Hello Neil. I also used ITunes with JAWS 11 but still found it slow and cumbersome. It's probably because my machine is about five years old. I also found synching to be a real problem. If it works for you, however, that's great. For me, I've moved to the mac never to return to Windows for ITunes.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Neil Barnfather - TalkNav Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 7:54 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Screen Readers on the Mac 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. Twitter @neilbarnfather Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, for all your accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com -----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 -- 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.
