[access-uk] Re: Can anyone sell the iPod touch to me?

  • From: "Ibrahim Gucukoglu" <ibrahim_gucukoglu@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:08:26 +0300

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.
-----Original Message----- From: Catherine Turner 
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 9:52 AM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Can anyone sell the iPod touch to me?

Hi,

Ibrahim I don't know the pamphlet you mention but I personally would
be interested in such a thing.

I think it's also worth thinking about the Iphone/Ipod as an
accessible solution for difficult websites.  I don't have one myself
yet, but have used an Ipod quite a lot.  These days I find standard
websites are getting more and more difficult/tedious to use, with
constantly refreshing aspects and unhelpfully named frames to name but
two problems.  But on the I-devices you can either browse the mobile
versions or use apps released by organisations which can accomplish
what you could do on the web and sometimes more.  From my limited
experience apps on the I-devices are accessible much more often than
not, and so depending what you're interested in the world is your
oyster and it really gives us many more options for accessibility.

Catherine

On 8/11/11, Ibrahim Gucukoglu <ibrahim_gucukoglu@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi Terry.

I think that question should read What cant you do with the IPhone?  There
are simply tonnes of uses for the device, depending on how savvy you are and how much you want to depend on it. Some people use the IPhone as purely an 
entertainer while others use theirs for business related tasks.  Indeed,
I’ve been thinking of writing a short pamphlet similar to the one sold by
National Braille Press, though doubling the number of applications to 50 and with a business slant more geared toward the UK user. I’d just need to know 
whether there’d be enough interest and whether people would be prepared to
pay for such a booklet given the time it’ll take me to put it together.

All the best, Ibrahim.

From: Terry
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 8:36 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Can anyone sell the iPod touch to me?

Hi Barry

Thanks for that, I had a look.

Is there anywhere on that page that tells you what the apps are and what
they do? Would be good to know what is out there, accessible, and useful to 
use on a iPod touch.

What do others on the list use there's for on a regular bases, apart from
playing music?

Thanks.

Terry


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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
Barry Toner
Sent: 07 August 2011 20:28
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Can anyone sell the iPod touch to me?


Hi terry,



You could do worse than looking at



http://www.applevis.com



Regards,

Barry.
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
Terry
Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2011 7:13 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Can anyone sell the iPod touch to me?



Hi all



Having read many different post on the list over the months, there has
always been lots of discussion regarding the pros and cons of the Iphone and the touch. I love my gadgets, but have still not yet taken the plunge with either. Well, having said that, I did have an Iphone for a few months, but 
then decided to sell it, as I hated it as a phone and for texting on.
From my own personal perspective, I will stick with a nokia for a phone, as 
its quick, versatile, and so easy to use.



That said, the apple products seem to have some quite interesting apps to
play with.
My main question is, are any of the apps really that useful? or are most of 
them five minute gimmicks?
Could anyone take the time to post some information about the apps that they 
feel are actually really useful.  I'm thinking of apps that are used for
fun, to assist with sight issues and are maybe better or easier to use than 
software one may already have on a laptop.



Thanks for any input.



Regards

Terry
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