[gui-talk] Voiceover

Tue Jul 28 10:48:01 UTC 2009

Voice Over cannot run on a Windows-based PC, because Apple has long refused 
to license its software to other companies.

Gerald
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "albert griffith" <albertgriffith at sbcglobal.net>
To: "'NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List'" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 10:22 PM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Voiceover

> In an earlier post someone said there were programs to allow Windows to 
> run
> on a Mac so I wanted to know if there were similar utilities to allow
> Voiceover to run on Windows.  I hope this is more clear.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Chris G
> Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 8:44 PM
> To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Voiceover
>
> Hi,
> VoiceOver only works on the Mac os.  Not windows.
>
> You can run windows on a Mac, but you must have a windows screen
> reader when running under windows.
>
> Chris
>
> On Jul 27, 2009, at 8:28 PM, albert griffith wrote:
>
>> Am I correct in assuming voiceover can be run on Windows?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-
>> bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Baracco, Andrew W
>> Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 2:54 PM
>> To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Voiceover
>>
>> Because Mac's now use the Intel chipset, Windows can be run on the
>> Mac.
>> There is a program called Fusion which allows you to run Windows in a
>> separate window with your Windows screen reader.  Also, there is a
>> dual
>> boot utility called Bootcamp. Apple offers tools to read PDF
>> documents,
>> and Open Office runs on the Mac, and works quite well with Voiceover.
>> Andy
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>> On Behalf Of albert griffith
>> Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 4:05 PM
>> To: 'NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List'
>> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Voiceover
>>
>> 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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