[Pibe-division] Bind/Low Vison software for Cognitively or MemoryChallenged

[Dr. Denise M. Robinson]

Which parts Bryan---might be just a case of knowing the right key commands to get it working better for you.
Thanks on the update of BARD

       Denise 
 
Denise M. Robinson, TVI, Ph.D. 
CEO, TechVision
Specialist in blind technology/teaching/training
email:  yourtechvision at gmail.com
Website with hundreds of lessons: yourtechvision.com 





>________________________________
>From: Bryan Schulz <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net>
>To: Professionals in Blindness Education Division List <pibe-division at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 10:07 AM
>Subject: Re: [Pibe-division] Bind/Low Vison software for Cognitively or MemoryChallenged
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>  
>hi, 
>  
>i experimented with this yesterday afternoon and 
the nls bard section works well.  there are several other sections which i 
would give low stars due to slow response and poor feedback of what what was 
going on or expected of the user combined with most users have all of these 
functions, just not located within one interface. 
>  
>Bryan Schulz
> 
>----- Original Message -----  
>>From: Dr.  Denise M. Robinson  
>>To: Professionals in Blindness Education  Division List ; 2010-teacher-of-tomorrow at nfbnet.org  
>>Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 1:59  PM 
>>Subject: [Pibe-division] Bind/Low Vison  software for Cognitively or MemoryChallenged 
>>
>> 
>>Bind/Low  Vison software for Cognitively or Memory Challenged  This software has been around for more than a  year but I did not have a chance to try it out until today.
>>CDesk is a very basic talking software  program for older adults who have lost sight or cognitively challenged  children in school who cannot remember hundreds of commands to make their  computer do what they want it to do. I have trained many adults and I can tell  you, the challenge in remembering all these commands starts in the late 20's,  so when I say older, you may be included in this category where technology is  concerned.
>>
>>CDesk offers several enlarged fonts for viewing. White 
  letters on Black is the most popular, but it has other options too. Any major 
  command begins with the Alt key, so that is only 1 thing to remember. Even if 
  you do not remember ALT-the TAB key will move you through every option and 
  ENTER opens the option. The Main menu consists of: 
>>- WORD PROCESSING
>>- 
  EMAIL
>>- INTERNET BROWSING with SCREEN READER
>>- DOCUMENT SCANNING with 
  OCR PAGE READING
>>- ADDRESS BOOK/CONTACT MANAGEMENT
>>- 
  CALENDAR/APPOINTMENTS
>>- NLS/BARD/MUSIC/GAMES/INTERNET RADIO
>>- SKYPE 
  AUDIO/VIDEO CALLS
>>
>>You can download books straight from Bookshare or 
  BARD. If you are looking for games for blind children and adults, it has that 
  in the Media Center. Simple email that you are already on is incredibly easy 
  to navigate and use. Anything you scan can also be brought right into the 
  CDesk Word and the same commands that you use for word processing are used now 
  for your scanned object.
>>
>>Enlarging your page is simple and easy with 
  the F12 key, so when you go into an email that has pictures, you can enlarge 
  them enough to see them, true for Internet browsing and the other programs in 
  CDesk too.
>>
>>If you have tremors or palsy in your hands, the company will 
  be putting out a new speech program soon, which works off of CDesk basic 
  commands already, so it is easy to verbally command your computer to do what 
  you need it to do. Your voice just needs to be loud enough to be heard by the 
  mic. It has also come out with a simple small camera that will take a picture 
  of any print work and put it on the CDesk format on your computer for you to 
  immediately have feedback.
>>
>>The more I work with this software, the more 
  I see its potential for those who have difficulties remembering all those 
  commands. In addition, the company: adaptivevoice offers the option to buy a  computer, monitor, printer, scanner and software for $1999. Within that  agreement is Best Buy will come out and set it up for you. So you can be set  up to go in a very short time. 
>>
>>       Denise  
>>  
>>Denise M. Robinson, TVI, Ph.D. 
>>CEO, TechVision 
>>Specialist in blind technology/teaching/training 
>>email:  yourtechvision at gmail.com
>>Website with hundreds of 
  lessons: yourtechvision.com 
>> 
>>
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