Hi Randy, I'm sorry but i have to ask this, not to start a flame war here even if the question could seem provoking to people. I'm asking this because i myself want arguments to toss at people who are used to the jaws/we concept of things. Exactly in what way is Voiceover better than the big dragons out there? Yes it's built into the os thereby eluminating costs which is good. There are no scripts, which people i've talked to find strange, because they want to be able to customize non-standard areas of the screen such as in sound editing. Yes, web page navigation is in some parts far superior on the mac, whether it depends on the os and/or anything else i don't know, but what else? Sometimes i have the feeling that we praise our beloved macs and rightly so, but when people ask why, we don't quite have answers, heck i have no answers sometimes which is why i ask. Again, please forgive me for asking this, but i have to know if i'm going to be advocating the Mac, which i will. Off my soap box and on to my local apple store to get myself an Imac! Yay!
On, at [GMT] (which was 18:41 where I live) you wrote:: RS> Still a toy? Expletive deleted! This makes me puke! Jaws RS> standards! 12 hundred dollars! Not likely! I love my Mac! RS> VoiceOver rules! RS> Randy RS> On Sep 24, 2008, at 12:11 PM, Chris Wright wrote: >> Forwarded from another list. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Brice Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 10:54 PM >> Subject: [nabs-l] Mac and VoiceOver >>> I'm considering buying a macbook and am looking for opinions on its >>> usability for a totally blind user. I realize that Mac OS has a >>> built-in screen reader, but quick google searches aren't providing >>> much more information than the fact that VoiceOver exists and that it >>> seems to be a fairly impressive product. This is fine, but I'd like >>> more detail on it's day-to-day usage, preferably from users or >>> students who have made the switch from Windows and Jaws to using a >>> macbook for their everyday computer use. All in all, what I'm trying >>> to figure out is If it's worth seriously considering and making a >>> switch, Or is it still a toy, impressive but still not up to Jaws and >>> windows standards? Feel free to write me on or off list with any >>> comments or thoughts. >>> - Brice >>> _______________________________________________ >>> nabs-l mailing list >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l >>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> nabs-l: >>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l/chriswright11%40verizon.net >>> -- >>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>> Checked by AVG. >>> Version: 7.5.526 / Virus Database: 270.7.1/1687 - Release Date: >>> 9/23/08 >> 6:32 PM -- /Krister [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get pgp keys here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
