[nabs-l] Eye Phone

Chris Nusbaum dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
Fri Sep 28 22:09:20 UTC 2012 

Hi Kirt,

Cool! I didn't know LookTell had a recognizer app! Kind of reminds me of the
Pen Friend. I'll look into that!

Speaking of games, Hanging with Friends, a Hangman game for iOS, is very
accessible.

Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Kirt Manwaring
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2012 1:31 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Eye Phone

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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