Cheree Heppe here: No guarantees, but, with a bit of research and persistence, you should have results.
Why not try E-mailing the Apple accessibility unit to find out if there are any other users nearer? Does Apple have a physical store or do customers order in and have items sent to them via the post or a shipper? If the store is near you, go there. There are people of means who like to do philanthropic pursuits. They set up trusts and things and these may be accessed through lawyers.The bank officers or churches would know. Sometimes, an account is set up and various contributions add up to achieve the goal. Network through your MP's as well. The effort will pay off. I know you have service clubs there because they assist the dog guide people. Contact and network through them. Write up a cogent proposal, maybe two or three pages, with an introduction letter and present it when need calls for that. You should make progress in obtaining a Mac that way. It may seem that many of us are born with a silver Apple joystick in our mouths, but most of us have worked outside the systems to achieve the skill and knowledge that is now possessed. If you sit and wait for the rehab people, you might as well not expect results, from my experience. Actually, I am in a location where the Washington State Services for the Blind is really supportive. This is a definite first for me. But, you should be able to obtain a Mac on your own. Be sure to explain why you require the latest hardware and software, for the advanced accessibility not on earlier models. Regards, Cheree Heppe, Sent From My IPhone On Jan 2, 2011, at 0:14, "brandt" <brandt.steenk...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, I'm in south africa, and, I don't know of any such programs over here. > > And wherever will I find a mac, to firstly learn how to use and secondly, do > the sudgested vidio in a windows dominated country? Out of everyone I > personally kno, there's one, yes, one! mac user and he's 500 miles from my > location. > > Regards, > > Brandt Steenkamp > > MSN/Windows live: brandt...@live.com > > Google talk: brandt.steenk...@gmail.com > > AIM: brandt.steenk...@gmail.com > > Skype: brandt.steenkamp007 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Cheree > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 1:00 AM > Subject: Re: convincing the sighted provider of my tech that mac's the way to > go? > > Cheree Heppe here: > > That depends on where you are located. Some Canadian provinces have low > interest loan and other programs to obtain equipment. > > Some U. > s. states do this also, but there seemed to be an inordinate amount of red > tape involved in using the service. > > The other way would be to circumvent the usual rehab funding altogether and > work up your proposal, then make the rounds of service clubs, such as Lions > and whatever you have there to raise the necessary assistance. > > I would also approach the Apple stores and repair shops to see if you could > obtain a refurb or get some sort of discount, design a payment plan that > results in the equipment after you have paid it all, etc. > > If worse comes to worse, write your member of parliament or congress or > whoever might be able to leverage more immediate results. > > Some people have approached banks to see if there are low interest loans or > churches to see if there are special assistance funds. > > > Regards, > Cheree Heppe > > P.S.: You may want to be skilled enough with your proposed equipment to be > able to demonstrate that you can use it effectively. It may help if you can > get someone to video you using the equipment in various mods: E-mailing, word > processing, web serving, and use that video when you do your presentations > for funding. > > Naturally, when doing the video and the presentations, you will want to look > the part and be as nicely turned out as the situation calls for. > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jan 1, 2011, at 10:53, "brandt" <brandt.steenk...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi there folks, >> >> Due to the weakness of our currency, I am reliant on outside assistance for >> most of my tech. Now, where would I find a compelling blog post or article >> giving reasons to go to Mac instead of the expensive/(illegal if you don't >> want to pay) combo of Pc + windows + expensive screen reader, >> Jaws/Window-eyes/hal/etc. The reason I'm asking is because I'm fed up of >> cracking *cough cough cough* screen reading technology. >> >> Folks, help here, don't sue or report. >> >> Regards, >> >> Brandt Steenkamp >> >> MSN/Windows live: brandt...@live.com >> >> Google talk: brandt.steenk...@gmail.com >> >> AIM: brandt.steenk...@gmail.com >> >> Skype: brandt.steenkamp007 >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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