this will be good news. maybe this news could be the perfect push for
apple to complete access development of iWork.
open office would be a very handy resource set for work and would
be the replacement to Microsoft's shoddy attempt at an application set.
Lewis Brock
On 22 Mar 2008, at 12:38, David Poehlman wrote:
Open office is being worked on.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Debra Gardner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 7:45 AM
Subject: Re: Safari on my PC
Does Open Office work with Voiceover? It certainly doesn't work
with any
of the Windows Screenreaders.
Debra
----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 4:24 AM
Subject: Re: Safari on my PC
There is nothing comparable to k1000 but it's not that hard to use
one of
the off the shelf ocr packages with a supported scanner. Depending
on
what
electronic books formats you read, it may even be harder to read
them than
to come up with an ocr solution. AS far as editting is concerned,
what
you
will need depends on the complexity of your requirements. Text edit
allows
for a lot but there other accessible solutions.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Debra Gardner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac
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theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 3:09 AM
Subject: Re: Safari on my PC
Hi David and everyone else:
I think I could do most things on a Mac that I need to do so far,
especially
referring to such a busy list and you guys are, but I'm wondering
is Text
Editor can convert files to Microsoft word and if there is a good
scanning
program out there that would let me scan and read my printed
material. I
have Kurzweil 1000 and use it a lot. Those are my only "problems"
right
now. I just want to surf the net, read and answer my mail, write
up my
documents and save them in the format that is required, and read my
electronic books. Oh, and I might like to burn the occasional CD.
Debra
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Poehlman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac
OS Xby
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: Safari on my PC
sadly, at least with jaws, the only thing you can access with
safari is
the
menus.
Of what problems do you speak?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Debra Gardner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac
OS Xby
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 10:47 AM
Subject: Safari on my PC
Hi guys:
I still don't have a Mac, mostly because I can't afford it, but
mainly
because there still seems to be problems. Because I need
Quicktime to
hear
some things on the internet, I've been allowing Apple to download
stuff
onto
my Windows XP Pc. Of course I can't use Quicktime, but if
something needs
it, it's there. Just a while ago, it downloaded Safari. Out of
curiosity,
I wondered if any of it was accessible to any of the screenreaders
I have
to
hand-Window-eyes, NVDA, or System Access to go. Interestingly
enough, I
can
read the menus and even go to a web page, but it won't read the
page.
I'm
assuming that sighted ones can use Safari on a Windows PC? Humm,
I wish
I
could get Apple to donate some Mac Minis with Leopard to po'
folks like
me!
(smile) My version of Window-eyes is 4.5 which shows you how far
behind
I
am. Thank goodness for the free ones that are up-to-date. I've
got to
hunt down the "dualing" screenreaders.
Debra
P.s. For those of you that like to do these things, there's an
alternative for Microsoft Word called Atlantis Nova. It's the
first word
processor I've ever downloaded that makes noise! They are kind
of cute,
but you'd probably want to turn them off after a while.
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