[mac4theblind] Re: IPad2

  • From: Justin Harford <blindstein@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2011 21:18:00 -0700

I actually did this too with a think-outside bluetooth keyboard that my parents 
had given me for Christmas a few years before I bought my iPhone. 
El 09-10-2011, a las 20:33, Sarah Alawami escribió:

> lol. I use my iphone to take notes in class wiht a bt keybnoard and it works. 
> I can go back to and review my results for a test.
> 
> Take care.
> On Oct 9, 2011, at 9:37 AM, Josh de Lioncourt wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Both the iPad 2 and the iPod touch include cameras.
>> 
>> Personally, I have a hard time grasping situations when an assistive device 
>> is a better option than an iPad, iPod, or iPhone for one enormous reason 
>> that doesn't come up nearly as often as it should.
>> 
>> While there may be specific cons to an iOS device for specific users, (i.e. 
>> the lack of a built-in Braille display), the sheer volume of apps that 
>> expand the utility of an iOS device outweighs those cons by many thousands 
>> of times over. No matter what AT device you are talking about, it will never 
>> be able to do even a tenth of the number of things an iPad/iPod/iPhone will. 
>> That alone would justify the inconvenience of a separate Braille display, 
>> for instance.
>> 
>> The iPod touch/iPhone and the iPad with its larger screen are radically 
>> different devices that have entirely different situations where they are 
>> useful. While it is true that if you learn to use one, you will know how to 
>> use the other, that is essentially where the similarity ends. It's like 
>> saying a pay telephone and an iPhone are the same, because they both have 
>> keypads for making a phone call. (Well, that might be an exaggeration, but 
>> it proves the point.)
>> 
>> The iPad is much better, in my opinion, as a note-taker or laptop 
>> replacement. It offers the best browsing experience of any device I've ever 
>> used, is great for reading books, managing email, etc.
>> 
>> On the other end of the spectrum, the iPhone or iPod touch is a great 
>> portable device for listening to music, identifying money, leaving reminders 
>> for oneself, browsing on the go, etc.
>> 
>> I have both, and use them in entirely different ways, and I can't imagine 
>> being without either.
>> 
>> On Oct 9, 2011, at 12:19 PM, David Hilbert Poehlman wrote:
>> 
>>> Ultimately, it is your decision, but the orion is more expensive unless you 
>>> want braille for your ipad so need a refreshable braille display  The ipad2 
>>> can do a lot but it is not a product specifically oriented to the blind.
>>> 
>>> You can also buy an ipod touch which is smaller and less expensive.  It is 
>>> comparable in features, form and functionality to the ipad 2 but some folk 
>>> find the ipad 2 to be a bit daunting, some find they like they extra spac 
>>> as well so between the ipod touch and the ipad 2, it is a hard call as to 
>>> that unless of course you want a camera and I can't remember if the ipad 2 
>>> has a camera in it.
>>> 
>>> On Oct 9, 2011, at 12:06 PM, David Hilbert Poehlman wrote:
>>> 
>>> Ipad 2 most deffinitely unless you want to wait till the 3 comes out 
>>> whenever that is.
>>> 
>>> On Oct 9, 2011, at 10:48 AM, Peggy wrote:
>>> 
>>> Am thinking about getting an IPad2 (sort of). Also thinking maybe I should 
>>> wait until the braille PDA from NBP comes out. Any thoughts?
>>> Peggy & Patty
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