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CHOOSING YOUR COMPUTER

Thunder talking software works well on modern Windows computers, laptops and Apple Mac machines running Boot Camp. Here are a few tips to help you make the right choice.

Unless you enjoy lots of videos or masses of music, you don't need the highest spec but you will need clear sound for your speech.

Listen before you buy. Life is easier if you have a physical volume control, and headphones will prevent you disturbing others with the computer's speech.

You must have at least 3 gigabytes of RAM otherwise the talking software may be a little slow. The more up-to-date the installed Windows operating system, the better.

Spend time trying out a keyboard before buying. Try to avoid keyboards with extra multi-media keys.

It helps to have small gaps between blocks of keys such as between the main keyboard and the numeric keys on the right and gaps between groups of keys on the top row - the function keys.

It may be easier to use a sloping keyboard.

Laptops: be wary of extra keys on the left-hand side, to the left of CONTROL, SHIFT etc. The keys on some laptops seem very flat and close together. Choose a keyboard where the keys are slightly tapered so that you have more of a gap between keys.

If you need the mouse keys (the numeric keypad keys) for more

advanced work, be sure to either have a physical number keypad or an easy way to control the various keyboard options. Toshiba laptops are good here.

The Track Pad can be a nuisance as you can catch it accidentally with a finger or sleeve and so disturb the mouse. You need to disable the Track Pad if you aren’t going to use it. Sometimes this is done by pressing FN key with Function key9. The FN key is normally next to the left-hand CONTROL Key.

Sometimes you may need to go to CONTROL PANEL, mouse settings, where you will find a checkbox which disables or enables the Track Pad. Either way you might need to enable it again when a seeing person uses your laptop.

Many people find it easier to use a standard keyboard plugged into their laptop.

 

The Free Internet Cafe for the Blind & Visually Impaired, the first in the whole of Africa, which opens the World Wide Web, making The Gambia a leading light in Africa, with this technology by allowing free and total access to surf the net send and receive emails and for students to enhace their studies with the aid of this pioneering software. No more do they need to rely on a third party to read to them newspapers, magazines, books, letters and world wide information.