Re: DVS Movies in itunes Store

2010-08-09 Thread Chris Moore
Oh its finally going to happen huh? To what percentage? Will it be 20% like the UK? I think we should all demand that Apple allow us to only view movies on the iTunes store etc if they contain Audio Description! I am feeling forceful and a very demanding right wing blind geek today!!!

Re: magic trackpad in cambodia

2010-08-05 Thread Chris Moore
You have to go into VO utility (VO+F8) go down to commanders, select the trackpad tab, then select enable On 5 Aug 2010, at 10:20, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: Hi list, I just got the thingo today, no problems pairing, the thingo looks and feels great, if you spun it upside down it can

Re: skype, iphone 4 and proximity sensor

2010-08-05 Thread Chris Moore
Yes I have this issue too and it also happens sometimes after taking the phone out of my Sony dock. Really hope this is fixed soon. On 5 Aug 2010, at 11:41, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: Hi, I've got a probme with skype calls when i am done. The proximity sensor doesn't switch volume back

Re: Iphone Text message question

2010-08-04 Thread Chris Moore
To save you having to go back a page, just double tap and hold on the text area and the keyboard should pop back up. This is a bug everyone seems to be suffering from. On 4 Aug 2010, at 07:12, Justin Kauflin wrote: Gena, I'm using an iPhone 3gs here, and I noticed that ever since the

Re: Mail Composition questions

2010-08-03 Thread Chris Moore
of multiple emails is confusing. So if I type in john smith, and he has more than 1 address, one email address is populated audamatically, but if I wanted another email address, I don't understand how to choose it. On Aug 2, 2010, at 7:13 PM, Chris Moore wrote: put a comma between each address

Re: Facebook and the Magic Trackpad

2010-08-03 Thread Chris Moore
Prey tell On 3 Aug 2010, at 13:56, Kevin Mattingly wrote: I thought I'd just pass along to the group that the magic trackpad actually improves the experience on the facebook page. It is very simple to find the posting area on the page now and begin editing. Kev -- You received this

Re: clicking column headers on mac

2010-08-02 Thread Chris Moore
You do not need to click on the column headers to do this, simply move to the column you wish to sort and press shift + control + option and | (vertical line) which is next to the return key On 2 Aug 2010, at 10:53, Paul Erkens wrote: Dear list, In mac mail, I'd like to click on the column

Re: aol messenger question

2010-08-02 Thread Chris Moore
Yes you can, go to preferences and interact with the toolbar, then select sounds, you will find the option you are looking for in there. On 31 Jul 2010, at 13:49, chad baker wrote: Hi on aol messenger is there a way for to read messages automatically? not sure if its possible. thanks --

Re: Bluetooth keyboards and the IPhone

2010-08-02 Thread Chris Moore
The only thing you can do with a bluetooth keyboard on the iPhone is enter text into a text field. Sadly you can't control the phone or move around the non text fields. This is a real shame as I expected to be able to use the iPhone the same way I use my Mac with a keyboard. My keyboard does

Re: Bluetooth keyboards and the IPhone

2010-08-02 Thread Chris Moore
Yes they are, but at least on the iPad you can use Pages, Numbers and Keynote etc On 31 Jul 2010, at 17:00, Kevin Mattingly wrote: It my be prohibitive to add the functionality but it sure would be awesome. I wonder if the IPad and the bluetooth keyboards are just as limited. Kev On

Re: diffrent accsesible mail cliants from mac os10 mail

2010-08-02 Thread Chris Moore
Mail is very easy, I have only been using Voice Over for a couple of months and I am fine with it. You can change the order of the messages, do you mean you wish to change the way it displays newest and oldest first etc? On 2 Aug 2010, at 20:00, trahern culver wrote: mail is diffracilt to use

Re: trackpads

2010-08-02 Thread Chris Moore
Google is your friend. You can activate the keyboard help by pressing VO + K and then simply start trying different gestures. You can also listen to this: http://www.visionaustralia.org/docs/atpodcasts/using%20VoiceOver%20gestures%20on%20the%20multi-touch%20trackpad.mp3 cHRIS On 2 Aug 2010,

Re: trackpads

2010-08-02 Thread Chris Moore
reboot your computer and try again, their website is a bit flakey with safari, bet it plays on windows no problem On 2 Aug 2010, at 22:28, Kevin Mattingly wrote: the link sucks. I can't hear it but who knows, maybe it is my brain... Kev On Aug 2, 2010, at 5:11 PM, Chris Moore wrote

Re: trackpads

2010-08-02 Thread Chris Moore
You can also press VO+H go to online help, then go down to standard gestures Chris On 2 Aug 2010, at 22:28, Kevin Mattingly wrote: the link sucks. I can't hear it but who knows, maybe it is my brain... Kev On Aug 2, 2010, at 5:11 PM, Chris Moore wrote: Google is your friend. You can

Re: Mail Composition questions

2010-08-02 Thread Chris Moore
put a comma between each address or an semi colon, to extract email addresses whilst interacting with text I use the option and shift key and highlight with cursor keys then hit command + c to copy. On 3 Aug 2010, at 01:08, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: Hi All: How do you write several email

Re: Voice over voice messed up

2010-08-01 Thread Chris Moore
Use the control + option + command keys together and move left or right with the cursor keys, voice should be set as alex,pitch 50 percent , give that a go. On 1 Aug 2010, at 09:38, Sarah Alawami wrote: What would happen if the user deleted the voice over preffences? Would that get things

Re: Home sharing

2010-08-01 Thread Chris Moore
Home sharing is very easy, nothing to setup really. activate home sharing on your mac where your music library is and if you have another mac or your friend brings their mac around, you will be able to see and stream content from another iTunes library. On 1 Aug 2010, at 20:24, Sarah Alawami

Re: faceBook

2010-08-01 Thread Chris Moore
is more accessible, but does not use javascript at all which can be quite annoying when deleting messages etc as the page always has to reload to refresh. On 1 Aug 2010, at 22:04, Kevin Mattingly wrote: It certainly has been for me. My friend Chris Moore on the list uses http://m.facebook.com

Re: word processing and spred sheets on ipad

2010-08-01 Thread Chris Moore
] On Behalf Of Chris Moore Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2010 4:59 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: word processing and spred sheets on ipad If you have a mobile me account, can you not save the documents to iDisk? On 30 Jul 2010, at 18:46, Bryan Smart wrote: Simon, it is usable

Re: word processing and spred sheets on ipad

2010-07-31 Thread Chris Moore
If you have a mobile me account, can you not save the documents to iDisk? On 30 Jul 2010, at 18:46, Bryan Smart wrote: Simon, it is usable, but you may not actually want to use it. I had an iPad, and I tried this stuff, but I didn't do it a lot, and I haven't tried it in a while, so I'll

Re: track pad gesture questions

2010-07-30 Thread Chris Moore
I can answer one of these, yes you can add more functionality, you use the existing gestures but with a modifier key pressed (such as control, or whatever you wish) and then you assign an action to a gesture. This is all done within the Voice Over utility under commanders, trackpad. No

Re: working with text question

2010-07-30 Thread Chris Moore
Josh, it sounds like to me you have quick nav activated (easy mistake, done it loads of times). Press the left and right arrow keys together once to turn it off. On 30 Jul 2010, at 15:51, Josh Kennedy wrote: Hi also in text edit I interact with the edit area type some text and left and

Re: suitable speakers?

2010-07-29 Thread Chris Moore
Altec Langsung do lovely speakers too. On 29 Jul 2010, at 18:18, Barry Hadder wrote: I highly recommend the Cambridge Soundworks model twelve: http://store.cambridgesoundworks.com/Model-Twelve-Transportable-System/M/B0002DURV2.htm. I'm using it with my Macbook. Very portable and sounds

Re: Tornado warning! (get away from windows)

2010-07-28 Thread Chris Moore
Are the infovox voices no good? Also iPal from Humanware is coming to the Mac in September if it is a OCR reading solution you are after. On 29 Jul 2010, at 01:43, Kevin Shaw wrote: Hi Samuel, Running Windows on a Mac doesn't defeat the purpose of buying a Mac. Apple encourages, albeit in

Re: Accessible iPhone 4 apps

2010-07-27 Thread Chris Moore
Don't get ZanyTouch! It will drive you insane! LOL very addictive! That ooTunes is excellent, or there is TuneIn Radio which is free, Units is a very good convertor for lengths, time, weight etc, Facebook is fairly accessible, Skype works well, download iBooks, Shazim. Actually can anyone

Re: Magic Trackpad

2010-07-27 Thread Chris Moore
I have just spoken to someone in Apple Sales in Ireland, and YES it supports VO :) On 27 Jul 2010, at 15:20, Blake Sinnett wrote: Hi folks, Just wondered if anyone plans to try the Magic Trackpad and see if it works with VoiceOver? I'd love to have one if it works. There's a software

Re: audio captchas

2010-07-27 Thread Chris Moore
John, Try sending a screen shot to these guys if you can't get any sighted help. www.solona.net is a captcha-solving service, that is staffed by live operators, not an automated thing. On 27 Jul 2010, at 22:31, John D. Lipsey wrote: Hi, I was trying to sign up for a website in Safari, and

Re: Accessible piano apps for iPhone

2010-07-27 Thread Chris Moore
Cool, gonna check this one out, I was gonna suggest just triple clicking the home button to deactivate VO whilst you hit the ivory keys on the iPhone and then triple clicking again when you are finished. But if there is already a VO happy app, then even better! On 27 Jul 2010, at 23:45, joseph

Re: importing contacts from nokia to iphone

2010-07-26 Thread Chris Moore
Not sure if you have Windows or Mac, but you could Sync your phone with OUtlook/Address Book for Windows, or use iSync to copy your address book to the Mac. Once you have everything on your computer you will be be able to sync your address book via iTunes to your iPhone. Chris On 26 Jul

Re: Copying audio CDs / Wave burner fairly accessable.

2010-07-26 Thread Chris Moore
Is this the wave burner that comes with Logic ? On 26 Jul 2010, at 16:40, Courtney Curran wrote: Hi, How much does Wave Burn cost? Courtney On Jul 26, 2010, at 11:30 AM, Chuck Reichel wrote: Hi Kevin, Wave Burner is fairly VO accessible, I've been using it for about 2 years. Some of the

Re: NAS and Time Machine

2010-07-26 Thread Chris Moore
Something a bit like Time Capsule? On 26 Jul 2010, at 22:05, Kevin Shaw wrote: NAS stands for Network Attached Storage. It's essentially a hard drive case for two drives with an Ethernet jack on the back. Data is sent via Ethernet protocols to the drives. This allows the drive to sit in a

Re: Copying audio CDs / Wave burner fairly accessable.

2010-07-26 Thread Chris Moore
Yup got it, did take a look and thought h this looks accessible, but never used it, in fact was not even sure what it was actually for lol On 26 Jul 2010, at 22:58, Chuck Reichel wrote: Hi Chris, Yes it comes with logic audio. Talk soon On Jul 26, 2010, at 11:53 AM, Chris Moore wrote

Re: Copying audio CDs / Wave burner fairly accessable.

2010-07-26 Thread Chris Moore
Don't think so , its huge, there might be a demo of the express version On 26 Jul 2010, at 23:35, Courtney Curran wrote: Hi, Is there a demo of Logic? Courtney On Jul 26, 2010, at 6:03 PM, Chris Moore wrote: Yup got it, did take a look and thought h this looks accessible, but never

Re: Copying audio CDs / Wave burner fairly accessable.

2010-07-26 Thread Chris Moore
not accessible. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! E-Mail: rforetjr at comcast dot net Skype Name: barefootedray On Jul 26, 2010, at 5:46 PM, Chris Moore wrote: Don't think so , its huge, there might be a demo of the express version On 26 Jul 2010, at 23:35, Courtney Curran wrote

Re: ram requirement for voice over

2010-07-26 Thread Chris Moore
I was using VO with 2gb and it was fine, I am now using 4gb. You have to understand VO is built into the OS so if your machine meets the requirements for Snow Leopard then you are good to go. Windows machines require additional RAM as they run on top of the OS. On 27 Jul 2010, at 00:56, Sarah

Re: Vision Australia VO tutorials Won't Play on my Mac?

2010-07-25 Thread Chris Moore
This sometimes happens to me (not sure why) but I find if I quit safari it works when I go back onto the page, and failing that if I do a restart then it works too Give it a try. On 24 Jul 2010, at 17:03, Al Puzzuoli wrote: Many of you may already be aware of these, but Vision Australia has

Re: A Question Regarding Menu Hotkeys

2010-07-25 Thread Chris Moore
Or you could press control + F2 (really not sure why they added VO + M) and then press f for file, e for edit etc. On 25 Jul 2010, at 17:52, Kimberly thurman wrote: If you two-finger double tap at the top of the track pad, the menu comes up. No need to create a gesture. On Jul 24,

Re: Labeling buttons in an app

2010-07-24 Thread Chris Moore
You press vo + / - if you ever get stuck then press VO + K for keyboard help, that is what I do if I forget a key stroke. Don't forget to press escape to exit keyboard help though. :) On 24 Jul 2010, at 12:06, Keith Watson wrote: Hi all, I have run across an application that needs to

Re: Another VO question

2010-07-24 Thread Chris Moore
See you really do need to experiment with keyboard help. Press VO + SHIFT + C that will copy to clipboard, and if you do the same but press Z, that will copy last phrase to an audio file on your desktop. On 24 Jul 2010, at 14:49, Keith Watson wrote: Hi, Thanks for the keystrokes for

Re: [Elgato #PKD-269661]: VoiceOver

2010-07-23 Thread Chris Moore
All, Please see below a reply from the maker's of EyeTV. Regards Chris On 23 Jul 2010, at 00:50, Elgato Systems Technical Support wrote: Chris, Thank you for contacting Elgato Systems. I'm happy to answer your question about VoiceOver and EyeTV. As of EyeTV 3.4.1, which just came

Re: introduction and questions about switching to mac

2010-07-22 Thread Chris Moore
You could also consider Nisus Writer Pro as a word processor, and iPal OCR from Humanware is coming to the Mac in September to work in conjunction with their iPal document camera. On 22 Jul 2010, at 04:06, Allison Manzino wrote: Hi Greg, I'm Allison and I'd like to welcome you to the Mac

Re: introduction and questions about switching to mac

2010-07-22 Thread Chris Moore
On the chat side, you can download Adium which will let you connect to MSN, Yahoo, Google, Facebook etc or if you only need GoogleTalk then use the built in iChat program. If you still get stuck with anything you can always install Fusion or use boot camp to run Windows on your Mac. On 22 Jul

Re: introduction and questions about switching to mac

2010-07-22 Thread Chris Moore
Yes Adium is accessible and so is Ichat and AOL Instant Messenger, can't speak for other clients On 22 Jul 2010, at 12:34, joseph wrote: hi is abium accessible with voice over? best Chris Moore wrote: On the chat side, you can download Adium which will let you connect to MSN, Yahoo

YouTube to MP3

2010-07-22 Thread Chris Moore
On another thread I know some of you were exploring accessible ways to rip audio from YouTube content. Have you tried: http://www.video2mp3.net/ Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send

Re: youtube to mp3 converter

2010-07-22 Thread Chris Moore
Try this site: http://www.video2mp3.net/ Chris On 20 Jul 2010, at 15:29, Chris Blouch wrote: Nice. That's much easier. CB annelie robledo wrote: Thanks this is a really cool trick. By the wash you can use an app called mpeg stream clip to extract audio. Will do flv to aac. On Jul

Re: MacVisionaries disappearing Act

2010-07-22 Thread Chris Moore
It happened to me too this week, I assumed the group was just quiet? On 22 Jul 2010, at 21:41, Eric Caron wrote: Dear List, I'm feeling a little unwanted by Google Groups and MacVisionaries in particular. On occasion for no reason I can figure out I stop getting messages from

Re: MY MAC BOOK PRO WOES!

2010-07-21 Thread Chris Moore
Did you do the obvious things and try and repair permissions with disk utility? And a very common fault of entering incorrect passwords on the Mac is having the CAPS LOCK on. Passwords on the Mac are case sensitive, so if your password was created in lower case and you have the caps lock on

Re: converting music from M4a to mp3

2010-07-21 Thread Chris Moore
Can you not wait until the end of September? There is something big coming.. can't say anymore On 21 Jul 2010, at 16:39, Donna Goodin wrote: Hi all, My husband and I want to be on the same cell provider, and for reasons related to reception, we'll probably go with his provider,

Re: questions about skype

2010-07-21 Thread Chris Moore
Sadly I do not think there is a way of sending the labels from my Voice Over, I had to get sighted assistance to label them. I did write to Skype asking them to consider labelling them in future and did get a nice email back. So let's hope this is included in future updates. I think the

Re: Accessible TV Tuner Software?

2010-07-21 Thread Chris Moore
EyeTV supports digital and analog. On 21 Jul 2010, at 20:12, Doug Lawlor wrote: Does this program only support analog cable boxes, or does it support digital cable as well? I haven't had any kind of cable tv in years. Doug Sent from my iPhone On 2010-07-21, at 12:27 PM, Chris Moore

Re: iPhone signal loss

2010-07-16 Thread Chris Moore
H think I will wait until 4.1 On 16 Jul 2010, at 10:59, Bryan Smart wrote: Well, 4.01 came out, and I tried to install it. Half way through, iTunes gave me error 3004 (what-ever that is), and stopped. Now, the iPhone won't talk, won't reboot (black screen), and, when I attach it to the

Re: sinking, importing and exporting contacts from the iPhone to the mac

2010-07-16 Thread Chris Moore
You do not need mobile me to sync contacts. Syncing on the Mac happens between the address book on OS X and the address book on the iPhone, if you have the sync contacts ticked in iTunes then syncing will automatically occur. On 16 Jul 2010, at 14:45, DJ Nezumi wrote: hi all i was wondering

Re: audassityaccsesability and tutorial?

2010-07-15 Thread Chris Moore
lol @ Clarence Audacity is very accessible (now) check out this podcast on the subject. They also talk about the Blue Snow ball mic, I have one of these and can fully recommend them..

Re: Voiceover training manuals

2010-07-15 Thread Chris Moore
Perhaps we should create a voice over wiki area where we can all contribute and keep them up to date on a variety of apps. On 15 Jul 2010, at 17:33, Eric Caron wrote: Hi Scot, I would find manuals designed for blind users especially helpful with Pages, Or other powerful word processor.

Re: audassityaccsesability and tutorial?

2010-07-15 Thread Chris Moore
curve found I was able to do all the things I could do in Audacity and found it was not crashing. So I'm wondering are others finding Audacity for the Mac is working for them or are they running the PC version on the Mac? Eric Caron On Jul 15, 2010, at 10:38 AM, Chris Moore

Re: shortcut key for opening documents folder

2010-07-14 Thread Chris Moore
Donna, Use Command + TAB to switch to the finder appl, then press command + shift + O and that will open the documents folder. Chris On 14 Jul 2010, at 14:18, Donna Goodin wrote: I have a vague recollection that someone once said there is a shortcut key for opening the documents folder,

Re: shortcut key for opening documents folder

2010-07-14 Thread Chris Moore
command shift D in the finder opens up a window called desktop. I wonder if a keyboard commander key could be created to open up the documents folder (or any folder for that matter) then you would not have to be in the finder to open the docs folder. On 14 Jul 2010, at 22:25, Sarah Alawami

Re: zoom on the IPhone Camera

2010-07-14 Thread Chris Moore
Follow me on Twitter! https://twitter.com/ModelCara On Jul 13, 2010, at 1:08 AM, Chris Moore wrote: Kev, Simply bring up the camera; double tap on the viewfinder and then flick to the right, three times. YOu’ll now see the zoom control. Flicking up or down on this control

Re: Can a really cool Voice Over feature be enhanced?

2010-07-13 Thread Chris Moore
In the VO utility you can set VO to either use speech to warn the user if a word is spelt incorrect or you can set VO to beep, or you can set it to simply do nothing. On 13 Jul 2010, at 00:48, Mike Arrigo wrote: I don't think this is currently possible, though tere are commands to move to

Re: navigating images o websites

2010-07-13 Thread Chris Moore
Some web designers are lazy and use the name of a file as a alt description too. This is why Voice Over reads out these images as .gif .jpg etc even when navigating by image with description is set. My advice is to email the webmaster of the offending website and let them know that the alt

Re: zoom on the IPhone Camera

2010-07-13 Thread Chris Moore
Kev, Simply bring up the camera; double tap on the viewfinder and then flick to the right, three times. YOu’ll now see the zoom control. Flicking up or down on this control with a single finger will increment or decrement the value by ten percent respectively. the highest value is 100 and the

Re: iPod touch or iPhone iOS4 accented letters

2010-07-13 Thread Chris Moore
You could try the feedback part on Apple's website, www.apple.com/feedback and select iPhone On 13 Jul 2010, at 18:48, Jean-Philippe Rykiel wrote: Dear all, I know that few of you will be concerned with my problem as you, Lucky English speaking folks, don't have to use these à or â or é

Re: OT Lockerz

2010-07-11 Thread Chris Moore
you both have too much time on your hands.. INVITE ME PLEASE! lol On 11 Jul 2010, at 18:42, Cody Hurst wrote: yeah most of them are stupid videos but at least they give you points which is really what atters, thus far I've gotten 490 points, nearly half way to an iPad On Jul 11,

Re: OT Lockerz

2010-07-11 Thread Chris Moore
cheers big boy On 11 Jul 2010, at 19:08, Kevin Mattingly wrote: invite sent... On Jul 11, 2010, at 1:53 PM, Chris Moore wrote: you both have too much time on your hands.. INVITE ME PLEASE! lol On 11 Jul 2010, at 18:42, Cody Hurst wrote: yeah most of them are stupid videos

Re: OT Lockerz

2010-07-11 Thread Chris Moore
Just 968 to go eh? On 11 Jul 2010, at 20:10, Kevin Mattingly wrote: Yep, I guess we'll just have to leave the questions unanswered... I got me a whopping 32 points now. Kev On Jul 11, 2010, at 3:01 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: LOL, i know, at least the swagbucks videos are only 60

Re: ring tones help

2010-07-11 Thread Chris Moore
Try iToner On 11 Jul 2010, at 22:52, annelie robledo wrote: Hi I have for the last three days been struggling to make ring tones with itunes with no success. Is there an application that someone can recommend that would work. Any help would be appreciated. Ready to pull my heir out.

Re: a bootcamp drive question

2010-07-11 Thread Chris Moore
To keep Windoze working yes, As your Windows is just like a normal PC they need lots of tender loving care as its special (needs) On 12 Jul 2010, at 00:24, Josh Kennedy wrote: Hi Since windows7 is on the bootcamp partition does that mean I will have to defragment the bootcamp partition and

Re: A warning about Digit-Eyes

2010-07-10 Thread Chris Moore
On a lighter note, the software knows what Shredded Wheat is (shame it did not know the size of box etc though) On 10 Jul 2010, at 18:53, Bryan Smart wrote: Scott, my opinion is based on a product, not my opinion of a person. If it takes $20,000 to plan, develop, test, document, market, and

Re: converting audible .aa and .aax books

2010-07-10 Thread Chris Moore
LOL, you can buy iPod Shuffles for peanuts these days and they have VoiceOver built in too. On 10 Jul 2010, at 23:52, Shen wrote: Yes there is. It's called, get an iPod. On Jul 10, 2010, at 2:00 PM, Josh Kennedy wrote: Hi the nls player will not play audible books. it only will

Re: OT: introducting lockerz

2010-07-10 Thread Chris Moore
Is this a US only thing or can UK users get in on the gig? On 11 Jul 2010, at 01:30, Cody Hurst wrote: in 2 days I've already gotten 322 points, which already I am able to get on of the ipod nanos. but I'm working towards an ipad, which is 1000 points, but I don't think that won't be long

Re: spotlight search is wonderful!

2010-07-09 Thread Chris Moore
What does the Mac do that Windows doesn't? I am just curious and wonder how Snow Leopard compares to Windows 7, we use XP at work (awful) but not used 7 yet. You can email me off list if you prefer. On 9 Jul 2010, at 06:53, Dave Taylor wrote: Do you know, I was thinking about that very issue

Re: can a mac read miny cds?

2010-07-09 Thread Chris Moore
Is it not a smaller drive though? On 9 Jul 2010, at 08:41, Michael Thurman wrote: what is lame about that is that the nintendo wii has a slot drive an is capable of loading mini cds as that's what is used for gamecube games On Jul 8, 2010, at 7:11 PM, Chris Moore wrote: Sorry no, Macs

Re: facebook with safari

2010-07-08 Thread Chris Moore
be greatful if they could let me know. thanks Liam Chris Moore wrote: Hello, I tend to use Facebook in group mode. Make life easier for yourself for now and use http://m.facebook.com iinstead of the main site. Click on the friends link and your friends request

Re: Setting Up Time In ICal?

2010-07-08 Thread Chris Moore
Sadly iCal has limitations when it comes to use with VoiceOver. Apple are fully aware and looking to implement more improvements in future updates. I could not find a way to navigate the times on the Calendar canvas either. However you can create a new event or new to do and then interact

Re: A warning about Digit-Eyes

2010-07-08 Thread Chris Moore
I totally agree, it works great with CDs but no good on tins, jars or bottles. It managed to read a few food items but its very hit and miss and something you would use if it is a last resort . If you want audio labels then get the RNIB Pen Friend. On 8 Jul 2010, at 23:03, Bryan Smart wrote:

Re: can a mac read miny cds?

2010-07-08 Thread Chris Moore
Sorry no, Macs contain slot loading drives so a mini CD/DVD would get lost in there. You would have to plug in an external drive that has a CD tray instead of a slot. On 8 Jul 2010, at 23:52, Sarah Alawami wrote: Hey can a mac read miny cds or dvds? I have a mac book pro. I don't know what

Re: macbook keyboards

2010-07-07 Thread Chris Moore
am pretty sure the keyboard is the same on all the models, I have that macbook too and like you find it a little clumsy at times and much prefer the keyboard on my iMac, I sometimes plug this keyboard into my Macbook too. On 7 Jul 2010, at 13:10, Donna Goodin wrote: Good morning, all, I

Re: ftp clients

2010-07-06 Thread Chris Moore
I used to use Fetch (when I was sighted) very good app. Just tried it with VO, not fully accessible, so have dropped the developers an email. Will let you know if I have any positive news to share from them. On 6 Jul 2010, at 18:06, Donna Goodin wrote: Thanks for this, Max, I'll give it a

Re: facebook with safari

2010-07-06 Thread Chris Moore
Hello, I tend to use Facebook in group mode. Make life easier for yourself for now and use http://m.facebook.com iinstead of the main site. Click on the friends link and your friends request will be in there. Chris On 6 Jul 2010, at 18:30, chad baker wrote: Hi i just got friend requests

Re: Soarting music in iTunes

2010-07-06 Thread Chris Moore
Go to the view menu and select show browser. This will enable you to filter your search by genre, artist and album. On 6 Jul 2010, at 19:13, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: The iTunes music source, and the songs list. On Jul 6, 2010, at 8:26 AM, Chris Moore wrote: Are you the using the browser

Re: iTunes selecting music

2010-07-06 Thread Chris Moore
select the album you wish to copy in the browser, then move to song list and then press command + a to select all, then press command + c to copy On 6 Jul 2010, at 23:05, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: Hi: Okay, we are getting there! LOL. I see the play list browser with all artists and albums in

Re: voice over scripts

2010-07-06 Thread Chris Moore
Sometimes you can add some functionality to an application. For example if you come across a button which says button and does not read out what the button actually does, then you can manually label that button. First of all whilst on the button press control + option + shift + h to see if

Re: TrackPad and Mail

2010-07-06 Thread Chris Moore
I think its swipe left to right twice (can't remember if its 1 or 2 fingers) then swipe down with 2 fingers to read all. On 7 Jul 2010, at 06:18, Jim Fettgather wrote: Hi. I just now got a Macbook Air, it's really amazing, it really is lighter than air! So, this is my first experience

Re: What does the search edit field inside the toolbar in system preferences window do?

2010-07-05 Thread Chris Moore
The preferences search box was introduced with spotlight years ago and was of great benefit to switchers from Windows to the Mac. For example if you type in Wallpaper, the appropriate icon within preferences will be highlighted just like shining a spotlight on an item. The sighted user would

Re: Iwork?

2010-07-05 Thread Chris Moore
There is a 30 day free trial of iWork on Apple's website. There is usually a copy of Iwork in the application folder with new Macs. Check to see if it is there first. On 5 Jul 2010, at 14:54, Allison Manzino wrote: Hi Courtney, I have used Iwork, I use it every day just to write pages

Re: iTunes

2010-07-05 Thread Chris Moore
Hmmm I could not get this to work either. Pressing VO + End just moves the cursor to the last year entry on the screen. Even tried to interact with scroll bar etc. The only thing I can suggest is change the sort order so the untagged songs appear first in the list. On 5 Jul 2010, at 21:25,

Re: No sound when tapping on IPhone

2010-07-05 Thread Chris Moore
Have you accidentally flicked the silent / vibrate switch on the side of the phone next to the volume keys? On 6 Jul 2010, at 02:44, Frank Ventura wrote: Hi all I must have done something foolish with my IPhone 4 and not even known it. The phone is functioning fine and Voice Over is speaking

Re: Move addict now completely accessible

2010-07-05 Thread Chris Moore
Fantastic On 6 Jul 2010, at 05:14, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: Hi list, After a few back and forth mails, the developer of move addict has made his application completely accessible. Move addict allows the user to cut and paste system wide and in finder, as an add-on. Here is the

Re: spotlight and doc

2010-07-04 Thread Chris Moore
To open spotlight search just simply press command + space. You can find all the keyboard shortcuts within the help menu of the finder. Chris On 4 Jul 2010, at 01:54, Alfredo wrote: To go to the spotlight search you have to press, control+option+m+m +m. This means that you have to hold

Re: cut, copy, and paste files

2010-07-04 Thread Chris Moore
you can use command + a to select all, to select multiple files press shift + command + option + f3 to turn keyboard tracking off, then move to the file(s) you wish to select by pressing the spacebar. On 4 Jul 2010, at 20:10, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: What if you want to select everything from

Re: more mac voices article?

2010-07-03 Thread Chris Moore
Here you go Josh: http://www.voicesformac.com/ On 3 Jul 2010, at 03:41, Josh Kennedy wrote: Hi earlier someone posted a link to an article about more mac voices? could you repost that? I was gunna keep the digest but hit delete by mistake, was showing someone the computer. Josh --

Re: Just saw this on mac voices

2010-07-03 Thread Chris Moore
And again, you can get them here: http://www.voicesformac.com/ On 3 Jul 2010, at 03:41, Dan Eickmeier wrote: Hmmm, interesting harticle. Where can you get these voices? It doesn't seem to say. Dan Eickmeier, Brantford Ontario Canada. MSN and email: va3ets2...@me.com, skype:va3ets.

Re: just downloaded and installed my first apple program yay!

2010-07-03 Thread Chris Moore
A couple of good websites for you are: www.versiontracker.com www.macupdate.com And, you could always select Software for Mac OS X from the Apple menu. On 3 Jul 2010, at 06:13, Allison Manzino wrote: Hi Alfredo, My first place to start would be download.com. Or just google those programs

Re: selecting text with vo-return?

2010-07-03 Thread Chris Moore
I find using the shift whilst using the cursor keys works fine for selecting text, and use command + A to select all text. On 3 Jul 2010, at 14:03, Josh Kennedy wrote: Hi I tried selecting text inside an email message while interacting with the text using control option return at the start

Re: list of accessible programs on the mac

2010-07-03 Thread Chris Moore
You can find some accessible applications at: http://www.apple.com/accessibility/voiceover/applications.html If you know other applications which are accessible and are not on this list, then email accessibil...@apple.com to let them know so the application can be added. Regards Chris On 3

Re: deleting files?

2010-07-03 Thread Chris Moore
Press command + backspace On 3 Jul 2010, at 15:17, Cody Hurst wrote: command delete On Jul 3, 2010, at 10:14 AM, Josh Kennedy wrote: Hi When in the finder, to delete a file I hit vo shift m and go down to move to trash. But is there a keyboard shortcut for this? Josh -- You

Re: questions about skype

2010-07-03 Thread Chris Moore
Josh, If you come across a button that has not been labelled, then press control + option + shift + H to see if there is a help label. These are available for Skype, this will enable you to label the application. Chris On 3 Jul 2010, at 15:30, Josh Kennedy wrote: hey I just downloaded and

Re: dictation into snow leopard?

2010-07-02 Thread Chris Moore
Your mac should already have a mic built in unless its quite old or an mini mac On 2 Jul 2010, at 22:06, Maurice Mines wrote: well, yeah I guess you can do that. However I would strongly recommend that if you're going to do any type of Syria's dictation, that you look into purchasing

Re: facetime

2010-07-01 Thread Chris Moore
They do, its called an iPhone Pay As You Go (no monthly tariffs) On 1 Jul 2010, at 07:07, Simon F wrote: I've got a crazy question for people, Why don't they make an iPad the size of an iPhone / iPod touch. I'd like the pad with the ability to use it with a sim card. But not needing the

iCal

2010-07-01 Thread Chris Moore
Hi all, Just thought I would open iCal and stick some stuff in my calendar instead of doing it on the iPhone. How accessible is iCal? As it does not seem great. I found it impossible to navigate around the mini calendar, and how do you know what day a date falls on (i.e. is it a Thursday

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