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

[Lynda Lambert]

Yes, David, I mispoke - it was about 5 years ago that I was getting 
equipment and I had it backwards when I made that comment.  Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] Does anyone use MAGIC or have experience with it?


> 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
>
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