Hi Sarah, I chuckled loudly when I read the first line of your message. Yes, I did make out really well for my birthday. *grin* My friend was envious and jealous of me because my Mac is newer than his. Oh well. He can get over it and has.
Anyhow, I will take your advice and download the podcasts from Blind Cool tech. I knew I would have somewhat of a learning curve with the Mac. So I am dealing with the frustrations as best as I can. I look forward to the classes and the over the phone training. Thanks for the warm welcome Sarah along with others from the list. Sarah -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sarai Bucciarelli Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 8:40 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: introduction 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 anaversery 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.
