[blindkid] Free Office Tools

[Dr. Denise M Robinson]

Steven

Many people are asking about free options...it is a free option and with
free options you will not have something that runs as well as Microsoft
office.

When children are young, and just learning key boarding, it will work well
with the basics, just as free talking software such as NVDA (see
blindgeteducated.blogspot.com if you would like more info on that too) .
When they advance in skills, you really need to go with Microsoft products.
They have put millions into their software and they work with companies such
as Freedomscientific to make things compatible , hence the reason it works
so well with talking software.

Open office and NVDA are free options to get kids going or get anyone going
who does not need to do something sophisticated.
Denise

On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 11:55 AM, Steve Jacobson <steve.jacobson at visi.com>wrote:

> Denise,
>
> It is my understanding that Open Office is still a little iffy with screen
> readers.  Are you saying here
> that has changed?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Steve Jacobson
>
> On Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:58:48 -0700, Dr. Denise M Robinson wrote:
>
> > Free Office Tools<
> http://blindgeteducated.blogspot.com/2011/10/free-office-tools.html>
> > Open Office <http://download.openoffice.fm/free/> is an option to use
> >instead of purchasing expensive software. Open Office will open all Office
> >documents too. Basic and easy to use and perfect to get little kids going
> >while you save up the money for years later when they need more
> >sophisticated tools.
>
> >Also remember that when you do purchase Microsoft products that one
> license
> >can be used on 3 computers. You can use it on a home and work computer and
> a
> >laptop, so you do not need to feel you need to buy multiple licenses for
> >many machines. Lessons on how to use these products, only using
> keystrokes,
> >can be downloaded at yourtechvision.com <http://www.yourtechvision.com/>
>
> >--
> >Denise
>
> >Denise M. Robinson, TVI, Ph.D.
> >CEO, TechVision
> >Specialist in blind technology/teaching/training
> >Email:  yourtechvision at gmail.com <deniserob at gmail.com>
> >Website with hundreds of lessons: yourtechvision.com
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-- 
Denise

Denise M. Robinson, TVI, Ph.D.
CEO, TechVision
Specialist in blind technology/teaching/training
Email:  yourtechvision at gmail.com <deniserob at gmail.com>
Website with hundreds of lessons: yourtechvision.com