Re: program that will back up macintosh drive and bootcamp drive on osx?

2013-01-26 Thread Chris H
I wonder if Super Duper or Carbon Copy Cloner can do this. Time Machine which is built in may even do this. Christopher Hallsworth On 27/01/2013 05:07, hank smith wrote: Hello I am looking for a back up program that will back both my macintosh drive and my bootcamp parttition to a external dr

Re: OT :Abbyy FineReader Express on sale in Mac App Store!

2013-01-26 Thread Eric Oyen
why is it that these things always go on sale when I have the least cash? I will just bet that it will be back up to regular price by the 3rd of next month. -eric On Jan 26, 2013, at 12:45 PM, jshandr...@gmail.com wrote: > OT :Abbyy FineReader Express! > > For anybody who has been consideri

Re: Accessible Mac file recovery utilities?

2013-01-26 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Which ones did you test so we'll know to avoid them? Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user! On Jan 26, 2013, at 11:05 PM, Darrell Shandrow wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > I've tested four different trial versions of file recovery tools today,

Re: TTS for mac?

2013-01-26 Thread Ray Foret Jr
The regular voices cost four voice credits each. The credits cost $5.00 each. The specialized Europiean voices are 6 to 14 credits each I believe. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user! On Jan 26, 2013, at 7:30 PM, Devin Prater wrote: > Hm

Re: downloading newonce voices in osx lion?

2013-01-26 Thread Devin Prater
Go to Vo utility, then speech, default voice, customize. You'll see a table, use the search field if you want. On Jan 27, 2013, at 12:04 AM, hank smith wrote: > Hello how do I download newonce voices in osx lion? I can't seem to remimber > how to do this. > thanks > Hank\ > > -- > You receive

downloading newonce voices in osx lion?

2013-01-26 Thread hank smith
Hello how do I download newonce voices in osx lion? I can't seem to remimber how to do this. thanks Hank\ -- 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 fro

program that will back up macintosh drive and bootcamp drive on osx?

2013-01-26 Thread hank smith
Hello I am looking for a back up program that will back both my macintosh drive and my bootcamp parttition to a external drive is there such a beast that can do this and also allow me to restore both successfully? Hank -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Accessible Mac file recovery utilities?

2013-01-26 Thread Darrell Shandrow
Hello Everyone, I've tested four different trial versions of file recovery tools today, only to find they're not VoiceOver accessible. Does anyone out here use an effective, accessible tool for undeleting files in Mac OS X? Thanks, Darrell -- You received this message because you are subs

Single user mode?

2013-01-26 Thread Alex Hall
. I was trying to boot into single user mode just now, but instead of booting, I got a screen with some text on it; that was all I could make out, that their was probably some text on the screen and not my desktop. How do I actually boot into this mode? I want to do this so I can test as much o

Re: removing mail folders from favorites.

2013-01-26 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
Thanks Alex. I tried this, it worked. On Jan 26, 2013, at 6:29 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > Route your mouse to it and lock the mouse down with vo-cmd-shift-space. Turn > off cursor tracking with vo-shift-f3, then stop interacting with the > favorites bar group and find a splitter or some other area

Re: removing mail folders from favorites.

2013-01-26 Thread Alex Hall
Route your mouse to it and lock the mouse down with vo-cmd-shift-space. Turn off cursor tracking with vo-shift-f3, then stop interacting with the favorites bar group and find a splitter or some other area with nothing in it. Route your mouse there (vo-f5) and then unlock the mouse (vo-cmd-shift-

Re: Ios tts, was Re: TTS for mac?

2013-01-26 Thread Michael Babcock
What about on jailbroken iOS? In addition, does anyone know of a stable jailbroken version for the four ass? To the best of my research, I have found that there is not one of iOS 6.0.1 yet http://empoweringtheblind.com Empowering the blind, one step at a time. On Jan 26, 2013, at 7:00 PM, Devi

Re: Ios tts, was Re: TTS for mac?

2013-01-26 Thread Devin Prater
There is Kate, Paul and Julie. There are also the akapella voices in "speak it!". They don't integrate with VO though. As far as I know, on unjailbroken iOS, there are no other voices. On Jan 26, 2013, at 7:55 PM, Michael Babcock wrote: > Are there any third-party text to speech engines for i

Ios tts, was Re: TTS for mac?

2013-01-26 Thread Michael Babcock
Are there any third-party text to speech engines for iOS? In addition, are the voices built into IOS the only voices available? I know Neo speech has a version of Paul, that is available on the app store, but it's not for voice overusage, Just mp3 generation http://empoweringtheblind.com Empowe

Re: TTS for mac?

2013-01-26 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
I do believe somebody said they are 20$ or more depending on what languages. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 26, 2013, at 5:30 PM, Devin Prater wrote: > Hmm. How much do these akapella voices cost? Do they breathe or are > expressive as Alex or the other macintalk voices are? > On Jan 26, 2013, at

Re: TTS for mac?

2013-01-26 Thread Devin Prater
Hmm. How much do these akapella voices cost? Do they breathe or are expressive as Alex or the other macintalk voices are? On Jan 26, 2013, at 6:51 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Well, right now, I'm using Heather. The new Will is their best American > English Voice. > > > Sincerely, > The Constan

IBooks Author

2013-01-26 Thread Joanne Chua
Hi All, Have anyone on this list use IBooks Author before? If so, how accessible and user friendly for voiceover user. Thanks Regards Joanne -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries

Re: TTS for mac?

2013-01-26 Thread Ray Foret Jr
I think they compare very favorably indeed. At this moment, I'm using the American English Heather: and, to tell you the truth, I find this voice actually more responsive than Alex. The Nuance voices-such as come free with Lion or above-are next in line to the quickness of response of the Aca

Re: TTS for mac?

2013-01-26 Thread May and Noah
Ah and Sarina is the other voice I use. She's one of the built in voices. May and Prince Noah www.canadianlynx.ca m...@canadianlynx.ca On 2013-01-26, at 7:51 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > That's their Australian male voice-part of their latest group of new voices. > > > Sincerely, > The Constant

Re: TTS for mac?

2013-01-26 Thread Devin Prater
Ah, OK. When I get some money, I might try them. But how do they compare with Alex? On Jan 26, 2013, at 6:51 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > That's their Australian male voice-part of their latest group of new voices. > > > Sincerely, > The Constantly Barefooted Ray > Still a very proud and happy Ma

Re: TTS for mac?

2013-01-26 Thread May and Noah
Hmm, I haven't tried Will, but Heather is good which is why I still have her around, *smiles* May and Prince Noah www.canadianlynx.ca m...@canadianlynx.ca On 2013-01-26, at 7:51 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Well, right now, I'm using Heather. The new Will is their best American > English Voice.

Re: TTS for mac?

2013-01-26 Thread May and Noah
Think he's one of the newer ones because he definitely wasn't there when I first installed these voices. May and Prince Noah www.canadianlynx.ca m...@canadianlynx.ca On 2013-01-26, at 7:44 PM, Devin Prater wrote: > Tyler? Never heard of that one. > On Jan 26, 2013, at 6:43 PM, May and Noah wr

Re: TTS for mac?

2013-01-26 Thread Ray Foret Jr
That's their Australian male voice-part of their latest group of new voices. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user! On Jan 26, 2013, at 6:44 PM, Devin Prater wrote: > Tyler? Never heard of that one. > On Jan 26, 2013, at 6:43 PM, May and Noah

Re: TTS for mac?

2013-01-26 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Well, right now, I'm using Heather. The new Will is their best American English Voice. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user! On Jan 26, 2013, at 6:43 PM, May and Noah wrote: > My favourite from infovox are Tyler and Heather. > > I use Kar

Re: TTS for mac?

2013-01-26 Thread Devin Prater
Tyler? Never heard of that one. On Jan 26, 2013, at 6:43 PM, May and Noah wrote: > My favourite from infovox are Tyler and Heather. > > I use Karen as well. There's another but I can't think of her name at the > moment. > > May and Prince Noah > www.canadianlynx.ca > m...@canadianlynx.ca > >

Re: TTS for mac?

2013-01-26 Thread May and Noah
My favourite from infovox are Tyler and Heather. I use Karen as well. There's another but I can't think of her name at the moment. May and Prince Noah www.canadianlynx.ca m...@canadianlynx.ca On 2013-01-26, at 2:19 PM, Devin Prater wrote: > Yes, I almost forgot I had those. The Neuance voices

reordering in IMovie

2013-01-26 Thread keith weatherly
I’m sorry, i’m running Lion with VoiceOver on my MacBook and the latest IMovie. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@goog

Accidentally Removed App from LaunchPad!

2013-01-26 Thread jshandra72
Hey guys, I need assistance! Today is totally not my day. I accidently removed an app from launchpad on my MacBook Pro. How can I put it back there. Thanks for the help! j. P. Typed with Fleksy reply://jshandr...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Googl

reording clips in IMovie

2013-01-26 Thread keith weatherly
I need help ASAP I’m working on a video for my church, the problem i’m having is after moving my video to the project browser and creating my beginning title the video is playing before my title page. The title page is coming on after the video finishes instead of before the video starts. Co

Re: anti virus?

2013-01-26 Thread Ray Foret Jr
There are some who say that Eset is supposed to be both good and totally accessible. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user! On Jan 26, 2013, at 6:01 PM, Kerri wrote: > speaking of viruses, what is a good anti virus program? > On 2013-01-26,

removing mail folders from favorites.

2013-01-26 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
Hi all. Not sure if my message went through. I am trying to remove a folder from my favorites bar. Does anybody have any ideas? Thanks. Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@g

anti virus?

2013-01-26 Thread Kerri
speaking of viruses, what is a good anti virus program? On 2013-01-26, at 2:45 PM, Scott Rumery wrote: > Mary, > > There is no need to pay Apple $200 to do something that you can do yourself > at home. Remember that unlike on Windows we can reinstall the operating > system ourselves without a

Re: ABBYY FineReader Express

2013-01-26 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
Hi. I can't honestly think if there is a podcast out there. It seams like a very simple app to learn. On Jan 26, 2013, at 3:42 PM, ROD SKENE wrote: > Hi, > I just purchased ABBYY FineReader Express. It seems to be pretty simple, but > is there a podcast demonstrating > the app? I often overlook

ABBYY FineReader Express

2013-01-26 Thread ROD SKENE
Hi, I just purchased ABBYY FineReader Express. It seems to be pretty simple, but is there a podcast demonstrating the app? I often overlook many features with new apps. Thanks, Rod -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to t

Re: Virus invasion

2013-01-26 Thread Phil Halton
Of course, reinstalling the OS doesn't take into account any data files that may be brought forward from the previous installation. Mary, did you initiate the conversation concerning your computer and viruses, or did "apple" initiate the conversation? - Original Message - From: "Scot

Re: Virus invasion

2013-01-26 Thread Cameron Strife
Hi. $200? Hm. That sounds very high indeed for reformatting a hard drive and reinstalling OSX, if that is what this turns out to be. I wouldn't even pay that much if it included a replacement hard drive. If a reformat and reinstall of OSX is the case, you can do that at home for free as voiceo

Re: Virus invasion

2013-01-26 Thread Scott Rumery
Mary, There is no need to pay Apple $200 to do something that you can do yourself at home. Remember that unlike on Windows we can reinstall the operating system ourselves without any sighted assistance what so ever. What makes you think that your Mac has an infection? I believe that it is hi

Re: Virus invasion

2013-01-26 Thread Mark Baxter
I would be very sure this isn't a scam or hoax of some kind. So far as I"m aware, Mountain Lion is not susceptible to foreign ware of any kind; you MUST give authentication and a password before anything install on your computer. If this is *NOT* the case, and it's some sort of java-based atta

Re: Virus invasion

2013-01-26 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Well, can you give a little more detail about what viruses these are, how they got there, what they are doing, etc? And what is that the apple store wants to do to wipe it? -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (

Virus invasion

2013-01-26 Thread Mary Scott
Hi all, If the Apple store people say you need to pay $200 to wipe your computer clean of viruses that have invaded everything, does that make sense? Is there another way? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this grou

Re: Filling in tables in the docx format.

2013-01-26 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hey Barry, thanks a lot for your info. As you mentioned, there's still a lot to do for Apple. But this little work around with tables helps me a lot. Great you brought it up. All the best Jürgen Am 26.01.2013 um 20:20 schrieb Barry Hadder : > Hey Jürgen, > > unfortunately, I don't know of a

Re: TTS for mac?

2013-01-26 Thread Chris H
The two I know of aren't free but there are free demos available. Christopher Hallsworth On 26/01/2013 20:30, Ray Foret Jr wrote: And Acapella is not free. Good though. I'm using it now. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user! On Jan 26,

Re: TTS for mac?

2013-01-26 Thread Ray Foret Jr
And Acapella is not free. Good though. I'm using it now. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user! On Jan 26, 2013, at 1:13 PM, Chris H wrote: > I only know of two, Sepstral and Acapella. > > > Christopher Hallsworth > > On 26/01/2013 18:57

OT :Abbyy FineReader Express on sale in Mac App Store!

2013-01-26 Thread jshandra72
OT :Abbyy FineReader Express! For anybody who has been considering purchasing Abbyy FineReader Express, now is your best opportunity. It is on sale in the Mac App Store. It normally sells for 99.99, it is 50% off. It is now on sale for 49.99. This is one of the best OCR engines. The voice over

Re: accessing dictionary

2013-01-26 Thread Devin Prater
Oh I love the dictionary. I can search wikipedia and everything, it works so much better than safari. On Jan 26, 2013, at 1:37 PM, Rachel Feinberg wrote: > Hi Kerri, > > You can access the dictionary either through typing in the first couple > letters of it in spotlight search, accessed with c

Re: accessing dictionary

2013-01-26 Thread Rachel Feinberg
Hi Kerri, You can access the dictionary either through typing in the first couple letters of it in spotlight search, accessed with command+space. Or, you can navigate to your applications folder with command+shift+A, interact with that, and browse to the dictionary app. Once in the app, you can

Re: curser and selection problems, any ideas?

2013-01-26 Thread Paul Erkens
Hi William Windels, I sometimes experience strange VoiceOver behaviour like you described. Sometimes, my navigation gets stuck, even though quicknav is off. This is due to things your cursor comes across, that voiceover has difficulty with. Even an attachment I send in a mail message freezes na

accessing dictionary

2013-01-26 Thread Kerri
hello, all. How do I access the dictionary on the mac both on the fly and using it as an application? I am totally senile as the podcast I have on the subject must e for a different or older operating system. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisi

Re: Filling in tables in the docx format.

2013-01-26 Thread Barry Hadder
Hey Jürgen, unfortunately, I don't know of a way to make all objects imbedded in a document behave that way. That is really just an alternative work-around to copying and pasting a table to numbers. I think that there are still a lot of problems when it comes to collaborating with others usin

Re: TTS for mac?

2013-01-26 Thread Devin Prater
Yes, I almost forgot I had those. The Neuance voices are everywhere now, LOL. They aren't anywhere as good as Alex though, and the premium voices have the strange pitch issue. I do like how Tom handles commas. On Jan 26, 2013, at 1:15 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > There are also the free ones you ge

Re: TTS for mac?

2013-01-26 Thread Devin Prater
Ah, thanks. Both are substandard compared to Alex, I know because they are on read2go and sound like a bunch of poorly made random samples, forced together to read the text. Cepstral is much worse in my opinionn. On Jan 26, 2013, at 1:13 PM, Chris H wrote: > I only know of two, Sepstral and Aca

Re: TTS for mac?

2013-01-26 Thread Mary Otten
There are also the free ones you get via download if you're running Lion or later. Those are Nuance and are supplied free by Apple. You have to pay extra for those if you want to run them using, say NVDA on Windows. I wish we had Ivona for Mac. But at least the Mac has Alex, which is excellent.

Re: TTS for mac?

2013-01-26 Thread Chris H
I only know of two, Sepstral and Acapella. Christopher Hallsworth On 26/01/2013 18:57, Devin Prater wrote: Hi all. I know that, on Windows, there are like 40 or so companies making TTS for screen readers and sapi. What all speech engines are for mac? Particularly, are there any for free, or

time capsule port mappings don't stick

2013-01-26 Thread Paul Erkens
Dear listers, I'm helping someone to set up their time capsule and all is fine, except for one thing. When I enter port mappings and save, the time capsule reboots as usual, but then when checking back on the port settings I made, the text fields for the port numbers are empty. In other words,

Fwd: New WebAIM Survey

2013-01-26 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi all, sorry for the crosspost, but I use the analitics from the web aim all the time and appreciate as many people as possible taking the time to fill this out. Especially if you then pass it along to other potentially interested candidates. > http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/XGC33NV. > > B

TTS for mac?

2013-01-26 Thread Devin Prater
Hi all. I know that, on Windows, there are like 40 or so companies making TTS for screen readers and sapi. What all speech engines are for mac? Particularly, are there any for free, or demos? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. T

Re: Using my new mac for email

2013-01-26 Thread Matthew
Hi Chris, How did you get it working if it's not accessible? Is there a command line that i can do to go through the prosses? Thanks. Matthew - Original Message - From: Chris Blouch To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com CC: Date: Friday, January 25, 2013 3:24 pm Subject: Re: Using

Re: Accessible ID3 tag editor

2013-01-26 Thread erik burggraaf
There's one called music box which will id3 tag and catalog for you. I use it and it works pretty well. Best, Erik Burggraaf Follow my series of articles about setting up a small business through the ontario disability support program at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com/blog Ebony Consulting toll

Re: Filling in tables in the docx format.

2013-01-26 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi Christa, Barry and all, that's correct. Thanks for the input. Another question to this: At the moment it seems that I have to find the tables in a document manually, highlight them and open the director and so on. Is this correct or is there a way to let Pages show up tables automatically as a

Re: Filling in tables in the docx format.

2013-01-26 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi, Correct me if i'm wrong here, but the german and the Swedish version seems to be a bit similar. Line break is the Swedish name for word wrap, and that's what i suspect this is about. Does this make sence? /Krister 25 jan 2013 kl. 22:02 skrev Barry Hadder : > Hey, > > There seems to be a co

Re: critical help--how do i get to a pop-up tab in safari?

2013-01-26 Thread Georgina Joyce
Hello, That's assuming it is not above the html content. VO shift up arrow to stop interacting with html content. Then VO left and right arrows. Along the open tabs. Gena On 26/01/2013 01:02, Georgina Joyce wrote: Hello, Doesn't cmd tab work? Gena On 25/01/2013 16:56, Randy George wro