FWIW, although my KNFB Reader can't read screens since it's apparently something to do with light etc., the woman who sort of got me back onto computers last year, in fact uses a small hand-held thing that renders whatevers under it's surface into braille on her palm, and she does in fact sometimes use it to check out stuff on her computer screen.
Not sure what it is/is called, but, like I said, she does in fact use it to 'check out' stuff on the screen that she's not sure of. Just know she did in fact say it was a relatively expensive thing, but might still sometimes be worth it - will maybe try get hold of her and find out what it is. Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...Fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan & Terrie Robbins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 2:08 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] question about a problem i had and is now fixt > That is a great question and one I've been asking to many folks for a long > time. I've never heard of a solution. It would seem to me someone could > develop some type of USB plug in unit to read screens prior to an OS > loading > etc > > Al > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mich > Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 3:29 PM > To: blind-computing @jaws-users.com > Subject: [Blind-Computing] question about a problum i had and is now > fixt > > > hello all. Earlier today my pc ended up going in to safe moad. I called a > sighted person to come over from the computer store to tell me what is on > the screen. they said that it was showing a blue screen and that there > were > error messages on the screen about a corrupted file. He did a scan disk > and > then loaded windows from the windows cd. Things are working fine but my > question is as some one who is blind could I fix this problem with out > sighted assistance if it happens again? and how would you prevent this > problem from happening again? At the time I had no windows music or jaws > or > speech output of any kind. Many Thanks for your insights on this and take > care. from Mich Verrier from New Liskeard Ontario Canada. > Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or > body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following > address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
