[blparent] Fw: mac book pro question urgent response needed

[Steve Jacobson]

Ken,

VoiceOver is a good program but it is different than JFW or Window-Eyes or other Windows Screenreaders.  
It will be necessary for you to take a little time to learn some things differently with VoiceOver.  
There are some people using MAC computers on GUI-Talk, so you might get on that list for a while and ask 
there if you don't get information here.

Also, what is it you need to do with a computer in your job?  This might be relevant to how you approach 
it with VoiceOver.  For example, it is often not obvious to those who don't work with this all the time, 
but Microsoft Office is not accessible on the MAC even though it is under Windows.  This isn't really 
VoiceOver's fault.  It is hard to imagine why Best Buy would have trouble coming up with a Windows 
computer for you, and you could probably use one of your quthorizations temporarily on that computer 
rather than learning a new system for what sounds like a short time.  This is in no way meant to knock 
Apple, though.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Thu, 12 Jul 2012 23:41:20 -0400, Ken Quinn wrote:


>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Ken Quinn" <cj3639 at hotmail.com>
>To: <nfbp-parents at yahoogroups.com>
>Cc: <nfbp-talk at yahoogroups.com>; <nfbp-students at yahoogroups.com>
>Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 11:32 PM
>Subject: mac book pro question urgent response needed


>> hello all,
>> to make a long story short, i am working for best buy they are going to be 
>> getting jaws on their system but for the interm their idea of solution was 
>> to use a mac book pro for me until jaws comes in. i am a descent/expert 
>> computer user but i am having trouble with voice over reading everything 
>> on the page if anyone could assist me in how to accomplish this, it would 
>> be appreciated. my goal is to have voice-over act more like jaws or the 
>> same if possible.
>> thanks in advance to all.
>> sincerely,
>> ken quinn 


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