Hi, I don't know where your friend is based but I have a Blind friend who is being taught VoiceOver by the staff at the Apple Store in Cabots Circus, Bristol. It might be worth contacting a local Apple store. Mark
--- On Tue, 16/3/10, bilgerat <[email protected]> wrote: From: bilgerat <[email protected]> Subject: How easy would it be for a computer beginner to learn to use voiceover? To: "MacVisionaries" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, 16 March, 2010, 0:47 I'm not blind myself but have a blind friend. She's in her fifties and has little experience of computers. She was sold a Mercury system by RNIB a couple of years back but can't get to grips with it. Nor can I. the system seems unstable and support is extremely limited. There is also no tuition available at all except audio discs which are seriously deficient in various respects. So as a macbook user myself I wonder whether that might be a suitable alternative for her. Basically she wants a computer for using the internet, for such everyday things as reading a paper, ordering groceries online, and using the BBC's I-player. But I'm really concerned that it might be too difficult to learn. There doesn't seem to be anyone at Apple UK who is actually experienced at using voiceover. I found one guy at Apple who gives one-to-one tuition to a blind user, but he told me they have given up on trying to use it to navigate web pages because it's just too complex! So I would be really grateful for advice on this - how difficult is it for a computer beginner to learn to use; what kind of support if any is available, any any other things that need thinking about. -- 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. -- 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.
