[blindkid] school help-life help

Dr. Denise M Robinson deniserob at gmail.com
Fri Sep 11 12:49:15 UTC 2015


Hoping your school year is off to a great start--here is a little help
along the way


Are you looking for an OCR that works like Openbook or Kurzweil? Try out
this great new feature in Google: OCR in Google --translate images into
text easily
<http://www.yourtechvision.com/content/ocr-google-translate-images-text-easily-free>



Off this Google magic is also access for math images now: Math done
perfectly in Google Docs and Jaws16--speaks even the images
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKGaIgoSnjc>





Needing to learn a foreign language or looking for support for a child
coming in that needs to learn English? Watch this magic: Learning a Foreign
Language-Google translate and a great language synthesizer
<http://www.yourtechvision.com/content/learning-foreign-language-google-translate-and-great-language-synthesizer>



If you are in need of learning some format tricks in Word—this will get you
moving. Tricks to Format in Word
<http://www.yourtechvision.com/content/tricks-format-word>



If you are looking for a website with all those described TV Listings—we
have that too: American Council of the Blind’s Audio Description Project
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/12HN-8UeDWGj1Y_NjHQxAsEwYjqNxq3sYHrgL5zrw3F8/pub>
and don’t forget AFB listing of other options to described anything.
<http://www.afb.org/tv.aspx>



Learning Braille Fluency is always ongoing—even when you only have a couple
of appendages. Kaleigh-braille reading--always working on fluency
<http://www.yourtechvision.com/content/kaleigh-braille-reading-always-working-fluency>



If you really want that talking software to work great, this will help: Set
up computer correctly so talking software works great
<http://www.yourtechvision.com/content/set-computer-correctly-so-talking-software-works-great>



As you work in math class and want that perfect graph with a curved line,
YES, it is all doable in excel with talking software: How to make a curved
line in a graph using Excel and talking software
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=momCqtdMSM0>



If you are looking for low vision skills that are built into that
computer-- Look no further: Low Vision skills--See life larger
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gAQWCN9STc>


-- 
*Dr Denise*

Denise M. Robinson, TVI, Ph.D.
CEO, TechVision, LLC
Specialist in Technology/Training/Teaching for blind/low vision/virtual
instruction for schools
Also Private training to your needs
423-573-6413

Website with hundreds of informational articles & lessons on PC, Office
products, Mac, iPad/iTools and more, all done with
keystrokes: www.yourtechvision.com



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