[Blindtlk] Suggestions Needed

[S L Johnson]

Hi,

Thanks for your suggestions.  I cannot afford the Apple products O I will be 
looking at an android phone.  I am going to call the agency for the blind 
here in Indianapolis to see if they have any assistance for a senior 
homemaker who's medical situation has changed.  I was looking on LS&S 
reading about the digital recorders.  Some models may help me organize some 
of the stuff I now keep in Braille.  I have already begun looking into 
changing my Braille prescription labels to talking labels if that is needed. 
I had a terrible time reading those Braille labels the past few days.  As 
for the lancets pricking my already numb fingers, I am a type 2 diabetic but 
have stopped the testing on my fingers for now.  I have contacted Prodigy 
about the alternative testing sites.  I do appreciate the helpful 
suggestions I have received from many of you.  Thanks so much.  To me losing 
the ability to read Braille is as bad as a sighted person losing their 
glasses.  Thanks for the kind support.  Does anyone know how Dragon 
Naturally Speaking works with Jaws or NVDA?  I have also considered trying 
to start a discussion list for those of us with additional medical issues or 
disabilities.  I am sure that a lot of us could really benefit from sharing 
ideas and coping strategies.  Keep those great ideas and support coming. 
Feel free to write off list if this topic becomes too much for the 
guidelines of the list.  I am sure David will let us know if we need to take 
our discussion private.  Meanwhile it might just help someone else.  Have a 
good evening.

Sandra
SLJohnson25 at comcast.net

-----Original Message----- 
From: Jude DaShiell via blindtlk
Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2017 8:18 PM
To: S L Johnson via blindtlk
Cc: Jude DaShiell
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Suggestions Needed

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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