[mac4theblind] Re: Advice please.
- From: John Panarese <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:37:54 -0400
Just to add to what others have said, Mac OS 10.4 Tiger was the first
generation of VoiceOver on the Mac. Being the earliest stage of the product,
it is considerably lacking compared to what we have in Snow Leopard. It can be
a little frustrating to use, particularly on the internet, since it lacks a lot
of the navigation commands available in the Leopard and Snow Leopard versions
of VoiceOver. Also, you do not have Alex as the voice and, instead, have
earlier versions of the Apple voices such as Fred, Vicki and Bruce.
Additionally, the track pads on the most recent Mac laptops were not
available on the mode you mention. You would need a model that was released in
the last couple of years and one that also runs 10.6 Snow Leopard to have the
gestures available to you.
Nevertheless, if this model is a really good deal for you, at the very
least, you can get an upgrade disk to Leopard and have better access than in
Tiger. It won't be the "latest" version of VoiceOver, but it would be good
enough to get you acclimated until you could afford to buy a newer computer.
Feel free to look at my website,
http://www.macfortheblind.com
under the resources and then documentation section. I have placed material
pertaining to Tiger, Leopard and Snow Leopard in a few different formats, as
well as manuals for various iOS devices in RTF format.
Take Care
John D. Panarese
Director
Mac for the Blind
john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.macfortheblind.com
AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE
MAC VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT
On Mar 31, 2011, at 7:48 AM, S G Ray wrote:
> Hi everyone,,
> I am a recent convert to the iphone which I find amazingly accessible, so I
> thought I may switch allegiance from my PC to an Apple Mac computer..
> I have seen a second hand Mac Book laptop with a 1.33Ghz G4 processor and
> 1Gb of memory. It is running OS 10.4.
> I thought this machine might be a good introduction for me to the world of
> the Mac without spending lots of money on a new
> machine until I know it is suitable for me.
> My questions are
>
> 1. Will this Mac Book have the multi gesture touch pad?
> 2. Will voiceover be available on OS 10.4?
>
> Any other comments or advice would be appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Steve.
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