Accessibility
Easy TV viewing for elderly
05/12/24
I hope you are well. I’m thinking my current technology need may not be on your list but thought I’d check anyway.
I’m trying to simplify my 84 y.o mother’s TV situation. She has memory issues and is no longer able to remember how to navigate her remote from day to day. None of the big service providers have a simplified remote so I’m looking at a new service called Jubilee TV. The company alleges to have good support services. Have you heard of this company or anything else similar? If not, do you have a recommendation for someone who could help us with set up?
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I can sympathize with what you’re dealing with having worked through the exact same issue myself with my mother just a couple years ago. I have not heard of Jubilee TV personally. I don’t know what your mother’s tv habits are but you may also consider an AppleTV. It has very large icons and you could remove most of them leaving her with just the select feel. However even then you’d need to navigate down into each app to get the channel or content you’re looking for. No way to create aliases to a specific show or channel unfortunately. But the remote is pretty simple so there’s that.
You might ask around to Cypress or other retirement homes to see if they have any suggestions.
I’m trying to simplify my 84 y.o mother’s TV situation. She has memory issues and is no longer able to remember how to navigate her remote from day to day. None of the big service providers have a simplified remote so I’m looking at a new service called Jubilee TV. The company alleges to have good support services. Have you heard of this company or anything else similar? If not, do you have a recommendation for someone who could help us with set up?
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I can sympathize with what you’re dealing with having worked through the exact same issue myself with my mother just a couple years ago. I have not heard of Jubilee TV personally. I don’t know what your mother’s tv habits are but you may also consider an AppleTV. It has very large icons and you could remove most of them leaving her with just the select feel. However even then you’d need to navigate down into each app to get the channel or content you’re looking for. No way to create aliases to a specific show or channel unfortunately. But the remote is pretty simple so there’s that.
You might ask around to Cypress or other retirement homes to see if they have any suggestions.
Why is my computer talking to me?
03/04/16
Hey Scotty, have a voice telling me everything I am typing and doing, what is this and how do I get rid of it and where did it come from.
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You've accidentally turned on voice over in Accessibility. It's a feature designed to assist people who may have sight impairments To undo this, go to system preferences/Accessibility then click on "Voice Over". Uncheck the box and you should be good to go once again.
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You've accidentally turned on voice over in Accessibility. It's a feature designed to assist people who may have sight impairments To undo this, go to system preferences/Accessibility then click on "Voice Over". Uncheck the box and you should be good to go once again.
Colors gone crazy on iPad
11/01/11
Hi Scotty,
Quick questions. When you convert from Mac to Windows on your mac; do you use the Window based program? Example: Could I load updated Quicken for windows; and switch from Mac to Windows and use the "better" version of this software? Thanks,
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In the example you suggest, the answer is yes. You would need to export the quicken data file from the mac as a quicken data file for windows. Then port it over to the windows machine to be opened. What you can not do however, is go from a newer version of Quicken to an older version no matter what platform you are on. You most also keep in mind that the data export may loose certain pieces of information like scheduled transactions or stock info.
It works the same in other instances as well. Microsoft Word, for instance, can save a .doc file on either platform to be moved to the other.
Quick questions. When you convert from Mac to Windows on your mac; do you use the Window based program? Example: Could I load updated Quicken for windows; and switch from Mac to Windows and use the "better" version of this software? Thanks,
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In the example you suggest, the answer is yes. You would need to export the quicken data file from the mac as a quicken data file for windows. Then port it over to the windows machine to be opened. What you can not do however, is go from a newer version of Quicken to an older version no matter what platform you are on. You most also keep in mind that the data export may loose certain pieces of information like scheduled transactions or stock info.
It works the same in other instances as well. Microsoft Word, for instance, can save a .doc file on either platform to be moved to the other.
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