Hi, No problems. For those little chors as I call them, use Virtualbox and try to get NBP to pay for it if you can't afford it or VMWare Fusion.
It would be nice to see NBP do Mac tutorials. Maybe you can suggest this. Regards, Alex, On 20-Jul-09, at 8:17 PM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: > > Hi alex, > > Thanks for your note. The main reason I > need Windows is that I write computer tutorials for National Braille > Press. Since a lot of blind people still use Windows, I have to > include steps for accomplishing things in Windows, and the only way I > can be sure those steps are correct is if I follow them myself. I also > use programs like Kurzweil 1000, and I've been testing Brian Hartgen's > JAWS scripts for iTunes, called J-Tunes, and I want to be able to > continue helping him. So I need to be able to use Windows and JAWS. > > So there really is no way to run JAWS with Parallels? > > Thanks, > Anna > > > On Jul 20, 2009, at 9:35 PM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > >> >> Hi, >> Anna, >> >> I'm sorry to hear that you have been hit by the same malidy that >> struck me when I first switched. Parralels is indeed inaccessible. I >> recommend VMWare Fusion for $89 or if you're a student $49. >> Virtualbox >> is free for non-comercial use and is $30/year for comercial use. >> Virtualbox is not very accessible, but rather the Command-Line is the >> easier way out on that one. >> >> The reason Parallels is not working with JAWS is the Video Intercept >> Manager does not play nicely. If nothing else, use Window-Eyes or >> NVDA. >> >> If I may ask, what do you need Windows for. I understand you need it >> for our job, but what exactly are you doing with it. It is possible >> you can do this on your Mac without the headache of Windows. >> >> Regards, >> Alex, >> >> >> On 20-Jul-09, at 7:24 PM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: >> >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I've been teaching and writing about computers and related >>> technologies >>> for several years. I've been interested in the Mac since I heard the >>> Main Menu show describing access to Tiger, and I finally bought a >>> Mac >>> about a month ago. I've had the inevitable moments of frustration >>> that >>> go along with learning anything new, but overall, I'm enjoying the >>> Mac >>> so far. I'm particularly grateful for Mike Arrigo's excellent >>> podcast >>> demonstrations and David Pogue's Switching to the Mac: The Missing >>> Manual. I have a few questions, though, and I hope to be able to >>> help >>> others as I learn more. >>> >>> My most pressing question at the moment involves running Windows on >>> my >>> Mac, something necessary for my job. I'm using Parallels because I >>> didn't know it was inaccessible until after I bought it. My husband >>> installed the Windows virtual machine, we got all the high priority >>> updates, and it's basically working. However, when we tried to >>> install >>> JAWS, Windows attempted to restart during the installation and >>> didn't >>> come up again. The only way we could get it to restart was to >>> restore >>> to a point before we started installing JAWS. What do I need to do >>> before installing JAWS? I assume some driver is required, but don't >>> know what it is. Thanks for any help. >>> >>> Best, >>> Anna >>> >>> >>>> >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
