That's definitely true about the window application on the Mac. It never crashes, and when I use to use a windows pc, crashes all the time.
Kawal Gucukoglu On 18 Oct 2010, at 01:03 PM, "Paul Hunt" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. >> >> >> 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. 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