[nfbcs] Computer Usability Statistics Questions

[Jeanine Lineback]

I work at a rehab center in Texas We have a couple of MacBook's
in the center and in recent months have had several younger
students come through who use a Mac as their primary machine.
These individuals are totally blind. We have purchased, as an
agency, Macs for students but generally they had a lot of usable
vision or were involved with music recording. 

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On Behalf Of David Andrews
Sent: August 04, 2012 9:44 PM
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Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Computer Usability Statistics Questions

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-----
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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?


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