[Nfb-krafters-korner] OT I Pad and net book

[Carol Osmar]

Joyce, I am extremely computer illiterate however I can tell you 
I use an Acer netbook with jaws.  I use a full size wireless 
keyboard with it.

Carol

 ----- Original Message -----
From: "Dixie" <blueherons at sbcglobal.net
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" 
<nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 08:32:15 -0500
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] OT I Pad and net book

The iPad is very accessible.  Not all of the iPhone apps are 
designed to
work with the ipad, but most are.  Some of them run in iPhone 
size, so it
doesn't fill the screen.  This can make it so you need to search 
a bit for
the perimeters of the window that the program is open in.

For the net book, you can load jaws from the internet, in fact it 
is usually
preferable to do so, as the internet version is the most up to 
date.

Many folks are using the netbook, the one complaint I hear is the 
compact
size.  It makes it challenging for folks with larger hands.

Oh, and one more thing about the iPad.    I often accidentally 
activate a
link.  With the I products the activate a link gesture is called 
a split
tap.  That is when you have one finger on the screen on the item 
you are
trying to activate, and you touch the screen with a second 
finger.  This
activates the spoken element.  I find that sometimes when I am  
looking
around the screen and accidently the heel of my hand will drag on 
the screen
causing that double tap activating something I hadn't intended on
activating.



 Dixie
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[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Blindhands at aol.com
Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 12:53 AM
To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] OT I Pad and netbook

I need some info and your thoughts on this please:

I know that an I Pad is just like an I phone but you can use the 
I Pad with
 your Why5 or what ever you call the wireless internet in the 
house.  I
also  believe you can get all the aps for the I Pad that they 
have for the I

phone.  [Is this correct?]

The talk all seems to be about the I Pad and I even heard a 
comment that it
 will be replacing the lap tops.  Have you heard anything like 
this?

Now I need some info on net books.  Can you get a netbook to work  
JAWS?
How can you get it into the netbook, as I thought it does not 
have a  cd
drive on it.  I know you can purchase an external cd drive, but 
it seems
like
that is over kill and money you saved on the netbook you put back 
in.

I would like to be able to use this for reading email, access to 
the
internett and to listen to music.  I have played with an I phone 
and I know

there is a lot of apps that can do lots of things and you don't 
need a
keyboard
to do it.  While down in Baltimore the group was all talking 
about using
the aps for Dragon Dictate to type instead of the picture and 
touching the
screen.  I am trying to decide if I want an I Pad or netbook or  
laptop.  I
thought I wanted an I phone, but I really am home most of the  
time so the I

Phone may not be the best, besides that would be a monthly fee 
for  the
internet and phone service.  [$30 per month for each phone][my 
John already
pays
that for his]    So I have to decide to save more for the I  Pad 
or get the
other.
Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
Blindhands at AOL.com
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