RE: Stylus pen for apple devices
Hi Carol, Dianne, and Others, I'm not sure how useful a stylus would be to a blind user for the iPhone, as Richard stated. I have tried borrowing a stylus from a colleague to use on the iPad screen. If you do want to try one out, I'm not aware of any good brands that are sold in the Apple retail stores that you can test. At our Apple Stores, some sales people use the Pogo Stylus or Pogo Sketch+. This is pretty skinny, like a thin pen, and the Pogo Stylus had. Sort of foam end that didn't hold up well. The stylus that I tried, and that colleagues like, was the AluPen by Just Mobile. It is an aluminum stylus that is thicker than a lot of pen-style styluses, and more comfortable to grip, because it's hexagonal in shape. When you hold it, your thumb, forefinger, and side of your middle finger rest against three of the six sides of the hexagon, and the top end of the stylus rests against the part of your hand between thumb and forefinger. Because these are all flat surfaces, it's very comfortable, and the stylus won't roll away when you put it down because of the hexagonal shape. It's about the height of the iPhone in length, and about the width of a AA battery, if you shaved the circular profile of the battery into a hexagon with six flat sides instead of a circle. I think that if you wanted to use a stylus because of hand tremor, this might work for you.You can order these from Amazon for about $15 in different colors. I don't know anyone around me who has bought these from a store, both because it's $10 cheaper from Amazon, and we don't have this product in local stores. Here's a link to the AluPen at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Just-Mobile-AP-818-Just-Mobile-AluPen/dp/B0042U9AT6 HTH. Cheers, Esther -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: Stylus pen for apple devices
I would certainly ask about it if you have a store near by. I have a tremor at times and have to be careful not to double click something by mistake. I have a stylus for something else here and might give it a try. I mostly just have to handle my iPhone carefully. Dianne From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Carol Pearson Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 7:34 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Stylus pen for apple devices Have you tried one though, Richard? I ask because I'm wondering if it might be helpful where your hands get too hot and don't slide so well over the screen. I'm thinking of asking to try one out if at all possible when I go to the Apple Store. Carol P Original Message From: Richard Turner To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 2:35 PM Subject: RE: Stylus pen for apple devices > Not in my opinion unless the person has trouble touching > the screen with a finger. > > > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com > [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of SYED IMRAN > Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 6:03 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Stylus pen for apple devices > > > Hi > > Is there any use of a stylus to a blind? I'm not talking > of any Braille stylus; I'm talking about the stylus that > is used with touchscreen devices > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to > the "VIPhone" Google Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to > viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to > the "VIPhone" Google Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to > viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Stylus pen for apple devices
Have you tried one though, Richard? I ask because I'm wondering if it might be helpful where your hands get too hot and don't slide so well over the screen. I'm thinking of asking to try one out if at all possible when I go to the Apple Store. Carol P Original Message From: Richard Turner To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 2:35 PM Subject: RE: Stylus pen for apple devices > Not in my opinion unless the person has trouble touching > the screen with a finger. > > > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com > [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of SYED IMRAN > Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 6:03 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Stylus pen for apple devices > > > Hi > > Is there any use of a stylus to a blind? I'm not talking > of any Braille stylus; I'm talking about the stylus that > is used with touchscreen devices > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to > the "VIPhone" Google Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to > viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to > the "VIPhone" Google Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to > viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: Stylus pen for apple devices
Not in my opinion unless the person has trouble touching the screen with a finger. _ From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of SYED IMRAN Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 6:03 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Stylus pen for apple devices Hi Is there any use of a stylus to a blind? I'm not talking of any Braille stylus; I'm talking about the stylus that is used with touchscreen devices -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
