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

Theresa Taylor tct71887 at gmail.com
Sat Mar 12 20:47:05 UTC 2011 

I actually got the keyboard that apple makes and the I phone or I pad sits on a back post and directly connects with the keyboard. You do not have to configure like a blue tooth keyboard. It was $80....so a little spendier, but I never have to pair it. I do have to pair my braille display however.

On Mar 12, 2011, at 2:38 PM, Blindhands at aol.com wrote:

> 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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