[nabs-l] switching to a Mac

Corbb O'Connor corbbo at gmail.com
Sun Jun 13 05:53:55 UTC 2010


Fair point, Nicole. That's where my Virtual PC (Fusion, in my case,  
though Parallels works too) comes in handy. The mic is not very good,  
though, so I rarely use that feature of the Stream.

Corbb


On Jun 12, 2010, at 9:31 PM, Nicole B. Torcolini wrote:

Isn't not having a HumanWare
Companion a problem if you use the Stream for recording since there is  
not another way, at least not to my knowledge, to convert the sound  
files?

Nicole

----- Original Message ----- From: "Corbb O'Connor" <corbbo at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [nabs-l] switching to a Mac


> The Victor Reader Stream will freeze your computer, in my  
> experience,  if you try to use the included USB cable. However, if  
> you get an SD  card reader with a USB port -- about $20 at any  
> computer/electronics  store --  then it will work just fine. You  
> won't have a HumanWare  Companion, but you can still copy files.
>
> Corbb
>
>
> On Jun 12, 2010, at 3:46 AM, Ignasi Cambra wrote:
>
> Hello,
> It should work fine with all of those devices. I'm not completely  
> sure about the BrailleNote, although I think you should be able to  
> use it  as a braille display with no problems. I don't use braille  
> so I can't  tell you for sure. In any case I love my Mac...it works  
> very well...
> On Jun 12, 2010, at 1:17 AM, David wrote:
>
>> Hi my name is David Thomas
>> I am a friend with Jorge Paez.
>> I am thinking about switching from windows to a Mac.
>> These are the devices I need it to work with
>> VR Stream, Braille note,
>> NLS talking book player and iPod Touch.
>> Any help would be appreciated
>> David Thomas
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