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<DIV><FONT size=5>Hello, <FONT size=3>April,</FONT></FONT><FONT size=5> Do
you have a case with your department of rehabilitation services? They
should provide you with equipment to help you! Do you know braille and
cane travel etc! Each state should have a center to teach you skills for
ajustment! I live in Texas and we have the criscole center where people
can go for training to learn blindness skills! However, I went to the colorado
Center for the blind in Denver for my training! By Federal law, one can go
anywhere to receive their training your local rehab will pay for it!
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<DIV><FONT size=5>If by chance were speaking about Microsoft narrorator with
windows, she is not that great and most people don't like her! I use NVDA
and Jaws for my screenreaders! Jaws I like more and NVDA I am
still trying to get used too! If you have hearing trouble, I highly
recommend you to learn braille so you can use a display while writing with the
computer! You can get audio description to tell you what is going on in tv
shows through your SAP channel! The catch is you have to find it in your
tv's minues and set it up! More people know about closed captioning than
DVS but if you can find the SAP, you can get for several shows! But first
obtain a case with your local rehab agancy and go from there! "Blindness is a
characteristic, not a handicap!" Dr. Kenneth Jernigan <BR>home and cell and
text:<BR>512-680-3985<BR>skype:<BR>cynterline<BR>e-mail:<BR><A
href="mailto:halbright1981@gmail.com">halbright1981@gmail.com</A><BR>websites:<BR>national
Federation of The Blind:<BR><A
href="http://www.nfb.org">www.nfb.org</A> How the blind do it:<BR><A
href="http://www.blindhow.com">www.blindhow.com</A><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=aprilbrownwrite@gmail.com href="mailto:aprilbrownwrite@gmail.com">April
Brown</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=nfb-db@nfbnet.org
href="mailto:nfb-db@nfbnet.org">nfb-db@nfbnet.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, September 16, 2013 5:04 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [nfb-db] Introduction</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT
size=5></FONT><BR></DIV><BR>Hello,<BR> <BR> I am a
writer who is a visual learner, who has recently been diagnoses<BR>legally
blind. I also wearing a hearing, and have difficulty
comprehending<BR>vocal words, especially on low vision days. I've
always learned by sight.<BR>Now, that's becoming
difficult.<BR><BR> Until my recent vision loss, I
always used closed captioned on tv,<BR>when it was available, so I could
understand what was being said.<BR><BR> I am trying to
find an affordable solution for writing and editing for<BR>screen reading and
dictation, preferably combined. Dragon has crashed my<BR>computer a
hundred times, and I've had to reformat all three I've tried it<BR>on multiple
times. Right now, I'm using the Microsoft speech recognition,<BR>and the
NVDIA program part of the time, and not very
successfully.<BR><BR> I have the cassettes to
start the listening course from Hadley. (Last<BR>week was my 40th birthday
week vacation, so I planned ahead to have them<BR>arrive so I could start them
tomorrow.)<BR><BR> Any other suggestions or ideas that
may help me in the adjusting<BR>process?<BR><BR>Thanks,<BR>April
Brown<BR><BR>Writing dramatic adventure novels uncovering the myths we hide
behind.<BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>nfb-db
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