[mac4theblind] Re: Intro and first question
- From: "Jean Menzies" <jemenzies@xxxxxxx>
- To: <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 12:14:07 -0700
Thanks, John.
I'm leaning toward the Macbook Pro, so knowing there are keyboard options is
good.
Thanks.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Panarese" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 11:59 AM
Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: Intro and first question
Hi Jean,
No, the laptops, the Mac Book Pro and Mac Book Air, do not come with a
numpad. You'd need to purchase an extended USB or Bluetooth keyboard.
Either that or an external numpad, which I bought.
Take Care
John D. Panarese
Director
Mac for the Blind
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On Dec 7, 2011, at 1:51 PM, Jean Menzies wrote:
> Hello John,
>
> Thanks for sharing your thoughts. After listening to Mike's presentation
> of
> the numpad commander, I was also thinking that a numpad would be a good
> thing. Thanks for your opinion on that. Am I right in thinking that there
> is
> no numpad on any of the Macbooks, especially the Macbook pro? I'm assuming
> the laptops don't have a numpad per se.
>
> Jean
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Panarese" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 11:34 AM
> Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: Intro and first question
>
>
> Hi Jean,
> Welcome to the list. I'm sure some folks will share their
> observations,
> but I can say, from experience, that a numeric pad is not necessarily a
> requirement, but it is very useful. In particular, when you become
> comfortable with the Mac, the NumPad commander is a very nice feature that
> will enable you to map more complex VoiceOver keyboard commands to numeric
> pad keys. For example, I have done so with a lot of web navigation
> keyboard
> commands, such as opening the web item rotor and moving to web spots.
> However, this is something you will have to decide on your own, but I do
> recommend it.
>
> Lion was released in July of this year. There is some debate over
> whether or not Siri will be included in the Mac OS at some point. I
> personally think they will, as it makes sense. Nevertheless, that is all
> speculation at this stage.
>
> In any event, please feel free to ask questions and pick our brains.
>
>
> Take Care
>
> John D. Panarese
> Director
> Mac for the Blind
> Tel, (631) 724-4479
> Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com
>
> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE
> MAC VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT
>
>
>
>
> On Dec 7, 2011, at 12:32 PM, Jean Menzies wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I am just beginning my adventure into the Apple world, and will be
>> getting
>> an iPhone later this month. I have also decided to switch to a Mac
>> sometime next year, as our PC needs replacing and, well, my
>> investigations
>> tell me that the Mac world is a great place.
>>
>> A first question as I am trying to get oriented to this new environment.
>> Can people share their observations as to the various Mac versions?
>> Having
>> always used a numberpad, I am hesitant to go to a Macbook without one.
>> But
>> I also know not to compare Jaws to VO or Windows to the Mac. Just
>> wondering about the ease of use between the Macbooks and the full
>> keyboard
>> Apple PCs.
>>
>> And, I'm just curious. No one knows, but do you think they might
>> introduce
>> Siri and the Dictate feature now on the iOS5 4s iPhone into the operating
>> system for the Mac? When did the Lion operating system come out?
>>
>> And a final note of thanks so far. Thanks to John. I found the
>> Mac4theblind website and it is a wonderful resourse. Thanks to Bubba, who
>> has shared many links for valuable resources. And, Mike Arrigo, if you're
>> on this list, I have listened to all of your Mac podcasts on
>> BlindCoolTech. What a trip, and thanks for doing those. It's amazing to
>> see the progress. Even by the 2nd or 3rd one, I knew that the Mac was a
>> good product.
>>
>> Looking forward to my Apple plunge.
>>
>> Jean
>>
>> On the other hand, you have different fingers
>>
>>
>>
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