I really don't think there is per sey, a right or wrong answer here. Having
said that, I will! say that normally, I prefer teaching, not necessarily the
entire in and out of Voiceover, but before I really have people dive into
many apps, especially 3rd party apps that don't come pre-installed, I make
sure that they feel at least somewhat comfortable with the basics like what
are the v o keys, where are they located, make sure they get the concept of
vo+up, down, left, and right arrowing, make sure they understand about
pressing vo+space to activate things. Depending on how quickly they are
progressing, I may or may not touch on interacting. Usually, I'll
definitely explain it, and if you're interested in how I do so, just let me
know, as I have an extremely! effective annalogy that I use for that, and
even the most basic of the most basic users, I've found, blind or not,
usually within about 20 minutes after I give the annalogy then give them a
few exercizes to demonstrate, they usually have the lightbulb come on. If
they don't seem even after my annalogy to be getting interaction, I really
don't make a big stink of it. I usually keep praising them for their hard
work, and tell them not to worry about it, that as they do it, it'll start
to make sense. At that point, I'll generally take them into an app, like
contacts, or something with a table, that absolutely you must! no, matter,
what! interact to be effective. Once I do this, and I actually put it into
perspective for them, usually, not always, but usually, they then start to
see what is happenning. I say the main thing, especially with those who're
switching to the mac from Windows is to be very very patient. The mac
indeed can be a bit challenging for some people. For me, I cought on almost
over night, but there are those who dont.
Thank you kindly,
Christopher-Mark Gilland.
Founder of CLG Productions
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Hole" <[email protected]>
To: "MacVisionaries" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 12:28 PM
Subject: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as
possible
Hi folks.
As far as I know, there are many here in this group who are helping
blind people switching from Windows to Mac.
Do you have any strategies to help them get fast into the VoiceOver
commands, and how they can "distance" them selves from the Windows
platform, and learn Mac the best way there is?
For example, is the best way to first learn to use VoiceOver with the
QuickKeys, or the hard way with so many keys pressed at once some
times?
What about what to learn first, do you learn them a piece of software
(such as Mail or Safari) or how the OS and how VoiceOver interacts
with it before going into apps?
All comments on this is really welcome.
Best regards David
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