Re: Before the Mini: Using an Aire To Prepare
+1 Chris.QT accessibility is improving, although not all apps (in particular VirtualBox) are accessible enough to be usable. TeamTalk, apparently, may now work. This is indeed the worst part of OS X: accessibility politics, and realising that
Re: Before the Mini: Using an Aire To Prepare
Welcome to the wonderful world of Mac OS X and access to nearly all aspects of the system. I can't tell you how much independence I now have that was simply not possible on Windows machines. I'll admit that Apple isn't perfect, and there are
Re: Before the Mini: Using an Aire To Prepare
LOL, re the breathing. I'm now quite used to it, really. Well, OK, so when I first heard it I thought it was way cool. I guess if you need Macintalk but can't stand Alex, there is Fred. He's awful quiet, and IMO has his own problems (he is no
Re: Before the Mini: Using an Aire To Prepare
@aaron,Thanks for the info. I'm sure it is a lot to keep in mind, but that's precisely why I made this topic, so that I kind of don't have to, at least, not right away, anyway. Honestly though, VO is, as my first post pointed out, already
Re: Before the Mini: Using an Aire To Prepare
If you don't like Alex, you should try Alison, she sounds like a 30 year old school librarian, not a 45 year old X cheerleader who opens her mouth too wide when she talks like Samantha does; that's probably just me though...Some people also
Re: Before the Mini: Using an Aire To Prepare
Fusion is a great little toy. It's kind enough to install windows for you without sighted assistance! Am I the only person in this world that doesn't really mind Alex? I mean, some of its quirks like pronouncing some capital letters wrong are
Re: Before the Mini: Using an Aire To Prepare
Well, congrats on the mac! As for the v o keys, there are plenty of ways around them that make the old-fassioned ctrl+option lock obsolete. Quicknav. Press both left and right arrows at the same time, and you can use your mac with mostly only
Re: Before the Mini: Using an Aire To Prepare
Somebody mentioned the Dock.When you have the time on your own Mac, do a VO+Shift+M to get a context menu on any item that's described as a folder, and choose the option to view it as a list. Now it's an accessible menu, instead of a pretty
Re: Before the Mini: Using an Aire To Prepare
It's funny you mention object navigation. When I tried to learn it, it seemed so convoluted and I had very slight success, so I was dreading the interaction aspect of vo because I figured it would be similar. I was really surprised when I
Re: Before the Mini: Using an Aire To Prepare
If you don't like Alex, you should try Alison, she sounds like a 30 year old school librarian, not a 45 year old X cheerleader who opens her mouth too wide when she talks like Samantha does; that's probably just me though...Some people also
Re: Before the Mini: Using an Aire To Prepare
Somebody mentioned the Dock.When you have the time on your own Mac, do a VO+Shift+M to get a context menu on any item that's described as a folder, and choose the option to view it as a list. Now it's an accessible menu, instead of a pretty
Re: Before the Mini: Using an Aire To Prepare
It's funny you mention object navigation. When I tried to learn it, it seemed so convoluted and I had very slight success, so I was dreading the interaction aspect of vo because I figured it would be similar. I was really surprised when I
Re: Before the Mini: Using an Aire To Prepare
@wanderer,Currently using Samantha at 50, can't go any faster at the moment, but that's what i'm used to on my iOS device, as well. Some peple love Alex; that breathing thing just, gets to me and makes me all sorts of angry and frustrated and
Re: Before the Mini: Using an Aire To Prepare
Was going to attempt a post with H for the breathing effect, but realized how lame that would be. I just hate that I have to slow it down so much, which consequently slows my usage of the device.
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I'm curious what you have the speech rate set to; I can only use Alex to read long passages that aren't system-related at about 50. You probably know this by now, but VO-D will get you to the dock (analogous to the Windows Taskbar) VO-M twice
Before the Mini: Using an Aire To Prepare
if you've been following my posts recently, you know that I just lost my home, thus most of my windows equipment. You also know that about a week before this happened, I ordered a Mac Mini. What you probably didn't know is that my wife got a
Re: Before the Mini: Using an Aire To Prepare
Nice post and i concur with your conclusions, having a macbook air myself. Since i can regularly switch between windows and OSX at will, i can tell you that yes, if your used to windows, things are going to be done quicker from that platform.
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