Actually I made a youtube vid about it. go to http://youtube.com/marrie125. I demo several things int eh space of 14 minutes.
Good luck. On Oct 11, 2010, at 8:13 PM, Pete Nalda wrote: > See? This is exactly what I mean. If I get to work in the Apple Store here > in Austin, at Barton Creek, I'll bring this to Apples attention. If I had > their support I become a Liaison myself for free as I'm such a supporter of > Apple products. I don't think anyone out there is really aware of what these > machines can do. I think it's good to learn all os's also, but with the Mac > this is made much easier with Boot Camp and programs like Parallels. > > On Oct 11, 2010, at 8:44 PM, heather kd5cbl wrote: > >> I live in Austin Texas. We have an Apple corporate office here. The >> university uses macs and some of the school districts too. I remember when >> I had to use a mac, know one told me about voiceover. They simply said >> "macs are not accessible so you cant take that class," and now the answer >> is, "good luck we don't have technology specialist to help you but, if you >> figure it out, can you help us?" I don't like the rehab agencies because, >> they sign contracts with one thing and you have to fight to use the other. >> Like in Texas, jaws is the only screenreader the state will buy unless you >> have some reason to get window eyes. So instead of giving blind consumers a >> lot of options, there is just one or two. For example, the federal >> government signed a contract with apple, not sure when, people will have to >> know how to use a mac. The federal government is one of the largest hiring >> bodies of the blind. But because, the windows are pushed on us and the macs >> are not shown to us, some of us will not take the jobs as we have been told >> the macs are not accessible for the blind. I think it would be really cool >> to have an apple commercial featuring a blind mac user using voiceover. It >> could go like this:Scene >> Two blind people are shopping for a knew computer at the store. One has to >> buy all these products while the other decides on a mac. "windows quality >> pc 900 dollars.; windows office products, 300 dollars; The latest windows, >> 200 dollars; Windows Monitor with keyboard 150 dollars; windows >> screenreader 2000 dollars. Blind person buying a mac with I works and >> taking it home to use it without sighted assistance, priceless!" 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. > > 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.
