How much would you pay for a Pacmate, Braillenote, or VoiceSense? How much would those companies "rape" you for the add on software? You really begrudge some lone developer with a product in the app store $4 to $10 in exchange for hours and hours and hours of his/her/their work?
If that's true, then only a free lunch will satisfy you, and you'll be waiting a long time for that. lol. Bryan -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Cody Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 3:24 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Used an iPad today I think the idea is awesome in terms of accessibility and apple will certainly get praises for that which they deserve, however I think the product itself is a rip off. sure, it's $499, but then they plan to rape you at the app counter, so yeah it's accessible alright, but is it worth a place in your walet? We sometimes let accessibility over power our budgets because we see something and think, wow, gotta have that one. Cody ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryan Smart" <bryansm...@bryansmart.com> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 2:59 PM Subject: Used an iPad today I'd ordered the 3G model, so will be waiting a few more weeks yet, but I had some time to play with a WiFi model today. Generally, it's an iPhone. However, besides the screen size being increased, the interface has increased in complexity, also. Apple is certainly using the extra space to expand on what is possible with an iPhone type touch interface. It took me only very little time to discover that portrait mode (which lots of sighted users select), is probably not the best for a blind person. When you're working with two hands, having more horizontal room seems to make more of a difference when navigating. Fortunately, it is a snap to try either way to see what works for you. I absolutely agree with the posters that were talking about the horrible oversight about the back plate of the iPad. It is almost nothing but shiny aluminum. You're supposed to be able to set the iPad on a table to use it, but I promise, the first time that you place it on any table that isn't absolutely clear of small dirt particles, you'll pic it up to discover that the slight motion of you pushing and sliding the iPad has ground the dirt particles in to the back, and scratched the hell out of your shiny aluminum back plate. Of course, you can buy the case to fix that. the case is a type of thin and stiff coated particle board that feels a lot like a traditional print notebook. One side snugly holds the iPad, and the other side is a flap that covers the iPad screen when closed. I suppose that most people will want the case to protect the screen when traveling, anyway. If you go without the case, though, you are absolutely asking for it. Apple could have put something on the back to make the iPad more stable. Maybe not rubber feet, but they could have gone with a felt square in the center, a stylized strip of some high friction material, etc. The curved back will insure that the iPad wobbles on the table, and the glossy case will absolutely scratch. VoiceOver sounded about the same, and responded with the same speed, pretty much. The speaker was very clear. Didn't get to play music with it, but I hear the bass is poor. Still, speech is pretty good through the built-in speakers. However, it seemed to me that iPad programs opened more slowly than on the iPhone. Maybe there is more information to load? However, with more memory and a faster processor, I wasn't expecting that. I wasn't dramatically blown away by the applications that were available on it, but working with a big talking touch screen interface started me dreaming about things that *could* be accomplished with a device like that. Many people might not need the iPad for web surfing or checking e-mail, but I think that, eventually, there will be some very unique uses for the iPad. Bryan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
