Re: Assisting someone with Macular Degeneration who is considering VoiceOver

2013-07-15 Thread Daniela Rubio
Hello: Firs of all, it is very important to determine if he wants to use VoiceOver, or may be use zoom with VoiceOver. If you activate zoom, but not VoiceOver, you can have the mouse to read what is under it with speech, using the system voice. In that way, he can get used to using speech, but a

Re: Assisting someone with Macular Degeneration who is considering VoiceOver

2013-07-15 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi, I think zt for mac is probably a good option long term for some one who knows they are going to keep their eyesight stable at some level. The functionality is somewhere in between zooms for mack and zoomtext for windows. It doesn't have any speech apparently, but voiceover and zoomtext sh

Re: Assisting someone with Macular Degeneration who is considering VoiceOver

2013-07-15 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi Mike I don't know since this totally blind gal can't use ZoomText. However, I do know that the windows version of text has speech that goes with it. One time just for fun, I called up ZoomText and Microsoft Word to see if I could do it. I almost could. The problem came for me when I wanted t

Re: Assisting someone with Macular Degeneration who is considering VoiceOver

2013-07-15 Thread Mike Busboom
Hello Erik, I will tell my acquaintance about your company. He lives in Western Canada. Thank you. Mike On 15,Jul,2013, at 2:50 PM, erik burggraaf wrote: > Hi mike, You could refer him to Ebony consulting. I'm based out of toronto > Ontario and have some experience in this regard. I'll h

Re: Assisting someone with Macular Degeneration who is considering VoiceOver

2013-07-15 Thread Mike Busboom
Hello. If my acquaintance were to go this route, is it easy to transition from ZoomText to VoiceOver? Can the two programs be used simultaneously? Kind regards, Mike On 15,Jul,2013, at 3:05 PM, Eugenia Firth wrote: > Hi there > I have known a number of people with situations similar to wha

Re: Assisting someone with Macular Degeneration who is considering VoiceOver

2013-07-15 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi there I have known a number of people with situations similar to what you describe. I wonder if it would help him to do the trial version of ZoomText text for the Mac. A lot of people seem to like this a lot. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 15, 2013, at 7:19 AM, Mike Busboom wrote: > Hello e

Re: Assisting someone with Macular Degeneration who is considering VoiceOver

2013-07-15 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi mike, You could refer him to Ebony consulting. I'm based out of toronto Ontario and have some experience in this regard. I'll have to speak with him directly though. There are a lot of variables. My Toll-free number is 1-888-255-5194. The first consultation is free. Best, Erik Burggra

Assisting someone with Macular Degeneration who is considering VoiceOver

2013-07-15 Thread Mike Busboom
Hello everyone, >From time to time, I assist people via Skype who would like to become familiar >with VoiceOver. Thus far, all of those whom I have assisted have been unable >to avail themselves of any visual cues from the screen, i.e. they depend >exclusively on speech, Braille or both. I re