Re: How to turn off voice activation in iPod Touch

2011-11-15 Thread rex holmes
Hi Dane, moderators and Listers, Can I say I find Dane tone rude, pedantic and quite ignorant. Niamh question was one of desperation. I know from former questions this is someone who is both newly blinded and a new user of apple products. Apple's attitude is one of inclusiveness You were rude

Re: How to turn off voice activation in I-touch

2011-11-15 Thread rex holmes
n in I-touch Hi Rex, Thank you so much. Now I know what I have been doing wrong. Somebody said on this list it is a huge learning curve but worth it, this is true I am sure. Niamh - Original Message - From: "rex holmes" To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" Sent

Re: How to turn off voice activation in I-touch

2011-11-15 Thread rex holmes
I know this problem, it has been driving me mad. I discovered that I was pressing the home button for too long and this was turning it on. Immediately above the home button an off button appears so you can just switch it off. I Honestly don't know if there is a way of turning it off, I can't f

Re: Ipad2 instruction books or pdcasts

2011-11-02 Thread rex holmes
I too have been looking for these. Rex - Original Message - From: "Niamh" To: Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 11:27 PM Subject: Ipad2 instruction books or pdcasts Can anybody direct me to these? many thanks niamh <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post,

Re: How do I restart VO Tutorial

2011-10-04 Thread rex holmes
ers at one time. To get into the VoiceOver Quick Start Tutorial, simultaneously press Control-Option-Command F8. The Quick Start Tutorial will start speaking after a second or two. Kindest regards and good luck! Mike On 4,Oct,2011, at 5:50 PM, rex holmes wrote: Can anybody help. My wife h

Re: How do I restart VO Tutorial

2011-10-04 Thread rex holmes
r way of saying it is vo+command+f8! You can also get it through vo+h and scroll down! hth Colin On 4 Oct 2011, at 16:50, rex holmes wrote: Can anybody help. My wife has allowed me to use her Imac to see if I can manage it. My problem is that when I started the tutorial the voice was dreadful, an

How do I restart VO Tutorial

2011-10-04 Thread rex holmes
Can anybody help. My wife has allowed me to use her Imac to see if I can manage it. My problem is that when I started the tutorial the voice was dreadful, and English default called ~Daniel, I think. Now when I restart VO it doesn't give me the option of running the VO tutorial. I know this is em