If somebody has purchased ZoomText for Windows and they want to switch to the Mac, will they have to buy ZoomText again or would their serial number for the Windows version work? I'm asking since I'm an assistive technology instructor and somebody might ask me this in the future. Thanks.
Sent from my iPhone On Nov 29, 2012, at 5:23 PM, "Damashe Thomas" <damashe.tho...@gmail.com> wrote: > I too am a VoiceOver only user. I have spoken at length with friends of mine > who are low vision users though. Not to stray to far off topic for this list, > but by all accounts from people I know, magnification on any version of > windows is hardly sufficient. As was stated earlier in this thread, comparing > builtin windows magnification to a product like zoom text is like comparing > narrator to jaws. > As for zoom text coming to the mac, if it does nothing else, it will > certainly be a familiar comfort for windows users who are considering > switching. I say this only because someone has expressed to me their > hesitancy to switch because they like the features of zoom text and don't > think zoom on the mac gives them all thse features. The mac users who are > experienced with zoom may not wish to even consider zoom text, but for new or > those considering switching, it might be that last push for them to make the > complete change. I can't debate the merrits of zoom on the mac because I > can't see, just offering an opinion based on conversations with magnification > users. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: dhacker > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 4:13 PM > Subject: Re: ZoomText on the Mac Coming Soon > > I don't think there's any reason to make that comparison, it's just not valid. > > Zoom on Mac works but it's not a sophisticated product. Voiceover works and > it IS a sophisticated product. > > Ai Squared sees an opportunity to better Zoom related features. Also, the way > Voiceover works may be fantastic (your mileage may vary) for blind users but > for users who simply need reading "support" it's clear that there is an > opportunity to build it. > > Put it this way, ZT Win does very well even though there is built in Zooming > on Windows and sophisticated (JAWS, Windows Eyes) screen readers on the > market as well as decent free ones (NVDA). > > > > On Thursday, November 29, 2012 4:00:43 PM UTC-5, Alex wrote: >> >> Yes, that's my point. If zoom on mac compared to zoom on windows is >> anything like vo compared to narrator, then, as you said, there's no >> comparison. Can some low-vision users chime in here? Maybe us totals >> are missing something? >> >> On 11/29/12, Teresa Cochran <vegaspip...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Hi Alex, >> > >> > There's a bit of confusion here. I may get myself in trouble here, but I >> > will say this: the off-the-shelf accessibility on the Mac is notches more >> > complex than the off-the-shelf accessibility in Windows. I haven't used >> > Zoom >> > for the Mac, and don't know if it has the same magnification features as >> > ZoomText. Someone else can speak to that. However, if I were to choose >> > between Narrator for Windows and Voiceover for the Mac, there just isn't a >> > comparison, and I really wouldn't try. Voiceover winds hands-down. It's a >> > fact that there are more accessibility features in the Mac screen-reader >> > than for Narrator. Again, I can't speak to Zoom for Mac, so I don't know >> > if >> > the parallel for magnification is valid. >> > >> > Teresa >> > >> > >> > Visualize whirled peas. >> > >> > On Nov 29, 2012, at 12:08 PM, Alex Hall <meh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> >> I'm not a large print user at all, but it seems to me that saying >> >> windows already has zoom is like saying Narrator is already a screen >> >> reader. Does it read things on the screen? Sure, but comparing that to >> >> Voiceover is ridiculous. I hope AI Squared does well with this, I just >> >> don't know if it will happen. >> >> >> >> On 11/29/12, Doug Hacker <dha...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Mike, >> >>> >> >>> The same is true on the Windows platform but Ai Squared does a very good >> >>> business there, no reason to think it would be any different on the Mac >> >>> side. Visually impaired Mac users want the same thing as their Windows >> >>> counterparts. >> >>> >> >>> - Better font smoothing >> >>> - Better tracking >> >>> - Cursor, pointer and focus enhancements >> >>> - Color schemes >> >>> - More efficient reading tools for VI users >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> On Nov 29, 2012, at 2:19 PM, Mike Arrigo <n0...@charter.net> wrote: >> >>> >> >>>> Should be interesting to see if that sells at all, the mac already >> >>>> includes zoom for magnification and voice over for reading, these can >> >>>> also >> >>>> be used at the same time. If people buy it, great, but they're taking a >> >>>> huge gamble. >> >>>> Original message: >> >>>>> Just to let everyone know, Ai Squared is close to releasing a version >> >>>>> of >> >>>>> ZoomText for the Mac. 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