[blindkid] Why JAWS?

[Arielle Silverman]

I bought my netbook in 2009 and before I did, I asked a bunch of
people if I needed to get a certain amount of memory in order to run
JAWS. I was told that any of the newer models being made in 2009 were
able to run JAWS. I bought an Acer Aspire One netbook and have had no
problems with JAWS. Sometimes JAWS gets a little sluggish but that
happens on my laptop too. I don't know how much RAM my current netbook
has but I imagine that anything being made now or in the past year or
two should be fine.
Arielle

On 3/6/13, b&s <lanesims at gmail.com> wrote:
> I absolutely agree with Jim's expression of "Grrrr," as it applies to the
> notion that cost should not be an issue in a blind kid getting their
> educational needs met…I also shouldn't know more about blind technology than
> the TVI at this phase, but I do - which isn't saying much for either of us.
> However, this is the situation we seem to have. I have to educate myself so
> that I can then educate the TVI on what's appropriate and when.
>
> With that said, I am keenly aware that we can only take on a certain number
> of learning projects at a time. I think it may be overload for Emilia to
> learn a notetaker and JAWS/computer and do regular schoolwork and work on
> increasing braille reading speed. Do kids really manage all this at the same
> time? My thought has been that I'm willing to go with a phase in approach -
> My impression from the comments so far is that maybe JAWS/computer with
> braille display might take first priority, then notetaker once she's
> cruising on the computer. Brandon
>
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