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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>not an issue as i have alternative
applications.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>the calendar, calculator, internet radioseemed
buggy and thought it was funny to find out how they include
spreadsheets.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Bryan Schulz<BR></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, October 21, 2011 12:27
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Pibe-division] Bind/Low
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<DIV><SPAN>Which parts Bryan---might be just a case of knowing the right key
commands to get it working better for you.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN>Thanks on the update of BARD</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:yourtechvision@gmail.com" rel=nofollow
target=_blank>yourtechvision@gmail.com</A><BR>Website with hundreds of
lessons: yourtechvision.com <BR></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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[Pibe-division] Bind/Low Vison software for Cognitively or
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<DIV class=yiv414568998post-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/" rel=nofollow
target=_blank>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/" rel=nofollow
target=_blank>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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color=#4040ff> Denise
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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
ymailto="mailto:deniserob@gmail.com">yourtechvision@gmail.com</A><BR>Website
with hundreds of lessons: <A href="http://yourtechvision.com"
target=_blank>yourtechvision.com</A> <BR></DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://blindgeteducated.blogspot.com/" rel=nofollow
target=_blank><BR></A></DIV>
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