[nabs-l] iPads and Students

[Ashley Bramlett]

Hi Brice,
I agree with Joe. Ipads and other ios devices serve a great purpose; its 
good for internet searching and email. I also heard they do fairly well with 
word processing. Also they are lighter to carry around. I'd say,  have both 
if affordable.

I feel as students we still need a laptop or  macbook for the same reasons 
brought forward.
You need to do indepth research and advanced word processing. Its my 
experience professors also require you to send files in a word compatible 
format. Computers can still do some stuff a mobile device such as ipad 
cannot.
So, I would say no; a ipad cannot replace a laptop or macbook. It’s a 
suplement though.

Ashley

-----Original Message----- 
From: Brice Smith
Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 7:04 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: [nabs-l] iPads and Students

Hi, everyone.

Do you think tools like the iPad in combination with a bluetooth
keyboard and a braille display can actually replace the need for a
laptop or mac book for high school and college students?

I do not use an iPad and don't have much experience with any of the
word processing or powerpoint apps on IOS like Pages and Keynote, so
I'm worried my thoughts are bias. I know iPads are good for email,
internet and note-taking. Still, I'm thinking that a full laptop with
Jaws or a mac book with VO would be at least preferable, if not
required, for completing complex items like conducting heavy academic
research for a major project or creating and formatting whole papers
and presentations. What do you think?

Brice

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