Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-20 Thread Jessi Rathwell
haha. well, you try it and let me know how it is and then I'll think about it lol. I wanna make sure it works first though!! peace and positivity Jessi follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/canadian_diva On 20-Apr-09, at 6:20 AM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > > Hi, > > Jessi, > > I'll try to see if I

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-20 Thread Chris Blouch
Just checked and the apple USB modem is $49 http://store.apple.com/us/product/MA034Z/A of course there are lots of 3rd party USB modems for cheaper but who knows how well they work. Here's one for under $25 http://www.macmall.com/macmall/shop/detail.asp?Redir=1&description=Zoom%2DV92+USB+MINI+5

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-20 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, Jessi, I'll try to see if I can bring it up under USB using the onboard and offboard adapters. If I can, YOu are welcome to it. I hate seeing people struggle with PCs. Just pay shipping and handleing or alternatively my time going to Abisford, depending which is cheaper. Lol. Just k

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-20 Thread Scott Howell
Ah, you may be right I'm having a senior moment. I know the old AirPort Extreme had a modem built-in. THis was the model that looked like a UFO. On Apr 19, 2009, at 9:52 PM, Justin Harford wrote: > > Wow back in my day it was like 40 US. > > "Don't worry about the world coming to an end today

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-20 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Dan and everyone, We have an Apple modem on the Mac Mini we keep in the office. It's used for faxes and hasn't given any trouble so far (about 6 months). Cheers, Anne --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Goog

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Justin Harford
Wow back in my day it was like 40 US. "Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia." Charles Schultz, creator of the Peanuts comic strip. El 19/04/2009, a las 17:42, Jessi Rathwell escribió: > > hmm. maybe I'll look into it!! > peace and positivity

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Jessi Rathwell
hmm. maybe I'll look into it!! peace and positivity Jessi follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/canadian_diva On 19-Apr-09, at 3:21 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > > Apple makes a usb-based modem. Last I checked it was about $56 US. > On Apr 19, 2009, at 5:54 PM, Jessi Rathwell wrote: > >> >> oh, dang.

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Yeah they do have a USB modem available, however, in reading reviews on it, I'm not too sure about it. Does anyone on this list here have it, and if so have they had good luck with it? Some of the reviews, make the product seem like it's not even worth the money. On Apr 19, 2009, at 6:2

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Scott Howell
Apple makes a usb-based modem. Last I checked it was about $56 US. On Apr 19, 2009, at 5:54 PM, Jessi Rathwell wrote: > > oh, dang. you read my mind, lol. I was thinking I could use it. I'm > lookin' for a dialup modem that works with USB. if such a thing even > exists! having to use my pc when I

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Jessi Rathwell
oh, dang. you read my mind, lol. I was thinking I could use it. I'm lookin' for a dialup modem that works with USB. if such a thing even exists! having to use my pc when I'm at my cabin is just not cool. I wouldn't mind so much if it was a decently working pc, but it's almost as bad as my

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Jessi Rathwell
lol so glad you showed Matthew the good side. I wish I could help you. I'd be glad too if I lived closer. I'd love to show people the wonders of voiceover. peace and positivity Jessi follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/canadian_diva On 19-Apr-09, at 2:41 PM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > > Hi, > >

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, Yes. Thanks, Alex, Jessi, It won't work for you with USB. It is for the old ADB connection I think. Thanks, Alex, On 18-Apr-09, at 11:16 PM, Jessi Rathwell wrote: > > a dialup modem? > On 18-Apr-09, at 11:09 PM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > >> >> Hi, >> >> I have an old Apple compatable mo

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, Matthew, one of my students has it saying "Yo Dude, ... Welcome" or something. In case yall didn't know I'm a tech teacher in BC now. Thanks, Alex, On 19-Apr-09, at 2:29 PM, Jessi Rathwell wrote: > > hahahaha! what's up, dude? that's cute, lol. I need to change mine! > right now it say

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Jessi Rathwell
hahahaha! what's up, dude? that's cute, lol. I need to change mine! right now it says the boring welcome to macintosh. voiceover is running. I need a cute greeting. lol. peace and positivity Jessi follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/canadian_diva On 19-Apr-09, at 12:17 PM, Eliza Cooper wrote:

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Tiffany D
lol Mine says ya soo eleni but really in Greek with the Dimitris voice. Love it. On 19/04/2009, Eliza Cooper wrote: > > VO restarts on my Mac once every few days, I'd say, but I kind of find > it amusing. The volume doesn't change, but Alex greets me with > "What's up, dude?", and I love the w

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Eliza Cooper
VO restarts on my Mac once every few days, I'd say, but I kind of find it amusing. The volume doesn't change, but Alex greets me with "What's up, dude?", and I love the way he says it. It's as if he's just checking in on me hahaha. Eliza On Apr 19, 2009, at 12:08 AM, Tiffany D wrote:

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Mark Baxter
Oh right on! :) If it wasn't for his Proterm talking terminal emulator, I wouldn't have become addicted to chat networks. I might still be a virgin, even. :) Mark BurningHawk Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com My home page: http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Randy Stegall
I remember System 7 and OutSpoken. Macintalk would quit for some unknown reason and I'd have to restart my Mac. I remember that I had to set the color to black & white before OutSpoken would work properly. No, I have not noticed any increase in VoiceOver restarts. In fact, there have bee

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Tiffany D
Texttalker! That's the one I got. Believe it or not, I actually got that and Proterm from APH only a few years ago. I had an old catalogue of their's and they had a few old things lying around. Does anyone know of a place that sells vintage tech for the blind, not just computer stuff but gener

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Scott Howell
Ah, Larry isn't quite that old, but he is aging nicely. He works for APH these days and last I knew, doing very well. On Apr 19, 2009, at 10:37 AM, Mark Baxter wrote: > > I used Textalker, spelled just that walk, put out by Street > Electronics Corp. Software by Larry Skutcham (sp?) I hear he

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Mark Baxter
I used Textalker, spelled just that walk, put out by Street Electronics Corp. Software by Larry Skutcham (sp?) I hear he's still around the accessibility scene somewhere, man he's gotta be like 80 by now. :) Mark BurningHawk Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 MSN: burninghawk1...@hotm

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Mark Baxter
The only VO crash I think I've noticed is occurring sometimes in Ichat, when I attempt to interact with the html frame to read the messages. In about five seconds, vo says, "Oh, have we started again?" which is what I have it say when it starts up, and then all's well. If this is the wor

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-19 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Just curious since i never have layed my hands on an Apple II, what screen readers were used on those beasts and how were they compared to the screen readers for Dos or such at that time? /Krister 19 apr 2009 kl. 06.08 skrev Tiffany D: > > I thought it was just me with the restarting. But y

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-18 Thread Jessi Rathwell
a dialup modem? On 18-Apr-09, at 11:09 PM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > > Hi, > > I have an old Apple compatable modem I was just about to throw out. > > Thanks, > Alex, > > > On 18-Apr-09, at 9:08 PM, Tiffany D wrote: > >> >> I thought it was just me with the restarting. But yes, I'm seeing >> this

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-18 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, I have an old Apple compatable modem I was just about to throw out. Thanks, Alex, On 18-Apr-09, at 9:08 PM, Tiffany D wrote: > > I thought it was just me with the restarting. But yes, I'm seeing > this more as well and it's very annoying. The volume will go up and > VoiceOver will resta

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-18 Thread Jessi Rathwell
hmmm, yeah, I've noticed that about VO crashing more lately too. but the nice thing about VO is even if it has to crash, it fixes itself! so it's kind of annoying but really not that big of a deal cuz it knows it needs to be loyal to its user and it just comes back lol. but yeah, I've noti

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-18 Thread Justin Harford
I've also noticed the crashing. "Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia." Charles Schultz, creator of the Peanuts comic strip. El 18/04/2009, a las 21:08, Tiffany D escribió: > > I thought it was just me with the restarting. But yes, I'm seei

Re: vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-18 Thread Tiffany D
I thought it was just me with the restarting. But yes, I'm seeing this more as well and it's very annoying. The volume will go up and VoiceOver will restart. Thanks for the info on the names. Btw, if you type in Apple II Forever in youtube you'll find a really cool video and then the one after

vo crashes and answers to Re: oldschool mac nostalgia

2009-04-18 Thread Scott Bresnahan
Greetings, I can't believe I am getting sucked into this. But System 7 was code named Big Bang. I know this because I referred to it as the big bust, since I thought 6.07 was much better and 7 broke many font and text drawing routines in Mac apps and the foundations for true type fonts we