[Electronics-talk] Electronics accessibility of appleproductsandmainstream level playing field

Fri Feb 25 19:56:31 UTC 2011

Docuscan plus is especially great with .pdf files.

Jim

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Evans" <tevans2003 at sbcglobal.net>
To: "'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'" 
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Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 6:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Electronics accessibility of 
appleproductsandmainstream level playing field

> Docuscan plus from system access or setotek, just started learning about
> last night.  they are $300 and pay the price one time.  where could I find
> an areticle looking at how good this product is like they used to compare
> open book and k1000?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gabe Vega
> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 4:18 AM
> To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Electronics accessibility of apple
> productsandmainstream level playing field
>
> Read iris, Abby fine reader, omni page, scan view and most scanners
> come with one of these out the box.
>
> Gabe Vega - Sent from my iPhone
> (623) 565-9357
>
> On Feb 20, 2011, at 6:12 AM, "Gerald Levy" <bwaylimited at verizon.net> 
> wrote:
>
>>
>> What product does Apple offer that is comparable to Open Book or K1000?
> Are there any text to speech programs that work with the Mac?  I have not
> heard much discussion about this.  Can you just buy a scanner , plug it 
> into
> a Mac and presto, have an instant reading machine?  Inquiring minds would
> like to know.
>>
>> Gerald
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "fred olver" <goodfolks at charter.net>
>> To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances"
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2011 9:20 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Electronics accessibility of apple
> productsandmainstream level playing field
>>
>>
>>> Wouldn't it be nice if state services for the blind would consider the
> accessability of Apple products instead of having on-going contracts with
> sellers of thousand dollar products which can only do one thing.
>>>
>>> Fred Olver
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Ballantyne"
> <sballan at nexicom.net>
>>> To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances"
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2011 6:33 PM
>>> Subject: [Electronics-talk] Electronics accessibility of apple products
> andmainstream level playing field
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi again,
>>>>
>>>> As I said earlier I am  a brand new Mac user. I made the switch for a
> number of reasons. The software is all there right out of the box and I
> don't have to buy expensive software to be a screen reader or pay for
> expensive SMA agreements. Not only is there support at the apple store but
> any person who is a Mac user can simply turn their own voice over on and
> start looking around a bit. Instead of being a party of one using JAWS (or
> what can feel like that) I can have any number of conversations with 
> plenty
> of Mac users and they can more easily troubleshoot with me in a way that I
> not experienced as a PC user.  I also have the magic track pad along with
> the keyboard and these gestures fully place me on the same playing field
> with iphone, ipod touch and ipad users who can explain gestures to me as I
> need. The help of keyboard description when turned on voice over plus the
> letter k not only lets you sort out the keyboard but the track pad is also
> put into a key describer mode as well, which is really good for me as a 
> new
> user.
>>>>
>>>> I agree the Mac product is not cheap but there are no added softwares 
>>>> to
> add or a blind only niche market and while I am still brand new, even with
> all my exploring I have never had voice over cut out or had things freeze.
> The fact that Macs are not experiencing the windows crash kind of things 
> on
> the PC side I really look forward to.
>>>>
>>>> I am really enjoying the voice. It is different and there is actual
> amore human sound to it. While I am quite accustomed to JAWS and am fine
> with that, I have been experiencing that people can understand voice over
> Alex whereas they can't get their head around the JAWS voice and call it
> robot headache.
>>>>
>>>> If I don't get my head around this I am thinking about calling up the
> local high school and speaking to the computer teacher there to see if he 
> or
> she has a bright teenager who would be willing to turn on voice over and
> figure some things out and just hiring someone to come in and tutor me. 
> Our
> young people are not intimidated by these machines at all.
>>>>
>>>> That's my novel of feedback!
>>>>
>>>> Sharon
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