I certainly would not underestimate the learning curve. I have had my iMac for well over a year and whilst I am still learning I am not yet as proficient as I am on a windows machine. For example I still find iTunes a confusing nightmare to handle and as soon as I start to get to grips with it changes again. VLC is much easier though. I think out of the uses you mention mail is the most straightforward . Some aspects of Mail are more intuitive and straightforward, especially with attaching files but you will need, even with Mail, to get your head around the concepts of interaction and uninteraction if you are to get anywhere with managing or reading the headers in an email message. There is, in my view, a definite learning curve with browsing the web on Safari and you should not just expect easy replication of existing windows skills. Bookmark management is done completely differently as is managing the download of files. Selecting and copying text, whilst possible is less straightforward than on a Windows machine. As against that if you can find reader pages Safari can provide a far smoother reading experience and once learnt is far easier than ploughing through unnecessary garbage on a page.
The OS is, in my view,, superior to Windows but again represents a learning curve as things are done differently. Here again interaction is a necessary skill though increasingly the use of the tab key to automatically interact and interact will help make things less confusing. In short I would discourage any impression that there is a quick process where e a person can pick up all the necessary Mac skills in a couple of days. There is also, as discussed on this list earlier this year a dearth of information aimed specifically at the Visually Impaired user. There are lots of introductions to Voiceover and the David Woodbridge podcasts are probably the best of the podcast resources but there is not the depth of material for example for Office based applications like Pages, Keynote, Numbers or Tables. David Griffith -----Original Message----- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Jonathan Tyrer Sent: 11 July 2013 18:44 To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Anyone a DeafBlind Mac user? Hi thanks for getting back to me. I need a very rough idea of how long it will take to learn to use the Mac for general OS stuff, Mail, Safari and basic Pages. I have two people to quote for, so a very general idea is all I need. Thanks. Jonathan On 11/07/2013, David Griffith <d.griff...@btinternet.com> wrote: > I am deaf and blind. 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