Hi Will. I can't answer all your questions because I am totally blind, so I don't use any kind of magnification. I understand the cvommand to make text on the Mac bigger is command plus sign.
I haven't done it, but I guess you know by now that you can put Windows on a Mac. I got Abby Fine Reader Express for my Mac. It does a good job of scanning, but I haven't much time to mess with it much. I athink you will want Pages for your Mac because you can read and write Word files with it. I will say that my iPhone is a better PDF than either my Mac or the Vista computer in the other room using Jaws. I can and have read PDF files on m y Mac, but I have found that if I'm just going to read the thing, my iPhone is better because I can the PDF file into iBooks. Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On May 2, 2012, at 10:10 AM, Will_C wrote: > Hi all! New to the group, but have been lurking and reading for a > while and wanted some input on some of my specific questions. > > A little about me: I still have a fair bit of usable vision left, > though my eyes get tired quickly and thus I use a combination of > Zoomtext (with the doc reader) as well as Jaws for longer texts as I > find constantly scrolling back and forth with the magnification very > tiring and disorienting as I have to bump up magnification more and > more. I also used OCR and readers (K1000 traditionally) for school > reading. I’m going to law school in the fall, and so will obviously > be doing a TON of reading and writing, for which I rely entirely upon > my computers. > > In the past, I’ve run into issues during research when neither ZT or > JFW could easily interface with the various databases, and I’ll be > working with these even more come September. I’ve hummed and hahhed > about making a switch to Mac after hearing almost nothing negative > about them, and I’ve read and reread discussions on this and other > sites about comparisons between ZT vs Zoom and JFW/NVDA/etc vs > VoiceOver. I’m aware that all these products have their pro’s and > con’s, and while I would love further input or feedback on these > tools, my specific concerns are outlined below. > > 1. Can anyone provide specific insight on how well Zoom interacts > with advanced word processors and office suites, specifically iWork or > Office for Mac? I’ve heard mixed reviews regarding tracking, font > smoothing, but will have to write long papers and put together > presentations that need to be compatible with other students’ systems > for group assignments. > > 2. Could anyone offer insights on how VO and/or Zoom might be able to > handle online databases with a variety of html, scanned and .pdf based > documents, hidden frames, and other database programming that I’m just > not familiar with? JFW and ZT often can’t find any text to lock onto > in my previous experience with these databases. > > 3. What are the best OCR options for the Mac? > > Other general comments or recommendations about making or not making a > switch to the Mac for someone who will be doing extensive document- > based research and writing would also be more than welcome. > > Thanks in advance for any and all feedback! > > Cheers, > Will > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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.
