[nabs-l] Tutoring and outlook

Tue Dec 8 04:20:13 UTC 2015

Another option might be to tutor other blind students.
Arielle

On 12/7/15, STOMBERG, KENNEDY via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Anna,
>
> One option would be to try Cardinal Scholars. They offer really great pay
> for tutoring! I haven't found it to be super accessible, but maybe you'll
> have more luck.
>
> You can also try to tutor on campus in person. I tutor students who are in
> an introductory biology class, and have found it extremely rewarding!
>
> Hope you find something that works!
> Kennedy Stomberg
>
> On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 9:46 PM, Anna via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Jason, I am able to get that far.  It's when I have typed a whole
>> message and discover an error somewhere in the middle of the message and
>> need to go to that spot with the cursor that I am having problems.
>> I use the line or word or character thing but that doesn't work if I want
>> the cursor to stay wherever I'm trying to put it and type.
>>
>> Anna E Givens
>>
>>
>> > On Dec 7, 2015, at 8:09 PM, Jason Polansky via nabs-l
>> > <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > For outlook, if you double-tap on the message body text field,
>> > VoiceOver should either say "insertion point at start" or "insertion
>> > point at end." This is a toggle setting, meaning that if you are
>> > focused on the text field and don't type anything, then you should be
>> > able to switch your insertion point from start to end. You want your
>> > insertion point to be at the start, so your message is at the top. It
>> > is a little weird that all of the previous messages in that thread are
>> > in that text field, but that's just how it is. Hope this helps.
>> >
>> >> On 12/7/15, Jessica Hodges via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Oh, IC. I'm sorry, I really have no answers for you. Hope you find a
>> place.
>> >> I know that there absolutely is a need for tutoring of this kind.
>> >> Sent from my iPhone
>> >>
>> >>> On Dec 7, 2015, at 4:38 PM, Anna via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> I'm sorry.  I suppose I should specify.  I want to be a tutor. Not to
>> be
>> >>> tutored.
>> >>>
>> >>> Anna
>> >>>
>> >>> Anna E Givens
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>> On Dec 7, 2015, at 5:22 PM, Jessica Hodges via nabs-l <
>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> >>>> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I think the best thing you could do is find someone online who knows
>> the
>> >>>> subject well, and try to learn from them. don't think you'll really
>> get
>> >>>> much help from most mainstream tutoring cites. However, it is also
>> >>>> important to weigh how well you can grasp abstract things. If you
>> >>>> are
>> >>>> good at visualizing things, online may work for you, but if you have
>> >>>> a
>> >>>> hard time grasping visual/spacial concepts, you may want to look for
>> >>>> someone in your actual location. Though I have found a few people
>> online
>> >>>> who have described things to me much better than anyone i had
>> >>>> contact
>> >>>> with where i lived at the time, when I did find someone in my home
>> town
>> >>>> who was able to sit down and explain it trumped the awesome progress
>> >>>> i
>> >>>> thought i was making online. The only reason I bring this up is that
>> >>>> math/science/stem stuff is chock full of abstract, spacial things. I
>> hope
>> >>>> that you find something to help, whether its online or in person,
>> these
>> >>>> subjects can be brutal.
>> >>>> Hope this helps:
>> >>>> Jessica.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> On 12/7/2015 4:11 PM, Anna via nabs-l wrote:
>> >>>>> I have two questions.
>> >>>>> First,
>> >>>>> I am wondering about using outlook on an I-phone with Voice Over.
>> >>>>> It
>> >>>>> seems to work pretty well with VO but the problem I'm having is
>> editing
>> >>>>> messages that I'm typing.  It will read the text that I typed but
>> >>>>> if
>> >>>>> there is something I need to correct, I cannot figure out how to
>> >>>>> get
>> the
>> >>>>> cursor to go to and stay in a chosen place to make corrections.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Secondly,
>> >>>>> I am curious about online tutoring, specifically tutoring math and
>> >>>>> science.  I have been wanting to do this for a while, but I don't
>> know
>> >>>>> how to do it with JAWS.  I have checked into a couple of online
>> >>>>> platforms but they use things  like whiteboards and stuff that I
>> don't
>> >>>>> know how to use at all, much less with a screen reader.  So I guess
>> my
>> >>>>> question is:  Is it possible for a blind person to tutor STEM
>> subjects
>> >>>>> online without a whole huge extra effort?
>> >>>>> Wondering if anyone has any experience or thoughts on that.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Thanks!
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Anna E Givens
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
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