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Tue Oct 18 18:10:46 UTC 2016

Aimee:

I am currently using Dragon 15 professional. I have used Dragon legal, however, I have not seen any productivity differences, so far, with Dragon professional 15, that would justify the additional significant cost of purchasing Dragon legal. I am dictating this email and reading the output using my Braille Edge 40 without any bridge software. However, there is no screen reader feedback. Therefore, it is very likely that yo bridge software is still required in order to get screen reader feedback.

Luis
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Luis and grouP. 

I am very interested in the dragon pro 15.  I have heard there is a dragon legal.  Would that be better? Did you have to use J say with dragon? What Braille display do you use that plays nice with the software combination? 

I also had a good deal of issues with using a MacBook Pro for law school and had to switch.  K1000 is now my best friend.

Aimee

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> On Oct 17, 2016, at 10:04 AM, Luis Mendez via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> I agree with Elizabeth that as a productivity and reading tool the Ipad is great.  However, I  encountered more productivity challenges with the Mac Book Pro  with both Pages and Word 2016.  In the end I reverted to  a Windows laptop for some aspects of my work.  I also discovered to my delight that Dragon Professional 15 works very well with a braille display using either JAWS 17 or  NV Access. 
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> Question for Elizabeth.  How do you get Word documents from your iPad to your computer?  Also, do you use a Mack computer as well?  Does that work well transferring documents to Word on a Windows computer?
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> Hi all,
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> Although I love dictation in iOS, I personally would not want to have to rely on it to draft a memo, brief, or contract. However, a wireless keyboard or a Bluetooth Braille display with a Braille keyboard could make it work. Nevertheless, I don't intend to give up on Windows or my desktop computer anytime soon. Although I do also have a laptop, I use my desktop whenever I can because it is more powerful.
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> Best,
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> Michal
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> If I had law school to do all over again, I'd get an iPad or an iPad Pro. I love mine, and do all my work on it. Both Word and Pages work beautifully on it, you can export in both Word and PDF from either app, and Pages takes dictation beautifully. VoiceOver works beautifully for legal research, and lets me read 1000+-page files comfortably. And, as a bonus, you don't have to keep memorizing new key combination commands. And you're not chained to a desk.
> I used JAWS for years and years, and felt like a hostage every time an  upgrade to the software was needed. Apple builds speech right into its operating systems. And the KNFB Reader app lets you scan what you can't get online.
> Lastly, if that isn't clear and convincing evidence in the iPads favor, think of the bar review. I recently took the UBE (my second bar exam) using a course called BarMax, taught completely on the iPad, and passed right out of the box. And I could study outside or at Starbucks!
> I rest my case.  
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