Hey David,
I’ve looked at Leasy over the years, and even the advanced one, like hmmm.
Sounds like it could be useful for somebody in productivity.
Ok, here’s a question. If you don’t have a job and mainly use your computer at
home for personal stuff, is there still stuff in advanced for a person like
that?
Perhaps its just an ease of use thing.
Take Loui. Take the echo device.
Can things be done other ways? Sure. But maybe its just an ease of use thing,
no matter how you live life.
There’s one thing I know it is if nothing else….
It really showcases the power of what somebody who knows jaws scripts in and
out can do.
That part is amazing on its own.
From: blind-philly-comp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<blind-philly-comp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of David Goldfield
Sent: Monday, December 23, 2019 5:16 PM
To: Philadelphia Computer Users Group for the Blind and Visually Impaired
<blind-philly-comp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [blind-philly-comp] For JAWS Users: Leasey Total Package Available At
a Reduced Price
From now until December 27 Hartgen Consultancy is offering Leasey Total for 50
British pounds, which is around $67 U.S. dollars. It is very difficult to
concisely summarize what this program does as it's a Swiss army knife filled
with tons of tools and utilities. Leasey Total comes with two modules, Leasey
Basic and Leasey Advanced.
Leasey Basic is for users who might consider themselves to be extreme novices,
very new to computers or perhaps users who just want a systematic, predictable
way of accessing the main programs on their computer. Instead of dealing with
the Windows start menu or the desktop there is a dedicated menu known as the
Leasey menu, which is read by a human voice. This menu includes items such as
Surf the Internet, Write a Document or Letter, Check Your Email, Listen to the
Radio, etc. It also offers context sensitive help, using the same human speech
which is offered in the menus. Leasey Basic might also be helpful for users
with cognitive difficulties. It also comes with a training tutorial covering
the basic features and is honestly one of the best training tutorials I have
heard in quite some time.
Leasey Advanced dispenses with the simplified menus and returns your computer
to its normal state with the start menu and desktop. It offers a ton of
additional features. Features that I personally like are:
Leasey Texts. This is a bit like the text expansion feature found in Word
except that you can use it globally. You can create a list of shortcuts which
can type in a pre-written piece of text, such as a shopping list, signature to
a letter, etc. You can also assign an abbreviation to a Leasey text, such as
typing the letters sig to type a signature.
Leasey clips allow you to save up to twelve pieces of text to areas not unlike
the clipboard. Each clip can be recalled, pasted anywhere and they are
available even with a computer restart.
Leasey Clock includes an alarm, countdown timer, stopwatch and even some very
nice Westminster chimes.
Leasey Radio offers a built-in radio tuner, available anywhere.
It offers so much more but those are just a few of its features. Leasey Central
offers far more detailed information about this software.
I know I've mentioned this program quite a bit in the past year. For the record
I am not affiliated with Hartgen Consultancy. Brian Hartgen and I are nothing
more than professionals in this industry. We have never met, never worked with
one another and I get absolutely no commission from any sales which my messages
might generate. I just feel that he's made some positive and unique
contributions in this space which are very beneficial to users of JAWS and I
just want to let everyone know about what he offers.
--
David Goldfield,
Blindness Assistive Technology Specialist
WWW.DavidGoldfield.org <http://WWW.DavidGoldfield.org>
