[gui-talk] Does this sound like the right page? was Mac desktopsand laptops

Sun Oct 4 02:19:58 UTC 2009

Hi Gerardo,

It looks different but it must be the same link that Wayne provided in his 
reply to me. There wasn't really any need to Google it, actually, even 
though he said he wasn't sure it was correct. I clicked on it and, voila! 
that was it, all right.

Thanks,
joel
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gerardo Corripio" <gera1027 at gmail.com>
To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 6:28 PM
Subject: [gui-talk] Does this sound like the right page? was Mac desktopsand 
laptops

Hi guys: I went to google and did a search for mac Vissionaries and came up
with the site
http://atmac.org/?s=visionaries
Gerardo
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joel Deutsch" <jdeutsch at dslextreme.com>
To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 7:41 PM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Mac desktops and laptops

> But no normal, easy-to-use, conversational mailing list, like this one and
> the JFW list?
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Wayne Merritt" <wcmerritt at gmail.com>
> To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 4:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Mac desktops and laptops
>
>
> There are several sites for blind Mac users, one of which is called
> Mac Visionaries. Not sure of the address, but probably something like:
> www.macvisionaries.com
>
> Good luck,
> Wayne
>
> On 10/3/09, Joel Deutsch <jdeutsch at dslextreme.com> wrote:
>> Warning, long post. Perfectly readable, though, unless you're in an awful
>> hurry. Just took me a while to get to my main informational question. I'm
>> just feeling conversational today. So consider yourselves warned. Thanks.
>>
>> Special request to Andy Barraco: Even if you are not in a reading mood,
>> please down arrow undtil you hear something about Mac mailing lists,
>> please?
>> Thanks.
>>
>> As the holidays approach, I'm still thinking of getting myself a laptop
>> to
>> complement or even to replace my destop Dell PC. The choice of which has
>> to
>> do with factors, at least for me, like whether or not it's got a normal
>> or
>> close-to-normal size keyboard I write a *lot*)  , a competent up-to-date
>> microprocessor, sufficient RAM (2 megs would suit me fine with a PC-type
>> product; I don't know how you evaluate this need with a Mac product), and
>> a
>> serviceably-sized hard drive. My computer use is limited mostly to the
>> basics like word processing, Web surfing and email, so the nowadays
>> paltry-sounding 160 gigs or just a bit more would probably be enough.
>> yes,
>> I
>> do keep some music files on my computer, and they take up space. But so
>> let's say 250 Gigs would be good enough, then. If I didn't raise the ante
>> on
>> hard drive space a little, Al Briffith would give me a hard time, I
>> think.
>>
>> Okay. So I can stay alert for possible Windows laptops that might suit my
>> purpose, enough of a workhouse to sit on my desk a lot of the time, but
>> portable enough to put on my lap if I must travel or find myself
>> bedridden,
>> Heaven forbid. Just being facetious, I'm afraid. I do have some health
>> issues that have found me painfully separated from my computer.
>>
>> Which means I'm a little skeptical of a Windows biggie like one of the
>> well
>> reviewed Toshiba studio models that weighs in around ten pounds and is a
>> bit
>> large.
>>
>> Enough babbling about Windows machines, though. I've looked up Mac
>> laptops
>> and have the idea that there's a nice range of sizes and capabilities to
>> choose from, and although I'm a longtime Jaws user and still have credits
>> left on my SMA, that alone wouldn't keep me loyal to PC's if I really
>> believed I could learn to use Mac with voice over and get  underway
>> pretty
>> quickly, which Andy Barraco seems to believe is the way it could go.
>>
>> So what I want to know (finally, he says! Whew!) is And or anyone else
>> who
>> knows, are there tech support mailing lists dedicated to blind people
>> using
>> Mac with Voice Over, the way there is a JFW list or two? That would be
>> ever
>> so encouraging. I mean, Andy, you have said there's a blind Mac guru here
>> in
>> Los Angeles, but I never needed to call on anyone over the years of using
>> Jaws. I just had to learn from the basic training tapes (long time ago,
>> this
>> was) and then, besides being willing to go into the Help now and then,
>> could
>> always turn to the JFW list or even this list.
>>
>> But I never hear anything about such online casual and personal resources
>> for blind Mac users. Please set me straight.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Joel
>>
>>
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