Alex, changing the drive is not any more difficult, other than you have to remove the bottom of the case and it just requires a small philips screwdriver. On Jul 16, 2009, at 8:05 PM, Alex Jurgensen wrote:
> HI, > > I am answering your questions inline just below where they apear: > > > On 16-Jul-09, at 4:32 PM, a radix wrote: > >> Hello, I am very new to apple in general (although I did use an >> ipod shuffle and a rockboxed 5.5g imod i nthe past). I am a 24-year >> old blind law student from the Netherlands and have been using >> computers from a very young age mostly with dos, windows and >> sometimes ubuntu. Recently I became interested in macbook pro >> because I am an audiophile and the macbooks are one of the few >> powerful laptops I know that have optical audio output. But of >> course I was also interested in trying os x since I had read the >> voicover page (although not the manual). >> I went to a local apple store yesterda and was rather disppointed >> that I could not seem to use things intuitively as I had thought, ... > > Answer: This is because VO is not a traditional screen reader but > revolutionizes the was AT works, ... > > >> so I mailed apple accessibility who pointed me to the manual and >> this page. Aside from the fact that I thought apple voicover would >> not be usable (and so neither os x) by a blind person right out of >> the box (I am rather independand and besides no one in my vicinity >> knows anything about apple) I was concerned that the screenreader >> was not made by a professional screenreader manufacturer, ... > > Answer: Apple is a proffessional screen reader manufacturer and can > be concidered such since Leopard's release. What is a screen reader > manufacturer, but someone or some people who know how to make a > screen reader that can be used in every day life. FS and GW Micro > started life small too. Just because Apple's main focus is not > accessibility, does not make them any less professional, ... > > >> and was built-in into os x (after all narrator is not that great >> although it is functional) I was also concerned by the lack of >> scriptability or map files to make unaccessible applications >> accessible., ... > > Answer: Again this is a cultural ifference between Apple and FS/GW > Micro/Orca. Developers on the Mac generally jusmp at the chance to > make their applications accessible. These update come fairly > quickly., ... > >> In short I thought it would be a second Narrator. Also despite my >> googling I could not finda user community for vo, no one in nl >> seems to use it. >> So I will be reading the manual asap but a few quick questions:, ... > > Answer: I believe some members on this list are from the NL. Also, > there are a lot of resources such as: > http://www.lioncort.com/ > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com/ > http://www.apple.com/accessibility/ > > Many more exist, ... > > >> 1. does omnipage pro work on the mac/is it accessible? > Answer: Perhaps, and I can't speak to this one personally, but most > people use Voscan and REad Iris for OCR. > >> 2. I guess it would be able to use my linksys route ron the mac? > Answer: >> Yes. You can for sure. I had one for a few years and just replaced >> it. It worked great, despite a small bug in Safari that rendered >> the web interface useless. However, this has been resolved. > > >> 3. hp scanners/printers, are they supported? > Answer: Generally yes. However, do a search on your model for > specifics. Hint: Twain Sain for Mac supports scanners the OS does > not by default. > > >> 4. Is it possible to install mac os x (or reinstall it sinc eI >> guess it always comes preinstalled but you might want to install a >> bigger hd for example) as a blind person? (this is possible with >> both ubuntu and windows xp). > Answer: It is possible, though challenging if you have a unibody > machine because of the design of the shell/casing, but this is not a > software problem, but a hardware issue with a select few models. In > contrast the Mac Pro is super easy to change drives with the Macbook > White and Mac Mini in between. > > >> 5. How is braille support with voiceover? I dont mean the displays >> themselves i know mine will work but the amount of details shown >> versus spech. I am a die-hard braille user. > > Answer: It is very good. Norigion I don't belive is supported right > now for Braille Tables, but it may be in September. > > >> 6. Since os x is unix based, I wonder if ORCA (the screenreader for >> linux, although it work sunder gnome) will ever be ported? > Answer: If it is, it would only work in the the Gnome environment on > OS X under X11. > > Regards, > Alex, > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
