[Nfb-krafters-korner] comments on Tech

[Kendra Schaber]

I have a friend who has found some good games that are accessable to the PC. 
They have also found some good game apts for the Iphone that are also 
accessable. It will take some exploring to find the right game apts though.
Kendra
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Terrence van Ettinger" <terrencevane at gmail.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2012 1:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] comments on Tech


> I'd say they're about as perfect as you can get, really, unless you 
> perhaps design your own device specifically to the way your brain  works 
> and what your specific expectations/needs are. '-) I think  about the only 
> thing I've really found that I couldn't do with my  Macc was load 
> accessible games onto it, but that's even beginning to  change. '-) And 
> heck, I'd say the PC's less perfect than the mac-- 
> I've even found pages that I look at on a PC and can hardly do  anything 
> with, then I go to my Mac and I'm able to work with them.
>
> Terrence
> On Sep 5, 2012, at 11:44 AM, Nicole Hutchins wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I have both a Mac and an iPhone, and you couldn't be more right.  They're 
>> not perfect, but I'd never EVER go back to a PC. I love  them both, and 
>> they're much cheaper to maintain than any PC. They  may cost a bit more 
>> innicially, but it definitely does pay off.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Nicole
>> On Sep 5, 2012, at 2:50 PM, jean parker wrote:
>>
>>> All:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I am in the same dilemma as many on this list.  The Microsoft/Jaws 
>>> thing is
>>> to expensive, and every time something has to be "up-graded"  something 
>>> else
>>> becomes incompatible.  I am tired of being nicholed and dimed to  death 
>>> to
>>> achieve only partial functionality. I am hoping to get an I phone  and 
>>> mac in
>>> the near future.  They are not perfect, but they have to be better  than
>>> this.
>>>
>>> The problem of the note taker though still exists.  I have been  using a
>>> Braille Lite and the main problem is the inability to back it up.   This 
>>> is a
>>> major vulnerability and has to be fixed.  However, finding a note  taker 
>>> for
>>> less than $3,500 that will work with the I phone is proving to be  a 
>>> problem.
>>>
>>> You might ask, why not just use a Braille display with an I  phone?  It 
>>> would
>>> work except for the instant on and off you get with a note taker.   When 
>>> I
>>> want to write something down I can pick it up, turn it on and  write. 
>>> To do
>>> the same thing with a Braille display is not possible as far as I  have 
>>> seen.
>>> Any comments to the contrary would be most welcome since I am  still 
>>> learning
>>> all about this and would be glad to hear of people's experiences.
>>>
>>> Jean
>>>
>>>
>>>
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