Glad you got it working, I knew it had to be something simple, but, nothing is simple when its not working, grin, smile. Try dropping those folks a note, I have found them great to work with. Keith Reedy keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx On Apr 3, 2011, at 9:21 PM, CJ Daniel wrote: > Keith, > > Yeah, I finally got it working. For some reason the software wasn't actually > loading a bible. When I turned on the "show upon start up," in the > preferences pane, it began to work. I'm very happy! I really do appreciate > the help. > > However, this does bring up another question, now that the software is > working for me. I know you can get many free bibles, commentaries, > dictionaries, & etc from crosswire. Of course, many of these items are older > or out of copyright protection. I'm not complaining, mind you. But, I love > the NLT or New Living Translation & the Bible Knowledge Commentary. Is there > any provision for purchasing newer titles for MacSword--Eloquent? > > Again, thanks, > > CJ > > > On Apr 3, 2011, at 4:43 AM, Cristina Afonso wrote: > >> Hi CJ, >> >> I am Cristina Afonso from Poortugal and I have swiched for a MacBook Pro >> with VoiceOver recently too. I'm loving every second of it. Just to say that >> I'm here to help and that I'll be glad to be useful. >> Welcome on the list! Enjoy your Mac! >> >> All the best >> >> Cristina Afonso >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "CJ Daniel" <cj_daniel@xxxxxxx> >> To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 11:48 PM >> Subject: [macvoiceover] Introduction & a Question about Bible Software >> >> >> Hello All, >> >> My name is CJ & I live in Rancho Sahuarita, a planned community just outside >> of Tucson in sunny & dry southern Arizona. I have, recently, switched to a >> MacBook Pro & VoiceOver, after 20-years of JAWS with DOS & Windows. I am >> enjoying both the software & Apple's refreshing attitude towards providing >> access for disabled computer user's. It is a blessing to me & to my wallet. >> *Grin* >> >> All of that being said, I'd like to know what others are using in the way of >> bible software on the Mac? I downloaded the latest version of MacSword--now >> known as Eloquent. However, I'm not having much luck. I've referred to the >> tutorials on icanworkthisthing.com, but they seem to be for earlier versions >> of the software. In my case, I can't seem to get VoiceOver to read the >> bible. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Lastly, I look forward to learning with & sharing with each of you along the >> way. Again, thanks for any thoughts or help you might give. >> >> CJ >> >> >>> >>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>> >>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> >>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> >>> >>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>> >>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> >>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface >>> at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> > >> >> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >> >> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> >> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >