Everything performs better on the mac even Windows applications.


-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 5:01 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Screen Readers on the Mac

Hi,

I guess this is a mileage will vary kind of thing.  i hate using iTunes of
windows.  it has more to do with iTunes on windows than it does with any
screenreader.  It's just slow and clunky on a PC in my experience.  It was
like that for me even when I had sight, and used no screenreader at all.
I'm using a 2 year old Mac mini with 2GB of ram and a 2.0ghz processor.  My
windows machine has 4GB of RAM and a 2.54ghz processor but, iTunes performs
better on the Mac. 


Ricardo Walker
[email protected]
Twitter & Skype: rwalker296
Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197



On Oct 17, 2010, at 8:53 AM, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav wrote:

> Paul,
> 
> I just wanted to say, as it's a popular miss conception, I've got no
issues
> using iTunes on a PC with JAWS. your comments, and many others were right
in
> the old days.
> 
> days when we needed things like  jTunes and things like that.
> 
> but using JAWS 11 and iTunes 9 or preferably 10, there's no issues at all.
> 
> having used iTunes on a Mac with Voice Over and on a PC with jaws. both
> experiences were just fine, no difference whatsoever, and both sync quite
> happily with either OutLook on a PC or iCal and Mail on a mac.
> 
> people make these comments without trying things on the latest
> configurations, and it makes others think that what they wish to do won't
> work. or that they'll have a lesser experience.
> 
> it will and does so without an issue. 
> 
> I would say that there are other areas where the Mac shines through such
as
> stability and performance of Voice Over and the fact that Voice Over uses
> very little system resources. but this old card of iTunes is brought up
time
> and time again, and its just plain old nonsense.
> 
> 
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> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Hunt
> Sent: 16 October 2010 10:39
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Screen Readers on the Mac
> 
> Hello Heather. I would encourage you to start working with vo right away.
> Reading is ok but doing is great. You really don't need another screen
> reader on the mac because VO is part of the OS. Any other screen reader in
> Windows is a compromise at best. I'm not saying that Windows Accessibility
> is bad and that the screen readers don't work well. I am saying that VO
> generally works better and the overall solution is more cost effective.
> Think of it this way. ITunes is available for Windows and the MAC. There
is
> no comkparison, ITunes works much much much better on the MAC. Synching
with
> the IPhone is perfect. Any contact or calendar event I add on the mac
synchs
> flawlessly because the whole system is designed to work together. This is
> true for VO on the Mac.
> 
> I hope you have a nice day. Since we're both in Austin, maybe we can get
> together and work with our macs.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of heather kd5cbl
> Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 6:32 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Apple's event next wednesday
> 
> I like vo but I was wondering if apple will allow other screenreader 
> programs to opperate on the mac.  I was just thinking about this because,
I 
> have jaws and NVDA on my windows computer.  So when jaws is giving me
grief,
> 
> I can switch to NVDA which usually tells me what jaws won't or when jaws
is 
> stuck.  I like plan b if plan a does not work.  Heather 
> 
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