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

Sun Oct 4 02:22:11 UTC 2009

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but as I said in the post to which you seem to be replying, there isn't any 
mailing list, in the normal sense. Just a Web group and Web-based forum. 
Fine, of course, although I don't use those things myself. What I was 
curious about wasn't a Web site or a group per se, but a mailing list, 
whether or not hosted by a group.

Thank you very much.
I didn't ----- 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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