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From: Jennifer Sutton
Date: May 22, 2016 7:19PM

It is absolutely possible to use NVDA and/or JAWS on the Mac. I'll leave
whether it's best to use it with Fusion, Parallels, or Bootcamp up to
those who have assessed that more recently than I have.


It's my sense that Fusion may be the most stable, and in order to run
Windows 10, it's my understanding that you'd need Fusion 8.


See some links to resources about how to remap the keyboard, below my
name. Even if specific info is out-of-date, it's my feeling that
concepts will apply.


Best,

Jennifer



How to map your Mac's CapsLock key to a NVDA or JAWS key in a Windows
virtual machine Marco's Accessibility Blog
https://www.marcozehe.de/2015/06/07/how-to-map-your-macs-capslock-key-to-a-nvda-or-jaws-key-in-a-windows-virtual-machine/

INSERT key usage in Windows on a Mac The Paciello Group Blog:
http://blog.paciellogroup.com/2013/08/insert-key-usage-in-windows-on-a-mac/

New & Updated Remapping the Keys on your Mac's Keyboard to Enhance the
(...) (podcast)
http://www.applevis.com/podcast/episodes/new-updated-remapping-keys-your-macs-keyboard-enhance-voiceover-experience

Running Windows under VMWare Fusion Remapping your Keyboard to Create (...)
http://www.applevis.com/guides/mac-apps/running-windows-under-vmware-fusion-remapping-your-keyboard-create-insert-key


On 5/22/2016 5:14 PM, Dominic Capuano (gmail) wrote:
> Elizabeth;
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> Regarding Mac emulation of Windows it has been my experience that this does not work very well. Emulation is difficult to set up and very unreliable, (it crashes a lot). You also cannot use NVDA or JAWS as the MAC keyboard is not mapped in the same way, (there is no insert key on the MAC keyboard).
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> It would be more cost effective for you to buy a mid-priced Windows machine than take the time to do emulation.
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> Dominic Capuano
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