[nabs-l] Calling all Cell phone users

Sat Nov 6 20:58:50 UTC 2010

Nicole,
I have an iphone and I love it. Even thought the touch screen may seem
to be intimidating it is not once you get a hang of it. I have found
that the voice over is great on most apps and you have quite a bit of
control over the settings that you use. It does not interfere with
other apps that you may be using and you can turn it on and off esily
with a button. The thing that can be annoying at first is that you
must double tap the letters in order to type, but there is also an app
called Dragon Dictation that is free where you can speak whatever you
want to type and it will put in in text form very accuretly. Then you
can put the text into a text message, facebook or other application. I
have found it vey helpful, and the voiceover works perfectly with it.
If you have any other questions feel free to contact me off list. But
like it was mentioned beforehand, the best thing to do is play with it
for a while to get used to it.
Conchita

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>    5. Calling all iPhone users (Ben Schuler)
>    6. Re: Few questions on Student seminars.... (Darian Smith)
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> Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 11:25:11 -0700
> From: Barbara.Mathews at sce.com
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> From: Alexander Castillo <alexandera.castillo at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [nabs-l] Few questions on Student seminars....
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> Hello All, here in New York, we are thinking of having our first
> student seminar in a long time. Before we do so, there are a couple of
> questions that some of you might be able to assist us with.
>
> What sort of funding is typically used to put on a seminar? As I
> understand things, we are able  to apply for funding from the
> Imagination Fund, however, are there additional resources that are
> used? Have any of your divisions put together a seminar in which some
> participants were sponsored by a  state agency? If so,  what steps did
> you take to have these students sponsored?
>
> What does your typical agenda look like? We are looking at three main
> points of focus; these would be Technology, education, and other
> useful resources.
>
> Like most of your states, New York has students spread throughout the
> state: What sort of locations are regularly used to hold your
> seminars?
>
> Looking forward to your answers.
>
> Thanks for reading,
> Alex
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 17:51:34 -0400
> From: Cindy Bennett <clb5590 at gmail.com>
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> 	<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Few questions on Student seminars....
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> We hold our seminar in Raleigh. This is a central city that is easy to
> get to from the whole state, and most of our leaders in NABS live
> there. But I do think that if you start having one every year, moving
> it around wouldn't be such a bad idea.
>
> We try to charge as little as possible for students to come, so that
> way more can come, and they can spend other money on transportation.
> We colaborate with the local DSB offices, that is division of services
> for the blind, not sure what it's called in New York, and some of them
> are willing to bring vans of students to the seminar so that
> eliminates the transportation costs. That being said, we have not done
> an overnight seminar, so we have never had to think about hotel costs
> and more than one meal.
>
> The money we use to run the seminar comes from a yearly fund raiser
> that we do. We work with a vendor who graciously donates snacks to us
> and make snack packs for our state convention. They are a hit. Some
> other popular fund raisers are the Belk days cards. Basically, they
> give organizations $5 off gift cards, and the organization charges $5
> for them. So people are giving $5 to the organization instead of Belk,
> and then they go to Belk on the designated Saturday and get $5 off.
> This is most effective if you sell them near the store on that day.
> One thing my local chapter did was get a local Apple Bee's to do a
> pancake breakfast for $2 a person. The chapter then sold tickets for
> $7, and a lot of people heading into work saw the sign and stopped in
> for breakfast. At school, psi chi has done a couple of fund raisers
> with restaurants such as Moe's and Buffalo Wild Wings in which you
> tell people to place their receipts in a bucket by the register and a
> portion of the profit from each receipt in the bucket at the end of
> the day goes to the organization. This can be a bit tricky, because it
> means you have to get people to go out to eat, and sometimes the
> restaurants aren't very supportive of you going to the restaurant and
> telling strangers to support you, because it means more money that
> they are giving the organization. To me, the best fund raisers involve
> projects that the division does not have to spend a lot of initial
> money on, but I know this can sometimes be difficult.
>
> I know Wall-Mart has a grant for nonprofits, and I know a couple of
> local chapters in North Carolina have received it to put on various
> events, but I don't have any personal experience with it.
>
> A key thing would be to try to get as many presenters to come for free
> as you can, or to get NFB members with various expertises to present.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Cindy
>
> On 11/5/10, Alexander Castillo <alexandera.castillo at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello All, here in New York, we are thinking of having our first
>> student seminar in a long time. Before we do so, there are a couple of
>> questions that some of you might be able to assist us with.
>>
>> What sort of funding is typically used to put on a seminar? As I
>> understand things, we are able  to apply for funding from the
>> Imagination Fund, however, are there additional resources that are
>> used? Have any of your divisions put together a seminar in which some
>> participants were sponsored by a  state agency? If so,  what steps did
>> you take to have these students sponsored?
>>
>> What does your typical agenda look like? We are looking at three main
>> points of focus; these would be Technology, education, and other
>> useful resources.
>>
>> Like most of your states, New York has students spread throughout the
>> state: What sort of locations are regularly used to hold your
>> seminars?
>>
>> Looking forward to your answers.
>>
>> Thanks for reading,
>> Alex
>>
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> --
> Cindy Bennett
> uNC Wilmington Psychology major
>
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> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 17:53:38 -0400
> From: Cindy Bennett <clb5590 at gmail.com>
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> 	<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] questions from a parent of a blind child
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> Thanks for the contact info, but that is old since the division has
> since fallen apart, but I am waiting to hear back from this mom. I
> will definitely point her towards the national parent's division.
>
> Cindy
>
> On 11/5/10, Barbara.Mathews at sce.com <Barbara.Mathews at sce.com> wrote:
>> ? ? ? ? There is a parent contact listed on the NOPBC website. ?It is
>>
>> Kris Shields, President
>> North Carolina Parents of Blind Children
>> Charlotte, NC
>> Phone: (704) 733-0605
>> E-mail: kshields at carolina.rr.com
>>
>>
>> ? ? ? ? I hope you will refer this mom to Kris, and that you will also
>> meet
>> with the mom. ?It is so helpful to parents to meet blind adults who can
>> serve as role models and mentors! ?You can also give her the NOPBC website
>> (www.nfb.org/nopbc), which is a starting place for finding resources.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> From: ? ? ? ?Cindy Bennett <clb5590 at gmail.com>
>> To: ? ? ? ?National Asociation of Blind Students <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Date: ? ? ? ?11/04/2010 02:21 PM
>> Subject: ? ? ? ?[nabs-l] questions from a parent of a blind child
>> Sent by: ? ? ? ?nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> ________________________________
>>
>>
>>
>> Today, a woman i had briefly met freshman year approached me.
>> Apparently, now she has a 2 year old who is blind. She seemed really
>> positive, and wants to meet with me because she has questions. I want
>> to take advantage of her positive outlook and point her towards the
>> right information. I know there is a national parents division, but it
>> is not active in North Carolina. I know that this is a student list,
>> but I thought someone could connect me with relevant resources and/or
>> literature, because I am not that familiar with it.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> --
>> Cindy Bennett
>> uNC Wilmington Psychology major
>>
>> clb5590 at gmail.com
>> 828.989.5383
>>
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>
> --
> Cindy Bennett
> uNC Wilmington Psychology major
>
> clb5590 at gmail.com
> 828.989.5383
>
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 21:05:47 -0400
> From: "Ben Schuler" <bschuler45 at gmail.com>
> To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [nabs-l] Calling all iPhone users
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> Hey Everyone,
>
> My HTC Ozone has finally died on me. So, I am really thinking about the new
> Iphone, but I still am hesitant to purchase the phone because it uses a
> touch screen.
>
> >From everything I have read about the phone, it seems like it would be just
> as good as the KNFB reader. You can get applications that will identify
> colors, as well as OCR apps. Does anyone have experience with these apps?
> How well does Voiceover work with most apps? Do you find that you are able
> to quickly accomplish tasks using the touch screen, or does it take a little
> longer?
>
> Also, I have not found an application that will identify money. Does anyone
> know if there is one out there?
>
> Any feedback would be much appreciated.
>
> Ben Schuler
> bschuler45 at gmail.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 18:18:23 -0700
> From: Darian Smith <dsmithnfb at gmail.com>
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> 	<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Few questions on Student seminars....
> Message-ID:
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>
> In california, we have had  our seminars in both northern  and
> southern california.  The  Student division has had set-up shop in
> locations such as  our state school for the blind and a  religious
> college campus.  if you have a larger and well-known college in a
> larger city (San Francisco  and San Francisco State, or Berkley and
> University of California  at Berkley, in the case of california), you
> will find that not only could students who live a distance away find
> it easier to  access the location by a form of  mass-transit, but, you
> might even have a pretty good amount of students on campus who   could
>  pretty much walk out of their dorms and into the seminar.
>  Getting speakers in the local community/colllege administrators and
> Federationests who all have unique stories to share that would benifit
> the population you would idealy have  might be a cost-effective and
> community building option for  the student division.
>
> On 11/5/10, Cindy Bennett <clb5590 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> We hold our seminar in Raleigh. This is a central city that is easy to
>> get to from the whole state, and most of our leaders in NABS live
>> there. But I do think that if you start having one every year, moving
>> it around wouldn't be such a bad idea.
>>
>> We try to charge as little as possible for students to come, so that
>> way more can come, and they can spend other money on transportation.
>> We colaborate with the local DSB offices, that is division of services
>> for the blind, not sure what it's called in New York, and some of them
>> are willing to bring vans of students to the seminar so that
>> eliminates the transportation costs. That being said, we have not done
>> an overnight seminar, so we have never had to think about hotel costs
>> and more than one meal.
>>
>> The money we use to run the seminar comes from a yearly fund raiser
>> that we do. We work with a vendor who graciously donates snacks to us
>> and make snack packs for our state convention. They are a hit. Some
>> other popular fund raisers are the Belk days cards. Basically, they
>> give organizations $5 off gift cards, and the organization charges $5
>> for them. So people are giving $5 to the organization instead of Belk,
>> and then they go to Belk on the designated Saturday and get $5 off.
>> This is most effective if you sell them near the store on that day.
>> One thing my local chapter did was get a local Apple Bee's to do a
>> pancake breakfast for $2 a person. The chapter then sold tickets for
>> $7, and a lot of people heading into work saw the sign and stopped in
>> for breakfast. At school, psi chi has done a couple of fund raisers
>> with restaurants such as Moe's and Buffalo Wild Wings in which you
>> tell people to place their receipts in a bucket by the register and a
>> portion of the profit from each receipt in the bucket at the end of
>> the day goes to the organization. This can be a bit tricky, because it
>> means you have to get people to go out to eat, and sometimes the
>> restaurants aren't very supportive of you going to the restaurant and
>> telling strangers to support you, because it means more money that
>> they are giving the organization. To me, the best fund raisers involve
>> projects that the division does not have to spend a lot of initial
>> money on, but I know this can sometimes be difficult.
>>
>> I know Wall-Mart has a grant for nonprofits, and I know a couple of
>> local chapters in North Carolina have received it to put on various
>> events, but I don't have any personal experience with it.
>>
>> A key thing would be to try to get as many presenters to come for free
>> as you can, or to get NFB members with various expertises to present.
>>
>> Good luck!
>>
>> Cindy
>>
>> On 11/5/10, Alexander Castillo <alexandera.castillo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hello All, here in New York, we are thinking of having our first
>>> student seminar in a long time. Before we do so, there are a couple of
>>> questions that some of you might be able to assist us with.
>>>
>>> What sort of funding is typically used to put on a seminar? As I
>>> understand things, we are able  to apply for funding from the
>>> Imagination Fund, however, are there additional resources that are
>>> used? Have any of your divisions put together a seminar in which some
>>> participants were sponsored by a  state agency? If so,  what steps did
>>> you take to have these students sponsored?
>>>
>>> What does your typical agenda look like? We are looking at three main
>>> points of focus; these would be Technology, education, and other
>>> useful resources.
>>>
>>> Like most of your states, New York has students spread throughout the
>>> state: What sort of locations are regularly used to hold your
>>> seminars?
>>>
>>> Looking forward to your answers.
>>>
>>> Thanks for reading,
>>> Alex
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> nabs-l mailing list
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Cindy Bennett
>> uNC Wilmington Psychology major
>>
>> clb5590 at gmail.com
>> 828.989.5383
>>
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>
>
> --
> Darian Smith
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>
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> spiritual beings having a human experience.? - Teilhard de Chardin
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 21:20:32 -0400
> From: "Anjelina" <anjelinac26 at gmail.com>
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
> 	<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Calling all iPhone users
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>
> Hi Ben,
> I can't say enough good things about the iPhone. It does have a bit of a
> learning curve, but nothing that a week or so can't cure. The majority of
> the apps I've installed are fully accessible with voiceover. I've used a few
> of the free recognition apps, and I've had success identifying labels,
> dollar bills and even print pages.
> www.blindcooltech.com
> has many iPhone podcasts. If you can stop in an Apple or AT&T store to get
> some hands-on experience with the phone before making a purchase you might
> not feel as intimidated by the phone. The Apple reps I've spoken with are
> very familiar with Voiceover.
> Good luck with whatever you choose.
> Anjelina
> Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.
> Albert Einstein
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ben Schuler" <bschuler45 at gmail.com>
> To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 9:05 PM
> Subject: [nabs-l] Calling all iPhone users
>
>
>> Hey Everyone,
>>
>> My HTC Ozone has finally died on me. So, I am really thinking about the
>> new
>> Iphone, but I still am hesitant to purchase the phone because it uses a
>> touch screen.
>>
>>>From everything I have read about the phone, it seems like it would be
>>>just
>> as good as the KNFB reader. You can get applications that will identify
>> colors, as well as OCR apps. Does anyone have experience with these apps?
>> How well does Voiceover work with most apps? Do you find that you are able
>> to quickly accomplish tasks using the touch screen, or does it take a
>> little
>> longer?
>>
>> Also, I have not found an application that will identify money. Does
>> anyone
>> know if there is one out there?
>>
>> Any feedback would be much appreciated.
>>
>> Ben Schuler
>> bschuler45 at gmail.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>
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> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2010 19:16:52 -0700
> From: Darrell Shandrow <darrell.shandrow at gmail.com>
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> 	<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Calling all iPhone users
> Message-ID: <4CD4BA94.8050003 at gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> Hello Ben,
>
> Consider not allowing the iPhone's touch screen to intimidate you. If
> you can play with a friend's iPhone or take a look at one during a visit
> to the Apple or AT&T Store, I think you might understand what I mean.
>
> As of this time, there is still no OCR app for the iPhone that
> approaches the capabilities of the K-NFB Reader. I am confident,
> however, there will be one very soon, and the iPhone's other attributes
> far outweigh, in my opinion, the capabilities of the phone on which the
> K-NFB Reader is based.
>
> There are two free mainstream apps that can quickly identify money. One
> is called oMoby and the other is called Noogle Noggles. They use the
> camera to take a snapshot and use a pattern-recognition algorithm to
> identify objects.
>
> You may visit http://blindaccessjournal.com for a demonstration of these
> two apps, plus a number of navigation apps and adventures with the iPhone.
>
> If you have seen an iPhone and are seriously interested in purchasing
> one, there are many resources available to learn the iPhone.
>
> Start by visiting http://applevis.com and check the guides and learn
> about the apps that are accessible.
>
> Regards,
>
> Darrell
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 11/5/2010 6:05 PM, Ben Schuler wrote:
>> Hey Everyone,
>>
>> My HTC Ozone has finally died on me. So, I am really thinking about the
>> new
>> Iphone, but I still am hesitant to purchase the phone because it uses a
>> touch screen.
>>
>>> From everything I have read about the phone, it seems like it would be
>>> just
>> as good as the KNFB reader. You can get applications that will identify
>> colors, as well as OCR apps. Does anyone have experience with these apps?
>> How well does Voiceover work with most apps? Do you find that you are able
>> to quickly accomplish tasks using the touch screen, or does it take a
>> little
>> longer?
>>
>> Also, I have not found an application that will identify money. Does
>> anyone
>> know if there is one out there?
>>
>> Any feedback would be much appreciated.
>>
>> Ben Schuler
>> bschuler45 at gmail.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Nicole
>
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