[nfbcs] FW: Talking Typer

[Bryan Schulz]

hi,

had a few thoughts but not on a mac.
Bryan Schulz


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Wunder" <gwunder at earthlink.net>
To: "'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List'" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 5:42 PM
Subject: [nfbcs] FW: Talking Typer


> Can any of you help my friend with an answer to her question?
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> From: Schafer, Carmen [mailto:schafercg at missouri.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 3:08 PM
> Subject: Talking Typer
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> Hello Everyone,
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> I'm sending you this email out of desperation. I have a friend who lost 
> his
> eyes in a car accident many years ago. He contacted me recently and wants 
> to
> learn how to type, use the Internet, and communicate with others via 
> email.
> He has little to no computer skills. I gave him my older MacBook Pro with
> Snow Leopard to try out and see what he thinks of Voiceover. I gave him 
> the
> basic navigation keys, instructions on how to take the VO tutorial, and 
> how
> to access the keyboard help (VO+K). He used Talking Typer at AlphaPoint 
> and
> wants something like it but I cannot find anything. He wants something 
> that
> will say the letter or sentence and then ask him to type it. Do you all 
> know
> if any software programs like TalkingTyper for the Macintosh that are
> accessible?
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> Thanks,
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> Carmen Schafer
> User Support Analyst-Specialist
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> University of Missouri
> Division of IT - Adaptive Computing Technology (ACT) Center
> (573) 882-8838
> http://actcenter.missouri.edu <http://actcenter.missouri.edu/>
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