Now that isn't necessarily true. Voice over is great, and I love that it is accessible right out of the box, but it has a little ways to go before it gets where jaws is. Some say this will improve with the release of the Lion OS system coming out for the mac sometime this month. I run windows with vm fusion on my mac, and love the fact that I have both to choose from. Mainly I use Jaws for the office suite, but use voice over for everything else. And most programs that are on the mac, are accessible with voice over. The best part is you never have to pay for an upgrade to voice over, just for the operating system. But again, it's a matter of what you like to do with Jaws, but the 2 are as different as night and day. I used a mac cold turkey for almost a month before I installed windows virtually just so I could get used to it and not jump to windows when I didn't get something or couldn't figure it out. HTH
Kliphton SR (twitter) http://twitter.com/kliphton72 (Marriage Blog) http://cm-i-t-real-world.blogspot.com (Marriage group) http://groups.google.com/group/committed-married-christians Sent From my Imac -----Original Message----- From: jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Gerald Levy Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 4:13 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] The JAWS program for the Mac Why would anyone run JAWS on a Mac when it already comes with its own screen reader? All I keep hearing is how wonderful Boice Over is, so running JAWS on a Mac wouldn't seem to make any sense. I was under the impression that most Mac users switched because they were unhappy with Windows and JAWS. Gerald ----- Original Message ----- From: "CrisMunoz54" <crismuno...@gmail.com> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 5:04 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] The JAWS program for the Mac > You can run Windows on a mac using VMWare or other programs like it and > thus > run Jaws on it. I think some people on these lists actually do that, so > maybe they can give you some input on how the process, performance, etc > works. > > -----Original Message----- > From: jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com > [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Doris and > Chris > Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 1:47 PM > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] The JAWS program for the Mac > > No. The bad news is that there is no jaws for mac. The good news is > that any recent version of the mac operating system already comes > with the screenreader for mac tied into the operating system. This > native Mac Screenreader is Called Voiceover and has becomeq quite > good. Google for "Voiceover" and you should find plenty of > information for you and your colleague. Also, I am sure that there is > a voiceover email support group out there but I do not know > subscriptioninformation. Again I refer you to our friend Google. > > hth > > Doris > > > > > At 02:59 PM 7/19/2011, you wrote: >>Please do not crucify me via cyberspace but a colleague called me a >>couple of minutes to ask whether Freedom Scientific has a JFW >>program that will work on the Mac. Hope to hear from you soon. >>For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >>http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
