hmmmm refit manager is that something extra I half to by or can apple add it on for me? Also since I'm going to be installing windows with jaws, and jaws can be configured to the log screen would that do the trick?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Hall" <mehg...@gmail.com> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2013 3:46 PM Subject: Re: Fusion boot camp or parallel Voiceover cannot speak on the boot screen since it is not loaded yet. Apple would have to add some form of speech into BIOS, which would be difficult to impossible. You can do what I did, though: install the Refit Boot Manager, letting you press m for mac or w for windows when you boot the machine. On Jun 16, 2013, at 11:20 AM, zoe <fiog...@rogers.com> wrote: > Oh thanks so much, good to know I won't have problems with jaws. As I > said > the man at the apple store actually suggested parallel but if fusion does > the trick and most people seem to like it I guess maybe that's the way to > go > especially if I'm going to be asking for advice on the use of the program. > The man at the store thought parallel was a better choice but didn't state > the reasons why. Don't mean to be repetative but can apple configure > voiceover for me when shipping the imac to me to start up automatically? > Also if using fusion will voiceover speak on the log screen to help me > navigate weather I want to boot mac or windows? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nicholas Parsons" <mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2013 10:51 AM > Subject: Re: Fusion boot camp or parallel > > > Yes, you can install JAWS or any other screen reader on the Windows part > of > your Mac. It doesn't matter whether it's running as a duel installation > (i.e. bootcamp) or as a virtual machine (e.g. VM Fusion). > > I am curious if any of these people who keep saying parallels is > inaccessible have actually tried using it lately, or whether they are just > passing along old hearsay that might now be obselete. I think Alex at > least > mentioned that he hadn't used it lately and things might have changed. I > was > told fairly recently that Parallels was accessible with JAWS, but that > there > was some problem with the JAWS key which is typically the insert key by > default. I've never tried installing Windows on my Mac in any form though > so > I don't know. I'm just worried though that this might be one of those > accessibility rumours that gets propogated longer than it should because > of > course no one tests the thing anymore because they are told it's not > accessible. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) mehg...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
