[mac4theblind] Re: Intro and first question
- From: "Jean Menzies" <jemenzies@xxxxxxx>
- To: <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 11:51:51 -0700
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
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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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