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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. 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