Hi Chris,
thanks so much for the detail explanation.
After listening to three episodes of VoiceOverOn podcast on iWorks, I
think using MS office on VMware Windows with Jaws seems to be the best
way until more stable iWorks come out. I can see myself using Pages,
but, it seems I need to figure out tons of workaround for Keynote and
Numbers. It wil just slow down the work process a lot compared to using
MS Office on Windows.
In archive, I found people talking about Open Office. Is there any
podcast on Open Office in Mac Environment?
Lastly, thanks for the article on oracle and Google calendar.
JL
On 8/19/2011 12:58 AM, Chris Blouch wrote:
Vmware or VirtualBox would be your best choices as Parallels is not
accessible. VMWare seems to be the favorite while VirtualBox has a
command-line interface that lets you navigate any winky things that
aren't going well in the GUI. For the least hassle it seems VMWare is
the winner and is what you'll find the most discussion of on this
list. I don't recall anyone recently asking about VirtualBox although
I know some folks like it, especially the price.
I'm still not satisfied with office-type apps on the Mac since the
800-pound gorilla of MS Office refuses to hook into voiceover. Buried
in the MS Office Mac VPAT
http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/2/3/c23bc250-5f80-4d0c-a29d-877355ff91e8/OfficeX_for_Mac_VPAT.doc
are these nice little caveats
Criteria:
(a) At least one mode of operation and information retrieval that does
not require user vision shall be provided, or support for Assistive
Technology used by people who are blind or visually impaired shall be
provided.
*Unsupported*
Microsoft Office v. X for Mac does not support 3^rd party assistive
screen readers.
(d) Sufficient information about a user interface element including
the identity, operation and state of the element shall be available to
Assistive Technology. When an image represents a program element, the
information conveyed by the image must also be available in text.
*Not supported*
Microsoft Office v. X for Mac does not meet these criteria.Microsoft
Office v. X for Mac does not support assistive screen-readers.
(c) A well-defined on-screen indication of the current focus shall be
provided that moves among interactive interface elements as the input
focus changes. The focus shall be programmatically exposed so that
Assistive Technology can track focus and focus changes.
*Not supported*
Microsoft Office v. X for Mac does not support 3^rd party assistive
technology.
OpenOffice or iWorks are pretty much the main alternatives but are
imperfect in a number of ways, but generally not enough to warrant
running a VM and Windows and Jaws/NVDA.
While I don't use it, many people seem to like the iCal app that comes
with OSX. This article details getting iCal, Oracle Cal, Google Cal
and your iPhone calendar all to sync. I'm sure a little googling would
turn up more:
http://blog.zenone.org/2009/02/sync-oracle-calendar-to-google-calendar.html
CB
On 8/18/11 9:00 PM, James Lee wrote:
Hi all,
What's the best program to use with VoiceOver: Fusion, Virtual Box,
or Parallel? I'd like to run Windows 7 with Jaws on a virtual machine.
Also, what's the best way to work with excel, word, and Powerpoint
files on Mac? I'd need to collaborate with other people who use MS
Office on Mac. I heard MS Office is not accessible Mac. Should I use
Pages, Numbers, and Keynote on OSX, or should I use MS Office on
Windows Virtual Machine? I need to use more advanced features on
Office like using headings, tables, style, and so on.
Also, is there any accessible oracle calendar client on Mac? I'd like
to stay in Mac as much as possible.
Thanks for all your help!
JL
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