[Blindtlk] Suggestions Needed

[Jude DaShiell]

Please get to some place with braille resources that supports braille 
use.  If you can do that, ask to examine a sample of jumbo braille and 
perhaps pick up equipment to write jumbo braille.  I've never felt it 
but understand it is larger and perhaps will keep you in the game a 
little longer.  Perhaps American Printing House For The Blind could come 
up with an orbit reader with a jumbo braille display too.  That might be 
useful for you too.  If anybody tries sticking a needle or lancet into 
any of your braille reading fingers, strangle them.  Having that happen 
really will degrade sensitivity in those fingers even faster.

American Printing House for the blind makes two sizes of abacus and 
interestingly the larger size for people like me with fine motor 
deficits is slightly less expensive than the standard small sized 
abacus.
Many smart phones have no keypads and have flat screens.  I suggest you 
get yourself to maybe an Apple Store and spend some hours there with an 
iPhone and have the vo starter program installed and running on the 
phone.  You get to try different activities in that program and will 
find out pretty shortly if a smart phone ought to be part of your 
future.

If you do get to an apple store see if someone can show you how to use 
VoiceOver on a mac computer and explain your disabilities situation to 
them accurately.  They may have ideas for you I don't now have to help 
with existing and upcoming challenges you will face.

On Wed, 4 Oct 2017, S L Johnson via blindtlk wrote:

> Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2017 11:34:17
> From: S L Johnson via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Reply-To: S L Johnson <SLJohnson25 at comcast.net>,
>     Blind Talk Mailing List <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> To: Blind-Talk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: S L Johnson <SLJohnson25 at comcast.net>
> Subject: [Blindtlk] Suggestions Needed
> 
> Good Morning:
>
> I am writing to my fellow list members to ask for suggestions.  I am totally
> blind and have been using Braille for all my needs since loosing my sight in
> 1972.  I have multiple sclerosis.  One of my most annoying symptoms is that
> my fingers are getting very numb and uncoordinated.  This is making it
> almost impossible for me to read Braille and daily tasks are more difficult
> with numb clumbsy hands.  I am seeking ideas for labeling household goods,
> keeping track of user names and passwords,  a new way to manage my phone and
> address file and lots of other things that I normally do with Braille.  My
> other need is a way to read print.  I have been an optacon user since 1976.
> I have open book on my computer but want something more portable.  I have
> considered getting a smart phone so I can use KNFB Reader but what kind of
> feeling and dexterity will I need to use one effectively?  I noticed that in
> the past few days I had trouble answering my home phone because I could not
> feel the buttons.  Even typing on my computer is getting more challenging.
> Any advice and information will be appreciated.  You can write to me off
> list if you prefer and I don?t want to clutter up the list with my needs.
>
> Sandra Johnson
> SLJohnson25 at comcast.net
>

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