Maybe James's question should have been: "Why do blind people use the iPad if they have an iPhone/iPod Touch?"
It is a question commonly asked as many feel the iPad adds very little to a blind user if they already have a smaller iOS device. My answer to the question would be, well not a lot if you have no vision. If you have some vision, then the iPad is a big deal. What the iPad can offer to a totally blind person that the iPhone can't do is better sound, better web experience as you can feel more of the web page layout and some applications are laid out better with more functions at your finger tips such as Mail, Twitter, and GarageBand to name a few. Some people would prefer to have an iPad and have a tactile based mobile phone for texting such as a nokia with TALKS or a Android phone with tactile keys to press. Horses for courses. For me? well I want it all, I would love a Macbook Air that can also run iOS apps and for the screen to be a touch screen too. That would be my ultimate hybrid product so I have the keyboard there when I want it etc. Chris On 20 May 2012, at 10:10, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > Hello James > > On 19 May 2012, at 18:40, James AUSTIN <[email protected]> wrote: > > • I'm just curious, why do blind people like the iPad? I can understand folks > with some vision buying one as the screen may be useful, but for those of us > with no vision, what is the appeal? > > Speaking as somebody with vision, I find this question really strange. Why on > earth should a visually impaired person or a blind person not find the iPad > useful? After all, you could push this all the way and say why does a blind > person like the Mac? Why does a blind person like a PC? Why does a blind > person like almost anything. It seems to me that a blind person can get just > as much out of the iPad as anybody else can. It lets you do your email, > browse the web and a lot lot more; all in the kind of situation where > portability is important. It is far easier to transport and quickly use than > a notebook computer, for example. So I'll leave this by asking you the > question James, why not? > > Lynne > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
