I already know of soe sighted people who use VoiceOver here i the uS> One Apple employee uses it to check Twitter on his way to work. Others use it for similar tasks. Some use it to listen to books with iBooks, just as you said.
Jane On Oct 26, 2011, at 5:14 AM, chris hallsworth wrote: > Hello all. > Thought I would bring this up for discussion. > I had a support worker this morning who has an iPhone 4. I mentioned that it > can be used by the blind and visually impaired thanks to VoiceOver. So I made > them aware of where to turn on VoiceOver. But I had some ideas that came into > my mind. > 1. You could be reading a book, but you would rather listen to it than > looking at it. > 2. You could be driving. Here in the UK drivers are prohibited from looking > at their mobile phones, including iPhones, while driving. So they could > perhaps use VoiceOver so they can hear when a call is coming in or listen to > a message they received. Of course the call would have to be made through a > handsfree kit. > So what do you think to the idea that VoiceOver, if made aware by the general > public, could in fact be used as a convenient option for the sighted? > I look forward to this discussion. > Chat soon. > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
