I talked with my local AT&T kiosk where I live and they told me that they are going to have classes for those of us who are blind and visually-impaired that they will set up classes on Fridays for those of us who want them in the Anchorage area. Richie Gardenhire, anchorage, Alaska.
On Dec 8, 2009, at 11:58 AM, carlene knight wrote: Hi: When I played with one in the store, I was able to hear it fine, but I had trouble knowing where the letters were also. I suppose you would get used to that somewhat, but I can't see myself being very proficient typing with it. On Dec 8, 2009, at 8:48 AM, May McDonald wrote: > Once you learn where things are on the screen you can get there > rather quickly. I don't do any flicking or searching around on my > IPhone. I know where everything is and can usually hit it on the > first try or I'm one space away from it. Using it in a store to > compare how fast it can be used is not such a good idea because of > the loud place you're in and probably how much time you have to play > with it. > > If you were just using the flicking to get around then yes, for you > that would be rather time consuming, smile. > On 2009-12-08, at 8:44 AM, Jess wrote: > >> Hi all. >> >> I don't mean to be negative. Maybe I'm missing something, but >> having played with the IPhone for a while at the store last >> Saturday, I have to wonder if the voice over navigation methods for >> navigating the touch screen are as speedy and efficient as typing >> on the qwerty? For example, the sighted guy who was watching me >> navigate using voice over observed that I had to cursor all over >> the screen to find something, when he could just tap on it with the >> finger. For example, even if I knew the notes application, or >> Safari was down at the bottom of the screen, I'd have to flick all >> the way around the screen to find it. Or, let's say I was writing >> an email. If I knew that I wanted to type in an H, or a U, would I >> have to cursor all over the screen to find it? To me, this just >> would be slow and tedious. A, S, D, F, G, H, double tap. Q, W, E, >> double tap. j, k, l, double tap. l, double tap. t, y, u, i, o, >> double tap. >> All that just to write the word hello? Please tell me I'm missing >> something! >> >> Jess >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en >> . >> >> > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en > . > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] . For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en . -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
