Not I, As an access technology trainer I get to teach an increasing amount of mac, and I know that there's a trend happening among educated consumeers. I also know that most blind people aren't educated consumers. They are shut in old people with no way to get information for themselves until their windows pc shows up.
Unfortunately theres too much money rapped up in selling $1200 screen reader packages to old people who want to email the grand kids and no one wants to hear about lower costs and built in accessibility. Here in Ontario there is certainly an awareness and some more room for it to grow, but I think we're going to see mac use peek out here in the next couple of years and then stay sort'a level around the %5 to %10 mark. Best, Erik Burggraaf APlus certified technician and user support consultant Call toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 Visit my all new website: http://www.erik-burggraaf.com Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com On 2010-04-15, at 5:46 AM, Rob Lambert wrote: > Who here thinks we'll see the Mac replacing PCs in AT training offices? > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 2:43 AM, Joe Plummer <joeplum...@tds.net> wrote: > For other A T you can run boot camp or virtual windows to use them. > > > > Sign, > Joe Plummer ( JP ) > joeplum...@tds.net > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Anne Robertson > Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 5:46 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: new member > > Hello Denise, > > I hope the word processor you are thinking of getting is iWork09, since MS > Office for Mac is not accessible. > > As for Word documents of almost any level, TextEdit or Pages will read these > just fine. > > I can't answer any of your other questions having never been a Windows user. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > On Apr 14, 2010, at 11:27 PM, denise avant wrote: > > > hello, > > after having my iphone for six months now, i have really enjoyed my > experience with apple. To that end, i am looking into purchasing a mac book > pro. In fact, i called for some specs today and have set one with 4 gig of > ram, and a 320 hard drive, 13 in screen. again this is just a possiblity. > > i will also have the word processor included. i will also have the > one-to-one training as there is a nearby apple store in chicago. > > i am curious as to what those of you who own macs have done about your > other windows based adatpive equipment, duxbury, openbook or k1000 and hw > stream companion? how easy is it to move ms word 2003 2007 docs over to > apple macs, still keep the formatting or move them back again? > > I thought of just keeping my netbook or sony machine for these purposes. > there was also the idea given to me that i could have windows on one side > and the mac on the other side. any thoughts on these questions would be > apprciated. > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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.
