Hi. I know that the Mac isn't windows and that Voice over isn't Jaws. I will treat them as their own individuals. Thanks for the advice though.
Sarah -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sarai Bucciarelli Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 7:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: introduction Hi: Just remember, Voiceover isn't Jaws, and the Mac isn't Windows. If you treat them as individuals, you will be fine. On Apr 1, 2011, at 12:25 PM, Sarah May wrote: > > Hi Sarah, > > I chuckled loudly when I read the first line of your message. Yes, I > did make out really well for my birthday. *grin* My friend was > envious and jealous of me because my Mac is newer than his. Oh well. > He can get over it and has. > > Anyhow, I will take your advice and download the podcasts from Blind > Cool tech. I knew I would have somewhat of a learning curve with the > Mac. So I am dealing with the frustrations as best as I can. I look > forward to the classes and the over the phone training. > > Thanks for the warm welcome Sarah along with others from the list. > > Sarah > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sarai > Bucciarelli > Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 8:40 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: introduction > > Hi Sarah: > Dang, girl! You so made out for your Birthday! Nice going! First of > all, go to www.blindcooltech.com. Listen to all podcasts done by Mike > Arrigo. They will help you out. You will love 1-to1 training. April > 13th will by my year anaversery with the Mac. You will love it. We've > all had those frustrations, that's normal. I have a Macbook Pro, > iPhone, iPod Nano, and Apple TV. I'm quite happy with my Apple > products. I use an apex, not a Braillesense, so can't help. > > On Mar 31, 2011, at 7:54 PM, Sarah May wrote: > >> Hi List! >> >> My name is Sarah. I'm from Minneapolis, Minnesota and am mostly blind. > For my birthday, a little over a month ago, I received a Macbook. I > have always been a PC and Jaws user. A friend of mine, who visited me > this past September, had his Macbook with him and he used voice over > with it. I thought it was so cool and seemed more user friendly than > Jaws. So when my parents gave me the Macbook for my birthday, along > with a year's worth of training over the phone and at the Apple store > through Apple cares; I was utterly amazed and taken aback. My friend, > who introduced me to the Mac, was in town for my birthday. My Mom > said "your Dad and I thought it would be a perfect time to give it to > you because Mark can help you get acquainted with it while he's here." > I do love my Macbook and the voice over voices are so much better than > Jaws voice selections by far! I am having some frustrations with the > Mac, but I knew that would be par for the course, because I am > learning a new type of computer and software. I alos am unable to > receive my e-mail through my Macbook yet. For some reason when I try > to set up my G mail account, either I do something wrong, or it just > doesn't want to accept the settings. Besides that I am navigating > Safari quite well. I need to call and set up an appointment, with the > people at the Apple store near me, to start my year's worth of > training. I also received an I-Pod shuffle from my brother along with > a twenty-five dollar I-tunes gift card from my niece and nephew. So I > will be all set with Apple products. I don't have an I-phone though. > I looked at one when I needed to purchase a new phone. It wouldn't > work for me. I have very short, wide, and stubby fingers. When I > tried to use the touch screen pad the commands wouldn't work for me. So I'm sticking with Verizon. I have their Haven phone which I love. >> >> I'm hoping that all you experienced Mac users with voice over will be >> able > to answer all the questions that is newbie will have for you when I > get stuck in a jam. *smile* I know that I'll love switching over to > the Mac even though I'll get frustrated from time-to-time. Also I'm > wondering if any of you are Braille Sense product users? And if so > are you able to use your Braille Sense product with the Mac? I have a > Braille Sense Plus. I'm just curious. >> >> Well, I thought I'd introduce myself by saying hello and look forward >> in > learning a lot from this list. >> >> Sarah >> >> -- >> 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. > > > > Sarai Bucciarelli > Personal to win Amazon and other free gift cards, Come join me on > www.swagbucks.com/refer/sdbuccia > > -- > 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. 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