[nabs-l] voiceover resources and campus job questions

[David Andrews]

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