The simple truth in the field of rehabilitation and OT is that no one solution will fit any one set of consumers, especially not when you divide them into age brackets. It is certainly true that fewer older adults prefer iDevices, but there are quite a number of them who really enjoy using them. particularly the iPad for those with low vision. No 2 consumers are exactly alike, and treating them as such will only lead to the possibility of improper service delivery and perhaps someone missing out on something they could have benifited from. To bring this back on topic, as we're about as far off topic as you can get, there are external devices which also assist in the use of iPhones and such. Both bluetooth keyboards, and in some cases, braille displays, can enhance a user's interactivity and productivity with these devices. So even saying that someone who has spacial issues cannot learn to use an iPhone is not necissarily true. Certainly, cognative issues can play into things, and that's where we would again stray off topic if I expanded on this point.
Thanks for reading, Scott On 8/27/12, Christopher Chaltain <[email protected]> wrote: > I may be missing your point, but in the US we already have the ability > to download digital talking books from the BARD site. We can then copy > these books onto a blank cartridge that goes into the player or a USB > stick, which you can also use in the player. This is also how you get > the books onto another device, like the booksense, and presumably the > iPhone, once we have an iPhone app for talking books. > > On 27/08/12 13:13, Mich wrote: >> Hi I to agree with what you are saying as well. Hear in Canada the cnib >> is experimenting with a pilot project where in stead of sending out >> there books on cd and then destroying the cd's once you send them back >> to them and making them in to filler for seats in cars and dash boards >> they will in stead make downloading books available. I my self am >> participating in a study for this. they sent me a plextalk player and it >> has a usb slot a cd slot and a sd card slot. the only thing it doesn't >> have is the ability to transfer the books that are stored on to it to >> any of these other platforms like sd cards and memory sticks. I have >> brought this point up in my questionnaire at the end of the study since >> I feel that this would be a good feature to have on the players. from >> Mich. >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Chaltain" >> <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 5:45 AM >> Subject: Re: OT? Seniors, Smart Phones, and the NLS App >> >> >> I agree with what you're saying. BTW, it's hard to tell, since this >> thread was terminated in the attached message, but the following was >> said in this thread: >> >> "I am not doubting it will happen at some point in the future. Really >> and truly if the feds were smart they would get an iOS and Android >> application soon and stop producing those expensive stand alone >> players. I am sure this would result in a cost savings for them. >> Wait nevermind cost savings and feds." >> >> So I'm not sure if this thread went off the rails or not, and someone >> did certainly propose stopping the production of the NLS book players >> and replacing them with an IOS/Android app. That being said, I think >> this point has been sufficiently addressed by this point. >> >> BTW, I wouldn't question the intelligence of the people working for NLS >> and in particular in the digital Talking Book program. They have a >> varied demographic they have to address, a small and shrinking budget to >> work with and a publishing industry they need to stay on good terms >> with. I think this is a more challenging and more complicated program >> than some realize. >> >> On 27/08/12 04:30, Scott Howell wrote: >>> What I find interesting is how this thread has run off the rails. I do >>> not recall anyone saying the NLS players should be replaced entirely >>> by an app. I think the players serve a certain group of people just as >>> the app would another. NLS would benefit in providing both if they >>> could reclaim a number of the players in the field that could be >>> replaced with an app. NLS could develop the app and backend processes >>> for a reasonable cost and budgets are only going to get tighter for >>> agencies. >>> >>> >>> On Aug 26, 2012, at 11:33 PM, Eileen Misrahi >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello Folks, >>>> >>>> In working with senior adults with visual impairments as an >>>> occupational >>>> therapist, I have yet to have a senior own a Smart phone. Because of >>>> other >>>> comorbidities (other medical issues), their choice of a cell phone is >>>> simplistic in nature like the Jitterbug by Cricket. They may have >>>> cognitive >>>> and memory problems, along with physical limitation in their hands to >>>> be >>>> able to handle the ability to tap all over the screen and access an >>>> NLS app >>>> and its contents. For the most part, seniors will have computers and >>>> these >>>> devices are usually used for emails, the Internet, games, and word >>>> processing. Again, when the device becomes too complex in its use, >>>> they will >>>> not attempt to elect that device as their choice. The digital players >>>> from >>>> NLS are simple and easy for a senior to grasp and memorize the steps >>>> involve >>>> to operate it. The above have been my experience in providing >>>> services to >>>> the older adult, with a visual impairment and usually other medical >>>> conditions. >>>> >>>> Eileen >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>>> Google Group. >>>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>>> >>>> >>> >> > > -- > Christopher (CJ) > chaltain at Gmail > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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