Hi Ray,
At the moment I still have enough residual sight to make using screen
magnification faster and less frustrating than a screen reader. That is
likely to change in the future, but at the rate things are moving right
now, I would guess that will be a few computers further down the road.
Regards
David
On 07/10/2010 14:28, Ray Foret Jr wrote:
To speak frankly, David, let me say this to you.
If you know your vision is going, why cheet yourself out of a Mac now? Why not
just make the jump to Mac right away and start using Voice Over? It seems to
me, (IMHO) that you're consintrating too much on using the little sight you
have left, and therefore, on the wrong thing. I think it would benefit you to
get a Mac now, and, just take the plundge.
Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!
A Very Proud and Happy Mac User!!!
E-Mail:
rforetjr at comcast dot net
Skype Name:
barefootedray
On Oct 7, 2010, at 8:21 AM, David Goodwin wrote:
Hi all,
Just back from the local Apple retailer. I had anticipated having a Mac Mini
under my arm at this point, so I am a little surprised (and probably a little
disappointed too) that I have returned home empty-handed.
I had gone to the store to see how the Mac would perform with a combination of
magnification and a white on black colour scheme. The magnification worked
well, but unfortunately the white on black colour scheme was less satisfactory.
I had hoped that it would be similar to the high contrast feature on the PC,
where it basically rewrites the colours used by the operating system and
software (albeit it not always successfully). This means that on a PC I can
have it so that nearly all screen elements (desktop, toolbars, tooltips, menus,
etc) are shown in my preferred colours. However, on the Mac all that I can do
is invert all the colours that are on the screen. Apart from doing ugly things
to images and video, this is far from ideal when the screen contains both dark
on light elements and light on dark elements. This means that I cannot simply
turn on high contrast and forget about it. Instead, I suspect I would be
constantly toggling colour inversion on and off depending up
on what is on the screen at the time.
Unless I have missed something, this might make a PC a better option for now.
Regards
David
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