In no way am I criticizing the reasons or decisions one has to
make to satisfy ones access needs. Obviously, the situation of Will
or James or whomever is something they must address and in the best
way they feel is necessary. I will say, however, that seeking answers
in Windows or from Windows is not exactly going to provide those
answers as well. The thing to consider is that, regardless of the
Braille displays currently supported and the state of word processors,
this is all not a static situation. In other words, it will change
and access will continue to improve.
On the other hand, in Windows, you still have several other
factors that will not change. Vista is a horrible mess and in order
to get it to even function with some bit of speed and tolerance is to
turn off several features. Even so, it's still a resource hog and as
slow as crap going uphill. On top of that, it is still Windows you
will be dealing with, which means instability, viruses and all of the
security issues Microsoft continues to have plaguing them. To me, my
experiences moving to the Mac and not having to deal with that garbage
has made my investments in either Mac I have owned worth the money in
gold.
Again, when the day is done, the individual has to decide for
himself or herself, but such a decision should be made with all of the
potential consequences in mind. Leopard, as with Tiger, will progress
and I have no doubts that we will have several word processor options
and spreadsheet choices fully accessible to us before long. Also,
Braille display support will only diversify and expand as time goes
on. Sometimes, patience is a virtue, folks. Throwing away the bath
water can result in tossing the baby with it. If you go back to
Windows, be prepared for a nightmare and the regrets that will
undoubtedly occur when something Windows related nearly provokes you
to light your system on fire as recently happened to me with my XP box
a few days ago.
Take Care
John Panarese
On Nov 5, 2007, at 12:13 PM, David Poehlman wrote:
I imagine the empower will be supported along with the rest of the
braille note family when apple can do it. The launguages are not
that hard to implement.
On Nov 5, 2007, at 11:20 AM, william lomas wrote:
neither i need french and german braille and the m power to be
supported
On 5 Nov 2007, at 13:51, Greg Kearney wrote:
Do you need UK or UEBC braille rather than he U.S. version that is
in Leopard? Do you need to produce embossed braille as opposed to
display braille? If so contact me before you let your mac go I can
help.
Greg Kearney
535 S. Jackson St.
Casper, Wyoming 82601
307-224-4022
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Nov 4, 2007, at 11:49 PM, william lomas wrote:
hi all
as much as i love the mac i am still having to work in windows
every day for my work needs as i find microsoft word a more
powerful word processor and i need powerpoint etcetera
also i do need braille for my needs which is not provided in
leopard. so to any UK person i have
macbook core 2 duo intel
1.83 ghz
2 gigs ram
the 13.3 inch model with cd rw dvd reader
and the infovox british english and french voices installed
asking between 400 and 500 pounds
i do love the mac but leopard, as good as it is in my view, hasn't
really come that far with voice over in the last 2 years,
criticize me all youw ant but there you ahve it, smile
so anyone interested please get back to me. i prefer to run a full
blown windos environment on my windows laptop i have at home and
then i ahve full braille support for the applications i need it in
like foreign languages
