I tried this out with an iphone and a Bluetooth keyboard and find it to be extremely tedious. The keyboard support for voice over on the ipad is completely counter-intuitive. As an example, to hit "enter" on a button, instead of hitting enter, you need to press the up and down arrow keys together. This simulates a double click. The IPad doesn't inherently understand a keyboard and the "enter" key. This is just an example. There are several others related to edit mode vs. quick nav mode, the screen locking out when you are trying to read a document etc.
All in all, I don't believe the ipad with a Bluetooth combination replaces a laptop - not even partially. -Manish -----Original Message----- From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Aaruni Sharma Sent: Monday, October 19, 2015 10:21 PM To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled. Subject: Re: [AI] Is it worth switching to Mac from Windows as a visually impaired user? 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. 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