[Blindtlk] Would like to hear from cell phone users.

[Mark J. Cadigan]

I mostly use my phone to take pictures of the board when I want to copy down
a slide or something hand written in situations that I haven't made prier
arrangements with the professor to give me a copy of the slides or lecture
notes before hand. For example, I was at a conference on student financial
aide the lecturer did not want to give me a copy of the PowerPoint he was
using, so I sat there in the first row snapping pictures with my phone.



The phone works good with PDFs. I haven't found a good OCR app for it yet,
but I am open to all suggestions.



Good luck finding a new phone,

Mark



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marsha Drenth" <marsha.drenth at gmail.com>
To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 11:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Would like to hear from cell phone users.


> Mark,
>
> Tell me more about how you take pictures of the board for notes? What app
> does this? Do you read PDF's on your Iphone, and what apps do this?
>
> Thanks,
> Marsha
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Mark J. Cadigan
> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 9:27 PM
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Would like to hear from cell phone users.
>
> Judy,
>
>
>
> I have the iphone. I personally like it, and find it is the best phone on
> the market for how I use it. As a college student, I use my iphone to do
> many things because I can't always have a laptop or note taker with me. I
> keep my calendar containing my classes appointments and other time
> obligations so that I don't miss any important appointments, I use the
> phone
>
> to read email, It's my alarm clock, my watch, my GPS, and link to the
> world.
>
> My iphone has mostly supplanted my laptop and Braille note for most
> situations, however, my laptop and note taker are still used, just
> differently than they were before the iphone.
>
>
>
> The iphone can be used to quickly respond to professor's emails, or to
> quickly copy notes off the board by photographing them. It can be used as
> a
> money reader to check to make shore I was given proper change at the
> cafeteria. The uses for the iphone are endless.
>
>
>
> I found it to be quite simple to use, although it had a bit of a learning
> curve. Feel free to contact me off list with any questions.
>
>
>
> Good luck in finding a new phone.
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Judy Jones" <jtj1 at cableone.net>
> To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 8:27 PM
> Subject: [Blindtlk] Would like to hear from cell phone users.
>
>
>> After years of using various Nokia devices with Talks, I'm thinking about
>> switching to something else, or at least, seeing if there is anything
>> better out there.  I'm very impressed with the iPhone and VoiceOver, but
>> would like to hear how easy it is to adapt to using the touch pad.
>>
>> I'm not impressed with MobileSpeak voices, tried a phone using that in a
>> previous upgrade, and returned the phone and program.
>>
>> I would like to hear from people about the pros and cons of the phones
>> and
>
>> programs they are using, so I can make an informed decision this next
>> upgrade.
>>
>> I am currently using Nokia's N96, but am not as happy with the phone as I
>> thought I would be.  I have to replace the phone's plastic back every so
>> often, although I do love the Talks clarity of eloquence speech.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for all your advice and suggestions.
>>
>> Judy Jones
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