My wife, who is blind, got a new MacMini and with it a wireless
bluetooth keyboard it we also got her a bluetooth headset. My wife
wanted to be able to use the computer about the house. Here's how it
works and how this might have application for the sighted as well.
She has the sound going to the headset she then takes just the
keyboard and is able to use the computer from any place in the house
including out in the yard using VoiceOver to control the computer. The
computer remains on her desk safe and sound.
If she wants to take the computer someplace all she has to do is
unplug the screen and put the computer, power cord, keyboard and
headset in a backpack and plug it into a wall outlet where ever she
is. She has most of the advantages of a portable without the cost.
Now the idea of using only a keyboard and headset as remote control
devices for a computer with VoiceOver could have application for the
sighted as well as the blind. It is a classic example of everyone
benefiting from accessible technology rather like curb cuts being a
benefit to those pushing strollers or people in bars watching the
closed captions.
Greg Kearney
535 S. Jackson St.
Casper, Wyoming 82601
307-224-4022
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
