[Blindtlk] One thing I'm tired of

Sat Aug 25 19:07:12 UTC 2012

    What is a Mac mini? Please fill me in on the features, compairing it to 
a regular laptop.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Ray Foret Jr
Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 1:01 PM
To: Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] One thing I'm tired of

Well, I don't know about more expensive.  You can get a Mac mini for just 
about $7.00 or so  and have Voice Over built in.  No more trying to get 
authorization keys, no more unstable behavior, no more exorbent prices that 
poor blind people can't pay.  But, there's another side to it.  There's 
quite a learning curve.  Do not go in to this expecting the Mac to behave 
like windows.  It ain't gonna  happen.  It took me about two or three weeks 
to get my head around the concepts.  Very easy once you get used to it; but, 
be duely warned, it's not windows; and, you'll find yourself frustrated if 
you go in to this expecting windows-like behavior.

Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!

Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!!

Skype name:
barefootedray

On Aug 25, 2012, at 12:40 PM, "Judy Jones" <jtj1 at cableone.net> wrote:

> I hear the Mac is a very good system, very stable, but also more expensive 
> than a Windows system.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nikki" <daizies304 at gmail.com>
> To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 11:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] One thing I'm tired of
>
>
>   Yeah. I didn't learn that until after the problems began.
>
> I started with Vista, then the laptop's mother board fried. I had to buy a
> new laptop, but Windows 7 was all you could find. When I tried loading the
> program, it wouldn't complete and say something like "this is an invalid
> platform. I was confused and didn't know what that meant. I called FS, 
> they
> told me to just download the 64 byte version and it will work. So, that's
> what I'm running on now.
>
> I would like to know what some of you computer tech guys think of macs and
> the voice over. Is it better than windows OS and JAWS? Would it be smart 
> to
> go in that direction? How well does it work?
>
> -----Original Message----- From: David Andrews
> Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 11:48 AM
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] One thing I'm tired of
>
> JAWS 10 was never designed to work with Windows
> 7.  This could be causing some of your problems.
>
> Dave
>
> At 11:09 PM 8/24/2012, you wrote:
>> Ok. Phew! I'm not the only one experiencing issues with JAWS not 
>> responding. I think it's a number of things with my computer. #1. I have 
>> JAWS 10 on a windows 7 laptop. #2. I let a friend talk me into 
>> downloading all these different programs that will help speed up my 
>> computer. It helped, but started causing problems. It is quite 
>> frustrating to hear a chimed dialog box but nothing is said. The other 
>> day, as it was starting up, it had a starting windows repair window open 
>> saying not to turn off or restart the computer, but JAWS didn't say that. 
>> My 7 year old son read it to me and asked me if I wanted him to close the 
>> window. The computer would have been sitting here with that window open 
>> and I would have been getting upset and worried that my computer wasn't 
>> starting up properly. Right now, I have a window open for an adobe flash 
>> player update, but I don't know how to get to it. Occasionally JAWS will 
>> say, "update ready to be installed" and that's it. I have issues with 
>> Fire Fox as well. Every time I open it, I have to use the "alt tab" 
>> command twice in order to use the program. Sometimes, when I hit the 
>> applications key and scroll up to "send to," it will stop talking before 
>> or just after I reach it. IDK if there is an auto correct in Word 2007, 
>> but, I'll be typing along and I'll want to go back, re read what I just 
>> typed, and somehow my sentences were broken up and rearranged. It does it 
>> in my email as well. I use Windows Live Mail because I don't know how to 
>> use gmail on the site. -----Original Message----- From: Sherry Gomes 
>> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 10:31 PM To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List' 
>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] One thing I'm tired of I have that happen a lot 
>> with internet explorer 9, and it is the application, not jaws, because 
>> when everything starts up again, there's a message saying internet 
>> explorer stopped working. Outlook too, oh man, it hangs a lot, just 
>> freezes and locks up the whole darn computer, particularly first thing in 
>> the morning. -----Original Message----- From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org 
>> [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mike Freeman Sent: 
>> Friday, August 24, 2012 8:50 PM To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List' Subject: 
>> Re: [Blindtlk] One thing I'm tired of Perhaps the application you're 
>> using has stopped responding for some reason. I find this happens 
>> periodically in windows 7. Mike -----Original Message----- From: 
>> blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>> Behalf Of Nikki Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 7:27 PM To: 
>> blindtlk at nfbnet.org Subject: [Blindtlk] One thing I'm tired of     In the 
>> middle of a task, command, or navigating the net, JAWS just stops 
>> talking, sometimes with a stutter or short muffle. IDK what itï¿½s doing 
>> or why, but there are times when I end up turning offf or restarting. 
>> Sometimes I can get JAWS back on. Any thoughts as to why this is 
>> happening? _______________________________________________
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