Re: Reading epub drm protected books from kobo and similar with voiceover

2013-03-04 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Dear Lisette and Esther, Thank you very much for the explanations and tips regarding reading drm protected ebooks on the mac and idevices. Do you know whether I can use the kobo app with my iPad 2? Also, I've been having lots of crashes of Voiceover in adobe digital edition when trying to

Re: Automatic caller ID announcement, an important privacy issue with VoiceOver on iPhone

2013-03-04 Thread Sean Paul
So, would you complain if it wasn't spoken at all? I'd bet you would. Isn't it a good thing that we get caller ID at all? I mean? Seriously? - Original Message - From: Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2013 15:54 Subject: Re:

Re: moving to the top of message list in mail

2013-03-04 Thread Donna Goodin
When I use Go to Beginning, I am taken to the ToolBar. When I use Go to Top of Window, I'm taken to the Close button. any thoughts what I might be doing wrong? thanks, Donna On Mar 3, 2013, at 9:13 PM, Kliphton kliph...@gmail.com wrote: I am using 1 with the option key to go to top, and 2 to

Re: moving to the top of message list in mail

2013-03-04 Thread Donna Goodin
thanks, yeah, Go to Beginning is the one that takes me to the Toolbar. Are you running Mountain Lion? Best, Donna On Mar 3, 2013, at 9:14 PM, Kliphton kliph...@gmail.com wrote: My fault, it's go to beginning, and go to end respectively. -Original Message- From:

Re: viewing calendar invitations?

2013-03-04 Thread Donna Goodin
Thanks, John. Best, Donna On Mar 3, 2013, at 9:42 PM, John Panarese jpanar...@gmail.com wrote: They usually come as attachments. You need to navigate to the attachment and VO-shift-m for the shortcut menu. From there, you can open it and it will open your Calendar app. You can choose to

Re: MLB spring training games

2013-03-04 Thread Sean Paul
I've talked to MLB about this issue last week. Here's the answer I got. If you buy or bought from your computer, that's where you get it. If you buy or bought from your mobile device, you get it on both. This is the way it is will not be changed as best I was told. So, for me, I was able to

Re: MLB spring training games

2013-03-04 Thread Sean Paul
I personally think 20 bucks for 8 months of intertainment is a steal of a deal. Most folks pay 5 times that a month for just their cable alone not to mention any movies they rent, shows they stream, etc... - Original Message - From: erik burggraaf To:

more on converting files to ebooks, Caliber?

2013-03-04 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, I haven't followed this thread closely, so my apologies in advance if I'm covering old ground. What is the current status with Caliber? I've seen posts where people were having trouble using it. Is it a good accessible resource for converting files to ebooks? What will it do and

Re: MLB spring training games

2013-03-04 Thread Richard Ring
Couldn't agree more. To get to listen to any game you want is such great fun. You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com On Mar 4, 2013, at 5:54 AM, Sean Paul newsandtraf...@aol.com wrote: I personally think 20

RE: moving to the top of message list in mail

2013-03-04 Thread Kliphton
You have to inter act with the table of messages first. Then go to beginning, and you should get the result you are looking for. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin Sent: Monday, March 04, 2013 5:26

Re: moving to the top of message list in mail

2013-03-04 Thread Donna Goodin
thanks, Kliphton. This time it did exactly what it was supposed to, I must have missed a step somewhere last night. Thanks again. Cheers, Donna On Mar 4, 2013, at 6:14 AM, Kliphton kliph...@gmail.com wrote: You have to inter act with the table of messages first. Then go to beginning, and

New episode, empowering the blind to unlock your lock screen

2013-03-04 Thread Michael Babcock
Hey everyone, this is a follow-up to the other day when I recorded a podcast explaining to individuals Empowering The Blind, how to jailbreak your iOS device. I have a jailbroken iOS device, and one of the things I wanted to do is quickly received the information related to either my

Re: more on converting files to ebooks, Caliber?

2013-03-04 Thread Georgina Joyce
Hello Donna, I'm affraid I haven't had the sighted support to get the command line tools installed. The graphical interface is inaccessible. To install the command line tools requires opening the advanced preferences of the program. I believe that I'll be able to convert ebooks into different

Re: more on converting files to ebooks, Caliber?

2013-03-04 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Gina, This is really helpful, thanks. We agree about removing DRM, I think, I have no qualms about doing that for my own personal use, but also think that if you don't have to, that would be ideal. Sounds like the easiest option will be to work with some of the other tools people have

Re: moving to the top of message list in mail

2013-03-04 Thread Rod Skene
I use the numPad commander. Three goes to the beginning and decimal goes to the end. This way only one key executes the command. Also, the three is just above the decimal key so it makes sense to me three goes to the top decimal to the bottom. Sent from my iPhone with dictation software.

Re: more on converting files to ebooks, Caliber?

2013-03-04 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi. You can convert without installing the command line. But I have some troubles with it. I can not figure out how to convert a folder of books. I am only removing DRM because of accessibility, I do not like to do it, but on the other hand should I when scan the books, use a lot of time, and

Re: Automatic caller ID announcement, an important privacy issue with VoiceOver on iPhone

2013-03-04 Thread Emrah
Hi, How exactly do you think you are being constructive here? On the same register as your message, don't you think sighted people would have an issue if their caller ID were flashed on a billboard for everyone to see every time they get a call? It goes without saying that it is great we have

Re: Automatic caller ID announcement, an important privacy issue with VoiceOver on iPhone

2013-03-04 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, if your in a important meeting, wouldn't you want everything off? Not just called ID announcement? Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Mar 3, 2013, at 6:56 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu kawa...@me.com wrote: I like Caller ID, I.E. someone

Re: commanders?

2013-03-04 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, I would just like to add to this, unless you are using certain special character symbols that require the option key, I prefer to set the option key to both. It lends itself to easier combinations. For example, the right option key is great, if you combine it with keys on the left side

Re: Automatic caller ID announcement, an important privacy issue with VoiceOver on iPhone

2013-03-04 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hello, Although I don't find the option to turn off the announcement of caller ID of high priority, I do realize that some might. Sure, having caller ID announced is good, but I don't look at it like Apple has done us a great favor by adding it, and those who think it can be implemented

Re: moving to the top of message list in mail

2013-03-04 Thread Ricardo Walker
Good morning Donna, Your not interacting with the messages table it sounds like. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Mar 4, 2013, at 6:25 AM, Donna Goodin doniado...@me.com wrote: When I use Go to Beginning, I am taken to the ToolBar.

Re: MLB spring training games

2013-03-04 Thread Ricardo Walker
Lol, I totally agree. $20 to have access to every single regular season, and post season game? That's a steal in my book. Thats a night out a the movies, or, a few drinks at Starbucks. Not to mention, you can listen on all Android and IOS devices, including your computer? I don't know, I

Re: Automatic caller ID announcement, an important privacy issue with VoiceOver on iPhone

2013-03-04 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Wouldn't Do not Disturb turn everything else off accept for when someone was calling? Or you could flip up the Mute switch. Kawal. On 4 Mar 2013, at 02:36 PM, Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, if your in a important meeting, wouldn't you want everything off? Not just called

Re: How to open a .bin file.

2013-03-04 Thread Chris Blouch
I thought most emulators wanted their files in zip format. So maybe Safari already uncompressed these for you and now the emulator won't touch them. CB On 3/3/13 8:49 PM, Jessica Moss wrote: I have one, and had it open at the same time, so thought they would load when I opened the roms

stem stumper has me stumped.

2013-03-04 Thread Jessica Moss
I'm not sure if anyone on here plays this, or if this would be off topic for this list, but I've managed to get to the rose1 garden of this game, and can't get any further. I've tried replaying about every level I can think of to get my curious carrots raised, and can't seem to be able to do

Re: How to open a .bin file.

2013-03-04 Thread Jessica Moss
I downloaded them as a torrent file, so have no idea. On Mar 4, 2013, at 10:55 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: I thought most emulators wanted their files in zip format. So maybe Safari already uncompressed these for you and now the emulator won't touch them. CB On 3/3/13 8:49 PM, Jessica Moss

Re: Reading epub drm protected books from kobo and similar with voiceover

2013-03-04 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi Andrew, I've not had as much success with the iPad version of the Kobo app. I can't seem to get past the log in screne, so I've sort of given up for now. It could just be me, but I find the iPhone version easier to use. Lisette On 4/03/2013, at 9:26 PM, Andrew Lamanche

Re: commanders?

2013-03-04 Thread Danny Noonan
I've come across 1 or 2 situations where option was required for hot keys but going into VO utilities and changing to left or right option only takes a few seconds so I leave commander set on both as well. Danny. Sent from my iPhone On 05/03/2013, at 1:48 AM, Ricardo Walker

Re: more on converting files to ebooks, Caliber?

2013-03-04 Thread Mary Otten
There are plug ins that will allow caliber to strip drm and then convert the books. I have several kindle books in iBooks on my iPad that were converted using caliber then put into iTunes and from there onto the iPad in iBooks. However, it required sighted spouse to do the Caliber work, as the

Re: Som inconsistency with braille commands.

2013-03-04 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi Kawal. I will need to look more into this problem, but I am not feeling well today. You can change some of the commands under braille in VOiceOver. Try playing with it, and I will help you later this week. Best regards Annie. On Mar 4, 2013, at 12:25 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu kawa...@me.com

Re: moving to the top of message list in mail

2013-03-04 Thread Kerri
I tried to write a commander for it, but how do I locate the item I want to put the new key combination too? On 2013-03-04, at 4:14 AM, Kliphton kliph...@gmail.com wrote: You have to inter act with the table of messages first. Then go to beginning, and you should get the result you are

Re: moving to the top of message list in mail

2013-03-04 Thread John Panarese
You have to first select the, Add, button from the table. Then, you will be presented with an edit box for the keyboard command. So, for example, you can use the number 1. Then, VO right to the popup menu and VO space on that. Next, navigate down to, Navigation,and then go right. You

Latest Garageband help needed

2013-03-04 Thread Johnny Angel!
Hi folks, I'm stumped with learning how to start using Garageband. Are there any good tutorials or podcasts available to help us learn the basics with the latest version? Thanks for being patient with me, john Not of this world, I am born of The forty-second generation A new, powerful

OS X Maintenance And Troubleshooting

2013-03-04 Thread -
I found this page which would appear to address many of the problems some people report having with their macs. There is a table of contents at the top which takes one to the relevant part of the page. Several utilities are suggested and but for one they are free. I have no idea how speech

Re: How to open a .bin file.

2013-03-04 Thread Chris Blouch
Never used a Genesis emulator but found docs on this one: http://dgen.sourceforge.net which says the files should just be raw binary or they can be compressed. Maybe your emulator is different or the files are corrupt. I've never used torrent so who knows if the files are good. CB On

Re: Automatic caller ID announcement, an important privacy issue with VoiceOver on iPhone

2013-03-04 Thread Sean Paul
Seriously? I don't think most sighted people that you come in contact with can even understand voiceover nor do they even care who is calling you. Again, at least we have the ability to have caller ID unlike when cell phones first came out. What if you have a home phone line a talking caller

Re: Midi and garageband.

2013-03-04 Thread Chris Blouch
I don't have garageband connected to my keyboard (yet) so I don't know how all that works, but you can change the tempo and time signature. With your project open you'll navigate past a couple major areas like 'layout area' and 'track info group' and eventually you'll go past the pause/play

Re: Does Chromevox read Flash Content in Google Chrome?

2013-03-04 Thread Chris Blouch
As I had mentioned in previous discussion about flash there are a couple hurdles, one being the accessibility API being supported by Flash. Adobe does not support the Apple accessibility API so it is not likely that Chrome/Chromevox will make this any better. At least I'd be surprised if

Re: VoiceOver and HTMLVoiceOver Getting Started Table of Contents

2013-03-04 Thread Chris Blouch
Generally Voiceover, like NVDA on Windows or Linux, takes a stricter approach to reading HTML in that it does not attempt to repair things. Jaws does try to fix things up but by doing so can guess wrong and/or obscure faults in the page, leading web developers to a false sense of security and

Re: Is there a music program that allows working with midi files.

2013-03-04 Thread Chris Blouch
I played around with this a bit and was able to import some generic midi I found on a random web site just fine. Main problem I had was re-orchestrating the tracks so the drums were no being played with a piano etc. That's been the bane of MIDI for a long time. CB On 3/1/13 7:40 AM, Annie

Re: Som inconsistency with braille commands.

2013-03-04 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Thank you very much. I will have a look. In the meantime, take care and get well soon. Kawal. On 4 Mar 2013, at 19:19, Annie Skov Nielsen annieskovniel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Kawal. I will need to look more into this problem, but I am not feeling well today. You can change some of the

Re: Som inconsistency with braille commands.

2013-03-04 Thread Kristeen Hughes
I WAS ACTUALLY WONDERING THE SAME THING AND WAS ABOUT TO POST THE QUESTION. CAN YOU HELP US BOTH? KRISTEEN On Mar 4, 2013, at 5:16 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu kawa...@me.com wrote: Thank you very much. I will have a look. In the meantime, take care and get well soon. Kawal. On 4 Mar 2013, at

Re: Som inconsistency with braille commands.

2013-03-04 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
I do remember however, I did try and assign commands, but the time allowed to do that was very short and I could not get it to work. Anne, would you consider a Skype conversation sometime over the weekend if you can make that? Just that I work full time during the week and when I get home, it

Re: wireless controls that support multiple emulaters for the mac.

2013-03-04 Thread Chris Blouch
Some forums like this one: https://discussions.apple.com/message/18302459#18302459#18302459 suggest you can actually bluetooth pair a Sony Dualshock 3 wireless game controller to a Mac. This article lists a number of gamepads that are compatible with the Mac:

RE: Automatic caller ID announcement, an important privacy issue with VoiceOver on iPhone

2013-03-04 Thread Moses Choo
Dear all, While you are all on the topic of the caller ID anouncement, I have yet something more irritating. Not only does the phone anounce when it rings, even during the conversation it will also anounce the caller or his number. Besides muting the speech while we are on the line, is there

Re: moving to the top of message list in mail

2013-03-04 Thread Donna Goodin
Hello Ricardo, I must have done something like that. But, whatever I did, it's working now. Thanks for the response. Take care, Donna On Mar 4, 2013, at 8:55 AM, Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com wrote: Good morning Donna, Your not interacting with the messages table it sounds like.

Re: more on converting files to ebooks, Caliber?

2013-03-04 Thread Donna Goodin
Hmm, sounds like Caliber is more trouble than it's worth. Thanks for telling me this. Take care, Donna On Mar 4, 2013, at 12:42 PM, Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com wrote: There are plug ins that will allow caliber to strip drm and then convert the books. I have several kindle books in iBooks

Re: more on converting files to ebooks, Caliber?

2013-03-04 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Annie, That's kind of my take on DRM as well. And I would never share a book that I had removed the DRM from with others. So how do you convert books in Caliber without the command line? Cheers, Donna On Mar 4, 2013, at 8:06 AM, Annie Skov Nielsen annieskovniel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi.

Re: more on converting files to ebooks, Caliber?

2013-03-04 Thread Jamie Tachiyama
I use kindle drm removal from ePub soft to remove drm. I then use www.zamzar.com for the conversion. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 4, 2013, at 2:58 PM, Donna Goodin doniado...@me.com wrote: Hi Annie, That's kind of my take on DRM as well. And I would never share a book that I had removed

Re: more on converting files to ebooks, Caliber?

2013-03-04 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi Donna. You can use the converter function. If you have removed the DRM, you can convert. My problem is, that I can not figure out how to do a folder of books, so I am using windows for that, because I have found out how to do it there, but I wish I could find the correct command for it on

Re: Som inconsistency with braille commands.

2013-03-04 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi. What we could do is to make a skype conference sunday evening, maybe late evening here, when it will work for you I think. I am from Denmark, I do not know where you are from. Christine you are wellcome too. We could be a few more people on a conference if someone would like it. I will

Re: Automatic caller ID announcement, an important privacy issue with VoiceOver on iPhone

2013-03-04 Thread James Mannion
I agree and although I don't think there is generally anything wrong with possible customizing options and settings, I think it is a bit much to put this forth as some huge issue of any sort. There are absolutely options to us the controls available to eliminate this speaking if it is such a

Re: wireless controls that support multiple emulaters for the mac.

2013-03-04 Thread Jessica Moss
Oh cool, will have a look at those, how easy do you think those would be to configure with each emulator, considering the fact that the button layouts would be slightly different, and some of the games would have more functions, causing them to have more of them to press? Sounds like that

Re: Automatic caller ID announcement, an important privacy issue with VoiceOver on iPhone

2013-03-04 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hello, no. There is no customizable setting to prevent this. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Mar 4, 2013, at 5:45 PM, Moses Choo mosesc...@ncbm.org.my wrote: Dear all, While you are all on the topic of the caller ID anouncement, I

Re: Reading epub drm protected books from kobo and similar with voiceover

2013-03-04 Thread Esther
Hi Andrew and Lisette, Lisette is correct: there is an accessibility problem with the latest version of the Kobo app used on the iPad that is not present when it is used on the iPhone or iPod Touch. There is a button in the top left corner of the screen that VoiceOver is not

Re: more on converting files to ebooks, Caliber?

2013-03-04 Thread Mary Otten
If you have sighted help or don't mind the command line stuff, then it is worth it. There are so many things out there that you can't get except on Kindle, unless you want to scan them yourself. You can convert a whole mess of books at once with the gui interface. I just wish it were vo

Re: more on converting files to ebooks, Caliber?

2013-03-04 Thread Mary Otten
I've never heard of this program from epup soft. Is it a Mac or a pc program? Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- 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

Re: Automatic caller ID announcement, an important privacy issue with VoiceOver on iPhone

2013-03-04 Thread James Mannion
I wasn't saying there is. I was saying I don't see anything wrong with someone putting a suggestion in for an additional customization setting to control this, but differentiating that from putting it out there as a huge issue that just completely violates privacy instead of looking it as

Re: Som inconsistency with braille commands.

2013-03-04 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hi. I'm in the UK. I know that you are from Denmark Annie, and I think you are one hour ahead, as Denmark is the EU. Kawal. On 5 Mar 2013, at 12:24 AM, Annie Skov Nielsen annieskovniel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi. What we could do is to make a skype conference sunday evening, maybe late

Re: more on converting files to ebooks, Caliber?

2013-03-04 Thread Jamie Tachiyama
It is available for both. Do a search for kindle drm removal. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 4, 2013, at 4:48 PM, Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com wrote: I've never heard of this program from epup soft. Is it a Mac or a pc program? Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You

Re: more on converting files to ebooks, Caliber?

2013-03-04 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Mary, Yeah, I know what you mean about the Kindle selection. But I think I'll hold out for an option that doesn't involve sighted help. Both my husband and I are feeling sort of overwhelmed these days, so I kind of hate to put that on him right about now. :) Cheers, Donna On Mar 4, 2013,

Re: more on converting files to ebooks, Caliber?

2013-03-04 Thread Donna Goodin
Thanks, Jamie, this sounds promising. Cheers, Donna On Mar 4, 2013, at 8:06 PM, Jamie Tachiyama jathlet...@gmail.com wrote: It is available for both. Do a search for kindle drm removal. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 4, 2013, at 4:48 PM, Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com wrote: I've never

Re: more on converting files to ebooks, Caliber?

2013-03-04 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Annie, Thanks, you've obviously spent a lot of time on this. Would you mind telling me how you do this in Windows? You can write me off-list at doniado...@me.com. Cheers, Donna On Mar 4, 2013, at 6:14 PM, Annie Skov Nielsen annieskovniel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Donna. You can use the

moving to the top of message list in mail

2013-03-04 Thread Adrienne Sinclair Chalmers
Just thought I'd also mention that, if you are on the last item in your mailbox, shift control option command and down arrow will take you back up to the top item. Obviously the reverse works too. I know some people find it tricky holding that big a key combination down, but, if you can manage

Re: more on converting files to ebooks, Caliber?

2013-03-04 Thread Jamie Tachiyama
I don't usually do it this way. But both kindle drm removal, and zamzar allow for multiple files at one time. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 4, 2013, at 6:14 PM, Donna Goodin doniado...@me.com wrote: Thanks, Jamie, this sounds promising. Cheers, Donna On Mar 4, 2013, at 8:06 PM, Jamie