Of what little I have experienced on a mac machine, I can say that the screen reader for mac that you are refering to is the lowest in terms of accessibility. Ubuntu and orca are good and I have spoken about the difficulties in my previous mail to the list. Thanks
Sudhir R (NeSTIT) wrote: > Hi folks ! > > I have been following the various threads on AI dealing with laptops and the > various OSs like Windows Vista, Windows XP, Ubuntu etc and am utterly > confused as to the right choice (if there is something like that) since I am > myself contemplating the purchase of a laptop. > > On the one hand, most reputed manufacturers (except Dell) seem to have > stopped shipping XP-based machines, while Vista is a real pain from what > Vetri and Syed have been reporting and I discovered myself. Ubuntu seems to > be good from the point of view of immunity from malware though I am not too > sure whether we have a good eco-system to support us like a large community > of blind users, applications for use in a business environment etc. We > cannot take political decisions on matters of OS, you know, just because Open > Source is the latest fad and we all love to hate Bill Gates. (smile) > > What about iMacs, laptops running Mac OSX, which, I understand, is a Linux > variant and equally immune from malware. I remember reading somewhere that > Mac OSX comes bundled with a screen reader, and, since it is a proprietory > product, getting support from the company will be easy. The only remaining > question is whether we have a community of blind Mac users (either in India > or abroad) to pose queries to, as we do in AI ? > > Pl share your views and experiences on iMac, Mac OSX, the bundled screen > reader and the eco-system. Would request someone like Vetri, who is in the > Apple country and purchased a laptop recently, to tell us why he opted for > one running Bill's latest (still-born ?) baby ? > > Thanks and rgds > > RS > M: 098 472 76 126 > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject > unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
