The Voiceover Learning Lounge
Hello, and welcome to the Voiceover Learning Lounge!
This podcast will focus on helping any audio learner become fluent at using Voiceover to navigate their mac computer, or get very comfortable with using their iPhone with the same screen reader. Each episode is a lesson about a different topic, and they are all taught by me, Voiceover Guide, a totally blind, highly experienced instructor of assistive technologies. The material will be taught in a very informal way that is easy to understand and follow. You will only learn what you actually need to know, to get something done on the device, without having to sit through an overview or some generalizations first. You can listen to the episodes in any order you like, but, if you start from the first episode and follow them in order, you won’t be required to know anything at all, about Voiceover beforehand.
If you like what you hear, and want more in-depth lessons, I have a growing collection of very indepth, full-length audio lessons for anyone to enjoy. Listeners will be able to follow them, regardless of whether they've listened to this podcast or not. Everything lives at the link below, and I hope that you'll find something in my work that speaks to you, and inspires you to continue your journey of learning my favourite screen reader of all time, namely Voiceover!
https://accessiblelearning.gumroad.com
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Episodes
Jul 14, 2025
Jul 14, 2025
13 min
In this episode for beginner users of the iPhone, we'll walk through the basics of how to use the touch screen keyboard, to type text anywhere on the ipHone that allows for text entry. Please note that even though I'm using the Notes App to demonstrate how typing is done, this method of typing is the same across all apps on the ipHone and can be used anywhere where the keyboard shows itself, allowing for typing. We'll primarily go over the two ways of typing that are the most accessible, (in my opinion), for those who are blind or low vision and who use Voiceover. We'll then conclude the episode by learning how to edit text on the phone and how to select what we've typed. Happy listening!
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Jul 11, 2025
Jul 11, 2025
20 min
In this episode (designed for the more intermediate learner of the Mac with Voiceover), we continue our journey into learning about how to use Textedit, to edit and format documents. We'll learn how to control what voiceover speaks as you type, how to select and format text, how to toggle quickly between two or more documents, and much more! Hope you'll enjoy listening, and find something to add to your tool of learning resources!
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Jul 9, 2025
Jul 9, 2025
11 min
In this last episode for beginner users of the mac with Voiceover, we walk through the very basics of how to get started using Safari.
We go over how to do a simple web search, visit a specific website, and a couple of easy ways to navigate webpage content or find the specific part of the webpage you’re looking for.
Please note that this is only an introduction to web browsing, we’ll be going over a lot more in future episodes. Enjoy!
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Jul 8, 2025
Jul 8, 2025
14 min
In this episode, we walk through the very basics of how to get started with using the Textedit application on the mac with voiceover. It's taught at the beginner level.
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Jul 5, 2025
Jul 5, 2025
26 min
This is the first of a series of episodes, aimed at helping new mac users learn the very basics of how to get started when using a mac for the very first time with voiceover, Apple's built-in screen reader.
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