Hi Heather, You can't access JFW in those places, but you can put NVDA (a free and powerful screenreader) on a compact flash card or thumb drive etc. and simply run it off of there without even having to install it on the library's, your school's or your cousin's computer, and you can do this whether or not said computer is connected to the net. I'm not sure if there is a Mac equivalent for Kurzweil 1000, but there is a free and decent braille translation program called Louis, which works with a large variety of braille embossers. It's worth checking out if you can.
All the best, Eleni On 10/10/2010, heather kd5cbl <kd5...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have taken to using both computers right now. I have a mac laptop and a > windows desktop. Grant it I use my windows desktop more but as I learn > voiceover, I hope to move between both systems equally. It is not about > which is better for it is a matter of perspective of the individual. I like > jaws for what it does, making my windows pc blind friendly. But, I cant > access jaws in say a public library, the computer lab at school or my > sighted cousin's house but I can access a mac in all those locations using > voiceover. Provided there computer is not ten years old! But I like my > windows pc for the use of Kurzweil1000, Duxbury which I use with my braille > printer and the victor stream to read books. I hope that in the future, > kurzweil1000 will have a mac equivalent like kurzweil 3000. Now that I am > familiar with the mac, I can walk in a library, school or any other public > places in get on a mac to do what I need to do without sighted help. I know > someone might put forth system access to go for windows users? Just one > problem, if that computer is not connected to the internet, how can you > access system access? If you are at a log in screen, how would you know > with out speech to tell you? I am not defending one over the other, it is a > matter of what one's needs are at the time. I believe one should be > familiar with both, not that they need to have both! Heather > > -- > 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.
