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>    1. Re: Apps for IOS device (Kaye)
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> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:45:33 -0400
> From: "Kaye" <kayezimpher at comcast.net>
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> Hi, I don't post here much, but since I have been reading about Iphone apps,
>
> I thought I'd share one.
> Now this is not productive in any way as most apps discussed are. It is for
>
> pure, mindless entertainment. Hours of it.
> The app is called Dice world, and it is a multi player game for farkle and
> yatsi and a couple others. One of the things I like the most, is that you
> can play users from all over, it is not just you against the computer. Try
> it out.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Barbour
> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 8:21 AM
> To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
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> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Apps for IOS device
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> I also really like BlindSquare for navigation
>
> Jim
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Mar 24, 2013, at 8:11 PM, "Kaye" <kayezimpher at comcast.net> wrote:
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>> There are a few good navigation apps. Navigon is one. Other apps such as
>> "around me" are good for finding out what is around the area you are in,
>> or looking up numbers and address of places of interest.
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: David Andrews
>> Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2013 8:00 PM
>> To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Apps for IOS device
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>> Some people are also successfully using the iOS app Text Grabber for OCR.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> At 11:13 AM 3/22/2013, you wrote:
>>> Kendra,
>>>
>>> Some of what you say is simply not true.
>>>
>>> There are many blind people who are successfully using their iPhone for
>>> OCR, color identification, and scanning bar codes. Apps being used by
>>> blind folks for OCR include Say text, Text Detective, and Prizmo. There
>>> is an app called Color Visor that does a fair job of color
>>> identification, and an app called Digit-Eyes that will read bar code
>>> info. Using the iPhone for tasks like OCR presents some of the same
>>> issues that are presented by using the KNFB Reader, namely, holding the
>>> device at the precise distance and angle required to get a good picture.
>>>
>>> There is a new product called the Standscan that has been designed to
>>> address this problem. It is basically a box with one side open. You place
>>>
>>> your iPhone or whichever device that you use for this purpose on the top.
>>>
>>> There is a hole that lines up with the camera lens on the device. The
>>> device sits about 12 inches above the bottom of the box. You slide the
>>> reading material into the bottom of the box. The Pro model has built in
>>> LED lights that are powered by either batteries or a AC adapter is
>>> included. After placing the device and the reading material in their
>>> places, you launch the OCR app and follow its instructions to take the
>>> picture. The Standscan Pro costs about $30. I have both an iPhone 5 and a
>>>
>>> KNFB reader, and find the results of scans to be about equal.
>>> As for GPS, at this time there is no accessible solution that gives you
>>> all of the capabilities of a product like Sendero for the Braillenote,
>>> but this will soon change, as Sendero will soon be releasing a product
>>> for the iPhone. But if all you need is information about where you are
>>> and what is around you, there is a plethora of free or very inexpensive
>>> apps that provide this info.
>>>
>>> Kendra, I am curious as to whether or not your comments come from your
>>> own experience, or what someone told you.  In any event, the information
>>>
>>> you imparted in your post is wrong, and could give someone the wrong idea
>>>
>>> about the capabilities of the iPhone.
>>>
>>> Andy
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>> Behalf Of Kendra Schaber
>>> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 9:10 PM
>>> To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] aps for IOS device
>>>
>>> There are no accessable scanning apps for blind people that I know of.
>>> The best GPS app is called GPS Drive. There are no good bar coad reading
>>>
>>> apps that I know of. I also don't know of a good color app. I do know of
>>>
>>> a good object identafier app called Tap Tap See which if you take a
>>> picture, it tells you what you got for a picture. The object of this app
>>>
>>> is to help you find objects around the house or while you are in a place
>>>
>>> that doesn't allow you to explore in other ways besides site.
>>> Kendra
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
>>> To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances"
>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2013 6:23 PM
>>> Subject: [Electronics-talk] aps for IOS device
>>>
>>>
>>> > Hi all,
>>> >
>>> > For those of you using an I device, which free aps do you find
>>> > helpful?
>>> > Are there aps for scanning, bar code recognition, and color
>>> > identification?
>>> > How about GPS aps?
>>> >
>>> > I???m asking because I intern in a section 508 office and they want to
>>> > do an outreach session on accessible aps for disabled people. This
>>> > includes blindness and two other disabilities.
>>> >
>>> > Thanks.
>>> > Ashley
>>
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> Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 06:46:04 -0400
> From: Osman Koroma <osman36d at gmail.com>
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> Does anyone know of a actions games for the iPhone
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Mar 14, 2013, at 5:36, Jude DaShiell <jdashiel at shellworld.net> wrote:
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>> If you don't mind a little learning curve, http://nethack.org/ has a
>> game for you.  Unfortunately the accessible version isn't compiled for
>> any of those portable devices but can be played on pc's.  In windows a
>> dos command window can be used to play the dos version of the game.
>> Linux and mac users can play their own native versions of the game.  The
>> nh-access configuration file sets the game up so everything that would
>> have been graphical comes up in ascii text.
>>
>> On Tue, 12 Mar 2013, Tone wrote:
>>
>>> do you have skype or zello? or if you want email of the list, and I'll
>>> tell
>>> you of some games
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ashley Bramlett"
>>> <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
>>> To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances"
>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 8:06 PM
>>> Subject: [Electronics-talk] alternatives to video games and visual games
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>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> As you know, more and more games are developed on gadgets. Some are
>>>> portable; others are for home use.
>>>> For at home we have the WII, Playstation and xbox. For portable
>>>> options,
>>>> there are numerous ones. All tablets and smart phones have games. Then
>>>> you
>>>> have the Kindle, Nook, and more.
>>>>
>>>> So what technology, if any, do you use as an alternative to these on
>>>> screen
>>>> games?
>>>> Games range from adaptations of real card or board games to new ones
>>>> developed for these portable book readers and tablets.
>>>>
>>>> Scrabble, Hangman, monopoly, and word searches are some games.
>>>> I am beginning to feel left out when people talk about all these games.
>>>> My
>>>> mother, who usually hates technology, has fallen in love with a few
>>>> games on
>>>> her new Kindle Fire; of course, not accessible to us. My mom is
>>>> intimidated
>>>> by computers, yet somehow picked up the concept in the kindle okay. She
>>>> has
>>>> games, music aps, and books on it.
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps, there are IOS games out there. I suppose there are computer
>>>> games
>>>> which I just haven?t looked at.
>>>> I?d love to have a version of hangman, word puzzles, and card games for
>>>> the
>>>> pc.
>>>>
>>>> There are two games I had as a kid; I don?t know if both still exist as
>>>> its
>>>> old technology. But one does.
>>>> 1. The Speak n Spell was a handheld thing; like a primative computer.
>>>> You
>>>> used it as a dictionary and it had academic games on it such as
>>>> guessing
>>>> partial words, a word scramble where you had to unscramble letters to
>>>> make a
>>>> word, word matching, and more games.
>>>> 2. The Franklin Language master still exists; I saw it online. Most have
>>>> the
>>>> pc for a dictionary. But for those who want another portable option or a
>>>> way
>>>> to expand your vocabulary, this is excellent. It is lightweight with a
>>>> qwerty style keyboard and speaks everything as well as a way to magnify
>>>> the
>>>> text. You can play word games on it such as hangman, word scramble,
>>>> flash
>>>> cards, word train, creating anagrams and more. I think there?s ten games
>>>> on
>>>> it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So what else is out there? Maybe something from APH?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>> Ashley
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>> Microsoft, windows is accessible. why do blind people need screen
>> readers?
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I love the app dice world because it is very accessible with voiceover.