For me, the real issue with using an iOS device as my only computer
would be how data can and can't be backed up. I know there are online
backup services but I'd like to be able to back up data onto thumb
drives. Also, while my iPhone is now my primary book player, I'd still
like the option of plugging in my thumb drive to my NLS player and there
seems to be no easy way to transfer iPhone content to a thumb drive. I
know, my mindset is so 2010 but I like being able to easily make
offline, local backups.
David Goldfield,
Founder and Peer Coordinator,
Philadelphia Computer Users' Group for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Feel free to visit my new Web site
http://www.davidgoldfield.info/
Teresa Cochran wrote:
I certainly wouldn't use an iPad if the virtual keyboard was the only
input option and I had to turn the rotor to edit mode. Cheryl, thanks
for your thoughts. It does also look to me as if mobile devices are
the wave of the future. They aren't there yet, but they will be very soon.
I rarely do Braille translation, but that definitely is a consideration.
As for MS WORD, everybody sit down for a minute and hope not to be
shocked. I haven't used it in five years. Being a Mac user, it was
irrelevant, except for viewing Word documents. Ok, you can breathe
now. <grin>. In fact, before I got a Mac, I used Word Perfect. Oh,
forgot to warn you all again. LOL
Teresa
Winging its way from my iPod
On Jun 19, 2014, at 6:58 AM, Cheryl Homiak <cah4...@icloud.com
<mailto:cah4...@icloud.com>> wrote:
Hmm, I don't find taking down a quick note to be trouble. I guess
it's all in what you are used to; I do have braille and that probably
helps. But if by turning on edit mode you mean double-tapping the
text field, I don't find that to be trouble myself. But it would be a
boring and rather uncreative world if we all thought alike about
these things.
--
Cheryl
I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf.
I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the trash!
Then God gave me a new heart and life:
His joy for my despairing tears!
And now, every day:
"This I call to mind, and therefore I have hope:
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;
his mercies never come to an end;
they are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness."
(Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV)
On Jun 18, 2014, at 8:51 PM, Joseph FreeTech
<joseph.freet...@gmail.com <mailto:joseph.freet...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Writing is going to be a bit of a headache since you will have to
turn on
the edit mode on the iPad whenever you need to type text. Someone
typed up
an article regarding best apps for text entry, and I ran a quick
search for
you and did not find it, but the article is definitely on the AppleVis
website. Since the experience on the iPad will for the most part be
the same
as your iPod, try quickly launching a text editing word processor
type of
app and quickly taking down a Note, and you will find it is more
trouble
than one would want to go through when taking down a quick Note or
writing
lengthy documents. I got along much better when I changed my mindset
and
concluded iOS devices are better used as consumption devices rather
than
production tools. I have carpeting and have had a cat for some 10
years, and
this has not been a significant problem for me though my desktop is
on cat
level--the floor. Not challenging your personal experience, just
stating
that maybe my shaggy carpet and fluffy cat don't produce as much
lint and
stuff that gets caught in computer filters.
Joseph
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From: "Teresa Cochran" <batsfly...@me.com <mailto:batsfly...@me.com>>
To: <viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>>
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 6:37 PM
Subject: If Anyone Is Using Only iDevices and No Computer, How Are You
Faring?
Hi, all,
I have a computer that needs a hard-drive replacement, at the very
least,
and possibly has a failed logic board. I'm seriously considering
replacing
it with an iPad. Price is only somewhat an issue, since there seems
to be
only about $100 US difference between a new model I would want and
the iPad.
Mainly, I don't want the hassle of replacing moving parts and
getting dust
and cat-hair and such snarled up in it. I'm also extremely
comfortable with
iOS and use my iPod 5th gen constantly. I intend to use the iPad with a
keyboard.
So has anyone else taken this sort of step? Am I out of my mind, or
do you
think this is doable?
I am a casual user. I read books, browse the web, play videos and
music and
games, and occasionally write for informal publications.
What do you guys think?
Teresa
Winging its way from my iPod
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