Hi Sandy, Welcome to the wonderful world of the Mac. I'm Allison, I'm sure you will find this list useful and informative. I have received lots of assistance from this list, and I learn something new everyday. I was a Windows user for years and just switched to Mac in April. I listened to several podcasts from: http://www.blindcooltech.com by a gentleman named Mike Arrigo. He did a lot of casts on the Mac, VoiceOver and the way it works. I think those podcasts helped me tremendously in understanding the basics of VoiceOver even before I touched my Mac. I have an Iphone 3GS I just purchased it less than two weeks ago. There are some really cool apps for the Iphone. I have one called Digit-Eyes which is a paid app. It scans bar codes and labels from boxes and reads them aloud. There is also a labeling system so you can a fix an audio label to the product. There was a discussion on this list a few weeks ago about Digit-Eyes. It should work even better with the two cameras on the Iphone 4. There is also a TV guide app I like very much, and a first aid app as well. I'd be happy to help you with getting used to the Mac either onlist or off. My e-mail address is: [email protected] I hope you are having a great day.
Allison My birds are winged blessings, they help me soar! On Jul 4, 2010, at 3:15 PM, Sandy Tomkins wrote: > Hallo the list, > > My name is Sandy Tomkins and I have just joined you. I have, on > loan from college, a Mac Book Pro, which I am endeavoring to learn to > use and have just ordered an iPhone 4g, my first iPhone. So, Voiceover > and the Apple platform are both new to me and I am experiencing quite > a learning curve with them. I suppose, re the MBP, I am falling > between two stools, because I mix up my use of the multi-touch pad > with the keyboard commands and am not quite managing to master either. > Hoping that when the iPhone arrives I might get a little more > comfortable with the gestures, which attract me mightily! > > Probably, this will have been touched upon before and I would hate > to clutter up the list with things already spoken of at length, but > the world of iPhone Apps is totally new to me. Would anyone like to > recommend their favourite apps. There appears to be about a quarter of > a million of them out there so I don't know where to begin! > > Thanks for any input and any advice as to how to get to grips with > VO and the gestures most welcome. > > All the very best to you all, > Sandy. > > -- > 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.
