Hi Donald, I disagree. I think economics will come in to play in the next 3 to 5 years. The cost of getting a Mac will justify it being looked into as a viable option for agencies. There are more blind Mac users every day. I live in New York City and got my first experience to a Mac at a course in intro to the Mac and voiceover as well as garageband I took in the summer of 2008 at the Lighthouse. I assume such courses will catch on in the future. On Apr 15, 2010, at 5:54 AM, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote:
> I'd very much doubt it Rob. I don't know what it's like in other countries, > but here in Ireland most of the trainers are actually sighted. Macs haven't > penetrated the mainstream userbase to the same extent as windows-based Pcs. > Consequently the level of knowledge among the trainers on the actual OS > itself (not including VO) is virtually non existent. The fact that the > trainers would have to go and learn an entirely new platform, and then > educate themselves in a new style of assistive technology makes it pretty > certain that the majority of blind users will be stuck with Jaws and other > badly implemented screenreaders for the foreseeable future. > > It's sad, but in my opinion true that this is the case. > > Dónal > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rob Lambert > Sent: 15 April 2010 10:47 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: new member > > Who here thinks we'll see the Mac replacing PCs in AT training offices? > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 2:43 AM, Joe Plummer <[email protected]> wrote: > For other A T you can run boot camp or virtual windows to use them. > > > > Sign, > Joe Plummer ( JP ) > [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Anne Robertson > Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 5:46 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: new member > > Hello Denise, > > I hope the word processor you are thinking of getting is iWork09, since MS > Office for Mac is not accessible. > > As for Word documents of almost any level, TextEdit or Pages will read these > just fine. > > I can't answer any of your other questions having never been a Windows user. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > On Apr 14, 2010, at 11:27 PM, denise avant wrote: > > > hello, > > after having my iphone for six months now, i have really enjoyed my > experience with apple. To that end, i am looking into purchasing a mac book > pro. In fact, i called for some specs today and have set one with 4 gig of > ram, and a 320 hard drive, 13 in screen. again this is just a possiblity. > > i will also have the word processor included. i will also have the > one-to-one training as there is a nearby apple store in chicago. > > i am curious as to what those of you who own macs have done about your > other windows based adatpive equipment, duxbury, openbook or k1000 and hw > stream companion? how easy is it to move ms word 2003 2007 docs over to > apple macs, still keep the formatting or move them back again? > > I thought of just keeping my netbook or sony machine for these purposes. > there was also the idea given to me that i could have windows on one side > and the mac on the other side. any thoughts on these questions would be > apprciated. > > > > > > -- > > 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. > > > -- > 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. > > -- > 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.
