Re: app that will speak facebook chat users online/offline status?

2014-10-01 Thread Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona
its getting late over here as well. thanks for sending it to me off list. Hank On 10/1/2014 11:09 PM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: No problem. I'll actually send you an attachment with a recording of me setting up a Facebook account and also setting up Growl to use Trillian off list tomorrow. It's pre

Re: app that will speak facebook chat users online/offline status?

2014-10-01 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
No problem. I'll actually send you an attachment with a recording of me setting up a Facebook account and also setting up Growl to use Trillian off list tomorrow. It's pretty late over here and other people are sleeping so I got to keep my voice down. Shawn Sent From My White MacBook > On Oct

Re: app that will speak facebook chat users online/offline status?

2014-10-01 Thread Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona
can I get the steps to set it up with trillian in the mean time? Hank On 10/1/2014 10:57 PM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: Hi Hank. Unfortunately, I haven't used Adium in a long time but I do know that Adium somewhere has built in speech notifications that you can set to have contacts sign in and out.

Re: app that will speak facebook chat users online/offline status?

2014-10-01 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hi Hank. Unfortunately, I haven't used Adium in a long time but I do know that Adium somewhere has built in speech notifications that you can set to have contacts sign in and out. If you still want to use Adium, someone else can chime in. I only know how to set notifications to speak with Trilli

Re: app that will speak facebook chat users online/offline status?

2014-10-01 Thread Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona
not yet but plan on it. I got adium up but I can't get it to tell me who is signing online or offline, or is this where using trillian and growl would come in to play? Hank On 10/1/2014 10:05 PM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: Hi Hank. If you're going to go that route, have you downloaded Trillian as

Re: app that will speak facebook chat users online/offline status?

2014-10-01 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hi Hank. If you're going to go that route, have you downloaded Trillian as well? Shawn Sent From My White MacBook > On Oct 2, 2014, at 12:02 AM, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona > wrote: > > Hello I did get it purchased how do I set up growl to read my facebook online > and offline contact

Re: app that will speak facebook chat users online/offline status?

2014-10-01 Thread Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona
Hello I did get it purchased how do I set up growl to read my facebook online and offline contacts when they sign on and off and also read incoming messages? On 10/1/2014 5:16 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: You will be interested to know that growl can still be found in the app store. Sincerely, t

Re: Keyboard focus in Amadeus Pro

2014-10-01 Thread Agent086b
Thanks Ray, the problem is that I need to get keyboard focus in to the sound area of the program. As I say I can not get keyboard focus reliably into that area. Max On 2 Oct 2014, at 1:52 pm, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Try this. > > 1. Navigate to the part of a sound file you want to drop a marker

Re: Keyboard focus in Amadeus Pro

2014-10-01 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Try this. 1. Navigate to the part of a sound file you want to drop a marker in for editing. 2. Now, Rout the insertion point to the play head by pressing Cmd+y. I think this is where you're going wrong. 3. Drop a marker by pressing p. There is a more envolved way to do this but p is the

Re: Bookshare and Google Chrome irritation (separately and together)

2014-10-01 Thread CJ Daniel
Christine, You're most welcome. Happy reading, CJ On Oct 1, 2014, at 4:06 PM, Christine Grassman wrote: > C.J.! Thank you so much. That did the trick. > Christine > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > T

Voiceover changes in Mavericks

2014-10-01 Thread The Believer
Is there a list of the changes to Voiceover in Mavericks? Thanks. From The Believer. . . . . . what if it were true? ancient.ali...@icloud.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receivi

Keyboard focus in Amadeus Pro

2014-10-01 Thread Agent086b
Hello all, I am using Amadeus Pro version 2.1.7 (1576). I am trying to edit a piece of a sound file. I have a problem not being able to bring the keyboard focus to the mouse and VO cursors. I have been using FN CTRL Option CMD and F4 to bring the keyboard to where it should be. This is not work

Re: app that will speak facebook chat users online/offline status?

2014-10-01 Thread Ray Foret Jr
You will be interested to know that growl can still be found in the app store. Sincerely, the Constantly Barefooted Ray, Still a very happy Mac and iphone user! Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in and fully protected by ClamXav Antivirus! On Oct 1,

Re: app that will speak facebook chat users online/offline status?

2014-10-01 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hey Hank. There's a couple of apps that I know that will let you do what you want. The first is called Adium. I can't remember the website so just do a google search and that should be the first result. The second app you can get free from the Mac App Store is called Trillian. I like this app be

Re: Bookshare and Google Chrome irritation (separately and together)

2014-10-01 Thread Christine Grassman
C.J.! Thank you so much. That did the trick. Christine -- 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...@googlegroups.co

app that will speak facebook chat users online/offline status?

2014-10-01 Thread Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona
Hello is there a voice over app that will speak on and offline status of facebook users and allow one to message them on osx? Hank -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from i

Transmit for iOS 8

2014-10-01 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Just received some info from the developers of Transmit for the Mac about the new iOS 8 version of Transmit that they just released. it's not free and I'm not sure of it's accessibility at this point, but it's an interesting development in the ability to share and upload files via iOS devi

Re: New on mavericks?

2014-10-01 Thread The Believer
Chris, Makes sense. I looked in that area but was not sure which option might affect this so will try different ones. From The Believer. . . . . . what if it were true? ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 10/1/2014 1:31 PM, Christopher Hallsworth wrote: It's describing the image for you. Not sur

Re: Is there a way to access an Ethernet connection with the Macbook Air?

2014-10-01 Thread Mike Arrigo
There is an adapter you can get that let's you connect an ethernet cable using the thunderbolt port. Original message: I realize that there is no Ethernet port on the Air, but is there a workaround for one to access an Ethernet connection? We do not have WiFi at work, and though I can connect

Re: Knfbreader on the iPhone 6 vs the 6+?

2014-10-01 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Report any problem to the accessebility team. We need to get things resolved. /A 1 okt 2014 kl. 21:15 skrev Eugenia Firth : > Hi guys > I am having some trouble with all apps after this latest update on my iPhone > 5s. This nis hard to explain, but the screen doesn't respond the same way.

Re: Bookshare and Google Chrome irritation (separately and together)

2014-10-01 Thread CJ Daniel
Christine, It's time for a work-around. Yeah! Open the folder that contains the files for the book in question. Find the file with a XML extension. Press the return on it & change the X in XML to HT for HTML. You'll be asked if sure you wish to make the change. Press return to accept the

Re: Moving between messages in a mail thread?

2014-10-01 Thread Matt Dierckens
Thanks Marc and Tim. Both answers are highly appreciated. Matt Dierckens Macintosh Trainer Blind Access Training www.blindaccesstraining.com 1-877-774-7670 ext. 3 Work email:matt...@blindaccesstraining.com Personal email: matt.dierck...@gmail.com On Oct 1, 2014, at 16:27, M. Taylor wrote: > Hell

aver media tv tuner on o s x?

2014-10-01 Thread Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona
Hello I have a avermedia h837 tv tuner with built in radio can any one tell me if this is supported on the mac? Hank -- 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 em

playing directories iin osx?

2014-10-01 Thread Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona
Hello how do I use the open with part of osx to play directories? I am havint go open them with in vlc and don't want to do it this way is this the only way I can open directories and have it play them? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionar

Re: New on mavericks?

2014-10-01 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
It's describing the image for you. Not sure if it comes in the form of a hint. If so you can disable it in the VoiceOver Utility under verbosity, hints tab. Sent from my laptop On 01/10/2014 21:01, The Believer wrote: Something that must be new to Mavericks. I hear something like "Well l

RE: Moving between messages in a mail thread?

2014-10-01 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Matt, The short answer is yes, there is a track pad gesture to quickly move through threaded messages. In OSX Maverick, with the Mail application in Standard view, once in the Message scroll area of the thread, simply single-finger swipe down to move forward in the thread and single-finger

New on mavericks?

2014-10-01 Thread The Believer
Something that must be new to Mavericks. I hear something like "Well lit. No faces". What is that something to do with fonts? Can I disable it? From The Believer. . . . . . what if it were true? ancient.ali...@icloud.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: Knfbreader on the iPhone 6 vs the 6+?

2014-10-01 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi guys I am having some trouble with all apps after this latest update on my iPhone 5s. This nis hard to explain, but the screen doesn't respond the same way. Also, last night I called up KNFB reader, and it was acting strange with entering commands, like flicking didn't work well. It behaved

Re: Mavericks upgrade

2014-10-01 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, A couple of hours should usually do the trick on an HD, probably less on an SSD. Later... On Oct 1, 2014, at 12:00 PM, The Believer wrote: > Tim, > A day or more with no restart or shut down? I can leave it on. Other than > these problems, it seems to be a good upgrade. One thing that w

Re: Is there a way to access an Ethernet connection with the Macbook Air?

2014-10-01 Thread jeff `greene
Hi Christine, You can buy an ethernet to thunderbolt adapter from store.apple.com. I believe its about $30. That will solve your problem Jeff On 10/1/14, Cameron Strife wrote: > Hi. You can buy an ethernet adapter you can use with one of your > thunderbolt ports. > > Cameron. > > > > On 10/1/14,

Re: Is there a way to access an Ethernet connection with the Macbook Air?

2014-10-01 Thread Cameron Strife
Hi. You can buy an ethernet adapter you can use with one of your thunderbolt ports. Cameron. On 10/1/14, Christine Grassman wrote: > I realize that there is no Ethernet port on the Air, but is there a > workaround for one to access an Ethernet connection? We do not have WiFi at > work, and th

Is there a way to access an Ethernet connection with the Macbook Air?

2014-10-01 Thread Christine Grassman
I realize that there is no Ethernet port on the Air, but is there a workaround for one to access an Ethernet connection? We do not have WiFi at work, and though I can connect to an unsecured network easily enough, I do not wish to do this, and it is not reliable. Christine -- You received th

Re: Mavericks upgrade

2014-10-01 Thread The Believer
Tim, A day or more with no restart or shut down? I can leave it on. Other than these problems, it seems to be a good upgrade. One thing that went away was the need to connect to my wifi after the Mac went to sleep. Nice.Hi, Usually, right after an install of Mavericks, there is optimizing

Re: Mavericks upgrade

2014-10-01 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Usually, right after an install of Mavericks, there is optimizing of your HD/SSD and indexing of the files that goes on for the first while in the background. Just leave your computer logged in for a bit and this will continue doing its thing and the slowness/busy-ness should go away. Lat

Re: Mavericks upgrade

2014-10-01 Thread The Believer
I would not say its slow, but rather, its busy doing something that did not happen in Mountain Lion. I have not added anything new to Mavericks so not sure what it is. Whatever it is, its causing VO to stutter badly but after about 30 seconds, its ok. Cold boot or restart, same thing. From

Re: Mavericks upgrade

2014-10-01 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! I thought i was alone with this slowlyness thing with voiceover at startup. I wonder if it has to do with how old the mac is. And ofcourse how much to load at startup. I have a mac mini with 8 Gb of ram. mid 2011. /A 1 okt 2014 kl. 05:59 skrev The Believer : > Finally upgraded to > > Maveri

Knfbreader on the iPhone 6 vs the 6+?

2014-10-01 Thread Justin Mann
Hi al, Anybody that is using the Knfb reader on the iPhone 6, are you still having the same issue as some of us had on the 6+ with it being sluggish? Also, has anybody noticed any difference with the optical image stabilization effecting picture quality? -- You received this message becaus

Re: Moving between messages in a mail thread?

2014-10-01 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, In Apple Mail, with the Preview pane disabled, press return on the thread or conversation, this will open all messages in that conversation bringing focus to either the newest or oldest depending on how your Conversation preferences are set. If you stop interacting with the current message

Bookshare and Google Chrome irritation (separately and together)

2014-10-01 Thread Christine Grassman
Good day/night all: Yesterday, I purchased a MacBook Air. Everything is going splendidly with it . . . except reading bookshare books. Both books in my history and books I downloaded for the first time are opening as "empty html" in both safari and Google Chrome. When I tried to go to booksh

Re: Mavericks upgrade

2014-10-01 Thread The Believer
Alex, Normally I do not use Launchpad but wanted to check everything out. Its strange. Remind me how to reset PRAM? And is there a way to monitor what is going on in those few few moments? A log perhaps? Thanks. From The Believer. . . . . . what if it were true? ancient.ali...@icloud.

Re: Mavericks upgrade

2014-10-01 Thread Alex Hall
It might be that your system is still re-indexing itself, which should stop pretty soon. I don't use Launchpad so can't comment there, but I can say that I cannot remember Finder or the App Store ever crashing. PRAM reset maybe? On Sep 30, 2014, at 11:59 PM, The Believer wrote: > Finally upgr

Moving between messages in a mail thread?

2014-10-01 Thread Matt Dierckens
Hi all. In iOS mail, and maybe this is just been implemented in iOS 8, you can swipe with three fingers forward or backward to move between messages in a thread. I was wondering if there is a similar trackpad gesture, or even keystroke, to achieve the same function on OSX, as doing the threads n