As someone who has used a Surface Pro 3 for a couple of years now, I can tell you that touch access with JAWS is by no means limited to the Samsung. Of course, that was not the implication. I haven’t and won’t upgrade to the latest Surface modell because of the horrendous pricing.
It’s good if you can get these thing via a mobile/cellular provider. Then, I guess, you just need to insert your SIM and away you go. I’m *still* looking for the advertised Microsoft from-the-ground-up Windows installation that is accessible. I must update my Windows media file, to incorporate the latest Fall Creator’s update. I know where to go for that, so will do that later I think. Getting back to tablet computing. On iOS, I am still stuck with my third generation iPad. But I’m not in a hurry to change that. I will do so once my business venture launches. But I might just push the boat out some time soon and buy me one of the latest tablets. Maybe the Samsung, because I like the way that Samsung does thing. But there are lots more on the market as well which also have their respective merits. So we’ll see. I have to admit that sometimes I do get a bit frustrated with on-screen keyboards. My BrailleNote Touch has one, and I have to keep re-calibrating it for my fingers so sometimes typing on it can be a real pain. But I think that, which ever way I eventually jump, it must be a cellular model. I don’t know where I’d be without that sometimes. My ElBraille has one, and when I’m out and about in the car, it’s a joy to still have unrestrained access to the things I want. ======================================== My compliments and kindest regards Gordon Smith: <gor...@mac-access.net> Accessibility & Information Technology Support Specialist.. This Message Was Created Using 100% Recycled Electrons. If you can avoid printing it, please do so. Think of the environment, save a tree! Contact: • UK Free Phone: 0800 8620538 • UK Geographic / Global: +44(0) 1642 688095 • UK Mobile/SMS: +44 (0)7804 983849 • Vic. Australia: +61 38 82059300 • US/Canada: +1 646 9151493 ---------------------------------------- On 1 Nov 2017, at 12:51, Dane Trethowan <grtd...@internode.on.net> wrote: Hi! My Birthday has come and gone for 2017 so thought I'd make the best of it. I wanted to get into Tablet computing however the road I chose to take wasn't exactly what I had planned 6 months ago when I started looking at tablet devices. I won't tell the whole story here suffice to say that I had intended to use a iPad Mini mobile model and ended up with a Windows tablet complete with keyboard cover instead. Firstly the Galaxy Book is Samsung's answer to the hugely popular and hugely overpriced - in my view - Microsoft Surface. I'm not saying that one is better than the other as both have advantages and disadvantages, the main advantages going for the Samsung Galaxy Book are great value for money and good supplied accessories such as the Keyboard Cover and S-Pen, you don't get either with your Surface purchase. To me - given that I'm blind - a keyboard is hugely important for entering text though I can make do with the Onscreen keyboard the Tablet offers which works well with JAWS, the physical keyboard is quicker. Anyway about the bundle. The Tablet clips onto the keyboard and you can fold the back cover down to make a stand thus the tablet looks like a small TV with adjustable angles, just adjust the stand to the angle of display you desire. The keyboard has big keys which are nice to type on but unfortunately doesn't have a numeric keypad so you're going to need to use the "Laptop" keyboard layout if using JAWS. Below the keyboard is your tipical touch trackpad though this doesn't seem to interact with JAWS at all as it does on a Macbook machine, I rather hoped it might. The Galaxy Book is equipped with two very nice sounding stereo speakers and "An Aray" of microphones according to the technical data, though I've not found the actual physical location of these microphones on the unit I can tell you that the sound from them is excellent and this excellent sound is particularly noticed when using a VOIP or chat client such as Skype, the ambiance of the room is barely audible so I would suggest the tablet would be right at home in a small video conference setting. So down to specs which are very reasonable for a tablet of this sort. I bought the top model Galaxy Book which has 8GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD drive so the machine is very fast. The internal battery is rated at 5.5AH and should give you around 11 hours of video playback. Connections are at a minimum but I believe them to be well chosen, you get 2 USB-C general ports and a combo Headphones port. Wireless is well catered for with Wi-Fi AC 2.4/5GHZ and Bluetooth though not the latest version 5 it does support APTX. I've used the Galaxy Book with both Wi-Fi and cell networks, the machine will switch between them automatically depending on your location or if the Wi-Fi network is down, the Wi-Fi network takes priority by default. Setting up the Galaxy Book couldn't have been easier thanks to the machine running the latest build of Windows 10 Professional. When I'd booted the machine - hold down the power button for 2 seconds - all I had to do was wait a bit and start the Windows Narrator Screen Reader using the Windows-Ctrl-Enter keyboard shortcut, Narrator came up along with the self--speaking Windows setup wizard which you can follow very easily. I Haven't done any audio editing etc with this device yet and I really didn't buy the Galaxy Book for that sort of thing. I've written eMail messages - this one included -, used Word, played music, listened to radio, used a VPN etc with no problems. I've not needed to tweak much in the way of settings though I'm sure in time I'll probably change a few things. It should be noted that - if you're listening to radio for example - and you don't use the keyboard for a while the machine won't respond to a first press of a key on the keyboard, I imagine this is some sort of power saving function that activates after a time of inactivity on the keyboard. The build of the Samsung Galaxy Book is tough even though the case is a Polly Carbonate plastic rather than metal. If you're going to hold the Tablet as a tablet in your hand then I advise a good elbow rest or you make yourself comfortable on a couch as the Galaxy Book is a little heavy for one hand and - at 12 inches - a large but yet powerful brute. The tablet can get rather warm when multi tasking but - believe it or not - Samsung have managed to squeeze a fan into this thing. So there you have it, my first impressions of the Galaxy Book 12 which I've now had for a week. Its always good when you find those products that you really enjoy using and you struggle to find anything to dislike. -- ********** "Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life" ********** ------------------------------ This post, like all posts to the Techno Chat E-Mail group has been scanned by our server-side antivirus/malware solution. This should not, however, be viewed as a substitution for your own security strategy. We assume no culpability whatever, implicit or otherwise, for any compromise to your systems as a result of opening any post to this group. Suffice it to say that we remain vigilant within the boundaries of reason. We strongly urge you to do likewise! You have been warned!!! 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