[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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