Just curious -- have people tried using the option that allows you to
use a wider keyboard? i'm assuming that this would be easier since the
virtual keys would be bigger.
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Mannion" <mannion...@gmail.com>
To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 3:30 PM
Subject: Re: IPhone accessibility
>
> For anyone it may help, I want to share my experience on the typing
> aspect of the IPhone which have gotten really good over a short time.
> At first you have to trust what dozens of others have said although it
> won't seem like your experience at the time. Hang in there though
> because it gets really easy to do and I am talking about the typeing
> too! My fingers just really amazingly remember where the letters are
> and can pretty much strike the one I want just from muscle memory with
> about 95% accuracy I would guess. That is after roughly about 7 hours
> of any real typing on it. If you do not land on the right one, it
> does help a lot if you know the qwerty keyboard really well and what
> is on what row. Because if what you hear happens to be a row down or
> up, just move and then over. You won't be far off though after not
> much time of practice when you do miss it by any. For other things
> you really remember where they are too.
>
> Jim
>
>
> On 7/18/09, Kelly Ford <ke...@kellford.com> wrote:
>>
>> Although it isn't the same as trying it for a week, it is my
>> understanding
>> you have 30 days to cancel the contract and return the iPhone. At least
>> that's what I was told when I asked at an Apple store.
>>
>> I've used one for about an hour in two separate sessions, once in a store
>> and once using a friend's phone. Within that time basic navigation
>> became
>> quite easy. I actually had that down in the first session.
>>
>> I borrowed a friend's phone to try typing again. I got faster in those
>> 30
>> minutes but at least to me it will take a bit of practice to get as fast
>> as
>> I amon my Windows Mobile phone. That's in no way a criticism of the
>> iPhone.
>> I'm interested enough to probably go do the 30 day deal. The touch
>> aspects
>> of the phone access are compelling to me, assuming the typing can become
>> equivalent.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Simon Fogarty [mailto:si...@blinky-net.com]
>> Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 4:12 PM
>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: RE: IPhone accessibility
>>
>>
>> Thanks again, I'm getting a good feeling about this device, I wish I
>> could
>> use one for a week before actually purchasing it
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Anne Robertson
>> Sent: Saturday, 18 July 2009 11:59 p.m.
>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Re: IPhone accessibility
>>
>>
>> Hello Simon,
>>
>> I'm totally blind and no longer young, but I'm gettng on great with my
>> iPhone. I can read mail, compose and send mail, check the weather,
>> surf the Net using Safari, get directions to where I want to go using
>> either Maps or Navigon, listen to music and audio books, read and send
>> text messages, as well as using it for phone calls, of course. Oh yes,
>> and I forgot to mention the calendar and address book. I also use the
>> iPhone in both French and English.
>>
>> I hope this reassures you a bit.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Anne
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> >
>>
>
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