Re: Microsoft Office 2011 period

2010-10-30 Thread Les Kriegler
Hi Carolyn and Heather, Well, I work for Vocational Rehab in New York, and in my office, we've purchased a few Macs and iPads thus far. Mostly for Low Vision Users, but believe me, if a VO user's request came across my desk, and the justification was there, I'd approve it in an instant. Les

Re: Microsoft Office 2011 period

2010-10-30 Thread Les Kriegler
Hi Heather, In our state, Macs are much cheaper than PC's based on our contract we have, so we're amenable to purchasing Macs as long as the consumer in question can do what he or she needs to do in relation to their vocational goal. Les -- You received this message because you are

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2010-10-29 Thread Ryan Mann
Are you sure that was the correct link for the ruby-doc.zip file? I tried it and got a 404 error. Thanks. On Oct 26, 2010, at 7:54 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote: Am I writing to a puzzle freak? Because if you really enjoy puzzles I'll make a couple suggestions which will enable you to stick a

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2010-10-28 Thread Scott Granados
It's not just rehab, welcome to dealing with the government. This is why spending money on governmental programs and taxation in general for the most part is an absolute waste. On Oct 27, 2010, at 7:15 PM, heather kd5cbl wrote: Texas, there never in the office always in training and they get

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2010-10-27 Thread Eric Oyen
I have one word for that: SWEET! I wish I had one of those. -Eric On Oct 26, 2010, at 10:34 PM, Joshua Loya wrote: I will outline my strategy in a later email. As far as the particular Mac I have... 15 MacBook Pro w/ I7 processor and 8 GB RAM and 7200 RPM 500 GB hard drive Sent

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2010-10-27 Thread Rob Lambert
I just wanted to say I think it's wonderful that rehab agencies are finally getting away from Windows, and are opening up to the Mac. This was needed for the past three years. On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 11:39 PM, Eric Oyen eric.o...@gmail.com wrote: I have one word for that: SWEET! I wish I

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2010-10-27 Thread Joshua Loya
Heppe here: Powerful! Regards, Cheree Heppe - Original Message - From: Joshua Loya jloy...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 22:34 Subject: Re: Macs and Rehab agenciesRe: Microsoft Office 2011 period I will outline my

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2010-10-27 Thread Joshua Loya
It wasn't easy. Towards the end of the process, wen I thought everything had ben settled, my counselor spoke to somebody in the AT industry who told him that very few blind people use Macs and that they're not particularly accessible. It took about twenty minutes on the phone to set him

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2010-10-27 Thread Scott Granados
: Microsoft Office 2011 period Heather: I share your prospective. I just met with a rehab counsellor who insists that there's really no place for the Mac in the work world. (she also insists that since I'm doing ok with my Mac, I don't need a braille display. Guess that's what I get for trying

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2010-10-27 Thread Scott Granados
It's a pretty great setup you have there. I have the same basic setup but on the 17 inch with the 500GB SSD drive instead of the 7200 RPM traditional. Being able to run virtual machines like that is the bees knees. I also find cracking WEP keys is pretty easy.:) Love having that many cores.

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2010-10-27 Thread Eric Oyen
be careful. some people don't like war drivers. :) yeah, having a mainframe in your lap is definitely worth the money. I have a dual core desktop unit here and I really wish I had 6 more cores. -Eric On Oct 27, 2010, at 11:54 AM, Scott Granados wrote: It's a pretty great setup you have

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2010-10-27 Thread Jude DaShiell
as where you live? Scott -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Carolyn Haas Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 6:38 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Cc: Carolyn Haas Subject: Re: Microsoft Office 2011 period Heather

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2010-10-27 Thread heather kd5cbl
Texas, there never in the office always in training and they get four day work weeks. They spend loads of money on mass mailouts that never arrive on time, usually after the fact. So I guess they have not heard of this little thing called, e-mail. I am starting to believe that because, mine

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2010-10-27 Thread Julie Russell
: Microsoft Office 2011 period Heather: I share your prospective. I just met with a rehab counsellor who insists that there's really no place for the Mac in the work world. (she also insists that since I'm doing ok with my Mac, I don't need a braille display. Guess that's what I get for trying

Microsoft Office 2011 period

2010-10-26 Thread heather kd5cbl
Bill is responsible for that robot they call narrator and he claims windows is accessible. While our friends at Apple, actually have a real screenreader built in to their system. So, Bill is not doing anyone any favors by making us, windows users, go out an by screenreaders worth more than

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2010-10-26 Thread Scott Howell
Hey guys I am no fan of Microsoft, but you can't blame Bill any longer. Remember he is off saving the world with Melinda while some other clown runs the show and doesn't make office accessible on the Mac. :) On Oct 26, 2010, at 5:12 PM, heather kd5cbl wrote: Bill is responsible for that robot

Re: Microsoft Office 2011 period

2010-10-26 Thread Scott Granados
Unm it's not Bill's fault though. A big part of the reason that Microsoft doesn't have native accessibility is the way a subset of the blind community handled accessibility and MS years back. There were a whole series of payoffs and backroom dealings that took place on behalf of some

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2010-10-26 Thread heather kd5cbl
AH yes, it sounds like an episode of Alex Jones, woe! Heather -- 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

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2010-10-26 Thread ISAAC OBIE
@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 5:55 PM Subject: Re: Microsoft Office 2011 period Unm it's not Bill's fault though. A big part of the reason that Microsoft doesn't have native accessibility is the way a subset of the blind community handled accessibility and MS years back. There were

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2010-10-26 Thread Carolyn Haas
Heather: I share your prospective. I just met with a rehab counsellor who insists that there's really no place for the Mac in the work world. (she also insists that since I'm doing ok with my Mac, I don't need a braille display. Guess that's what I get for trying topfunction and be a part

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2010-10-26 Thread Scott Ford
Office 2011 period Heather: I share your prospective. I just met with a rehab counsellor who insists that there's really no place for the Mac in the work world. (she also insists that since I'm doing ok with my Mac, I don't need a braille display. Guess that's what I get for trying topfunction

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2010-10-26 Thread Jude DaShiell
Am I writing to a puzzle freak? Because if you really enjoy puzzles I'll make a couple suggestions which will enable you to stick a fork in that counsellor. The ruby scripting language is available for the mac probably in the development tree. I installed the development tree but the mac

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2010-10-26 Thread Carolyn Haas
? Scott -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Carolyn Haas Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 6:38 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Cc: Carolyn Haas Subject: Re: Microsoft Office 2011 period Heather: I

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2010-10-26 Thread Joshua Loya
[mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Carolyn Haas Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 6:38 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Cc: Carolyn Haas Subject: Re: Microsoft Office 2011 period Heather: I share your prospective. I just met with a rehab counsellor who insists

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2010-10-26 Thread Cheree Heppe
) Regards, Cheree Heppe - Original Message - From: Joshua Loya jloy...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 21:26 Subject: Macs and Rehab agenciesRe: Microsoft Office 2011 period Hello all, I suppose I should count myself very fortunate. It took

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2010-10-26 Thread heather kd5cbl
Ah, Denver, great city and great transit system. I wish I could go to Denver, I miss the mountain man knocking at my door. The best coffee shop by Walmart in Englewood. Heather -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to

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2010-10-26 Thread Joshua Loya
- Original Message - From: Joshua Loya jloy...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 21:26 Subject: Macs and Rehab agenciesRe: Microsoft Office 2011 period Hello all, I suppose I should count myself very fortunate. It took a lot of work on my

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2010-10-26 Thread Cheree Heppe
Cheree Heppe here: Powerful! Regards, Cheree Heppe - Original Message - From: Joshua Loya jloy...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 22:34 Subject: Re: Macs and Rehab agenciesRe: Microsoft Office 2011 period I will outline my strategy