[Trainer-talk] Spreadsheets and presentations with the Mac

[Jeanine Lineback]

Cool that's good to hear. I am a blind user/trainer and I can teach PowerPoint and have taught it to blind and low vision students. But I too benefitted from having a reader go over the more complex and natively visual features of the application. I use PowerPoint to create presentations but ther's parts of that program that are not accessible because of the type oooof application. 
Thanks for the info. 


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On May 11, 2012, at 8:36 AM, Matt Diemert <mcdiemert at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, I have completed presentations in keynote, and actually thought it was quicker than powerpoint. THat being said, I had the advantage of having someone sighted and a power keynote user teach me the ropes, so it made the transition easier.
> I typically use a mac to complete about 80 percent of my daily computing but find that it's still necessary to jump back to Windows more often than I would care to do. THis is often the issue I have when recommending a Mac for a consumer. 
> 
> 
> Warm Regards:
> Matt Diemert
> 
> 
> On May 11, 2012, at 9:02 AM, Jeanine Lineback wrote:
> 
>> i agree with what Mat has said, iWorks is accessible. The accessibility problems come in with reading and creating tables in documents . Overall access is better in Excel and PowerPoint under Windows. But keep in mind that I am a native Windows user. If your student is more comfortable on a Mac he mught find using iWorks to be vry natural. Mat, have you ever created a presentation using VoiCeOver? I have played presentation on a Mac but never created one. 
>> hth and thanks
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On May 11, 2012, at 7:22 AM, Matt Diemert <mcdiemert at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Chip, any time I recommend a Mac for a client, I base the recommendation heavily on what they need to accomplish with there computing needs. 
>>> Recently, I had a professor, who wanted to lecture from the classroom, and used the zoom utility in conjunction with voiceover, so I knew she'd have access to office for mac, as well as the iWork suite of applications.
>>> As it stands iWork is extremely accessible but can definitely lack some power features of the Office suite. Unfortunately, office for mac is currently not accessible with Voiceover. 
>>> If your client needs basic word, access, as well as access to spread sheets and presentations, then the Mac would likely be ok. If they need advanced access to things such as creating tables and creating formulas in Excel, then ultimately, I still am able to accomplish these tasks easier on a PC. 
>>> Regards:
>>> Matt Diemert
>>> 
>>> On May 10, 2012, at 6:21 PM, Chip Johnson wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hello Trainers,
>>>> 
>>>> One of my students would like me to recommend a Mac for him. My main concern
>>>> is whether he will be able to format documents, do spreadsheets and create
>>>> presentations as well as he can with Office and the PC. Does iWork function
>>>> well with VoiceOver? How well does Office for Mac work with VoiceOver? I
>>>> want him to have the same level of access and flexibility he would have with
>>>> Office and Windows. I have thought about a dual-boot system but this would
>>>> increase the cost of the equipment dramatically. Your thoughts?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Chip Johnson, 
>>>> 
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>>>> 
>>>> Colorado Center for the Blind
>>>> 
>>>> 2233 W Shepperd Ave.
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