Welcome all of you: Kevin, Israel, and Howard, and others, Don't hesitate to ask questions on list. Also, one of the nice features of the Mac is that you can find quite a lot of answers by just doing a Google search of regular Mac questions -- without having to make your queries VoiceOver specific.
Cheers, Esther On Israel wrote: > Welcome Kevin! > > I just joined this group on Monday. I already have learn a few > tricks. I know when I get stuck I will turn to these intelligent > much more experienced Mac users to save me. I converted from > windows in June and in those three months I have moments of > bewilderment and frustration causing me to question my decision then > it is soon followed by an experience where I realize I now have > access to certain programs or sites I never did prior to switching. > For the longest time, I struggled in windows since I used Window > Eyes and only one other person I knew did too. Often, my sighted > friends would tell me about a site or feature they insisted I had to > use but I coul never. I'd explain my limitations with screen > readers and they could never understand it usually until they > visited and sat with me as I played on the computer. They'd get > even more frustrated than I ever was. Yet, after two solid years of > reading, interviewing, and asking Mac users, hearing about > accessibility advancements, and non stop listening to podcasts or > blogs by blind users who switched as well as sending emails to Apple > Accessibility and always getting instant replies, I knew this was > the place for me. I took the blind leap and didn't even have a > backup. I took my PC and donated to my nephew b/c I trusted in my > learning curve, friends, this group, and Apple. > > > In just a short three months, I feel more a part of the world and > with many of my friends owning Macs, I can even turn to them > although they are sighted and they turn on VO and play with it too > just to better understand what I am doing in case they ever need to > help. > > Israel Antonio > > > On Sep 24, 2009, at 11:51 AM, Kevin Gibbs wrote: > >> Dear All, >> My name is Kevin Gibbs and I should have introduced myself. >> I'm new to Mac Visionaries. My wife's interest in an iPhone, >> combined with the appearance of Snow Leopard, are just two of the >> reasons why I've taken an interest in switching from Windows to >> Mac. My wife is a long time sighted Mac user who has been trying >> to convert me for years. Unfortunately, until SL came along, I >> wasn't convinced I could function on a Mac. Now, while I'm still >> examining the specifics of certain operational situations peculiar >> to the music business, I've decided I can't wait to become a Mac >> user. It still may take me a minute to actually cough up the >> dough. But I definitely will. Meanwhile, I plan to lurk around >> here and learn as much as I can. >> Thanks, >> Kevin >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
