Computers for the elderly

candtalan

Fraggleen wrote: »

Any good recommendations for a simple-to-use computer for my elderly mother, preferably with large/easy-to-read keys? Or anyone with any experience of 'simplicITy'?

You might find this interesting:
http://dnc.digitalunite.com/2009/03/31/shopping-delivered-by-ubuntu-linux/

This lady is now 90 and is still using an (updated but similar) PC regularly for shopping and local information. And still takes time to realise that if the caps lock key is set, then passwords don't work...... But she *does* get there!

Incidentally, her ISP UKOnline is stopping service soon so she is being changed to BThere ISP with help of friends and family.
:-)

MsHoarder

RNIB do sell the keyboards, in their shop.

And another vote for an inexpensive computer, just go to your local computer shop and get something fairly basic and then stick something like Ubuntu on it, make the menu font bigger and set up an account which only has basic access for your mother to use. Obviously whoever is doing "tech support" should keep the other password.

candtalan

MsHoarder wrote: »

RNIB do sell the keyboards, in their shop.

And another vote for an inexpensive computer, just go to your local computer shop and get something fairly basic and then stick something like Ubuntu on it, make the menu font bigger and set up an account which only has basic access for your mother to use. Obviously whoever is doing "tech support" should keep the other password.

This is basically what happened for the 90 year old lady in the above post.