[blindkid] Ipad only

[Penny Duffy]

Oh and I assume the braille display would have braille input keys.  it
would A Huge No without.
On Nov 12, 2014 11:27 AM, "Penny Duffy" <pennyduffy at gmail.com> wrote:

> Abby uses an IPAD and a braille display because they have 1:1 iPads
> district wide and it works for her. There are things the does an ok job
> with and that's braille transcribing can have a lag.  Also the braille
> sense is always on and ready. I  am still on thr fence and Abby may need a
> notetaker someday. It seems silly to move your daughter to an ipad only if
> the braille sense is working so well with her. Do they have a tech eval to
> say the IPad is a better tool? What is thier reasoning?
> On Nov 12, 2014 10:52 AM, "Amber Hall via blindkid" <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello, it's been a while since I've been on here. But I have a question
>> for parents of kiddos who are using iPads with braille display at school.
>> My daughter has a braille sense. she's had it for probably four years now.
>> She does very good on it, but the school is wanting her to go to iPad only
>> with a braille display. I'm kind of hesitant because I know I've heard
>> negative things on here about doing that.
>> Any suggestions on what I can say to help my case when I present it to
>> the school?
>> My daughter loves her braillesense. She's hesitant to go to the iPad
>> because a lot of times it doesn't work for think she needs it too. And she
>> is slow with it because she doesn't have a lot of experience with it.
>> But they still want her to transition to only ipad anyway.
>> Thanks for your help!
>>
>>
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