Hi Karen. Apple does have a getting started with VoiceOver guide. You can read it online here. http://www.apple.com/voiceover/info/guide/ I think you can also order a braille copy. That being said, I'm not sure I'd agree that you really want to dig that much in depth with VO until you have a Mac in front of you. Some of the concepts will seem very alien until you can try it. I'm referring specifically to the concept of interacting. Speaking from my own experience, I found I got all the fundamentals of VO from the quick start tutorial built in to the OS. The rest I learned as I needed it. If you're going to read up on anything before hand, I think you'd be better served by learning about Mac OS 10 itself rather than the screen reader. Apple used to have some great documentation for switchers on their site, that outlined the major differences between the Mac and Windows. I'm sure it's still there. Darcy
On 2011-01-04, at 6:07 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: > Hi all, > If I have read it once I have read it a zillion times, and agree. It is > important to know a screen reader as completely as possible. > I prefer, especially if I cannot get hands on training, or if I have seen > that others may have issues, to read as much as I can in advance. > so, has anyone put together a solid users guide specifically for voiceover? > I realize any such guide would be in flux, changing as apple upgrades the > system in general, and voiceover in particular. Still a solid guide, more > for reading than say someones audio tutorials would be fantastic. > Say the sort of book one would use in a classroom, or that would have come in > the box with your old style screen readers? > thanks in advance, > Karen > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.