Hi David and and All, I just wanted to point out that these help items are available. I never suggested a particular method on how I proceeded. In fact, I have used and are still using a wide range of medias and techniques that include the onboard help tutorials, podcasts from several sites, these list serves, real time chat rooms, Apple accessibility (if needed), and a year's subscription at the Apple Store. I have also complemented all of this when I have some spare time in reading "Take Control Using Mountain Lion." This Mac is not my first computer ever. I come from the PC world where I started with sight on an old 8086, with only 300 MG hard drive and using dos. So, you all can see that the Mac experience for me is like starting all over. We all have very different learning styles and there is no right or wrong. I will try anything once because it could be the difference of mastering this quicker. What's so wonderful about today is the variety of options that we all have to draw on. JMO.
Best, Eileen Sent from my iPhone On Jan 11, 2014, at 6:11 AM, David Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I would suggest a different approach. You should read the Getting Started > Guide which is also in the help menu, and learn to use the commands help > which is in the same place, or vi-h-h, in other words, hold down the vo keys > and press h twice. This would explain much of this to you, and if you > understand the logic, you’ll understand the terms. VO works well with Google > Chrome, but not Firefox, you happened to pick an external browser which is > not accessible, rather than start with what is built in, which is always the > best way with Apple. You can do so much without getting any external apps and > Apple ones often work best for most things for most people. Hope this helps. > > Cheers > Dave > > On 11 Jan 2014, at 11:34 am, April Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Eileen, >> >> Thanks. I had run the tutorial three times. And nowhere did it mention that >> I had to use a specific browser. It's also not very intuitive. I'm going to >> create my own step-by-step manual, Because there's no way I will remember >> any of those key combinations. I simply don't have the memory. It's going to >> be slow, and I'll work on it a little bit four or five days a week. I don't >> even know what half the terms mean. And I can't find the definition >> anywhere. Strange terms that aren't used in regular computer work such as >> auto web spot, web rotor, web spot, sweet spot. I have no idea what these >> terms mean, or if I need to use them, or how, or why. And that is to design >> websites. I can only imagine how somebody who has barely checked their >> e-mail and maybe Facebook would feel looking at this. >> >> Have a great day, >> >> April >> >> On Friday, January 10, 2014 4:49:41 PM UTC-5, Eileen Misrahi wrote: >>> >>> Hi April, >>> >>> I thought I would mention this to you. I have only had my MacBook Air for a >>> little over 4 months. when I first started, I accessed the Voiceover help >>> menu by pressing CONTROL-OPTION-H. This is the command to open Voiceover >>> help. If you arrow down to a submenu item called "Quick Start Tutorial," it >>> will present you with an interactive tutorial. The other item in the >>> Voiceover help menu that I have gone back to periodically is the "Getting >>> Started Manual" for Voiceover. >>> >>> there is also a Voiceover command help menu. This is accessed by pressing >>> CONTROL-OPTION-H-H (tapping the H twice quickly) This will open a submenu >>> of different categories such as general, keyboard, navigation, etc. When >>> you enter on one of these submenu items, it will open and delineate the >>> keystroke command and its description of what the command does. At the >>> beginning of all of this, I used this the most to commit the keystrokes to >>> memory. Be kind to yourself. It will get better in time. I rarely turn my >>> PC on these days. It's only for the programs that I can't run on the Mac >>> that I reach for the PC. I know in time I will probably venture to place a >>> virtual machine on my air, but that's for another time in place. HTH. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Eileen >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
