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Re: Using JAWS with Boot Camp on a Mac

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From: Lucy Greco
Date: Apr 20, 2015 4:18PM

hello: all bvut one of my systems is a mac running bootcamp the only
problem i with it is on my air the wireless drivers are not great and
brake in and out all the time.. in the end i think a mac is the best
hardwair to run windows on smile. the boot camp utillaty is vary
accessable but windows instalations must be done from a clean install
witch means the windows install is not accessible. once you have windows
on the mac and the drivers are all loaded it works great



On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 3:11 PM, Chagnon | PubCom < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> << Is Bootcamp itself accessible? >>
> I don't know for sure.
>
> But with Bootcamp, you set it up once, install Windows and your software
> once, and that's it. You don't have to do anything else after that, other
> than choose to launch Windows or Apple when the computer starts up.
>
> Technically, the user holds down the Option/Alt key when pressing the
> computer's power button, and keeps it down until 2 icons appear, one for
> Mac the other for Windows. Choose the operating system you want and voila!
> You're at your standard Windows or Apple desktop (or login if you have that
> set up).
>
> The only part of this that might not be accessible is when the OS icons
> appear after the computer starts. Since neither OS has launched at that
> time, I doubt a screen reader has also launched to voice out the icons on
> the screen. But then again, maybe a minimized Voice Over is available at
> that point, too.
>
> But this might be easy to overcome. There's really nothing other than the
> 2 icons on the screen, Mac or Windows, and sometimes a third "recovery"
> drive icon. Arrow left/right will select either operating system. The icons
> don't change, so once you know which icon is Windows, which is Mac, you can
> then arrow to the correct icon and launch the appropriate operating system.
> Once the operating system launches, you're at the usual desktop and your
> A.T. should kick in as planned.
>
> RE: mapping the JAWS key, I think that's fixable if indeed it's a problem.
> One solution is to install an external keyboard that has the Windows and
> Mac keys on it to accommodate both operating systems.
>
> --Bevi Chagnon
>
>