTH,
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no, not particularly. if you have 4 gb, sl will run fine in 2 gb, and
windows 7 loves ram.
On 4/7/11, Kevin Shaw wrote:
> I was under the impression that Windows 7 functioned optimally with 4 GB of
> RAM, even though its spec called for a 2 GB minimum. I've always been in the
> habit of doubling
I was under the impression that Windows 7 functioned optimally with 4 GB of
RAM, even though its spec called for a 2 GB minimum. I've always been in the
habit of doubling whatever Microsoft tells me.
In this case, would it not be better to run Win 7 64 bit under Boot Camp?
Especially on a DuoC
Hi William,
thanks for your responds.
I don't think that it's very likely that VO will recognize tables in iWorks 11.
Also: VoiceOver should work with tables in all accessible editors. I want to
use all accessible programed editors with VO, also the free ones like Bean.
Thank you for your repo
Hi William.
I too have an Essys 40 braille display and thus far I haven't been able to
connect via bluetooth as the display was recently upgraded. However I know I
can connect it.
When connecting the display with the USB then I see the display as a disk but
the volume is unnamed. I haven't t
I have one here, and I have to say the current hardware rocks my world. The
accuracy is outstanding. The software interface for the mac needs to be
completely rebuilt but I've been told they are working on it. Basicly the mac
software is just the windows software, only hacked to run in a virt
Hello all,
I have a esys 40 brailledisplay and I have 2 questions:
1. it seems not possible to view the contents of the inserted card of my essys
brailledisplay.
I would like to see the card as extern media in my finder while the display is
connected.
If this works for some of you, is this wo
Hi Chris!
I can see where your coming from hahahahaha!
But as far as I know, I pal is not a Apple product!
It is a stand alone ocr camera and it was for the other side!
But I think you can get a sort of Mac software for it!
I'm sure someone who is more knowledgeable than me will give you more!
Coli
What exactly is IPal? I've heard of IPOd, IPad, ITV, IPhone, ILife, and
IWorks, IMovie, IPHoto, IDVD, and maybe one or two more, but IPal? Someone
fill me in. LOL!
Chris.
On Apr 7, 2011, at 3:53 AM, Christopher Peppel wrote:
> Hi Everyone:
>
> A little while ago, there was some discussion
Hi Everyone:
A little while ago, there was some discussion about the Eye-Pal and possible
Mac software. I looked on the website and it is available by itself
for$150.00. From what I can tell, the manual only mentions software for the
PC. The website is: HTTP//WWW.absiee.com. As soon as I h
Hi
Hmm seems that an accessible install of snow leopard under VMWare isn't a
viable way for me to try out snow leopard and voice over. I'll give
virtualbox a try and hope that I get better results.
I would only try a duel-boot install of snow leopard using something like
IHazard (which includes
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