Re: if interaction went away

2012-03-01 Thread Garth Humphreys
All the interacting in iTunes can be annoying at times. But overall I like the interaction model. Ricardo if you ever find yourself using iTunes on windows try the F6. It jumps you past some of that tabbinghell. Sent from my iPhone On 02/03/2012, at 11:06 AM, Mary Otten wrote: > I've never

Re: Mac Book Air & cooling fan?

2012-03-01 Thread Garth Humphreys
I think the heat comes from the processor rather than the disc drive. The thing is that there is very little space in the air so you feeall the heat coming straight through the body. It probably uses the case as a sort of heat sink. Garth Sent from my iPhone On 02/03/2012, at 12:33 PM, Ric

Re: managing mail on the IPhone.

2012-03-01 Thread Alex Hall
I just googled this. To get a delete button: 1. Go to settings, then mail, contacts, calendars, and double tap your gmail account. 2. Find the switch button called "archive messages". Double tap it to turn it off. 3. Now, in mail, that archive button will be delete, and messages you select for dele

Re: A little spellcheck before pressing send please?

2012-03-01 Thread Emrah
Ray, Just to rectify, it's his and not her. My name has caused me issues that are less fun than this. :) Best, Emrah On Mar 1, 2012, at 11:29 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Can we return to her original request? I agree. to speak frankly, not only > is it that some people do not bother to spell c

Re: A little spellcheck before pressing send please?

2012-03-01 Thread Louie P. (Pete) Nalda
I think part of the problem is these silly smartphones without physical keyboards. That's what I was using today when I hit the letter y instead of the letter t. Android doesn't even have the decency to tell you that you've misspelled a word. On top of that, going back to edit is like looking

Re: A little spellcheck before pressing send please?

2012-03-01 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Can we return to her original request? I agree. to speak frankly, not only is it that some people do not bother to spell check; but also, that they are thinking way ahead of what they're typing. As a result, they don't pay attention to the letters they are pressing on the keyboard. That make

Re: A little spellcheck before pressing send please?

2012-03-01 Thread Wes Smith
Whoa! You. ARe. SMART I'm not sure I could do that!! :)On Mar 1, 2012, at 8:45 PM, Emrah wrote: > I was born in French speaking Switzerland, so French is my mother tongue. > My parents are Kurdish and immigrated from Turkey. > I was taught German at school. > My job is in English. > > The

Re: A little spellcheck before pressing send please?

2012-03-01 Thread Emrah
I was born in French speaking Switzerland, so French is my mother tongue. My parents are Kurdish and immigrated from Turkey. I was taught German at school. My job is in English. The bottom line is that I can manage Turkish, one dialect of Kurdish, French and English. I am not fluent in German.

Re: managing mail on the IPhone.

2012-03-01 Thread Jessica
Oh wow, thanx so much for those, I thought I was going to lose it if this kept up lol. I love my IPhone, but some of the layout's are hard to get used to at the same time, especially considering the fact that there aren't any context menu's like the Windows mobile phones I've been used to using

Re: A little spellcheck before pressing send please?

2012-03-01 Thread Wes Smith
What other languages do you know? What is your first? Just wondering. Thanks. On Mar 1, 2012, at 8:22 PM, Emrah wrote: > Guys, > > For some reason, ever since I upgraded to Lion, VO announces me misspelled > words when I read emails, not just when composing. > > I guess it's ok not to always

A little spellcheck before pressing send please?

2012-03-01 Thread Emrah
Guys, For some reason, ever since I upgraded to Lion, VO announces me misspelled words when I read emails, not just when composing. I guess it's ok not to always start with some sort of a polite greeting... I don't always do it when replying to messages. However, I think we should dedicate a b

Re: managing mail on the IPhone.

2012-03-01 Thread Eric Caron
Hi Jessica, this is not a area I use a lot, as once I got it working I never touched the settings again. But, I can offer a few general tips and hopefully others can provide you more detailed help. First, I remember when I first started using my Google account on the iPhone there wa

Re: scientific calculator after some use

2012-03-01 Thread Emrah
Hi there, I gave up on built in calculators and now remotely connect on my Linux box to use Qalc. I am sure qalc can be installed on a Mac with no difficulties. Qalc uses a command line interface. Emrah On Mar 1, 2012, at 7:45 PM, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: > It's called CalcMadeEasy Free and t

Re: where am I going wrong with this?

2012-03-01 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Never mind. Somehow, I figured it out. I used: "chflags nohidden ~/Library" I think that did it. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On Mar 1, 2012, at 9:06 PM, Ray Foret Jr wro

where am I going wrong with this?

2012-03-01 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Hi, In an attempt to unhide my ~/Library Directory, I'm using the following terminal command: "chflags nohidden /Users//Library/ No luck with that so I'm tryin this: "chflags nohidden ~/Library/" No luck with that either. Note, the lines of code I'm using above are exactly the way I typed

Re: iMovie drag and drop problem

2012-03-01 Thread Mike Malarsie
Before it started actin up I could do a lot of basics. Trim clips, add music and titles, as well as transitions. Now I can only trim and merge clips. I can walk u thru it via Skype or I can send u a link to my YouTube videos about it Mike Malarsie On Mar 1, 2012, at 11:49 PM, "Jessica" wr

uninstalling Fan Control Under Lion

2012-03-01 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Hi there, I am contemplating installing Fan control, but, I won't do it unless I can figure something out. In SL, one could remove Fan Control by going to: ~/Library/Preferences/Demon Fan control and then, one went to c/Library/Startup Items/Fan Control and removed the files there. After that,

Re: iMovie drag and drop problem

2012-03-01 Thread Jessica
Ok, how in the world do you even use IMovie in the first place? I'd heard it was accessible, so tried to use it to make a vidio of me and my 2-year-old, and couldn't figure out how to do a thing with it. - Original Message - From: "Michael Malarsie" To: Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 20

Re: Mac Book Air & cooling fan?

2012-03-01 Thread Ricardo Walker
I must say I'm surprised. I figured the MBA would run cooler since its using a SSD. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Mar 1, 2012, at 9:31 PM, Garth Humphreys wrote: > Hi > > I must admit to being surprised at just how hot my MBA ge

Re: showing user library in time machine backup

2012-03-01 Thread Ricardo Walker
I don't believe so. I'm trying to get to user/library but on a time machine backup. user/library is hidden. I know how to unhide this on my Mac HD but, not in a backup. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Feb 29, 2012, at 10:43 PM, Robe

Re: Mac Book Air & cooling fan?

2012-03-01 Thread Garth Humphreys
Hi I must admit to being surprised at just how hot my MBA gets at times. It can put out a lot of heat. I am not concerned about this but it has made me go looking for the perfect hard tray to place it on when it bed etc. I find you definitely need something to put it on so that there is good a

Re: if interaction went away

2012-03-01 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, I rather have that than be forced to have the screen reader rattle off information that I don't care about. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Mar 1, 2012, at 8:06 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > I've never used Itunes on Windows, but I

Re: Mac + Chrome + Netflix = html5?

2012-03-01 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, Chrome works just fine on the Mac now. You can just use it with voiceover. The screen reader plugin isn't necessary. hth Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Mar 1, 2012, at 8:32 PM, Michael Malarsie wrote: > I don't know anything

Re: Mac + Chrome + Netflix = html5?

2012-03-01 Thread Michael Malarsie
I don't know anything about Chrome on the Mac. I downloaded in on my PC afew months ago and it was completely inaccessible. I did some reserch and found out that before it will work with JAWS there is some third party software that must be downloaded first. Other than that i don't know

Re: if interaction went away

2012-03-01 Thread Mary Otten
I've never used Itunes on Windows, but I will say I find it no end irritating to have to interact with a group just to find out of a checkbox is checked or not in the books table. Or I have to interact with a group just to go to the link for an item in the app store or go to a book title in the

Re: Apple TV

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Re: scientific calculator after some use

2012-03-01 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
It's called CalcMadeEasy Free and there's also the pro version. They're working on the ios version and as soon as they're done, they'll provide accessiblity, or moreso label the buttons. On 1/03/2012, at 11:35 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > Yuma, > > WHich app is this one? > > On Mar 1, 2012,

Re: Apple TV

2012-03-01 Thread Mike Malarsie
What are all the parts required for apple tv? I'm considering it now. What's required for setup? Mike Malarsie On Mar 1, 2012, at 5:42 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > Hey Jason, > > Very good and nice to see another Marylander on the list. > > On Mar 1, 2012, at 2:35 PM, jason lefevers wrote:

Re: toggle number words/digits

2012-03-01 Thread Traci
Thanks guys, I guess I was hoping there was a single keystroke to toggle this. Traci Sent by Macbook Air Mail On Mar 1, 2012, at 12:29 PM, Garth Humphreys wrote: > Press VO+V, you then may need to press N by it's self to change to toggling > number verbosity. After pressing N if needed you can

Re: Apple TV

2012-03-01 Thread Scott Howell
Hey Jason, Very good and nice to see another Marylander on the list. On Mar 1, 2012, at 2:35 PM, jason lefevers wrote: > Hi , first I would like to intraduce myself , My name is jason LeFevers I > live in Baltimore MD USA. I have been blind for about 9 years now, I lost my > sight in a car ac

Re: if interaction went away

2012-03-01 Thread Scott Howell
I don't think you have to worry about radical changes. On Mar 1, 2012, at 2:19 PM, Jacob Schmude wrote: > Hi > The trouble with what the old screen readers do in Windows when implemented > on Mac is that there are quite a few apps that don't understand the standard > methods of keyboard navigat

Re: 2 mail ishues

2012-03-01 Thread Teresa Cochran
In the message list, use VO-shift home and end to get to the top and bottom of the list respectively. To move a message, go to the message menu and choose "move to folder." HTh, teresa "Man is matter's ability to contemplate itself."--Albert Einstein On Mar 1, 2012, at 2:55 PM, Egbert wrote:

Mac + Chrome + Netflix = html5?

2012-03-01 Thread Traci
Any users out there of Netflix and Chrome? I've been googling to see alternatives to streaming Netflix and came across many articles talking about Netflix and html5 for Chrome and Linex. I was wondering if the Chrome experience was better with VO? Thanks, Traci Sent by Macbook Air Mail -- You

Re: Mac Book Air & cooling fan?

2012-03-01 Thread Kevin Mattingly
On Mar 1, 2012, at 5:53 PM, Traci wrote: > Hi all, I still consider myself new to the whole Mac experience. > > I was just watching a tv show via Netflix, and my Macbook Air's fan kicked in > big time. > > 1. Is this normal? > Answer: Sure., absolutely normal... > 2. If so, will it damage the

2 mail ishues

2012-03-01 Thread Egbert
HI, IN my mail there are two things i don't understand. When there are 600 mails, how do i navigate quick to the first or last one? and how can i save an important mail in a folder of my choose? I hope to hear from you, Egbert -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Mac Book Air & cooling fan?

2012-03-01 Thread Traci
Hi all, I still consider myself new to the whole Mac experience. I was just watching a tv show via Netflix, and my Macbook Air's fan kicked in big time. 1. Is this normal? 2. If so, will it damage the Mac while watching a tv show or movie? 3. Is it possible the MBA isn't meant for movie watching

Re: Netflix on Mac?

2012-03-01 Thread Traci
Thank you, Here's an update. As far as I can tell, VO doesn't work well with the movie window. :( Lol, I'm wondering if an Apple TV might be in order. Traci Sent by Macbook Air Mail On Feb 29, 2012, at 3:52 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > The site works fairly well on the Mac. You do have to do

Re: if interaction went away

2012-03-01 Thread Pete Nalda
Ok sorry stupid android fonts! What I was saying was dead I think that this makes sense because interaction tells vo where to focus. -- Egun On, Lagunak! (Basque for "G'Day, Mates!) Louie P. (Pete) Nalda HTTP://www.MySpace.com/musikonalda/ HTTP://www.Facebook.com/lpnalda/ HTTP://www.linkedin.com/

Re: what for twitter and daisybooks on the mac?

2012-03-01 Thread Egbert
okee, nice to know, but as reaction not very helpfull big smile. see you on Skype! Egbert Op 1 mrt. 2012, om 22:57 heeft Michael Malarsie het volgende geschreven: > I actually don't even have a single daisy book. I know nothing at all about > them. > > Mike Malarsie > On Mar 1, 2012, at 3:38

Re: if interaction went away

2012-03-01 Thread Ricardo Walker
Can you say that again? Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Mar 1, 2012, at 4:54 PM, Pete Nalda wrote: > O yhink yhis males semce. To my inderstanding, interaction is a eay to tell > vo where to focus. Ymmv. > > -- > Egun On, Lagunak! (

Re: Where are VoiceOver's labels stored?

2012-03-01 Thread Matthew Campbell
Hi. I just went in to library on the time machine backup and copied all of the VoiceUnder relate preference files. The labels ended up coming back. Thanks, On 2012-03-01, at 2:30 PM, Steve Holmes wrote: > I don't know specific file names but one could create some labels and > then jump into the

Re: what for twitter and daisybooks on the mac?

2012-03-01 Thread Michael Malarsie
I actually don't even have a single daisy book. I know nothing at all about them. Mike Malarsie On Mar 1, 2012, at 3:38 PM, Egbert wrote: > Hi All, > > a few days back i have asked here what apps you use for twitter and reading a > daisy book. > Uptill now, there was no constructive reaction.

Re: if interaction went away

2012-03-01 Thread Pete Nalda
O yhink yhis males semce. To my inderstanding, interaction is a eay to tell vo where to focus. Ymmv. -- Egun On, Lagunak! (Basque for "G'Day, Mates!) Louie P. (Pete) Nalda HTTP://www.MySpace.com/musikonalda/ HTTP://www.Facebook.com/lpnalda/ HTTP://www.linkedin.com/in/lpnalda/ Twitter @lpnalda Te

Re: if interaction went away

2012-03-01 Thread Ricardo Walker
I totally disagree. For example, have you ever used iTunes on windows? Its tabbing hell. To change a setting on your IOS device, you have to tab like a mad person because there is no scroll area where settings are grouped. Or, if you just want to bypass that stuff and get to something else,

Re: Carbonite

2012-03-01 Thread Alex Hall
I'm sorry, I was not clear. I have only tried it with windows screen readers; I have never used it with vo at all. Carbonite offers a 30-day trial, though, so people can play with it to see how it works and not have to pay. Sorry again for the confusion. On 3/1/12, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > In short,

what for twitter and daisybooks on the mac?

2012-03-01 Thread Egbert
Hi All, a few days back i have asked here what apps you use for twitter and reading a daisy book. Uptill now, there was no constructive reaction. i have spend some money on apps that did not work wel or were not very accesible. So, would yoyou please tell me what you use for twitter and daisy on

Re: Carbonite

2012-03-01 Thread Ray Foret Jr
In short, if you use only VO, forget it. Would that be fair to say? Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On Mar 1, 2012, at 2:10 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > Yes, but only with jaws an

Re: toggle number words/digits

2012-03-01 Thread Garth Humphreys
Press VO+V, you then may need to press N by it's self to change to toggling number verbosity. After pressing N if needed you can use up and down arrows to toggle what is read. Hope this makes sense. Garth @BlindTechMusing On 02/03/2012, at 5:40 AM, Red.Falcon wrote: > Hi Traci! > OK just open

Re: Carbonite

2012-03-01 Thread Alex Hall
Yes, but only with jaws and nvda. It is mostly accessible, though setup may require use of the jaws cursor. Once set up, though, it is accessible. On 3/1/12, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: > Hi: > Has anyone ever used Carbonite backup. Is it accessible with VO, and Jaws? > > -- > You received this mess

Keyboard shortcuts

2012-03-01 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I created a keyboard shortcut in the keyboard system preferences to use CTRL-f to forward a message and another ctrl-l to move the current email into a different folder. They both worked perfectly the first day, now I can't get either to work again. They are both still in the shortcut tabl

Re: toggle number words/digits

2012-03-01 Thread Red.Falcon
Hi Traci! OK just open verbosity with vo+V and arrow left or right until you find numbers and you can change it to words with the up/down arrows! Then just press escape! Colin On 1 Mar 2012, at 19:04, Traci wrote: > Hi all, > > Is there a way to toggle the way VO speaks numbers? > > I was read

Re: Apple TV

2012-03-01 Thread jason lefevers
Hi , first I would like to intraduce myself , My name is jason LeFevers I live in Baltimore MD USA. I have been blind for about 9 years now, I lost my sight in a car accident while serving in the Airforce. I have only been using apple products bor a few years now with the purchase of the iphone

Re: Where are VoiceOver's labels stored?

2012-03-01 Thread Steve Holmes
I don't know specific file names but one could create some labels and then jump into the shell and do some 'ls -ltr' commands on directories to see what the latest file creation date might be. I forget the command option to do this recursively but the idea here would be to find the most recently c

Carbonite

2012-03-01 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: Has anyone ever used Carbonite backup. Is it accessible with VO, and Jaws? -- 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 to

Re: if interaction went away

2012-03-01 Thread Jacob Schmude
Hi The trouble with what the old screen readers do in Windows when implemented on Mac is that there are quite a few apps that don't understand the standard methods of keyboard navigation. Many apps don't let you tab to all controls, or arrow through lists. So, even if interaction were to be axed

toggle number words/digits

2012-03-01 Thread Traci
Hi all, Is there a way to toggle the way VO speaks numbers? I was reading a recipe, and it sounded really odd reading 1 1/2 cups as 112 cups. Lol! It would be really handy to have a quick key stroke to toggle words/digits. Thanks, Sent by Macbook Air Mail -- You received this message becaus

Re: if interaction went away

2012-03-01 Thread Mr. L. Alexander
if the concept of the standard method of keyboard interaction were to "Fade away" then how would desktop and notebook users interact with voiceover? maybe if there was a more simplified rework of voiceover so that rather than long winded interaction proceedures to pages, objects and windows, we

Re: if interaction went away

2012-03-01 Thread Teresa Cochran
I think interaction makes a lot of sense when using a keyboard, but it isn't quite so essential with a trackpad. I don't really see the concept going away, because so much more information is displayed with a desktop than with a mobile device. Teresa "Nobody ever tells me anything!"--James For

Re: if interaction went away

2012-03-01 Thread Jacob Schmude
Hi I wouldn't mind it so long as there was another way to easily jump from one large control to another. As things stand at the moment however, I think the concept of interaction fits Voiceover. Remember that OS X is not primarily a touch screen os, and I'm much faster than I am on Windows becau

Re: if interaction went away

2012-03-01 Thread Goodin, Donna
Personally, I think that would be absolutely *fabulous It's not that interaction is hard or anything, it's just an extra step, and it would be nice to get rid of it. Donna On Mar 1, 2012, at 12:27 PM, Matthew Campbell wrote: > Hi. > I'm not sure how I'd feel if interaction was to go away.

Re: if interaction went away

2012-03-01 Thread Matthew Campbell
Hi. I'm not sure how I'd feel if interaction was to go away. I think it would work if there was a way to jump from container to container like you can on an iPad. Of course, the screen would have to be broken up like that first. An interesting idea though. I too would be interested in other peopl

if interaction went away

2012-03-01 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Hi there, Considering that OS 10.8 is supposedly going to be much like IOS in many respects, it occurred to me that perhaps we might see in 10.8 the vanishing of the concept of interaction. For those of us with Iphones, that might not be such a big deal; but, I just can't help wondering. How

Re: hybrid computing

2012-03-01 Thread Teresa Cochran
That's kind of fascinating. I wonder if someone would ever do that with Mac OS X? Teresa "Man is matter's ability to contemplate itself."--Albert Einstein On Feb 29, 2012, at 10:32 PM, Cheree Heppe wrote: > Cheree Heppe here: > > This sounds as if it may solve a number of problems. See arti

Re: About My Last Post and Tune-In Radio For The Iphone

2012-03-01 Thread Kevin Mattingly
I use a couple of apps for basketball right now. One is college Hoops and the other is pro radio. I spent 99 cents for each and they have schedules and channel options for games. Tune In and OOTunes are both great radio apps. Kev On Feb 29, 2012, at 11:30 PM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: > Hey Guys. I

Re: scientific calculator after some use

2012-03-01 Thread Scott Howell
Yuma, WHich app is this one? On Mar 1, 2012, at 2:58 AM, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: > Hi Chris, > > Thanks for that one. Will be checking it in detail later this week. > > I found another one with a note taking part where you can paste past > calculations or parts of it and plug it back into