Thanks for the offer, but my friend lives in Vermont. We actually have a great supplier in Burlington Vermont, Small Dog, that offers refurbished Macs and great support.
I'm also thinking of other folks that may benefit from switching over to a Mac with Voice Over. Our State Division for the blind is actually considering buying Macs for some clients. We are making progress. On Dec 29, 2011, at 5:29 PM, Mr. L. Alexander wrote: > I hope you don't mind me asking. > > is your friend in the UK or outside of the UK? If in the UK, I MAY be able to > help. > > as I run a small organization called free macs for the blind, I refurbish > older powermacs to help get blind and visually impaired young people and > those in need with a working mac running OS X 10.5 on a powerPC G4 or higher, > depending on what is acquired as donations. > > if not, then I advise that rather than purchasing a new machine for him, you > find a supplier dealing in refurbed macs. > > this would save money and still offer some support. please drop me a line and > I can advise where possible. > > lew > > On 29 Dec 2011, at 22:24, Frank Tom wrote: > >> I have a friend, age 75, who is totally blind and a Windows/Jaws failure. I >> have recommended he switch to a Mac but want to make reasonable suggestions >> as to what he should buy. >> >> I am leaning twards a Mac Mini with a full size bluetooth keyboard with >> NumPad and a wired mouse. Also, he will need a monitor for when his wife >> needs to help him out. >> >> What do the rest of you mini users have. Do you also add a USB DVD player? >> >> Thanks for your advise. He will be happy if he could just download NLS books >> from the BARD site without having to ask his wife for help. >> >> >> >> I, myself, have an 21 Inch IMac that I have had for four years. I got my >> first Mac, the Mac Plus, in 1985 when I had more usable vision and could >> read the screen with an 8x magnifying lens. The good old days when we >> thought one megabyte of RAM was amazing. I did say mega and not giga. >> >> Tom >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > Mr. L. Alexander. > Free Macs For The Blind. > E-Mail: [email protected] > Direct line: 07936 877500 > Twitter: @macsfortheblind > > Free Macs For The blind is a charity project supplying older but working > apple macs for blind and visually impaired people throughout the UK FOR FREE! > > Do you have an old unwanted mac, any hardware, software, old PC's, etc or a > copy of outspoken 9.2 you would be willing to donate? please get in touch. > > Mac Access Dot Net; The British Mac Accessibility Network, we're here to help > anybody disabled with anything Apple! > http://www.mac-access.net > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
