Hi Steve! Ok I'm confused [ not for the first time ] Are you talking about a I phone or I pad because I'm on a I Mac and my picture of earth is listed as the 6th one! Under nature in desk top and screen savers in system prefs! If your on about another device then I'm stuck! :] Colin On 29 Nov 2010, at 20:15, Steve Griffiths wrote:
> No, I can see the pictures and which one is selected, and VoiceOver is > reading the wrong description. The first image is the one of water droplets > on a grey background and is given as "photo of a calm lake with mountains in > the distance and shooting stars in the sky". That's a good description of > the second image, which is described as "photo of a desert oasis in the > distance". The third image is the one of earth from space, which is also > given a description that matches the second image - "photo of mountains in > the distance during twilight with water in the foreground". > > Odd, especially as no-one else seems to be getting this! > > Steve > > On 29 Nov 2010, at 12:23, Colin M wrote: > >> Hi Steve! >> Are you sure you have not picked the wrong picture! >> Before the Earth there is earth horizon! >> I picked Snow leopard prowl for mine! >> Colin >> On 29 Nov 2010, at 11:49, Cheree Heppe wrote: >> >>> Cheree Heppe here: >>> >>> I can't address the visuals directly, however, my teenaged daughter says it >>> shows the earth from space. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> Cheree Heppe >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Steve Griffiths >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 0:37 >>> Subject: Re: no night without stars >>> >>> I'm finding that the descriptions I get don't match the background image >>> selected. For instance, the image of the earth from space is given as >>> "photo of mountains in the distance during twilight with water in the >>> foreground". Am I alone in getting this? >>> >>> Steve >>> On 27 Nov 2010, at 15:02, Cheree Heppe wrote: >>> >>>> Cheree Heppe here: >>>> >>>> This may seem self-evident to some, but I am not a first adopter and not a >>>> confident tech person. >>>> >>>> Before my IPad got updated to the newest OS release, the wallpaper had >>>> shown a field of stars. The new OS apparently didn't offer this choice, >>>> so, in an excellent example of learned helplessness, I asked the store rep >>>> to change the wallpaper for me to what would be the closest to the field >>>> of stars. After all, in other mainstream applications, I couldn't make >>>> such adjustments. >>>> >>>> When I got home, I opened the IPad settings and found wallpaper and opened >>>> it, just to see what would happen. I was one of the most surprised and >>>> delighted blind users in the universe to find that the wallpaper views >>>> were described. >>>> >>>> I took the chance and selected the view of earth from space myself, and >>>> returned to the home screen. My sighted daughter confirmed that I had >>>> indeed selected this view as my home screen wallpaper. My daughter >>>> sounded surprised and delighted that I could accomplish something she and >>>> I both had previously considered the province of the fully sighted. >>>> >>>> Thank you, whoever you are, with Apple's structure and development teams, >>>> for discernment and vision in your ideas of what blind users can or should >>>> be able to do. >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Cheree Heppe >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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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