[macvoiceover] Re: Usability

  • From: Olivia Norman <olivianorman@xxxxxx>
  • To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2010 12:55:51 -0400

Also, congrats on posting about a screen reader you are just learning in 
another language! That takes a lot of skill!
Olivia
On Apr 1, 2010, at 3:44 AM, Jeronimo Schöber wrote:

> Hello,
> slowly I am finding my ways arround Mac OS X.
> Now since I speak German I need to purchase a speech synthesizer. This 
> willcost me about 99 Euro plus vat.
> Currently I am using the demo of Acapellas speech synthesizer.
> The good thing about Mac OSX is that the screen reader comes with it for free.
> However I am  working under Windows and I already have a screen reader 
> working.
> Now would you say Mac OS X is usable at the present 10.6.3 state of 
> development?
> I read about safari being busy and mail crashing etc. etc.
> It is fun to play with OS X but I wonder if it is fun to work with it. I feel 
> that using Safari is harder than using internet explorer with Jaws for 
> example.
> This might be due to my lack of knowledge. I have taken my time to learn how 
> to use Jaws or any screen reader.
> So ... Is it worthwhile spending more than 100 Euros if you already had a 
> working environement?
> Thanks for any thaughts.
> Jeronimo
>    

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