Thanks, Scott, for responding. Glad you enjoyed the podcast. Actually, I have several others I never sent, and they're probably dated by now.
What is iWOrk, aside from being a word processor? Is it part of the Leopard operating system's complement of products, or is it a third-party piece of software? As far as Open Office is concerned, is it freeware? I'll think of you the next time I do a podcast from Austria. Best regards, Mike -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Wednesday, 28 January, 2009 01:17 To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by the blind Subject: Re: Introduction and Information gathering Hey Mike, I remember your podcast in Vienna you did for BLind Cool Tech. I'm sure many will answer your questions, but Open Office and likely iWOrk will do what you need. As far as ocr, Read Iris has worked well for me. Fusion will certainly allow you to use MS Office until your sure Open Office or iWOrk will do what you need. I'll let others address the other questions. Scott Howell [email protected] On Jan 27, 2009, at 4:06 PM, Michael Busboom wrote: > Hello to all of you, > > > > My name is Mike Busboom, and I will soon be acquiring a MacBook, > running > Leopard. This will be my first foray into the Mac world, and I have > a lot > of questions. I've been a PC user since forever, and I am hopeful > that a > knowledge of computers in general will make the learning curve less > steep. > Although I am not yet a Mac user, I'd like to ask a few initial > questions: > > > > 1. I will take possession of my MacBook in late February or > early > March when I visit my parents in the United States. Since I live in > Vienna, > Austria, I use German a lot. Does the MacBook come with foreign > language > TTS engines? If not, where can I purchase them? > > 2. I am a translator and also edit a lot of materials written > in > English. Most of my clients want me to edit their materials in MS > Word. > They depend on my annotations as well, so the ability to annotate > texts and > have it work seamlessly with speech is crucial. This is a relatively > straightforward process in MS Word running under Windows with Window- > Eyes. > I have been told that MS Word on the Mac is not yet supported in > Voice Over. > Furthermore, I have been told that what I want to accomplish could > be done > using Open Office. Is this true, to your knowledge? If it isn't, I > plan to > buy Fusion anyway and continue to use MS Office running under Windows, > though I would like to use programs for the Mac whenever possible. > > 3. Is it possible to import my Firefox bookmarks into an > Internet > browser running on the Mac? > > 4. At present, I am using the K1000 as my OCR package. Is > there a > comparable, accessible OCR software package for the Mac? > > Well, this should cover it for now. I apologize if I have asked too > many > questions, but perhaps I will be able to reciprocate and give others > assistance, once I have gained enough experience with my own MacBook. > > > > Kindest regards to all, > > > > Mike >
