[mac4theblind] Re: What is the MacOS equivalent...
- From: Sarah Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:23:32 -0800
I'll add it's not easy but I'm used to through out ideas and consepts like the
days when I used to work with dos. Don't remind me of those days btw. lol!
On Nov 28, 2011, at 6:07 PM, John Panarese wrote:
> That's the way you really have to approach it. Yes, there is the
> temptation and, perhaps, it's necessary to have Windows reference points to
> keep things straight in your mind. However, if you keep thinking in Windows
> terms and like you are using a Windows screen reader, I can tell you that
> your progress will be slow and quite frustrating. You have to cut the cord
> and think Mac and VoiceOver.
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> On Nov 28, 2011, at 9:05 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>
>> Not really. I caught on to the mac in about 10 minutes and tha'ts why. I
>> through windows out the window so to speak.. I"m not sayign I learned
>> everythign in 1 day, but I grasped the consept in about 10 minutes and spent
>> the next day takign notes in class and learning the mac as a brand new OS
>> forgetting the fact that I ever learned windows.
>>
>> Take care all.
>> On Nov 28, 2011, at 5:46 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
>>
>>> I'd have to agree here with Sarah's comments. the mac is very similar to
>>> windows, but it's just different enough to really screw you if not careful.
>>> It's kind a like the difference in Spanish vs. Portuguese.
>>>
>>> Chris.
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah Alawami" <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 6:14 PM
>>> Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: What is the MacOS equivalent...
>>>
>>>
>>> Yeah it would be. the doc in windows is just like the doc on the mac, But I
>>> would quit comparing mac to windows starting now and learn the terminology
>>> and use it. Don't go looking for equivilents as they are not going to be
>>> easy to spot half the time.
>>> On Nov 28, 2011, at 4:59 AM, David Hilbert Poehlman wrote:
>>>
>>>> that'd be the doc right? I don't see a taskbar on the mac.
>>>>
>>>> On Nov 27, 2011, at 5:23 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Oh yeah. oops? forgot about that. I don't much pay attention to that.
>>>> thanks for the tip I forgot lol!
>>>> On Nov 27, 2011, at 12:10 PM, Tracy Duffy wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> If you go across the task bar, it will tell you when an ap is running and
>>>>> when it is not. For example, it will say mail running or if it just says
>>>>> mail it is not running at the moment and you'll need to open it if you
>>>>> want to work within that program. Or, if an ap is running and you don't
>>>>> want it to be, you'll know to close it out.
>>>>>
>>>>> tracyduffy@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>> 2 Chronicles 20, 21B: "Give thanks to God, his faithful love endures
>>>>> forever."
>>>>>
>>>>> On Nov 27, 2011, at 2:19 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> It's the doc. and I dunno if there is a way to speak the dots. Hopefully
>>>>>> someone can help there.
>>>>>> On Nov 26, 2011, at 10:25 PM, JULIO PEREZ wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> To the Windows Task Manager and/or Taskbar? That is, the place where
>>>>>>> open
>>>>>>> files are listed so that one can close or switch to them. The materials
>>>>>>> I'm
>>>>>>> reading say that open files are marked with a "bright dot" next to their
>>>>>>> icons but VO does not describe such dots. I only heard a single such
>>>>>>> mention
>>>>>>> after waking up the system. It spoke the name of the running
>>>>>>> application. Is
>>>>>>> there a way to make that happen as desired?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Julio C. Perez
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