RE: Jaws and the McIntosh Computer

  • From: "George B" <gbmagoo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:37:15 -0700

Well because if you have things that will only run with windows like open
book 9 and onmie page 17, well you get the idea

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Cy Selfridge
> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 15:27
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: Jaws and the McIntosh Computer
> 
> Hi,
> I have intended to ask this for some time - but - why on Earth would
> you
> want to ruin a perfectly good computer and operating system by
> burdening it
> with Windows and JAWS?
> If I go to a MAC it is because I have had it up to here (about a foot
> over
> my head) with Winderz, mysterious resetting of my various settings
> thanks to
> wonderful Winderz updates and not being able to find what my sighted
> peers
> are seeing on the screen and also having my wife ask "What on earth are
> you
> reading? There is nothing on the screen which even remotely looks like
> that?" thanks to JAWS.
> It would be so nice to ask "What does this mean?" and have your
> friendly
> Sightling actually see what you are asking about.
> Just my thoughts. Oh yes, the reason I have not gone to Mac is because
> I am
> too damned lazy.
> Cy, The Anasazi
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf
> Of mostafa almahdy
> Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 10:10 PM
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Jaws and the McIntosh Computer
> 
> Victoria:
> You certainly do not need to , it is completely accessible to  cope
> within the visually impairment demands , and JAWS is precise to the
> windows operating system in particular , even that's brilliantly
> recognized on it's entitlement:
> JAWS for windows , isn't it?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 3/15/11, Joseph Lee <joseph.lee22590@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Will not work, sorry.  They were built for two different OS's,
> > and the format of JAWS program is different from something that
> > Mac cannot read.
> > Cheers,
> > Joseph
> >
> >  ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Victoria E.  Gilkerson" <gilkerson2730@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Date sent: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:26:30 -0500
> > Subject: Jaws and the McIntosh Computer
> >
> > Has anyone ever used jaws with the MacIntosh computer?  I have
> > heard that
> > they have something called "voice over" which is supposed to be
> > built into
> > the product, meaning you don't need sighted assistance to set it
> > up that
> > it's there right out of the box, but I wondered about using jaws
> > on the
> > mack.  Has anyone ever done that?
> >
> > Victoria
> >
> >
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