Hi Chris, A better question, and you're right, I should have phrased it like that.
Interesting, very interesting. I don't think I'll go down the iPad route, but it's good to get views etc. Thanks TC :) J You can contact me in the following ways: E-Mail:[email protected] MSN: [email protected] Skype: saulky1984 - if you'd like to share details, please let me know who you are when you send a request. Thank you On 20 May 2012, at 10:51, Chris Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/> <--- 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/>
