If the solution proposed by David works with the Apple case, I assume that it will also work with third-party cases, which will probably be better value, i.e. cost less and have more battery in them. For people, who use these battery cases, this will be a good solution.
Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 8, 2016, at 7:59 AM, Jonathan Mosen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi everyone, unfortunately as I predicted in my blog post of November 2015 > and in subsequent posts on this, as has been confirmed by multiple news > sources today, Apple has not released an adapter that allows you to use your > phone and charge it at the same time. > The reaction to this lack of addressing of an important use case has been > fierce even among sighted people. Hopefully if Apple itself doesn't respond > quickly, a third-party manufacturer will address this use case if the spec > permits. > In the mean time, here are a couple of work-arounds. I don't think these are > at all adequate, but if you need to upgrade to an iPhone 7, they might allow > you to make do for a bit. > 1. Those of you who listened to the recap of the Apple event on The Blind > Side with Jeff Bishop, David Woodbridge and me may have heard this one > already. David pointed out that the Apple Battery Case for the iPhone will > give your phone a recharge, and it contains its own Lightning port. This > means that if you want to use your phone with wired headphones while > charging, you can, by plugging Apple's supplied Lightning adapter into the > case, then your headphones into the adapter. > Second, Apple sells a Lightning Dock in its store for $49. This will charge > your phone, provide speakers, and it contains a 3.5 mm headphone jack. If you > charge your phone by the bed and just want to use it there, or perhaps you > use it at the office where it's plugged in, this could work. > Third, a number of manufacturers, such as Griffin, sell a 3.5 to Bluetooth > adapter. This could introduce the dreaded lag inherent in many Bluetooth > audio devices with VO, but I guess the only way we'll know that is to try > them. They may get you by while you get a quick charge. > > These are convoluted solutions for dealing with a use case that is pretty > basic for any decent smartphone, but if wireless earbuds aren't an option for > you, as they are not for me, they seem to be all we have at present. > Jonathan Mosen > Mosen Consulting > Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training > http://Mosen.org > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara > Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[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 https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[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 https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
