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Another device that's in common use out there
is the Apple iPad.
Now, the iPad has advantages.
One is that it has built-in speech,
so that I, as a speech user, can turn on that speech...
I'll do that now.
VOICE FROM MACHINE: 1:59.
Tuesday... slide to unlock.
App Store-- double tap to open.
CHARLSON: And utilizing the speech that's within the device,
I can utilize all of the features of the device,
including the ability to go to the Amazon store
or any of a variety of other online stores
and download e-text books and allow this synthetic voice...
VOICE FROM MACHINE: Game center.
CHARLSON: ...to read this aloud to me.
I think, to a degree, that this is a better-sounding voice.
And, again, I can change the speed of this particular voice
but I have only one voice choice,
this particular voice choice, on the Apple iPad.
NARRATOR: We see a close-up of the speaker's hands
holding an iPad.
We mentioned earlier that not all blind people are so blind
that they can't read print.
This device is very popular among low vision people
because they can control the size of the text
utilizing a feature within the iPad called zoom.
It will allow you to read iBooks of different types,
but it also is a little more complex than using
one of the CC devices.
Here, when something gets enlarged,
it frequently will be off the side of the screen
and you'll need to move or pan left and right
in order to read an entire line.
So, there's a lot of motion that takes places on the screen
as you move to the left and back to the right,
and then the next line to the left and back to the right
to read it.
But, again, in terms of quantity of content,
this dramatically improves the ability of blind people
to access works that have only recently been published.
NARRATOR: Fade to black.