[blindza] Re: Easy way to Internet, please!!!

From: "Boshoff, Deon (GP Health)" <Deon.Boshoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <blindza@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 09:45:04 +0200
Thanks, Carel, yes, I'm using Win7, 32 and 64bit; don't use XP on the NET any 
more.  Will try out your tricks, and knowing me, I will probably be lazy enough 
to make shortcuts to it...  BTW, I tried to contact Vodacom Special Needs, but 
all I can get out of them with e-mail, followed by e-mail varification, is to 
tell me I can call 12580, which I did, several times, but do you think I could 
find someone who actually knew what blindness is? LOL!   WTheir website doesn't 
make me any wiser, either; I'm not sure if they really are interested  in 
making things easier to us.  I mean, if I was working there, I would make a lot 
of trouble to write back with all information an what's availible, and also ask 
for ideas on how we could make things better? But then, I guess they know it 
all; I only wish they would share their knowledge with me?

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 

-----Original Message-----
From: blindza-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:blindza-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On 
Behalf Of Carel Ewald
Sent: 28 August 2012 08:49 AM
To: blindza@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blindza] Re: Easy way to Internet, please!!!



Deon,

 

Win 7? XP?

 

Usually the easiest is to press insert + F11 with Jaws, and press connect from 
there. Otherwise, start button, escape and tab twice to get to the  status bar 
menu, left/rigt to get to the stick and hit the applications key and press the 
connect button from there.

 

The Vodacom software is also not accessable with Jaws but through this way one 
can at least connect/disconnect.

 

Thanks,

 

Carel Ewald

+27 83 463 4023

 

From: Boshoff, Deon (GP Health) [mailto:Deon.Boshoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: 28 August 2012 08:46 AM
To: blindza@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blindza] Re: Easy way to Internet, please!!!

 

Sorry, it's a Mecccer, bought at a computer store, whith a Vodacom SIM card.

 

Deon [G. Boshoff, BA[Stell]-----Original Message-----
From: blindza-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:blindza-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On 
Behalf Of Carel Ewald
Sent: 28 August 2012 08:28 AM
To: blindza@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blindza] Re: Easy way to Internet, please!!!

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!!!

 

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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
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- [blindza] Re: Easy way to Internet, please!!!
  - From: Carel Ewald
[blindza] Re: Easy way to Internet, please!!!

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