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From the American Foundation for the Blind

http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw130702

If you want a notetaker that isn't going to break the bank and you have an

iPhone or other iOS device, the American Foundation for the Blind may have the

answer for you.

AccessNote, which will be released later this summer in the Apple app store,

will cost under $30 and will have a lot of great features. For instance, this

app will allow for much greater typing speed, it will have a variety of keyboard

commands, and will work with the Apple wireless keyboard as well as Braille

wireless keyboards and Braille displays. It will also work well with VoiceOver.

While it will work without a keyboard, a keyboard will add efficiency and can be

obtained for a reasonable cost. For those with low vision, the app also

features text zoom as well.

AccessNote will have the same features as traditional notetakers and PDAs. It

will create notes in the .txt formats and will also import .txt files from email

or dropbox accounts.

Some other great features with AccessNote include a home screen, which is titled

" All Notes. " The next element is an ad note function followed by a search field.

Next, you have the users list of notes and files so that you can find the note

or file that you want. Then there are buttons at the bottom of the screen which

are labeled " favorites, " " help, " and " settings. " Once you're in a note, you can

review the note with the review button, which will place you in a read only

mode. In addition, you can also go back to the " all notes " screen with the back

button.

AccessNote also has a number of useful keyboard commands to assist in making it

easier to use this app. Using Apple's wireless keyboard, users have several

options to navigate a note. You can navigate by character, line, page,

paragraph, or note. You can also jump to a word or phrase using the find

feature. You can also quickly jump to the top or bottom of a note. To avoid any

data loss, edits are automatically saved when typing in a note. AccessNote can

also sync with a user's Dropbox account for storing notes in the cloud.

The AFB Tech Lab is welcoming any feedback to make AccessNote even better in

future updates. They want to know what you think of the App and how to make it

better.

If you have an iPhone or other iOS device, AccessNote is a great app to get.

It's inexpensive and has all the features of a regular notetaker. Maybe with the

development of this app, other notetakers will go down in price.

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