hello Vince. I am also glad that I took the mac plunge last year. I did it quite a bit before the onset of total blindness. I went from reading large print to listening to my screen. the funny thing was, I was already looking at voiceover because I was getting nasty headaches from trying to read large print. all it took for me to switch from one to another was a 2 finger combo (command+F5). after onset, I was exclusively in read screen mode by ear. I haven't slowed down much. I have had to get a helper app for some apps that aren't entirely accessible. other than that, its been well worth the $800 I paid for the used mac and the $29.00 for te OS X 10.6 install disk. on the whole, thats still cheaper than a windows box+OS+jaws.
-Eric On Nov 9, 2010, at 6:38 PM, Allison Manzino wrote: > Hi Vince, > > I'm Allison from New York. I recently took the plunge and switched to the Mac > in April. I can't say that I'm good at operating it yet, but I have learned > from all the folks on this list. I still have my Windows PCs around just in > case I need to use Windows again. I don't miss viruses, spyware etc, but I > have to use a Windows PC at work and rely on Window-Eyes. I think that Apple > has done so much for improving and out of the box accessibility. I am happy > to meet you, Vince, and I hope you enjoy your journey. > > Sincerely, > Allison > > My birds are winged blessings, they help me soar! > > > On Nov 9, 2010, at 4:51 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > >> Hi Vince. >> >> Great to see you on this list and welcome. It's nice to see old friends on >> this list from other technology lists. >> >> Kawal. >> On 9 Nov 2010, at 19:07, Vince Mistretta wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Some of you may already recognize me from several other technology >>> discussion lists and others may not. >>> >>> Well, I took the plunge last evening and ordered an iMac which >>> hopefully will be here tomorrow. After moving over to the apple IOS >>> platform for communications back this past January, I've been >>> impressed with Apples commitment to produce more accessibility in >>> their products. I made the decision to move to the MAC OSX platform >>> because of many recent events in the audio and music territory but am >>> impressed with other new actions coming about like bringing gestures >>> to navigation to all MAC users. >>> >>> Unfortunately, I will not be totally leaving the PC/Windows >>> environment since my job as a Software Development Manager requires me >>> to use that platform since the agency I work for is strict on it's >>> standards. Because of this, I have to keep Windows available at home >>> - either running under Fusion or on my old run down XP Pro machine or >>> even both. I felt it was important for me to move to the MAC at this >>> time to experience all the new comings from Apple as they come out now >>> in each release of OSX and versions of software such as the iLife 11 >>> products - particularly GarageBand and it's new found accessibility. >>> >>> I've joined this group to hopefully learn more about techniques, >>> available accessible software and maybe get back in touch with some >>> old aquaintences I noticed are members on this list. >>> >>> I look forward to learning a new platform and learning from all of you. >>> >>> Best, >>> Vince >>> >>> -- >>> Vince Mistretta >>> My Tech / Programming mailbox >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> >> >> ____ >> Kawal Gucukoglu >> (E-mail/MSN): >> kawal_gucuko...@sent.com >> >> (Skype ID): >> >> kawalgucukoglu >> >> (Mobile/text): >> >> +447905618396 >> >> +447576240421 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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.
