[humanser] Charting Software

Ginny Duff duffg at stjoe.on.ca
Thu Oct 22 16:29:49 UTC 2015 

Is anyone using a charting program called Sunrise  (vendor is Allscripts) ?  Our team is soon going to be using this for our charting.   Wondering if anyone has been having any problems / successes with it.   Its been in the hospital for several years.   I took a run at it a few years ago and had a great deal of difficulty.   I use high contrast black or invert colours - and the many sections of the screen ended up having dark purple leters on black, etc.   Unworkable.   I am setting up a session in the next couple of weeks to take another run at this.   I'd also like to be able to have it read to me - with either ZoomText  - or maybe on a MAC / iPad with voice over.  

Anyone with any experience with this?  

Thanks,  Ginny


Dr. V. Duff 
Clinical Director, West End ACT Team, 
St. Joseph's Heatlh Centre , Toronto
Staff Psychiatrist, Complex Mental Illness, CAMH 
Lecturer, University of Toronto
Tel:   416.530.6000, ext 3101
FAX:   416.530.6363

Sent from my iPad

> On Oct 21, 2015, at 8:03 PM, Lisa Irving via humanser <humanser at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello
> 
> I love the Knfb I find it useful for taking pictures and reading email maybe a menu and some simple stuff I don't find very practical to use for large quantities of material I have a hunch like Hanafee reader will be very helpful tomorrow as I read the conference agenda. I did receive the agenda however it was a image file of some sort. So yes I like the reader.
> 
> From
> Lisa Irving
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Oct 21, 2015, at 4:39 PM, Ginny Duff via humanser <humanser at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> How about the KNFB Reader? 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Dr. V. Duff 
>> Clinical Director, West End ACT Team, 
>> St. Joseph's Heatlh Centre , Toronto
>> Staff Psychiatrist, Complex Mental Illness, CAMH 
>> Lecturer, University of Toronto
>> Tel:   416.530.6000, ext 3101
>> FAX:   416.530.6363
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>>> On Oct 21, 2015, at 5:51 PM, Michael Abell via humanser <humanser at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello Ginny and all,
>>>  The Pearl camera is a great tool as it is a portable camera that
>>> sets up in a couple of minutes and can be carried in a back pack. It works
>>> with Open book (OCR program) to convert the image of a book, handout, or
>>> letter into text that can be used with Jaws to read the document to you.
>>> Using it is fairly simple and it works great.
>>>  I use it in those cases when I have not asked for materials ahead of
>>> conferences or classes so that I can participate with the rest of the
>>> participants. It is a great tool for translating text into speech.
>>>  The best tool is preparation. If I am planning on attending a
>>> conference, I always ask ahaead of time for the materials in electronic
>>> format. I have found that these documents are always produced in .dox or
>>> .pdf already, so it it easier to get them before the conference begins.
>>> There are few tools that can take the place of preparation.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> Michael "Big Dog" Abell
>>> 
>>> Helping individuals to find their eyes in the dark.
>>> (480) 369-0805
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: humanser [mailto:humanser-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ginny Duff
>>> via humanser
>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 10:26 AM
>>> To: humanser at nfbnet.org
>>> Cc: Ginny Duff
>>> Subject: =?utf-8?B?UmU6IFtodW1hbnNlcl0gZ29vZCBuZXdzOiBjb25mZXJlbmNlIG1hdGVyaWFscw====?> 
>>> Lisa - What is a Pearl camera?? 
>>> 
>>> Ginny
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Dr. V. Duff 
>>> Clinical Director, West End ACT Team, 
>>> St. Joseph's Heatlh Centre , Toronto
>>> Staff Psychiatrist, Complex Mental Illness, CAMH 
>>> Lecturer, University of Toronto
>>> Tel:   416.530.6000, ext 3101
>>> FAX:   416.530.6363
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>> 
>>>>> On Oct 21, 2015, at 1:20 PM, Lisa Irving via humanser
>>>> <humanser at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hello,
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Most of you have heard about my concerns and some of my frustrations about
>>>> obtaining training and conference materials in accessible digital content.
>>> I
>>>> want to share some good news in this area of my life. Essentially, I spoke
>>>> to a very empathetic woman this morning. She's in charge of a local
>>> day-long
>>>> mental health conference. We I'll work together after the conference to
>>> find
>>>> ways to make the information accessible. I am getting a Pearl camera and
>>>> it's my understanding that I will be able to take charge in this
>>>> overwhelming, non-stop and very frustrating area of my life. I know the
>>>> Pearl camera is not the end-all but, it's another option for self-reliance
>>>> and self-empowerment. 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> From,
>>>> 
>>>> Lisa Irving
>>>> 
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