I will outline my strategy in a later email. As far as the particular Mac I have...
15" MacBook Pro w/ I7 processor and 8 GB RAM and 7200 RPM 500 GB hard drive Sent from my iPhone On Oct 26, 2010, at 9:55 PM, "Cheree Heppe" <che...@dogsc4me.com> wrote: > Cheree Heppe here: > > Way to go!! Maybe you should describe your strategies. A lot of blind > people I've spoken with want to migrate. > > Is this the latest Air incarnation that just came out? I just saw it. It's > really enhanced. > > Oh, why couldn't I be rich instead of sooooo good looking? (smile) > > > Regards, > Cheree Heppe > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joshua Loya" <jloy...@gmail.com> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 21:26 > Subject: Macs and Rehab agenciesRe: Microsoft Office 2011 period > > > Hello all, > I suppose I should count myself very fortunate. It took a lot of work on my > part, but I managed to convince my Rehab counselor here in San Diego that a > Mac was the best option for a new laptop for yours truly. I started the > process in March, and I got my Macbook Pro just last week. It did help, of > course, that I was able to demonstrate that I had work opportunities with > people and organizations that were primarily using Macs. > > -Joshua > > > On Oct 26, 2010, at 8:59 PM, Carolyn Haas wrote: > >> Hi Scott: >> Denver Co, home of the lousy broncos and the lousier rehab department. But >> hey, we do have some good computers here, and the best ones are still the >> Macs.:) >> >> >> Carolyn Haas >> chaas0...@gmail.com >> >> >> >> On Oct 26, 2010, at 5:15 PM, Scott Ford wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> May I as where you live? >>> Scott >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Carolyn Haas >>> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 6:38 PM >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Cc: Carolyn Haas >>> Subject: Re: Microsoft Office 2011 period >>> >>> Heather: I share your prospective. I just met with a rehab counsellor who >>> insists that there's really no place for the Mac in the work world. (she >>> also insists that since I'm doing ok with my Mac, I don't need a braille >>> display. Guess that's what I get for trying topfunction and be a part of a >>> new solution.:) >>> >>> This counsellor actually suggested I might want to move somewhere where they >>> have the money and clientele to afford to keep up with the new technologies. >>> She also basically said no one is going to pay me to do this kind of >>> exploration of helping discover and working toward of improvement of >>> alternative technologies. So, I feel more and more like it's mac-vs-pc, and >>> conform to the old ways, or you're on your own. Sorry for venting. Thanks >>> for reading. >>> >>> >>> Carolyn Haas >>> chaas0...@gmail.com >>> >>> >>> >>> On Oct 26, 2010, at 3:12 PM, heather kd5cbl wrote: >>> >>>> Bill is responsible for that robot they call narrator and he claims >>> windows is accessible. While our friends at Apple, actually have a real >>> screenreader built in to their system. So, Bill is not doing anyone any >>> favors by making us, windows users, go out an by screenreaders worth more >>> than their pc computers. I want to put a blind fold over his eyes and make >>> him use his own computer with just narrator, I am sure he would not get very >>> far! Also, anyone who has to use word 2010 with jaws, has to by another msa >>> or their job has too. And the mac users with voiceover, cant use it at all. >>> So he is an easy target. Otherwise, he would have wised up a long time ago >>> and had his own built in speech for windows but, he just does not care. I >>> am starting to use open office and pages more and the msword does not matter >>> that much anymore. 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