Re: introduction and questions about switching to mac

2010-08-22 Thread Sarah Alawami
For me it does not as well. I need to wait about 30 secnd and hit cmd f5 as well. Take care all. Sarah Alawami MSN: marri...@gmail.com aim: marri...@gmail.com: website: http://music.marrie.org youtube: http://youtube.com/marrie125 Podcast: http://marrie.podbean.com On Aug 22, 2010, at 2:17

Re: introduction and questions about switching to mac

2010-08-21 Thread Jude DaShiell
Actually, command-f5 isn't necessary to use when doing a Mac installation. Just put the disk in the drive and turn on the computer and wait a few seconds then VoiceOver comes on automatically and starts asking questions.On Thu, 22 Jul 2010, Chris Moore wrote: You could also consider Nisus

Re: introduction and questions about switching to mac

2010-07-24 Thread Mike Arrigo
I'm sure you will be happy with the switch, I now have 3 macs, and 0 PCs, and while I still need to run windows occasionally, the mac operating system is by far my primary OS On Jul 23, 2010, at 8:49 PM, Greg Aikens wrote: Thanks everyone for your responses. I will check out those podcasts

Re: introduction and questions about switching to mac

2010-07-23 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: I'm a new Mac user, and will never go back to Windows. The things to keep in mind. This isn't Windows, don't learn it as such. VO isn't Jaws, don't learn it as such. I can chat on Googletalk, I do it for work. I use Adium to IM. I use iWork for all word processing, spreadsheet, and

Re: introduction and questions about switching to mac

2010-07-23 Thread Greg Aikens
Thanks everyone for your responses. I will check out those podcasts everyone has recommended. I feel much better with the decision to switch to mac now, especially after Kevin's experience as a graduate student. I'm sure I will have more questions as I go but thanks for the start. -Greg On

Re: introduction and questions about switching to mac

2010-07-22 Thread Chris Moore
You could also consider Nisus Writer Pro as a word processor, and iPal OCR from Humanware is coming to the Mac in September to work in conjunction with their iPal document camera. On 22 Jul 2010, at 04:06, Allison Manzino wrote: Hi Greg, I'm Allison and I'd like to welcome you to the Mac

Re: introduction and questions about switching to mac

2010-07-22 Thread Chris Moore
On the chat side, you can download Adium which will let you connect to MSN, Yahoo, Google, Facebook etc or if you only need GoogleTalk then use the built in iChat program. If you still get stuck with anything you can always install Fusion or use boot camp to run Windows on your Mac. On 22 Jul

Re: introduction and questions about switching to mac

2010-07-22 Thread joseph
hi is abium accessible with voice over? best Chris Moore wrote: On the chat side, you can download Adium which will let you connect to MSN, Yahoo, Google, Facebook etc or if you only need GoogleTalk then use the built in iChat program. If you still get stuck with anything you can always

Re: introduction and questions about switching to mac

2010-07-22 Thread Chris Moore
Yes Adium is accessible and so is Ichat and AOL Instant Messenger, can't speak for other clients On 22 Jul 2010, at 12:34, joseph wrote: hi is abium accessible with voice over? best Chris Moore wrote: On the chat side, you can download Adium which will let you connect to MSN,

Re: introduction and questions about switching to mac

2010-07-22 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi Greg, Adium spelled with a D as in David is accessible with VoiceOver. I think Marrie or Mike Arrigo did a podcast on that. If you would like, I can do a minicast for you taking through some of the Mac's built-in programs. Allison My birds are winged blessings, they help me soar! On Jul

introduction and questions about switching to mac

2010-07-21 Thread Greg Aikens
Hello everyone, I am brand new to the list. I am looking at getting a new computer and have been thinking for a while about getting a mac. I am starting an M.Ed. at Vanderbilt University in Education of the Visually Impaired this fall and my biggest concern is being able to do my schoolwork on the

Re: introduction and questions about switching to mac

2010-07-21 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Greg, There is a definite learning curve associated with moving from Windows to a Mac. there are some podcasts at www.blindcooltech.com, done by Mike Arrigo that may help you get a basic understanding of the Mac and voiceover. there are definitely accessible chat applications, and surfing

Re: introduction and questions about switching to mac

2010-07-21 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi Greg, I'm Allison and I'd like to welcome you to the Mac Visionaries list. I just switched after being a Windows and Window-Eyes user in April. THe learning curve is not too bad. THe Mac comes with the usual setup rocedure. You can enact VoiceOver by pressing command F5 during setup. THis

Re: introduction and questions about switching to mac

2010-07-21 Thread Kevin Shaw
HI there, For someone who has just finished a Master's degree, I can honestly say that a Mac was well worth the money and investment. I just wrote my 31-page Master's thesis in Pages and had few issues with creating a table of contents, pagination and document markup. iWork and OpenOffice.org