[blindkid] Ipads

[Dr. Denise M Robinson]

1800 my iphone is the number

On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Albert J Rizzi <albert at myblindspot.org>wrote:

> would you happen to have the number for the apple people? i myself just
> bought an iphone from best buy and need to do the same.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of lindashalm at aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 11:33 AM
> To: blindkid at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [blindkid] Ipads
>
> I spent sometime yesterday with Apple tech support to get voiceover working
> again on my son's Iphone 4S, which has a lot of accessibility features.  My
> wireless company could not help me...had to deal with Apple folks.  It all
> worked out so far.  It takes vision to get to the settings until voiceover
> is working.
>
>
> Linda
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com>
> To: NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)
> <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wed, Jan 11, 2012 11:27 pm
> Subject: Re: [blindkid] Ipads
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>
> Yes, there is a built-in screen reader called VoiceOver, and a
> built-in screen enlarger called Zooms.  If it is a recent one, hit
> the home button 3 times quickly to bring up voice over.  National
> Braille Press has a good book on using iDevices.  It is primarily
> oriented to the iPhone, but has much that applies to the iPad too.
>
> Dave
>
> \At 07:41 PM 1/11/2012, you wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I'm wondering if anyone knows if IPads are considered accessible to the
> >blind? And if so, how so? My son's school (Academy for the Blind) just
> >acquired them through a grant, and are using them in the classroom. They
> >have been provided to the teachers, some of whom are blind. I'm just
> >curious to know if/how these will be useful to someone with essentially no
> >vision at all. Thanks for your thoughts!
> >
> >:) Carolynn Barnes
>
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