• Using computer for FAs

    Posted by Sally on September 1, 2019 at 1:21 pm

    Hi everyone
    I have a friend who is a FAers. She has been isolated recently more and more. I wonder if there is any assistive tool for using computer? How you guys type or use computer?
    Thanks

    Sally replied 4 years, 7 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Matt Lafleur

    Member
    September 2, 2019 at 3:42 pm

    Hey Sally. A program I recommend is Dragonspeak.What specific issues is she having though?

  • Clester

    Member
    September 3, 2019 at 9:33 am

    A friend I’ve helped out on occasion has a large key keyboard and a large screen touch screen computer. He uses it a lot everyday.
    To aid in his using his computer he has a computer chair that he has rigged up with a seat belt that he straps around his chest to keep him secure in it. He even has a small refrigerator close enough to his computer he can pull himself over to it to get drinks and food.
    Along with that he has his house rigged up with “alexa” to work all his lights, his radio, his furnace/ac, and I believe some kind of gaming system (I’ve heard him play “jeapordy” several times). Even though he has difficulty speaking, he manages it and the computer quite impressively.

  • Sally

    Member
    September 4, 2019 at 3:16 pm

    Thanks both.
    She is not a native English speaker. That makes her using speech programs challenging

    Using a bog keyboard might be actually good. We might try that. She has point balance problem.

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