Hello Peter, I'm not really sure why you can't get out of the VoiceOver Quick Start by pressing the escape key. What happens if you press Control+Option+H, where the Control and Option keys are the second and third keys from the left in the bottom row of keys on your Macbook Pro keyboard? Do you get access to the VoiceOver Help menu? You should be able to use your arrow keys to move down through menu options and press the enter key to view these options. If you arrow up and down, using the arrow keys at the bottom right corner of your keyboard that are in an "inverted T" shape (half-height left, down, and right arrows in the bottom row, with the up arrow just above the down arrow), you should hear VoiceOver announce items like "Online Help", "Commands Help", "Keyboard Help", "Sounds Help", "Quick Start Help", and "Getting Started Guide". Pressing either enter (technically, the "return" key) or Control+Option+space bar should activate that menu selection. In the case of moving to an other help menu, in addition to using your up and down arrow keys to move through options, you can press your left arrow key to move back up a level, and you can press the escape key to leave the VoiceOver help menu.
The VoiceOver Getting Started Guide is available as an HTML guide that you can read from other browsers, independently of your Mac. Here's the HTML link for the guide for Mountain Lion (in English): http://help.apple.com/voiceover/info/guide/10.8/English.lproj/index.html If you want an RTF version of the VoiceOver Getting Started guide, check John Panarese's MacfortheBlind web page for documents: http://macfortheblind.com/documentation Under the "Manuals and User Guides" headings there's an RTF version of the guide for Lion, and for Mountain Lion. HTH, and welcome to your new Macbook Pro and this list. Cheers, Esther On Jul 31, 2013, at 8:17 PM, peter greco wrote: > I've just purchased a Macbook Pro. > I have only used braille notetakers in the past. > I'm wanting to move on from the quick start, however, if I hit escape, > nothing seems to happen, and if I hit escape a second time I'm taken back to > the quick start. > Any help please would be fabulous! > I'm especially wanting to use Safari. > Peter <--- 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> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
