[blindkid] Ipad only

Marianne Denning marianne at denningweb.com
Wed Nov 12 23:01:43 UTC 2014


There are times when my students need to have both an iPad and a
notetaker open.  I know you can go back and forth between apps but
that is a bit awkward in the classroom and when completing homework at
home.  Students today need to move very quickly.

On 11/12/14, Jody Ianuzzi via blindkid <blindkid at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> iPad with braille display and other Bluetooth accessories makes it more
> versatile
>
> JODY 🐺
>
> "Life begins where your comfort zone ends."
>
>> On Nov 12, 2014, at 4:42 PM, Michelle via blindkid <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I think I-devices are great for personal use, and in addition to other
>> Assistive technology such as Braillenote and for adults to use for reading
>> and other accessibility apps, etc... However, for children in grade school
>> & HS and even some in college, limiting use to only an IPad with
>> refreshable Braille display isn't giving a blind student the best way to
>> be independent in education. They just can't do all they need to with an
>> IPad. I feel they Need more technology to continue to succeed and maintain
>> and/or gain independence.
>>
>> Just my thoughts as a mom to my 7th grade Braille reader/writer.
>>
>> The original question was IPad only. Responding to that :)
>> Thanks!
>> Michelle
>>
>>> On Nov 12, 2014, at 4:30 PM, "Bill Dengler \(OS X on REtina macBook Pro\)
>>> via blindkid" <blindkid at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Surface?
>>>
>>> Bill
>>>> On Nov 12, 2014, at 4:27 PM, Marianne Denning via blindkid
>>>> <blindkid at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Jody, that is a great perspective.  There are many things students can
>>>> do with a Windows computer and screen reader or notetaker that you
>>>> still can't do with a smart device.  I believe the day will come when
>>>> that is possible but we are not quite there yet.
>>>>
>>>>> On 11/12/14, Jody Ianuzzi via blindkid <blindkid at nfbnet.org
>>>>> <mailto:blindkid at nfbnet.org>> wrote:
>>>>> Hello parents
>>>>>
>>>>> I am a blind 61 year old grandmother. I joined this list in the hope of
>>>>> sharing my experiences.
>>>>>
>>>>> I went to school in the 1960s when the only technology available were
>>>>> heavy
>>>>> records and reel to reel recording tapes.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have always embraced the newest technology and I was probably one of
>>>>> the
>>>>> first to have speech on my computer in the 1980s on a RadioShack TRS 80
>>>>> with
>>>>> a speech synthesizer and a program developed by the navy. I have used
>>>>> notetakers from the beginning and I have used screen readers on my
>>>>> computers
>>>>>
>>>>> That said I now do everything on my iPhone 6.  I have adaptive apps
>>>>> that do
>>>>> everything from identify currency, read barcodes,  Scan and read
>>>>> documents,
>>>>> magnify as a handheld CCTV,  talking GPS, and so many more including
>>>>> games.
>>>>> Little that I think when I was playing those heavy records on an old
>>>>> record
>>>>> player that I would one day be listening to talking books on a BARD app
>>>>> in
>>>>> my pocket. Apple offers out of the box accessible technology that we
>>>>> would've dreamed of back in the days of all the old  very expensive
>>>>> adaptive
>>>>> technology.
>>>>>
>>>>> I agree that a student should have more than one tool in their toolbox
>>>>> but
>>>>> when you consider that all of the adaptive technology combined in my
>>>>> iPhone
>>>>> would have cost $20,000 in the past it is rather remarkable  Personally
>>>>> I
>>>>> would not want to be limited by the new note takers when I have the
>>>>> vast
>>>>> resources of my iPhone which costs hundreds of dollars compared to
>>>>> thousands
>>>>> of dollars of the more limited devices.
>>>>>
>>>>> Just my two cents.
>>>>>
>>>>> JODY 🐺
>>>>>
>>>>> "Life begins where your comfort zone ends."
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Nov 12, 2014, at 11:45 AM, Bernadette Jacobs via blindkid
>>>>>> <blindkid at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Linda, as much as I think this r
>>
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Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
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