[blindkid] Ipads

Carly B barnesraiser at gmail.com
Thu Jan 12 16:06:52 UTC 2012


Hi Denise and all,

Thank you so much for your suggestions and information! I'm hoping to help
my son's Braille teacher set up her Ipad. She just received one and has not
taken it out of the box yet. I sent her a link to your video, Denise. :)

Also, there is a grant I learned of where I can apply for an Ipad for my
blind son, but I need to write an essay describing how an Ipad would assist
his learning, and up to now, I don't really know how it would. I know the
Ipad has some read-aloud books, but he already gets those from the Braille
library here, and I would be more interested in other types of apps. The
school for the blind where he goes recently acquired Ipads; I believe that
every teacher got one for classroom use. They are, so far, using apps with
large graphics, and some sounds. But is there anything else? I know they
are new to this and would love to pass along any helpful info.

Thank you again!

:) Carolynn

On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 9:07 AM, Dr. Denise M Robinson
<deniserob at gmail.com>wrote:

> Carolynn
> Here are some videos to watch so you can get an idea of how accessible the
> iPad is--Accessible Technology for the
> Blind<http://www.youtube.com/user/yourtechvision?feature=mhee>--just
> click on link and go through the videos
> ---it will also depend on the apps they use---some are accessible--some are
> not, so that is something to be aware of--
> Denise
>
> On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 1:26 AM, David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com> wrote:
>
> > Yes, there is a built-in screen reader called VoiceOver, and a built-in
> > screen enlarger called Zooms.  If it is a recent one, hit the home
> button 3
> > times quickly to bring up voice over.  National Braille Press has a good
> > book on using iDevices.  It is primarily oriented to the iPhone, but has
> > much that applies to the iPad too.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > \At 07:41 PM 1/11/2012, you wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I'm wondering if anyone knows if IPads are considered accessible to the
> >> blind? And if so, how so? My son's school (Academy for the Blind) just
> >> acquired them through a grant, and are using them in the classroom. They
> >> have been provided to the teachers, some of whom are blind. I'm just
> >> curious to know if/how these will be useful to someone with essentially
> no
> >> vision at all. Thanks for your thoughts!
> >>
> >> :) Carolynn Barnes
> >>
> >
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