well, I am not sure about the accessible scanner software. however, you can do most of your word processing on the mac. I didn't know that microsoft office was available for the mac. The one thing I can tell you is that the mac is not a respectable part of the marketplace and a lot of blind people who use computers also like the mac (those that have one anyway).
I don't use windows here as I don't have the funds to get the accessibility software. I haven't tried looking around for good OCR software yet (but I do see a need for it). I may have to have someone help me bring my windows box back up and install NVDA and see what I can do with it. there's plenty of cheap software for the windows PC, but like anything else, it requires funds I don't currently have. -Eric On Oct 26, 2010, at 6:40 PM, Sharon Ballantyne wrote: > Hello all, > > I have not used the mac computer systems in about fifteen years but am making > the final decisions for my purchase of an IMac. Does anyone have advice. I am > a totally blind user. I have decided it will be most useful to bootcamp my > computer so as to have scanning capabilities. I am told there is no > accessible software on the Mac for my scanning needs? I ahve been using > kerzweil. Right now I am planning to go with Freedom Scientific's openbook > and the Freedom Scientific Pearl which is portable and uses a camera rather > than a flat bed scanner. Before I make that commitment I want to be sure > there is nothing out there for the Mac. > > I am planning to use iwork but there have been some suggestions I go with > Microsoft for Mac. I currently use Jaws 11 on a windows 7 with Microsoft > office 2007. > > My primary uses on the computer are: word processing, excel, e-mail and > internet searches as well as scanning outlined above. I have no technical > background. > > It was suggested I get 500 gb and a separate 500 gb external drive for backup > rather than the 1 terabite. > If anyone has any advice to throw in before I make the final purchase > decisions, that would be great. > > E-mail off list can be sent to: > sbal...@nexicom.net > > Thank-you, > Sharon in Canada > > -- > 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.
