[nfbmi-talk] mac book

[Elizabeth]

Hi Dave,

Would you be willing to explain why you will not be switching over to the 
Mac at this point in time?

Thanks,
Elizabeth--------------------------------------------------

From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 11:55 AM
To: "NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] mac book

> I am not the best to ask, I have used a Mac for a couple days, and had 
> some training, but haven't switched over, and am not going to do so, for 
> now.  There is a learning curve, some things seem easier, some more 
> complicated, but mostly different.  Lots of commands to memorize, but if 
> you taught yourself JAWS you can handle it.  On any Mac type command-F5 
> and it will start talking, command is immediately to either side of the 
> spacebar.
>
> Dave
>
> At 10:37 AM 9/21/2011, you wrote:
>>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
>
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