[nabs-l] voiceover resources and campus job questions

[Minhh Ha]

Kaiti,

Could you possibly print out your notes and leave it at your computer station? Or why not do what the person ahead of you is going to do and just email them directly with the notes.

Minh
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On Aug 27, 2013, at 4:08 PM, Sophie Trist <sweetpeareader at gmail.com> wrote:

> Kaiti, I have pasted below a link to an accessible Mac VoiceOver user guide. I hope this helps you in your job. I also suggest joining the accesible-mac list. I don't know what the subscription address is, but it's on freelists and I'm sure you can find it. The link is: http://help.apple.com/voiceover/info/guide/10.8/English.lproj/ind
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> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kaiti Shelton <crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com
> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 14:41:20 -0400
> Subject: [nabs-l] voiceover resources and campus job questions
> 
> 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
> 
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