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From: David.Andrews@f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (David Andrews)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: !! Need Help Setting UP System For Visually Imapaired Person !!
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Date: 21 May 91 04:27:07 GMT
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To: declan@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Declan Fleming)
DF> Hi!  I have a lot of hardware experience with the innards of the
 DF> IBM compatible world, but I've run into an area that I know
 DF> little about: Setting up systems for visually impaired people.

>>From what I glean from the mountain of docs I've been given, there are
 DF> these key areas:  Computer, scanner, voice synthesizer, and OCR
 DF> package. Anyone out there have any experience with these?  I'm
 DF> looking for the best bang for the buck, so reviews would be
 DF> nice.

There will be as many opions here, as there are participants.  If
you wish, call me at work and I will give you my ten cents, I have
more than five cents worth.  I am Director of the National Braille
and Technology Center for the Blind in Baltimore, a demonstration
and evaluation center where we have virtually everything that blind
persons are using with computers.  The number is 301-659- 9314 and
I work 8:00 to 5:00 Eastern time at a minimum.  I am usually there
more like 7:30 to 6:00 p.m.

... David Andrews

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