Welcome to the world of Mac and VoiceoVer, I am sure you will have a lot of fun. You do not have very long to wait for Mac 10.7 (Lion) either which will come with even more VoiceOver enhancements and apparently a whole host of new voices in various languages.
Chris On 3 Mar 2011, at 16:06, Frank Carmickle wrote: > Hey Joe > > Good to see your still out there. Haven't heard from you in a long time. I > think you will enjoy mac os very much once you learn how voiceover works. It > took me a long time. Do hang in there with it if you get frustrated. > > Take care > --FC > > On Feb 28, 2011, at 11:41 PM, Joseph Norton wrote: > >> Hi: >> >> My name is Joseph Norton, from Dalton, GA. >> >> As i mentioned before, I have just ordered a new Mac Mini and am anxiously >> awaiting delivery. >> >> I have long been a DOS and Windows user and have had experience in Linux, >> most notably the console mode. While I have recently played around with >> ORCA under X-Windows, I have mostly stuck to command-line stuff under Linux. >> >> From some recent BlindCoolTech podcasts, (Thanks Mike), and from comments of >> other happy Mac users of VoiceOver, I decided the time had come to learn a >> new OS. Also, the fact that I could just go out and buy the computer and >> not have to spend a dime on another screen-reader was a big deciding factor. >> Not to mention the fact that, if I so desire, I can install the OS from >> scratch, without sighted assistance, if I need to--and I probably will do >> it, just to get the feel for it. I may be a bit strange, but, I like to >> play with installing an OS, trying different ways to configure it, and, even >> see how I can have more than one OS on the same machine. >> >> Back a few years ago, I had a machine with Windows 98 SE, Windows XP and >> Linux. It was so nice to know that, I had tools for accomplishing different >> things in each OS, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. I even had >> drive images of different versions of Windows so I could troubleshoot. >> >> One time, for example, I had a friend who spent two hours with AOL tech >> support because he could not access the Internet through their service. >> Since he was using Windows 95, I used by image of Windows 95 and was able to >> duplicate his problem. I was able to tell him how to access hidden older >> versions of the AOL software on the CD's they used to send out, which fixed >> his problem. The AOL support person did not have a clue what my friend >> should do. I had him up and running in 10 minutes or so, after I found out >> what the problem was. >> >> Now, I hope to add experience with MAC OS to my learnings. >> >> I have seen posts on this list and you all seem to be very helpful. Keep up >> the good work. We newbie's out there may need a hint or two along the way. >> I have already learned some things I might need to know. >> >> This is probably the longest post from me that you will see. I apologize if >> I have taken more time than necessary, but, I will keep it more to the point >> in the future. >> >> Again, I can't wait to dive into this new experience. >> >> >> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature >> database 5915 (20110228) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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.
