[nabs-l] Portable devices for school

[Kaiti Shelton]

Hi,

I agree with others; tablets are nice, but I primarily use them for
texting, Skype, and checking email or the internet.  I prefer using my
laptop for heavy reasearch though, like for projects, as well as word
processing and composing emails most of the time.  I think netbooks
are nice and portable, and I like how they have the capability to work
with or without a braille display.  I prefer my UltraBook to any
netbook since it's thinness still makes it light, but it has a little
more power to it, but it is more expensive than a netbook would be,
and a netbook would certainly get the job done.

As for inverting colors, I have some vision but have only needed to
invert colors once IOS7 came out.  This was because the new design
made it difficult for me to see certain things, E.G I could no longer
tell where the message window stops and the keyboard begins by looking
at it without inverting the colors.  I use voiceover so it's not a
huge deal, but inverting the colors did help with contrast..

On 9/29/13, Kirt <kirt.crazydude at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes sir, it has.  Turn off automatic translation under braille settings
> under voiceover and it's gone.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Sep 29, 2013, at 7:33 PM, Josh Gregory <joshkart12 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> No… I don't think this has been fixed.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Sep 29, 2013, at 9:10 PM, Jewel <herekittykat2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Really? I will have to check that out!
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>> On Sep 29, 2013, at 8:59 PM, Kirt <kirt.crazydude at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Jewel,
>>>> I know I'm veering very off-topic here but I just wanted to point out
>>>> that, near as I can tell, iOS 7 has come with the fix to the glitch you
>>>> are referring to. That's one of the few positive things I have to say
>>>> about iOS 7 accessibility… But that's another story.
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>>> On Sep 29, 2013, at 6:03 PM, Jewel <herekittykat2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I just wanted to mention another problem with tablets, particularly the
>>>>> iPad. When typing in Braille, if you type something that is a
>>>>> contraction and pause too long, the contraction will expand. This means
>>>>> if you type bl, then pause to try to remember how to type the next
>>>>> letter, the bl will expand to become blind. This is a problem for
>>>>> students who do not have Braille code down perfectly yep. It will cause
>>>>> neverending frustration and may turn a child off Braille. I definitely
>>>>> recommend a netbook or laptop over a tablet for this reason. For those
>>>>> of us who already know the code, the contraction expansion is only a
>>>>> minor nuisance, but it can be very detrimental to the education of a
>>>>> student still learning the code. This expansion of contractions does
>>>>> not happen on a netbook or laptop.
>>>>> My two cents,
>>>>> Jewel
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sep 29, 2013, at 7:08 PM, "justin williams"
>>>>>> <justin.williams2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Agreed.  The tablets really are to small.  I prefer a laptop with a
>>>>>> full
>>>>>> keyboard over the netbook, but the netbook works well.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Arielle
>>>>>> Silverman
>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2013 6:15 PM
>>>>>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Portable devices for school
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think the netbook is a good and cost-effective option for word
>>>>>> processing,
>>>>>> email and other essential computing needs. Braille display
>>>>>> connectivity is
>>>>>> also quite possible through the Netbook's USB port, so that's probably
>>>>>> what
>>>>>> I would recommend. Laptops or Macbooks with bluetooth capability would
>>>>>> also
>>>>>> be good candidates although they are more expensive. I would vote
>>>>>> against
>>>>>> using tablets as I don't think they have enough computing power to act
>>>>>> as
>>>>>> good writing devices for blind students by themselves.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 9/29/13, trising at sbcglobal.net <trising at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>>>>> If I could only use one device it would need to include a Braille
>>>>>>> display.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Terri Wilcox
>>>>>>>
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Kaiti