[nabs-l] voiceover resources and campus job questions

[Kaiti Shelton]

Sticky notes just allows you to post little memos or reminders on your
computer screen.  Visually, they look like post-it notes.  Both the
Mac and Windows opperating systems have programs for them starting
with Windows 7 for the latter.

On 8/30/13, David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com> wrote:
> VoiceOver is also used in Apple iOS devices, iPhone, iPad, and iPod.
>
> Dave
>
> At 03:52 PM 8/30/2013, you wrote:
>>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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Kaiti