The question to ask yourself is, why am I considering switching to a Mac? Like you, I am a K1000 user and also a Window Eyes user.I'm not a power user of Word either, but I love the simplicity of printing directly to my Index embosser from within Word just by accessing the Duxbury item in Word's menu and embossing directly from there. No hassle. No 3 programs to switch among and mess with. As was mentioned, Duxbury is apparently working on a Mac version of their program. What will its capability and accessibility be, especially since Word on the Mac is inaccessible? Will it work with Text Edit or Pages? Nobody knows, but one thing we do know: it won't be free. And you already own the Windows version.
I don't know how many of the K1000 features you take advantage of. But I can say without doubt that there is no equivalent on the Mac side. There are solutions, and one or another might meet your needs, depending on what those are. But since you've already paid the money for K1000, what prompts you to want to switch? You could consider running Windows on a Mac, either via bootcamp, the solution I chose, or via VMWare Fusion. I bought my Mac 4 years ago with the hope that, by the time my Windows xp machine had to go, scanning and word processing and embossing would have matured to the level they are on Windows for blind users. Such is not the case, which is why I am sticking with Windows for some things. If you are not one of the "I hate Microsoft" ideologs, who want to use a Mac because they can and because they just plain don't like MS, then consider carefully before you decide to take on a whole new os with its attendant learning curve. If you're moving to a Mac because you will save money on screen readers, consider that the machine alone is liable to cost you more than a pc, and that you could put that savings towards the cost of keeping up your screen reader subscription, or you could try the NVDA screen reader, which is free and quite good for lots of things. I'm not saying Macs are bad. I'm not saying they're not a good solution for somebody who doesn't have an investment in Windows applications that are specialized, like K1000 and a screen reader. I'm just suggesting that you should analyze your needs and why you are considering the switch. I love the Apple mail program. I can't compare it with Outlook Express, because I never used that program. Good luck with the decision.\ \ Mary Mary Otten motte...@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.
