My answers to your questions would be 1, what were some of the most important changes from using jaws to using voice over that you who made that switch had to get used to?
My answer is take your time. VO is different to Jaws, some things are better, some things are more difficult such as selecting text on web pages. There are work around for most problems. 2, what are the biggest things I should know about switching? Try to learn about interaction as a key concept. Setting the tab key to automatically interact will make this concept more intuitive. The way the Mac cursors with text is different to the way that Windows screenreaders read. You can set Mac to work like a windows screen reader but I would not recommend it as it creates other problems with cursor navigation. . Try to learn how the Mac does things. Ask again on this this list if you need help with this. 3, what are the best web tutorials for learning voice over? I think the Vision Australia podcasts are the best introduction to using the Mac as they are short, to the point and clear. 4, if any of you used Kurzweil1000 for Windows, what did you do for a mac? Are there any other OCR programs that work with voice over and are as good as Kurzweil? I have good experience with EyePal for Mac but this is a very expensive option. Other people report good experience with Docuscan with HoverCam with is slightly is less expensive but still pricey. At the budget end some people report success with Abbey Finereader Express. 5, I have office for mac, how vo accessible is this and what can I do to make it more accessible? Not accessible at all and nothing you can currently do about it. Also unfortunately Open Office is no longer accessible under Lion. What you do depends on how extensive Office functions you need. I Works applications from Apple are a cheap option but are significantly different from Windows applications and will be a significant learning curve. I have found limited VO tutorials etc for VO support for these applications. Nisus Writer Pro is a good Word processor for the Mac but VO support for reading Tables is pretty non existent in Nisus and other word Processors. There are various clunky work around including copying the tables as text into text edit but if you need to read significant amonamounts of Tables you will probably want to have Jaws in a virtual Machine handy. If you just have basic word processing needs then Text Edit, which comes free with the Mac is pretty powerful, much more powerful than WordPad for example. Also bean is a good free word-process. 6, this is a mac question in general, what programs did y'all use to run windows programs on your mac, did you all use boot camp or something else and what's the cheapesst/easiest? I am a fan of VM fusion, it is fast, completely accessible, and you can even install windows without sighted help. help I have a boot camp partition but never use it, I only use fusion as Windows is just a keystroke and a few seconds away on the Mac. With fusion you can have the best of both worlds. Although I have taken time to answer these questions it is probably better to ask one question at a time on the list. You are more likely to then get answers. David Griffith . <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
