One word: NVDA. Go to http://www.nvda-project.org to find out more and download this program, but it's basically a free screen reader that is updated regularly, has no licensing or driver problems, and... well, it's free! After all, do you really need to pay hundreds for a screen reader on an OS you use seldom enough that you can run it virtually? Maybe you do, I'm not trying to start anything, but it seems like a valid question. If you can get by with a free screen reader for the times you do need Windows, you could save a lot of money, time, and aggravation by not dealing with jfw, which is not even supported on virtual machines. To be fair I have not yet tried nvda on a vm, but I have not heard of anyone having problems with it on the development or support email lists. Now, off to research virtualbox so I can have a leg to stand on regarding nvda on a vm... On Aug 15, 2012, at 10:38 PM, "Damashe Thomas" <damashe.tho...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok, thanks Paul. I appreciate the input, especially the information about > losing keys on jaws. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Paul Hunt > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 10:33 PM > Subject: RE: Two questions about virtual machines and a brief intro > > Hello Alex. I’m using Windows 7 in VM Fusion. Yes, In many instances it can > take a minute or two to recognize pages. On the other hand, my wife has > Windows XP running in Bootcamp and pages are recognized in a matter of > seconds. There are a couple of other things you should know. Focus Braille > Drivers do not load in the Virtual Machine and Freedom Scientific is not > willing to help resolve the issue because they don’t support running JAWS or > any of their applications in Virtual machines. Finally, any time you change > the configuration of your Virtual Machine you lose an activation. Freedom > Scientific is not willing to issue additional keys very often. On the plus > side, You can install Windows without sighted assistance. You can also add > printers and read and write documents stored on the Mac side. In addition, > because your virtual machine is just an image, it’s easy to restore it from a > backup. So you can see that thare are tradeoffs. After considering all of > them, I’m willing to switch over to Bootcamp for the increased performance. > I’ll use Drop Box whenever I need to move folders from the Mac side to the > Windows side. > > HTH > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] > On Behalf Of Damashe Thomas > Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 9:04 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Two questions about virtual machines and a brief intro > > Hello, > Thanks for the notice Alex, I will take a look at virtualbox also. > Paul, is performance terrible with openbook? > > Thanks > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Paul Hunt > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 7:15 PM > Subject: Re: Two questions about virtual machines and a brief intro > > Hello Damash. I have been using fusion for two years. In general it works > fine but peformance is much better with bootcamp especially with Open Book. > > On Aug 15, 2012, at 11:39 AM, "Damashe Thomas" <damashe.tho...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hello List, > > My name is Damashe Thomas and I am fairly new to the macvisionaries group. I > live in the great state of Georgia. I have been a very happy iOS user for the > past four years and am preparing to make the move to the mac. > I have two quick questions to get started. > Does anyone have experience with the latest version of parallels and can > speak about the accessibility of that app. Is it a possible option or should > I just go with VMWare fusion? > I like the ability to run windows in a virtual machine when I have to use it, > but has anyone run in to any issues using applications like kurzweil or > openbook in a virtual windows environment? > > Thanks > Damashe > > Skype: > damashe.thomas > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email tomacvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email > tomacvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://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 > tomacvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://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 > tomacvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://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 > tomacvisionaries+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 > tomacvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) mehg...@gmail.com; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap -- 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.
