Hi Frank. Apple does offer one-to-one for $99 for a year training. There is no limit of how many times you can go in for training. Although some of their people are not up on VoiceOver as much as I wish they were, a lot of them love and adore working with it because they like computers and finding out new stuff. I got a really good person to work with me; he is a long-time Mac user who went to work for Apple. If your friend did that, it might be a good idea to talk to the manager and get them to give him the same person. In my case, I later on ended up working with different people; I think they were using me to teach some of their folks VoiceOver to more of their folks since they knew they had another blind person going to come in.
Regards, Gigi Sent from my iPhone On Dec 29, 2011, at 5:25 PM, Frank Tom <vermont...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the offer, but my friend lives in Vermont. We actually have a > great supplier in Burlington Vermont, Small Dog, that offers refurbished Macs > and great support. > > I'm also thinking of other folks that may benefit from switching over to a > Mac with Voice Over. Our State Division for the blind is actually > considering buying Macs for some clients. We are making progress. > On Dec 29, 2011, at 5:29 PM, Mr. L. Alexander wrote: > >> I hope you don't mind me asking. >> >> is your friend in the UK or outside of the UK? If in the UK, I MAY be able >> to help. >> >> as I run a small organization called free macs for the blind, I refurbish >> older powermacs to help get blind and visually impaired young people and >> those in need with a working mac running OS X 10.5 on a powerPC G4 or >> higher, depending on what is acquired as donations. >> >> if not, then I advise that rather than purchasing a new machine for him, you >> find a supplier dealing in refurbed macs. >> >> this would save money and still offer some support. please drop me a line >> and I can advise where possible. >> >> lew >> >> On 29 Dec 2011, at 22:24, Frank Tom wrote: >> >>> I have a friend, age 75, who is totally blind and a Windows/Jaws failure. I >>> have recommended he switch to a Mac but want to make reasonable suggestions >>> as to what he should buy. >>> >>> I am leaning twards a Mac Mini with a full size bluetooth keyboard with >>> NumPad and a wired mouse. Also, he will need a monitor for when his wife >>> needs to help him out. >>> >>> What do the rest of you mini users have. Do you also add a USB DVD player? >>> >>> Thanks for your advise. He will be happy if he could just download NLS >>> books from the BARD site without having to ask his wife for help. >>> >>> >>> >>> I, myself, have an 21 Inch IMac that I have had for four years. I got my >>> first Mac, the Mac Plus, in 1985 when I had more usable vision and could >>> read the screen with an 8x magnifying lens. The good old days when we >>> thought one megabyte of RAM was amazing. I did say mega and not giga. >>> >>> Tom >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> Mr. L. Alexander. >> Free Macs For The Blind. >> E-Mail: freemacsfortheb...@mac-access.net >> Direct line: 07936 877500 >> Twitter: @macsfortheblind >> >> Free Macs For The blind is a charity project supplying older but working >> apple macs for blind and visually impaired people throughout the UK FOR FREE! >> >> Do you have an old unwanted mac, any hardware, software, old PC's, etc or a >> copy of outspoken 9.2 you would be willing to donate? please get in touch. >> >> Mac Access Dot Net; The British Mac Accessibility Network, we're here to >> help anybody disabled with anything Apple! >> http://www.mac-access.net >> >> >> -- >> 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.
