Re: Another great Apple call, + gmail on the web?

2010-05-13 Thread marie Howarth
I usually find selecting HTML view works a lot better. It's definitely usable on the web but not in standard view. I believe this is in settings. On 13 May 2010, at 15:25, Olivia Norman wrote: Hi Everyone: So my gmail continues to have issues this morning. I called Apple tech support, and

Re: problem using Gmail

2010-05-13 Thread marie Howarth
this isn't just me, though. Olivia On May 12, 2010, at 2:03 PM, marie Howarth wrote: gmail imap has been acting rather strangely the past few days. I'm guessing its a problem with their server. Mine's been slow and takes at least 3 minutes on occasions to send a message

Re: Another great Apple call, + gmail on the web?

2010-05-13 Thread marie Howarth
, 2010, at 11:51 AM, marie Howarth wrote: I usually find selecting HTML view works a lot better. It's definitely usable on the web but not in standard view. I believe this is in settings. On 13 May 2010, at 15:25, Olivia Norman wrote: Hi Everyone: So my gmail continues to have

Re: where to start

2010-05-13 Thread marie Howarth
Hi, Apple has a downloadable guide for the mac. http://www.apple.com/accessibility/voiceover/ http://maccessibility.net also is a good source for information. Hope this helps. :) On 13 May 2010, at 19:34, denise avant wrote: hello all, Except for the days when i used the versabraille, i've

Re: where to start

2010-05-13 Thread marie Howarth
the danger of doing podcasts as in a how too by a beginner is that you may not quite know all of the answers that may solve some issues. the mac is a forever learning tool in my opinion. the guys over at blind cool tech are very experienced and some who have that much experience have a lot of

Re: http://www.solona.net/ mac support

2010-05-12 Thread marie Howarth
I've still, even with following other's instructions never been able to get the terminal and solona thing to work together. I've stuck with the website. On 12 May 2010, at 12:23, Justin Thornton wrote: command shift f3 is the rong keystoke its command shift number 3 thanks On May 12, 2010,

Re: MY FIRST POST TO THIS LIST.

2010-05-12 Thread marie Howarth
Hi and welcome, The mac things I can help with. The date and time. go to voice over utility, vo-f8 and arrow down to commanders. VO right and select keyboard commander with VO -space. then VO right and check the check box to use keyboard commander and ensure by vo-right that use right option

Re: adding a new group addressbook

2010-05-12 Thread marie Howarth
This is a bug that's been reported to Apple, OK, good news, there's a work around. Check out this blog and I give instructions how to get around this problem in address book. http://blindbabbles.wordpress.com/2010/03/25/address-book-a-quick-start/ Hope this helps you :) On 12 May 2010, at 17:54,

Re: adding a new group addressbook

2010-05-12 Thread marie Howarth
or indeed on the maccessibility site below http://maccessibility.net/guides/mac-os-x-applications/address-book/quick-start-guide/ both the same article. :) Hope it helps On 12 May 2010, at 17:54, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: Hi, Ok I'm having one of those days I'd rather forget, because I've

Re: adding a new group addressbook

2010-05-12 Thread marie Howarth
reported to Apple? Dónal On 12 May 2010, at 18:17, marie Howarth wrote: This is a bug that's been reported to Apple, OK, good news, there's a work around. Check out this blog and I give instructions how to get around this problem in address book. http://blindbabbles.wordpress.com/2010/03/25

Re: problem using Gmail

2010-05-12 Thread marie Howarth
gmail imap has been acting rather strangely the past few days. I'm guessing its a problem with their server. Mine's been slow and takes at least 3 minutes on occasions to send a message and that to me sounds like a server issue rather anything you could do about it. On 12 May 2010, at 18:55,

Re: continued Gmail issues

2010-05-12 Thread marie Howarth
I really think it is a gmail issue as none of my messages seem to be going anywhere ffast. and they keep getting saved in drafts before they are sent. On 12 May 2010, at 20:03, Olivia wrote: Now, none of my messages are showing up, though they're still on the server. I'm awaiting an

Re: how to send link from itunes store

2010-05-12 Thread marie Howarth
Hi christina, on the apps page, you'll see an action pop up box. vo-space and arrow down to copy link. hit vo-space or enter on the copy link and paste it wherever you want to send that app to a friend. On 12 May 2010, at 20:13, Christina wrote: Hello, I want to send a link to an app from

Re: Bookshare books and the Mac

2010-05-12 Thread marie Howarth
on the bookshare file, hit vo-shift-M and highlight open with and select the archiver. I'm assuming. On 12 May 2010, at 20:36, Richard Ring wrote: Ok, I have downloaded this software. However, for the life of me, I can't figure out how to use it to extract a file. This can't be that hard,

Re: Navigation in Preview

2010-05-11 Thread marie Howarth
to use VO-A once moving away from the start of the document. Try interacting with the text. That helps in other apps for me. On 11 May 2010, at 15:02, Teresa Cochran wrote: Hi, folk, I'm not sure if I'm missing something fundamental here, but the only way I can read a document in Preview

Re: Website creation for beginners and pros - NOW over 60% off

2010-05-11 Thread marie Howarth
it's quite a big risk for $30 though Nick. On 11 May 2010, at 14:21, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: Hi, Not a lot of places do. Even if it isn't mentioned, it doesn't have to be in any release notes and, in some instances, the developer doesn't know. SO I wouldn't base my opinion on that. :) It

Re: Jacob Nielsen article on testing the iPad

2010-05-11 Thread marie Howarth
and if they haven't had that option, the PdF guide will help them along the way :) On 11 May 2010, at 16:00, Pete Nalda wrote: Ok. Yes I'll admit it was a Usability Study, and not a review. And I also agree that things could be changed to make it more usable to the masses, but, I think,

Re: Ibis Reader: an accessible alternative eBook reader for the iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad with some glitches

2010-05-10 Thread marie Howarth
Thanks for this info Ester. On 10 May 2010, at 19:47, Esther wrote: Hi All, Here's an alternative, promising eBook reader for books in ePub format without DRM: Ibis Reader. It works with VoiceOver on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, and allows bookmarking but has some odd features in

Re: o.t, maybe. Nokia sues Apple in Wisconsin for infringement of Nokia patents

2010-05-09 Thread marie Howarth
, and then they'll both try to take a swing at RIM. Bryan -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of marie Howarth Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2010 8:07 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: o.t, maybe. Nokia sues Apple

Re: iMail

2010-05-09 Thread marie Howarth
Hi, enter the address chooser, VO down to the person's name, hit enter and then stop interacting, vo back to the TO or CC or BCC buttons and vo-space. This should work. On 9 May 2010, at 18:11, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: Hi Sarah: I typed in the name of the Contact, IE Sarah Smith. Pressed

Re: Why can't I copy anything to my external hard drive it's not even half full?

2010-05-09 Thread marie Howarth
it's the way a drive is formatted. On 9 May 2010, at 18:20, Courtney Curran wrote: I did use it with Windows, so I don't know what NDFS is. Where can this software be purchased? On 09/05/2010, at 1:31 in the morning, Dan Eickmeier wrote: Here's a thought, could this harddrive possibly be

Re: Here is a new iPad VoiceOver bug

2010-05-09 Thread marie Howarth
what speaker issue? I'm not noticing anything with my iPhone speaker. On 9 May 2010, at 18:34, Scott Howell wrote: Bryan, Do not wait, alert Apple to the issue if you do not think you can get to Best Buy before the end of the return date window. They may (if possible for you) direct you

Re: iMail

2010-05-09 Thread marie Howarth
Then maybe the emails are not being recognised? On 9 May 2010, at 18:47, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: Hi Marie: I did it, the problem is the to, cc, and bcc buttons are dimmed when I return to them after choosin the contact. On May 9, 2010, at 12:22 PM, marie Howarth wrote: Hi, enter

Re: Here is a new iPad VoiceOver bug

2010-05-09 Thread marie Howarth
, Not everyone has this problem with the iPhone. If you're one of the people like me who gets good battery life out of your iPhone, you almost certainly haven't got the problem of the speaker remaining active. Cheers, Anne On May 9, 2010, at 7:58 PM, marie Howarth wrote: what

Re: apple mail issue

2010-05-08 Thread marie Howarth
Depends, are you using imap or pop3? On 9 May 2010, at 00:35, Cody wrote: This isn't much of a VO issue but it seems that after I check my mail in apple mail and then reboot back into windows or check my mail on another window machine, all of my mail that I've deleted from apple mail comes

Re: Voice over feature

2010-05-08 Thread marie Howarth
Maybe drop Apple accessibility a note. :) On 9 May 2010, at 01:02, Edward wrote: Hello all, I think implementing a full fledged hotspot manager that will enable a user to configure hotspots and assign different types of actions associated for a particular hotspot would be a very

Re: apple mail issue

2010-05-08 Thread marie Howarth
in my email address it takes care of the restso it might be imap - Original Message - From: marie Howarth To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2010 7:58 PM Subject: Re: apple mail issue Depends, are you using imap or pop3? On 9 May 2010, at 00:35, Cody

Apple announces International date for iPad

2010-05-07 Thread marie Howarth
Hi, Apple released the international date for the iPad. Those outside the US now can enjoy the release of Apple's latest member of its growing family on 28TH May. Preorder is still 10TH May. Check your local country Apple store for pricing details. From the looks, the UK is below what I

Re: Apple announces International date for iPad

2010-05-07 Thread marie Howarth
find prices anywhere On 7 May 2010, at 15:49, marie Howarth wrote: Hi, Apple released the international date for the iPad. Those outside the US now can enjoy the release of Apple's latest member of its growing family on 28TH May. Preorder is still 10TH May. Check your local country Apple

Re: Apple announces International date for iPad

2010-05-07 Thread marie Howarth
7, 2010, at 11:22 AM, marie Howarth wrote: what country are you in William? I have the UK prices. wifi 16 £429 wifi 32 £499 Wifi 64 £599 3G 16 £529 3G 32 £599 3G 64 £699 all prices are including VAT http://www.macworld.com/article/151113/2010/05/ipad_international.html?lsrc=rss_main

Re: making dvd player in the newest incarnation of the mackbook pro region free

2010-05-07 Thread marie Howarth
This is very possible. I've done it for ages. Download VLC, it's free and open source, pretty usable too. then go to system prefs and where it says CdS/DVDs open that and next to when you insert a video dvd in the pop up hit ignore. Now open VLC to play your DVDs. still legal and you won't use

Re: Kind of a dumb (and maybe a little off-topic) question About the iPad I'm embarrased to ask.

2010-05-07 Thread marie Howarth
I may be wrong but on the iPhone if you hold the power button it will bring up the power options. To lock the iPhone you just press the power button once and it locks. I'm assuming, possibly incorrectly the same is true on the iPad. No holding, just press the power button. On 8 May 2010, at

Re: A USB device is drawing too much power

2010-05-06 Thread marie Howarth
I had the same issue for a long time. If your headset is old, it's likely the drivers are not working well with your system. Simple solution, get a new headset. On 6 May 2010, at 22:37, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: Hi guys, So, I'm looking for someone here who knows a lot about hardware,

Re: safari question

2010-05-05 Thread marie Howarth
You need to clear the cash. either command-option-E or go to Safaris menu and also you need to clear cookies. hit CMD-comma and go to security and delete cookies. HTH On 5 May 2010, at 18:38, May McDonald wrote: Ok, here's another question. How do I get safari to clear all the user names

Re: Bringing Alison On Board My MacBookPro

2010-05-04 Thread marie Howarth
Do you have the link for the trial Mark? On 4 May 2010, at 11:00, M. Taylor wrote: Hello Everyone, In my endeavor to bring a fine female voice to my forlorn MacBookPro, I downloaded a trial version of Alison, by Cepstral Voices. As probably all of you know, Cepstral is the company that

Re: Bringing Alison On Board My MacBookPro

2010-05-04 Thread marie Howarth
, Click Here to go to the Cepstral site. Mark -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of marie Howarth Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 3:11 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Bringing Alison

Re: Bringing Alison On Board My MacBookPro

2010-05-04 Thread marie Howarth
Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk AIM: cincinster yahoo Messenger: cin368 Facebook Profile My Twitter On May 4, 2010, at 2:35 PM, marie Howarth wrote: Hi mark, I've installed Alison and callie as trial versions and also cannot get them

Re: Bringing Alison On Board My MacBookPro

2010-05-04 Thread marie Howarth
OK, I got them to work, they kept repeating they needed to be registered. I had to download the beta for snow leopard. However, I'm sad to report that it made voice over freeze, jump all over the place and make Alex sound like he was choking when I had one of the cepstral voices as the content

Re: Bringing Alison On Board My MacBookPro

2010-05-04 Thread marie Howarth
yeah Mark, they are. You need to install the 5.1 version. On 4 May 2010, at 16:14, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: Are they supported in Leopard, without the Snow? :) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group,

Re: Working with iPhoto

2010-05-04 Thread marie Howarth
I tend to name my files before importing them to iPhoto. I've not used the facebook export tool and the majority seems off limits to us I guess because of the images. I've made several slide shows but I organise my pictures in folders outside of iPhoto and then import them. Usually having a

Re: Firefox on the Mac

2010-05-04 Thread marie Howarth
It's one of those, we wait and see things I believe. I heard something was meant to happen this year but we'll see. On 4 May 2010, at 20:56, Chris Blouch wrote: Hmm. The bug notes this is for PowerPC OSX. Is there one for Intel? So in 2006 Håkan Waara was granted $32,500 to make

Re: VO's stuck on speech off

2010-05-04 Thread marie Howarth
That is strange as cmd-f5 is always meant to turn VO on or off, or using the Fn-cmd-f5 on macbooks not using function keys with VO. Maybe having a look in system prefs in the universal access but this is a new one to me. Might be an idea to reset the pram, to do this shut the computer off, hit

Re: Amazon.com on the Mack?

2010-05-03 Thread marie Howarth
It depends where you are. If you're in your shopping basket, it's definitely there. My bank account can vouch for that. Maybe try using item chooser, vo-I. I think it could be a link now I think about it. but it's definitely there. On 3 May 2010, at 04:27, Courtney Curran wrote: Hi, I was

Re: Flash removed from OS X?

2010-05-03 Thread marie Howarth
and wondering why no flash is good news? Is vo better with other formats of streaming video? Thanks Edward -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of marie Howarth Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2010 4:55 PM

Re: New to mac

2010-05-03 Thread marie Howarth
Ah, but you can use the numpad as cursor keys Simon. check out the numpad commander in vo utility, vo-f8. :) On 3 May 2010, at 09:37, Simon Fogarty wrote: And that's something I find myself doing all the time. I keep trying to use the number pad as kersor keys and trying to control the

Re: New to mac

2010-05-03 Thread marie Howarth
Yeah, I have a macbook here but because I extensively do work at my desk, I bought an external apple keyboard and use the numpad commander as my navigation. This is simply because I do not own a macbook with the multitrack trackpad just yet. But it does make my extensive typing moments much

Re: Mac OS X 10.7

2010-05-03 Thread marie Howarth
I vote lion or is a cheetah a cat? Now that would be col! On 3 May 2010, at 08:24, Rob Lambert wrote: There was talk of Snow Leopard actually being called Lynx. However, Cononical took it in Lucid Lynx (Ubuntu 10.04) so I'd have to say...hmm...who thinks Lion would sound good? On

Re: Flash removed from OS X?

2010-05-03 Thread marie Howarth
, Nic Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk AIM: cincinster yahoo Messenger: cin368 Facebook Profile My Twitter On May 2, 2010, at 11:24 PM, marie Howarth wrote: how are you accessing them anyway sarah? Flash content is not visible with VO

Re: Mac OS X 10.7

2010-05-03 Thread marie Howarth
apple are running out of cats. lol. Lion then. Unlss they will stick to their artic themes, artic tiger, but I think lion is their best bet. On 3 May 2010, at 11:02, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: Hi, We already have Jaguar. OS X 10.2. I think it goes like this: 10.0: Cheetah 10.1: Puma 10.2:

Re: Mac OS X 10.7

2010-05-03 Thread marie Howarth
ahhaha that's funny. although little cute domesticated cats is not what I think Apple want to portray. I really think the kanines should take over soon although I think that's another day, OSXI On 3 May 2010, at 11:06, Krister Ekstrom wrote: Nope i have the solution. Why not Siamese. The

Re: What you don't know can hurt you (and your Mac). Get protected.

2010-05-03 Thread marie Howarth
Sounds like a lot of scare tactics to me. It's how norton and maccaffe have made millions over the years. On 3 May 2010, at 16:39, Carolyn wrote: Has anyone checked this company and/or software out? I'm probably just ignorant enough to get ripped by what I don't know. Thanks for further

Re: What you don't know can hurt you (and your Mac). Get protected.

2010-05-03 Thread marie Howarth
I'm with Ann. It's a classic money making marketing ploy. On 3 May 2010, at 17:50, Anne Robertson wrote: All it will do is slow down your system and throw up false alarms. They just want your money! We use ClamXAV from time to time, just to make sure we don't pass on any virused files to

Re: open office again

2010-05-03 Thread marie Howarth
text edit reads docs file Sarah On 3 May 2010, at 19:01, Sarah Alawami wrote: Well I found out open office won't read dox files. I think I spelled the extention right but that was gogin to be my notes for an exam today. Ah well. looks like I can't do anything about it now. lol.'''Take

Re: New to mac

2010-05-02 Thread marie Howarth
Hey Olivia, Webspots are awesome. You set one on a page using vo-cmd-shift-right bracket. You can remove a webspot by using vo-cmd-shift-left bracket at any area on a webpage. For example, if a page doesn't have a lot of navigation, and i need to jump to an area quickly, I'll set up a webspot

Re: New to mac

2010-05-02 Thread marie Howarth
I agree with Scot. The one thing I did when switching was to view the mac as its own entity, which is exactly what it is. To constantly say to yourself how can I do this, I did it like this in windows will make your switch much more difficult. If at all possible, which it was for me to do,

Re: Flash removed from OS X?

2010-05-02 Thread marie Howarth
really? Where did you hear such great news? ;) On 2 May 2010, at 21:28, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: Hi, Whoa, that's like...allout. I'm not sure what to say. Did I expect this? No. Well, if no one figured this one out, Flash support is apparently being removed from OS X. I thought I'd be

Re: Flash removed from OS X?

2010-05-02 Thread marie Howarth
video? Thanks Edward -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of marie Howarth Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2010 4:55 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Flash removed from OS X? really? Where did you

Re: Flash removed from OS X?

2010-05-02 Thread marie Howarth
? Is vo better with other formats of streaming video? Thanks Edward -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of marie Howarth Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2010 4:55 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re

Re: Flash removed from OS X?

2010-05-02 Thread marie Howarth
, Edward wrote: Hello I am new to the list and wondering why no flash is good news? Is vo better with other formats of streaming video? Thanks Edward -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of marie Howarth

Re: Flash removed from OS X?

2010-05-02 Thread marie Howarth
.gvdnet.dk AIM: cincinster yahoo Messenger: cin368 Facebook Profile My Twitter On May 2, 2010, at 11:30 PM, marie Howarth wrote: I only had it installed for youtube. I do wanna get rid of it now. Is there anyway to uninstall or do I hit delete? On 2 May 2010, at 22:28, Nicolai Svendsen

Re: Flash removed from OS X?

2010-05-02 Thread marie Howarth
It's already happening. Youtube, the biggest streaming service on the face of the planet are adopting HTML5, other major companies are following suit and I have to say I for one will not miss flash or any of adobe's other inaccessible half hearted pieces of software junk. I struggled with it

Re: Flash removed from OS X?

2010-05-02 Thread marie Howarth
it's a ridiculous concept. That would be like microsoft insisting on all handsets have to run windows mobile 7 or whatever it's called. Adobe is grasping at straws. On 3 May 2010, at 00:27, Scott Howell wrote: Adobe has no legal grounds as far as I can tell and would look rather stupid

Re: Changing voice at login

2010-05-02 Thread marie Howarth
that often makes me jump too. But I guess I don't worry so much as it isn't on the page for all that long. Not page, window, time for bed i think lol On 3 May 2010, at 01:01, Yvonne Thomson wrote: I just wish I could work out how to change other stuff at login. It freaks me out when I'm

Re: Flash removed from OS X?

2010-05-02 Thread marie Howarth
to the list and wondering why no flash is good news? Is vo better with other formats of streaming video? Thanks Edward -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of marie Howarth Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2010 4:55

Re: audible to mp3

2010-04-30 Thread marie Howarth
no, they are incripted to prevent copyright. On 30 Apr 2010, at 17:39, william lomas wrote: for a friend On 30 Apr 2010, at 17:36, Michael Huckabay wrote: I have a ? why would you want to convert these files? On 2010-04-30, at 12:11 PM, william lomas wrote: hi all, can I

Re: Accessible E-book Reader?

2010-04-30 Thread marie Howarth
stanza works great. And it's free. HTH On 30 Apr 2010, at 22:40, Teresa Cochran wrote: Hi, Is there an accessible app out there that will make some e-book formats available? I have tried Sophie, and it doesn't seem to be working for me at all, unless I'm doing something wrong. One of my

Re: Accessible E-book Reader?

2010-04-30 Thread marie Howarth
, or an IPhone. Thanks, Teresa On Apr 30, 2:50 pm, marie Howarth marie.jane2...@gmail.com wrote: stanza works great. And it's free. HTH On 30 Apr 2010, at 22:40, Teresa Cochran wrote: Hi, Is there an accessible app out there that will make some e-book formats available? I

Re: Thoughts on Flash

2010-04-29 Thread marie Howarth
I read it and I totally love what he said. Very very awesome dude. everyone's gotta love steve. On 29 Apr 2010, at 18:58, Chris Blouch wrote: Apparently nobody noticed this yet but Steve Jobs posted an open letter addressing why they don't support Flash on the iPad, iPod and iPhone.

Re: booting taking forever?

2010-04-28 Thread marie Howarth
I use a great app called Onyx to help clean up the system. I think this may help you. On 28 Apr 2010, at 19:57, James Nash wrote: Not dumb at all. First though, have you tried repairing permissions with Disk Utility? You really should avoid touching the System caches if you can avoid

Re: booting taking forever?

2010-04-28 Thread marie Howarth
I'm afraid I don't have the link any more but I'm sure if you enter onyx mac OSX in google it should come up. it's free and very usable with voice over. On 28 Apr 2010, at 20:46, Donna Goodin wrote: Thanks, Marie. Where did you get it? TIA, Donna On Apr 28, 2010, at 3:28 PM, marie Howarth

Re: iPad and bluetooth refreshable braille

2010-04-28 Thread marie Howarth
as it stands, I don't think braille refreshable displays will work currently with the iPad. I do believe, and anyone can correct me if I'm wrong that this functionality will not work until the iPhone OS 4.0 is available on the iPad which won't be until the fall. HTH On 28 Apr 2010, at 20:35,

Re: weird VO thing

2010-04-27 Thread marie Howarth
, marie Howarth wrote: I had this happen once but that was a while ago now. But something else that's been happening a lot recently is VO just stops talking either when I'm typing or switching between windows. I can easily cmd-f5 toggle several times to get it to come back on but this really

iTunes and speakers and voice over

2010-04-26 Thread marie Howarth
Hi guys, I have used audio highjack for the question I'm about to ask. However, it is difficult to get the effects area up to higjack iTunes through my external speakers. Here's what I want. I like listening to music while I'm chatting or studying and so like to have voice over go through my

Re: weird VO thing

2010-04-26 Thread marie Howarth
I had this happen once but that was a while ago now. But something else that's been happening a lot recently is VO just stops talking either when I'm typing or switching between windows. I can easily cmd-f5 toggle several times to get it to come back on but this really is getting annoying.

Re: switching to Mac

2010-04-25 Thread marie Howarth
Hi Carolyn, selection you can use shift--end and shift-home for selecting I believe. to select words you can use option-shift-right or left arrow. Note, option and the left or right arrows will also move you word to word. You must be interacting with a text area to do this though. are you

Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?

2010-04-24 Thread marie Howarth
I have to say I like Samantha better than the British voice on the iPhone who cannot say E or R at the speed I have it. I much prefer her to eloquence though any day. And after trying Samantha, I think the british one is called Cathy and Karen, the Australian one, i have to say I revert back to

Re: malwear and macs

2010-04-24 Thread marie Howarth
turned off. Then using the browser becomes a pain to use. Also saw the article on snow having builtin virus, and we all see it still don't have virus protection. On Apr 20, 2010, at 6:37 PM, marie Howarth wrote: thought you guys maybe interested in this article. http

Re: Mail too slow

2010-04-24 Thread marie Howarth
maybe some cleaning up needs to be done on your systems? I'm assuming mail has cash, not that I pretend to know the ins and outs but I am not seeing the same issues. :) On 24 Apr 2010, at 19:42, Sarah Alawami wrote: actually in my case It will keep telling me a whole slew of rows are added

Re: malwear and macs

2010-04-24 Thread marie Howarth
into. John On Apr 24, 2010, at 2:52 PM, marie Howarth wrote: lol, I still got viruses with antivirus on windows. But I see what you're saying. I guess eventually either apple will help protect us from viruses or we'll have to invest in a third party app. I just hope no viruses or malwear get

Re: jumping to text in safari

2010-04-23 Thread marie Howarth
Hi, using vo-I works great for this in safari. sadly you can only search for words but say you want to find a piece of text and you know one word is definitely there, hit vo-I [sometimes it may say busy but this is because the website has a lot of information for voice over to search through,

Re: voiceover question

2010-04-23 Thread marie Howarth
Hi Josh, It means press them both quickly. On 23 Apr 2010, at 15:29, Josh wrote: Hi I'm reading the voiceover guide on my netbook. when it says, press vo f1 f1, does this mean: hold down control option press f1 twice quickly? or does it mean to hold down coontrol and option, press f1,

Re: accessible newsreader

2010-04-23 Thread marie Howarth
I'm testing one at the moment, will report back as soon as I have reached a conclusion. On 23 Apr 2010, at 15:33, william lomas wrote: hi does anyone please know of an accessible newsgroup reader? Unison is useless lol william lomas follow me on twitter: billbow_baggins

Gruml accessible RSS reader

2010-04-23 Thread marie Howarth
Hi, Some people have been asking for an accessible RSS reader on the mac. The mail app obviously gives some functionality with rSS but the app I just found is pretty much amazing. You can share links with your social networks, read the articles where you like, and overall is pretty awesome.

Re: Gruml accessible RSS reader

2010-04-23 Thread marie Howarth
I have no idea what the difference is. On 23 Apr 2010, at 16:56, william lomas wrote: that is not a newsgorup reader though? On 23 Apr 2010, at 16:43, marie Howarth wrote: Hi, Some people have been asking for an accessible RSS reader on the mac. The mail app obviously gives some

Re: accessible rss readers

2010-04-22 Thread marie Howarth
I thought it had been discontinued, net news wire, I know the feeds had been trangressed but anyway. I use mail for all of my RSS feeds, works great for me at least. Others may have other suggestions. On 22 Apr 2010, at 21:34, William Windels wrote: Hi Chad, I use netnewswire for rss

Re: a rather odd bug (maybe)

2010-04-22 Thread marie Howarth
what did it say in your status bar? if it says it was charging try hitting VO-F1 twice quickly to pull up your app chooser and see if your system dialogue is open. If it is and the window is there, hit CMD-w to close it. To check battery hit VO-M twice to pull up status bar and find battery, it

Re: More Itunes problems

2010-04-21 Thread marie Howarth
I have a huge library running from an external hard drive with most of my music on it. But when I'm on the go, I have another library on my mac's HD so I still have music and such and some Itunes U stuff. On 21 Apr 2010, at 04:26, Sarah Alawami wrote: Ok I don't really see the poinkt of

Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?

2010-04-21 Thread marie Howarth
I love Alex too and use him pretty much all of the time. I trialled other voices from infovox and such but could not bring myself to pay $99 for one set of voices. I understand now why they cost so much but even still I just can't justify that much money for 4 or 5 voices and I like a mix of

Re: Article from the RNIB about the IPad

2010-04-21 Thread marie Howarth
the only thing I found kind of odd, but otherwise, pretty nice. Regards, Nic Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk AIM: cincinster yahoo Messenger: cin368 Facebook Profile My Twitter On Apr 20, 2010, at 6:46 PM, marie Howarth wrote: I would

Re: Article from the RNIB about the IPad

2010-04-21 Thread marie Howarth
, 2010, at 12:10 PM, marie Howarth wrote: I don't know if the tripple click of the home button is set to a default but Apple try to not second guess their customers so I think this would be kind of counter Apple. And not to mention, they would still complain if the triple tap brought up voice

Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?

2010-04-21 Thread marie Howarth
Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk AIM: cincinster yahoo Messenger: cin368 Facebook Profile My Twitter On Apr 21, 2010, at 12:04 PM, marie Howarth wrote: I love Alex too and use him pretty much all of the time. I trialled other voices from

Office may be written in coco was Re: the apple user?

2010-04-21 Thread marie Howarth
Well, this article may release some new light on the office on the mac situation for us all. It is not in black and white yet but this article suggests that office may just be written in Coco. Outlook will be coming to the office suite and it will be written in coco. I am hoping the rest of the

Re: Article from the RNIB about the IPad

2010-04-21 Thread marie Howarth
:20 AM, marie Howarth wrote: Neither can I Nick. As someone who has never even looked at my sim card in the IPhone, I couldn't comment but I think some users may find it difficult to know which way around the simcard goes. I know I used to always get my dad to change simcards in my old

Re: the apple user?

2010-04-21 Thread marie Howarth
I'm with you Nick. I don't use spread sheets nor do I ever intend to use them but I do believe some people do use tables and with increasing releases I'm sure Apple will do more to improve accessibility. I struggled with excel when I had to use jaws, and so can't imagine why there's such

Re: Office may be written in coco was Re: the apple user?

2010-04-21 Thread marie Howarth
Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk AIM: cincinster yahoo Messenger: cin368 Facebook Profile My Twitter On Apr 21, 2010, at 3:37 PM, marie Howarth wrote: Well, this article may release some new light on the office on the mac situation for us all. It is not in black and white yet

Re: character pallet

2010-04-21 Thread marie Howarth
Hi, Try this. go to system prefs. select Keybarod and ensure the keyboard tab is highlighted. then uncheck the box where it says show character viewer. HTH On 21 Apr 2010, at 15:26, chad baker wrote: Hi lately when i start up my macbook i get the character pallet toolbar. Is there a way to

Re: Any way to delete tweets in Syrinx?

2010-04-21 Thread marie Howarth
You can only delete your own tweets I believe. cmd-shift-D. Hope that helps :) On 21 Apr 2010, at 17:30, Jess wrote: Hi all, Is there any way to delete tweets using Syrinx? I've heard Qwitter can do it, but like using Syrinx, so can this be done? IF not, how can I get rid of old tweets?

Re: Article from the RNIB about the IPad

2010-04-21 Thread marie Howarth
. On Apr 21, 2010, at 3:10 AM, marie Howarth wrote: I don't know if the tripple click of the home button is set to a default but Apple try to not second guess their customers so I think this would be kind of counter Apple. And not to mention, they would still complain if the triple tap

Re: Mac OS 10.6.3 speed, Voiceover and browsing with Safari

2010-04-20 Thread marie Howarth
Carolyn, I wonder where you're trying to open the applications folder? When I'm in finder, and hit cmd-N to open a new finder window, it automatically puts me in the home folder. My apps folder is not visible in this window. What I then do is stop interacting with the area and VO-left to the

Re: webkit? (was Mac OS 10.6.3 speed, Voiceover and browsing with Safari)

2010-04-20 Thread marie Howarth
Webkit has been a great support when problems have arisen in safari. A friend of mine was having issues with facebook last year, I recommended webkit and his problems were solved. And you never notice its there. :) On 20 Apr 2010, at 15:50, Chris Blouch wrote: Or just switch back to Safari

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