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Comment on Ellie’s iPad Provides New Opportunities by Ricky Buchanan

Ricky Buchanan — Thu, 03 May 2012 13:17:11 +0000

Hollyann, there’s no corporations that fund these. The best option is to connect with Parkinsons-related support organisations, charities, etc. and see if any of those will help you. Also look for prices on refurbished older models through the Apple.com refurbish section in their online store – these are often considerably cheaper than the brand new ones.

Comment on iPad Keyguards Available by iPad Keyguard Review

iPad Keyguard Review — Thu, 03 May 2012 12:49:58 +0000

[...] at the Uncommon Sense blog, there’s a great new review from Dana about one of the keyguards by LaseredPics. Their daughter Maya uses the app Speak For Yourself on an iPad with an iAdapter case, and this is [...]

Comment on Ellie’s iPad Provides New Opportunities by Hollyann Burmeister

Hollyann Burmeister — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 03:20:52 +0000

I agree the I pad is great for people with disabilities, I have parkinsons and my tremors are so bad at times that control is not an option. but I tried my friends Ipad and it worked great I also have speach trouble so to be able to communicate though computer at times is my life line. My concern is for me as well as so many I am on disability, and can not afford an IPad , it is medication and bills or Ipad. Is there any way the corporation could help some people. The cost is just to much.

Comment on Ellie’s iPad Provides New Opportunities by Ricky Buchanan

Ricky Buchanan — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 02:18:38 +0000

Kandis, I don’t think there’s any way to help Siri understand you unfortunately. It’s set up to expect able-bodied people’s speech patterns. Sorry!

Comment on VoiceOver For Sighted Users by Ricky Buchanan

Ricky Buchanan — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 02:17:03 +0000

I agree very much Nalida – the Universal Design is fantastic and helps so much with so many things, including I suspect many things the original designers never thought of!

Comment on Ellie’s iPad Provides New Opportunities by kandis smith

kandis smith — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 23:52:43 +0000

I have cerebral palsy. can i buy an apt to help seri understand me

Comment on VoiceOver For Sighted Users by Nalida Besson

Nalida Besson — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:32:52 +0000

I’m a sighted teacher of blind and visually impaired students who teaches VoiceOver to students for the iPad. But I also use it myself for some long reading passages. I like how the iDevices are universal design learning (UDL) devices.

Comment on MacSpeech Dictate 1.5 and Dictate Medical Available by How Can I Dictate In Other Languages?

How Can I Dictate In Other Languages? — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:54:35 +0000

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Comment on Simple: The Computer Tells You The Time by Changing Narrators With Ghostreader or Infovox iVox Voices

Changing Narrators With Ghostreader or Infovox iVox Voices — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:53:40 +0000

[...] last voice switch, it just tells the speech synth to switch back to Peter. So when my computer next announces the time, or I ask it to speak a block of text, it will be back to speaking in the Peter [...]

Comment on Apple Mail plug-ins and tools by Weekend Round-Up: iPhone Update, Christmas Carvival, Cheap Software

Weekend Round-Up: iPhone Update, Christmas Carvival, Cheap Software — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:48:59 +0000

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