In my case 8t was like Marie said, I heard about it in a podcast, and was just starting to shop for new equip. Right time righyt place, and access to fly one for an hour to see were the tipping points.
On 2010-04-15, at 6:24 AM, marie Howarth wrote: > I think it all depends on the user and their attitude too. An individual may > hear about macs on a podcast or know of another user with a mac who is also > VI, and take themselves off to the Apple store. In manchester, I know due to > myself and a few other VI customers, most of the staff in the store are > highly familiar with voice over. As for training, I think its coming from > Apple in the near future. > > On 15 Apr 2010, at 10:54, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: > >> I'd very much doubt it Rob. I don't know what it's like in other countries, >> but here in Ireland most of the trainers are actually sighted. Macs haven't >> penetrated the mainstream userbase to the same extent as windows-based Pcs. >> Consequently the level of knowledge among the trainers on the actual OS >> itself (not including VO) is virtually non existent. The fact that the >> trainers would have to go and learn an entirely new platform, and then >> educate themselves in a new style of assistive technology makes it pretty >> certain that the majority of blind users will be stuck with Jaws and other >> badly implemented screenreaders for the foreseeable future. >> >> It's sad, but in my opinion true that this is the case. >> >> Dónal >> >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Rob Lambert >> Sent: 15 April 2010 10:47 >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: new member >> >> Who here thinks we'll see the Mac replacing PCs in AT training offices? >> >> On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 2:43 AM, Joe Plummer <joeplum...@tds.net> wrote: >> For other A T you can run boot camp or virtual windows to use them. >> >> >> >> Sign, >> Joe Plummer ( JP ) >> joeplum...@tds.net >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Anne Robertson >> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 5:46 PM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: new member >> >> Hello Denise, >> >> I hope the word processor you are thinking of getting is iWork09, since MS >> Office for Mac is not accessible. >> >> As for Word documents of almost any level, TextEdit or Pages will read these >> just fine. >> >> I can't answer any of your other questions having never been a Windows user. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Anne >> >> On Apr 14, 2010, at 11:27 PM, denise avant wrote: >> >> > hello, >> > after having my iphone for six months now, i have really enjoyed my >> experience with apple. To that end, i am looking into purchasing a mac book >> pro. In fact, i called for some specs today and have set one with 4 gig of >> ram, and a 320 hard drive, 13 in screen. again this is just a possiblity. >> > i will also have the word processor included. i will also have the >> one-to-one training as there is a nearby apple store in chicago. >> > i am curious as to what those of you who own macs have done about your >> other windows based adatpive equipment, duxbury, openbook or k1000 and hw >> stream companion? how easy is it to move ms word 2003 2007 docs over to >> apple macs, still keep the formatting or move them back again? >> > I thought of just keeping my netbook or sony machine for these purposes. >> there was also the idea given to me that i could have windows on one side >> and the mac on the other side. any thoughts on these questions would be >> apprciated. >> > >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. >> > >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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