Hi Sarah! firstly welcome! Just to add to Sarai's comments when your on blind cool tech's site open web rota vo+u scroll left or right until your on the links column [ you might already be on it so stay there!] Then type mac and the list of options will narrow and you should find Mikes podcast's faster! Colin Qapla!
Chegh chew jaj Vam jaj Kak On 1 Apr 2011, at 14:39, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: > Hi Sarah: > Dang, girl! You so made out for your Birthday! Nice going! First of all, go > to www.blindcooltech.com. Listen to all podcasts done by Mike Arrigo. They > will help you out. You will love 1-to1 training. April 13th will by my year > anniversary with the Mac. You will love it. We've all had those frustrations, > that's normal. I have a Macbook Pro, iPhone, iPod Nano, and Apple TV. I'm > quite happy with my Apple products. I use an apex, not a Braillesense, so > can't help. > > On Mar 31, 2011, at 7:54 PM, Sarah May 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. > > > > Sarai Bucciarelli > Personal to win Amazon and other free gift cards, Come join me on > www.swagbucks.com/refer/sdbuccia > > -- > 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.
