Re: Intro to the Mac with VoiceOver: a Twelve-week Workshop offered by the New York Public Library starts April 3

Due to privacy concerns, it is the policy of the New York public library that training sessions are not recorded.- Brad -On Apr 1, 2024, at 20:01, Marlene Kramer wrote:Hello,Does anyone know if certain sessions cannot be attended due to conflicts with other appointments if any of these sessions

Re: Intro to the Mac with VoiceOver: a Twelve-week Workshop offered by the New York Public Library starts April 3

Hello,Does anyone know if certain sessions cannot be attended due to conflicts with other appointments if any of these sessions will be recorded for later viewing?Thanks in advance. MarleneOn Mar 30, 2024, at 7:08 PM, Brad Snyder wrote:Intro to the Mac with VoiceOver: a Twelve-week Workshop

Intro to the Mac with VoiceOver: a Twelve-week Workshop offered by the New York Public Library starts April 3

Intro to the Mac with VoiceOver: a Twelve-week Workshop offered by the New York Public Library Wednesdays April 3 through June 19, 2:00 to 4:00 PM Eastern If you already know how to type but need experience with the Voiceover screen reader for Mac, this workshop is for you. We’ll go over

Re: Intro and question

As far as I know the new Max's come with pages. Margaret Sent from my iPhone On 17 Jul 2015, at 2:31 pm, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: Welcome to the world of the Mac! You get Text Edit built into the Mac; this app lets you write text, and format it with links, lists, fonts,

Re: Intro and question

: Re: Intro and question Welcome to the world of the Mac! You get Text Edit built into the Mac; this app lets you write text, and format it with links, lists, fonts, alignment, and so on. You can't do margins--at least I don't think you can--and there is nothing like template support

Re: Intro and question

Of Light and Annie's Journal -Original Message- From: Alex Hall Sent: Friday, July 17, 2015 12:31 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Intro and question Welcome to the world of the Mac! You get Text Edit built into the Mac; this app lets you write text, and format

Re: Intro and question

: Intro and question Welcome to the world of the Mac! You get Text Edit built into the Mac; this app lets you write text, and format it with links, lists, fonts, alignment, and so on. You can't do margins--at least I don't think you can--and there is nothing like template support or other

Intro and question

Hello, I recently subscribed to this list because I purchased my first Apple computer, a Macbook air. I would like to know if my machine has a word processor, or more than one. In this case, what is the easiest to learn? I heard about Pages and Numbers. Are they word processors? Thank you,

Re: Intro and question

Welcome to the world of the Mac! You get Text Edit built into the Mac; this app lets you write text, and format it with links, lists, fonts, alignment, and so on. You can't do margins--at least I don't think you can--and there is nothing like template support or other advanced features. Fr

Re: Intro and question

it has text edit for word processing -- 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send

Re: Intro and question

Hi, Pages is a full featured Word Processor that should have came with your Mac. There is also a basic Word Processor called TextEdit that comes with your Mac as well. Actually, it’s basic but really quite a bit more than basic. Later… On Jul 16, 2015, at 6:06 PM,

Re: Intro

Well, Lorie, welcome to the group. As for me, I'm Barefooted Ray (cause that's how I always am inside and outside too when possible. As for me, I just got an Apple tV box and love it. Best way to bring one's iTunes library in to one's living room and 7.1 channel system in my opinion. Sure,

Intro

I just joined this group. I've used Iphones for about 4 years now and just got an Iphone 5s. I recently got an Ipad mini too. they're both updated to 8.1.1 I'm planning to retire my poor old windows pc and get a Mac mini so I may have lots of questions as I learn how to use it. I've already

Intro

Hello List, I'm Jenine Stanley from Columbus, Ohio. I've been using adaptive computer equipment since 1988 but got my first Mac, an MBP, about a month ago. I'm doing some word processing and want to resume audio editing and production with this machine. My husband is also getting an iMac

Re: Intro

Hey there. Nice to see you here. This is a wonderful list and i am sure you will gain a great deal of info. Hope Paulos On Feb 11, 2014, at 9:13 AM, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: Hello List, I'm Jenine Stanley from Columbus, Ohio. I've been using adaptive computer

Re: Intro

Hi there welcome to the list did you use the voiceover quick start yet? Sent from my iPhone On Feb 11, 2014, at 8:13 AM, Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com wrote: Hello List, I'm Jenine Stanley from Columbus, Ohio. I've been using adaptive computer equipment since 1988 but got my

Re: Intro

id use the VO quick start guide at first but have been using VO on my iPhone since 2011 so much of it was familiar. I do find myself going back over sections of the VO help materials and each time it makes more sense. Steep learning curve but repetition helps a lot. On Feb 11, 2014, at 9:36

Re: Intro

Welcome to the list. I'm glad you are having such an easy transition - it took me forever to feel comfortable with Voiceover on the Mac, and even longer to feel that it is (mostly) better than Windows. Wait... Can you have longer than forever? Sure, why not? Anyway, welcome aboard, and feel

Re: Intro

thanks Alex, Unfortunately, I'm getting a lot of 404 errors on the AppleVis site. This goes for podcasts, guides and the like. This is also with Safari and IE on my Windows machines. Very disappointing. the info I was able to access there though was incredibly helpful. On Feb 11, 2014, at

Re: Intro

Hello Janine, You will find the people on this list to be some of the most helpful people in the world. They put up with all of my crazy questions. I'm sure if I go back to my bookmarks, I can find some of the material they sent me initially. The Mac is an interesting transition and once you

Re: Intro

Jenine, It's CJ of CJ Surnow fame from many moons ago @ GDD. I'm glad to see you on the list. I hope you Kent are well. Also, glad to see another fellow traveler on the Macbook trail. I've been pretty happy with mine, since my wife gifted me with one back in 2010. Actually, got a new

Re: Intro

Can you contact Applevis with examples of these broken links? Use the contact form on the website, and your message will go to the entire website team so they can have a look at what is going on. Sometimes, pages will be taken down if they are deemed to be breaking rules (such as discussions of

Re: VoiceOver intro

://facebook.com/gavin.grundlingh Twitter: @Batworx On 10 Aug 2013, at 12:27 AM, Joseph Norton joseph.nor...@gmail.com wrote: Hi list: Have you all noticed that, at least in Mountain Lion, there is no longer an intro that plays the first time a user runs VoiceOver? The option to display the Welcome

Re: VoiceOver intro

: Hi list: Have you all noticed that, at least in Mountain Lion, there is no longer an intro that plays the first time a user runs VoiceOver? The option to display the Welcome dialog still exists, but, effectively does nothing. You can still get the VoiceOver quickStart via the VO+Command+f8

Re: VoiceOver intro

you all noticed that, at least in Mountain Lion, there is no longer an intro that plays the first time a user runs VoiceOver? The option to display the Welcome dialog still exists, but, effectively does nothing. You can still get the VoiceOver quickStart via the VO+Command+f8 keystroke

VoiceOver intro

Hi list: Have you all noticed that, at least in Mountain Lion, there is no longer an intro that plays the first time a user runs VoiceOver? The option to display the Welcome dialog still exists, but, effectively does nothing. You can still get the VoiceOver quickStart via the VO+Command+f8

Re: VoiceOver intro

joseph.nor...@gmail.com wrote: Hi list: Have you all noticed that, at least in Mountain Lion, there is no longer an intro that plays the first time a user runs VoiceOver? The option to display the Welcome dialog still exists, but, effectively does nothing. You can still get the VoiceOver

an intro and a question

hello listers, i've been on this list for two weeks and thought it was time for an intro. my name is michael marshall and i'm from melbourne australia. this week i will be bying a mac computer. i have alot of questions witch i can't think of right now accept one. does anyone know of a good

Re: an intro and a question

of people also like the Mail Archive which can be found here: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ CB On 3/10/13 3:56 PM, Michael Marshall wrote: hello listers, i've been on this list for two weeks and thought it was time for an intro. my name is michael marshall and i'm from

Re: an intro and a question

and thought it was time for an intro. my name is michael marshall and i'm from melbourne australia. this week i will be bying a mac computer. i have alot of questions witch i can't think of right now accept one. does anyone know of a good program for ripping DVD's to audio? thanks for any help

Re: Two questions about virtual machines and a brief intro

, 2012 9:04 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Two questions about virtual machines and a brief intro Hello, Thanks for the notice Alex, I will take a look at virtualbox also. Paul, is performance terrible with openbook? Thanks - Original Message - From: Paul Hunt

Re: Two questions about virtual machines and a brief intro

@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Damashe Thomas Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 9:04 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Two questions about virtual machines and a brief intro Hello, Thanks for the notice Alex, I will take a look

RE: Two questions about virtual machines and a brief intro

@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sean Murphy Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 3:41 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Two questions about virtual machines and a brief intro Hello Paul, This is wrong. I can use Focus 40 FS braille display

Re: Two questions about virtual machines and a brief intro

[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sean Murphy Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 3:41 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Two questions about virtual machines and a brief intro Hello Paul, This is wrong. I can use Focus 40 FS braille display in VMWare fusion

Two questions about virtual machines and a brief intro

Hello List, My name is Damashe Thomas and I am fairly new to the macvisionaries group. I live in the great state of Georgia. I have been a very happy iOS user for the past four years and am preparing to make the move to the mac. I have two quick questions to get started. Does anyone have

Re: Two questions about virtual machines and a brief intro

Hi there! I cannot answer about using windows stuff [never have used it] but I do know that parallels is not accessible so do not let anyone sell you it! Hth Colin On 15 Aug 2012, at 17:39, Damashe Thomas wrote: Hello List, My name is Damashe Thomas and I am fairly new to the

Re: Two questions about virtual machines and a brief intro

, 2012 12:50 PM Subject: Re: Two questions about virtual machines and a brief intro Hi there! I cannot answer about using windows stuff [never have used it] but I do know that parallels is not accessible so do not let anyone sell you it! Hth Colin On 15 Aug 2012, at 17:39, Damashe

Re: Two questions about virtual machines and a brief intro

recent updates. - Original Message - From: Red.Falcon To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 12:50 PM Subject: Re: Two questions about virtual machines and a brief intro Hi there! I cannot answer about using windows stuff [never have used it] but I do

Re: Two questions about virtual machines and a brief intro

: Red.Falcon To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 12:50 PM Subject: Re: Two questions about virtual machines and a brief intro Hi there! I cannot answer about using windows stuff [never have used it] but I do know that parallels is not accessible so do not let

Re: Two questions about virtual machines and a brief intro

Hello Damashe, First, if you are wanting to exicute the installation and full operation of Windows on the Mac, I would highly recommend VMware Fusion. Reviewing the archives will provide a thorough set of directions that will help you learn how to install Windows, as should the product web site.

Re: Two questions about virtual machines and a brief intro

@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 4:49 PM Subject: Re: Two questions about virtual machines and a brief intro Hello Damashe, First, if you are wanting to exicute the installation and full operation of Windows on the Mac, I would highly recommend VMware Fusion. Reviewing the archives

Re: Two questions about virtual machines and a brief intro

...@gmail.com To: MacVisionaries macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 4:49 PM Subject: Re: Two questions about virtual machines and a brief intro Hello Damashe, First, if you are wanting to exicute the installation and full operation of Windows on the Mac, I would

Re: Two questions about virtual machines and a brief intro

Hello Damash. I have been using fusion for two years. In general it works fine but peformance is much better with bootcamp especially with Open Book. On Aug 15, 2012, at 11:39 AM, Damashe Thomas damashe.tho...@gmail.com wrote: Hello List, My name is Damashe Thomas and I am fairly new to

Re: Two questions about virtual machines and a brief intro

virtual machines and a brief intro Hello Damash. I have been using fusion for two years. In general it works fine but peformance is much better with bootcamp especially with Open Book. On Aug 15, 2012, at 11:39 AM, Damashe Thomas damashe.tho...@gmail.com wrote: Hello List, My name

RE: Two questions about virtual machines and a brief intro

[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Damashe Thomas Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 9:04 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Two questions about virtual machines and a brief intro Hello, Thanks for the notice Alex, I will take a look at virtualbox also. Paul

Re: Two questions about virtual machines and a brief intro

intro Hello Alex. I'm using Windows 7 in VM Fusion. Yes, In many instances it can take a minute or two to recognize pages. On the other hand, my wife has Windows XP running in Bootcamp and pages are recognized in a matter of seconds. There are a couple of other things you should know. Focus

Re: Two questions about virtual machines and a brief intro

Subject: RE: Two questions about virtual machines and a brief intro Hello Alex. I’m using Windows 7 in VM Fusion. Yes, In many instances it can take a minute or two to recognize pages. On the other hand, my wife has Windows XP running in Bootcamp and pages are recognized in a matter of seconds

Re: Two questions about virtual machines and a brief intro

...@att.net *To:* macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com *Sent:* Wednesday, August 15, 2012 7:15 PM *Subject:* Re: Two questions about virtual machines and a brief intro Hello Damash. I have been using fusion for two years. In general it works fine

Re: Two questions about virtual machines and a brief intro

: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 7:15 PM Subject: Re: Two questions about virtual machines and a brief intro Hello Damash. I have been using fusion for two years. In general it works fine but peformance is much better with bootcamp especially with Open Book. On Aug 15, 2012, at 11:39 AM, Damashe

Re: Two questions about virtual machines and a brief intro

- From: Alex Hall To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 11:30 PM Subject: Re: Two questions about virtual machines and a brief intro One word: NVDA. Go to http://www.nvda-project.org to find out more and download this program, but it's basically a free

Intro

Hi guys my name is alberto I have been on this list for a while, but haven't contributed much to the list since I don't own a Mac yet. Many of the members I've seen so far on here probably know me from 3 lists I run myself. I am going to be a little more active now since I am going to be getting

Re: Word processing Q and intro

Hi, I purchased Pages a few years ago, maybe in 2009, and at that time it did not work well with VO. While I was able to work within the application VO had difficulties with focus and with continius reading from one page to another. Perhaps things have been improved in subsiquent releases?

Re: Word processing Q and intro

Hello Larry, I'm using iWork09 with all updates applied. I would never use Pages just for reading, I prefer TextEdit for that. I can achieve most things I want using Pages, but there are problems. VoiceOver Find commands (find next, find previous, etc for bold, italic, colour change, font

Word processing Q and intro

Hi, I used to be on this list and with the release of Lion and some issues I'm having I decided to begin participating once again. I've been using a Mac since at least 2006. My question relates to finding a good word processing program. I'm starting graduate school in a few weeks and a big

Re: Word processing Q and intro

Hello Larry, What are your problems with Pages? If you could be specific, I might be able to help you. Cheers, Anne On 25 Jul 2011, at 15:56, Larry Wanger wrote: Hi, I used to be on this list and with the release of Lion and some issues I'm having I decided to begin participating once

Intro a Question

Hello All, I wanted to introduce myself, as a new MacBook user member of the list. I've used DOS then Windows, since '89 or '90 with JAWS. However, I recently made the switch to a MacBook Pro VoiceOver I am loving it so far. Also, I wanted to know if anyone has used Band-in-a-Box for the

Intro and Questions

Hello Everyone, My name is Ezzy, and I am new to the Mac Visionaries list. I am a college student and am also new to the Mac. I had a few questions that I was hoping someone could answer: 1. What exactly do I need to create a mail record? I've tried setting up my Gmail account, but I

Re: Intro and Questions

I can answer your question about browsing the internet. To browse by headings press control/option,command/H for headings. For tables: control/option/command T. For visited links: control/option/command V. Also you might find the web item rotor handy. Press control/option U and then VO

Re: Intro and Questions

Thank you so much, Kim! Ezzy - Original Message - From: Kimberly thurman kimthur...@insightbb.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date sent: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 20:38:25 -0500 Subject: Re: Intro and Questions I can answer your question about browsing the internet. To browse

Re: Intro and Questions

To answer yoru second question you can use the web roter to brose by heading whch is ctrl option u and left and right arrow to heading, or yiou can hit cmd ctrl option h and add a shift witht hat if you want to go back by headings. S On Nov 23, 2010, at 5:24 PM, Ezzy Bueno wrote: Hello

Re: Intro and Questions

: Intro and Questions I can answer your question about browsing the internet. To browse by headings press control/option,command/H for headings. For tables: control/option/command T. For visited links: control/option/command V. Also you might find the web item rotor handy. Press control

Re: Intro and Questions

Voice: 1-646-450-2197 On Nov 23, 2010, at 8:44 PM, Ezzy Bueno wrote: Thank you so much, Kim! Ezzy - Original Message - From: Kimberly thurman kimthur...@insightbb.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date sent: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 20:38:25 -0500 Subject: Re: Intro

Re: Intro and Questions

Message - From: Kimberly thurman kimthur...@insightbb.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date sent: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 20:38:25 -0500 Subject: Re: Intro and Questions I can answer your question about browsing the internet. To browse by headings press control/option,command/H for headings

Re: Intro and Questions

Thank you so much, Carolyn! Ezzy - Original Message - From: Carolyn Haas chaas0...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date sent: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 19:54:32 -0700 Subject: Re: Intro and Questions Hello Ezzy: There is also something handy called the web item roter which you

Re: Intro and Questions

, Carolyn! Ezzy - Original Message - From: Carolyn Haas chaas0...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date sent: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 19:54:32 -0700 Subject: Re: Intro and Questions Hello Ezzy: There is also something handy called the web item roter which you can set up

Re: Intro and Questions

: Rafaela Freundt rafafreu...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 6:49 AM Subject: Re: Intro and Questions Hi, there is yet another way to navigate by headings, links, etc. press the left and right arrows together to turn on quick nav. this will allow you

Re: Intro and Questions

Thank you very much, Rafaela! I like the Quick Nav methon a lot! Ezzy - Original Message - From: Rafaela Freundt rafafreu...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date sent: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 23:49:37 -0500 Subject: Re: Intro and Questions Hi, there is yet another way

Intro - soon to be new MAC user

Hi all, Some of you may already recognize me from several other technology discussion lists and others may not. Well, I took the plunge last evening and ordered an iMac which hopefully will be here tomorrow. After moving over to the apple IOS platform for communications back this past January,

Re: Intro - soon to be new MAC user

Hi Vince. Great to see you on this list and welcome. It's nice to see old friends on this list from other technology lists. Kawal. On 9 Nov 2010, at 19:07, Vince Mistretta wrote: Hi all, Some of you may already recognize me from several other technology discussion lists and others may

Re: Intro - soon to be new MAC user

Hi Vince, I'm Allison from New York. I recently took the plunge and switched to the Mac in April. I can't say that I'm good at operating it yet, but I have learned from all the folks on this list. I still have my Windows PCs around just in case I need to use Windows again. I don't miss

Re: Intro - soon to be new MAC user

hello Vince. I am also glad that I took the mac plunge last year. I did it quite a bit before the onset of total blindness. I went from reading large print to listening to my screen. the funny thing was, I was already looking at voiceover because I was getting nasty headaches from trying to

Intro and nooby questions

Morning all, Some of you probably know me from other lists and I've joined this one being an owner of a new Macbook Pro. I have been a JFW user for going on 14 years now but have never used a Mac until 2 days ago. I'm wondering if folks can give me a good starting point for orienting myself

Re: Intro and nooby questions

Welcome aboard, Scott. this is a great list, I think you'll find it very helpful. Take care, Donna On Aug 25, 2010, at 1:23 PM, Scott Granados wrote: Morning all, Some of you probably know me from other lists and I've joined this one being an owner of a new Macbook Pro. I have been a JFW

Re: Intro and nooby questions

@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 1:23 PM Subject: Intro and nooby questions Morning all, Some of you probably know me from other lists and I've joined this one being an owner of a new Macbook Pro. I have been a JFW user for going on 14 years now but have never used a Mac until

Re: Intro and nooby questions

Message - From: Scott Granados To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 1:23 PM Subject: Intro and nooby questions Morning all, Some of you probably know me from other lists and I've joined this one being an owner of a new Macbook Pro. I have been a JFW user

Re: Intro and nooby questions

Welcome Scott, great th see you on here. I suppose you know how to interact with tables? Also you will see a command key on the left of the space bar. So for instance, if you want to copy any bit of text, you can hold the command key, high light the text with shift command (let's say if you

Re: Intro and nooby questions

Hi Scott: First of all. Keep in mind that Jaws isn't like Voice over, and Snow Leopard isn't like Windows. In orther words, they'll behave differently, so take all your preconceived expectations, and shelve them. You will be able to learn what is necessary without expectations. Second, go to

Re: Intro and nooby questions

Scott, congrats on the new MBP. Good to see you here from the MSP list. I got my MBP back in December and really do love it. At first, patience will be your best bet. From what I know of you from other lists, you will have no trouble at all.Have you made the jump to iPhone yet, or just

Test Intro

This is a test to see if my message will connect to the smtp server and post to the list. If so, WHEW! I didn't know I had to go through so many hoops to use gmail. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send

Re: Test Intro

yes, it went through. gmail can be tricky but pop is best to use took me a little to figure it out On Jul 1, 2010, at 8:45 PM, Gary wrote: This is a test to see if my message will connect to the smtp server and post to the list. If so, WHEW! I didn't know I had to go through so many hoops

Re: Test Intro

Thanks for the reply Cody. I received it with my apple mail program, but I'm still having trouble with this list. Can anyone tell me why I didn't receive the post I sent, in my apple mail. I received the posts before and after my post, but not mine. I can see that it posted to the list.

Re: Test Intro

I guess that is the feature on the list, no one receives their own message, I don't either and at first it left me wondering but it does work. On Jul 1, 2010, at 9:33 PM, Gary wrote: Thanks for the reply Cody. I received it with my apple mail program, but I'm still having trouble with

Re: Test Intro

Thanks Cody, appreciate it. On Jul 1, 2010, at 8:35 PM, Cody Hurst wrote: I guess that is the feature on the list, no one receives their own message, I don't either and at first it left me wondering but it does work. On Jul 1, 2010, at 9:33 PM, Gary wrote: Thanks for the reply Cody.

Re: Test Intro

Hi Gary, Your message did come through. Good to have you. You'll love this list, everyone is very helpful and informative. I'm Allison by the way. I'm new to the Mac, I just purchased mine in April. I love it. Welcome to the list, and have fun! Allison On Jul 1, 2010, at 8:45 PM, Gary wrote:

Re: intro and question

That's a lot but monitors can be very expencive as well. On May 25, 2010, at 12:00 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: This problem was covered earlier this month. Short version is that without a monitor the Mini forever scans for one, bringing the system to a crawl and causing other bad behavior. One

intro and question

Hi fellow mac users, My name is Chris Snyder. I'm writing you from Phoenix Arizona. I'm totally blind, and use Voiceover with no braille display. I own a Mac Mini and a 32GB iPod Touch, and I've had them for about six months. The Mac Mini is running Snow Leopard, has a 2.26 GHZ intel core Duo

Re: intro and question

Hi Chris, Hmm, I'm not sure about the monitor thing. I was going to get a Mac Mini, but decided on the Macbook at the last moment. Not the pro, just the regular old Macbook. I'm pleased to meet you. I'm Allison by the way. The Braille display has been an issue for me, only because I use an

Re: intro and question

Hi Allie, nice to meet you as well. Yeah, I actually went for the mac mini because it was even smaller than a laptop even with a bluetooth keyboard. Now, if I can't find a workaround for this monitor thing, I may have to buy a macbook as well. I'd rather not shell out another $800 or whatever

Re: intro and question

I would just buy a monoter and not keep it turned on. After all you might need sighted heop every once in a while. S On May 24, 2010, at 6:58 PM, Chris Snyder wrote: Hi Allie, nice to meet you as well. Yeah, I actually went for the mac mini because it was even smaller than a laptop even

Re: intro and question

Hi Sarah, I have a monitor at home for it, but I'd like to take it with me when I travel, and lugging around a monitor isn't really practical. There must be a way to make it think it has one attached. Friendly, Chris On May 24, 2010, at 7:11 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: I would just buy a

intro.

hello all my name is ian mcnamara i am 26 years old and i live in birmingham in the u k. i currently own windows seven but am thinking of getting a mac in future so thought i would join this list to learn about it. thanks very much ian mcnamara. skype heeman2730 -- You received this

Re: intro.

Well, for what it's worth, I'll extend my welcome to you, I'm a fairly newcomer to the list as well (September '08), but have been using a Mac since getting an iBook in 2005, using zoom, then later the predecessor of VoiceOver, called spoken interface. I then started using voiceover when Tiger

Re: intro.

welcome to the list Ian. I have been a mac user myself since sometime in January and I must say that I really love my mac too and definitely prefer it over my Windows pc. I am using my mac 90% of the time now and my next goal is to buy another mac but a mac mini this time and definitely get

Re: intro.

Hi Ian! I've been using a mac since may of 2008 and have come to really love it. I think its very easy to use and you can have the basics out of the way in just a few hours. Good luck with it. If you have skype or other chat programs you might chat with some of us on this list to ask

Re: intro

Hi Carolyn I'm not sure how helpful this will be for you, but if you have iTunes or VLC open, and you press F8 (or maybe F8 with the function key, depending on how you have your MacBook set up), iTunes will start playing whatever media you were last working with. I assume this works with other

Re: intro

well, one thing you could do is put a cd in the drive. may not be the best way but if your mac is on, the cd will go in otherwise it won't. to eject a cd, hit the key to the wright of the f12 key and hold that down untill the cd comes out. On Jan 21, 2010, at 7:20 PM, Carolyn wrote: Hi mac

Re: intro

Hi Laura: thanks for the idea. All of you have been very helpful. Carolyn On Jan 22, 2010, at 6:17 AM, Laura M wrote: Hi Carolyn I'm not sure how helpful this will be for you, but if you have iTunes or VLC open, and you press F8 (or maybe F8 with the function key, depending on how you

intro

Hi mac family: I'm a proud owner of a MacBook Pro, and a pc-convert wanna-be. (although as I write, I'm cheating). I live in Denver Co with my daughter, age 12, and my husband. I'll try not to ask too many silly questions. In any case, I have a silly question: I'm hearing impaired, so

Re: intro

hi, i know i have blonde hair but usually it is not so obvious. I am in doubt... it is when the computer is on you are in doubt? else i am really confused. Selution. we hack the speech so it makes a loud sound when you hit a special key. sandi On Jan 21, 2010, at 4:20 PM, Carolyn

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Hi. Do you use hearing aids with telecoils, by any chance? If so, turn the telecoils on and put your ear near your Mac. You should hear the unit working fairly loudly if it is on, and little or nothing if it is off. HTH. Aman On 1/21/10, Carolyn ch...@q.com wrote: Hi mac family: I'm a proud

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