Can you tell me that this phone is having full keypad or not? I think in tuch screen phone there will be difficulty in handling it specially for locating the proper key butten. What may be the cost of this phone, I am supposed to perchase Nokia E7 for 25.5 K, if it is not much expensive then I will change my mind and I may go to this phone.
On 10/26/11, Praful Vyas <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Friends, > > New iPhone a breakthrough for blind people > > The iPhone has grabbed widespread attention for its sleek design, > revolutionary multitouch display and countless apps. > > Not as well known is this: It's the only smartphone that blind people > can use out of the box. > > That has local advocates downright giddy about the iPhone 4S, Apple's > latest creation hitting stores today with an advanced voice-command > feature called Siri. > > "The blindness community is really hyped about what (the iPhone) does > now and what it can do in the future," said Wes Majerus, a technology > specialist and instructor at the nonprofit Colorado Center for the > Blind. "There is a lot of hype about Siri." > > Early reviews suggest Siri is a technological breakthrough, although > it could use some tinkering. > > Siri responds to spoken commands such as "Set my timer for 30 > minutes," but it struggles with questions like "When is the next > flight to Denver from San Francisco?" > > Apple says the software is still in beta, or test, mode. The company's > video promoting the feature concludes with a blind woman responding to > a text message simply by speaking to her iPhone. > > "There's something to be said for being on the move and just pulling > out the phone and dictating a text to somebody and getting it sent > off," said Majerus, who is blind and owns an iPhone 4. > > An estimated 240,000 Colorado residents are blind or visually > impaired, according to the American Council of the Blind. > > Apple first made its popular smartphone accessible to blind people in > 2009 with the iPhone 3GS. VoiceOver was a standard feature on the > device and subsequent updates. When the option is activated, the > iPhone speaks almost everything that otherwise would be read on screen > by the user, such as e-mails, phone numbers and letters on the virtual > keyboard when they are tapped. > > "The iPhone is the only fully accessible handset that a blind person > can buy," said Chris Danielsen, a spokesman for the National > Federation of the Blind, a nonprofit advocacy organization. "Android > has some accessibility capabilities, but they don't work as well as > Apple." > > Before the iPhone 3GS, blind people had to purchase expensive > third-party applications to make their cellphone accessible, Danielsen > said. > > In addition to working out of the box, the iPhone has access to apps > that support the VoiceOver option. There are also a number of > third-party apps designed for blind people, such as LookTel's Money > Reader app, which identifies currency with the iPhone's camera and > speaks the denomination. > > Danielsen, who is blind, plans to switch from a Nokia phone to the > iPhone 4S. Siri is just one reason. > > "Apple is rolling out a bunch of new features that are going to > enhance the ability of blind people to use the iPhone," he said, > referencing the release of iOS 5, Apple's latest mobile operating > system. > > The new features include clearer speech technology and the ability to > add a custom spoken label to buttons and commands. In addition to > powering the iPhone 4S, iOS 5 was released this week as a free update > for the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPads and recent generations of the iPod > Touch. > > Colorado Center for the Blind instructor Chip Johnson is excited about > the new features, although he has a more cautious view. > > "Sometimes the hype is more than the reality," he said, "but it sounds > like there's going to be some definite improvement." > > Majerus said Siri's artificial intelligence could help ease a concern > that still exists among the blind community about using a touchscreen > on a cellphone instead of raised keys. > > "As a teacher, I'm still going to tell people that (the iPhone) has a > touchscreen and you need to be able to use that touchscreen," Majerus > said. "But if it gets to the point where for some reason that's not > working, hopefully they can get a lot out of the phone using Siri." > > ----- > > With warm regards, > Praful Vyas. > Hon. 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