Hi Manish, do you think using an iPad with a Bluetooth keyboard would give all the advantages of a mac obviously minus the ability to access pendrives and portable storage devices? Can the office applications like pages be used effectively?
On 20 October 2015 at 04:37, Manish Agrawal <[email protected]> wrote: > I use a mac book with voice over and also run windows 7 with jaws and NVDA > using parallels on the same machine. > At this point in time, the windows screen readers are significantly easier > to use and more versatile as compared to voice over IMHO. > > I am a software engineer and use both windows and mac heavily for > browsing, mail, presentations, excel, and software development. Your needs > may be different and you may find one or the other better for personal > preference. > > Keep in mind that there is a relatively steep learning curve for voice > over when you switch from windows to mac, so, you may find it a bit extra > difficult to begin with. > > Having said this, voice over is much better suited for touch screen > devices like an ipad. So, if you plan to buy a touch pc like the surface > pro for any reason, a mac will be a better option. > > Regards, > Manish > > -----Original Message----- > From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Rishi Kewalramani > Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2015 6:47 PM > To: accessindia > Subject: [AI] Is it worth switching to Mac from Windows as a visually > impaired user? > > Hi all, > My computer and jaws version is too old and needs to be replaced. I've > been a windows with jaws user up till now. > I was wondering is it worth switching over to the Mac n tosh OS with > voice over. > Is anybody using the Mac book or iMac on this list? > Could you please share your experience from the accessibility point of > view. > Is it worth making the switch taking into consideration the stability of > Mac computers and that the screen reader comes right out of the box unlike > Jaws that has to be purchased separately? > > Please help me to make an informed decision, > Appreciate all your valuable inputs, > Many thanks in advance, > Kind regards, > Rishi. > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of > the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of > the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > -- Thanks and regards, aruni Sharma. Associate Professor, Dept. of Political Science, JNPG College, Lucknow, India. twitter: www.twitter.com/arunisharma facebook: www.facebook.com/arunisharma Skype: [email protected] Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
