Hi Will
welcome!
Many wise experienced souls will be able to guide you with your questions,
but there was one I simply could not pass on.
You asked if the mac is a stable environment in which to work.
Will, windows is bill gates failed attempt to steal the mac os
structure. I am not saying anything slanderous, this is well documented.
From a screen reading standpoint, the mac has been stable longer and in
more ways than windows ever could be mostly because unlike Microsoft in
the early days, apple was willing to work with the one company creating
speech for the mac. that partnership insured a greaterdegree of stability
and integrity for speech users.
granted each person's computing needs are different and unique. I do not
use voice over because it does not as of yet work with the one
application I need.
I have a mac running os 9.22 and outspoken for this purpose.
However having worked in the industry previously, I can tell you that you
are in for a welcome surprise when you make the wise jump from windows to
the mac.
I am not a windows user, i found its lack of stability an unacceptable way
to work, but this is me.
Even Linux provides what you are describing, or some of it at least, I
believe in a fashion far more stable than windows.
so hang on and enjoy the ride into technical bliss.
On Sat, 27 May 2006, will wrote:
hello to all you mac blind users,
I am considering buying a Mac book laptop and using voice over
i do have a few queeries
1. As I am a windows user but am beeing converted with audio demos of voice
over, i want to know is it easy to get started?
2. is the macintosh a stable environment in which tow ork
3. can i use chat clients with voice over like AOL instant messenger, MSN
messenger etcetra?
4. I am a student at university here in the united kingdom, can i get
multilingual speech from the built in voice over voices, available to me?
5. finally for now, smile, can i use skype with voice over, i.e. access the
call lists, make a call, etcetra
regards, will
