Re: Safari bookmarks

2012-01-11 Thread Gerry Cook
hi Bill I found that out of the 2 tables the first one on the left selects the list of bookmarks you havve and the table to the right, of that, you can choose the bookmark you want then you stop interacting with that list, hope this helps and the 2 tables i have are on the left bookmarks bar add

Safari bookmarks

2012-01-11 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. Am I missing something here? I tried using the command option B command to call up my list of book marks. It seems you have to move up to the first table, interact with that table, find the bookmark you want, stop interacting with that table, move down to the next table, interact with that t

Re: Google ChromeVox

2012-01-11 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hey Becky. The chromevox modifier keys are the same as the VO modifier keys, control and option. HTH. Shawn -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe

Re: A truly frustrating issue

2012-01-11 Thread Tim Kilburn
Thanks for subbing in Chris. A little crazy at work this week so my home eMails get sporadically read. Good explanation. Later... On 2012-01-11, at 11:05 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: > I'm not Tim, but you should hear the Mac reboot and chime over and over as > long as you hold down these keys. I

Re: Clearwire internet? Is it any good?

2012-01-11 Thread Esther
Hi Cheree, Since I posted about using Clear's mobile services about the same time as your reply post, I should mention that when I got Clear service, there was a local kiosk and salesperson, who walked through all the sign up and demoed use of the ClearSpot. So I wasn't aware of accessibility

Re: Clearwire internet? Is it any good?

2012-01-11 Thread Esther
Hi Matthew, I'm using Clear's mobile plan, so I don't know whether any of these comments are relevant to the accessibility of setting up or administering your home service. Basically, this involves using a personal WiFi hotspot that picks up service from Clear's 4G towers. A fully charged Cle

Re: Clearwire internet? Is it any good?

2012-01-11 Thread Cheree Heppe
Cheree Heppe here Sign up screens are silent to screen readers, as are connect buttons. Regards, Cheree Heppe Sent from my iPhone On 11/01/2012, at 6:42, matthew Dyer wrote: > Hi, > > Inaccessible in what way? Could you explane better please. > > Matthew > > > On Jan 10, 2012, at 3:15 PM

Re: Matlab

2012-01-11 Thread Gigi
Hi Lindsay. I have the latest version of Numbers. Here are some things I really like about it over Excel. Let's say you want to add a column of numbers. After you have put in your numbers in a column, you just go to Insert and then choose function. Then the first one on the list is sum. You don

Re: Blackboard Accessible

2012-01-11 Thread Scott Howell
Do you know which version of Blackboard is being used? THis would be good info to have. Thanks, On Jan 11, 2012, at 7:59 AM, Becky Knaub wrote: > Hi Shanna, > I use black board with VoiceOver, I know it was just updated for my > university while we were on break. I find VO works pretty well wi

anybody doing video

2012-01-11 Thread Maxwell Ivey Jr.
Hello group; I was wondering if anyone on here is using their mac camera to record videos for youtube or facebook. if so, could you please tell me what software you are using. I find the older version of i movie that i have to betotally inaccessible. I want to start posting video replies

Re: Matlab

2012-01-11 Thread Lindsay Yazzolino
Thanks, Gigi. What version of Numbers are you using? Lindsay On 1/11/12, Eugenia Firth wrote: > Hi Lindsay. > I haven't used matlab, but I am using Numbers a lot. My use of Numbers > improved immensely when I discovered headers, both for rows and columns. You > can choose how many you want of ei

Re: question regarding trackpad

2012-01-11 Thread Becky Knaub
Hi, I just tried it and a two fingered swipe down reads all, where as the gesture I am talking about the three fingered swipe up or down allows for scrolling on the iPhone. SOrry I was not clear. Thanks. Becky and C On Jan 11, 2012, at 2:07 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hi, > > wrong gesture.

Re: Audio Editing Software

2012-01-11 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
For era simple project, Wave Pad for Mac works really well. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com • My home page: • http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "

Re: Audio Editing Software

2012-01-11 Thread Emrah
Hi Marc, I fell in love with Amadeus Pro. This soft is very robust and unbelievably reliable. It is super accessible and I use it constantly for multi-track edits on rather complex projects. Audio Units can be used with a generic interface accessible with VoiceOver. Good luck! Emrah On Jan 11,

Audio Editing Software

2012-01-11 Thread Marc Sutton
Hi, I was wondering what accessible software people use with Voiceover to edit audio files. Does Audacity work with VO? Or do people recommend others. I have used Studio Recorder on the PC side. I just need to do a little editing of .wav files. Thanks. Marc -- You received this message because

re: mars edit

2012-01-11 Thread ezzie bueno
Hi, Mars Edit cost me $39.99 in the Mac App Store. I bought it a couple of weeks ago. HTH, Ezzie - Original Message - From: Matt Dierckens Just trying out mars edit, and it seems very nice. Just curious, how much does this cost? Cheers. Matt Sent from my macbook pro -- You recei

Re: Blackboard Accessible

2012-01-11 Thread ezzie bueno
Hello Shanna, Mike and Others, I've used Blackboard successfully with another web browser called OmniWeb. It has worked well. I just downloaded Google Chrome and will try using Blackboard with this new browser as soon as classes start in two weeks. HTH, Ezzie - Original Message - F

Recording techniques / was / Garageband and apple to the core podcast update

2012-01-11 Thread Emrah
Hello Ricardo, If you don't mind, could you please briefly detail the software setup you use to record your podcasts? What is your technique to capture sounds both from your mic (which sounds like a Blue Snowball) and your system audio? Thanks in advance for your info. Cheers, Emrah On Jan 10,

RE: Just Curious -- Why Is Safari Not As Problematic and "Busy" On the IPhone as On the Mac?

2012-01-11 Thread Daniel Miller
Hi, I'd assume because it's a stripped down version of Safari on the iPhone, which requires less processing power and ram to run sufficiently. Plus you also have to keep in mind safari on the mac could also be running lots of extentions, which could ultimately slow down performance. -Origina

Just Curious -- Why Is Safari Not As Problematic and "Busy" On the IPhone as On the Mac?

2012-01-11 Thread Christine Grassman
Subject says it all. Any accepted explanations or good or proven theories? Christine -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send ema

Re: Matlab

2012-01-11 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi Lindsay. I haven't used matlab, but I am using Numbers a lot. My use of Numbers improved immensely when I discovered headers, both for rows and columns. You can choose how many you want of either one, and VoiceOver will say the headers just like the Windows screen readers. Regards, Gigi

RE: Is there a read from cursor command?

2012-01-11 Thread Bill Holton
Thanks. I was using the correct commands, I just wasn't interacting with the text first. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 2:09 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.c

Web design applications

2012-01-11 Thread Ed Worrell
Hello I am looking into making a website to promote my music. I was wondering if anybody knows of a Website Design application that is accessible with Voiceover, and is simple to use. I don't know html or any programing, but I am willing to figure it out and learn it aswell. Thanks in advance.

Matlab

2012-01-11 Thread Lindsay Yazzolino
Hi Everyone, I am wondering if any of you have had experience running MATLAB with VoiceOver, and could give me any input on its accessibility. I do research in cognitive neuroscience, and make frequent and robust use of MATLAB and Excel. I have up to this point been using Windows for both of these

Re: Is there a read from cursor command?

2012-01-11 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, yes. you need to interact with the text of the message and press VO A. hth Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Jan 11, 2012, at 1:55 PM, Bill Holton wrote: > On the iPhone I can do a two finger swipe down to read from the cursor >

Re: question regarding trackpad

2012-01-11 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, wrong gesture. Its a 2 finger swipe down on the Mac and the iPhone. hth Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Jan 11, 2012, at 2:06 PM, Becky Knaub wrote: > Hi all, > so I was wondering why if I do a 3 finger scroll down on the trackp

question regarding trackpad

2012-01-11 Thread Becky Knaub
Hi all, so I was wondering why if I do a 3 finger scroll down on the trackpad VO won't start reading there. If you do it on the iPhone it works so I am wondering if I am doing something wrong or missing a step. Thanks again. Becky -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Google ChromeVox

2012-01-11 Thread Becky Knaub
Hi, WHat are they talking about when they say the ChromeVOx keys? Thanks Becky -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email t

Mac Mini pro audio weirdness

2012-01-11 Thread Chris Blouch
So I've been fighting with nasty audio distortion on the audio out on a Mac mini and finally solved it, but I don't understand it. Last March I got a Mini which I use for AV purposes connected to a Mackie 16 channel mixer, amps etc. The audio out from Keynote, iTunes and such was horribly disto

Is there a read from cursor command?

2012-01-11 Thread Bill Holton
On the iPhone I can do a two finger swipe down to read from the cursor position to the end. Am I missing something, or can you not do that with OS Lion? I see commands to read entire window, visible screen and such, but if I cursor quickly down through the useless info at the top of an email such

Re: Jumping to pages in Preview

2012-01-11 Thread Lindsay Yazzolino
Thanks, Greg. Iwill try this. Hopefully Apple has plans to fix some of the bugs with Preview navigation. On 1/11/12, Greg Aikens wrote: > I go into the view menu and select single or double page for viewing. That > way, when VO wants to jump to the top, it is limited to the page or 2 that > are

Re: Blackboard Accessible

2012-01-11 Thread Dawn Benbow
Hi Shanna, I saw this thread and wanted to jumpin and say that I've just started using my iPad and BT keyboard on black board in the discussion board area with the 3 online classes I have this semester and haven't had much trouble with it. I haven't tried using my MBP with it yet though as I've

Re: perhaps not new but solution for safari busy… : google chrome

2012-01-11 Thread Chris Blouch
Chrome is on a roughly 6-week release cycle so it doesn't take long to get old. It should prompt you to update. Most people will be on the "Stable" releases whcih currently is 16.0.912.75. If you're a little more daring you can jump to the preview beta release (17.0.963) or the even more bleedi

Re: A truly frustrating issue

2012-01-11 Thread Chris Blouch
I'm not Tim, but you should hear the Mac reboot and chime over and over as long as you hold down these keys. If it seems to be booting up regularly then you missed to window of opportunity. Most stuff says to keep holding down the parameter ram reset keys until you hear 3-5 startup chimes. CB

Re: Jumping to pages in Preview

2012-01-11 Thread Greg Aikens
I go into the view menu and select single or double page for viewing. That way, when VO wants to jump to the top, it is limited to the page or 2 that are displayed instead of the entire document. Hope this helps. GregOn Jan 11, 2012, at 11:54 AM, Lindsay Yazzolino wrote: > Hi Everyone, > >

embedding audio into a text document

2012-01-11 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, Is there a way to embed audio into a text document in such programs as pages or text edit? Thanks, Courtney -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscri

Re: Installing an accessible version of Chrome on the Mac?

2012-01-11 Thread Chris Blouch
You do that in Chrome. Go to Preferences and in the Basics section you'll find a Default Browser section at the very end with a "Make Google Chrome My Default Browser" button. CB On 1/11/12 12:16 PM, Christine Grassman wrote: How does one override Safari as the default browser without having

Jumping to pages in Preview

2012-01-11 Thread Lindsay Yazzolino
Hi Everyone, I am in the process of reading some multi-paged documents in Preview, and can't seem to figure out how to quickly jump to a specific page. I have tried the "go to page" command (command option g), and though VoicOver announces that it has successfully jumped to the correct page, it su

Re: Installing an accessible version of Chrome on the Mac?

2012-01-11 Thread Christine Grassman
How does one override Safari as the default browser without having to deliberately start the application manually? For example, if there is a link in e-mail, and I click on it, how can I prevent Safari from opening, and instead automatically have Chrome or OmniWeb do the honors? Thanks. Christi

RE: Installing an accessible version of Chrome on the Mac?

2012-01-11 Thread Bill Holton
What are the advantages to running Chrome as opposed to Safari? Thanks. Bill -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Shawn Krasniuk Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 10:14 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subjec

Re: Installing an accessible version of Chrome on the Mac?

2012-01-11 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hey Michael. I would still install Chromevox because VO can't navigate some lists and stuff. You can download it from the Chrome Web Store. HTH. Shawn -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvi

Re: tips on Navigating Chrome with VO

2012-01-11 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hey Becky. When I use Chrome, I use a program called Chromevox because VO can't navigate some lists. You can find Chromevox in the Chrome Web Store. HTH. Shawn -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email

Re: Clearwire internet? Is it any good?

2012-01-11 Thread matthew Dyer
Useless in whart way. Sorry the kind of comment really doesn't help me. It is really opsion I have at this point since I am going to dish network in a few weeks. It was eather that or at&t which would not work since I can not use do to the fact that I do not have a phone j

Re: Clearwire internet? Is it any good?

2012-01-11 Thread matthew Dyer
Hi, Inaccessible in what way? Could you explane better please. Matthew On Jan 10, 2012, at 3:15 PM, Cheree Heppe wrote: > Cheree Heppe here: > I found Clear's interfaces inaccessable. > > Regards, > Cheree Heppe > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 10/01/2012, at 10:51, matthew Dyer wrote: >

Re: to do list apps

2012-01-11 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi Emrah: I second what Becky wrote. I \downloaded List Recorder, and I'll any program that ws this well with VoiceOver 5 stars. I've had a little time to mess with it, but I immediately upgraded it to the full version so that I could record as much as I wanted. Regards, Gigi On Jan 11, 20

mars edit

2012-01-11 Thread Matt Dierckens
Hi folks, Just trying out mars edit, and it seems very nice. Just curious, how much does this cost? Cheers. Matt Sent from my macbook pro -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@goo

tips on Navigating Chrome with VO

2012-01-11 Thread Becky Knaub
Hi, I just downloaded and installed chrome to give it a try. I tried to use Blackboard on it and it wouldn't work at all, even when I tried interacting with Blackboard. I was hoping it would work because Safari does work but often does the "Safari Busy" thing which is annoying and time consuming

Blackboard Accessible

2012-01-11 Thread Becky Knaub
Hi Shanna, I use black board with VoiceOver, I know it was just updated for my university while we were on break. I find VO works pretty well with it, I have used it with VO for 2 semesters soon to be three when this semester is over and Jaws fr the other 4, I would say both work alright with it

Re: to do list apps

2012-01-11 Thread Becky Knaub
Hi Enrah, Thak you so much for the suggestion, I read about the app you sent me and just finished installing it. Thanks again. Becky On Jan 10, 2012, at 8:51 PM, Emrah wrote: > Becky, > > I went hunting on the App Store to see if something would fit the description > of what you-re looking for

Re: Blackboard and Voice-over?

2012-01-11 Thread Shanna Stichler
Thanks so much, Mike! This information is most helpful! Shanna On Jan 11, 2012, at 1:56 AM, Michael Busboom wrote: > Hello Shanna, > > Although many portions of the Blackboard platform can be navigated with VO > through Safari, there is one area that is difficult and, as far as I am > concerne

Re: Effectively navigating through edit fields on iPhone with Bluetooth keyboards

2012-01-11 Thread Michael Busboom
Thank you very much, Ricardo, it worked! This does make life easier, though I still wish that I could invoke commands such as "Interact with" commands. Nevertheless, your Quick Nav tip was perfect and again, thanks! Best regards, Mike On 11,Jan,2012, at 11:01 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hi Mi

Re: Effectively navigating through edit fields on iPhone with Bluetooth keyboards

2012-01-11 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi Michael, Remember that you can use quick nav with your bluetooth keyboard. this is what I do since I'm using a mini bluetooth keyboard. Once quick nav is enabled, you can use your arrow keys to work the rotor and activate items. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2the

Re: Installing an accessible version of Chrome on the Mac?

2012-01-11 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, nothing else is needed to use chrome. You can use it with voiceover. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Jan 11, 2012, at 4:52 AM, Michael Busboom wrote: > Thank you very much, André, for your quick response. My question, however,

Re: Installing an accessible version of Chrome on the Mac?

2012-01-11 Thread Michael Busboom
Thank you very much, André, for your quick response. My question, however, is whether this version will automatically have accessibility built into it or whether I need to install something else. Does Chrome automatically detect that I am using VoiceOver? From what you wrote, I may be incorre

Re: Installing an accessible version of Chrome on the Mac?

2012-01-11 Thread André Nuno Soares
Hello Michael, Just go to: http://www.google.com/chrome If you go there from your Mac, the site will automatically present the link for downloading the latest Mac version. The download is a dmg file, so you install it the usual way, by copying the .app file inside it to your Applications folde

Installing an accessible version of Chrome on the Mac?

2012-01-11 Thread Michael Busboom
Hello everyone, Could someone please refer me to some documentation on how to install the latest version of Chrome with accessibility on my Mac? I am just a bit confused. Is the latest accessible version of Chrome called ChromeVox or is ChromeVox an extension for Chrome? Lastly, which versio