22 Feb Free Computer Resources
Free Computer Resources
One of the phone meetings of the Philadelphia Computer Users’ Group for the Blind and Visually Impaired discussed various resources available to obtain free technical help. I compiled a list of the resources which I use and ones which were mentioned by other callers. I am placing it on this Web site for anyone who might find it of some value.
Microsoft Disability Help Desk– 800 936-5900 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/answerdesk/accessibility
Apple Accessibility Help– 877 204-3930 — email: mailto:accessibility@apple.com
Chicago Lighthouse Helpdesk — screen readers including NVDA, Daisy book players, notetakers — 888 825-0080
Freedom Scientific (JAWS, MAGic, OpenBook, Focus, Pac Mate, various magnifiers and Plextalk Pocket) — (727) 803-8600
JAWS Technical Support Page http://www.freedomscientific.com/Support
JAWS Users Mailing Lists http://www.freedomscientific.com/Support/UserGroups
JAWS Headquarters http://www.freedomscientific.com/JAWSHQ/JAWSHeadquarters01
Android Access (online community) www.androidaccess.org
AI Squared- Zoomtext and Window-Eyes — (802) 362-3612
Window-Eyes Online Support (including knowledge base and mailing lists) — http://www.gwmicro.com/support/
NVDA — English users’ mailing List – To join the users’ list, send a blank email to: mailto:nvda-request@freelists.org with the word “subscribe” in the subject line. www.nvaccess.org
Humanware – 800 722-3393
Verizon Wireless Help for consumers with disabilities (888) 262- 1999, http://www.verizonwireless.com/support/accessibility-faqs/#vgnEnd
AT&T 866-241-6568 http://about.att.com/mediakit/disability
Sprint http://www.sprint.com/landings/accessibility/vision.html
American Printing House for the Blind (Bookport Plus) 800 223-1839
Freelists (various discussion groups or mailing lists) http://www.freelists.org/lists.html
Yahoo Groups (mailing lists) https://groups.yahoo.com/neo
Google Groups (mailing lists) https://groups.google.com/forum/#!overview
Microsoft Community For help with Windows, Office and other Microsoft products http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us
Applevis (for all things Apple) www.applevis.com
MacForTheBlind www.macfortheblind.com
Access Technology Institute (to purchase training textbooks and online training classes) http://www.blindtraining.com/
Comcast email accessibility@comcast.com phone 855-270-0379 www.comcast.com/accessibility
All Hotkeys Keyboard Shortcuts www.allhotkeys.com
KeyXL keyboard shortcut list www.keyxl.com
Shortcut World hotkey list www.shortcutworld.com
Blind Geek Zone www.blind-geek-zone.net
VIP conduit voice Chat with others online www.vipconduit.com
For the People Another voice-chat site, may be a good resource for online help www.for-the-people.com
Accessible World Offers various conferences online, including Tek Talk where products are demonstrated http://accessibleworld.org/archives/tek-talk-archives
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