Joe, although you are entitled to your opinion, I think you have to qualify "complex" word processing. There are many who would disagree with your assertions and that applies to either iOS or the Mac platforms.
On Oct 23, 2012, at 6:30 PM, Joe <[email protected]> wrote: > I have an iPhone, a PC, and a Mac at home. The iPhone is great, but my PC is > superior for complex Word editing. Voiceover can be conquered if you want to > switch exclusively to the Mac, and if you don't require advanced editing, > it'll be great. I don't think Voiceover on the Mac still rivals PC screen > readers. To be fair JAWS 14 has come a very long way. My frustration > decreased since version 13, but this also has to do with an overhaul of my > computer system. That's another thing you don't have to worry about with the > Mac. Bottom line, you'll do great with Voiceover, but if anyone likes JAWS, > it's not out of the running yet, at least in my own personal opinion.--Joe > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Kathy and Wilda > Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 4:52 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Mac verses Ipad > > I do have an iphone and love it. JAWS and internet explorer are driving me > crazy with all the crashes etc. > > Kathy and Seeing Eye dog Wilda > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Neil Barnfather - TalkNav > Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 4:09 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Mac verses Ipad > > I cannot comment on your book point, but, will say that I was a Nokia and > Widnwos PC user for donkey's years, moved over exclusively to Apple in 2010, > and haven't looked back at all! > > The Voice Over experience is reliable, consistent, user friendly and most of > all a joy to use. I always felt that JAWS and I lived a love hate > relationship together, Freedom Scientific loved to screw me over, over and > over, and over again more, and probably would have continued to do so until > I was bleeding to death from all the money that terribly flakey product cost > me, and I, I was the hate part of the relationship. I hated being dependant > on something which caused me stress, anxiety and misery. > > Apple's products do what you want, without fuss and without hassle. > > > > > Regards, > > Neil Barnfather > > Talks List Administrator > Twitter @neilbarnfather > > TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an Apple > iOS, Macintosh and Android accessibility specialist. For all your accessible > phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com > > URL: - www.talknav.com > e-mail: - [email protected] > Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 > > On 23 Oct 2012, at 20:43, Kathy and Wilda <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> I have been a PC Jaws user for many years and I'm thinking of going > exclusively Apple. First do any of you just use the Ipad as your main > computer and if so what are the pros and cons? Also I like to download books > from Bookshare to my Victor stream and I know the Ipad doesn't have a US > port.Is there a work around for that? If anybody could give me feedback and > let me know their experiences I would greatly appreciate any suggestions or > comments. 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