Hi, Honestly Mac computers are pretty cool and often relatively more stable then windows pcs. But VoiceOver is far from being as complex as for example Jaws, so it relies more on apps being VoiceOver compatible. And it took quite a lot of time before a reasonable scanner application got available for the blind. Also advanced spretsheets stil lacks in terms of speech, so for a job computer I'd still go the windows route.
But programs like audacity works fine on mac, many other music apps are working good as well and so on. Microsoft Word used on a windows machine stil is the very best and most powerful advanced word processor around for the blind. Pages is sweet, but doesn't come close in functionality. Just passed easter I get a new Windows 10 machine with ssds disks, which I'm looking forward to. I've used all the other windows versions uptil now, so I'm very curious to try this one out as all my friends tells me that it's super stable and extremely fast compared to earlier Windows editions. Best regards Brian -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] På vegne af Andy Logue Sendt: 21. marts 2016 20:46 Til: PC Audio Discussion List Emne: Re: Thinking seriously on an Imac rather than a new Windows 10 Hi Devon and Hamit. I've always wanted to check out a mac computer but because ive been so brainwashed in Microsoft, I didn't have the self confidence to try it out for myself. What I was thinking was to keep my old Windows machine active for my mail and so on, but the Mac could sit alone in another room and if I spend some time each day, then I should be able to grasp the basic? eh? Especially if I joined a blind mac list. One thing I have already found out that my Imac Store, which is in glasgow, will spend up to an hour with a new customer in the shop. Perhaps they may be interessted in offering me a little more start-up time, given my blindness? Worth checking out eh? Thanks for your ideas guys. For the meantime, I'm going to check out everything I can on the Imac Retina on the webpage. Thanks again. Andy. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Devin Prater" <d.pra...@me.com> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Monday, March 21, 2016 4:17 PM Subject: Re: Thinking seriously on an Imac rather than a new Windows 10 Apple has a getting started guide, right when you turn on a new Mac. Just wait a minute or two then follow the spoken instructions. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 21, 2016, at 11:04 AM, Hamit Campos <hamitcam...@gmail.com> wrote: > > An IMac as in the Apple computer? If so there are Mac lists and stuff but > you'd have to listen to a lot of podcasts and stuff because you must then > now learn Mac OS. If I'm understanding the question correctly. I had > learned > Mac OS but I've gotten Rusty. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Andy > Logue > Sent: Monday, March 21, 2016 11:57 AM > To: PC Audio Discussion List <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Subject: Thinking seriously on an Imac rather than a new Windows 10 > > Hi all. > > I love everything audio concerning my computer. I've music, described > movies and talking books and I use programmes such as Goldwave to record > streaming music. I also love burning the odd CD for a friend and > recently, > I've purchased a Zoom H6 digital recorder for even more interesting audio > work. > > Many of my friends, who are not blind are telling me to buy the new Imac > Retina and plug that into my AV and sound system. > > Any members use Imac for this sort ofstuff and is there any support for a > new comer like myself about. > > Any advice would be very much appriciated. > > Very best wishes. > Andy. > >
