Also, I think that if the touch screen is to be made the default input device, I think screen readers have got to step up their imagining of how a blind person would input text into the touch screen. Sure, braille input is nice, but let's face a little bitty fact, braille is slower than typing. A lot slower.
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 28, 2015, at 11:30 AM, Thomas Ward <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Shaun, > > That may be so, but we all know mainstream consumer products isn't > concerned with accessibility for blind consumers. That keyboard which > may in deed be the best access for a blind consumer is quickly and > rapidly vanishing from the consumer space and is now a optional device > rather than a mandatory one. Now days touchscreens are the primary > input device for smartphones, laptops, tablets, and several other > devices. > So don't get to attached to your keyboard because I don't see it > lasting for that much longer outside of an office environment. > > > >> On 3/28/15, shaun everiss <[email protected]> wrote: >> I agree, for us blinks, the best access is a keyboard, and that means >> a computer at least for now. >> as voice recognition gets better that may become another big form, >> touch I am not sure about. >> > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
