Hi Tom;
I can answer part of your question.  The mac operating system comes with a 
speech program which will supposedly allow you to perform many tasks via 
speech. As for the k1000 and file sharing I will leave those to some with 
more experience.
Richard
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From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 9:33 AM
Subject: switching from windows to mac


Hi, all.

I know I'm about to show my ignorance, or shalle we say, lack of knowledge
here, but figure I'm among friends and still have the ability to learn, so
here goes:

Probably within the next year, we are going to need a new PC for the house
here, and I'm seriously thinking of a mac, rather than going through the
pain of making the switch to Vista, as yet another windows-based operating
system.

My problem, though, is that the University where I teach still insists on
Windows, which means that my office PC would be a windows machine, while the
home machine would be a mac.

I know there are programs that allow you to swap files between windows and
mac machines, so that probably could be worked around.

My main questions, though, are with regard to adaptive technology.

1.  Does Jaws have the ability to work with macs, and if so, would I need a
completely separate program and user license for that, in addition to the
windows-based Jaws I'd still be using at the office?

2.  Do programs like Duxbury and the K1000 have the ability to work with
macs, and would I be looking at separate programs and licenses there too?

The new computer purchase for home is still about a year away, so I have
some time to think about things here, but I guess it's never too late to
start thinking about what's best.

If you don't want to clutter up the list with replies to these questions,
feel free to e-mail me off list at:

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Thanks as always for your help.

73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ