[access-uk] Re: Apple unveils iPad tablet device
- From: Tristram Llewellyn <tristram.llewellyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:31:04 +0000
The one thing that surprised me about it was the lower price point, I expected
it to sell for more, for most however it is still a tough sell when you compare
against a cheap PC netbook.
There was a lot of speculation and some of it very wild in the run up an some
of that obvious did not live up to the reality. Also, it may have voiceover
but I would think if the iPhone touchscreen presented a challenge and even
bigger screen will be that much harder to manage as well. Also just because it
has VoiceOver there is not guarantee that the eBooks themselves will be speech
accessible.
As usual with Apple the PR volume is very high but without some important
details and we are also talking about a product that won't ship at least for
two or three months and probably longer for Europe. The eBook stuff probably
not until the summer of this year.
I can think of a couple of scenarios where it would be nice to have but at
£500-700 pounds not enough of them.
Regards.
Tristram Llewellyn
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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
David Russell
Sent: 28 January 2010 08:42
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Apple unveils iPad tablet device
It does have voiceover and also an ebook reader.
The fact that ebooks which we can purchase may be readable, and that yet
another Apple product has voiceover, must be a plus point. If other
manufacturers pick up on the ebook and voiceover ideas, that makes our
choices even wider.
Not entirely sure yet whether the ebook feature will be totally accesible,
but a review by a visually impaired user would be interesting.
David
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
Of Gordon Keen
Sent: 28 January 2010 08:37
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Apple unveils iPad tablet device
It has voiceover.
Cheers
G
From glorious Devon, England.
On 27 Jan 2010, at 23:16, Clive Pallett wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> Here is news of yet another device from Apple. There is no mention of
Voiceover installed, so wonder if it will be accessible for us visually
impaired folk. Read the full story at:
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8483654.stm
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Clive Pallett
>
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