Yeah it would be awesome if Apple would make the iPHone accessible and
you could use the Apple bluetooth keyboard with it. Now that would be
quite the combo now wouldn't it. Of course they'd have to make the
iPhone compatible with other networks than AT&T.
The Air has certainly crossed my mind for a number of reasons, but
well got to get my wife a new machine first.
On Sep 26, 2008, at 4:03 AM, RATTRAY J. wrote:
Hi,
I am using a macbook air at the moment and I frequently use it as a
notetaker. I really love that capability as it saves me so much time -
of course depending where you are you need to trust your typing if you
are not using it with a braille display and you need to remember that
others can see what you type - not a good time to write soemthing
about
the meeting you are in being dull!
But really it is great - if it had a bigger memory it would be
better -
but I get round this with an external hard drive for storage of
stuff I
don't need on a daily basis.
In my view worth the money and I would not go back to my packmate now
Julie
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To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS
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theblind
Subject: Re: iPod question
Yeah, I have to agree totally. I think if the Macbook Air is going to
serve any purpose in the blind community, it's going to take the place
of all these expensive notetakers.
On Sep 23, 2008, at 4:18 PM, UCLA Bruins Fan wrote:
Yes, NLS really needs to get with the program!
I didn't even think of burning books to CDS. I thought that the only
way you could get NLS books was either on tape, or through a victor
stream or Icon, niether of which I own. I don't see the need to have
a stream and an Ipod, and pretty much just use my macbook for a
portable note taking device. I know it can be a bit of a pain, but
my
braillenote bit the dust recently, and I'm thinking I'll just buy a
macbook air to replace it once I've saved up the money. I see no
point in purchasing expensive blindness products if something like
the
air is available on the mainstream market, though of course this is
just my opinion and personal preference.
I can't help but wonder if apple will eventually give suppliers of
portable devices like the braillenote and Icon a run for their money.
Thoughts?
Olivia
Olivia
On Sep 22, 2008, at 9:53 PM, Maxwell Ivey Jr. wrote:
Hello; I agree with you completely on nls needing to get on the
bandwagon as well. I hate it that the only way I can currently
download books from the texas state library system is to download
them to my windows computer and then burn them onto a cd. The
problem is that they are committed to the overdrive media console
which so far doesn't have a mac version. We also need to work on
yahoo. they have a lot of good webmaster's tools, but they are only
available to windows and linnex. Take care, and good luck, Max On
Sep 22, 2008, at 6:16 PM, Scott Howell wrote:
And I also have an Icon or more accurately the Braille Plus. I very
much appreciate the Braille Plus, but truly the iPod offers some
distinct advantages such as no physical hard drive, quite speedy to
move from track to track with no choppy buffering, and yes, a small
size. I do wish Apple and the National Library Service could work
together on making it possible to load NLS books on the iPod. Now
that would be mighty cool for sure.
Max Ivey Jr.
The Midway Marketplace
Office 936-273-6960
Cell 281-989-0448
www.midwaymarketplace.com
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Scott Howell
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