[nabs-l] Eye Phone

Fri Sep 28 17:31:21 UTC 2012

Hi, all,
  I'll add a few of my favorite apps that haven't been mentioned yet.
People have mostly covered the ones I like, but there are a couple
worth mentioning that, at least periphorally if nothing else, can be
used educationally.
  The first is audible.  If you have an audibe.com membership, this
lets you listen to any book from the audible store...you can buy them
from itunes and listen in the music app, but it's quite a bit more
expensive that way.  I've done this for some school books before, as
your audible membership gives ou at least one "credit" to download a
book each month.
  There's also another audio recorder called voxie I like.  You can
choose the quality of your recording (higher equal more memory),
wirelessly transfer recordings to your computer, put your recordings
in different categorized folders for organization and name them
anything you want.  (the last should be obvious, but if you're coming
from a victor stream and it's automatic note numbering, you'll
probably like it.)
  Also look up all the apps made by choice of games and hosted games.
If that class lecture is just too boring and you want something
exciting to occupy yourself with, these text-based games, similar to
the choose-your-own adventure games from before our time might just do
the trick.  Also in the games arena check out king of dragon pass and
I samurai.  Great time wasters, especially if you're trying to
distract yourself from doing something productive.
  Let's see...back to productivity-enhancing apps.  Check out
"numbers" made by apple.  It's a spreadsheet app they made for IOS
which seems to be accessible but confusing.  I've not tried it with a
bluetooth keyboard, that might make it more bearable.
  You also have looktell recognizer.  That's supposd to be an answer
to things like the pen friend and braille labelers...take a picture of
an object, record a label, then any time you show your phone camera
that object, provided you're in the recognizer app, it should play
back the label you recorded.  I've not gotten around to testing it yet
but I've heard it's pretty cool.  The biggest complaint about it seems
to be the fact that you might need a sighted person to help you
identify the object originally (color/print label/whatever) but that
seems to be a minor issue to me.
  Anyways enjoy your new toy!
  Best,
Kirt

On 9/28/12, Lavonya Gardner <hotdancer1416 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you Soffee. My brother and were wondering. I will look it up
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Sep 28, 2012, at 6:45, Sophie Trist <sweetpeareader at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> In general terms (I don't own 1 so I can't get 2 specific) it's an iPod
>> manufactured by Apple that has many of the same characteristics, including
>> voiceover acessibility, as an iPhone.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Lavonya Gardner <hotdancer1416 at gmail.com
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> Date sent: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 06:33:51 -0400
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Eye Phone
>>
>> What the heck is an I touch?
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On Sep 27, 2012, at 22:45, Sophie Trist <sweetpeareader at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks, Chris. I only have an iPhone so am not familiar with iTouches.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Chris Nusbaum" <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
>> To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'"
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> Date sent: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 21:00:23 -0400
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Eye Phone
>>
>> Hi Sophie,
>>
>> Yes, Becky could do this. However, she needs to make sure that she has at
>> least the third generation iTouch, as VoiceOver is only on the third gen
>> and
>> later.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf
>> Of Sophie Trist
>> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 6:12 PM
>> To: beckyasabo at gmail.com; National Association of Blind Students mailing
>> list
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Eye Phone
>>
>> You could get an older version of the iPod touch. The older generations
>> are
>> often much cheaper than the newer ones.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "becky sabo" <beckyasabo at gmail.com
>> To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'"
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> Date sent: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:02:43 -0600
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Eye Phone
>>
>> Hi all,
>> I was wondering if anyone can help me out.  I have the I phone four s and
>> it
>> keeps freezing and it works with voice over when I go to the apple store
>> for
>> them to reset it.  I need a I pod.  I have looked online and the new I
>> pod
>> is to expensive.  Is there a accessable I pod to get that is not too
>> expensive.  I need one asap so I can read my learning li and book share
>> books for school.  Any help would be great and I need answer asap.  You
>> can
>> email me back at beckyasabo at gmail.com the only request for the I pod it
>> needs voice over on it .
>> Thanks again.
>> Becky Sabo
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gloria G
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 10:01 AM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Eye Phone
>>
>> thanks these sound great. I can't wait to get my phone and check these
>> aps
>> out
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jewel" <herekittykat2 at gmail.com
>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 10:11 AM
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Eye Phone
>>
>>
>> A few other apps that I like, in addition to the ones mentioned:
>> *My AT&T: Check your usage and make payments from your phone in
>> seconds
>> *Flashlight: Just what it sounds like. It uses your battery
>> fast,
>> though, since the flashlight is essentially constant use of the
>> flash
>> feature of your phone  *Talking Scientific Calculator: I use this
>> for
>> school, very handy in  math and science classes
>> Dictionary.com: A dictionary at your fingertips. It doesn't use
>> WiFi
>> or your data plan unless you need to find words similar to what
>> you
>> type, such as if you mispell the word  *Blackboard Mobile Learn:
>> Another great school app that I use almost  daily. It gives you
>> full
>> access to Blackboard
>> Pages: Apple's word processor. Type your notes in class using
>> your
>> phone and bluetooth keyboard, then e-mail them to yourself. Great
>> tool
>> if you don't have a laptop or don't feel like dragging the heavy
>> thing
>> around
>> Moxy: A word-making game that is fully accessible
>> ZaniTouch: Like BopIt except with iPhone gestures. My high score
>> is 75
>> gestures.
>> Papa Sangre: A more challenging game where you have to collect
>> musical
>> notes while avoiding enemies  *White House: News straight from
>> the
>> President's office, great for  keeping up with federal programs
>> and
>> what the president and his wife  are up to
>> *AccessWorld: The AFB's monthly magazine, which often has
>> reviews on
>> products and books that are very useful  *NFB Newsline: Amazing
>> app
>> that brings Newsline to your phone without  having to call the
>> number.
>> All the same features are there, so it's  easy to learn  *iBlink
>> Radio:
>> This is the app to go to for your local reading radio  service,
>> as well
>> as other radio statioons such as a 24/7 Olde Time  Radio Shows
>> station
>> *Food on the Table: Find recipes by category, then add them to a
>> grocery list that you can add non-ingredient items to as well and
>> use
>> to go shopping. This is great for organizing meals and trying new
>> recipes  *Savings STar: Have a card for your local grocery store?
>> Put
>> the card  info into this app, select coupons from a list, and
>> when you
>> go  shopping, the savings go into an account that you can have
>> mailed
>> to  you after $5 is racked up. No more cutting coupons or dealing
>> with
>> paper coupons of any kind!
>> *WalkScore: Looking to move? Check out the walk score for the
>> new
>> neighbourhood to find out if it's suitable for someone who
>> doesn't
>> have a car. The walk score is based on how close it is to stores,
>> bus
>> stops, and the like, as well as how heavy traffic is and if it
>> has
>> sidewalks.
>> Oh Moby: Take a picture of something, and it searches for
>> something
>> similar on the internet and tells you what you took a picture of.
>> This
>> really works!
>> *Prizmo: This is like SayText, but some people like it better.
>> I'm
>> still playing with it, so I'm not sure of it yet, but there are
>> lots
>> of tutorials online on how to use Prizmo.
>>
>> Sorry that was such a long list, but that goes thru all the apps
>> I
>> have that I would recommend to a blind person, not including the
>> ones
>> mentioned above, which I also endorse.
>>
>> A tip:When you get your iPhone, sit down with a tech at the
>> Apple
>> store near you and have them show you how to use VoiceOver, how
>> to set
>> up your e-mail, and how to set up your bluetooth keyboard. If
>> you
>> bring the keyboard to them, they'll set it up for you; they did
>> it for
>> me! Then just play around with the phone and practice. In no
>> time,
>> you'll be an expert at it.
>>
>> ~Jewel
>>
>> On 9/25/12, Gloria G <gloria.graves at gmail.com> wrote:
>> thanks
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Sophie Trist" <sweetpeareader at gmail.com
>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 9:07 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Eye Phone
>>
>>
>> Gloria, here is a list of apps you should get:
>> 1. Read2Go: bookshare app
>> 2. Looktell Money Reader: currency identifier 3. Aid Colors:
>> color
>> identifier 4. Saytext: OCR scanner 5. iBooks: gives access to
>> the
>> Apple bookstore 6. Blio (if you like audio books)
>>
>> Feel free to email me offlist if you need any more sugestions or
>> tips.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Gloria G" <gloria.graves at gmail.com
>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> Date sent: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 19:09:31 -0500
>> Subject: [nabs-l] Eye Phone
>>
>> hey all,
>> I will be getting a I-phone in a couple of days and am excited.
>> I am
>> also
>>
>> getting the boxwave buddy keyboard that slides under the phone.
>> Does
>> anyone have any suggestions for first time users? Are there any
>> neat
>> aps I
>>
>> should get? Thanks
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