Johnny, I, recently, made the switch from Windows to a MBP, myself. I love it & VoiceOver & will never go back. One of the considerations for me was the availability of bible study software that would work with VoiceOver. I found Eloquent, formerly MacSword, & have found it to be quite accessible & that I like it more than the bible program I was using on Windows. In fact, it's freeware & has quite a collection of bibles, commentaries, dictionaries & other writings.
As for a data base for your business, another freeware or public domain effort built on volunteer labor & cooperation is Open Office for the Mac. As the name implies, it's an "open source" office suite that includes word processing, spread sheet & a data base. As far as I know, having only used the word processing component, it's all accessible. So, unless others have other ideas, there's enough mentioned here to assure that you can make a case for your state funded purchase. Blessings, CJ On Apr 20, 2011, at 2:55 PM, Johchi wrote: > Hi everyone, > Well, I don't wish to be pesty, or redundent, but I understand that some of > my messages to this wonderful list did not get through to you guys, so I > wanted to re-introduce myself just one more time to you. My name is Johnny > Chilelli from Erie PA. > Firstly, I just wanna say thanks for being \there. I mean, you guys take the > mystery out of the supposed difficulties of moving from Windows to the Mac. > My state agency has just approved testing and evaluation for me on the Apple > Mac platform so I am > feverishly gleaning everything I can from this list so that I am prepared to > move to the next step of obtaining a MBP through the PA State agency for my > work and daily needs as a church minister, musician / writer, and long time > piano tuner/technician in the Erie > county area. > One of the things I need to show the state is that the Mac will be able to > satisfactorally fill the needs of a piano tuner. Hence, I need an accessible > database and contact list program. Someone on this fine list did tell me > about one database program for me to look at. Because I don't yet have a > Mac, I saved his message for future reference along with many other messages > from this list. > I will also need suggestions for an invoicing program as well. I understand > that emailing is nicely covered, as well as word processing and spreadsheet > work. An appointment schedueling planner or appointment book would certainly > be needed as well. Any further suggestions about any of these program areas > is greatly appreciated. > Also, I am interested in knowing if anyone on the list uses any sort of > accessible > Biblical study programs on your Mac. > Finally, please let me know of any good Mac tutorial resources out there > written > with the blind layperson in mind that you feel would be a good place for me > to learn > from along with this great list. Remember, I don't yet have a Mac, so I am > only looking for some good reading/learning > resources. > Thanks again everyone for all your helpfunness to us all. -- > Johnny Chilelli > pianot...@neo.rr.com > 814-450-5433 > > -- > 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.
