Parallels kind of works. The Jaws video driver makes it crash but that
doesn't come into play for testing out web pages in IE, which is what I
use Parallels for. I'm pretty much just loading up a VM already set up
with IE6. You can get around by using the menu bar to do the commands
and with Jaws inside Windows. Not great but workable for occasional use.
Setting up the VM image probably takes sighted assistance mainly because
much of that is installing Windows.
CB
Orin wrote:
Paralels is accessible now?
On Sep 18, 2008, at 11:36 AM, Chris Blouch wrote:
I haven't used audio in on VMWare but I know other devices seem to be
"passed through" to the VM such as USB devices. I have a USB key for
Jaws and that worked fine on Parallels. Obviously the audio out and
networking stuff also was shared fine. You'll still need an XP
installer disc to set things up. I haven't tried the converter to
make images from a PC. That seems kind of problematic because it
might include drivers for hardware that does not exist in the virtual
machine.
CB
Angel Dockham wrote:
Oh neat! so if I got this program and put yahoo messenger on it then
the voice chat feature should work like it would on a normal PC?
because the mac version doesn't allow Voice chats in conference
mode. It only allows it in a single chat with someone.
On Sep 18, 2008, at 1:37 AM, Chris Blouch wrote:
This is a commercial program that emulates a PC. So it's a software
application into which you can load Linux, Windows or whatever a
regular hardware PC can do. When running Windows they install some
add ons so you can do things like cut and paste between the virtual
PC and your Mac apps and share folders/drives/devices between them.
That said, as far as VO is concerned, the virtual PC (usually
called a virtual machine) window is just a big bitmap image that
happens to visually appear like Windows XP or whatever you're
running. So while VMWare's setup and configuration is nice and VO
compliant, you'll be reliant on the "guest OS" for any
accessibility inside the container. So you'll want Jaws or
WindowEyes installed if your going to put windows in your virtual
machine or Orca if you're running GNOME on Linux etc.
CB
Angel Dockham wrote:
What exactly is this program? I've heard it mentioned here before.
On Sep 17, 2008, at 3:23 AM, Josh de Lioncourt wrote:
Despite the access issues in early betas, VMWare has come through
for us once again with a wholly accessible update to VMWare
Fusion. Check out our coverage here:
http://www.lioncourt.com/2008/09/16/vmware-releases-fusion-20-for-mac-with-accessibility/
Josh de Lioncourt
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"And most of us are not sure,
"If we have too much,
"But we'll take our chances,
"'cause God stopped keeping score."
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