Wouldn't braille support kind of limit the utility of a pcket-sized portable device? While text to speech may not be as ideal, it's probably a lot easier to haul around.
I haven't tried it but there is Voice of DAISY http://www.cypac.co.jp/vodi/index.html There is a GPS built in so the next step is a good accessible mapping application. Search on past threads about Navigon and a few others. The compass is also quite nice and accessible. One trick is to turn the screen backlight off. Save a bunch of power. Battery life otherwise depends on how you use it. With light use 3 days isn't that unusual. Heavy use will put it in the charger daily, especially GPS, wifi or GSM use. CB erik burggraaf wrote: > Do we have braille support on the IPhone then? > > How about a daisy book reader? > > Is there a good OCR package yet? > > What are people using for gps on it these days? Anyone tried paring a hulux > m1000 or an IBlue 737 with the thing? > > Oh, and hows the battery life? I can get a good 3 days out of my I-paq. If > the IPhone is ready in all these particulars, I'll buy one in April, but last > I heard, the product was still new, and although it works right enough, it > doesn't stack up yet. > > Best, > > erik burggraaf > A+ certified technician and user support consultant. > Phone: 888-255-5194 > Email: [email protected] > > On 2009-12-22, at 4:59 PM, Cody wrote: > > >> I say quit the bitchin and buy a damn iPhone :p. best damn phone on the >> market and also for the price. can't think of anything the iPhone can't do >> that any other phone can do and more. now time to put some pants on after a >> nice hot shower and get something cold to drnk before heading out. >> >> Cody >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Tyler Littlefield" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 1:04 PM >> Subject: Re: We better keep this going! >> >> >> Sure, but just because it talks out of the box doesn't mean much. Don't get >> me wrong, I love my VO, but there still are things that it needs help with. >> On Dec 22, 2009, at 11:51 AM, Scott Howell wrote: >> >> >>> ALthough I agree there needs to be no mission in converting folks,, I do >>> believe it makes sense to let any and all know. Whether you like the >>> iPhone or not is in my mind irrelevant. What is relevant is the fact that >>> finally now a blind or visually impaired person can now go into a store >>> and purchase an accessible product, whether that be a computer, iPhone, or >>> iPod, and not have to purchase additional and expensive software makes a >>> tremendous difference. >>> I think there is more to be gained by proving the Mac or other offerings >>> by Apple are viable solutions is what will sell the product to a blind or >>> visually impaired user honestly. >>> >>> On Dec 22, 2009, at 12:58 PM, Tyler Littlefield wrote: >>> >>> >>>> The iphone seems nice enough, but lets not go on a converting rampage. >>>> I'm personally getting something else, because I don't like the iphone, >>>> even if we had service for it where I'm at. >>>> On Dec 22, 2009, at 10:46 AM, Jess wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi folks, >>>>> >>>>> Well, I'm getting the IPhone 3 GS today. But more than that, folks, we >>>>> need to keep the trend of switching to the Mac and IPhone going. The >>>>> more people we have switching, the more inclined Apple will be to >>>>> continue support and development for Voice OVer. >>>>> For the first time, I can walk into a store, pick up a phone, and have >>>>> it talk out of the box. I don't have to have this special software that >>>>> makes my phone accessible, and explain to people, oh, this is special >>>>> software that reads aloud what you see on the screen. When I mention to >>>>> people that I am going to get the IPhone, I feel a great deal of >>>>> satisfaction that people don't look at me and go, well Jess, youre >>>>> blind, so how the hell will you be able to use it? It's awesome that I >>>>> can be treated as an equal. We half! to keep this trend up! Otherwise, >>>>> what we have waited for, hoped for, and longed for, access to something >>>>> right out of the box, will soon be gone forever! And by the way, every >>>>> time I try to convince someone that accessibility is a right and we have >>>>> the right to have 100 percent access to everything we buy, that argument >>>>> that we are to small of a market is always what I get. I'm sorry, but >>>>> Apple is proving that argument to be void, and I have never agreed with >>>>> it and never will. 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