[stylist] Does anyone use MAGIC or have experience with it?

[David Andrews]

Linda:  It is not true that MAGic does not work well with JAWS.  They 
are from the same company, and share many of the same components, 
under the hood.

In general, most people prefer Zoomtext as a screen enlargement 
product, and consider it to be a better product.  However, if you 
want to use JAWS with screen enlargement at the same time, MAGic 
would probably be the way to go.

Dave

At 06:16 AM 3/24/2012, you wrote:
>Eve,
>When I was at the rehab center in Pittsburgh, I had chosen Magic as 
>the program I wanted. Then, later my counselor did not get it for 
>me, but instead they got me ZoomText. They said that Magic did not 
>work well with JAWS. Maybe that is the problem?
>Lynda
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Eve Sanchez" <3rdeyeonly at gmail.com>
>To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 12:38 AM
>Subject: Re: [stylist] Does anyone use MAGIC or have experience with it?
>
>
>>Seriously Bridget, it is likely my computer. It wasn't even built in this
>>century and is full of viruses. It always does strange things and then
>>later goes back to normal. Like last night I could not use any arrrow keys.
>>This morning I was unable to enter any comments on Facebook. I would push
>>ENTER and it would open a link that had nothing to do with where I was.
>>Often people here have seen my CAPS lock on when it is never pushed. It is
>>crap, but it is all I have. And I would never say that MAGIC is a watered
>>down version of JAWS. If anything I would say it is the other way around.
>>Eve
>>
>>On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 11:40 AM, Bridgit Pollpeter
>><bpollpeter at hotmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>>Dear Stylist,
>>>
>>>I have a Slate & Style reader who is having problems with MAGIC reading
>>>the current Slate & Style issue with the screen-reading portion of the
>>>software. From what I understand, the document opens, but it does not
>>>read any of the text. Does anyone know what the issue could be, or have
>>>suggestions of things to try to make it work? I only have experience
>>>with JAWS, but from what I've always been told, a MS Word doc shouldn't
>>>be a problem for most screenreaders. I'd appreciate any suggestions
>>>here.
>>>
>>>Sincerely,
>>>Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
>>>Read my blog at:
>>>http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
>>>
>>>"History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
>>>The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan