The program is called alpha baby, it's free, and I'm not sure where
you can get it, my wife found it. Do a search on yahoo or something.
It plays sounds when keys are hit, or when the mouse is clicked.
Also, when moving the mouse, it leaves a colored trail. When hitting
keys, besides the sounds playing, it also puts shapes and colors on
the screen as well. Our 1 year-old girl really likes it, because
pounding is all she does. She likes to pick up the mouse, and hold
it. When she manages to click the button this way, alpha baby does
it's work, and that makes her happy. She's also taken to just coming
up when you're not expecting it, and pounding on your keyboard
expecting it to do her alpha baby activities. She gets quite upset
when it doesn't work. *grin*
Usually I have to hold her back with one hand, while loading alpha
baby with the other. I really gotta get spark installed, and assign
that thing a hot key.
On Jan 12, 2006, at 1:52 PM, Jane Jordan wrote:
Kitties and babies are quite trying when it comes to computers. :)
Someone a while ago mentioned that he had abought a program for his
Mac for his three-year-old or younger kid to play with, When you
pounded onthe keys shapes and things happened. What is this
program called, what exactly does it do, how badly will it
interfere with VO, and where can you get it, and how much does it
cost?
Jane
On Jan 12, 2006, at 9:08 AM, Tom McMahan wrote:
I've been using my Imac for over 3 years. The only problem I've
ever had with it was keyboards. That's not an Apple problem. It's
a certain black cat that lives here who would stand on the
keyboard. If she wasn't a good mouser, well, she would have been
in a lot more trouble. Now when I leave the machine regardless of
what it's doing, I put the keyboard in a place where if she thinks
about standing on it or walking on it, it isn't going to ballance
her and she's going to get to test whether she will land feet
first, but the keyboard itself will not fall. Kitty diving board.
On Jan 12, 2006, at 8:25 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
Cheryl,
The main advantage to an iMac over a Mini is performance. The
speed difference is considerable. The primary reason you have
those options for displays is for multi-media applications such
as iMovieHD which of course is not very useful for people who are
blind. I also believe that an iMac will be useful longer than a
Mini as its power and speed will outlast that of a Mini. The
only advantage I see to a 20 inch display over the 17 inch one is
for those multi-media situations. We have some iMacs at our
school and the individuals using them are extremely impressed.
It is considerably more expensive, although once you add
keyboard, mouse and display, it's really not that much more.
Hope that was the sort of thing you were looking for.
Tim Kilburn
& Carter the Canine
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
