I would like to add my thoughts to David's. As an instructor of both windows and Mac what I find is once a person learns the language of Voiceover (terms and what they mean) and also learn how to use the variety of built in tools that are provided using the web makes more sense and is actually easier over time. The more a person uses voiceover the easier it becomes. Also, the tools provided are global and not application specific. So, once a person learns voiceover all applications that Voiceover will work with are accessible and easy to use.
On Aug 5, 2008, at 8:28 AM, David Poehlman wrote:
we don't have opinions but fact.If you can learn to use jaws, learning VoiceOver is loads simpler. It does not hold your hand like JAWS does, but it is much more stable and providesfor the Mac os Superior access to what JAWS provides for windows and Iinclude all when I say JAWS. I should ad though that many of the apps you want to use like ms office and the windows audio tools you are used to will not be available but there are suitable replacements for most if not all of the apps you want to use. VoiceOver has a different approach to interactingwith the os. Instead of assuming someone does not know how to use acomputer and making it "*<easy*>" for them, It allows one to interact with the os as if they were not using anything different. Does this mean a bit more work in some cases? Yes. Does it mean that we don't have equivalentaccess? no. ----- Original Message ----- From: "jim mcauslan" <axdr89@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 8:04 AM Subject: [macvoiceover] mac v. pc Hi List,I have very recently come across the VoiceOver screen reader which I may have to use for part time work purposes. The very quick demo that I had impressed me greatly but all my mates use jaws with their pc, as I do. They all say that VoiceOver might be ok, but isn't anywhere as powerful and orflexible as screen readers such as jaws. Would be interested in youropinions, especially you guys who are using VoiceOver for pro audio work.Lookk forward to your comments Jim McAuslan from sunny FindhornClick on the link below to go to our homepage. http://www.icanworkthisthing.comManage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below.//www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceoverClick on the link below to go to our homepage. http://www.icanworkthisthing.comManage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below.//www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover
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