[nabs-l] A droit Tablet

[Bobbi Pompey]

Thank you! I have the Nextbook. The built in features don't enlarge things enough for me. I heard their is a Magnification feature on the 4.2 software. My tablet has the 4.1.1. 

Bobbi A. L. Pompey
(336) 988-6375
pompey2010 at yahoo.com 
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> On Dec 25, 2013, at 2:27 PM, Kaiti Shelton <crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Bobbi,
> 
> Is it the Nexus 7?  I have that one and it works really well.  Here
> are a few things I would suggest doing.
> 
> Go into the settings, go to accessibility, and choose the options that
> work best for you.  Talkback, a screenreader similar to voiceover on
> the Apple products, is a pretty good program to use if you require
> spoken output.  You can adjust font size and other visual stuff too, I
> believe.
> 
> As far as apps that are good for school, I think dropbox is the best
> one because it gives you access to all your stuff no matter where you
> are.  The email app that comes on the device is pretty good for that
> stuff as well.  I don't have a free text editor/word processing app
> that I like yet, but I know someone who is coding one and it looks
> promising.  My guess is that you can get Microsoft Word from the
> Google Play store.  It comes with a calendar, which is really good for
> keeping track of a schedule because it is so accessible and gives you
> the ability to color code different events, The calendar also syncs
> with your Google account, so you can set up appointments on your
> tablet and get reminders through your email client.  There is also
> voice search which goes directly to Google, and a calculator.  You can
> download things like Blio and apps from other reading companies like
> BookShare and I believe Learning Ally too.  I'm going to experiment
> and see if a google docs app will work on my tablet; in theory, if
> it's a Google product that is built to support other Google products,
> it should work but we'll see.
> 
> I hope this gets you started.  If I think of more helpful apps I will
> send them on.  Enjoy your tablet and the rest of your Christmas!
> 
>> On 12/25/13, Bobbi Pompey <pompey2010 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Hello and Happy Holidays!
>> 
>> My dad surprised me with an Android tablet. I know nothing about the
>> Androit. I'm low vision. What can I do as far as accessibility goes? And
>> what apps work well for school related things (word processing, etc)?
>> 
>> Thanks for your help!
>> 
>> Bobbi A. L. Pompey
>> (336) 988-6375
>> pompey2010 at yahoo.com
>> http://pompey2050.wix.com/bobbi-pompey
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