When you buy a Mac, you can purchase training at your local apple store for $100 for a year's worth of training. This has been very helpful.. On Oct 11, 2010, at 12:10 PM, Kaare Dehard wrote:
> When I bought my Macbook pro, I did get some help from ontario's adp program. > I didn't however get the "maximum contribution" as things like the screen > reader weren't necessary. I don't do a lot of ocr, but I did like k1000 for > windows. I think you could make a case for the macs based on ease of upgrade > in certain environments. I do a bit of networking a tiny bit of sound work, > and a lot of correspondence, as well as basic word processing. If you are to > make a case for the inclusion, I think that tayloring it to people who are > willing to learn new and different things, and who are working with > multi-media and the net. > > Yep, you will have to stress that this is different and that the mac products > do address similar issues in a different way, and no, windows is still great > for some people but choice is also great. > > Personally I don't think we will see an end to adaptive products, as there > are a valued group of buyers who would not be ready to have the capacity to > or be willing to learn new stuff. However, they still require service. > > > On 2010-10-11, at 10:19 AM, Isaac Obie wrote: > >> Hello Heather, >> It's just like years ago I asked the state for Window Eyes. I was told, "We >> only have Jaws". So it was Jaws or nothing! >> So I got in the habit of buying my own equipment. But some states are giving >> Macs nowadays. I know one list member who received a Macbook pro and is >> extremely happy with it. So I guess sometimes it's where you're at the time. >> this person is seeking a job. So the Mac was to help in that endeavor. >> I have a mac mini which I bought. Now I am trying to help a friend find a >> Mac. The states will do as they please. I've come to accept that. >> Isaac >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: heather kd5cbl >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 9:41 AM >> Subject: please don't turn this in to a debate, just need information >> >> I am a very knew Mac user and feel that our state rehab departments are >> favoring the windows based machines over the mac machines. Yes, our states >> have all the money to give there blind consumers all this adaptive >> technology while in school. However, after school, blind individuals >> struggle to keep their equipment up to date. I am trying to write a letter >> about the mac for blind consumers instead of jaws on a windows pc. I wanted >> to make the case that the states should not be so geared to window based >> machines for there blind consumers. I just don't no enough about OCR >> solutions for the Mac like we have Kurzweil1000 for windows. Also I am not >> sure about the braille translation programs for the macs as we have mega >> dots or Duxbury for the windows computers. Also, we use victor streams, >> eclipse reders and for our textbooks so if there is a Mac equivalent, I >> wanted to know about it. I am trying to convince our rehab department that >> they need to show both options to their consumers. I plan on submitting my >> letter at the end of the week to are rehab department. Thank you, Heather >> >> -- >> 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.
