Colin, I'm on an iPad.
Steve On 29 Nov 2010, at 20:39, Colin M wrote: > 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. > 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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