Hi alex, Thanks for your note. The main reason I need Windows is that I write computer tutorials for National Braille Press. Since a lot of blind people still use Windows, I have to include steps for accomplishing things in Windows, and the only way I can be sure those steps are correct is if I follow them myself. I also use programs like Kurzweil 1000, and I've been testing Brian Hartgen's JAWS scripts for iTunes, called J-Tunes, and I want to be able to continue helping him. So I need to be able to use Windows and JAWS.
So there really is no way to run JAWS with Parallels? Thanks, Anna On Jul 20, 2009, at 9:35 PM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > > Hi, > Anna, > > I'm sorry to hear that you have been hit by the same malidy that > struck me when I first switched. Parralels is indeed inaccessible. I > recommend VMWare Fusion for $89 or if you're a student $49. Virtualbox > is free for non-comercial use and is $30/year for comercial use. > Virtualbox is not very accessible, but rather the Command-Line is the > easier way out on that one. > > The reason Parallels is not working with JAWS is the Video Intercept > Manager does not play nicely. If nothing else, use Window-Eyes or > NVDA. > > If I may ask, what do you need Windows for. I understand you need it > for our job, but what exactly are you doing with it. It is possible > you can do this on your Mac without the headache of Windows. > > Regards, > Alex, > > > On 20-Jul-09, at 7:24 PM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: > >> >> Hello, >> >> I've been teaching and writing about computers and related >> technologies >> for several years. I've been interested in the Mac since I heard the >> Main Menu show describing access to Tiger, and I finally bought a Mac >> about a month ago. I've had the inevitable moments of frustration >> that >> go along with learning anything new, but overall, I'm enjoying the >> Mac >> so far. I'm particularly grateful for Mike Arrigo's excellent podcast >> demonstrations and David Pogue's Switching to the Mac: The Missing >> Manual. I have a few questions, though, and I hope to be able to help >> others as I learn more. >> >> My most pressing question at the moment involves running Windows on >> my >> Mac, something necessary for my job. I'm using Parallels because I >> didn't know it was inaccessible until after I bought it. My husband >> installed the Windows virtual machine, we got all the high priority >> updates, and it's basically working. However, when we tried to >> install >> JAWS, Windows attempted to restart during the installation and didn't >> come up again. The only way we could get it to restart was to restore >> to a point before we started installing JAWS. What do I need to do >> before installing JAWS? I assume some driver is required, but don't >> know what it is. Thanks for any help. >> >> Best, >> Anna >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
