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On Apr 24, 2012, at 4:54 PM, Laurel <[email protected]> wrote:

> Thanks y'all. Sorry, I know I have a tun of questions. How expensive
> is fusion? and is that what you all are calling a vm or virtual
> machine? If I were to buy something like fusion and use that, could I
> install jaws version 13 on my mac and use it using fusion? I know
> there's not a "jaws for mac" but it would be great if somehow I could
> get the best of both worlds, voice over and jaws on one computer. I
> have 64 bit jaws for windows for what it's worth.
> The last thing, for now, that I wanna know is where do you get fusion from?
> 
> I really do appreciate the advice you all have given me. I will
> contact many of you privately I'm sure. I'm such a novice, and you all
> are really helping me tramendously.
> Laurel and Stockard
> 
> On 4/24/12, David Griffith <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 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
>> .
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