[Athen] Dragonize a desktop calculator with print out?

[Nettie Fischer]

Just brainstorming in print:  what if the print out was done in a photo
layout (4 X 6) size - maybe it would work with one of those photo printers
since a regular printer would require someone to change the paper size.

nettie's nickel

On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Catalina Colaci <ccolaci at yukoncollege.yk.ca

> wrote:



> Hi, everybody

> Perhaps you already had discuss the following ; if so, Would you mind

> sending me the information?

> If not, then, Could we discuss feasible solutions to the problem?

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> A client with mobility impairment /partial paralysis of the fingers uses

> Dragon Naturally Speaking -version 10 preferred- to enter data in a

> computer.

> This person is presently working in a government office in accounting after

> completing successfully the face to face and hands-on interview process.

> During the practical exam, the person was allowed to enter the data in Excel

> using DNS.

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> Now, the person is working the numbers from various spreadsheets and need a

> print-out to attach to the reports to show the math. Printing a whole letter

> sized sheet is out of the question, as they would go through way too much

> paper.

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> 1) Is there a calculator with print-out/till-tape capabilities that will

> work with Dragon?.  Programs like MathPad or MathTalk do work with DNS, but

> they would still have the problem of printing a whole page. I imagine it

> would be a mobility challenge to work the separate totals in columns and

> then cut them.

> 2) Is there a computer compatible printer which could work with

> "calculator-type" paper roll (about 3" wide)? I remember years ago we use to

> print labels which came in a 3" roll directly from the computer... but I

> think that the printer was a dot matrix.

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>

> I will appreciate your ideas. Thanks and have an excellent day.

>

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> Catalina Colaci

> Coordinator

> Learning Assistance Centre & Support Services for Students with

> Disabilities

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> Whitehorse, Yukon  Y1A 5K4 Canada

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Nettie T. Fischer, ATP
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