[nfbmi-talk] mac book

[David Andrews]

It is absolutely premature to make such sweeping statements about 
Windows 8 at this point.  It is only out in beta and probably won't 
be out for another year, and there will be changes.  I saw a post the 
other day from GW Micro that said they already had Window-Eyes mostly 
working with it.  This is how rumors get started.

Dave

At 12:27 PM 9/21/2011, you wrote:
>Well sad to say windows 8 will not work for the blind. I have a few 
>people I talk too and it's just not stable enough and doesn't have 
>the stuff needed for screen readers to run, not even NVDA.
>The mac has very good support, Apple is one of those companies that 
>actually does what they say they'll do, and most software for the 
>mac, not all but most, is free or very cheap for a very large feature set.
>
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>From: "Phyllis Slater" <concierge at samobile.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 12:00
>To: <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
>Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] mac book
>
>>Window 8 is just around the corner but it will take a year for the 
>>bugs to be corrected.
>>
>>In the meantime Windows 7 works great and now I use a program 
>>called System Access by Serotek.  I has opened the world to me with 
>>their other program System Access Mobile Network.  JAWS is great 
>>for the people going back to work but for us older people, the 
>>programs I use are less costly and easier to use.
>>
>>Even with JAWS, I recommend the Community Network mentioned above. 
>>However the Mack does not work with it.  For me the cost and user 
>>friendly featurs of any product is important.  Anyone want to know 
>>more, check out my website but this is not a place to provide it.
>>
>>Check the programs accessible with the Mack and what are the 
>>upgrades in the future.  How many control keys are required.  Is 
>>there good customer support.
>>
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