[nabs-l] voiceover resources and campus job questions

Fri Aug 30 22:38:15 UTC 2013

BTW, voiceOver is the same screen reader which is built into iOS devices
such as the iPhone and iPad.

Chris Nusbaum, Co-Chair
Public Relations Committee
Maryland Association of Blind Students
Phone: (443) 547-2409

-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Greg Aikens
Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 4:53 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] voiceover resources and campus job questions

Voiceover is the screen reader built into the mac operating system.
Greg Aikens, M. Ed.
Teacher of students who are blind and visually impaired Cobb County School
District gpaikens at gmail.com

On Aug 30, 2013, at 12:22 PM, "justin williams" <justin.williams2 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> What is the voice over program again?  Is that the same as sticky 
> notes, or M I out in left field.  I would like it for future reference.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kaiti 
> Shelton
> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 11:53 AM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] voiceover resources and campus job questions
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Thanks for the ideas.  I will definitely check out that user list, and 
> I plan to use sticky notes like the other workers do as I received 
> confirmation that that is voiceover accessible.  I'm actually really 
> glad that works, because I've been the Windows equivalent so far.
> (It's in Windows 7 and up for future reference).
> 
> The user guide is really going to be helpful; I have a five hour shift 
> on Saturday and my assignment is just to figure out how to use 
> voiceover for now.  I'm looking forward to learning it.
> 
> On 8/27/13, Minhh Ha <minh.ha927 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> 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
>>> ex.html
>>> 
>>> ----- 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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