[stylist] Mac or Windows pain

[RJ Sandefur]

Amy, Do you use an Ipad, and if so, do you use the skype app? RJ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Amy McGarrah" <amyemcgarrah at gmail.com>
To: <lists at braddunse.com>; "Writer's Division Mailing List" 
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Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2013 4:35 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] Mac or Windows pain


> Hello Brad,
> I use a Mac.
> I used to use a pc but got tired of screen readers always playing games 
> and always having to re-purchase everything when I needed a new machine 
> every couple of years or so.
> I love apple devices because of the fact that the screen reading software 
> is available pretty much right out of the box.
> I don't know if the mac has spellcheck built in to either Pages (Apple's 
> version of MS Word) or for Text Edit, but I can find out.
> Amy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brad Dunse" <lists at braddunse.com
> To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Sat, 14 Dec 2013 13:45:25 -0600
> Subject: [stylist] Mac or Windows pain
>
> Hi All,
>
> Been a while since I posted here.
>
> I wondered if anyone here, or any writer you might know of, is using a Mac
> wit Voice Over to do their writing.
>
> Jaws with Windows is good feedback on text editing, but frankly I'm tired 
> of
> MS doing stuff like not spell checking documents properly, not saving the
> settings once fixed to check spelling, and the various Windows
> vulnerabilities.
>
> I'm not looking for a spell checker fix, been there, done that.
>
> I'd thought of a Mac, but not sure it gives ample feedback.  I use the 
> text
> analyzer a lot with Jaws and if I need font feedback, it's available.
>
> Just wondered if anyone was a Mac user and if it was deemed suitable,
> efficient, and feedback informative.
>
> Brad Dunse
>
>
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