MyHi: My guess is thy haven't probably worried much about the ramifications and possible marketing opportunities with clients with disabilities. I know they've always been big on education, and, for a while, a lot of the shools I went to had Apple based systems. I'd like to believe we're at the beginning of a wave wherein Rehab agencies will see the value of what Apple is doing, and we'll be paving the way for a lot of future mac users. I'm planning to meet with the tech specialist at our state rehab center to put on a sales pitch for the mac and the iPad with voiceover as a more cost efficient and viable option for some people. Carolyn On Oct 11, 2010, at 7:53 PM, Pete Nalda wrote:
> 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.
