Does she view podcasts? There's a great podcast call MacMost Now that has several short Mac tutorials. I haven’t seen it in a while but I think it’s still out there. Gary
On Jun 5, 2015, at 7:28 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote: > Hi all, > Thanks to a very generous person, my (sighted) mother is finally using a Mac > instead of her old, dying, Vista laptop. The difference is amazing; her > Windows machine was so bad that, when I reminded her today she could just > leave a few apps open at once on the MBP, she was surprised, and asked if > that wouldn't lock up the Mac like it did on her other machine. > > Anyway, the transition is surprisingly smooth so far. However, there are tons > of tricks I don't know, and/or don't even know about to research. Things like > split screen, moving windows around, scroll gestures, drag and drop modes and > commands, what icons do what, and so forth. Sure, I can tell her all the > keystrokes I know, and most will carry over as they aren't VO-specific, but > the point remains that she can do a great deal with the trackpad that I > can't, so I'm not the best teacher for that aspect. Does anyone know what > resources are out there? Perhaps a good web series, or a book similar to > Mastering the Macintosh with VoiceOver--but for sighted users? I know this is > slightly off-topic, but I'm not sure where else to ask. > > Thanks for any ideas. Sorry if you get this twice; I'm posting it to two Mac > lists I'm on. > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex Hall > mehg...@icloud.com > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
