Windows OS, 10" or larger screen.

I am overwhelmed by options at Amazon where I do most of my big ticket purchases but I don't recognize the newer tablet brands.

She only uses a computer (laptop) for emails and music listening. It need not be a very high-end tablet.

I would appreciate it if you friends would browse Amazon and list stock numbers of your suggestions.

Price is a major concern.

TIA

We got the Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 inch for my wife about a year ago. No problems; she loves it. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

We got the 16GB model (cheaper). Our reasoning: it takes a micro SD card. One of the Amazon pages had a link to a 64GB micro SD card for under $25. (Plus you can change the micro SD cards.)

Lots of aftermarket covers are available, pretty cheap. We got her several covers that she liked. She changes the cover and feels like she got a new tablet.

She uses her tablet constantly.

On the Samsung site they're showing a discounted price, $190. Maybe there's a new model coming out. (We couldn't care less, but you may.)

On Amazon, if you put it in your cart, they show $190 also.
(Ran out of time for the Amazon links; will try later.)

I think these are the same except for color (black or white), but I didn't check this with a magnifying glass like I do before I actually buy.

Good luck with your search, Don!

https://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/tablets/galaxy-tab-a/samsung-galaxy-tab-a-10-1--16gb--wi-fi---white-sm-t580nzwaxar/

Thanks, Le Miz.

My wife has macular degeneration caused by diabetes so she needs the largest screen possible. 10.1 should be great.

Thanks for tossing out the lifeline.

Don,

Requiring Windows OS severely limits your choices as most tablets use an Android operating system.

My wife has multiple eye issues. I took her to BestBuy to test laptops, 2 in 1 convertibles and tablets including Windows Surface tablets and Apple tablets. She selected a LG tablet.

Good points, Jim.

On further reading, I learned that it is an Android OS. Thanks for catching that. Since I don't own a tablet, I'm demonstrating my ignorance right in front of you.

She's finally gotten comfortable with Windows 7 on her laptop so she specified not to confuse her with Windows 10 OS.

Thanks again.

Don, Jim noticed something in your spec that I missed. My wife's tablet has an Android operating system. (Plus: fast, not nearly the virus issues; Minus: it's a Google product, so you sell your privacy (soul).)

Maybe, (from your comments) it won't matter.

Anyway, here are the two Amazon links. First is black; second is white.

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Galaxy-SM-T580NZKAXAR-10-1-Inch-Tablet/dp/B01EUC7NPI/ref=sr_1_7?s=electronics

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Galaxy-Tablet-White-SM-T580NZWAXAR/dp/B01EUC7NAI/ref=sr_1_8?s=electronics

Also, something from my (faulty) memory. If you decide on Microsoft Surface, be sure to research it very carefully. I seem to recall reliability problems that I read about somewhere. (Consumer Reports???)

Not what you asked for, but my wife and daughters all use Chromebooks.

They're fairly inexpensive, and even moreso because I've purchased all of mine second hand off Craigslist.

I prefer the laptop form to tablets, but they're starting to come out with versions that "flip", so you can use them like a tablet.

Just a thought.

Requiring Windows does limit choice.

Tablets can be very frustrating for typing - doesn't matter if it's a windows 'flablet' which I'm currently using the actual hardware keyboard, an Android tablet (I use a Samsung Tab 3) or iOS (iPhone user since 2012).

All have their pros and cons.

If it's just e-mail and music listening she needs it for, any of these will work. With macular degeneration, you will want to make sure that it's got very well developed display font size changeability and flexibility, and maybe be more concerned about voice-to-text quality and error-proofness.

The best device I had for this was a nearly free Nokia phone running windows mobile version 8. At least for texting and e-mailing - I could dictate live, with nearly error-free capability and predictive dictionary based on my own prior word use. That phone ran circles around my current iPhone 6 running the latest OX. That was one thing MS got right. Other aspects of the user interface were lacking, but voice to text was unmatched by android and iOS devices I used and have used.

The speech-to-text suggestion is a winner!

Thanks everyone for jumping in.

Hi Don

What phone does your wife use? I would recommend a tablet using the same technology since it will be easier to work out how to use it and they will generally share "apps".

If she uses an Apple iPhone then I would recommend an iPad. (I do not have experience with Android phones or tablets). I absolutely love my iPad but as Scott said typing on it is a real pain in the butt. (I need to try out voice to text thing).

If she already has a phone with data on it then there is no need to get a tablet that can take a sim card since when there is no wifi you can hotspot from your phone to your tablet. In South Africa the tablets that do not take a sim card are MUCH cheaper.

Josie,

Scott intrigued me when mentioning 'voice-to-text', that would be ideal for her deteriorating vision. Please keep her in mind as you experiment with it.

She doesn't currently have a mobile phone at all - she's back in the 'stone age' technologically. I hope to bring her up to date.

Being a non tech person with eyesight problems I don't know if she'll get any real benefit from a tablet. It's going to be very confusing for her especially since she's not even familiar with a smart phone.

You said you want Windows. There are only a few Window's tablets as opposed to actual laptops that are full blown Window's PC's. In the tablet world it's iPads and Android. iPads are much more expensive than a mid level Android tablet.

Having said that, my suggestion since you said price is very important, is the Amazon Fire HD 10.1. $149 at Best Buy. It's a 10" tablet running Amazon's version of Android. I bought one a few weeks ago strictly for reading charts on gigs. I have a thread about that in the Tech S.O.S. forum. I put iRealPro and Fakebook Pro on it and they work great. Amazon is big with books including audio books. She may like those and Fire tablets are known for having good speakers for their price. A downside is it's built in camera sucks. My Samsung Galaxy S7 phone takes far better pictures than the Fire does.

I just Googled Android speech to text and there are lots of apps that do that. I'm not familiar with them but if you can dictate an email that would be good. Plus it has Amazon's Alexa which by most accounts is the best audio assistant there is. You simply say "Alexa, find whatever" and she does it. Pretty cool. The onscreen keyboard is big enough for me but with your wife's eyesight, maybe not, you'll just have to check that out.

The thing about tablets is there are lots of optional capabilities like can it make a phone call for example. Most can't but some can if you sign up with a carrier and of course those are more expensive.

Bob

I agree with Bob. I have the smaller version of Fire HD. I have my instruction videos and all of my software manuals on it. I also use it for some of my news sources.

Not only will Alexa find stuff for you it can also speak the a question's answer to you. This may be important as you indicated her eye site is failing.

Also you get a big bang for your buck with Fire HD. Not only the Internet and free books it does offer text to speech:

http://djchuang.com/2014/kindles-text-speech/