[bksvol-discuss] Re: Ot New computer advice and monitor for low vision
- From: Larry Lumpkin <llumpkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: mlhr@xxxxxxx, bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
- Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2012 14:12:36 -0500
The jaws question revolves around whether windows is home premium or business.
if windows is home premium, the jaws will work on 32 or 64 bit systems if it is
version 12 or higher.
On Sat, 18 Aug 2012 15:02:08 -0400, Martha Rafter wrote:
>Hi Lissi,
>I haven't read all the way through my messages yet, so someone might have
>said this, but so far no one has. Here goes:
>I bought a new computer a year or so ago. After I purchased it, I was
>told that I had to have new JAWS because my new computer was 64 bits and my
>JAWS and Openbook was 32 bits. So when you're looking at new computers,
>check out the bits! HTH!
>Marty
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Estelnalissi
>Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 3:57 PM
>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Cc: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Ot New computer advice and monitor for low vision
>
>Proofreading is what I do most of the time when I'm at my computer. Mine is
>about 7 years old. To proof books in word I have to divide them in parts or
>my computer fan shrieks and there are large time lags when I make changes.
>Last night I got a blue screen and two weeks ago I got a blue screen one
>day, a black screen the next day and a blue screen the following day. My fan
>is so loud when I go to a site like Amazon or Paperback Swap that I can't
>hear anything else in the house. I think Scotty would say, "She can't stand
>the strain, Captain.!"
>
>I'm terrified that the next crash will leave me with no ability to save the
>files of all the books I've proofed, my the poetry I've collected, the
>quotes I glean from the books I proof, the Gaelic dictionary I've compiled
>while reading books about Scotland and Ireland, The personal e-mail that
>means so much to me and my favorites that help me find the sites on the
>internet I love.
>
>I have to get a new computer! I use jaws to do 99 percent of my computer
>work. I have no light perception in one eye and under 20/400 in the eye that
>works. It has no travel vision. I can't see things at the end of my arm, on
>the floor or across the table from me when I'm eating with others. The
>miracle is that I can still see print if my nose is literally touching the
>screen or no more than 2 inches away, one inch if the print is on paper and
>is large enough.
>
>My current monitor which turns dark aqua blue sometimes is the heavy old
>type of TV. I can see enlarged pictures or print on it with no distortion. I
>only have to frequently clean off my nose prints. The new computers have
>flat screens. When I get close enough to them to see them a kind of shadow
>appears, darkening what I'm trying to see so that I can't see it at all. No
>matter how large the screen is, my particular vision problem requires me to
>be right up there. Often it means standing up so I can lean over the
>keyboard. For this reason, I can't see the screen on a laptop. I'll be
>buying a desk top with a big monitor.
>
>Can any of you advise me of a kind of monitor which doesn't get all
>distorted when you get right up close to it? Can anyone advise me of a
>computer you think will be strong enough for me to continue proofreading? I
>don't play computer games because they move too fast for me to track and I
>can only see a little part of the screen at one time. I want a computer
>which will be able to handle long books in Word and will have a big memory
>for the books I like to keep after they are approved. I'd also like to save
>music, which I haven't been able to do for ages because my computer has been
>extremely noisy for at least two years. I just couldn't afford to replace it
>the minute it became troublesome. I think now I can't delay getting a new
>computer any longer.
>
>I'm also wondering if anyone will be able to help me work with the new Word
>I'll get. I'm not intuitive when it comes to anything electronic. I'd use
>word 2003 forever if I could. Evan proofs in k1000, so word isn't his go to
>proofing platform.
>
>Any advice will be deeply appreciated. I'm so sad that my Dell is begging to
>retire.
>
>Maybe with a new computer it'll be easier to organize and keep up with
>e-mail, particular e-mail from individuals. I don't do face book and
>twitter, but e-mail from individuals is precious.
>
>The Geek squad from Best buy will come to my house to install JAWS, k1000
>and transfer my current memories to my new computer. I am so scared they'll
>say they can't do it. Computers are wonderful, but hard copies of books and
>music don't vaporize in an instant. When my new computer crashed after only
>a year, they said they couldn't retrieve the email.
>
>Wish me luck. Evan thinks I should be excited to be updating but I think its
>terrifying! And, I don't want to be stopped from proofreading for a single
>day.
>
>Always with love,
>
>Lissi
>
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