I've expressed my concerns about VoiceOver to the local apple training rep,
and they have a few folks here locally who are familiar with VO, at least to
some extent. I know I'll have to bridge the gap between the sighted and VO
interfaces and synthesize the information for myself. But, having a sighted
assistant who knows both VO and Pages can't help but be a good springboard -
perhaps the best and only one I'll ever see.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anne Robertson" <a...@anarchie.org.uk>
To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" <mac-access@mac-access.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 10:19 AM
Subject: Re: iWork programs and accessibility
Hello Phil,
I wish you luck with the one-to-one training, but I fear the trainer will
not be familiar enough with VoiceOver to understand how to manage iWork.
You have to do a lot of interacting and bringing the mouse to the
VoiceOver cursor and doing a simulated mouse click.
It all sounds very complicated but it's really quite easy once you get
used to it. I use Pages regularly in my work as a translator, and I use
Numbers for very simple spreadsheets. I've also used Keynote and it's
pretty accessible.
Hotspots are very useful in iWork and its advisable to hide as many
objects in the window as possible to reduce the clutter.
Cheers,
Anne
On 6 Mar 2013, at 15:58, Phil Halton <philh...@comcast.net> wrote:
I'm considering buying a MACBook Air and getting the "one on one"
training with it since there's a store near me. I thought using the
training sessions for Pages/Numbers would be worth the effort. I'd have
to work with the trainer around the VoiceOver issues, but at least they
could help me understand the basic principles. It'd be vastly helpful to
have a knowledgeable sighted assistant during the iWork learning curve I
think. What do you think?
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