actually, you gotta buy the foreign os.
On Jul 12, 2006, at 5:23 PM, Jane Jordan (gmail) wrote:
Let's nt forget, too, that with Aple's Intel0based Macs, blind people
can get Windows and OSX on the same machine.
Jane
On Jul 12, 2006, at 6:43 AM, Scott Howell wrote:
Alastair,
Actually once you really get used to the key strokes, its not so
badand in fact seems quite comfortable. I thought I'd have trouble
getting used to holding two keys down at the same time, but you
don't have to do so as you can lock those keys down. I generally
don't and find it quite easy to just rest my hand on those keys as
well. Is it the perfect solution? Probably not, but then is there
really a simple or best case solution? I think Apple has done a
pretty good job overall in implementing VO and of course there is
room to grow. Actually considering where the windows-based screen
readers came from since their early days until present, I think VO
has made some real leaps in that regard and overall has been more
stable than most windows-based screen readers in their early days
and even in their present state and sure this has a lot to do with
the os itself. Like I pointed out to you, Apple needs to do more
for themselves in terms of documentation and this group here is a
resource I'd be tapping if I were Apple. I think it would be great
if you'd share your article with Apple and encourage them to do
more to reach out and also develop documentation that would help
get new folks started off on the right path.
It is important for all of us to consider other views of VO and so
forth because as much as I'd like to see more folks coming to the
Mac, I realize we all had to start somewhere and perhaps the easier
it is for those who follow, the more liekly they'll take to the
Mac. Hope that makes sense.
I think the point where I found the article to be most relavent is
that it was not written from a biased position as was other
articles I've read in other "blindness" related publications.
Scott
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