[stylist] Happy New Year

[Amy McGarrah]

I'm hoping to, but that all depends on how quickly I can get 
things taken care of between here (Maryland) and where I'm
moving from.
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From: "RJ Sandefur" <joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com
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Date sent: Thu, 2 Jan 2014 13:23:35 -0500
Subject: Re: [stylist] Happy New Year

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
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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
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 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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