Re: Time questions

2009-10-31 Thread Scott Howell
First yes the OS will update the time provided the checkbox is checked and by default it is. This is in system preferences under date and time. DOn't worry, your covered. As far as what you were told concerning the option key and letter 't' for having the time announced. Well first be sure

Re: iTunes update and Playlist Browser

2009-10-31 Thread Scott Howell
Howard, toggling VOiceOver off/on will take care of this; a reboot is not necessary. On Oct 31, 2009, at 5:45 PM, Howard Dupuis wrote: > > Good news about iTunes and use of the keyboard to get around the > Playlist Browser -- after you reboot. This is the first thing I > checked after installi

Re: switching to an Ethernet connection

2009-10-31 Thread Scott Howell
I have to force the connection to go through by changing from > AirPort to Ethernet when I get the diagnostic prompt. > > Cheers, > > Esther > > Scott Howell wrote: > >> >> Mark, if you turn AirPort off from the menu (where the clock etc. is >> located) it w

Re: switching to an Ethernet connection

2009-10-31 Thread Scott Howell
Mark, if you turn AirPort off from the menu (where the clock etc. is located) it will automatically switch to the wired port. I do this quite often since I dont use the wireless while sitting at my desk. On Oct 31, 2009, at 3:57 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: > > I'm running Leopard on a

Re: couple of iPhone questions

2009-10-30 Thread Scott Howell
And would you share your settings if you have made any changes? Example, do you use screen curtain, turn off 3G, etc? I'm very interested in what others do as well. Thanks, On Oct 30, 2009, at 8:35 PM, May McDonald wrote: > > I can get mine to last for 3 days without having to charge it. > On

Re: couple of iPhone questions

2009-10-30 Thread Scott Howell
Dannie, I'll address the battery issue. First there's no question that with 3G, Location Services, VoiceOver, and the screen all running will seriously impact a battery. Your looking at with light use maybe 14 hours I'm guessing based on my tests. Now you turn off the screen or whatever the

Re: time capsule

2009-10-30 Thread Scott Howell
I believe you can accomplish your goals, but I'd have to sit and dig for the various options. First you can restrict a wireless client by setting up access control, which means you use the mac address and once done you can restrict even the periods of time they have access to the network. I'

Re: MobileNavigator for North America

2009-10-30 Thread Scott Howell
walking since the new update however when driving from Nashville to > Alabama it announced every single exit and street along I-65. If > navigon is anything it is consistent up til this point and that > should work for the pedestrian setting as well. > > Let us know h

Re: MobileNavigator for North America

2009-10-29 Thread Scott Howell
od it is. > > Of course, there is always the potential for error though this app > really rocks. > > Let us know how it goes if you decide to purchase it. > > > On Oct 28, 2009, at 5:52 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > >> >> Hey, actually this was very helpful and th

Re: ISpectrum for the IPhone

2009-10-28 Thread Scott Howell
Thanks for the feedback, that was helpful. On Oct 28, 2009, at 3:59 AM, patrickneazer wrote: > Hello Scott: > > I found ISpectrum to be accessible though clunky to use. I could > locate the button and take the picture. However, after that the > touchpad became sluggish and I would have to lo

Re: MobileNavigator for North America

2009-10-28 Thread Scott Howell
>>> >>>>>> Navigon is a FANTASTIC app. I have now tried it in 5 cities ... 3 >>>>>> of >>>>>> which I have never been to. It has not let me down yet though it >>>>>> might in the future (smile). >>>>>> >>>

Re: MobileNavigator for North America

2009-10-28 Thread Scott Howell
most of the time) ... worked like > a charm (smile). > > Definitely worth the money in my limited humble opinion. > On Oct 26, 2009, at 7:59 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > >> >> Folks, I had asked about GPS solutions and I got only one response >> from Alex about a

Re: ISpectrum for the IPhone

2009-10-28 Thread Scott Howell
Thanks for the feedback, that was helpful. On Oct 28, 2009, at 3:59 AM, patrickneazer wrote: > Hello Scott: > > I found ISpectrum to be accessible though clunky to use. I could > locate the button and take the picture. However, after that the > touchpad became sluggish and I would have to lo

Re: Volume Issue

2009-10-27 Thread Scott Howell
the headphones. THis would also accomplish your goal. Good luck, On Oct 27, 2009, at 4:07 PM, Angel Dockham wrote: > > What login screen? I don't have a login screen come up when i turn on > the computer it just goes to the apple logo screen and then to the > desktop. > > On

ISpectrum for the IPhone

2009-10-27 Thread Scott Howell
Folks, has anyone tried the color identifier called iSpectrum, which is for the iPhone? I happen to see this app on the Maccessibility.net site and was wondering how accurate it is. Thanks, --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subsc

Jessi Hernandez Contact me Please

2009-10-27 Thread Scott Howell
Jessi, can you please write me at scottn3...@gmail.com regarding MobileNavigator, which I understand you have purchased. Apparently the e-mail address I tried for you did not work. :) THanks, --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscr

Re: battery life

2009-10-27 Thread Scott Howell
John, I have gotten over six hours without any problem. A lot will depend upon what you are doing. I left my machine streaming audio while I was working on other things. On Oct 27, 2009, at 3:09 PM, John W. Carty wrote: > For those of you using laptops, how long does the battery last from >

Re: Readind pdf documents in Snow leopard

2009-10-27 Thread Scott Howell
Hi Anne and thanks that is an obvious answer. I guess what I would like to see is eventually this not to even require a hot spot. Appreciate all of your input/assistance. On Oct 27, 2009, at 3:11 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Scott, > > On Oct 26, 2009, at 11:18 PM, Scott How

Re: what happened to the contextual menu??

2009-10-27 Thread Scott Howell
It is control-option-shift-m, which is VO-keys-shift-m. On Oct 27, 2009, at 12:04 AM, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: > > Hi list, > > What happened to command shift m, which usually brings up contextual > menu wherever you mouse/vo cursor is? > > I don't understand this had to be changed. > > Thanks,

Re: MobileNavigator for North America

2009-10-27 Thread Scott Howell
oups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Howell > Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 5:00 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: MobileNavigator for North America > > > Folks, I had asked about GPS solutions and I got only one response > from Alex

Re: MobileNavigator for North America

2009-10-27 Thread Scott Howell
stern Australia > 61 Kitchener Avenue, PO Box 101 > Victoria Park 6979, WA Australia > > Telephone: +61 (08) 9311 8202 > Telephone: +1 (307) 224-4022 (North America) > Fax: +61 (08) 9361 8696 > Toll free: 1800 658 388 (Australia only) > Email: gkear...@gmail.com > > On 27/1

MobileNavigator for North America

2009-10-26 Thread Scott Howell
Folks, I had asked about GPS solutions and I got only one response from Alex about a product I presume is in development called GDA. However, I did learn of the MobileNavigator app from the Maccessibility website and I am curious if anyone has tried this application. For $90 U.S. I would not

Re: Readind pdf documents in Snow leopard

2009-10-26 Thread Scott Howell
to simply switch from one app to another and back to Preview and resume reading where I stopped. tnx, On Oct 26, 2009, at 2:13 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: > > Hello Scott, > > On Oct 26, 2009, at 6:39 PM, Scott Howell wrote: >> have you tried this with any of the Take Control bo

Re: Volume Issue

2009-10-26 Thread Scott Howell
When you are at the login screen, turn the volume to the level you'd like it to be and all should be well. This works for the Intel-based machines and not the G4/G5 series as far as I have been able to determine. On Oct 26, 2009, at 1:09 AM, Angel wrote: > > Hi Guys, > > I am having trouble

Re: Accessible iPod Touch

2009-10-26 Thread Scott Howell
You'll get lots of responses, but for one who has only been using an iPhone for a week and two days, I have found it incredibly easy to learn. I admittedly read a bit and listen to some podcasts prior to obtaining the iPhone, which is the iPod Touch with the phone and GPS abilities. In any

Re: need help

2009-10-26 Thread Scott Howell
You need to manually copy with command-c and paste, command-v into the folder you wish to store the app. To make it the default player, you can select "Always Open With" from the file menu of Finder and that should do it. On Oct 26, 2009, at 9:33 AM, May McDonald wrote: > > Hi all. How do

Re: Readind pdf documents in Snow leopard

2009-10-26 Thread Scott Howell
Anne, have you tried this with any of the Take Control books? I setup preview per your instructions and still find that VO instead of starting at the top of the document, starts at the beginning of that page/section I'm reading. I still need to try this with some other PDFs, but still work

Re: Abby Finereader Express for the Mac

2009-10-26 Thread Scott Howell
I did find the program to be pretty good, but my issues were: 1. ABBYY could not work with scanners being used over the network according to ABBYY. So, my HP all-in-one running over the network using HP Scan Pro to drive the scanner would crash. 2. And this isn't quite a complaint, but I neve

Re: The IPhone and Battery Life

2009-10-26 Thread Scott Howell
; They're > the ones who have the specs, after all. > > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Howell > Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 11:24 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.c

Re: attention Lioncourt

2009-10-25 Thread Scott Howell
Josh, there's no reason to apologize. I'd steer away from such arguments, but you know sometimes it's just difficult not to chime in. First there's no reason why you can't offset your cost if any as you see fit. YOur providing the service, someone doesn't like how it's managed, they can po

Re: attention Lioncourt

2009-10-25 Thread Scott Howell
Josh, there's no reason to apologize. I'd steer away from such arguments, but you know sometimes it's just difficult not to chime in. First there's no reason why you can't offset your cost if any as you see fit. YOur providing the service, someone doesn't like how it's managed, they can po

Re: The IPhone and Battery Life

2009-10-25 Thread Scott Howell
el regular routes for most of your days, it may be better that you > turn it on only when you need it. I've gotten at least twice as much > usage time having it off. > Best, > A > > > On 25 Oct 2009, at 17:23, Scott Howell wrote: > >> >> Hey Pete, good po

Re: The IPhone and Battery Life

2009-10-25 Thread Scott Howell
gt; > PeteOn Oct 25, 2009, at 12:23 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > >> >> Hey Pete, good point, I wasn't sure that would really help since I >> think someone had brought this up for discussion a while back where >> laptops were concerned and it was determined that

Re: importing cd

2009-10-25 Thread Scott Howell
Normally once you insert the CD, you are prompted as to whether you would like to import the CD or not. If you have disabled this feature, once the CD is inserted, it will show up in the sources list and once you have selected that item, you can navigate to the right, passed the songs tabl

Re: The IPhone and Battery Life

2009-10-25 Thread Scott Howell
>> Hi Scott. >> >> Have you set the brighness to 0? That helped a lot on my phone. >> Best regards >> Søren Jensen >> Mail & MSN: >> s...@coolfortheblind.dk >> Website: >> http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ >> >> Den Oct 25, 2009

Re: The IPhone and Battery Life

2009-10-25 Thread Scott Howell
one. > Best regards > Søren Jensen > Mail & MSN: > s...@coolfortheblind.dk > Website: > http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ > > Den Oct 25, 2009 kl. 11:58 AM skrev Scott Howell: > >> >> Folks, >> I have had my iPhone for about two weeks now and I'm enjo

The IPhone and Battery Life

2009-10-25 Thread Scott Howell
Folks, I have had my iPhone for about two weeks now and I'm enjoying all the benefits a great deal. I however am a little concerned about the battery life, which going into this I knew was not going to be quite as good as what I had been experiencing with my Motorola Q9 running MobileSpea

MobileNavigator for the IPhone

2009-10-24 Thread Scott Howell
Folks, I saw on the Maccessibility website, http://www.maccessibility.net , a program for the iPhone called MobileNavigator North America, which apparently can provide turn-by-turn directions and the like. Not sure about walking mode and will do a bit more reading. However, at $90 U.S. I'

Re: shopping cart?

2009-10-23 Thread Scott Howell
is issue to the iTUnes team and accessibil...@apple.com. hth On Oct 23, 2009, at 12:06 PM, william lomas wrote: > > oh ok, but, how do i "add" items to the wish list and purchase them > later, I assume by the songs there is a menu again and add to wishlist > adds them to it? &g

Re: shopping cart?

2009-10-23 Thread Scott Howell
The Shopping Cart was replaced with the Wish List. So, anything you had previously in your shopping cart has been moved to the wish list. You can access this list by going to the sources table, choosing iTunes store, navigate to where you hear your iTunes user ID/account info, navigate onc

Re: Gmail Filters and the IPhone

2009-10-13 Thread Scott Howell
x27;t check skip > inbox you will get a copy in your inbox and a copy in the mac > visionaries folder. You might try putting the address in parentheses, > not sure if they are necessary but I put them in there. > Holly > On Oct 12, 2009, at 8:12 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > >>

Re: Gmail Filters and the IPhone

2009-10-12 Thread Scott Howell
Holly Anderson wrote: > > Hi. no the dash is not necessary. gmail will recognize it as reply > to. > Holly > On Oct 12, 2009, at 7:25 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > >> >> Holly, question. I was looking at the headers and noticed it shows >> Reply-to: then the list ad

Re: Gmail Filters and the IPhone

2009-10-12 Thread Scott Howell
field instead. to > do this: type "replyto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com in the filter > on specific words text box. Then check the box apply to label and > select your macvisionaries label. > hope that helps. > Holly > On Oct 12, 2009, at 2:01 PM, Scott Howell wrote: >

Re: Gmail Filters and the IPhone

2009-10-12 Thread Scott Howell
text box. Then check the box apply to label and > select your macvisionaries label. > hope that helps. > Holly > On Oct 12, 2009, at 2:01 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > >> >> Folks, >> >> I have a couple of questions. First I recently switched receipt of

Gmail Filters and the IPhone

2009-10-12 Thread Scott Howell
Folks, I have a couple of questions. First I recently switched receipt of e- mail for this list to my Gmail account. Therefore, I have Gmail setup as an imap account and I tried establishing filters and labels to accomplish the same thing Apple Mail's rules perform. I created a lab

Re: using an itunes gift card?

2009-10-12 Thread Scott Howell
UK card worth say 15 pounds around 20 dollars. > Now, when I "redeem" it, does that credit my account wit the vaue of > the card? > > On 12 Oct 2009, at 19:31, Scott Howell wrote: > >> >> Really? How long did she have the card? If there is an expiration >&g

Re: using an itunes gift card?

2009-10-12 Thread Scott Howell
Really? How long did she have the card? If there is an expiration date/ period, it would be nice to know this info. And I wonder if that applies to a card which has not been used or if it makes any difference if some of the card's available amount has been used or not. On Oct 12, 2009, at 10

Fwd: AT&T to allow Skype calls via its 3G network on iPhone [u]

2009-10-06 Thread Scott Howell
Folks, for those of you using an iPHone on the AT&T network, this may interest you. Apparently AT&T is going to allow iPhone users the ability to use Skype on the 3G network. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/06/att_rumored_to_allow_skype_calls_via_its_network_on_iphone.html Begin fo

Re: VoiceOver on the Nano: TTS or not?

2009-09-10 Thread Scott Howell
#x27;t see what the advantage is > for using a tts for part of the ipod and not all of it. > > On 10/09/2009, Scott Howell wrote: >> >> So I am assuming this means the new Nano will then speak all the >> menus? THink I'll have to go to the local Apple store or Best Buy

Re: VoiceOver on the Nano: TTS or not?

2009-09-10 Thread Scott Howell
So I am assuming this means the new Nano will then speak all the menus? THink I'll have to go to the local Apple store or Best Buy and play a bit. On Sep 9, 2009, at 8:34 PM, Scott Chesworth wrote: > > Sorry for the prelific posts! > Just wanted to give a quick update for anybody who'd read t

Re: Working with more than one acount

2009-09-09 Thread Scott Howell
Chris, sorry I must have missed the initial message on this thread, but you are correct. On Sep 9, 2009, at 12:37 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: > I didn't notice any replies to your email so I'll take a crack at it. > > If software update does the update it should apply to all accounts. > If the acc

Re: snow leopard and fusion

2009-09-09 Thread Scott Howell
Yes it does or at least the little I've done so far which isn't much appears to work just fine. On Sep 9, 2009, at 7:20 AM, dannyboy wrote: > > Will vm ware's fusion work with snow leopard? > There were some on a forum claiming it might not. > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~

Re: Initial Experience

2009-09-09 Thread Scott Howell
That is correct, if you want to change this behavior, go to system preferences, keyboard, and check the box that says use f1, f2, etc. as function keys or something to that affect. additionally, you can easily determine if you are running SL by pressing vo-m and choose "About this Mac" and

Re: Initial Experience

2009-09-09 Thread Scott Howell
Less, you should have received two DVDs with your system and one is a SL restoration disc and the other should contain the optional install software such as iLife. On Sep 9, 2009, at 4:51 AM, Les Kriegler wrote: > > Hi Mike, > > I got the impression from Apple that if it was pre-installed, I

Re: Voice Over with Apple Scripts, must get this off my chest

2009-09-08 Thread Scott Howell
I'm not a programmer, but I'll hazard a guess that maybe the issue now is that MSAA has become such a heavily used facility for windows-based screen readers, that now it would take an amazing amount of work to break away from that. So, it in other words in for a penny in for a pound. On Se

Re: Voice Over with Apple Scripts, must get this off my chest

2009-09-08 Thread Scott Howell
Quite frankly I think some are putting to much stock in all this scripting stuff. I don't even see Apple pushing it in any fashion and honestly the scripting abilities is something that already exists across the system and the functionality has simply made it to VO. I already said I under

Re: Voice Over with Apple Scripts, must get this off my chest

2009-09-08 Thread Scott Howell
I think there is no reason to ever fear that VOiceOver would become like JAWS, Window-Eyes, or any other screen reader. I don't know that I myself have much use for scripting, but it is an option that software vendors are going to use as an excuse to avoid making their apps accessible. I

Re: snow leopard and box set

2009-09-08 Thread Scott Howell
IChat is not a part of the iLife suite, that is installed by default with the system. ILife includes iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, iWeb, and iDVD. On Sep 7, 2009, at 11:04 AM, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I am considering the purchase of the macbox set with ilife and iwork, >

Re: Webkit

2009-09-07 Thread Scott Howell
Yes it is the engine for Safari and some other browsers as well. Unless your really having some issue, you shouldn't need Webkit unless you like to see how the bleeding edge works. On Sep 7, 2009, at 6:44 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote: > > As far as I know its the engine that Safari uses. > > > On

Re: Reading from the cursor down

2009-09-07 Thread Scott Howell
VO-a that is the VO-keys and the letter a. On Sep 6, 2009, at 10:34 PM, Kamal Haffar wrote: > > Hi all: > > Is there a VoiceOver function to allow you to read from the current > cursor position to the end of the document? I am working with a > university textbook which I received in RTF format. I

Re: List of Snow Leopard keyboard shortcuts.

2009-09-06 Thread Scott Howell
Hank if you want the trackpad to make use of the gestures, that will not work and I don't know of a usb trackpad in any event. I think there use to be one made by a company called GlidePoint. Regardless, there is no trackpad that will allow you to take advantage of the gestures. On Sep 6,

Re: Blind Cool Tech Podcast

2009-09-06 Thread Scott Howell
subscribe again. When I did, I got only the > forty most recent programs. > I did this through itunes. > Is there another way? > On Sep 5, 2009, at 5:45 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: > >> That's very odd! I'm getting everything as its updated here. >> >> >&

Re: Possible problem with BCT feed for podcast subscriptions [was Re: Blind Cool Tech Podcast]

2009-09-05 Thread Scott Howell
It could be > that the number of BCT episodes on the feed exceeds some maximum, or > the default ordering for recent episodes got reversed. If you > subscribe again using the Advanced menu your subscriptions should > start up again, but the problem of the BCT feed at the iTunes Sto

Blind Cool Tech Podcast

2009-09-05 Thread Scott Howell
Folks, if any of you subscribe to the BLind Cool Tech podcast via iTunes, I have a question. It seems that iTunes has no longer any interest in BCT and has decided to stop all podcast beyond 2005. I've tried unsubscribing at one point, resubscribing, and even use the context menu and upd

Re: Pages in iWOrks

2009-09-05 Thread Scott Howell
ay-out area, you will have to interact with the > page in order to get to the header, body, and footer. I doubt that > those changes would be throwing you off though. > > > On Sep 5, 2009, at 6:11 AM, Scott Howell wrote: > >> >> Any of you using iWOrk 09 and can answ

Re: [Mac-cessibility News] FaceBook iPhone Application Updated With Accessibility Fixes

2009-09-05 Thread Scott Howell
There is also the concern that posting an entire article may very well violate the terms of use or copyright. I don't post entire articles since most generally have a disclaimer that clearly states no reprint, redistribution bla bla etc. and that is why I send the link only. Whether or not

Re: more then one drive?

2009-09-05 Thread Scott Howell
Will, I'm not really sure what your asking here. I'd certainly keep any drive no matter how it is powered. I think the question really is what your plans are for the drive. If your looking for a mobile solution, then certainly a drive that only requires usb power is going to provide the

Re: Pages in iWOrks

2009-09-05 Thread Scott Howell
ents and you can use the cursor keys to > navigate the template as you would any other document, again this is > only from a Leopard users so things may have changed. > > > On 05/09/2009, at 9:11 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > >> >> Any of you using iWOrk 09 and can answe

Pages in iWOrks

2009-09-05 Thread Scott Howell
Any of you using iWOrk 09 and can answer a question, I'd appreciate it. Seems when I open the program, I choose the blank document template and neither myself nor my sighted wife can seem to figure out how to start typing into the area. There is something odd going on and even moving the

Re: A VO Bug: IP addresses

2009-09-05 Thread Scott Howell
Justin, that is true it seems to behave pretty well in Text Edit as far as typing. I've filed an issue on this and I'm sure it will be addressed. On Sep 4, 2009, at 10:52 PM, Justin Harford wrote: > > Howdy > > Maybe give us more details on what to do. I typed > 192.1.8.1.1 > in textedit an

Re: super duper

2009-09-04 Thread Scott Howell
Sure, that would be the way or unless you have a Time Machine backup. On Sep 4, 2009, at 1:28 PM, william lomas wrote: > > ah so now i ahve my clone can I use that to migrate applications? > > On 4 Sep 2009, at 17:38, Scott Howell wrote: > >> >> WHy don't you

Re: super duper

2009-09-04 Thread Scott Howell
WHy don't you just migrate your data once you perform the clean install. You will have the option to include applications and these are the applications you installed, not the apps that Apple installs. On Sep 4, 2009, at 8:40 AM, william lomas wrote: > > hi all I am using super duper to

Re: Where to go to inform Apple about bugs with Voice Over?

2009-09-04 Thread Scott Howell
You can get a free ADC membership and post bugs that way and I encourage you to do so. Issues of accessibility, send to accessibil...@apple.com . On Sep 4, 2009, at 3:56 AM, Justin Kauflin wrote: > > Hello, > I'm wondering if anyone has a good place to go to let Apple know > about bugs we

Re: voiceover prevents screen saver from turning on, and display sleep.

2009-09-04 Thread Scott Howell
I have not encountered this one. Just to clarify, have you tried setting this to 10 or 15 minutes? I've set mine down to 3 minutes and could not reproduce this, but there may very well be some other factors. On Sep 3, 2009, at 8:46 PM, John J Herzog wrote: > > Hi listers, > Can anybody conf

Re: Mail messages not being read automatically

2009-09-03 Thread Scott Howell
Don't worry, they are. On Sep 3, 2009, at 6:26 PM, matthew Dyer wrote: > > Hi, I heard this was a bug in vo which I hope the accessibility team > is aware of. > > Matthew > > > On Sep 3, 2009, at 10:28 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > >> >> Hi, >> Strange thing is that here on my Imac, messages don'

Re: Mail not Reading Automatically - Oh Rats

2009-09-03 Thread Scott Howell
> > Best regards Søren. > On Sep 3, 2009, at 9:13 PM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: > >> >> Unfortunately, Soren's method didn't work for me either. Mail is once >> again not reading correctly. I'll restart later and see if that makes >> any difference

Re: Query about Voice Over issues in Snow Leopard

2009-09-03 Thread Scott Howell
You are correct Marie and don't worry, there is already a 10.6.1 in the pipeline. On Sep 3, 2009, at 10:52 AM, Marie Howarth wrote: > > James, > with any update, things get broken. on the whole everything seems to > be working as it should for me. things have changed in some instances > and I t

Mail not Reading Automatically - Oh Rats

2009-09-03 Thread Scott Howell
Søren, thanks for the great idea and it did work, but briefly for me. Damned if I didn't switch away from Mail and come back to find that it was no longer working. Oh well, how lovely. :) --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: Mail messages not being read automatically

2009-09-03 Thread Scott Howell
Søren, thanks for this info. I don't generally need Mail reading automatically, but I do use it sometimes to get a feel for the message and if I just want to read it on my own, I just start with the arrow keys. I did follow your directions and they worked perfectly. It would seem that when

Re: rss help

2009-09-03 Thread Scott Howell
I'e seen this behavior and not clear what the issue is. You might want to try removing that feed and resubscribing. I did this and watching to see if there will be any return of these messages. On Sep 3, 2009, at 8:53 AM, Brandon Misch wrote: > > Hey all. when i delete my news out of my rss f

Re: Need Advice: OCR

2009-09-03 Thread Scott Howell
tions before > purchasing. > Take care, > Donna > > -Original Message- > From: Scott Howell > Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 6:10 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Need Advice: OCR > > > Donna, I think there are some very good opti

Re: Can't access trackpad commander in voice utility on my mac book

2009-09-03 Thread Scott Howell
d the multi-touch pad? > Okay, I must not have one then, if I don't see the commander there. > Now I feel stupid for asking the question. > > Jes > > On Sep 2, 2009, at 7:46 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > >> >> The question is if your Mac has the multi-touch trackpad for

Re: Need Advice: OCR

2009-09-03 Thread Scott Howell
Donna, I think there are some very good options on the Mac and you don't need three different packages. Everyone has their own way of doing things and I think ABBYY FineReader Express is a real option if they make some tweaks that I'd like to see and mostly working with my scanner, which

Re: Can't access trackpad commander in voice utility on my mac book

2009-09-02 Thread Scott Howell
The question is if your Mac has the multi-touch trackpad for one thing. On Sep 2, 2009, at 6:48 PM, Jes Smith wrote: > > Hi all, > > I've had my mac book for about a month now, and upgraded to snow > leopard last Friday. I notice there's a trackpad commander which can > be turned on in either the

Re: iTunes playlist browser and keyboard shortcuts

2009-09-02 Thread Scott Howell
ause button for iTunes no > matter where I am on the computer. The F7 and F9 keys act as a > previous and next button respectively. Just something new for me I > guess. > Hope you have luck with the browser lists. > Justin > > Scott Howell wrote: >> Justin are you r

Re: Another List? was: Re: apple script and vo

2009-09-02 Thread Scott Howell
Yes, please keep me posted. I don't have nearly the time I'd like, but one day when I get old (wait I already am) and retire or find more time, I too want to learn scripting and even maybe some programming. On Sep 2, 2009, at 7:33 AM, Marie Howarth wrote: > > hey Chris, > I'd be happy to be

Re: There has to be a better way

2009-09-02 Thread Scott Howell
Mike, You need to do a little reading about rules. I sent you basically the rule I use and it has been working for a good number of years. I'm not sure other than perhaps get on Skype with you and walk through this. Did you see the info I sent you? Would you like to try Skype or send me

Re: apple script and vo

2009-09-01 Thread Scott Howell
track, and apply the >>> AppleScript from its menu. >>> >>> For example there is the "RestartAt" AppleScript at Tim Kilburn's >>> VoiceOver Downloads page: >>> >>> http://homepage.mac.com/kilburns/voiceover/downloads.html >>

Re: apple script and vo

2009-09-01 Thread Scott Howell
loves to make things work the way they > want. > HTH. > DanOn Sep 1, 2009, at 12:48 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > >> >> Hi Esther, oddly I dont' seem to have the Apple Script folder in >> Applications any longer. WOnder where it wandered off too? GUess I'll >&

Fwd: apple script and vo

2009-09-01 Thread Scott Howell
FOlks, Alex asked I share this and so I shall. Begin forwarded message: > Subject: Re: apple script and vo > > Hi, > Scott: > > Please post this to the Mac Visionaries list on my behalf if you can. > > The AppleScripts folder now resides at: /Library/Scripts/ , with the > Script Editor, now re

Re: VPN client.

2009-09-01 Thread Scott Howell
Esther, here is an article I read today on Mac Fixit that also sheds some light on the VPN facility in Snow Leopard. Hopefully this URL comes through correctly. http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20090901113003548 On Sep 1, 2009, at 3:25 PM, Esther wrote: > > Hi Dónal and Jonathan, > >

Re: apple script and vo

2009-09-01 Thread Scott Howell
gt; Scripts folder (which I created) and used the Keyboard Shortcuts tab > of the Keyboard & Mouse menu under Systems Preferences to assign it a > shortcut (Command-Option-R), so I could restart play for any selected > track at the time I wanted by selecting the track and using C

Re: apple script and vo

2009-09-01 Thread Scott Howell
The Apple Script Editor is in the Utilities folder. On Sep 1, 2009, at 11:32 AM, Marie Howarth wrote: > > no developers tools, there was an optional install but x code was the > only thing there. very confusing. lol > > On Sep 1, 2009, at 4:21 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: > >> >> Perhaps it is an

Re: iTunes playlist browser and keyboard shortcuts

2009-09-01 Thread Scott Howell
Justin are you referring to the browser or the sources list. I've not had a problem with the sources list where the music library, podcasts, etc. are located. The browser that will let you select genre, album, or artist, is giving me some real headaches in that it no longer speaks. On Sep 1,

Re: OT: embedded links in mail [was Re: Apple expected to offer iPhone on new U.S. carriers within a year]

2009-08-31 Thread Scott Howell
link like: > > http://tiny.cc/XIkg1 > > can first be verified at least as to its source address. > > Cheers, > > Esther > > Scott Howell wrote: > >> Folks, I know there has been a lot of excitement >> about SL, but I wanted to share this article, which

Re: Apple expected to offer iPhone on new U.S. carriers within a year

2009-08-31 Thread Scott Howell
n’t going to just let this happen. Could be > entertaining to watch how new technology and product distribution > methods battle with dinosaur cable and satellite companies. > > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of

Re: program to split a 6 gig dmg in to 2 dvds?

2009-08-31 Thread Scott Howell
More directly command-shift-u will get you right to the utilities folder, but don't forget to press right arrow to expand that. You can also boot from a SD card with the machines that have the SD card reader built-in. On Aug 31, 2009, at 4:52 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: > In System Preferences

Re: Can't get my rules to work.

2009-08-31 Thread Scott Howell
And I of course forgot that you want to move to the next section and set the action to move the mail to where ever you want it. This is in the perform action section. On Aug 31, 2009, at 4:13 PM, Simon Cavendish wrote: > > I am having the same problem but it might have something to do with >

Re: Can't get my rules to work.

2009-08-31 Thread Scott Howell
Here are the conditions for the rules I use. description is whatever you want If any and any is the first popup you encounter and now we move to the criteria section which you must interact with. to is the first popup contains is the second popup and in the text field put the address macvisio

Fwd: Apple expected to offer iPhone on new U.S. carriers within a year

2009-08-31 Thread Scott Howell
Folks, I know there has been a lot of excitement about SL, but I wanted to share this article, which updates some other areas Apple is working on. One of these is about the iPhone and even the future of the Apple TV perhaps. Check it out, there are some interesting bits in here.Begin forward

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