Re: No VoiceOver or dictation for now.

2014-01-09 Thread April Brown
Hi Daniel, I will search for the dbtechies group. I do not hear low tones. So my ear tends to over focus on high tones, and they hurt. So, I don't do well with even comprehending television. I do okay in person, if people talk slow enough and enunciate well. If they don't, I have n

Re: No VoiceOver or dictation for now.

2014-01-09 Thread Daniel Hawkins
April, I understand how you feel. Before I went blind, I used to be a computer repair guy. I was Comp/TIA certified and I used to build and maintain office computers. As soon I lost my vision, I went over two years with no communication. I could not call well, txt, or email or surf the web. But

Re: No VoiceOver or dictation for now.

2014-01-09 Thread April Brown
Hi Regina, I know my Mac Mini made a sound when it turned on for about two weeks. It no longer does. Confused me too. I really need a "Dummies" manual for the newly deaf blind new Mac user. Good luck! April On Thursday, January 9, 2014 11:31:15 AM UTC-5, regina alvarado wro

Re: No VoiceOver or dictation for now.

2014-01-09 Thread April Brown
Hi Daniel, I haven't been enrolled in that program yet, unless it is part of the state program. I was diagnosies legaly blind last May, and am still in the early stages of getting help from the state. This next appointment should help. If I ever learn to use the technology, I'd li

Re: No VoiceOver or dictation for now.

2014-01-09 Thread Regina Alvarado
Boy do I understand. Mini when running is totally baffling to me. I have found no program or blog or anything that starts from absolute zero. Right now, all I want to do is read and answer email, surf and be able to enter in Safari, and find out where to transfer files to so I can read them in P

Re: No VoiceOver or dictation for now.

2014-01-09 Thread Daniel Hawkins
Hello April, Did you go through I Can Connect? With your hearing loss and vision loss you should qualify that. I too went thru the program. As the federal law states the equipment that you receive, you should receive training from the state, in communication. Now each state is different in prov

No VoiceOver or dictation for now.

2014-01-09 Thread April Brown
Thanks for your help! Since dictation won't do what I need it to do in Pages, I'll try to find something that will. Just not right now. I've still got to many little odd things I don't know how to do on my new computer, and it exhausts me trying to figure them out. As for VoiceOver, I tried t