Must be more careful! Re-checking printed documents

 

There are no two ways about this one and as a vision-impaired person, it is a must.
What am I saying? Just this!

Each time I print a document I need to use my scanner to ensure that there is printed text on the page. If I don’t then there will always be a chance that I can give a blank page to someone sighted. Just for me to avoid some embarrassment.

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The joys of technology! Dealing with a new printer

At the best of times, I often find it a bit of a challenge when it comes to dealing with a new device.  Recently having had to deal with my new printer was no exception.

Thank God for Shane who patiently supported my hesitation and together we developed a plausible strategy that seems to be working just fine.

For me, I need to ensure that everything works to my specs.  I take my time to ensure how a new device behaves, how it works, and what I need to learn to ensure that everything runs smoothly.

This was the case with my new printer and through some trial and error I have managed to welcome the new printer to my daily office duties.  The new printer works with all of my computers.  It is wireless, fast enough, and on the whole a good addition to my suite of devices.

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There you will not only learn about me as a sight-loss coach and author but you will also gain insights into my campaign against bullying and why I strongly believe that you need to consider joining me in order to insure that the future of our kids with their wide eyed smiles and infectious laughter is secured forever.

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Printing and faxing

I guess that there is still much of society that is very unaware that as blind persons we are unable to fax and print.

When it comes to these two tasks I will say that it is practically impossible.  Sure, we could route a file to our regular printer to be printed but then comes the challenge.  We have no way of knowing whether or not the file or document has printed properly, whether or not the print on the page is readable enough, and whether or not it is formatted in the right way.

We could, of course, put it through a scanner but then again we would never be sure.

In the case of faxing, we need to ensure that when we fax something that the pages to be faxed are placed in the correct way so that the print is faxed and not blank pages.  In addition, that after the fax machine has done its thing, that we are able to know that the fax has gone through.  There is
nothing worse than not knowing what is being displayed on the screen of a fax machine.

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The battle with my printer

Seems as if a week does not go by these days without me having a battle with my printer. Sometimes, my printer chooses to be good but at other times it simply decides to test my patience.

The most common battle is when it decides not to print everything on a page and I only find out when a sighted person tells me. Even when I scan the page after printing it, there may be places on the page where the print is faded.

So how do I win this battle? Well, allowing the printer to run for a few minutes ensuring that it is all warm and heated up before I print. This normally does the trick for me.

Ah, yes! The continuing battle with my printer and I might as well accept it! My printer is not going to change its ways anytime soon, (smile)!

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The Problem With Printing

For those of us who do not have enough vision to see whether or not there is printed text on a page, here are some daily challenges that we face as blind persons.

 

We need to ensure that when we print a page, it does contain text.  When the page comes out of the printer, there is no way to tell if the page does indeed contain text or if it is blank.  So for me, I use my scanner to help me out.  I scan the page and then I use my access software to tell me what is going on.  I can hear what is on the page through voice output.  However, there is more for me to be concerned about.  I have to ensure that all of the text is there and often enough, I have to ask for sighted assistance to ensure that everything is okay an that it looks okay. 

 

When it comes to the printing of labels and envelopes, I have to be very meticulous.  In my case, I have learned how to line up my envelope in the printer so that the text is well centered when it is printed but to be safe, I almost always ask for sighted assistance.  The other day for example, mom told me that the text on the envelope was not centered and I had to make two efforts before I got it right.

 

Nothing could be worse for me than to have missing text on a page, or an envelope with an address that is not properly centered.  So I have to use a combination of patience, my trusty scanner, and sighted assistance.  If you'd like to learn more about software that enable blind persons to use mainstream scanners, then visit http://www.kurzweil.com/

 

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