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

  • From: John Panarese <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2013 22:59:36 -0400

   Let’s stick to helping people and refrain from going off topic, please.  
This list generates a lot of traffic these days and someone asked for help 
that, hopefully, has been addressed.  I’m tired and cranky tonight, so let’s 
stay on topic, please.


Take Care

John D. Panarese
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On Oct 4, 2013, at 10:47 PM, David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:

> I’m not getting this.  I never said you couldn’t use the track pad.
> 
> On Oct 4, 2013, at 9:21 PM, Samuel Negron <samuel_negron@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 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
>>>> Hands-On Technolog(eye)s
>>>> touching the internet
>>>> Reducing Technology's disabilities
>>>> One Byte At a time
>>>> ta
>>>> 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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