RE: utility of an iPad as a productivity tool
I'd like to check this out. I'll be trying on my iPhone, but in Windows 7 with IE8 and JAWS 15, I get to the page, find the Play/Pause button, but nothing happens when I hit either Spacebar or Enter. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Robert Carter Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2013 8:20 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: utility of an iPad as a productivity tool Hi, I love Jazz and recently discovered that one of my favorite Jazz radio programs has a live stream through Stanford University. I do not use Adobe flash on my Mac and this stream would not play on the Mac. The stream plays great, however, on my iPad. For anyone who cares, the show is called River Walk Jazz. http://riverwalkjazz.stanford.edu Robert Carter Sent from my iPad On Dec 21, 2013, at 7:55 AM, Les Kriegler kriegle...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Robert, When we purchased an iPad for my wife, I really didn't plan to use it that much. We got the new iPad Mini. Like you, I now love listening to audio, anything from music to radio streams, books and sporting events. Having the new Radium App which allows access to XM content is wonderful. And I'm really impressed with the battery life. Last Sunday, I had charged our unit in the morning. My wife used it for a while before I took it over for the afternoon football games. I'm guessing when I started using it, the battery level may have been at around 98%. I had the unit running non-stop for 4 hours, I made no adjustments in settings to conserve battery life, VO was running. I checked the battery after 4 hours of continuous use, and it was at 88%. As it ran down about 2 to 3% per hour,I'd say this is really outstanding. The unit was in a locked state, so perhaps that helped. Les On Dec 21, 2013, at 8:04 AM, Robert Carter nc5rn...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I am a huge iPhone lover and was rather slow to really come to love the iPad. I am totally blind and like others have said, I spent a lot of time wondering whether or not the larger screen really offered the VoiceOver user any advantage. Last year, my employer purchased the iPad 3 for everyone in my department who wanted one. I got one and gradually installed some of my favorite apps. I discovered that I really enjoyed working with email and safari on the larger screen. In mail, for example, all of the mailboxes are listed along the left side of the screen. You can simply run your finger down the mailbox column and double-tap on the mailbox that you want to open. Of course, I can work fine with email on my iPhone but this layout on the iPad is nice for both sighted and blind users. I also found that listening to audio on the ipad's built-in speakers was nicer than the iPhone's speaker. Again, I can hear audio just fine on the iPhone but given a choice of listening to a book or sports broadcast on either, I would choose the iPad. Also, it is really nice to have two iOS devices so that when the battery runs low on one, you can grab the other device and keep on working. I ended up liking the iPad enough that when the new much faster and thinner iPad Air came out, I gave the iPad 3 back to my department and purchased the iPad Air. I do agree that having both an iPhone and an iPad is a luxury. If I could only afford one, I would choose the iPhone. Having them both is certainly the best of all for me. Robert Carter Sent from my iPad On Dec 21, 2013, at 1:55 AM, RobH. bobs...@googlemail.com wrote: We have one of the newer Mini Gen2 models; and battery seems to be in the negative, shorter charge time means smaller charge; certainly not as good as before. So a bit of a trade-off between charge time and duration of useage. She still likes it though. Agree about use of mBraille on it, though I sold my 1st gen Mini in favour of a second 4S phone. I can't see enough for the bigger screen to have offered anything useful, so let itgo. Rh. - Original Message - From: Alex Hall mehg...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 11:26 PM Subject: Re: utility of an iPad as a productivity tool Personally, I don't think the iPad offers anything the iPhone does not in terms of apps. It has a better battery life, and some people prefer the interface that some apps (like Mailor Safari) offer, but that's it. Oh, if you use Mbraille, you can type with your fingers straight across the screen. Low vision users often like the larger screen for viewing magnified images or other low-vision apps, but for a blind person that does not matter. On Dec 19, 2013, at 8:53 PM, Aruni Sharma aruni...@gmail.com wrote: Hello listers, This is Aruni Sharma from the southern part of the globe. I am teaching in a PG college here in lucknow, India. I have a question regarding the utility of an Ipad. is it really
Re: utility of an iPad as a productivity tool
We have one of the newer Mini Gen2 models; and battery seems to be in the negative, shorter charge time means smaller charge; certainly not as good as before. So a bit of a trade-off between charge time and duration of useage. She still likes it though. Agree about use of mBraille on it, though I sold my 1st gen Mini in favour of a second 4S phone. I can't see enough for the bigger screen to have offered anything useful, so let itgo. Rh. - Original Message - From: Alex Hall mehg...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 11:26 PM Subject: Re: utility of an iPad as a productivity tool Personally, I don't think the iPad offers anything the iPhone does not in terms of apps. It has a better battery life, and some people prefer the interface that some apps (like Mailor Safari) offer, but that's it. Oh, if you use Mbraille, you can type with your fingers straight across the screen. Low vision users often like the larger screen for viewing magnified images or other low-vision apps, but for a blind person that does not matter. On Dec 19, 2013, at 8:53 PM, Aruni Sharma aruni...@gmail.com wrote: Hello listers, This is Aruni Sharma from the southern part of the globe. I am teaching in a PG college here in lucknow, India. I have a question regarding the utility of an Ipad. is it really worth investing in a ipad if one already has iPhone. In other words, does the iPad offer any extra benefit as a productive tool over an iphone? Thanks and regards Aruni SharmaAsst. prof. JNPG College Lucknow Sent from my iPod Connect with me: skype: aruni_sharma facebook; arunisharma twitter: twitter.com/arunisharma -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) mehg...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: utility of an iPad as a productivity tool
Hi, I am a huge iPhone lover and was rather slow to really come to love the iPad. I am totally blind and like others have said, I spent a lot of time wondering whether or not the larger screen really offered the VoiceOver user any advantage. Last year, my employer purchased the iPad 3 for everyone in my department who wanted one. I got one and gradually installed some of my favorite apps. I discovered that I really enjoyed working with email and safari on the larger screen. In mail, for example, all of the mailboxes are listed along the left side of the screen. You can simply run your finger down the mailbox column and double-tap on the mailbox that you want to open. Of course, I can work fine with email on my iPhone but this layout on the iPad is nice for both sighted and blind users. I also found that listening to audio on the ipad's built-in speakers was nicer than the iPhone's speaker. Again, I can hear audio just fine on the iPhone but given a choice of listening to a book or sports broadcast on either, I would choose the iPad. Also, it is really nice to have two iOS devices so that when the battery runs low on one, you can grab the other device and keep on working. I ended up liking the iPad enough that when the new much faster and thinner iPad Air came out, I gave the iPad 3 back to my department and purchased the iPad Air. I do agree that having both an iPhone and an iPad is a luxury. If I could only afford one, I would choose the iPhone. Having them both is certainly the best of all for me. Robert Carter Sent from my iPad On Dec 21, 2013, at 1:55 AM, RobH. bobs...@googlemail.com wrote: We have one of the newer Mini Gen2 models; and battery seems to be in the negative, shorter charge time means smaller charge; certainly not as good as before. So a bit of a trade-off between charge time and duration of useage. She still likes it though. Agree about use of mBraille on it, though I sold my 1st gen Mini in favour of a second 4S phone. I can't see enough for the bigger screen to have offered anything useful, so let itgo. Rh. - Original Message - From: Alex Hall mehg...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 11:26 PM Subject: Re: utility of an iPad as a productivity tool Personally, I don't think the iPad offers anything the iPhone does not in terms of apps. It has a better battery life, and some people prefer the interface that some apps (like Mailor Safari) offer, but that's it. Oh, if you use Mbraille, you can type with your fingers straight across the screen. Low vision users often like the larger screen for viewing magnified images or other low-vision apps, but for a blind person that does not matter. On Dec 19, 2013, at 8:53 PM, Aruni Sharma aruni...@gmail.com wrote: Hello listers, This is Aruni Sharma from the southern part of the globe. I am teaching in a PG college here in lucknow, India. I have a question regarding the utility of an Ipad. is it really worth investing in a ipad if one already has iPhone. In other words, does the iPad offer any extra benefit as a productive tool over an iphone? Thanks and regards Aruni SharmaAsst. prof. JNPG College Lucknow Sent from my iPod Connect with me: skype: aruni_sharma facebook; arunisharma twitter: twitter.com/arunisharma -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) mehg...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it,
Re: utility of an iPad as a productivity tool
Hi Robert, When we purchased an iPad for my wife, I really didn't plan to use it that much. We got the new iPad Mini. Like you, I now love listening to audio, anything from music to radio streams, books and sporting events. Having the new Radium App which allows access to XM content is wonderful. And I'm really impressed with the battery life. Last Sunday, I had charged our unit in the morning. My wife used it for a while before I took it over for the afternoon football games. I'm guessing when I started using it, the battery level may have been at around 98%. I had the unit running non-stop for 4 hours, I made no adjustments in settings to conserve battery life, VO was running. I checked the battery after 4 hours of continuous use, and it was at 88%. As it ran down about 2 to 3% per hour,I'd say this is really outstanding. The unit was in a locked state, so perhaps that helped. Les On Dec 21, 2013, at 8:04 AM, Robert Carter nc5rn...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I am a huge iPhone lover and was rather slow to really come to love the iPad. I am totally blind and like others have said, I spent a lot of time wondering whether or not the larger screen really offered the VoiceOver user any advantage. Last year, my employer purchased the iPad 3 for everyone in my department who wanted one. I got one and gradually installed some of my favorite apps. I discovered that I really enjoyed working with email and safari on the larger screen. In mail, for example, all of the mailboxes are listed along the left side of the screen. You can simply run your finger down the mailbox column and double-tap on the mailbox that you want to open. Of course, I can work fine with email on my iPhone but this layout on the iPad is nice for both sighted and blind users. I also found that listening to audio on the ipad's built-in speakers was nicer than the iPhone's speaker. Again, I can hear audio just fine on the iPhone but given a choice of listening to a book or sports broadcast on either, I would choose the iPad. Also, it is really nice to have two iOS devices so that when the battery runs low on one, you can grab the other device and keep on working. I ended up liking the iPad enough that when the new much faster and thinner iPad Air came out, I gave the iPad 3 back to my department and purchased the iPad Air. I do agree that having both an iPhone and an iPad is a luxury. If I could only afford one, I would choose the iPhone. Having them both is certainly the best of all for me. Robert Carter Sent from my iPad On Dec 21, 2013, at 1:55 AM, RobH. bobs...@googlemail.com wrote: We have one of the newer Mini Gen2 models; and battery seems to be in the negative, shorter charge time means smaller charge; certainly not as good as before. So a bit of a trade-off between charge time and duration of useage. She still likes it though. Agree about use of mBraille on it, though I sold my 1st gen Mini in favour of a second 4S phone. I can't see enough for the bigger screen to have offered anything useful, so let itgo. Rh. - Original Message - From: Alex Hall mehg...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 11:26 PM Subject: Re: utility of an iPad as a productivity tool Personally, I don't think the iPad offers anything the iPhone does not in terms of apps. It has a better battery life, and some people prefer the interface that some apps (like Mailor Safari) offer, but that's it. Oh, if you use Mbraille, you can type with your fingers straight across the screen. Low vision users often like the larger screen for viewing magnified images or other low-vision apps, but for a blind person that does not matter. On Dec 19, 2013, at 8:53 PM, Aruni Sharma aruni...@gmail.com wrote: Hello listers, This is Aruni Sharma from the southern part of the globe. I am teaching in a PG college here in lucknow, India. I have a question regarding the utility of an Ipad. is it really worth investing in a ipad if one already has iPhone. In other words, does the iPad offer any extra benefit as a productive tool over an iphone? Thanks and regards Aruni SharmaAsst. prof. JNPG College Lucknow Sent from my iPod Connect with me: skype: aruni_sharma facebook; arunisharma twitter: twitter.com/arunisharma -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are
Re: utility of an iPad as a productivity tool
Hi, I love Jazz and recently discovered that one of my favorite Jazz radio programs has a live stream through Stanford University. I do not use Adobe flash on my Mac and this stream would not play on the Mac. The stream plays great, however, on my iPad. For anyone who cares, the show is called River Walk Jazz. http://riverwalkjazz.stanford.edu Robert Carter Sent from my iPad On Dec 21, 2013, at 7:55 AM, Les Kriegler kriegle...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Robert, When we purchased an iPad for my wife, I really didn't plan to use it that much. We got the new iPad Mini. Like you, I now love listening to audio, anything from music to radio streams, books and sporting events. Having the new Radium App which allows access to XM content is wonderful. And I'm really impressed with the battery life. Last Sunday, I had charged our unit in the morning. My wife used it for a while before I took it over for the afternoon football games. I'm guessing when I started using it, the battery level may have been at around 98%. I had the unit running non-stop for 4 hours, I made no adjustments in settings to conserve battery life, VO was running. I checked the battery after 4 hours of continuous use, and it was at 88%. As it ran down about 2 to 3% per hour,I'd say this is really outstanding. The unit was in a locked state, so perhaps that helped. Les On Dec 21, 2013, at 8:04 AM, Robert Carter nc5rn...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I am a huge iPhone lover and was rather slow to really come to love the iPad. I am totally blind and like others have said, I spent a lot of time wondering whether or not the larger screen really offered the VoiceOver user any advantage. Last year, my employer purchased the iPad 3 for everyone in my department who wanted one. I got one and gradually installed some of my favorite apps. I discovered that I really enjoyed working with email and safari on the larger screen. In mail, for example, all of the mailboxes are listed along the left side of the screen. You can simply run your finger down the mailbox column and double-tap on the mailbox that you want to open. Of course, I can work fine with email on my iPhone but this layout on the iPad is nice for both sighted and blind users. I also found that listening to audio on the ipad's built-in speakers was nicer than the iPhone's speaker. Again, I can hear audio just fine on the iPhone but given a choice of listening to a book or sports broadcast on either, I would choose the iPad. Also, it is really nice to have two iOS devices so that when the battery runs low on one, you can grab the other device and keep on working. I ended up liking the iPad enough that when the new much faster and thinner iPad Air came out, I gave the iPad 3 back to my department and purchased the iPad Air. I do agree that having both an iPhone and an iPad is a luxury. If I could only afford one, I would choose the iPhone. Having them both is certainly the best of all for me. Robert Carter Sent from my iPad On Dec 21, 2013, at 1:55 AM, RobH. bobs...@googlemail.com wrote: We have one of the newer Mini Gen2 models; and battery seems to be in the negative, shorter charge time means smaller charge; certainly not as good as before. So a bit of a trade-off between charge time and duration of useage. She still likes it though. Agree about use of mBraille on it, though I sold my 1st gen Mini in favour of a second 4S phone. I can't see enough for the bigger screen to have offered anything useful, so let itgo. Rh. - Original Message - From: Alex Hall mehg...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 11:26 PM Subject: Re: utility of an iPad as a productivity tool Personally, I don't think the iPad offers anything the iPhone does not in terms of apps. It has a better battery life, and some people prefer the interface that some apps (like Mailor Safari) offer, but that's it. Oh, if you use Mbraille, you can type with your fingers straight across the screen. Low vision users often like the larger screen for viewing magnified images or other low-vision apps, but for a blind person that does not matter. On Dec 19, 2013, at 8:53 PM, Aruni Sharma aruni...@gmail.com wrote: Hello listers, This is Aruni Sharma from the southern part of the globe. I am teaching in a PG college here in lucknow, India. I have a question regarding the utility of an Ipad. is it really worth investing in a ipad if one already has iPhone. In other words, does the iPad offer any extra benefit as a productive tool over an iphone? Thanks and regards Aruni SharmaAsst. prof. JNPG College Lucknow Sent from my iPod Connect with me: skype: aruni_sharma facebook; arunisharma twitter: twitter.com/arunisharma -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to
Re: utility of an iPad as a productivity tool
I recently bought a refurbished ipad mini and really like it for the following reasons. The speakers in it sound so much better than the speaker in my ipod touch 5th generation. With it's larger battery, I get a lot of extra playtime over my ipod touch 5th generation. I mainly use it as my main reading device. -Original Message- From: Joe Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 8:21 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: utility of an iPad as a productivity tool For a visually impaired person, perhaps. For a totally blind one, none. I'm going to post about my experiences to my blog soon, but long story short, I just recently gave mine away because for me personally, the iPhone and iPad were redundant. To each his own, but if it's an educational setting with a limited budget, I wouldn't do it. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Hall Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 6:27 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: utility of an iPad as a productivity tool Personally, I don't think the iPad offers anything the iPhone does not in terms of apps. It has a better battery life, and some people prefer the interface that some apps (like Mailor Safari) offer, but that's it. Oh, if you use Mbraille, you can type with your fingers straight across the screen. Low vision users often like the larger screen for viewing magnified images or other low-vision apps, but for a blind person that does not matter. On Dec 19, 2013, at 8:53 PM, Aruni Sharma aruni...@gmail.com wrote: Hello listers, This is Aruni Sharma from the southern part of the globe. I am teaching in a PG college here in lucknow, India. I have a question regarding the utility of an Ipad. is it really worth investing in a ipad if one already has iPhone. In other words, does the iPad offer any extra benefit as a productive tool over an iphone? Thanks and regards Aruni SharmaAsst. prof. JNPG College Lucknow Sent from my iPod Connect with me: skype: aruni_sharma facebook; arunisharma twitter: twitter.com/arunisharma -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) mehg...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing
Re: utility of an iPad as a productivity tool
Wow, thanks for this. I listen to this show every Sunday night on KCSm here in the SF bay area. -Original Message- From: Robert Carter Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2013 6:20 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: utility of an iPad as a productivity tool Hi, I love Jazz and recently discovered that one of my favorite Jazz radio programs has a live stream through Stanford University. I do not use Adobe flash on my Mac and this stream would not play on the Mac. The stream plays great, however, on my iPad. For anyone who cares, the show is called River Walk Jazz. http://riverwalkjazz.stanford.edu Robert Carter Sent from my iPad On Dec 21, 2013, at 7:55 AM, Les Kriegler kriegle...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Robert, When we purchased an iPad for my wife, I really didn't plan to use it that much. We got the new iPad Mini. Like you, I now love listening to audio, anything from music to radio streams, books and sporting events. Having the new Radium App which allows access to XM content is wonderful. And I'm really impressed with the battery life. Last Sunday, I had charged our unit in the morning. My wife used it for a while before I took it over for the afternoon football games. I'm guessing when I started using it, the battery level may have been at around 98%. I had the unit running non-stop for 4 hours, I made no adjustments in settings to conserve battery life, VO was running. I checked the battery after 4 hours of continuous use, and it was at 88%. As it ran down about 2 to 3% per hour,I'd say this is really outstanding. The unit was in a locked state, so perhaps that helped. Les On Dec 21, 2013, at 8:04 AM, Robert Carter nc5rn...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I am a huge iPhone lover and was rather slow to really come to love the iPad. I am totally blind and like others have said, I spent a lot of time wondering whether or not the larger screen really offered the VoiceOver user any advantage. Last year, my employer purchased the iPad 3 for everyone in my department who wanted one. I got one and gradually installed some of my favorite apps. I discovered that I really enjoyed working with email and safari on the larger screen. In mail, for example, all of the mailboxes are listed along the left side of the screen. You can simply run your finger down the mailbox column and double-tap on the mailbox that you want to open. Of course, I can work fine with email on my iPhone but this layout on the iPad is nice for both sighted and blind users. I also found that listening to audio on the ipad's built-in speakers was nicer than the iPhone's speaker. Again, I can hear audio just fine on the iPhone but given a choice of listening to a book or sports broadcast on either, I would choose the iPad. Also, it is really nice to have two iOS devices so that when the battery runs low on one, you can grab the other device and keep on working. I ended up liking the iPad enough that when the new much faster and thinner iPad Air came out, I gave the iPad 3 back to my department and purchased the iPad Air. I do agree that having both an iPhone and an iPad is a luxury. If I could only afford one, I would choose the iPhone. Having them both is certainly the best of all for me. Robert Carter Sent from my iPad On Dec 21, 2013, at 1:55 AM, RobH. bobs...@googlemail.com wrote: We have one of the newer Mini Gen2 models; and battery seems to be in the negative, shorter charge time means smaller charge; certainly not as good as before. So a bit of a trade-off between charge time and duration of useage. She still likes it though. Agree about use of mBraille on it, though I sold my 1st gen Mini in favour of a second 4S phone. I can't see enough for the bigger screen to have offered anything useful, so let itgo. Rh. - Original Message - From: Alex Hall mehg...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 11:26 PM Subject: Re: utility of an iPad as a productivity tool Personally, I don't think the iPad offers anything the iPhone does not in terms of apps. It has a better battery life, and some people prefer the interface that some apps (like Mailor Safari) offer, but that's it. Oh, if you use Mbraille, you can type with your fingers straight across the screen. Low vision users often like the larger screen for viewing magnified images or other low-vision apps, but for a blind person that does not matter. On Dec 19, 2013, at 8:53 PM, Aruni Sharma aruni...@gmail.com wrote: Hello listers, This is Aruni Sharma from the southern part of the globe. I am teaching in a PG college here in lucknow, India. I have a question regarding the utility of an Ipad. is it really worth investing in a ipad if one already has iPhone. In other words, does the iPad offer any extra benefit as a productive tool over an iphone? Thanks and regards Aruni SharmaAsst. prof. JNPG College Lucknow Sent from my iPod Connect with me:
utility of an iPad as a productivity tool
Hello listers, This is Aruni Sharma from the southern part of the globe. I am teaching in a PG college here in lucknow, India. I have a question regarding the utility of an Ipad. is it really worth investing in a ipad if one already has iPhone. In other words, does the iPad offer any extra benefit as a productive tool over an iphone? Thanks and regards Aruni SharmaAsst. prof. JNPG College Lucknow Sent from my iPod Connect with me: skype: aruni_sharma facebook; arunisharma twitter: twitter.com/arunisharma -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: utility of an iPad as a productivity tool
Personally, I don't think the iPad offers anything the iPhone does not in terms of apps. It has a better battery life, and some people prefer the interface that some apps (like Mailor Safari) offer, but that's it. Oh, if you use Mbraille, you can type with your fingers straight across the screen. Low vision users often like the larger screen for viewing magnified images or other low-vision apps, but for a blind person that does not matter. On Dec 19, 2013, at 8:53 PM, Aruni Sharma aruni...@gmail.com wrote: Hello listers, This is Aruni Sharma from the southern part of the globe. I am teaching in a PG college here in lucknow, India. I have a question regarding the utility of an Ipad. is it really worth investing in a ipad if one already has iPhone. In other words, does the iPad offer any extra benefit as a productive tool over an iphone? Thanks and regards Aruni SharmaAsst. prof. JNPG College Lucknow Sent from my iPod Connect with me: skype: aruni_sharma facebook; arunisharma twitter: twitter.com/arunisharma -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) mehg...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
RE: utility of an iPad as a productivity tool
For a visually impaired person, perhaps. For a totally blind one, none. I'm going to post about my experiences to my blog soon, but long story short, I just recently gave mine away because for me personally, the iPhone and iPad were redundant. To each his own, but if it's an educational setting with a limited budget, I wouldn't do it. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Hall Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 6:27 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: utility of an iPad as a productivity tool Personally, I don't think the iPad offers anything the iPhone does not in terms of apps. It has a better battery life, and some people prefer the interface that some apps (like Mailor Safari) offer, but that's it. Oh, if you use Mbraille, you can type with your fingers straight across the screen. Low vision users often like the larger screen for viewing magnified images or other low-vision apps, but for a blind person that does not matter. On Dec 19, 2013, at 8:53 PM, Aruni Sharma aruni...@gmail.com wrote: Hello listers, This is Aruni Sharma from the southern part of the globe. I am teaching in a PG college here in lucknow, India. I have a question regarding the utility of an Ipad. is it really worth investing in a ipad if one already has iPhone. In other words, does the iPad offer any extra benefit as a productive tool over an iphone? Thanks and regards Aruni SharmaAsst. prof. JNPG College Lucknow Sent from my iPod Connect with me: skype: aruni_sharma facebook; arunisharma twitter: twitter.com/arunisharma -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) mehg...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
