[macvoiceover] Re: Learning Mac OS: was: Top and bottom of document
- From: Ian Edwards <ianedwards42@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 21:42:58 -0600
Ok, in reading what I posted it did seem a little whiney. I'm thinking of
myself as a a new system user, Mac OS plus new screenreader plus new
applications etc.
In terms of help and tutorials for Pages, the user guide accessed through the
help menu took me to the Apple site and a pdf of the guide that didn't seem
very accessible. Is this the standard help format, or did I go down the wrong
path?
Cheers, and thanks for the patience.
Ian
On 2011-09-24, at 12:02 PM, David Hilbert Poehlman wrote:
> and there is always command question mark.
>
> On Sep 24, 2011, at 1:29 PM, Cheryl Ann Homiak wrote:
>
> Somebody (I think Ian) wrote that the small differences between Windows and
> the Mac caused trip ups (not exact quote). The point that needs to be kept in
> mind is that the Mac and Windows are actually quite different from each other
> and you can't undertake learning the Mac as just a modification of your
> Windows experience. It also seems to me that the guides at "I can work this
> thing" are specifically for voiceover and that still means you have to look
> at the mainstream documentation and tutoials to learn the Mac. I don't think
> this is inappropriate. If you think about it, learning a Windows screenreader
> doesn't teach you the Windows OS either, though because blind people learn
> them together they may seem inseparable.
>
> I believe that helps for getting started with the Mac have been posted here
> from time to time and maybe they could be posted again. The voiceover getting
> started guide is very helpful but no, it probably isn't all you need.
> Remember too that Google can be a big help; I've often gone looking for
> keystrokes in Mac, Windows and Linux by using google. That isn't to
> discourage use of this list at all, just an encouragement that there are lots
> of ways to find help when trying to use a new system.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Cheryl
>
> May the words of my mouth
> and the meditation of my heart
> be acceptable to You,
> Lord, my rock and my Redeemer.
> (Psalm 19:14, HCSB)
>>
>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage.
>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com
>>
>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below.
>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover
>>
>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to
>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface
>> at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover
>>
>
> --
> Jonnie Appleseed
> with his
> Hands-On Technolog(eye)s
> reducing technology's disabilities
> one byte at a time
>
>>
>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage.
>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com
>>
>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below.
>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover
>>
>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to
>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web
>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover
>>
>
> Click on the link below to go to our homepage.
> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com
>
> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below.
> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover
>
> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to
> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web
> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover
>
Other related posts:
