Hi Scott, I don't think I did. What are the broad and general assumptions you think I made? I wrote "I don't think there is 1 application for the Mac that has the accessibility and ease of use as MS word with Jaws". this was just my opinion. Hardly a broad general assumption. :). I then wrote "Many people get by though. They use pages, open office, text edit and a couple others to get the job done." I think you would agree with this? You just said you used pages to complete a task that you found cumbersome on MS Word thus, getting the job done on your Mac, right? Like I stated earlier, I fail to see the broad general assumptions you thought I was making.
Ricardo Walker [email protected] Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 On Nov 18, 2010, at 6:42 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > Ricardo, > > I think you are making some very broad and general assumptions. There is > sufficient evidence of people who are very successful in using Pages, Text > Edit, etc. to accomplish a number of word processing tasks. HOnestly I had to > use WOrd for something today (Word 2007) and it was such a painful > experience, I could have gotten what I wanted done in half the time if I had > used Text Edit. I may still go back and see if there is any compatibility > issues for future reference. The point is I can say that this issue has come > up from time to time on this list and it always boils down to the individual > and the task. > On Nov 18, 2010, at 6:14 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I think that's crap. lol. In general there will always be more compatible >> digital devices for windows than the Mac. Keep in mind, most of the stuff >> you won't be using in the first place. There are many obscure products out >> there that just develop for windows because they have the most potential >> customers on the platform. I think this is a problem people run into less >> and less on a Mac as its market share grows. About school. It really >> depends on the user. Are they willing to tinker and find work arounds? If >> so, then the answer is probably yes. For example, I don't think there is 1 >> application for the Mac that has the accessibility and ease of use as MS >> word with Jaws. Many people get by though. They use pages, open office, >> text edit and a couple others to get the job done. The same holds true with >> scanning/OCR programs. >> >> Ricardo Walker >> [email protected] >> Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 >> Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 >> >> >> >> On Nov 18, 2010, at 6:01 PM, eddy wrote: >> >>> hey everyone, I am a mac os x user who really likes the way voice over >>> works. I have organizations like. DBS division of blind services and >>> other giving their clients who request computers Dell laptops with >>> Jaws screen reader installed. what I am aware of is that Jaws alone is >>> more than a thousand dollars recently I her two thousand. I wonder why >>> organizations like DBS don't just give their client a macbook or a >>> machbook pro and be done with it. then they whon't have to pay for >>> Jay. and the client can use voice over which in my opinion has a >>> shorter learning curve. I also recently asked a Vision teacher or V.I >>> teacher and she answered that at leat 70=90 percent of note takers, >>> and all other digital devices are not comopatible with mac os x. >>> I would like to know what you guys think about this. and if there are >>> any high school and college students who are blind or visually >>> impaired, Is a Mac with voice over sufficient enough for all school >>> work or do you still need a note taker? >>> >>> >>> thank you >>> >>> -- >>> 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.
