Hello. My goal is to switch completely to the mac but over time. The good news is that you don't have to switch completely right away. I use VM Fusion and run Windows 7 and the mac os at the same time. Then I get the best of both worlds. I can gradually learn to use the IWork suite while still getting my work done. VMFusion costs about 100. I installed Windows 7 and JAWS. I am also trying Window-Eyes. It works very well. In fact, there are two real advantages. 1. I can store all my documents on the Mac side and have a clean image of the Windows OS. If I lose my windows image, I just restore my image and I'm good to go.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rajiv Shah Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2010 12:49 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Mac vs. Windows Accessibility was Re: Reopen office Hi, Thanks for your reply. I recently bought a Mac but can't seem to justify the purchase to myself completely a month after. There are several areas where Windows still holds primacy over the Mac and there seems no way out in terms of my daily usage. These are: * DRM streaming: Some DRM video streaming is still only limited to Windows. Quite frustrating when you are hoping for a speedy conversion to the Mac. * Lack of VoiceOver accessibility support. VoiceOver as far as I can tell, does not support the onMouseover event handler. Maybe you folks have a solution for this? * Flash support: As far as I know, VoiceOver still does not support Flash How many years have we had support in Windows. Eight, perhaps? How do folks who have made the near complete Windows-to-Mac transition work around this short of switching to Windows? Happy for folks' perspectives. Thanks. Rajiv ---- Original message ---- >Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 15:33:52 +0200 >From: Michael Busboom <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Reopen office >To: [email protected] > >Hello Rajiv, > >I partially share your sentiments. I am ecstatic about my Mac, love a lot of its functionality but find myself wishing that I had more word processing options that worked well with VoiceOver. If I discover a word processing app that works well on the Mac with VO and gives me the same level of accessibility that I have with Window-Eyes and MS Office, I will let you know. > >All of that having been said, I love my Mac, and find myself using Windows less and less. > >Take care, > >Mike > >On 4,Aug,2010, at 2:57 AM, Rajiv Shah wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> With OpenOffice or any Word Processor, how do you read tables along with column headings efficiently. Despite all the declarations to the contrary, this is one area where I really miss Windows for any reading and, frankly, Parallels is not the answer for me. After all, this is why I partially left Windows in the first place. >> >> Rajiv >> >> >> >> ---- Original message ---- >>> Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 19:36:26 +0200 >>> From: Michael Busboom <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: Reopen office >>> To: [email protected] >>> >>> Just out of curiosity, Sarah, what text editor do you use when or if you have to produce DOC files? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Mike >>> On 3,Aug,2010, at 6:39 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: >>> >>>> OPen office tends to have some odd issues since it is is written in java. I don't get the clicking sound when it reads a paragraph but i can interact with th etext. I don't use open office for anything I do. >>>> >>>> Take care. >>>> On Aug 3, 2010, at 6:41 AM, Michael Busboom wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello Erik, >>>>> >>>>> You may have missed this note but then again, maybe not. I sent the following to the Macvisionaries List but didn't get any real helpful responses. I'm not trying to badger you at all, but you may have missed my note and you may have some thoughts. I would be curious to know if you have the same issues when using Open Office. >>>>> >>>>> I wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi. >>>>> >>>>> I am running the latest version of Open Office and am having an annoying problem reading documents. >>>>> >>>>> Whenever I arrow up or down through a document, VO will make a soft clicking sound, say "edit Text" and then read the text on that particular line. Whenever I try to interact with the document, I am only permitted to interact with the line that I am currently on. >>>>> >>>>> Is there a way to change the behavior of either VO or Open Office to make listening to text easier as I arrow through it, or is this something with which one must live when using Open Office and VoiceOver? Are there any "must settings" in the View menu options that need to be taken into consideration? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks and best regards, >>>>> >>>>> Mike >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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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