I found a Voiceover getting started tutorial on the Apple site. It helped me a lot in those days of transition and it will work on a PC. On May 1, 2010, at 6:20 PM, Edward wrote:
> Hello > Yes, please send the link and I will take a listen right away. > Thanks > Edward > > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John J Herzog > Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2010 9:13 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: New to mac > > Edward, > For a great demo of voiceover and the mac's web browser, head over to the > blind cool tech web site. Then, search for the words mac demo. I don't want > to spoil it, but one of the really cool things about no buffers is that you > get to see information change on the page dynamically as it happens. Mike, > the presenter of the podcast, goes to sirius satellite radio's web site, and > shows you how you can view information with voiceover as it's changing. The > nice thing is you don't have to do any virtual buffer refreshing commands or > any other of that nonsense. I think an audio demo of the mac will do more > for you than any of our descriptions can. > If you want me to post the direct link to you, please let me know. But > needless to say, I am a happy mac convert. > > John > > On May 1, 2010, at 9:06 PM, Edward wrote: > >> Hello >> Which one, open office, or iworks, do you recommend? >> Also you wrote: >> Web browsing is very intuitive. There is simply nothing bad I can say >> about it. It works absolutely great, and the fact there is no buffer >> to load the page into makes you able to navigate a site even before the > page has loaded. >> I don't want to rant on how good it is. :) Please rant, I would like >> to have as much info as possible. Is all of the mac OS accessible? >> >> Finally, can you easily navigate to a body of text on a webpage with >> few keystrokes? >> >> Thanks >> Edward >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Nicolai Svendsen >> Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2010 8:45 PM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: New to mac >> >> Hi, >> >> There are good alternatives to MS Office. MS Office is not fully >> accessible yet, but it is said that it will be written in Cocoa, most >> likely making it accessible. The Mac has a basic Text Editor called >> Text Edit, which is a lot better than Wordpad and Notepad on Windows. >> You have suites such as iWork and Open Office, which will probably perform > the tasks you want. >> >> Web browsing is very intuitive. There is simply nothing bad I can say >> about it. It works absolutely great, and the fact there is no buffer >> to load the page into makes you able to navigate a site even before the > page has loaded. >> I don't want to rant on how good it is. :) >> >> Regards, >> Nic >> Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com >> Skype: Kvalme >> MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk >> AIM: cincinster >> yahoo Messenger: cin368 >> Facebook Profile >> My Twitter >> >> On May 2, 2010, at 2:36 AM, Edward wrote: >> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> I am strongly considering buying my first Mac in a few weeks and >>> would like to know if vo gives the user full accessibility in terms >>> of ms office and web browsing? >>> >>> Thanks for answering my nubie questions Edward >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > carlene knight http://carleneknight.blogspot.com ckni...@knight-toolworks.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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