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

[Blindhands at aol.com]

What type of keyboard do you use on an I Phone?
 
Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com   

 
In a message dated 3/12/2011 12:03:23 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
tct71887 at gmail.com writes:

Anet,
does the case hold the braille display as well...that  would be nifty. I 
use the keyboard with the I phone and I pad and the Easy  braille with 
both...but having a case would be great.
Theresa

On Mar  12, 2011, at 8:10 AM, Annette Carr wrote:

> There is now a carrying  case for the iPad that allows you to have the 
iPad
> and a Bluetooth  keyboard stored together and ready to go at the touch of 
one
>  button.  I think the iProducts with a Bluetooth keyboard and  Bluetooth
> braille display make a very affordable note taking package,  with or 
without
> the carrying case.  
> 
>  Annette
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:  nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
>  [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dixie
>  Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 8:32 AM
> To: 'List for blind crafters and  artists'
> 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
> ~  @-> ~  <-@  ~
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original  Message-----
> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
>  [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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