What a wonderful bit of information. I'm going to check out the link.
Tammy Abreu-Butron
www.tammybutron.com
On Mar 15, 2010, at 6:57 PM, mani <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello:
I have been developing software for 20+ years and lately, because of
my declining vision, have been forced to start using a screen reader.
Just about 2 years ago, I fell in love with the Mac, and hence decided
to start learning VoiceOver. I made the mistake of starting with the
'Getting Started' manual(Snow Leopard version) because it just proved
to be a 'commands' manual and was quite intimidating( I think it
should be called 'Getting Frustrated' instead :) ). I looked around
for other VoiceOver resources and finally came across Mike Arrigo's
podcasts which you can find in www.blindcooltech.com (this site also
has those links but I think some of them are broken) . He makes
VoiceOver appear so easy and intuitive. I recommend that your friend
start with his first podcast (around 05/2008) and move up to this
other podcasts in chronological order. I am so glad I found them.
I hope this helps. Good luck to your friend.
Thanks,
mani
On Mar 15, 8:55 pm, "E.J. Zufelt" <[email protected]> wrote:
Good evening,
I would say that it is likely easier for someone to learn to use an
Apple with the VoiceOver screen-reader if they have never used a
Windows screen-reader before, than if they had. That being said, I
personally find the JAWS screen-reader for Windows a little more
intuitive than VoiceOver. I have, however, been using JAWS for
Windows for 5 years and VoiceOver for only one year.
I think that learning either VoiceOver for Apple or JAWS for
Windows are quite a reasonably accomplishable task for someone who
is willing to put in the time and energy to learn.
HTH,
Everett Zufelthttp://zufelt.ca
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On 2010-03-15, at 8:47 PM, bilgerat wrote:
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.
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