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From: JAKE JOEHL
Date: Wed, Nov 19 2014 8:38AM
Subject: Returning? Member Intro
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Hi everybody. My names Jake, and I was on this list awhile back but had to unsubscribe, because somehow I was double-posting here. But I just re-joined yesterday. I got a MacBook Air just after Christmas last year. This is my first and I really enjoy it. I wasnt too optimistic about using VoiceOver after hearing mainly negative things about it. However, I have found it to be an excellent screen reader. I use both Safari and Google Chrome for browsing the web, and have had little trouble. I also used Chromevox briefly, but found myself having to deal with constant speech crashes and the like. Anyway, thats it from me for right now. Im glad to be back on the list!
Jake
Please visit me at http://jazzyjj.dreamwidth.org .
From: Chagnon | PubCom
Date: Wed, Nov 19 2014 11:12AM
Subject: Re: Returning? Member Intro
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Welcome back to the list, Jake. And welcome to the Mac World, too.
Thanks for your review of VoiceOver.
Question: how well does VoiceOver work for you when reading native Word
documents and accessible PDFs?
(I mean a really accessible PDF, not one of the millions of junky, poorly
constructed PDFs that aren't fully accessible.)
- Bevi Chagnon
- PubCom.com - Trainers, Consultants, Designers, and Developers.
- Print, Web, Acrobat, XML, eBooks, and U.S. Federal Section 508
Accessibility.
- 508 Workshop: www.workshop.pubcom.com
- US Federal Training: www.gpo.gov/customers/theinstitute.htm
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Hi everybody. My name's Jake, and I was on this list awhile back but had to
unsubscribe, because somehow I was double-posting here. But I just re-joined
yesterday. I got a MacBook Air just after Christmas last year. This is my
first and I really enjoy it. I wasn't too optimistic about using VoiceOver
after hearing mainly negative things about it. However, I have found it to
be an excellent screen reader. I use both Safari and Google Chrome for
browsing the web, and have had little trouble. I also used Chromevox
briefly, but found myself having to deal with constant speech crashes and
the like. Anyway, that's it from me for right now. I'm glad to be back on
the list!
Jake
Please visit me at http://jazzyjj.dreamwidth.org .
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From: JAKE JOEHL
Date: Wed, Nov 19 2014 11:58AM
Subject: Re: Returning? Member Intro
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Hi Bevi. Ive found VoiceOver to work very well in Word documents that open in TextEdit, but I havent done much work with that or Pages yet. Regarding pdf files, I have found that they work best if I forward the ones that are emailed to me, to my work email account. My volunteer job email account is a Google subdomain, and if I just hit Enter on the pdf attachment it reads just fine. I still have a bit of confusion on the whole interaction thing in VoiceOver, but Im getting the hang of it for the most part.
Jake
Please visit me at http://jazzyjj.dreamwidth.org .
On Nov 19, 2014, at 12:12 PM, Chagnon | PubCom < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
Welcome back to the list, Jake. And welcome to the Mac World, too.
Thanks for your review of VoiceOver.
Question: how well does VoiceOver work for you when reading native Word
documents and accessible PDFs?
(I mean a really accessible PDF, not one of the millions of junky, poorly
constructed PDFs that aren't fully accessible.)
- Bevi Chagnon
- PubCom.com - Trainers, Consultants, Designers, and Developers.
- Print, Web, Acrobat, XML, eBooks, and U.S. Federal Section 508
Accessibility.
- 508 Workshop: www.workshop.pubcom.com
- US Federal Training: www.gpo.gov/customers/theinstitute.htm
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Subject: [WebAIM] Returning? Member Intro
Hi everybody. My name's Jake, and I was on this list awhile back but had to
unsubscribe, because somehow I was double-posting here. But I just re-joined
yesterday. I got a MacBook Air just after Christmas last year. This is my
first and I really enjoy it. I wasn't too optimistic about using VoiceOver
after hearing mainly negative things about it. However, I have found it to
be an excellent screen reader. I use both Safari and Google Chrome for
browsing the web, and have had little trouble. I also used Chromevox
briefly, but found myself having to deal with constant speech crashes and
the like. Anyway, that's it from me for right now. I'm glad to be back on
the list!
Jake
Please visit me at http://jazzyjj.dreamwidth.org .
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