[nabs-l] Business cards

[Matthew Dierckens]

The app is called Cam Card I believe.
Matthew Dierckens
Macintosh Trainer
Blind Access Training
www.blindaccesstraining.com
1-877-774-7670 ext. 4




On Feb 3, 2014, at 11:34 AM, Emily Pennington <emilypennington at fuse.net> wrote:

> Hi, Kaiti.
> How ironic that you brought this up; my dad and I were just talking about
> this very issue. He says he has an app through which he can take a picture
> of a business card, and it automatically adds a new contact on his phone.
> The name of the app escapes me at the moment, and I still need to explore it
> to see how accessible it is, but if it would work, that would be great. I,
> too, am getting increasing amounts of business cards -- especially at career
> fairs, Meet the Firm events, and the like.
> 
> Hope this helps (sort of),
> Emily
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kaiti Shelton
> Sent: Monday, February 03, 2014 10:47 AM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: [nabs-l] Business cards
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I've been getting a lot of business cards lately, and I anticipate I will
> only get more as I start doing field experience and attending more
> professional conferences.  I always feel weird accepting business cards
> because knowing me, if something isn't either electronic or braille I'm
> going to lose it, or put it in my wallet and have no clue what it is when I
> get it out later.  I try to take down notes in my notetaker whenever I can,
> but sometimes people don't understand why I want to write down their email
> address or something when they could just give me their business card.  (It
> happens, even with the cane).
> For example, in my university library the other day I was working with a
> reference specialist to access some databases.  I was having a lot of
> trouble because something eeither with Jaws, my internet explorer settings,
> or both is causing accessibility issues.  He knew I used jaws, but at the
> end he was like, "Have a business card and email me so we can set up a time
> to fix this.  My address is on the card."
> 
> Has anyone come up with a good way to manage these cards, or to work around
> taking the cards at all in lieu of electronic notation of the information
> without being rude or too assertive?
> 
> --
> Kaiti
> 
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