[Nfbf-l] Computer transition

[Joanne]

All you need to do is to tell AT&T that you want to go to DSL.  Then if you 
want to keep your EarthLink address, call EarthLink and for maybe $5 or 
less, like me you will have EarthLink as your e mail address.
If you go to Radio Shack or Office Depot or even Wall Mart and buy a SD card 
and a SD card reader so that you can attach it to a USB port.  Then you can 
attach it to your old computer, download it, and then attach to SD card 
reader to your new Laptop and download the files.
You don't need Narrator on because then you will have two speech readers 
talking at the same time.
By the way the SD card and the SD reader will cost some where around $24.
Ask someone if you have to do something special to read your 2000 files in 
word 77.
If you need some help you can call me at 941 505 7747.
Good Luck.
Joanne
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Outman" <woutman at earthlink.net>
To: "NFB of Florida Listserv" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 4:31 PM
Subject: [Nfbf-l] Computer transition


: Hi, Joanne.
:
: The items you listed help a little but there still some issues to deal 
with.
:
: Okay I understand I probably need to  call A. T. & T. first to get the
: equipment and then call Earthlink.  Just what is this piece of equipment 
I'm
: asking them for since I've never had anything but dial-up?  I have the
: router to make it Wi-Fi.
:
: Next I understand what the procedure is you laid out for sending 
everything
: in My Documents to some sort of external storage such as a Flash drive, SD
: card or external drive.  I know I have an SD card but I don't believe the
: card reader I have will work with this old computer, it's an old Windows 
98
: second edition.  I don't have a flash drive or other external drive.  Do I
: need to have the store I bought the old one from make a service call to
: bring one of these tools over?
:
: I believe what you are referring to is the ribbon in Office 2007 which of
: course includes Word.  The files I have are from Office 2000, mostly Word
: with a smattering of Excel.  I know I should be able to open them directly
: from Documents in Windows 7 if need be.
:
: Yes I have the Jaws DVD ready and waiting so that should not be a problem
: and that I should say yes to running Jaws at start-up.  As for Narrator,
: thanks for the tips on where it is so I can decide on whether it should 
run.
: I have heard that it can be good to keep it running in case one were to 
have
: a Jaws lockup.  I truthfully don't know what the store did as far as 
turning
: it on as I mentioned it was there but didn't specifically ask for it to be
: turned on.
:
: When you asked if I had XP or Vista I am not sure which computer you're
: referring to, so as a reminder I'm going from an old Windows 98 SE desktop
: to a 64 bit Windows 7 Home Premium laptop.
:
: Thanks for the help and if I have more questions we'll bat this around
: again.
:
: Bill Outman
:
:
:
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