[nabs-l] Tutoring and outlook

Tue Dec 8 04:24:10 UTC 2015

Arielle,
Do you mean online or in person?

Anna E Givens

> On Dec 7, 2015, at 9:20 PM, Arielle Silverman via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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