Hi, Not sure about this as even their own SDKs and apps started deviating from accessibility well before IPhone came on the market.
On 7/18/2009 12:52 PM, James & Nash wrote: > > That has been very informative. But I think the reason behind why Noia ahs > not yet done anything like Apple is tht Apple caught them off guard when > they released IPhone. Since then Nokia have been playing catch-up. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Victor Tsaran"<vtsa...@gmail.com> > To:<macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 7:12 PM > Subject: Re: IPhone accessibility > > >> >> Honest opinion? You can definitely use IPhone because everything you >> touch is spoken to you. So there is really no inherent reason why a >> totally blind person cannot use it. Whether it's efficient is a >> different question. I think this will depend on how good your spatial >> imagination is and how well you remember layouts. The biggest challenge >> for a blind person using IPhone, in my opinion, is being able to >> guess/predict the layout of the screen that you are on. I have already >> found that different applications will place things in different places, >> e.g. tabs, status messages etc. >> >> What I do like about IPhone is the design behind the "home" screen. For >> example, you can place your most important apps such as "search", >> "stocks", "weather", "news" on the "home" screen and access this >> information with just a single click (well, a double tap, to be more >> precise). If Nokia made their widsets accessible, we would be in a much >> happier "camp". But there are no signs of Nokia taking that direction >> any time soon, so Apple is probably your better bet (even if it will >> take another couple of IPhone software updates). >> >> In short, there is nothing better than trying IPhone yourself and seeing >> whether this is an interface for you. Believe me, you will think of your >> Nokia's straightforward navigation quite often when using IPhone. >> >> I will probably use my Nokia for quite a time because of the KNFB Reader >> and WaveFinder for which we do not yet have any equivalents on the IPhone. >> >> Best, >> Vic >> >> On 7/18/2009 9:59 AM, John Panarese wrote: >>> >>> I am totally blind and have no trouble using my iPhone. >>> >>> Take Care >>> >>> John D. Panarese >>> Managing Director >>> Technologies for the Visually Impaired, Inc. >>> 9 Nolan Court >>> Hauppauge, NY 11788 >>> Tel/Fax, (631) 724-4479 >>> Email, t...@optonline.net >>> Internet, http://www.tvi-web.com >>> >>> AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTORS FOR PORTSET SYSTEMS LTD, COMPSOLUTIONS VA, >>> PREMIER ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INDEX, PAPENMEIER, REPRO-TRONICS, >>> DUXBURY, SEROTEK AND OTHER PRODUCTS FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED >>> >>> >>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE >>> MAC VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT >>> >>> On Jul 18, 2009, at 7:10 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Hi folks, >>>> >>>> Just wondering how many of you that are now using the Ipone 3gs, are >>>> totally blind rather than the partially / Visually impaired users. >>>> >>>> The device to me sounds more like it's for a VI person than a >>>> totally blind >>>> person. >>>> >>>> I'm total and I'm trying to compare this for useage / accessibility >>>> against >>>> my Nokia s60 device. >>>> And as I've only had a very quick play with the IPhone 3gs I can't >>>> say I'm >>>> fixed on it yet. >>>> And I'm keen to hear how the totally blind users are getting on with >>>> it. >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> >>>> Simonf. >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> --- >> I tweet about music and accessibility at http://www.twitter.com/vick08 >> or check my site at http://www.victortsaran.com >> --- >> >>> > > > > > -- --- I tweet about music and accessibility at http://www.twitter.com/vick08 or check my site at http://www.victortsaran.com --- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
