[nabs-l] iPads and Students

[Joe]

You could get a Microsoft Surface, but at their price point you may as well
invest in a full notebook. I like Apple a lot, but I would personally not
invest in the iPad as a full notetaker or laptop replacement. The level of
productivity is not there yet. Apple's own iWork is not accessible with
Voiceover. MS Office equivalent is even more dreadful. You could get away
with writing in plain text, but the formatting capabilities leave a lot to
be desired, because, of course, we're talking about plain text.

Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bobbi Pompey
Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 10:56 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] iPads and Students

I am in the same situation. My concern with getting an iPads is that I would
lose USB, SD, and CD Drives. Also, I think it's more convenient to have one
unit instead of an iPad and then a keyboard and any additional attachments.


Bobbi A. L. Pompey
(336) 988-6375
pompey2010 at yahoo.com
http://pompey2050.wix.com/bobbi-pompey

> On Nov 14, 2013, at 7:04 PM, Brice Smith <brice.smith319 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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