I have not yet worked on the machines. I forgot that the drives on the Unibodies are exposable quite easily in the Macbook. Abaing, I can't speak to the unibody pros.
Regards, Alex, On 16-Jul-09, at 5:45 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > Alex, changing the drive is not any more difficult, other than you > have to remove the bottom of the case and it just requires a small > philips screwdriver. > On Jul 16, 2009, at 8:05 PM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > >> HI, >> >> I am answering your questions inline just below where they apear: >> >> >> On 16-Jul-09, at 4:32 PM, a radix wrote: >> >>> Hello, I am very new to apple in general (although I did use an >>> ipod shuffle and a rockboxed 5.5g imod i nthe past). I am a 24- >>> year old blind law student from the Netherlands and have been >>> using computers from a very young age mostly with dos, windows and >>> sometimes ubuntu. Recently I became interested in macbook pro >>> because I am an audiophile and the macbooks are one of the few >>> powerful laptops I know that have optical audio output. But of >>> course I was also interested in trying os x since I had read the >>> voicover page (although not the manual). >>> I went to a local apple store yesterda and was rather disppointed >>> that I could not seem to use things intuitively as I had >>> thought, ... >> >> Answer: This is because VO is not a traditional screen reader but >> revolutionizes the was AT works, ... >> >> >>> so I mailed apple accessibility who pointed me to the manual and >>> this page. Aside from the fact that I thought apple voicover would >>> not be usable (and so neither os x) by a blind person right out of >>> the box (I am rather independand and besides no one in my vicinity >>> knows anything about apple) I was concerned that the screenreader >>> was not made by a professional screenreader manufacturer, ... >> >> Answer: Apple is a proffessional screen reader manufacturer and can >> be concidered such since Leopard's release. What is a screen reader >> manufacturer, but someone or some people who know how to make a >> screen reader that can be used in every day life. FS and GW Micro >> started life small too. Just because Apple's main focus is not >> accessibility, does not make them any less professional, ... >> >> >>> and was built-in into os x (after all narrator is not that great >>> although it is functional) I was also concerned by the lack of >>> scriptability or map files to make unaccessible applications >>> accessible., ... >> >> Answer: Again this is a cultural ifference between Apple and FS/GW >> Micro/Orca. Developers on the Mac generally jusmp at the chance to >> make their applications accessible. These update come fairly >> quickly., ... >> >>> In short I thought it would be a second Narrator. Also despite my >>> googling I could not finda user community for vo, no one in nl >>> seems to use it. >>> So I will be reading the manual asap but a few quick questions:, ... >> >> Answer: I believe some members on this list are from the NL. Also, >> there are a lot of resources such as: >> http://www.lioncort.com/ >> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com/ >> http://www.apple.com/accessibility/ >> >> Many more exist, ... >> >> >>> 1. does omnipage pro work on the mac/is it accessible? >> Answer: Perhaps, and I can't speak to this one personally, but most >> people use Voscan and REad Iris for OCR. >> >>> 2. I guess it would be able to use my linksys route ron the mac? >> Answer: >>> Yes. You can for sure. I had one for a few years and just replaced >>> it. It worked great, despite a small bug in Safari that rendered >>> the web interface useless. However, this has been resolved. >> >> >>> 3. hp scanners/printers, are they supported? >> Answer: Generally yes. However, do a search on your model for >> specifics. Hint: Twain Sain for Mac supports scanners the OS does >> not by default. >> >> >>> 4. Is it possible to install mac os x (or reinstall it sinc eI >>> guess it always comes preinstalled but you might want to install a >>> bigger hd for example) as a blind person? (this is possible with >>> both ubuntu and windows xp). >> Answer: It is possible, though challenging if you have a unibody >> machine because of the design of the shell/casing, but this is not >> a software problem, but a hardware issue with a select few models. >> In contrast the Mac Pro is super easy to change drives with the >> Macbook White and Mac Mini in between. >> >> >>> 5. How is braille support with voiceover? I dont mean the displays >>> themselves i know mine will work but the amount of details shown >>> versus spech. I am a die-hard braille user. >> >> Answer: It is very good. Norigion I don't belive is supported right >> now for Braille Tables, but it may be in September. >> >> >>> 6. Since os x is unix based, I wonder if ORCA (the screenreader >>> for linux, although it work sunder gnome) will ever be ported? >> Answer: If it is, it would only work in the the Gnome environment >> on OS X under X11. >> >> Regards, >> Alex, >> >> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
