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Some user manual might contain a serial number of the product that almost certainly not same with your own. Please contact the Apple customer support for further information that not shows in the user manual. Translating Apple VoiceOver – Getting Started (Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard) Document. VoiceOver for OSX Keyboard Shortcuts. Screen reader keyboard shortcuts VoiceOver for OSX. VoiceOver is a screen reader program that comes on new Mac computers, iPhones, iPads, and iPod touches. VoiceOver was first introduced in Mac OS X 10.4 in 2005. Also available in a single-page printer-friendly PDF version. VoiceOver works best with Safari. If you buy a bluetooth keyboard for your iOS device, make sure the keyboard has arrow keys so you can use the 'quick nav' feature with Voiceover. We recommend the Apple wireless keyboard. The quick nav voiceover feature allows you to navigate very quickly using the arrow keys on a bluetooth keyboard.
This podcast is a spoken recording of the 110-page of Apple’s VoiceOver Getting Started manual for Mac OS X v10.5 “Leopard.” It is organized into twelve episodes representing each of the chapters in the manual. VoiceOver is an accessibility technology built into Mac OS X for the blind and others with visual disabilities. It is a full-featured “screen reader” that speaks audible descriptions of the activities taking place on the computer, including the contents of documents, email, and webpages. It also provides a complete set of keyboard commands you use to control the computer without using the mouse. If you are new to Mac OS X and VoiceOver, Apple highly recommends that you listen to each episode in order. However, if you are already familiar with VoiceOver, you’re invited to skip to any episode that interests you. The contents of this podcast are also available in tagged PDF format, .brf (electronic braille) format, and embossed braille. For more information about these alternative formats, or to send Apple comments and suggestions visit www.apple.com/accessibility or send email to [email protected].
This podcast is a spoken recording of the 110-page of Apple’s VoiceOver Getting Started manual for Mac OS X v10.5 “Leopard.” It is organized into twelve episodes representing each of the chapters in the manual. VoiceOver is an accessibility technology built into Mac OS X for the blind and others with visual disabilities. It is a full-featured “screen reader” that speaks audible descriptions of the activities taking place on the computer, including the contents of documents, email, and webpages. It also provides a complete set of keyboard commands you use to control the computer without using the mouse. If you are new to Mac OS X and VoiceOver, Apple highly recommends that you listen to each episode in order. However, if you are already familiar with VoiceOver, you’re invited to skip to any episode that interests you. The contents of this podcast are also available in tagged PDF format, .brf (electronic braille) format, and embossed braille. For more information about these alternative formats, or to send Apple comments and suggestions visit www.apple.com/accessibility or send email to [email protected].
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VoiceOver Saved my Computing Life
I actually listened to this tutorial before I even got my first Mac, and one thing that impressed me right from the start was that incredible Alex voice. That alone would have made me switch, but I was also impressed with how well the tutorial was laid out. The commands were easy for me to picture in my mind, even before I ever touched an Apple keyboard. And, of course, when I got my Mac, VoiceOver Getting Started became a valuable resource. Even now, I'll go back to a chapter just to see if I can learn just one more new command I can play with. I'm a totally blind VoiceOver user, and I must say, VoiceOver was the easiest screen reader I've ever learned in my life, thanks, mostly, to this tutorial. Besides, VoiceOver kicks Windows screen readers in the behind!
This Is great. Makes VoiceOver easier
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I will definitely save this for when I get my MacBook. Thanks for the tutorials, Apple.
Great tutorial!
Thank you Apple for providing us blind users with a spoken recording of the VoiceOver user guide. Apple rocks!
Operating system | macOS, iOS, tvOS, and watchOS |
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Type | Screen reader |
Website | www.apple.com/accessibility/voiceover/ |
VoiceOver is a screen reader built into Apple Inc.'s macOS, iOS, tvOS, watchOS, and iPod operating systems. By using VoiceOver, the user can access their Macintosh or iOS device based on spoken descriptions and, in the case of the Mac, the keyboard. The feature is designed to increase accessibility for blind and low-vision users, as well as for users with dyslexia.
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VoiceOver was first introduced in Mac OS X 10.4 and the target was users who had difficulty in reading due to vision impairment, particularly the blind. A preview had also been made available for Mac OS X 10.3 Panther, and was titled 'Spoken Interface Preview.'
VoiceOver treats the user interface as a hierarchy of elements, which are navigated by various keystrokes. Elements also are 'interacted' with—for example, interacting with a text box allows reading its text and, if possible, editing it; interacting with a scroll bar allows it to be moved using the keyboard.
VoiceOver also includes support for many Braille displays for those who are both blind and deaf. In addition, VoiceOver includes features for those that cannot use the mouse, such as keyboard-based navigation.
Mac Voiceover Manual Pdf
For users with MacBooks or Magic Trackpads, a number of special multitouch features are also available. The trackpad will respond to gestures, much like iOS's version of VoiceOver. A specific example is using the trackpad to explore the actual visual layout of elements on the screen - sliding one's finger around the trackpad will activate elements.
In Mac OS X 10.5, Apple added the 'Alex' voice, which offered improved quality of speech and a more human-like sound. Previously, the voices were directly descended from those used in Apple's 'Speech Manager,' which originated in the early 1990s. Also, Alex voice has natural breathing, unlike all other voices in Apple.[1]
In Mac OS X 10.7, Apple offered the download of RealSpeak voices from Nuance for use with VoiceOver.
Accessibility Inspector[edit]
Accessibility Inspector is made to verify the accessibility of OS X applications. It displays information about the GUI element that is currently under the cursor.[2]
iPod Shuffle[edit]
After its success on Macs, Apple added VoiceOver to the iPod Shuffle. This assists users of the iPod Shuffle in controlling the playback of songs by having titles read out. With the 2010 revision of iPod Shuffle, the user can also have VoiceOver read out playlists. Unlike VoiceOver on OS X, where VoiceOver is marketed as an accessibility feature, on the iPod Shuffle VoiceOver is intended to be used by everyone, disabled or not.
iOS[edit]
A few months later, with the release of the iPhone 3GS, VoiceOver was added to iOS. When the iPod Touch was upgraded to match the hardware of the iPhone 3GS (in iPod touch's third generation), it also gained VoiceOver capability. The iPad, since its introduction, has also had VoiceOver capability.
VoiceOver on iOS interacts with the user by using various 'gestures,' different motions one makes with one or more fingers on the display. Many gestures are location-sensitive—for example, sliding one's finger around the screen will reveal the visual contents of the screen as the finger passes over them. This enables blind users to explore the actual on-screen layout of an application. A user can double-tap—similar to double-clicking a mouse—to activate a selected element, just as if a sighted user had tapped the item.
VoiceOver can also turn off the display but leave the touch screen sensitive to touch, saving battery power. Apple calls this feature 'Screen Curtain'. It is also available on Mac computers running OS X.
VoiceOver for iOS is activated using the 'Settings' application. It can be found in the Accessibility section under the General section. The device can also be configured so that VoiceOver can be toggled by a triple-click of the Home button on the device.
iPod nano[edit]
In September 2009, Apple launched this feature on the iPod nano line. It uses many of the same gestures as the iOS version.
References and notes[edit]
Mac Voiceover Manual Software
- ^https://www.apple.com/accessibility/osx/voiceover/
- ^'OS X Mountain Lion'. Apple. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
External links[edit]
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=VoiceOver&oldid=888404607'