Hi Damien, The idea of handing someone a computer with a screen reader and a mouse doesn't sound half bad to me. One of the most amazing things I've found about using the iPhone is the very fact that you can use the touch screen to find the positions of things. For example, I have placed my settings icon in the top left corner of my home screen. The phone icon is in the bottom left corner. All I need to do if I want to access either one of those icons is touch that particular section of the screen. I don't even have to scroll. The fact that, for the first time, I have the visual shape of things on the screen is incredibly freeing. It's no wonder sighted people love using the mouse so much. Now blind people finally have an equivalent medium. Ryan
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Damien Pendleton Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2012 4:06 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] LWorks Hi Brian, What I'm trying to say is, the very nature of a touch screen device makes it seem rather inaccessible, no matter how many attempts and tweaks you make at it. It'd be like giving a computer user a mouse, a screenreader, but no keyboard. The fact is, blind people cannot see the screen, so it would take them way longer than should be necessary to access things that could be accessed in seconds. As for the button-style cases, again. Good plan, if it weren't for the fact that the screen was constantly changing, and therefore you're still tapping, or pressing, for longer than necessary, trying to find what you need. There are only two buttons on a Simbian based Nokia at least, that change on a regular basis. Those are your two soft keys, and talks always announces them to you before you even press them. Regards, Damien. --- 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://mail.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].
