[blparent] new member intro

[David Andrews]

Well, Android tablets and Xboxes are good at different things, so I 
doubt one will substitute for the other.  The latest Xbox does work a 
little with Narrator, which would give you some access, but not the 
same as full supervision.

There is no magic answer here.

Dave

At 10:58 PM 9/7/2016, you wrote:
>hi
>I'm a new member well not exactly I was on this list about 10 years 
>ago. But I may be new to some of you. Anyway my name is Josh Kennedy 
>I live in a rural town in PA. I subscribed mainly because I have a 
>question. My sighted son is 9 years old. He keeps asking for an xbox 
>1 or xbox 1s for Christmas. But they are expensive and I'm on SSI. 
>Also my tv only has one HDMI connection and that is being used by 
>the apple tv box. and I'd rather not spend nearly $600 for an xbox 
>1s and a new tv to put in his bedroom where he wouldn't be 
>supervised as much. I'm totally blind by the way and use NVDA for my 
>screen reader and will soon be using the orbit reader20 low cost 
>braille display for braille input and output. You all can google 
>search orbit reader20 if you want more info so anyway rather than 
>getting him an xbox 1s and new tv and stuff besides I don't have the 
>money for a new tv in my living room with 2 or more HDMI connectors 
>at the moment and I won't for a good many months... So do you all 
>think I should just get him a good android tablet? I found one with 
>a 10.6 inch screen octa-core 8 processors and 2gigs of ram for $130. 
>much more affordable for me. It's difficult to save money when only 
>on SSI. I had to save 6 months and give up lots of stuff just to 
>save up for the orbit reader 20 at $499 due out in october 2016. He 
>keeps asking for M-rated games like GTA and the crew and stuff like 
>that. So what do you all think. save up for xbox 1s, and new bigger 
>tv or good nearly 11-inch much more affordable android tablet? also 
>gotta save for the braigo low cost embosser supposed to be out next 
>year so I can have as much braille as possible for his future school 
>endeavors. next point is i figure if he wants a fancy xbox when he's 
>older that may give him an incentive to get a job and get it 
>himself. after all if I get him everything where's the incentive to 
>eventually work for or save for what he wants to have just like i 
>had to save for the orbit reader20 and will save for the low cost 
>braigo embosser due out sometime in 2017?
>
>thanks
>
>Josh Kennedy
>
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