[macvoiceover] Re: a note of thanks

It's certainly worth a try.  Good luck, and keep us posted.
Olivia
"Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition, they somehow know what 
you truly want to become.", Steve Jobs

On Apr 13, 2011, at 2:27 AM, Cristina Afonso wrote:

>   Hi dear Justin,
> 
> I'm Cristina Afonso from Portugal.
> I'd like to congratulate you for your new position!
> That is great! Thanks for sharing with us.
> You know? I also would like to apply for a job in Apple but I'm afraid of 
> doing it.
> I'm a singer/piano player and I normally use my computer on the stage to 
> work. I was having lots of problems dealing with music on the pc, that I've 
> decided to swich to the Mac. When I begun surching on the Mac, there was no 
> information in portuguese at all about acssessibility or even about the 
> existance of VoiceOver. I've contacted the stors that sell products for the 
> blind and they all said that the Mac was not acssessible for the blind users. 
> The normal stores didn't know about at all. It was on the internet that I 
> found all the information, and on this list, of course! That's what I would 
> like to change. I would like to work on the area of acssessibility, training 
> blind Mac users, inform those who could be potential Mac users about Apple 
> products, and train people who work in stors for them to be able to give 
> information and assistance to a blind person who wants to buy a Mac.
> I also would like to help people to avoid spending more then 1000€  on a 
> screen reader you know? That's why those who sell products for the blind 
> don't want people to know that when they buy a Mac, they have a great screen 
> reader included...
> Do you think I could give this project a try? I'm in love with Apple products 
> now that I own a Macbook Pro, an iPod nano and I'm waiting for an iPad 2.
> Sorry forr the long post and for sharing this with you Justin. I just wanted 
> an advise. Many many thanks for your help.
> 
>   All the best
> 
>   Cristina Afonso
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Justin Mann" <w9fyi@xxxxxx>
> To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 4:46 AM
> Subject: [macvoiceover] a note of thanks
> 
> 
>> Hi folks,
>> I just wanted to take a moment and thank all who contribute to this list. I 
>> have learned so much about the mac and IOS devices that it's really been 
>> amazing.  A few of you may have read my post on why I like my mac.  Well, I 
>> have an update to that post.  I am now being officially background checked 
>> by Apple and have been invited to fill out the official application for 
>> employment.  I'm sorry if I've posted something in appropriate, but I've 
>> learned a lot from reading the posts on this list and having a place where I 
>> can ask questions.  Also I just had to share my excitement with somebody... 
>> lol
>> Thanks,
>> Justin
>> 
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