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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial>hi,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Bryan Schulz<BR></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=dmehlenbacher@yahoo.com href="mailto:dmehlenbacher@yahoo.com">Dr.
Denise M. Robinson</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pibe-division@nfbnet.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, October 20, 2011 1:59
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Pibe-division] Bind/Low Vison
software for Cognitively or MemoryChallenged</DIV>
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<H3 class="post-title entry-title"><A
href="http://blindgeteducated.blogspot.com/2011/10/bindlow-vison-software-for-cognitively.html">Bind/Low
Vison software for Cognitively or Memory Challenged</A> </H3>
<DIV class=post-header></DIV>This software has been around for more than a
year but I did not have a chance to try it out until today.<BR><A
href="http://adaptivevoice.com/">CDesk</A> 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.<BR><BR>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: <BR>- WORD PROCESSING<BR>-
EMAIL<BR>- INTERNET BROWSING with SCREEN READER<BR>- DOCUMENT SCANNING with
OCR PAGE READING<BR>- ADDRESS BOOK/CONTACT MANAGEMENT<BR>-
CALENDAR/APPOINTMENTS<BR>- NLS/BARD/MUSIC/GAMES/INTERNET RADIO<BR>- SKYPE
AUDIO/VIDEO CALLS<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>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: <A
href="http://adaptivevoice.com/">adaptivevoice</A> 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.
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<DIV><SPAN
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color=#4040ff> Denise </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV>Denise M. Robinson, TVI, Ph.D. <BR>CEO, TechVision</DIV>
<DIV>Specialist in blind technology/teaching/training</DIV>
<DIV>email: <A href="mailto:deniserob@gmail.com" rel=nofollow
target=_blank>yourtechvision@gmail.com</A><BR>Website with hundreds of
lessons: yourtechvision.com <BR></DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://blindgeteducated.blogspot.com/" rel=nofollow
target=_blank><BR></A></DIV>
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