[blindkid] Ipad only

Amber Hall amhall973 at gmail.com
Wed Nov 12 23:16:14 UTC 2014


Thanks for all of your responses. There were Great points made to bring to the school. 
Besides the access point app, what r some other apps your blind kids/ adults use?
Thanks so much!

Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 12, 2014, at 6:01 PM, Marianne Denning via blindkid <blindkid at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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> Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
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