Hello all, I suppose I should count myself very fortunate. It took a lot of work on my part, but I managed to convince my Rehab counselor here in San Diego that a Mac was the best option for a new laptop for yours truly. I started the process in March, and I got my Macbook Pro just last week. It did help, of course, that I was able to demonstrate that I had work opportunities with people and organizations that were primarily using Macs.
-Joshua On Oct 26, 2010, at 8:59 PM, Carolyn Haas wrote: > Hi Scott: > Denver Co, home of the lousy broncos and the lousier rehab department. But > hey, we do have some good computers here, and the best ones are still the > Macs.:) > > > Carolyn Haas > chaas0...@gmail.com > > > > On Oct 26, 2010, at 5:15 PM, Scott Ford wrote: > >> Hello, >> May I as where you live? >> Scott >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Carolyn Haas >> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 6:38 PM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Cc: Carolyn Haas >> Subject: Re: Microsoft Office 2011 period >> >> Heather: I share your prospective. I just met with a rehab counsellor who >> insists that there's really no place for the Mac in the work world. (she >> also insists that since I'm doing ok with my Mac, I don't need a braille >> display. Guess that's what I get for trying topfunction and be a part of a >> new solution.:) >> >> This counsellor actually suggested I might want to move somewhere where they >> have the money and clientele to afford to keep up with the new technologies. >> She also basically said no one is going to pay me to do this kind of >> exploration of helping discover and working toward of improvement of >> alternative technologies. So, I feel more and more like it's mac-vs-pc, and >> conform to the old ways, or you're on your own. Sorry for venting. Thanks >> for reading. >> >> >> Carolyn Haas >> chaas0...@gmail.com >> >> >> >> On Oct 26, 2010, at 3:12 PM, heather kd5cbl wrote: >> >>> Bill is responsible for that robot they call narrator and he claims >> windows is accessible. While our friends at Apple, actually have a real >> screenreader built in to their system. So, Bill is not doing anyone any >> favors by making us, windows users, go out an by screenreaders worth more >> than their pc computers. I want to put a blind fold over his eyes and make >> him use his own computer with just narrator, I am sure he would not get very >> far! Also, anyone who has to use word 2010 with jaws, has to by another msa >> or their job has too. And the mac users with voiceover, cant use it at all. >> So he is an easy target. Otherwise, he would have wised up a long time ago >> and had his own built in speech for windows but, he just does not care. I >> am starting to use open office and pages more and the msword does not matter >> that much anymore. Heather >>> -- >>> 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.
