Well Sarah, Welcome very much to the world of Mac. I am Ray, "The constantly barefooted Ray" and, I must say that you made a most excellent choice by switching over to the Mac.
Skype very most certainly can be used on the Mac, as very many of us can tell you. You'll find that, when you do experience a necessity to reinstall your OS, (a rarity I might add), you can do so with complete accessibility. That alone makes the mac worth it. Support for Braille devices is mostly plug and play. No need for drivers; except in rare cases. Again, a most warm welcome to the list and to the way cool world of the Mac. PS. You say you have short fingers? I should think you'd still manage quite well with the Iphone. IN fact, it might amuse you to know that some with large hands have complained of the screen size. Again, a most heart-felt welcome. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On Mar 31, 2011, at 7:54 PM, Sarah May wrote: > Hi List! > > My name is Sarah. I’m from Minneapolis, Minnesota and am mostly blind. For > my birthday, a little over a month ago, I received a Macbook. I have always > been a PC and Jaws user. A friend of mine, who visited me this past > September, had his Macbook with him and he used voice over with it. I > thought it was so cool and seemed more user friendly than Jaws. So when my > parents gave me the Macbook for my birthday, along with a year’s worth of > training over the phone and at the Apple store through Apple cares; I was > utterly amazed and taken aback. My friend, who introduced me to the Mac, was > in town for my birthday. My Mom said “your Dad and I thought it would be a > perfect time to give it to you because Mark can help you get acquainted with > it while he’s here.” I do love my Macbook and the voice over voices are so > much better than Jaws voice selections by far! I am having some frustrations > with the Mac, but I knew that would be par for the course, because I am > learning a new type of computer and software. I alos am unable to receive my > e-mail through my Macbook yet. For some reason when I try to set up my G > mail account, either I do something wrong, or it just doesn’t want to accept > the settings. Besides that I am navigating Safari quite well. I need to > call and set up an appointment, with the people at the Apple store near me, > to start my year’s worth of training. I also received an I-Pod shuffle from > my brother along with a twenty-five dollar I-tunes gift card from my niece > and nephew. So I will be all set with Apple products. I don’t have an > I-phone though. I looked at one when I needed to purchase a new phone. It > wouldn’t work for me. I have very short, wide, and stubby fingers. When I > tried to use the touch screen pad the commands wouldn’t work for me. So I’m > sticking with Verizon. I have their Haven phone which I love. > > I’m hoping that all you experienced Mac users with voice over will be able to > answer all the questions that is newbie will have for you when I get stuck in > a jam. *smile* I know that I’ll love switching over to the Mac even though > I’ll get frustrated from time-to-time. Also I’m wondering if any of you are > Braille Sense product users? And if so are you able to use your Braille > Sense product with the Mac? I have a Braille Sense Plus. I’m just curious. > > Well, I thought I’d introduce myself by saying hello and look forward in > learning a lot from this list. > > Sarah > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email > tomacvisionaries+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 macvisionaries@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.
