Hi, This will change with Snow Leopard prbably, sence SL, according to the public post on Apple's site will inclued the ability to label unidetified interfaces.
Regards, Alex, On 17-Jul-09, at 12:59 PM, James & Nash wrote: > Hi Anouk, > > I have used Omnipage on Mac OS X and although I could get around it > with some help from a friend on this lsit, it was not really VO > friendly. Also, I do not think it has been updated recently. > > Take care > > James > ----- Original Message ----- > From: a radix > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 7:04 PM > Subject: Re: introduction/noob questions(longish) > > Thanks for all the information, folks, it really helps. I already > found out omnipage will work on the mac which is GREAT since I use > it to scan my books for school (i need a high quality ocr interface > for that because I dont want to edit anything, just scan, paste it > all in one file and go). Yes windows in vmware or even ubuntu would > be a good thing i guess. I amnot sure how much I would trust > multiboot but if it works well in vmware and doesnt slow os x I > might try that. > Thanks again! > Greetings, Anouk, > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Chris Blouch > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 5:00 PM > Subject: Re: introduction/noob questions(longish) > > To clarify on a couple of your questions: > > 2. > Networking stuff is pretty standardized now days so your Mac will > play well on most any wireless or wired network. > > 3. > Some printers and scanners are well supported and some are not. > Depends on the model. > > 4. > Yes, Voiceover can be activated after booting off the OSX installer > DVD. In other words, you can do a from the ground up wipe and > reinstall without sighted assistance. I suspect that was the gist of > your question and not so much about how to upgrade the hard drive. > > 6. > OSX is unix underneath but Apple's GUI and frameworks running on > top. So while ORCA could be ported to the mac it would be a > substantial bit of > work to get it hooked into all the Apple stuff. If there wasn't a > good screen reader built-in somebody might undertake the effort but > it's probably not worth it. Diehard unix folks port all kinds of > stuff to the mac. MacPorts has around 6000 packages in its library > so if you're into that kind of thing take a poke at macports.org. > > While you didn't ask, note that all macs made since 2006 run on > Intel processors so there is a thriving industry in virtual machines > for the Mac. In other words you can either do a multi-boot setup for > Windows/Mac or run Windows in a window on your mac. Turns out the > Mac actually is one of the faster (some say the fastest) windows > laptop on the market. Most folks seem to like the VMWare Fusion > route which puts Windows(or linux or whatever) in a window which > works fairly well. It makes for a nice 'safety net' as you get more > comfortable on the Mac. > > CB > > 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 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 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. 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: >> 1. does omnipage pro work on the mac/is it accessible? >> 2. I guess it would be able to use my linksys route ron the mac? >> 3. hp scanners/printers, are they supported? >> 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). >> 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. >> 6. Since os x is unix based, I wonder if ORCA (the screenreader for >> linux, although it work sunder gnome) will ever be ported? >> Well, I guess that is it for now, although I am sure I will think >> about more soon. >> Thanks in advance, >> Greetings, Anouk, >> >> > > > > > Geen virus gevonden in het binnenkomende-bericht. > Gecontroleerd door AVG - www.avg.com > Versie: 8.5.387 / Virusdatabase: 270.13.18/2243 - datum van > uitgifte: 07/17/09 06:08:00 > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
