[Nfb-krafters-korner] computer question

[Henrietta Brewer]

Hi Terry and all,
I am a Mac user now. I am not sure how I would do on a windows product with windoweyes now. lol I did take lessons to learn the Mac. But I love it. Yes, there are occassional upgrades to Voice over. Usually the Mac upgrades help "vo" work better. 

I needed to buy the new windoweyes when I got this computer. So the Apple was a better deal for me. 

Henrietta
On Nov 18, 2011, at 7:50 PM, Blindhands at aol.com wrote:

> This is just my opinion.  If you have been a JAWS user for a long  time  
> and use it frequently changing to anything will take time to  learn.  So that 
> part is up to how willing you are to learn new  things.
> 
> The second part of my opinion  is upgrades come for JAWS  usually  on an 
> annual basis.  So changes for JAWS screenreading program and the  development 
> of this program is being addressed by Freedom Scientific all the  time.  
> 
> Apple put the effort into making their computers with voice over which is  
> fantastic, but their development teams are improving the whole computer 
> annually  and not just concentrating on the voice over part of the machine.  I 
> am not  sure how often Apple comes out with upgrades that are a software 
> upgrade or if  upgrades are made for newly manufactured Apple computers only.
> 
> So if the above is the  case if you plan to purchase a new computer  every 
> few years then there are your considerations.
> 
> I wish I could afford to buy one of those new Mac computers I have played  
> with them in Best buy.  I am willing to put in the time and effort of  
> learning so I would have the knowledge of using both computers, but I took the  
> cheaper way out the beginning of this year and bought a regular PC.
> 
> Joyce  Kane
> _www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
> Blindhands at AOL.com   
> 
> 
> In a message dated 11/18/2011 4:50:02 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
> Terry.Powers at nih.gov writes:
> 
> 
> Does  anyone have a Mac?
> I am looking for someone that can tell me how it  compairs to using Jaws.  
> A friend of mine, suggested looking into getting  a Mac.  The speach is 
> built in.  No wories about updating Jaws.
> I  will be at work until about 5:00.
> My home number is 301-916-8549
> Any  help would be great.  My sighted friend has a mac and hopefully we can 
> activate the voice on his, to see what it is like.
> 
> Terry  P.
> 
> 
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