Mike,
I'm honored that you remember that tutorial, which I recorded in 1993,
by the way.
I agree with your comments re: Mac advantages over Windows. On the PC,
when my Web browser hangs, it often hangs up my screen reader which is
NVDA, a screen reader which rarely crashes. The one time Safari
actually got hung up, the Mac had no negative effects, whatsoever.
Voiceover and my other running apps just worked as though nothing was
happening. Quite impressive.
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On 6/19/2014 5:30 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote:
Welcome to the list! I remember the tutorial you did for the type 'n'
speak, really enjoyed that when I first got it back in 1993. I have 3
macs at home and no longer have any pcs. I have no regrets about
switching, I think the mac does not suffer from many of the problems
that windows does, and being able to install and upgrade operating
systems without sighted help is a huge advantage as well.
Original message:
Hello. I have just been approved as a new member on this list and
wanted to write a quick intro message. I'm an assistive technology
specialist and I've been in the field for over 20 years. I am a
long-time user of windows and, a few years ago, my employer purchased an
iMac for our classroom. I'll admit that, for a couple of years, I truly
hated using the Mac, which I think was more due to my 20-year windows
bias. After listening to a lot of tutorials and rummaging through a lot
of Web sites, I've gotten to the point where I absolutely love using the
Mac and would be quite pleased if I could get one for my next computer.
I'm on this list to ask questions as they arise and I also just want to
do a lot of reading and try and catch up on gaps in my knowledge which I
need to fill.
I'll tell you that even when I despised the Mac I clearly saw its
benefits and I probably could have given a talk to 100 people and might
have been able to convince most of them to at least consider switching
from Windows to the Mac, even while I was going through my own love-hate
relationship with it. I think that my recent purchase of an iPhone also
helped me to warm up to Apple and I'm particularly excited at the
integration we're going to see between iOS and Yosemite this fall.
thanks for being there and I'm glad this list is available.
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