[bksvol-discuss] Re: anyone else using a Mac?
- From: "Donna Goodin" <goodindo@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:08:34 -0400
Hi Mary Anne,
Thanks for this. I have sort of been coming to the same conclusion, but
only hesitated because I wasn't sure whether the problem was the Mac, or
whether it was the fact that I've spent the last 15 years on a Windows
machine. The people on the Mac accessibility lists are real die-hard fans,
and swear that once you get used to it, the Mac's accessibility is much
better than that in Windows.
Getting back to editing,, have you ever used Iwork? I haven't installed it
yet, but wondered if it was any better than text Edit.
BTW, since you do like your Mac so much, you might be interested in one of
the Mac accessibility lists. The one I've been on is MacVoiceOver, it's at
Macvoiceover-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks again,
Donna
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-
> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mary Anne Lynskey
> Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 10:26 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: anyone else using a Mac?
>
> Hi Donna. I would love to be able to use my Mac both for my job as a
> medical transcriptionist and for submitting books. Unfortunately,
> being
> familiar with Voiceover, I am discouraged because the accessibility
> thing is
> not ready for prime time, in my experience. I've tried several word
> processors, best so far being Nisus Writer. But as far as allowing any
> true
> accuracy for the workplace, forget it. Just to mention a few things,
> finding page breaks can not be done easily, and I can't even tell what
> page
> I'm on when I'm typing documents. To me, this is not an acceptable
> definition of accessible, although a lot of people seem satisfied.
> Some of
> the accessibility is there, just enough to torment, but I just don't
> find it
> accessible enough for the real world. I'd lose my job really fast if I
> relied on the Mac in terms of where I am in a document, how long it is
> and
> where page breaks fall, to name only the most obvious shortfalls on
> some
> preliminary attempts to use it.
>
> I'm sorry to be the harbinger of such negative findings, but that is
> how I
> see it. I would absolutely love to give on Windows for the Mac any
> day, but
> it just isn't ready yet.
>
>
> -
> -
> Mary Anne Lynskey
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> when he
> speaks. - Thomas Fuller, 1642
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin
> Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 10:12 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: anyone else using a Mac?
>
> Hmmm. Well, hadn?t really thought about that. :)
>
>
>
> I?m assuming since you answered that you do use a Mac? What word-
> processor
> do you work in to edit files? I tried to use Text Edit today, but I
> couldn?t tell if it was keeping the page breaks.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Donna
>
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cindy
> Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 10:03 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: anyone else using a Mac?
>
>
>
> I assume you want responses from members and not seeing volunteers
> smile
>
> Cindy
>
> Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and
> books-being-scanned list available at sites below
>
>
>
> Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List
>
> Books Being Scanned List:
> https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List
>
> --- On Wed, 7/22/09, Donna Goodin <goodindo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> From: Donna Goodin <goodindo@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] anyone else using a Mac?
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, July 22, 2009, 2:40 PM
>
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> I have been giving some thought to moving from a PC to a Mac
> environment.
> I?ve had a Mac to work with the last week or so, but have mixed
> feelings
> about how it works with bookshare. Anyone else on this list using a
> Mac?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Donna
>
>
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