Hi, 3.2.1 or something has a tripple tap of the home button to launch it.
Though this is in beta it was posted here a while back. Regards, Alex, On 19-Jul-09, at 4:36 AM, Scott Chesworth wrote: > > James, > > It's a fair point about not being able to run voiceover on the iPhone > unaided without access to iTunes. What I'd like to see in an update > is the ability to launch and disable VO with a voice command. I've > emailed Apple about it and got a hopeful response. I'm guessing that > seeing as the Nano's and Shuffle's need to be activated with iTunes > Apple went for consistancy, either that or it or the idea didn't occur > to them. > > You have to admit though that being able to activate it yourself even > through iTunes is a lot closer to true out of the box accessibility > than blundering your way through a Symbian time/date setup and an > instalation of your prefered screen reader, or worse still, relying on > Nokia's Voiceaid offering. > > Scott > > On 7/19/09, James & Nash <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I have not seen one yet, but I am going to spend some time with an >> Apple rep >> tomorrow. >> >> I agree, it is really nice to see a mainstream vender include a >> Screen >> Reader for no extra cost, but then the IPhone is considerably more >> expensive >> than other models but then you have to pay for Talks or Mobile >> Speak. The >> only thing I would disagree with is the view that the IPhone is >> accessible >> "out of the box". From all that I've read and heard, we cannot turn >> VO on >> ourselves without access to ITunes - so if we do not have access to >> it >> immediately, then we cannot access the phone by ourselves. Perhaps >> this is a >> literal take on the phrase "accessible out of the box", but then >> the phrase >> lends itself to that way of thinking. >> >> Take care >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Scott Chesworth" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 12:11 PM >> Subject: Re: IPhone accessibility >> >> >>> >>> Will said: i think that most people are jumping to the iphone as it >>> new but the n eighty two does everything that does >>> >>> Real world says: apart from out of the box accessibility to the >>> entire >>> User interface, a far broader scope for additional apps, and a UI >>> that >>> can only increase a VI user's often lacking knowledge of all things >>> layout. There's so many pro's and cons to each device for each >>> user. >>> If Symbian and actual buttons will always float your boat more then >>> fair enough, use it and prosper, it's here to stay for a while yet. >>> But Dismissing one of the few big accessibility efforts made by a >>> mainstream vender as the same old same old with a gimicky new touch >>> screen thing before you've even had experience with it is an >>> attitude >>> that will ensure we're always slightly behind the trend with >>> technology, so well done you. >>> >>> Slightly ranty perhaps, but I hope you see my point. And in case I >>> get labeled an iPhone fanatic, I don't own one. I've tinkered and >>> mostly enjoyed the experience, seemed to me that any barriers I felt >>> like I was facing with the device were entirely due to my lack of >>> experience with an interface where I'm closer to being even with any >>> sighted user than I've ever been before. >>> >>> >>> On 7/19/09, william lomas <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> i think that most people are jumping to the iphone as it new but >>>> the n >>>> eighty two does everything that does >>>> >>>> On 19 Jul 2009, at 09:35, Simon Fogarty wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Yeah, I had a sit down and play with the I phone for about an hour >>>>> today and >>>>> I gotta admit, the biggest problem is familiarity. >>>>> I'm so use to the Nokia and talks interface that the IPhones >>>>> system >>>>> is not >>>>> as efficient yet as I would have hoped. >>>>> >>>>> However I gotta admit that I am thinking of reasons why I >>>>> shouldn't >>>>> change >>>>> to one at this point, and the only reason so far is that my n82 >>>>> does >>>>> everything that the iphone does and that I need it to. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: [email protected] >>>>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of kaare dehard >>>>> Sent: Sunday, 19 July 2009 7:29 a.m. >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> Subject: Re: IPhone accessibility >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Honestly given what I have heard/read, because this interface is >>>>> so >>>>> very different from what we have grown accustomed to, it's >>>>> probably >>>>> tough to get fixed on it right away. it's probably a let's forget >>>>> about the old wisdom or at least set it aside while looking in >>>>> to this >>>>> and start from the ground. So, in a nutshell this is more like a >>>>> slow >>>>> growth to understanding product rather than something that can be >>>>> quickly affixed. >>>>> On 18-Jul-09, 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. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>>> >> >> >>> >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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