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

[Ken Quinn]

 this is just a short term solution until they get jaws put onto the best 
buy computers they are dealing with coroperate so trying to find a solution 
for short term that can work for all involved.
ken
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacobson at visi.com>
To: "Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 12:01 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Fw: mac book pro question urgent response needed


> 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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