I could see the touch screen working for phone functions. I don't
think it would be too hard to remember what parts of the screen to
touch, especially if as you all suggest, the unit would have you
confirm by tapping the screen. You'd probably want to still have a
blue tooth keyboard for e-mail, and any other time the on-screen
keyboard is present. The onscreen keyboard might be usable, but
typing anything long might be cumbersome.
But if they did include voice over, I could see it being quite
popular in the blindness community. Even at the $499 price tag, it's
probably still cheaper than buying another phone and then moble speak
or whatever.
So I guess the question is, we've got six months until release, what
do we do? Should we all e-mail apple, set up a petition, something
else?
Darcy
On 10-Jan-07, at 1:28 PM, Josh de Lioncourt wrote:
I think that, based on the conversations on this list, that the
iPhone could be made very accessible, but the question remains
whether it will or not. I suggest we contact Apple and let them
know our interest. There's still six months until it is rolled
out. That might be enough time to make a difference. Maybe not,
and i don't hold out high hopes, but I think we ought to try. I
would love a phone like this if VoiceOver was included.
