Selecting multiple nonsequential items in Mavericks

2014-05-21 Thread Chris Snyder
Hi folks, I was perfectly happy working in Mountain lion until I found out the latest GarageBand update could only be obtained by upgrading to Mavericks. Usually I wait until at least the third iteration before I upgrade. Mavericks 10.9.3 seems to be more buggy than the final version of

MS Office accessibility on the Mac. Advocacy!

2014-05-21 Thread Chris Snyder
Hi all, Microsoft Office will be releasing an updated version of its office suite of apps for the Mac later this year. I haven't been looped in on any campaigns for accessibility for the updates, but here's what I suggest. We need to go to their Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/Office

OT: Reminder: Video Description Web Event

2014-05-12 Thread Chris Snyder
Spring has sprung, and it's so pretty! The flowers are blooming, the birds are singing, and...oh yes, there's a major web event happening! This coming Wednesday May 14, from 12:30 to 2:30PM PDT! Live from the inter webs to your device of choice comes a bold and daring new step in accessible

OT: Take Part in an awesome Video Description Event

2014-04-24 Thread Chris Snyder
How many blind people does it take to make great video description? Some would say, zero. At Audio Eyes, we think differently. After all, we are the only video description company that employs blind engineers, voiceover artists and script quality professionals in the video description creation

folder groups and text groups in ML

2014-03-31 Thread Chris Snyder
Hi all, I put ML on a 2010 model Macbook Pro. It was as clean an install as it could be. now when I go to my browser, instead of the normal column view, it says stuff like Folder Group and text group, and it's behaving quite strangely. Is there some obvious thing I'm overlooking? On my other

Re: ftp clients for OS X

2013-04-01 Thread Chris Snyder
Hi, Personally, I prefer Cute FTP. It is quite accessible, and will handle pretty much any kind of ftp you throw at it. Another nice thing about it is that you can copy a file from the finder window and paste it into the folder of your choice on the ftp site within the Cute FTP program. Sadly,

OT: Win an Apple TV or an audio described movie

2012-10-13 Thread Chris Snyder
as at the Audio Eyes table in the exhibit hall. Tickets are $5 each or you can perches 6 tickets for $20. The winner of the Apple TV or a described movie will be drawn at the close of the NFBC Convention Banquet on October 20th, 2012. You do not need to be present to win. Contact Chris Snyder at ch

Re: OT: Win an Apple TV or an audio described movie

2012-10-13 Thread Chris Snyder
for a raffle. NAGDU got into a bit of hot water for that and had to withdraw from their web page until they straightened out with Paypal and promised not to do it again. -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY On Oct 13, 2012, at 8:20 PM, Chris Snyder ch

Re: Making an Install Flash Drive for Lion: Tutorial Link

2012-08-05 Thread Chris Snyder
And how do you tell the computer to boot from the flash drive? I know the CD is the c key, but I can't remember how to start on the flash drive. Friendly, Chris On Aug 7, 2011, at 7:14 AM, Joseph Norton wrote: Hi: Both CCC (Carbon Copy Cloner) and Super Duper (from Shirt Pocket Software)

Creating an email group

2012-07-23 Thread Chris Snyder
Hello all, I would like to create a single entry in my email address book which would then email a group of people. Eudora used to allow me to write peoples email addresses in the to field in the message, then add that entry of those names to my address book as a single entry. Does mail have a

OT: Urgent! help support video description

2012-06-30 Thread Chris Snyder
Hello folks, Sorry if this is off-topic, but I am crossposting to as many lists as I can. Some of you might know that I work for a video description company. We're seeking a $250,000 grant from W WW.missionsmallbusiness.com.. We would like to use the grant to offer more descriptive video

10.7.3, yay or nay?

2012-02-03 Thread Chris Snyder
Hi folks, I've been quite happily hanging out with Snow Leopard ever since I tried Lion 10.7 when it first came out. I'm wondering if you think this latest iteration of Lion is worth making the switch. What say you? Friendly, Chris -- I'll believe corporations are people when Texas

Re: [Bulk] 10.7.3, yay or nay?

2012-02-03 Thread Chris Snyder
yes. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On Feb 3, 2012, at 5:05 AM, Chris Snyder wrote: Hi folks, I've been quite happily hanging out with Snow Leopard ever

Re: [Bulk] 10.7.3, yay or nay?

2012-02-03 Thread Chris Snyder
itself, but there's also the fact that VO hasn't reset itself once since I got Lion. I guess one picks one's nits, then? :) Teresa We are made of star-stuff--Carl Sagan, Cosmos On Feb 3, 2012, at 1:12 PM, Chris Snyder wrote: Well, Snowy got a security update as well. But really

Re: IRC client for the Mac?

2012-01-06 Thread Chris Snyder
Does Textual speak the posts as they come in? Friiendly, Chris -- I'll believe corporations are people when Texas executes one. On Jan 5, 2012, at 7:07 PM, Yuma Decaux wrote: Its called textual. You can find it on the mac appstore. Accessible and all Best regards,

Re: Symphonic Orchestra Jampack for Garage Band

2012-01-02 Thread Chris Snyder
Or maybe it's another way of pushing you into buying Logic Pro. Problem is, if Logic Pro isn't accessible, I have zero incentive other than the packs. Gr. Friendly, Chris -- I'll believe corporations are people when Texas executes one. On Jan 2, 2012, at 2:22 PM, Ricardo

Re: Symphonic Orchestra Jampack for Garage Band

2012-01-01 Thread Chris Snyder
are people when Texas executes one. On Jan 1, 2012, at 12:57 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: How about the voice Chris? I listened to them all. Kawal. On 1 Jan 2012, at 04:13 AM, Chris Snyder ch...@chris-snyder.com wrote: Hi Victor, If you want to hear some of what that pack can do, check out

Re: Symphonic Orchestra Jampack for Garage Band

2012-01-01 Thread Chris Snyder
. Nektarios. On Jan 1, 2012, at 6:32 AM, Chris Snyder wrote: You're welcome, Donna. It was fun creating those tracks, and it does give you a wide representation of what GB can do, one song being rock, one more marching band or orchestral and one purely piano. By the way, the piano one used

Re: Symphonic Orchestra Jampack for Garage Band

2012-01-01 Thread Chris Snyder
this and what audio interface do you have connected to your mac? Regards. Nektarios. On Jan 1, 2012, at 6:32 AM, Chris Snyder wrote: You're welcome, Donna. It was fun creating those tracks, and it does give you a wide representation of what GB can do, one song being rock, one more marching

Re: Symphonic Orchestra Jampack for Garage Band

2012-01-01 Thread Chris Snyder
Hi Ricardo, I wonder why Apple stopped selling them. Do you think they plan to release something better? Having those jam packs has so vastly improved my GB experience that I can't imagine being limited to GB without them. I hope they're not trying to push everyone into Logic without making

Re: Symphonic Orchestra Jampack for Garage Band

2011-12-31 Thread Chris Snyder
. Friendly, Chris On Dec 31, 2011, at 9:20 PM, Goodin, Donna wrote: Thanks for sharing that, Chris. As one who's just starting to get into GB, it's fun to see what others have done. Happy New Year, Donna On Dec 31, 2011, at 11:13 PM, Chris Snyder wrote: Hi Victor, If you want to hear some

Re: adding instruments in GarageBand

2011-12-15 Thread Chris Snyder
Even if Logic is inaccessible, once it is installed with the various instrument packs, well over 50GB with everything, those instruments will become available in GarageBand. That really enhances what you can do with GB in my view. Friendly, Chris -- I'll believe corporations are

Re: Skype Accessibility

2011-12-15 Thread Chris Snyder
Hi Kevin, I just wanted to note, and I'm quite sure you already know, that the chat tab is completely broken in Skype for IOS. All it does is read the dates of the chats. I'm going to try to downgrade from the latest update. Friendly, Chris -- I'll believe corporations are people

Re: Skype Accessibility

2011-12-15 Thread Chris Snyder
Daniel, It's because they don't want to step on the toes of Freedom Scientific, GW Micro, Serotek or any of the other third party software developers who make screen readers. That's why narrator is so bad. Microsoft has no interest in making Windows accessible themselves. That's one of the main

adding instruments in GarageBand

2011-12-12 Thread Chris Snyder
Hello fellow GB users, I am wondering where I can get more sampled instruments for GB, and also what kinds it will accept. I already got Logic Pro simply because it expands the GB instrument selection. Friendly, Chris -- I'll believe corporations are people when Texas executes one.

Re: adding instruments in GarageBand

2011-12-12 Thread Chris Snyder
Also, I'm wondering if anyone's figured out how to sample their own instruments and make them into software instruments? -- I'll believe corporations are people when Texas executes one. On Dec 12, 2011, at 1:36 PM, Chris Snyder wrote: Hello fellow GB users, I am wondering

Re: Lion, a lemon?

2011-11-10 Thread Chris Snyder
it on the IOs side, so i have good hopes that they will fix it here too, eventually. /Krister 10 nov 2011 kl. 08:31 skrev Chris Snyder: Hi all, I want to start off this post by saying that I installed Lion the day it came out on my Macbook Pro. Before doing so, I made a time machine

Re: Lion, a lemon?

2011-11-10 Thread Chris Snyder
Chris Snyder: Hi all, I want to start off this post by saying that I installed Lion the day it came out on my Macbook Pro. Before doing so, I made a time machine backup of my Snow Leopard system, and I can't tell you how glad I am that I did. I tried Lion for a week, and found

Re: Lion, a lemon?

2011-11-10 Thread Chris Snyder
reaction will be if 10.73 comes out and its not to your standards? Shrug. Just my 2 cents. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter Skype: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On Nov 10, 2011, at 5:17 AM, Chris Snyder wrote: Hi Cody, Have you found that your experiences with Lion

Re: Lion, a lemon?

2011-11-10 Thread Chris Snyder
fixed it on the IOs side, so i have good hopes that they will fix it here too, eventually. /Krister 10 nov 2011 kl. 08:31 skrev Chris Snyder: Hi all, I want to start off this post by saying that I installed Lion the day it came out on my Macbook Pro. Before doing so, I made a time

Braille translation programs

2011-11-09 Thread Chris Snyder
Hi once again, I am wondering if anyone here might have an update on the situation with braille translation programs. I would like to take a standard RTF document and print it in Grade 2 on a Juliet printer. Any ideas? Friendly, Chris -- I'll believe corporations are people when

Lion, a lemon?

2011-11-09 Thread Chris Snyder
Hi all, I want to start off this post by saying that I installed Lion the day it came out on my Macbook Pro. Before doing so, I made a time machine backup of my Snow Leopard system, and I can't tell you how glad I am that I did. I tried Lion for a week, and found it to be terribly buggy and not

keyboard commander feature in Lion

2011-08-13 Thread Chris Snyder
Hi folks, In lion, it doesn't seem like I can tell keyboard commander to make a command that will open a folder in finder. Did Apple remove the open finder item option in Keyboard Commander? Friendly, Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: Mac VO friendly banks?

2011-08-04 Thread Chris Snyder
Wells Fargo's site and IOS app work very well indeed. I like them both very much. I wish they would add the take a picture of a check to deposit it feature. That would complete my enjoyment. Friendly, Chris On Aug 4, 2011, at 11:45 AM, Kevin Mattingly wrote: Wells Fargo's site works well. I

Re: Voice over lag and other lion issues

2011-07-24 Thread Chris Snyder
Well said. Apple will sort it out. Until then, I've reverted to Snow Leopard, and I'll keep it until some updates to Lion have come out. Using a March 2011 Macbook Pro 13 inch with the I5 processor, and I went from 37 seconds to boot up in Snow Leopard, to 1 minute and 25 to boot up in Lion.

Voiceover disappearing and Audio Hijack update

2011-07-09 Thread Chris Snyder
Hi Folks, As some of you may remember, I noted that Voiceover did not begin randomly disappearing until I upgraded the system audio plugin on Audio Hijack. I used App Zapper to try to remove it, but somehow, the plugin or what it did to the system audio has remained in the system. Any ideas or

Re: Accessible MIDI Sequencing

2011-06-29 Thread Chris Snyder
Hi Gavin, I would also check out GarageBand. Midi sequencing is almost entirely accessible in that program. Friendly, Chris On Jun 28, 2011, at 3:06 AM, Gavin wrote: Hi everyone, I am a Windows user who does MIDI backing tracks for a living. Do any of you know about an accessible MIDI

Re: 10.6.8 May Solve VO crashing problems!

2011-06-29 Thread Chris Snyder
the nail on the head, and wonder if it's worth reporting to the Rogue Amoeba team so they can look into their plugin? Best, Zack. On Jun 28, 2011, at 6:32 PM, Chris Snyder wrote: Hello folks, Actually, I have figured out the reason why VO randomly stops talking when you're navigating

Re: 10.6.8 May Solve VO crashing problems!

2011-06-29 Thread Chris Snyder
!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On Jun 29, 2011, at 5:05 PM, Chris Snyder wrote: Hi Ray, Well, one of us will have to start at the previous version of the software, and install each thing one at a time and see where it begins to pop up. I think I

Re: [Bulk] 10.6.8 May Solve VO crashing problems!

2011-06-28 Thread Chris Snyder
Hello folks, Actually, I have figured out the reason why VO randomly stops talking when you're navigating and doing other important things. It has to do with Audio Hijack. Let me preface this by saying that I have just updated to 10.6.8. I bought my new Macbook Pro at the end of March 2011.

google page error

2011-06-26 Thread Chris Snyder
Hi folks, For some reason, every time I type the location google.com into Safari, it says the following: 404. That’s an error. The requested URL /ap_index was not found on this server. That’s all we know. If I go to the tool bar and type a search into the google search field, it does work.

dvd ripping and deregioning

2011-06-26 Thread Chris Snyder
Hello again, I just bought a dvd from the UK because it has video description. My macbook pro's dvd player wants me to change my dvd player region, and says that I can change it up to five times. Since I live in the states, I do not wish to do this. Does anyone know of any software that will

Re: google page error

2011-06-26 Thread Chris Snyder
new book YOU MIGHT BE A MORON is on sale at www.giantdolphin.com click the off the bookshelf link On Jun 26, 2011, at 1:52 PM, Chris Snyder ch...@chris-snyder.com wrote: Hi folks, For some reason, every time I type the location google.com into Safari, it says the following: 404

Re: google page error

2011-06-26 Thread Chris Snyder
new book YOU MIGHT BE A MORON is on sale at www.giantdolphin.com click the off the bookshelf link On Jun 26, 2011, at 1:52 PM, Chris Snyder ch...@chris-snyder.com wrote: Hi folks, For some reason, every time I type the location google.com into Safari, it says the following: 404

Re: google page error

2011-06-26 Thread Chris Snyder
Well, I updated to OS10.6.8, and it fixed the problem. I wonder if that means I got some kind of virus. Friendly, Chris On Jun 26, 2011, at 4:52 PM, Chris Snyder wrote: Hi folks, For some reason, every time I type the location google.com into Safari, it says the following: 404. That’s

Re: Not getting all responses to my EMail messages

2011-06-11 Thread Chris Snyder
this happens to me and I find the missing messages there. -Greg On Jun 10, 2011, at 3:03 PM, Chris Snyder wrote: Hi all, For some reason, when I look at the messages from this list, the VIPhone list, and the ProTools Access list, I am not seeing all of the responses to a topic. I know

Not getting all responses to my EMail messages

2011-06-10 Thread Chris Snyder
Hi all, For some reason, when I look at the messages from this list, the VIPhone list, and the ProTools Access list, I am not seeing all of the responses to a topic. I know this because I often see quoted responses below messages I do get that didn't appear on the list. These don't appear to be

not getting all responses to my email messages

2011-06-09 Thread Chris Snyder
Hi all, For some reason, when I look at the messages from this list, the VIPhone list, and the ProTools Access list, I am not seeing all of the responses to a topic. I know this because I often see quoted responses below messages I do get that didn't appear on the list. These don't appear to be

Re: Hurray for GarageBand!

2011-05-22 Thread Chris Snyder
Hi Ed, Thanks for the feedback. :D Sadly, I can't claim ownership of the song. The music is for a song called F**k You by Cee Lo Green. The words that I am going to add to it are parody words. Friendly, Chris On May 22, 2011, at 8:33 AM, Ed Worrell wrote: Hello, I really like it. I love

Re: Percentage of CPU for VoiceOver?

2011-05-22 Thread Chris Snyder
Hi Doug, I just checked my activity monitor, and it says my voiceover is using between 5 and 13 percent of my CPU. It seems to vary from moment to moment, but it hasn't yet gotten over 12.8 percent. I can't imagine what's making it go as high as 100 plus. Yikes! Friendly, Chris On May 22,

Re: Hurray for GarageBand!

2011-05-22 Thread Chris Snyder
in the Apple hardware are pretty good from what I've heard through your project. Jes On May 22, 2011, at 1:40 AM, Christopher Peppel wrote: Hey Chris, Just to let you know that you did a great job! On May 22, 2011, at 12:19 AM, Chris Snyder wrote: Hi folks, Well, I just finished

Hurray for GarageBand!

2011-05-21 Thread Chris Snyder
Hi folks, Well, I just finished the instrumental mix of my first song with GarageBand. It has been about 10 years since I sequenced anything with Midi. I'd been doing it all analog with a multitrack editing program. I decided to share this with you all now before the vocals are mixed since it

logic samples in GarageBand

2011-05-16 Thread Chris Snyder
Hi folks, First, I want to thank Ricardo Walker for his wonderful tutorials on getting started with GB. They really helped get me going. Now I have a situation. I bought Logic Studio last year in the hopes that it would be accessible. It wasn't terribly, so I forgot about it. I noticed that on

Re: Okcupid.com and voiceover

2011-05-10 Thread Chris Snyder
Hi Matthew and Eric, I've found that if you go to m.okcupid.com, it works better for both the Mac and the iPhone. Of course, as with all dating sites, results may vary. :D I've found that mentioning that I'm blind in my profile tends to improve the quality of guys who respond. Fewer guys

Re: stanza

2011-04-30 Thread Chris Snyder
Hi Denise, It doesn't matter if the program says it's in beta. It works well. The results are great. Friendly, Chris On Apr 30, 2011, at 1:47 PM, Caitlyn Furness wrote: Denise, Not sure, but you can convert things into epub with pages, if you've got i work. hth, Caitlyn

Re: mud clients

2011-04-23 Thread Chris Snyder
There's an Ios mud client that works really well with VoiceOver called, TMC Game Client. Of course, there are no sfx for it, but it's really easy to read the output and keep up. I heard something like Atlantis or something like that was the name of the Mac one. It does kinda work from my vague

Re: apple tracking yyou?

2011-04-23 Thread Chris Snyder
Um, socialists in DC, try corporatists. See, despite what some media figures tell us, the fusion of the corporation with the state is actually defined as fascism. Sorry, but it does matter to get the definitions right. Now, in order to get this back on topic, I'm sure that now they've been

Re: apple tracking yyou?

2011-04-23 Thread Chris Snyder
Um, socialists in DC, try corporatists. See, despite what some media figures tell us, the fusion of the corporation with the state is actually defined as fascism. Sorry, but it does matter to get the definitions right. So those who would see our government in the states meld with big business

mail starting up automatically

2011-04-21 Thread Chris Snyder
Hi gentlebeings, For some reason, when I restart my Mac Mini, mail comes up automatically. I haven't been able to find a way to turn off that...feature. I've looked in preferences, in the menus and even system prefs. No joy. Any ideas? Friendly, Chris -- You received this message because you

Re: mail starting up automatically

2011-04-21 Thread Chris Snyder
believe that is pretty much the correct wording for that option. If it is not there, I can think of one other possibility, but let's cross that bridge when and if we come to it. Good luck, HTH, Scott On Apr 21, 2011, at 2:16 AM, Chris Snyder wrote: Hi gentlebeings, For some reason, when

Re: introduction

2011-04-18 Thread Chris Snyder
Wow Ray, I remember Bex. I loved the Echo speech synthesizer and the games we could play. Space Invaders, Blackjack and my favorite, the Eamon Adventure series. I think it would be great to make the Eamon games work on the modern Apple computer. Sort of bring them full circle. Maybe even add

Re: Objective C was RE: introduction

2011-04-18 Thread Chris Snyder
I hope this isn't a dumb question, but I don't recall seeing a message on this list about whether or not XCode is accessible for programming to totally blind people. When I was a little kid and had an Apple 2E, I used to program choose your own adventure games for friends in Basic. I have this

CSUN FCC Meeting tomorrow

2011-03-16 Thread Chris Snyder
Hi Guys, The FCC is holding a meeting on the 21st Century Communications and Video Programming Accessibility act of 2010 tomorrow. Is there anyone at CSUN who can go to this and record it for me? I'd really like to hear how it goes. Info below. Please let me know if you can and will record it.

Re: moving iTunes library

2011-03-11 Thread Chris Snyder
if you wish it in both. Hope this is clear enough. Later... On 2011-03-10, at 10:57 PM, Chris Snyder wrote: Hi all, I have recently realized that my iTunes library is taking up way too much space on my primary hard drive. I'd like to move all of the content to my portable hard drive

Re: A question about Skype 5 and the Mac

2011-03-10 Thread Chris Snyder
Hi Jes, I have looked everywhere in the preferences, and I have not found that option. It seems as though they think the buttons to the right of the contact name are sufficient for deciding what to do with them. It's a bit of a shame since I too enjoyed pressing enter to call, but it's only an

restarting apps

2011-03-10 Thread Chris Snyder
A post on another list made me think of this. I truly hope that in the development of OS10 Lion, Apple will take into consideration that while being able to pick up where you left off in an app is often very nice, it is sometimes necessary and desirable to make a fresh start with an app. I

moving iTunes library

2011-03-10 Thread Chris Snyder
Hi all, I have recently realized that my iTunes library is taking up way too much space on my primary hard drive. I'd like to move all of the content to my portable hard drive and have iTunes access the files from there. Is there an easy way to do this without losing all my playlists and such?

Re: DVD Ripping software on the Mac?

2011-03-06 Thread Chris Snyder
Personally, I'm fond of RipIt. It does a great job. You can choose to rip the disc into an image file or mp4 files. Because I prefer the Xvid avi format to the mp4 format, I then use iSkysoft iMedia Converter to turn a ripped disc into avi files. The only part of iMedia Converter that isn't

Re: Very annoying Safari Busy message

2011-03-06 Thread Chris Snyder
Tyler, If I'm remembering your past messages to the list correctly, you use a Mac Mini, right? Until I hooked a monitor to mine, Safari was always bloody busy! Hooking up the monitor made everything run so much more smoothly including Safari. The only thing I do now with Fusion is pop onto

Re: an update on what audio hijack devs had to say with there latest version.

2011-03-06 Thread Chris Snyder
You know, I never ever had issues with Alex randomly stopping speech in the middle of something until I downloaded this new Audio Hijack update. I wonder if it actually has something to do with the reason that at random times, I have to hit Command+F5 four times to make Voiceover return to

Re: What FTP clients do you use on your mac?

2011-03-05 Thread Chris Snyder
I use Cute FTP. It has a 30 day free trial, and then you must pay for it. It is totally accessible so far as I can tell. It works very well. Friendly, Chris On Mar 5, 2011, at 12:38 AM, Victor Tsaran wrote: Hello, For some reason, Snow Leopard's built-in Connect to server command, CMD+K,

iPad 2

2011-03-02 Thread Chris Snyder
Hi all, Just got a note from Apple that the iPad 2 will be released on March 11 in the US. The new iPad is thinner, lighter, faster processor and has both a front and back facing camera. They've even kept the battery life at 10 hours. Learn more at and watch the really cool keynote at:

iPad 2

2011-03-02 Thread Chris Snyder
Hi all, Just got a note from Apple that the iPad 2 will be released on March 11 in the US. The new iPad is thinner, lighter, faster processor and has both a front and back facing camera. They've even kept the battery life at 10 hours. Learn more at and watch the really cool keynote at:

Re: [Bulk] Re: My 2 cents about the inaccessibility of the set up of drop box

2011-02-25 Thread Chris Snyder
Well said. As one of my favorite fictional characters said: You can get more with a kind word and a 2 by 4 than you can with just a kind word. :D Ricardo, you are absolutely right about standing up and saying what needs saying in spite of any perceived futility. Drop Box needs to hear us all. Of

Re: Ricardo's garage band podcasts

2011-02-23 Thread Chris Snyder
I have looked through my messages on the list, and I don't even see the links for such podcasts. Friendly, Chris On Feb 23, 2011, at 10:38 AM, Oriol Gómez wrote: Hi, all. I know that some days ago Ricardo Walker made some garage band podcasts. Now I'm just beginning to mess with garage band

iPod to iPhone

2011-02-14 Thread Chris Snyder
Hi folks, Sorry for the crosspost, but I really need some help with this one. I have an older 32gb iPod Classic that has a lot of my older music on it. I'd like to get that to transfer off that iPod and into my iTunes library so I can put it on my iPhone. Is there any way to do this? I'm kinda

Re: [Mac-cessibility News] Twitterific for Mac 4.0 Is Released Sans VoiceOver Accessibility

2011-02-11 Thread Chris Snyder
Man, why does this continue to happen. I don't understand how or why breaking accessibility happens. I thought that if the programmers coded the app incorporating Apple's accessibility guidelines, it would simply work. For that matter, I thought that if the programmer simply used Cocoa as the

frustration

2011-02-08 Thread Chris Snyder
Hi folks, For some reason, I am all of a sudden having voiceover crashes multiple times a day and have to stop to reset voiceover. By crashes, I mean the sound simply cuts out. Also, my Safari randomly goes busy busy busy with a much greater frequency than I've experienced before. I've repaired

Boiceover silence

2011-02-03 Thread Chris Snyder
Hello my fellow Mac users, it seems that for no good reason in the middle of browsing in the finder or switching between windows, voiceover simply stops. I also cannot turn it back on again. I have recently repaired disk permissions, but for the life of me I cannot figure out why this is

Re: Boiceover silence

2011-02-03 Thread Chris Snyder
information. Best, Zack. On Thu, 3 Feb 2011 01:12:01 -0700, Chris Snyder wrote: Hello my fellow Mac users, it seems that for no good reason in the middle of browsing in the finder or switching between windows, voiceover simply stops. I also cannot turn it back on again. I have recently

Re: iWOrk: VoiceOver Falls Short

2011-02-03 Thread Chris Snyder
I too have noticed a rather gleefully sarcastic tone in a few different podcasts out there when windows users are trying to compare Voiceover to Jaws. Some writers are even malicious. I'm not saying that criticism isn't warranted or worthwhile, but it should be constructive. Apple is the first

Re: Boiceover silence

2011-02-03 Thread Chris Snyder
information. Best, Zack. On Thu, 3 Feb 2011 01:12:01 -0700, Chris Snyder wrote: Hello my fellow Mac users, it seems that for no good reason in the middle of browsing in the finder or switching between windows, voiceover simply stops. I also cannot turn it back on again. I have recently

Re: [Mac-cessibility News] News Corp Launches iPad Publication Sans Accessibility

2011-02-02 Thread Chris Snyder
snark begins: What? News Corp? They would never do something like that. They're fair and balanced, and they're always thinking about how to help the little people. snicker snark ends. snicker On Feb 2, 2011, at 2:53 PM, Maccessibility wrote: News Corp Launches iPad Publication Sans

Re: [Mac-cessibility News] News Corp Launches iPad Publication Sans Accessibility

2011-02-02 Thread Chris Snyder
snark begins: What? News Corp? They would never do something like that. They're fair and balanced, and they're always thinking about how to help the common people. snicker snark ends. On Feb 2, 2011, at 2:53 PM, Maccessibility wrote: News Corp Launches iPad Publication Sans Accessibility

Re: dead space for the iphone

2011-02-01 Thread Chris Snyder
This sounds awesome! Please keep us updated as to what you find. Friendly, Chris On Feb 1, 2011, at 1:35 PM, Justin Thornton wrote: dude that is awesome and thanks for the input and look forward to reading more of what you find On Feb 1, 2011, at 3:22 PM, Yuma Decaux wrote: Hi list, I

Re: garage band nitty-gritty little things i keep misunderstanding

2011-01-30 Thread Chris Snyder
I too would be interested in an audio tutorial. Friendly, Chris On Jan 1, 2011, at 1:44 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: Hi Ricardo, Sorry, the last line of your message just sunk in. lol so yes, I'd definitely be interested in an audio, this looks complicated. Donna On Dec 30, 2010, at 9:38 AM,

Re: Fast forwarding and rewinding in iTunes

2011-01-23 Thread Chris Snyder
Or you could just hit CMD-Option-left or right arrow. This will accomplish the same thing. Friendly, Chris On Jan 23, 2011, at 1:07 AM, Victor Tsaran wrote: Hello all, I found out a way to fast forward or rewind the clip in iTunes by first routing the mouse pointer to either fast forward or

Re: anyone tried eharmony?

2011-01-22 Thread Chris Snyder
I tried compatiblepartners.net which is eHarmony's sister site for gay folks. It uses the same system and same webpage set up as eHarmony. The site is not the best in terms of accessibility. In particular, when a potential partner responds to your questions, their answers are not invisible to

Fwd: audible books in iTunes

2011-01-21 Thread Chris Snyder
, Chris Snyder wrote: Dear Apple Accessibility Team, First, thanks as always for the great work you do in making the Mac the best user experience for blind folks like me, same goes for the ios world. I have a specialized book player called a Victor Reader Stream made by Humanware

Re: audible.com mac os and book port authorization

2011-01-20 Thread Chris Snyder
Well, I plan to write Apple's accessibility team and see if there isn't something that can be done in iTunes to address this issue. We should be able to put the user key on our players. Failing that, perhaps Audible will be receptive to generating a key for other players. I have an iPHone and a

Re: Accessible kindle comes out for windows while Macs don't

2011-01-19 Thread Chris Snyder
Intellectual property issues are a pain. I understand that the artist or author needs to be compensated for their work, but I'm really tired of the extremes that companies go to. It's ridiculous that anyone could consider TTS voices as an actual audio book. As someone who produces actual audio

Re: Papa Sangre: Anyone Finish This Game, and What Do You Think?

2011-01-17 Thread Chris Snyder
Hi VInny, Yes, the ending changes slightly when you make a different choice. You can replay the last level or any other level once you've passed the game the first time. HTH Friendly, Chris On Jan 16, 2011, at 8:28 AM, Vinny Pedulla wrote: I finished it as well a few nights ago and really

Re: VLC app removed from App Store

2011-01-08 Thread Chris Snyder
Well, it wasn't Apple's fault, and I wrote to this Remi fellow and politely expressed my displeasure with his actions. I also pointed out that there is no way I would ever buy a Nokia phone because I would then have to pay a $200 plus blind tax for extra software to make the phone only

moving pan in Amadeus

2011-01-06 Thread Chris Snyder
Hi All, Does anyone know how to make a moving pan in Amadeus Pro? What I mean by that is selecting a peace of audio and then making the audio move from the center to the right gradually through the selection. I have yet to find any way to do this. Friendly, Chris -- You received this message

jumping to text on a webpage

2010-12-19 Thread Chris Snyder
Hi guys, In jaws and window-eyes, there is a command that lets you jump to the text on a webpage. Is there a similar command in Voiceover beyond the reader? Friendly, Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this

jumping to text on a webpage

2010-12-19 Thread Chris Snyder
Hi guys, In jaws and window-eyes, there is a command that lets you jump to the text on a webpage. Is there a similar command in Voiceover beyond the reader? Friendly, Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this

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2010-12-19 Thread Chris Snyder
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jumping to text on a web page

2010-12-19 Thread Chris Snyder
Hi guys, In jaws and window-eyes, there is a command that lets you jump to the text on a webpage. Is there a similar command in Voiceover beyond the reader? Friendly, Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to

Re: world of warcraft API

2010-12-17 Thread Chris Snyder
I too would be interesting in being able to play WOW. Friendly, Chris On Dec 17, 2010, at 2:05 AM, David Hole wrote: Oh, that sounds intresting! Are anyone here on the list into such? It would be quite fun to try out WOW! -David On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 23:01, Yuma Decaux

Re: Alex pronouncing weirdly at times

2010-12-01 Thread Chris Snyder
Another interesting issue with our dear Alex is that he will pronounce certain words one way while reading via the VO-A command versus when you interact with text and read it word by word or line by line. Friendly, Chris On Nov 30, 2010, at 7:59 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: I notice this mostly

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