Hello Carolyn, You say you find Alex hard to understand, have you tried changing the voice? You might prefer Fred, for instance. I use Fred as I find him to be much more accurate than Alex.
Cheers, Anne On May 13, 2010, at 9:03 PM, Carolyn wrote: > Hi Olivia: > One to one is going well. I'm having a little trouble though because we are > learning in a very noisy setting, and with my hearing loss, it's sometimes > hard to hear and interact with the trainer and dear Alex. But we are making > progress, and the more I work with the mac and find my questions, the easier > it is for my trainer to help me solve things. > I also find Jaws a little clearer of pronunciation than Alex. Somehow, the > Mac speech seems just a little more primitive. For example, the word > "thanks" ,swhen taken by itself sounds almost more like a noise to me. But, > of course, that could be a quirk of my hearing.<grin> > > In today's session, she taught me how to show date received within the > collumns, but she hasn't been able to make the "sort by date received" stay > that way. So, each time I open Mail, I have to go into view and check it > again. We also worked on how to work with mail rules, such as landing mail > from certain people in certain mailboxes. > I'm planning to work more exclusively with the Mac this week, so I can ask > more specific questions. > Thanks for asking. > > Carolyn > n May 13, 2010, at 9:41 AM, Olivia Norman wrote: > >> How's your one on one training going? >> I have heard mixed reviews from consumers using VO, and am curious. >> On May 13, 2010, at 10:41 AM, Carolyn wrote: >> >>> Hi Olivia: >>> I go to view under menu. Arrowing down, there is a sort-by submenu. Wish >>> I could get it to stick, though. I'm still wondering about the >>> shift-backslash Sarah talked about. >>> >>> Well, off to the Apple store. Perhaps I can bring back some useful >>> tidbits?:) >>> Carolyn >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Olivia Norman >>> To: list voiceover >>> Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 1:47 PM >>> Subject: Re: mail settings? >>> >>> How do you even sort messages by date? >>> You are ahead of me :) >>> On May 12, 2010, at 2:36 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: >>> >>>> Are you pressing vo shift backslash on the colomn yo want to sort by? >>>> >>>> Take care. >>>> >>>> S >>>> On May 12, 2010, at 10:44 AM, Carolyn wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi: >>>>> I learned to sort messages by date received, (my preference) while in my >>>>> training session. But, that setting doesn't stick when I exit mail. >>>>> They then seem to sort by alphabet, or sometimes by thread. Is there a >>>>> more permanent way to have them sort by date? Guess I'm too impatient to >>>>> wait for my next session to find out<grin> >>>>> TIA >>>>> Carolyn >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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