Personally, I'd go for the iPhone. If you are going to pay for a data plan, you may as well have accessible texting, contact management, caller ID, missed call information, and so on in addition to the advantages of iOS apps. The iPad does not have as good a camera as the iPhone, but it may work okay for OCR and object identification, I don't know. However, I imagine lining up an iPad is going to be way harder than a phone, simply because the iPad is so large. In addition, the iPad's screen is huge compared to an iPhone, so I often find myself getting lost on the screen when I use other peoples' iPads. On the iPhone, the screen is small enough that you always know where things are once you get used to the apps you use most, and even things in the middle of the screen are easier to locate. Finally, the iPad is difficult to just carry with you, but has no advantage for a blind person over the iPhone, so why not get the smaller device so you can put it in a pocket or purse with no problem? Those are just my opinions, and please note that I have only used iPads every so often, I don't own one myself. On May 15, 2013, at 8:34 AM, Eugenia Firth <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi again y'all > I have some questions about the iPad from a totally blind person's > perspective. I have a totally blind friend who is debating the issue of an > iPad versus an iPhone. I am leaning toward her getting an iPhone, but she has > another totally blind friend who got an iPad and adores it. I have told her > that we need to test out the camera on the iPad insofar as how easy it is to > line the thing up with things like money, and cans with TapTapSee. Could you > guys give me some opinions on that subject? We are going to the Apple Store > today, and because TapTapSee is a free program, I am hoping I can talk one of > those folks into putting it on one of those iPads so that we can check it out. > Regards, > Gigi > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
