hey, people!
my name is Jessi and I'm new to the list. I was at CSUN this past week, where I
got to play with voiceover both just generally and also exclusively with
ITunes. I was so impressed with it that I'm now possibly thinking a bout
switching to a mac, and this is kinda weird for me since I've been a windows
user with jaws for about ten years. but voiceover and the mac really made an
impression on me and I feel like I'm up for a challenge and something new!
I have quite a few probably silly questions though, so I'm hoping ya'll can
give me some answers.
does the mac have plug and play, like windows or would I have to install a
bunch of drivers for my printer/scanner etc?
text edit...is it a fully functional word processor with a good spell checker,
all the attributes you can add to your text in ms-word, etc? is there a way to
tell with voiceover whether text is single/double spaced, the font, where the
indents are, all that important stuff? I'm a creative writing/journalism major
in college, so having a good, fully functional word processor is very very
important to me.
I heard that voiceover also worked with open office, which apparently is a
freeware wannabe office suite...is that true?
would there be a way for me to save files as .doc or .rtf or something that
other people could open on their pc's?
I heard it's possible to load windows onto the mac and then switch between the
two operating systems...is that hard to do? I thought I might do that and kinda
use both until I got to know voiceover really well.
is there an accessible OCR program, like open book or k1000, for the mac?
I think that's all I have for now, but I'm sure I'll be back with more, lol.
peace and positivity:)
Jessi with guide dog Goldina
I am only one but I am one,
I can't do everything but I can do something,
the something I can do, I must do,
and by the grace of God, I will!
count it all joy, no matter what!
