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

[Nancy Coffman]

Although I have some vision myself, it is not really enough to use a 
magnification program effectively for most things.  I typically let people 
know about the features available, help them learn to set the speech the way 
they want it and have them explore the rest.  Most people figure out what 
they like in short order.

Nancy Coffman
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peg Jolene" <peggyj18 at sbcglobal.net>
To: "List for teachers and trainers of adaptive technology" 
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Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 10:06 AM
Subject: Re: [Trainer-talk] totally blind trainer, training to use ZoomText


> Hello Listers:
>
> ZoomText Magnifier  Screen Reader is extremely well done. I have 
> successfully trained others on it. In many instances, I have used the 
> speech features where neither JAWS or Window-Eyes did  not work. IN my  IT 
> work, I have found this to be quite  useful. Using the visual  features of 
> ZoomText has more to do with understanding the functional  aspects of 
> vision. Most of the tasks can be accomplished with the  keyboard, though 
> there are visual toolbars and buttons when using the  mouse. The various 
> reading aplications and WebFinder options work  well. My experience is 
> that the screen reader portion of ZoomText is  more on the level of System 
> Access or the Mac's VoiceOver, rather than  JAWS or Window-Eyes. Hope this 
> helps.
>
> PJ
> On Dec 11, 2008, at 5:00 PM, Stefan Slucki wrote:
>
>> 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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