Erik,
First perhaps you should consider that those of us who have an iPhone
did not purchase the device to be a DAISY player, but if such software were
made available, that would just be one more thing to make the iPHone even more
useful. There is a GPS solution on the iPhone and in fact there are several.
I'm assuming your using something like Geo Mobile? Is there a beast such as
that for the iPhone? Well that depends on how you look at it. There is no
product developed for the blind however, Navigon is one solution that does get
the job done, but not in the same manner as Geo Mobile for example. As far as
braille, hey no question, I'd love to see that myself and there is nothing that
says Apple would not implement that capability in a future release. Battery
life I agree may not be the same as other phones, but perhaps to put that into
perspective we should do a little hardware comparison and figure out what is
drawing the battery life down on the phones. Of course keep in mind that
VOiceOver on the iPhone is very new as compared to Mobile SPeak or Talks and so
has not matured quite yet. I believe however that Apple will continue to
develop and improve upon what they have done thus far. Also, there is nothing
that prevents Code Factory or any other company developing a version of Geo
Mobile etc. for the iPhone, but of course they wouldn't likely do so since
their focus is on the Windows Mobile and Symbian platforms. Now I did not pay
$500 or $600 for my iPhone, but of course I committed to a two-year contract
and I am paying for both voice and data services. Of course I'd be paying for
these even on Verizon's or any other carriers network.
There is no right or wrong answer here Erik, merely objective points of
view. As I've always said, it boils down to what works for you because at the
end of the day, you have to pay for the gear and you pay for what will serve
your needs best.
On Dec 23, 2009, at 11:12 AM, erik burggraaf wrote:
> You're kidding me right? $500-$600 on an Iphone and then $350 for a stream?
> Get out'a here.
>
> Why would I want braille on my phone? Well because for one thing, I have it
> and use it, and don't want to retire my $6000 braille display just to own an
> iphone and look cool. It's faster for some things. It's private. it's
> quiet. It's nice for reading ebooks in braille. I have it now and like it.
> Why would I give it up?
>
> Is ATNT navigater limitted to one company? What will sprint users do or
> users like me in Canada who don't use ATNT? Can your gps give you complete
> info at the push of a button, upcoming streets, points of interest, custome
> POI's, busstops in locations that support the feature? Can you make a rout
> directly from your contact manager? Can you call a poi directly from the gps
> to get more information?
>
> My Windows mobile device does all this, I get nearly tripple the battery life
> out of it. I can connect a 64 channel receiver for woss quality even in
> overcast or erban canyon, and I can do a lot more but I don't use all the
> features.
> Do you need to pay extra for data and gps on this system you're using? I pay
> nothing.
>
> As far as OCR goes, it would come in handy for little things. I can't
> imagine snapping a book with it, but if it were fast and high quality enough
> I might.
>
> The thing is, I know people do want their phone to be a daisy reader and an
> OCR device because they tell me so all the time. When I'm picking out
> equipment for people, I get them what they need to be independent and
> productive. For some people that means the IPhone, but not for everybody by
> a long shot. No braille yet, personally for me that's a deal breaker. Not
> for most of my clients it isn't though, for them it may be the GPS, or the
> OCR, or they may just want a very cool and highly functional phone. In that
> case, the IPhone meets the need and off we go. Of course it's got to support
> CDMA before it will compete with windows mobile here in Canada. Rogers has
> made many many enemies here with it's nondesclosure, heavy fees and bad
> contracts.
>
> Best,
>
> erik burggraaf
> A+ certified technician and user support consultant.
> Phone: 888-255-5194
> Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com
>
> On 2009-12-23, at 10:26 AM, Matt Roberts wrote:
>
>>
>> On Dec 23, 2009, at 9:01 AM, erik burggraaf wrote:
>>
>>> Do we have braille support on the IPhone then?
>>>
>>> How about a daisy book reader?
>>>
>>> Is there a good OCR package yet?
>>>
>>> What are people using for gps on it these days?
>>
>> Why do we need a Daisy reader on the iPhone. If you want that, buy a Victor
>> Stream. We don't need braille support either! If I want OCR, I'll use my
>> computer. The only OCR on a phone is the one that runs on Symbian. Why
>> would you want it anyway?
>> The iPhone has a built-in GPS receiver, so no external one is needed.
>> For GPS I use AT&T Navigator, and it works quite well.
>> I get a day to a day and a half out of my battery.
>>
>>
>> Matt Roberts n9gmr...@gmail.com
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