[nabs-l] Basic Questions About Mac versus Pc

Sun May 9 19:48:32 UTC 2010

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Briley
On May 9, 2010, at 9:19 AM, clinton waterbury wrote:

> They work with a lot of braille displays.
> 
> For the full list, go to.
> 
> http://www.apple.com/accessibility/voiceover/devicesupport.html
> On May 8, 2010, at 3:37 PM, Nicole B. Torcolini wrote:
> 
>> Are MAC's compatible with Braille displays?
>> 
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>> 
>>> 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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