Hi: The Mac has accessible email, internet, and calendar programs. As for checkbook software, I love Checkbook pro. On Mar 27, 2011, at 10:48 PM, Johchi wrote:
> Hi Brian, > > First thanks for the kind welcome. > > Well, my life is pretty simple. As a piano tuner, I need a straight forward > database program, - which there is no real solution for screen reader users > in windows to date. A simple checking/accounting program. In Windows there > is a good check book program called Money Talks. I'm wondering if there is a > Mac version of this program. Anyway, I don't use a spreadsheet much except > for the schedule I get from my supervisor where I work part time at the VA > Hospital here. Email is of course a must have along with the internet. > Lastly, in what I would really use daily is a daily planner and or calendar. > These last two items are also not an viable solution in Windows except for > Outlook Express's calendar which I don't use because I don't use Outlook > Express at all. If I think about anything else I will let you all know. > > Incidentally, because I am a musician, I do use a windows program called > Quick Windows Sequencer, (QWS). Is anyone on the list familiar with this > program? Is there a simalar program for the Mac? Now I know that you can > also run a virtual windows on the Mac that will accommidate these Windows > based programs I do use, but at this time, I am only interested in what we as > blind folks can and cannot do on the Mac Apple platform. > > Thanks again, > > Johnny > > On 3/27/2011 11:04 PM, Bryan Jones wrote: >> Hello Johnny, >> >> Welcome to the List! Perhaps you could help us to help you by giving us a >> list of the specific tasks you need to be able to perform with a computer. >> While the Mac is good, it's not the best tool for everything and there are >> some things that just are not possible on the Mac. Microsoft Office, for >> example, is not accessible to VoiceOver on the Mac. There are alternative >> word processing and spreadsheet programs that are *mostly* accessible on the >> Mac, but if MS Office is a must have, you need to weigh your options >> carefully. In as few words as possible, tell us exactly what you are using >> now, what you absolutely need to use going forward, and I'm sure you will >> get plenty of responses. >> >> Cheers, >> Bryan >> >> On Mar 27, 2011, at 9:51 PM, Johchi wrote: >>> My question has to do with convincing the PA State agency that getting VO >>> and the >>> MacBook for me is a better choice then the traditional Windows screen >>> reader setup. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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.
