Hi Ibrahim,
Re IPhone replacing the computer for a lot of people - this has so
much potential. I think for people who have no need for serious
editing of documents, spreadsheets etc, who mainly want to communicate
and use the web an IPhone/IPod/IPad is a wonderful tool for a much
reduced cost compared to that of a PC and screen reader.
I think the price of £10 sounds perfectly reasonable but I wouldn't go
higher than that, not that I don't think it's worth it, but these days
people won't pay more I believe. As for whether the market needs
it...I don't really know, as I haven't looked for books/pamphlets on
the subject lately. But I do know that there are plenty of people I
come across in my work for a local charity who could do with some in
depth information on the IPhone and how to use it. I am talking about
people who may have some basic typing skills and general ideas of what
can be done on a computer but not much computer skills or
understanding of concepts such as apps, icons etc.
Depending on who your target audience is, it sounds like your pamphlet
could help these people. When I get an upgrade in December, and can
therefore afford an IPhone, I will try to put together some audio to
help the types of people I'm talking about. Ideally I would love to
see a package of audio, text and diagrams similar to the Windows
guides by Sarah Morley. If there is such a thing I apologise for
being out of touch but it seems to me there are great podcasts for
computer-literate people but a gap in the market for non-computer
literate people, especially older people, who could nonetheless really
benefit from the use of the IOS devices.
Even if you don't want to target the types of people I mention, I
think anything explaining the usefulness of the IOS devices and giving
practical examples will be a good thing.
Catherine
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On 8/11/11, Ibrahim Gucukoglu <ibrahim_gucukoglu@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Catherine.
You raise a very interesting and valid point here, and some of the apps I
will be looking at in my pamphlet will be allied to commercial websites
to
illustrate this point. Some blind people sadly don't realise the full
capability and potential of the IPhone as a replacement for the computer
in
all but a few circumstances, so my idea is to write this booklet to
illustrate the point and perhaps the web browser in the IPhone is
something
I should touch on. I'd add that with the emergence of HTML 5.0
technology
and Apple's Web Apps directory, we have a new avenue of potential to
explore, so I might not confine my reviews to apps you can get from the
app
store, though I could easily pick 50 apps I have on my IPhone for this
purpose. Could you give me an idea as to how much you'd be prepared to
pay
for a booklet like the one I'm proposing? Does £10 per copy sound
reasonable? Do you think the market needs another title like this? I
ask
this of everyone on the list, so feel free to reply and say what's on
your
mind.
All the best, Ibrahim.
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