John, I feel your pain. I had a lot of trouble pairing a keyboard as well. Did you finally get command-control-option-shift to work?
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Heim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 10:02 AM Subject: Re: Finally took the plunge Well, the machine came with the OS installed. I've been working from an on-line version of the VoiceOver getting started guide from the Apple web site. As it turns out, the reason I have been having trouble following the instructions is that I was using a standard USB keyboard. I have a bluetooth Apple keyboard but obviously I couldn't use it until it was enabled. And I couldn't enable it until I figured out how to get by with the USB keyboard. It must have taken me 2 hours to get that bluetooth keyboard enabled. You have to type in an access key and I probably did that 100 times before it finally took. I cannot imagine what the problem was. There is no way I typed the number in wrong that many times. Anyway, it fiannly accepted the access key and things became a lot simpler once all the keys were where the tutorial said they'd be. Half an hour after I got the Apple keyboard working, I was sending email. Man, what a hassle. It's nobody's fault. Just one of those things. I kind of anticipated this problem but I really wanted the bluetooth keyboard. If I could have borrowed a wired Apple keyboard, I would have. From: "Søren Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 2:38 AM Subject: Re: Finally took the plunge Hi John. You can't run the start guide until you have installed your operating system. Did you got my mail where I explained how to read the screen with the VO cursor? Best regards Søren Jensen Mail & MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ On 26/04/2008, at 03.11, John G. Heim wrote: > Should I still be able to get into the quick start guide now that I've > already run the setup program? Control-Option-Command-F8 does nothing. > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josh de Lioncourt" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by > theblind" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 11:49 AM > Subject: Re: Finally took the plunge > > >> David and all, >> >> The key command for the quick start is Control-Option-Command-F8, not >> Control-Option-F8. The latter just launches the VO utility. >> >> Josh de Lioncourt >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> ...my other mail provider is an owl... >> >> >> >> On 25 Apr, 2008, at 7:56 AM, David Poehlman wrote: >> >>> Hi John, >>> >>> I imagine you have moved on, but something that will help you out a >>> lot if >>> you can get it going at this point is the vo quickstart tutorial It >>> would >>> have come up automatically after the music stopped had you not turned >>> on vo >>> but if you can get it to work at this point, the keystroke for it is: >>> control-option-f8. >>> >>> To navigate through a dialog and hear all its info, use >>> control-option-arrows. Space toggles checkboxes, sets radio buttons >>> and >>> activates pop ups so that you can make selections. when you find what >>> you >>> want in a pop up, press enter to set it. I often tab through the >>> items and >>> then use vo keys with left arrow to hear the text of an Item if I am >>> not >>> certain what it is. >>> >>> When ever I do a new mac setup, I have to use an apple keyboard to get >>> it >>> going. >>> >>> There is a setting in that dialogbox to choose the type of account you >>> have, >>> pop, imap or .mac. Once you have seleced the account type, it should >>> accept >>> your email address. .mac is an email account that comes with a .mac >>> subscription or trial. .mac is an apple hosted service that provides >>> a >>> bunch of features like storage, mail and web hosting. >> > >
