Dear Ruchi Aunty, I have used both Mac, and Windows.
Learning to use Voice Over takes some time, and primarily I say so because in Voice Over the shortcuts comprise of 3 or 4 keys together. For example, Control, options, and page down lets you read the next Paragraph. Whereas in Windows its normally a 2-key press thing with all screen readers. Second big consideration for me is that for Voice Over you will not receive updates unless the system update is available, because it is built In into the system as a system app. This is a huge consideration for me, because if there are dynamic changes in some of the apps, you can expect the screen reader companies to launch a fix. Otherwise you can always liaise with the support of these company to design a customized fix for you. Thirdly, I could not use MS Office and certain third party apps with Voice Over for advance tasks. In general, some utility apps of third parties still don't have the accessibility. Of course since Windows has come a long way, it is better in that sense. So I can hope that in future Voice Over will be more accessible with third party apps as well. Due to the accessibility limitations at the moment, I cannot suggest you to switch Aarijeet completely on to Mac, however if you want to give him a flavor and if you decide to let him stay on Mac in future, then you need to make sure that for the time-being he uses both Windows (wherever required) and Mac. There is a utility called Bootcam which lets you install Windows on Mac. Having said all of this, using Voice Over is not discomforting, once you get use to of it. But due to the above limitations, we can't switch to it as a full fledged OS for our needs. Let me know if you need further help with this. Regards, -- Amar Jain. Website: www.amarjain.com Time to meet up again! Register for AccessIndia Convention 2014: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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 Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
