Yes, this is my experience. The touchscreen feedback has caused me to become rather quicker on webpages and such. A friend is a teacher for the visually impaired. She has a few ten through twelve y/o blind kids who are unbelievably quick with the iPad. One of them is faster than any blind person either of us has observed on a computer.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: [email protected] Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone > On 19 Jun 2014, at 13:43, Teresa Cochran <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks, Alex. My thought is that the touch-screen feedback will for the most > part make up for the lack of window information. Between the touch-screen, > Braille display, and keyboard, it seems like I'd be comfortable with the > amount of feedback I would get. > > Thanks, > Teresa > > > Winging its way from my iPod > >> On Jun 18, 2014, at 6:36 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Many do, and the non-VO keystrokes for navigating and manipulating text are >> identical. Basic navigation (vo-left/right/space) and reading (vo-a/w/c) are >> the same, but the iOS platform lacks many advanced keystrokes. For instance, >> hotspots/webstpots, vi-key lock, focus/cursor/window information, etc. >>> On Jun 18, 2014, at 6:39 PM, Teresa Cochran <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, all, >>> >>> If my poor old late 2009 Mac Mini doesn't have a fried logic board, I'll >>> replace the hard drive so it can limp along for another year. If it's >>> destined for the scrap heap, I'm going to get an iPad. I'll probably use a >>> keyboard with it. I use a Braille display and the virtual keyboard with my >>> iPod 5th gen and iOS currently. I'm wondering if a lot of the basic VO >>> functions work the same with the same keystrokes, such as opening apps, >>> text selection, etc.? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Teresa >>> >>> Winging its way from my iPod >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> Have a great day, >> Alex Hall >> [email protected] >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
