[stylist] Happy New Year

[RJ Sandefur]

Hapy New year to you as well amy.Where were you able to get your mac? 
Second, do you use an Ipad? If so, what about IOS 7 do you like the most, 
and finally, Are you coming to nation convention? I called the rosen center 
yesterday, and they said it's 82 dolars per night. RJ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Amy McGarrah" <amyemcgarrah at gmail.com>
To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 8:15 AM
Subject: Re: [stylist] Happy New Year


> 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.
>
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