Do you ever use spreadsheet programs such as Microsoft Excel? If so,
you probably want to keep a Windows machine around. Also, do you ever
have to view Powerpoint documents? This is another reason to keep a
Windows machine around. If I'm wrong and there are alternatives to
these programs that Voiceover can read let me know.
Ryan
Original message:
If I can do most things with VO, I think I'd rather take the chance.
Especially because JFW and all other screenreaders are so expensive, it's
probably worthwhile trying to learn VO, also considering the thing which I
find the most brilliant: that I can go to any sighted person's Mac, and,
because I've learned VO, I can use it just like that. It is also a good
thing to learn the other operating system's screenreader, since then you can
use it whenever you need to anyway. I also heard the Narrator story, and, I
don't know if this is true, but I heard that the screenreader manufacturers
could sue microsoft if they developed a screenreader that was good, you guys
know like when makers of things like web browsers sued microsoft because of
the incorporated browser and stuff, I suppose that's what screenreader
manufacturers would do? But John, you do have the point, I need to be as
productive as I am with the windows system, in that my documents and
assignments need to look good, and I can be able to do most things.
Ari
Ari
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alastair Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by
theblind" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 5:03 PM
Subject: Re: Hi
John Heim wrote:
Wow... I totally disagree that voiceover is easy to llearn when compared
to jaws.
I was in a similar position, and wrote this:
http://www.nomensa.com/resources/articles/accessibility-articles/screen-reading-with-apples.html
(Which although some things are easier than I previously thought, it
is still fair to say that application support is still somewhat
lacking, depending on what you do with it.)
I kept going, and created this help guide:
http://alastairc.ac/notes/osx/voiceover/voiceover-basics/
I suspect that (like me) a lot of the issues were more to do with
differences in OSX and how they impact keyboard controls rather than
the screen reader itself. It's a fine line, but an important one.
Voiceover has a lot of potential, I'm definitely looking forward to
the next version
(http://alastairc.ac/2006/08/the-potential-of-voiceover/).
Oh, and I made a backup of the Voiceover wiki before it disappeared,
is it worth putting back up?
Kind regards,
-Alastair
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