I agree with you, Ricardo. I use a Braille display about half the time and the touchscreen the other half. If I can meander off and speculate here, I really think that a keyboard on a touchscreen is just a transitional input method, because it really isn't as efficient a method as it could be. I'd be willing to bet that dictation or some sort of virtual keyboard will replace the touchscreen keyboard. Yes, I'm a science-fiction fan, and love to speculate, but time will tell.
Teresa "Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough."--Richard P. Feynman On Mar 14, 2014, at 3:53 AM, Ricardo Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I halfway agree. But, before we go off banishing those who are stubborn and > resistant to change, let's remember that blindness is not the only disability > in play hear. I know a few who depend on peripheral keyboards because they > have motor difficulties. To those people, this is probably a bigger deal to > them than someone who has no such physical limitations. > > Just my 2 cents. > > Ricardo Walker > [email protected] > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > On Mar 14, 2014, at 4:28 AM, Apple boy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Same here. I use the touchscreen nearly full time on both iPhone and iPad >> mini because I know this is the future of interacting with devices whether >> we like it or not. I can't be doing with people who are just plain stubborn >> and hate change. I do use a bluetooth keyboard sometimes, or be it an >> emulated one on the mac, and I do heavily use MBraille and Fleksy for >> typing, but again these apps expect you to type on the touchscreen and >> offers no facility for bluetooth keyboards and or Braille displays. I >> understand some on here may have issues with my statement but this is >> reality so if I can be polite here put up or shut up. >> >> Regards Chris >> >> Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! >> >> On 13/03/2014 21:52, David Chittenden wrote: >>> People are inherently lazy. I only use my braille keyboard for typing. I do >>> everything on the touchscreen itself. This is because I know everything >>> will eventually go to touchscreens, so I want to be as comfortable with >>> touchscreen as possible. Most people appear to hope that this will not >>> ultimately be the case, even though every trend and all the research >>> indicates it will be, so people keep trying everything they can to keep >>> things at the haptic comfort levels they have known from the past. >>> >>> The fact is, however, that as of 2011, touchscreen panels have become less >>> expensive to manufacture than static screen panels with separate physical >>> control buttons. >>> >>> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >>> Email: [email protected] >>> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On 14 Mar 2014, at 9:44, Lisette Wesseling <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> What's wrong with just touching the phone? I know it's a small bug but in >>>> the scheme of things it's surely not a show stopper. Yes Apple needs to >>>> know about it but to say it's "unacceptable" is a little strong methinks. >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 13/03/2014, at 4:48 am, Ray Foret Jr <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> A point I myself have made several times here already. Yesterday, Bill >>>>> Holton and I verified this issue. My only suggestion is that we flood >>>>> Apple with this matter and indicate in blunt absolutely no uncertain >>>>> terms that this is positively unacceptable. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind >>>>> built-in! >>>>> >>>>> Sincerely, >>>>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user! >>>>> >>>>>> On Mar 12, 2014, at 7:46 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hello. >>>>>> >>>>>> The bug for Messaging, I messaging is still on the I phone, you type >>>>>> your contact and you still can't arrow across to type your message >>>>>> unless you touch the I phone some where else. Is this a bug or is there >>>>>> another way of getting to the messaging field where you type the content >>>>>> of the message? >>>>>> >>>>>> Jonathan is absolutely right about typing with the Focus blue as I >>>>>> haven't been using mine very much but its lovely. The only problem is i >>>>>> can't write true UEB as Apple have strange ways of writing Braille which >>>>>> jonathan explained once in his article. 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