I bet the look on that salesman's face was priceless. Really great story. Thanks for sharing. On Oct 23, 2011, at 7:10 AM, Eugenia Firth wrote:
> Hi Guys. > I could not resist telling you guys this story told to me by a blind friend > of mine. He was laughing so much about this, that he just had to call me up > and tell me all about it. This will just go to show you just how much we have > come forward with accessibility, thanks to Steve and all his folks. > > This friend was having difficulty with his old phone, and he was thinking > about getting an iPhone. I think he eventually will when his current contract > runs out in a few months. He thought it was time because he thought his > current phone was dead. He asked the salesman at Sprint to show him the new > Siri iPhone. The man, with all the confidence of someone who thought he knew > what he was doing blurted out: "I don't think it will work for a blind > person. It's got a flat screen." > > After making this incredibly uninformed statement, he handed the iPhone to my > friend at his request. Luckily, he had some experience with iPhones from his > sighted iPhone using friends; he's never seen mine. He said to the guy: "just > let me show you something here." > > Luckily they were so uninformed that they hadn't messed with the defaults on > the Siri iPhone. So, my friend pressed the home key three times, and when it > came up he said into it: "show me the weather in Miami, Florida." It did, and > VoiceOver started reading it. The salesman, pretty much in shock, said: "I > will never say a thing like that again. That shows me." > > Regards, > Gigi > > -- > 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.
