Yeah, I had this very experience last year when I bought my Mini. I started out with a bluetooth keyboard and then I ran into the chicken or egg question. How do you pair the keyboard without speech and how do you start VO without a paired keyboard? So I went back to the Apple store the next day and bought a full sized USB keyboard and got through it. What happens for anyone not using VO is the dialog comes up saying that a keyboard is missing; you then get the opportunity to pair it and of course, a sighted person can just read the numbers and enter. We need VO to do that. Anyway, once VO is running, pairing the bluetooth keyboard is a sinch.
On Oct 25, 2012, at 6:59 AM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, if mice and trackpads work with no setup, that explains it. You just > click away until you are told to enter the password on the keyboard, and then > all is well. Of course, this does no good at all for blind users as there is > no mouse or trackpad command to launch vo, but it explains why sighted people > hav no trouble. > On Oct 24, 2012, at 10:31 PM, "Christopher-Mark Gilland" > <clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I didn't say it wasn't stupid. I just said that was the only way I knew to >> work around it. LOL! Smile. >> >> Chris. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Hall" <mehg...@gmail.com> >> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:51 PM >> Subject: Re: Setting up mac mini? >> >> >> Okay, that makes sense. As I said, I was not sure. Still, I wonder how >> sighted people do it then, unless their magic mouse pairs automatically? I >> can't believe every mac owner in the world has to buy a usb keyboard for the >> thirty seconds it takes to pair their (much more expensive) apple keyboard? >> On Oct 24, 2012, at 9:39 PM, "Christopher-Mark Gilland" >> <clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Alex, you were misinformed. That won't work, as the keyboard has to be >>> paired, being it's bluetooth. But, how can he pair it, if it's the only >>> keyboard he's got access to? He need a keyboard that wasn't bluetooth to >>> be able to even get to the status bar bluetooth icon to start with, to pair >>> it. See what he and I're saying? >>> >>> Chris. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Hall" <mehg...@gmail.com> >>> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:20 AM >>> Subject: Re: Setting up mac mini? >>> >>> >>> I may well be wrong, but I think it will work with the keyboard >>> automatically, provided it is an official Apple keyboard. That said, it >>> never hurts to have a cheap usb keyboard hanging around, just in case. >>> Still, the worst that happens is you start the machine (be sure you have a >>> monitor connected or it won't be happy) and you can't get vo to come on, so >>> you shut down, get a keyboard, and try again. >>> On Oct 24, 2012, at 7:47 AM, Chris <christopher...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I think this is your only option as the mac mini is a dumb terminal >>>> without these accessories. >>>> >>>> >>>> Christopher Hallsworth >>>> >>>> On 24/10/2012 09:39, Kliphton wrote: >>>>> Okay, I have just ordered my new mac mini, got the fusion drive, and all >>>>> the >>>>> good stuff that comes with it. My question is, how do you set it up >>>>> annishally? Since it doesn't have a bt keyboard paired with it already, >>>>> and >>>>> I don't want to go buy a USB just to activate my bt and connect my apple >>>>> wireless keyboard. Or is this my only option? Suggestions and ideas >>>>> welcomed please. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Have a great day, >>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >>> mehg...@gmail.com >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> >> >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >> mehg...@gmail.com >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > > > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) > mehg...@gmail.com > > > > -- > 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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