Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-14 Thread Kerri
That was my experience too, Richard but I didn't interact enough lol. I accepted change, made mistakes, laughed at myself and carried on. On 2013-01-14, at 5:24 PM, Richard Ring wrote: > I firmly believe that my computer knowledge has greatly assisted me in > learning the Mac. I started out bac

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-14 Thread Danny Noonan
That's very helpful. I new option up and down used to work in mail but never new it worked else ware. That will simplify finder etc quite a lot. Danny: Always learning, never shutting up. On 15/01/2013, at 12:26 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hi, > > This often depends on the list. Option up/do

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-14 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, This often depends on the list. Option up/down arrow works in many situations. For example, in the finder and YoruFukurou. I've also made a shortcut with the keyboard commander and my trackpad commander to lesson the keystrokes for when option up/down arrow doesn't work. Ricardo Walke

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-14 Thread Richard Ring
I firmly believe that my computer knowledge has greatly assisted me in learning the Mac. I started out back in the dark ages as a DOS user. Then I moved to Windows and used it through version 7. What I think both operating systems have in common is that both run computers. In other words, in bot

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-14 Thread Devin Prater
What helped me the most was my dealings with iOs. I got used to most of the keyboard commands with my bluetooth keyboard, so I was pretty prepared to take on the mac when I got it. Sent from my iPod with iCloud On 14 Jan 2013, at 6:30 PM, Danny Noonan wrote: If though you had a command to mov

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-14 Thread Danny Noonan
If though you had a command to move to the top of a list with out having to interact each time I'd be much happier vo shift home is painful if you forget to interact first. Apparently before lion this was much easier. I do long for home, end, page up and down to work a tad more like in windows.

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-14 Thread Kerri
Hi, I used to interact a lot when I was new, though I never did wight he finder. However, I have a nutty question so feel free to run me out of here. Do people who have or used to have sight find it easier because they can visualize the window and what it looked like? I have become better since

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-14 Thread Danny Noonan
I agree it's not just the mac. In windows it's fairly standard in the OS and core software like mail ie windows explorer etc. I also understand my using windows for so long means I'm some what blinkered to its inconsistencies and a life long mac user would likely have as many problems moving to

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-14 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hello, I'd like to point out something about interacting. I've noticed that many people interact when it is totally unnecessary. Not saying your doing this mind you but, it is something I noticed many new users or, those who use a Mac occasionally do. For example, I've seen people interact w

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-14 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, I can honestly say, I've encountered similar things on windows using Jaws. Certain commands will work in one application, or in a certain instance, but not in another. I honestly can't say if VO on the Mac does this more or less. I guess thats pretty subjective. But, I don't think its s

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-14 Thread Danny Noonan
When the concept works, it's great but all the times it's broken, it sux. Some times, VO J doesn't move you between all areas you want access too. You can't always jump to a table unless your interacting with another table or similar area. Unless I don't know a cool command, there's no way to qu

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-14 Thread Danny Noonan
Concepts do go across both platforms but then those little inconsistencies bug me. In text editors and the like, you have your good old command x cut but in finder, you have to use copy command c and then move at the other end with command option v. Why?! As far as I know Command X isn't used. W

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-14 Thread Harry Hogue
Interacting, once you get used to it, is actually a wonderful thing. It allows me to quickly skip across frames in web pages and groups of buttons, tables, etc. Harry On Jan 14, 2013, at 4:12 PM, Kerri wrote: > I have to say that this is true when I became a mac user. What I found tough > w

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-14 Thread Kerri
I have to say that this is true when I became a mac user. What I found tough was that blasted interacting, I still detest it vehemently. But forgetting windows completely for me, was not a huge help because of the concepts that are the same across the board. On 2013-01-14, at 4:51 AM, erik burgg

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-14 Thread Ricardo Walker
I agree. I think instead of forgetting about windows, its more like forgetting about your screen reader for windows. In my opinion, Voiceover and Windows screen readers have more differences than the Actual OSs. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletotheco

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-14 Thread erik burggraaf
You know, As an instructor, some times I find this advice helpful and sometimes not. While it is useful at times to torpido peoples pre-conceptions, it is true that a number of concepts are the same across the board, such as file browsing, email reading, and copying/pasting. Some users Won't

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-11 Thread Phil Halton
- From: "Cheree Heppe" To: Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 11:27 PM Subject: Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible Cheree Heppe here: From what has been recently posted about learning how to use an MBA and Mac computers, and based

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-11 Thread Chris Blouch
ction (VO K) 4) , explore and get very frustrated over and over again until frustration goes away. - Original Message - From: "David Hole" mailto:balubathebr...@gmail.com>> To: "MacVisionaries" <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> Sent: Wednesday, J

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-10 Thread Ray Foret Jr
r tutorial by pressing VO, Command, F8 > 2) repeatedly read the mountain lion with VoiceOver manual. It can be found > on Apple's website, and also under the VoiceOver help menu (VO H) > > 3) make liberal use of the keyboard help function (VO K) > 4) , explore and get very fr

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-10 Thread Cheree Heppe
the VoiceOver help menu (VO H) 3) make liberal use of the keyboard help function (VO K) 4) , explore and get very frustrated over and over again until frustration goes away. - Original Message - From: "David Hole" To: "MacVisionaries" Sent: Wednesday, January 09,

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-10 Thread Kliphton A M
The one thing that someone told me helped the most. Forget everything you know about windows! The 2 systems are as different as night and day, so open your mind, and learn the new OS, because even though your not a knew computer user, the system is new to you. Once you do this, everything wil

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-09 Thread John Sanfilippo
bject: 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, an

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-09 Thread Phil Halton
m: "Cheree Heppe" To: Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 2:56 PM Subject: Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible Cheree Heppe here: This topic comes at a great time, as, with this newly acquired MaccBook Air, I am experiencing difficulties. First

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-09 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
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" To: "MacVisionaries" Sent: Wednesday, January 09,

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-09 Thread Anne Robertson
bsite, and also under the VoiceOver help menu (VO H) > > 3) make liberal use of the keyboard help function (VO K) > 4) , explore and get very frustrated over and over again until frustration > goes away. > > ----- Original Message - From: "David Hole" > To: "Mac

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-09 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
O K) > 4) , explore and get very frustrated over and over again until frustration > goes away. > > ----- Original Message - From: "David Hole" > To: "MacVisionaries" > Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 12:28 PM > Subject: How to help blind people new to

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-09 Thread Cheree Heppe
eyboard help function (VO K) 4) , explore and get very frustrated over and over again until frustration goes away. - Original Message - From: "David Hole" To: "MacVisionaries" Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 12:28 PM Subject: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-09 Thread Eugenia Firth
Sent from my iPhone On Jan 9, 2013, at 11:28 AM, David Hole wrote: > 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 c

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-09 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello David, I always explain about the Trackpad commander and let them decide how they feel about it. I don't use it much myself, but I do use the trackpad without the commander to get a contextual menu when VO-Shift-m fails me, and on other occasions, too. As I work with text a lot, I find th

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-09 Thread David Hole
Thanks for this, Anne. When they aren't much into visualizing the screen, but are familiar with iPhone. Would it then be an idea for them to use the trackpad for visualizing purposes? Actually I use it myself to get better overview of new apps, and it works very well for me. -David On Wed, Jan 9

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-09 Thread Phil Halton
very frustrated over and over again until frustration goes away. - Original Message - From: "David Hole" To: "MacVisionaries" 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.

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-09 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello David, Different people learn in different ways. I usually explain the structure of the Mac (Home folder for each user and what it contains, Dock, Desk top, Side bar, etc.). Then I talk about the basic applications and how they work together. I try to get new Mac users to go through the b

How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-09 Thread David Hole
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 ther