[Ohio-Talk] Information Needed

[Asia Quinones-Evans]

The paid version would have given me the micros and macros to do a review
on. That was what was required for my class. So the free version would not
have been efficient.

On Tue, Aug 1, 2023 at 2:51 PM edgarsfarm via Ohio-Talk <
ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> I have been using the free version of my fitness pal for almost a year.
> And I find it very accessible.
> Have you tried downloading the most recent free version? It may meet your
> needs.
> There is a learning curve. And because I am using the free version there
> is always an upsell pop-up which can be challenging to exit from.
> But, once I learned how the app works, I have found it to work well.
>
> Gloria Conway
>
>
>
>     Aug 1, 2023, at 1:46 PM, Marianne Denning via Ohio-Talk <
> ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> AFB stands for American foundation for the blind and they have a
> technology magazine C called access world that is published monthly and
> they evaluate different products. Some of them are specially designed for
> blind people and others are off the shelf products. I’ll check this
> magazine out regularly.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Aug 1, 2023, at 10:59 AM, Asia Quinones-Evans via Ohio-Talk <
> ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
> I have already finished this course for my summer class but I was wanting
> some information about something that has come up from my college. I needed
> to track some food for my summer class and an alternative that I brought up
> was My fitness Pal. I knew the paid subscription would allow me to get the
> information that was required for the course. In my experience in the past
> with the app was that it had lots of accessibility bugs so I did not think
> that the paid subscription would make a difference with accessibility. My
> college did some research and found out that the paid subscription was more
> accessible. This was found out by them noticing that the American
> Federation of the Blind reviewed it and said it was accessible. I am
> looking for information of anyone who may use the My Fitness Pal paid
> subscription and if they notice that it is accessible. I am also looking to
> get information about the AFB because I have never heard of them. This is
> not the first time my college has brought them up. So I was wondering if
> anyone knows anything about them and how good of an organization they are.
> Thanks.
>
> I have spoken to the Dean of the accessibility department today and she
> has told me that they may have signed a contract with a visually describing
> service but she can not remember the name of it. I highly suggested Aira
> for my college to get. This would make it so much easier for me to get
> sighted help with out having to go through accessibility to make an
> appointment so they can find someone to be my describer. I will see how the
> dean considers it. This dean has only been at my college for about a year
> so she is pretty new to my campus and how it needs lots of improvements in
> accessibility.
> --
> Yours truely,
>
> Asia Quinones-Evans
>
> Phone: 440-670-6509
> Email: aevans.nfb at gmail.com
>
>
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-- 
Yours truely,

Asia Quinones-Evans

Phone: 440-670-6509
Email: aevans.nfb at gmail.com


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