Re: question about hotspots

2012-11-04 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Jürgen, Hotspots can certainly be unstable, especially in applications where objects are moved around on the screen. I also find that they can be tricky to set correctly sometimes. I use them in Pages to monitor what styles are being used, and for that, each HotSpot has to be set on each

Re: question about hotspots

2012-11-04 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi Anne, thanks for the respond. And thanks for the good idea. All the best Jürgen Am 04.11.2012 um 09:26 schrieb Anne Robertson : > Hello Jürgen, > > Hotspots can certainly be unstable, especially in applications where objects > are moved around on the screen. I also find that they can be t

Re: any accessible Facebook programs for OS X Lion?

2012-11-04 Thread Eric Oyen
well, I do have regular menu tab. I could unlock extra features (making it pro). so far, the interface seems pretty simple. -eric On Nov 3, 2012, at 9:12 PM, Chris wrote: > Try MenuTab Pro which is a paid Mac App. They do a free ad sponsored version > too. > > > Christopher Hallsworth > >

Re: any accessible Facebook programs for OS X Lion?

2012-11-04 Thread Alex Hall
Okay, what am I doing wrong? When I try this app, I see an html content with next to nothing in it, just some frame which itself holds nothing. I see no Facebook-related content whatsoever. I'm not prompted to log in, and I see no menus, so it must be logged in already... I'm running the latest ver

Re: how to remove an iPhone app?

2012-11-04 Thread Alex Hall
Double tap and hold on the app (double tap, but don't lift your finger the second time). You'll hear three ascending tones, then vo will say "moving messenger". Now lift your finger, then double tap normally. iOS will alert you that deleting this app will delete all its content and ask if you reall

Re: question for mac mini users

2012-11-04 Thread Alex Hall
You need a camera for Facetime, and at least a microphone for Skype. The Mini, like all Macs, has a line-in jack, not a regular microphone jack. This means that you either need a USB sound card into which you can plug a normal, unpowered microphone; you need a USB microphone or headset; or you need

Re: Barcode scanner?

2012-11-04 Thread Mary Scott
Thank you. I will get it today. Mel On Nov 3, 2012, at 11:37 PM, Eugenia Firth wrote: > Hi there the scanner I like these days is a digit eyes. It also has labeling > features that you can use, and it is set up for blind users. Of course, that > means it works real good with voiceover. > Gigi

Re: Barcode scanner?

2012-11-04 Thread Esther
Hi Mel, I also have Digit-Eyes, which is $19.99, and is used for both scanning commercial bar codes and for creating personal audio labels with QR codes that you print out. If you only want to try out the custom labelling and reading feature on a limited basis, there is a free lite version that ca

do you recommend any apps to use man on the iPhone was: how to remove an iPhone app

2012-11-04 Thread Mauricio Almeida
thanks, alex! that worked just fine here. now that this is tone, do you guys have any app with which i can use man account to recommend? regards, mauricio On Nov 4, 2012, at 6:58 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > Double tap and hold on the app (double tap, but don't lift your finger > the second time). Y

Re: How Best to Track My placees

2012-11-04 Thread Mauricio Almeida
oh. thank you for that. it isn't extremely high then, I just wanted to make sure:) will be downloading and purchasing it later today. Mauricio On Nov 4, 2012, at 1:30 AM, Ilkka Pirttimaa wrote: > I do have a counters in beta version so I can give some numbers. If you are > in area where there

Re: Need help with time machine on network.

2012-11-04 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
Hello, Are you saying that it is better to connect to the router rather than connecting the cable directly between the two computers? Do you by any chance know why that would be ? I just would like to understand this whole process better. Thank you for your help, Ioana Sent from my iPhone O

Re: locking application for the mac

2012-11-04 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, I don't believe that there is a keyboard command for this but you could go into the Users & Groups pane of the System Prefs, unlock it with your Admin password, then from the Users, Groups and Login Options List, choose Login Options. Navigate down to the Fast User Switching checkbox and c

restore

2012-11-04 Thread Wayne Coles
hello all i have a mba upgraded from lion and wish to restore it back to default to give it to my son so the question is if i restore it will i have to install ml again or will it stay as ml after the restore thanks fro any help with this wayne coles -- You received this message because you

Re: restore

2012-11-04 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
Hi wayne, If you restore it, you should have ml. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 4, 2012, at 10:58 AM, Wayne Coles wrote: > hello all i have a mba upgraded from lion and wish to restore it back to > default to give it to my son so the question is if i restore it will i have > to install ml again o

Re: Barcode scanner?

2012-11-04 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi there I didn't even bother doing the lighter version and then upgrading. The other thing is instead of printing out the make labels, I bought the ones that the company has. I don't have the proper printer to do all those labels just so, so I don't want to go to the trouble. The other thing is

Re: Barcode scanner?

2012-11-04 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi again Mel I forgot to mention that those labels believe it or not, can go on things in the freezer. I have never been able to label successfully anything in the freezer. Everything I ever tried selloffs. Oh yes, it even stick on Ziploc freezer bags. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 4, 2012, at

Re: Pages and APA 6th edition style

2012-11-04 Thread Tammy Abreu-Butron
I guess I'm really looking for an add-in software or template that will automatically allow me to select headers, paragraph style, citing with various formatting designations that APA requires by source type, etc. I know there is a msword based program thar sits on top of word, but I prefer pag

Re: any accessible Facebook programs for OS X Lion?

2012-11-04 Thread Eric Oyen
there are 2 html content windows. also, the app may have opened a system window to ask for login information. once I found this window, I filled in the required information and it logged me in. -eric On Nov 4, 2012, at 4:55 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > Okay, what am I doing wrong? When I try this a

Re: Pages and APA 6th edition style

2012-11-04 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Tammy, I've mentioned several times on this list that I can send anyone a template for the APA format. It contains all the necessary styles and heading formats. You just have to type over the placeholder text and it will be correctly formatted. Also, we put in examples of all the formats

Re: locking application for the mac

2012-11-04 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
Hi tim. Thank you for the vast of information. this helps. Chris Bruinenberg cbrui...@gmail.com On Nov 4, 2012, at 7:35 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > I don't believe that there is a keyboard command for this but you could go > into the Users & Groups pane of the System Prefs, unlock it w

Re: any accessible Facebook programs for OS X Lion?

2012-11-04 Thread Teresa Cochran
Does Menutab allow access to all of Facebook's features, such as notes and messages? Teresa On Nov 4, 2012, at 1:28 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: > there are 2 html content windows. also, the app may have opened a system > window to ask for login information. > > once I found this window, I filled in

iMac Temperature

2012-11-04 Thread Agent086b
Hello all, is there a way of telling what Temperature the iMac is running at? On the PC I had a program called Speedfan to do this. Thanks for any help. Max. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to

Hotspots in Safari

2012-11-04 Thread Agent086b
Hi all, have just been trying Hotspots after an earlier message today. Do nI understand that a hotspot will only take until the web page is refreshed? I find they are not set when I return to the page. Thanks again for another pointer. Max. -- You received this message because you are subscribe

Re: Hotspots in Safari

2012-11-04 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
are you thinking web spots? I have a few web spots set up and they are able to return if i change pages. For example i have one set for the search results of amazon. Thanks. Chris Bruinenberg cbrui...@gmail.com On Nov 4, 2012, at 3:45 PM, Agent086b wrote: > Hi all, have just been trying Hotsp

Re: iMac Temperature

2012-11-04 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
I believe there is a program called fan control. it does a similar thing. Chris Bruinenberg cbrui...@gmail.com On Nov 4, 2012, at 3:37 PM, Agent086b wrote: > Hello all, is there a way of telling what Temperature the iMac is running at? > On the PC I had a program called Speedfan to do this. >

Picking the brains of you Mac veterans

2012-11-04 Thread John Panarese
Hi guys, For those of you users who remember Leopard and older Macs, I am not remembering something from those days. I got an old iBook G4 back from a friend and the laptop keyboard is stuck so that the numeric keypad seems to be functioning on the right side of the keyboard. Does anyone r

Re: Hotspots in Safari

2012-11-04 Thread Agent086b
I am trying to use hotspots. VO 1 to jump to hotspot one, you set this by VO Shift 1. I may not be understanding the use of hotspots. On a regular visited page it is nice to be able to jump to place on that page quickly. Could be the weather page, so you may wish to jump to the current temp etc.

Re: Hotspots in Safari

2012-11-04 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
Hi max Try adding a wen spot! Vo command shift ( I believe is the command. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 4, 2012, at 4:19 PM, Agent086b wrote: > I am trying to use hotspots. VO 1 to jump to hotspot one, you set this by VO > Shift 1. I may not be understanding the use of hotspots. On a regular v

Re: Picking the brains of you Mac veterans

2012-11-04 Thread Esther
Hi John, There's a NumLock F6 key on the old PowerPC laptops and the earliest generation MacBook laptop models. Try pressing F6 or Fn+F6 -- depending on whether your F-keys are set to software or hardware functions. The keyboard layout for these laptops had the volume keys on F3, F4, and F5 for m

Re: Picking the brains of you Mac veterans

2012-11-04 Thread John Panarese
Hi Esther, Once again, you did it. I knew there was a function key combo, but I couldn't remember it. It was the FN key with F6 as I have the function keys reversed. Thanks again Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com We

using the braille pen 12

2012-11-04 Thread Chenelle Hancock
hi all i wanted to know who has purchased the braille pen 12 and if so do they have instrucnt on how touse it with the i phone 4. so. thanks a lot for your help i reY really do appreciate it. Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Group

Organizing Classical Music in iTunes

2012-11-04 Thread Traci
A very informative article if you are a classical music fan and want to organize your collection better. I felt this post was fitting for both lists. Sent by Macbook Air Mail HOME OBSERVATIONS PHOTOS TRAVELS Home › Projects › How I Organize Classical Music in iTunes How I Organize Classical Mus

Discovered New Voices For Mac

2012-11-04 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hi guys. Well, it's been two years now with my Mac and I've loved every moment of it, including the frustrating ones. Lol. But that's not what my subject is about. Last night, as I was catching up on almost 100 forum posts on SamNet, I read one of Mike Arrigo's forum posts about his Android Chat

Re: using the braille pen 12

2012-11-04 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi, I might be able to help. What would you like to know? Best, Erik Burggraaf Introducing Ebony Consulting business card transcription service, starting at $0.45 per card or $35 per hundred cards. Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On 201

Re: Discovered New Voices For Mac

2012-11-04 Thread Alex Hall
I listened to a few. Personally I find them a bit choppy and not as smooth as the voices you can get with the mac by default. Still, synthesized speech is one of the most subjective things in the blindness community, so to each their own, I say. On a practical note, I had trouble getting the so

Re: Discovered New Voices For Mac

2012-11-04 Thread Harry Hogue
Alex, I had no problem just clicking the image link with the usual VO-space. Thanks, Harry On nov 4, 2012, at 8:15 p.m., Alex Hall wrote: > I listened to a few. Personally I find them a bit choppy and not as smooth as > the voices you can get with the mac by default. Still, synthesized speec

Re: any accessible Facebook programs for OS X Lion?

2012-11-04 Thread Alex Hall
I opened the app again to check this, and it asked me to rate it. I selected the "no thanks" button, and nothing else happened. Now the app will not launch at all, not even to bug me about rating it. My app chooser shows no sign of it, not even in the system dialogs menu. I'm stumped, and gettin

Good News about Safari and Bookshare XML Files

2012-11-04 Thread Harry Hogue
Hello, guys, I know I, and others, and been having issues reading .xml files from Bookshare in Safari. Sometimes, these files will load as blank within Safari. I decided to load the .xml file in my Internet Explorer on the Windows side of my computer, and it brought up an error that said it c

Re: Discovered New Voices For Mac

2012-11-04 Thread John Panarese
If memory serves me right, and this might have changed, but I recall someone saying that these voices do not work well with VoiceOver. If I am thinking of the same developer, there were promises that they were working on it, but I don't recall if this was these voices. Take Care John D.

Re: Discovered New Voices For Mac

2012-11-04 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Awesome. Am downloading the Adam U S english voice, that I just bought. As you stated in your mail, you'd get a torrent. Wouldn't that be illegal? Chris. Thank you kindly, Christopher-Mark Gilland. Founder of CLG Productions Blog: http://www.clgproductions.org Podcast: http://clgproduction

Re: using the braille pen 12

2012-11-04 Thread Gerard Doody
Hi Chenelle, I just bought a BraillePen12 and I nder if you will be getting any training from an agency, or some such. I have files that have the commands and, if you wish, I can forward them to you. I would also be willing to talk to you on the phone if that helps. Gerard Doody jerrydood...@

Re: Discovered New Voices For Mac

2012-11-04 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
I'll admit, their web site was a mess, not to mention a major! pain if ever their be one! Then, once I bought the voice, they never e-mailed me the password to my user account. They said I was logged in, yet I got an unauthorized page when I tried to go to the link they provided to direct me t

Re: iMac Temperature

2012-11-04 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, There is also one called Temperature Monitor, mostly accessible and works in ML. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2012-11-04, at 4:57 PM, Chris Bruinenberg wrote: > I believe there is a program called fan control. > it does a similar thing. > > Chris Bruinenberg > cbrui..

Re: Good News about Safari and Bookshare XML Files

2012-11-04 Thread Alex Hall
First, I think you meant to say refresh with cmd-r, not cmd-f5. Second, I saw a Safari update when I got on the mac today (I had been on windows for a few days). Does this most recent Safari update not fix things? I doubt it will, but you never know. On Nov 4, 2012, at 10:27 PM, Harry Hogue wr

Re: Picking the brains of you Mac veterans

2012-11-04 Thread Tim Kilburn
John, I think it's the F6 key to toggle the NumPad on those units. Thanks. Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2012-11-04, at 5:11 PM, John Panarese wrote: > Hi guys, >For those of you users who remember Leopard and older Macs, I am not > remembering something from those days. I got

Re: Picking the brains of you Mac veterans

2012-11-04 Thread John Panarese
Hi Tim, Yes, that does the trick. It's odd how these things work. I got my first Mac I ever bought for myself back from the friend I gave it to when I bought a Mac Book in 2007. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Websi

Re: Picking the brains of you Mac veterans

2012-11-04 Thread Tim Kilburn
Glad it worked. Too bad I jumped in so quick. I noticed after the fact that Esther had already chimed in with the right options. Oh well, that's what I get for not paying attention. Yes it is really cool how some of these older Macs just keep slugging along. I've got a load of white iMacs a

Re: iMac Temperature

2012-11-04 Thread Esther
Hi Max, Chris, Tim, and Others, If it's the same Temperature Monitor application we've been using since Tiger, then the URL is: http://www.bresink.com/osx/TemperatureMonitor.html It was usually advisable to read the notes at the web site, because there were sometimes performance issues for diffe

Re: Picking the brains of you Mac veterans

2012-11-04 Thread John Panarese
I got a new power adaptor and a new battery and this puppy is running like a champ with Leopard. I'm wondering if it is upgradable to Snowy. I'll have to check that tomorrow on the Apple Support pages. How far VoiceOver has come since 10.5 is utterly amazing. It puts things into perspect

Re: Discovered New Voices For Mac

2012-11-04 Thread Mike Arrigo
Yes, those voices are really good. Admitedly, I think the nuance voices are a bit better, but speech is a very subjective thing. On Nov 4, 2012, at 7:58 PM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: > Hi guys. Well, it's been two years now with my Mac and I've loved every > moment of it, including the frustrating o

Re: iMac Temperature

2012-11-04 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi Esther, Mostly accessible may have been the wrong phrase. I've just noticed that in some cases the temperature is not read out, it just says "blank" or nothing at all. You can navigate up and down sometimes or sometimes VO-c will read the Column Header and then read the temperature out lou

Re: iMac Temperature

2012-11-04 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Also to clarify: there is a larger software program called hardware monitor that does a number of things. Temperature monitor itself can be downloaded separately and is free. I thought I should point it out because when you go to the website you almost immediately hear something about "full soft

Re: Picking the brains of you Mac veterans

2012-11-04 Thread Tim Kilburn
John, I think that Leopard is the best you'll do without some trickery. SL claims to require an Intel processor with minimum 1 GB RAM. I've circumvented these sorts of restrictions occasionally using image deployment methods but the machine has usually ran so slow that it was painful to use,

Re: Good News about Safari and Bookshare XML Files

2012-11-04 Thread Harry Hogue
Hi Alex, Yes, you're exactly right. having been on the Windows side of my mac, I was thinking in half Windows terms there for a second. Sorry about that! I have yet to try the latest Safari update, actually, but I will run a check for software updates now. Thanks for letting me know. Harry

Re: Discovered New Voices For Mac

2012-11-04 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Unfortunately, I think that John is correct. I tried installing the Adam voice, and that went fine. When I tried switching over to the voice however, thank God my voiceover didn't totally hang and go to no speech at all, but it did seem to revert back to Alex, and when I looked with my vo+com

Cereproc Voices: I stand Corrected

2012-11-04 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
I just rebooted, and now the voice is working perfectly with Voiceover. Sorry about that. Chris. Thank you kindly, Christopher-Mark Gilland. Founder of CLG Productions Blog: http://www.clgproductions.org Podcast: http://clgproductions.podhoster.com E-mail: ch...@clgproductions.com IMessag

Re: Discovered New Voices For Mac

2012-11-04 Thread hank smith
it was cepstral u are thinking of and last I checked nothing has changed. On 11/4/2012 8:33 PM, John Panarese wrote: If memory serves me right, and this might have changed, but I recall someone saying that these voices do not work well with VoiceOver. If I am thinking of the same developer,

Speaking of New Voices...

2012-11-04 Thread Chris Gilland
I got to thinking. I wonder if there are any additional voices that I can purchase, or that are freeware which I could download and install on my IPhone/IPad. With the way that Voiceover works on IOS, I really doubt it, but you never know. I know there are obviously lots of 3rd party voices y

Re: Discovered New Voices For Mac

2012-11-04 Thread Chris Gilland
Hank's correct. I tried the Dallas voice, and to say it fudged up my Voiceover is an understatement! Chris. On Nov 4, 2012, at 11:54 PM, hank smith wrote: > it was cepstral u are thinking of and last I checked nothing has changed. > On 11/4/2012 8:33 PM, John Panarese wrote: >> If memor

Re: Discovered New Voices For Mac

2012-11-04 Thread Matt Dierckens
Cereproc is the worst $50 I ever spent on a voice. No inflection, sound bord out of their mind, would not reccomend. Matt Sent from my mac Twitter: matt692 msn: matt...@live.com skype: blindman3221 On 2012-11-04, at 6:58 PM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: > Hi guys. Well, it's been two years now with my

Re: Speaking of New Voices...

2012-11-04 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hi Chris. Unfortunately, at this time, Apple has restricted third-party developers from making voices for IOS. You can get apps that have the voices in them, but as of right now, they're restricted to that app. I know, it's stupid. Shawn Sent from my white Mac Book -- You received this message

Re: Discovered New Voices For Mac

2012-11-04 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hi Chris. Yes, torrents are illegal, but as they say in wrestling, it's only illegal if you get caught, and the law is too concerned about other things to deal with people downloading software or movies. I shouldn't say anymore but you get the picture. Shawn Sent from my white Mac Book -- You

Re: Barcode scanner?

2012-11-04 Thread Gail the U. S. male
Hi Gigi! a blast from your past! Welcome to the list! Sent from my iPhone On Nov 4, 2012, at 12:54 PM, Eugenia Firth wrote: > Hi again Mel > > I forgot to mention that those labels believe it or not, can go on things in > the freezer. I have never been able to label successfully anything in