[nfbmi-talk] mac book

[David Andrews]

The first thing you have to consider is what you do with a 
computer.  Then see if you can do the same things on the Mac.

Dave

At 10:41 AM 9/21/2011, you wrote:
>I would also be interested in other's experiences. I too have an 
>Iphone, and am tired with all the windows problems so have thought 
>of switching to an Apple.
>
>Bran
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>----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Petrous" <annpetrous at gmail.com>
>To: "NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 10:37 AM
>Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] mac book
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>>is it easy to learn? when i learned jaws the first time, it didn't
>>take me long to figure it out, and to learn the key commands. I ask
>>this because I'm tired of shelling out money i don't have just to
>>upgrade a software that isn't that great to begin with.  I can't
>>imagine it being hard to learn. I'm hoping to go to the apple store
>>soon, and have them show me how to use it so that when i do purchase
>>one, i will know what i'm doing. i love the iphone, and how smooth the
>>voiceover is on it. it was a lot easier than i thought it would be
>>touse.
>>
>>On 9/21/11, David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com> wrote:
>>>VoiceOver is quite usable, but it is quite different from JAWS.  The
>>>key commands are not the same and some of the underlying concepts
>>>with the Mac and  VoiceOver are different.  Pre-conceptions from
>>>Windows and JAWS seem to be a big part of what a Windows user has to
>>>get past when learning the Apple.
>>>
>>>Dave
>>>
>>>At 09:50 AM 9/21/2011, you wrote:
>>>>Hello all,
>>>>Does any one here own a mac book? if  so, I'm thinking about getting
>>>>one in the near future, and i was wondering how similar the voiceover
>>>>program is like jaws,  meaning, are the key commands the same? I
>>>>haven't had the chance to actually check it out at the apple store, so
>>>>i thought to ask before i go, and play with it. If anyone owns it,
>>>>please email me, so that I'm not flooding everyone's mail box on here.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>thanks,
>>>>Annother
>>>>thanks,
>>>>Ann