While I actually found office 2007 to be just as accessible and usable
as anything else on windows, I agree that it is more pleasant to do
anything on the Mac. I almost bought IWork, and might still do it, but
so far I have found that a free word processer called bean does
everything that I need to do when working with documents. You can find
it at www.bean-osx.com.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Taylor" <davetay...@tafn.org.uk>
To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 12:15 AM
Subject: RE: Need Mac User's advice on which Windows screen reader to
purchase and learn
They are both very expensive though. I would urge working out which
tasks
you can do on the Mac side. The more you can do on the Mac side, the
cheaper
the screen reader you will need. If you can use iWork and built in Mac
apps
rather than touching Outlook, for instance, you can probably get away
with
NVDA. Office 2007 is slow and, in my view, doesn't work that well with
screen readers. Office 2007 and 2010 use an entirely different
interface
than anything else out there and I think are slow and hard to learn.
This is
the main reason I won't be surprised if I make that order in the next
couple
of weeks and go over to a similar situation where I use Mac for
everything I
can and only cross back when I have to.
Nothing works like VO, and nothing has a voice to match Alex, I think
you'll
hate everything about the way Windows is going, personally!
Cheers
Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
[mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados
Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 5:20 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Need Mac User's advice on which Windows screen reader to
purchase and learn
Jaws is more or less the standard in terms of you'll run in to that
more
than others.
Window-eyes is another great option. I haven't used it but many many
people
think very highly of it.
What I would do if I were you is take that Mac, set yourself up a
virtual
machine and try the demo copies of all the options you listed. Read
the
manual / ask questions and you should be able to bootstrap yourself.
You
may need help creating the VM for Windows I had a help desk not sure
your
situation although there is a podcast that details this process.
I like Jaws myself but I have heard Window-eyes can be more stable
and
leaner on resources. Costs differ, JFW is probably the most
expensive.
Window-eyes comes with an option where you can pay for the software
in
installments which is a fantastic feature on a budget.
Hope that helps.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bryan Jones" <openses...@me.com>
To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 8:52 PM
Subject: Need Mac User's advice on which Windows screen reader to
purchase
and learn
I realize the question might sound strange and even off-topic, but I
really
want to hear this advice from fellow Mac and VO Users. When I last
used
Windows I was able to get by with a screen magnifier and didn't use a
screen
reader. By the time I needed to start using a screen reader I had
already
moved to the Mac full time so VO was the natural choice. Now I'm being
required to start using Windows again, along with Office 2007 and
Internet
Explorer 8 and I'm not sure which Windows screen reader I should
invest my
time and money to learn, or if one of them is more like VO than the
others.
I will be running either XP or Windows 7 under Fusion.
Please send your replies directly to me off-list as this probably
isn't a
thread that needs to grow here. I would be grateful for your thoughts
on the
following questions:
1. I've heard of Jaws, Window-Eyes, System Access, and NVDA. Any
others I
should consider?
2. Is there a Windows screen reader that works like VO?
3. Is there one Windows screen reader that is easier to learn than the
others?
4. I was intimately familiar with XP but don't know Windows 7 at all.
Are
they similar enough that I should get Windows 7, or should I try to
get XP
so that I don't have to learn a new operating system along with the
new
screen reader?
5. I will probably only need to use Windows for the next 2 years and
most of
my work will still be done on the Mac. Given this limited time frame,
is one
of the Windows screen readers less expensive to own over that time
period?
TIA for any assistance,
Bryan
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