Re: The New Google Groups Site and viewing/changing membership options?

2012-04-25 Thread Teresa Cochran
Thanks for this, Esther. I'm sorry for the long delay in replying; have been away from my computer for days. Thanks, Teresa -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To view this discussion on the web visit

Re: Hands on mac experience with google drive

2012-04-25 Thread Buddy Brannan
Initially, this looks accessible. You won't get a link to download until you sign up for the service with your Google ID and then wait for your approval. Mine took about 45 minutes. The setup and preferences are accessible, although of course getting to the menu item is a trick, as is the

Re: Mobi to epub or HTML.

2012-04-25 Thread sandi sørensen
hey, thanks works :) to annie see my example below for instructions . jadzias-MacBook-Air:MacOS jadzia$ ./ebook-convert test.mobi sandi 1% Converting input to HTML... InputFormatPlugin: MOBI Input running on /Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS/test.mobi Parsing all content... Forcing

Re: Setting Sound Output for Log in Screen

2012-04-25 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hmm, Maybe resetting PRAM will do the trick? Its worth a shot. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Apr 24, 2012, at 8:25 PM, James Lee jameslee...@gmail.com wrote: HI Ricardo, I wish it worked that way for Snow Leopard too. Even if

tutorial for numbers?

2012-04-25 Thread Kliphton
I'm about to start my vending business here soon, and I use a mac 90 percent of the time. Someone says that numbers is just as good as excel, if not better. Is there a tutorial available so I can figure out how to create formulas, and print layouts? Thanks. -- You received this message

Re: syncing address book with google help please

2012-04-25 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
I recomend not using google sync. I found I would get 2 or more copies of contacts when I tried this. I suggest instead that you export your address book and then import into Google unless you have a very specific need to keep the two in constant sync. Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net On

Beta testers needed for Accessible Facebook app

2012-04-25 Thread Ed Worrell
HEllo listers, I am wrighting to let the list know that I have been working with an app developer to get his Facebook client app more accessible. He is now ready to have the app tested, and is wanting some people in the blind community to test it and make sure it works with Voiceover. Here is

Re: text documents and auto save

2012-04-25 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
No real need to save, since every hour or when you close the window with the document it will be saved. To do a save as is now a two step process. 1. Slect file-Duplicate 2. select file-Save I suppose one could set up an apple script that would look for the save-as and if it was not found

Menu tab for facebook

2012-04-25 Thread Stacey Robinson
Hi, Can someone give me tips on using menu tab with facebook? I have it installed and can see links for facebook such as friends and the status button. Are there settings I need to set to make this app work well with Voiceover? Thanks, Stacey and GEB dog Chesley (I love my mac) -- You

Re: Beta testers needed for Accessible Facebook app

2012-04-25 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Ok, i have signed up, now to see if i get accepted.:-) /Krister 25 apr 2012 kl. 17:01 skrev Ed Worrell: HEllo listers, I am wrighting to let the list know that I have been working with an app developer to get his Facebook client app more accessible. He is now ready to have the app tested,

Re: Beta testers needed for Accessible Facebook app

2012-04-25 Thread Mika Pyyhkala
Hi, I have signed up as well, you may want to post more of a description, and we could encourage people on Twitter who follow the #a11y hashtag to sign up also. Or people on Facebook. Thanks, Mika On 4/25/12, Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com wrote: Ok, i have signed up, now to see if

Widgets and System Speech Rate Questions.

2012-04-25 Thread Emilio Hernandez
Hello everyone, How can I remove widgets from the dashboard manager? I have reviewed podcasts detailing this, but I am not able to uncheck certain widgets. How can I change the speech rate of the system voice? I have looked through the MV archives, but I have not been able to find a solution to

Re: Menu tab for facebook

2012-04-25 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi, What do you mean by making the app work well with voiceover? What Menu tab does is show you either the mobile or the full facebook site, depending on how you've set it. There's a row of buttons if you arrow right with vo+right arrow from the html content. In this row you can see things like

Re: Beta testers needed for Accessible Facebook app

2012-04-25 Thread Ed Worrell
The beta test is for a Facebook app called FaceDekk, This was the first app that I used outside of the Facebook.com app, I got in touch with the developer and he is willing to make the app 100% accessible to the blind, infact this app is in the app store, he is currently making a new version of

Re: Beta testers needed for Accessible Facebook app

2012-04-25 Thread Ray Foret Jr
How you sign up? I saw the web site but there ain't no edit boxes or links to sign up with. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On Apr 25, 2012, at 12:22 PM, Krister Ekstrom

Re: Beta testers needed for Accessible Facebook app

2012-04-25 Thread chris hallsworth
I signed up so am just waiting for the build to be made available for my device iPhone 4. Christopher Hallsworth On 25/04/2012 18:40, Ed Worrell wrote: The beta test is for a Facebook app called FaceDekk, This was the first app that I used outside of the Facebook.com app, I got in touch

RE: Beta testers needed for Accessible Facebook app

2012-04-25 Thread Missy Hoppe
I was going to sign up, but then I saw this was for Ios only, so I can't use it on my macbook, which is currently the only apple device I own. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of chris hallsworth Sent: Wednesday,

Re: Beta testers needed for Accessible Facebook app

2012-04-25 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
I second that confusion; I even got the Confirm Email, but since I don't have an IOD device to log in with, I bailed at that point. This message is really better suited to the VIPhone list. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN:

Re: Menu tab for facebook

2012-04-25 Thread Stacey Robinson
That's what I needed to know. Thanks, On Apr 25, 2012, at 12:29 PM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: Hi, What do you mean by making the app work well with voiceover? What Menu tab does is show you either the mobile or the full facebook site, depending on how you've set it. There's a row of buttons if

Re: Mobi to epub or HTML.

2012-04-25 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi Sandi. Great. Will you not need sighted assistance to turn on the command line in calibre? Best regards Annie. Den Apr 25, 2012 kl. 1:14 PM skrev sandi sørensen: hey, thanks works :) to annie see my example below for instructions . jadzias-MacBook-Air:MacOS jadzia$ ./ebook-convert

Re: Mobi to epub or HTML.

2012-04-25 Thread Lewis Alexander
I too can confirm that calibre is completely inaccessible. other than commandline tools, this software is unusable. probably as the app is written with JAVA. even the installer wizard has no interaction.. that is a shame. are there any other suitable ebook apps here we can use? lew On 25 Apr

Re: Mobi to epub or HTML.

2012-04-25 Thread sandi sørensen
hi annie, nope i thought about that when i wrote it , since i can see what is on the monitor now. I turned the monitor off so i was sure that the instructions i gave you would work with voiceover. If it is too geeky for you i might be able too make a script for you so you can say stand in your

Re: Mobi to epub or HTML.

2012-04-25 Thread sandi sørensen
Lew, but honestly, who the heck would wanna use anything else than bash for things like that? Fine it is not perfect but as a certain person says in star wars… it got it where it counts, you could blame that we have many users who might find it a little too geeky, but we surely have geeks enough

Re: Mobi to epub or HTML.

2012-04-25 Thread Lewis Alexander
very true in deed. it's useful for users to understand the methods, functions and outputs of scripting for specific purposes and there's nothing better than listening to apple script lol. lew On 25 Apr 2012, at 21:43, sandi sørensen wrote: Lew, but honestly, who the heck would wanna use

Re: Mobi to epub or HTML.

2012-04-25 Thread Tyler Spivey
There's one minor change you can make, to avoid copying the book. From your example, ebook-convert is in /Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS, so in your downloads folder you can do: /Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS/ebook-convert file.mobi .epub (or .txt or whatever format you want

Re: Mobi to epub or HTML.

2012-04-25 Thread sandi sørensen
tyler, you learn something new everyday, blush i had totally forgotten about that option. Don't it need more than just the soft link? sandi On 4/25/12, Tyler Spivey tspi...@pcdesk.net wrote: There's one minor change you can make, to avoid copying the book. From your example, ebook-convert is

RSS feeds that have made new and duplicate mailboxes in my list

2012-04-25 Thread Jenny Keller
Hi, I have subscribed to several email lists which have made separate email boxes in my mailbox list. I would like them all to come to my in box and I would like to delete the duplicates. How do I do both? thanks in advance and have a great night. Jenny -- You received this message

Re: RSS feeds that have made new and duplicate mailboxes in my list

2012-04-25 Thread John Panarese
On the RSS mailbox, do a VO-shift-m. The context menu has a, show in inbox, item. Hit enter on that and I believe that will have the feeds go into your inbox. Take Care John Panarese jpanar...@gmail.com On Apr 25, 2012, at 7:06 PM, Jenny Keller wrote: Hi, I have subscribed to

apps that help with putting references in to APA

2012-04-25 Thread Becky Knaub
Hi All, So here is the question. I stink at doing references in APA format and I have to write a 15 page paper with references in APA. Is there an app that you can put the info in and it would format it properly. No worries if not but thought why not ask. Becky -- You received this message

OT: Any Web Designers Out Here?

2012-04-25 Thread Christine Grassman
Hi there, everyone. I'm hoping someone can assist with something. In a nutshell, there is a site, http://www.yourmorals.org which enables you to take surveys on fascinating and intriguing aspects of morality. After you take the surveys, there are often color-coded and otherwise graphical

Re: OT: Any Web Designers Out Here?

2012-04-25 Thread Clinton Waterbury
That depends on who you go through for your web design. Their web designer and/or web design company could be quite expensive. In that case though, I would switch companies/designers, but I guess that's just another blind guy talking. On Apr 25, 2012, at 6:03 PM, Christine Grassman wrote: Hi

Re: apps that help with putting references in to APA

2012-04-25 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
hi. there is an app called bookends. I think you can use that program. You will need sighted assistance to register the program, but I think some of the program is accessible. best regards annie. Sendt fra min iPad Den 26/04/2012 kl. 01.24 skrev Becky Knaub becnc...@embarqmail.com: Hi

Re: RSS feeds that have made new and duplicate mailboxes in my list

2012-04-25 Thread Jenny Keller
thanks, also, how do you delete boxes that are the same thing just duplicates? Jenny On Apr 25, 2012, at 6:15 PM, John Panarese wrote: On the RSS mailbox, do a VO-shift-m. The context menu has a, show in inbox, item. Hit enter on that and I believe that will have the feeds go into

Re: RSS feeds that have made new and duplicate mailboxes in my list

2012-04-25 Thread John Panarese
It's the same process. Open the context menu when you are on the mailbox you want to remove with VO-shift-m. There should be a, delete mailbox, item. Take Care John Panarese jpanar...@gmail.com On Apr 25, 2012, at 9:40 PM, Jenny Keller wrote: thanks, also, how do you delete boxes