[Blindtlk] One thing I'm tired of

Sun Aug 26 18:46:08 UTC 2012

    When I said "can't," I was saying it in terms of not being able to learn 
from a pod cast. I have to be able to feel and work with the product in 
order to find out if it's something I can work with.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Mike Freeman
Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 11:21 PM
To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] One thing I'm tired of

"Can't" is a loaded work. Why not be honest with yourself and say "I'd
rather not"? Or perhaps "I don't do as well ..."?

Seems to me you're selling yourself rather short in all this.

Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Nikki
Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 2:43 PM
To: Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] One thing I'm tired of

    Ok. How can I get an in home demonstration of a mac book pro? I'm a
hands on learner. I can't sit here and listen to pod casts of people talking
about a product. In order for me to decide if it's something worth
pursueing, I would need to play with it. I'm not going to go to Best Buy or
another computer store to play. I'd rather do it in the comfort of my home.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ray Foret Jr
Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 2:24 PM
To: Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] One thing I'm tired of

Well, first of all, A Mac mini is not a lap top.  IF it's a lap top you
want, I'd go with the Mac book or Mac book pro.  That will set you back a
bit.  To find out more, go here.
www.apple.com.

The one I used is the fifteen inch Mac book Pro.

Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!

Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!!

Skype name:
barefootedray

On Aug 25, 2012, at 2:07 PM, "Nikki" <daizies304 at gmail.com> wrote:

>   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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