[Nfb-krafters-korner] comments on Tech

[Terrence van Ettinger]

Yes, there are plenty that are PC and iPhone accessible; just not all  
that many yet for Mac.

Terrence
On Sep 5, 2012, at 1:56 PM, Kendra Schaber wrote:

> 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
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>> 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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