Hi, It seems that you guys had your success with blackboard from the student end. Donna sounds like she uses blackboard as a faculty member. Maybe there is a subtle difference that impairs the accessibility with VO
hth On Jun 18, 2010, at 2:39 PM, Orin wrote: > Yeah, I took a BLackboard course with safari and it wasn't all that bad. > Messaging could use some work, though, as when I tried to message someone it > for some reason came out blank on their end. > > > On Jun 18, 2010, at 11:00 AM, Olivia Norman wrote: > >> It's interesting that blackboard didn't work for you. I was a student for a >> year lst winter, and I got great results with blackboard and safari. >> Hopefully, the mac will soon replace that expensive third party software for >> you! :) >> I totally understand that some still need windows, and I'm kind of enjoying >> finding out all of this information from all of you! >> Olivia >> "Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower" Steve Jobs >> >> On Jun 18, 2010, at 7:38 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: >> >>> Hi Olivia, >>> >>> Remember that a lot of us who are coming to the Mac now, have been Windows >>> users for many years, which means, unfortunately, that we already own that >>> expensive third-party software. :) >>> >>> Speaking only for myself of course, I got a Mac b/c I like the notion of >>> out-of-the-box accessibility, and I want to support Apple in this approach. >>> I would also be happy to stop paying for upgrades to that expensive >>> 3rd-party software. When I bought my Mac, my plan had been to abandon >>> Windows completely, but I have found that simply isn't possible. Right >>> now, there is not a good scanning option for the Mac, unless you want to >>> commit to fine-reader without a demo, and use it in conjunction with >>> Vuescan. My copy of Kurzweil works great, so I continue to scan on my old >>> Windows machine. I also find that some Word docs with tables in them read >>> much better in Windows than on the Mac. I also use the Duxbury translator, >>> which runs under Windows. Also, several of us have noted that audio >>> captchas work much better under windows than they do on the Mac. Moreover, >>> at least on the faculty end, Blackboard works *much better under Windows, >>> in fact, as of last winter, Safari 4 wasn't even supported. So, though I >>> had not planned to continue using Windows, for all of the above reasons, I >>> still do. My solution has been to simply hang onto my Windows machine. >>> But if you can't do that for whatever reason, your only option is to run a >>> dual-boot system on your Mac. >>> >>> I love my Mac, but right now it simply cannot completely replace my Windows >>> machine. So, until it can, I'll be running both. >>> Take care, >>> Donna >>> On Jun 18, 2010, at 10:05 AM, Olivia Norman wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Everyone, >>>> Now, this is just my opinion, so don't flame me to much, OK? :) I just >>>> don't understand totally why people install windows on the mac and what >>>> they use it for? It seems to me, and my admittedly limited experience >>>> with windows over the last few years, that it just simply isn't worth the >>>> trouble and expense for most people. Consider that windows isn't >>>> accessible out of the box, so you've often got to get some expensive third >>>> party solution like Jaws to make it accessible to you, as well as >>>> purchasing windows. I guess the question I'm asking here, is if you're >>>> going to shell out the cash for windows, and the third party access >>>> solutions, why get a mac in te first place? Also, from a VO users >>>> prospective, how difficult is it to switch between the two operating >>>> systems? >>>> I'm just curious, and if you're using windows, I would be interested in >>>> knowing why and how you switch between the OS's? >>>> Thanks for appeasing my curiosity! I'm sure there are totally good >>>> reasons for using windows on a mac, I'd just like to know why/what they >>>> are! >>>> Olivia >>>> "Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower" Steve Jobs >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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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