Re: some basic questions about a mac

2012-07-09 Thread Scott Berry
Where do I obtain Louis. I have heard of it but don't remember what web site it's on. On 7/9/2012 06:32, erik burggraaf wrote: Hi, You'll need a serial adapter to get your romeo running on the mac, but then louis will support it for translating and embossing braille. Best, Erik Burggraaf

Re: some basic questions about a mac

2012-07-09 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi Scott. I have a PacMate. It will not work as a direct braille display on the Mac, unless you take the braille display off the PacMate part. This is not true of some note takers where you have different modes. Just take the braille display off, and VoiceOver should immediately recognize it wh

Re: some basic questions about a mac

2012-07-09 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Or, perhaps one could look in the ITunes app store; which, as you may know, features some apps not to be found in the Mac app store. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray On Jul 9, 2012, at 7:43 AM, Daniel McGee wrote: >

Re: some basic questions about a mac

2012-07-09 Thread Ray Foret Jr
And, if you wish an anti virus app, you might give Clamxav a go. Use the version on the site: www.clamxav.com because the version in the app store does not offer the century feature. Microsoft office wil not work on the Mac, but, text edit is a nice and full featured app. Can't ansewr your r

Re: some basic questions about a mac

2012-07-09 Thread Daniel McGee
Hi, or you could use a free word processor called Bean. It is regularly updated as well and through it you can check your word count which is why I was looking for an alternative to text edit which didn't provide the word count feature. Just google Bean and it should be the 1st result. I don't t

Re: some basic questions about a mac

2012-07-09 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi, You'll need a serial adapter to get your romeo running on the mac, but then louis will support it for translating and embossing braille. Best, Erik Burggraaf Introducing Ebony Consulting business card transcription service, starting at $0.45 per card or $35 per hundred cards. Ebony Consulti

Re: some basic questions about a mac

2012-07-08 Thread CJ Daniel
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,

Re: some basic questions about a mac

2012-07-08 Thread Rachel Feinberg
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 ma

some basic questions about a mac

2012-07-08 Thread Scott Berry
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 w