Several years ago in rehab, an occupational therapist attempted to demonstrate some sort of contraption which could be set up to read magazines and books.
I think it cost about 1000 dollars and it looked to be very difficult and complex to set up. The Therapist also tried to teach me to use a mouthstick to turn pages, but at the time I found this quite difficult. I have not tried it since. Since my injury, I have used my computer for almost all my reading. I am sad to say that most of it has been from blogs and online articles and PDF files. I had downloaded the PC version of the Kindle software, and this works okay (controlled by Dragon NaturallySpeaking) but some of the books I want to read (e.g. Marketing textbooks and sales training books) do not seem to be available on Kindle. I bought a music stand, and I have had some success reading small books by asking a caregiver to turn the pages one by one. I've also asked caregivers to turn pages while I am up in my wheelchair, propping the book up on pillows on my bed. I also tried watching YouTube style videos... but it is difficult for me to control these videos using Dragon NaturallySpeaking because the audio portion of the video interferes with the speech recognition. I'm also interested in possibly taking online courses, especially in the areas of sales and marketing. Do any of you read books? If you do, how? Have you taken any online courses, especially free ones? Thanks, Dave
