The reason i do it as my broadcasting suite uses windows and i don't want to change it, pluss I have ot use sonar to edit and master stuff until I can afford protools le which will be a while but I'm patient.
Take care. S On Jun 18, 2010, at 11:43 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hi, > > It seems that you guys had your success with blackboard from the student end. > Donna sounds like she uses blackboard as a faculty member. Maybe there is a > subtle difference that impairs the accessibility with VO > > hth > On Jun 18, 2010, at 2:39 PM, Orin wrote: > >> Yeah, I took a BLackboard course with safari and it wasn't all that bad. >> Messaging could use some work, though, as when I tried to message someone it >> for some reason came out blank on their end. >> >> >> On Jun 18, 2010, at 11:00 AM, Olivia Norman wrote: >> >>> It's interesting that blackboard didn't work for you. I was a student for >>> a year lst winter, and I got great results with blackboard and safari. >>> Hopefully, the mac will soon replace that expensive third party software >>> for you! :) >>> I totally understand that some still need windows, and I'm kind of enjoying >>> finding out all of this information from all of you! >>> Olivia >>> "Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower" Steve Jobs >>> >>> On Jun 18, 2010, at 7:38 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Olivia, >>>> >>>> Remember that a lot of us who are coming to the Mac now, have been Windows >>>> users for many years, which means, unfortunately, that we already own that >>>> expensive third-party software. :) >>>> >>>> Speaking only for myself of course, I got a Mac b/c I like the notion of >>>> out-of-the-box accessibility, and I want to support Apple in this >>>> approach. I would also be happy to stop paying for upgrades to that >>>> expensive 3rd-party software. When I bought my Mac, my plan had been to >>>> abandon Windows completely, but I have found that simply isn't possible. >>>> Right now, there is not a good scanning option for the Mac, unless you >>>> want to commit to fine-reader without a demo, and use it in conjunction >>>> with Vuescan. My copy of Kurzweil works great, so I continue to scan on >>>> my old Windows machine. I also find that some Word docs with tables in >>>> them read much better in Windows than on the Mac. I also use the Duxbury >>>> translator, which runs under Windows. Also, several of us have noted that >>>> audio captchas work much better under windows than they do on the Mac. >>>> Moreover, at least on the faculty end, Blackboard works *much better under >>>> Windows, in fact, as of last winter, Safari 4 wasn't even supported. So, >>>> though I had not planned to continue using Windows, for all of the above >>>> reasons, I still do. My solution has been to simply hang onto my Windows >>>> machine. But if you can't do that for whatever reason, your only option >>>> is to run a dual-boot system on your Mac. >>>> >>>> I love my Mac, but right now it simply cannot completely replace my >>>> Windows machine. So, until it can, I'll be running both. >>>> Take care, >>>> Donna >>>> On Jun 18, 2010, at 10:05 AM, Olivia Norman wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Everyone, >>>>> Now, this is just my opinion, so don't flame me to much, OK? :) I just >>>>> don't understand totally why people install windows on the mac and what >>>>> they use it for? It seems to me, and my admittedly limited experience >>>>> with windows over the last few years, that it just simply isn't worth the >>>>> trouble and expense for most people. Consider that windows isn't >>>>> accessible out of the box, so you've often got to get some expensive >>>>> third party solution like Jaws to make it accessible to you, as well as >>>>> purchasing windows. I guess the question I'm asking here, is if you're >>>>> going to shell out the cash for windows, and the third party access >>>>> solutions, why get a mac in te first place? Also, from a VO users >>>>> prospective, how difficult is it to switch between the two operating >>>>> systems? >>>>> I'm just curious, and if you're using windows, I would be interested in >>>>> knowing why and how you switch between the OS's? >>>>> Thanks for appeasing my curiosity! I'm sure there are totally good >>>>> reasons for using windows on a mac, I'd just like to know why/what they >>>>> are! >>>>> Olivia >>>>> "Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower" Steve Jobs >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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. 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