Rachel, Glad some one took the time to answer a lot of Scott's questions. I can add that I use my PAC Mate's 40 character display with VoiceOver all the time. The routing buttons don't seem to work as I believe they should, but I can live with that. As for trying to sync the actual PAC Mate, I don't think that's possible. But honestly, I'm trying to sell mine anyway, as I think the iPhone can meet most of those needs now.
As for Symantec's virus protection, do they even make that for the OSX platform? I don't think they do, but I'm not sure. Also, be aware that Apple's Pages can be quite a tough application to learn to use with VO. Good luck with your other questions, CJ On Jul 8, 2012, at 8:54 PM, Rachel Feinberg wrote: > Hi Scott, > > I can answer some of your questions. The Mac comes with TextEdit which is > like Notepad in Windows, but a bit fancier. you can do some simple formatting > in TextEdit, and save your documents in different formats like .RTF and .docx. > However, a more full-fledged word processor for the mac is Pages and it's > available from the Mac app store. > AppleVis has both mac and iOS apps that you may find useful, as well as some > podcasts about a variety of things: > http://www.applevis.com > there's also: > http://www.macfortheblind.com > If you check those sites, there should be a few podcasts you'll be able to > find about Macs with Voiceover and how to do that. Also something you can > subscribe to, (i'm a new subscriber thanks to this list) is the mac power > user's podcast. > I can't speak to your Anti-virus software question, but I'm sure someone more > knowledgeable would be glad to. > > Rachel > On Jul 8, 2012, at 8:38 PM, Scott Berry wrote: > >> Hello there, >> >> I am thinking about changing over to a Mac exclusively for school work. but >> I have a few questions. >> >> 1. Will Microsoft Office work with VoiceOver? If not, what would be >> another good word processing program for school work? >> >> 2. I do remember a while ago that there was a site with Mac apps on it that >> worked well for the blind could I get that site again please >> >> 3. I have a Pacmate braille display will that work on the Mac? >> >> 4. I also have a Enabling Technologies Romeo 25 braille embosser will that >> work on the Mac? >> >> 5. Due to restrictions at college they force me to install Symantec >> Antivirus will there be any problems with that? >> >> 6. Are there any good podcasts, blogs, or any other pages about Voiceover >> and how to use a Mac as a blind person? >> >> -- >> Scott Berry >> Msn: electronicman1...@gmail.com >> Skype me at: scottbb1973 >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> <scottbb1973.vcf> > > -- > 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.
