Hi: They need to show it all, Mac Windows, etc. I don't like that most states' rehab agencies dictate what the consumer will get. They should show it all, and then taylor the technology to the consumers' specific situation, not one size fits all. I also am aware that it is very political. If specific people in rehab agencies do not like a technology company for what ever reason, they won't show their products.
On Oct 11, 2010, at 7:41 PM, Andy Baracco wrote: > When you refer to the states, I would imagine that you are referring to the > state rehab agencies. State rehab agencies are focused on employment, and if > they are purchasing computer equipment for a client, it is most likely for > employment related uses, and like it or not, most employers are using Windows > based computers. > > Andy > > > "I'm pretty good at drinkin beer." > > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of heather kd5cbl > Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 6:42 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > 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.
