[nabs-l] Your thoughts on touch screen

[Josh Gregory]

OK, forget what I said about not needing notetakers, we will need 
them for the braille keyboards and the accessibility they 
provide.
Apologies,
Josh

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Email: joshkart12 at gmail.com

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Ignasi Cambra <ignasicambra at gmail.com
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Tue, 31 May 2011 13:28:08 -0400
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Your thoughts on touch screen

There are two types of touch screens: accessible touch screens 
and inaccessible touch screens.  It's as simple as that.  Apple 
devices are accessible and in my opinion there's nothing more 
efficient for a blind person to use.  The interface is generally 
pretty consistent across applications and things just work.  I 
find the small touch screen on the iPhone extremely convenient 
because I can operate it with one hand most of the time, which is 
helpful when I'm walking with my guide dog or anything like that.
Everyone has different opinions on this,but I personally don't 
see the need of a notetaker.  There are very small bluetooth 
keyboards out there which unfold and are very nice to type on.  I 
have one of those that I use with my iphone, and it's a lot 
smaller than any notetaker and does lots of things which a 
notetaker can't do.  I do think that if I was a braille display 
user I would probably have a different opinion on this.  I love 
reading books in Braille etc, but I just don't need it when I'm 
working on a computer.
In a nutshell, I use my iPhone by itself most of the time, and I 
use the keyboard if I need to take notes or write long documents.  
I can just keep my phone in my pocket and use the keyboard to 
type in class etc.

On May 31, 2011, at 11:35 AM, Philip S wrote:

 Thanks guys for your feedback.  Please keep 'em coming.

 For those of you who have both notetaker device and SmartPhone, 
do you
 see your SmartPhone taking over the role of your notetaker 
device, or
 is your SmartPhone simply an addition rather than a substitute 
to your
 notetaker device?  Why or why not?

 Josh, you said iPod's touch-screen is easier than SmartPhone, 
why is
 that?  Are you referring to iPhone or Android?

 Thanks.

 Phil


 On 5/31/11, Hannah Furney <hannahgf11 at gmail.com> wrote:
 Hi.  I received an Ipod Touch in February as a gift.  I really 
like the
 touch screen.
 I also have a BrailleNote Classic.  I really like taking notes 
and writing
 documents on my BrailleNote.
 Thanks,
 Hannah

 -----Original Message-----
 From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org 
[mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
 Of Philip S
 Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 2:19 AM
 To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
 Subject: [nabs-l] Your thoughts on touch screen

 Hi all,

 I'm doing research and am curious to know your thoughts on touch 
screen.
 How do you feel about touch screen as more and more devices 
adopt this
 interface?  Do you love it, embrace it, hate it, a pain in the 
rear, or
 something in between...? Please share how you feel about it and 
be as
 thorough as you wish.

 Also, what kind of notetaker, PDA, mobile devices and mobile 
phones do you
 use now?

 Thanks.

 Phil

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