Well really, I think the mac is amazingly better than windows. First of all, the screen reader is far more advanced than anything microsoft could make, and it supports braille right away. Also, the tts is far superior to anything else I've ever heard. And as soon as the audio game devs get there act together and realize that people on the mac want games too, it'll be all the better.
Sent from my iPod On 3 Apr 2013, at 21:30, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote: > Nobody said anything about a computer bought in 1995. The original question > had to do with a laptop that broke after 3-4 years, and the person wasn't too > happy and was considering a Mac. Since upgrades to the screen reader are tied > to the os on a Mac, if your Mac is too old to get the new upgrade, you also > don't get the new VO features, and that can be a computer that is 3 to 4 > years old. I have an old xp machine that I sure wouldn't put Windows 8 on, > but it is something like 6 years old, not 4, and when I go to replace it, if > I do, I'll pay substancially less than what I would pay for a new Mac. I'm > not saying that the Mac isn't good. I just think the decision to switch is a > lot more complicated than deciding it is a good deal because you get the > screen reader buiult in to the os. > > Mary > > Mary Otten > [email protected] > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
