Sadly, our nearest Apple Store is a few hours away, so I was hoping for some online resources first. I've gotten good suggestions here and from Twitter/other lists, so thanks everyone. > On Jun 6, 2015, at 6:06 AM, Shaf <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is amazing! > > Why don't you have her go to an Apple store and purchase some 1 to 1 sessions > or take part in some workshops? Apple are supposed to be pretty good at this > thing. > > On 6/6/2015 1:28 AM, Alex Hall wrote: >> Hi all, >> Thanks to a very generous person, my (sighted) mother is finally using a Mac >> instead of her old, dying, Vista laptop. The difference is amazing; her >> Windows machine was so bad that, when I reminded her today she could just >> leave a few apps open at once on the MBP, she was surprised, and asked if >> that wouldn't lock up the Mac like it did on her other machine. >> >> Anyway, the transition is surprisingly smooth so far. However, there are >> tons of tricks I don't know, and/or don't even know about to research. >> Things like split screen, moving windows around, scroll gestures, drag and >> drop modes and commands, what icons do what, and so forth. Sure, I can tell >> her all the keystrokes I know, and most will carry over as they aren't >> VO-specific, but the point remains that she can do a great deal with the >> trackpad that I can't, so I'm not the best teacher for that aspect. Does >> anyone know what resources are out there? Perhaps a good web series, or a >> book similar to Mastering the Macintosh with VoiceOver--but for sighted >> users? I know this is slightly off-topic, but I'm not sure where else to ask. >> >> Thanks for any ideas. Sorry if you get this twice; I'm posting it to two Mac >> lists I'm on. >> >> -- >> Have a great day, >> Alex Hall >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>.
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