For me, I can say that I know all three of them since I have them installed on one computer or another. Multiple versions of Windows and Linuxs and Leopard.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Poehlman Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 6:00 PM To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby the blind Subject: Re: a newbie with questions! well, I think that if os are going to dual that each should know both. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cara Quinn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 5:57 PM Subject: Re: a newbie with questions! Pratik, -apologies if I'm mistaken, but were you the one involved with Jamal on the dueling OS's at CSun? I unfortunately missed it, but I'm betting that the list as a whole would love to know how it went. Speaking for myself, I sure would! <smile> Thanks so much and have a wonderful day!. Smiles, Cara :) On Mar 18, 2008, at 2:49 PM, Pratik Patel wrote: > They did. This time though, I saw some sneak peak code. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David > Poehlman > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 3:25 PM > To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS > Xby the > blind > Subject: Re: a newbie with questions! > > they also announced it last year. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pratik Patel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac > OS X by > theblind'" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 3:23 PM > Subject: RE: a newbie with questions! > > > Just to add one thing: OpenOffice folks announced at CSUN last week > that > they will be supporting Voiceover accessibility very soon. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David > Poehlman > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 2:42 PM > To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS > Xby the > blind > Subject: Re: a newbie with questions! > > Hi Jessi, > > I'm going to use dp: to mark my responses inline with parts of your > message > below: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jessi R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 2:12 PM > Subject: a newbie with questions! > does the mac have plug and play, like windows or would I have to > install a > bunch of drivers for my printer/scanner etc? > dp: I've not found a piece of hardware yet that requires drivers > that are > not already readily available on the Mac. I would say though that if > drivers are required, they are provided with the hardware. > > 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. > dp: you will want to get an 3rd party document shredder do do some > of the > fancy stuff but I don't know how good voiceove support is for all > that you > need to do. > > I heard that voiceover also worked with open office, which > apparently is a > freeware wannabe office suite...is that true? > dp: it's not a wannabe at all. VO does not work with it though. > > 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? > dp: windows will read text edit files because they are either .txt, > html, > xml or rtf and I guess you can save them as doc too. > > 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. > dp: bootcamp which allows you to partition your hd and run windows > as a > dedicated bootstrap is free and comes with your new Mac. It's better > cecause you have a 100% windows compatible system which you do not > with any > vmware. for your purposes at least initially, this might be a > better way to > > go. > > is there an accessible OCR program, like open book or k1000, for the > mac? > dp: we are getting along just fine with off the shelf OCR packages. > > I think that's all I have for now, but I'm sure I'll be back with > more, lol. > peace and positivity:) > dp: pleae look at the archives of this list and > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com and you'll find a wealth of > information. > There are other places too like: http://www.screenlessswitchers.com > which > has podcasts discussing moving from windows to the Mac which will be > helpful. The new getting started manual will be helpful as well but > the > best thing is exploration. > > > 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! > > > > > > > > > > --- View my Online Portfolio at: http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn
