[nabs-l] voiceover resources and campus job questions

[Kaiti Shelton]

Hi NABS,

I've just started working a campus job as a monitor in my music
department's computer lab.  I'm loving it so far, but I have a few
questions for those who have had campus jobs and who are familiar with
mac computers.

First, a general question.  I have a computer in the lab that has
Windows duel-booted on it so I can use programs like JAWS, Lime from
Dancing Dots, etc. The problem though is that as all the other
computers are macs and part of my job is to try to fix computer
problems as they arise, I need to at least learn some voiceover
basics.  Any materials you guys can steer me towards would be
appreciated.

Second, I am working out some of the accessibility and communication
issues with my manager.  We're trying to think of ways that I can have
access to notes people leave about what they did in shifts before me
so I can pick up where they left off.  We are also trying to figure
out a system that would allow me to leave notes about my work for the
shift after me.  So far our ideas include having whoever works the
shifts before mine to email me their note and for me to put a sticky
note with my information on the screen of my computer using the sticky
note program.  The person after me would just have to check my
computer before doing their work, but that system is not full-proof as
I work a closing shift one night a week and will not be able to log
into the windows account the next morning for the person after me to
see my note.  Any other ideas would be appreciated.

Some of the reading will also involve reading material on CDs and DVDs
that I will be editting.  We are also trying to find a fix for that as
well as a way I can get that information to propperly file the
material once it is done.

Again, any ideas at all would be appreciated.

-- 
Kaiti