software for (almost) blind person,

edscdk · 22 Jan 2011 at 12:19

any suggestions to help them navigate a PC? don't mind spending some money,...

also are there special keyboards?

ta in advance for any ideas

theheyes · 22 Jan 2011 at 13:35

Are they otherwise able-bodied? (motor control etc.)

edscdk · 22 Jan 2011 at 14:10

theheyes said:
Are they otherwise able-bodied? (motor control etc.)

its for an oap, i think other than being old everythign works fine... (except the eyes obviously)

korbk · 22 Jan 2011 at 14:24

The RNIB web site would be a good place to start.

I found this page there about using a PC with sight loss

http://www.rnib.org.uk/livingwithsightloss/computersphones/usingyourpc/Pages/using_your_pc.aspx

Hope this helps.

SiriusB · 22 Jan 2011 at 15:33

Would something like Dragon Naturally Speaking voice control be quite beneficial to a partially sighted/blind person? In conjunction with a screen reader of course.

jbloggs · 22 Jan 2011 at 22:10

JAWS...not cheap, but excellent bit of software...

Thunder...freeware...

Andy_82 · 23 Jan 2011 at 17:04

I use software from dolphin, it is expensive but good quality with a lot of features from screen magnification to screen readers. I've used HAL since the MS-DOS days with WordPerfect when I was at school.