If you can get a copy of Switching to the Mac from Oreilly media, it would be a nice meaty tome to dig into. Not only does it explain some general concepts for sighted folks, but it also mentions keystrokes where applicable, and even has a sizable section on Voiceover. Note that it is not specifically written for blind folks,, so I was extremely pleasantly surprised to find the VO information, especially the detailed instructions for getting speech going on a Mac out of the box.
Teresa On Jan 4, 2011, at 6:35 PM, Darcy Burnard wrote: > Hi Karen. Apple does have a getting started with VoiceOver guide. You can > read it online here. > http://www.apple.com/voiceover/info/guide/ > I think you can also order a braille copy. > That being said, I'm not sure I'd agree that you really want to dig that much > in depth with VO until you have a Mac in front of you. Some of the concepts > will seem very alien until you can try it. I'm referring specifically to the > concept of interacting. > Speaking from my own experience, I found I got all the fundamentals of VO > from the quick start tutorial built in to the OS. The rest I learned as I > needed it. > If you're going to read up on anything before hand, I think you'd be better > served by learning about Mac OS 10 itself rather than the screen reader. > Apple used to have some great documentation for switchers on their site, that > outlined the major differences between the Mac and Windows. I'm sure it's > still there. > Darcy > > > On 2011-01-04, at 6:07 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: > >> Hi all, >> If I have read it once I have read it a zillion times, and agree. It is >> important to know a screen reader as completely as possible. >> I prefer, especially if I cannot get hands on training, or if I have seen >> that others may have issues, to read as much as I can in advance. >> so, has anyone put together a solid users guide specifically for voiceover? >> I realize any such guide would be in flux, changing as apple upgrades the >> system in general, and voiceover in particular. Still a solid guide, more >> for reading than say someones audio tutorials would be fantastic. >> Say the sort of book one would use in a classroom, or that would have come >> in the box with your old style screen readers? >> thanks in advance, >> Karen >> >> -- >> 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. > -- 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.
