What do you do in the clinical world? Where are you? I worked as a
medical transcriptionist for 39 years the last six years worked with a
program where some things were not at all accessible for me but had a
manager and supervisors who understood and accepted that I did well
with what I was able to access. They outsourced the department in
March of this year and the new company swore everything was
accessible! Well I discovered from the time we started the hiring
process, training and then actually working that many things I needed
to do were not accessible, adding copies, checking visit dates, etc.
I lasted six weeks with the new company, first time I’d ever been
dismissed because I could not do the work, it was not the terminology
or the doctors I got but inaccessible payroll, partially accessible
time clock, inability to perform tasks to route the reports where they
needed to be etc. In the end I got too sick to call in for a couple
of days, I was in the ICU at the hospital where I formerly worked! And
that was the reason they gave for my termination. I was so relieved
to get out of there that I did not argue the point. So now I have
taken early retirement and am in better health but mostly bored to
death. Had my late husband been here I would not have minded so much
but being alone is no way to retire in my opinion.
I do not see how a MAC would have made any difference to me, as the
programs I was running were based on Windows 7! I have used JAWS for
nearly 20 years, and have experience with other screen readers also.
I have an iPhone and a first generation iPad currently and there was
no way I could have used them in my six-week horrible experience.
I thought about buying a MAC a year and a half ago, just to learn how
to use it for the fun of it. However, my husband’s illness and then
death prevented me from buying one.
Other than Windows and Office 2010 itself, my screen reading software
packages are up-to-date.
I could not use Office 2013 on the job, and many that I see offered
are on platforms that would be a problem for me even using Windows 7
and Office 2010.
So, working around some things may work for you and I am very glad it
does but for me, I don’t think having a MAC would have been of
assistance in my situation.
Rose Combs
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
A picture may be worth a thousand words but it takes up three times
the memory!
*From:*[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On
Behalf Of *David Chittenden
*Sent:* Monday, July 06, 2015 11:32 PM
*To:* [email protected]
*Subject:* Re: Questions about transition from windows to a mac
I do not know about other fields. In the health professions, most
companies use specialised windows software which, in my experience, is
not at all accessible. So, I needed to create work-arounds with the
clinic where I work. In my case, I prefer using Mac for the reasons I
already stated. In fact, most of my work is now done using the iPhone
and iPad with braille screen input. This looks most like what
everybody knows, so it is not distracting to my clients. After all, as
several sighted people have confirmed, everybody randomly touches
their smartphones.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
Email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Mobile: +64 21 2288 288
Sent from my iPhone
On 7 Jul 2015, at 12:57, Larry Lumpkin <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
My point was, if you have a lot invested in a windows pc and jaws
or wineyes, is it worth chucking it for the mack. It’s my
understanding that if you’re going to work in the world, most
businesses still use windows.
*From:*[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
[mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *David Chittenden
*Sent:* Monday, July 06, 2015 9:55 PM
*To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Subject:* Re: Questions about transition from windows to a mac
The mac gives you accessibility out-of-the-box, updates to
VoiceOver with every upgrade, no charge for the updates,
AppleScript for scripting apps and access across the mac
environment including VoiceOver, and a company which continually
proves focus on accessibility.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
Email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Mobile: +64 21 2288 288
Sent from my iPhone
On 7 Jul 2015, at 12:26, Larry Lumpkin <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I would evaluate very carefully why you wish to change to a
mack. What does a mack give you that you’re not getting with
a windows PC.
*From:*[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
[mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Mary Otten
*Sent:* Monday, July 06, 2015 9:11 PM
*To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Subject:* Re: Questions about transition from windows to a mac
If you run Windows on your Mac, you can use open book.
However, you cannot use it on the Mac OS, as there is no open
book for the Mac.
Mery
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 6, 2015, at 6:05 PM, Shaf <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Not very, and see FS website
On 7/7/2015 1:51 AM, Marie Lyons wrote:
How complicated is it to transfer files? Can you use
open book on a mac?
Marie
Fixed income, hell mine is broken Sent from my iPhone
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