[vicsireland] Re: laptop or I pad

  • From: "GERARD SHANAHAN" <gershan@xxxxxx>
  • To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 17:57:05 -0000

So Ciaran,

If you were a second level school student,  there is no real advantage in the 
ipad over the laptop with screen reading technology.  For instance, If you were 
using either to do school work i.e. take notes during class or do home work 
using the equivelant of ms wored etc, the laptop would be your preference ?  I 
know what you mean, I prefer to use the desktop pc over the laptop as I'm so 
used to the standard keyboard of the dsktop I forget the hot keys for jaws on 
the laptop and more importantly I forget to cover the cursor cell and the 
shadow of my hand tends to shift focus from the program I'm using to the 
program that is running similteneously.
Gerry.

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Ciaran Ferry
  To: 'vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
  Sent: Friday, November 23, 2012 11:51 AM
  Subject: [vicsireland] Re: laptop or I pad


  I have both Gerry, and to be honest I would have to say that the iPad is more 
of a browsing tool, where as the laptop is more of a workhorse. If I need to do 
anything that involves a considerable amount of writing, or doing online 
purchases, I'll reach for the laptop.

  I do have a bluetooth keyboard for the iPad which in effect turns it into a 
mini-laptop, however I still find that it's not quite as efficient as using the 
real thing. Using apps generally works fine, however I find navigating websites 
to be a bit of a chalenge, and very time-consuming. Perhaps I need to force 
myself to use it more - reaching for the laptop is the easy way out and what 
I'm used to. Old habbits die hard and all that...

  for a blind person I would say that there's no real advantage to having the 
iPad over the iPhone - the iPad is just an iPhone without the phone and with a 
bigger screen. I would advise going for one or the other (the iPhone would be 
my recommendation because of its portability), however for doing anything 
really productive I would suggest that you'll still need the good old laptop.

  Hope this helps,

  Ciaran


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  From: vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of GERARD SHANAHAN
  Sent: 22 November 2012 22:28
  To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Subject: [vicsireland] laptop or I pad


  A friend recently showed me the versitility of the I pad and visually 
impaired in schools came up so I was wondering from people on the list, what 
would an Ipad have over using alaptop with jaws on it.  Both can be used for 
writing assignments, both can be used for going on the net and email but you 
can't print directly from an i pad, but then of course you can operate a 
wireless printer from an i pad can't you?  I  suppose the price is the only 
thing,  An i pad is about 500 euros where a laptop and jaws would come in a bit 
dearer so which has the upper hand overall?  all comments
  Gerry


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