Hi Mary, I sympathise with your current situation. I have not yet tried Pages, but I will. At the moment, I am using a combination of TextEdit and Nisus Writer Pro.
TextEdit: Opens very fast and has support for Office 07 files. It's table representation is in my opinion awful for totally Blind users like myself, but then I have never liked tables. Nisus Writer Pro: I am not sure if it can open Office 07 files, but it can definitely open 2003 etc. It does take a while to open them though as i think for some reason it needs to use Roseta to do this. Hopefully, the Nisus developers will change this in the future. Also, quite a few of the buttons are not labelled although overall the application seems quite accessible. Also, the developers are very approachable and open to listening to our concerns and complaints regarding access with VO. A few years ago, I wrote them regarding an issue with Nisus Writer Pro and they set to work on it immediately. It has now been fixed which is great. Hope this helps TC James, Lyn, Nash & Twinny On 3 Feb 2010, at 15:49, Mary Otten wrote: > Hello folks, > I've been gradually moving tasks from Windows to the Mac. The next phase of > this move involves word processing. I don't have to do a lot of complex > document composition myself, but I do have to be able to read MS Word > documents that may include tables, and I also have to be able to deal with > docx files. I've read that Nisus writer isn't completely docx compatible and > have heard accessibility complaints regarding Open Office on the Mac. Then > there is the Pages application in Iwork about which discussions I've seen are > somewhat mixed with respect to its usability with VO. Most of this talk has > been vague surface references. Can anybody point me to reviews of word > processing applications with the vo user in mind? Or can you comment on > personal experiences with these applications and their usability in SL with > vo? I've looked at the sources for podcasts and haven't seen anything > obviously advertising that word processing and docx compatibility will be > discussed. Tanks in advance for any info, or leads. > > Mary > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
