[nabs-l] Basic Questions About Mac versus Pc

Jacob Struiksma lawnmower84 at hotmail.com
Sun May 9 07:06:53 UTC 2010


Yes     macs work with Braille displays

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Are MAC's compatible with Braille displays?

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Subject: [nabs-l] Basic Questions About Mac versus Pc


> Hello all,
>
> I keep hearing about all these wonderful things about Macs.  I was 
> very interested in the iPad review on Access World, and my employer's 
> offer to switch out my PC for a Mac just gets more tempting by the 
> moment.  Still, as I get older I am less tolerant of drastic changes 
> to my office assembly, and yet, temptations abound.
>
> 1. In the most recent platform upgrade, how has the accessibility 
> changed in terms of the screen reader?  Is the screen reader only 
> updated with system upgrades, or are there ever updates between major 
> upgrades?  If you had to compare Voiceover to JAWS, how does their 
> functionality break down?  I know it's not fair to compare one to the 
> other because the logic is a bit different, but I'm hoping you can 
> speak to the level of manipulation you have over the applications in 
> your computer.
>
> 2. How has the compatibility changed in terms of Macs and software 
> packages?
> I originally hesitated, because it seemed the industry was more prone 
> to be compatible with PC products.
>
> 3. How easy is it to control documents in the word processor?  Do Macs 
> use their own version of MS Office, or is there a native word 
> processor that makes Office documents readable?
>
> 4. What can you tell us about their e-mail client?  Outlook has its 
> quirks but is almost 100 percent accessible.  Sunbird, by contrast, 
> would be great but in my opinion still had some accessibility 
> shortcomings.  I'm wondering if the same is true of iCal and Mac-based 
> applications?
>
> 5. How much freedom do you have with Macs to go outside of iTunes?  I 
> don't much care for proprietary packages unless it's unavoidable.
>
> 6. Are hardware repairs truly limited to Apple stores?
>
> I know the best thing is to play around with Macs yourself.  I intend 
> to do that when I visit our home office in California in a month, but 
> I'm hoping those of you who are daily users of the system can give 
> up-to-date information since reviews can quickly become outdated.  
> And, I'm sure that even playing with a Mac for an hour or so would not 
> truly give me a sense of how well they meet my daily task 
> expectations.
>
> Thanks for any information and/or website recommendations.
>
> Best,
>
> Joe
>
> "Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their 
> sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at 
> all."--Sam Ewing
>
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