I agree, but just complaining about I can't use it and won't use it doesn't
solve anything! Kerin, please be more specific, with all due respect.
Chris.
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From: "Alex Hall" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 2:18 PM
Subject: Re: If I really must get an iphone...
I'm sorry if I came off as disrespectful. My point is that, based on your
original email, your outlook on the iPhone seemed to closely match what mine
used to be. I therefore offered the tools and options that have helped to
alter my outlook to demonstrate that what you see as possible limitations
are not necessarily limitations at all. It would help us better help you if
you explained your situation more fully. The more detail we have, the better
and more accurately we can answer you.
On Jun 26, 2013, at 2:08 PM, Karen Lewellen <[email protected]>
wrote:
Hi,
I appreciate your take. This is just the sort of discussion I wished to
avoid as you are not me, your communicating patterns are not mine, and I
respect your choice....which has absolute zero to do with my own.
I asked the question based on what I desire...and sought nothing else.
I respect your situation, I respectfully ask that you respect mine.
Thanks for the answer I really did seek,
Karen
On Wed, 26 Jun 2013, Alex Hall wrote:
I thought the same thing as you: I can't use a touch screen phone - I
can't feel the numbers, so if I can't hear, I can't do anything with it.
However, two things have helped me:
1. You can save everything to contacts on your phone, then just tell Siri
to call a contact name. You can also add contacts to your favorites, a
list of contact numbers you use most that you can use to quickly dial a
number. The advantage of this is that, even if you can barely hear the
phone's speaker, you can be in the right area of the screen, then listen
to something as basic as how long it takes speech to say the item to know
if it is the one you want. It takes getting used to, but I have not yet
run into a situation where I could not make a call. Hint: I often hold
the phone with the loudspeaker facing my ear - if you line it up, you can
hear in just about any situation, even if you don't have headphones.
2. You can save numbers to contacts, even numbers to be dialed after a
call goes through. For example, i saved a conference call number; once
the initial call goes through, I hit the "hide keypad" button and then
the button to auto-dial my conference code. You can also have numbers
pressed without needing to hit a button, such as if you know the sequence
to get through a series of menus.
I'll be honest: I do still find using the keypad to select options in
phone menus (like those in stores or banks) annoying at times, but the
phone does so much else so much better that it is a small inconvenience I
am happy to put up with, and many of those times I could alleviate the
problem by simply adding the sequence to a contact if I used that number
more often. Really, for the incredible power and opportunity the iPhone
provides, and for how infrequently I run into a frustration entering a
selection in a menu, well, the iPhone is simply the best phone out there
once you take a few weeks to really get it down pat. No, I have not used
an Android phone, but from everything I hear, Apple still blows them out
of the water when it comes to accessibility. Besides, if you already have
a Mac, the syncing that will happen via iCloud between the two devices
makes things really convenient.
On Jun 26, 2013, at 1:30 PM, Cheree Heppe <[email protected]> wrote:
Cheree Heppe here:
Talks or mobile speak recommend button phones which they support.
Regards
Cheree Heppe
Sent from my IPhone 4S
On 26/06/2013, at 9:55, Karen Lewellen <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi folks,
I do not want one truth be told. My goal is a phone with buttons, and
while some remain available from my provider, I may not end up with much
choice lol.
I understand from many using the iphone for dialing that it is slow and
a pain.
my questions are two, and very strict ones. do not mistake me, I know
it is fine as a smart device, but I am 100% firm on what I need in a
phone only.
My questions are two.
can I do everything entirely by voice? speak the numbers, if for some
odd reason I want to send a text, etc.?
second, if I must add a keyboard for dialing, does one exist? not for
typing, strictly for dialing the phone.
I type 85 words a minute, I do not wish to spend time poking rapidly at
a screen trying to dial the phone.
so, are either of the two work arounds options?
thanks,
Karen
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