[nobe-l] Laptops and screen-readers

[Thornbury, Kelly]

All Macs (and iPads and I think iPhones) come with VoiceOver. It is built 
into all the new operating systems, I think from Leopard on up. But I think 
you are right about older versions (again, before Leopard).
On "newer" Macs, its "Command + F5" to turn it on and off (you don't need 
the "FN" key).


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
To: "National Organization of Blind Educators Mailing List" 
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Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2011 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: [nobe-l] Laptops and screen-readers


> no macs come with voice over.
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Lucy Sirianni
> Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2011 5:32 PM
> To: National Organization of Blind Educators Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nobe-l] Laptops and screen-readers
>
> Thanks, Kelly -- this is really helpful information! I had a
> couple of follow-up questions, if you have time.  First, what is
> the extra cost, if any, associated with BootCamp? Second, I
> assume that you also need to purchase JAWS; is this correct?
>
> Thank you again!
>
> Lucy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thornbury, Kelly" <kthornbury at bresnan.net
> To: "National Organization of Blind Educators Mailing List"
> <nobe-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Sun, 30 Oct 2011 13:11:02 -0600
> Subject: Re: [nobe-l] Laptops and screen-readers
>
> Lucy,
>
> I am not a computer wiz, but I decided on a MacBook Pro and use
> BootCamp to
> also have Windows.  I feel like I get the benefits of both worlds
> this way,
> and I find situations where sometimes VoiceOver (Mac) is better
> and others
> where JAWS works better.  There is a way to run both operating
> systems
> simultaneously, but I have not tried this yet.
>
> My ultimate feeling is that with the PC, you are stuck with the
> PC, and with
> Mac you can use both systems.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lucy Sirianni" <lucysirianni at earthlink.net
> To: <nobe-l at nfbnet.org
> Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2011 12:09 PM
> Subject: [nobe-l] Laptops and screen-readers
>
>
> Hi everyone,
>
>   I am about to purchase a laptop and wondered if anyone on this
> list
> might have suggestions about what brand or model to buy based on
> our
> specific needs as teachers.  Are there laptops and
> screen-readers that are
> particularly compatible with PowerPoint, Track Changes, grading
> software,
> etc? Since my field is English, I also anticipate scanning a lot
> of
> material, and I'd love to find a laptop that interfaced well
> with my Apex.
> Any recommendations, thoughts about Mac vs.  Windows, etc?
>
>   Also, has anyone used a Pearl scanner from Freedom Scientific?
>
> Thank you in advance!
>
> Lucy
>
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