[Trainer-talk] totally blind trainer, training to use ZoomText

[Jeanine Lineback]

I taught myself ZoomText and trained low vision persons on ZoomText.  I am
totally blind.  I used JAWS and Window-Eyes with ZoomText to learn the
application.I can't say for the built in speech that comes with ZoomText
because out have the version without speech since I already own the other
two above mentioned screen readers.  However, experierenced ZoomText
trainers who are blind have told me that the speech that Zoomtext provides
is not complete enough for a totally blind person to learn the application
but that it works well enough once you know the application to use it to
teach a person with low-vision.  
Hth
Jeanine

-----Original Message-----
From: trainer-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:trainer-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Stefan Slucki
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 7:00 PM
To: trainer-talk at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Trainer-talk] totally blind trainer, training to use ZoomText

Hi everyone,

I am a braille trainer and sometime Jaws trainer, too.

Would it be possible for me to begin training low-vision clients using
ZoomText with its speech-features?  I realise that setting the
colour-contrasts would perhaps need some help at first.

Could anyone with experience, positive or not so, feedback, please.

Regards;
Stefan Slucki.

Stefan Slucki
Braille Instructor
Royal Society for the Blind
Phn 8232 4777
sslucki at rsb.org.au


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