Re: voiceover with braille note as display

2009-09-08 Thread John Panarese
able to assign OS X keyboard commands to the Braille keys on the BN, such as, open, enter, etc.. Take Care John Panarese On Sep 8, 2009, at 8:50 PM, John J Herzog wrote: Hi John, Can you please tell me how to add a new braille display command? I can only seem to select pre existing

Re: voiceover with braille note as display

2009-09-08 Thread John Panarese
into your applications folder and do it from there? Thanks, John On Sep 8, 2009, at 9:16 PM, John Panarese wrote: Hi John, I just did this. I clicked the rotor above the s in Safari and it fired up Safari from my desktop. 1. You need to VO space on the, assign new commands, button. 2

Re: Vo-shift-space bar is broken

2009-09-05 Thread John Panarese
I do not use any virtual machines, so I don't know if that is part of the issue. However, I have not encountered any problems with the VO keys-shift-spacebar. Take Care John Panarese On Sep 5, 2009, at 8:49 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: Hi, Can anyone confirm that the actual mouse

Re: 3 features that hmm?

2009-08-31 Thread John Panarese
, there is no company, OS or product that is perfect, regardless of whether it is Apple, Microsoft or anyone else. Take Care John Panarese On Aug 31, 2009, at 9:00 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: Hi All, First, a couple of points to provide some context. I have never used Windows vista. I

Re: 3 features that hmm?

2009-08-30 Thread John Panarese
a matter of myself having chosen the Mac way as being superior in more than enough ways to make it my tool of choice. Take Care John Panarese On Aug 30, 2009, at 8:21 AM, James Nash wrote: No you are right, NFB and other blindnes organizations who supposedly hvae our best interests

Re: 3 features that hmm?

2009-08-30 Thread John Panarese
Panarese On Aug 30, 2009, at 1:04 PM, Chris Polk wrote: Just wondering, you said the mac doesn't get spam? I am a new mac user, but i beg to differ with you on this one.lol Spam can find its way in to any mail program.lol On Aug 30, 2009, at 9:51 AM, John Panarese wrote: I

Re: [Mac-cessibility News] Review - Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard With VoiceOver

2009-08-28 Thread John Panarese
Hi Josh, This is a fantastic overview of Snow Leopard. Great job and thanks for the information. Take Care John Panarese On Aug 28, 2009, at 10:19 AM, Maccessibility wrote: Review - Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard With VoiceOver We're pleased to bring you our review of Mac OS X 10.6

Re: Help with a stupid thing

2009-08-23 Thread John Panarese
Well, if you mean the VoiceOver announcement when the system starts and to change the, Joe to, Rich *grin* in VoiceOver Utility, it would be under the General tab, I believe. At least, if I am understanding what you want to do. Take Care John Panarese On Aug 23, 2009, at 8:19 PM

Re: Response for Support Ticket #102495

2009-08-16 Thread John Panarese
I'm just curious as to if any of the blindness organizations have taken issue with this. It would be nice to see them do something productive for the blind. Take Care John Panarese On Aug 16, 2009, at 12:16 AM, Greg Kearney wrote: It is not accessible on Macs iPhone and Windows

Re: Universal design

2009-08-14 Thread John Panarese
Last I heard, he had started a company, Henter Math. Not sure if that still is the case. Take Care John Panarese On Aug 14, 2009, at 5:45 PM, hank smith wrote: what is he doing these days? any one know? On Aug 14, 2009, at 7:08 AM, Daniel Crone wrote: I remember the early jaws

Re: Adding AIM buddies in iChat

2009-08-01 Thread John Panarese
Hi You should be able to do this from the buddy menu. Not sure why it would be grayed out. Just make sure you choose the AIM option from the popup menu during the process of adding the contact. T Take Care John Panarese On Aug 1, 2009, at 3:50 PM, Jenny Kennedy (Howard) wrote

Re: Adding AIM buddies in iChat

2009-08-01 Thread John Panarese
Good point. I automatically log in, so I didn't think of that. Yes, if you are not logged into an account, you can't add any buddies. Take Care John Panarese On Aug 1, 2009, at 4:37 PM, Mark Baxter wrote: You need to be logged in before you can add a buddy; that's the only thing

Fwd: Steve Ballmer calls Apple's Mac growth a rounding error

2009-07-31 Thread John Panarese
it was first released claiming, No one will buy a $400 cell phone. He hasn't gotten it and Still doesn't get it. Take Care John Panarese Begin forwarded message: Date: July 31, 2009 9:45:00 AM EDT Subject: Steve Ballmer calls Apple's Mac growth a rounding error Source: AppleInsider

Re: Steve Ballmer calls Apple's Mac growth a rounding error

2009-07-31 Thread John Panarese
bought things like Ilife and Iwork and will buy logic at some point in the future. On 31/07/2009, John Panarese t...@optonline.net wrote: My apologies for the cross posting and somewhat off topic nature of the post. However, I think this article really speaks volumes as to why Apple

Re: Steve Ballmer calls Apple's Mac growth a rounding error

2009-07-31 Thread John Panarese
of case and components. Having said this, I think there doing some ok things with software, so I've bought things like Ilife and Iwork and will buy logic at some point in the future. On 31/07/2009, John Panarese t...@optonline.net wrote: My apologies for the cross posting and somewhat

Re: Steve Ballmer calls Apple's Mac growth a rounding error

2009-07-31 Thread John Panarese
reader on top of that would be another 8 to 1000, around 3 grand. 1399 for a mbp, its got me everytime On Jul 31, 2009, at 4:05 PM, John Panarese wrote: In addition to this, I believe that I also read somewhere that if you actually compared Apple and PC higher end systems, such as Dells

Re: using my own music as a ringtone

2009-07-28 Thread John Panarese
Someone can correct me if there is another way, but you'd have to first convert the MP3 file into an AAC file in iTunes. Then, manually change the extension from M4A to M4R. Then play it in iTunes and it should be added to your ring tones list. Take Care John Panarese On Jul 28

Re: Microsoft stores to mimic Apple's with Guru Bars

2009-07-28 Thread John Panarese
trivial at best compared to the very fact that VoiceOver does exist, is free, and is part of every Mac. Take Care John Panarese On Jul 28, 2009, at 3:01 PM, Barry Hadder wrote: I really don't know if accessibility is a place that Microsoft wants to go in their presentations. I agree

Re: Microsoft stores to mimic Apple's with Guru Bars

2009-07-28 Thread John Panarese
actually walk into an Apple Store specifically desiring to see VoiceOver is one thing to consider, yet, at the same time, I have actually witnessed this occur twice while I was in our local Apple Store with my brother over the last year alone. Take Care John Panarese On Jul 28, 2009, at 5

Re: using my own music as a ringtone

2009-07-28 Thread John Panarese
-Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Panarese Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 10:23 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: using my own music as a ringtone Off the top of my head, and I

Re: Adium versus IChat

2009-07-27 Thread John Panarese
as Adium does. Take Care John Panarese On Jun 27, 2009, at 1:04 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: Hi Max, Thanks for the welcome. I'm excited about my Mac, and about being on the list. I've already gotten lots of great information, just lurking these last few days! I had actually been wondering

Re: Adium versus IChat

2009-07-27 Thread John Panarese
situation? Thanks, Donna -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Panarese Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 2:29 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Adium versus IChat Adium definitely

Re: Microsoft stores to mimic Apple's with Guru Bars

2009-07-25 Thread John Panarese
. More money MS is going to sink into a rock. Take Care Take Care John Panarese On Jul 24, 2009, at 10:20 PM, Scott Howell wrote: WOw, maybe Microsoft is feeling a little pressured to try emulating Apple even more? This should prove quite fascinating and I assume with all these PCs they plan

Re: Apple's much-anticipated tablet device coming early next year

2009-07-25 Thread John Panarese
From all that I read, it will not be a phone. It has been more described as a larger iPod Touch. However, Apple, as they always are, are saying nothing. Additionally, every sort of speculation under the sun has been written about it. In the end, as with all things Apple, we will know

Re: Apple's much-anticipated tablet device coming early next year

2009-07-25 Thread John Panarese
you regularly on the list and I continue to benefit from your posts. With best wishes Simon On 25 Jul 2009, at 16:48, John Panarese wrote: From all that I read, it will not be a phone. It has been more described as a larger iPod Touch. However, Apple, as they always are, are saying

Re: IPhone accessibility

2009-07-19 Thread John Panarese
. In the end, even including Apple Care, I paid less for my iPhone than I did for my Nokia and Talks almost four years ago. Take Care John Panarese On Jul 19, 2009, at 7:11 AM, Scott Chesworth wrote: Will said: i think that most people are jumping to the iphone as it new but the n

Re: IPhone accessibility

2009-07-18 Thread John Panarese
I am totally blind and have no trouble using my iPhone. Take Care John D. Panarese Managing Director Technologies for the Visually Impaired, Inc. 9 Nolan Court Hauppauge, NY 11788 Tel/Fax, (631) 724-4479 Email, t...@optonline.net Internet, http://www.tvi-web.com AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTORS

Re: Itunes won't play FLAC files?

2009-07-15 Thread John Panarese
Oddly enough, I still can't get this component to work at all. I'll mess some more with it when I can,. Take Care John Panarese On Jul 15, 2009, at 6:23 AM, Kieren wrote: On Jul 14, 11:19 pm, Mark Baxter markbaxte...@gmail.com wrote: I installed the component in the applications

Re: Article Slamming the iPhone

2009-07-15 Thread John Panarese
, as no one knows what the true story is as of yet. Take Care John Panarese On Jul 15, 2009, at 10:59 AM, Scott Bresnahan wrote: Hi, Josh, Phew, I think we agree too. [just don't say you like Trek:OS better than TNG although your earlier post about having an original communicator wallpaper

Re: Itunes won't play FLAC files?

2009-07-15 Thread John Panarese
That did the trick. Many thanks for that tip and file download. Take Care John Panarese On Jul 15, 2009, at 3:24 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: The XiphQT only gives flac playback capability. I added the flac_import component and was able to open and play a flac file. The importer

Re: Article Slamming the iPhone

2009-07-14 Thread John Panarese
, but don't say you can't go back to running applications you had been using. Take Care John Panarese On Jul 14, 2009, at 4:11 AM, william lomas wrote: no but I mean that one can keep an application open on a nokia phone hold down menu to get back to it with no problems but it seems on an i

Re: Itunes won't play FLAC files?

2009-07-14 Thread John Panarese
I am having the same problem. I followed the instruction in the read.me documentation. I have no idea what is going on. Take Care John Panarese On Jul 14, 2009, at 1:19 PM, Mark Baxter wrote: I moved it there, but Quicktime says this file isn't a movie, and Itunes remains

Re: Article Slamming the iPhone

2009-07-13 Thread John Panarese
Care John Panarese On Jul 13, 2009, at 1:36 PM, Scott Howell wrote: Hey Josh, I think the same question can be asked of those users who first laid hands on one of those touch-screen PDAs, but I guess some of those or most had keyboards. However, then we can take this same logic to any new

Re: Article Slamming the iPhone

2009-07-13 Thread John Panarese
I assume one could search for it now. It's been a while and since I viewed it as trash, I didn't keep the url or bother downloading the actual article. Take Care John Panarese On Jul 13, 2009, at 2:03 PM, patrickneazer wrote: Hello John and all: I know this has been asked so

Re: Article Slamming the iPhone

2009-07-13 Thread John Panarese
Overall, the hardware is more powerful, and from my previous experience, the number of built in applications, as well as the free and purchasable ones only adds to it's value. From reading comparisons to other smart phones, everything from email to web browsing is easier and more

Re: Article Slamming the iPhone

2009-07-13 Thread John Panarese
the device, but the whole touch screen concept is really not as challenging as one might think. Remember how the blind were made to fear the GUI and how many didn't want to leave their DOS systems behind? Take Care John Panarese On Jul 13, 2009, at 5:11 PM, Scott Howell wrote: I disagree and I

Re: navigon lite

2009-07-13 Thread John Panarese
Just as a note about the Map application, in case this was not mentioned, but there is a setting for having the entire route listed on the screen. Instead of having to hit the forward button, this will break the route down into the number of steps and list them consecutively. Take

Re: [GW-Booksense] Disappointed

2009-07-08 Thread John Panarese
Yes, as they do with the Braille Sense and Voice Sense. Take Care John Panarese On Jul 8, 2009, at 11:13 AM, Chris G wrote: Hi, GW Micro doesn't manufacture the hardware or software for the BookSense, they are a distributer. HIMS is the company that manufactures the BookSense

Re: [GW-Booksense] Disappointed

2009-07-07 Thread John Panarese
This is disappointing, yet, I have to say I'm not surprised either. As much as the Mac is increasing in popularity, GW Micro is still a Windows vendor. I wonder if they will have the courtesy and good sense to rectify the problem. Take Care John Panarese On Jul 7, 2009, at 5:51

Yahoo and Adium

2009-07-02 Thread John Panarese
Hi folks, I'm just curious to know if anyone who is using a Yahoo account with Adium is having trouble logging in? For the last few days, I can log into AIM and MSN without trouble, but I cannot connect to Yahoo. Thanks John D. Panarese Managing Director Technologies for the Visually

Re: Yahoo and Adium

2009-07-02 Thread John Panarese
, Victor On 7/2/2009 4:37 PM, John Panarese wrote: Hi folks, I'm just curious to know if anyone who is using a Yahoo account with Adium is having trouble logging in? For the last few days, I can log into AIM and MSN without trouble, but I cannot connect to Yahoo. Thanks John D

Re: mac voiceover in braille monitor

2009-06-10 Thread John Panarese
this was in an organization's journal. Take Care John Panarese On Jun 10, 2009, at 1:15 AM, Dave Wright wrote: I believe we all agree that this article is rather slanted due to the user's familiarity with windows. I'd like to see a person write this same article with their previous knoledge being

Re: mac protection plan

2009-05-24 Thread John Panarese
Yeah, I'd be curious too. I haven't read anywhere about this, other than the usual paranoid hearsay and rumor driven assault we get about security. Some links and reliable sources would surely be appreciated. Take Care John Panarese On May 24, 2009, at 6:38 PM, Scott Chesworth

Re: Open Office 3.1 released

2009-05-11 Thread John Panarese
I think the problem occurs when one opens existing documents that were not created in Open Office. At least, this has been my experience. Take Care John Panarese On May 11, 2009, at 2:26 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: Hmm. So I created a new Writer document and typed four sets

Re: Open Office 3.1 released

2009-05-08 Thread John Panarese
I'm not Chris, but Open Office is pretty accessible. The world processor is a bit different to use than others, but they have come a long way. I'm not sure what the problem with spreadsheets is. I am seeing the cells being read. With tables in word processor documents, however,

Re: Extremely slow file transfer rates in Adium?

2009-03-22 Thread John Panarese
transfering files in adium, I notice that the file transfer rates are extremely slow. Is there any ports that I could open, or something like that to speed them up? I'm on a broadband connection, and they definitely shouldn't be as slow as they are. Take Care John Panarese

Re: Restoring with Time Machine

2009-03-21 Thread John Panarese
to work. Take Care John Panarese On Mar 18, 2009, at 7:37 PM, Cara Quinn wrote: Wow, this is interesting, as I have many backups but only saw one relevant one for the partition I was needing to backup. Incidentally, this is my main partition and as I said, there are many backup points

Re: Restoring with Time Machine

2009-03-18 Thread John Panarese
user data?… Thanks for any help anyone can offer!… You guys rock!… Have a terrific day!… Smiles, Cara :) --- View my Online Portfolio at: http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn Take Care John Panarese --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received

Re: Restoring with Time Machine

2009-03-18 Thread John Panarese
place to enter or choose a date. Smiles, Cara :) --- View my Online Portfolio at: http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn On Mar 18, 2009, at 1:57 PM, John Panarese wrote: Hi Cara, From experience, I did a wipe and install with Leopard and then used time machine to pull a backup from

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