[access-uk] Re: Accessibility of Tiger OS
- From: "Adrian Higginbotham" <adrian.higginbotham@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 11:48:06 -0000
Phil - the site to watch is http://www.macvisionaries.com// interestingly Mac
Journal is one of the two 3rd party apps the site details as having good
accessibility. for the record my previous comments were based on attending the
Techshare pre conference workshop half day session in November of last year.
Cheers
Adrian Higginbotham
Accessibility and inclusion adviser
British Educational Communications and Technology Agency - BECTA
Tel: Direct dial 024 7679 7333 - Internal extension #2287
Email: Adrian.Higginbotham@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Web: http://www.becta.org.uk/
BECTA, Millburn Hill Road, Science Park, Coventry, CV4 7JJ
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Phil Stephenson
Sent: 06 March 2006 10:47
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Accessibility of Tiger OS
Thanks Ray & Adrian,
Sounds like it's still early days as yes I would be wanting to use stuff like
Office etc but worth keeping a watch on. Might well hunt out that blind apple
list as well as more info on the Apple mini.Would still like to hear from
anyone else out there using Apple & voiceover screen reader successfully.
part of instigator for this enquiry was wanting to get hold of some journaling
software (you know women keep a diary, men keep a journal!). I've had a couple
of friends recommend Mac journal hence question re Mac's but so far nothing on
windows based. Yes I've done a Google but as with most things throws up lots
of options so before I start ploughing through them I thought I'd ask if anyone
else using anything. Yes I do keep one in Word but it's starting to get
unwieldy and so was wondering about using specific software.
Cheers, good to be back on list!!
Phil
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Ray's Home
Sent: 06 March 2006 10:21
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Accessibility of Tiger OS
No worries about the capslock Phil!
I've come across a guy on another list using the Mac with Tiger and screen
reader. he's become visually impaired fairly recently and I think it might
have been that his wife chose the computer for its looks, as women tend to do,
(smile). Anyway, he seems to be getting on quite well as he regularly comes
onto the mail list and does a fair bit of internet work too. I hear Safari,
which is Apple browser is much better than it used to be for accessability.
Not so though with all the Apple programs I'm led to understand.
Someone else who bought a Mac recently was Andrew Hodgson who we don't here so
much of on this llist now, but it might be worth emailing him for his thoughts
on it, learning curve, it usefulness and so on. I believe he bought the Apple
Mini which you can buy without a monitor or keyboard for £350.00-400 .00. It's
very very small being little bigger than a CD in its width/depth measurements,
and maybe 2" thick. It has good connectivity, and reasonalble power. Some
folks are running audio applications on it. Of course it comes with OSX Tiger
with the bundled screen reader. That's not a bad price to pay for getting into
Mac computing if that's where you want to be headed.
Its early days yet for the Apple screen reader and one can reasonably hope
things will get better as the OS and screen reader are updated. Don't forget
too that the Apple does come with some screen magnification features too.
I don't know what support is like, but there is at least one email list of
blind Apple users you might search out.
HTH.
Ray
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mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: Phil Stephenson <mailto:philstep72@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Yup, have had a couple of total Mac fans raving about using apple
mac'S. I CURRENTLY USE WIN xp PRO WITH jaws 7 AND AM NOT UNHAPPY BUT I DID USE
A MAC SOME 10 YEARS OR SO AGO WHEN I COULD USE SCREEN-ENLARGEMNET SOFTWARE. so
MY QUESTION IS A GENREAL ONE AT THIS STAGE, ANYONE OUT THERE USING A Mac AND IF
SO HOW DO THEY FIND THE ACCESSIBILITY OF tiger AND THE RANGE OF Mac programs
available. Yeah I know any switch would require a lot of dosh but that's not
my key question at this stage.
Hopefully I won't be shot simply for even suggesting the switch from
windows to Mac!!
Look forward to receiving your comments,
cheers,
Phil
p.s. sorry about the caps lock being on for part of this!!!
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