Hi,
Yes, they are generous. They just got me a brand new Nano. But I
really liked your suggestion, and have made changes accordingly. What
do you think now? Should anything be added to create a greater
oppertunity that someone at Apple will help me with my project?
Apple Canada:
AWEBSIGHT World Wide, from Surrey, British Columbia, Canada is making
a formal request of Apple Canada, for assistance with an educational
program in Mazatlan, Mexico.
I am a fifteen year old blind student from Surrey, British Columbia,
Canada very involved with technical persutes. In my day to day
dealings with sighted family, teachers, peers, and others, I make use
of Leopard's latest and very inovative accessibility features. I have
always used a Macintosh computer, ever since I was introduced to the
computing world at the age of three. When it became apparent I was
losing my sight at the age of six, I was converted to the then
recommended Keysoft, and then on to Microsoft's Windows, believing at
the time that that was the most accessible platform. Though, I still
used my old beige G3 and Mac os 9 at home, school regulations decreed
that I use windows XP professional edition in the classroom. When I
first became aware of Apple's inovative Voiceover technology, I
quickly got an older Quicksilver G4 PowerMac running Macintosh os X
10.4 Tiger at home.
I have always struggled with Microsoft's windows family, from Windows
XP, with its expensive bolt on software, to the faulty adaptation of
Windows Pocket PC, used on Braille notetakers, such as the Freedom
Scientific Pacmate. Not only did I have unmeasurable amounts of stress
due to incomparability of Windows Base software and devices, but also
have witnessed peers with astonishingly similar stories as my own,
struggled with the same equipment in my home province of British
Columbia.
In September of 2007, with the promising release of Apple's os X 10.5
Leopard, and with Microsoft Windows and Job Access With Speach (JAWS)
giving me constant headaches, I was fortunate enough to have a friend
of the family purchase a brand new Macbook for me. Since I have had
the Macbook, I have not only replaced my laptop but also my talking
calculator, Braille and talking dictionaries, Daisy Talking book
Player, personal alarm clock, Braille typewriter, Braille notetaker,
Braille translating software, and many more devices with a simple,
easy to use, ultraportable Macintosh Leopard system. Also, my need for
technical support has been significantly reduced, while using Apple's
products.
When my school refused to allow me access to the network, because my
technicians believed that my Macbook posed a potential risk of
containing viruses that threatened the entire school district. We
took the matter to higher authorities in the district, which
effectively overruled the initial ruling. Voiceover and Zoom have
really made things a lot easier on myself as well as teaching staff,
as minimal modifications were made to the software installed on my
computer for use in the school enviornment. Apple provides an
unmatched level of accessibility, from the first powering on of the
unit, to a fully accessible suite of built in applications. My
favourite built in applications are Safari and Frontrow. Safari, has a
unique navigation system, perfect for integration with my Email
service. It provides the user with the unique ability to use the
graphical user interface as any sighted person would to meet the daily
challenges of being a blind technitian.
Macintosh is great for blind and visually impaired students and adults
alike. I would like to further enphasize that with the Macbook air,
released in January of 2008, brings even greater oppertunities to the
world of accessible computing AWEBSIGHT strives for.
The following is a quoatation from a community report, released by
AWEBSIGHT, detailing goals and objectives for the project.
"AWEBSIGHT has released plans to set up a brand new sixteen machine
computer lab in Mazatlan, Mexico. This lab provides unique
oppertunities for [visually impaired] students K to 12, to explore and
further their knowledge in a buisness enviornment, as well as the many
applications of digital media. ...
The goals of the initiative are as follow:
- to provide students with the ability to perform workplace tasks
- to further students indevidual talents
- to instruct the students in the use of digital media
- to train students to type
- To allow students an oppertunity to develop their creativity [This
may be achieved by the use of Text Edit to premote creative writing.]
- to impliment a program to be integrated into the existing curiculum
[by providing work stations to view specially formated E-books. Using
voiceover or Zoom, in conjuction with Text Edit, These books may be
utilized as efficiently as any sighted student.]
The project is aimed at allowing [visually impaired] students to learn
and colaberate with their peers and instructors, as well as with
sighted friends and associates, allowing for a more independant
lifestyle..
To allow the project to be successful, the following limitations are
placed on the non-profitacy of the lab outlined above:
- all work stations are licensed to the individual students, for their
term at school
- "
We hereby make a request for a portible lab of Macbooks for an
educational project in Mazatlan Mexico. In addition to a portible lab,
we would appreciate a portible Wireless Apple Airport Express base
station
Thanks for listening,
alex,
On 1-Oct-08, at 8:28 PM, UCLA Bruins Fan wrote:
what is the purpose of this letter?
Are you a student? I'm assuming so. The way it's worded it sounds
like you are already out of school and working primarily as a
computer technition at age fifteen. I would state you are a student
first and that you also do computer work.
Good letter over all, though! :) You must have a generous family
friend! Wow, wish I had friends who could drop that kind of money on
a computer for me! :) I want an Imac! :)
You are a good writer.
Olivia
On Oct 1, 2008, at 11:05 PM, Alex Jurgensen wrote:
Hi,
What do you think of this letter I am going to send to Apple? All
suggestions and things are greatly appreciated.
Apple Canada:
AWEBSIGHT World Wide, from Surrey, British Columbia, Canada is
making a formal request of Apple Canada, for assistance with an
educational program in Mazatlan, Mexico.
I am a fifteen year old blind technitian from Surrey, British
Columbia, Canada. In my day to day dealings with sighted family,
teachers, peers, and others, I make use of Leopard's latest and
very inovative accessibility features. I have always used a
Macintosh computer, ever since I was introduced to the computing
world at the age of three. When it became apparent I was losing my
sight at the age of six, I was converted to the then recommended
Keysoft, and then on to Microsoft's Windows, believing at the time
that that was the most accessible platform. Though, I still used my
old beige G3 and Mac os 9 at home, school regulations decreed that
I use windows XP professional edition in the classroom. When I
first became aware of Apple's inovative Voiceover technology, I
quickly got an older G4 PowerMac running Macintosh os X 10.4 Tiger
at home.
I have always struggled with Microsoft's windows family, from
Windows XP, with its expensive bolt on software, to the faulty
adaptation of Windows Pocket PC, used on Braille notetakers, such
as the Freedom Scientific Pacmate. Not only did I have unmeasurable
amounts of stress due to incomparability of Windows Base software
and devices, but also have witnessed peers with astonishingly
similar stories as my own, struggled with the same equipment in my
home province of British Columbia.
In September of 2007, with the promising release of Apple's os X
10.5 Leopard, and with Microsoft Windows and Job Access With Speach
(JAWS) giving me constant headaches, I was fortunate enough to have
a friend of the family purchase a brand new Macbook for me. Since I
have had the Macbook, I have not only replaced my laptop but also
my talking calculator, Braille and talking dictionaries, Daisy
Talking book Player, personal alarm clock, Braille typewriter,
Braille notetaker, Braille translating software, and many more
devices with a simple, easy to use, ultraportable Macintosh Leopard
system. Also, my need for technical support has been significantly
reduced, while using Apple's products.
When my school refused to allow me access to the network, because
my technicians believed that my Macbook posed a potential risk of
containing viruses that threatened the entire school district. We
took the matter to higher authorities in the district, which
effectively overruled the initial ruling. Voiceover and Zoom have
really made things a lot easier on myself as well as teaching
staff, as minimal modifications were made to the software installed
on my computer for use in the school enviornment. Apple provides an
unmatched level of accessibility, from the first powering on of the
unit, to a fully accessible suite of built in applications. My
favourite built in applications are Safari and Frontrow. Safari,
has a unique navigation system, perfect for integration with my
Email service. It provides the user with the unique ability to use
the graphical user interface as any sighted person would to meet
the daily challenges of being a blind technitian.
Macintosh is great for blind and visually impaired students and
adults alike. I would like to further enphasize that with the
Macbook air, released in January of 2008, brings even greater
oppertunities to the world of accessible computing AWEBSIGHT
strives for.
The following is a quoatation from a community report, released by
AWEBSIGHT, detailing goals and objectives for the project.
"AWEBSIGHT has released plans to set up a brand new sixteen machine
computer lab in Mazatlan, Mexico. This lab provides unique
oppertunities for [visually impaired] students K to 12, to explore
and further their knowledge in a buisness enviornment, as well as
the many applications of digital media. ...
The goals of the initiative are as follow:
- to provide students with the ability to perform workplace tasks
- to further students indevidual talents
- to instruct the students in the use of digital media
- to train students to type
- To allow students an oppertunity to develop their creativity
[This may be achieved by the use of Text Edit to premote creative
writing.]
- to impliment a program to be integrated into the existing
curiculum [by providing work stations to view specially formated E-
books. Using voiceover or Zoom, in conjuction with Text Edit, These
books may be utilized as efficiently as any sighted student.]
The project is aimed at allowing [visually impaired] students to
learn and colaberate with their peers and instructors, as well as
with sighted friends and associates, allowing for a more
independant lifestyle..
To allow the project to be successful, the following limitations
are placed on the non-profitacy of the lab outlined above:
- all work stations are licensed to the individual students, for
their term at school
- "
We hereby make a request for a portible lab of Macbooks for an
educational project in Mazatlan Mexico. In addition to a portible
lab, we would appreciate a portible Wireless Apple Airport Express
base station
Thanks for listening,
Alex,
Alex,
ICE Customer Care,
AWEBSIGHT Administrator,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"Blindness is a gift, not a disability"
http://www.vipbc.org/
