[blindkid] apple netbooks

[Dr. Denise M Robinson]

If you go with an ipad, just get an external keyboard to go with it and a
braille display. Both will make you whip along as a typer.
Denise

On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Lynda Zwinger <lyndaz918 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Holly--the only thing I can think of off-hand is that the word processing
> options for iPad (I don't know about netbooks) are not up to speed for high
> school, and maybe not even for middle school.  I hear "they" are working on
> it....So for now, with an iPad you'd be confined to docs that you can make
> with Pages or one of the other apps, which really can't compare to
> Microsoft Word (actually, Microsoft Office).  And in our system, they start
> with the PowerPoint presentations in middle school, so that's another issue
> for you too maybe.
>
> I think you might be better off getting a Dell or some such laptop (cheap,
> on-sale) and use it with the refreshable keyboard.  That's what we are
> going to do I think for Isaac.  Once he gets over the "I don't know HOW it
> got into the washing machine in mid-wash-cyle, Mom...." stage of
> development.
>
> fwiw and ymmv and any other acronym I can't remember right now.....
>
> Lynda
>
> On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 10:35 AM, 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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