Hi all. I want to start a sighted friend up with a new iPad Air. She does not live in my area so communication must be done over the phone or by email. She is definitely not tech savvy! In fact, with the linux system she is now running, I had to give her step-by-step instructions in writing and then had to practice them with her several times. It isn't that she's not intelligent; she has a neurological difficulty which results in her being a very concrete thinker and if you are going to teach her something about a technological device you have to cover every step. I think she can learn the iPad but it will take some work by both of us. So I hope somebody won't mind answering some questions. The reason I taught her to do mail in a text-based-only linux system is that when she tried to learn Windows an accidental keypress or mouse click into some screen she wasn't expecting or any behavior of Windows she didn't understand got her immediately and totally lost.
1. Is there any way at all to pair a bluetooth keyboard with the iPad before doing the iPad setup. I sort of think the answer is "no" but thought I'd ask. 2. If there's no way to pair a bluetooth keyboard first, would I do better to have her turn voiceover on? Then I could hear what she was doing at least during the setup. I prefer to do touch typing during setup and if she did that we might encounter problems with the rotor motion but since she can see the double tap might work fine for her and indeed she might make more mistakes with the touch typing. 3. Once we make it through setup and pair the keyboard (I'm thinking of the Logitech ultrathin keyboard cover), I can't teach her sighted gestures. I could just teach her to use it with voiceover and mute speech if she wants to do so, but if I could find a video for her to watch with basic iPad gestures (bery basic!) she might be able to do without voiceover. Does anybody know of such a video? I thought of sending her to the Apple Store for help but I think both she and the tech person would end up frustrated. The reason I am thinking of an iPad rather than aMacbook air, besides pricing, is that she basically only does email and i'm hoping she can also learn to surf the web eventually also with the iPad. I don't think she needs to get involved in all the other complexities of learning other applications or maintenance and update procedures of Mavericks. I don't think she needs a lot of disk space although I am going to ask her if she plans to put music or videos on the iPad and backups with the cloud will be easy once set up. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the trash! Then God gave me a new heart and life: His joy for my despairing tears! And now, every day: "This I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness." (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) -- 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.
