There are two young men from Nanaimo British Columbia who have developed
just such a program, and it's called Talking Typing Tutor.  More information
can be found on their Web Sight,
ICanSeeBooks.com

They are Gregg and Danny Farris.

Good luck.

Albert Ruel

----- Original Message -----
From: "Megan McHugh" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2003 12:40 PM
Subject: typing tutor with speech or works with screenreader


> Hi Vicug Listers,
>
> I am training an older gentleman who is very low
> vision, who wants to learn to touch type. He is
> unable to see the screen well enough to use
> traditional typing programs where he has to press
> the key that is highlighted on the screen.
>
> Does anyone know of a decent typing tutor type of
> program that talks, telling the user which key
> they need to press, such as press the J key,
> press the F key, etc? Or is screenreader
> compatible?  Ideally, I am looking for an easy
> simple to use program.  Does anyone have a small
> simple program that fits this bill that they
> could send to me or give me information on?
>
> Thanks for any information,
> Megan
>
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