Fortunately here in Missouri we have the availability of having Jaws and Windoweyes provided for us at no charge.
___________________________________________________________________ Denny Huff Gateway For the Blind LLC. PO Box 515 St. Clair, MO 63077 Phone: (636) 262-1383 FAX: (314) 558-0298 WWW.GatewayForTheBlind.Com The Gateway To Independence Need help with that IDevice? Go to: www.gatewayfortheblind.com/idevice for podcasts and other files to assist you. -----Original Message----- From: ATI [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Arrigo Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 8:54 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ATI] Question about accessibility There are of course other screen readers besides jaws, though many who do training seem to prefer it for some reason. Actually, NVDA is a free screen reader that works very well, so there is little if any reason to purchase expensive screen readers anymore. Original message: > Judy: Dr. Bill Carnegey, who works for job accommodations, teaching > the blind and visually impaired computer skills, told me that windows > 8 is not jaws friendly, and the blind and visually impaired will have > a hard time using it. > God Bless: Judith Bryant > On Wed, 05 Mar 2014 17:11:53 -06:00, Chris Gray at MCB > <[email protected]> wrote: >> I just got a Dell Ortiplex and it came loaded with Windows 7. Also, >> it has an 8.1 upgrade which I may use some day. >> Chris >> --- Original message --- >> Subject: Re: [ATI] Question about accessibility >> Date: 3/5/2014 4:29:45 PM >> From: "Mike Arrigo" <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >>> It's useable, but very different, and, in my opinion, not as >>> intuitive. >>> I would suggest getting a mac computer. It has the screen reader >>> built in and behaves more like a computer with a classic windows >>> interface. >>> Original message: >>>> I know this is probably already been answered but at the >>> time I wasn't >>>> interested in knowing; however, now I do need to know >>> from someone who >>>> has used the program. We are going to need to get a new >>> computer; the >>>> one that we are now using is on it's last legs. What I >>> want to know is >>>> does Windows 8 truly work for a totally blind person? I >>> know from what >>>> I have heard that it is different from Windows 7. But can >>> you learned? >>>> Can you use it like you would Windows 7? Any feedback >>> Will be greatly >>>> appreciated! >>>> Judy >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> ATI (Adaptive Technology Inc.) >>>> A special interest affiliate of the Missouri Council of >>> the Blind >>> http://moblind.org/membership/affiliates/adaptive_technology >>> _______________________________________________ >>> ATI (Adaptive Technology Inc.) >>> A special interest affiliate of the Missouri Council of the Blind >>> http://moblind.org/membership/affiliates/adaptive_technology > _______________________________________________ > ATI (Adaptive Technology Inc.) > A special interest affiliate of the Missouri Council of the Blind > http://moblind.org/membership/affiliates/adaptive_technology _______________________________________________ ATI (Adaptive Technology Inc.) A special interest affiliate of the Missouri Council of the Blind http://moblind.org/membership/affiliates/adaptive_technology _______________________________________________ ATI (Adaptive Technology Inc.) A special interest affiliate of the Missouri Council of the Blind http://moblind.org/membership/affiliates/adaptive_technology
