I'd probably just get a PC. Less hassle and its obviously what they're used to.
Will ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Poehlman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 3:31 PM Subject: questions about what can be done with the mac and VO: > Here is a concrete list of requirements someone has posed. If you > had these requirements, which ones could be filled by the Mac with VO > and how? > > My list of essentials: > > 1. A web browser with a feature set similar to that in JAWS or > Window-Eyes > as I don't have a lot of spare time to poke around looking for things > so the > quick keys and whatever it is that we called the bookmark thing in > JAWS are > essentials. > > 2. A fully featured word processor with an outliner and collaboration > tools. Working at a university, I have enormously long writing > projects to > do and must collaborate with a team to get them done. Spell checker > is a > must but you can chuck even the best grammar checkers. > > 3. A personal organization program like Outlook that can handle > calendar, > task list, contacts and email that can synchronize with my HP iPAQ > PDA/Phone. > > 4. Skype. > > 5. A spreadsheet with many of the JAWS augmentations so I can work on > complex five year budgets and such. > > 6. A media player that can handle: audible.com, MP3, Daisy, OGG, > Real and > most anything I might stumble across that is highly accessible. > > 7. A good compiler and development environment with which I can quickly > slap together 3D audio and haptics experiments (Direct X does the job on > Windows). > > 8. UPNP control software for my research into smart spaces. > > 9. High quality 3D sound, including HRTF for my research. > > 10. Ability to handle most haptic (force feedback) devices I can buy at > Best Buy or Circuit City for my research. > > >
