I have to say I'm in complete agreement with you. even though I pickup things fairly quickly, it doesn't hurt to have a tutorial to go through just to brush up even for the power users. this is a great idea in my opinion.
On 18/12/2012, at 3:54 PM, Danny Noonan <da...@familynoonan.net> wrote: > I'm not commenting on your comment but rather the overall feel of sentiment > over there regarding the app. > > Many of the comments sound like a lot of comments from blind power users with > a mac for tech. "I don't need it because I'm smart and work this stuff out > easily on my own." not to mention that old "Why should I pay for something > when it could be given to me free" line. It kind of makes me sad to see how > little some sentiments actually change over the years. > > belittling something that doesn't suit them with disregard of those who > would find a product like this helpful. I know people who don't pick things > up quickly for whom this app would be very helpful. It's procedure is > certainly more helpful than being able to try a few basic things in the voice > over menu. Far more like the Mac VoiceOver tutorial in running you through > situations. I could see this being very helpful for the elderly amongst other > groups. I always wonder and always will, how quick the community is to bag > out products for not being accessible but how slow to provide helpful > feedback or praise let alone be willing to pay for a product. > > All power to the developer for putting the time and effort into it and not > boxing all VIPs together with the same know how and off the bat abilities. > > Danny: > > On 18/12/2012, at 3:34 PM, Sarah k Alawami <marri...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> It's posted on the apple vis forum as well I voice my opinion there so I >> will not repeat myself. >> >> http://applevis.com/applevis-forum/site-news-feedback-and-discussion/new-app-named-vo-starter >> >> >> On Dec 17, 2012, at 8:27 PM, Danny Noonan <da...@familynoonan.net> wrote: >> >>> There is a new kind of app out. An iOS app designed specifically to help >>> blind and vision impaired users to learn how to use VoiceOver on there iOS >>> devices. VOStarter is currently free so why not grab the app on your >>> favourite iDevice and repay the great price with feedback and ratings in >>> the iTunes app store. >>> Find an article on the app below and after that is an iTunes link as it was >>> a bit hard to find from the article, for me at least. <smile> >>> http://maccessibility.net/2012/12/17/new-ios-app-just-released-for-learning-voiceover/ >>> And the direct iTunes link is >>> https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/vo-starter/id586844936?mt=8 >>> >>> Danny. >>> >>> <--- 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/> > > <--- 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/>. 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