And as far as speech in other languages, you can get the infovox iVox
voices from http://assistiveware.com, and I believe they have German
voices available.
On Jan 27, 2009, at 7:17 PM, Scott Howell wrote:
Hey Mike, I remember your podcast in Vienna you did for BLind Cool
Tech. I'm sure many will answer your questions, but Open Office and
likely iWOrk will do what you need. As far as ocr, Read Iris has
worked well for me. Fusion will certainly allow you to use MS Office
until your sure Open Office or iWOrk will do what you need. I'll let
others address the other questions.
Scott Howell
s.how...@verizon.net
On Jan 27, 2009, at 4:06 PM, Michael Busboom wrote:
Hello to all of you,
My name is Mike Busboom, and I will soon be acquiring a MacBook,
running
Leopard. This will be my first foray into the Mac world, and I have
a lot
of questions. I've been a PC user since forever, and I am hopeful
that a
knowledge of computers in general will make the learning curve less
steep.
Although I am not yet a Mac user, I'd like to ask a few initial
questions:
1. I will take possession of my MacBook in late February or
early
March when I visit my parents in the United States. Since I live in
Vienna,
Austria, I use German a lot. Does the MacBook come with foreign
language
TTS engines? If not, where can I purchase them?
2. I am a translator and also edit a lot of materials written
in
English. Most of my clients want me to edit their materials in MS
Word.
They depend on my annotations as well, so the ability to annotate
texts and
have it work seamlessly with speech is crucial. This is a relatively
straightforward process in MS Word running under Windows with Window-
Eyes.
I have been told that MS Word on the Mac is not yet supported in
Voice Over.
Furthermore, I have been told that what I want to accomplish could
be done
using Open Office. Is this true, to your knowledge? If it isn't, I
plan to
buy Fusion anyway and continue to use MS Office running under Windows,
though I would like to use programs for the Mac whenever possible.
3. Is it possible to import my Firefox bookmarks into an
Internet
browser running on the Mac?
4. At present, I am using the K1000 as my OCR package. Is
there a
comparable, accessible OCR software package for the Mac?
Well, this should cover it for now. I apologize if I have asked too
many
questions, but perhaps I will be able to reciprocate and give others
assistance, once I have gained enough experience with my own MacBook.
Kindest regards to all,
Mike
