[Trainer-Talk] accessible typing programs (

Thu Sep 6 14:02:59 UTC 2018

I agree with you, Amy. What else is weird is that there is a setting
that lets you choose child or adult student. I don't see a difference
with the program no matter what setting is chosen.
 Thom

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> I will chime in here and say that Typio is a product that is worth looking
> at.
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> I just wanted to double check, these are the only three anyone knows about
> correct? I'm asking because I am more than a bit put out that all of them
> are quite patronizing to the students, at least I feel like Typeability and
> the Marvel soft options are.  I only had one student the summer I was
> working with high schoolers who didn't hate me for sitting them down to
> work
> on typing. It was not because of the typing itself, but the obnoxious
> nature
> of the program.  That particular student had an especially acerbic sense of
> humor, so and enjoyed making fun of the software. I don't want to have to
> train people with tools that would make kindergartners cringe.
>
> I can't speak to the Talking Typer, I've not worked with it, though the
> difficulty people have in understanding it seems to be  a pretty big
> problem.
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Amy Mason
> (410) 659-9314 Ext. 2424
> National Federation of the Blind
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>    1. accessible typing programs (Brett Boyer)
>    2. Re: accessible typing programs (Marianne Denning)
>    3. Re: accessible typing programs (Greg Aikens)
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> From: "Brett Boyer" <bboyer202 at gmail.com>
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> Hi everyone. We are currently using Talking Typer at my job and I was
> wondering what other folks are using to teach touch-typing at their
> facilities.
>
> I've been getting a lot of complaints from students that the voices aren't
> clear enough when reciting words to type. Would be curious to hear some
> thoughts.
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> From: Marianne Denning <marianne at denningweb.com>
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> If you are using JAWS you can use Typability. Another program I like is
> Talking Typing Teacher.
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> On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 8:11 PM, Brett Boyer via Trainer-Talk <
> trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> Hi everyone. We are currently using Talking Typer at my job and I was
>> wondering what other folks are using to teach touch-typing at their
>> facilities.
>>
>> I've been getting a lot of complaints from students that the voices
>> aren't clear enough when reciting words to type. Would be curious to
>> hear some thoughts.
>>
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> From: Greg Aikens <gaikens at cviga.org>
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> I would second the TypeAbility suggestion. I know it requires JAWS but we
> switched to it from Talking Typing Teacher and have seen much better
> results. The lessons are far smaller and easier to repeat for fluency.
> There
> are also lessons that teach/reinforce basic text navigation and other
> important screen reader skills. I use it to preteach those skills before
> clients begin formal instruction using a computer.
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> Cc: Marianne Denning <marianne at denningweb.com>
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> If you are using JAWS you can use Typability. Another program I like is
> Talking Typing Teacher.
>
> On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 8:11 PM, Brett Boyer via Trainer-Talk <
> trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone. We are currently using Talking Typer at my job and I was
>> wondering what other folks are using to teach touch-typing at their
>> facilities.
>>
>> I've been getting a lot of complaints from students that the voices
>> aren't
>> clear enough when reciting words to type. Would be curious to hear some
>> thoughts.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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