[mac4theblind] Re: New member, urgent help with iPad Voiceover and screen on/off switch needed

  • From: Samuel Negron <samuel_negron@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2013 20:21:05 -0500

I can see it's very important for you to exercise your knowledge. That's fine. 
I wonder, though, if the places you choose to display your learning is 
appropriate.

On the trackpad, you can turn on the screen curtain on your Mac, which is 
awesome, original poster. Welcome to the Apple world.

> On Oct 4, 2013, at 6:49 PM, "David Hilbert Poehlman" <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
> 
> they are not interchangeable terms, a touch pad and a track pad are worlds 
> apart.  they only place they intersect is that there is no physical keyboard 
> but a touch pad does not allow sliding or swiping or anything mouse related.  
> technically, the iOS screen is a track pad but we’ll take tat up another day.
> 
> On Oct 4, 2013, at 7:47 PM, David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
> 
> no.
> 
> On Oct 4, 2013, at 7:42 PM, Samuel Negron <samuel_negron@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Touchpad, trackpad, analogous terms. I wager most people haven't forgotten 
> their PC terminology so much that I confused anyone.
> 
>> On Oct 4, 2013, at 6:36 PM, "David Hilbert Poehlman" <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> that’d be track pad.
>> 
>> On Oct 4, 2013, at 7:24 PM, Sam Negron <samuel_negron@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> If you decide to get a Mac some day, you can use that same gesture on your 
>> touchpad to turn on the screen curtain, too. That's definitely a super cool 
>> feature of Mac OS X.
>>> On Oct 4, 2013, at 5:06 PM, David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> tap three times with three fingers on the screen
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Jonnie Appleseed
>>> With His
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>>> On Oct 4, 2013, at 5:08 PM, MJ hWilliamstap 
>>> <matthewjwilliams101@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Dear all,
>>> new member from the UK, so please be gentle with me. *smile*
>>> A friend very kindly let me play with his iPad with Voiceover switched on.  
>>> unfortunately, I managed to turn off the screen with Voiceover still on. 
>>> So, here we are with a sighted person who can't use his iPad because the 
>>> screen is blacked out, and I, a blind person who hasn't a clue how to use 
>>> voiceover.  not an ideal combination, I know.
>>> Anyway, I was wondering if any of you knew how to turn on the screen on the 
>>> iPad.
>>> Any help would be most gratefully received.  This is a ratherembarrassing 
>>> situation for me and I am as you'll appreciate very anxious to find a 
>>> solution sooner rather than later.
>>> 
>>> Many thanks,
>>> Matt
>>> 
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