Hi, Hope all of you are doing well. I purchased an iPad back in 2018. I purchased it mainly for note taking on the go whenever I had to attend meetings, conferences, and other events where my laptop isn’t practical, especially on long commutes. I had a MacBook Pro which can easily get heavy for me with the additional accessories. Oftentimes, I come home feeling tired because my muscles hurt from carrying the gear around, but let’s keep in mind that I’m a very petite person, so that surely makes a big difference, and less is certainly more. With the pandemic, I used the iPad less except when going out side on my back yard which I prefer over my laptop because it’s considerably less costly to replace the iPad than it is to replace my laptop if it accidentally breaks when it falls on the concrete floor. If you will be doing a lot of work on the go that requires note taking, I’d get the iPad mini or regular iPad with bluetooth keyboard. I have a bluetooth keyboard case I got from Amazon and it has a backlit keyboard which is excellent for those who are partially sighted. When I went to an NFB convention years ago, a lot of blind people used iPads with refreshable braille displays as their notetakers rather than the dedicated braille notetakers. Now it is getting harder to choose between the iPad and laptop since they are now so similar in function with the advanced M1 chips. For the price, you can either consider the MacBook Air if you want to fully transition to the Mac, but if you own a windows computer, you can get the iPad mini or regular iPad with bluetooth keyboard and braille display if you are a starter in the apple ecosystem. I have the MacBook Air and like it because it’s more ergonomic and smaller than the MacBook Pro which had to be replace since it’s tapered at the bottom
Thank you. . > On Apr 25, 2021, at 4:38 PM, Carolyn <4carol...@windstream.net> wrote: > > I kind of think an iPad is a sighted thing, bigger screen, main advantage. My > sighted husband just loves his, yet, he does not even own a cell phone of any > ilk. > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2021 4:04 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Considering purchasing an iPad > > Personally I find iPads rather useless, we have one at home which my sighted > wife uses and I have one at work and each time I use it for a little thing > here and there I think the big screen is just a pain in the neck. Once again, > this my personal opinion, but I think if you had an ipad several years ago > and got rid of it then getting another won't give you a different experience. > I'll reach for my iPhone every time and of course when it comes to doing > serious and prolonged work like answereing emails, more complicated web > browsing and such give me my computer, please as I still find doing that with > Jaws and Edge or Chrome and, in the case of emails, Outlook, is way more > efficient. I have recently switched to browser based online point of sale > (Lightspeed Retail) and accounting systems (QuickBooks Online) and while the > iOS QuickBooks app has its merrits, most of the time working in these > environments with a computer is way better. Therefore my suggestion is that > you are better of with your iPad and if your laptop isn't up to snuff any > more then spend the money you would spend on an iPad on a decent computer. > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Terri > Stimmel > Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2021 12:28 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Considering purchasing an iPad > > Hello everyone, > > > I am considering purchasing an iPad. I am trying to decide it is really what > I want to do. I had an iPad Mini, several years ago. I can do a lot on my > phone, and I use it all the time. > > However, sometimes I don't want to have to use my phone all the time. I still > enjoy using my laptop. So I am just trying to decide what I should do. > > > My first question is this. > > When using the iPad, is the screen still set up in columns? > > If so, is there still not a way to turn this off? > > That was one of my biggest complaints with the iPad before. > > > Also, are there bluetooth keyboard cases out now, for the iPad Mini? > > If I do decide to make this purchase, I will likely go with the Mini. > > > Thank you, > > > Terri > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. 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