I'm not going to comment on Daisy production as its an area I'm not
familiar with.
I have Braille embossing going on my Mac with my Keyspan adaptor and my
Mountbattin Braille Writer, have had it going for a number of years now,
there was document explaining how it all worked published on the Internet.
No intention of buying any Microsoft Office products either, we've
discussed the reasons already but the other main reasons says volumes,
all my substitute software was far cheaper than the Microsoft products
were, in fact I doubt whehter the cost of the substitute software would
even come to the price of one of Microsoft's "Stand-alone" Office
applications.
On 10/10/2011 11:13 AM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote:
Helo Dane
Microsoft products are very bloated for the most part. There is a lot of junk
inside their self-extracting archives which a lot of people who know about this
kind of stuff say simply doesn't need to be there.
As you might know, Windows itself is very messy as far as cleaning up temporary
files and old registry entries are concerned. We don't plan on doing more than
we have too with Windows; don't get me wrong. We migrated to the Mac so that we
could escape from all the dross that Windows brings with it. But whether we
like it or not there are certain tasks which you simply cannot accomplish under
OSX so we have little option where they are concerned.
For instance, Braille transcription. We haven't been able to get any joy at all
on the mac with that. Our Keyspan adapter has never shown us any signs of
working on the Mac, and I doubt it ever will. Gordon is now getting pretty
irritated by the lack of functionality in that area so we are going to have to
use Windows. Our embosser has done absolutely nothing for almost 2 years now
and that situation is one which we find intolerable.
DAISY publication is another area where we need Windows. There's absolutely
nothing which comes close to meeting our needs on the Mac and that stuff that
they did with Open Office is a bit of a joke. It's absolutely no use at all for
what we need. Gordon needs to be able to control the navigation points, and all
that thing does is very basic production with no level of user control at all.
As for Office, we have absolutely no intention whatsoever of installing
Microsoft Office. It's a very over-rated and grossly over-priced suite of
software which, although you can now buy it in separate components, is simply
not worth the money.
Lynne
On 10 Oct 2011, at 00:55, Dane trethowan wrote:
Yes indeed<smiloe>.
I've never relied or been tempted to use any Microsoft products much at all, in
the main they're very bulky for one thing.
I've always had trouble getting Outlook Express to work so I gave up on that.
did try Outlook 2003 at one point though it appeared to be a mess when it came
to all its functions and integrating them hence I spent a lot more time using
that software and wasting that time if that makes any sense.
The "Live" stuff I didn't enjoy at all and thus have found replacements for many of the
"Live" utilities and functions. for example Miranda is an excellent multi protocol chat
client in much the same way as Adium for the Mac. I can write my blogs under Windows using
something called Blogjet, not the most accessible piece of software on the planet but it is usable.
I don't use Microsoft Office utilities as I've found substitutes for them,
Jarte Plus for Word Processing, nothing for spreadsheet design yet and Ask Sam
for database management, could also use that for Word Processing too if i
wanted.
and for email? Well i use the now tried and true Thunderbird, I use NVDA a lot of the
time so I'm insulated for the problems that users of Window-eyes have with this
software<smile>.
On 10/10/2011 10:45 AM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote:
Hello Dane
On 10 Oct 2011, at 00:08, Dane Trethowan wrote:
Thanks, I never thought of relying on it anyway<smile>.
Just a figure of speech.
Lynne
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