Welcome to our little corner of the internet miss Karen, glad to have you on board. We are currently at over 370 members strong right now so I'm sure somebody will be ready and willing to answer almost any question you have. David Ferrin Life is what happens after you've already made other plans. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Bailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 7:12 PM Subject: [JAWS-Users] an introduction from me I just got on this listthought I would introduce myself:
> Hello everyone. I am new to this list. I hope to learn more > because I am a new computer user after not having one for twenty > years. Unfortunately, there are no instructors in my area so I > am often lost. Do you all know of a good place to find beginning > tutorials for Jaws with Windows? I also would like to know your > experiences with printers and scanners which are Jaws friendly > since I need both. Just presently have Jaws 9 with a Del > computer. Got software for Jaws ten but do not know how to > install it. What I don't know about computers right now could > fill encyclopedias! Any help will be greatly appreciated. I have > one small braille guide which came with jaws, but sometimes don't > know which is Windows command or Jaws, and had very bad > instructor who eventually admitted she knows nothing about jaws > but bills herself as an instructor in my area. I was told this > by other professionals in my area after the fact after I'd tried > instruction with her. She has done this to several blind people > around here, and I didn't know it ahead of time. She also gave > anything she found to me in print and I have no readers. Not > much help. So friends I remain lost much of the time. Is it > okay to experiment with Jaws pressing keys to find out what to > do? I am afraid will mess up my ability to be online change > configurations, or something since I haven't the slightest idea > what I'm doing. Any suggestions for beginning tutorials for Jaws > or Windows online will be apprciated. Have basic knowledge of > the keyboard. Thanks for listening. Much of what goes by here, > I don't even know what some things are for. Karen and Harpo a > Seeing Eye Dog. I'm 54 years old folks, trying to learn all over > again. Am using a braillenote to communicate with you, not my > Del because I'm not good with outlook express, also had no > instruction in its use. Need help with that too. Everything. > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Visit the Blind Computing home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > To post to this group, send email to > jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following address in order to contact the management team > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To post to this group, send email to jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following address in order to contact the management team [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
