Deon, Is your stick a Vodacom one?? Thanks, Carel Ewald +27 83 463 4023 From: Boshoff, Deon (GP Health) [mailto:Deon.Boshoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 28 August 2012 08:24 AM To: blindza@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [blindza] Easy way to Internet, please!!! UID09duf63i2bd Hi, People Today I wish to bother you guys with something that may just open a can of worms, as so many people don't seem to be active on the Internet? My question to you is; How do you get on the Internet, what method do you use, fixed line, Telkom, 3G, a cell phone, a data memory stick, blackberry, Iphone, laptop, computer, tablet, paraffin stove? And how much does this cost you? How easy/difficult is it for you to get connected every time? I know I have this interesting thing that looks like a memory stick; it has a SIM card inside, but to get connected to this thing takes some time, as as soon as you plug this thing into a computer, a picture comes up, with another kind of picture that Jaws doesn't tell you about, while it takes some doing to find this "Connect" button by moving the mouse, when using NVDA. This thing is really foolproof, as it fools me... So, here's another gadget lying around somewhere in my house without any use. And I still haven't figured out what the OCR in j13 and NVDA 2012.2 actually is supposed to be for; once again, it doesn't turn me on? Am I , perhaps, becoming too old to be turned on by gadgets?? And then I've had this Nokia 6210 Navigator which I have been using for over 3 years now; I simply plug it into my laptop, ENTER on a "Connect" link which I created myself on my laptop, and as soon as I hear it has connected, I can then go hit my own "Internet" link. This has been serving me very well over the last 3 years, but since then I have had to "upgrade" to a c5, which now uses Nokia OVI Suite, instead of the old trusted Nokia PC Suite. This OVI thing sips my airtime faster than I can sip any beer, for some reason, so I'm scared out of my wits of it. With the old, I could be on the Net for hours, and if I don't download or upload, it only took me 1 or 2 MB's. Then new one makes 100 MB disappear like nothing else. My problem now is; if something would happen to this old 6210, what am I going to do? Do any of you have a Plan B for me? Is there a 3G stick which you can actually connect yourself if you're blind? Is there a "Speaking phone" left which can actually still be used as modem, without costing me an arm and a leg? Or, maybe, my next laptop could have a SIM slot under its battery, and its user interface is actually accessable? If you know about such a laptop, pleas let me know; bearing in mind that I tend to be a bit slow in understanding things, these days...? If there's anything left these days which is actually blind-user-friendly, do let me know, will you????! Deon [G. Boshoff, BA[Stell]UDC[Potch] WESKOPPIES HOSPITAL Tel: 0123199735 Mobile: 0829699571 Fax: 0123277076 Bleeper: 0123199820, code 0002 E-mail: <mailto:Deon.boshoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> or; deon.boshoff55@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx WEB; www.inclusiveplanet.com