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 > "Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower", Steve Jobs