Hi Ian,
simple reason is that Microsoft architecture is so cumbersome and unreliable and we had heard that Mac are starting to support access solutions so we wanted to hear if anyone had had good experiences yet. Mac engineering is neat, simple and reliable - right down to the cardboard boxes they come in - so we feel that once they have taken equal access on board it will be fundamentally better than Windows versions. All the way back to Win 3.1 I have spent as much time formatting and re-installing computers for my daughter as actually using them because Microsoft manage to build so many bugs into their software and then attract every hacker on the planet to launch viruses at them.
Vin
On 4 Feb 2010, at 19:55, Ian Webb wrote:
> My question is why a Mac? This would not be not an upgrade, just more expense.
> Macs are very poor at accessibility solutions. Whilst I agree they have a nice look
> about them, PCs are better tools at half the price.
>
> All the best
>
> Ian
>
> Quoting Vin West <[log in to unmask]>:
>
>> Hi,
>> my daughter currently uses Keystone and Dragon Naturally Speaking on her
>> Windows laptop and we are looking at the possibility of upgrading her to a
>> Mac.
>> Does anyone have experience of using any Mac speech access software?
>> My daughter does not have access to the keyboard nor can she see the screen
>> so she needs both speech access and synthesised speech output and the
> output
>> needs to be automatic so that it reads back each word or phrase to her
>> without needing a keystroke or mouse input.
>> Many thanks in advance.
>>
>> Vin
>>
>>
>>
>> Vin West
>> Secretary Arfon Access Group
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