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[UK] Need advice on buying a Mac based laptop (Disabled use)
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<blockquote data-quote="Amen-Moses" data-source="post: 331350" data-attributes="member: 114"><p>Well I thought the chances of you being close were slim but worth a shot.</p><p></p><p>You can get the Mac to speak any highlighted text so for example you could put together a document of words or phrases which can then be selected with the trackpad and then spoken by hitting the space bar or something like that, the actual ergonomics would need to be worked out though.</p><p></p><p>If your father has trouble with intricate finger movements maybe a trackerball type device would be easier to use than the track mad or mouse?</p><p></p><p>Another option would be a Wacom tablet, these work well with the Mac and the pen can be used to do anything you can do with a mouse and also gives you the ability to draw shapes to communicate. The better versions even have buttons on the pen which can modify the action, so for example he could use the pen to select the words or phrases from a page and then squeeze the pen to make the Mac speak them.</p><p></p><p>Amen-Moses</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Amen-Moses, post: 331350, member: 114"] Well I thought the chances of you being close were slim but worth a shot. You can get the Mac to speak any highlighted text so for example you could put together a document of words or phrases which can then be selected with the trackpad and then spoken by hitting the space bar or something like that, the actual ergonomics would need to be worked out though. If your father has trouble with intricate finger movements maybe a trackerball type device would be easier to use than the track mad or mouse? Another option would be a Wacom tablet, these work well with the Mac and the pen can be used to do anything you can do with a mouse and also gives you the ability to draw shapes to communicate. The better versions even have buttons on the pen which can modify the action, so for example he could use the pen to select the words or phrases from a page and then squeeze the pen to make the Mac speak them. Amen-Moses [/QUOTE]
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