[Electronics-talk] ACCESSIBLE TABLETS/NETBOOKS

[Baracco, Andrew W]

I wouldn't buy a used Android device because for accessibility you
really need the latest version of the Android OS. The Nexus 7 sells new
for $199, which is a bargain considering that the screen reader is
included out of the box, and is free.

Andy


-----Original Message-----
From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Anita Ogletree
Sent: Friday, March 08, 2013 8:33 AM
To: Discussion of accessible electronics andappliances
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] ACCESSIBLE TABLETS/NETBOOKS

Do you think it would be sensible to purchase a tablet from Amazon--one
that is used? I'm working with a small budget here.


> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Baracco, Andrew W" <Andrew.Baracco at va.gov
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appliances"<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Fri, 8 Mar 2013 07:58:41 -0800
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>A tablet? No, but the iPad is a tablet, and has the same 
accessibility
>as the iPhone.  I have an Asus netbook that I purchased a few 
years ago.
>It's basically a small laptop that runs Windows XP and will work 
with a
>Windows screen reader just like any other Windows PC.  I believe 
that you
>can still buy netbooks, even though their market share is 
shrinking
>because people prefer to use tablets.  I have listened to 
podcasts on the
>Google Nexus 7, which is an Android tablet, and it appears to 
have a lot
>of accessibility, and is much cheaper than an iPad or iPad mini.
>Andy


>-----Original Message-----
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>Has anyone ever used a tablet or netbook? If so, was it 
accessible? I
>found some reasonable ones on Amazon.

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