That would be great. I love knowing where things are placed on the iPhone.

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On Aug 10, 2012, at 7:26 AM, David Chittenden <[email protected]> wrote:

> Yes, I am totally blind. I do have basic light perception though.
> 
> I had a friend show me how to use a mouse about 15 years ago. The thing that 
> was hardest for me to grasp was how small the movements are. When I got my 
> first laptop with a touch-pad, I had him move my finger around it, just like 
> we did with the mouse. Again, I was amazed at how small the movements were. 
> When I first got my iPhone, I needed to teach myself to make small movements 
> when exploring the screen, just like the mouse and touch-pad from the past. 
> When I learned that iOS gesture commands were being added to VO on the mac, I 
> knew it was time to change. I want to do things as much as possible the same 
> ways my sighted colleagues do them. So, I relished the idea of switching to 
> the track-pad. In fact, I am still a little disappointed that there isn't a 
> full-screen display mode which works like the iPhone display. It would be 
> great to stop interacting out to full-screen, find where another window is 
> (or the dock or apple toolbar for that matter, and then interact in to that 
> item. I could then get the same relational view of the display that I have 
> with my iPhone, and would not need to try and memorise even more bloody 
> esoteric commands.
> 
> 
> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
> Email: [email protected]
> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On 10/08/2012, at 2:34, Marianne Denning <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> David, are you totally blind?  If so, did you find the touch pad
>> difficult in the beginning?  I have not even attempted it yet.
>> 
>> On 8/8/12, David Chittenden <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Yep, it is a very different system. First pointer, forget everything you
>>> know about windows and your former screen reader.
>>> 
>>> Next, get your head wrapped around the concept of interacting. Interacting
>>> tightens your focus in to a specific manipulatable area. You can interact
>>> multiple times to work your way down layers. For me, interacting was
>>> extremely confusing to really figure out.
>>> 
>>> Also, Windows control is not Mac control. On Mac command structure, control,
>>> option, and command each have specific ways of effecting things. Command,
>>> which is in the same location as alt in Windows, is the key used for direct
>>> manipulation. So, command c copies whilst command v pastes. That said, there
>>> are other command key commands which directly translate from Windows alt,
>>> such as command tab to switch between open windows on the Mac.
>>> 
>>> I haven't committed all of the Mac commands and VO commands to memory.
>>> Instead, I use the touch-pad a lot.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
>>> Email: [email protected]
>>> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>> On 09/08/2012, at 14:06, Marianne Denning <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I have really been doing pretty well but there a couple of things that
>>>> baffle me.  It is really different than Windows and JAWS.
>>>> 
>>>> On 8/8/12, Mary-Jo Lord <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> I tried to join that list around a week ago.  I just got mine a week and
>>>>> a
>>>>> half ago and think I need a tutorial called Mac for Morons or something.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
>>>>> Behalf
>>>>> Of Marianne Denning
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 7:46 PM
>>>>> To: viphone
>>>>> Subject: OT MacBook
>>>>> 
>>>>> I recently purchased a MacBook Air and have requested to join a listserv
>>>>> but
>>>>> my request is pending.  I have a question about VO on the computer and
>>>>> would
>>>>> appreciate someone with knowledge about VO contacting me off list.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Marianne Denning
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