Re: [orca-list] Podcasts and/or audio tutorials needed

[Christopher Chaltain <chaltain gmail com>]

I think different people prefer different ways of getting information. I 
know for me a podcast or an audio tutorial would be at the bottom of my 
list of preferred ways of learning a new system. I'd much rather have 
something in text that I could read through at my own pace, search 
through for the information I'm most interested in and refer to later. 
This obviously doesn't fit all of the use cases you describe below, but 
it works for me. Bottom line is that I think different people prefer 
different types of documentation and people should produce what they're 
the most comfortable with and hopefully different formats will be 
produced and most new users will be satisfied no matter how they prefer 
their information. In other words, I don't think there's a right answer 
here.

On 09/06/2015 08:26 AM, Tony Baechler wrote:
> Perhaps it's just me, but if I'm going to install something, I want to
> actually hear what it sounds like.  I want to know what the voice sounds
> like, how to navigate the menus, what the screen reader says, how to
> restart it, etc.  You can't really do that with the written word.  Also,
> I want to feel like the person who is guiding me through these things
> actually knows what they're talking about.  Even the best, most human
> sounding synthesizer can't do that.  It can only read out what's in the
> written document.
>
> Something else you haven't considered, but I know from experience is a
> real problem, is what do you do when you've booted the CD on your one
> and only computer and can't refer back to the documentation?  Once you
> know how to use Firefox in Orca, it's not a problem, but if you don't
> even know how to use Orca and how to navigate the desktop, how can you
> read the document?  If you have another computer, notetaker, Braille
> display with a memory, etc you're all set, but most of us (like me)
> don't.  Similarly, what if Linux doesn't have network drivers for your
> NIC and you can't use Firefox, Lynx or anything else online until you
> get the problem figured out?
>
> On 9/4/2015 10:00 AM, Al Sten-Clanton wrote:
> > If they're using computers with Windows or the Mac, then the writings
> > could
> > be text or Word files or something else.  If they're using, say, an NLS
> > digital player, then you'd want to be sure the audio instructions are
> > very
> > clear when telling how to type anything.  The audio guide for
> > installing the
> > talking Arch system and getting it set up is very good, but even with
> > that I
> > needed some help from online documentation.
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