[nfbcs] Computer Usability Statistics Questions

[David Andrews]

I supervise AT Specialists and we have bought some Macs for music 
students.  Are starting to buy a few as primary computer.

Dave

At 04:56 PM 8/4/2012, you wrote:
>I work for the Nebraska Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired.  The
>macs I have purchased have been mostly for people with a lot of useful
>vision.  I don't know if that is also true of our other 2 technology
>specialists.  I would like to know
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>Of Nicole B. Torcolini Home
>Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 9:14 AM
>To: 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List'
>Subject: [nfbcs] Computer Usability Statistics Questions
>
>     Partially out of curiosity and partially for a project that I am doing,
>I have some questions about computer usability by blind users. Can people
>please give any answers that they might have or direct me to a good source
>for this information?
>
>TIA,
>Nicole
>
>1. Between Windows, Mac, Linux, and chrome, what is the approximate percent
>of the blind population that uses each system? If not a percentage, then is
>there in general a noticeable large or small portion that uses a certain
>operating system?
>2. Is the percentage of blind users that use each OS likely to shift in the
>near future due to changes in technology?
>3. If a blind person has used Windows or Mac for his/her entire life and
>starts work at a job where Linux is primarily used for code development,
>should he/she learn Linux or use remote access or some other work around?
>4. How do most blind people who access Linux do it (i.e., work directly with
>the Linux machine or use some kind of remote access from another machine)?
>5. In Google docs, there is a type of Google doc that is an uploaded file,
>such as a PDF or PowerPoint. At this time, viewing this sort of doc using
>JAWS does not render any text. How many people do you think would consider
>trying the print button as a way as getting to a save dialog for the
>uploaded file?