Re: Jabber Client for Mac

2011-12-13 Thread Chad King
Hi Adium works with most instant messaging protocols. http://adium.im/ Sent from my MBP On Dec 13, 2011, at 12:01 AM, Brandon Olivares wrote: Hello, Does anyone know of a compatible Jabber client for the Mac? I want to set up a Jabber account to connect to MSN, so that I can use it in

Re: Pandora or equivalent accessible with VoiceOver?

2011-11-26 Thread Chad King
Theres also an app called Piano pub Sent from my iPhone On Nov 26, 2011, at 7:18 PM, Robert Carter nc5rn...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Another very simple and not real sophisticated VoiceOver accessible pandora app for the Mac is called PandoraBoy. Robert Carter On Nov 26, 2011, at 11:01

Re: Mac feel natural

2011-11-23 Thread Chad King
hi When I first bought my mac a couple of years ago, I remember using both Operating systems for a while. Untill my Windows PC crashed. Then I didn't have much of a choice. LOL! It's ok to use both. If you enjoy the experience, you probably will most likely keep coming back to it. Take your

Re: Mac feel natural

2011-11-23 Thread Chad King
Traci, Indeed! It is an amazing experience. I'll put it this way. Use windows. But only if you *have* to. That's what I meant by its ok to use both. Because there were a couple of times where i just, 'didn't quite get it. Of course, i was also running Mac OS X Leopard at the time. Much has

Re: What am I doing wrong trying to mark non contiguous?

2011-11-23 Thread Chad King
hi It may be because you have quick nav turned off. From what I understand, you have to at least be interacted with the list view in order to select files in that way. Sent from my MBP On Nov 23, 2011, at 12:30 PM, Bill Holton wrote: Hi. As I understand it VO-Command Space is the command for

Re: Mac feel natural

2011-11-23 Thread Chad King
the mac will feel natural for me, but I have to say that I think I've come pretty far with it since buying it in May; am just not in love with it, if that makes sense. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chad King Sent: Wednesday

Re: What am I doing wrong trying to mark non contiguous?

2011-11-23 Thread Chad King
Yes. that is correct. I use quick nav because I don't want to do any more work than I have to. LOL! Sent from my MBP On Nov 23, 2011, at 1:41 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: I don't think it has to do with quick-nav. Just be sure you are interacting with the listview (VO-shift-down-arrow) and use

Re: my third year with the Mac

2011-11-23 Thread Chad King
Hi Ray. December 1 2011 will mark 2 years for me. I take this personally because, to be honest, an Apple store opened up here in my state earlier this year. And I feel that I need to apply for a job as an Apple Specialist there. I'm looking to help people. It is my passion. I eat sleep and

Re: Downloading VM Fusion, was RE: update for Vmware Fusion available - not looking like anything new in the accessibility department

2011-11-20 Thread Chad King
yea. My thing with this is, I'm trying to run Snow Leopard as a Vm, and I can't get VO to turn on. Sent from my MBP On Nov 20, 2011, at 12:34 PM, Bill Holton wrote: I have gotten my licesne for version four and my new number, but for the life of me I can't seem to navigate the folders to

Re: speech is gone sometimes

2011-11-19 Thread Chad King
Hi. I have written them on several occasions. And they have always given me pretty much the same reply, saying that they have forwarded it to the proper people. So just because they don't reply, doesn't mean that aren't working on it. How many of you have ever considered joining the Apple

Re: speech is gone sometimes

2011-11-18 Thread Chad King
Hi William. I have seen this in a couple of the apps i use. How often does this happen? For me, it doesn't happen often, but when it does, I have to press comand f5 3 times to get VO to come back. Sent from my MBP On Nov 18, 2011, at 4:18 PM, William Windels wrote: Hello , Lion is doing

Re: A question.

2011-11-16 Thread Chad King
If you know where you saved the file you're trying to open, go to that folder, find the file you need, then VO shift m and select the program you need to open the file. Sent from my MBP On Nov 15, 2011, at 11:54 PM, Rahul Bajaj wrote: Hey Chad, Thanks a lot for replying. I searched in

Re: Facebook

2011-11-16 Thread Chad King
Hi. I wonder if some of the problem could be with the DNS you're on. I doubt it, but i guess that could be. I'm on google DNS the address is 8.8.8.8 Sent from my MBP On Nov 15, 2011, at 11:46 PM, Rahul Bajaj wrote: Jenny, Yes, it is meant to work with any regular Mac, but, for some reason,

Re: Facebook

2011-11-15 Thread Chad King
Hi. I use the mobile site. I think the main site is accessible, but i do not like the lay out of it at all. And it does seem that Facebook wants to change things on the site a little too often Sent from my MBP On Nov 15, 2011, at 10:02 AM, Jennifer Perdue wrote: Is Facebook accessable? I've

Re: Apple's AssistiveTouch Helps the Disabled Use a Smartphone - NYTimes.com

2011-11-15 Thread Chad King
I've played with it a little. Seems that I had trouble opening some apps when it was enabled. I would double tap on the app, but the app didn't open for some reason. I'll have to play with it a bit more. Sent from my MBP On Nov 15, 2011, at 4:38 PM, Red.Falcon wrote: Hi all! Well some of you

Re: Unable to eject cd

2011-11-14 Thread Chad King
Hi. To eject a disk, use command E. That also works when you have other things connected like external hard drives and such. Sent from my MBP On Nov 14, 2011, at 6:41 AM, Daniel Miller wrote: Hi, You have to hold the eject button for a few seconds. And I don’t think it’s command shift t

Re: Strange behavior in Finder and VoiceOver

2011-11-14 Thread Chad King
hi. Do you have automatic login enabled? You may need to go to system preferences, then users and groups, then interact with, users, accounts, and login options. Navigate down to where it says, login options group. Stop interacting with users, accounts and login options. right arrow over, and

Re: A question.

2011-11-14 Thread Chad King
hi. Depending on what file format the book is in, you may need an app that supports the format. If it is a PDF, preview may work. But I'm not sure if it will work if the book is DRM protected. Sent from my MBP On Nov 13, 2011, at 1:22 AM, Rahul Bajaj wrote: Hi all, I just downloaded a book

Re: A question.

2011-11-14 Thread Chad King
Hi. Select the file you wish to open. Press the key combination, VO shift m. Right arrow on the, Open with sub menu. Select the, 'other' option. You will see a window that is presented like an open file window. Near the bottom of that window, you should see a file table, that lists the apps you

Re: Lion, a lemon?

2011-11-11 Thread Chad King
Have you tried toing a clean install of Lion? I've heard about people having issues when doing the normal upgrade, and have heard that doing a clean install helped. On Nov 11, 2011, at 9:47 AM, Kevin Mattingly wrote: I've been using lion since it came out. When I first upgraded, the mail drove

Re: Adium

2011-11-11 Thread Chad King
What version of Adium are you using? And is there anything particular that you need help with? Or are you just looking for a general overview of how to use Adium? On Nov 11, 2011, at 11:09 AM, Rahul Bajaj wrote: Hi all, Today, I downloaded Adium and linked it with my Facebook account.

Re: Adium

2011-11-11 Thread Chad King
hi. I'm not sure, but I think in the latest version of Adium, Facebook chat is broken for some reason. Not sure if this will help you use Adium with VO, but here's a link to the Adium documentation. http://adium.im/help/pgs/AdiumDocumentation.htmlOn Nov 11, 2011, at 12:00 PM, Rahul Bajaj

Re: making adium not continuously bringing up a window

2011-11-11 Thread Chad King
Hi Matt. I had this happen as well. Go to Adium preferences. Under the Events tab, navigate to the events table. Expand the section that says, Contact signs on. If you see something that says, Display Growl notification, press the delete key and it should delete that preference. Do the same under

Re: How do I get to mail from the doc quickly

2011-11-11 Thread Chad King
There ya go. Personally though, I just press right option M On Nov 11, 2011, at 4:34 PM, Bill Holton wrote: Easiest way for me is to just press command space, type mail and press enter. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

Re: Twitter with Voice Over

2011-11-11 Thread Chad King
Hi Scott. Personally, I use a client called Syrinx. You can download it here. http://www.mrrsoftware.com/MRRSoftware/Syrinx.html There's another client that also works called Yorufukurou. If you're running Lion, you can get it via the Mac App Store On Nov 11, 2011, at 5:31 PM, Scott Rumery wrote:

Re: Search in Apple Mail

2011-11-11 Thread Chad King
Hi David. I'm assuming you are viewing messages in the messages table. I usually just press enter when I get to the message I want and Voiceover reads the full message to me. Of course there's also interacting with the message content table, then pressing down arrow once, and Voiceover should