[gui-talk] Voiceover

[Mike Arrigo]

Hi. Allow me to answer your question about each type of program. First  
the office suite. Microsoft Office is not accessible on the mac,  
however there are 2 alternatives. Open Office version 3 for the mac is  
accessible with voice over, so is Apple's office suite, i work version  
9. Both of these suites will open and save Microsoft Office files. The  
word processor that comes with the mac, called text edit, will open  
and save Microsoft Word files, even version 2007.
For playing and ripping media, there are several choices. Itunes will  
play CDS, as well as rip them to your hard drive. It can also play  
streaming media. There are also 2 other players that I know of. Quick  
time will play several media types, and there is a plug in you can  
install that will allow quick time to play windows media files as well  
as windows media streams. Another player worth considering is the vlc  
player. This plays windows media as well as .ogg files.
Adobe reader is not needed on the mac, there is a program included  
with the mac called preview. This will open pdf files, and you can  
start reading right away, no waiting for the document to be prepared  
for reading.
For the web, the safari browser works great, and you have access to  
much of the same functions such as moving by link heading, etc. There  
is also no forms mode to worry about, just move to the control and  
start typing, works very well. Let me know if you are concerned about  
any other applications.
On Jul 25, 2009, at 6:04 PM, albert griffith wrote:

> Hello Curtis:
> If someone needs to access, Ms. Office, a media player to rip, burn,
> organize and play files along with managing place markers in a wide  
> range of
> file types
> will the voiceover work? This person has to access the acrobat  
> reader, an
> instant messenger and an internet browser.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk- 
> bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Curtis Chong
> Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 5:56 PM
> To: 'NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List'
> Subject: [gui-talk] Voiceover
>
> On July 25, 2009, Kevin Fjelsted wrote in relevant part:
>
> "The fact that the NFB technology center chooses to publish  
> inaccuracies and
> propaganda which is so misleading must mean that the existing  
> companies like
> Freedom Scientific are running scared and trying to rally resources  
> to quash
> VoiceOver usage."
>
> Having managed the International Braille and Technology Center for  
> five
> years, I think I can say with some credibility that the Braille  
> Monitor
> article which Kevin refers to was not intended to be deliberately
> inaccurate.  Nor was it intended to (as he says) "quash VoiceOver  
> usage."
>
> The article that was published in the June edition of the Braille  
> Monitor
> was clearly written from the perspective of a community which, in  
> the main,
> has strong familiarity with the Windows operating system, Windows- 
> based
> screen access technology, and Windows conventions.  Having read the  
> article
> myself and reviewed some of the responses to it, I would acknowledge  
> that
> the article can be said to contain some inaccuracies and erroneous
> conclusions.  However, the perspective of the author, while not that  
> of a
> VoiceOver user, is reflective of the majority of blind computer  
> users who,
> today, are familiar with Windows.  Clearly, the author of the  
> article was
> not aware that there is a very dedicated community of blind people  
> who have
> developed a high degree of understanding, competence, and  
> sophistication
> with VoiceOver and the Macintosh.  The article would have been well  
> served
> if the author had been able to talk with some of these people.
>
> This may have been the case when the article was written, but I am  
> confident
> that the voices of the Macintosh and VoiceOver community have been  
> heard and
> are even now being consulted.
>
> Cordially,
>
> Curtis Chong
>
>
>
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