I am curious if there is things to do with voice over so a sighted person can use the computer at the same time if helping someone etc. My sighted friends get annoyed with voice over. Thanks. Lovette
On 2012-06-03, at 7:11 AM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > Hello Ed > > Speaking as a visually abled person, (I hate the term "Sighted", I found a > lot of his comments extremely odd. I was actually tempted to leave a comment > or two on MacWorld but thought better of it. This person clearly has > absolutely no perception of what VoiceOver is, what it can do and how it can > help even those of us with vision. > > My own vision is excellent, according to the opticians I visit once a year > for an eye test. Nevertheless I still find VoiceOver a valuable and useful > tool. > > Yes, the appearance does take on a more graphical form without VoiceOver and > yes, it does sometimes slow one down when VoiceOver is present. But those are > just small considerations and once you get used to it the overall effect is > actually quite pleasant and the tools that you have available are quite easy > to use. > > So in summary I would say that the author of this article really needs to be > educated. Vision impairment does not, nor should it ever, make it necessary > for those of us with vision to work in a totally different environment, I > often work alongside Gordon, who needs VoiceOver. But it really doesn't > present a problem to me. It's just a little different, that's all. > > > Lynne > > On 2 Jun 2012, at 17:23, Ed Worrell <blindworr...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > I agree with you, this article isn't that usefull for anyone, he just jumps > to a bunch of assumtions what is useful to the sighted. Forgranted my wife > doesn't use Voiceover unless I have questions, but she doesn't find things > like character navigation or rotor settings useless, thats the way we do > things that the sighted users can do by looking at the screen, my wife wishes > she had some of the rotor options available to the sighted too. Pourly > researched article. > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > mac-access@mac-access.net > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
