Welcome aboard. I'm not yet yet an official Mac user myself, but hope to remedy that within the next couple of months. I'm waiting to see what is to come for the new iMacs, and so am sort of in your position. Welcome to the list nevertheless. These are fabulous people, so you'll undoubtedly be given the assistance you require.
Twitter: @IndigoCellist Sent from my iPhone On Mar 31, 2011, at 8:54 PM, "Sarah May" <sarah.me....@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi List! > > > > My name is Sarah. I’m from Minneapolis, Minnesota and am mostly blind. For > my birthday, a little over a month ago, I received a Macbook. I have always > been a PC and Jaws user. A friend of mine, who visited me this past > September, had his Macbook with him and he used voice over with it. I > thought it was so cool and seemed more user friendly than Jaws. So when my > parents gave me the Macbook for my birthday, along with a year’s worth of > training over the phone and at the Apple store through Apple cares; I was > utterly amazed and taken aback. My friend, who introduced me to the Mac, was > in town for my birthday. My Mom said “your Dad and I thought it would be a > perfect time to give it to you because Mark can help you get acquainted with > it while he’s here.” I do love my Macbook and the voice over voices are so > much better than Jaws voice selections by far! I am having some frustrations > with the Mac, but I knew that would be par for the course, because I am > learning a new type of computer and software. I alos am unable to receive my > e-mail through my Macbook yet. For some reason when I try to set up my G > mail account, either I do something wrong, or it just doesn’t want to accept > the settings. Besides that I am navigating Safari quite well. I need to > call and set up an appointment, with the people at the Apple store near me, > to start my year’s worth of training. I also received an I-Pod shuffle from > my brother along with a twenty-five dollar I-tunes gift card from my niece > and nephew. So I will be all set with Apple products. I don’t have an > I-phone though. I looked at one when I needed to purchase a new phone. It > wouldn’t work for me. I have very short, wide, and stubby fingers. When I > tried to use the touch screen pad the commands wouldn’t work for me. So I’m > sticking with Verizon. I have their Haven phone which I love. > > > > I’m hoping that all you experienced Mac users with voice over will be able to > answer all the questions that is newbie will have for you when I get stuck in > a jam. *smile* I know that I’ll love switching over to the Mac even though > I’ll get frustrated from time-to-time. Also I’m wondering if any of you are > Braille Sense product users? And if so are you able to use your Braille > Sense product with the Mac? I have a Braille Sense Plus. I’m just curious. > > > > Well, I thought I’d introduce myself by saying hello and look forward in > learning a lot from this list. > > > > Sarah > > -- > 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.
