When I bought my Macbook pro, I did get some help from ontario's adp program. I didn't however get the "maximum contribution" as things like the screen reader weren't necessary. I don't do a lot of ocr, but I did like k1000 for windows. I think you could make a case for the macs based on ease of upgrade in certain environments. I do a bit of networking a tiny bit of sound work, and a lot of correspondence, as well as basic word processing. If you are to make a case for the inclusion, I think that tayloring it to people who are willing to learn new and different things, and who are working with multi-media and the net.
Yep, you will have to stress that this is different and that the mac products do address similar issues in a different way, and no, windows is still great for some people but choice is also great. Personally I don't think we will see an end to adaptive products, as there are a valued group of buyers who would not be ready to have the capacity to or be willing to learn new stuff. However, they still require service. On 2010-10-11, at 10:19 AM, Isaac Obie wrote: > Hello Heather, > It's just like years ago I asked the state for Window Eyes. I was told, "We > only have Jaws". So it was Jaws or nothing! > So I got in the habit of buying my own equipment. But some states are giving > Macs nowadays. I know one list member who received a Macbook pro and is > extremely happy with it. So I guess sometimes it's where you're at the time. > this person is seeking a job. So the Mac was to help in that endeavor. > I have a mac mini which I bought. Now I am trying to help a friend find a > Mac. The states will do as they please. I've come to accept that. > Isaac > ----- Original Message ----- > From: heather kd5cbl > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 9:41 AM > Subject: please don't turn this in to a debate, just need information > > I am a very knew Mac user and feel that our state rehab departments are > favoring the windows based machines over the mac machines. Yes, our states > have all the money to give there blind consumers all this adaptive technology > while in school. However, after school, blind individuals struggle to keep > their equipment up to date. I am trying to write a letter about the mac for > blind consumers instead of jaws on a windows pc. I wanted to make the case > that the states should not be so geared to window based machines for there > blind consumers. I just don't no enough about OCR solutions for the Mac like > we have Kurzweil1000 for windows. Also I am not sure about the braille > translation programs for the macs as we have mega dots or Duxbury for the > windows computers. Also, we use victor streams, eclipse reders and for our > textbooks so if there is a Mac equivalent, I wanted to know about it. I am > trying to convince our rehab department that they need to show both options > to their consumers. I plan on submitting my letter at the end of the week to > are rehab department. Thank you, 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. -- 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.
