[nfbcs] FW: Talking Typer

[Jessica Castellini]

There are a few to try here, sorry I haven't had a chance to look then over, but they might be worth a look!

http://www.pure-mac.com/typing.html#typetrainer

Jessica

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 20, 2013, at 6:43 PM, "Gary Wunder" <gwunder at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Can any of you help my friend with an answer to her question?
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> From: Schafer, Carmen [mailto:schafercg at missouri.edu] 
> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 3:08 PM
> Subject: Talking Typer
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> Hello Everyone, 
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> I'm sending you this email out of desperation. I have a friend who lost his
> eyes in a car accident many years ago. He contacted me recently and wants to
> learn how to type, use the Internet, and communicate with others via email.
> He has little to no computer skills. I gave him my older MacBook Pro with
> Snow Leopard to try out and see what he thinks of Voiceover. I gave him the
> basic navigation keys, instructions on how to take the VO tutorial, and how
> to access the keyboard help (VO+K). He used Talking Typer at AlphaPoint and
> wants something like it but I cannot find anything. He wants something that
> will say the letter or sentence and then ask him to type it. Do you all know
> if any software programs like TalkingTyper for the Macintosh that are
> accessible?
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> Thanks,    
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> Carmen Schafer
> User Support Analyst-Specialist
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> University of Missouri
> Division of IT - Adaptive Computing Technology (ACT) Center 
> (573) 882-8838
> http://actcenter.missouri.edu <http://actcenter.missouri.edu/> 
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