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Basic Windows From The Keyboard Tutorials on the CCB Podcast by Gerry Chevalier, Spring-Summer 2020
Basic Windows From The Keyboard Tutorial Podcasts
Sponsored by the Canadian Council of the Blind (CCB)
Get Together with Technology Program (GTT)
Presented by Gerry Chevalier
During the spring and summer of 2020 Gerry Chevalier delivered to CCB-GTT Open Chat Zoom meeting participants each Wednesday morning a series of beginner sessions aimed at getting PC users more familiar with basic keyboard access. The below Windows from the Keyboard tutorial recordings will benefit all screen reader and magnification users as they focus on basic keyboard access to the PC’s operations. In fact, anyone can benefit from these tutorials even if they just want to reduce repetitive motion strain caused by use of the computer mouse.
To listen to each episode listed here from your computer or smart device simply click on the individual session links provided, and PC screen reader users can use their Quick Navigation key B once on the episode site to access the Play/Pause button. Press the Space Bar to activate it once found.
You can subscribe to the CCB Podcast feed by searching for CCB/Canadian Council of the Blind Podcast on the Victor Reader Stream, or your favourite smart device PodCatcher.
Happy listening!
Basic Windows From The Keyboard Tutorial Podcast List of Links:
Session 1: April 29, 2020
Theme: Intro Session Keyboard, Desktop, Start Menu, Task Bar,
Session 2: May 6, 2020
Theme: Desktop Shortcuts,
Bonus Session: May 8, 2020
Theme: Typio Accessible Typing Tutor App,
Session 3: May 13, 2020
Theme: Task Bar,
Session 4: May 20, 2020
Theme: Navigating and Selecting Text in Word and Outlook,
Session 5: May 27, 2020
Theme: Windows File Explorer,
Session 6: June 3, 2020
Theme: Windows Recycle Bin and Using External Media,
Session 7: June 17, 2020
Theme: Internet Browsing,
Session 8, June 24, 2020
Theme: Microsoft Ribbons
Session 9, July 1, 2020
Theme: Backstage View and Save As Dialog
Session 10, July 8, 2020
Theme: Microsoft Outlook
How to access and download CCB Podcast Episodes:
PC Computer: all the above podcast episodes can be accessed and downloaded from;
http://www.ccbpod.podbean.com/
Here’s how to download:
- Open the episode you wish to download and navigate to the Download Link.
- In the Social Sharing section of the page is a Download Link along with the number of downloads to date. First letter navigation from the screen reader’s Links List won’t work to access this Download Link. Down arrow to it and press Enter once found.
- In the page that loads you will find another Download Link, and once the links are listed using the screen reader’s Links List first letter navigation will work. Press Enter to activate the function. The podcast will be found in your Downloads folder.
- To close the Downloads Page Use Control W, which will take you back to the episode page, and Alt left arrow will take you back to the main CCB Podcast page.
Moving Podcast Episodes to the VR Stream:
- To move all your above episodes to the VR Stream as MP3 files, first create a folder in the $VROtherBooks titled Windows from the Keyboard Tutorials and move the episodes into it.
Who is Gerry Chevalier?
Gerry Chevalier was an entrepreneur and software developer of small business accounting systems for over 25 years. Over the course of his career Gerry became blind due to RP. He has used Windows primarily with JAWS for over 20 years. In 2004, Gerry joined HumanWare as the Product Manager for their Victor Reader line of DAISY digital talking book players.
Now retired, Gerry volunteers as the co-coordinator of GTT Edmonton, a chapter of the Canadian Council of the Blind. GTT (Get Together with Technology) is a self-help peer mentoring group of blind and vision impaired people who use and want to learn more about assistive technology.
For more information, please contact your GTT Coordinators/Trainers:
Kim Kilpatrick 1-877-304-0968 Ext. 513
David Green 1-877-304-0968 Ext. 509
AccessibilityTraining7@Gmail.com
CCB-GTT Backgrounder:
The CCB was founded in 1944 by a coalition of blind war veterans, schools of the blind and local chapters to create a national self-governing organization.
The CCB was incorporated by Letters Patent on May 10, 1950 and is a registered charity under the provisions of the Income Tax Act (Canada).
The purpose of the CCB is to give people with vision loss a distinctive and unique perspective before governments. CCB deals with the ongoing effects of vision loss by encouraging active living and rehabilitation through peer support and social and recreational activities.
CCB promotes measures to conserve sight, create a close relationship with the sighted community and provide employment opportunities.
The CCB recognizes that vision loss has no boundaries with respect to gender, income, ethnicity, culture, other disabilities or age.
The CCB understands in many instances vision loss is preventable and sometimes is symptomatic of other health issues. For the 21st century, the CCB is committed to an integrated proactive health approach for early detection to improve the quality of life for all Canadians.
As the largest membership organization of the blind and partially sighted in Canada the CCB is the “Voice of the Blind™”.
GTT is an exciting initiative of the Canadian Council of the Blind, founded in Ottawa in 2011 by Kim Kilpatrick and Ellen Goodman. GTT aims to help people who are blind or have low vision in their exploration of low vision and blindness related access technology. Through involvement with GTT participants can learn from and discuss assistive technology with others walking the same path of discovery.
GTT is made up of blindness related assistive technology users, and those who have an interest in using assistive technology designed to help blind and vision impaired people level the playing field. GTT groups interact through social media, and periodically meet in-person or by teleconference to share their passions for assistive technology and to learn what others can offer from their individual perspectives.
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