Hello, My contract is abut to expire on my Nokia mobile phone with talks software. I am considering an iphone. How accessible are they? How long does the battery last with voice over switched on? Would I be better staying with a Nokia with talks speech? Regards David Poyner Chair British Blind Sport Archery Go to www.bbsarchery.org.uk chairman and webmaster St. Dunstans Archery Club Go to www.st-dunstans-archery-club.org.uk On 12 Jan 2011, at 21:47, Cristina Afonso wrote: > Hy Keith! > > Thank you very much for your answer! I think I wont look back too! I can't > wait, just dreamming about buying my new mac! Imagine being on a stage and > your computer just crashes and you loose the sound on your piano wiile you > are performing a song! And you go, what is going on!!! And sometimes, because > the software you are using is not that accessible, you can't interact well > with it. Do you know what I'm talking about? With a mac I'm sure that this > kind of things are not suppose to happend! It is much, much, much more stable! > Many thanks again for your kind answer! > > All the best > > Cristina Afonso > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Reedy" <keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 9:08 PM > Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: Hi everybody on the list! > > > Cristina, hi to you as well. > > Welcome to the MAC with Voiceover learning list. > > I am a musician as well and I use GarageBand 6 which comes with the iLife 11 > package, however, you can download GarageBand 6 from the mac app store. > > Check out the list of guides and helps here, > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com/docs/mac_with_voiceover/index.shtml > And lots of audio and recording guides and helps here, > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com/docs/mac_with_voiceover/audio/ > > I switched to the mac nearly 6 years ago and never looked back! > > Once again welcome.Keith Reedy > keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > On Jan 12, 2011, at 3:42 PM, Cristina Afonso wrote: > >> >> Hi everybody on the list! >> >> My name is Cristina Afonso. >> I'm from Portugal and I'm a musitian. I work both as a music teacher and as >> a pianist/singer performer. I'm a windows screenreader user but I am about >> to convert to the Macintosh world with VoiceOver . I use a digital sound on >> the stage and I already bought two labtop pc computers, spent lots of money >> and both already died. I cannot cope anymore with all the windows bugs, with >> all the stupid conflicts that mr. Jaws makes with my MAudio sound card so, >> Ihad enough with windows and Jaws! I'm really glad to have found this list, >> Many thanks for letting me in! >> As a musitian, I would like to make audio recordings, use my usual pluggins >> and more! I thank everybody in advance for the preciouse help that you will >> give to me. When I learn well about VoiceOver and other things, please feel >> free to rely on me too. >> >> Best regards! >> >> Cristina Afonso > >> >> 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 >> > > 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 >