[blindkid] Equipment

[melissa at riccobono.us]

Microsoft Office is definitely useable. Word, Outlook, Power Point, and
Excel have some buggy areas, but there are many work arounds. If she is not
learning these in school, she absolutely should be. I assume her classmates
are learning some basic computing, and she should be learning right along
with them. If she is home schooled, then there are definitely options to get
her this type of training from a distance or in person. These are definitely
skills she will need either in college, on the job, or both.
Melissa
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From: blindkid [mailto:blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Amber Hall
via blindkid
Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2016 8:48 AM
To: Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)
Cc: Amber Hall
Subject: Re: [blindkid] Equipment

Melissa,
I forgot to mention we have window eyes on our laptop. 

Is Microsoft office accessible?


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> On Mar 2, 2016, at 8:43 AM, Melissa Ann Riccobono via blindkid
<blindkid at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Does she have a desktop computer with screen reading software? Or a
laptop?
> If not, perhaps this might be something to look into since she will 
> not be able to do everything expected of her in college with an iPad 
> alone--unless things have changed drastically in the past few years. 
> She should be learning Microsoft office software, as most employers 
> rely on this software and provide employees with desktop and/or laptop 
> computers. The other thing that might be useful is a braille embosser 
> for printing out hard copy braille. Braille displays are fantastic--I 
> use one everyday--but if I am going to give a speech, or do many other 
> tasks, there is just no substitute for hard copy braille. 
> Unfortunately, along with the cost of the embosser comes the cost of the
software which converts print documents into braille.
> So I am not sure if $1000 will cover everything. If she has a braille 
> notetaker though, then she should be able to connect it directly to an 
> embosser, which would save on cost.
> I hope this helps.
> Melissa
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindkid [mailto:blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Amber 
> Hall via blindkid
> Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2016 8:12 AM
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> Cc: Amber Hall
> Subject: [blindkid] Equipment
> 
> Hello
> I was wondering if I could get some suggestions on a piece of 
> equipment for my 14-year-old daughter.
> She has a braille display, and a Victor reader, an  iPad, an iPhone, 
> and an iPod. What piece of equipment would you suggest we get for her 
> with the cost of around $1000? (She's a very fluent braille reader of 
> 11 years. ) She uses a braille note, iPad, laptop, Braille display, 
> and a braille writer at school, which is all theirs of course.
> Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
> 
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