As a way of further adding to the juicy pot of simmering contemplation already well on its way to ingestible delight on this list, the reason I am now in possession of a Macbook Pro is because of my state rehabilitation agency. I had to undergo an "adaptive technology assessment", which is essentially me sitting down with an assistive technology instructor and talking about my needs. Rather than treat the state agency's budget as if it were coming directly from his own pocket book, he was very open to me suggesting that I would like a Mac. I even took the potentially stupid step of telling him that I had never used a Mac before--and he followed this up by suggesting that I get a Macbook Pro rather than the standard line of Macbook. After reading the quote he subsequently sent to me, I came to realize that the state agency in question does not (and maybe never has) sold Macs to any of their consumers. Maybe I was just lucky enough to get somebody who was able to provide an unbiased recommendation on my behalf while realizing that PCs aren't always the easiest and most accessible solution. I know that the plural of "anecdote" is not "data" and that my viewpoint is purely subjective and lacking in external validity, yet as I stated previously, this is just another strand to add to this particular thread. Sincerely:) Robert Hooper hooper...@buckeyemail.osu.edu
-----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Pete Nalda Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 9:54 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: please don't turn this in to a debate, just need information I wonder if Apple has ever thought about this? How many computers could they sell to the State Agencies? Seems they need a Liaison between themselves and the various State Rehab agencies. On Oct 11, 2010, at 4:44 PM, EWOUD wrote: > it should better be a debate. > there is No reason why windows would be favoured above apple. > Apple has the possibilaty to run windows on its machine, therefor its a > great alternative. > windows cannot do that, and the price windows pc with screanreader is also no > good, so Apple has to be mentioned when it comes to choices! > Ewoud > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarai Bucciarelli" > <bucc7...@bellsouth.net> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 11:36 PM > Subject: Re: please don't turn this in to a debate, just need information > > > Hi: > Good for you! I'm a Mac user as well, and I too feel rehab agencies need to > present both options, and let the consumer make up their own mind. The only > program I'd ever need to use on the Windows side of things is Kurzweil. > On Oct 11, 2010, at 8:41 AM, heather kd5cbl wrote: > >> 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. > Egun On, Lagunak! (Basque for G'day, Mates) Pete Nalda http://www.myspace.com/musikonalda http://www.facebook.com/lpnalda http://www.linkedin.com/in/lpnalda -- 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.
