[nabs-l] computer stuff

[Beth]

You mention Dropbox.  I looooooove dropbox, and have a few shared 
folders with friends.  It's fun because my friends have music and 
stuff.  I like streaming the Dropbox mobile app as well.
Beth
 ----- Original Message -----
From: Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com
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Date sent: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 18:23:43 -0600
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] computer stuff

Also, you can get a program called Dropbox at
www.dropbox.com
which allows you to share files with other people or easily back 
up
your important files by simply putting them in your Dropbox 
folder.
The Dropbox folder is stored both on your desktop and on an 
Internet
server, so if your computer fails and you have to get a new one 
or
replace the hard drive, just re-download Dropbox to your new 
computer
and you can instantly get back all your old files you stored in
Dropbox. I like it because my stuff is always backed up and I 
don't
have to remind myself to run a backup procedure. You can get 2 gb 
for
free, which is enough to store all my important school stuff 
through
all of college and grad school.
Arielle

On 7/21/12, Littlefield, Tyler <tyler at tysdomain.com> wrote:
 Jaws is not the only screen reader. There's NVDA, which is free. 
Also,
 DVR gets Jaws a lot cheaper since they tend to buy bulk licenses 
of Jaws
 for all their clients, so it's not that big of a deal. If the 
harddrive
 fails, it fails, again, something that could happen on the mac. 
Just
 make sure that whatever laptop you buy has a warranty on it for 
repair.
 On 7/21/2012 6:05 PM, Beth wrote:
 Ok, right.  The balloons are probably accessible, but whuaft if 
the
 hard drive fails?  I guess I must've downloaded something 
without
 knwing it, but that's not something I can really put up with.  I 
also
 am really concerned because ... rumor has it that JAWS 14 is 
coming
 out, and people keep cracking JAWS for all the reasons that we 
can't
 afford it and such.  I would never want JAWs plus a PC for the 
simple
 fact that Rehab has to foot the bill for JAWS, and I'd be able 
to get
 a PC with my own money, but it has to have a screen reader on 
it.
 Third party apps?  They drive me nuts!
 Beth

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