Hi Tom, Yes, and yet some have migrated to IOS:
https://www.macstories.net/stories/one-year-of-ipad-pro/2/#content Happy trails, Rod -----Original Message----- From: Talk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Kingston via Talk Sent: Tuesday, April 4, 2017 10:45 PM To: Loy <[email protected]>; Window-Eyes Discussion List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: makeing the switch Loy, Yes. Mac OS is a full blown operating system like Windows while iOS is a slimmed down mobile OS designed to run on the mini computers it's designed for. Regards, Tom On 4/4/2017 5:59 PM, Loy via Talk wrote: > Is A desk top Mac OS different that on an IPad? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Butch Bussen via Talk > To: Janet Brandly ; Window-Eyes Discussion List > Sent: Tuesday, April 4, 2017 2:24 PM > Subject: Re: makeing the switch > > > I actually bought a used mac mini a couple years ago, maybe 3 or 4. It > was all just to foreign to me. Not only is the o s different, but > screen reader commands as well. With no help at all, it was just to > much for me these days to start from scratch. It isn't at all like > windows, so you're starting from the ground up. I'm to old, fat, and > lazy to do that these days. > 73 > Butch > WA0VJR > Node 3148 > Wallace, ks. > > > On Tue, 4 Apr 2017, Janet Brandly via Talk > wrote: > > > Hi Tony, > > I totally agree and am in a similar situation. My laptop is likely nearing > > the end of its lifes'an and I'm seriously considering changing to an Apple > > product for those exact reasons. If you decide to blog about your > experiences > > as you adjust to doing tasks with a different screen-reader, I'd be > > interested in following your adventures. > > > > > > Janet > > > > -----Original Message----- From: Tony C via Talk > > Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2017 4:04 AM > > To: Window-Eyes Discussion List > > Subject: makeing the switch > > > > Well, I guess I’ve fought it for as long as I can. I’ve refused for > > several years to consider switching to a Mac, but with the apparent > demise of > > Window Eyes, and Jaws sucking as it always has, I’m going to be making the > > switch. I’ve been a loyal WE user since 2004, but it seems that it’s time > > to teach an old dog new tricks. lol. I can take my I phone or my I pad > mini > > and have no problem using programs like Netflix, Slink, and other websites > > using Voice Over, that WE and Jaws say hey can’t because the sites aren’t > > accessible. I think I’ll keep one of my Windows PC’s with WE on it just > > so I can look back and think of all the money I spent just to be left > with my > > thumb up my nose. When I think of the money I’ve spent maintaining a > screen > > reader, and now the built in screen reader with the IOS works great with > all > > those websites that were called by tech support for Jaws and window eyes > > “inaccessible”.. I know I may catch some flack for this, but it’s the > > truth none the less.I guess VFO thinks they’ve cornered the market on > > Screen readers, but I refuse to do business with them, because of who they > > are and who they are connected with. I started out with Windows 95 and JFW > > back in 1995, and I used Jaws up untill 2004 when a friend of mine and > myself > > started building a web site, he was a WE user and I a Jaws user. I > couldn’t > > do some of the thing with jaws and Freedom Scientific’s tech support told > > me it was because the page builder I was usin was “inaccessible”, but my > > buddy with Window eyes could do it. I started using WE to work on the > website > > and as I got used to it I began using is more and more for other things. I > > found that WE worked “out of the box” with more programs than Jaws did. > > So, in 2004 I became a Window eyes user. now I’m sad to say that the same > > type of thing has happened, except this time is between Window eyes > Windows > > and Voice Over and Mac. I will be buying my first Mac in a couple of > months > > and telling WE and Windows goodby. > > _______________________________________________ > > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the > author > > and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > > > For membership options, visit > > > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/jbrandly%40shaw.ca. > > For subscription options, visit > > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > > List archives can be found at > > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the > author > > and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > > > For membership options, visit > > > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/butchb%40shellworld.net. > > For subscription options, visit > > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > > List archives can be found at > > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the > author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/loyrg2845%40gmail.com. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author > and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/tom.kingston%40charter.net. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. 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