One more thing about learning to use them, A lot of blind people were ham
radio operators as a hobby, and those people seemed to learn to use
computers very easily. I had a blind friend who was one. He first learned to
use a dos computer from a sighted ham radio operator, with whom he was
friendly. Then I remember that something happened to his computer, some sort
of accident and he hadn't backed up any of his files. He stopped using a
computer for several years. When he decided to start again, everyone was
using windows. He got a windows computer. He'd been using the predecessor to
Window Eyes when he had his dos computer so he got Window Eyes for his
windows computer, and he taught himself windows. But he was another person
with a special knack, and he did have friends to turn to when he needed
help.
I don't think that it ever would have occurred to me to get a computer, had
I not needed it for my work. I got it in the early 90's and only used it
for work for a long time.
Miriam