Hello. If my acquaintance were to go this route, is it easy to transition from ZoomText to VoiceOver? Can the two programs be used simultaneously?
Kind regards, Mike On 15,Jul,2013, at 3:05 PM, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@me.com> wrote: > Hi there > I have known a number of people with situations similar to what you describe. > I wonder if it would help him to do the trial version of ZoomText text for > the Mac. A lot of people seem to like this a lot. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jul 15, 2013, at 7:19 AM, Mike Busboom <mbusb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello everyone, >> >> From time to time, I assist people via Skype who would like to become >> familiar with VoiceOver. Thus far, all of those whom I have assisted have >> been unable to avail themselves of any visual cues from the screen, i.e. >> they depend exclusively on speech, Braille or both. >> >> I recently met an individual who has Macular Degeneration, and he is now >> losing his ability to quickly and effectively visually navigate his >> MacBook's screen. Since he lives in Canada and I live in Austria, we have >> agreed that if possible, I would assist him in his attempt to migrate from a >> strictly visual environment to one where accessibility options are utilized. >> It has occurred to me, however, that my assisting him might not be in his >> best interest since he will want to continue to use his vision wherever >> possible and only gradually transition to an entirely speech, non-visual >> environment. >> >> While I am totally comfortable helping blind people, I know nothing about >> configuring the Mac so that it can best meet his needs. He wants to use his >> vision in conjunction with VO but at some time, totally transition to >> screenless use of his Mac. >> >> Does anyone know if there is special documentation for situations like this? >> While I am basically a can-do person, is it unrealistic for me to render >> useful assistance? Knowing this person, I know that he will insist on using >> his residual vision for as long as possible. >> >> Any thoughts would be most definitely appreciated. >> >> With kind regards, >> >> Mike >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
