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Originally Posted by varaonaid
Unfortunately she doesn’t. She just made a conscious decision about 10 years ago that she didn’t need to do all that. Her sisters use computers and email and I even setup a gmail account for her but I think she figured that the technology was just beyond her.
This is why, if I’m going to be able to make this work, I have to have a stupid simple plan so she doesn’t have to do much. I’m hoping that she could just choose from a handful of books, then click and read.
I don’t honestly think that she needs a huge screen. She’d quickly get used to the digital action of “turning the page” and I think not having something that cumbersome and heavy would be more appealing. Sounds like the Kindle might be a reasonable option, then. If we do go that route, I’m thinking of springing for the “no ads” version. That would just be extra confusion.
Thanks so much for sharing. What a cool setup you created for getting books to your mom. Amazing! I wish I had a way to emulate that for my MIL.
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I even taught my mother to use a computer. The first computer she had was one I made mostly from spare parts I had. That was to see if she took to it. Eventually from there she got a laptop and then a much better laptop. When she got the second laptop, she also got a Sony Reader. She had Internet and I installed Teamviewer and Skype. That way we could keep in touch when we were not together and I could help her with the computer. I was able to show her what to do when she needed help unless it was something that needed setting up and then I just did it. Also, when it came to writing down directions on how to do something, I had her write it down so she would understand the directions. That worked well. My mother's last Reader was a Sony Reader PRS-T1.
Does your Mother have WiFi or access to WiFi? If not, then your helping her with a Kindle or Kobo won't work.