spotify

2015-03-23 Thread deedra waters
I’m curious as to what folks use here for spotify? I’ve looked at a couple things here most of which are linux based clients i’ve played with in my vm. I also looked at the spotify web player, but dont really like that either as the buttons or rather a lot of buttons aren’t labeled properly in

Re: spotify

2015-03-23 Thread Amber Wallenstein
I tried a few desk top players for Spotify, but didn't have any luck. The only way I can use it is through the iOS app. Wish I had better news. Amber Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 23, 2015, at 6:24 AM, deedra waters wrote: > > I’m curious as to what folks use here for spotify? I’ve looked at a

Re: spotify

2015-03-23 Thread Greg Aikens
I would also be interested to know if others have had success with desktop clients. I have used the web player but I can’t get VO to consistently read the different parts of the page when I want to search for new music etc. I currently use the IOS app. Thanks, Greg > On Mar 23, 2015, at 7:24

Podcasts Needed

2015-03-23 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Guys, Recently, on my web site, we have implemented the ability for users to not only communicate with one another via a social media like platform, but we've also implemented the ability for you, the user, to submit podcast recording material to us to include in our podcast. My point is, firs

Re: mp3 re-encoder

2015-03-23 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Depends on the settings. The audio quality will definetly be worse but for spoken material it may be acceptable. On MP3s there is sample rate and bit depth. Bit depth changes how much dynamic range or the range of loudness that can be recorded. CDs are 16-bit but you could drop an mp3 to 8-bit.

new member

2015-03-23 Thread Brian Howerton
Hello all, I am a new member to this list, and I am looking forward to learning from each one on the list, and hopefully contributing my self. I have had my mac for a couple of years now, but recently, I have decided to switch exclusively to using a mac. I absolutely love the OS, and that it j

Re: mp3 re-encoder

2015-03-23 Thread Devin Prater
If you want to, you can use VLC for this. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 23, 2015, at 9:23 AM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Depends on the settings. The audio quality will definetly be worse but for > spoken material it may be acceptable. On MP3s there is sample rate and bit

Duplicating sessions in Audio Hijack?

2015-03-23 Thread Matthew Dierckens
Hello all, I have a session in Audio Hijack 3, that I want to duplicate but don't necessarily want to create again. Is there a way to do this, and then add the additional setting and then save it? THanks God bless. :) Matthew Dierckens Certified Assistive Technology Specialist Macintosh, Windows a

Re: new member

2015-03-23 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Brian, Welcome! So glad you found the list. Hope you're doing well. Give me a call some time! Let's catch up. Chris. --- Check out my web site at: http://www.clgproductions.net - Original Message - From: "Brian Howerton" To: Sent: Monday, March 23, 2015 10:47 AM Subject: new memb

Re: new member

2015-03-23 Thread Brian Howerton
Hey man, I will definitely try to give you a call today. I got your new work number from the PT access list, so I will save it. By the way, random question, but I am going to be upgrading to pro tools 11 today, and I was wondering, do you happen to know the price of the upgrade? I am having a

a few mac questions before starting school this fall

2015-03-23 Thread Brian Howerton
Hello all, Since I have decided to switch to the mac permanently now, I am getting ready to start my master’s this fall, and I had really just one question I guess. In text edit, has anyone used this to write papers and things like that for school? Can you do headers and footers and footnotes

Re: new member

2015-03-23 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
No, I unfortunately don't. I'd give Matthew Fuller, my sales rep a call, and I'm sure he could tell you. 1-800-222-4700X1284 Tell him that you do not want to do an upgrade, but would rather do a crossgrade. If you do it that way, then it'll be cheaper, and plus, you'll be able to use PT 10,

Re: a few mac questions before starting school this fall

2015-03-23 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Bryan, You're definitely! definitely! going to want to get Pages. No questions asked! Pages is *extremely!* accessible. Anne Robertson has put together some training material, and also offers Skype lessons one-on-one. I'm not sure how much they are though. I think she's on this list, so

Re: spotify

2015-03-23 Thread Tim Emmons
The only way so far guys, for Spotify to run on the desktop is if you have the premium subscription and can use the connect menu. You choose your computer from the list and it sends all control to the Mac or Pc app. However, if you perform searches or playlist stuff, you have to interface it thr

Re: a few mac questions before starting school this fall

2015-03-23 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Brian, Here’s a link to our web page explaining what we do: > Cheers, Anne > On 23 Mar 2015, at 16:03, Brian Howerton wrote: > > Hello all, > Since I have decided to switch to the mac permanently now, I am gett

Re: new member

2015-03-23 Thread Matthew Dierckens
Hello Brian, Welcome to the list. I hope that you will find it useful. God bless. :) Matthew Dierckens Certified Assistive Technology Specialist Macintosh, Windows and IOS Trainer Personal Email: matt.dierck...@me.com > On Mar 23, 2015, at 10:47, Brian Howerton wrote: > > Hello all, > I am a n

Re: spotify

2015-03-23 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hi, Actually, there's another Spotify client called Blindspot. http://blindspot.codeplex.com Thanks, Blake -- From: "Tim Emmons" Sent: Monday, March 23, 2015 10:20 AM To: Subject: Re: spotify The only way so far guys, for Spotify to run on t

Re: hide my ass vpn

2015-03-23 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Well if they do i am not afraid of that. /A > 21 mar 2015 kl. 21:21 skrev Christopher-Mark Gilland : > > I made a suggestion. I'm sorry. > --- > Check out my web site at: > http://www.clgproductions.net - Original > Message - >> From: Justin Mann

Re: spotify

2015-03-23 Thread Tim Emmons
There’s not a mac version? Just checking. Thanks. > On Mar 23, 2015, at 10:50 AM, Blake Sinnett wrote: > > Hi, > > Actually, there's another Spotify client called Blindspot. > http://blindspot.codeplex.com > > Thanks, > Blake > > > -- > From:

Microsoft RDP on Mac problem

2015-03-23 Thread Tyler Thompson
Hey Everybody, So I’m using Microsoft RDP for the Mac which has worked surprisingly well considering it’s a Microsoft product running on apple technology. I recently ran into a spectacularly interesting problem that I’m wondering if anybody can shed some light on. One of my remote deskt

Re: spotify

2015-03-23 Thread Blake Sinnett
Hi, No, sorry. Thanks, Blake -- From: "Tim Emmons" Sent: Monday, March 23, 2015 11:19 AM To: Subject: Re: spotify There’s not a mac version? Just checking. Thanks. On Mar 23, 2015, at 10:50 AM, Blake Sinnett wrote: Hi, Actually, there's

Re: Sending via airdrop.

2015-03-23 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Ok, is it a voiceover bug? If so i will mail the accessibility team. /A > 22 mar 2015 kl. 17:06 skrev Alex Hall : > > Yes, that's an annoying bug in Yosemite. You have to interact with the > Recipients table, then find the iPad in there. Once you're on it, route the > mouse there with vo-cmd

Re: Bring back the old Garage Band

2015-03-23 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Hardrock. BUt i don’t use to create music but i want to. I am about to get me a roland integra-7 so i guess i don’t need good guitarr sounds. /A > 22 mar 2015 kl. 19:06 skrev Krister Ekstrom : > > What kind of music are you in to? I personally have a Brian May signature Red > special and i

how do I access the addresses in mail?

2015-03-23 Thread Laura Bratton
Hi All, i have a new Mac book pro. in mail how do I now access the address list? before in mail I would press command option A and the addresses would come up. Then from there I could choose which group and who in the group I wanted to email. I cannot figure out how to do this in the new mail. E

Re: spotify

2015-03-23 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! I don’t use Spotify at all anymore. There’s a new service called Deezer music which at least for the iphone works great. /A > 23 mar 2015 kl. 11:24 skrev deedra waters : > > I’m curious as to what folks use here for spotify? I’ve looked at a couple > things here most of which are linux ba

Re: how do I access the addresses in mail?

2015-03-23 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, You can simply type the first few letters of a contact or group and Mail will finish it for you. In fact, you can do this by first or last name or any part of the name or eMail address of the recipient. If you don’t like the initial choice that Mail guesses, just arrow down to to the one

Re: spotify

2015-03-23 Thread Brent Harding
I'd like to use that, but I think in the states, you can only sign up either if you have Sonos speakers or with Metro PCS, and I don't have either of those. - Original Message - From: "Anders Holmberg" To: Sent: Monday, March 23, 2015 11:40 AM Subject: Re: spotify Hi! I don’t use

Re: Microsoft RDP on Mac problem

2015-03-23 Thread Tyler
SOLVED: Of course I figured this out shortly after posting. I'll post the reason for this rather strange problem for anyone who might encounter the same thing. I accidentally set RDP to use "High 8-bit color". This is why I assumed high contrast was enabled. Because JAWS takes over the video ca

Re: a few mac questions before starting school this fall

2015-03-23 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Ann, Thank you for providing this. Would you mind if I put a link to your web site on my web site? This way, you all hopefully in the long run will get more visiters/traffic, and also can get some linkbacks which will definitely help even further increase your credibility. I'm not saying it'

Re: how do I access the addresses in mail?

2015-03-23 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Laura, Is it not automatically auto-filling for you when you start typing the person's name or e-mail address? Chris. --- Check out my web site at: http://www.clgproductions.net - Original Message - From: "Laura Bratton" To: Sent: Monday, March 23, 2015 12:32 PM Subject: how do I a

Re: Podcasts Needed

2015-03-23 Thread 'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisionaries
hello; i'm still hopeful of getting an iPhone or iPad soon. i'm wondering if you would like some stuff on my early days with it such as unpacking it, using it for the first time, pairing it with blue tooth if necessary, etc. plan on sharing some of this on my blog but it never hurts to be seen i

Re: a few mac questions before starting school this fall

2015-03-23 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Chris, Thanks for the kind words. Yes, please put the link to my website on yours and I’ll do the same for you. Cheers, Anne > On 23 Mar 2015, at 18:04, Christopher-Mark Gilland > wrote: > > Ann, > > Thank you for providing this. > > Would you mind if I put a link to your web sit

Incredibly important question about application accessibility

2015-03-23 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Hello everyone. Thank you for taking out your time to read this message... let me start by saying that up front. Here is my current dilimma. Presently, I am using the mac for 99 percent of my workflow. I do have a Bootcamp partition which I have installed Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit Editio

Re: Podcasts Needed

2015-03-23 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Max, I'd love to get those files from you. Sure! Absolutely! Hey, on another front, would you please e-mail me off list? I have a few questions for you non-mac related about your web site/book, etc. Chris. --- Check out my web site at: http://www.clgproductions.net - Original Message -

Re: a few mac questions before starting school this fall

2015-03-23 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
No problem. Once the link is on your web site, will you please give me the link to the page with the link to mine, and direct me on that page what to do a find for to see it? I'll gladly do the same in return. My company is called CLG Productions, and the web site you need to add is: http://w

Re: a few mac questions before starting school this fall

2015-03-23 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Anne, Consider it done. Go to: http://www.clgproductions.net On the page that loads, do a find for the string... web site can help this should then land your focus right on the link. Chris. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group

Re: a few mac questions before starting school this fall

2015-03-23 Thread Georgina Joyce
Hello Brian, If your buying a new Apple product, I’d suggest you look at purchasing 1 to 1 training. Providing an Apple store is in your area. You can take as many sessions with a VoiceOverApple trained member of staff within a year. Some people don’t like it but it made my switch very easy. St

Re: Incredibly important question about application accessibility

2015-03-23 Thread Chris Moore
Hey Chris, Dpes PG music have a tech support area? You could probably get your answers over the phone. Suppose they bring up the product on a mac, turn VO on and navigate around to see whether anything is labeled. You could tell them what tasks you wanted to perform and you could determine re

Re: a few mac questions before starting school this fall

2015-03-23 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi Brian I had very good luck with 1 to 1 training, so I agree with Gina. When you set up your 1 to 1 appointment, make sure they have a week to look for someone who can work with you. This means make sure you put in the comments section that you are a VoiceOver user. Sincerely, Gigi > On

Re: Duplicating sessions in Audio Hijack?

2015-03-23 Thread Robert Cole
Just copy and paste the session. Thanks, Rob Sent from my MacBook On Mar 23, 2015, at 9:57 AM, Matthew Dierckens wrote: > Hello all, > I have a session in Audio Hijack 3, that I want to duplicate but don't > necessarily want to create again. > Is there a way to do this, and then add the add

Re: spotify

2015-03-23 Thread deedra waters
>From t looks of blindspot it runs on windows. that means it’s unuseable to me >as i dont run windows. Any other ideas? deedra waters dee...@the-brannons.com > On Mar 23, 2015, at 8:50 AM, Blake Sinnett wrote: > > Hi, > > Actually, there's another Spotify client called Blindspot. > http:

Re: a few mac questions before starting school this fall

2015-03-23 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
I loved my 1 to 1 training! It as awesome. > On Mar 23, 2015, at 2:21 PM, Eugenia Firth wrote: > > Hi Brian > I had very good luck with 1 to 1 training, so I agree with Gina. When you set > up your 1 to 1 appointment, make sure they have a week to look for someone > who can work with you. This

Hims Braille Edge - braille quality

2015-03-23 Thread Chris Moore
Hello, I’m looking for some feedback on the Braille Edge. How is the quality or feel of the Braille dots? How durable is the unit, is it well constructed? Any comments are welcome either to the list or to my email address. Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: spotify

2015-03-23 Thread Jamie Pauls
If you have an iPhone or other iOS device, you might try using Spotify on that device. It’s been a while since I used it on my iPhone, but it was quite accessible although with a few quirks. Take care and have a great day. Jamie Pauls jamiepa...@gmail.com > On Mar 23, 2015, at 2:36 PM, deedra

Re: Hims Braille Edge - braille quality

2015-03-23 Thread Jamie Pauls
The Braille cells are of good quality. The unit is durable enough, although I tend to be a bit more careful with my Braile Edge than I was my BrailleNote, not that I was unnecessarily rough with that device. Take care and have a great day. Jamie Pauls jamiepa...@gmail.com > On Mar 23, 2015, a

Re: Hims Braille Edge - braille quality

2015-03-23 Thread The Believer
As a braille display, I cannot compare this to other brands. I have had mine almost 2 years. It does not get heavy use but I think its a wonderful piece of engineering. I would like sharper dots but that is personal preference at work. Once setup with the Mac, iPhone or iPad (and Win

Re: spotify

2015-03-23 Thread deedra waters
no i-device asside from the mac and an ancient iphone 3gs that serves as our alarm clock. Most of the apps in the app store today i dout will run on it since it’s running ios6 deedra waters dee...@the-brannons.com > On Mar 23, 2015, at 12:51 PM, Jamie Pauls wrote: > > If you have an iPhone

Re: Hims Braille Edge - braille quality

2015-03-23 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi Chris Be sure and get the executive case if you get the Braille Edge because it needs it. If you get the case, then I think it is as durable as any is. You have to be careful with all of them. Those plastic things are pretty delicate. The manual has improved. It does not have a dot firmless

facetime on the mac

2015-03-23 Thread joe quinn
Ok, for some reason, the facetime app seems to have changed in the latest version of OS X. now, when I go into it, I have to create an app specific password as my account's protected with two-step verification. Upon doing that, and entering the password in, I can't seem to locate the option to use

Re: Numbers: choosing predicates for filters

2015-03-23 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi Phil and Jason, I definitely agree with you Jason. I sent regularly reports to Apple concerning issues. But for me it's important to confirm issues at first by asking other users for their experiences. @ Phil: Thanks for your answer. That helped a lot. At least I'm sure it's not a wrong beh

Some Success with Calendar on the Mac.

2015-03-23 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hello. Today, I set up an appointment on the Mac but had to edit some of the details using my I phone 6 Plus. I created the even in the way Tim explained on this list some time ago. But when i came to set up alert number two, it went to the toolbar and there was a calendar sources table and a

Re: spotify

2015-03-23 Thread Terje Strømberg
I think you can get Deezer if you use sonos connect also, Its a streamer box you connect to the router and your amplifier you already have. Pretty expensive box. Looks like it is only accesible with Voice Over running an IOS device, wich is very good, but should be able to run on a mac too. The

Re: spotify

2015-03-23 Thread deedra waters
well you could do what i did in the end, i run a vm of arch linux. ended up running spotifyd in the arch vm along with a script my husband is working on to control it. Nice service but currently can’t use the radio portion of it. End result i create giant playlists and works well enough:) deed

Re: Some Success with Calendar on the Mac.

2015-03-23 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Not sure why you got stuck there. At the moment, I’ve turned off my other calendars so that I only have one that I’m putting appointments into,. This also means that I can hide the Calendar list which is where you appear to have got stuck. Locations work fine for me and I’ve seen no reas

Re: Sending via airdrop.

2015-03-23 Thread Alex Hall
Yes, it seems to be. At the very least, vo-space on a recipient should start the process, but it doesn't. Please do email them about this. > On Mar 23, 2015, at 12:27 PM, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > Ok, is it a voiceover bug? > If so i will mail the accessibility team. > /A >> 22 mar 2015 k

Re: Incredibly important question about application accessibility

2015-03-23 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Chris, They do have phone support, but I've been dealing with those idiots for months upon months now. they told me they have mac computers, but ab, suh, lootly! refuse to turn on voiceover. They keep saying, it'll crash our machines! I mean, really? How paranoid can they be! When I asked

A Newbie with Numbers

2015-03-23 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello All, I decided to bite the bullet and open Numbers on my Mac. I have some experience with Excel, but I know things must be done differently in Numbers. Here are my questions: 1. I want to sort the date column from oldest to newest. Can this be done in Numbers and what are the steps to do

Re: Incredibly important question about application accessibility

2015-03-23 Thread Alex Hall
Don't forget about virtualization. You said you have Bootcamp, but why not use something like VMWare Fusion to run Windows instead? This way, you can run Windows, and the software you need in there, while still booted into Mac OS X. You can basically command-tab into or out of your entire Window

Re: Incredibly important question about application accessibility

2015-03-23 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Absolutely not! Band in a box takes just about every ounce of ram that mac system has, and yes, I have maxed the ram out in that thing. The last thing I need is to have other resources getting eaten from OSX on top of all else. Chris. --- Check out my web site at: http://www.clgproductions.net

RE: Hims Braille Edge - braille quality

2015-03-23 Thread Debbie April Yuille
Would you say that the celes on the edge are similar to those on the Braille Note Apex? Debbie Sent from my PC From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jamie Pauls Sent: Tuesday, 24 March 2015 6:53 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroup