[blindkid] Ipad only

Linda A.Coccovizzo Linda.Coccovizzo at MCCKC.EDU
Thu Nov 13 16:34:04 UTC 2014


Apps I and my girls use, trying not to rename any of the ones Jody named:
KNFB Reader OCR app $100
DigitEyes $30 barcode reader app
Spellgate free - spelling app created for blind children
All Access free - finding shopping and restaurants around you
Dice World free - dice game
Stem Stumper - game
Dropbox free
Dropvox -  - record and and have recordings automatically upload to dropbox
AnyList free - make grocery lists and other lists and you can share as well
BARD Mobile free - for reading NLS braille or audio

I know I'm missing some, and maybe repeated some, but hope this helps.
 - record and and have recordings automatically upload to dropbox


-----Original Message-----
From: blindkid [mailto:blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Amber Hall via blindkid
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 5:16 PM
To: Marianne Denning; Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)
Subject: Re: [blindkid] Ipad only

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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