[stylist] Happy New Year

[Amy McGarrah]

Hello April,
Happy new Year to you as well.
I'm glad to hear that  the Braille is coming along.
Do you live anywhere near Maryland or DC? If so I might be able 
to help both with the Braille and the Mac stuff as I am also a 
Mac user.
Amy

 ----- Original Message -----
From: April Brown <aprilbrownshade at gmail.com
To: stylist at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Thu, 2 Jan 2014 07:05:05 -0500
Subject: [stylist] Happy New Year

Happy New Year!

 I haven't posted in several months.  It seems the time has been 
filled with doctors appointments.

 I am learning braille, though it's a slow process.  My goal for 
this year is to read a braille book.

 I not only have severe vision loss I have severe hearing loss as 
well.  So, listening to the talking books is more exhausting than 
reading on the screen.

 My Windows computer crashed twice and had to be reformatted 
twice.  We determined that cost wise, rather than buying all the 
programs for Windows, It would be cheaper to buy a Mac Mini.  I 
lost probably a week reformatting my computer twice.  I have 
spent the last week learning how to use the Mac Mini.  I have 
found that Dictation works well in social media, and not badly on 
e-mail.  Though talking is exhausting.  Sometimes it has trouble 
understanding me.

 Now using it in Pages is another matter.  It seems to crash if I  
work in a large file.  Or, is it because the files were 
originally written in Word? Somehow, dictation doesn't seem to 
work nearly as well in Pages I am not sure why.

 I am learning to use the speech command, although that too can 
be exhausting.  Listening for long times is not easy.  I have 
attempted to start using Voiceover.  That program is really 
overwhelming.  Of course, I never did use keyboard commands, as 
they confuse me.  And the few that I did use are no longer 
relevant.

 So I haven't been writing much.  Although I have worked on my 
cookbook.  It is coming along nicely.

 Have a great day,


 April Brown

 Writing dramatic adventure novels uncovering the myths we hide 
behind.

 aprilbrownwrite at gmail.com

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