[blindkid] apple netbooks

[Dr. Denise M Robinson]

Penny
Are you talking about read2go with bookshare? Yes, the braille display will
read braille files.
Denise

On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Penny Duffy <pennyduffy at gmail.com> wrote:

> good question Holly..
>
> Abby uses her Ipad with a refreshable braille display and the biggest
> disadvantage i found is it doesn't read braille files. Which I don't know
> if its an issue or not.  There is an great bookshare app and it reads those
> so that is not an issue. It will put on the braille display what ever is
> spoken by voice over.  I am sure there are other issues.  but so
> far that's the only one I have found and i don't know how many files only
> come in braille format.
>
> On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 1:35 PM, Holly Baker Miller <hollym12 at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Still trying to figure things out for our situation.  New braille user,
> > middle school, responsible & tech savy.  Has enough vision that jaws
> > probably isn't going to be a necessity for him.  His issue is not so much
> > with seeing but that he fatigues very quickly when reading visually.
> >
> > It seems as if buying a good netbook or ipad ($500) + bluetooth braille
> > display ($2500) such as the Brailliant 32 would be about half the cost
> of a
> > note taker.
> > Aside from the slight downside of having to carry two compact items, why
> > does it seem like this is not a popular option for most?
> >
> > The pluses would be the netbook/ipad could be reasonably replaced every
> 2-3
> > years as the processors get faster & more powerful making it easier to
> keep
> > pace with technology.  Sounds like the maintenance plan on a notetaker
> > costs that much.  Even if the display part punks out after a few years, a
> > lot less painful to replace that than a full note taker.
> >
> > Are there other disadvantages I'm not aware of?  Is this something whose
> > time has come but it just hasn't quite caught on yet?
> > I won't be offended if there's something glaring I haven't thought of!
> >
> > Holly
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