You can copy and paste on all the IOS devices. I like doing it from the BT keyboard. When I do do it but you can do it on the device as well. You have to be in some kind of edit field and turn the rotorey to edit and choose select and then do that pinch thing to choose the text to select it and then turn the rotary to edit a again and then flick up and choose copy and then go to whatever you want to copy it to as long as it is in a edit field and paste it in the edit field. Here again you have to use that rotary. But the BT keyboard takes this away. The key is that you have to select copy and paste in a edit field. So it is somewhat limited. JST Sign, Bubba bubbathegeek@xxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eric SS Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 4:08 PM To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: Using an ipad Ben, I have been using a Touch for a year and now an IPhone the past six months, so a total of a year and a half. Trust me, you get used to the swiping and other motions fairly quickly. There are only a half dozen or so, so far fewer to remember than the 101 keys on a keyboard. You learn fairly quickly too that applications (programs) are laid out in very similar ways, so that the escape or affirm are generally at the top and menu commands at the bottom no matter if you are doing a mapping program or music. Also, there are thousands and thousands of apps out there that are mostly free, but can cost up to $20, but that is still hundreds less than many programs you would pay for Windows equivalents. I am mostly an information consumer. I read my NFB news papers and web sites, plus dozens of news feeds in RSS. I use it a lot for radio stations and some for podcasts. I send and receive quite a few text messages everyday and post and check Facebook and Twitter news. My life is on there, i.e., my contacts and calendar. The one place I still have trouble is inputting. I have a couple of keyboards ranging from standard desktop size to a credit card size bluetooth device and I use the on-screen keyboard. I just recently picked up a screen protector with some dots on it, such as at the location of the F and J keys when you have a keyboard on screen. They have a version of that with dots on every key on the keyboard, but I felt that may be overkill. Entering text is not the whole problem, but editing is a bit touchy, even for sighted folks. You can move through text by letter, word, line, header, etc., but for instance you cannot cut a word or so out of an E-mail and paste it into a text message. I am not sure I would feel confident using this for a note taker for classes, etc., but then again if I had to use it and got used to it all these things may seem insignificant. I really feel if you are going to carry a device for your calendar and for reading and to make calls, why bother with three separate pieces and just have one. I have told people this way: there are Swiss Army knives that can do many things and for most people nothing more is needed. Unless you are going to build a house, and then you need more durable and specialized tools. I am not a carpenter in my daily life, so I choose to carry one knife. I hope this helps some. I don't think you would regret the decision. I might advise if you are unsure you can find used Touch or Phones. They would work fine with just WIFI. The camera on the phone and new touch can be quite useful, though, so if I had my choice I would definitely at least get something with a camera. The best! Eric -----Original Message----- From: mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Benjamin Blatter Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 3:33 PM To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mac4theblind] Using an ipad Hi to all Today, I went to an apple store and held an ipad in my hands for the first time. Amazing, it's much thinner than I thought. The guy there activated voice over. However I found it rather difficult to do things with all this touching and wiping. Most of all locating some things on the plain glass screen. And some funny things happened like the ipod suddenly playing music ... Maybe I was shy or it was just an unlucky start for me. but anyway, I'm wondering if you guys are really using an ipad or ipod touch for your daily life? I read somewhere about a company which makes some tactile overlays for blind people. Are you using something like that or are you really just getting fine by figure out and memorizing all the spots on the glass screen? I'm actually looking for a portable organizer. So I thought an ipad might be an interesting solution since you could look at your appointmens sort of like reading them in braille ... Do you guys organize your things this way? And is there a certain braille display you would reccommend to use with these devices? Kind regards Ben ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to their list subscription is: //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind The list archive is located at //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. 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