Wow, this is bad news since I all ready bought the MS office for MAC -- how is it that it is not accessible?
You say iWorks is, however? I admit I tried Office when I first got my MAC mini and installed it, but it just didn't look right at all. I thought I just needed more practice. Darn. Thanks, Brian -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Rafaela Freundt Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 10:05 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Advice for purchasing a New IMac Hi, Microsoft Office for the mac is not accessible at all. not even the new 2011 one that just came out, so I would advice you to stick with iWork and open Office which is free and is usable. Rafaela El 26/10/2010, a las 20:49, Eric Oyen escribió: > 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. > -- 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.
