Choosing a Mac, getting started

2015-12-30 Thread John Ylioja
I recently joined this group and would like to learn more about using the Mac and its accessibility. I am considering buying a Mac, and have been exploring some different models. I would appreciate any input anyone may have before I buy one. My main purposes right now for using the mac would

Re: learning numbers

2016-02-13 Thread John Ylioja
There is some coverage of Numbers in the book Mastering the Macintosh with VoiceOver by Tim Sniffen. It is available in iBooks. I just got a Mac and haven’t used Numbers much yet, but there was a Numbers update which mentioned VoiceOver improvements in the recent release notes. The book focuses

Opening widgets in the Dashboard

2016-02-20 Thread John Ylioja
Hi all, Thanks to all who responded when I asked about choosing a Mac a couple of months ago. I ended up going with a refurbished Macbook Air, and have been learning the basics of how to use it. I am having trouble with opening closed widgets in the Dashboard. I can close one with the VO comma

reading library documentation in AppleScript

2016-02-22 Thread John Ylioja
I've looked at AppleScript a little, but am unsure if there is an efficient way to read the library documentation to find available functions. I'm planning to read some of a book I got from Bookshare on AppleScript to learn the basics before I get too complex with it. I found I can navigate the