it does take time to adjust. I went from JAWS and am still learning almost daily about the mac. Lovette
On 2012-04-24, at 12:27 PM, Laurel wrote: > Hi Mike, > Thanks for the help. I will probably definitely contact you off list > and ask you for help. I'm just getting my computer today, so I'll be > playing with it later this week. Did you use JAWS when you used > windows? > Thanks again, I really appreciate it! /grins/ > Laurel and guide dog Stockard > > On 4/24/12, Mike Welty <ratta...@gmail.com> wrote: >> My advice for you is to try and use the mac as much as you can instead of >> trying to mix windows and mac especially with you trying to transfer over. >> Makes things a little tricker to learn. If you listen to podcasts about the >> mac you can catch on to voiceover very quickly, that's how I learned it and >> now I'm close to going mac full time. If you ever need one on one help with >> the mac, stuff being explained or demonstrated feel free to catch me off >> list and I can do what I know to help you even via phone or whatever if you >> need. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net >> [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Laurel >> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 14:02 >> To: mac-access@mac-access.net >> Subject: intro and switching from windows/jaws to mac/voice over >> >> Hi all. I'll keep this brief. My name is Laurel. I'm from Texas and I'm a >> 3rd year college student. I study French and Russian at school and other >> languages on my own. I just joined this group because this week end I >> bought >> a macbook pro and I'm making the pc to mac switch. >> I have a few questions about mac in general, and about switching from JAWS >> to vo. >> >> 1, what were some of the most important changes from using jaws to using >> voice over that you who made that switch had to get used to? >> 2, what are the biggest things I should know about switching? >> 3, what are the best web tutorials for learning voice over? >> 4, if any of you used Kurzweil1000 for Windows, what did you do for a mac? >> Are there any other OCR programs that work with voice over and are as good >> as Kurzweil? >> 5, I have office for mac, how vo accessible is this and what can I do to >> make it more accessible? >> 6, this is a mac question in general, what programs did y'all use to run >> windows programs on your mac, did you all use boot camp or something else >> and what's the cheapesst/easiest? >> >> Please feel free to either post here, or write me privately. I don't mind >> y'all writing me privately if it would help keep this list from getting >> cluttered up. I really don't wanna clutter the list with unnecessary >> messages, I just have lots of questions. /smiles/ Thanks for the help in >> advance, and sorry for asking so many questions right off the bat Laurel >> and >> Stockard >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >> >> To reply to this post, please address your message to >> mac-access@mac-access.net >> >> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum >> at >> either the list's own dedicated web archive: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >> or at the public Mail Archive: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. >> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> >> >> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >> and worm-free! >> >> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting >> the list website at: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> >> >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >> >> To reply to this post, please address your message to >> mac-access@mac-access.net >> >> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at >> either the list's own dedicated web archive: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >> or at the public Mail Archive: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. >> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> >> >> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >> and worm-free! >> >> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting >> the list website at: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> >> > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > mac-access@mac-access.net > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. 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