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Originally Posted by Quicksilver
I believe we are talking about the iPad correct? Not XP 2001.
If you are talking Windows Eye's for $895.00? Nice job. You just suggested a program that cost more than the iPad. No wonder the Blind are ecstatic to get their hands on an intuitive iPad. 
I did find some information regarding how the ipad has and will shape the future for the blind. This is just one of the few uses I've highlighted that the iPad can be used for. Of course it will not be be everyone.
The fact that your company has provided you with the hardware to test I believe is an indicator of the iPad's importance. Why not tell us what your testing involves and what some of the results have shown.
The iPad could be the best mobile accessibility device on the market |
once again you show your serious lack of IT knowledge.
Look up Windows Speech Recognition Engine (SRE) for Windows Xp Barry.
It's free.
And yes, the thread is about the ipad, but you insinuated that its technology is new and unique, when it is clearly not, in fact speech recognition has been available as part of Windows for a long time.
Your "belief" that because something is tested is a sign of its importance is also misguided. All kinds of technology are evaluated by companies every day, it has nothing to do with importance but rather "suitability for task" and "completeness".
Educate yourself on VDI, data security and device security if you want, and then we can discuss testing results. Or I can just tell you now that it's not suitable for task yet.
And just for the record.... speech recognition and screen readers have been available for the blind on Windows since Windows 98.
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