[blparent] new member intro

Fri Sep 9 11:20:52 UTC 2016

The fusion 5 sounds interesting.
Judy & The LG Wine smart
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From: Josh Kennedy via BlParent <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 8, 2016 08:57 PM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] new member intro
CC: Josh Kennedy <joshknnd1982 at gmail.com>,David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com>

>well I want him to be able to do schoolwork through 4th grade and beyond 
>and sometimes on my old windows laptop he does go places he should not 
>and gets viruses on it by accident. Yet he likes playing games that have 
>good graphics but likes the size of the laptop screen. He's probably 
>asking for grand theft auto and other such mature games because maybe 
>other parents who don't give a care let their kids play it but I will 
>not its rated m mature for a reason. and now that microsoft office is 
>out for android I think an android fusion5 108 tablet with octacore 
>processor 2gigs ram would be a good solution for both work and gaming. 
>Plus there are games he tried to play on windows that crashed or just 
>would not open for him. Seems like with android or iPhone stuff just 
>works and if it doesn't the play store says its not compatible. And a 
>good gaming tablet with octacore processor is far less expensive than a 
>core i7 8gigs ram laptop for gaming. I could see that if I got him a 
>full laptop that could run any game he'd be bothering me nonstop for GTA 
>games. Plus he also says the laptops are too heavy he doesn't like 
>carrying my old one that much and the tablet will let him read lots of 
>books with the kindle app also. I think get him a bluetooth keyboard for 
>when he has to use ms-office apps or google docs and he'll be good to go.
>
>
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>On 9/8/2016 10:04 PM, David Andrews via BlParent wrote:
>> 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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