I think it might be doable. if she is good at graspig patterns and picturing thing s in her head she will be find with voice over. that's my opinion and I might be wron gthough. On Mar 15, 2010, at 5:47 PM, bilgerat wrote:
> I'm not blind myself but have a blind friend. She's in her fifties and > has little experience of computers. She was sold a Mercury system by > RNIB a couple of years back but can't get to grips with it. Nor can I. > the system seems unstable and support is extremely limited. There is > also no tuition available at all except audio discs which are > seriously deficient in various respects. > > So as a macbook user myself I wonder whether that might be a suitable > alternative for her. Basically she wants a computer for using the > internet, for such everyday things as reading a paper, ordering > groceries online, and using the BBC's I-player. But I'm really > concerned that it might be too difficult to learn. There doesn't seem > to be anyone at Apple UK who is actually experienced at using > voiceover. I found one guy at Apple who gives one-to-one tuition to a > blind user, but he told me they have given up on trying to use it to > navigate web pages because it's just too complex! > > So I would be really grateful for advice on this - how difficult is it > for a computer beginner to learn to use; what kind of support if any > is available, any any other things that need thinking about. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
