Re: MBA Help

2013-12-05 Thread Chris H
Have you tried checking the box to use f1 f2 etc in system preferences under keyboard? On 05/12/2013 04:20, AZ wrote: Hi. I got my macbook air today. I hav found it a very tough learning curve. I can't get control option f8 to bring up the voice over utility no matter how many times I try,,

RE: MBA Help

2013-12-05 Thread Lee Jones
and apologies for Rambling Lee - From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Georgina Joyce Sent: 04 December 2013 22:44 To: AppleVis List Subject: Re: MBA Help Hello, I’m a new Mac user but feel it’s worth it. What

Re: MBA Help

2013-12-05 Thread Tim Kilburn
December 2013 22:44 To: AppleVis List Subject: Re: MBA Help Hello, I’m a new Mac user but feel it’s worth it. What is happening here is that there are 2 levels of function keys. By default they are hardware controls i.e. volume and brightness. So by pressing Function key + VO + F8

RE: MBA Help

2013-12-05 Thread Lee Jones
: 05 December 2013 22:43 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: MBA Help Hi Lee, It appears that Software Update no longer pops up when downloading voices. If you press VO-space (VO means ctrl-optio) on the Default Voice pop-up then arrow down through the list, after Customize, VO

Re: MBA Help

2013-12-05 Thread Tim Kilburn
Subject: Re: MBA Help Hi Lee, It appears that Software Update no longer pops up when downloading voices. If you press VO-space (VO means ctrl-optio) on the Default Voice pop-up then arrow down through the list, after Customize, VO will read more voices and will say “So and so Downloading

Re: MBA Help

2013-12-04 Thread Deb Lewis
Try pressing the FN key alont with control and option. You can change the need for this in preferences later but by default you'll need to press it on the lap top keyboard. so it's going to be fn/control/option/F8 to start the VO utility. On 12/4/13, Lee Jones leejones...@sky.com wrote: Dear

Re: MBA Help

2013-12-04 Thread Maria and Joe Chapman
HI. ok will try to answer your questions if i can answers below. regards Maria and crew from australia email: bubbygirl1...@gmail.com check out www.95-the-mix.com where we play lots of great music On 5 Dec 2013, at 8:55 am, Lee Jones leejones...@sky.com wrote: Dear List,I got my

Re: MBA Help

2013-12-04 Thread Maria and Joe Chapman
agh using a mac mini didn’t even think of the fn key. Cheers Maria sent from mac mini email, fb bubbygirl1...@gmail.com skype bubbygirl1972 twitter same as skype without the numbers. On 5 Dec 2013, at 8:59 am, Deb Lewis deblewi...@gmail.com wrote: Try pressing the FN key alont with

Re: MBA Help

2013-12-04 Thread Janet Ingber
Hi Lee, There are also some good Mac Tutorials on How To Be Blind. Visit www.htb2.com and search for Mac tutorials. As far as VO and key combinations, bring up the commands help menu with VO-HH. Take your time and don’t try to learn everything in a day. Also, Apple has a tech support number

Re: MBA Help

2013-12-04 Thread Georgina Joyce
Hello, I’m a new Mac user but feel it’s worth it. What is happening here is that there are 2 levels of function keys. By default they are hardware controls i.e. volume and brightness. So by pressing Function key + VO + F8 will get you there. The Function is next to the VO keys. Thus you just

Re: MBA Help

2013-12-04 Thread Phil Halton
one of the first things I did when I got my Mac was to change the way the function keys operate. By default, when you press a function key, it performs a built-in hardware function like brightness, volume etc. to use them for software functions, like opening VoiceOver utility, you have to press

Re: MBA Help

2013-12-04 Thread AZ
Hi. I got my macbook air today. I hav found it a very tough learning curve. I can't get control option f8 to bring up the voice over utility no matter how many times I try,, a sighted person has also tried and it does not work. Sometimes you have to add the FN-key to this combination, just