Yeah the authorization is always fun. I feel like I should be using Window-eyes rather than JAWS at this point when I need to use Windows, and I'll probably end up switching sometime down the road. But getting used to yet another screen-reader isn't really what I want to be doing with my free time right now.
Thanks, Eric On 4/2/11, Mike Arrigo <n0...@charter.net> wrote: > If you can download windows 7, Fusion will install it using an ISO image, > that may be the best approach, if you get a disk, you will probably need > sighted help to read the product key. Fusion will automate the install of > windows for you, so you can do that without sighted help. Once your virtual > machine is up and running, you would install your windows screen reader the > same way you would for a real PC. Of course, with JFW, you will need to go > through the authorization nonsense as well. > On Apr 2, 2011, at 2:02 PM, Eric Brinkman wrote: > >> Given the accessibility issues with Flash content, Firefox, and the >> large amount of things I still have on my PC, I've decided to go ahead >> and try VMWare Fusion on my MacBook Air. However, I'd like to use >> Windows 7 since my current PC has vista and I don't want to put that >> on my Mac. I'm leaning toward buying Windows 7 professional due to >> features like XP mode and Virtual Desktop, but I have a couple of >> questions. Firstly, can I just download it and use it with VMWare or >> do I need the actual CD? Also, is there anything I will need to do in >> order to get JAWS working with it? I want to do this on my own and >> make it as quick and painless as possible. I'd also like to use my >> scanner/printer with Kurtzweil. Is there anything special I will need >> to do for this? >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> Eric >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
